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1. Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 50 eVXDC7 Motherboard GETTING HELP Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to 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 Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from nine setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR 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 71 Select Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 Ma2. dn IM G Supports 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB SDRAM DIMM Modules 48 6VXDC7 Motherboard for BIOS Setup Page _ Standard CMOS 1 BIOS Features Setup p ChipsetFeatures Setup e AB PowerManagementSetup PNP PClConfiguration Load BIOS Defaults 0 Load Setup Defaults i PUT Integrated Peripherals Hardware Monitor Supervisor Password UserPassword PB IDE Auto Detection Save amp ExitSetup 1 5 Exit Without Saving P 76 49 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 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 that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off ENTERING SETUP 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 Setup restart the system to try again by tur
3. v A A A e 8 BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software 9 Appendix General reference Table Of Content Revision History Pal a F m ace TT 2 Performance List 28 Appendix 77 eVXDC7 Motherboard Revision History Revision Revision Note Second release of the 6VXDC7 motherboard user s Aug 2000 manual Third release of the 6VXDC7 motherboard user s manual 2001 The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners J un 22 2001 Taipei Taiwan R O C Checklist Checklist MThe 6VXDC7 motherboard MCable for IDE floppy device MDiskettes or CD TUCD for motherboard driver amp utility user
4. Disabled For VGA Card only Default Value 64 eVXDC7 Motherboard e DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 ISA EISA The resource is used by ISA EISA device PCI or ISA e RQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 PCI PnP The resource is used by PCI PnP device ISA EISA The resource is used by ISA EISA device PCI or ISA 65 BIOS Setup Load BIOS Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIG Load BIOS Defaults Y N N LOAD BIOS DEFA 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 BIOS Default except Standard CMOS Setup Figure 7 Load BIOS Defaults e Load BIOS Defaults BIOS defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance 66 eVXDC7 Motherboard Load Setup Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE Load SETUP Defaults Y N N PNP
5. rm nimane ew x ien ee rm er nna 79 Appendix TE REGES has x GR EUER NS nur Lab IT Pests Ae ed mlr ul br m n a maya nomiue m rage men DI TO DE wed 7 Click Finish to restart computer 80 eVXDC7 Motherboard Appendix C VIA Sound Driver Optional A AC 97 Audio Driver Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double the CD driver icon in Siu bring up the screen Mainboard Utility CD 81 Appendix Appendix D BIOS Flash Procedure v BIOS update procedure Please check your BIOS vendor AMI or AWARD on the motherboard It is recommended you copy the AWDF lash exe or AMIFlash exe in driver CD D gt Utility BIOS Flash and the BIOS binary files into the directory you made in your hard disk i e C gt Utility C gt Utility denotes the driver and the directory where you the flash utilities and BIOS file in Restart your computer into MS DOS mode or command prompt only for Win95 98 go into the directory where the new BIOS file are located use the utility AWDFlash exe or AMIFlash exe to update the BIOS Type the following command once you have enter the directory where all the files are located C utility AWDF lash or AMIF lash filename of the BIOS binary file intended for flashing Once the process is fi
6. B Howto use Four Speaker a Press the Start button and then select Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 gt Creative Configurator b Click 3D Configuration item JSLINGMMEL LL ampi Lael m di 43 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction c Two speaker Default d Click Four speaker item C Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only support in application software that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX For example the game titles software DVD player and MP3 player Those software support Microsoft DirectX so they can support four speaker output 44 eVXDC7 Motherboard SPDIF Introduction A Whatis SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder B Howto use SPDIF a Press your mouse right button in My Computer and then select Properties item Internet Explorer a Network Neighborhood aas 16 a REB ZE 10 58AM b Click Device Manager item General i Device Manager i Hardware Profiles Performance nn f view devices by Wiew devices by connection EE CDROM DELE Disk drives 1 Display adapters ap Floppy disk controllers Hard disk controllers Eel ae Keyboard Em Monitor OX Mouse Be adapters Sf Ports COM amp
7. LPT d Sound video and game controllers System devices gt Universal Serial Bus controllers TIIITE Properties Refresh Remove Print Cancel 45 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction c Press Sound video and game controllers item and then select Creative Sound Blaster P CI128 item System Properties E T Disk eem S Display adapters G Floppy disk cantrallers Hard disk controllers Keyboard Monitors Mouse TETEE Wem Sound Blaster PCI128 Legacy Device System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 46 6VXDC7 Motherboard e Click Digital item Line Out will be change to SPDIF Out Creative Sound Blaster n E li 28 Properties gt rip General MIDI Al pes e ERE ae T2 eee f Recommend you to select Autosense it will auto detect the audio jack you plug in to Line Out is mono or stereo and then change to SPDIF Out or Speaker out automatically 47 Memory Installation Memory Installation The motherboard has 4 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 DIMM Slot The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch Memory size can vary between sockets Install memory in any combination table Location 168 pin SDRAM DIMM Modules Note
8. SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data P 4P P 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 24 6VXDC7 Motherboard JP1 Clear CMOS Function 1 olf o TE ER Bg 1 2 Close Normal Default 2 3 Close Clear CMOS J P20 Onboard Sound Function Selection Optional Enabled Onboard sound Default Disabled Onboard sound 25 Panel and Jumper Definition J P9 USB device Wake up Selection Normal Default 2 3 close Enabled USB Device Wake up open STR Disabled Default STR Enabled 26 eVXDC7 Motherboard Battery gt Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced t Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer c Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions 27 Performance List Performance List The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs These data are just referred by users and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users The different Hardware amp Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results e CPU Intel P entium Ill Processor 866MHz 2 e DRAM 128MB 3 MICRON 9920 MT 48LC8M8A2 75B e CACHE S
9. clear the previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again 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 If you select Always at Password Check Option 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 Option in BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup 73 BIOS Setup IDE HDD AUTO Detection AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue Feb 17 2000 Time hh mm ss 10 36 24 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Master Auto Pri Slave Auto Sec Master Sec Slave Auto Floppy Drive 1 44 MB Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 31Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 32Mb Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1990 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection T
10. BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On BIOS Defects setto Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and waitforthe user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enable it will show lt orthe 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 that the 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 38 eVXDC7 Motherboard r n DyalBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology a hot spare for your system BIOS This newness Value added feature in long of innovations from GIGABYTE is available on GA 6VXDC7 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
11. BIOS upgrade 3 user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOS 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 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 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 40 eVXDC7 Motherboard How does DualBIOS technology work Answer 1 DualBIOSTM 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 boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs boot up is still possible In the DualBIOST utility the Auto Recovery option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted the DualBIOST technology will use the good BIOS and correct the wrong BIOS automatically DualBlIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS DualBIOS tech
12. Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS PgDn PgUp Modify ESC Reset F10 Power Off Dual BIOS Item explanation BIOS will auto detect BootFrom Main BIOS Main ROM Type SST 39SF020 Backup ROM SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable 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 Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex S CSI 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 37 Dual BIOS Introduction BootFrom Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user can setto boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS 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 checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting if ACPI 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 Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main
13. PCI CONFIG LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tilo Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Load Setup Default except Standard CMOS Setup Figure 8 Load Setup Defaults e Load Setup Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects 67 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals AMIBIOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERAL 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard IDE OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial Port 1 OnBoard Serial Port 2 Serial Port 2 Mode Duplex Mode OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port DMA Parallel Port IRQ ESC Quit Tle Select Item F1 Help Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 9 Integrated Peripherals e OnBoard IDE Disabled Disabled onboard IDE Disabled Disable onboard 5 port 1 68 eVXDC7 Motherboard e OnBoard Serial Port 2 BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address Default Value Disabled e Serial Port 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Serial Port 2 Mode of onboard 1 0 chip ASK IR Set onboard 1 0 chip Serial Port 2 to ASK IR Mode Half Duplex IR Function Duplex Half Set Parallel Port DMA is 0 69 BIO
14. SDRAM CAS Latency automatically Default Value 58 6VXDC7 Motherboard e CPU DRAM Frequency 1 System Bus Speed 66MHz 133 133MHz SetCPU DRAM Frequency is 133 133MHz e 2 Concurrency amp Master Enabled Enabled C2P Concurrency amp Master Default Value Disabled Disabled C2P Concurrency amp Master e DRAM Integrity Mode Disabled Normal Setting Default Value e Comp Driving Auto Set AGP Comp Driving is Auto Default Value Manual SetAGP Comp Driving is Manual If AGP Comp Driving is Manual Manual AGP Comp Driving 00 59 BIOS Setup e AGP Aperture Size Set AGP Aperture Size to 4 Disabled Disabled USB Legacy Support Function Default Value 60 eVXDC7 Motherboard Power Management Setup AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Sleep Type S1 POS PME Event Wake up Enabled USB Wakeup From S3 S5 Disabled RTC Alarm Power On Disabled Video Power Down Mode Stand By RTC Alarm Date as Hard Disk Power Down Mode Stand RTC Alarm Hour 12 Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled RTC Alarm 520 Display Activity lgnore RTC Alarm Second 30 IRQ3 Monitor IRQ 4 Monitor IRQ 5 lgnore IRQ 7 Monitor IRQ 9 lgnore IRQ 10 lgnore IRQ 11 lgnore IRQ 13 lgnore IRQ 14 Monitor IRQ 15 lgnore ESC Quit Tle Select Item Soft off by Power Button Instant of
15. d PO 416 Power Fan d td 114 System Fan 18 Floppy P 18 E IDE IDE 2 Seconday Port J 7 TEL Optional P19 a 15 AUX_IN Optional 18 Audio Line In Optionall R20 73 Ring Power On 1 Wake On LAN 7 JAR 22__ USB 2 Connector 22 4 JP5 LEDI STR LED Connector DIMM LED 23 Panel andj umpe Definition 1 24 12 2x11 Pins J umper J 1 Function 23 J P20 Onboard Sound Function Selection Optionall PS JP9 USB Device Wake Up Selection 2 26 Pil STRFuncionEnabled Battery P 27 eVXDC7 Motherboard CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is selectable at 66 100 133MHz The user can select the system bus speed SW1 and change the DIP switch SW2 selection to set up the CPU speed for 500MHz 1GHz and faster processor Set System Bus Speed SW1 J P25 ON X OFF 1 2 3 1 25 CPUMHz 6 B3 The CPU speed must match with the frequency ratio It will cause system hanging up if the frequency ratio is higher than that of CPU GPU Speed Intel Processor all have locked Frequency Multiple so you can not chan
16. definable Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type Note that the 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 or the system manufacturer Number of cylinders SECTORS number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer No floppy drive installed 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 12M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled 2 88 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity 54 eVXDC7 Motherboard e JBootSector Virus Protection If itis 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 halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time You can run anti virus program to locate the problem Enabled Activate automatically when system boots up causing warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the b
17. 194 F Monitor CPU Temp at 90 C 194 F if Temp gt 909 194 system will automatically power off 71 BIOS Setup Current CPU1 Temp F Detect CPU1 Temperature automatically Current CPU2 Temp F Detect CPU2 Temperature automatically Current System Temp C F Detect System Temperature automatically Current CPU1 Fan Speed Detect CPU1 Fan speed status automatically Current CPU2 Fan Speed Detect CPU2 Fan speed status automatically Current Voltage V Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V Detect system s voltage status automatically 72 eVXDC7 Motherboard 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 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE Enter new supervisor password PNP PCI CONFIG D LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tlo Select Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Chang Set Disabled Password Figure 11 Password Setting Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will
18. FCC Compliance Statement DECLARATION QF CONFORMITY This equipment has been tested and found to FC comply with limits for a Class B digital device RE pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits designed to provide reasonable REC protection against harmful interference in hey declares ue podus residential installations This equipment E generates uses and radiate radio Corm o the owing secans frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause dewe sons wip 15 Open ato e harmful interference to radio communications lowing two conditions 1 This devic not cause ha this device must accept any inference received including However there is no guarantee that interference un will not occur in a particular installation If this 2 20 equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Chss B Digital Device Supplementary Information Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Move the equipment away from the receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television t
19. IZE 256 include in CPU e DISPLAY GA MG400 e STORAGE Onboard IDE Maxtor 93073U6 e 0 5 Windows NTTM 4 0 SPK6a e DRIVER Display Driver at 1024x768x16bitx75MHz Intel P entium III Processor 866MHz 2 Processor 866MHz 133x6 5 Hi End Graphics Winmark 99 636 lf you wish to maximize the performance of your system please refer to the detail on P 58 28 eVXDC7 Motherboard Block Diagram AGP 2X AX PGA 370 PGA 370 CPU CPU 4 Host Bus 14 318MHz 3 3V DIMM DIMM Sockets VIA AGP vTg2C694X Ld 66 100 133 MHz 66 100 133 MHz 66 100 133 MHz ICS 5M 9248AF 63 Bus 33 ISA Slot IDE VIA Busy VT82C686A COM Ports 42 m _________ Port gt ined rre Floppy Port 33 ATA66 IDE Ports J PS 2 KB Mouse USB _ j Game Port Port 29 Suspend to RAM Installation Suspend Installation Introduce STR function Suspend to RAM STR is a Windows 98 ACPI sleep mode function When recovering from STR 53 sleep mode the system is able in just a few seconds to retrieve the last state of the system before it went to sleep and recover to that state The state is stored in memory RAM before the system goes to sleep During STR sleep mode your system uses only enough energy to maintain critical information and system functions primarily the system state and the ability to recognize various wake up trigger
20. S Setup e Parallel Port IRQ Set Parallel Port is 7 Set Parallel Port is 5 70 eVXDC7 Motherboard Hardware Monitor AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Shut Down Temp Disabled Current CPU1 Temp 36 96 Current CPU2 Temp 28 C 82 F Current System Temp 30 86 Current CPU1 Fan Speed 5487 RPM Current CPU2 Fan Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 634V 3 300 3 337V 5 000V 5 118V 12 000V 11 806V ESC Quit Tle Select Item F1 Help Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 10 Hardware Monitor e ACPI Shutdown Temp C F This function will be effective only for the operating systems that support ACPI Function Disabled Normal Operation Default value P B Monitor CPU Temp at 60 C 140 F if Temp gt 60 140 F Lt System will automatically power off _ Monitor CPU Temp at 70 C 158 F if Temp gt 70 1589 system will automatically power off X o r Monitor CPU Temp at 80 C 176 F if Temp gt 80 176 F will automatically power off 90 C
21. accomplish this l Choose the Stand by item in the Shut Down Windows area A Press the Start button and then select Shut Down B Choose the Stand by item and press OK Shut Down Windows What you want the computer to do _ _ C Shut down Restart Restart in MS DOS mode ___ 32 eVXDC7 Motherboard 2 Define the system power on button to initiate STR sleep mode A Double click My Computer and then Control P anel LL B Double click the Power Management item 33 Suspend to RAM Installation Step 4 Restart your computer to complete setup Now when you want to enter STR sleep mode just momentarily press the Power on button A 4 How to recover from the STR sleep mode There are five ways to wake up the system Press the Power On button Use the Resume by Alarm function Use the Modem Ring On function Use the Wake On LAN function Use the USB Device Wake Up function 34 eVXDC7 Motherboard A 5 Notices 1 In order for STR to function properly several hardware and software requirements must be satisfied A Your ATX power supply must comply with the ATX 2 01 specification provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand By current B YourSDRAM must PC 100 compliant 2 Jumper 5 is
22. detect On Board Sound i Creative CT5880 sound Optional 24 97 CODEC Line In Line Out Mic In In CD In TEL s Game Port Four Speaker amp SPDIF ss Additional Features Support Wake On LAN WOL Support Internal External Modem Ring On Includes 4 fan power connectors Poly fuse for keyboard over current protection Supported Suspend to RAM STR eVXDC7 Motherboard a eo lt D 4 2 O FP Q gt lt gt uo e2 Addoj4 zr aaa ERN waa RE o ZININIQ LAINIG VT82C694X PGA 370 2 1 ATX Power oO 72 0 PGA 370 1 6VXDC7 a 1 ton aie AGP m JP11 SW1 PCI1 SW2 PCI2 PCIS 79 5 ea 42 22 CN gt lt BESNA l xo x 42 em 088612 6VXDC7 Motherboard Layout Page Index for CPU Speed Setup Connectors Panel and J umper Definition 1298 peed _06_ _ oe 5 Game 6 Audio Optionall L COM 1 COM2 LPTPOTE USB 1 Connector erie PAD a 5 2 Keyboard amp 5 2 Mouse Connector s PS 1 J 15
23. e that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 e Password Check Always Set Password Check to Always e Processor Serial Number Disabled Disabled Processor Serial Number Default Value Enabled Enabled Processor Serial Number 57 Chipset Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURE CMOS SETUP 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved BIOS Setup DRAM Timing Top Performance SDRAM Timing by SPD SDRAM 5 Latency CPU DRAM Frequency C2P Concurrency amp Master DRAM Integrity Mode AGP Mode AGP Comp Driving Manual AGP Comp Driving AGP Aperture Size USB Controller USB Legacy Support Disabled Disabled Auto Auto Enabled Disabled 4X Auto CB 64MB All USB Port Disabled Tile Select Item F1 Help Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults ESC Quit Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top Performance as Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled this function Default Value e SDRAM Timing by SPD Disabled Enabled Top Performance function SDRAM Timing by SPD Function Disabled Default Value Enabled e SDRAM 5 Latency SDRAM Timing by SPD Function Enabled For Slower SDRAM DIMM module Auto Detect
24. eatures Menu Figure 2 are divided into 9 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue 07 2000 Time hh mm ss 10 36 24 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Master Auto Pri Slave Auto Sec Master Auto Sec Slave Auto Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 31Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 32Mb Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Tl Select Item Year 1990 2099 Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup e Date The date formatis Week Month Day Y ear Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only The year from 1990 through 2099 53 BIOS Setup Time The times format in hour minute second 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 that has been installed in the computer There are two types auto type and user definable type User type is user
25. echnician for additional suggestions You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subjected to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation EN 55011 EN55013 55014 EN 55015 EN 55020 EN 55022 DIN VDE 0855 part 10 part 12 000 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 Mother Board GA 6VXDC7 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 EN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance characteristics of J EN60555 2 by household appliances and similar industrial scientific and medical ISM electrical equipment Harmonics high frequency equipment Limits and methods of measurement EN61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radi
26. f F1 Help Modify AC Back Function Soft Off F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Modem Use IRQ 4 F6 Load BIOS Defaults Modem Ring On Wake On Lan Enabled F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup e ACPI Sleep Type 51 05 Set ACPI Sleep type is 51 Default Value S3 STR Set ACPI Sleep type 53 USB Wakeup From 53 55 USB Wakeup From 53 55 can be set when ACPI Sleep Type set S3 STR Enabled Enable USB Wakeup From 53 55 Disabled Disable USB Wakeup From 53 55 Default Value e Video Power Down Mode Disabled Disabled Video Power Down Mode Function Stand Set Video Power Down Mode to Stand By Default Value Disabled Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode Function StandBy SetHard Disk Power Down Mode to Stand By Default Value 61 BIOS Setup e Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Disabled Suspend Time Out Function Default Value Enabled Suspend Time Out after 60min e Display Activity Ignore Ignore Display Activity Default Value Monitor Monitor Display Activity e IRQ 3 015 Ignore Ignore IRQ3 IRQ15 Monitor Monitor IRQ3 IRQ15 e Soft off by Power Button Instant off Soft switch ON OFF for Power Button Default Value Delay 4Sec Softswitch ON 4 Sec for Power off e Back Function Set Use to 7 62 eVXDC7 Motherboard e Modem Ring On Wake On Lan Disabled Disab
27. ge the CPU Frequency Multiple 6 For double CPU use the same CPU must be used in CPU socketl and 2 The same stepping FSB ratio 6 For single CPU use use CPU socket1 only Don t use CPU socket2 Note We don t recommend you to set up your system speed to 112 124 142 152 MHz because these frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU Chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under 112 124 142 152 MHz properly will depend on your hardware configurations CPU SDRAM Cards etc 1 Celeron 533 66MHz 2 Celeron 566 66MHz ON oW1 eVXDC7 Motherboard 3 Celeron 600 66MHz GPU Speed 7 Pentium 1 500 100 7 FSB eVXDC7 Motherboard 11 Pentium 700 100MHz FSB GPU Speed 15 Pentium 533 133MHz FSB eVXDC7 Motherboard 19 Pentium 800 133MHz FSB ON ON SW1 SW JP25 20 Pentium 866 133MHz FSB Connectors Connectors Game amp Audio Port Optional COM 1 COM 2 LPT Port Line Out 1 MIC In Line In Line Out 1 Line Out or SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder In general Line Out 1 is normally Line Out when it output digital signal it will be change to SPDIF Out automatically see page 45 for more information Line In In general Line In is normally Line In When y
28. in Menu e Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS e 8105 Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of AMI special enhanced features 51 BIOS Setup Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources Load BIOS Defaults Bios Defaults indicates the value of the system parameter which the system would be in the safe configuration Load Setup Defaults Setup Defaults indicates the value of the system parameter which the system would be in the most appropriate configuration Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals Hardware Monitor Setup This setup page is auto detect fan and temperature status Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup User password Change set 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 52 eVXDC7 Motherboard Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS F
29. ld Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup e 15 2nd 3rd Boot Device Floppy Boot Device by Floppy A ManunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnAnANNNNANANNANANANNNNANANNNNANANNNNANANNNNANANNNNA ANNNNANANNNNANANNNNANANNNNANANANNANANANAANANANAANANANAANANNNNANANANNANANANNANANANNANANANNANANANNANANANNANANENNANANENNANANENNANANANNANANANNANANANNANANANANNANANNANANANNANANANNANANANNNNANANNANANANNANANANNNNANANNNNANANNANANANENNANENENN ATAPI ZIP C Boot Device by ATAPI ZIP C e S M A R T for Hard Disks Enabled Enabled S M A R T Hard for Disks Disabled Disabled S M A R T Hard for Disks Default Value 56 eVXDC7 Motherboard e Boot Up Num Lock Floppy Drive Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 type 15 40 tracks while 720 1 2 and 1 44 are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can tell from 720 1 2 or 1 44 drive type as they are all 80 tracks Default Value Disabled BIOS will not search for the of floppy disk drive track number Not
30. led Modem Ring On Wake Lan Enabled Enabled Modem Ring On Wake On Lan Default Value e PME Event Wake up Disabled Disabled PME Event Wake up function Enabled Enabled PME Event Wake up function Default Value e RTC Alarm Power On You can set RTC Alarm Power On item to Enabled and key in date time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If the Alarm Power 15 Enabled RTC Alarm Date E very Day 1 31 RTC Alarm Second 63 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configuration AMIBIOS SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware O S Reset Configuration Data Boot From AGP VGA Palette Snoop Disabled DMA Channel 0 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 PnP DMA Channel 6 Channel 7 IRQ 3 PCI PnP IRQ 4 PCI PnP IRQ 5 PCI PnP IRQ 7 PCI PnP IRQ 9 PCI PnP ESC Quit Tile Select Item IRQ 10 F1 Help Modify IRQ 11 PCI PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color IRQ 14 F6 Load BIOS Defaults IRQ 15 PCI PnP F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 6 PnP PCI Configuration Plug and Play Aware 0 S PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Forhaving Video Card on ISA Bus and VGA Card on PCI Bus
31. ning 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 CONTROL KEYS lt gt Move to previous item _ Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu R M en ee OE RE BNN Setup Load the default 5 value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu A B B
32. nished reboot the system Note Please download the newest BIOS from our website www gigabyte com tw or contact your local dealer for the file 82 eVXDC7 Motherboard Appendix E Acronyms Audio Modem Riser To be continued 83 Appendix Continuity RIMM 84
33. nology 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 DualBlOS 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 that the correct BIOS main vs backup will be flashed This will prevent the good BIOS from being flashed IV Q Who Needs DualBlOS technology Answer 1 E very user should have DualBIOSTM technology due to the advancement of computer viruses Everyday there new BIOS type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS Most commercial products 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 it is sent for repairs Case ll If the Auto Recovery option is enabled in the DualBIOSTM utility and if a virus corrupts your system BIOS the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and correct the main BIOS Case lll A user may override booting from the main system BIOS The DualBIOSTM utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS 41 Dual BIOS Introduction 2 D
34. o disturbance characteristics of X EN60555 3 by household appliances and similar broadcast receivers and associated electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations equipment Limits and methods of measurement EN 50081 1 Generic emission standard 1 of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual commercial and light industry household electrical appliances portable tools and similar electrical EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 apparatus Residual commercial and light industry Limits and methods of measurement EN 55081 2 Generic emission standard Part 2 of radio disturbance characteristics of Industrial environment fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of EN 55082 2 Generic immunity standard Part 2 broadcast receivers and associated Industrial environment equipment Limits and methods of measurement ENV 55104 lmmunity requirements for household of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment EN 50091 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible for receiving and or distribution from power systems UPS sound and television signals 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 EN 60950 Safety for info
35. oot sector or Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Default Value e 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 Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the P OST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs Most use for this area is Shadow RAM 55 BIOS Setup BIOS Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES CMOS SETUP 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Seek Enabled Password Check Setup Process Serial Number Disabled ESC Quit Tle Select Item F1 Modify F5 O
36. ou select Four Speaker in Creative application see page 43 for more information Line In will be change to Line Out 2 then you can plug 2 pairs stereo speaker into Line Out 1 and Line In simultaneously LPT Port 14 eVXDC7 Motherboard USB 1 Connector USB VO Connectors J13 1 Fan in Pin No Definition Control 12 SENSE SENSE eVXDC7 Motherboard J 16 Power Fan 12V Connectors ATX Power ERD JE T EA T8 v E 3 5 7 13 15 17 5V 3 3V me 8 PowerGod 9 SV SB stand by 5V Red Line FDD1 18 eVXDC7 Motherboard IDE1 Primary IDE2 Secondary Port Hed Line IDE 1 IDE2 J7 TEL The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector Optional Connectors J5 AUX IN Optional 20 eVXDC7 Motherboard J3 Ring Power On Internal Modem Card Wake Up 21 Connectors 45V IR Data Input IR Data Output 6 USD 8 USD 22 eVXDC7 Motherboard JP5 STR LED Connector amp LED1 DIMM LED STR LED Connector External Go j AM LED 23 Panel and Jumper Definition Panel And J umper Definition J2 2x11 Pins J umper GD PW P P P HD GN n amp Jd H RE HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode
37. provided to connect to the STR LED in your system chassis Your chassis may not provide this feature The STR LED will be illuminated when your system is in STR sleep mode STR LED Connector External Go MM LED 35 Dual BIOS Introduction Dual BIOS Introduction Optional Introduce Dual BIOS 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 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 a Boot Screen Eu ai American Release 06 14 2000 Megatrends AMIBIOS 1999 American Megatrends C V XXX XXX Fr Check System Health ok CPU ID 0683 Patch ID 0010 BIRNE DIE Pentium III 733MHz Check Dios Wait Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS 63 1001 001199 00101111 071595 V694V686 GA694102 F 36 eVXDC7 Motherboard b AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility V1 01 Main BIOS SST 39SF020 SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main BIOS Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load
38. rmation technology equipment electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment household and similar general use Safety of household and similar EN 50091 1 General and Safety requirements for electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems UPS Manufacturer Importer Signature RexLin Stamp Date Jul 20 2000 Name Rex Lin 6VXDC7 Socket 370 Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL Socket 370 Processor Motherboard REV 1 0 Third Edition R 10 03 010622 12ME 6VXDC7 1003 How This Manual Is Organized This manual 15 divided into the following sections 1 Revision History Manual revision information nr E L A A 9
39. s manual 6VXDC7 Motherboard Summary Of Features Form Factor 30 4 cm x 24 3 cm ATX size form factor 4 layers PCB CPU 2Socket 370 processor Intel Pentium 100 133MHz FSB FC PGA Intel Celeron 66MHz FSB FC PGA Only support single CPU Chipset VT82C694X Apollo Pro 133A ________ VTB2C6B6A aaa Clock Generator ICS 9248AF 63 e 66 100 133 MHz system bus speeds PCI 33MHz 112 124 133 142 152 MHz system bus speeds PCI 44 2 reserved Memory 4168 pin DIMM sockets Supports PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM and SDRAM Supports up to 1 5GB DRAM Max Supports only 3 3V SDRAM DIMM Supports 72bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode n YO Control t Slots slot supports 2 4 mode amp 2 0 compliant 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz 2 2 compliant WNN Dd llobitlSABusslts On Board IDE 2 IDE bus master 33 66 IDE ports for up to 4 devices Supports mode 3 4 UDMA 33 ATA 66 IDE amp 222222222 ATAPI CD ROM 000000 On Board 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M Peripherals 1 44 and 2 88 bytes ports supports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 serial ports COM 1 amp COM 2 4 USB ports 1 IrDA connector for Fast IrDA To be continued Summary of Features T LT CPU1 CPU2 temperature detect System voltage detect CPU overheat shutdown
40. s or signals respectively A 2 STR function Installation Please use the following steps to complete the STR function installation Step By Step Setup Step 1 To utilize the STR function the system must be in Windows 98 ACPI mode Putting Windows 98 into ACPI mode is fairly easy Setup with Windows 98 CD A Insert the Windows 98 into your CD ROM drive select Start and then Run B Type without quotes D setup j in the window provided Hit the enter key or click OK In Windows 98 second edition version all the bios version dated 12 01 99 or later are compatible ust type D Setup the operating system will be installed as ACPI mode After setup completes remove the CD and reboot your system This manual assumes that your CD ROM device drive letter is D 30 6VXDC7 Motherboard Step 2 If you want to use STR Function please set jumper J P11 Closed Pin No open STR Disabled Default close STR Enabled Step 3 Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press Del You will enter BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then select ACPI Sleep Type S3 STR Remember to save the settings by pressing ESC and choose the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option Congratulation You have completed the installation and now can use the STR function 31 Suspend to RAM Installation A 3 How to put your system into STR mode There are two ways to
41. 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 39 Dual BIOS Introduction Q What is 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 05 5 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 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
42. ues F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Abandon all Datas amp Exit Setup Figure 14 Exit Without Saving Type Y will quitthe Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to S etup Utility 76 eVXDC7 Motherboard Appendix Appendix A VIA Chipsets Driver Installation A VIA 4 1 Service Pack Utility Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My bring up the screen Mainboard Utility CD r di 0 m IG Sud l an anm an mel curie rem veh ana ev ci E 1 Click din 1 Service Pack Utility item Ua erkan mi Kem in es rar guogeara Tuna i j L n Kale ipio Lom ag F 77 Appendix 10 Click Finish to restart computer 78 6VXDC7 Motherboard Appendix B Creative Sound Driver Installation Optional Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen mr Mainboard Utility CD Sound Blaster 128 1 Click Creative 5880 Sound Driver E m l dum ee ma lep si rami mr ar ar ncm ee nent ams
43. uring or after a BIOS upgrade if DualBIOS detects that 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 is powered on 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 suitthe performance system needs 4 Flexibility for high end desktop P Cs and workstation servers In the DualBIOS utility the option can be set Halt On When BIOS Defects to be enabled to halt your system with a warning message that main BIOS has been corrupted Most workstation servers require constant operation to guarantee services have not been interrupted In this situation the Halt When BIOS Defects message may be disabled to avoid system pauses during normal booting Another advantage you gain from Giga Byte 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 42 6VXDC7 Motherboard Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction Optional Four Speaker Introduction A Whatis Four Speaker The Creative CT5880 audio chip can support 4 speaker output if you select Four speaker out Line in will be change to another line out
44. ype Y will accept the H D D parameter reported by BIOS Type N will keep the old H D D parameter setup 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 74 eVXDC7 Motherboard Save amp Exit Setup AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER PNP PCI CONFIG LOAD BIOS DEFAU LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Tl e 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 Figure 13 Save amp Exit Setup Type will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to S etup Utility 75 BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 22 1999 American Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE Quit without saving Y N N PNP PCI CONFIGU LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Ne 8 Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Val
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