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1. 18 22 21 20 10 1 CPU 15 IN 2 SYS FAN 16 AUX_IN 3 PWR FAN 17 SPDIF 4 NB FAN 18 SPDIF IN 5 ATX POWER 19 IR 6 20 5 1 USB2 IDE3 IDE4 21 F1 1394 F2 1394 3 1394 8 FDD 22 WOL 9 RAM LED 23 SECURE DIGITAL 10 F PANEL 24 MEMORY STICK 11 PWR LED 25 SMART CARD READER 12 BATTERY 26 SCR 13 F AUDIO 27 14 SUR CEN FOR GA 7VAXP Only FOR GA 7VAX Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 16 1 FAN CPU FAN Connector gt Please note a proper installation ofthe CPU cooler is essential to preventthe CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged o by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA 2 5 5 FAN System FAN Connector gt This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lowerthe System temperature 3 PWR FAN Power Fan Connector gt This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lowerthe system temperature 1 pel DV ES NC 4 NB FAN gt Ifyou installed wrong direction the Chip Fan will not work Sometimes will damage the Chip 125 6 Fan Usually black cable is GND p ee OE 5JATX POWER ATX Power gt AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly 5V SB Stand by 5V connected to the mainboard Power Good GND VCC
2. Ep SE 2E 61 Technical Reference 5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files Pe i Sakadi fs 6 Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract 1 Dna we A Ej i OD pa c3 e Cy Document GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 62 STEP 4 Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk 1 Insert the floppy disk contains bootable program and unzip file into the floppy drive A Then restart the system The system will boot from the floppy disk Please press lt DEL gt key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system 15 boot up American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend 1 Check System Health OK AMD Athlon tm P rocessor 900M Hz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press 1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contune C American Megatrends Inc 63 0001 001199 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F 2 Once you enter the BIOS setup utility the main menu will appear on the screen Use the arrows to highlight the BIOS FEATURES SETUP AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc
3. L I AA ae C TEL CL om RO E m Ei ot Eiri 2 i 1 EN 55011 L1 EN 55013 EN 55014 L1 EN 55015 L1 EN 55020 EN 55022 L1 DIN VDE 0855 L1 part 10 part 12 CE marking L1 EN 60065 L1 EN 60335 Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer Importer G B T Technology Tr ding GMbH full address Ausschlager Weg 41 1F 20537 Hamburg Germany description of the apparatus system installation to which it refers declare that the product Mother Board GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM high frequency equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of household electrical appliances portable tools and similar electrical apparatus Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information te
4. Per Peng ee Yirh Es rae eee 1 ir rnm a eco fincas Sar Fa wi temi 5 Borea Eos For GA 7VAXP only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 02 dose EI mehia ip 8 cee De ged Fais Union ioni fece al Tori a iuf ERIE duc m on per a ELI wie bat nal el Bo i ce Jarrad fice ra Ber awl eee jn 7 79 rines Mass par al as rni Ka mira serio mb 5 Click Next l P PR dd sch pepe tS ll ES Woes be for lanier maby i Coed eller wear ami le oe pe Prat gong 93 Appendix D 3 ATA133 Driver setup ns Perms EE a eee Tin ell Sree 11 1 m Me rcm end Bea prsia iani 1 Click ATA133 Driver setup
5. When you installing AGP card please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced If your AGP card has AGP 4X 8X 1 5V notch show below please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X 8X 1 5V AGP 2X notch Caution AGP 2X 3 3V card is not supported by VIA KT400 You might experience system unable to boot up normally Please insert an AGP 4X 6X 1 5V card Example 1 Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X 4X mode AGP slot It can be switched between AGP 2X 3 3V or 4X 1 5V mode by adjusting the jumper The factory default for this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X 1 5 mode in it Example 2 Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer amp some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 3 3V 4X 1 5V mode AGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly If you install this card in it Note Although Gigabyte s AG 325 C graphics card is based ATi Rage 128 Pro chip the design of AG 329 is compliance with AGP 4X 1 5V specification Therefore AG 32S G will work fine with KT400 based motherboards Before you install PCI cards please remove the Dual BIOS label from P CI slots if there is one T
6. Move EnterSelect PU P D Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F 5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defauls 7 Optimized Defaults Figure7 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status lt Case Opened Ifthe case is closed Case Opened will show No Ifthe case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes Ifyou wantto reset Case Opened value set R eset Case Open Status to Enabled and save CMOS your computer w ill restart Current Voltage V VCORE DDRVtt 3 3 5 12 5VSB Detects y stem s voltage status automatically GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 44 Current CPU Temperature C DetectC PU Temp automatically Current CPU FAN S YS TEM FAN Speed RPM DetectF an speed status automatically gt CPU Shutdown Temperature gt gt Enabled 5 y stem shutdow nw hen current C PU temperature ov er than 10 C gt gt Dis abled Don tmonitor currenttemperature Default v alue Fan Fail Warning CPU SYSTEM gt gt Dis abled Don tmonitor currentfan speed Default v alue Enabled Alarm w hen stops eds BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are F requency Voltage ontrol Spread spectrum Modulated Auto MenuLevel CPU HostC bck Control Dis able Item Help XC PU HostF requency MHz 100 XP C AGPF requency MHz 33 66 DR AM Clock MHz By SPD CPU Voltage Control Nomal AGP OverVolage Cont
7. GND GND VCC bald PS ON SoftOn Off GND 3 3V 3 3V 17 Hardware Installation Process 6 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector gt ImportantNotice Please connect firstharddisk to and es connect CDROM to IDE2 The red stripe of the ribbon cable mustbe the 5 2 same side with the 1 25 4524555 s r1 ON LLL Ld 7 IDE3 IDE4 Connector Important Notice RAID ATA133 Green Connector 1 The rad stripe ofthe ribbn cable mustbe the same side with the Pin1 T 2 Ifyou wish to use IDE3 and IDE4 please use e jaa it in unity with BIOS either RAID or ATA133 ca 54 Then install the correct driver to have proper se operation F or details please refer to the RAID manual e i HIE i ee l 1 8 FDD Floppy Connector gt Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD Itsupports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types 13 The red stripe of the ribbon cable mustbe the Fa same side with the Pin1 FH LIN FOR GA 7VAXP Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 18 9 RAM_LED gt Do remove memory modules while DIMM LED is on It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the fi 2 5V stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC Power
8. while you connect the frontUSB cable 86 d Please contact your nearest dealer for optional 544 dq E front USB cable 1 1 1 TEE TEE BB 595 J3 USBI USB2 21 F1_1394 F2_1394 F3_1394 IEEE1394 Connector Grey Connector gt PleaseNote Serial interface 9 Q oo d 90 9 99 standard set by Institute of gt gt gt Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has fea 1 1 1 tures like high speed high bandwidth and hotplug U TOt 9 259 2259 TIT F1 1394 F2 1394 F3 1394 22 WOL Wake on LAN This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this T mainboard via your network adapter which 1 ER rts WOL 5V GND FOR GA 7VAXP Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 22 23 MEMORY_STICK Memory Stick Interface White Connector 24 SECURE_DIGITAL Secure Digital Memory Card Interface Red exide Connector 25 5 CARD Smart Card Interface Black Connector SMART CARD READER gt Thedevice could be expanded forreading Flash Memory such as SD Security Digital MS Memory Stick and Smart Card Reader Ek dn Connector The Smart IC Card could SCALED SCACA increase security in authenticating online SCARST SCAPWCTL transactions the card reader device inquire GND VCC local distributor made by Third Party could be purchased by users MEMORY STICK 26 SCR Smart Card Reader Header Black
9. y Pag em ums pompa ga YI DII EN NIU TA Lap rar d Print to File Press this button you can view file on the screen We recommand you do it there is any problem occurred during USB2 0 device installing using or upgrading Please visit Microsoft or GIGABYTE website for downloading the latest drivers 91 Appendix D Other D 1 Promise RAID Driver Installation BIOS Default Value ATA If you want to use RAID function please change Integrated Peripherals RAID Controller Function to RAID Foryour reference you can use the following steps to complete the Promise RAID Driver Installation Ara UtilitysGD d tones i T amp CU SEL Casp 1 Click Promise RAID Driver Setup by srg eera md shen pg Cascos parum corrum Bo eo go Lu Pranas RAD orbe olas Tur acqua a commer bee gne en a Vinisonrd Dui Detver bee cong Se cari eae eg ee mea Fay meu ed ma t corpo Casa aripah arci erat cr emg ete pow era Ea end ree cnm irn lets
10. BR nua ura d md Ed aa s a a Ms aem m 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look fora golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insertthe CPU into the socket i AC 4 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard If you do match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 10 Step1 3 CPU Heat Sink Installation 1 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation 3 Fasten the heatsink supporting base 4 Make sure the CPU fan Is onto the CPU socketon the main plugged to the CPU fan connector board than install complete Please use AMD approved cooling fan We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU heatsink user s manual for more detail installation procedure 11 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIM
11. CyA TVA Wax NEA ye A Dod b a Mes Tug Dried Ruban Amen Dock Aptien Ferias al ld acrior Aag 18 SS Standards 7 AMD SocketA Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL AMD Athlon Athlon Duron SocketA Processor Motherboard Rev 1102 12ME 7VAXP 1102 Table of Content e 4 ed oe ee ee 4 Chapter 5 5 SUMMARY E 5 GA 7VAX 7VAXP Motherboard 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process 8 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit 9 Step C PU Speed 9 ICQ 10 Step1 3 CPU Heat Sink Installation 11 Step 2 Install memory modules uu cesses 12 Step 3 Install expansion cards Do 13 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 14 Step4 1 1 0 Back Panel Introduction seem mme 14 Step4 2 Connectors Introduction 16 P ax sump GER RU RA RR FRA RO 2 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 seen 28 Sandar CMOS 29 Advanced BIOS Fea
12. E xitcurrent page and return to M ain M enu 4PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PgDn gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option P age Setup M enu F2 Item help F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from C MOS only for O ption P age S etup M enu F6 Load the defaultC MOS value from BIOS defaulttable only for Option P age S etup M enu lt 7 gt Load the 5 etup Defaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for M ain M enu 21 BIOS Setup GETTING HELP Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup functon 5 displayed atthe bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F 1 pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the H Window press E sc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 Once you enterAward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu igure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eights functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to selectamong the items and press Enter to acceptor enter the sub menu CMOS Setup U tilty C opy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S are Standard CMOS Features Top Performance 5 F eatures Load F ail
13. amih di Lagai T Lra m Tene T reor Soc Hen CR un oy Spera ea re nd Fi eu Rew bro ma For GA 7VAXP only 89 Appendix iid h T P273 NU 6 Click Next Erap ba rakad a E nn gl rr Eg Dr LA du munt DC uan B USB Path Driver Enable 3 for USB Device Setup is preparing the InstallS hield R Wizard which will guide you through the setup process C VIA USB2 0 Driver uei aM DE Nm urna oe pacer amid v ic haber sap el in gra n EP an xd mud TTE GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 90 nc inpia actam LUN Zi oc Leig LL LE cria ie du PTT ia spices TIED bra Te LE T onem srt aee d te LII DELLI EI eed om Ux 6 You can choose Printto F ile Erap racc
14. 14 Parallel portand Serial Ports COMA gt This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel P ort Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to 25 pin Female p M L Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected D SRS to Seral pors COMA COMB Serial Ports 9 pin Male Game MIDI Ports gt This connector supports joystick MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices oystick MIDI 15 pin Female Audio Connectors gt After install onboard audio driver you may connect Speaker to Line Out jack micro phone to MIC In jack Device like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected C to Line In jack ma rm Please note Lina MIC In You are able to use 2 4 6 channel audio feature by Front Center and Subwoofer S W selection Speaker If you wantto enable 6 channel function you have 2 choose for hardware connection Method1 Rear Speaker Connect F rontS peaker to Line Out Connect Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Center and Subwooferr to MIC Out Method2 You can referto page 20 and contact your nearest dealer for optional 50 CEN cable 22 If you want the detail information for 2 4 6 channel audio setup installation please Aaa 7 refer to 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 15 Hardware Installation Process Step4 2 Connectors Introduction
15. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F 2 Change Color F5 Old Values Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type 63 Technical Reference 3 Press Enter to enter BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu Use the arrows to highlight the item Ist Boot Device and then use the Page Up or Page Down keys to select Floppy AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP 001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 4 147 4 1 4 47 Cist Boot Device Floppy 2nd 0 DCN 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock ESC Quit T1 2 Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Fl Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup F5 0ld Values Shift F 2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 4 Press ESC to go back to previous screen Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE amp EXIT SETUP then press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automat
16. Connector gt SCALED 27 Cl CASE OPEN GND Signal d igna 1 FOR GA 7VAXP Only FOR GA 7VAX Only gt TThis MB supports smart card reader To en able smartcard readerfunction an optional smart card reader box 15 required Please contact your autherized distributor gt This 2 connector allows your system to enable or disable the case open BIOS if the system case begin remove 23 Hardware Installation Process GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 725 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 26 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This ty pe of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so thatit retains the Setup information when the power is turned ENTERING SETUP Afer pow er on the computer pressing Del immediately during POST Power On SelfTest itwill allow youto enterstandardBIOS CMOS SETUP If you require more advanced BIOS settings please go to Advanced BIOS setting menu To enter Advanced BIOS setting menu press C trl F1 key on the BIOS screen CONTROL KEYS lt gt Move to previous item lt gt Move to next item lt gt Move to the item in the left hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand Esc Main M enu Quit and notsave changes into CMOS Status P age Setup M enu and Option P age Setup M enu
17. Dis abled BIOS will nots earch for the of floppy disk drive by track number Note thatthere w 1 be any warning message ifthe drive installed is 360 Defaukv alue Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initation of the monitor display from which card when you install an AGP VGA card and a PCI VGA card on board PCI gt gt AGP Sethit Dis play irstto PCI Slot Set InitDis play Firstto AGP Default value GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 34 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard 5 oftw are OnC hip IDE C hannel0 OnC hip IDE Channell IDE1 Conductor C able IDE2 Conductor C able AC97 Audio USB 1 1 Contoller USB 2 0 Contoller USBKey board S upport USB Mouse Support Onboard H W LAN Onboard H W 1394 Onboard H W ATA R AID R AID Controller F uncton Onboard Serial 1 Onboard Serial Port2 UARTMode Select XUR 2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel P ort ParallelP ortM ode Game PortAddress MdiPortAddress Midi PortIR Q SmartCard Interface MS SD Interface Integrated P eripherals Item Help MenuLev el Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Enabled Enabled Enabled Ds abked Enabled Enabled Enabled ATA 8 Q4 2F Q3 Normal Half 378 IRQ 7 SPP 201 330 5 Disabled Disabled T4 lt Move Enter Select 4 P U Value 10 Save ESC Exit F1 G
18. S3 STR Sets us pend ty pe to Suspend RAM under ACPIOS Suspend USB Device Wakeup From S3 When ACPI Suspend Type is set 5 3 5 TR USB device wakeup rom 5 3 can be set when ACP I standby state setto S 3 S TR Enabled USB Devicecanw akeupsy stem fomS3 gt Dis abled USB Device can t wakeupsy stem fom 53 Defaultv alue Soft off by PWRB IN gt gt Ins tant off Press pow er button then Pow er offinstantly Default value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 sec to Power of Enter suspend if button is pressedless than4 AC Back Function System power on depends on thestatus before AC bst gt Soft Off Always in Offstate when AC back Defaukv alue Ful On AW ays pow eronthe system whenAC back Keyboard Power This feature allow s you to set the method for powering on the system The option P ass word allow s you to setup to 8 alphanumeric characters to power on the s y stem The option Any Key allows y ou to touch the key board to power on the sy stem The option Key board 98 allows you to use the standard key board 98 to power on the system gt Password Enter from 1 to 8 characters to setthe Key board Pow er OnPassword gt gt Dis abled Dis abled this function Defaultv alue Key board 98 Ify ourkeyboardhave POWER Key button youcanpress the key to pow er on y our sy stem Mouse Power On gt gt Dis abled CantPow eron systemby MouseEvent Defauk
19. Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimzed Defaults gt P ow er Management Setup SetS uperv Password Configurations SetU serPassword Health Status Ex itSetup gt F requency Voltage onto Ex itWithoutSav ing ESC Quit TL gt Selectitem F 8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS Time Date Hard Disk T y pe Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items ofA ward special enhanced features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 28 Power Management S etup This setup page includes all the items of G reen function features PnP PCI Configurati ons This page includes all the configurations of P CI amp PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan speed Frequency Voltage Contr ol This setup page is control CPU s clock and frequency ratio Top Perfor mance Top Performance Defaults indicates the value of the sy stem parameters which the sy stem would be in best performance configuration Load Fail Safe Defaul ts Fail S afe Defaults indicates the value ofthe system parameters which the system w ould be in safe configuration Load Optimiz ed Defaul ts Optimized Defaults indicates the v
20. Update another BIOS different from boot up BIOS e wa DualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology a hotspare for your system BIOS This newest Value added feature in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE is available on GA 60 XET Series motherboard Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation What s DualBIO S On GIGABYTE motherboards w6ith 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 your Main BIOS fails the Backup BIOS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot Almost automatically and with virtually zero down time Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS or a virus or a catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip the result Is the same the Backup BIOS backs you up almost automatically GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 72 0 Whatis DualBIOS technology Answer DualBlOS technology is a patented technology from Giga Byte Technology The concept of this technology is based on the redundancy and fault tolerance theory DualBIOS technology simply means there are two system BlOSes ROM integrated onto the motherboard One is a main BIOS and the other is a backup BIOS The mainboard will operate normally with the main BIOS however if the main BIOS is corrupt or damaged for various reasons the backup
21. bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard 3 Connect co axial or optical output to the SPDIF decoder 85 Technical Reference GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 86 787 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 88 Chapter5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP CD driver version 1 0 Insertthe driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon My computer and execute the setup exe EE A Installing VIA KT400 Chipset Driver Please install this driver as the first priority this item installs the chipset driver utility that enableds Plug n P lag INF support for Intel chipset Dinky CD i component B Installing Sound Driver mI t Click this item to install sound driver m 2 Installing LAN Driver Click this item to install LAN driver Appendix A 4in 1 Service Pack Driver Installation A 4in 1 Service Pack Driver EET 4 1 Click VIA4in1 Service Pack Driver item m TT Le eee 2 M im ar rac 2 Click Next D Puer hou Cr kl nut hemsk yal
22. eod bho haa fo ie Em pepa id rae opire Tamin GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 96 Appendix RealTek 97 Audio Driver Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto startand show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe Tiik Pet SE Tras uz d Br rea eee VirerEFm c ch 2 Click Next Pe a b eed eg Saab or pan 97 Appendix Appendix C RealTek 8139 8100 Network Driver Vig Mi ae Press Network icon pubes Hedires 2135 8 TERT D m1 Click RealTek 8139 31280100 LAN Driver GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 98 Appendix D EasyTune4 Utilities Installation Insertthe driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device
23. know what BIOS Is BIOS butalways hesitate to update it Because you TM think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and BIOS Live Update Utility actually you don t know how to update it Maybe notlike others you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it But of course you don tlike to do ittoo much First download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode Secondly use different flash utility to update BIOS The above process 15 not a interesting 00 Besides always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as update the wrong BIOS it will be a nightmare Certainly you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work Here it comes Now Gigabyte announces S the first Windows BIOS live update utility This is smart BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand 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 Gigabyte s product BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatical
24. not click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as 7VAXP F 1 e Complete update process following the instruction Il Save BIOS In the very beginning there 15 Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM In the very beginning 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 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 b In method Il be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot c In method ifthe BIOS file you need cannot be found in BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s web site for downloading and updating it according to method Il d Please note thatany interruption during updating will cause system unbooted 1 Technical Reference BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself Or like many other people you just
25. of the screen 2 Epi Dais HE CODE TP Pm DET Tnnc s Bois ee te Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 2 channels for stereo speakers out put 2 channels mode for stereo speakers output GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 80 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Line rear channels to Line Line Out Line In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of Y Bl the screen OT on STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 4 channels for 4 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press Bardin SEVERUS Tr mona memes uomo n mea a s omms m n When the Environment settings is None the rni ior Medion Cin Venen Tid sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 4 channels output fl ell 81 Technical Reference 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
26. this function Defaultv alue MS SD Interface Dis abled Disabled this function Default Value gt Secure Digital SetMS SD Interface to Secure Digtal gt gt Memory Stick SetMS SDInterface to Memory Stick If OnBoard SC interface is setto Enabled and OnBoard MS SD Interface setto Memory Stick atthe Sametime there w ill notbe enough IR Q resource to solve this issue there are tw o alternativ esolutions 1 Use USB Mouse instead of PS 2 Mouse 2 Disabledeither Onboard Serial Onboard Serial Port2 or OnboardParallel Port in BOS seting FORGA 7VAXP ONLY 5922 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard 5 oftw are Pow Management Setup ACPISuspend Ty pe 51 05 XUSB Device Wake UpF rom 3 Dis abled MenuLev el SoftOffby PWRBTN Instant off AC Back Function S oft Off KeyboardPow erOn Disabled MousePowerOn Disabled PMEEventWakeUp Enabled ModemR ingOn WakeO nLAN Enabled R esumeby Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm Ev ery day xTime hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 lt Move Enter Select PU PD ValueF 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defaults 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Pow er Management Setup GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 40 ACPI Suspend 5 5 Setsuspend ty pe to Pow er On Suspend 05 Power OnSuspend Defaukv alue p gt
27. z L rtp migran i lcd bar ar Trece amar Merazar for Cans Click N ext rap peau m ous c rcr re GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 94 D 4 Winbond MS SD SCR Device Driver a Click Winbond MS SD SCR v Device Driver ras 9 95 Appendix ee cud ee Fae ye ed cee uniri he Say can rat ali al oat onn Larri m haa mung pag dar bs x ay bey I D Ck Ped Y Deas ces D 5 Winbond Smart Manager for Smart Card Reader 96 Saaz aray mam mpm cul tal ed oma quas cci nn rmn Poe you wet ui wirds mom s rary up ps Dirin in Lola acd Dems inr rra Sire Chet Em m sob Haag Tbe pamper peppepe gx
28. 4 chassis musthave front audio connector Also 2 2 please make sure the pin assigmenton the cable is the same as the pin assigmenton the MB header To find out ifthe chassis you 1 are buying support frontaudio connector please contact your dealer MI C REF FrontAudio Reserved FrortAudio L 14 SUR_CEN gt Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable BASS OUT CENTER OUT GND 2 1 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 20 15 CD_IN CD IN GND 1 5 CD L CD_IN 16 AUX_IN AUX In Connector 17 SPDIF SPDIFOut GND OUT 110877 18 SPDIF_IN CND 1 SPDIF IN LII 19 IR IR Data Input GND IR Data Output 1 gt LoT Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector Connectother device such as PCI TV Tunner audio out to the connector The SPDIF outputis capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital inputfunction Use this feature only when your device has digitaloutputfunction Be careful with the polarity of the IR connectorwhile you connectthe IR Please contactyou nearest dealer for optional IR device Hardware Installation Process 20 USB1 F USB2 gt careful with the polarity of the frontUSB Front USB Connector Yellow connector Check the pin assignment
29. BIOS will be automatically used when the system powered On Your PC will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged and is completely transparent to the user Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOS technology Answer In today s systems there are more and more BIOS failures The most common reasons are virus attacks BIOS upgrade failures and or deterioration 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 2 BIOS data will be corrupted if a power loss surge occurs or if a user resets the system or if the power button is pressed during the process of performing a system BIOS upgrade 3 Ifa user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOS file then the system may not be able to boot correctly This may cause the PC system hang in operation or during boot 4 Aflash ROM s life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics The modern PC utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS and is updated regularly If a user changes peripherals often there is a slight chance of damage to the flash ROM With Giga Byte Technology s patented DualBIO S technology you can reduce the possibility of hangs during system boot up and or loss BIOS data due to above reasons This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause by BI
30. C 1984 2002 Aw ard 5 oftw are PnP PCI Configurations IRQ Assignment PCI2 IR Q Assignment MenuLev el PCI3IRQ Assignment PCI4IRQ Assignment T4 lt Move EnterSelect4 P U P D Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defaults 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 6 onfiguratons 5 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assignIRQ to PCI 1 PCI 5 Defaultv alue 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 563 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI1 5 PCI2 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ toPCl 2 Defaultv alue 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 563 4 5 7 9 10 1 12 14 15 to PCI2 PCI3 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ 3 Defaultv alue gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 563 4 5 7 9 10 1 12 14 15 to PCI3 PCI4 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ 4 Defaultv alue gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 563 4 5 7 9 10 1 12 14 15 to PCM 43 BIOS Setup PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are PC Health Status ResetC ase Open Status Dsabkd CaseOpened No MenuLevel VCORE 1 810V DDR Vtt 1 248V 3 3 3 280 5V 4 919 V 12V 11 968V 5VSB 5 053V Current C P U Temperature 39 C C urrentS y stem Temperature 527211257 CurrentC PU FAN Speed 6250RPM CurrentSY STEM FAN speed ORPM CPUShutdow nTemperature Dsabled CPUFAN Fail Waming Disabled SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled T4
31. IOS detects anon fatal errorthe sy stem will be stopped gt All ButKeyboar Thesystem bootwill notstop fora key board error itw il stop for all other errors Defaultv alue ButDiskette Thesystem bootwill notstop fr a disk error itw ill stop forall othererrors gt All ButDisk Key Thesystem bootw ill notstop a key board or disk error itwill stop for all othererrors Memory The category is display only which is determined by P OST Power On Self Test ofthe BIOS Base Memory The POST ofthe BIOS will determine the amount of base or conv entional memory installed in the system The value ofthe base memory is typically 512 K for sy stems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is pres ent during the P OST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP M otherboard 32 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup U tility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Adv anced BIOS F eatures RAID SCSI BootOrder RAIDSCSI F irstBoot Dev ice F loppy MenuLevel Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third BootDevice C DR OM BootUp Floppy Seek Disabled InitDis play First T4 Move EnterSelect PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit 1 Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defaults 7 Optimized Def
32. M Slot The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary between sockets Total Memory Sizes With Unbuffered DDR DIMM Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMMx64 x72 2 DIMMsx64 x72 3 DIMMsx64 x72 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 192 MBytes 128 Mbit 4Mx8x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 128 Mbit 2Mx16x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes 256 Mbit 8Mx8x4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes 256 Mbit 4Mx16x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 168 MBytes 512 Mbit 16Mx8x4 banks 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 3 GBytes 512 Mbit 8Mx16x4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes DDR 1 The DIMM slothas a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insertthe DIMM memory module verticallyinto the DIMM slot Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip at both edges of theDIMM slots to lock the DIMM module Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module When STR DIMM LED is ON do not install remove DIMM from socket Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notches Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 12 DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory Is a high performance and cost effectiv
33. OS failures 73 Technical Reference Q How does DualBIOS technology work Answer 1 DualBIOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure It protects your BIOS during system POST ESCD update and even all the way to PNP detection assignment DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS When the first BIOS used during bootup does not complete or ifa BIOS checksum error occurs boot up 15 still possible In the DualBIOS utility the Auto Recovery option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted the DualBIOS technology will use the good BIOS and correct the wrong BIOS automatically DualBIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS DualBIOS technology contains built in flash utility which can flash your system BIOS from backup to main and or visa versa There is no need for an OS dependent flash utility program DualBIOS contains a one way flash utility The built in one way flash utility will ensure thatthe 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 flashed IV Q Who Needs DualBIOS technology Answer 1 Every user should DualBIOS technology due to the advancement of computer viruses Everyday there are new BIOS type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS Most commercial prod
34. P roblem Description GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 102 3 gt DDR400 PC3200 recommended memory modules list Vender Brand Type Size Component Status Kingmax Kingmax DDR 128MB KDL684T4AA 50 OK MICRON MICRON DDR 128MB Mt8VDDT1664AG 403B2 OK Hynix Hynix DDR 128MB HY5DU28822BT 04 OK SAMSUNG SAMSUNG DDR 128MB K4H280838D TCC4 OK Kingmax Kingmax DDR 256MB KDL684T4AA 50 OK MICRON MICRON DDR 256MB Mtl6oVDDT3264AG 403B2 OK Hynix Hynix DDR 256MB HY5DU28822BT 04 OK ADATA Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 22600 OK SAMSUNG SAMSUNG DDR 256MB K4H560838D TCC4 223 OK APACER Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 22600 OK Winbond Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 2110 OK Winbond Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 21500 OK ADATA Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 22600 OK APACER Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 5 22600 OK Should you need to find new supportlist pls refer to http www gigabyte com tw for the detail 103 Appendix GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 104 105 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 106 107 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 108 109 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 110 111 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 112 113 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 114 115 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP M
35. STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Line Out the rear channels to Line In Line Out Line In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of Y Bl the screen OT on STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 4 channels for 4 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press CP hair Frasi Tr es memes When the Environment settings is None the sib leihen Dedi sien Semen sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 4 channels output GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 82 Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode using Audio Combo Kit Optional Device Audio Combo Kit provides SP DIF output port optical amp coaxis SURROUND KIT Rear R L amp Center subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center S ubwoofer channels It is the best solution if you need 6 channel output Line In and MIC at the same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo Kit as picture STEF 1 Insert the Audio Com
36. SetM emory frequency by DR AM SPDdata Default v alue CPU Over Voltage Control Increase CPU voltagemay get stable or Over Clock Butitmay damage CPU whenenable this feature gt gt Normal Supply voltage as CPU reguired Defaukvalue 5 7 590 1090 Increase voltage range as userselected AGP Over Voltage Contr ol Increase AGP voltage may getstable forOver Clock Butit may damage to AGP Card when enable this feature gt gt Normal Supply volage as AGP Cardreguired Defaukvalue gt 1V 4 03V SetAGP volage from 1 6V 1 8V DIMM OverVoltage Control Increase DR AM voltage may getstable for Over Clock damage 0 DRAM module w henenable this feature gt gt Normal Supply volage as DRAM module reguired Defaultv gt 0 1V t 03V S etDIM M volage from 2 6V 2 8V 4 BIOS Setup Top Performance CMOS Setup U tility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software P Standard CMOS Features TopPefomane gt AdvancedBIOS Features Load F ail Safe Defaults ESC Quit F8 Dual Figure 9 Top Performance Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top P erformance as Enabled gt Disabled Disable this function Default Value gt Enabled EnableTop Performance function GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP M otherboard 48 Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software gt Standard CMOS Features Top Perf
37. Tune 4 over system s limitation the biggest lost is only to restart the computer again and the side effect is then well controlled Moreover if one well performed system speed has been tested in EasyTune 4 user can Save this setting and Load itin next time Obviously Gigabyte EasyTune 4 has already turned the Overclock technology toward to a newer generation This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached in driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyTune 4 to find out more amazing features by themselves 5 ome Gigabyte products are not fully supported by EasyTune 4 Please find the products sup ported listin the web site Any Overclocking action is at user s risk Gigabyte Technology will not be responsible for any damage or instability to your processor motherboard or any other components 79 Technical Reference 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction The installation of windows 98SE 2K ME XP 15 very simple Please follow next step to install the function Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied STEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find icon on taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom
38. VAXP Motherboard 56 Chapter 4 Technical Reference Block Diagram AGP 2X 4X 8X CPUCLK 100 133 166 AMD K7 System Bus100 133 166 MHz AGPCLK 66M Hz 100 133 166 MHz gt DDR RAM HCLK4 100MHz MCHCLK 100 133 166MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz MF ian 3 IEEE1394 PCICLK 33MHz RJ 45 RTL8100BL 11 VT8235 rpc BUS RAID133 IDE4 Game Port T8705 LPT Port i al i Em AC97 USB 24 MHz KB Mouse CODEC Ports IDE Channels 33 MHz HCLK 100MHz 97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT GEL MIO HP 100 133 166MH2 USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz GEN E AGPCLK 66MHz 733 MHZ MCHCLK 100 133 166mHz ICH3V66 66MHz F or GA 7VAXP Only 57 Technical Reference BIOS Flash Procedure C Method 1 We use GA 7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode Flash BIOS Procedure STEP 1 Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http www shareware cnet com STEP 2 Make a DOS bootdiskette See example Windows 98 0 5 Beware
39. Windows ME 2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette 1 With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive Please leave the diskette UN write protected type Double click the My Computer icon from Desktop then click 3 5 diskette A and right click to select Format M Ha epp D LI LT Erenli O rE ibl kem f BR GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 58 2 Select the Quick erase for Format Type and pick both Display summary when finished and Copy system files after that press Start That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it Beware This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy so please proceed accordingly 3 Flnpqy A1 Ix Linge Famnialt tp T Duck snes Copy terem ory Crier Lebel F Gepley when F messem alee 3 After the floppy has been formatted completely please press Close 145 Floppy 7 bins sara Mir ee tz bed pacis LET UR petet praban ease 59 Technical Reference STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte
40. ad Theread Write head number ofhard disk gt gt P recomp Thecy liner numberatw hich the disk driver changes the w rite current Landing Zone Thecylinder number thatthe disk driver heads read w rite areseated w henthe disk driv eis parked MSECTORS Thesector numberof eachtrack defineon thehard disk If a hard disk has notbeen installed select N ONE and press E nter Drive Drive The category identifies the ty pes of floppy disk drive A or drive B thathas been installed in the computer gt None Nofloppy driv e installed gt gt 360K 5 25 5 25 inch PC ty pe standard drive 360K byte capacity gt 1 2 5 25 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5inchw hen 3 Mode is Enabled 720K 3 5 3 5 double sided drive 720K by te capacity gt 144M 3 5 3 5inchdouble sided drive 1 44M by te capacty 2 88M 3 5 3 5inchdouble sided driv e 2 88M by te capacty Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area gt gt Disabled Normal Drive Defaultv alue Enabled 3 mode function of Drive A Driv eB Enabled 3 mode function of Drive B Both Dr e A amp Bare3 mode F bppy Drives BIOS Setup Halt The category determines whether the computer will stop ifan error is detected during power up gt gt Errors Thesystem bootw ill notstopfor any error thatmay be detected and you will be prompted gt gt All Errors Whenever the B
41. alue of the system parameters which the system w ould be in better performance configuration Load Top Performance Defaults Top Performance Defaults indicates the value of the sy stem parameters which the sy stem would be in best performance configuration Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password Itallows you to limitaccess to the sy stem and S or just to S etup Set User pas sword Change set or disable pass word It allows you to limit access to the system Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without S aving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 5222 BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup tlty C opy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S ofw are Standard CMOS F eatures Date mm dd yy Thu Feb 21 2002 Tme hh mm ss 22 31 24 MenuLevel gt Primary Master Press EnterN one Changethe day month PIDEPrimary Slave Press EnterN one year Secondary Master Press EnterN one lt Week gt gt IDESecondary Slave Press EnterN one Sun to Sat DrveA 1 44M 3 5 Month Drive B None Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day gt 1to 31 ormaximun allowed Halt On All ButK ey board in the month BaseM emory 640K lt year gt ExtendedM emory 130048K 1999 to 2098 TotalM emory 131072K lt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value 10 Save ESC Exit 1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defaults 7 Optimi
42. and Safety requirments for uninterruptible powersystems UPS Signature Timmy Huang Name Timmy Huang DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a Responsible INC U S A Address 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA 7 VAX GA 7VAXP Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information 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 including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name ERIC LU Signature Eric Lu Date August 20 2002 GIGABYTE obtained of the event to validate the performance of ATi and Nvidia based graphics cards AGP 8X with VIA Chipset based motherboards running Microsoft operating systems Certificates of Validation will be supplied by VIA ATi and nVIDIA for GA 7VAXP GA 7VAX and GA 7VA that successfully passed in the AGP 8X standard validation in AGP 8X Standards Conpr ulations Gage Byte Co Lid on having passed AWIDLA VLA CHficia AGP Pagie Testing Suhe with pour GA Motherboard lt
43. areful don t let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning FOR GA 7VAXP Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor 30 5cm x 23 4cm ATX size form factor 4 layers PCB Motherboard GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard CPU Socket A processor AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron K7 128K L1 amp 256K 64K L2 cache on die 200 266 333 lt MHz FSB and DDR bus speeds Supports 1 4GHz and faster Chipset KT400 Controller PAC VIA VT8235 Integrated Peripheral Controller PSIP C Memory 3 184 pin DDR sockets Supports DDR DRAM PC1600 P C2100 P C2700 P C 3200 et 2 gt Supports up to 3 0GB DDR Max Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control 178705 Slots 1 AGP slot supports 8 4 2 mode 1 5V amp AGP 3 0 Compliant 5 slots supports 33MHz amp PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD CD ROM IDE1 IDE2 with PIO Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 operation modes IDE3 and IDE4 Compatible with RAID Ultra ATA133 100 EIDE On Board Peripherals 1 Floppy portsupports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 1 Parallel portsupports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 Serial port COMA amp COMB 6 x USB 2 0 1 1 4 by cable 3 x IEEE 1394 by
44. atures Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter S etup ae BIOS Setup Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copy right 1984 2002 Aw Software gt Standard CMOS F 5 Top Performance 05 5 Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Load Optimzed Defaults er Management Setup SetS uperv Password gt F requency Voltage C Ex itWithout Sav ing ESC Quit gt lt Selectitem F 8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS SaveData to CMOS Figure 14 Save amp ExitSetup Type Y will quit the Setup U tility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS will retum to Setup U tility GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 52 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copy right 1984 2002 Aw Software gt Standard CMOS Features Top Performance 05 5 Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Load Optimzed Defaults Health Status Save amp ExitSetup gt F requency Voltage ontrol itWithoutSav ing ESC Quit T4 lt Selectitem F8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS etup Abandon all Data Figure 15 Exit WithoutS av ing Type Y will quitthe Setup U tility without sav ing to RTC CMOS Type will reum to Setup U tility poe BIOS Setup GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 54 55 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7
45. aults Figure 3 Advanced BIOS F eatures RAID SCSI Boot Order This feature allows y ou to select the boot order RAID or 5 51 device RAID SCSI Selectyour bootdevice priority by R AID MSCSI RAID Selctyour bootdev ice priority by SCSI Hrst Second Third Boot device Ths alows you toselectthe bootdev ice priority Floppy Sekcty ourboot dev ice priority by F loppy 5120 5 bootdevice priority by LS 120 gt gt HDD 0 3 Selecty our bootdev ice priority by HDD 0 3 SCSI 5 boot dev ice priority by SCSI gt Selctyour bootdeviceprionty by CDROM gt gt LAN 5 bootdevice priority by LAN gt gt USB C DROM Selectyour bootdev ice priority by USB C DROM F orGA 7VAXP Only 5905 BIOS Setup gt USB ZIP gt gt USB F DD gt USB HDD p gt ZIP gt Dis abled Selctyourbootdev ice priority by USB ZIP Selctyourbootdev ice priority by USB FDD Selecty our bootdev ice priorty by USB HDD Selectyour bootdev ice priority by ZIP Disabled this function Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS wil determine thefloppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 is 40 tracks 720 K 1 2 M and 1 44 M are all 80tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tel from 720 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive ty pe as they all80tracks gt gt
46. bo Kit in the back of the case and fix it with the screw STEP 2 Connect the SURROUND KIT to SUR CEN on the M B 83 Technical Reference STEP 3 Connect the front channels to back audio panel s Line Out the rear channels to SURROUND KIT s REAR R L and the Center Subwoofer channels to SURROUND KIT s SUB CENTER STEP 4 Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 5 Band Ben HEE COPE Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 Prorat fl channels for 5 1 speakers out put T Enable Only SURROUND KIT and press SURROUND KIT Only SURROUND KIT Basic amp Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output ModeNotes When the Environment settings is None the sound ren et BPO would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 6 channels iem 25 aig GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 84 SPDIF Output Device Optional Device A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracketis provided and could link to the SPDIF output connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracket provides coaxial cable and Fiber connecting port 1 Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear
47. cable 1 IrDA connector for IR Hardware Monitor CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU System temperature detect System Voltage Detect Thermal shutdown function to be continued lt Note 1 gt FSB333 MHz only support DDR333 DIMM module Note 2 gt 3200 only support by Micro Samsung Apacer DDR module as we verified more detail pls refer to P 103 FOR GA 7VAXP Only 5 Introduction Realtek ALC 650 CODEC Line Out 2 front speaker Line In 2 rear speaker by s w switch Mic In center amp subwoofer by s w switch SPDIF Out SPDIF In CD In AUX In Game port Builtin VIA VT8235 Chipset Onbard Promise PDC20276 Supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 Supports concurrentdual IDE controller operation Supports IDE bus master operation Displays status and error checking messages during boot up Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in controller onboard BIOS RealTek RTL8100BL VT6306 Winbond SMART 91 0 Chipset Memory Stick Security Digital and Smart Card reader PS 2 Keyboard interface and P S 2 Mouse interace Licensed Award BIOS 2M bit flash ROM Supports Dual BIOS Q Flash PS 2 Keyboard power on by password PS 2 Mouse power on External Modem wake up STR Suspend To RAM Wake on LAN WOL AC Recovery Poly fuse forkeyboard over current protection USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 Supports 9 BIOS Supp
48. checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting Suspend is set to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be setto Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS setting please press Del key when the boot screen appears Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS Status 2 If one ofthe main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails this item Boot From Main BIOS Default will become gray and will not be changed by user BIOS Recovery Main to Backup Auto recovery message BIOS Recovery Main to Backup The means thatthe Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS BIOS Recovery Backup to Main The means thatthe Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can t be changed by user 71 Technical Reference C What is Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility is a pre O S BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode no more fooling around any OS D How to use Q Flash Flash F3 Load Default F5 Start BIOS Recovery Load current BIOS default value Press F5 to recovery new BIOS version F7 Save and Restart F9 Exit Without Saving Save revised setting and restart the Exit without changing computer F8 Update BIOS from Disk F10 Recovery from Disk Update boot up BIOS
49. chnology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving and or distribution from sound and television signals Safety requirements for mains operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use Safety of household and similar electrical appliances Stamp L1 EN 61000 3 2 EN 60555 2 L1 EN 61000 3 3 EN 60555 3 EN 50081 1 EN 50082 1 55081 2 55082 2 55104 50091 2 Disturbances in supply systems cause by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Harmonics Disturbances in supply systems cause by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Generic emission standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment Immunity requirements for household appliances tools and similar apparatus EMC requirements for uninterruptible powersystems UPS conformity marking The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73 23 EEC 60950 50091 1 Manufacturer Importer Date August 20 2002 Safety forinformation technology equipment including electrical bussiness equipment General
50. cord 15 disconnected 10 F_PANEL 2x10 pins connector t V V 3 2120000 1600060 19 HD IDE Hard Disk Active Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST ResetS witch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware S ystem PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal O peration Close Power On Off MP D Message LED Power Pin 1 LED anode Sleep LED Pin 2 LED cathode NC NC gt Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis frontpanel to the PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above 19 Hardware Installation Process 11 PWR LED gt PWR LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It will blink when the system enters 222 suspend mode If you use dual color power LED will turn to another color 12 BATTERY Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced AW Replace only with the same or equivalent 1 type recommended by the manufacturer he Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions 13 F AUDIO AUDIO Connector gt Ifyou wantto use FrontAudio connector you 35 mustremove 5 6 9 10 umper 3 3 In order to utilize the frontaudio header your 03
51. dure GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 68 Method 2 Dual BIOS Q Flash Introduction A Whatis Dual BIOS Technology Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS ROM on the motherboard one Is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS Under the normal circumstances the system works on the Main BIOS Ifthe Main BIOS 15 corrupted or damaged the Backup 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 and Q Flash Utility a After power on the computer pressing lt Del gt immediately during POST Power On Self Test it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP then press lt F8 gt to enter Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Features Select Language gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Management Setup Set Supervisor Password gt Configurations Set User Password Health Status Save amp Exit Setup ESC Quit Change Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup 69 Technical Reference b Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility V845 4MF3 C 2001 GIGA BYTE Technology Co LTD Wide Range Protection Disabled HaltOn BIOS Defects Disabled Auto Recovery Enabled Boot Fro
52. e enabled to halt your system with awarning message that the main BIOS has been corrupted Most workstation servers require constant operation to guarantee services have not been interrupted In this situation the Halt On When BIOS Defects message may be disabled to avoid system pauses during normal booting Another advantage you gain from Giga B yte s DualBIOS technology is the ability to upgrade from dual 2 Mbit BIOS to dual 4 Mbit BIOS in the future if extra BIOS storage is need 75 Technical Reference Cm Method 3 If you don t have DOS boot disk we recommend that you used Gigabyte 9 BIOS program to flash BIOS an uos Press Tools icon f j click BIOS Writer v1 08q 4 select GES server site bc BIOS serves are BIOS serve Zn Tanwar 5 sive gi Chore GAIUS EGOS i 3 Please select 9 BIOS sever site then Click OK Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever d Selectthe exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 76 Update BIOS NOT through Internet Do
53. e solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory 15 sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAM infrastructure yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth DDR SDRAM will offer a superior solution and migration path from existing SDRAM designs due to its availability pricing and overall market support PC 2100 DDR memory DDR 266 doubles the data rate through reading and writing atboth the rising and falling edge of the clock achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than PC 133 when running with the same DRAM clock frequency With peak bandwidth of 2 1GB per second DDR memory enables system OEMs to build high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems thatare suitable for servers workstations high end PC s and value desktop SMA systems With a core voltage of only 2 5 Volts compared to conventional SDRAM s 3 3 volts DDR memory is a compelling solution for small form factor desktops and notebook applications Step 3 Install expansion cards 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction documentbefore install the expansion card into the computer Remove your computer s chassis cover necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slotin motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to s
54. ectthe modes gt gt Half IR Function Duplex Half DefaultValue gt gt F ull IR Function Duplex Full OnBoard Parallel port This feature allows you to select from a given setof parameters ifthe parallel port uses the onboard 1 0 controller gt 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 Using IR 07 Default Value 278 1 05 Enable onboard LPT portand address 278 Using 5 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT portand address 6 3BC Using R Q7 gt gt Dis abled Dis able onboard parallel port F OR GA 7VAX ONLY GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP M otherboard 38 Parallel Port Mode This feature allows you to connect with an advanced print via the port mode it supports SPP Using Parallel portas Standard Parallel P ortusing IR Q7 Default Value UsingParallel portas Enhanced Parallel Q5 Using Parallel portas Ex tended Capabilities Portusing Q7 Using Parallel portas ECP amp EPP mode Game Port Address Dis abled Dis abled this function 201 Set Game Port Address to 201 DefaultValue gt 209 SetGame PortAddress to209 Midi Port Address Dis abled Dis abled this function 300 SetMidi PortAddress to 300 330 SetM idi PortAddress to 330 Defaut Value Midi Port IRQ 5 Set 5 for MidiPort Default value 10 Set 10for Midi Port IR Q Smart Card Interface Enabled Enabledsmatr card interface function Dis abled Disable
55. ecure the slotbracket of the expansion card Replace your computer s chassis cover Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS Install related driver from the operating system dee EP Please carefully pull outthe small white drawable bar atthe end ofthe AGP slot when you try to install Uninstall the AGP card Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot Make sure your AGP card is locked by the small white drawable bar AGP Card 13 Hardware Installation Process Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step4 1 1 0 Back Panel Introduction Ai panes PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector gt This connector supports standard 5 2 Female keyboard and PS 2 mouse 1 Keyboard Connector Ld 6pin Female USB LAN Connector 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 USB 1 Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does notsupport USB controller please contactO 5 vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade F or more information please contact your OS or device s vendors LAN Connector USB 0 FOR GA 7VAXP Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard
56. efaultv Dis abled Dis abled AC 97 Audio USB 1 1 Controller Disable this option if you are notusing the onboard U SB feature gt gt Enabled Enabled USB Controller Default value gt gt Dis abled Disabled USB Contoller GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 36 USB 2 0 Controller Disable this option if y ou are not using the onboard USB 2 0 feature gt gt Enabled Enabled USB 2 0 Contoller Default value gt gt Dis abled Disabled USB 2 0 Controler USB Keyboard Support When a USB key board is installed please s et at E bled Enabled Enabled USB Key board Support gt gt Dis abled Disabled USB Key board Support Default v alue US B Mouse Support Enabled Enabled USB Mouse Support gt gt Dis abled Disabled USB Mouse Support Default value Onboard HW LAN Enable Enabled onboard LAN function Defaultv alue Disable Disable onboard LAN function Onboard 1394 Enable Enabledonboard IEEE 1394 functon Defaultv alue gt gt Disable Disabledonboard this function Onboard H W ATA RAID If you don t set any HDD Device or 4 but enable the function normal message MBUltra133 BIOS is notinstalled becasue there are no drives attached will come out Ignore this message or set the optiondisable to make the message disappear Enable Enabled onboard ATA RAID function Defaultv alue gt gt Disable Disabled onboard sound functio
57. eneral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 7 Optimz ed Defaults F OR GA 7VAXP ONLY Figure 4 Integrated P eripherals 35 BIOS Setup OnChip Channel0 When enabled allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE Ifa hard disk controller card 5 used set at Disabled Enabled Enable onboard 1st channellDE port Defaultv alue Dis abled Disable onboard 1stchannel IDE port OnChip Channell When enabled allows you to use the onboard secondary PCI IDE Ifa hard disk controller card Is us ed set at Disabled Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channellDE port Defaultv alue gt gt Dis abled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port IDEI Conductor Cable gt gt Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS DefaultValue gt ATA66 100 133 SetIDE1 Conductor ATA66 100 133 Please make sure y our IDE device andcable compatible with ATA66 100 133 gt ATA33 SetIDE1 ConductorC able to ATA33 Please make sure y our IDE device and cable is compatble with ATA33 IDE2 Conductor Cable gt gt Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS DefaultValue gt ATA66 100 133 SetIDE2 Conductor C ableto ATA66 100 133 Please make sure y our IDE device andcable 5 compatible with ATA66 100 133 gt SetIDE2 onductorC able to ATA33 Please make surey our IDE device and cable is compatible w th ATA33 97 Audio gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically detectonboard AC97 Audi D
58. entSetup SetS uperv Sor Password gt F requency Voltage ontrol Ex itWithout Sav ing ESC Quit T4 Selectltem F 8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS etup Change Set DisableP assword Figure 13 Password Seting When you select this function the follow ing message will appear at the center of the screen to assistyou in creating a pass word Type the password up to eightcharacters and press lt Enter gt You will be asked to confirm the pas sword Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and notenter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A mess age PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password 5 disabled the system will boot and you can enter 5 etup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords aS UPERVISOR PASS WORD andaUSER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the S upervis or passw ord is required for entering the BIOS S etup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select S y stem at Security Option in Advance BIOS Features M enu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter S etup M enu If you select 5 at Security Option in Advance BIOS Fe
59. er keys to confirm AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE PNP PCI CONFIG Load Setup Defaults Y N N LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Load Setup Defaults 67 Technical Reference 3 Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE PNP PCI CONFIC LOAD BIOS DEFAU LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F 2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP 4 Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash proce
60. flash the BIOS Press Enter to continue the procedure or press ESC to quit Beware Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative Flash RE oghie Frare Are you sure to flash the BIOS Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel Flask Jno Peo Enter to continue Esc to cancel GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 66 STEP 6 Load BIOS defaults Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded Therefore we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded This important step resets everything after the flash 1 Take out the floppy diskette from floppy drive and then restart the system The boot up screen will indicate your motherboard model and current BIOS version American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend AMD Athlon tm P rocessor 900M Hz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contune American Megatrends Inc 63 0001 001199 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F 2 Don tforget to press lt DEL gt key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot up Use the arrows to highlight the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then press Enter System will ask Load Setup Defaults Y N Press Y and Ent
61. g Unit CP U Step 3 Install memory modules Step 4 Install expansion cards Step 5 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 6 Setup BIOS software Step 7 Install supporting software tools 2 Step 1 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 8 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step1 1 CPU Speed Setup The clock ratio can be switched by CK RATIO and refer to below table CLK_RATIO 0 0N X OFF RATIO AUTO Default DX 5 5 6 5x 1x 1 5 8 8 5 9x 9 5x 10x 10 5x DefaultS Auto O X O X O X O X O X O X O X X O O X O O gt lt X X N OC OC CO X X X X O X X X X X X X X X X X X OIOI gt gt lt gt lt lt X X X X X X X X X X X X O X XX X 0 S N 5 CK RATIO OFF The system bus frequency can be switched at 100 133 166MHz by adjusting system switch SW 1 Default Setting 100MHZ internal frequency depend on CPU n ow jor 2 or or ow 9 Hardware Installation Process Step1 2 CPU Installation CPU Top View CPU Bottom View 4 amp 2 E a i Wm LS a mom bos ttt mm
62. he author assumes no responsibility for any errors or Omissions that may appear in this document nor does the te make a commitment to update the information contained erein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Please do not remove any labels on motherboard thismay void the warranty of this motherboard Dueto rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet 47 WARNING Wever rum dhe processor wrlhont ihe properly Armir attached PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT Mise an garde faites jamais le processeur sans gue dissipateur de chaler toir Jy correctement fermement UN DOMMAGE PEAMANENT EN Achieng Der Progessor darf nur genommen werden wenn der f wid angebruch isi DIES EINEN PERMANENTEN SCHADEN ZUR FOLGE Advertencia fancionar ef procesadar sin el disipedor de calor instalada correcta y firme mente SE PRODUCIRA UN DAKO PERMANENTE Aviso provessador sem o dissipador de calor estar adequada e firmemente conectada O RESULTADO SERA UM DANO PERMANENTE FW See LAN Tae a B ACS eee Ra ead msg YE E FER Pasay area La
63. hecking and Correcting Electromagnetic Compatibility Enhanced Parallel P ort Electrostatic Discharge Floppy Disk Device Front Side Bus Hard Disk Device Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced InterruptR equest Input Output InputO utput Advanced Programmable Input Controller Industry Standard Architecture Local Area Network GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 100 to be continued Acronyms LBA LED MHz MIDI MTH MPT NIC OS OEM PAC POST RIMM SCI SECC SRAM SMP SMI USB VID Meaning Logical Block Addressing LightEmitting Diode Megahertz Musical Instrument Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memory Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating S ystem Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A G P Controller Power On SelfTest Peripheral ComponentInterconnect Rambus in line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions Single Edge Contact Cartridge Static Random Access Memory Symmetric Multi P rocessing System Management Interrupt Universal Serial Bus Voltage ID 101 Appendix Technical Support RMA Sheet CustomerfCouni ContactP erson E mail Add Model name LotNumber PCB revision Hardware Size Driver Utility Configuration eu Memory Brand _ o CD ROM Modem eed Oterdevie 3 4 LL
64. ically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMEN LOAD BIOS DEFAU i LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 64 STEP 5 BIOS flashing 1 After the system boot from floppy disk type A gt dir w and press Enter to check the entire files in floppy A Then type the BIOS flash utility and BIOS file after A gt In this case you have to type A gt Flash841 7VTX F4 and then press Enter Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Windows98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A gt dir w Volume in drive A has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE 3 file s 838 954 bytes Odir s 324 608 bytes free A gt Flash841 7VTX F4 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu Press Enter the highlighted item will locate on the model name of the right upper screen Right after that press Enter to start BIOS Flash Utility Flash Wegalrenb In Frar eri 65 Technical Reference 3 It will pop up a screen and asks Are you sure to
65. icon in My computer and execute the setup exe pr ee oe zai adc i5 ha Das atop ssl eral i haa mire arn org ia ia ER Lei En rael nip armed En he ae qug em vom Cki ent cde Lap arca Min mori FE pod loin iia 5 Diesen quoi roni red 6o i MET no andel 4 Click Next Unas pocas Cus ee doses n pum cee FF Fs 1 ren Appendix Appendix E Acronyms Acronyms ACP APM AGP AMR ACR BIOS CPU CMOS CRIMM CNR DMA DMI DIMM DRM DRAM DDR ECP ESCD ECC EMC EPP ESD FDD FSB HDD IDE IRQ 10 IOAPIC ISA LAN Meaning Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser Basic Input Output System Central Processing Unit Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Direct Memory Access Desktop Managementinterface Dual Inline Memory Module Dual Retention Mechanism Dynamic Random Access Memory Double Data Rate Extended Capabilities P ort Extended System Configuration Data Error C
66. ly There are several different choices you could use Internet U pdate to download and update your BIOS directly Or you may wantto keep a backup for your current BIOS just choose Save Current BIOS to save itfirst You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte and 9 BIOS update your BIOS smartly You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily Again Gigabyte s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries For such a wonderful software how much it costs Impossible It s free Now if you buy a Gigabyte s motherboard you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD But please remember connected to internet at first then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte 2 BIOS GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 78 Easy Tune 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTune 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations Overclock might be one of the most common Issues in computer field But have many users ever tried it The answer 15 probably no Because Overclock is thought to be very difficult and in cludes a lot of technical know how sometimes Overclock is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts But as to the ex perts in Overclock what s the truth They may Spend quite a lot of time and money to study try and use many different hardwa
67. m Main BIOS BIOS Recovery Main to Backup F3 Load Default F5 Start BIOS Recovery F7 Save And Restart F9 Exit Without Saving F8 Update BIOS from disk F 10 Recovery from Disk Use Space key to toggle setup c Dual BIOS Item explanation Wide Range Protection Disabled Default Enabled Status 1 If any failure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on and that the Wide Range Protection is setto 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 the user make any alteration on it the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 70 Halt On BIOS Defects Disabled Default Enabled If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and HaltOn BIOS Defects set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disabled it will show or the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enabled it will show or the other key to Auto Recover Auto Recovery Enabled Default Disabled When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS of
68. n RAID Controller Function ATA Enabled ATA function Default value gt gt R AID Enabled R AID function F OR GA 7VAXP ONLY 31 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup port1 address gt 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port and address is 3F8 Using IRQ4 Defaultv alue gt 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial portl andaddress is 2F8 Using R Q3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port1 and address is 3E8 Using R Q4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port1 and address is 2E8 U sing R Q3 gt gt Dis abled Dis able onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup port2 address gt 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port2 andaddress is 3F 8 Using RQ4 gt 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port2 and address is 2F8 U sing IR Q3 Default Value gt 3b8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port2 and addressis 3E8 Using R Q4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port2 and address is 2E8 Using gt gt Disabled Disable onboard S erial port 2 Mode S elect This feature allows y ou 0 determine which Infra R ed R function ofOnboard 1 0 chip gt gt ASKIR Using as IR and set to ASKIR Mode gt IrDA Using as R and set tolrDA Mode p gt Normal Usingas standard serial port Default Value b gt SC R Using as smartcard Interace UR2 Duplex Mode When UART Mode Select isn t set Normal This feature allows youto sel
69. ormance gt 5 Features Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimzed Defaults er Management Setup SetS uperv Password Configurations assword ESC Quit T4 lt Selectitem F8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS etup Load F ail Safe Defaults Figure 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail S afe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum sy stem performance 49 BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Copy right 1984 2002 Aw ard Software gt Standard CMOS F 5 Top Performance 5 Features Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Load Optmzed Defaults gt F requency Voltage C ontrol Ex itWithoutSav ing ESC Quit TL lt Selectitem F 8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS etup Load Optimzed Defaults F igure 12 Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaul ts Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and ChipsetFeatures which the system automatically detects GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 50 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copy right 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard C MOS F eatures Top Performance 05 F eatires Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimi ed Defaults Managem
70. orts EasyTune 4 On Board Sound On Board USB 2 0 On Board RAID On Board LAN On Board IEEE1394 On Board MS SD SC PS 2 Connector BIOS AdditionalF eatures Overclocking Over Voltage DDR AGP CPU by BIOS e Over Clock DDR AGP CPU PCI by BIOS Please setthe CPU hostfrequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency overthe CP U s specification because these specific bus frequencies are notthe standard specifications for CPU chipset and mostofthe peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets S Cards FOR GA 7VAXP Only GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 6 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard Layout 4IDLLS AYOWAI WLIDID AYNOAS Xv E ur UR Lg a vua Fel a T PDC20276 2 N rm gt PCI3 wl LE i 1581 F USB2 u cn IEEE 1394 SPDIF B USB 2 0 FOR GA 7VAXP Only FOR GA 7VAX Only Introduction Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer you must complete the following steps Step 1 Set Dip Switch RATIO and system S witch SW 1 Step 2 Install the Central P rocessin
71. otherboard 116 111 Appendix GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 118 119 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 120 121 Memo GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 122
72. r motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips protect them againstdamage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wriststrap before handling computer components If you do not have One touch both of yourhands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips leads or connectors or othercomponents 4 Place components grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure thatthe ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis Ifthe motherboard has mounting holes butthey up with the holes on the base and there are no Slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes ust cut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be a little hard to cutoff so be careful of your hands In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short Circuits Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface because the circuit wire may be near by the hole Be c
73. re or BIOS tools to do Overclock And even with these technologies they still learn that its quite a risk because the safety and stability of an Overclock system is unknown Now everything is different because of a Win dows based overclocking utility EasyTune 4 announced by Gigabyte This windows based utility has totally changed the gaming rule of Overclock This is the first windows based overclocking utility is suitable for both normal and power users Users can choose either Easy Mode or Ad vanced Mode for overclocking their convenience For users who choose Easy they just need to click Auto Optimize to have autoed and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel If users prefer O verclock by them there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class Overclocking user interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to get ultimate system performance It oper ates in coordination with Gigabyte motherboards Besides itis different from other traditional over clocking methods EasyTune 4 doesn t require users to change neither BIOS nor hardware switch jumper setting on the other hand they can do Overclock at easy step Therefore this is a safer way for Overclock as nothing is changed on software or hardware If user runs Easy
74. rol Normal DIM M Ov erVolage C ontrol Normal T4 lt Move EnterSelect PU P D Value 10 5 95 1 Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitSafe Defaults 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 Frequency Voltage Control Those items will be available when CPU HostC lock C ontrol is set to Enabled Spread spectrum Modulated gt gt Auto Setclock spread spectrum by auto Defaultv alue gt gt Dis abled Disable clock spread spectrum Enabled Enable clock spreadspectium CPU Host Clock Control Note Ifsy stem hangs up before enter CMOS setup utility Or 20 sec for times out reboot When timeout occur system willresetand run atC PU defaultHost clock atnextboot Disable Disable CPU Host Clock Contol Defaultv alue Enable Enable CPU Host Clock Contol CPU Host Frequency MHz By switch SW1 100 SetC PU Host Clock to 100M Hz 132M Hz 133 SetC PU Host Clock to 133M Hz 165M Hz 166 SetC PU Host Clock to 166M Hz 200M Hz GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 46 PCI AGP Frequency MHz gt Thevalues depend on CPU HostF requency Mhz DRAM Clock MHz gt gt P lease set DRAM Chck according to y ourrequrement use DDR 200DR AM module please set DRAM Clock M Hz to 100 008 200 If y ou use DDR333 DRAM module please set DRAM Clock M Hz to 166 DDR 333 Incorrectusingitmay cause your system broken orpow er End User use SPD
75. tures 21 2 1 1210 33 integrated Peripherals 35 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 2 Power Management Setup 40 CI Configurations D RECO 43 PE Heat S ta ppro 44 Freauencyu Voltage 46 48 Load Fail Safe BI cT cr 40 Load Optimized Defaults 50 5 UDervisor U Ser P asS WOFG RALIONE PUENTE RV 51 ell 52 VITIO 53 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 51 Did diti ER Ra PS Rom vaa t a SU BUG e SAN 57 BIO Sela Sir 58 78 Easy hune 4 MUO 79 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction ee 80 Gun IR 89 3 Table of Content Checklist The GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP motherboard RAID Manual IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 4PortUSB 1 IDE cable x2 Audio combo Kit x1 CD for motherboard driver amp utility Driver CD IEEE 1394 Cable x1 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP user s manual O SPD Kit x1 M 1 0 Shield M Quick PC Installation Guide Motherboard Settings Label A Compute
76. ucts on the market do not 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 Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS With a conventional single system BIOS PC the PC will not be functional until itis sent for repairs Case If the Auto Recovery option is enabled in the DualBIOS utility and if a virus corrupts your system BIOS the backup BIOS will automatically rebootthe system and correct the main BIOS Case lll A user may override booting from the main system BIOS The DualBlIOS GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 74 utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS 2 During or after a BIOS upgrade if DualBIOS detects that the main BIOS is corrupt the backup BIOS will take over the boot up process automatically Moreover it will verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting up DualBIOS technology examines the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system 15 powered to guarantee your BIOS operates properly 3 Power Users will have the advantage of having two BIOS versions on their mainboard The benefit is being able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs 4 Flexibility for high end desktop PCs and workstation servers In the DualBIOS utility the option can be set HaltOn When BIOS Defects to b
77. v alue Enabled Can Pow eronsy siem by MouseEvent 41 BIOS Setup 3 PME Event Wake up When set at Enabled any P CI PM event awakes the system from a P CI PM controlled state This feature requires anATX pow er supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead gt gt Dis abled Dis abled PME EventWake up functon Enabled Enabled PME EventWake up function DefaultValue Modem Ring On WakeOnLAN WhenAC Back Function is set to Soft O ff Youcan enablew ake on LAN feature by ModemR ingOn WakeOnLAN or PME EventWake up w hen M B has onboard connector Only enabled the feature by PME EventWake up Anincoming call via modem awakes the system from its softoff mode When setat Enabled an inputsignal comes from the other cient SeiverontheLAN awaks the system from a softof state ifconnected over LAN gt gt Dis abled Dis abled Modem RingOn Wake On LAN function Enabled Enabled Modem Ring Wake On LAN function Default Value Resume by Alarm Youcan set Resumeby Alarm item to enabledand key in Data time to power onsy sem Dis abled Dis able this function Default Value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system Alarm Lead is Enabled Date ofMonth Alarm Everyday 1 31 Time hh mm ss Alam 0 23 0 59 0 59 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 42 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup U tility C right
78. website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support agenda s fi m a i So 2 From Support zone click the Motherboards BIOS amp Drivers 8 ou ix nm GIGABYTE c ind E hes ri eee ee Pvt mri ed LIT a E perum VL narum ENG ve F Dn CPU 272 B m Raul VE Out b pim d parken ip dads zd i AA yp Bex DII E ree F Hd RED ree Deis GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 60 3 We use GA 7VTX motherboard as example Please select GA 7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files TE m om lex ee ee 5 La 1 aii re rr rrr m es E S L1 rro Seite gt mL 4 Select appropriate BIOS version For example F 4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen then select the Open this file from its current location and press
79. zed Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is week month lt day gt year Week Theweek fromSun Sat determined by the BIOS andis display only gt gt Month The month an Through Dec Day Theday from 1 to 31 the maximum allow ed in month gt Year They ear from 1999 through 2098 Time The times format in hour minute second Thetime 6 calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock Forexample 1 p m 6 13 00 00 GA 7VAX GA 7VAXP Motherboard 30 IDEPrimary Master Slave Secondary Master Slave Thecategory identfies the ty pes of hard disk from drive C to thathas been installed in the computer T here are tw o ty pes auto type and manual ty pe Manual ty pe is user definable Auto ty pe which w illautomatically detectHDD type Not thatthe specifications ofy ourdrive mustmatch with drive table The hard disk w ill notwork properly f y ou enter improper information ths category Ifyou selectUser Ty pe related information w ill be asked to enter to the follow ing items Enterthe information directly fromthe keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentation form y ourhard disk vendoror the sy stem manufacturer gt C apacily Thehard disk size The unitis Mega By s gt Access ode Theoptions are Auto Large Normal gt Cylinder Thecy linder number of hard disk He

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