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English

A

Failure has been excluded.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Failure has been excluded.

Failure has been excluded.

Yes

Reinstall Windows OS, and reinstall add-on cards and cables.
Then try to reboot the system.

Failure has been excluded.

Yes

END

If the above procedure unable to solve your problem, please contact with your local retailer or national
distributor for help. Or, you could submit your question to the service mail via Gigabyte website
technical support zone
(http://www.gigabyte.com.tw).  The appropriate response will be provided ASAP.

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 keyboard or
keyboard
connector is
defective.

Press <Del> to enter BIOS setup.  Choose "Load
Optimized Defaults" and save then exit setup.

Turn off the system and re-connect the IDE cable.
Check if the system can reboot successfully.

The problem was
probably caused
by the IDE device
/ connector or
cable.

No

No

Summary of Contents for GA-7VT880 Pro

Page 1: ...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 graphi...

Page 2: ...ment to update the information contained herein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of th...

Page 3: ...Mother Board GA 7VT880 Pro GA 7VT880 L GA 7VT880 May 13 2004...

Page 4: ...ns 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 incl...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 7VT880 Series AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron SocketA Processor Motherboard Rev 1002 12ME 7VT880 1002...

Page 6: ...Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 10 Step 2 1 CPU Installation 10 Step 2 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 11 Step 3 Install Memory Modules 12 Step 4 Install expansion cards 13 Step 5 Connect ribbo...

Page 7: ...Optimized Defaults 45 Set Supervisor User Password 46 Save Exit Setup 47 Exit Without Saving 47 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 49 BIOS Introduction 49 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 50 2 4 6 Channel Au...

Page 8: ...reseparated 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 Ifthemotherb...

Page 9: ...IDE controllers provides IDE HDD CD ROM IDE1 IDE2 with PIO Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 operationmode On Board Floppy 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M byt...

Page 10: ...ng Thermal shutdown function BIOS Licensed Award BIOS Supports Q Flash Dual BIOS j AdditionalFeatures Supports BIOS Supports EasyTune Overclocking Over Voltage CPU AGP DDR PCI by BIOS Over Clock CPU A...

Page 11: ...BATTERY Backup BIOSj VT8237 VIA KT880 SOCKETA CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 DDR1 AGP F_USB1 COMB CD_IN PCI5 DDR2 F_AUDIO IR F_PANEL F_USB2 AUX_IN SUR_CEN SPDIF_IO PWR_LED GAME AUDIO USB LAN...

Page 12: ...CICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT AC97 CODEC 2 Serial ATA VIA VT8237 LPCBUS 8 USB Ports IT8705F 24MHz 33MHz Game Port Floppy LPT Port 2 COM Ports 3 IEEE1394 VT6306 IR ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Cha...

Page 13: ...l expansion cards Step 5 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 3 Step 1 Step 4 Step 5 Step 2 Step 5 Step 5 Step 1 Set System Jumper SW1 The...

Page 14: ...1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation CPU Top View CPU Bottom View Socket Actuation Lever 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and upto90 degreeang...

Page 15: ...your 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 instal...

Page 16: ...ch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets...

Page 17: ...double the original one with the fastest speed at 6 4GB s DDR400 GA 7VT880 Pro GA 7VT880 L GA 7VT880 include 4 DIMM slots and each Channel has 2 DIMMs as following Channel A DDR 1 2 Channel B DDR 3 4...

Page 18: ...S 2 mouse PS 2 Mouse Connector 6pin Female PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6pin Female PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Devices like prin...

Page 19: ...CEN cable If you want the detail information for 2 4 6 channel audio setup installation please refer to page 57 Audio Connectors j Only for GA 7VT880 Pro k Only for GA 7VT880 L USB LANjk Connector Bef...

Page 20: ...ATX 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN 5 PWR_FAN j 6 FDD 7 IDE1 IDE2 8 SATA0 SATA1 9 F_PANEL 10 BAT 11 PWR_LED 12 RAM_LED 13 F_AUDIO 14 SUR_CEN 15 SPDIF_IO 16 CD_IN 17 AUX_IN 18 F_USB1 F_USB2 19 F1_1394 F2_1394 20...

Page 21: ...efinition 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...

Page 22: ...the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 SYS_FAN System Fan Connector Thi...

Page 23: ...th the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature 1 6 FDD Floppy Connector Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD It supports 360K 1 2M 720K 1 44M and 2 88M bytes flo...

Page 24: ...ide with the Pin1 39 40 IDE1 1 2 IDE2 8 SATA0 SATA1 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...

Page 25: ...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 Opera...

Page 26: ...structions 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 1...

Page 27: ...Audio L 10 Rear Audio L 13 F_AUDIO Front 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 fro...

Page 28: ...l speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector C...

Page 29: ...Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector Pin No Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R 17 AUX_IN AUX In Connector Connect other device such as PCI TV Tunner audio out to the conne...

Page 30: ...2 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB2 6 TPB2 7 No Pin 8 Power 9 Power 10 GND 19 F1_1394 F2_1394 Front IEEE1394 Connector Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has fea...

Page 31: ...e contact your local dealer Pin No Definition 1 VCC 2 GRX1_R 3 GND 4 GPSA2 5 VCC 6 GPX2_R 7 GPY2_R 8 MSI_R 9 GPSA1 10 GND 11 GPY1_R 12 VCC 13 GPSB1 14 MSO_R 15 GPSB2 16 No Pin 21 GAME Game Connector T...

Page 32: ...ar CMOS temporarilyshort 1 2 pin Open Normal 1 2 close Clear CMOS 22 INFO_LINK This connector allows you to connect some external devices to provide you extra function Check the pin assignment while y...

Page 33: ...re Installation Process English 29 24 CI CASE OPEN This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the case open item in BIOS if the system case begin remove Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2...

Page 34: ...30 GA 7VT880 Serie Motherboard English...

Page 35: ...Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash utility F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes onl...

Page 36: ...e possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E9 Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu as figure below will a...

Page 37: ...nfiguration l Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in bestperformanceconfiguration l Set Supervisor Password Change set or...

Page 38: ...f you select User Type related information will be asked to enter to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the doc...

Page 39: ...will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped All But Keyboard The system boot will not st...

Page 40: ...boot device priority by LAN Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password...

Page 41: ...led Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Game Port Address 201 Midi Port A...

Page 42: ...e onboard LAN function Onboard H W 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function Default value Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function Onboard LAN Boot ROM jk This function decide whether to invoke...

Page 43: ...ult value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port...

Page 44: ...ways power on the system when AC back Keyboard Power On Disabled Disabled this function Default value Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the keyboard power on password Keyboard 98 If there i...

Page 45: ...2 PCI 3 IRQ Assignment 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 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value...

Page 46: ...il Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level Disabled Don t monitor current fan speed Enabled Alarm when FAN stops PC Health Status Current Voltage V Vcore DDR2 5V 3 3V 12V Detect syste...

Page 47: ...ws user to select the ACT 0 to ACT 1 Trrd when any DRAM DIMM installed 2T 3T Set ACT 0 to ACT 1 Trrd to 2T 3T Default Value 2T CPU Ratio Control This option will not be shown or not be available if yo...

Page 48: ...AGP Frequency MHz The values depend on CPU Host Frequency Mhz DRAM Clock MHz By SPD BIOS will automatically setup the DRAM clock by DRAM SPD data Default value 133 If you use DDR266 DRAM module pleas...

Page 49: ...dard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Dual BIOS Q Fl...

Page 50: ...t the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Onc...

Page 51: ...Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit higf Select It...

Page 52: ...48 GA 7VT880 Serise Motherboard English...

Page 53: ...ternetand 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...

Page 54: ...ROM Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1 33 Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 39SF040 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 39SF040 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Re...

Page 55: ...to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS setting please press Del key when the boot screen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If...

Page 56: ...n In the A drive insert the BIOS diskette then Press Enter to Run Where XXXX XX is name of the BIOS file XXXX XX 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete ESC Return Main 1 File s fo...

Page 57: ...rrupt or damaged for various reasons the backup BIOS will be automatically used when the system pow ered On Your PC will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged and is completely transparent to th...

Page 58: ...have solutions to guard against this type of virus intrusion The DualBIOS technology will provide a state of the art solution to protect your PC Case I Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your enti...

Page 59: ...oard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 2 Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All Files in dialog box whi...

Page 60: ...orted 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 system unbooted...

Page 61: ...ed STEP 1 Connectthe stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out 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 w...

Page 62: ...or 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 channels output Please select the other settings for 4...

Page 63: ...ter 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 Effe...

Page 64: ...vice Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L CEN Subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best s...

Page 65: ...ND 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 channel for 5 1 speakers out put Enable Only SURROUND KIT and pres...

Page 66: ...device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracket is provided and could li...

Page 67: ...jack speakers earphone or 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 c...

Page 68: ...s Motherboard 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 mes sage will come ou...

Page 69: ...in Line in or Line out jack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated PS If UAJ couldn t work as expected please disable this function by pressing button UAJ information And then Jack Sen...

Page 70: ...ill remind you there is no any Line out device plugged in Volume lever Mute button Note If you want to use AUX IN function you must disable UAJ function from the Speaker Configuration item in the AC97...

Page 71: ...urn boot manager to NTFS format How to use the Xpress Recovery 1 Boot from CD ROM BMP Mode Enter the BIOS menu select Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Insert the provided driver CD in...

Page 72: ...1C 00 F9 For Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technology CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Set Password 5 Exit and Restar...

Page 73: ...to factory default or press Esc to exit Restores backup image to original state 3 Remove Backup Image Remove backup image Are you sure Y N Remove the backup image 4 Set Password Please input a 4 16 c...

Page 74: ...70 GA 7VT880 Series Motherboard English...

Page 75: ...0 reads and 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...

Page 76: ...atus h i Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Driver Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS SATA 74 53 Hdd Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS SATA 111 79...

Page 77: ...ht 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 dupli...

Page 78: ...Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS SATA 74 53 Stripe0 Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS SATA 111 79 Stripe1 u Auto Setup For Performance u Array Mode RAID 0 Striping u Select Disk Drives u Block Size 64...

Page 79: ...ATA 111 79 Stripe1 Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays When a RAID is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved and become two...

Page 80: ...key to show the array status on the lower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen VIA Technologies Inc VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1 20 Create...

Page 81: ...s should be listed on the screen Refer to Fig 2 please select the proper chipset model Fig 1 Fig 2 Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk After you co...

Page 82: ...78 GA 7VT880 Series Motherboard English...

Page 83: ...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 installall c...

Page 84: ...0 LAN Chip driver k n RealTekAC97 Audio Driver Audio driver for RealtekAC97 codec chipset n VIA 8237 SerialATA Driver For VIA VT8237 SerialATA driver n VIA USB 2 0 Controller USB 2 0 Driver informatio...

Page 85: ...rclocking and hardware monitoring functions n DMI Viewer Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information of the system n Face Wizard New utility for adding BIOS logo n BIOS Gi...

Page 86: ...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 in...

Page 87: ...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 d...

Page 88: ...e Front 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 Question 10 Sometimes Ihear differentcontinuousbeepsfrom computerafter s...

Page 89: ...et 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...

Page 90: ...speed frequencyratio voltage and etc are set properly Failure has been excluded Check if the CPU cooling fan attached to CPU properly ls CPU cooling fanpower connected to CPU_FAN properly Plug the CP...

Page 91: ...tw The appropriate response will be provided ASAP Is memoryLED on and CPUfan running The problem could be caused by power supply CPU memory or CPU memory socket itself Check if there is display Perha...

Page 92: ...ny Phone No ContactPerson E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Model name Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM...

Page 93: ...Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP ExtendedCapabilities Port ESCD Extended System...

Page 94: ...lator NIC 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 Mo...

Page 95: ...Appendix 91 English...

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