Gigabyte GA-6VX Manual

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6VX

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.

INTRODUCTION

 

 

1.1. PREFACE ......................................................................................................

1-1

 

1.2. KEY FEATHERS............................................................................................

1-1

 

1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST ..................................................................................

1-2

 

1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM.........................................................................................

1-3

 

1.5. INTRODUCE THE PENTIUMâ II PROCESSOR & AGP.............................

1-4

 

1.6. WHAT IS AGP?..............................................................................................

1-6

2.

SPECIFICATION

 

 

2.1. HARDWARE ..................................................................................................

2-1

 

2.2. SOFTWARE...................................................................................................

2-2

 

2.3. ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................

2-2

3.

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

 

 

3.1. UNPACKING..................................................................................................

3-1

 

3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................

3-2

 

3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS..........................

3-2

 

3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION .................................................................................

3-5

 

3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP .....................................................................................

3-5

 

3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.........................................................

3-6

 

3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ..................................................

3-7

 

3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................

3-7

 

3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION .............................................

3-7

 

3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION ......................................................

3-7

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3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION ....................................................

3-7

3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...........................................

3-7

4. BIOS CONFIGURATION

 

4.1. ENTERING SETUP .......................................................................................

4-1

4.2. CONTROL KEYS...........................................................................................

4-1

4.3. GETTING HELP.............................................................................................

4-2

4.3.1. Main Menu .....................................................................................

4-2

4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu.......................

4-2

4.4. THE MAIN MENU ..........................................................................................

4-2

4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU ..............................................................

4-5

4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP.............................................................................

4-9

4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP......................................................................

4-13

4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP.................................................................

4-16

4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................

4-20

4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS .............................................................................

4-23

4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS..........................................................................

4-24

4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................

4-25

4.13. SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD .........................................................

4-30

4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................

4-31

4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..................................................................................

4-32

4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................................

4-33

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6VX

1.INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

Welcome to use the 6VX motherboard. It is a Pentiumâ II Processor based PC / AT compatible system with AGP / PCI / ISA Bus, and has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want.

This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program.

1.2. KEY FEATURES

qIntel Pentiumâ II Processor based PC / AT compatible main board.

qSlot 1 supports Pentiumâ II processor running at 200-633 MHz.

qVIA VT82C691 chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA33 IDE/ Internal/External Modem Ring on.

qSupports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM DIMM module.

qSupports 16 MB – 768 MB SDRAM memory on board.

qSupports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.

q1xAGP slot, 5xPCI Bus slots, 2xISA Bus slots.

qSupports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.

qSupports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x1.44MB Floppy port.

qSupports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse & 1xPS/2 Keyboard.

qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM.

q30.5 cm x 17 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.

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1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST

The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs.

These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users. (Different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

CPU

Pentiumâ II processor

DRAM

128 MB SDRAM (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)

CACHE SIZE

512 KB included in CPU

DISPLAY

ATI 3D RAGE PRO 2X AGP Display Card (4MB

 

SGRAM)

STORAGE

Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-38451)

O.S.

Windows 98

DRIVER

ATI Display Driver 5.20a

 

1024X768X64K colors 75Hz

 

Direct X6 for Windows98

 

VIA BUS Master IDE Driver 2.9

 

Processor

Intel Pentiumâ II

 

333MHz(66x5)

350MHz(100x3.5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winbench98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU mark32

835

920

 

 

 

 

 

FPU Winmark

1720

1800

 

 

 

 

 

Business Disk

1390

1370

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-End Disk

4080

3890

 

 

 

 

 

Business Graphics

150

167

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-End Graphics

169

192

 

 

 

 

 

Winstone98

 

 

 

Business

25.1

26.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.318MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT 1

 

 

 

 

 

3.3V SDRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM Sockets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host Bus 66 / 66 /

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 MHz 100 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIA

33MHz

 

AGP Bus

82C691

 

66 /

 

66MHz

 

AGP

 

100 MHz

 

 

 

ICS 9148-58

Ultra DMA/33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33 MHz

IDE Ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Bus

33 MHz

VIA

48MHz

USB Ports

82C596

14.318MHz

IDE Bus

 

24MHz

 

 

 

USB Bus

 

ISA Bus

14.318MHz

COM Ports

 

 

 

I/O

LPT Port

 

CHIPSET

 

 

 

Winbond

 

 

W83877TF

Floppy Port

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

PS/2 Mouse

 

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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentiumâ II Processor & AGP

Figure 1:Retention Mechanism & attach Mount

Figure 2:OEM Pentiumâ II Processor

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