AMD 4118 Bedienungsanleitung

F C C C o m p l i a n c e S t a t e m e n t : This equ ipment has been tested a nd foun d to comply w ith lim its for a C lass B digit al devic e, pursuant to Par t 15 of the FCC rules. T hese limits are design ed to pr ovide reaso nable protection a gainst harmful interfere nce in residential instal lation s. T his equip ment generates, use s, and[...]

Declarati on of Conform ity We, Manufacturer/Importer (full address) G.B.T . Techn ology Tr äding GMbH Aussch lager W eg 41, 1F , 20537 Hamburg, Germ any declare that the product ( description of the appar atus, system, installation to which it refer s) Mother Board GA-7ZXR is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformi[...]

7ZXR AMD TM Athlon AGP Motherboard USER'S MANUAL AMD TM Athlon Socket A Process or Motherboard REV . 1.0 Second Edition R-10-02-001005[...]

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How This Manua l Is Orga nized 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) Hard ware Se tup Instructions on setting up the motherboard 5) Performance & Block Diagr am Product performance & block [...]

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T able Of Content Revision History P.1 Item Checklist P.2 Summary of Features P.3 7ZXR Motherboard Layout P.5 Page Index for CPU Speed Setup / Connectors / P anel and Jumper Definition P.6 Performance List P.23 Block Diagram P.24 Suspend to RAM Installation P.25 Dual BIOS Introduction P .31 Four Speaker & SP DIF Introduction P .38 @BIOS Introdu[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 1 Revision History Revision Revision Note Date 1.0 Initial release of the 7ZXR motherboard user’s manual. Sep.2000 1.0 Second release of the 7ZXR motherboard user’s manual. Oct.2000 The author assumes no responsibility for any err ors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commi tment to updat[...]

Item Check l i s t 2 Item Chec klist ; The 7ZXR motherboard ; Cable for IDE / floppy device ; Diskettes or CD (TUCD) for motherboard driver & utility ; 7ZXR user’s manual[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 3 Summary Of F eatu res Form Factor y 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm A TX size form factor , 4 layers PCB. CPU y AMD Athlon ( K7) Socke t A Processo r y 256K/64K L2 cache on die y Supports 500MHz ~ 1GHz Chipset Apollo KT133 ,consisting of: y VT8363 Memory/AGP/PCI Controller(P AC) y VT82C686A PCI Super-I/O Integrated Periphera[...]

Summ ary of Feat ures 4 PS/2 Connector y PS/2  Keyboard interface and PS/2  Mouse interface On-Board Sound y Creative CT5880 sound y AC’97 CODEC y Line In/Line Out/Mic In/AUX In/CD In/TEL/Game Port /Four Speaker & SP DIF On-Board Raid y Support data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) . y Supports concurrent dual I[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 5 7ZXR Mother board Lay out 7ZXR PCI1 PCI2 Socket A CPU VT82C 686A VT8363 GAME & AUDI O COM B CO M A LPT PS/2 J3 J16 J15 J18 BAT1 J2 BZ1 FLOPPY IDE2 IDE1 AGP 1 JP6 SW1 J11 LED1 J13 J12 J4 JP4 USB1 JP8 AMR PCI3 Sigmtal USB2 DIMM3 JP7 ATX POWER DIMM2 DIMM1 PCI4 PCI5 ISA 1 MAIN BIO S BACK Up BIO S JP10 JP11 JP18 JP9 JP16 JP17 Cre[...]

7ZXR M otherboard Layout 6  Page Index for CPU Speed Setup/Connectors/P anel and Jumper Definition Page CPU Speed Setup P. 7 Connectors P. 8 ATX Power P .8 COM A / COM B / LPT Por t P .8 Floppy Port P .9 Game & Audio Port P .9 IDE 1/IDE2 (Primary/Secondary), IDE 3/IDE4(Promise Raid/ATA 100) Port P .10 J2 (System Fan) P .10 J3 (CPU Fan) P .1 [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 7 CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is selectable at 100~133MHz. The user can select the system bus speed by DIP switch SW1 . Set System Bus Speed z If your clock generator (in Motherboard) is ICW W230H . Yo u can follow the bel ow reference. SW1: (ICW W230H) O : O N , X : OFF FSB 1 2 3 4 9 5 O O X X Ë 100 0 X X X 102 0 0 0 X [...]

Connectors 8 Connec tors A TX Power Pin No. Definition 3,5,7,13, 15-17 GND 1,2,11 3.3 V 4,6,19,20 VC C 10 +12V 12 -12V 18 -5V 8 Powe r Good 9 5V SB stand b y+5V 14 PS-ON (Soft On/Off) 20 10 11 1 COM A / COM B / LPT Port COM A LPT Port COM B[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 9 Floppy Port Red Line FDD1 Game & Audio Port MIC In Game Port Line In Line Out 1 Line Out 1: Li ne Out or SPDIF (The SPDIF output is capable of providi ng digital audio to external s peakers or compressed AC3 d ata to an ext ernal Dolby digi tal decoder). To enable SPDIF, simply inser t SPDIF connector into Li ne Out1. Line O[...]

Connectors 10 IDE1,IDE2 (Pri mary/Secondar y),IDE3/IDE4( Raid/A T A100) Port IDE 1 IDE 2 Red Line IDE 3 IDE 4 J2 : System Fan Pin N o. De finitio n 1 Cont r ol 2 +12V 3 NC 1[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 11 J3 : CPU Fan Pin N o. Definition 1 Contr ol 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 J4 : IR Pin N o. De finition 1 VCC (+ 5V) 2 NC 3 IR Dat a I nput 4 GND 5 IR Dat a Out put 1[...]

Connectors 12 J12 : W ake On LAN P in N o . D e finition 1 +5 V SB 2 GN D 3 Si gnal 1 J13 : Ring Power On ( Internal M odem Card W ake Up) Pin N o. De finition 1 Si gnal 2 GND 1[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 13 J15 : AUX_IN Pin N o. D efinition 1 AUX-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 AUX-R 1 J16 TEL : The connector is for M odem with i nternal voice connector Pin N o. De fin itio n 1 Sign al -I n 2 GND 3 GND 4 Sign al -Out 1[...]

Connectors 14 J18 : CD Audio Li ne In Pin N o. D efinition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R 1 JP6 : Power Fan Pin N o. De finitio n 1 Cont r ol 2 +12V 3 NC 1[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 15 JP8 / LED1: STR LED Connector & DIMM LED STR LED Connect o r Ext er nal . + DIMM LED 1 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard Pin No. Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 GND 4 VCC(+5V) 5 Clock 6 NC PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6[...]

Connectors 16 USB 1 Connector Pin No. Definition 1 USB V0 2 USB D0- 3 USB D0+ 4 GND 5 USB V1 6 USB D1- 7 USB D1+ 8 GND 5 6 7 8 4 3 2 1 USB 2 Connector P in N o. D e finition 1 +5V 2 GN D 3 USB D2- 4 NC 5 USB D2+ 6 USB D3+ 7 NC 8 USB D3- 9 GN D 10 +5V 1 10 9 2[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 17 Panel And Jumper De finition BA T1: Battery + ) Dange r o f ex plosion if ba t te ry is incorrect ly replaced . ) Replace only w ith the sam e or equivale nt type recomm ended by the manufacturer. ) Dispos e of used bat terie s according to th e m a nufac turer’s instructions . J11: 2x11 Pins Jumper RE GN GD PW P − P − P+[...]

Panel and Jum per Defi ni t i on 18 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 Oper[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 19 JP4: Rear USB Devi ce W ake up Selecti on (USB Connector Æ USB1) Pin No. Definition 1-2 Close N ormal (De fau lt) 2-3 Close USB Device Wake up 1 (If you want t o use "USB Dev W akeup Fr om S3-S5" function, y ou have to se t the BIOS setting "US B Dev Wakeup From S3-S5" enabl ed, and the jumper "J P4&qu[...]

Panel and Jum per Defi ni t i on 20 JP9 : Onboard Sound Function Selection 1 JP9 Pin No. Definition 1-2 close O nbo ard Soun d Enable (Default) 2-3 close O nbo ard Soun d Disable JP10 : BIOS Wr ite Protection ( Optional) Pin No . D e fin itio n ON W rite Protect Enable OFF W rite Protect Disable (De fau lt) 1 0 Please Set Jum pe r JP10 to ”Open?[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 21 JP1 1 : Front USB Device W ake up Selection (USB Port Æ USB2) 1 Pin N o. Definition 1-2 cl ose Normal ( Defaul t ) 2-3 cl ose Enabled Fr ont USB Devic e Wake up (If y ou want t o use " USB Dev Wake up From S3- S5" func tion, you hav e to s et t he BIOS s etti ng "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5" e nabled , and t [...]

Panel and Jum per Defi ni t i on 22 JP19 : Onboard Promi se Selection ( Optional) Pin N o . D e fin itio n 1-2 close IDE Ra id disabled (Promise chipset disabled) 2-3 close IDE Raid enable d(Default) (Promise chipset enabled) 1 JP20 : Raid/A T A100 Selection (Optional) Pin No . D efin itio n 1-2 close Raid Function 2-3 close AT A 100 Func tion (De [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 23 Perform ance List The followi ng perform ance data l ist is the testing resul ts of som e popular benc hmark tes ting programs. These da ta are ju st referred by users, and ther e is no resp onsibility for dif fere nt testing data values go tten b y users. (Th e dif ferent Ha rdware & So ftware configuratio n will resu lt i[...]

Block Diagram 24 Block Diag ram 3.3V SDRA M COM Ports LPT Port AMR A TA 66 IDE Channels 4 USB Port s HCLK (100MHz) PS/2 Floppy AC97 CODEC AMR CT5880 Option AC-Link 5 PCI PCI (33MH z) VT82C 686A HCLK (100MHz) AGPCLK (66M Hz) 33MHz 14.318MHz 48MHz PCI (33MHz ) AGPCLK (66M Hz) ICW W 230H CPUCLK (100MHz) AMD-K7 TM VT8363 System Bus 100MHz AGP 2X/4X 100[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 25 Suspend T o RAM Installation A.1 Introduce STR function: Suspend-to-RA M (ST R) is a Window s 98 A CPI sl eep mode function. When rec overing from STR (S3) sleep mode, the system is able, to retrieve the last “ state” of the system before it went to sleep and rec over to that sta te in just a few s econds. The “state ” [...]

Suspend t o RAM Inst allation 26 Step 2: (If you want t o use STR Function, please set jumper JP7 Closed.) Pin No. Definition Open Norm al (Default) Close STR Enabled 1 Step 3: Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting sta rts, press <Del>. You will enter BIOS Setup. Select the item “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP”, then selec t “ AC[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 27 A.3 How to put your system into STR mode? T here are two ways to acc omplish thi s: 1. Choos e the “Stand by” item in the “ Shut Down Windows” area. A. Press the “ Start” button and then s elect “Shut Down” B. Choose the “Stand by” item and press “OK”[...]

Suspend t o RAM Inst allation 28 2. Define the system ” power on” button to initiate STR sleep mode: A. Double click “ My Computer” and then “ Control Panel” B. Double c lick the “ Power Management” item.[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 29 C. Select the “Advanced” tab and “ Standby” mode in Power Buttons. Step 4: Restart your computer to compl ete setup. Now when y ou wa nt to e nter STR sleep m ode, j ust momenta rily pre ss the “Power on” button. A.4 How to recover from the S TR sleep mode? There ar e five ways to “ wake up” th e system: 1. Pres[...]

Suspend t o RAM Inst allation 30 A.5 Notices : 1. In order for STR to func tion prop erly , several hard ware and s oftware requirements must be satisfied: A. Your AT X power supply must comply with the AT X 2.01 specifi cation (provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand-By current). B. Your SDRAM must be PC-100 compl iant. 2. Jumper JP8 is provided to conn[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 31 Dual BIOS Intr oduction A. What i s Dual BIOS Te chnology? Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the mother board, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Mai n BIOS. I f the Mai n BIOS is corrupt ed o r d amage d, the B ac kup BIOS c an take o[...]

Dual BIOS Introduct ion 32 b. AMI Du al BIOS Flash ROM Pr ogra mming Ut ility c. Dual BIOS Item explanati on: BIOS will auto detect: Boot From : Main BIOS Main ROM Type : SST 39SF020 Back up ROM Type : SST 39SF020 Wide Range Pro tection: Disable(Defau lt), Enable Status 1: If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failur e, checksum error or r eset…) occur[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 33 Boot From : Main B I OS (D e fault ), B ackup B IOS Status 1: T he user can set to boot from main BIOS or Bac kup BIOS. Auto Recovery : En abled(Defau lt), Disabled When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure, the working BIOS will auto matically r ecover the BIOS o f checksum failur e . (In the Power Manag[...]

Dual BIOS Introduct ion 34 DualBIO S TM T echnology FA Q GIGABYTE T echnology is pleased to i ntroduce DualBIOS technology , a hot spare for your system BIOS. This newness “ V alue-added” featur e, in a long of innovations from GIGABYTE, is available on GA-7ZXR motherboard. Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovati on. Wh[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 35 I. Q: What is DualBIOS TM technology? Answer: DualBIOS technology i s a patented technology from Gi ga-Byte Technol ogy. The concept of thi s technology is based on the redundancy and fault tol erance theory. DualBIOS TM tec hnology simply means there are two system BIOSes (ROM) integr ated onto the motherboard. One is a main B[...]

Dual BIOS Introduct ion 36 III. Q: How does DualBIOS TM technology work? Answer: 1. DualBIOS TM technology prov ides a wide range of protecti on during the boot up procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the way to PN P detection/assi gnment. 2. DualBIOS TM provides automati c recovery for the BIOS. When the f[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 37 2. During or after a BIOS upgrade, if DualBIOS TM detects that the main BIOS i s corrupt, the backup BIOS will take over the boot-up process automatically . Moreover , it w ill verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting-up. DualBIOS TM technology examines the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system is [...]

Four Speaker & S PDIF Int roducti on 38 Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction Four Speaker Intr oduction A. What is Four Speaker? The Creative CT 5880 audio chip c an support up to 4 speaker output. If you s elect “Four speaker out” , Line In will be reconfigured as another line out to suppor t a second pair of speakers. B. How to use Four [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 39 c. Clic k “Four speaker” item. C. Four Speaker Applicat ion The four speaker function will only support in application software that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX. For exampl e, the game ti tles, software DVD pl ayer and MP3 player. Those software support Microsoft Di rectX, so they c an support four speaker output[...]

Four Speaker & S P DIF Int roduc tion 40 SPDIF Intr oduction A. What is SPDIF? The SPDIF output is capable of provi ding digital audio to external s peakers or compress ed AC3 data to an external Dolby di gital decoder. B. How to use SPDIF? a. Press your mouse ri ght button in “My Computer” and then select the “Properties” item. b. Clic[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 41 c. Press “Sound, video and game controllers ” item and then select the “ C reative Sound Blaster PCI128” item. d. Press “Settings” item and then select the “Output Mode” item.[...]

Four Speaker & S P DIF Int roduc tion 42 e. Click “ Digital” item, L ine Out w ill be re co nfigur ed to SPD IF Out. ※ Note, The motherboard doesn’t support “Autosense”.[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 43 @ BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces @ BIOS Windows BI O S live updat e ut ili ty 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[...]

Easy Tune/// TM Introduc tion 44 Easy Tune III TM Introduc tion Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII Windows overdri ve util i ty “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 techn[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 45 This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached driver CD. Users may make a test drive of “EasyTuneIII” to find out more amazing features by themselves.[...]

Raid Introduc tion 46 Raid Introduction What is Raid? This motherboard i mplements two different types of RAID levels as follows : RAID 0 (stripe) For cap acity -- The motherb oard array w ill be as b ig as the sm allest HD D in the a rray time s howe ver many H DDs ar e in the array. Any la rger HD Ds will sim ply b e tru ncated. The truncated spa[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 47 About RAI D Levels Striping ( RAI D 0) Reads and writes sec tors of data interl eaved between multipl e drives. When any disk member fails, i t affects the entire array. Performanc e is better than a si ngle drive s ince the workl oad is balanced between the array members. This arr a y type is for high performance systems. Iden[...]

Raid Introduc tion 48 Mirroring (RAID 1) Writes dupli cate data on to a pair of driv es while reads are performed i n parallel . ATA RAID 1 is fault tolerant because eac h drive of a mirrored pai r is ins talled on separate IDE c hannels. If one of the mirrored drives s uffers a mechanic al failure (e.g. s pindle fai lure) or does not respond, the [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 49 Creating Your Disk Ar ray You will now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your arr ay using the attached drives. There are three different scenarios in creating thi s array. You can c reate an array for performance, you can create a Security array using new hard dri ves (recommended), or you c an create a Security array u[...]

Raid Introduc tion 50 Creating an Array fo r Performan ce NOTE: This motherboard al lows users to create striped array s with 1, 2 driv es. To create an array for best performanc e, follow these s teps: 1. Using the Spacebar, choos e “Performance” under the Optimize Array fo r section. 2. Select how you will use your PC most under the Typi cal [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 51 Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive NOTE: This motherboard permi ts only two dri ves to be used for a s ingle Mirrored array in Auto Setup. You would use this method i f you wish to us e a drive that already contains data and/or is the bootable system drive in your system. You will need another drive of identi[...]

Raid Introduc tion 52 4. Use the arrow keys to c hoose which dri ve contains the ex isting data to be c opied. 5. Press [Ctrl-Y] keys to Save selec tion and start dupli cation. The fol lowing progress screen will appear. Start t o duplicat e the im age . . . Do you want to conti nue? (Y es /No) Y – Continue N - A bort 6. Select “ Y” to contin[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 53 Using FastBuild™ Configuration Utility The FastBui ld TM Configuration Utility of fers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the motherboard. F or purposes of this manual , it is assumed you have al ready created an array in the previ ous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array or vi ew other[...]

Raid Introduc tion 54 Navi gati ng the Fa stB uild™ Set up Menu When using the menus, these are s ome of the basic navi gation tips: Arrow k eys highl ights through choices; [Space] bar key allows to cycle through options; [Enter] key selec ts an option; [ESC] key i s used to abort or exi t the current menu. Using t he Ma in Me nu This i s the fi[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 55 Creating Arrays Auto matically The Auto Setup <1> selecti on from the Main Menu can intui tively help create your dis k array . It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are cr eating. After making all selection s, use C t rl-Y t o Save sele ctions. Fa stBuild w ill autom atically bu ild the a[...]

Raid Introduc tion 56 Def ining Typi cal A pplic ati on Usa ge Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be perfor med in order to optimize how This motherboard handles data blocks to enhance performance. Your choice will determine the block si ze used. You may choos e from: A/V Editing (for audio/v ideo applic ations, or any simil a[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 57 Viewing Drive Assign ments The View Drive Ass ignments <2> option i n the Main Menu displ ays whether drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned. Under the “ Assignment” column, drives are l abeled with thei r assigned di sk array or shown as “ Free” if unas signed. Such “Free” drives can be us ed [...]

Raid Introduc tion 58 Manually Creating an Array The Define Array <3> opti on from the Main Menu allows users to begin the proces s of manually defining the driv e elements and RAID level s for one or multi ple disk array s attached to this motherboard. Users will commonly create one or tw o drive arrays with the motherboard, though the mothe[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 59 Selec ting A rray Type 1. Under the Defini tion secti on of this menu, highli ght the Array # for w hich y ou want to assign a RAID lev el. 2. Use the [Space] ke y to cycle through two array types: Performance (RAID 0 Str iping), Security (RAID 1 Mirrori ng). FastBuild (t m ) Utilit y 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promis e Tec hnology, In[...]

Raid Introduc tion 60 3. Press <Ctrl-Y> to save the di sk array i nformation. Depending on the array ty pe selected, the following scenarios will take place: a) If choosing a Striping array, the initial D efine Array Menu screen will appear with the arrays defined. From there y ou may ESC to exit and return to the Mai n Menu of FastBuild. b) [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 61 After assigning the dri ves to a Mirrori ng array , press <Ctrl-Y> key s to Save your sel ection. T he window below will appear . Do you want the disk i m age to be dupl i c ated to anot her? (Yes/ No) Y - Create and Duplic ate N - Create Only 1. Press “Y” for the C reate and D uplicate option. The win dow b elow will[...]

Raid Introduc tion 62 6. Once mirroring is complete, the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created. Press any key to r eboot the system Array has been c reat ed. <Press A n y K ey t o Reboot> Making a Disk Array Boo table WARNING : In order for you to boot from an array on the system, your PC or server [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 63 How Orders Arrays During startup, the dis k arrays on the motherboard are recogni zed in thi s order: 1) The array s et to bootable in the FastBui ld TM Setup, and 2) the Array number (i.e. Array 0, Array 1…). This would be involved in determining which drive letter s will be assigned to each disk array. How Saves Array Infor[...]

Raid Introduc tion 64 Deleting An Ar ray The Delete Array <4> Menu opti on allows for del etion of disk array assignments . This i s not the same as deleting data from the dri ves themsel ves. If you delete an array by acci dent (and before it has been used agai n), the array can normall y be recovered by defi ning the array identicall y as t[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 65 3. Confirm yes to the foll owing warning mess age with the <Ctrl-Y> key to c ontinue array deletion: Are you sure you want to del et e t his array? Press Ct rl-Y t o Del et e, others to Abort 4. After deleting the array, you s hould create a new array usi ng Auto Setup or the Define Array menu from the FastBui ld Main Men[...]

Raid Introduc tion 66 Rebuildi ng A Mirrored A rray The Rebuild Array <5> Menu option is nec essary to rec over from an error in a mirrored di sk array. You will receive an er ror message when booting your system fr om the BIOS. NOTE : Dri ves MUST be repl aced if they c ontain any physi cal errors. Follow these s teps BEFORE usi ng the Rebui[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 67 FastBuild (t m ) Utilit y 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promis e Tec hnology, Inc. [ Rebuild A rray Menu ] A r r a y N o R A I D M o d e T o t a l D r v S t a t u s A r r a y 2 M i r r o r 2 C r i t i c a l Stripe B l oc k: Not Available [ Select Drive for Rebu ild ] C h a n n e l : I D D r i v e M o d e l C a p a c i t y ( M B ) 1 : Slav[...]

Raid Introduc tion 68 Viewing C ontroll er Set tings The Controller Confi guration <6> menu selec tion allows you to enable or disabl e the BIOS from halting (the default) if it detects an error on boot up. You may also view the system resources (Interrupt and I/O port address) of data channels. FastBuild (t m ) Utilit y 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Pr[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 69 Memory Installa tion The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS w ill automatically detects memory type and s ize. To i nstall the memory module, just push i t vertical ly into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module c an only fit in one di rection due to the two notch. Memory size can vary between soc kets[...]

BIOS Setup 70  Page Index for BIOS Setup Page The Main Menu P .72 Standard CMOS Setup P .74 BIOS Features Setup P .77 Chipset Features Setup P .79 Power Management Setup P .83 PNP/ PCI Configuration P .86 Load BIOS Defaults P .88 Load Setup Defaults P .89 Integrated Peripherals P .90 Hardware Monitor P .94 Supervisor Password / User Password P .[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 71 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an ov erview of the BIOS Setup I nterfac e. The int erface all ows users to modify the basic system con figura tion, which is stored in battery-backe d CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information can be retained when the power i s turned off. ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer an d press <Del[...]

BIOS Setup 72 GETTING HELP Mai n Men u The on-line desc ription of the highl ighted setup function i s displ ayed at the bottom of the screen. Status P a g e S e tup M enu / Opt ion P a g e S e tup M enu Press F1 to pop up a smal l help wi ndow that des cribes t he appro priate k eys to use and t he possible s elections for the highlighted i tem. T[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 73 • • • • Power Management Setup This setup page i ncludes al l the adjustabl e items of Green function features . • • • • PnP/P CI Configurations T his setup page i ncludes all the adjustable c onfigurations of PCI & PnP ISA resourc es. • • • • Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS Defaults op tion loads prese[...]

BIOS Setup 74 Standard CM OS Setup The items in Sta ndard CMOS Set up Menu (Figure 2) a re divi ded int o 9 catego ries. Each category incl udes none, on e or m ore than one setup items . Use th e a rrows to highli ght the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to sel ect the value i n each item. Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup • ?[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 75 • • • • T i m e The times format in <h our> <minut e> <second>. The ti me is calc ulated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. • • • • Primary Master / Slave , Secondar y Master / Slave The category identifies the type of h ard dis k from drive C to F that ha[...]

BIOS Setup 76 • • • • Boot Sector Vir us Protection If it is set to enable, the category will flash on the scr een when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the ha rd disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time . Y ou can run anti- virus program to locate th[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 77 BIOS Feat ures Se tup Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup • • • • 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Floppy Set your boot device pri ority to Fl oppy . ZIP A: / LS-120 Set your boot device priori ty to ZIP A: / LS-120. CDROM Set your boot device pri ority to CDROM. SCSI Set your boot device pri ority to SCSI. NETWORK Set your boot d[...]

BIOS Setup 78 • • • • S.M.A.R.T . for Hard Disks Enabled Enabled 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 i s number keys. (Defau lt V alue) Off Keypad i s arrow keys. • • • • Floppy Drive Seek During POST , BIOS will determine if the floppy [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 79 Chipset F eatur es Setup Figure 4: Chips et Features Setup • • • • T op Performance If you wish to maximize the perform a nce of your system , set “ T op Performance” to “ Enabled”. Disabled Disable T op Performanc e. (Default Value) Enabled T op Performance Enabled. • • • • DRAM Frequency 100MHz Set DRA[...]

BIOS Setup 80 • • • • AGP Mode 4X Set AGP Mode to 4X. (Defau lt V alue) 1X Set AGP Mode to 1X. 2X Set AGP Mode to 2X. • • • • AGP Co mp. Drivin g 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 Si[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 81 • • • • BIOS Flash Protection Enabled BIOS F lash Write Protection. Disabled Normal . (Default Value) • • • • DRAM Drive Stren gth Auto Set DRAM Drive Strength Auto. (Default Value) Manual Set DRAM Drive Strength Manual. If DRAM Drive Strength is Man ual, then you can adjust item below. • • • • MD Bus St[...]

BIOS Setup 82 • • • • CAS# Drive 8 mA Set CAS# Drive 8 mA. 12 mA Set CAS# Drive 12 mA. (Default V alue) • • • • RAS# Drive 16 mA Set RAS# Drive 16 mA. 24 mA Set RAS# Drive 24 mA. (Default V alue)[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 83 Powe r Manage me nt Set up Figure 5: Power Management Setup • • • • ACPI Sleep T ype S1/POS Set ACPI sleep type to S1. (Defau lt V alue) S3/STR Set ACPI sl eep type to S3. • USB Dev W akeup From S3 -S5 Enabled Enable USB Devi ce Wakeup From S3-S5. Disabled Dis able USB Devic e Wakeup From S3-S5. (Default V alue) AMIBI[...]

BIOS Setup 84 • • • • Suspend Time Out (Minute.) Disabled Dis able Suspend Time Out F unction. (Defau lt V alue) 1~60 Set the timer to enter Suspend Ti me Out . • • • • Display Activity Ignore Ignore Display Activi ty . (Default Value) Monitor Monitor Display Acti vity . • • • • IRQ 3~IRQ15 Ignore Ignore IRQ3 ~IRQ15. Monitor[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 85 • • • • Resume On RTC Alarm Y ou can set “Resume On RTC Alarm” item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system. Disabled Di sable 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~[...]

BIOS Setup 86 PnP/ PCI Co nf i gu ra ti on s Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurati on • • • • PnP OS Installed Y es Enabl e PNP OS Installed functi on. No Disable PNP OS Ins talled function. (Default Value) • • • • Reset Configuration Data No Disable this function. (Defau lt V alue) Y es Cl ear PnP information in ESCD & update DMI data.[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 87 • • • • DMA Channel ( 0,1,3,5,6,7 ) I S A / E IS A The resource i s used by Legacy ISA device. P n P The resource is used by PnP device. • • • • IRQ ( 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,14,15 ) I S A / E IS A The resource i s used by Legacy ISA device. P C I / P n P The resource is used by PCI/ PnP devic e.[...]

BIOS Setup 88 Load BIOS Defaults Figure 7: Load BIOS Defaults • • • • Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS d ef aul ts con ta in the mos t app rop ria t e system parameter values of to configure the syste m to ach ieve ma xim um sta bility. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTI LI TY- VERSION 1 .23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 89 Load Setup De faults Figure 8: Load Setup Defaults • • • • Load Setup Defaults Load Setup defa ults contain the most app ropriate system pa rameter values to config ure the system to achieve maximu m perform a nce. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTI LI TY- VERSION 1 .23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved[...]

BIOS Setup 90 Integrated Peripheral s Figure 9: Integrated Peripheral s  This items will be available when ” Serial PortB Mode” is set to IrDA or ASK IR. ♦ These eight items will be shown when there are only AC ’97 C ODEC sound. • On Board Serial P ort A Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port A address. (Default V alue) 3F8/COM1 En[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 91 • Serial Po rt B Mo de Normal Normal operati on. (Default Value) IrDA Onboard I/O chip supports IRDA ASK IR Onboard I/O chip supports ASK IR. • Duplex Mode Half Duplex IR Function Duplex Hal f. N/A Disable this function. (Defau lt V alue) Full Dupl ex IR Function Duplex Full . • On Board Par allel port 378 Enable On Board[...]

BIOS Setup 92 • • • • AC97 Audio Auto Enabled On Board AC’97 Audi o. (Default Value) Disabled Dis able On Board AC’97 Audio. • • • • MC97 Modem Auto Enable On Board MC’97 Modem. (Default V alue) Disabled Disable On Board MC’ 97 Modem. • • • • OnBoard Legacy Audio Enabled Enabl e OnBoard Legacy Audio. (Default Value) [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 93 • • • • MPU-401 I/O Address 330h-333h Set MPU-401 I/O Address to 330h-333h. (Default Value) 300h-303h Set MPU-401 I/O Address to 300h-303h. 310h-313h Set MPU-401 I/O Address to 310h-313h. 320h-323h Set MPU-401 I/O Address to 320h-323h. • • • • Game Port (200h-207h) Disabled Disable Game Port (200h-207h). Enabled[...]

BIOS Setup 94 Hardw are Monitor Figure 10: Hardware Monitor • • • • CPU T emperature ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) Detect CPU Temperature automatic ally. • • • • System T emperature ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) Detect System T emperature automatically . • • • • CPU Fan Speed Detect CPU Fan speed st atus automaticall y[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 95 Set Super visor / Use r Pa ssword When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist y ou in creating a pass word. Figure 1 1: Password Setting T ype th e passwor d, up to six characte rs, and pre ss <Enter>. Y ou will be asked t o confirm the password. Type the password[...]

BIOS Setup 96 IDE HDD AUTO Detection Fi gure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection T ype "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter r eported by BIOS. T ype "N" will keep the old H.D.D. parameter setup. I f the hard disk cylinder numb er is over 1024, then the user can selec t LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB. AMI BI [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 97 Save & Exit Se tup Figure 13: Save & Exi t Setup T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to R TC CMOS. Type "N" w ill r etur n to Se t up Utilit y. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTI LI TY- VERSION 1 .23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDARD CM OS SE[...]

BIOS Setup 98 Exit Without Saving Figure 14: Exit Wi thout Saving T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to R TC CMOS. Type "N" w ill r etur n to Se t up Utilit y. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTI LI TY- VERSION 1 .23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDARD CM OS SETUP INTEGRA TED PERI PHERAL[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 99 Appendix Appendix A : VIA KT133 Chipsets Driver Installation A.VIA 4 in 1 Service P ack Utility: Insert the support CD that came with y our motherboard into your CD-ROM driv er or double –cli ck the CD driver i con in My Computer to bri ng up the screen. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1.Click “VIA 4in 1 Service Pac k Utility” it[...]

Appendix 100 (7) (8) (9) (10) 6.Click “Next” . 7.Click “Next” . 9.Click “Next” . 10.Click “ Finish” to restart computer .[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 101 Appendix B: Creative S ound Driver Installation Insert the support CD that came with y our motherboard into your CD-ROM driv er or double –cli ck the CD driver i con in My Computer to bri ng up the screen . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Audio 2.Click “ OK” . 3.Click “Yes”. 1.Click “Creative 5880 Sound Driver”. 4.Click [...]

Appendix 102 (7) (8) 9.Click “ Finish” t o restart computer . 7.Click here. 8.Click” N ext”[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 103 Appendix C: Promise PC I Device Installation A. Promise A T A100 Driver Installation: Insert the support CD that came with y our motherboard into your CD-ROM driv er or double –cli ck the CD driver i con in My Computer to bri ng up the screen . (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1.Click “ Pro mise PCI Device ..” . 2. Refer “ Driv[...]

Appendix 104 (7) (8) (9) (10) (1 1) (12) 1 1.Click Next. 8.Click Ne xt 9.Click Ne xt 10.T ype”D:OtherPromiseata100win95-98” 12.Click N ext 13.Click F inis h 14.Click “Y es” to restart y our s y stem.[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 105 B. FastT r ak Utility Installation: Insert the support CD that came with y our motherboard into your CD-ROM driv er or double –cli ck the CD driver i con in My Computer to bri ng up the screen . (1) (2) (3) (4) (3) (4) 1.Click “ Pro mise PCI Device ..” . 4.Click “Y es” 2.Click “ FastTrak Utilities I nstalla t ion?[...]

Appendix 106 (7) (8) (9) (10) (1 1) (12) 1 1.Click “Finish” to restart. 8.Click “Next” 7.Click “Next” 6.Click “Next” 9.Click “Next” 10.Click “Next”[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 107 C. Promise RAID Driver Installat i o n: Insert the support CD that came with y our motherboard into your CD-ROM driv er or double –cli ck the CD driver i con in My Computer to bri ng up the screen . (1) (2) If you want to realize the setup information in detail, please refer to the “driver information” for setting your s[...]

Appendix 108 Appendix D: BIOS Flash P rocedure BIOS update procedure: If your OS is Win9X, we rec ommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Program to fl ash BIOS. Methods and steps : I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Clic k "Internet Update" icon b. Clic k "Update New BIOS" icon c. Select @BIOS sever ( "Gigabyte @BIOS sever 1 i[...]

7ZXR M otherboard 109 II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet : a. Do not cli ck "Internet Update" icon b. Clic k "Update New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the ol d file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip fil e, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: 6OXM7E.F1). e. Complete[...]

Appendix 110 Or else you can sel ect flash BIOS in DOS mode. 0 Please check your BIOS ve ndor (AMI or A W ARD) , your motherboa rd 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 websi te at http:// www.gigabyte.com.tw ,Select the BIOS fi [...]

7ZXR M otherboard 111 Appendix E: Acr onyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Management AGP Ac celerated Graphics Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Audio Communicati on Riser BIOS Basic Input / Output Sy stem CPU Central Processi ng Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Ox ide Semiconduc tor CRIMM Continuity [...]

Appendix 112 Acronyms Meaning OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer P AC PCI A.G.P . Controller POST Power-On Self T est PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in-li ne Memory Module SCI Special Ci rcumstance Ins tructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartri dge SRAM Stati c Random Acces s Memory SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing SMI System Manag[...]