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K7VA133

ATX  Form  Factor

Main Board

User's   Manual

Summary of Contents for K7VA133

Page 1: ...K7VA133 ATX Form Factor Main Board User s Manual...

Page 2: ...nscribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein...

Page 3: ...facturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing performance fun...

Page 4: ...W3 CPU Frequency Selector 10 2 2 3 J1 Audio AMR Function Selector 11 2 3 Connectors 12 2 3 1 Front Panel 12 2 3 2 Back Panel 14 Keyboard Mouse 15 USB1 USB2 15 COM1 COM2 15 LPT1 15 Midi Game Port Exter...

Page 5: ...3 1 6 PnP PCI Configuration Setup 47 3 1 7 PC Health Status 49 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control 50 3 1 9 Load Optimized Defaults 51 3 1 10 Supervisor User Password 52 3 1 11 Save and Exit Setup 55 3 1...

Page 6: ...ing 1x 2x and 4x mode transfers Both Windows 95 VXD and Windows 98 Windows 2000 miniport drivers are supported for interoperability with major AGP based 3D and DVD capable multimedia accelerators The...

Page 7: ...over the network These are also key benefits in PC operation asset management new system setup and power conservation In conclusion the main board is a combination of the highest in performance flexib...

Page 8: ...e Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are the main board manual cables driver utility CD retention mechanism B Make sure power is off D...

Page 9: ...test version so actual CD content may have some differences with the above picture 1 Main boards i440LX i810 VIA VPX VP3 VIA 691 VIA 692 3 and VIA 693A main boards 2 A G P cards S 6326 and T 9850 3 So...

Page 10: ...Reference KB MOUSE USB1 LPT COM1 AMR1 AGP1 JBAT PCI1 PCI2 BIOS WOL IR FDD1 CN3 FAN1 CD_IN2 CD_IN1 IDE1 IDE2 SLOTA FAN2 USB2 J1 J1 COM2 GAME MIC_IN LINE_IN LINE_OUT SW1 1 2 3 4 O N DIP 1 2 3 4 O N ECE...

Page 11: ...om ATX connector ATX1 Step 3 Short the CMOS jumper by putting jumper cap on Pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return to pin 1 2 for normal setup Step 5 Link ATX power cable to ATX connector connect AC...

Page 12: ...e following are default CPU frequency and see details as below SW1 4 3 2 1 OFF OFF ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SW2 ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF SW3 ON OFF ON ON OFF ON ON ON SW1 SW2 SW3 CPU Freq 100 MHz PCI F...

Page 13: ...Function Selector J1 is 3 pin selector which provide Audio AMR function 1 2 3 4 O N D I P 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 Set to 2 3 AMR Primary codec Set to 1 2 on board Primary code...

Page 14: ...Refer to the following pages for details 2 3 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as PW LED PW BT SPEAKER RESET HD_LED TB LED EXTSMI Please refer to details as below 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 O N EC...

Page 15: ...system which is similar to the power off and then on again Marked as HDD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to Hard Disk LED of the front panel TB L...

Page 16: ...2 3 2 Back Panel There are keyboard mouse USB1 USB2 COM1 2 LPT1 MIC LINE IN LINE OUT and GAME Port on the case back panel Please refer to more details as below 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1...

Page 17: ...B2 doesn t support USB K B support function COM1 COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9 pin D subminiature male connector COM1 2 COM1 2 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapt...

Page 18: ...n Momentary switch which connects on the front panel switch to the 2 pin PW BT on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not go into the syst...

Page 19: ...PU Fan Connectors There are 2 fan connectors on this system board and it is marked as FAN1 FAN2 Each fan connector has three pins 1 2 3 4 O N DIP 1 2 3 4 ON E C E 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 ON E C E 5 6 7 8 SENS...

Page 20: ...Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fast IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector Be sure to put in the righ...

Page 21: ...VT8371 System Board 19 2 3 6 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and is used to attach the floppy drive cable 1 2 3 4 O N DIP 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 FDD1...

Page 22: ...connectors supported on this system board IDE1 is primary channel and IDE2 is secondary channel Each channel supports 2 IDE devices and 4 devices in total for this main board It also supports Ultra D...

Page 23: ...e a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too WOL Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should be able to offer at least 1A driving abili...

Page 24: ...VT8371 System Board 22 2 3 9 WOM Wake up on Modem Wake up on Modem marked as WOM is a 3 pin connector 1 2 3 4 O N D I P 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 WOM Wake up on Modem...

Page 25: ...VT8371 System Board 23 2 3 10 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD_IN1 and CD_IN2 1 2 3 4 O N DIP 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 CD_IN1 CD_IN2...

Page 26: ...nstallation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board Either DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB and 128MB Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 256MB 1 2 3 4 O N DIP 1 2 3 4 O N ECE 5 6 7 8 1...

Page 27: ...de of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown There is no jumper setting for memory configuration Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU Therefore to have a...

Page 28: ...fer to the attached page enclosed with the RM kit to install the processors 1 Check if the following set of piece parts are included in your package 4 seperate piece parts in total Retention Mechanism...

Page 29: ...hanism and RMAM Check if all the piece parts are fastened tightly 5 But the CPU in the RM kit Push the CPU horizontally into the RM kit Lock for AMD K7 To push the switch on the CPU and CPU will be lo...

Page 30: ...ection is made by moving cursor press any direction key to the item and press Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which prov...

Page 31: ...rive installed in the system floppy drive type and the type of display monitor Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted direction keys to m...

Page 32: ...VT8371 System Board 30...

Page 33: ...t at LARGE Select NORMAL if your hard disk supporting cylinder is below 1024 4 CYLS the cylinder number of the hard disk 5 HEAD the read write head number of hard disk The range is from 1 to 16 6 PREC...

Page 34: ...parameters press F1 key to display help message of the selected item This setup program also provide 2 convenient ways to load the default parameter data from BIOS F6 and F7 area if shown data is corr...

Page 35: ...finally Floppy drive Default value is FLOPPY Options are as below FLOPPY LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Second Boot Device This category determines which drive the system...

Page 36: ...s On default Off Gate A20 Speed Normal Fast default Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled default disable typ...

Page 37: ...s function secures the system under system boot up and BIOS setup after setting password OS Select For DRAM 64MB This option is especially set for OS2 operating system Set OS2 for RAM memory over 64MB...

Page 38: ...DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 SDRAM 10ns default 10 nano second SDRAM 8ns normal medium fast turbo SDRAM Cycle Lengt...

Page 39: ...C C2P Concurrency Enabled default Disabled Fast R W Turn Around Enabled Disabled default System BIOS Cacheable Enabled default Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resu...

Page 40: ...system clock Multiplier and the System bus speed Optimal default Default OnChip USB Enabled default Enabling this function adds the function of USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip USB2 Enabled Disabl...

Page 41: ...ster 0 WS Write Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled default Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Rea...

Page 42: ...VT8371 System Board 40 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled default Disabled...

Page 43: ...Secondary Slave PIO This feature detects your secondary master hard disk device Auto default Mode 0 1 2 3 4 Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Auto default Disabled Secondary Master UDMA Secondar...

Page 44: ...is allowed to modify IR Function Duplex and TX RX inverting enable Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 default 3BC IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Normal default EPP ECP ECP EPP Onboard Lega...

Page 45: ...VT8371 System Board 43 3 1 5 Power Management Setup...

Page 46: ...n 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS default S3 STR PM Control By APM No system BIOS will ignore APM Yes default system BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e...

Page 47: ...ion system can be turned on through modem Disable default disble this function Note this function only works when the system is turned off from Windows mode and Doze mode will not function RTC Alarm R...

Page 48: ...VT8371 System Board 47 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations Setup...

Page 49: ...e system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot up Resources Controlled By Manual The table will show the below items IRQ Resources DMA Resources The...

Page 50: ...1 System Board 49 3 1 7 PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature Current CPU Fan1 speed CPU Fan2 speed Current Vin3 V Vin1 V VIN 2 Vdd V System will automatically detect the above items and show the s...

Page 51: ...3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIK Enabled Disabled default Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled Disabled default This selection is reserved for manufacturers to pass CE test only n...

Page 52: ...only affect BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup screens There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup To use this feature highlight it on the main screen and press the Enter key A line will...

Page 53: ...rence is Supervisor Password this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu User Password this function only allows you to enter the setup menu but not to change the options of...

Page 54: ...S refer to jumper JBAT Step 3 Set Security Option in BIOS Features Setup After setting password enter Security Option in BIOS Features Setup There are 2 options Setup System Setup will only secure CMO...

Page 55: ...d to key in password first Step 2 Enter Supervisor Password or User Password When it shows Enter Password press the Enter key instead of entering a new password when ENTER PASSWORD appears It will inf...

Page 56: ...VT8371 System Board 55 3 1 11 Save Exit Setup The Save Exit Setup option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM...

Page 57: ...stem Board 56 3 1 12 Quit Without Saving The Quit Without Saving option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM All of the old data in the CMOS will not b...

Page 58: ...if PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF 96K Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF 60K Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service rou...

Page 59: ...RTC ports CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF Interrupt controller slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller slave 0F0 0FF Math coprocessor 1F0 1FB Hard disk controller 278 27F Parallel port 2 2B0 2DF Gra...

Page 60: ...fresh request n Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator Dma channels n DMA channel 0 available n DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option n DMA channel 2 floppy disk ITE chip n DMA channel 3 onboard ECP defaul...

Page 61: ...om timer 0 1 1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRQ 8 15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk ITE chip 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 avail...

Page 62: ...0D Status Register D 0E Diagnostic Status Byte 0F Shutdown Byte 10 Floppy Disk Type Drive Type Byte 12 Hard Disk Type Byte 13 Reserved 14 Equipment Type 15 Base Memory Low Byte 16 Base Memory High By...

Page 63: ...17 32MB 8 733 5 65535 733 17 31MB 9 900 15 65535 901 17 117MB 10 820 3 65535 820 17 21MB 11 855 5 65535 855 17 37MB 12 855 7 65535 855 17 52MB 13 306 8 128 319 17 21MB 14 733 7 65535 733 17 44MB 16 6...

Page 64: ...925 9 65535 926 17 72MB 33 1024 10 65535 1023 17 89MB 34 1024 12 65535 1023 17 106MB 35 1024 13 65535 1023 17 115MB 36 1024 14 65535 1023 17 124MB 37 1024 2 65535 1023 17 17MB 38 1024 16 65535 1023 17...

Page 65: ...BF Interrupt Controller 2 8259A 0C0 0DF DMA Controller 2 8237A 5 0F0 0FF i486 Math Coprocessor 1F0 1F8 Fixed Disk Drive Adapter 200 207 Game I O 20C 20D Reserved 21F Reserved 278 27F Parallel Printer...

Page 66: ...or Adapter 3F0 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 RS 232 C 6E2 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2 B90 B93 Cluster Adapter 2 EE...

Page 67: ...ow device configuration is done correctly When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plugged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of th...

Page 68: ...keys are pressed during POST 8 Keyboard is lock out Unlock the key When this message comes out check if there is anything mis placed on the keyboard Be sure nothing touches the keys 9 Memory test fail...

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