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Memory Installation

 

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Memory Installation 

The motherboard has Rambus In-line Memory Module (RIMM) sockets. The BIOS will 
automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically 
into the RIMM Slot .The RIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch. Memory 
size can vary between sockets. 

Install memory in any combination table: 

RIMM 1 

RIMM 2 

RIMM 

CRIMM 

RIMM 

RIMM 

CRIMM 

RIMM 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for GA-6CX7

Page 1: ...io television technician for additional suggestions You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your au...

Page 2: ...apparatus Residual commercial and light industry EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement EN 55081 2 Generic emission standard Part 2 of radio disturbance characteristics of Industrial environment f...

Page 3: ...6CX7 Series 100 133 MHz Pentium II Socket 370 Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL Socket 370 Processor Motherboard REV 1 1 Third Edition R 11 03 000712...

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Page 5: ...ures Product information specification 4 Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard 5 Performance Block Diagram Product performance block diagram 6 Suspend to RAM Dual BIOS Instructions...

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Page 7: ...out P 5 Page Index for CPU Speed Setup Connectors Panel and Jumper Definition P 6 Performance List P 30 Block Diagram P 31 Suspend to RAM Installation P 32 Dual BIOS Introduction Optional P 38 Four Sp...

Page 8: ...l release of the 6CX7 Series motherboard user s manual Mar 2000 1 1 Second release of the 6CX7 Series motherboard user s manual Mar 2000 1 1 Third release of the 6CX7 Series motherboard user s manual...

Page 9: ...Checklist The 6CX7 Series Motherboard Cable for IDE Floppy device CD IUCD for motherboard utilities oInternal COM B Cable Optional oInternal USB Cable Optional oCable for SCSI device 6CX7 Series User...

Page 10: ...ntel 82559 chipsets are on board you have only 4 32 bit master PCI slots at PCI1 PCI4 PCI5 will be slave PCI slot On Board IDE An IDE controller on the Intel 82801AA ICH PCI chipset provides IDE HDD C...

Page 11: ...ound Creative CT5880 sound Optional for 6CX7 AC 97 CODEC Line In Line Out Mic In AUX In CD In TEL Game Port SPDIF Four Speaker Optional for 6CX7 Additional Features Internal External Modem Wake up STR...

Page 12: ...DE1 FLOPPY IDE2 AMR PCI1 AGP PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI4 PCI 5 Backup BIOS Main BIOS JP14 PGA 370 CPU RIMM 1 USB LAN RIMM 2 Creative CT5880 AOL 2 ASIC SW1 BAT1 JP16 JP3 JP1 J1 JP18 JP15 J15 J7 J6 J8 J17 ATX Powe...

Page 13: ...ake On LAN P 16 J10 Ring Power On P 16 J15 External SMBUS Device Connector P 17 JP15 STR LED Connector LED1 RIMM LED P 17 CN9 FP USB For NEC Optional P 18 J12 Front Panel Jumper For NEC P 18 J18 AOL C...

Page 14: ...26 JP10 FWH Write Protection Optional P 26 JP14 Internal Buzzer Connector Optional P 27 JP18 STR Enable P 27 JP29 Over Voltage CPU Speed Up Optional P 28 JP1 Cyrix CPU Turbo Function Optional P 28 JP...

Page 15: ...election is control by BIOS JP8 SW1 Select the CPU Speed at 100MHz and 133MHz AGPCLK 66 6 73 3 80 66 6 70 75 66 6 CPUCLK 100 110 120 133 140 150 100 133 Auto JP8 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 1 O O O X X...

Page 16: ...der In general Line Out 1 is normally Line Out when it output digital signal it will be change to SPDIF Out automatically see page 47 for more information Line In In general Line In is normally Line I...

Page 17: ...USB D0 3 USB D0 4 GND 5 USB V1 6 USB D1 7 USB D1 8 GND 2 1 1 Green LED LAN Link LED 2 Yellow LED LAN Active LED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connector PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Pin No Definition...

Page 18: ...6CX7 Series Motherboard 11 J1 CPU Fan Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSE 1 J17 Power Fan Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSE 1...

Page 19: ...J16 System Fan Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSE 1 ATX Power Pin No Definition 3 5 7 13 15 17 GND 1 2 11 3 3V 4 6 19 20 VCC 10 12V 12 12V 18 5V 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V 14 PS ON Soft On O...

Page 20: ...6CX7 Series Motherboard 13 IR CIR Optional Pin No Definition 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 NC 7 CIRRX 8 VCC 9 NC 10 NC 6 1 10 5 Floppy Port RED LINE...

Page 21: ...Connectors 14 IDE1 Primary IDE2 Secondary Port IDE 2 IDE 1 RED LINE J8 AUX_IN Pin No Definition 1 AUX L 2 GND 3 GND 4 AUX R 1...

Page 22: ...ries Motherboard 15 J6 CD Audio Line In 1 Pin No Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R J7 TEL The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector Pin No Definition 1 Signal In 2 GND 3 GND 4 Signal...

Page 23: ...Connectors 16 J2 Wake On LAN Pin No Definition 1 5V SB 2 GND 3 Signal 1 J10 Ring Power On Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1...

Page 24: ...6CX7 Series Motherboard 17 J15 External SMBUS Device Connector Pin No Definition 1 SMB CLK 2 NC 3 GND 4 SMB DATA 5 5V 1 JP15 STR LED Connector LED1 RIMM LED STR LED Connector External RIMM LED 1...

Page 25: ...l Pin No Definition 1 4 5 10 NC 2 Power 3 7 9 GND 6 USB D1 8 USB D1 1 9 2 10 J12 Front Panel Jumper For NEC Pin No Definition 1 HD LED 2 PWR LED 3 HD LED 4 GN LED 5 13 8 12 GND 6 PW 7 RST 9 16 VCC 10...

Page 26: ...therboard 19 J18 AOL Connector For NEC Optional Pin No Definition 1 SMB CLK 2 SMB DATA 3 8 13 NC 4 ICH SCL 5 ICH SDA 6 15 17 GND 7 PWRSTSW 9 THRMO 10 GPI10 11 Case open 12 3VSB 14 RSMRST 16 RESET 18 P...

Page 27: ...reen 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 No...

Page 28: ...ice Wake up 2 3 close Disabled Back USB Device Wake up Default CN1 If you want to use USB KB MS Wakeup From S3 function you have to set the BIOS setting USB KB MS Wakeup From S3 enabled and the jumper...

Page 29: ...nition 22 JP4 Clear CMOS Function Optional Pin No Definition 1 2 close Clear CMOS 2 3 close Normal Default 1 JP5 Safe mode Recovery Normal Pin No Definition 1 2close Normal Default 2 3close Safe mode...

Page 30: ...meout Reboot Function Optional 1 Pin No Definition Open Timeout Reboot Close No Reboot on Timeout JP11 AMR Select Optional Pin No Definition 1 2close AMR Secondary 2 3close AMR Primary AC 97 Disabled...

Page 31: ...and Jumper Definition 24 JP17 Case Open 1 Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND JP20 Onboard Sound Function Selection Pin No Definition 1 2 close Enabled Onboard sound Default 2 3 close Disabled Onboard so...

Page 32: ...ve to set the BIOS setting USB KB MS Wakeup From S3 enabled and the jumper JP21 JP3 enabled Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press Del You will enter BIOS Setup Select the i...

Page 33: ...No Definition Open Top Block Lock Close Top Block Unlock Default 1 JP10 FWH Write Protection Optional 1 Pin No Definition Open Normal Default Close Write Protect MPlease set Jumper JP10 to Open to ena...

Page 34: ...otherboard 27 JP14 Internal Buzzer Connector Optional Pin No Definition Open Internal Buzzer Disabled Close Internal Buzzer Enabled Default 1 JP18 STR Enable Pin No Definition Open STR Disabled Close...

Page 35: ...al Magic Booster When JP29 set 3 4 close CPU Voltage is rising 10 Pin No Definition 1 2 close Normal 3 4 close 10 5 6 close 20 7 8 close 30 9 10 close 40 11 12 close 50 1 12 11 2 JP1 Cyrix CPU Turbo F...

Page 36: ...2 close Onboard LAN Enabled 2 3 close Onboard LAN Disabled Default BAT1 Battery Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the...

Page 37: ...ntel Pentium 667MHz processor DRAM 128 x 2 MB RIMM KM 418RD4C G60 CACHE SIZE 256 KB included in CPU DISPLAY GA 660 32MB STORAGE Onboard IDE Quantum KA13600AT O S Windows NT 4 0 SP6 DRIVER Display Driv...

Page 38: ...ICS 9248BF 77 16 67MHz 100 133 MHz 400 300MHz 400 356MHz 66MHz Creative CT5880 L OUT USB Port I O CHIPSET W83627 COM Ports LPT Ports Floppy Ports Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ultra DMA33 ATA66 IDE Ports 33 MHz...

Page 39: ...riggers or signals respectively A 2 STR function Installation Please use the following steps to complete the STR function installation Step By Step Setup Step 1 To utilize the STR function the system...

Page 40: ...d 1 Step 3 Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press Del You will enter BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then select ACPI Sleep Type S3 STR Remember to save th...

Page 41: ...4 A 3 How to put your system into STR mode There are two ways to accomplish this 1 Choose the Stand by item in the Shut Down Windows area A Press the Start button and then select Shut Down B Choose th...

Page 42: ...6CX7 Series Motherboard 35 2 Define the system power on button to initiate STR sleep mode A Double click My Computer and then Control Panel B Double click the Power Management item...

Page 43: ...mode just momentarily press the Power on button A 4 How to recover from the STR sleep mode There are seven ways to wake up the system 1 Press the Power On button 2 Use the PS 2 Keyboard Power On funct...

Page 44: ...A Your ATX power supply must comply with the ATX 2 01 specification provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand By current 2 Jumper JP15 is provided to connect to the STR LED in your system chassis Your chassis...

Page 45: ...p BIOS can take over while the system is powered on This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS B How to use Dual BIOS a Boot Screen xxx xxx Check...

Page 46: ...Protection is set to Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex SCSI Cards LAN Cards emits signals to request restart of the system after...

Page 47: ...Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On BIOS Defects set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the sy...

Page 48: ...on What s DualBIOSTM On GIGABYTE motherboards with DualBIOS there are physically two BIOS chips For simplicity we ll call one your Main BIOS and the other we ll call your Backup BIOS your hot spare If...

Page 49: ...ion of the BIOS ROM chip itself 1 New computer viruses are being found that attack and destroy the system BIOS They may corrupt your BIOS code causing your PC to be unstable or even not boot normally...

Page 50: ...way flash utility will ensure that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and that the correct BIOS main vs backup will be flashed This will prevent the good BIOS from being...

Page 51: ...able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs 4 Flexibility for high end desktop PCs and workstation servers In the DualBIOSTM utility the option can be set Halt On When BIO...

Page 52: ...is Four Speaker The Creative CT5880 audio chip can support 4 speaker output if you select Four speaker out Line in will be change to another line out B How to use Four Speaker a Press the Start butto...

Page 53: ...C Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only support in application software that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX For example the game titles software DVD player and MP3 playe...

Page 54: ...e SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder B How to use SPDIF a Press your mouse right button in My Computer...

Page 55: ...Four Speaker SPDIF Introduction 48 c Press Sound video and game controllers item and then select the Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 item d Press Settings item and then select the Output Mode item...

Page 56: ...Click Digital item Line Out will be change to SPDIF Out f Recommend you to select Autosense it will auto detect the audio jack you plug in to Line Out is mono or stereo and then change to SPDIF Out o...

Page 57: ...S will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the RIMM Slot The RIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch Memory size...

Page 58: ...6MB max are supported for a single channel The following table shows the maximum DRAM array size and the minimum increment size for the various DRAM densities supported for MCH RDRAM Technology Increm...

Page 59: ...Setup P 60 Chipset Features Setup P 62 Power Management Setup P 64 PNP PCI Configuration P 68 Load BIOS Defaults P 70 Load Setup Defaults P 71 Integrated Peripherals P 72 Hardware Monitor Setup P 76 S...

Page 60: ...restart by simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Del keys CONTROL KEYS Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Esc Main Menu Quit and not s...

Page 61: ...o select from nine 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 AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION...

Page 62: ...ts BIOS Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration Load Setup Defaults Setup Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the...

Page 63: ...BIOS Setup 56 Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup...

Page 64: ...ximum allowed in the month Year The year from 1990 through 2099 Time The times format in hour minute second The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00...

Page 65: ...ter Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing...

Page 66: ...lue Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed i...

Page 67: ...A R T for Hard Disks Enabled Enabled S M A R T Hard for Disks Disabled Disabled S M A R T Hard for Disks Default Value Boot Up Num Lock On Keypad is number keys Default Value Off Keypad is arrow keys...

Page 68: ...tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 Default Value Password Check Setup...

Page 69: ...nable ICH DCB Graphics Aperture Size 4 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 4MB 8 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 8MB 16 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 16MB 32 MB Display Graphics Aperture...

Page 70: ...tion 3 0x 3 5x 4 0x 4 5x 5 0x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x Locked USB Controller Disabled Disabled USB Controller function Enabled Enabled USB Controller function Default Value USB Legacy Support USB...

Page 71: ...ends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Sleep Type S1 POS RTC Alarm Date Every Day USB KB MS Wakeup From S3 Disabled RTC Alarm Hour 00 HDD Power Down Disabled RTC Alarm Minute 00 Suspend Mode Disabled RTC A...

Page 72: ...Monitor Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Access Default Value Ignore Ignore Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Access FDC LPT COM Ports Access Monitor Monitor FDC LPT COM Ports Access Default Value Ignore Ignore FDC LPT COM Port...

Page 73: ...IRQ Active Default Value Soft off by Power Button Instant off Press power button then Power off instantly Default Value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 sec to Power off Enter suspend if button is pre...

Page 74: ...ault Value Resume by Alarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to Enabled and key in date time to power on system Disabled Disabled this function Default Value Enabled Enabled alarm function to POWER ON...

Page 75: ...VGA Palette Snoop Enabled ForhavingVideoCardonISABusandVGACardonPCIBus Disabled For VGA Card only Default Value AMIBIOS SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved P...

Page 76: ...9 DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 ISA EISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device PnP The resource is used by PnP device IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 ISA EISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device PCI PnP The resource...

Page 77: ...INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIO...

Page 78: ...S SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION L...

Page 79: ...odem Default Value Disabled Disabled AC 97 Modem AMIBIOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved On Chip PCI IDE Both Mouse PowerOn Function Disabled AC97 Audio...

Page 80: ...tup the port B address Default Value 3F8 COM1 Enable OnBoard Serial port B and address is 3F8 2F8 COM2 Enable OnBoard Serial port B and address is 2F8 3E8 COM3 Enable OnBoard Serial port B and address...

Page 81: ...llel Port Mode EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port Default Value Normal Normal Operation Parallel Port IRQ 7 Set Parallel Port IRQ i...

Page 82: ...Disable this function Default Value Specific Key Set specific key to power on by keyboard Power Key Set Power key to power on the system Specific Key for Power On N A Disable this function Default Val...

Page 83: ...r CPU Temp at 75 C 167 F if Temp 75 C 167 F system will automatically power off AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Shut Down Temp Disabled Bat...

Page 84: ...arm Function Enabled Reset Case Open Status Case Opened If the case is closed Case Opened will show No If the case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes If you want to reset Case Opened value set...

Page 85: ...y If you select Always at Password Check in BIOS Features Setup 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...

Page 86: ...28 MB AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue Jan 18 2000 Time hh mm ss 10 36 24 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Mast...

Page 87: ...d STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AU...

Page 88: ...hts Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION...

Page 89: ...ndows 9x INF Update Utility Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 2 3 4 5 1 Click...

Page 90: ...ert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Click Intel ICH IDE ATA66 Driver i...

Page 91: ...Appendix 84 7 8 7 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 92: ...the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 2 3 4 1 Click here 2 Click Intel 8255x Lan Driver...

Page 93: ...ort CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Click here 2 Click Creative 5880 Sound Driver...

Page 94: ...6CX7 Series Motherboard 87 7 8 9 10 7 Click Yes item 8 We recommend you to click this item 9 Click Finish to restart...

Page 95: ...flash utilities and BIOS file in j Restart your computer into MS DOS mode or command prompt only for Win95 98 go into the directory where the new BIOS file are located use the utility AWDFlash exe or...

Page 96: ...s this information to the 82559 In response the 82559 transmits alert SOS packets to the remote console The Alert on LAN 2 ASIC transmits periodic presence packets heartbeat to the remote console It s...

Page 97: ...ddressing EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility BIOS Basic Input Output System SMI System Management Interrupt IRQ Interrupt Request NIC Network Interface Card A G P Accelerated Graphics Port S E C C Sing...

Page 98: ...Motherboard 91 Acor Meaning PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module DRM Dual Retention Mechanism ISA Industry Standard Architecture MTH Memory Translator Hub CRIMM Cont...

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