Gigabyte GA-6VX7B-4X 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 . Tech nology T räding GMbH Aussch lager W eg 41, 1F , 20537 Hamburg, Ger many declare that the product ( description of the appar atus, system, installation to which it refer s) Mother Board GA-6VX7 B-4X is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which con[...]

6VX7B-4X Socket 370 Processor Motherboard USER'S MANUAL Socket 370 Process or Motherboard REV . 3.2 Second Edition R-32-02-010627 12ME-6VX7B4X-3202[...]

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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 P roduct performance & block[...]

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T able Of Content Revision History P.1 Item Checklist P .2 Summary of Features P .3 6VX7B-4X Motherboard Layout P .5 Page Index for CPU Speed Setup/Connectors/P anel and Jumper Definition P .6 Performance List P .34 Block Diagram P .35 Suspend to RAM Installation P .36 Memory Installation P .42 Page Index for BIOS S etup P .43 Appendix P .72[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 1 Revision History Revision Revision Note Date 3.2 Initial release of the 6VX7B-4X motherboard user’s manual. Sep.2000 3.2 Second release of the 6VX7B -4X motherboard user’s manual. Jun.2001 The author assumes no responsibility for any err ors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commi t[...]

Item Check list 2 Item Chec klist ; The 6VX7B-4X motherboard ; Cable for IDE / floppy device ; Diskettes or CD (TUCD) for motherboard driver & utility ; 6VX7B-4X user’s manual[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 3 Summary Of F eatures Form Factor y 30.4 cm x 20.3 cm A T X Size form factor, 4 layers PCB. CPU y Socket 370 processor Intel Pe ntium  !!! 100/133MHz FSB, FC-PGA Intel Ce leron TM 66MHz FSB, FC- PGA VIA Cyr ix  III 100/133MHz FSB, PPGA y 2nd cache in CPU (Depend on CPU) Chipset y VT82C694X (VIA A pollo Pro 1[...]

Summ ary of Feat ures 4 Hardware Monitor y CPU / System fan revolution detect y CPU / System temperature detect y System voltage detect y CPU overheat shutdown detect PS/2 Connector y PS/2 keyboard interface and PS /2 mouse interface BIOS y Licensed AMI BIOS, 2M bit flash ROM On-Board Sound y Build –in VIA sound (VIA VT82C686[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 5 6VX7B-4X Motherbo ard Layou t DIMM3 PCI2 PCI3 VT82C686B GAME & AUDIO COMB COMA LPT PS/2 SW1 PCI4 PCI5 ISA DIMM2 DIMM1 SW2 AGP AMR JP16 6VX7B-4X PCI1 BAT1 PGA 370 CPU JP9 JP19 JP30 JP15 JP5 USB1 ATX Power JP11 Floppy IDE1 IDE2 J11 JP23 JP1 Front USB J3 JP2 J4 J12 JP22 J2 BIOS JP20 Creative CT5880 BZ1 JP8 JP7 JP18 J7 J8 J5[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard Layout 6  Page Index for CPU Speed Setup/Connectors/P anel and Jumper Definition Page CPU Speed Setup P. 7 Connectors P .17 Game & Audio Port P .17 COM A / COM B / LPT Por t P .1 7 USB1 Connector P .18 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector P .18 JP16 (CPU Fan) P .19 JP15 (Power Fan) P .19 JP2 (System Fan) P .20 ATX P[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 7 CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is selectable at 66,100,133MHz and Auto. Th e user can select the system bus speed (SW1 ) and chang e the DIP swi tch (SW2 ) selection to set up the CPU speed for 500MHz – 1GHz process or . S W 1 : O: ON, X: OFF CPU PCI CLK 1 2 3 4 5 6 Auto 33.3 X X X X O O 66 33.3 O O X X X X 75 37.5 O[...]

CPU Speed Set up 8 X14 O O O X X15 X O O X X16 O X O X ) ) ) ) For Auto Jum per setting : SW1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6     Note: 1. If you use 66, 100, 133 MHz CPU, we recommen d you to set up your system speed to “Auto” v alue. 2. We don’t recommend you t o set up your system speed to 75,83,1 12, 124, 140,150 MHz because these freq uencies[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 9 2. Ce le r o n TM 566 / 6 6 M Hz FS B 3. Ce le r o n TM 600 / 6 6 M Hz FS B 4. Ce le r o n TM 633 / 6 6 M Hz FS B SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

CPU Speed Set up 10 5. Ce le r o n TM 667 / 6 6 M Hz FS B 6. Ce le r o n TM 700 / 6 6 M Hz FS B 7. Cy rix ® III 550 / 100 MHz FSB (Opti onal) SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 1 2 3 4[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 11 8. Cy rix ® III 533 / 133 MHz FSB (Opti onal) 9. Cy rix ® III 600 / 133 MHz FSB (Opti onal) 10. Pentium ® !!! 500 / 100MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4[...]

CPU Speed Set up 12 11. Pentium ® !!! 550 / 100MHz FSB 12. Pentium ® !!! 600 / 100MHz FSB 13. Pentium ® !!! 650 / 100MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 13 14. Pentium ® !!! 700 / 100MHz FSB 15. Pentium ® !!! 750 / 100MHz FSB 16. Pentium ® !!! 800 / 100MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

CPU Speed Set up 14 17. Pentium ® !!! 850 / 100MHz FSB 18. Pentium ® !!! 533 / 133MHz FSB 19. Pentium ® !!! 600 / 133MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 15 20. Pentium ® !!! 667 / 133MHz FSB 21. Pentium ® !!! 733 / 133MHz FSB 22. Pentium ® !!! 800 / 133MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

CPU Speed Set up 16 23. Pentium ® !!! 866 / 133MHz FSB 24. Pentium ® !!! 933 / 133MHz FSB 25. Pentium ® !!! 1GHz / 133MHz FSB SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6 SW 2 ON 1 2 3 4 SW 1 ON 1 2 3 5 4 6[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 17 Connec tors Game & Audio Port MIC In Game Port Line In Line Out COM A / COM B / LPT Port COM A LPT Port COM B[...]

Connectors 18 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 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse/ Key board 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[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 19 JP16: CPU Fan Pin N o. Definition 1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 JP15: Power Fan Pin No. De finitio n 1 GND 2 +12V 3 NC 1[...]

Connectors 20 JP2: System Fan Pin N o. Definition 1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 A TX Power Pin No. Definition 3,5,7,13,15 -17 GN D 1,2,11 3.3V 4,6,19,20 VC C 10 +12V 12 -12 V 18 -5V 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand b y+5V 14 PS-ON(So ft On/Off) 10 11 20 1[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 21 USB 2 Connector 1 4 Pin N o. D efinition 1 VCC 2 USB D0- 3 USB D0+ 4 GND 5 VCC 6 USB D1- 7 USB D1+ 8 GND 8 5 IR Connector PIN No. Definition 1 VCC(+5V) 2 NC 3 IR data inp ut 4 GND 5 IR data ou tput 1[...]

Connectors 22 Floppy Port Red Line IDE1 (Prim ary), ID E2(Secondary) Port IDE 1 IDE 2 Red Line 6[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 23 J3: Ring Power On ( Internal M odem Card W ake Up) P in N o. D e finition 1 Si gnal 2 GND 1 J1: Wake On LAN Pin N o. Definition 1 +5V SB 2 GND 3 Signal 1[...]

Connectors 24 J7: TEL: The connector is for M odem with i nternal voice connector Pin No. De finition 1 Sign al -I n 2 GND 3 GND 4 Sign al -Out 1 J5: AUX_IN Pin N o. Definition 1 AUX-L 2 GN D 3 GN D 4 AUX-R 1[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 25 J8: CD Audio Li ne In Pin No. De finition 1 CD - L 2 GN D 3 GN D 4 CD - R 1 JP5: STR LED Connector & LED 1: DIMM LED ST R LED Conne ctor External + DI MM L E D 1[...]

Connectors 26 Front USB Port ( Optional) P in N o. D e finition 1, 4, 5, 10 NC 2 +5V 3, 7, 9 GND 6 US B P0+ 8 US B P0- 2 10 1 9 J1 1: SM BUS 1 Pin N o. Definition 1 SM B CLK 2 NC 3 GND 4 SMB DATA 5 +5V[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 27 Panel And Jumper D efinition J2: For 2x11 Pins Jumper RE GN GD PW P+ P − P − S P K HD 1 1 1 1 1 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( − ) SPKR (Speaker Connec[...]

Panel and Jum per Defi nition 28 JP1: Clear CM OS Function 1 P in N o. D e finitio n 1- 2 cl os e Normal ( Def aul t) 2- 3 cl os e Cl ear CM OS JP7/JP8/JP18: Onboard AC97 & AMR ( Prim ary or Secondary) Select (AMR Æ Æ Æ Æ A udio Modem Riser) Jum per Func ti on JP7 JP 8 JP18 Only AC97 1-2 Clos e 1-2 Clos e Open Only AMR (Primary) 3-4 Clos e [...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 29 JP1 1: STR Enable Pin No. Definition Open STR Disabled (Default ) Close STR Enabled 1 JP20: Onboard Sound Function Selection ( Optional) Pin N o. Definition 1-2 clos e Enabl ed Onboar d Sound (De fault) 2- 3 clo se Disa bled Onboard Soun d 1 6[...]

Panel and Jum per Defi nition 30 JP24: Normal/ R ecovery mode ( Optional) 1 Pin No. Definition Open Normal Close Recovery JP19: Cyrix C PU T urbo Function (Optional) 1 Pin No. Defin ition Open N ormal Close Turbo[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 31 JP9: USB Device W ake up Selection Pin N o. Definition 1-2 cl ose Normal (Def aul t) 2-3 cl ose Ena bled U SB D evice Wak e u p 1 (I f you want t o us e “ USB KB Wakeup f ro m S3~S5 ” funct i on, you have to set t he BIOS set ti ng “USB KB Wakeup from S3~ S5” en abled, and t he jumper “ JP9 ” enabl ed). *(Power [...]

Panel and Jum per Defi nition 32 JP22: BIOS Flash ROM W rite Pr otect 1 Pin N o. Definition Close BI OS Wr it e Disabl ed Open BIOS Wr it e Enabl ed (Defau lt) 0 Please s et J umper JP 22 to “Open” to enabled B IOS wri t e funct i on when y ou update new B IOS or new devi ce. JP30: Over V oltage CPU Speed Up (Magic Booster) (Optional) (When JP3[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 33 J12: Front Panel Jumper (Optional) Pin N o. Definition 1 HD LED+ 2 GN LED+ 3 HD LED- 4 PWR LED+ 5,7 RESE T SW 6,8 S oft ON/OF F 10,12 Green S W 9 +5V 11 IR RX 13 GND 15 IRTX 14 NC 16 IR Power 1 2 15 16 BA T1: Battery + ☞ Danger of e xpl osi on if batt ery is incorrect ly replaced . ☞ Replace only with the sam e or equiv[...]

Perform ance Lis t 34 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 [...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 35 3.3V DIMM DIMM S oc ke ts Floppy Block Diag ram 14.318MHz 33 MHz PCI Bus AGP Bus LPT PS/2 KB/Mous e COM Ports IR USB Bus 14.318MHz 48MHz Host Bu s VIA VT82C694X VIA VT82C686B 66 /100/133 MHz 66 /100 /133 MHz 33 MHz ISA Bus A C97 CODEC Ultra DMA 33/A T A66 IDE Port s AMR Slot AC’97-Link Creative CT5880 IDE Bus USB Port AGP[...]

Suspend to RAM Inst allation 36 Suspend T o RAM Installation A.1 Introduce STR function: Suspend-to-RA M (ST R) is a Windows 98 ACPI sleep m ode functi on. When recov ering f rom STR (S3) sleep mode, the system is able, in just a f ew seconds, to retrieve the last “state ” of the system before it went to sleep and recove r to that state. The ?[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 37 Step 2: (If you want t o use STR Function, please set jumper JP11 Closed.) Pin No. Definition Open STR Disabled (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 select “ ACPI[...]

Suspend to RAM Inst allation 38 A.3 How to put your system into STR mode? There are two ways to accompli sh this: 1. Choose the “ Stand by” item in the “Shut Down Windows” area. A. Pres s the “Start” button and then s elect “Shut Down” B. Choose the “ Stand by” i tem and press “ O K”[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 39 2. Define the system ” power on” button to initiate ST R sleep mode: A. Double clic k “My Computer” and then “Control Panel” B. Double click the “ Power Management” item.[...]

Suspend to RAM Inst allation 40 C. Sel ect 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” the sys[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 41 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 c omply with the AT X 2.01 specific ation (prov ide more than 720 mA 5V Stand-By current). B. Your SDRAM must be PC-100 compl iant. 2. Jumper JP5 is provided to connect to [...]

Memory Installa tion 42 Memory Installa tion The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will 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 ke[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 43  Page Index for BIOS Setup Page The Main Menu P .45 Standard CMOS Setup P .47 BIOS Features Setup P .50 Chipset Features Setup P .52 Power Management Setup P .55 PNP/ PCI Configuration P .58 Load BIOS Defaults P .60 Load Setup Defaults P .61 Integrated Peripherals P .62 Hardware Monitor Setup P .66 Supervisor Password / [...]

BIOS Setup 44 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an ove rview of the BIOS Setup Progr am. The prog ram that allows users to modify the basic system configura tion. This type of inform ation is stored in battery-backe d CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup i nformation when the power is turned off. ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer an d press <Del> [...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 45 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. St atus P age S etup M enu / Opti on Pag e Set up 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 [...]

BIOS Setup 46 • • • • Chipset Features Setup This setup page i ncludes al l the items of chi pset speci al features. • • • • Power Management S etup This setup page i ncludes al l the items of Green functi on features. • • • • PnP/P CI Configurations This setup page inc ludes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA res o[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 47 Standard CM OS Setup The items i n Standard C MOS Feat ures Menu (Figure 2) are divided i nto 9 cat egories. Each category incl udes no, one or more t han one setup it ems. Use the a rrows to highlight the i tem and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to sel ect the value y ou want in each item. Figure 2: Standar[...]

BIOS Setup 48 • • • • 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 / Secondary Master , Slave The category i dentifies the ty pes of hard dis k from dri ve C to F that has bee[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 49 • • • • Boot Sector V irus Pr otection 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 t[...]

BIOS Setup 50 BIOS Feat ures Se tup Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup • • • • 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Floppy Boot Device by F loppy . LS-120 / ZIP A: Boot Device by LS-120 / Z IP A:. CDROM Boot Device by CDRO M. SCSI Boot Device by SCSI. NETWORK Boot Device by NET WORK. IDE-0~IDE-3 Boot Device by IDE-0~IDE-3. Disabled Boot Device by Di sabl[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 51 • • • • Boot Up Num- Lock On Keypad is number key s. (Default V alue) Off Keypad is arrow key s. • • • • Floppy Drive Seek During POST , BIOS will dete rmine 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 flop[...]

BIOS Setup 52 Chipset F eatur es Setup Figure 4: Chips et Features Setup • • • • T op Perfor mance If you wish to maxim ize the perfo rmance of your syste m, set “T op Performance” as “ Enabled”. Disabled Disabl ed this function. (Default V alue) Enabled Enabled T op Performance function. • • • • SDRAM Timing by SPD Disabled[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 53 • • • • C2P Concurrency & Master Enabled Enabled C2P Concurrency & Mas ter . (Default V alue) Disabled Disabl ed C2P Concurrency & Master. • • • • DRAM In tegrity Mode ECC For 72 bit ECC ty pe DIMM Modle. Disabled Normal Setting. (Default V alue) • • • • AGP Mode 4X Set AGP Mode is 4X. (D[...]

BIOS Setup 54 • • • • USB Contro ller USB Port 0&1 USB Controller for USB Port 0&1. USB Port 2&3 USB Controller for USB Port 2&3. All USB Port USB Controller for All USB Port. (Default V alue) Disabled USB Controller Function Dis abled. • • • • USB Legacy Suppor t Keyboard Set USB Legacy Support Keyboard. Keyb+Mouse [...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 55 Powe r Manage me nt Set up Figure 5: Power Management Setup • • • • ACPI Sleep type S1/POS Set ACPI Sleep type is S1 (Default V alue) S3/STR Set ACPI Sleep type is S3. • • • • USB KB Wakeup From S3~S5 Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Wakeup fr om system. Disabled Disable USB Keyboard W akeup from system. (Default[...]

BIOS Setup 56 • • • • Suspend Time Out (Minute.) Disabled Disabled Suspend Time Out Functi on. (Default V alue) 1 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 1min. 2 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 2min. 4 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 4min. 8 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 8min. 10 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 10min. 20 Enabled Suspend Time Out after[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 57 • • • • MODEM Use IRQ NA Set MODEM Use IRQ to NA. 3 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 3. 4 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 4. (Default V alue) 5 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 5. 7 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 7. • • • • Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan Disabled Disabled Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan. Enabled Enabled Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan. (Default V alue)[...]

BIOS Setup 58 PnP/ PCI Co nf i gu ra ti on s Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurati on • • • • Plug and Play Awar e O/S Y es Enable Plug and Play Aware O/S function. No Disable Plug and Pl ay Aware O/S function (Default V alue) • • • • Reset Configuration Data Ye s Clear PnP information i n ESCD & update DMI data. No Disabled this functi[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 59 • • • • DMA Channel (0,1,3,5,6,7) P n P T he resource is used by PnP devic e. I S A / E I S A The resourc e is used by ISA / EISA dev ice (PCI or ISA). • • • • IRQ (3,4,5,7, 9,10,11,14,15) P C I / P n P T he resource is us ed by PCI/PnP device. I S A / E I S A The resourc e is used by ISA / EISA dev ice (PCI[...]

BIOS Setup 60 Load BIOS Defaults Figure 7: Load BIOS Defaults • • • • Load BIOS Defaults BIOS defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system per formance. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTILI TY-VERSI ON 1. 23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRA TED[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 61 Load Setup De faults Figure 8: Load Setup Defaults • • • • Load Setup Defaults Selecting this fiel d loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chi pset Fea tures which th e system autom atically dete cts. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTILI TY-VERSI ON 1. 23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDAR[...]

BIOS Setup 62 Integrated Peripheral s Figure 9: Integrated Peripheral s • • • • OnBoard IDE Disabled Disabled OnBoard IDE Both Set OnBoard IDE is Both. (Default V alue) Primary Set OnBoard IDE is Primary . Secondary Set OnBoard IDE is Sec ondary . • • • • OnBoard FDC Auto Set OnBoard FDC is Auto. (Default V alue) Disabled Disabled O[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 63 • • • • OnBoard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address. (Default V alue) 3F8/COM1 Enable onBoard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8. 2F8/COM2 Enable onBoard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8. 3E8/COM3 Enabl e onBoard Serial port 2 and address i s 3E8. 2E8/COM4 Enabl e onBoard Serial port 2 [...]

BIOS Setup 64 • • • • Parallel Port IRQ 7 Set Para llel Port IR Q is 7. Auto Set Auto to parallel Port IRQ DMA Channel . (Default V alue) 5 Set Para llel Port IR Q is 5. • • • • OnBoard AC’97 Audio Auto Set OnBoard AC’97 Audio to Auto. (Default V alue) Disabled Di sabled OnBoard AC’97 Audi o. • • • • OnBoard MC’97 Mo[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 65 • • • • MUP-401 I/O Address 330h-333h Set MUP-401 I/O Address i s 330h-333h. (Default V alue) 300h-303h Set MUP-401 I/O Address i s 300h-303h. 310h-313h Set MUP-401 I/O Address i s 310h-313h. 320h-323h Set MUP-401 I/O Address i s 320h-323h. • • • • FM Port (388h-38Bh) Disabled Disabled FM Port (388h-38Bh). ([...]

BIOS Setup 66 Hardw are Monitor Figure 10: Hardware Monitor • • • • ACPI Shutdown T emp. ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) (This function w ill be effective only for the operat ing systems tha t support ACPI Function.) Disabled Di sable ACPI Shutdown functi on. (Default V alue) 60 ° C / 140 ° F Monitor CPU T emp. at 60 ° C / 140 ° F, i f[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 67 • • • • Cu rrent CPU T emp. ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) Detect CPU Temperature automatic ally. • • • • Current System T emp. ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) Detect System T emperature automatically . • • • • Case Status If the ca se is closed , “ Case Status” will show “ Closed” . If th[...]

BIOS Setup 68 Set Super visor / Use r Pa ssword When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the scre en to assist y ou in creating a pass word. Figure 1 1: Pass word Setting T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear t he previo usly ent ered passw ord[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 69 IDE HDD AUTO Detection Figure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection T ype "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter reported 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[...]

BIOS Setup 70 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 retur n to Se tup Ut ility. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTILI TY-VERSI ON 1. 23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRA[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 71 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 retur n to Se tup Ut ility. AMI BI OS SIM PLE SETUP UTILI TY-VERSI ON 1. 23 ( C ) 1999 Americ an Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRA TED PERI[...]

Appendix 72 Appendix Appendix A : VIA Chipsets Dr iver 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” item. 2.Click ?[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 73 (7) (8) (9) (10) 7.Click “Next” . 8.Click “Next” . 9.Click “Next” . 10.Click “ Finish” to restart computer .[...]

Appendix 74 Appendix B: VIA Sound Driver A. AC’97 Audio Driver: 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) 1.Click “ AC’97 Audio Driv er” item. 3.Click “Next” 4.Click “Finish” to restart. 2.Click “N[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 75 Appendix C: Creative S ound Driver Installation (Optional) 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[...]

Appendix 76 (7) (8) 7.Click “ Finish” to restart computer .[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 77 Appendix D: BIOS Flash P rocedure BIOS update procedure: 9 Pl ease check your BIOS vendor (AMI or AW ARD) on the motherboard. 9 It i s recommended you c opy the AWDFlash.exe or AMIFl ash.exe in dri ver CD (D:>UtilityBIOSFlash) and the BIOS binary files into the dir ectory you made in your hard disk. 【 i.e:C:>Util[...]

Appendix 78 Appendix E: Acr onyms Acro. Meaning ACPI Adv anced Configuration and Power Interfac e POST Power-On Self T est LAN Local Area Network ECP Extended Capabilities Port APM Adv anced Power Management DMA Direct Memory Access MHz Megahertz ESCD Extended System Configurati on Data CPU Central Proc essing Uni t SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing U[...]

6VX7B-4X M otherboard 79 Acro. Meaning PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in-li ne Memory Module DRM Dual Retention Mechanism ISA Indus try Standard Architec ture MTH Memory Translator Hub CRIMM Continuity RIMM[...]