Gigabyte GA-6VX7 Manual

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6VX7

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

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

1-1

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

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

1-2

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

1-3

1.5. INTRODUCE THE INTELâCeleronTM Socket 370 Processor.....................

1-4

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

1-4

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 .................................................................................

3-6

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

3-6

3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS RAM ...........................................................

3-7

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

3-7

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

3-7

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

3-8

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

3-8

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

3-8

 

 

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4.1. ENTERING SETUP ....................................................................................... 4-1 4.2. CONTROL KEYS........................................................................................... 4-1 4.3. GETTING HELP............................................................................................. 4-3 4.3.1. Main Menu ..................................................................................... 4-3 4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu....................... 4-3 4.4. THE MAIN MENU .......................................................................................... 4-3
4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU .............................................................. 4-5 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP............................................................................. 4-9 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP...................................................................... 4-14 4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP................................................................. 4-19 4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................ 4-23 4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS ............................................................................. 4-24 4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS ......................................................... 4-25 4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS................................................................... 4-26 4.13.SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD ............................................................ 4-31 4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION..................................................................... 4-32 4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP.................................................................................. 4-33 4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................................ 4-34
APPENDIX A: Onboard Driver Installation Procedure ................ A-1
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3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...........................................

3-8

4. BIOS CONFIGURATION

6VX7

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

Welcome to use the 6VX7motherboard. It is a CeleronTM Socket 370 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 CeleronTM Socket 370 Processor based PC / AT compatible mainboard.

qSocket 370 Pins ZIF white socket on board.

qSupports CeleronTM Socket 370 processor running at 366-566 MHz.

qVIA Apollo chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA/33 IDE / Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.

qSupports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module.

qSupports external Modem Ring-On on COMA & COMB and internal Modem Ring-On.

qSupports EDO 16MB ~ 384 MB, SDRAM 16MB ~ 768MB (128Mb DRAM technology) memory on board.

qSupports Wake-up on LAN .

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), 1x Floppy port.

qSupports 2XUSB port & PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard port.

qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM.

q30.5cm x 19 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

Intel CeleronTM Socket 370 Processor

DRAM

(128 x 1) MB SDRAM (Micron 48LC8M8AZ-8EB)

CACHE SIZE

128 KB included in CPU

DISPLAY

GA-660 AGP Card (32MB SDRAM)

STORAGE

Onboard IDE (IBM DJNA-371800) (18GB)

O.S.

Windows NT ™ 4.0 (SP5)

DRIVER

Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K x 75Hz

 

 

Intel CeleronTM

 

 

Processor

Socket 370

 

 

 

 

 

 

400MHz

533MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100x4)

(66x8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winbench99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU mark99

31.4

32.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FPU Winmark 99

2140

2860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Disk Winmark 99

4480

4550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-End Disk Winmark 99

12100

12100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Graphics Winmark 99

167

169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-End Graphics Winmark 99

326

363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winstone99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Winstone99

27.6

27.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-End Winstone99

24.1

24.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.318MHz

 

 

 

PGA 370

 

 

 

3.3V SDRAM

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM Sockets

 

 

Host Bus

66 /

66 /

 

 

 

 

 

100 MHz 100 MHz

 

 

AGP Bus

VIA

 

33MHz

 

 

 

82C693

 

 

 

 

66 /

 

 

 

66MHz

 

 

AGP

 

100 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICS 9148-26

Ultra DMA/33

 

 

 

33 MHz

 

24MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE Ports

 

PCI Bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33 MHz

 

 

 

 

VIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

48MHz

 

 

 

 

82C596A

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.318MHz

 

USB Ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE Bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB Bus

 

 

 

 

ISA Bus

14.318MHz

 

COM Ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/O

 

LPT Port

 

 

 

 

CHIPSET

 

 

 

 

 

Winbond

Floppy Port

 

 

 

 

W83977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS/2 Mouse

 

 

 

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