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7DX Motherboard

SPDIF Introduction

What is SPDIF?

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed
AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder.

How to use SPDIF?

a. Click your mouse right button in “My Computer” and select the “Properties” item.

b. Click “Device Manager” item.

Summary of Contents for GA-7DX

Page 1: ...dio 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 a...

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: ...7DX AMD Athlon TM Duron TM Socket A Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL AMD AthlonTM DuronTM Socket A Processor Motherboard REV 4 0 First Edition R 40 01 010209...

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Page 5: ...cation 4 Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard 5 Performance Block Diagram Product performance block diagram 6 Suspend to RAM Instructions on STR installation 7 Four Speaker SPDIF...

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Page 7: ...Setup Connectors Panel and Jumper Definition P 6 Performance List P 24 Block Diagram P 25 Suspend to RAM Installation Optional P 26 Four Speaker SPDIF Introduction Optional P 32 DDR Introduction P 38...

Page 8: ...l release of the 7DX motherboard user s manual Feb 2001 The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to updat...

Page 9: ...Item Checklist 2 Item Checklist The 7DX motherboard Cable for IDE floppy device Diskettes or CD TUCD for motherboard driver utility 7DX user s manual...

Page 10: ...DIMM Supports up to 4GB DRAM Max Supports only 2 5V DDR SDRAM Supports 72bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode I O Control VT82C686B Slots 1 AGP slot supports 2X 4X mode AGP 2 0 compliant 5 PCI slots supp...

Page 11: ...or PS 2 Keyboard interface and PS 2 Mouse interface BIOS Licensed AWARD BIOS 2M bit flash ROM Additional Features Support Wake On LAN WOL Support Internal External Modem Ring On Support USB KB MS Wake...

Page 12: ...et 462 CPU VT82C686B AMD 761 Game Audio COM A LPT PS 2 BIOS J15 BAT1 BZ1 FLOPPY IDE2 IDE1 AGP J17 SW1 J14 J9 J10 USB1 AMR PCI3 DIMM2 J6 DIMM1 J18 PCI4 PCI5 USB2 JP5 J7 J13 J8 Creative CT5880 J24 J25 J...

Page 13: ...J23 TEL P 14 J24 CD Audio Line In P 15 J25 AUX_IN P 15 LED2 DIMM LED P 16 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Port P 16 USB1 Rear USB Port P 17 USB2 Front USB Connector P 17 Panel and Jumper Definition P 18 BAT1...

Page 14: ...the system bus speed by DIP switch SW1 SW1 CPU Speed Setup Set System Bus Speed SW1 O ON X OFF CPU PCI AGP 1 2 3 4 133 33 3 66 6 O O O O 115 38 3 76 67 X X O X 110 36 67 73 33 X X X X 105 35 70 O X X...

Page 15: ...Connectors ATX Power Pin No Definition 3 5 7 13 15 16 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 Off 1 10 11 20 COM A COM B LPT Port COM A L...

Page 16: ...audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder To enable SPDIF simply insert SPDIF connector into Line Out1 Line Out1 will become SPDIF Out automatically see pa...

Page 17: ...Connectors 10 IDE1 Primary IDE2 Secondary Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 Red Line J1 External SMBUS Header 1 Pin No Definition 1 SMB CLK 2 NC 3 GND 4 SMB DATA 5 5V...

Page 18: ...7DX Motherboard 11 J9 Ring Power On Internal Modem Card Wake Up Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 J10 Wake On LAN Pin No Definition 1 5V SB 2 GND 3 Signal 1...

Page 19: ...Connectors 12 J12 IR Header Pin No Definition 1 VCC 5V 2 NC 3 IR Data Input 4 GND 5 IR Data Output 1 J15 Power Fan Pin No Definition 1 Control 2 12V 3 NC 1...

Page 20: ...7DX Motherboard 13 J16 System Fan Pin No Definition 1 Control 2 12V 3 SENSE 1 J17 CPU Fan Pin No Definition 1 Control 2 12V 3 SENSE 1...

Page 21: ...Connectors 14 J21 Chip Fan Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 1 J23 TEL This connector is for Modem with internal voice connector Pin No Definition 1 Signal In 2 GND 3 GND 4 Signal Out 1...

Page 22: ...7DX Motherboard 15 J24 CD Audio Line In Pin No Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R 1 J25 AUX_IN Pin No Definition 1 AUX L 2 GND 3 GND 4 AUX R 1...

Page 23: ...Connectors 16 LED2 DIMM LED DIMM LED PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Port PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Pin No Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 GND 4 VCC 5V 5 Clock 6 NC...

Page 24: ...SB Port Pin No Definition 1 USB V1 2 USB V0 3 USB D1 4 USB D0 5 USB D1 6 USB D0 7 GND 8 GND 2 4 6 8 7 5 3 1 USB 2 Front USB Connector 9 10 1 2 Pin No Definition 1 5V 2 GND 3 USB D2 4 NC 5 USB D2 6 USB...

Page 25: ...USB1 Pin No Definition 1 2 close Rear USB Device Wake up Enable 2 3 close Rear USB Device Wake up Disable Default 1 If you want to use USB Dev Wakeup from S3 S5 function you have to set the BIOS setti...

Page 26: ...1 2 close Enable FP USB Device Wake up 2 3 close Disable FP USB Device Wake up Default If you want to use USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 function you have to set the BIOS setting USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5...

Page 27: ...l and Jumper Definition 20 J13 Internal Buzzer Selection Pin No Definition Close Internal Buzzer Enable Default Open Internal Buzzer Disable 1 J14 2x11 Pins Front Panel RE GN GD PW P P P S P K HD 1 1...

Page 28: ...in 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RE Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware System P P P Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED...

Page 29: ...Primary CODEC Selection For AC97 Only 1 J26 J27 Primary CODEC 1 2 close 1 2 close On board AC97 Default 2 3 close 2 3 close AMR 1 J27 J26 J50 S3 KB MS Wake up Optional Pin No Definition 1 2 close Norm...

Page 30: ...ffered DDR DIMM Selection Optional 1 Pin No Definition 1 2 close Support Registered DDR DIMM 2 3 close Support Unbuffered DDR DIMM Default JP5 Clear CMOS Function Optional 1 Pin No Definition 1 2 Clos...

Page 31: ...ult in different benchmark testing results CPU AMD Althon 1000MHz DRAM 64x2 MB DDR MT8VDDT864AG 265A2 CACHE SIZE 384 KB integrated in Althon DISPLAY GA GF2000 AGP CARD 32MB STORAGE Onboard IDE IBM DTL...

Page 32: ...PS 2 Floppy ATA66 100 IDE Channels 4 USB Ports AC97 CODEC AMR CT5880 Option AC Link 5 PCI PCI Bus 33MHz HCLK 100 133MHz AGPCLK 66MHz NPCLK 33MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 48MHz PCI 33MHz AGPCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 10...

Page 33: ...and system functions primarily the system state and the ability to recognize various wake up triggers or signals respectively A 2 STR function Installation Please use the following steps to complete t...

Page 34: ...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 the...

Page 35: ...8 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 36: ...7DX Motherboard 29 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 37: ...r STR sleep mode just momentarily press the Power on button A 4 How to recover from the STR sleep mode There are six ways to wake up the system 1 Press the Power On button 2 Use the Resume by Alarm fu...

Page 38: ...d software requirements must be satisfied A Your ATX power supply must comply with the ATX 2 01 specification provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand By current B Your DDR SDRAM must be DDR 200 or DDR 266 c...

Page 39: ...0 audio chip can support up to 4 speaker output If you select Four speaker out Line In will be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers B How to use Four Speaker Microsoft...

Page 40: ...7DX Motherboard 33 c Select Four speaker item Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure a Go to Control Panel Double click Sounds and Multimedia...

Page 41: ...t Quadraphonic Speakers and click ok C Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only be supported in application softwares that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX for example the ga...

Page 42: ...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 Click your mouse right button in My Computer a...

Page 43: ...Four Speaker SPDIF Introduction 36 c Click Sound video and game controllers item and select the Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 item d Click Settings item and select the Output Mode item...

Page 44: ...will be reconfigure to SPDIF Out f Recommend you to select Autosense It will automatically detect the type mono or stereo of the audio connector that you plug into Line Out audio jack then configure...

Page 45: ...migration path from existing SDRAM designs due to its availability pricing and overall market support PC2100 DDR memory DDR266 doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and...

Page 46: ...BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internet and update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more th...

Page 47: ...ence For users who choose Easy Mode they just need to click Auto Optimize to have auto and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being sh...

Page 48: ...hed driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyTuneIII to find out more amazing features by themselves For further technical information please link to http www gigabyte com tw Note If your TUCD ver...

Page 49: ...vices used on DIMM 1 DIMM 2Rows x64 x72 2 DIMMs 2Rows each x64 x72 64 Mbit 4Mx4x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 128...

Page 50: ...2Mx8x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 128 Mbit 4Mx8x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 128 Mbit 2Mx16x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 256 Mbit 8Mx8x4 banks 512 MBytes...

Page 51: ...s P 53 Advanced Chipset Features P 55 Integrated Peripherals P 59 Power Management Setup P 64 PnP PCI Configurations P 68 PC Health Status P 70 Frequency Voltage Control P 72 Load Fail Safe Defaults P...

Page 52: ...NTROL 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 save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Opt...

Page 53: ...on the screen The Main Menu allows you to 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...

Page 54: ...Configurations This setup page includes all the adjustable configurations of PCI PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page is for monitoring system status such as temperature voltage and fan...

Page 55: ...User Password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value chan...

Page 56: ...rom 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Year The year from 1994 through 2079 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon Feb 21 2000 Item H...

Page 57: ...items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer CYLS Number of cyl...

Page 58: ...40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt on The category...

Page 59: ...the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory Size The BIOS determ...

Page 60: ...message appears when anything attempts to write to the boot sector or hard disk partition table Default value CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warni...

Page 61: ...drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not differentiate between 720 1 2 or 1 44 drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk...

Page 62: ...X Set AGP Mode to 1X 2X CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features AGP Aperture Size 64 Item Help AGP Fast Write Enabled AGP Mode 4X Menu Level 4 AGP Always Comp...

Page 63: ...DRAM Timing setting to Manual DRAM PH Limit This function specify the number of consecutive Page Hit requests to allow before choosing a non Page Hit request 1 Cycle Set DRAM PH Limit to 1 Cycle 4 Cy...

Page 64: ...AM Trp Timing Value to 1 Cycle 2 Cycle Set DRAM Trp Timing Value to 2 Cycle 3 Cycle Set DRAM Trp Timing Value to 3 Cycle 4 Cycle Set DRAM Trp Timing Value to 4 Cycle DRAM Tras Timing Value This functi...

Page 65: ...from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted 1 Cycle Set SDRAM Trcd Timing Value to 1 Cycle 2 Cycle Set SDRAM Trcd Timing Value to 2 Cycle 3 Cycle Set SDRAM Trcd...

Page 66: ...Help OnBoard IDE2 Enabled VGA Boot from AGP Menu Level 4 OnBoard Sound Chip Enabled BIOS Flash Protection Disabled USB Controller 1 Enabled USB Controller 2 Enabled USB Legacy Support Disabled AC97 Au...

Page 67: ...BIOS Flash Protection Default Value USB Controller 1 Enabled Enable USB Controller 1 Default value Disabled Disable USB Controller 1 USB Controller 2 Enabled Enable USB Controller 2 Default value Disa...

Page 68: ...fault Value 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable o...

Page 69: ...rt ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default Value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 Parallel Port EPP Type EPP 1 9 Set Parallel Port EPP Type to EPP 1...

Page 70: ...needs to be Enable MPU 401 I O Address 330 333H Set MPU 401 I O Address to 330 333H Default Value 300 303H Set MPU 401 I O Address to 300 303H 310 313H Set MPU 401 I O Address to 310 313H 320 323H Se...

Page 71: ...to enter Suspend Mode CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Sleep Type S1 POS Item Help Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Soft Off by PBTN Instant off Men...

Page 72: ...from ACPI S3 S4 and S5 mode Default Value ModemRingOn WakeOnLan Disabled Disable ModemRingOn WakeOnLan with RI Enabled Enable ModemRingOn WakeOnLan with RI Default Value MODEM Use IRQ NA Set MODEM Us...

Page 73: ...nitor VGA activity to prevent system to enter sleep mode Default value ON Enable monitor VGA activity to prevent system to enter sleep mode LPT COM LPT COM Enable LPT COM Ports Activity to Wake up sys...

Page 74: ...ster ON Enable PCI master Activity to Wake up system from sleep mode or prevent system to enter sleep mode OFF Disable PCI master Activity to Wake up system from sleep mode or prevent system to enter...

Page 75: ...t the resource to reserved CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level 4 X I...

Page 76: ...ent to 3 4 Set INT A B C D Assignment to 4 5 Set INT A B C D Assignment to 5 7 Set INT A B C D Assignment to 7 9 Set INT A B C D Assignment to 9 10 Set INT A B C D Assignment to 10 11 Set INT A B C D...

Page 77: ...emp If Temp 80 C 176 F system will automatically power off 90 C 194 F Monitor CPU Temp If Temp 90 C 194 F system will automatically power off CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC...

Page 78: ...e CPU Fan Warning function to display warning message when CPU Fan speed is under lower limit RPM System Fan Warning No Disable this function Default value Yes Enable System Fan Warning function to di...

Page 79: ...value 100 33Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 100 33Mhz 102 34Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 102 34Mhz 104 35Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 104 35Mhz 108 36Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 108 36Mhz 112 38Mhz...

Page 80: ...setting Default value 133 33Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 133 33Mhz 134 34Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 134 34Mhz 135 34Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 135 34Mhz 137 34Mhz Set CPU Host PCI Clock to 137...

Page 81: ...yright C 1984 2000 Award Software 4Standard CMOS Features 4Frequency Voltage Control 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Integrated Peri...

Page 82: ...opyright C 1984 2000 Award Software 4Standard CMOS Features 4Frequency Voltage Control 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Integrated Pe...

Page 83: ...y access all BIOS Setup 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 acce...

Page 84: ...ard Software 4Standard CMOS Features 4Frequency Voltage Control 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Integrated Peripherals Set Superviso...

Page 85: ...oftware 4Standard CMOS Features 4Frequency Voltage Control 4Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 4Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults 4Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Pas...

Page 86: ...ME only Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen 1 2 3 When the AMD AGP Miniport Driver i...

Page 87: ...e 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 VIA IDE Bus Master Driver item 2 C...

Page 88: ...7DX Motherboard 81 7 8 7 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 89: ...the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Click OK 3 Click Yes 1 Click Creative CT5...

Page 90: ...7DX Motherboard 83 7 8 9 8 Click Finish to restart computer 7 Click Next...

Page 91: ...ith your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Click Next 1 Click EasyTune III Setup item 4 Click Next 5 Click Next...

Page 92: ...7DX Motherboard 85 7 8 6 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 93: ...hrough Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others...

Page 94: ...eginning 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...

Page 95: ...essing the Enter key a flash memory writer menu will appear on screen Enter the new BIOS file name with its extension filename into the text box after file name to program 6 If you want to save the ol...

Page 96: ...ndom Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EPP Enhanced Parallel...

Page 97: ...wer On Self Test PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static Random Access Memory SMP S...

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