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1. AB O E 1 COO T F CPU _ SYS 6 USB1 WOL D Floppy IDE1 IDE2 IR E Battery J CD IN Only for GA 7VTXE 22 CPU FAN CPU FAN Connector Hardware Installation Process B SYS FAN SYS FAN Connector 11 11 258 258 556 598 59 e e Y Y gt The CPUfan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA C ATX ATX Power 20 12 KT 5 SB Stand by 5V VCC PowerGood Ke 5V GND 5215 VCC Elh GND GND GND 55 0 On Off 33V un 12V 33V 33V gt AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unitafter ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected tothe mainboard D Floppy IDE1 IDE2 Floppy IDE1 IDE2 E Battery CAUTION lt Dangerof explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replaceonly with the same or equivalent typerecommended bythe manufacturer Disposeofusedbatteries accordingto the manufacturer sinstructions 23 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 6 USB1 1 IR eo 58 OL DOO 52885 OZA gt
2. Beas AL ewm DEAS WA yo RAMOS E RPIRSPSELSCLOomBO NMOfIHSBETHS Fak PERFI UZOR IEL 55011 55013 55014 55015 55020 55022 DIN VDE 0855 part 10 part 12 CE marking EN 60065 EN 60335 Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer Importer full address G B T Technology Tr ding GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41 1F 20537 Hamburg Germany declare that the product description of the apparatus system installation to which it refers in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of ind ustrial 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 fluore scent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information tech nology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving and or distrib ution from sound and television signals Mother Board GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH
3. TIE LAN such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also USB 0 make sure your OS Win 95 with USB supplement USB 1 Win98 Windows 2000 Windows Win NT with SP 6 supports USB controller If your OS does notsupport USB controller please contact OS vendorfor possible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors Only for GA 7VTXH 20 Hardware Installation Process Parallel Port Serial Ports COMB Parallel Port 25 gt This connector supports 2 standard COM ports 9 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be con nected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc io can be connected to Serial ports COMA COMB SerialPort 9 pin Male O Game MIDI Ports gt This connector supports joystick MIDI keyboard and ofherrelate audio devices Joystick MIDI 15 pin Female Audio Connectors gt After installonboard audio driver you may connectspeakerto Line Outjack micro phone to MIC In jack Device like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Line Out MIC In Line In 21 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Step4 2 Connectors Introduction
4. 68 Appendix Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows ME VUCD driver version 1 9 Appendix A VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver Installation A VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver Utility 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 computer and execute the setup exe DEEEF F 69 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 70 Appendix Appendix B AC97 Sound Chipset Driver AC 97 Audio Driver under Windows ME will auto install Appendix C Creative CT5880 Chipset Driver Installation Only for 7 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 qi 7 Audio ic icon 1 Click Creative CT5880 Sound Driver 2 Click OK b or item 71 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard mas er Serr ee eres arsi n rel bom eens e Me eee c nr Coral mi 9 10 72 Appendix Oozic
5. 50 IDE HDD Auto Detection rtr rere 51 OC EXIESBIUD quruvets 52 Exit Without dedans Sac 53 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 54 BlockiDIagratma secret erret Len 54 Dual BIDS Tine rae d 55 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction For GA 7VTXH Only 63 D RERE RED 67 Easy T rielll 68 RS nte RR 69 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Revision History Revision Revision Note Date 1 0 Initial release ofthe GA VTXE GA 7 VTXH motherboard user s manual Dec 2001 Item Checklist The GA 7VTXE GA 7VT XH motherboard IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 CDformotherboard driver amp utility VUCD GA 7VIXE GA 7VTXH user smanual USB Cable only for GA 7VTXH WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips protect them against damage from static electricity you should followsome precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplugyour computer when working on the inside 2 Use agrounded wriststrap before handling computer components If you do nothave one touch both ofyour hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal obje
6. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAG PNP PCI CONF LOAD BIOS DEFA LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tile Selectitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 10 5 amp Exit Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP 86 Appendix STEP 5 BIOS flashing 1 Afterthe system boot from floppy disk type gt dir w and press Enter to check the entire files in floppy Then type the BIOS flash utility and BIOS file after A gt In this case you have to type gt Flash841 7VTX F4 and then press Enter Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Windows98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 gt dir w Volume in drive A has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB 353D Directory of AA COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE 3 file s 838 954 bytes Odi s 324 608 bytes free AX 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 87 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 3 It will pop up a screen and asks Are you sure to flash the BIOS Press Enter to continue the procedure or press
7. Enabled During POST DMI ESCD would not be updated But flash tools can update BIOS always 34 Chipset Features Setup BIOS Setup AMIBIOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Top Performance Configure SDRAM by SPD DRAM Frequency SDRAM 5 Latency SDRAM Command Rate AGP Mode AGP Comp Driving Manual AGP Comp Driving AGP Fast Write AGP Aperture Size AGP Read Synchronization PCI Delay Transaction D E All USB Port D D Disabled Enabled 100M Hz 2 2 Command 4 Auto USB Controller ESC Quit Tl gt Select Item USB Legacy Support Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify USB Port 64 60 Emulation Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F 2 Color VCore Voltage Norma F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Top Performance Disabled Top Performance Disabled Default Value Enabled Top Performance Enabled Configure SDRAM by SPD Disabled Disabled Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Enabled Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Default Value 35 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard DRAM Frequency 100MHz Set DRAM Frequency is 100MHz Default Value 133MHz Set DRAM Frequency is 133MHz Auto Set DRAM Frequency is Auto SDRAM CAS Latency 2 ForFastest SDRAM DIMM module Default Value 2 5 ForSlowe
8. 15 Step1 3 CPU Heat Sink Installation 444444 44 16 Step 2 Install memory iri tret ente 17 Step 3 Install expansion cards 19 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 20 Step4 1 0 Back Panel Introduction 4444444 4 4 20 Step4 2 Connectors Introduction 2222 22 Chapter BIOS SetuP aaa tacta e 26 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver 1 27 Standard CMOS Features orani 29 BIOS Features ea aver 32 Chipset Features 35 Power Management bit tete 39 Table of Content PNP PCI Configuration certet tete tette tentent 42 Eoad Fail Safe bor ea i 44 Load Optimized Defaults oontra reris 45 Integrated Peripherals eset neun 46 Hardware Monitor amp MISC Setup 49 Set Supervisor User Password
9. F9 Reserved lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 26 BIOS Setup GETTINGHELP Main Menu The on line description ofthe highlighted setup function is displayed atthe bottom ofthe screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to selectfrom eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to acceptor enter the sub menu AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h 1999 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 MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit TL Selectitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features
10. x gt 22802 gt Becarefulwith the polarity ofthe IRconnector while you connect the IR Please contactyou nearest dealer foroptional IR device o 2 Power SB D2 B 02 GND 25 gt Becarefulwith the polarity ofthe front panel USBconnector Check the pin assignment while you connectthe frontpanel USB cable Please contact yournearestdealerfor optional front panel USB cable WOL Wake On LAN J CD IN o CD R 1 299 9 GND 4 92 CD L 85228 BOB Only for GA 7VTXE 24 F F PANEL 2x7 pins jumper x 6 Hardware Installation Process 5 SPK RST QOOQO hs N HD HD PD_Y PD_G 6 PD HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Switch Operation Close Reset Hardware System PD PD_G PD_Y Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Close Power On Off gt Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panelto the front paneljumper according to the pin assignmentabove 25 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Chapter 3 BIOS Se
11. AMIBIOS SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved VGA Boot From AGP PCI Slot 1 5 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 2 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority Auto IRQ3 PCI PnP IRQ4 PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP IRQ7 PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP ESC Quit T4 gt Select Item IRQ10 PCI PnP Fl Help PU PD Modify 011 PCI PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color IRQ14 PCI P nP F6 LoadFail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility IRQ15 PCI PnP F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 6 PNP PCI Configuration VGA Boot From Set VGA Boot from AGP VGA Card Default Value PCI Set VGA Boot from PCI VGA Card PCI Slot1 5 2 3 4 IRQ Priority Auto 3 4 5 DefaultValue The system will reserved a free IRQ for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device The system will reserved IRQ3 for P CI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ3 The system will reserved IRQ for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ4 The system will reserved IR Q5 for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ5 BIOS Setup 7 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ7 9 The system will reserved 1809 for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ9 gt 10 The system will reserved IRQ10
12. Auto Recovery Enable HaltOn Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load DefaultSettings Save Settings to CMOS Load BIOS From Floppy PgDn P gUp Modify T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Dual BIOS Item explanation BIOS will auto detect Boot From Main BIOS Main ROM Type SST 39SF020 Backup ROM Type SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 If any failure ex Update E SCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on and thatthe Wide Range P rotection is set to E nable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 Ifthe 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 bootup BIOS will notbe changed to the Backup BIOS 56 Technical Reference Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS Auto Recovery Enabled Default Disabled When one ofthe Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS of checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting if ACP I Suspend Type is set to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be setto Enable automatically If you wantto enter the BIOS setting please press Del key when the boot sc
13. BIOS e Supports Easy Tunelll 6 Please set the CPU hostfrequency accordance with your processor s specifications We don trecommend you to setthe system bus frequency overthe CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU chipsetand most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly willdepend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets SDRAM Cards etc Only for GA 7VTXH Only for GA 7VTXE 11 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Layout 00000000000000 00000000000000000 60090 00990 o Only for GA 7VTXH Only for GA 7VTXE 12 Hardware Installation Process Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer you must complete the following setps Step 1 Set Dip Switch CK_RATIO and system Switch CLK_SW Step 2 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 3 Install memory modules Step 4 Install expansion cards Step 5 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power
14. 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 Are you sure to flash the BIOS Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel 4 The BIOS flash completed Please press ESC to exit Flash Utility EXIT Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel 88 Appendix 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 importantstep resets everything afterthe flash 1 Take outthe floppy diskette from floppy drive and then restartthe 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 9 AMD Athlon tm P rocessor 900MHz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press 1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune American Megatrends Inc 63 0001 001199 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F 2 Don t forgetto press DEL key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot up Use the arrows to highlight the item LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then press Enter System will ask Load Setup Defaults Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STAND
15. Memory size can vary between sockets Total Memory Sizes With Registered DDRDIMM Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMMx64 x72 2 DIMMsx64 x72 3 DIMMsx64 x72 64 Mbit 4Mx4x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 192 MBytes 128Mbi 8Mx4x4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes 128Mbi 4Mx8x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 128 Mbit 2Mx16x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes 256 Mbit 16Mx4x4banks 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 3 GBytes 256Mbi 8Mx8x4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes 256 Mbit 4Mx16x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 512 Mbit 16Mx8x4banks 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 3 GBytes 512 8 16 4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes Total Memory Sizes With Unbuffered DDRDIMM 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 128Mbi 4Mx8x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 128 2 16 4 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 768 MBytes 512 Mbit 16Mx8x4banks 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 3 GBytes 512 8 16 4 banks 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 5 GBytes 17 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 1 TheDIMM slothas anotch DIMM memory module
16. system with none IOAPIC HW support will cause the system to hang Following are some situations users might run into IOAPIC enabled OS and change the BIOS setting from IOAPIC to PIC this will cause your system to hang Boot Up Num Lock Keypad is number keys Default value Off Keypad is arrow keys Floppy Drive Seek During POST BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K 1 2 M and 1 44 M are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive type as they are all 80tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 Default value Password Check Please refer to the detail on P 50 gt Always The user must enter correct password in order to access the system and or BIOS Setup Setup The user must enter correct password in order to access BIOS setup utility Default Value 33 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Boot 08 2 or DR DOS No Disabled Bootto 0S 2 or DR DOS Default Value Yes Enabled Bootto 05 2 or DR DOS BIOS Flash Protection This field lets you determine the states that flash BIOS Auto BIOS enables flash write access automatically when updating BIOS data DMI ESCD Default Value
17. they just need to click Auto Optimize to have auto and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel If someone prefers to overdrive by oneself there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class overclocking In Advanced Mode one can change the system bus speed in small increments to get ultimate system performance And no matter which mainboard is used if it s a Gigabyte s product EasyTunelll helps to perform the bestof system Besides differentfrom other traditional over clocking methods EasyTunelll doesn t require users to change neither BIOS nor hardware switch jumper setting on the other hand they can do overdrive at only one click Therefore this is a safer way for overdrive as nothing is changed on software or hardware If user runs EasyTunelll over system s limitation the biggest lost is only to restart the computer again and the side effectis then well controlled Moreover if one well performed system speed been tested in EasyTunelll user can Save this bus speed and Load itin next time Obviously Gigabyte EasyTunelll has already turned the overdrive technology toward to a newer generation This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyTunelll to find out more amazing features by themselves IE Chandra
18. v CODEC Game Port NI HNI1 4 4 NOD 0 gt Id1 Addo 4 Only for GA 7VTXH Technical Reference Dual BIOS Introduction A What is Dual BIOS Technology Dual BIOS means thatthere 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 If the Main BIOS is 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 BootScreen American Release 08 04 2001 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend TVTXH4 F1 Check System Health OK AMD Athlon tm Processor 900MHz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press 1 to Run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue C American Megatrends Inc 62 1129 001199 00101111 071595 VIA K7 GA7VTXEP F GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard b AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility V1 02 OO FOIT nehme odo Sont ufa Main BIOS Main ROM Type totos ce castae SST 395 020 Backup ROM Type SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable BootFrom MainBIOS
19. F5 0ld Values Shift F2 Color 5 2 Mouse Wakeup From S1 Suspend F6 LoadFail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup 9 ACPI Standby State 51 05 SetACPI standby state is S 1 Default Value gt S3 STR Set ACPI standby state is 53 USB Dev Wakeup From 53 55 USB Dev Wakeup From 53 55 can be set when ACPI standby state setto S3 STR Enabled Enable USB Dev Wakeup From 53 55 Disabled Disable USB Dev Wakeup From 53 55 Default Value 39 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Disabled Suspend Time Out Function Default Value 1 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 1min 2 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 2min 4 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 4min 8 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 8 gt 10 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 10min 20 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 20min 30 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 30min 40 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 40min 50 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 50min 60 Enabled Suspend Time Outafter 60min IRQ3 IRQIS Ignore Ignore IRQ3 IRQ15 Monitor Monitor IRQ3 IRQ 15 Soft off by Power Button gt Instant off Soft switch ON OFF for POWER ON OFF Default Value Delay 4 Softswitch on 4sec for power OFF AC Back Function 501 01 When AC power back to the system the system will be in Soft Off stat
20. Features AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Fri Mar 16 2001 Time hh mm ss 14 44 35 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Master Auto Pri Slave Auto Sec Master Auto SecSlave Auto Floppy Drive 1 44 MB 31 Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 127 Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 128 Mb Month J an Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 T4 Select Item Year 1990 2099 Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date The date formatis week month day year Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month J an Through Dec Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Year The year from 1990 through 2099 29 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Time The times formatin lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Primary Master Slave Secondary Master Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F thathas been installed in the computer There are two types auto type and manual type Manual type is user definable Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type Note that th
21. Flash ROM In the very beginning there is Aboutthis 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 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 9 BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s web site for downloading and updating it according to method II d Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted 19 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 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 underthe DOS mode Flash BIOS Procedure STEP 1 1 Please make sure you have set Auto for BIOS Feature Setup BIOS Flash Protection For more detail please referto page 34 2 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 Ma
22. Peripheral ComponentInterconnect Rambus in line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions Single Edge Contact Cartridge Static Random Access Memory Symmetric Multi P rocessing System ManagementInterrupt Universal Serial Bus Voltage ID 92 ATechnical Support RMA Sheet Appendix C ustomer C ountry Company Phone No Contact P erson E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version 0 5 5 Hardware Configuration Mfs Model name Size Driver Utility CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description alo 93
23. Player Installation 3 Deap 1 nil pasa sca e Pe A ee Ernst rui See See bee E DLL essei ri eee ie 13 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Please base on your actual requirement select Yes or No accordingly 8 2 6 Click Finish to restart computer 74 Appendix Appendix D RealTek 8139 8100 Network Driver Only for GA 7VTXH RealTek 8139 8100 Network Driver under Windows ME will auto install If you would like to install LAN driver please referto attached README ttt file for detail instruction P lease install the driver through CD ROM by the path DANetworkR This manual assumes that your CD ROM device drive letter is D Tc gt FILEPEIB LIT 75 Disk Barnim for LIT file Fn kisim Diemer for Seis 1 Bal D 18 IT Pile Fur PL GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Appendix E EasyTunelll Utilities Installation Insert the 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
24. This setup page includes allthe items in standard compatible BIOS BIOS Features Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of AMI special enhanced features Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of chipsetspecial features 27 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of Green function features PNP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the adjustable configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads presetsystem parameter values to setthe system in its moststable configurations Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults option loads presetsystem parameter values to setthe system in its highestperformance configurations Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals Hardware Monitor amp MISC Setup This setup page is auto detectfan and temperature status Set Supervisor password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set User password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 28 BIOS Setup Standard CMOS
25. can only fitin one direction 2 Insertthe DIMM memory module verticallyinto the DIMM slot Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip at both edges oftheDIMM slots to lock the DIMM module 6 Reverse theinstallation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory is a high performanceand cost effective solution thatallows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and systemintegrators DDR memory is a 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 PC2100 DDR memory DDR266 doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of the clock achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than PC133 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 that are 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 memoryis a compelling solution for smallform factor desktops andnoteboo
26. double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 7 76 Appendix 77 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Appendix F BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure If your OS is Win9X we recommend that you used Gigabyte 9 BIOS Program to flash BIOS im TM 14 27 38 Press Tools icon 11185 4 2 Click BIOS Writer v1 08i 4 7 1 Click Gigabyte Utilities Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Intemet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever Gigabyte BIOS sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOS sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others will be completedsoon d Selectthe exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 78 Appendix Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet Do notclick Intemet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS C Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file d Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as F1 e Complete update process following the instruction Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and
27. for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ10 11 The system will reserved IRQ11 for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ11 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 gt 15 The resource reserved for Legacy ISA device resource can be assigned to PCI PnP device 43 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Load Fail Safe Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h C 1999 American Megatrends Inc Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER PNP PCI CONFI LOAD FAIL SAFE D LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit T4 Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults 7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility 10 5 Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP Figure 7 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail S afe defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure the system to achieve maximum stability 44 BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATUR
28. is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared EN 61000 3 2 60555 2 61000 3 3 60555 3 50081 1 EN 5008 2 1 EN 5508 1 2 EN 5508 2 2 ENV 55104 50091 2 Disturbancesin supply systems cause by household appliances and similar electrical equip ment Harmonics Disturbancesin supply systems cause by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Generic emission standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light ind ustry Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light ind ustry Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environ ment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environ ment Immunity requirements for household applian ces tools and similar ap paratus EMC require ments for uninterruptible power systems UPS EC 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 Safety requirements for mains operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use Safe ty of household and similar electrical appliances EN 60950 Date Dec 19 2001 EN 50091 1 Timmy Huang Timmy Huang Signature Name DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PerFCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a Res
29. 128K L1 amp 256K 64K L2 cache on die 200 266MHz FSB and DDR bus speeds PCI 33MHz Supports 1 4GHz and faster Chipset VIA KT 266A Memory AGP PCI Controller PAC VIAVT8233A Integrated Peripheral Controller PSIPC Memory 3184 pin DDR sockets Supports DDR DRAM PC1600 PC2100 Supports up to 3 0GB DDR Max Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM 10 Control T8705 Slots 1 slot supports 4 2 mode amp AGP 2 0 Compliant 5 PCI slots supports 33MHz amp PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE bus master ATA66 100 133 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices Supports PIO mode3 4 ATA66 100 133 IDE amp ATAPI CD ROM On Board Peripherals 1 Floppy portsupports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 144M 2 88M bytes 1 Parallel port supports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 Serial port COMA amp COMB 4 USB ports Rear USB x 2 Front USB x 2 1 IrDA connector for IR Hardware Monitor CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU Systemtemperature detect System Voltage Detect tobe continued Introduction On Board Sound e Creative CT5880 Sound Chip AC97 CODEC Line In Line Out Mic In CD In Game Port On Board LAN e BuildinRTL8100L Chipset PS 2Connector PS 2Keyboard interface and PS 2 Mouse interace BIOS Licensed AMI BIOS 2M bit Flash ROM e SupportDual BIOS AdditionalFeatures e STR Suspend To RAM e Wake on LAN Recovery USBKB Mouse wake up from S3 e Supports
30. 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled Interrupt Mode APIC BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Seek Disabled ESC Quit Ti gt Select Item Password Check Setup F1 Help PU PD Modify Boot To 05 2 or DR DOS No F5 0ld Values Shift F2 Color BIOS Flash Protection Auto F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup 1st 2nd 3rd Boot device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy ZIP A LS120 Select your boot device priority by ZIP A LS 120 ATAPI ZIP C Select your boot device priority by ATAPI ZIP C CDROM Select your boot device priority by SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI NETWORK Select your boot device priority by NETWORK Disabled Disable this function gt IDE 0 3 Select your boot device priority by IDE 0 3 058 FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD 32 BIOS Setup M A R T for Hard Disks Enabled Enable HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Disable HDD S M A R T Capability Default value Interrupt Mode Through IOAPIC generate more IRQ for system use Default value Use AT stantard IRQ controlles to generate IRQ When you already have IOAPIC enable system and want to upgrade the system please note since running an IOAPIC enabled OS like Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP
31. 4 44 35 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Base Memory 640 Kb Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 255 Mb Total Memory 256 Mb Month J an Dec Day 01 31 Year 1990 2099 ESC Exit TL Selectitem PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection Type Y will acceptthe H D D parameter reported by BIOS N will keep the old H D D parameter setup If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024 then the user can select mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Save amp Exit Setup AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h 1999 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 MANAG PNP PCI CONF LOAD FAIL SAFE D LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit T4 Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults 7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility 10 5 Exit Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP Figure 13 Save amp Exit Setup Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to S etup Utility 52 BIOS Setup Exit Withou
32. AN 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 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 Before you install PCI cards please remove the Dual BIOS label from PCI slots if there is one WARNING Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attacked PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT Mise en garde Ne faites jamais iourners le provesswar sans que le dissipatear de chaleur soil fis correcrement et fermement UN DOMMAGE PERMANENT EN Achtung Der Prozessor darf nur in genommen werden wenn der W rmeabieiier ordnungsgent and fer onmpebrucht DIES HAT EINEN PERMANENTEN SCHADEN ZUR FOLGE Advertencia Nunca heya fencionar ei procesador sin el disipudor de culor inztalado correcta y Jirmemente 58 PRODUCIRA UN DANO PERMANENTE Aviso Nunca execute o processador sem dissipador de calor estar adequado firmemente O RESULTADO SER UM DANO PER MANENTE Oo LAD ATE MAA Re 22
33. ARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGE PNP PCI CONFI LOAD BIOS DEFAU LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tile Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Load Setup Defaults 89 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 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 MANAG PNP PCI CONF LOAD BIOS DEFA LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tile Selectitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 10 5 amp Exit Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP 4 Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure 90 Appendix Appendix G Acronyms Acronyms ACPI APM m gt v n 2 RIM
34. B 4 972V F5 0ld Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10 Hardware Monitor amp MISC Setup CPU Host Clock Mhz By Hw Set CPU Host Clock by Hw Default Value 133 Set CPU Host Clock to 133 2 161 2 100 Set CPU Host Clock to 100Mhz 128MHz System Temp Detect CPU SystemTemperature automatically CPU System FAN Speed Detect CPU System Fan speed status automatically Current Voltage V VCORE Vtt 3 3 12 5 SVSB Detect system s voltage status automatically 49 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Set Supervisor User Password When you selectthis function the following message will appear atthe center ofthe screen to assist you in creating a password AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h C 1999 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 CONFI LOAD FAIL SAFE D LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Selectitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility 10 5 6 Exit Change Set Disable Password Figure 11 Password Setting Type the password up to s
35. DVD player and MP3 player 64 Technical Reference SPDIF Introduction A What is SPDIF The SPDIF outputis capable of providing digital signal to AC3 decoder which can support upto 5 1 Speakers B How to use SPDIF lick your mouse right button in My omputer and select the Properties item Click Device Manager item Click Sound vidio and game controllers item and select the Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 item 65 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Click Settings item and select the Output Mode item Recommend you to select Autosense It will automatically detect the type mono or stereo of the audio connector that you plug into Line Outaudio jack then configure Line O ut to either SP DIF or Speaker accordingly 66 Technical Reference 9 BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself Or like many other people you just know what BIOS is BIOS but always hesitate to update it Because you think wes updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually Live Update Wiility 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 t like 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
36. ES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE PNP PCI CONFI LOAD FAIL SAFE D LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit t4 Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults 7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility 10 5 Exit Load Optimized Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP Figure 8 Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Optimized defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values to configure the system to achieve maximum performance 45 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Integrated Peripherals AMIBIOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC Auto OnBoard Serial Port 1 Auto OnBoard Serial Port 2 Auto Serial Port2 Mode Norma OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Parallel Port Mode ECP Parallel P ort IRQ Auto Parallel Port DMA Auto ESC Quit T4 lt Select Item OnBoard IDE Both Fl Help PU P D 4 Modify OnBoard Creative Sound Enabled F5 0ld Values Shift F 2 Color OnBoard LAN Chip Enabled F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F8 Flash Utility F7 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 9 Integrated Peripherals Board FDC gt gt Auto Set On Board FDC is Auto Default Value Disabled Disabled On Board FDC Enabled Enabled On Board FDC Onboard Serial Port 1 gt gt Auto BIOS will
37. M 2 2 lt DRAM DDR ECP ESCD ECC EMC EPP ESD FDD FSB HDD DE RQ 0 OAPIC SA LAN Meaning Advanced Configuration and P ower Interface Advanced P ower 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 Riser Direct Memory Access Desktop ManagementInterface Dual Inline Memory Module Dual Retention Mechanism Dynamic Random Access Memory Double Data Rate Extended Capabilities Extended System Configuration Data Error Checking and Correcting Electromagnetic Compatibility Enhanced Parallel Port Electrostatic Discharge Floppy Disk Device FrontSide Bus Hard Disk Device ntegrated Dual Channel Enhanced nterruptR equest nput Output nputOutputAdvanced P rogrammable Input Controller ndustry Standard Architecture Local Area Network to be continued 91 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Acronyms LBA LED Hz IDI TH PT IC 05 POST PCI RIMM SCI SECC SRAM SMP SMI USB VID eaning Logical Block Addressing LightE mitting Diode egahertz usical Instrument Digital Interface emory Translator Hub emory Protocol Translator etwork Interface Card Operating System Original EquipmentM anufacturer PCI A G P Controller Power On Self Test
38. Port Enabled All USB Port Default Value USB Legacy Support Keyboard FDD SetUSB Legacy Support Keyboard Floppy KB Mouse FDD SetUSB Legacy Support Keyboard Mouse Floppy Disabled Disabled USB Legacy SupportF unction Default Value USB Port 64 60 Emulation Enabled To use USB mouse under Win NT environment set USB Legacy Supportto KB Mouse F DD and USB Port 64 60 Emulation to enabled Disabled Disable this Function Default Value 37 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 9 VCore Voltage Normal 5 0 gt 7 5 p gt 10 0 Normal Function DefaultValue Set VCore voltage to 45 096 Set VCore voltage to 7 596 Set VCore voltage to 410 096 38 Power Management Setup BIOS Setup AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Standby State 4005 RTC Alarm Date 215 USB Dev Wakeup From 53 55 Disabled RTC Alarm Hour 12 Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled RTC Alarm Minute 30 IRQ3 Monitor RTC Alarm Second 30 IRQ 4 Monitor IRQ 5 Ignore IRQ 7 Monitor IRQ 9 Ignore IRQ 10 Ignore IRQ 11 Ignore IRQ 13 Ignore IRQ 14 Monitor IRQ 15 Ignore S oft off by Power Button Instant off AC Back Function Soft Off Modem Ring On Wake On Lan Enabled ESC Quit Select Item PME Event Wake Up Enabled Fl Help PU PD Modify Keyboard Wakeup From S1 Suspend
39. ULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit F6 Load BIOS Defaults Tie Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F7 Load Setup Defaults F5 Old Values F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type 85 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 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 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot mem TUE 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock ESC Quit Ti gt Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD 4 Modify Password Check Setup F5 0ld Values Shift F2 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 automatically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc Rights Reserved
40. automatically setup the port 1 address Default Value gt 3F8 COM1 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 2F8 COM2 X Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F 8 gt 3E8 COM3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 368 2E8 COM4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 For GA 7VTXH Only 46 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address Default Value 3F8 COM1 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 2F8 COM2 Enable onboard Serial and address is 2F8 gt gt 3E8 COM3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 368 2bE8 COM4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2 Serial Port 2 Mode Normal Normal operation Default Value gt IrDA Onboard 1 0 chip supports IrDA ASK IR Onboard 1 0 chip supports ASK IR SCR Onboard 1 0 chip supports SCR SCR option is shown only when there s SCR hardware function is installed OnBoard Parallel port gt 378 Enable On Board LPT portand address is 378 278 Enable On Board LPT portand address is 278 3BC Enable On Board LPT portand address is 3BC gt Auto Set On Board LPT portis Auto Default Value Disabled Disable On Board LPT port Parallel Port Mode EPP Using Parallel portas Enhanced Parallel P ort ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities P ort De
41. ct such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try nottouch the IC chips leads orconnectors or othercomponents 4 Place components on agrounded antistatic pad oron the bagthatcame with the components whenever the components are separated fromthe system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX powerconnectoron the motherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis Ifthe motherboard hasmounting holes buttheydon tine upwith the holesonthe base and thereare no slots to attach the spacers do notbecomealarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Justcut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be a litle hard to cut off so be careful ofyourhands In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base withoutworrying 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 careful don tletthe screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are nearthe fixing hole otherwise itmay damage the boardorcause board malfunctioning GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction Summary of Features FormFactor 30 4cm x 20 5cm ATXsize form factor 4 layers PCB Motherboard CPU GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Socket Aprocessor AMD Athlon Athlon Duron K7
42. ct 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 II If the Auto Recovery option is enabled in the DualBlIOS utility and if a virus corrupts your system BIOS the backup BIOS will automatically rebootthe system and correct the main BIOS Case Ill A user may override booting from the main system BIOS The DualBIOS utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS 61 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 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 DualBlIOS technology examines the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system is powered on to guarantee your BIOS operates properly 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 suitthe performance system needs Flexibility for high end desktop P Cs and workstation servers In the DualBIOS utility the option can be set HaltOn When BIOS Defects to be enabled to halt your system with awarning message thatthe main BIOS has been corrupted Most workstation servers require constant operation to guarantee services have no
43. ction during the boot up procedure It protects your BIOS during system P OST ESCD update and even all the way to PNP detection assignment 2 DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS When the first BIOS used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs boot up is still possible In the DualBIO S utility the Auto Recovery option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted the DualBIO S technology will use the good BIOS and correctthe wrong BIOS automatically 3 DualBIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS DualBIOS technology contains a 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 dependentflash utility program 4 DualBIOS contains a one way flash utility The built in one way flash utility will ensure that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and thatthe correct BIOS main vs backup will be flashed This will prevent the good BIOS from being flashed Q Who Needs DualBIOS technology Answer 1 Every user should have DualBIOS technology due to the advancement of computer viruses Everyday there new BIOS type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS Mostcommercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard againstthis type of virus intrusion The DualBlIOS technology will provide a state of the art solution to prote
44. current location and press OK 83 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 5 Atthis time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files eee ee en ian int 6 Please extractthe download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract 84 Appendix STEP 4 Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk 1 Insertthe floppy disk contains bootable program and unzip file into the floppy drive A Then restartthe system The system will boot from the floppy disk Please press DEL key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend F1 Check System Health OK AMD Athlon tm P rocessor 900MHz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune 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 item BIOS FEATURES SETUP AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFA
45. e DefaultValue p gt Full On When AC power back to the system the system will be in Full On state Memory When AC power back to the system the system will return to the Last state before AC power off 40 BIOS Setup Modem Ring On Wake On LAN Disabled Disabled Resume On Ring LAN Enabled Enabled Resume On Ring LAN Default Value PME Event Wake Up Disabled Disable PME Event Wake Up Enabled Enabled PME Event Wake Up Default Value Keyboard Wakeup From 51 Keyboard is able to Wakeup the system from S 1 5 uspend state Defaultvalue 51 53 Keyboard is able to Wakeup the system from 51 53 state 51 53 54 55 Keyboard is able to Wakeup the system from S 1 5 3 S 4 5 5 state PS 2 Wakeup From 51 PS 2 Mouse is able to Wakeup the system from S 1 Suspend state Defaultvalue S1 S3 5 2 Mouse is able to Wakeup the system from 5 1 5 3 state 51 53 54 55 5 2 Mouse is able to Wakeup the system from S 1 5 3 54 55 state Resume RTC Alarm You can set Alarm ower On item to enabled and key in Data time to power on System Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled RTC Alarm Date E veryday 1 31 RTC Alarm Hour 0 23 RTC Alarm Minute 0 59 RTC Alarm 5 econd 0 59 41 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard PNP PCI Configuration
46. e specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If you select User Type related information will be asked to enter to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor orthe system manufacturer CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS number of heads gt PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS number of sectors Ifa hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter Floppy Drive Drive The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity gt 1 2M 5 25 in 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled gt 720 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity 1 44 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity 30 BIOS Setup Boot Sector Virus Protection Ifitis setto enable the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive The system will haltand the following error message will a
47. erful 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 BIOS 67 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Easy Tunelll Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTunelll Windows overdrive utility Overdrive might be one of the most common issues in computer field But have many users ever tried it The answer is probably no Because overdrive is thought to be very difficult and includes a lotoftechnical know how sometimes over drive is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts Butas to the experts in overdrive what s the truth They may spend quite a lot of time and money to study try and use many differenthardware and software tools to do overdrive And even with these technologies they still learn that it s quite a risk because the safety and stability of an overdrive system is unknown Now everything is different because of a Windows overdrive utility EasyTunelll announced by Gigabyte This utility has totally changed the gaming rule of overdrive This is the first overdrive utility Suitable for both normal and power users Users can choose either Easy Mode Advanced Mode to run overdrive at their convenience For users who choose Easy Mode
48. fault Value Normal Normal Operation gt Using Parallel portas Enhanced Parallel P ort amp Extended Capabilities P ort 47 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Parallel Port IRQ 7 Set Parallel Port IRQ is 7 Auto Set Auto to parallel P ort IRQ DMA Channel Default Value 5 Set Parallel Port IRQ is 5 Parallel Port Auto SetAuto to parallel portmode DMA Channel Default Value 3 Set Parallel Port DMA is 3 1 Set Parallel Port DMA is 1 0 Set Parallel Port DMA is 0 OnBoard IDE Disabled Disabled OnBoard IDE Both Set OnBoard IDE is Both Default Value Primary Set OnBoard IDE is Primary gt Set OnBoard IDE is Secondary OnBorard Creative Sound Enabled Enabled OnBoard Creative Sound Default Value Disabled Disabled OnBoard Creative Sound OnBorard Lan Chip Enabled Enabled OnBoard Lan Chip Default Value Disabled Disabled OnBoard Lan Chip For 7 Only 48 BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor amp MISC Setup AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Host Clock Mhz Hw CPU Temp 35 C 95 F System Temp 33 C 91 F CPU Fan Speed 5273 RPM System Fan Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 632V Vit 3 344V 43 300V 43 296V 5 000V 5 080V ESC Quit T4 gt Select Item 12 000V 11 840 Fl Help P U P D Modify 5V S
49. ix characters and press Enter You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press lt Esc gt to abortthe selection and notenter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLE D will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter S etup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a SUPERVISOR PASS WORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the S upervisor password 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 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 S etup 50 IDE HDD Auto Detection BIOS Setup AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Pri Master Auto Pri Slave Auto Sec Master Auto Sec Slave Auto Floppy Drive 1 44 MB 312 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Date mm dd yyyy Fri Mar 16 2001 Time hh mm ss 1
50. kapplications When STR DIMM LED is ON do not install remove DDR from socket 18 Hardware Installation Process Step 3 Install expansion cards 1 Readthe related expansion card sinstruction documentbeforeinstal the expansion card into thecomputer Remove yourcomputer s chassis cover screws and slot bracketfrom the computer Press the expansion card firmlyinto expansion slot in motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to secure the slot bracketofthe expansion card Replaceyourcomputer s chassis cover Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS Install related driverfrom the operating system WN When removing card please pullout theretention Modulebar AGP Card 19 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step4 1 1 0 Back Panel Introduction e 0000000000000 9 LLLI be 5 2 gt This connectorsupports standard PS 2 keyboard 6pin Female andPS 2 mouse 5 2 Keyboard Connector 6pin Female USB amp LAN Connector Before you connectyourdevice s into USB connector s please makesure yourdevice s
51. ke DOS boot diskette See example Windows 98 0 5 Beware Windows ME 2000 are notallowed to make a DOS boot diskette 1 With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive P lease 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 gus ne mam m aoe 4 4 3 Ee uA Se gees PF Appendix 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 formatthe 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 81 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support mn ep i i B REND ANE d mes EE 82 Appendix 3 We use GA 7VTX motherboard as example Please select GA 7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files n 4 Selectan appropriate BIOS version For example F4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen then selectthe Open this file from its
52. ogy a hotspare for your system BIOS This newest Value added feature in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE is available on this motherboard Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation What s DualBIOS On GIGABYTE motherboards with 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 ora virus ora catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip the resultis the same the Backup BIOS backs you up almost automatically 59 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard What is DualBIOS technology Answer DualBIOS 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 BIOS es 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 ifthe main BIOS is corrupt or damaged for various reasons the backup BIOS will be automatically used when the system powered On Your P C will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged and is completely transparentto the
53. ponsibleParty Name G B T INC U S A Address 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone FaxNo 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 hereby declares that the product ProductName Motherboard ModelNumber 7 7 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device SupplementaryInformation 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 Dec 19 2001 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron Socket A Processor Motherboard Rev 1 0 First Edition 12ME 7 VTXEP 1001 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Table of Content Revision 8 8 un 9 Chapter 1ilntrod ction 10 10 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 13 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 14 11 CPU Speed ae MR RR REN 14 PU Installation see acetic
54. ppear in the mean time You can run anti virus program to locate the problem Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Default Value Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space This is memory thatcan be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs Mostuse for this area is Shadow RAM ExtendedMemory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map 31 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard BIOS Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device IDE 0
55. r SDRAM DIMM module SDRAM Command Rate 2T Command SetSDRAM Command Rate to 2T Command Default Value 1TCommand SetSDRAM Command Rate to 1T Command AGP Mode pr 4X SetAGP Mode is Default Value p gt 1X Set AGP Mode is 1X p gt 2X Set AGP Mode is 2X AGP Comp Driving Auto SetAGP Comp Driving is Auto Default Value Manual Set AGP Comp Driving is Manual If AGP Comp Driving is Manual Manual AGP Comp Driving 00 FF AGP Fast Write Disabled Disabled AGP Fast Write Default Value Enabled Enabled AGP Fast Write AGP Aperture Size 4MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 4MB gt 8MB SetAGP Aperture Size to 8 MB 16MB SetAGP Aperture Size to 16 MB 36 BIOS Setup gt 32MB SetAGP Aperture Size to 32 MB 64MB SetAGP Aperture Size to 64 MB Default Value 128MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 128 MB 256 Set AGP Aperture Size to 256 Read Synchronization Enabled Enable AGP Read Synchronization Disabled Disable AGP Read Synchronization Default Value PCI Delay Transaction Enabled Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Default Value Disabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction USB Controller Disabled Disable USB Controllerfunction USB Port 162 Enabled USB Port 1 amp 2 USB 263 Enabled USB Port 263 USB 163 Enabled USB Port 163 0581 Enabled USB Port 1 US B2 Enabled USB Port 2 1583 Enabled USB Port 3 gt All USB
56. reen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable Ifthe BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On BIOS Defects setto Enable the PC will show mes sages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show lt or the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enable it will show or the other key to Auto Recover Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Backup message Are you sure to copy BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort The means thatthe Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS Or the means that the 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 C What is Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility is a 0 5 BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode no more fooling around any OS 57 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard D How to use Q Flash Load BIOS From Floppy the A drive insert the BIOS diskette then Press Enter to Run input BIOS file name in the text box Press Enter Where XXX XX is name ofthe BIOS file Congratulation You have completed the flashed and now can restart system Technical Reference 2 DualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technol
57. supply Step 6 Setup BIOS software Step 7 Install supporting software tools Step1 2 Step3 Step 5 Step 5 Step 5 Step 4 Step 1 mum Step 5 Only for GA 7VTXH GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step1 1 CPU Speed Setup Theclock ratio can be switched by CK RATIO and referto below table CLK RATIO 0 ON X OFF SERES RATIO 112 314 5 AUTODefau X X X X 5 5 5x SIT 0 20523 OX X 0 X 6 5x 7 X 7 5 X 8x 8 5 RD FACE X 9x X 9 5x 10 olx x x x DefaultSetting Auto 10 5x X XX XX 0 x 115x Ki Olson 12 1010 7 gt 12 5x X X 10 0 7 N 2 RATIO 1 CLKSW 0 0N X OFF CPU AGP PCI 1 The system bus frequencycan be switchedat 100 100 666 222 0 133MHz by adjusting system switch CLK SW SW 1333 666 333 X The internal fequencydepend on CPU Defaut Setting 100 CK RATIO only for GA 7VTXH Hardware Installation Process Step1 2 CPU Ins
58. t Saving AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24h 1999 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 CONF LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit T4 gt Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults F7 Load Optimized Defaults F8 Flash Utility 10 5 6 Exit Abandon all Datas amp Exit SETUP Figure 14 Exit Without Saving Type will quitthe Setup Utility without saving to CMOS Type N will return to S etup Utility 53 GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Chapter 4 Technical Reference AMD K7 Block Diagram CPU CLK 100 133MHz AGP 4 2 Host Bus 100 133MHz AGPCLK 66MHz 100 133 MHz 2 5V DDRSDRAM HCLK 100 133 2 VIA KT266A JM NPCLK 33MHz AGPCLK 66MHz 66 MHz RTL8100 B L 14 318 MHz Ez RJ 45 VIA VT8233A 66 100 133 IDE Channels ITE 8705 4 USB Ports PCICLK 33MHz CT5880 ly
59. tallation CPU Top View CPU Bottom View 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever andupto 90 degreeangle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look fora golden cut edge on the CPU uppercorner Theninsertthe CPU intothe socket 6 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 6 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation 15 GA 7VTXE GA 7 VTXH Motherboard Step1 3 CPU Heat Sink Installation 1 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation 3 Fastentheheatsinksupporting base 4 Make sure the CPUfan is onto the CPU socket on the main pluggedtothe CPUfan connector board thaninstallcomplete 6 Please use AMD approved cooling fan 6 Werecommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink 6 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation 6 Please refer to CPU heat sink user s manual for more detail installation procedure Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dualinline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS wil automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module justpush itvertically into the DIMM Slot The DIMM module can only fitin one direction due to the notch
60. tbeen interrupted In this situation the HaltOn When BIOS Defects message may be disabled to avoid system pauses during normal booting Another advantage you gain from Giga Byte s DualBIO 57 technology is the ability to upgrade from dual 2 MbitBIOS to dual 4 Mbit BIOS in the future if extra BIOS storage is need 62 Technical Reference Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction For GA 7VTXH Only Four Speaker Introduction A What is Four Speaker The Creative CT5880 audio chip can support up to 4 speaker output If you select Four speaker out Line In will be reconfigured as another line outto support a second pair of speakers B How to use Four Speaker Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition setup procedure Click the audio icon along the task bar and select Configure 3D Audio Selecttwo speaker Default Select F our speaker item GA 7VTXE GA 7VTXH Motherboard Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure Go to Control Panel and double click Sounds and Multimedia Select Audio Page and click Advanced button ap DG DATUR june pn Select Quadraphonic S peakers and click ok C Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only be supported in application softwares that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX for example the game titles software
61. tup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so thatit retains the Setup information when the power is tumed off ENTERINGSETUP Power ON the computer and press Del immediately will allow you to enter Setup If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter S etup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET bottom on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously press Ctrl lt Alt gt Del keys CONTROLKEYS lt gt ove to previous item ove to next item c ove to the item in the left hand lt gt gt ove to the item in the right hand lt Esc gt ain Menu Quitand notsave changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu lt PgUp gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PgDn gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status age Setup Menu and Option P age Setup Menu F2 Reserved F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS value from BIOS defaulttable only for Option Page Setup Menu F1 Load the Setup Defaults F8 Reserved
62. update BIOS The above process is nota interesting job Besides always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you 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 BIOS the first Windows BIOS live update utility This is a 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 9 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 Itthen downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically There are several different choices you could use Internet Update to download and update your BIOS directly Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS just choose Save Current BIOS to save it first You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte and 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 Forsuch a wond
63. 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 ofthe 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 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 A flash ROM s life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics The modern PC utilizes the P lug 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 DualBIOS 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 BIOS failures 60 Technical Reference How does DualBIOS technology work Answer 1 DualBIOS technology provides a wide range of prote

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