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Page 1: ... for this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 7VT600 P L or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X 1 5V mode in it Example 2 Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 3 3V 4X 1 5V mode AGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The ...

Page 2: ...pdate the information contained herein 0 0 0 0 0 Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners 0 0 0 0 0 Please do not remove any labels on motherboard thismay void the warranty of this motherboard 0 0 0 0 0 Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...

Page 3: ...rcial and light industry 7 7 7 7 7 EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emission s...

Page 4: ...tions This device complies with part 15 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 including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementary Information Model Number 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 85...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 7VT600 P L AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron Socket AProcessor Motherboard Rev 2002 12ME 7VT600P 2002 ...

Page 6: ...ing Unit CPU 13 Step 2 1 CPU Installation 13 Step 2 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 14 Step 3 Install Memory Modules 15 Step 4 Install Expansion Cards 17 Step 5 Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply 18 Step 5 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 18 Step 5 2 Connectors Introduction 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 31 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F4c 32 Standard CMOS Features 34 Advanced BIOS Fe...

Page 7: ...ser Password 53 Save Exit Setup 54 Exit Without Saving 55 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 57 BIOS Introduction 57 EasyTune 4 Introduction 58 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 74 Jack Sensing Introduction 80 Xpress Recovery Introduction 82 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 85 Chapter 5 Appendix 93 ...

Page 8: ... components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX power connectoronthemotherboard 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 slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mou...

Page 9: ...V AGP 3 0 compliant y 5 PCI slots supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD CD ROM IDE1 IDE2 with PIO Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 operationmode SerialATA y 2 SerialATAconnectors Note y Built in VIA VT8237R On Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes y 1 Parallel port supports Normal EPP ECP mo...

Page 10: ... switch y SPDIF Out SPDIF In y CD In AUX In Game connector On Board USB 2 0 y Built in VIA VT8237R On Board SATA RAID y Built in VIA VT8237R y Supports Disk striping RAID 0 or Disk Mirroring RAID 1 y Supports UDMA up to 150 MB sec y UDMA and PIO modes y Up to 2 SATA devices y ACPI and ATA ATAPI6 On Board LAN y VIA VT6103L y 1 RJ45 port PS 2 Connector y PS 2 Keyboard interface and PS 2 Mouse interf...

Page 11: ...8705 CODEC BATTERY BIOS SYS_FAN VT8237 VIA KT600 SOCKETA CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 DDR1 AGP JP1 F_USB1 COMB CD_IN PCI5 DDR2 DDR3 F_AUDIO CI F_PANEL F_USB2 AUX_IN SUR_CEN SPDIF_IO PWR_LED GAME AUDIO USB LAN P L IDE2 VT6103L For GA 7VT600 P L only CLR_CMOS SATA0 SATA1 USB ...

Page 12: ...nly VIA KT600 VIA VT8237 CPUCLK 100 133 166 200MHz System Bus100 133 166 200MHz DDR RAM HCLK 100 133 166 200MHz GCLK 66MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link 8 USB Ports ATA66 100 133 IDE Channels IT8705 24 MHz 33 MHz Game Port Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse 2 COM Ports AC97 CODEC MIC LINE IN LINE OUT AMD K7TM BIOS 66MHz V_Link VIA VT6103L RJ45 VCLK 66MHz 2...

Page 13: ...Introduction English 9 ...

Page 14: ... 10 GA 7VT600 P L Motherboard English ...

Page 15: ...tall 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 Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet Continue with theBIOS softwareinstallation Step 3 Step 1 Step 4 Step 5 Step 5 Step 2 Step 5 ...

Page 16: ...itched at 100 133 166 200MHz by adjusting system jumper JP1 The internal frequency depend on CPU The JP1 must set to Auto when you are using FSB 266 333 400MHz CPU 100MHz Fix FSB 200MHz CPU Auto Support FSB 266 333 400 MHz CPU Open Auto Close 100MHz Defualt JP1 CPU CLOCK 100MHz Auto 1 2 Close Open 1 1 ...

Page 17: ...e is supported by the motherboard 2 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicator CPU Top View CPU Bottom View 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and upto90 degreeangle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU int...

Page 18: ...ur CPU and cooling fan 3 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU cooling fan user s manual for more detail installation procedure 3 Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard 2 Use qualified fan approved byAMD 4 Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector than insta...

Page 19: ...ere to the following warning 1 Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Step 3 Install Memory Modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically ...

Page 20: ...ng the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400 333 266 200 memory solutions DDR memory is the best choice for building high performance and low latency DRAM subsystem that are suitable for servers workstations and full range of desktop PCs 1 The DIMM slot has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Inser...

Page 21: ...s on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure 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 operating system Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install uninst...

Page 22: ...male PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connector supports standard PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse X Y Z Y X X X X X Y Z Z Z Z Z Y Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports ParallelPort 25pinFemale COMA COMB Serial Port 9 pi...

Page 23: ...rmoreinformationpleasecontactyour OS or device s vendors Audio Connectors After install onboard audio driver you may con nectspeakertoLineOutjack microphonetoMIC In jack Device like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Please note Youareabletouse2 4 6 channelaudiofeature by S W selection If you want to enable 6 channel function you have 2 choices for hardware connection Method1 Conn...

Page 24: ...Introduction 13 10 5 3 4 9 11 2 12 8 18 7 16 1 1 CPU_FAN 2 SYS_FAN 3 ATX ATXPower 4 IDE1 IDE2 5 FDD 6 SATA0 SATA1 7 F_PANEL 8 PWR_LED 9 F_AUDIO 10 SUR_CEN 11 CD_IN 12 AUX_IN 13 SPDIF_IO 14 F_USB1 F_USB2 15 GAME 16 CI Case Open 17 CLR_CMOS 18 BATTERY 15 14 17 6 ...

Page 25: ...t the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA 1 2 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense ...

Page 26: ...to the mainboard 4 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2 The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 IDE1 IDE2 2 40 1 39 1 10 20 11 Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 VCC 5 GND 6 VCC 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON soft on off 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 VCC 20 VCC...

Page 27: ...M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 1 34 2 33 6 SATA0 SATA1 Serial ATA Connector You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 1 7 1 7 SATA1 SATA0 ...

Page 28: ...lue 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 Operation Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC 1 2 19 20 HD HD RES RES NC IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW M...

Page 29: ...e buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound 1 10 2 9 Pin No Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 REF 4 Power 5 Front Audio R 6 RearAudio R 7 Reserved 8 No Pin 9 Front Audio L 10 Rear Audio L 8 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether...

Page 30: ...D ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector 1 10 SUR_CEN Surround Center Connector Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable 1 6 2 5 Pin No Definition 1 SUR OUTL 2 SUROUTR 3 GND 4 No Pin 5 CENTER_OUT 6 BASS_OUT Pin No Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R ...

Page 31: ...an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the SPDIF_IO cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or eve...

Page 32: ...y of the F_USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the F_USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional F_USB cable please contact your local dealer 1 2 9 10 Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USB0DX USB2DX 4 USB1Dy USB3Dy 5 USB0DX USB2DX 6 USB1 Dy USB3 Dy 7 GND 8 GND 9 No Pin 10 NC Pin N...

Page 33: ...ble the case open item in BIOS if the system case begin remove Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 17 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily shor 1 2 pin Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper Short Clear CMOS Open Normal 1 1 1 ...

Page 34: ... only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions If you want to erase CMOS 1 Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn on the computer ...

Page 35: ...ad the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 LoadtheSetupDefaults F8 Q Flash F9 System Information F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 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 Setu...

Page 36: ...ns for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F4c Once you enterAward 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 select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu CMOS Setup Util...

Page 37: ...tio z z z z z Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration z z z z z Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in better performance configuration z z z z z Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit ac...

Page 38: ...ftware Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Dec 26 2003 Item Help Time hh mm ss 22 31 24 Menu Level Change the day month IDE Primary Master None year IDE Primary Slave None IDE Secondary Master None Week IDE Secondary Slave None Sun to Sat Drive A 1 44M 3 5 Month Drive B None Jan to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Mem...

Page 39: ...disk vendor or the system manufacturer Capacity The hard disk size The unit is Mega Bytes Access Mode The options are Auto Large LBA Normal Cylinder The cylinder number of hard disk Head The read Write head number of hard disk Precomp The cyliner number at which the disk driver changes the write current Landing Zone The cylinder number that the disk driver heads read write are seated when the disk...

Page 40: ...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 will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS BaseMemory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount...

Page 41: ...ect your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP Disabled Disable this function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level Select Boot Device Priorit...

Page 42: ...tem The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value ...

Page 43: ...Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled VIA LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC E...

Page 44: ... IDE port OnChip SerialATA Enabled Enable onboard VT8237 Serial ATA support Default value Disabled Disabled VT8237 Serial ATA support AC97Audio Enabled BIOS will automatically detect onboard AC97 Audio Default value Disabled Disabled AC97 Audio VIAOnboard LAN Enabled Enable VIA Onboard LAN function Default value Disabled Disable this function USB 1 1 Controller Disable this option if you are not u...

Page 45: ...nable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 Using IRQ4 Default value 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 Using IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 Using IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Using IRQ3 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 ...

Page 46: ... allows you to connect with an advanced print via the port mode it supports SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port using IRQ7 Default value EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port IRQ5 ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port using IRQ7 ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode GamePortAddress Disabled Disabled this function 201 Set Game Port Address to 201 Defa...

Page 47: ... Alarm 0 0 0 Item Help Menu Level S1 Set suspend type to Power On Suspend under ACPI OS S3 Set suspend type to Suspend to RAM under 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 ACPISuspendType S1 POS Set suspend type to Power On Suspend under ACPI OS Power On Suspend Default value S3 STR Set suspend type to S...

Page 48: ...re AC lost Soft Off Always in Off state when AC back Default value Full On Always power on the system when AC back KeyboardPowerOn This feature allows you to set the method for powering on the system The option Password allows you to set up to 8 alphanumeric characters to power on the system The option Keyboard 98 allows you to use the standard keyboard 98 to power on the system Password Enter fro...

Page 49: ...connector Only enabled the feature by PME Event Wake up An incoming call via modem awakes the system from its soft off mode When set at Enabled an input signal comes from the other client Server on the LAN awaks the system from a soft off state if connected over LAN Disabled Disabled Modem Ring On Wake On LAN function Enabled Enabled Modem Ring On Wake On LAN function Default Value ResumebyAlarm Y...

Page 50: ...e Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PnP PCI Configurations PCI1 PCI5 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1 PCI 5 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI1 PCI5 PCI2 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI2 PCI3 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11...

Page 51: ... Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Case Opened No Vcore 1 810V DDR Vtt 1 248V 3 3V 3 280V 5V 4 919V 12V 11 968V 5VSB 5 053V Current System Temperature 27o C Current CPU Temperature 37o C Current CPU FAN Speed 4687 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Item Help Menu Level Disabled Don t reset case open status Enabl...

Page 52: ...ically Current System Temperature C Detect System temperature automatically Current CPUTemperature C Detect CPU temperature automatically CurrentCPU SYSTEMFANSpeed RPM Detect CPU System fan speed status automatically FanFailWarning CPU SYSTEM Disabled Don t monitor current fan speed Default value Enabled Alarm when fan stops ...

Page 53: ...e CPU Host Clock Control Default value Enabled Enable CPU Host Clock Control ÚThose items will be available when CPU Host Clock Control is set to Enabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled CPU Host Clock Control Disabled Ú CPU Host Frquency MHz 133 Ú PCI AGP Frquency MHz 33 66 DRAM Clock MHz Auto CPU OverVoltage Contr...

Page 54: ... MHz to 200 DDR400 Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only CPUOverVoltageControl Increase CPU voltage may get stable for Over_Clock But it may damage to CPU when enable this feature Auto Supply voltage as CPU reguired Default value 5 7 5 10 Increase voltage range as user selected AGPOverVoltageControl Increase AGP voltage may get stable for Over_Clock But it may...

Page 55: ... C 1984 2003 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 PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 11 Lo...

Page 56: ...opyright C 1984 2003 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 PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figu...

Page 57: ...up program function Whenenabled theSupervisorpasswordisrequiredforenteringtheBIOSSetupprogramand having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at password check inAdvance BIOS Features 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 password c...

Page 58: ...pyright C 1984 2003 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 PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Save to CMO...

Page 59: ...1984 2003 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 PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit Without Saving Y ...

Page 60: ... 56 GA 7VT600 P L Motherboard English ...

Page 61: ...BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using if it s a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you tomaintaintheBIOS Thisutilitycoulddetectyourcorrectmainboardmodelandhelpyoutochoosethe BIOS accordi...

Page 62: ...CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel If users prefer Overclock by them there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class Overclocking user interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to get ultimate system performance ItoperatesincoordinationwithGigabytemotherboards Besi...

Page 63: ...o it with caution We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end users Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below first 1 Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extract the BIOS file downl...

Page 64: ...BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q Flash and Dual BIOS the Q Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen This section only deals with how to use Q Flash utility In the following sections we take GA 7VRXP as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS f...

Page 65: ...TUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults ENTER DUAL BIOS Q FLASH UTILITY Y N Y Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery En...

Page 66: ...a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Load Main BIOS from Floppy item in the Q Flash menu and press Enter button If you want to save the curren...

Page 67: ...to Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Rang...

Page 68: ...py Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off You can press Enter to continue updating BIOS or ESC to abort CHECKSUM 96D2 Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Dis...

Page 69: ... Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are you sure to RESET Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot ...

Page 70: ...P SUPERVISORPASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP 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 F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults Press Enter on your keyboard After system reboots you may find the BIOS version o...

Page 71: ...defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Y 7 Select Save Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu System will reboot after you exit the BIOS menu The procedure is completed AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 2 00 C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SET...

Page 72: ...visor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 Press F8 on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Feat...

Page 73: ...onedonyourkeyboardtoperformtheseactions Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have enter the Q Flash utility please follow the s...

Page 74: ...tility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy 8GE800 F4 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete 1 File s found BIOS file in the floppy Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Sa...

Page 75: ...Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Updating BIOS Now Do not Turn Off Power On RESET System 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed 5 Press Esc and then Enter to exit the Q Flash utility System will restart Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS ...

Page 76: ... Select the exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS Method 2 BIOS Utility 3 1 3 Click 3 4 2 1 Click BIOS item Press here 2 Click Start All Programs GIGABYTE BIOS 4 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK Click here If you don t have DOS boot disk we recommend that you used Gigabyte BIOS program to flash BIOS ...

Page 77: ...he 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 Note 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 Selecting wrong model name will cause the systemunbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard ...

Page 78: ...TEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out The installation of Windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow next step to install the function STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 2 channels for stereo speakers out put STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows t...

Page 79: ...on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 4 channels for 4 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press OK When the Environment settings is None the sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 chan nels output Please select the other settings for 4 channels output Line Ou...

Page 80: ... Center Subwoofer channels to MIC In Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channels for 5 1 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and pess OK Line Out Line In M...

Page 81: ... Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L Center subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best solution if you need 6 channel output Line In and MIC at the same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo Kit as picture STEP 2 Connect the SURROUND KIT to SUR_CEN on the M B ...

Page 82: ...o SURROUND KIT s REAR R L and the Center Subwoofer channels to SURROUND KIT s SUB CENTER STEP 5 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channels for 5 1 speakers out put Enable Only SURROUND KIT and press OK When the Environment is None the sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 6 channels output Basic Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Ou...

Page 83: ...utput device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard A S PDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracket is provided and could link to the S PDIF output connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracket provides coaxial cable and Fiber connect ing port ...

Page 84: ...others output devices to Line Out jack and microphone to MIC In jack Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Windows XP Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs Auto detecting Jack Sensingprovides...

Page 85: ...ference 81 English Manual setting If the device picture shows different from what you set please press Manual Selection to set If you set wrong with the connectors the warning message will come out as right picture ...

Page 86: ...g speed will affect backing up speed 2 We recommend that you install Xpress Recovery immediately after installing O S drivers and applications How to use the Xpress Recovery There are two ways to enter the Xpress Recovery utility see the below 1 Text Mode press F9 during powering on the computer 2 BMP Mode boot from CD ROM Boot from CD VerifyingDMIPoolData BootfromCD Please go to Advanced BIOS set...

Page 87: ... still be directed to BMP mode by pressing F9 in the bootup screen BMP Mode Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogy CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogy CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart Text Mode ...

Page 88: ... it up The backed up data will be saved as a hidden image 2 Execute Restore Utility This program will recover your system to factory default Press R to recover your system Press Esc to exit Restore the backup image to the original state 3 Remove Backup Image Are you sure to remove backup image Y N Remove the backup image 4 Exit and Restart Exit and restart your computer ...

Page 89: ...d writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 doesnotsupportfaulttolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets...

Page 90: ...t Press Tab key into User Windows Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120023AS X X X X X Create Array X X X X X Delete Array X X X X X Create Delete Spare X X X X X Select Boot Array X X X X X Serial Number View VIA Technologies Inc VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1 20 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status K K K K...

Page 91: ...light the target array mode that you want to create and press Enter to confirm the selection If RAID 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the users to select Create only or Create and duplicate Create only will allow BIOS to only create an array The data on the mirroring drive may be different from the source drive Create and duplicate lets BIOS copy the data from the source to the m...

Page 92: ...next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Driver Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS SATA 74 53 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS SATA 111 79 Stripe1 X X X X X Auto Setup For Performance X X X X X Array Mode RAID 0 Striping X X X X X Select Disk Drives X X X X X Block Size 64K X X X X X Start Create Process 4 If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2 th...

Page 93: ... press N to cancel VIA Technologies Inc VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1 20 Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status K K K K K L L L L L Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit X X X X X Create Array X X X X X Delete Array X X X X X Create Delete Spare X X X X X Select Boot Array X X X X X Serial Number View The...

Page 94: ...mber View Channel Driver Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS SATA 74 53 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS SATA 111 79 Stripe1 B 4 View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press Enter Use arrow key to select a drive the selected drive s serial number can be viewed in the last column The serial number is assigned by the disk drivemanufacturer...

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Page 97: ...his page shows the drivers that need to be installed for the system Click each item to install the driver manually or switch to the to install the drivers automatically We recommend that you install all components in the list Massage Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress Install will continuetoinstallotherdrivers The Xpress Install uses ...

Page 98: ...r for VT6103L chips RealTekAC97Audio Driver Audio driver for Realtek AC97 codec chipset VIA 8237 Serial ATA Driver For VIA VT8237 Serial ATA driver VIA USB 2 0 Controller USB 2 0 Driver information for XP For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack After install Windows Service Pack it will show a question mark in Universal Serial Bus controller unde...

Page 99: ...e overclocking and hardware monitoring functions DMI Viewer Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information of the system Face Wizard New utility for adding BIOS logo BIOS Gigabyte windows flash BIOS utility Acrobat e Book Useful utility fromAdobe AcrobatReader Popular utility fromAdobe for reading PDF file format documents Norton Internet Security NIS Integrated utility w...

Page 100: ...OFTWARE INFORMATION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title HARDWARE INFORMATION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard CONTACT US Contact us via the information in this page all over the world ...

Page 101: ...ities Installation Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions 1 1 Click EasyTune4 item 5 Click HELP 4 3 3 Click Finish to restart computer 4 Right Click the icon to start EasyTune 4 2 2 Click Next ...

Page 102: ...tall RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and XP on boards that support RAID function after I connect the boot HDD to IDE3 or IDE4 Answer First of all you need to save some files in the CD ROM to a floppy disk before installing drivers You also need to go through some rather different steps in the installation process Therefore we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual ...

Page 103: ...nt USB Panel If the cable is your own cable please remove it from this pin and do not connect any of your own cables to it Question10 SometimesIheardifferentcontinuousbeepsfromcomputeraftersystembootsup What do these beeps usually stand for Answer The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems However they are only for reference purposes The situations might differ from ...

Page 104: ...how to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from IDE3 4 by either RAID or ATA mode Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features SATA RAID SCSI boot order SATA 2 Advanced BIOS features First boot device SCSI 3 Integrated Peripherals Onboard H W ATA RAID enable Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set RAID to RAID mode or ATA to normalATA mode in the item named RAID co...

Page 105: ...requency ratio voltage and etc are set properly Failure has been excluded Check if the CPU cooling fan attached to CPU properly ls CPU cooling fan power connected to CPU_FAN properly Plug the CPU cooling fan power in the CPU fan connector Plug in the AC power connector Check if the memory install properly into the DIMM slot Yes No Yes Insert and push the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot...

Page 106: ...gabyte com tw The appropriate response will be providedASAP Is memory LED on and CPU fan running The problem could be caused by power supply CPU memory or CPU memory socket itself Check if there is display Perhaps your VGA card VGA slot or monitor is defective Turn off the system Reboot after keyboard and mouse have been plugged in Check if keyboard is working properly It is possible that your key...

Page 107: ...No Contact Person E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Modelname Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device ProblemDescription ...

Page 108: ...Direct Memory Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic RandomAccess Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC ElectromagneticCompatibility EPP EnhancedParallelPort ESD ElectrostaticDischarge FDD Floppy Disk Device FSB Front Side Bus HDD Ha...

Page 109: ...IC Network Interface Card OS Operating System OEM OriginalEquipmentManufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On SelfTest PCI PeripheralComponentInterconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI SpecialCircumstanceInstructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static RandomAccess Memory SMP Symmetric Multi Processing SMI SystemManagementInterrupt USB Universal Serial Bus VID VoltageID...

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Page 112: ...B Address http de giga byte com y Japan Nippon Giga Byte Corporation WEB Address http www gigabyte co jp y U K G B T TECH CO LTD Tel 44 1908 362700 Fax 44 1908 362709 E mail support gbt tech co uk WEB Address http uk giga byte com y The Netherlands Giga Byte Technology B V Address Verdunplein 8 5627 SZ Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel 31 40 290 2088 NL Tech Support 0900 GIGABYTE 0900 44422983 0 2 M B...

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