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GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard

English

 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

 Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation!

Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet. Continue with the BIOS/
software installation.

FS

Step 2

Step 4

Step 1

Step 4

Step 4

Step 3

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

Step 1- Set system Switch (SW1)
Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Step 3- Install memory modules
Step 4- Install expansion cards
Step 5- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply

Summary of Contents for GA-7VASFS-FS

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL GA 7VASFS FS AMD Socket AProcessor Motherboard Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard Rev 0201 12ME 7VASFS 0201...

Page 2: ...peed Setup 11 Step1 2 CPU Installation 12 Step1 3 CPU Heat Sink Installation 13 Step 2 Install memory modules 14 Step 3 Install expansion cards 16 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power...

Page 3: ...t English 3 PnP PCI Configurations 44 PC Health Status 45 Frequency Voltage Control 46 Load Fail Safe Defaults 47 Load Optimized Defaults 48 Set Supervisor User Password 49 Save Exit Setup 50 Exit Wit...

Page 4: ...rated from the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX ower connector on the motherboard If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line...

Page 5: ...DDR Max y Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control y IT8705 Slots y 1AGP slot 4X 1 5V 8X 0 8V device support y 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66...

Page 6: ...covery y USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 yAcoustic Management for hard drive and optical drive Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you...

Page 7: ...COMA SPDIF ATX_12V SOCKETA CPU_FAN ATX FDD LPT USB_1394 KT600 F_PANEL F_USB1 F_USB2 F_1394 PCI5 BIOS CNR AUDIO IDE1 IDE2 PWR_FAN PWR_LED IT8705 VT6307 AUX_IN F_AUDIO SYS_FAN CODCE BAT VT8237 PCI2 PCI3...

Page 8: ...8 MHz 48 MHz AGP 2X 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link 8 USB Ports ATA66 100 133 IDE Channels CLK GEN HCLK 100 133 166MHz CPUCLK 100 133 166MHz AGPCLK 66MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 3...

Page 9: ...Introduction 9 English...

Page 10: ...power cable to the power outlet Continue with the BIOS software installation FS Step 2 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Step 4 Step 3 To set up your computer you must complete the following steps Step 1 Set syste...

Page 11: ...m bus frequency can be switched at 100 133 166 200MHz by adjusting system switch SW1 The internal frequency depend on CPU SW1 CPU CLOCK 100MHz Auto 1 ON OFF SW1 1 Default Setting 100MHz You must set S...

Page 12: ...2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU into the socket Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning 1 Please make su...

Page 13: ...Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation 1 Please use AMD approved cooling fan 2 We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and...

Page 14: ...The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automati cally detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot The DIMM...

Page 15: ...Rate memory is a high performance and cost effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory is a great evolutionary solution for the PC industry...

Page 16: ...the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the op...

Page 17: ...ports IEEE 1394 and USB devices USB 0 USB 1 1394 ZParallel Port Serial Port and SPDIF Port LPT COMA SPDIF This connector supports 1 standard COM port 1 Parallel port and 1 SPDIF port Device like print...

Page 18: ...er to Line Out Connect Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Center and Subwoofer to MIC Out USB LAN Connector Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as US...

Page 19: ...r Setting Introduction 1 ATX_12V 12 BAT 2 ATX 13 F_AUDIO 3 CPU_FAN 14 AUX_IN 4 SYS_FAN 15 F_USB1 F_USB2 5 PWR_FAN 16 F_1394 6 IDE1 IDE2 17 S_IRQ 7 FDD 18 CI 8 S_ATA0 S_ATA1 19 CLR_CMOS 9 RAM_LED 10 PW...

Page 20: ...ition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATX Power AC 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 Pin...

Page 21: ...e CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA 4 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector This connector allows you to link with the...

Page 22: ...th the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature FS Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 6 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM...

Page 23: ...the Pin1 1 34 2 33 FS 8 S_ATA0 S_ATA1 Serial ATA Connector You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec If you wish to use SATA0 and SATA...

Page 24: ...to the 2 5V stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC Power cord is disconnected FS 10 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It...

Page 25: ...ue Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operat...

Page 26: ...r 13 F_AUDIO F_AUDIO Connector If you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also ple...

Page 27: ...ssignment while you connect the front USB cable Please contact your nearest dealer for optional front USB cable Be careful with the polarity of the F_USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully w...

Page 28: ...Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 16 F_1394 IEEE 1394 Connector Please Note Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like high speed high ba...

Page 29: ...in BIOS if the system case begin remove Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 FS 19 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper Default doesn t include th...

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Page 31: ...CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flashfunction F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes...

Page 32: ...rAward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to selectamongtheitems...

Page 33: ...z z z z LoadFail SafeDefaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinsafeconfiguration z z z z z LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates...

Page 34: ...On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Year Total Memory 131072K 1999 to 2098 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General...

Page 35: ...c Management As well as hard disk and optical date drives such as CD ROM CD RW and DVD are also responsibleforgeneratingnoiseinthePC ThereforetheBIOSsupporttheacousticmanagementfeature to reduce the n...

Page 36: ...or a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot w...

Page 37: ...Boot from second HDD Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the...

Page 38: ...n the full screen at boot Default value First Second Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120 HDD 0 3 Select your boot device...

Page 39: ...ion Disabled Enable on chip IDE USB Keyboard Support Enabled Channel USB Mouse Support Enabled Onboard H W LAN Enabled Disabled Onboard H W 1394 Enabled Disable on chip IDE Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 I...

Page 40: ...Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB 1 1 feature Enabled Enable USB 1 1 Controller Default value Disabled Disable USB 1 1 Controller USB 2 0 Controller Disable this function if you...

Page 41: ...IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial p...

Page 42: ...eryday Suspend to RAM under x Time hh mm ss 0 0 0 ACPI OS Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Power...

Page 43: ...use Power On Disabled Disabled this function Default value Enabled Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on system PMEEventWakeUp Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled Enable...

Page 44: ...IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 PCI 4 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9...

Page 45: ...EM POWER Fan speed status automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore 1 74V Item Help 3 3V 3 28V Menu Level 5V 5 107V 12V 11 668V 5VSB 4 919V Current S...

Page 46: ...evel Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults DRAMClock MHz Please set DRAM Clock according to your requirement If...

Page 47: ...re Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configu...

Page 48: ...Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP...

Page 49: ...program function When enabled 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...

Page 50: ...ftware Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Con...

Page 51: ...rd CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations S...

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