Gigabyte GA-7ZX-H User Manual

FCC Compliance Statement:

DECLARATION OF CONFOR M I TY

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. I NC.

Phone/Fax No: [phone]/ [phone]

hereby declares that the product

Product Name:

Model Number:

Conforms to the following specificatio ns:

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

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with part 15 o f the FCC Rules. Operation is su bject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
and (2) this device must accept any inference received, including
that may cause undesired operation.

Representative P erson's Name: ERIC LU

Signature:

Address: 18305 Valley Blvd., Suite#A

Mother Board

Date: Mar. 20, 2001

LA Puent, CA 91744

GA-7ZX-H

Eric Lu

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 , including 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 characteristics of

industrial, scientific and medical (ISM electrical equipment “Harmonic s”
high frequency equipment

EN55013 Limits and methods of measurement EN61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems caused
of radio disturbance characteristics of
broadcast receivers and associated electrical equipment “Voltage fluctuations”
equipment

EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:
of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual, commer ci al and light industry
household electrical appli anc es,
portable tools and similar electrical
apparatus Residual, commerci al and light industry

EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement EN 55081-2 Generic emission standard Part 2:
of radio disturbance characteristics of Industrial environment
fluorescent lamps and luminaries

EN 55020 Immunity from radio interference 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 requirements for household
of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus
information technology equipment

DIN V DE 0855 Cabled distribution systems; Equi pm ent EN 50091- 2 EMC requi r em ents for uninterruptible

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

part 12 sound and t elevision signals

declare that the product

Mother Board

GA-7ZX-H

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 marking)

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 information technology equipment

electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment
household and similar general use

EN 60335 Safety of household and similar EN 50091-1 General and Safety requirements for
electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Signature

Date : Mar. 20, 2001 Name : Rex Lin

(Stamp)

Manufacturer/Importer

:

Rex Lin

7ZX-H

AMD AthlonTM/DuronTM Socket A Processor

Motherboard

USER'S MANUAL

AMD AthlonTM/DuronTM Socket A Processor Motherboard

REV. 5.1 First Edition

R-51-01-010419

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) Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard

5) Performance & Block Diagram Product performance & block diagram

6) Suspend to RAM & Dual BIOS Instructions STR installation & Dual BIOS

7) @BIOSTM & EasyTuneIIITM @BIOSTM & EasyTuneIIITM introduction

8) BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS

software

9) Appendix

General reference

Table Of Content

Revision History P.1
Item Checklist P.2
Summary of Features P.3
7ZX-H Motherboard Layout P.5
Page Index for CPU Speed Setup / Connectors / Panel and Jumper

Definition
Performance List P.22
Block Diagram P.23
Suspend to RAM Installation P.24
Dual BIOS Introduction (Optional) P.30
@BIOSTM Introduction P.37
EasyTuneIIITM Introduction P.38
Memory Installation P.40
Page Index for BIOS Setup P.41
Appendix P.72

P.6

7ZX-H Motherboard

Revision History

Revision Revision Note Date

5.1 Initial release of the 7ZX-H 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.

Apr. 19, 2001 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Apr. 2001

1

Item Checklist

 The 7ZX-H motherboard
 Cable for IDE / floppy device
 CD (TUCD) for motherboard driver & utility
 7ZX-H user’s manual

Item Checklist

2

7ZX-H Motherboard

Summary Of Features

Form Factor  30.5 cm x 22.8 cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.
CPU

 AMD Athlon
 256K/64K L2 cache on die
 Supports 600MHz ~ 1GHz and faster
 Support 100/133MHz FSB

TM

/DuronTM (K7) Socket A Processor

Chipset Apollo KT133A, consisting of:

 VT8363A Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC)
 VT82C686B PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral

Controller (PSIPC)

Clock Generator

 ICW W230H
 ICW W230H

100/102/104/106/108/110/112/133 MHz system bus speeds

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 AMR (Audio Modem Riser) slot
 1 ISA slot (Optional)

On-Board IDE  Supports PIO mode 3, 4, UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100&

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  CPU/System fan revolution detect

 CPU/System temperature detect
 System voltage detect
 CPU overheat shutdown detect

To be continued…

3

Summary of Features

PS/2 Connector
On-Board Sound

BIOS  Licensed AMI BIOS, 2M bit flash ROM
Additional Features  Support Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

 PS/2
 AC’97 CODEC
 Line In/Line Out/Mic In/AUX In/CD In/TEL/Game Port

 Support Dual BIOS (Optional)
 Support Internal / External Modem Ring On

 Support USB KB/MS Wake up from S3-S5
 Includes 3 fan power connectors
 Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection
 Support STR (Suspend-To-RAM) function
 Support @BIOS™ and EasyTuneIII™



Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface

4

7ZX-H Motherboard

A

7ZX-H Motherboard Layout

PS/2

JP4

J3

USB1

Socket A CPU

COM A

LPT

COM B

J15

VT8363A

JP21

TX POWER

JP7

JP6

JP8

LED1

FLOPPY

JP18

J18

GAME & AUDIO

AGP 1

PCI1

PCI2

AC97

PCI3

J16

PCI4

PCI5

JP16

AMR

ISA 1

7ZX-H

JP17

DIMM1

Clock
Generator

VT82C

686B

MAIN
BIOS

DIMM2

BZ1

DIMM3

BACK Up

BIOS

J11

IDE1

USB2

IDE2

SW1

BAT1

J13

JP3

J12

JP10

J2

J4

JP11

5

7ZX-H Motherboard Layout


Page Index for CPU Speed Setup/Connectors/Panel and Jumper Definition

Page

CPU Speed Setup P.7
Connectors P.8
Game & Audio Port P.8
COM A / COM B / LPT Port P.8
USB 1 Connector P.9
USB 2 Connector P.9
PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector P.10
J3 (CPU Fan) P.10
JP6 (Power Fan) P.11
J2 (System Fan) P.11
ATX Power P.12
Floppy Port P.12
IDE 1(Primary) / IDE 2(Secondary) Port P.13
J16 (TEL) P.13
J15 (AUX_IN) P.14
J18 (CD Audio Line In) P.14
J13 (Ring Power On) P.15
J12 (Wake On LAN) P.15
JP8 / LED1 (STR LED Connector & DIMM LED) P.16
J4 (IR) P.16
Panel and Jumper Definition P.17
J11 (2x11 Pins Jumper) P.17
JP16/JP17/JP18 (AMR Select)[Optional] P.18
JP4 (Rear USB Device Wake Up Selection) P.18
JP7 (STR Function Enable) P.19
JP11 (Front USB Device Wake Up Selection) P.19
JP10 (BIOS Write Protection)[Optional] P.20
JP3 (Clear CMOS Function)[Optional] P.20
BAT1 (Battery) P.21

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7ZX-H Motherboard

CPU Speed Setup

The system bus speed is selectable at 100~133MHz. The user can select the system bus speed
by DIP switch SW1 & JP21.

Set System Bus Speed
SW1:

FSB 1 2 3 4

100 0 X X X

JP21: CPU Clock Frequency (Optional)

O: ON / X: OFF

95 O O X X

102 0 0 0 X
104 X X X 0
106 0 X X 0
108 0 0 X 0
110 0 X 0 0
112 0 0 0 0
133 0 X 0 X

JP21

SW1

1

133MHz

Pin No. Definition

1

100MHz
(Default)

1-2 close 133MHz
2-3 close 100MHz (De fault)

AMD 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.

7

Connectors

Game & Audio Port

Connectors

Game

Port

COM A / COM B / LPT Port

Line Out 1

LPT Port

COM A

MIC In

Line In

COM B

8

7ZX-H Motherboard

USB 1 Connector

USB 2 Connector

2

1

2

1

56

Pin No. Definition

4

3

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

7

8

6 USB D1­7 USB D1+
8 GND

Pin No. Definition

10

1 +5V
2 GND
3 USB D2-

9

4 NC
5 USB D2+
6 USB D3+
7 NC
8 USB D3­9 GND

10 +5V

9

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector

Connectors

J3: CPU Fan

PS/2 Mouse

6

4

5

3

12

PS/2 Keyboard

Pin No. Definition

1 Control
2 +12V
3 SENSE

PS/2

Mouse/Keyboard

Pin No. Definition

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

1

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7ZX-H Motherboard

JP6: Power Fan

J2: Sysem Fan

1

Pin No . Defin ition

1 Control
2 +12V
3 NC

1

Pin No. Definition

1 Control
2 +12V
3 SENSE

11

ATX Power

Floppy Port

Pin No. Definition

3,5,7,13,

2010

15-17

1,2,11 3.3V

4,6,19,20 VCC

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

11

1

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

14 PS-ON (Soft On/Off)

Red Line

Connectors

GND

12

FDD1

7ZX-H Motherboard

IDE1 (Primary), IDE2 (Secondary) Port

Red Line

IDE 1 I DE 2

J16 TEL: The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector

1

Pin No. Definition

1 Signal-In
2 GND
3 GND
4 Signal-Out

13

J15: AUX_IN

J18: CD Audio Line In

Connectors

1

Pin No. Definition

1 AUX-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 AUX-R

1

Pin No. Definition

1 CD-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 CD-R

14

7ZX-H Motherboard

J13: Ring Power On (Internal Modem Card Wake Up)

1

Pin No. Definition

1 Signal
2 GND

J12: Wake On LAN

1

Pin No . D e fi n ition

1 +5V SB
2 GND
3 Signal

15

JP8 / LED1: STR LED Connector & DIMM LED

STR LED Connector External.
1

+ DIMM LED

Connectors

J4: IR

1

Pin No. Definition

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

16

7ZX-H Motherboard

Panel And Jumper Definition

J11: 2x11 Pins Jumper

GN

HD

1

S P K

P−P−P+

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

RE

1

1

PW

GD

1

17

Panel and Jumper Definition

JP16 /JP17/JP18: AMR (Primary or Secondary) Select (Optional)

(AMR Audio Modem Riser)

1

1

JP17

JP16

1

JP16 JP17 JP18
Onboard AC97 ON 1-2 1-2
AMR (P rimary) OFF 3-4 3-4
Onboard AC97+MR
(Secondary)
(Default)

JP18

ON 1-2

3-4

1-2

JP4: Rear USB Device Wake up Selection (USB Connector  USB1)

1

Pin No. Definition
1-2 Close Normal (Def aul t)
2-3 Close USB Device Wake up

(If you want to use "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5"
function, you have to set the BIOS setting "USB Dev
Wakeup From S3-S5" enabled, and the jumper "JP4"
enabled).
*(Power on the computer and as soon as memory
counting starts, press <Del>. You will enter BIOS Setup.

USB1

Select the item "POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP", then
select "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5: Enabled".
Remember to save the setting by pressing "ESC" and
choose the "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" option.)

18

7ZX-H Motherboard

JP7: STR Function Enable

1

Pin No. Definition

Open Normal (Default)

Close STR Enabled

JP11: Front USB Device Wake up Selection (USB Port  USB2)

1

USB2

Pin No. Definition

1-2 close Normal (Default)
2-3 close

(If you want to use "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5"
function, you hav e to se t the BIOS setting "USB Dev
Wakeup From S3-S5" enabled, and the jumper "JP11"
enabled).
*(Power on the computer and as soon as memory
counting starts, press <Del>. You will enter BIOS S e t u p.
Select the item "POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP", then
select "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5: Enabled".
Remember to save the setting by pressing "ESC" and
choose the "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" option.)

Enabled Front USB Device
Wake up

19

JP10: BIOS Write Protection (Optional)

Pin No. Definition

ON Write Protect Enable

OFF

Please Set Jumpe r JP10 to ”OFF” to enabled

BIOS Write Function when you update new B IOS

or new device

Panel and Jumper Definition

1

Write Protect Disable
(Default)

JP3: Clear CMOS Function (Optional)

Pin N o . D e fi n ition
1-2 close Normal (Default)
2-3 close Clear CM OS

1

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