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GA-7CN700ID

VIA C7  Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 100
12ME-7CN700ID-1001R

* The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste

and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!

* The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states.

Summary of Contents for 7CN700ID

Page 1: ...EE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user s other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The WEEE marking applies only in European Union s member states ...

Page 2: ...nnectorsIntroduction 10 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 19 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F2e 20 2 1 Standard CMOS Features 22 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features 24 2 3 Advanced Chipset Features 27 2 4 IntegratedPeripherals 30 2 5 Power Management Setup 34 2 6 PnP PCI Configurations 37 2 7 PC Health Status 38 2 8 Frequency VoltageControl 39 2 9 LoadFail SafeDefaults 40 2 10 LoadOptimizedDefaults 40 2 11 Set Supe...

Page 3: ... Layout GA 7CN700ID USB LAN AUDIO F_AUDIO CODEC KB MS VGA COMA LPT COMC COMD BAT SATA1 CLR_CMOS F_PANEL PCI SYS_FAN CD_IN SATA2 IDE2 IDE1 DDRII COMB F_USB2 VT8237R Plus F_USB1 BIOS VIA C7 VIA CN700 JP1 BUZZER ATX W83627 VT6103L ...

Page 4: ...533 400 MHz FSB LPC BUS 1 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link 6 USB Ports VT6103L LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse MIC LINE IN VIA C7 Processor 6 Channel CODEC VGA Port BIOS LINE OUT RJ45 W83627 COM Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels 2 Serial ATA 533 400 MHz DDRII ...

Page 5: ...he motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To prevent damage to the motherboard please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components 5 Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on ...

Page 6: ...Support Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Memory 1 DDRII DIMM memory slots Supports 1 8V DDRII DIMMs Expanstion Slots 1 PCI slot Internal Connectors 1 20 pin ATX power connector 2 IDE connectors 2 SATA connectors 1 system fan connector 1 front panel connector 1 front audio connector 1 CD In connector 2 USB 2 0 1 1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports by cables 1 COMB connector Rear Panel I O 1 PS...

Page 7: ...ion If you are unable to insert the module please switch the direction 1 3 Installation of Memory DDRII memory module notch Fig 1 The DIMM socket has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket Then push it down Fig 2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module Reverse the install...

Page 8: ...emove your computer s chassis cover screws and slot bracket from the computer 3 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 4 Be sure the metal contacts 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...

Page 9: ...et connection is fast Ethernet providing data transfer speeds of 10 100Mbps USB port Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not supportUSB controller please con tact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgra...

Page 10: ...7CN700ID Motherboard 10 English 1 6 Connectors Introduction 1 ATX 2 IDE1 IDE2 3 SATA1 SATA2 4 SYS_FAN 5 F_PANEL 6 F_AUDIO 7 CD_IN 8 COMB 9 F_USB1 F_USB2 10 BAT 11 CLR_CMOS 12 JP1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 11: ...herboard and connect it tightly Caution Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 300W or greater If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is unable to start 1 10 20 11 Pin No Definition 1...

Page 12: ...umper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on settings please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device Before attaching the IDE cable please take note of the foolproof groove in the IDE connector 2 40 1 39 IDE1 IDE2 3 SATA1 SATA2 Serial ATA Connector Serial ATA can provide up to 150MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and i...

Page 13: ...wire indicates a positive connection and requires a 12V power voltage The black connector wire is the ground wire GND Remember to connect the System fan cable to the SYS_FAN connector to prevent system hanging caused by overheating SYS_FAN 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 5 F_PANEL Front Panel Connector 1 2 9 10 GND HD HD MSG MSG PWRSW RESET GND ACT_LED ACT_LED Pin No Definition 1 HD_LED 3 ...

Page 14: ...sigments on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are 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 Pin No Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC_BIAS 4 POWER 5 FrontAudio R 6 RearAudio R ReturnR 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 FrontAudio L 10 Rear Audio L Return L 7 CD_IN CD IN Co...

Page 15: ... Definition 1 NDCDB 2 NSINB 3 NSOUTB 4 NDTRB 5 GND 6 NDSRB 7 NRTSB 8 NCTSB 9 NRIB 10 No Pin 1 9 2 10 9 F_ USB1 F_USB2 Front USB Connector Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cab...

Page 16: ...g the power cord 2 Gently take out the battery and put it aside for about one minute Or you can use a metal object to connect the positiveandnegativepinsinthebatteryholdertomakethem short for five seconds 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord in and turn on the computer 11 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header To clear CMOS temporarily short ...

Page 17: ...e Installation 17 English 12 Voltage Select RI Default 5V 5V 12V COM_C close close close close PIN9 7 9 pin 5 7 pin 3 5 pin 1 3 pin COM_D close close close close PIN9 8 10 pin 6 8 pin 4 6 pin 2 4 pin 2 10 9 1 ...

Page 18: ...GA 7CN700ID Motherboard 18 English ...

Page 19: ... numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Item Help F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the fail safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 Load the Optimized Defaults F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup ...

Page 20: ...s setup page includes all the configurations of PCI PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page includes information about the CPU autodetected temperature voltage and fan speed Frequency Voltage Control This setup page is to control CPU clock and frequency Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults refers to the value of the system parameters with which the system would be in safe configur...

Page 21: ... Set User Password Change set 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 changes and exit setup ...

Page 22: ...rd drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto Default Auto IDE Channel 2 3 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection Extended IDE Drive You can use one of the two methods Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST default None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step an...

Page 23: ...g power up No Errors The system boot 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 stop for a keyboard error it will 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 ...

Page 24: ...et 4min for delay prior thermal 8Min Set 8min for delay prior thermal 16Min Set 16min for delay prior thermal Default value 32Min Set 32min for delay prior thermal Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 CPU auto control thermal when CPU superheat Default value Thermal Monitor 2 By menu control CPU ratio and VID when CPU superheat Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on car...

Page 25: ...t If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enabled quick POST Default Value Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120 Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM ZIP100 Select your boot device priority by ZIP100 USB FDD Select you...

Page 26: ... a processor which supports this function Video BIOS Shadow It determines whether video BIOS is able to copy to RAM however it isoptional from chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Enabled Video shadow is enabled Default Value Disabled Video shadow is desibled ...

Page 27: ...u Level Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Init Display First PCI slot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level AGP P2P Bridge Cont...

Page 28: ...rfc ACT 0 to ACT 1 TRRD Users can adjust these items based on their requirements SDRAM CAS Latency DDR2 Set SDRAM CAS Latency DDR2 is 4 Bank Interleave Set bank interleave to Disabled Precharge to Active Trp Set precharge to active to 4T Active to Precharge Tras Set Active to precharge to 07T Active to CMD Trcd Set Active to CMD to 4T REP to ACT REF Trfc Set REP to ACT REF to 21T ACT 0 to ACT 1 TR...

Page 29: ...t VGA share memory to 16M 32M Set VGA share memory to 32M 64M Set VGA share memory to 64M Default value Direct Frame Buffer Disabled Disabled direct fram buffer function Enabled Enabled direct fram buffer function Default value PCI Delay transaction Disabled Disabled PCI delay transaction Enabled Enabled PCI delay transaction Default value System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Disabled System BIOS Cachea...

Page 30: ...board Serial Port1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port3 3E8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Standard x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu ...

Page 31: ... This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Enabled Enable this function Disabled Disable this function Default value OnChip USB Controller All Enabled Set USB controller function used all USB port Default value All Disabled Set USB controller function Disabled 1 2 USB Port Set USB controller function used USB port 1 2 2 3 USB Port Set USB controller function used ...

Page 32: ...board Serial Port 3 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 3 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 3 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 3 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 3 and address is 3E8 IRQ4 Default value 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 3 and address is 2E8 IRQ3 4F8 IRQ5 Enable onboard Serial port 3 and address is 4F8 ...

Page 33: ...P mode ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP1 9 Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP1 9 mode Printer Using Parallel port as Printer port mode EPP1 7 SSP Using Parallel port as EPP1 7 and SSP mode ECP EPP1 7 Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP1 7 mode ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 ...

Page 34: ... Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWPBTN Instant off AC Loss Auto Restart Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary I...

Page 35: ...lue AC Loss Auto Restart Off Disabled this function Default value On Set AC Loss auto restart Former Sts Set AC Loss to former Sts PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot Key Set Hot key to wakeup PS 2 Keyboard PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Disabled Disabled this function Default value Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 Set PS 2 keyboard wakeup from S3 S4 S5 to Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 Power Press power key to wake PS 2 keyboard from S3 S4 S...

Page 36: ...m ring resume RTC Alarm Resume You can enable RTC Alarm Resume and set date time to turn on your system Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable Resume by Alarm function to turn on system If RTC Alarm Resume is Enabled Day of Month Everyday 1 31 Time hh mm ss 0 23 0 59 0 59 Primary INTR OFF Disable this function ON Enable this function Default value IRQ 3 8 9 10 11 15 Disabled D...

Page 37: ...p Menu Level PNP OS Installed No Disabled this function Default value Yes Enabled this function Reset Configuration Data Enabled Clear PnP information in ESCD update DMI data Default value Disabled Disabled this function Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD BIOS automatically use these PnP rescuers Default value Manual User can set the PnP resource I O Address IRQ DMAchannels used by legacy ISA DEVIC...

Page 38: ...VCC 5 1V VBAT V 3 00V 5VSB V 4 80V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level Current System CPU Temperature Detect System CPU temperature automatically Current SYS_FAN Speed RPM Detect Sys_Fan speed status automatically Current DDR Voltage V Vcore 3 3V 12V DDR V VBAT V 5VSB V Detect system s v...

Page 39: ...lts Item Help Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection The option will display Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable Auto Detect PCI Clk Disabled Disabled auto detect PCI clock Enabled Enabled atuo detect PCI clock Default value Spread Spectrum Disabled Disable CPU Spread Spectrum 0 5 Set Spread Spectrum to 0 5 1 0 Set Spread Spectru...

Page 40: ... PC Health Status Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setu Load Fail Safe Defaults Frequency Voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Pow...

Page 41: ...ne may 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 access only basic items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup...

Page 42: ...ity Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit Without Saving Y N N Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup...

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