User manual GIGABYTE GA-7VTXE

[. . . ] The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to up date the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard. Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before pwblicution of this booklet. GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard USER'S MANUAL AMD AthlonTM/ AthlonTM XP / DuronTM Socket A Processor Motherboard Rev. [. . . ] (Default Value) Disabled OnBoard Creative Sound. OnBorard Lan Chip Enabled Disabled Enabled OnBoard Lan Chip. (Default Value) Disabled OnBoard Lan Chip. 45 GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH Motherboard Hardware Monitor & MISC Setup AMIBIOS SETUP - HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Fan Speed System Fan Speed Vcore Vtt +3. 300V +5. 000V +12. 000V 5V SB :By Jumper : 35°C/ 95°F : 33°C/ 91°F : 5273 RPM : 0 RPM : +1. 632V : +3. 344V : +3. 296V : +5. 080V : +11. 840V : +4. 972V ESC: Quit F1 : Help F5 : Old Values F6 : Load Fail-Safe Defaults F7 : Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10: Hardware Monitor & MISC Setup : Select Item PU/PD+/-/ : Modify (Shift)F2: Color F8:Flash Utility CPU Host Clock (Mhz) By Jumper 133 100 Set CPU Host Clock by jumper. Set CPU Host Clock to 100Mhz~128MHz. CPU / System Temp. Detect CPU / SystemTemperature automatically. CPU / System FAN Speed Detect CPU / System Fan speed status automatically . Current Voltage (V) VCORE / Vtt / +3. 3V / +12V / +5V / 5VSB Detect system's voltage status automatically. 46 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor / User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1. 24e (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATIONEnter new supervisor password: DETECTION IDE HDD AUTO LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ESC: Quit F6: Load Fail-Safe Defaults : Select Item SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING (Shift)F2 : Change Color F8:Flash Utility F5: Old Values F10:Save & Exit F7: Load Optimized Defaults Change / Set / Disable Password Figure 11: Password Setting Type the password, up to six characters, and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: a SUPERVISOR PASS WORD and a USER PASSWORD. When enabled, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items. If you select "Always" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu. If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. 47 GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH Motherboard IDE HDD Auto Detection AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yyyy) : Fri Mar 16, 2001 Time (hh/mm/ss) Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave Sec Slave : Auto : Auto Base Memory : 640 Kb Other Memory : 384 Kb Extended Memory : 255 Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection : Disabled Month : Jan - Dec Day Year : 01- 31 : 1990 - 2099 Total Memory : 256 Mb ESC : Exit : Select Item PU / PD / + / - :Modify (Shift) F2 : Color Figure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection Sec Master : Auto : 14:44:35 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Floppy Drive A : 1. 44 MB 31/2 Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Type "Y" will accept the H. D. D. If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024, then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB. 48 BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1. 24e (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Save to CMOS and EXIT HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE (Y/N)?Y LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ESC: Quit : Select Item F6: Load Fail-Safe Defaults SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING (Shift)F2 : Change Color F8:Flash Utility F5: Old Values F10:Save & Exit F7: Load Optimized Defaults Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP Figure 13: Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 49 GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH Motherboard Exit Without Saving AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1. 24e (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ESC: Quit F6: Load Fail-Safe Defaults : Select Item INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Quit Without Saving (Y/N)?AUTO DETECTION IDE HDD N SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING (Shift)F2 : Change Color F8:Flash Utility F5: Old Values F10:Save & Exit F7: Load Optimized Defaults Abandon all Datas & Exit SETUP Figure 14: Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 50 Technical Reference Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference Block Diagram AMD-K7TM CPU CLK (100/133MHz) AGP 4X/2X Host Bus 100/133MHz AGPCLK(66MHz) VIA KT266A 5 PCI RJ45* 100/133 MHz 2. 5V DDRSDRAM HCLK (100/133MHz) NPCLK (33MHz) AGPCLK(66MHz) 66 MHz RTL8100(B)L* 48 MHz PCI BUS VIA VT8233 14. 318 MHz ITE 8705 PCICLK (33MHz) 4 USB Ports ATA66/100 IDE Channels CT5880* AC97 CODEC COM Ports LPT Port PS/2 KB/Mouse Game Port Floppy Game Port * LINE-OUT LINE-IN MIC "*" Only for GA-7VTXH. 51 GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH Motherboard Dual BIOS Introduction A. What is 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. If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on. [. . . ] Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS. It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative. Are you sure to flash the BIOS?[Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel? (4) The BIOS flash completed. [Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel? 85 GA-7VTXE/GA-7VTXH Motherboard STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. [. . . ]