Gigabyte GA-7IXEH User Manual

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FCC Compliance Statement:

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device,

Responsible Party Name: G.B.T. INC.

Phone/Fax No: (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339

hereby declares that the product

Product Name:

Model Number:

Conforms to the following specifi cations:

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109(a), Class B Digital Device

lementary Information:

This device complies with part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received, includi ng that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person's Name: ERIC LU

Signature:

Address: 18305 Valley Blvd., Suite#A

LA Puent, CA 91744

Mother Board

GA-7IXEH

Eric Lu

Date: Sep. 21, 2001

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accord ance with the instr uctions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guara nte e tha t i nterfer ence will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or

television equipment reception, which can be determined by turning th e equi pment off and on, the user i s encour aged to try t o correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

-Move the equipment away from the receiver

-Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions

You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subjected to the following two conditions 1) this device may not cause harmful interference and 2) this device must a ccept any interference received , in cl uding interference that may cause undesired operation.

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer

(full address)

G.B.T. Technology Träding GMbH

Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany

( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)

in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive

EN 55011 Limits and methods of measurement EN 61000-3-2* Disturbances in supply systems caused

of radio disturbance char ac teristics of

industrial, scient ific and medical (ISM electrical equipment “Harmonics” high frequency equipment

EN55013 Limits and methods of measurement EN61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance char ac teristics of broadcast receivers and associated electrical equi pment “Voltage fluctuat ions” equipment

EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1: of radio disturbance char ac teristics of Residual, commercial and li ght industry household electrical appliances, portable tools and similar electrical apparatus Residual, commer c ial and light industr y

EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement EN 55081-2 Generic emission standard Part 2: of radio disturbance char ac teristics of Industrial environment fluorescent lam ps and luminaries

EN 55020 Immunity from radio i nterference of EN 55082-2 Generic immunity standard Part 2: broadcast receivers and associated Industrial environment equipment

EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement ENV 55104 Immunity r equirements for household of radio disturbance char ac teristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus information technology equipment

DIN VDE 0855 Cabled distribution systems; Equipment EN 50091- 2 EMC requir ements for uninterruptible

part 10 for receiving and/ or distribution from power systems (UPS)

part 12 sound and television signals

declare that the product

Mother Board

GA-7IXEH

is in conformity with

EN60555-2 by household appliances and similar

EN60555-3 by household appliances and similar

EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:

CE marking (EC conformity m ar k ing)

The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC

EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains operated EN 60950 Safety for infor mation technology equipment

electronic and related apparatus for i nc luding electrical business equipment household and similar general use

EN 60335 Safety of household and similar EN 50091-1 General and Safety requir ements for electrical appl iances uninterruptible power system s (UPS )

Signature

Date : Sep.21, 2001 Name : Rex Lin

(Stamp)

Manufacturer/Importer

Rex Lin

7IXEH

AMD AthlonTM/Duron

Motherboard

USER'S MANUAL

AMD AthlonTM/DuronTM Socket A Processor Motherboard

Socket A Pro cessor

REV. 1.0 First Edition

12ME-7IXEH-1001

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual is divided into the following sections:

1) Revision History Manual revision information

2) Item Checklist Product item list

3) Features Product information & specification

4) Installation Guide Instructions on CPU & Memory installation

5) Performance & Block Diagram Product performance & block diagram

6) Q-Flash BIOS Utility Q-Flash BIOS utility introduction

7) @BIOS

& EasyTuneIIITM @BIOS

8) BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS

9) Technical Support /RMA Sheet Document equipment used for after sales

software

service

& EasyTuneIIITM introduction

10) Appendix

General reference

Table Of Content

Revision History P.1 Item Checklist P.2 Features Summary P.3 7IXEH Motherboard Layout P.4 Installation Guide P.5 Page Index For Connectors / Panel and Jumper Definition P.10 Performance List P.19 Block Diagram P.20 Q-Flash BIOS Utility Introduction P.21

@BIOSTM Introduction

EasyTuneIIITM Introduction Page Index for BIOS Setup P.26 Technical Support /RMA Sheet P.55 Appendix P.56

P.23

P.24

7IXEH Motherboard

Revision History

Revision Revision Note Date

1.0 Initial release of the 7IXEH motherboard user’s manual.

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this

motherboard.

Sep.05, 2001 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Sep. 2001

Item Checklist

 The 7IXEH motherboard  Cable for IDE / floppy device  Diskettes or CD (VUCD) for motherboard driver & utility  7IXEH user’s manual

Item Checklist

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Features Summary

Form Factor  30.4 cm x 18.3 cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. CPU

 AMD Athlon  FSB200MHz, 256K/64K L2 cache on die  Supports 600MHz ~ 1.4GHz and faster

/DuronTM (K7) Socket A Processor

Chipset Apollo KT133E/KT133, consisting of:

 VT8363/VT8363E Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC)  VT82C686B PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral

Controller (PSIPC)

Clock Generator

ICS 94236AF

Memory  3 168-pin DIMM sockets

 Supports PC-100 / PC-133 SDRAM and VCM SDRAM  Supports up to 1.5GB DRAM  Supports only 3.3V SDRAM DIMM

I/O Control  VT82C686B Slots  1 AGP slot supports 4X mode & AGP 2.0 compliant

 5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant  1 ISA slot

On-Board IDE  Supports UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100 IDE & ATAPI

CD-ROM

 2 IDE bus master (UDMA 33 / ATA 66 / ATA 100) IDE

ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices On-Board Peripherals

 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M,

1.44M and 2.88M bytes

 1 parallel ports supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode  2 serial ports (COM A & COM B)  4 USB ports  1 IrDA connector for IR

Hardware Monitor  System voltage detect PS/2 Connector

 PS/2



Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface BIOS  Licensed AMI BIOS, 2M bit flash ROM Additional Features  Support Wake-On-LAN

 Includes 2 fan power connectors  Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection  Support @BIOS™ and EasyTuneIII™

7IXEH Motherboard Layout

PS/2

USB_ON

USB1

7IXEH Motherboard Layout

ATX POWER

COM A

LPT

Socket A

CPU

FLOPPY

COM B

CPU_FAN

VT8363E

IDE1

IDE2

7IXEH

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM1

AGP 1

BIOS

WOL

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI5

ISA 1

Clock Generator

VT82C

BAT1

686B

SYS_FAN

F_PANEL

USB2

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Installation Guide

Getting Started

WARNING!

Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slo ts to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2-Install memory modules Step 3-Install expansion cards Step 4-Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 5-Set up BIOS software Step 6-Install supporting software tools

Step 1

Step 4

Installation Guide

Step 2

Step 4

Step 3

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CPU Installation

Please make sure the CPU should be supported to the motherboard.

CPU T op View

CPU Bottom View

Socket Actuation Lever

Blank

1.Pull the lever out and lift it up.

CPU Heat Sink Installation:

Beware: Please check that the heat sink is in good contact with the CPU before you turn on your

system. The poor contact will cause over heat, and might cause damage to your

processor!

2.The notched corner should be orientated toward the blank space on the socket nearest the lever. The CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

Installation Guide

3.Align CPU and insert it

(Please refer to your heatsink installation manual for application of thermal grease to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink.)

5.Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket.

6. Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket.

(Please refer to the cooler’s installation manual for detailed installation steps)

4.Use compliant fan approved by AMD.

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Memory Installation

The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory mod ule (DIM M) sock ets supp ort 6 banks. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch. Memory size can vary between sockets.

SDRAM

1. The DIMM slot has two notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically

into the DIMM slot. Then push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.

Install memory in any combination table:

DIMM 168-pin SDRAM DIMM Modules DIMM 1 Supports 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 MB X 1 pcs DIMM 2 Supports 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 MB X 1 pcs DIMM 3 Supports 16 / 32 / 64 /128 / 256 / 512 MB X 1 pcs

★Total System Memory (Max 1.5GB)

Installation Guide

 Page Index for Connectors/Panel and Jumper Definition Page Connectors P.11 ATX Power P.14 COM A / COM B / LPT Port P.11 CPU_FAN (CPU Fan) P.13 Floppy Port P.14 IDE 1(Primary) / IDE 2(Secondary) Port P.15 IR (IR) P.16 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector P.12 SYS_FAN (System Fan) P.13 USB 1 Connector P.11 USB 2 Connector P.12 WOL (Wake On LAN) P.15 Panel and Jumper Definition P.17 BAT1 (Battery) P.18 F_PANEL (2x11 Pins Jumper) P.17 USB_ON (USB Device Wake Up Selection) P.18

7IXEH Motherboard

Connectors

COM A / COM B / LPT Port

LPT Port

Please note:

This mainboard supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 LPT port. Device like printer can be connected to LPT port, mouse and modem etc can be connected to COM ports.

USB 1 Connector

Please note:

make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker..etc. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS (Win 95 w/ USB supperment, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Win NT w/ SP 6) supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS venders for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) venders.

COM A

Pin No. Definition

COM B

1 USB V0 2 USB D03 USB D0+ 4 GND 5 USB V1

6 USB D17 USB D1+ 8 GND

Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please

USB 2 Connector

Please note:

Be careful wit h t he polar i t y of t he f ront panel USB connector. Check the pi n assignment while y ou connect the front panel USB cable. Pl ease contac your nearest dealer for optional front panel USB cable.

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector

Connectors

Pin N o . Definition

1 +5V 2 GND

3 USB D24 NC 5 USB D2+ 6 USB D3+ 7 NC 8 USB D39 GND

10 +5V

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

Mouse/Keyboard

Pin No. Definition

PS/2 Keyboard

1 Data 2 NC 3 GND 4 VCC(+5V) 5 Clock 6 NC

Please note:

This mainboard supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse interface connector.

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CPU_FAN: CPU Fan

Pin No. Definition

1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE

Please note

the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating. The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 600mA .

, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent

SYS_FAN: System Fan

Pin No. Definition

1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE

ATX Power

Floppy Port

Connectors

20 10

Pin No. Definition

3,5,7,13,

15-17

GND

1,2,11 3.3V

4,6,19,20 VCC

10 +12V 12 -12V 18 -5V

8 Power Good 9 5V SB (stand by+5V)

14 PS-ON (Soft On/Off)

Please note:

C power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX

power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.

Red Line

FDD1

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IDE1 (Primary), IDE2 (Secondary) Port

WOL: Wake On LAN (Optional)

IDE 1 ID E 2

Red Line

Pin No. Definition

1 +5V SB 2 GND 3 Signal

IR: IR

Connectors

Pin No. Definition

1 VCC (+5V) 2 NC 3 IR Data Input 4 GND 5 IR D a ta O u tp ut

Please note:

Be careful with the polarity of the IR connector while you connect the IR. Please contact you nearest dealer for optional IR device

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Panel And Jumper Definition

F_PANEL: 2x11 Pins Jumper

S P K

GN (Green Switch) Open: Normal Operation

Close: Entering Green Mode

GD (Green LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

Pin 2: LED cathode(−)

HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

Pin 2: LED cathode(−)

SPK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+)

Pin 2- Pin 3: NC Pin 4: Data(−)

RE (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation

Close: Reset Hardware System

P+P−P−(Power LED)

Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(−) Pin 3: LED cathode(−)

PW (Soft Power Connector) Open: Normal Operation

Close: Power On/Off

Please note, Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the front panel jumper according to the pin assignment above.

P−P− P+

USB_ON: USB Device Wake up Selection

Panel and Jumper Definition

Please note:

“USB Dev Wake up from S4~S5” to ENABLED and enable jumpers “STR_EN” & ”USB_ON”. *(Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts, press <Del>. You will enter BIOS Setup. Select the item “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP”, then select “USB Dev Wake up from S3~S5”. Remember to save the setting by pressing "ESC" and choose the “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” option.)

BAT1: Battery

Normal (Default)

To use “USB Dev Wakeup from S3~S5” function, set BIOS setting

Pin No. Defini tion 1-2 close 2-3 close Normal (Default)

Enable

USB Device Wakeup Enabled

CAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery



is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or



equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.

 Dispose of used batteries

according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

7IXEH Motherboard

(

)

Performance List

The following performance dat a list is the testing results of some popular bench mark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users. (The different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Light-04

DX-06

wadvs-04

950MHz

AMD Duron

950MHz

950.03

200.01

2649/1296 5348/5939

469/573

200x4.75

20832

14.94

19.24

5.244

17.12

11.27

60.01

48.7

35.3

4501

• CPU AMD Duron

• DRAM (128x1) MB RAM (PQI PC166 MP6828UMR-T6863 0205-A57)

• CACHE SIZE 192 KB included in Duron

• DISPLAY GV-GF3000D

• STORAGE Onboard IDE (Quantum AS30000AT 30GB)

• O.S. Windows 2000 + SP2

• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64k colors 75Hz. VUCD ver.1.8

Processor

WCPUID 2.8 Clock Frequency

Internal MHz

External MHz

SiSoft Sandra 20001

CPU/FPU Benchmark

CPU Multi-Media Benchmark

Drivers Benchmark

Memory Benchmark

SPECviewperf 6.12

Pro CDRS-03

MedMCAD-01

DRV-07CPU

Winstone 2001

CC Winstone 2001

Business Winstore 2001

 If you wish to maximize the performance of you r system, please refer to the detail on P.35

Block Diagram

AGPCLK (66MHz)

AGP

2X/4X

PCI Bus 33MHz

AMD-K7

System Bus 100/133MHz

VT8636/

VT8363E

VT82C

686B

100/133MHz

AGPCLK (66MHz)

33MHz

14.318MHz

Block Diagram

CPUCLK (100/133MHz)

3.3V SDRAM

HCLK (100/133MHz)

48MHz

5 PCI

PCI (33MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz)

PCI (33MHz)

14.318MHz

48MHz

33MHz

PS/2

Floppy

94236AF

ICS

LPT Port

ISA

COM Ports

4 USB Ports

ATA66/100 IDE Channels

HCLK (100/133MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz) CPUCLK (100/133MHz)

7IXEH Motherboard

Q- BIOS Flash Utility Introduction

A. What's Q Flash BIOS Utility??

Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS.

How to use Q-Flash BIOS Utility ?

a. BIOS CMOS setup Screen, Pressing <F8> immediately enters BIOS Flash Utility.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 1.24f

(C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL -SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

ESC: Quit ↑↓ ←→ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values F7: Optimized Values F8 : Flash Utility F10:Save & Exit

Enter BIOS Flash Utility (Y/N)? Y

Time, Date , Hard Disk Type…

b. AMI Q-Flash BIOS Utility

AMI BIOS Flash Utility V1.02

Boot From……………………….. Main BIOS Main ROM Type………………… SST 39SF020

Load BIOS from Floppy

Enter : Run ↑↓ : Move ESC : Reset F10 : Power Off

Q-Flash BIOS Utility Introduction

c.In the A:drive, insert the “BIOS” diskette, then Press Enter to Run. d.Input BIOS file name in the text box. Press “Enter”.

Load XXX.XX

Where XXX.XX is name of the BIOS file.

Load XXX.XX

Are you sure to COPY BIOS? [Enter] to Continue Or [Esc] to abort..

Load XXX.XX

!! COPY BIOS Completed –Pass !! Please press any key to continue

Congratulation! You have completed the flashed and now can restart system.

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@BIOS™ Introduction

Gigabyte announces @BIOS™ Windows BIOS live update uti lity

Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don’t know how to update it.

Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it. But of course you don’t like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS. The above process is not a interesting job. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare.

Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? Here it

comes! Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS This is a smart BIOS update software. It could help you to download the BIOS from internet and update it. Not like the other BIOS update software, it’s a Windows utility.

With the help of “@BIOS

Besides, no matter which mainboard you are using, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*,

™

@BIOS mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically. There are several different choices; you could use “Internet Update” to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose “Save Current

BIOS” to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte’s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries.

buy a Gigabyte’s motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please

internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte

help you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct

For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible! It’s free! Now, if you

™

’, BIOS updating is no more than a click.

remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a

™

--the first Windows BIOS live update utility.

@BIOS

™

update

™

EasyTuneIIITM Introduction

EasyTuneIII™ Introduction

Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII™ Windows overdrive utilit y

“Overdrive” might be one of the most common issues in computer field. But have many users ever tried it? The answer is probably “no”. Because “overdrive” is thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technical know-how, sometimes “overdrive” is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts.

But as to the experts in “overdrive”, what’s the truth? They may spend quite a lot of time and money to study, try and use many different hardware and software tools to do “overdrive”. And even with these technologies, they still learn that it’s quite a risk because the safety and stability of an “overdrive“ system is unknown.

Now everything is different because of a Windows overdrive utility EasyTuneIII

rule of “overdrive”. This is the first overdrive utility suitable for both normal and power users. Users can choose either “Easy Mode” or “Advanced Mode” to run “overdrive” at their convenience. For users who choose “Easy Mode”, they just need to click “Auto Optimize” to have auto and immediate CPU overclocking. This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel. If someone prefers to “overdrive” by oneself, there is also another choice. Click “Advanced Mode” to enjoy “sport drive” class overclocking. In “Advanced Mode”, one can change the system bus speed in small increments to get ultimate system performance. And no matter which mainboard is used, if it’s a Gigabyte’s

product*, EasyTuneIII

Besides, different from other traditional over-clocking methods, EasyTuneIII doesn’t require users to change neither BIOS nor hardware switch/ jumper setting; on the other hand, they can do “overdrive” at only one click. Therefore, this is a safer way for “overdrive” as nothing is changed on software or hardware. If user runs

EasyTuneIII again and the side effect is then well controlled. Moreover, if one well-performed

system speed been tested in EasyTuneIII™, user can “Save” this bus speed and “Load” it in next time. Obviously, Gigabyte EasyTuneIII

“overdrive” technology toward to a newer generation.

™

--announced by Gigabyte. This utility has totally changed the gaming

™

helps to perform the best of system.

™

over system’s limitation, the biggest lost is only to restart the computer

™

has already turned the

™

7IXEH Motherboard

This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached driver CD. Users may make a test drive of “EasyTuneIII

features by themselves.

™

” to find out more amazing

For further technical information, please link to: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw



 Note: For the latest version of EasyTuneIIITM, please visit our website.



BIOS Setup

 Page Index for BIOS Setup

Page

The Main Menu P.28 Standard CMOS Setup P.30 BIOS Features Setup P.33 Chipset Features Setup P.35 Power Management Setup P.39 PNP/ PCI Configuration P.42 Load Fail-Safe Defaults P.45 Load Optimized Defaults P.46 Integrated Peripherals P.47 Hardware Monitor & MISC Setup P.50 Supervisor Password / User Password P.51 IDE HDD Auto Detection P.52 Save & Exit Setup P.53 Exit Without Saving P.54

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BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

ENTERING SETUP

Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup.

CONTROL KEYS

<↑> Move to previous item

<↓> Move to next item <←> Move to the item in the left hand <→> Move to the item in the right hand

<Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu

<+/PgUp> Increase the numeric value or make changes

<-/PgDn> Decrease the numeric value or make changes

<F1> General help, onl y for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup

Menu <F2> Reserved <F3> Reserved <F4> Reserved <F5> Restore the previous CMOS values <F6> Load the file-safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table <F7> <F8> Reserved <F9> Reserved

<F10> Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

Load the Setup Defaults

BIOS Setup

GETTING HELP

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu

Press F1 to pop up a small hel p window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.

The Main Menu (For Example BIOS Version:7IXEH.F1b)

Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from nine setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 1.24f

STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP S UPE RVISOR PASSWORD

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

LOAD F AIL -SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit ↑↓ ←→ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values

F6: Fail-Safe Values F7: Optimized Values F8 : Flash Utility F10:Save & Exit

Time, Date , Hard Disk Type…

Figure 1: Main Menu

•••• Standard CMOS Setup

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

•••• BIOS Features Setup

This setup page includes all the items of AMI special enhanced features.

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•••• Chipset Features Setup

This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

•••• Power Management Setup

This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

•••• PNP/PCI Configurations

This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.

•••• Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in

its most stable configurations.

•••• Load Optimized Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in

its highest performance configurations

•••• Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

•••• Hardware Mon itor & MISC Setup

This setup page is auto detect fan and temperature status.

•••• Supervisor password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

•••• User password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.

•••• IDE HDD auto detection

Automatically configure hard disk parameters.

•••• Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.

•••• Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

BIOS Setup

Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS F eatures Menu (Figure 2) are divided in to 9 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one s etup items. Use the arrows to highlight the i tem and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) : Wed Jan 17, 2001 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 10:36:24

Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave : Auto Sec Master : Auto Sec Slave : Auto

Floppy Drive A: 1.44 MB 3 ½ Floppy Drive B: Not Installed

Boot Sector Virus Protection : Disabled

Month: Jan – Dec ESC : Exit Day: 01 – 31 ↑↓ : Select Item Year : 1990– 2099 PU/PD/+/– : Modify (Shift)F2 : Color

TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Base Memory : 640 Kb Other Memory: 384 Kb Extended Memory: 127Mb Total Memory: 128Mb

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

•••• Date

The date format is <Week> <Month> <Day>, <Year>.

Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) Year The year, from 1990 through 2099

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•••• Time

The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

•••• Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave

The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been i nstalled in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and user definable type. User type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.

Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.

If you select User Type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

CYLS. Number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS number of sectors

If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

•••• Floppy Drive A / Drive B

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or driv e B that has been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.

1.2M, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte cap acity (3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enable).

720K, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity.

2.88M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.

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•••• Boot Sector Virus Protection

If it is set to enable, the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time. You can run anti-virus program to locate the problem.

Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning

message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table

Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table. (Default Value)

•••• Memory

The category is display -only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system.

The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

Other Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU's memory

address map.

This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space. This is memory that can be used for different applications.

DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM.

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BIOS Features Setup

AMIBIOS SETUP – BIOS FEATURES SETUP

1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device IDE-0

3rd Boot Device CDROM S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num-Lock On Floppy Drive Seek Enabled

Password Check Setup

F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify

F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8:Flash Utility F7 : Load Optimized

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device

••••

ESC: Quit ↑↓ ←→: Select Item F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color

Floppy ZIP A: / LS-120 CDROM SCSI NETWORK IDE-0~IDE-3 Disabled USB FDD ATAPI ZIP C:

Boot Device by Floppy. Boot Device by ZIP A: / LS-120. Boot Device by CDROM. Boot Device by SCSI. Boot Device by NETWORK. Boot Device by IDE-0~IDE-3. Boot Device by Disabled. Boot Device by USB FDD. Boot Device by AT API ZIP C:.

BIOS Setup

S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks

••••

Enabled Enable S.M.A.R.T. Hard for Disks. Disabled Disable S.M.A.R.T. Hard for Disks. (Default Value)

•••• Boot Up Num-Lock

On Keypad is number keys. (Default Value) Off Keypad is arrow keys.

•••• Floppy Drive Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 type is 40 tracks while 720 , 1.2 and 1.44 are all 80 tracks.

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks.

Note that BIOS can not tell from 720, 1.2 or 1.44 drive ty pe as they are all 80 tracks. (Default Value)

Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number.

Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is

360.

Password Check

••••

Setup Set Password Check to Setup. (Default Value) Always Set Password Check to Alwa ys.

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Chipset Features Setup

AMIBIOS SETUP – CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

*********DRAM Timing*** SDRAM Command Drive 24 mA

Top Performance Disabled Memory Address Drive 24 mA DRAM Frequency 100MHz CAS# Drive 12 mA SDRAM CAS# Latency 3 RAS# Drive 24 mA

AGP Fast Write Disabled

AGP Mode 4X

AGP Comp. Driving Auto

Manual AGP Comp. Driving DB

AGP Aperture Size 64MB

PCI Delay Transaction Enabled

USB Controller All USB Port USB Legacy Support Disabled USB Port 64/60 Emulation Disabled BIOS Flash Protection Auto DRAM Drive Strength Auto MD Bus Strength High F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify

CAS Bus Strength High F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color

Delay DRAM Read Latch 1.0ns F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8:Flash Utility

Memory Data Drive 8 mA F7 : Load Optimize

ESC: Quit ↑↓←→: Select Item

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

•••• Top Performance

If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set “Top Perform ance” as “Enabled”.

Disabled Top Performance Disable. (Default Value) Enabled Top Performance Enable.

•••• DRAM Frequency

Auto Set DRAM Frequency to Auto. 100MHz Set DRAM Frequency to 100MHz. (Default Value) 133MHz Set DRAM Frequency to 133MHz.

•••• SDRAM CAS# Latency

2 For Fastest SDRAM DIMM module. 3 For Slower SDRAM DIMM module. (Default Value) Auto Detect SDRAM CAS# Latency by SPD.

•••• AGP Fast Write

Enabled Enable this function only if th e AGP Card support Fast Write Functi on.

(Enable this function can increase AGP performance).

Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value)

•••• AGP Mode

4X Set AGP Mode to 4X. (Default Value) 1X Set AGP Mode to 1X. 2X Set AGP Mode to 2X.

•••• AGP Comp. Driving

Auto Set AGP Comp. Driving to Auto. (Default Value) Manual Set AGP Comp. Driving to Manual.

If AGP Comp. Driving is Manual.

Manual AGP Comp. Driving: 00~FF

•••• AGP Aperture Size

4MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 4MB. 8MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 8 MB. 16MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 16 MB. 32MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 32 MB. 64MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 64 MB. (Default Value) 128MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 128 MB. 256MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 256 MB.

BIOS Setup

•••• PCI Delay Transaction

Enabled Enable Delay Transaction. (Default Value) Disabled Disable Delay Transaction.

•••• USB Controller

All USB Port Set USB Controller Function used all USB Port. (Default Value) USB Port 0&1 Set USB Controller Function used USB Port 0&1. USB Port 2&3 Set USB Controller Function used USB Port 2&3. Disabled USB Controller Function Disabled.

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•••• USB Legacy Support

Keyboard/FDD Set USB Legacy Support Keyboard / Floppy. KB/Mouse/FDD Set USB Legacy Support Keyboard / Mouse /Floppy. Disabled

Disable USB Legacy Support Function. (Default Value)

•••• USB Port 64/60 Emulation

Enabled To use USB mouse under Win NT environment, set USB Legacy

Support to KB/Mouse/FDD and USB Port 64/60 Emulation to enabled.

Disabled Disable this Function. (Default Value)

•••• BIOS Flash Protection

This field lets you determine the states that flash BIOS

Enabled During POST, DMI/ESCD would not be updated. But flash tools

can update BIOS always

Auto BIOS enables flash write access automatically when updating

BIOS data/DMI/ESCD. (Default Value)

•••• DRAM Drive Strength

Auto Set DRAM Drive Strength Auto. (Default Value) Manual Set DRAM Drive Strength Manual.

If DRAM Drive Strength is Manual, then you can adjust item below.

•••• MD Bus Strength

High Set MD Bus Strength High. (Default Value) Low Set MD Bus Strength Low.

•••• CAS Bus Strength

High Set CAS Bus Strength High. (Default Value) Low Set CAS Bus Strength Low.

•••• Delay DRAM Read Latch

1.0ns Set DRAM Read Latch Delay 1.0ns. (Default Value)

1.5ns Set DRAM Read Latch Delay 1.5ns.

0.5ns Set DRAM Read Latch Delay 0.5ns. No delay Set DRAM Read Latch No delay.

•••• Memory Data Drive

6 mA Set Memory Data Drive 6 mA. 8 mA Set Memory Data Drive 8 mA. (Default Value)

•••• SDRAM Command Drive

16 mA Set SDRAM Command Drive 16 mA. 24 mA Set SDRAM Command Drive 24 mA. (Default Value)

•••• Memory Address Drive

16 mA Set Memory Address Drive 16 mA. 24 mA Set Memory Address Drive 24 mA. (Default Value)

•••• CAS# Drive

8 mA Set CAS# Drive 8 mA. 12 mA Set CAS# Drive 12 mA. (Default Value)

•••• RAS# Drive

16 mA Set RAS# Drive 16 mA. 24 mA Set RAS# Drive 24 mA. (Default Value)

BIOS Setup

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Power Management Setup

AMIBIOS SETUP – POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

USB Dev Wakeup from S4~S5 Disabled RTC Alarm Minute 00 Suspend Time Out(Minute) Disabled RTC Alarm Second 00 Display Activity Ignore IRQ3 Monitor IRQ4 Monitor IRQ5 Ignore IRQ7 Monitor IRQ9 Ignore IRQ10 Ignore IRQ11 Ignore IRQ13 Ignore IRQ14 IRQ15 Ignore

Soft-Off by Power Button

System after AC Back Soft-Off Resume On Ring / LAN Enabled PME Event Wake Up Enabled F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color

RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour 00 F7 : Load Optimized

Monitor

Instant-Off

Every Day

ESC : Quit ↑↓ ←→: Select Item

F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8:Flash Utility

Figure 5: Power Management Setup

• USB Dev Wakeup From S4-S5

Enabled Enable USB Device Wakeup From S4-S5. Disabled Disable USB Device Wakeup From S4-S5. (Default Value)

•••• Suspend Time Out (Minute.)

Disabled Disable Suspend Time Out Function. (Default Value) 1 Enable Suspend Time Out after 1min. 2 Enable Suspend Time Out after 2min. 4 Enable Suspend Time Out after 4min. 8 Enable Suspend Time Out after 8min. 10 Enable Suspend Time Out after 10min. 20 Enable Suspend Time Out after 20min. 30 Enable Suspend Time Out after 30min. 40 Enable Suspend Time Out after 40min. 50 Enable Suspend Time Out after 50min. 60 Enable Suspend Time Out after 60min.

•••• Display Activity

Ignore Ignore Display Activity. (Default Value) Monitor Monitor Display Activity.

•••• IRQ 3~IRQ15

Ignore Ignore IRQ3 ~IRQ15. Monitor Monitor IRQ3~IRQ15.

• Soft-off by Power Button

Instant-off The user press the power button once, he can turn off the system.

(Default Value)

Delay 4 sec Press power button 4 sec to Power off. Enter suspend if button is

pressed less than 4 sec.

• System after AC Back

BIOS Setup

Memory Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in “Off” state.

Full-On When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in ”On” state.

When AC-power back to the system, the system will return to the Last state before AC-power off.

(Default Value)

• Resume On Ring / LAN

Disabled Disable Resume On Ring / LAN. Enabled Enable Resume On Ring / LAN. (Default Value)

• PME Event Wake Up

Disabled Disable PME Event Wake Up. Enabled Enable PME Event Wake Up. (Default Value)

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•••• Resume On RTC Alarm

You can set “Resume On RTC Alarm” item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system.

Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.

If the “Resume On RTC Alarm” is Enabled.

RTC Alarm Date: Every Day, 1~31 RTC Alarm Hour: 0~23 RTC Alarm Minute: 0~59 RTC Alarm Second: 0~59

PNP/PCI Configurations

AMIBIOS SETUP – PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

PnP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data VGA Boot from AGP

PCI AGP Palette Snoop

PCI Slot 1/5 IRQ Priority

PCI Slot 2 IRQ Priority

PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority

PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority

IRQ 3 PCI/PnP

IRQ 4 PCI/PnP

IRQ 5 PCI/PnP

IRQ 7 PCI/PnP

IRQ 9 PCI/PnP

IRQ 10 PCI/PnP

IRQ 11 PCI/PnP F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify

IRQ 14 PCI/PnP F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color

IRQ 15 PCI/PnP F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8 :Flash Utility

F7 : Load Optimized

No No

Disabled Auto Auto Auto Auto

ESC: Quit ↑↓←→: Select Item

Figure 6: PNP/PCI Configuration

•••• PnP OS Installed

Yes Enable PNP OS Installed function. No Disable PNP OS Installed function. (Default Value)

•••• Reset Configuration Data

BIOS Setup

No Disable this function. (Default Value) Yes Clear PnP information in ESCD & update DMI data.

• VGA Boot From

AGP Primary Graphics Adapter From AGP. (Default Value) PCI Primary Graphics Adapter From PCI.

•••• PCI VGA Palette Snoop

Enabled F o r h a vi n g V i deo Card on ISA Bus and VGA Card on PCI Bus. Disabled For VGA Card only. (Default Value)

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• PCI Slot 1,5 IRQ Priority

Auto The system will reserved a free IRQ for PCI slot 1 & 5 device.

(Default Value)

3 The system will reserved IRQ3 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no legacy

ISA device using IRQ3.

4 The system will reserved IRQ4 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no legacy

ISA device using IRQ4.

5 The system will reserved IRQ5 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no legacy

ISA device using IRQ5.

7 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no legacy

ISA device using IRQ7.

9 The system will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no legacy

ISA device using IRQ9.

10 The system will reserved IRQ10 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ10.

11 The system will reserved IRQ11 for PCI slot 1 & 5 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ11.

• PCI Slot 2 / 3 / 4 IRQ Priority

Auto The system will reserved a free IRQ for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device.

(Default Value)

3 The system will reserved IRQ3 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ3.

4 The system will reserved IRQ for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ4.

5 The system will reserved IRQ5 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ5.

7 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ7.

9 The system will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ9.

10 The system will reserved IRQ10 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ10.

11 The system will reserved IRQ11 for PCI slot 2 / 3 / 4 device if no

legacy ISA device using IRQ11.

•••• IRQ (3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15)

ISA/ EISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device. PCI / PnP The resource is used by PCI/ PnP device.

BIOS Setup

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.24f

STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMI ZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

ESC : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item (Shift) F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Fail-Safe Value F7: Load Optimized Value F8:FlashUtility F10: Save & Exit

Load Fail-Safe Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N

Figure 7: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

•••• Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Fail−Safe defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure the system to achieve maximum stability.

BIOS Setup

Load Optimized Defaults

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.24f

ESC : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item (Shift) F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Fail-Safe Value F7: Load Optimized Value F8:FlashUtility F10: Save & Exit

Load Optimized Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

Figure 8: Load Optimized Defaults

•••• Load Optimized Defaults

Optimized defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values to configure the

system to achieve maximum performance.

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Integrated Peripherals

AMIBIOS SETUP – INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

Enhance A TAPI Performance OnBoard IDE IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable OnBoard Serial Port A OnBoard Serial Port B Serial PortB Mode Duplex Mode OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Parallel Port DMA Auto Parallel Port IRQ Auto

F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify

F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8 :Flash Utility F7 : Load Optimized

Disabled Both Auto Auto Auto Auto Normal

N/A

Auto

ESC: Quit ↑↓←→: Select Item

Figure 9: Integrated Peripherals

This items will be available when ”Serial PortB Mode” is set to IrDA or ASK IR.

• Enhance A TAPI Performance

If you wish to maximize the performance of your ATAPI devices , set “Enhance ATAPI Performance” as “Enabled” . Please note, enabling this function may cause your AT API devices become unstable. For power End-User use only.

Disabled Disable Enhance ATAPI Performance. (Default Value) Enabled Enhance A TAPI Performance function.

• OnBoard IDE

Disabled Disable onboard IDE. Both Both Primary & Secondary IDE channel will be enabled.

(Default Value) Primary Only Primary IDE channel is enable. Secondary Only Secondary IDE channel is enable.

• IDE1 Conductor Cable

Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS (Default Value) ATA66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66/100 (Please make sure your IDE

device and cable is compatible with ATA66/100) ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 (Please make sure your IDE

device and cable is compatible with ATA33).

• IDE2 Conductor Cable

Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS (Default Value) ATA66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66/100 (Please make sure your IDE

device and cable is compatible with ATA66/100) ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 (Please make sure your IDE

device and cable is compatible with ATA33).

• OnBoard Serial Port A

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port A address. (Default Value) 3F8/COM1 Enable onboard Serial port A and address to 3F8. 2F8/COM2 Enable onboard Serial port A and address to 2F8. 3E8/COM3 Enable onboard Serial port A and address to 3E8. 2E8/COM4 Enable onboard Serial port A and address to 2E8. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A.

BIOS Setup

• OnBoard Serial Port B

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port B address. (Default Value) 3F8/COM1 Enable onboard Serial port B and address to 3F8. 2F8/COM2 Enable onboard Serial port B and address to 2F8. 3E8/COM3 Enable onboard Serial port B and address to 3E8. 2E8/COM4 Enable onboard Serial port B and address to 2E8. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port B.

• Serial Port B Mod e

Normal Normal operation. (Default Value) IrDA Onboard I/O chip supports IRDA ASK IR Onboard I/O chip supports ASK IR.

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• Duplex Mode

Half Duplex N/A Full Duplex

IR Function Duplex Half. Disable this function. (Default Value) IR Function Duplex Full.

• OnBoard Parallel port

378 Enable onboard LPT port and address to 378. 278 Enable onboard LPT port and address to 278. 3BC Enable onboard LPT port and address to 3BC. Auto Set onboard LPT port to Auto. (Default Value) Disabled Disable onboard LPT port.

• Parallel Port Mode

EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. (Default Value) Normal Normal Operation. EPP+ECP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port & Extended Capabilities

Port.

•••• Parallel Port DMA

Auto Set Auto to parallel port mode DMA Channel. (Default Value) 3 Set Parallel Port DMA to 3. 1 Set Parallel Port DMA to 1. 0 Set Parallel Port DMA to 0.

•••• Parallel Port IRQ

7 Set Parallel Port IRQ to 7. Auto Set Auto to parallel Port IRQ DMA Channel. (Default Value) 5 Set Parallel Port IRQ to 5.

BIOS Setup

Hardware Monitor & MISC Setup

AMIBIOS SETUP – HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CPU Fan Speed 7123 RPM System Fan Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1.6 V Vdd 3.3 V Vcc3 3.312 V +5.000V 5.030 V +12.000V 11.923 V

F1 : Help PU/PD+/-/ : Modify F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2:Color F6 : Load Fail-Safe F8:Flash Utility

F7 : Load Optimized

32°C/89°F 32°C/89°F

Figure 10: Hardware Monitor

ESC: Quit ↑↓←→: Select Item

•••• CPU Temperature (°

°C / °°°°F)

°°

Detect CPU Temperature automatically.

•••• System Temperature (°

°C / °°°°F)

°°

Detect System Temperature automatically.

•••• CPU Fan Speed

Detect CPU Fan speed status automatically.

•••• System Fan Speed

Detect System Fan speed status automatically.

•••• Current Voltage (V) Vcore / Vdd / Vcc3 / +5V / +12V

Detect system’s voltage status automatically .

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Set Supervisor / User Password

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.24f

ESC : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item (Shift) F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Fail-Safe Value F7: Load Optimized Value F8:FlashUtility F10: Save & Exit

Enter new supervisor password:

Chang /Set /Disabled Password

Figure 11: Password Setting

Type the password, up to six characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when y ou are p rompted to enter password. A message “PASSWORD DISABLED” will appear to confirm the password being disable. Once the password is disable, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disable, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function. When enable, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items.

If you select “Always” at “Password Check” in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu.

If you select “Setup” at “ Passwo rd Ch eck ” in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

BIOS Setup

IDE HDD AUTO Detection

AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) : Wed Jan 17, 2001 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 10:36:24

Pri Master : Not Installed Pri Slave : Not Installed Sec Master : Not Installed Sec Slave : Not Installed

Floppy Drive A: 1.44 MB 3 ½ Floppy Drive B: Not Installed

Boot Sector Virus Protection: Disabled Month: Jan – Dec ESC : Exit

Day: 01 – 31 ↑↓ : Select Item Year : 1990– 2099 PU/PD/+/– : Modify (Shift)F2 : Color

Type "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter reported by BIOS. Type "N" will keep the old H.D.D. parameter setup. If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024,

then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB.

TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Base Memory : 640 Kb Other Memory: 384 Kb Extended Memory: 127Mb Total Memory: 128Mb

Figure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection

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Save & Exit Setup

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.24f

ESC : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item (Shift) F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Fail-Safe Value F7: Load Optimized Value F8:FlashUtility F10: Save & Exit

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return t o Setup Utility.

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT(Y/N)? Y

Save Data to CMOS & Exit Setup

Figure 13: Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.24f

STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL-SAFEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMI ZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

ESC : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item (Shift) F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Fail-Safe Value F7: Load Optimized Value F8:FlashUtility F10: Save & Exit

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return t o Setup Utility.

Quit without saving (Y/N) ? N

Abandon all Datas & Exit Setup

Figure 14: Exit Without Saving

BIOS Setup

Technical Support/RMA Sheet

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Technical Support /RMA Sheet

Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. :

Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.:

Hardware Configuration

CPU Memory

Brand Video Card

Audio Card HDD

CD-ROM / DVD-ROM

Modem Network AMR / CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device

Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility:

Problem Description:

Appendix

Picture below are shown in Windows ME (VUCD 1.8) Appendix A: VIA KT133/KM133 Chipsets Driver Installation

A.VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver

Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in “My computer”, and execute the setup.exe.

1.Click “VIA 4in 1 Service Pack Driver” item.

(1)

(2)

2.Click “Next”

(3)

4.Click “Next”.

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3.Click “Yes”.

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5.Click “Next”.

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7.Click “Next”.

6.Click “Next”.

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8.Click “Finish” to restart computer.

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Appendix B: EasyTuneIII Utilities Installation

Press “Tools” icon.

2.Click “EasyTuneIII Ver.3.3” .

1.Click “Gigabyte Utilities”.

(1)

3.Click “Next”.

(3)

5.Click “Next”.

(5)

(2)

4. Please enter your name and company name, then click “Next”.

(4)

6.Click “Next”.

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7. Click “Finish” to restart computer.

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Appendix

Appendix C: BIOS Flash Procedure

BIOS update procedure:

If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Program to flash BIOS.

Press “Tools” icon.

1.Click “Gigabyte Utilities”.

(1)

2.Click “@BIOS Writer v1.06f”.

(2)

Click “”.

Click Here.

(3)

Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet

a.Click "Internet Update" icon b.Click "Update New BIOS" icon c. Select @BIOS sever ( "Gigabyte @BIOS sever 1 in Taiwan" and "Gigabyte @BIOS

sever 2 in Taiwan" are available for now, the others will be completed soon)

d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.

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II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:

a.Do not click "Internet Update" icon b.Click "Update New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods

III. Save BIOS

IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:

Note:

(such as: 7IXEH.F1).

e. Complete update process following the instruction.

In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version.

In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported.

a.In method I, if it shows two or more motherboard's model names to be selected,

please make sure your motherboard's model name again. Sellecting name will cause the system unbooted.

b.In method II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the

same as your motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot.

c. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS server, please go

onto Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II.

d. Please note that any intercorruption during updating will cause system unbooted

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Or else you can select flash BIOS in DOS mode.

 Please check your BIOS vendor (AMI or AWARD), your motherboard name and PCB

version on the motherboard.

1. Format a bootable system floppy diskette by the command “format a:/s” in command mode.

2. Visit the Gigabyte website at http:// www.gigabyte.com.tw

, Select the BIOS file you

need and download it to your bootable floppy diskette.

3. Insert the bootable diskette containing the BIOS file into the floppy diskette driver.

4. Assuming that the floppy diskette d river is A, reboot the system by using the A: driver. At the A: > prompt, run the BIOS upgraded file by executing the Flash BIOS utility and the BIOS file with its appropriate extension.

Example: (AMI tool)

(Where 7IXEH.f1 is name of the BIOS file name)

A:>flashxxx.exe 7IXEH.f1 

Example: (Award tool) (Where 7IXEH.f1 is name of the BI OS file name)

A:>Awdflash.exe 7IXEH.f1 

5. Upon pressing the <Enter> key, a flash memory writer menu will appear on screen. Enter the new BIOS file name with its extension filename into the text box after file name to program.

6. If you want to save the old BIOS file (perform as soon as system is operational, this is recommended), select Y to DO YOU WANT TO SAVE BIOS, then type the old BIOS filename and the extension after filename to save: This option allows you to copy the contents of the flash memory chip onto a diskette, giving you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to re-install it. Select N to DO YOU WANT TO SAVE BIOS, if you don’t want to save the old BIOS file.

7. After the decision to save the old BIOS file or not is made, select Y to ARE YOU SURE TO PROGRAM when the next menu appear; wait until a message showing Power Off or Reset the system appears. Then turn off your system.

8. Remove the diskette and restart your system.

9. Hold down <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. You must select “Load Setup BIOS

Default” to activate the new BIOS, then you may set other item from the main menu.

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Appendix D: Acronyms

Acronyms Meaning

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Management

AGP Accelerated Graphics Port

AMR Audio Modem Riser

ACR Advanced Communications Riser

BIOS Basic Input / Output System

CPU Central Processing Unit

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRIMM Continuity RIMM

CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access

DMI Desktop Management Interface

DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DRM Dual Retention Mechanism

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

DDR Double Data Rate

ECP Extended Capabilities Port

ESCD Extended System Configuration Data

ECC Error Checking and Correcting

EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility

EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ESD Electrostatic Discharge FDD Floppy Disk Device FSB Front Side Bus

HDD Hard Disk Device

IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced

IRQ Interrupt Request

I/O Input / Output

IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller

ISA Industry Standard Architecture

LAN Local Area Network

LBA Logical Block Addressing LED Light Emitting Diode MHz Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface

MTH Memory Translator Hub

MPT Memory Protocol Translator

NIC Network Interface Card

OS Operating System

To be continued…

Acronyms Meaning

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

PAC PCI A.G.P. Controller

POST Power-On Self Test

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

RIMM Rambus in-line Memory Module

SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static Random Access Memory

SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing

SMI System Management Interrupt

USB Universal Serial Bus

VID Voltage ID

Appendix

Gigabyte GA-7IXEH User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual