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1. 31 Integrated 5 33 Power rennen rnennnnntnn rennes tnnn 30 Ol 41 42 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 2 FrequencyNVoltage Control wees 44 TOR ESO 47 Load Fail Safe Defaults 48 Load Optimized Defaults ssssssssssssssssssnsssnsssnnnsnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 49 SetSupervisor User Password 50 Save ESENTIUM 51 T 52 Chapter 4 Technical 55 55 Dual BIOS Q Flash Introduction eene 67 SMU OCU 16 Eas TU A OCU CUOI ena hti bre H 2 4 6 Channel Audio FUNCTION Introduction 18 Chapter 5 05 3 Table of Content Checklist The GA 7VAXP Ultra motherboard RAID Manual IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 4PortUSB Cablex 1 IDE cable x 2 M Audio combo Kit x1 M CD for motherboard
2. 13 F AUDIO 14 SUR CEN 15 CD IN 16 AUX IN 17 SPDIF 0 18 SPDIF IN 19 IR 20 F USBI F USB2 21 F1 1394 F2 1394 F3 1394 22 WOL 23 5 1 5 ATA2 24 SCR 25 CI O 1 CPU_FAN CPU FAN Connector 2 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector Ex J 1 3 PWR Power Fan Connector 1 GND HV NC 4 FAN jl CND VEC 5 ATX_POWER ATX Power NEN Please note a proper installation of the C P U cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The C PU fan connector supports M ax current up to 600 mA This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the sy stem case lower the system temperature This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the sy stem case lower the system temperature gt Ifyou installed wrong direction the C hip Fan will notwork Sometimes will damage the C hip Fan Usually black cable is GN D AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX pow er cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard Power Good ET 5V GND GND VCC GND ae GND 3 3V ir 33V ER 3 17 Hardw Installa amp on Process NEN 6 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector gt Important N otice Please connect first har
3. CI mm 2 1 TAE ma m L T6306 MAIN mos BIOS 7 BIOS M ___ PANEL e Lut 1 1394 F2 1394 F3 1394 0581 USB2 IEEE 1394 USB 2 0 7 Introduction NEN To setup your computer you mustcomplete the following steps Step 1 SetDip Switch CK RATIO and system Switch 51 1 Step 2 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 3 Install memory modules Step 4 Install expansion cards Step 5 Connectribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 6 Setup BIOS software Step 7 Install supporting software tools Step 1 S tep2 Step 3 Step 5 Step 5 Step 4 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 1 1 TERREN NEN Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step1 1 CPU Speed Setup The clock ratio can be switched by CK RATIO and refer to below table 77 Default S eting Auto X X X X X X X OFF 1 swi Bl 2 CK RATIO Default Setting 100M Hz Wi ron You mustsetSW1 to 100M Hz when you used FSB 200 Hz CPU 12345 6 CLK RATIO AUTO X X Default LOL OLX EXE ON X OFF I gt lt gt lt 5X amp op x moo ax 15119 Bx 715191 B amp fix 51919 as ux 5119 DX X
4. GA 7VAXP Ultra AMD Socket Processor Motherboard USER S MANUAL AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron SocketA P rocessor M otherboard Rev 1001 12M E 7VA XP U 1001 NEN Table of Content CIN edic ETT 4 pc N 4 Chapter 1 Introducton 5 Features Summary 5 A 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 5 9 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 9 Step Ie CPU Speed 9 10 Steplss C PU H atS nk Installation EM p ER Fano 11 Step 2 Install memory modules eene 12 Step 3 Install expansion 13 Step 4 Connectribbon cables cabinet wires and powersupply 14 Step4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction eret 14 Step4 2 Connectors Introduction EY EXE Ret PERDERE 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Deu KU V rS et N S 25 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 26 Standard ic 773002232323 20 Advanced BIOS
5. 95 Appendix Appendix E Acronyms Acronyms Meaning Advanced Configuration and P ower Interface APM Advanced Power Management AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic Input Output System CPU Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI Desktop Managementinterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM Dual Retention Mechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities P ort ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC Electromagnetic C ompatibility EPP Enhanced Parallel P ort ESD Electrostatic Discharge FDD Floppy Disk Device FSB FrontSide Bus HDD Hard Disk Device IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced IRQ InterruptR equest 10 Input Output IOAPIC InputO utput Advanced Programmable Input Controller ISA Industry Standard Architecture LAN Local Area Network GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 96 to be continued BH NEM m Acronyms LBA LED MHz MIDI MTH MPT NIC 05 OEM PAC POST PCI RIMM SCI SECC SRAM SMP SMI USB VID Meaning Logical Block Addressing LightEmitting Diode Megahertz Musical Instrument Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memor
6. Day Theday from 1 to 31 he maximum allow ed in he month gt Year They ear from 1999 through 2098 Time The times format in hour minute second Thetime calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock Forexample 1 p m 6 13 00 00 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 28 IDEPrimary Master Slave Secondary Master Slave Thecategory identfies the ty pes of hard disk from drive C to F thathas been installed in the computer There are tw o ty pes auto type and manual ty pe Manual type is user definable Auto ty pe which w illautomatically detectHDD type Not thatthe specifications ofy ourdrive mustmatch with the drive table The hard disk will notwork properly if y ou enter improper information or ths category Ifyou selectUser Ty pe related informationw ill asked to enter tothe follow ingitems Enterthe information directly from keyboard and press Enter Such information should be prov ided in the documentation form y ourharddisk vendoror the sy stem manufacturer C apacily gt Access M ode b gt Cylinder Head Precomp gt Landing Zone SECTORS Thehar disk size The unitis Mega By es Theoptions Auto Large LBA Normal Thecylinder number of hard disk Theread Write head number ofhard disk Thecy liner numberatw hich the disk driv er changes the w rite current Thecylinder number thatthe disk dr
7. PENA AD SHY argo glue KARREG SZD E lt TOt MENSIS EN 55011 L1 EN 55013 L1 EN 55014 L1 EN 55015 L1 EN 55020 EN 55022 L1 DIN VDE 0855 part 10 part 12 CE marking L1 EN 60065 L1 EN 60335 EE EEE 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 7VAXP Ultra 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 ofradio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM high frequency equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of household electrical appliances portable tools and similar electrical apparatus Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equi
8. MENS NEN Appendix D EasyTune4 Utilities Installation Insertthe driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe VIAKT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 cm VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 xj 3 Mint E m 2 eer LI insit 2 Click Easy Tune 4 Press Tools icon Mainboard ver clocking Utility Gidabvte ites Gigab ndows Utility MManager GVVUM EasyTune4 Mainboard Over clocking Utility p BIOS Windows Based BIOS Flash Utility 1 DMI Viewer 1 Gigabyte Utilities n FaceWizard Welcome Setup Complete Welcome to the EasyTune4 Setup program This Setup has finished copying files to your computer program will install EasyTune4 on your compuler Before you can use the program you must restart Windows or your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you gt L m have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program 8 GOES WX IG Teva IO COUR TER 3 Click Next 4 Click Finish to restart computer 1 will be prosecutemrmen me TTE
9. M enu F6 Load the default CM OS value from BIOS default table only for Option P age Setup Menu F7 Load the S etup Defaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for M ain M enu 725 BIOS Setup NEN GETTING HELP Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is display ed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page S etup 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 exitthe H elp Window press E sc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 Once you enterAward BIOS CMOS Setup U tility the M ain Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The M ain M enu allows youto selectfrom eight setup functions and two exitchoices U se arrow keys to select among the items and press E nter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS SetupUtility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Standard C MOS F eatures TopPerformance 5 Features Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimi ed Defaults Management Setup SetS uperv Password onfigurations serPassword Healh Status Save amp ExitSetup gt F requency Voltage C ontrol Ex itWithout Sav ing ESC Quit T1 lt Selectitem F 8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp
10. MENS When you installing AGP card please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced If your AGP card has 4X 8X 1 5V notch show below please make sure your AGP card is 4X 8X 1 5V AGP 2x notch V AGP 4X 8X notch Caution AGP 2X 3 3V card is not supported by VIA KT400 You might experience system unable to boot up normally Please insert an 4X 8X 1 5V card Example 1 Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X 4X mode AGP slot It can be switched between 2X 3 3V or 4X 1 5V mode by adjusting the jumper The factory default for this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 7VAXP Ultra or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to kg 4X 1 5 mode in it Example 2 Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer amp some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 3 3V 4X 1 5V mode AGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The GA 7VAXP Ultra or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly If you install this card in it Note Although Gigabyte s AG 325 C graphics card is based on ATi Rage 128 Pro chip the design of AG 32S G is compliance with AGP 4X 1 5V specification Therefore AG 32S G will work fine with KT400 based motherboards Before you install PCI cards pleas
11. model name ofthe rightupper screen Right after that press Enter to start BIOS Flash Utility Flazxh lEilitu CO EROS Apes manip Tac Ure 141 Ulp T E Brnai 1 lert ites Ember 1 Enr Exit 63 Technical Reference WENNS 3 Itwill pop up a screen and asks Are you sure to flash the BIOS Press Enter to continue the procedure or press ESC to quit Beware Please do notturn offthe system while you are upgrading BIOS Itwill render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative Car wgrci e C Fer pad trens Ti Are you sure to flash the BIOS Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel LII CHigi i 1106 Ember Go Airani s51 Enr Exit Tune ERE HA Bike zh Kh Plant tilt hE CC Hegabrrnte Ae Ra ties Heserurit Uer ile L EXIT Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel Enteri input BLOS Tile name to losd nr save GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 64 o 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 after
12. Fran noo i m e eee oystck MIDI 15 pin Female 9 Audio Connectors gt After install onboard audio driver you may connect speaker to Line O ut jack micro phone to MIC In jack Device like C D ROM walkman etc can be connected en 0 Line In jack Lm ML P lease note imne MIC In You are able 0 use 2 4 6 channel audio feature by Front Center and Subw oofer S W selection S peaker If you wantto enable 6 channel function y ou have 2 choose for hardware connection d Method1 Rear S peaker C onnect F ront S peaker to Line O ut C onnect ear S peaker to Line In C onnect C enter and S ubwooferr to MIC Out Method2 You can referto page 20 and contacty our nearest dealer for optional SUR CEN cable TEN If you wantthe detail information for 2 4 6 channel audio setup installation please referto 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 15 Hardw Installa amp on Process Step4 2 Connectors Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CPU FAN SYS FAN PWR FAN NB FAN ATX POWER IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 FDD RAM LED 10 F_PANEL 11 PWR_LED 12 BATTERY GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard IZELLELLELLELLEL LEL LEI i mm san ee ir
13. C Detect CPU Temp automatically 43 BIOS Setup _ Bee Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Frequency Voltage Control Spread spectrum Modulated Auto Menu Level CPU HostC bck Control Dis able Item Help XCP U HostF requency MHz 100 XP CI AGPF requency MHz DRAM Clock MHz AGP mode support CPU Voltage Control AGP OverVoltage Control DIMM OverVoltage Control 33 66 Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto T4 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 7 Optimized Defaults F igure 8 Frequency Volage C ontrol Those items will be available when CPU HostC lock C ontrol is set to E nabled Spread spectrum Modul ated gt gt Auto Setclock spread spectrum by auto Defaultv alue gt gt Disabled Disable clocks pread spectrum Enabled Enable clock spreadspectium CPU Host Clock Control Note Ifsy stem hangs up before enter CMOS setup utility w ait or 20 sec for times out reboot When timeout occur sy stem willresetand run atCPU default Host clock atnextboot gt gt Disable Disable CPU Host Clock Control Defaultv alue Enable Enable CPU Host Clock Control CPU Host Frequency MHz By switch SW1 100 SetC PU Host Clock to 100M Hz 132M Hz 133 SetC PU Host Clock to 133MHz 165M Hz 166 SetC PU Host Clock to 166M Hz 200M Hz
14. We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effectifthe stereo output is applied STEP Connectthe stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP 2 After installation ofthe audio driver you 1l find icon onthe taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen 2 XA STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 2 channels forstereo speakers output 2 channels mode for stereo speakers GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard t 4 ei r B fuae Af UA taal erar aa ELT ctu ae Fase Spec Apata 1 Lin ub Fiol pester Lim 1 SLEAELFIE C nef IFTE E Fel F KIT EET m SPD not us o 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Line Out the rear channels to Line In Line Out Line In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you 1l find an x icon onthe taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of e the screen Sound Effect 10 41 AM STEP 3 Select S5peaker Configuration and choose 4 channels
15. ECP Using Parallel portas Extended Capabilities Port using IR Q7 Using Parallel portas ECP amp EPP mode Game Port Address gt Disabled Disabled this function gt 201 Set Game Port Address to 201 Default Value gt 209 SetGame PortAddress 0209 Midi Port Address gt Disabled Disabled this function gt 300 SetMidi PortAddress to 300 gt 330 SetM idi PortAddress to 330 Defaut Value Midi Port IRQ 5 Set 5for MidiPort IR Q Default value 10 Set 10 for Midi Port IRQ 21 BIOS Setup NEN Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend 51 05 XUSB Device Wake Up From 53 Dis abled Menu Level Power LED in 51 state Blinking SoftOff by PWRBTN Ins tant off AC Back F unction Soft Off KeyboardP ow erOn Dis abled Mouse Power Dis abled PME EventWakeUp Enabled ModemR ingOn WakeO nLAN Enabled Resumeby Alarm Dis abled Date of Month Alarm Ev eryday xTime hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 T4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optmized Defaults F igure 5 Power ManagementSetup ACPISuspend SI POS Set suspend ty pe to Power On Suspend under ACPI OS Power On Suspend Defaukv alue S3STR Setsuspend ty pe to Suspend To RAM under ACPIOS Suspend To USB Devi
16. Hardw Installa amp on Process Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step4 1 1 0 Back Panel Introduction TT ed C Dre REM 5 2 Mouse Connector This connector supports standard P S 2 6 pin Female key board and P 5 2 mouse i 5 2 Keyboard Connector 5 6 pin Female USB LAN Connector gt Before you connect y our device s into U SB connector s please make sure your device s LAN Connector such as U SB key board mouse scanner zip Speaker etc Have a standard USB interface USB 1 Also make sure your OS supports USB USB 0 controller If your OS does not support U S B controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade F or more information please contact y our OS or device s vendors GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 14 Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB P arallel P ort This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 P arallel port Device like printer can be connected to 25 pin Female A P arallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected em Lan Low reru m L to S erial ports COMA COMB S erial P orts 9 pin M ale Game MIDI Ports gt This connector supports joystick MIDI key board and other relate audio devices B C md
17. then Click OK Gigabyte BIOS server in USA GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 4 WENNS Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever d Selectthe exactmodelname on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet Do notclick InernetUpdate icon Click Update New BIOS Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internetorany othermethods such as 7VAXPU E5 e Complete update process following the instruction 0 Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box Itmeans to save the currentBlOS version IV Check outsupported motherboard and Flash ROM In he verybeginning there is Aboutthis program icon shown in dialog box Itcan help you check outwhich kind of motherboard and which brand ofF lash ROM are supported Note a In method ifitshows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s modelname again Selecting wrong modelname will systemunbooted In method be sure thatmotherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won tboot c In method ifthe BIOS file you
18. Disabled Disabled this function Default v alue Keyboard 98 Ifyour keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to pow er on y our sy stem Mouse Power On Disabled Can t Power on system by Mouse Event Default value Enabled Can Power on system by Mouse Event BIOS Setup NEN PME Event Wake up When setat E nabled any P CI PM event awakes the system from a P CI PM controlled state This feature requires an ATX pow er supply that provides at least 1A on the 5V SB lead Disabled Disabled PME Event Wake up function Enabled Enabled PME Event Wake up function Default Value ModemRing On WakeOnLAN WhenAC Back Function is set to Soft O ff Youcan enable wake on LAN feature by he ModemR ingOn WakeOnLAN or PME EventWake up w hen the M B has OL onboard connector Only enabled the feature by PME EventWake up Anincoming call via modem awakes the sy stem from its soft off mode When setat Enabled an inputsignal comes from theother client SeiverontheLAN awaks the system from a softoff state ifconnected over LAN gt Disabled Disabled Modem RingOn Wake On LAN functon gt gt Enabled Enabled Modem Ring On Wake On LAN function Default Value Resume by Alarm Youcan set Resumeby Alarm item to enabledand key in Data time to pow er onsy stem Disabled Disable this function Default Value gt gt Enabled Enable alarm f
19. ExitS etup Time Date Hard Disk T y pe Figure 1 MainMenu Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items ofA ward special enhanced features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 26 Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of G reen function features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PC amp PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan speed Fr equency Vol tage Control This setup page is control CPU s clock and frequency ratio Top Perfor mance Top Performance Defaults indicates the value of the sy stem parameters which the sy stem would be in best performance configuration Load Fail Safe Defaul ts Fail S afe Defaults indicates the value ofthe system parameters which the system w ould be in safe configuration Load Optimized Defaul ts O ptimized Defaults indicates the value ofthe system parameters which the system w ould be in better performance configuration Load Top Performance Defaults Top Performance Defaults indicates the value of the sy stem parameters which the sy stem would be in best performance configuration Set Supervisor password Change set or disable pa
20. X 0 gt lt 12 5x X 1 pop w x ES m amp x xO I pepper Note In order to BIOS can auto detecting when your CPU mutiplier over 18x please adjust mutiplier sw ich in CK Raito to AUTO X gt lt X gt lt gt lt gt lt 9 Hardw Installa amp on Process _ Bee Step1 2 CPU Installation CPU Bottom View IL ires e Sow ue d a m ula 4 or RON n ze ue 1 if p 5 v p N 4 E 4 a 1 m i DD LT L a a 1 Pull up the socket e 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look and up to 90 degree angle for a golden cut edge on the C PU upper corner Then insert the C P U into the socket Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard fyou do notmatch the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cutedge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 10 NENNT k Installation Step1 3 CPU Heat Sin 1 Press down the CPU socket lever and finis
21. the 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 MbitBIOS to dual 4 Mbit BIOS in the future ifextra BIOS storage is need 73 Technical Reference Qm Method 3 DOS bootdisk we recommend thatyou used Gigabyte 9 BIOS program to flash BIOS TIE poke Deti n gh lt a ii ons 4 2 Click o BIOS Windows Based BIOS iu Utility E Bat 2n Blas Flags Lad Facelhizard ji viele one Io pigs Fl ae unicam opgan ed nta 00015 pr cu sns Cooke LU kal pom ea T numis rr Chet Castel o qu and Hes ars poor pdi bz awe Dick canard valli Hac grain wu 3 Click Next ine Flash SST aS FUH 7329 Es Data Poot Save PsP Oates Poot Aboul lhe progtem Gigabyte GBIOS server 5 Please select BIOS sever Site Gigabyte BIOS server 2 in Tanai Gigabyte BIOS server in China Gigabyte GRIDS server in Japan Ge
22. AdvancedBIOS Features gt Integrated P eripherals er Management Setup gt F requency Voltage C ontrol ESC Quit F 8 Dual BS Q Flash TopP erformance Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimz ed Defaults uperv sor Password ExitWithoutSaving TL lt Selectitem F10 Save amp ExitS SaveData toCMOS Figure 14 Save amp ExitSetup Type Y will quit the S etup U tility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS N will return to Setup U tility BIOS Setup NEN Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard C MOS Features TopPerformance 05 F eatres Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimz ed Defaults Health Status Save amp ExitSetup gt F requency Voltage Control itWithout Sav ing ESC Quit TL lt Selectitem F8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS Abandon all Data Figure 15 Ex it WithoutS av ing Type Y will quit the S U tility without sav ing to RTC CMOS N w ill return to Setup U tility GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 52 NEN 33 BIOS Setup NENNEN NEIN GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 54 WENNS Chapter 4 Technical Reference BlockDiagram CPUCLK4 100 133 166M Hz AMD K7 AGP 2 4 8 System B
23. Amber 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset S witch O pen N ormal O peration PW S oft Power C onnector O pen N ormal peration MSG Message LED Power Pin 1 LED anode 5 leep LE D Yellow 2 LED cathode NC gt Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above 19 Hardw Installa amp on Process NENNT 11 PWR_LED MPD MPD MP D4 12 B ATTERY KCN 13 F AUDIO F AUDIO Connector POWER Rear Audio Rear Audio L 2 14 SUR CEN BASS OUT CENTER OUT SUR OUTR PUTET 2 1 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard PWR LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the sy stem is on off It will blink when the system enters suspend mode If you use dual color LE D powerLED will turn to another color CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent ty pe recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the 720 manufacturer s instructions If you wantto use FrontA connector y ou must remov e 5 6 9 10 J umper In order to utilize the front audio header y our chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cab
24. Defaults F igure 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail S afe defaults contain the most appropriate values ofthe system parameters that allow minimum sy stem performance GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 48 Hit NE Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard CMOS Features TopPerformance 5 Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Load Optmzed Defaults gt F requency Voltage C ontrol ExitWithoutSav ing ESC Quit 14 lt Selectitem F 8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS Load Optimz ed Defaults Figure 12 Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and ChipsetFeatures which the system automatically detects 49 BIOS Setup NEN Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup U tility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard C MOS Features TopPerformance 05 Features Load F ail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimz ed Defaults ManagementSetup SetS uperv Sor Password gt F requency Voltage C ontrol ExitWithoutSav ing ESC Quit 14 lt Selectitem F 8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS Change Set Dis ableP ass word Figure 13 Password Seting When you select this function the follow ing message
25. Operating Systemis loaded and after he poweris on and thatthe Wide Range Protection Is setto Enable the PC will bootfrom Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex SCSI Cards LAN Cards emits signals torequest restartof the system afer the user make any alteration on it the bootup BIOS wil notbe changed to the Backup BIOS Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The usercan setto bootfrom main BIOS orBackup BIOS Status 2 Ifone ofthe main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails this item BootF rom Main BIOS Default will become grayand will notbe changed by user GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 68 KA WENNS Auto Recovery Enable Default Disable When one ofthe Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS ofchecksum failure In the Power ManagementSetup ofthe BIOS Setting fACPISuspend Typeis setto Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be setto Enable automatically Ifyou wantio enterthe BIOS setting please press Del key when bootscreen appears HaltOn Error Disable Default Enable Ifthe BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs WIDE RANGE PROTECTION emorand HaltOn Error sett Enable the PC wil show messages on the bootscreen and system willpause and waitfor the user s instruction IfAuto Recovery Disable itwill show or the other key to continue IfAuto Recovery Enable it
26. Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Components 2 FastCheck monitoring utility FastTrak Log Service Space Required 808 K Space Available 2096332 K Do you want the FastCheck monitoring utility to automatically run as an icon on your task bar whenever Windows starts YES Recommended NO PROMISE FastTrak Controller Setup _01 FastCheck installation has been completed 10 Click Finish to complete setup Click Finish td Appendix D 5 ATA133 Driver setup VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 SS D A Welcome a dod yiGD 4 n 4 T pe Other Device Drivers 1 Click ATA133 Driver setup 16 Sil 3112 SATARaid Driver 113112 SATARaid Driver Utility ATA133 Driver setup Read mn Browse this Directory Setup Curripleie Selup has finished copying lo your computer Beloie you can use the program you must restait Windows GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 02 Hl NEN Welcome to the Promise 133 Diver Setup program This will install Promise ATA 133 Driver on your computer stongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any piograms you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This pr
27. U ATA 133 100 EIDE O n Board P eripherals e Floppy portsupports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 1 Parallel port supports N ormal E P P E C P mode 2 Serial port C OMA amp COMB 6 x USB 2 0 1 1 4 by cable 3 x IEEE 1394 by cable 1 IrDA connector for IR 1 S mart C ard Reader connector for SC R CP U S ystem Fan Revolution detect CP U S ystem temperature detect System Voltage Detect Thermal shutdown function Realtek ALC 650 CODEC Line O ut 2 front speaker Line In 2 rear speaker by s w switch Hardware M onitor On Board Sound to be continued Note 1 FSB 333 MHz only support DDR333 DIMM module Note 2 P C 3200 only support by Micro Samsung Apacer DDR module as we verified more detail pls refer to P 103 5 Introduction di NENNT On Board USB 2 0 On Board RAID On Board SATA RAID In center amp subwoofer by s w switch SPDIF Out SPDIF In CD In AU X In Game port B uiltin VIA VT8235 C hipset O nbard P romise P DC 20276 Supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 Supports concurrent dual IDE controller operation Supports IDE bus master operation Displays status and error checking messages during bootup M irroring supports automatic background rebuilds Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in controller onboard BIOS Onboard Silicon Image 5113112 e Supports Disk striping RAIDO o
28. and falling edge of the clock achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than P C 133 when running with the same DRAM clock frequency With peak bandwidth of2 664 GB per second DDR memory enables system OEM sto build high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems that are suitable for servers workstations high end PC s and value desktop SM A sy stems With a core voltage ofonly 2 5 Volts compared 0 conventional SDRAM 5 3 3 volts DDR memory is a compelling solution for small form factor desktops and notebook applications Step 3 Install expansion cards 1 Read the related ex pansion card s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer Remove your computers chassis cover necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer Press the expansion card firmly into ex pansion slot in motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card Replace your computer s chassis cover Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utlity of expansion card from BIOS Install related driver from the operating system P lease carefully pull out the small w hite draw able bar atthe end of the AGP slot when you ty tp install U ninstall the card P lease align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slotand press firmly down on the slot sure your AGP card is locked by the small white draw able bar AGP Card 13
29. before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and internatio Unauthoriz portion of it ram or any nallies and der law D 2 Silicon Image Sil3112 SATARaid Driver Utility Install if there is no Serial ATA Deivce Please do not install Silicon Image SIL3112 SATARaid Driver Utility under WIN98 or WIN ME For top performance and compatibility it is recommend to use the SATA daughter Card which has Silcon Image Chipset P VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 DSK Hae getty o uf 1 Click Silicon Image 5113112 SATARaid Driver Utility Promise RAID Driver Setup FastTrak Utilities Installation Browse this Directory GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard InstallShield Wizard 88 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for SATARaid The InstallShield Wizard will install aid on your computer To continue click Next EEE InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location 1 llShield Wizard Complet Select folder where Setup will instal files nstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing SATARaid on your computer Setup will install SATARaid in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder cli
30. driver amp utility IEEE 1394 Cable x1 GA 7VAXP Ultra users manual SPDKit x1 1 0 Shield Quick PC Installation G uide Motherboard S ettings Label SATA RAID Manual SATA cable x 2 GC SATA Manual S ATA cable x1 Power cable x 1 WARNING C omputer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated C ircuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever y ou work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed y ou can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes J ust cut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be a little har
31. elected ies D Sitas 6 Please extractthe download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract Extract tot Files Al Ales Filey riding Slip Jee GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard hrigditied asta 5 18 01 1 Ft 19701 1 56 16555 Folders dress a E Deskop E B Lain puter Tol ral WinZip Unregistara d vtx zip ile galons Dplians CheckGaut bined 49 241238 262144 21 207 536 Total tiles TEIRA Test its Oz 01 venim Hairhhnrannr Duet tts L1 Dima 60 o STEP 4 Make sure the system will bootfrom the floppy disk 1 Insertthe floppy disk contains bootable program and unzip file into the floppy drive A Then restart the system The system will bootfrom the floppy disk Please press DEL key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is bootup American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend F1 Check S yste m Health OK AMD Athlo n tm P rocessor 900 MHz Checking NVR 262144KB Wait Press F1 to enterDual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune Amer
32. select the boot order RAID BSCSI or SATA device RAID Select y our boot device priority by R AID SCSI Select y our boot device priority by SCSI Default value gt SATA Select y our boot device priority by SATA Hrst Second Third Boot device This feature alows you toselectthe bootdev ice priority gt gt Floppy Selecty ourboot dev ice priority by Floppy gt 5120 Selectyour boot dev ice priority by LS 120 gt gt HDD 0 3 Selecty our bootdev ice priority by HDD 0 3 SCSI Selectyour bootdev ice priority by SCSI gt CDROM Selectyour bootdev icepriority CDROM gt gt LAN Selectyour bootdev ice priority by LAN 31 BIOS Setup 158 Select y our boot device priority by USB CDROM gt gt USB ZIP Select y our boot device priority by USB ZIP gt gt USB F DD Select y our boot device priority by USB F DD gt gt USB HDD Select y our boot device priority by USB HDD p gt ZIP Select y our boot device priority by ZIP Disabled Disabled this function Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS wil determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 is 40 tracks 720 K 1 2 M and 1 44 M are all 80tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tel from 720 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive ty pe as they all80tracks gt Dis abled BIOS will notsearch for the
33. the flash 1 Take outthe floppy diskette from floppy drive and then restartthe system The bootup screen will indicate your motherboard model and currentBIOS version American Release 09 16 99 egatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend OK AMD Athlo n tm P rocessor 900 MHz Checking NVR 262144 Wait Press F1 to enterDual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune American Megatre nds Inc 63 0001 001199 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F 2 Don tforgetto press lt DEL gt key to enter BIOS setup again when system Is bootup Use the arrows to highlightthe 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 STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE PNP PCI CONFIG Load Setup Defaults Y N LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit 5 ShiffF 2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Load Setup Defaults 65 Technical Reference WENNS 3 Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press Enter System will a
34. will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a pass word Type the password up to eightcharacters and press lt Enter gt You will be asked to confirm the pas sword Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A mess age PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password 5 disabled the system will boot and you can enter S etup freely The BIOS S etup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a SUPERVISOR 55 WORD and a USER PAS SWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the S upervis or passw ord is required for entering the BIOS 5 etup program and having full configuration fields the User pass word is required to access only basic items If you select S y stem at S ecurity O ption in Advance BIOS Features M enu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter S etup M enu If you select S etup at Security Option in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter S etup GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 50 Save amp Exit Setup HM POSTE CMOS Setup Utility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard CMOS F eatres gt
35. 3V Set AGP voltage from 1 6V 1 8V ge BIOS Setup NEN DIMM Over Voltage Control Increase DRAM voltage may getstable for Over Clock Butitmay damage to DRAM module when enable this feature gt gt Auto Supply voltage as DRAM module reguired Default v alue gt 0 1V 03V Set DIMM voltage from 2 6V 2 8V GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 46 Performance CMOS Setup U tility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software gt Standard CMOS eatures TopPeformane gt AdvancedBI0S Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 9 Top Performance Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top P erformance as Enabled gt Disabled Disable this function Default Value gt Enabled EnableTop Performance function 4 You must check whether your RAM amp CPU supportover clock when you set Top Performance to Enabled vae BIOS Setup Mit Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup U tility Copy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Software Standard C MOS Features TopPerformance gt 5 Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimz ed Defaults gt Pow ManagementSetup SetS uperv sor Password gt PnP PClI Configurations SetUserPassword ESC Quit TL lt Selectitem F8 Dual BOS Q Flash F10 Save amp ExitS Load Fail Safe
36. GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 44 NENNEN PCI AGP Frequency MHz gt gt The values depend CPU Host Frequency Mhz DRAM Clock MHz Wrong frequency may make system can t boot Clear CMOS to overcome wrong frequency issue gt gt set DRAM Clock according to y our requirement If you use DDR 200 DRAM module please set DRAM Clock MHz to 100 DDR 200 If you use DDR 333 DRAM module please set DRAM Clock MHz to 166 DDR 333 Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only gt gt Auto Auto setting Memory frequency Default value mode support gt gt Auto Auto setting AGP transfer rate Default v alue b gt 8X Set AGP 8X mode support 4X Set AGP 4X mode support b gt 2X Set AGP 2X mode support 1X Set AGP 1X mode support An AGP 4X graphic card is only allowed to run at AGP4X mode even itis set to AGP 8X mode CPU Over Voltage Control Increase CPU voltage may getstable for Over Clock But itmay damage to CPU when enable this feature gt gt Auto Supply voltage as CPU reguired Default v alue 5 47 596 10 Increase voltage range as user selected AGP Over Voltage Control Increase AGP voltage may get stable forOver Clock But damage to AGP Card when enable this feature gt gt Auto Supply voltage as AGP Card required Default value gt 0 1V 0
37. K MICRON MICRON DDR 256MB Mtl6VDDT3264AG 403B2 OK Hynix Hynix DDR 256MB HY5DU28822BT 04 OK ADATA Winbond DDR 256MB W4942508BH 52260D OK SAMSUNG SAMSUNG DDR 256MB K4H560838D TCC4 223 OK APACER Winbond DDR 256MB W4942508BH 5 22600 OK Winbond Winbond DDR 256MB W942508BH 52110A OK Winbond Winbond DDR 256 W942508BH 52150D OK ADATA Winbond DDR 256 W4942508BH 5 22600 OK APACER Winbond DDR 256MB W4942508BH 52260D OK Should you need to find new support list pls refer to http www gigabyte com tw for the detail 99 Appendix MENSES GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 100 MENS o 101 Memo MENSES GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 102 MENS o 103 Memo MENSES GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 104 MENS o 105 Memo MENSES GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 106
38. LA AND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND S 6 Yo ucanc h 0056 p rint to CONDITIONS DO NOT INSTALL COH NOTE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE F ile Do you accept all the terms of the will close To install USB 2 0 Setup program you Eni cce Setup Complete Setup has finished installing USB 2 0 Setup Program on your computer Printto File Press this button you can view file on the screen We recommand you do it If there is any problem occurred during USB2 0 device installing using or upgrading Please visit Microsoft or GIGABYTE website for downloading the latest drivers 87 Appendix O D Other Device Driver P VIA 333 400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 ainbo 4 Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATARaid Driver Silicon Image Sil3112 SATARaid Driver Utility Promise RAID Driver Setup FastTrak Utilities Installation Browse this Directory Setup Complete Setup has finished copying files to your computer Before you can use the program you must restart Windows or your computer No will restart my computer later 6 2 D 1 Silicon Image 5113112 SATARaid Driver Install Welcome Welcome to the Silicon Image Serial ATA Raid Driver Setup program This program will install Silicon Image Serial ATA Raid Driver on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs
39. OS if the system case begin remove 23 Hardw are Installaton Process NENNEN NEIN GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 24 NENNEN Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows us ers to modify the basic system configuration This ty pe of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so thatit retains the Setup information when the turned off ENTERING SETUP After pow er on the computer pressing Del immediatey duingPOST Power SelfTest itwill allow y outo enterstandardBIOS CMOS SETUP If you require more advanced BIOS settings please go to Advanced BIOS setting menu To enter Advanced BIOS setting menu press Ctrl F 1 key on the BIOS screen CONTROL KEYS lt gt M ove to previous item lt gt Move to next item c M ove to the item in the left hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand Esc Main Menu Quit and notsave changes into CM OS Status Page Setup M enu and Option P age Setup M enu E xit current page and return to M ain M enu 4PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PgDn gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup M enu and Option Page Setup M enu F2 Item help F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CM OS value from CMOS only for Option P age S
40. OS update software its a Windows utility With the help of o BIOS BIOS updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using ifits a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS This utility could detect your correctmainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly 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 wantto keep a backup for your current BIOS just choose Save CurrentBIO S tp save itfirst 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 producterects a milestone in mainboard industries Forsuch a wonderful software how much itcosts Impossible It s free Now ifyou buy a Gigabyte s motherboard you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD But please remember connected to internetatfirst then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte 9 BIOS GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 16 WENNS Easy Tune 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTune 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations Overclock mightbe one ofthe mostcommon issues in computer fi
41. 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 seting will be taken effectnextbootup 05 SIM PLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CM OS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE LOAD BIOS DEFAU T LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Selectitem ShiffF 2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 10 5 amp Exit Save Data to CMOS GExitSETUP GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 62 WENNS STEP 5 BIOS flashing 1 After the system bootfrom floppy disk type A V dir w and press Enter to check the entire fles in loppy A Then type the BIOS flash utility and BIOS file after AX In this case you have to type A gt Flash841 7VTX F 4 and then press Enter Starting Windows 98 Microsof R Windows98 Copyright MicrosoftCorp 1981 1999 A dir w Volume in drive A has no label Volume Serial Numberis 16EB 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE 3files 838 954 bytes Odir s 324 608 bytes free A gt Flash841 7VTX F4 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu Press Enter the highlighted item will locate on
42. ce Wakeup From S3 When ACPI Suspend Type is set 5 3 5 TR USB device wakeup rom 53 can be set when ACPI standby state set to 5 3 S TR Enabled USB Devicecanw akeupsy stem fom 53 gt Disabled USB Device can t wakeupsy stem fom 53 Defaulkv alue GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 38 NENNEN Power LEDin 51 state gt gt Blinking In standby mode S1 power LED will blink Default Value Dual Off In standby mode S 1 a If use single color LED power LED will turn off b Ifuse dual color LED power LED will turn to another color Soft off by PWRBIN gt gt Ins tant off Press power button then Power off instantly Default v alue Delay 4 Sec X Press power button 4 sec toP ow er off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec AC Back Function gt Memory System power on depends on the status before AC lost gt S oft Off Always in Off state when AC back Default value gt F ull On Always power on the system when AC back Keyboard Power On This feature allows you to setthe method for pow ering on the sy stem The option P assword allows you to set up to 8 alphanumeric characters to power on the sy stem The option Any Key allows you to touch the key board to power on the system The option Key board 98 allows y ou to use the standard key board 98 to power on the sy stem gt Password Enter from 1 to 8 characters to set the Key board Power On Password
43. ck Browse and select another folder Click Finish to complete SATAR aid Setup Destination Folder 3 Click Next 4 Click Finish to restart computer C Program Files Silicon Image SilISATARI Configuration for SATALink Eile Configure Help Bae a SIGML11 L2WJB5O Comput System Information Version Microsoft Windows XP Version Number pom 51 S Service Pack Service Pack 0 Computer Information Name 8IGML114 2wIB50 89 Appendix Function to RAID Installation wid pen Driver CD Ver 1 2 Promise RAID Driver Setup FastTrak Utilities Installation Browse this Directory Setup Complete Setup has finished copying files to your computer Before you can use the program you must restart Windows or your computer L TI Wes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later P KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 ainbo dee FOR Sil 31 12 Driver Silicon 513112 SATARaid Driver Utilit D Driver Setup FastTrak Utilities Installation Browse this Directory 1 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard Welcome D 3 Promise RAID Driver Installation BIOS Default Value ATA If you want to use RAID function please change Integrated Peripherals RAID Controller Foryour reference you can use the following steps to comple
44. d to cut off so be careful of your hands In this way youcan still atach the motherboard to the base withoutw orry ing 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 nearby the hole Be careful don tlet the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor e 30 5cm x 24 3cm size form factor 4 layers PCB CPU e Socket A processor AM D Athlon Athlon XP Duron K7 128K L1 amp 256K 64K L2 cache on die 200 266 333 M Hz FSB and DDR bus speeds e Supports 1 46Hz and faster C hipset VIA KT400 Memory AGP P CI Controller e VIA VT8235 Integrated P eripheral C ontroller P S IP M emory e 3 184 DDR sockets e Support DDR DRAM PC 1600 P C 2100 P C 2700 P C 32004 2 gt e Supports up 0 3 06B DDR Max e Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM Control e 18705 S lots 1AGP slot supports 8 4 2 mode 1 5V amp AGP 3 0 Compliant e 5PCI slots supports 33MHz 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 contollers provides IDE HDD C D ROM IDE 1 IDE2 with Bus Master U DM A33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 9 operation modes e 0 and 4 Compatble with RAID
45. ddisk to IDE 1 and m connect C DROM to IDE 2 THEE The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the P inl EIE EIE rii ma N LLL 1 1 7 IDE3 IDE4 Connector 2 Important Notice RAID ATA133 Green Connector 1 The rad stripe of the ribbn cable must be the ninm same side with the P inl du 2 Ifyou wish to use IDE3 and IDE 4 please use itin unity with BIOS either RAID 133 Then install the correct driver to have proper ve operation For details please refer to the PROMISE RAID manual oe 2n w zu M 11 8 FDD Floppy Connector Please connectthe floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD Itsupports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the P in1 fe E ts 1 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 18 NEN 9 RAM LED Do notremove memory modules while DIMM LED is on It might cause short or other unex pected damages due to the 2 5V stand by voltage Remove memory i modules only when AC Power cord is disconnected 10 F PANEL 2x10 pins connector d Y 1 QO O90 19 HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode 9 B lue 2 LED cathode SPK S peaker C onnector Pin 1 VCC
46. e remove the Dual BIOS label from P CI slots if there is one MENS 4 The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the aee make a commitment to update the information contained erein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Please do not remove any labels on motherboard thismay void the warranty of this motherboard Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet WARNING Never run ihe processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT Mise en garde Ne faites jamais tourner le processeur sans que le dissipateur de chaleur soit fix correctement et fermement UN DOM MAGE PERMANENT EN RESULTERA Achtung Der Prozessor darf nur in Betrieb genommen werden wenn der W rmeableiter ordnungsgem und fest angebracht ist DIES HAT EINEN PERMANENTEN SCHADEN ZUR FOLGE Advertencia Nunca haga funcionar el procesador sin el disipador de calor instalado correcta y firmemente SE PRODUCIR UN DANO PERMANENTE Aviso Nunca execute o processador sem o dissipador de calor estar adequado e firmemente conectado O RESULTADO SER UM DANO PERMANENTE RESTOR IGLESIAS EERU TEETER gu Adz gus PIANA Be 7
47. ease contacty our nearest dealer for optional TEHTI front USB cable 5 m 22 4 F 05 1 F USB2 21 1 1394 2 1394 F3 1394 IEEE 1394 Connector Gray Connector gt PleaseNote S eral interface 9 2 10 iP T standard set by Institute of 0 E lectrical and E lectronics E ngineers which has fea 1 1 1 tures like high speed high bandwidth and hot plug H 12 EU Power GND TPA2 GND TPB2 i01 926 1 1394 F3 1394 22 WOL Wake on LAN gt This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via y our network adapter which 1 h also supports WOL 15V SB ignal PP GND GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 22 O 23 5 1 5 ATA2 Serial ATA Connector 7 111 GND GND RXP TXP RXN TXN GND 24 5 CR Smart Card Reader Header SCALED SCARST SCAC8 GND CAPSNT 1 VCC SCACLK SCAPWCTL SC AIO SCAC4 25 CI CASE OPEN GN pm ignal 1 gt connectthe S erial ATA device to this connector it provides y ou high speed transfer rates 150M B sec This MB supports smart card reader To en ablesmartcard reader nction an optional smart card reader box is required P lease contact y our autherized distributor gt This 2 pin connector allows your sy stem to or disable the case open item in BI
48. eld Buthave many users ever tried it The answer is probably no Because Overclock is thoughttb be very difficultand in cludes a lot of technical know how sometimes Overclock is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts Butas to the ex perts in Overclock whats the truth They may spend quite a lotoftime and money to study try and use many differenthardware or BIOS tools to do Overclock And even with these technologies theystillearn thatits quite a risk because the safety and stability ofan Overclock system is unknown Now everything is different because of a Win dows based overclocking utility EasyTune 4 announced by Gigabyte This windows based utility has totally changed the gaming rule of Overclock This is the first windows based overclocking utility is suitable for both normal and power users Users can choose either Easy Mode or Ad vanced Mode for overclocking attheir convenience For users who choose Easy Mode they just need to click Auto Optimize to have autoed and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the resultbeing shown in the control panel Ifusers prefer Overclock by them there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class Overclocking user interface Advanced allows users to change the system bus Memory working frequency in smallincrements to getultmate system performance I
49. emperature CurrentC PU FAN Speed FAN speed CPU FAN Fail Warning SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning CPU Shutdown Temperature Current CPU Temperature PC Health Status Disabled No 1 772V 1 248V 3 280V 4 919 V 11 968V 5 053V 37 6250 ORPM Dis abled Dis abled Dis abled 52 C 125 F Item Help MenuLev el T4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 F aitS Defaults 7 Optimized Defaults Figure7 PC HealtnS tatus Res et Case Open Status lt Case Opened Ifthe case is closed Case Opened will show No Ifthe case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes Ifyou wantto reset Case Opened value set Reset Case Open Status to Enabled and sav e CMOS your computer w ill restart Current Voltage V VCORE DDRVtt 3 3V 5 12 5VSB Detects y stem s voltage status automatically GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 42 Current CPU FAN SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM Detect Fan speed status automatically Fan Fail Warning CPU SYSTEM gt Disabled Don tmonitor currentfan speed Defaultv alue Enabled Alarm w hen stops CPU Shutdown Temperature gt gt Enabled System shutdown when current CPU temperature over than 110 C Disabled Don t monitor current temperature Default v alue Current CPU Temperature
50. er icon from Desktop then click 3 5 diskette A and rightclick to select F ormat M i Props i za sw My Computer EES 5 E a s bsp _ gt Coats Brann Faqerie pss 85 Ep iieri GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 56 B o 2 Selectthe Quick erase for FormatType and pick both Display summary when finished and Copy system files afterthatpress Thatwill formatthe floppy and transfer the needed system files tp it Beware This procedure willerase all the prior data on thatfloppy so please proceed accordingly Format 2 Floppy 1 44 3 5 Ww eras Full C Copy system files anl Other options Labet Blo label T Display summan when finished Copy system files 3 After the floppy has been formatted completely please press Close Format 3 Floppy Capacity Pall Format type e Clo e Fill encre ime DV Other options paeem Lebel VASE REA trial dist 367 584 used by thes fb ies in bad sectors 1 075 080 aveileble 1 fe Display sum P S12 in eno allocation wil 2 047 total allocation imis an disk Crea ngile Syst 5 Techn
51. example Please selectGA 7VTX byModel or Chipset optional menu 0 obtain BIOS flash files di FT eee mien can beri Aion narii mio Er face um 7 tee 52 9 em eil Candi hramba iiy Ha ivi Paru ar reb ppd ae E GIGABYTE L oe Y Corry eina EST Sh AIF iis ik STOPI Acid the follwing FRETI a genres 3 By 4 Selectan appropriate BIOS version For example F 4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen then selectthe Open this file from its currentlocation and press D if uem san baa ppp od be erent Ez Elec te ec ET Iu end 5 2 Pale Fate Candi hramba Hary Ha ivi Hanes a rebien verapnz teppi qul Ta GIGABYTE TLIFrTiNWitlLlogstYy cnr TRAFE Ey Tc tor a FR Pah RFT in ACTS T FOE o Eel disc m T ar 59 Technical Reference 5 Atthis time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files
52. f this Agreement Prd Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement choose No Setup will close To install FastTrak RAID controller utility you must this agreement Choose Destination Location Setup will install FastTrak RAID controller utility in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install FastTrak RAID controller utility by clicking Cancel to exit Setup 5 Click Next Destinatio C Program Files Promise F ast T rak Select Program Folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing Folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders Administrative Tools Start Copying Files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files If you want to review or any settings click Back If you ate satisfied with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings FastCheck monitoring utility FastTrak Log Service 9 Click Next Information Select Components Startup Mode Please read the following infomaticn catefuly FastTrak Utilities Installation There are 2 components of the FastTrak Utility 1 FastCheck 2 Fastirak Log Service tor NT README TXT contains instructions on using Ihe FastCheck 4 Click Yes
53. for 4 speakers output Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press F KIT P e e 4 channels mode for 4 ms speakers output 4 When the Environment setings is None the Gare sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please selectthe other settings for 4 channels output 19 Technical Reference WENNS lt 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Line rear channels to Line In Line Out Line In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you 1l find an x icon onthe taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of e the screen Sound Effect 10 41 AM STEP 3 Select 5peaker Configuration and choose 4 channels for 4 speakers output Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press F KIT P e e 4 channels mode for 4 ms speakers output 4 When the Environment setings is None the Gare sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please selectthe other settings for 4 channels output GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 80 WENNS lt Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio OutputMode using Audio Combo KitO ptonal Device Audio Combo Kitprovides SPDIF outputport o
54. h CPU installation 3 Fasten the heatsink supporting base 4 Make sure the CPU fan is onto the CPU socket the main plugged to the CPU fan connector board than install complete Please use AMD approved cooling fan We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU heat sink user s manual for more detail installation procedure 11 Hardw Installa amp on Process Step 2 Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIM M sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory ty pe and size To instal the memory module justpush it vertically into he DIMM Slot The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary between sockets Total Memory Sizes With nbuffered DDR DIMM Devices used on DIMM 1 DIM Mx64 x 72 2 DIMMsx64 x 72 3 DIM M sx64 x 72 64 M bit 2M x8x4 banks 128 MBytes 256 M Bytes 384 M Bytes 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 64 MBytes 128 M Bytes 192 MBytes 128 x8x4 banks 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes 128 Mbit 2M x16x4 banks 128 M Bytes 256 M Bytes 384 M Bytes 256 M bit 8M x8x4 banks 512 MBytes GBytes 1 5 GBytes 256 x16x4 banks 256 M Bytes 512 MBytes 168 M Bytes 512 M b
55. ical Reference WENNS 2 STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support a T gt Erin hn Pawar chests Ha Fii ENE na 3 MA es mm mz WIS ther E cm d E Bos ob poet nml Nares CATIA deat cie Scu 1 54 ii 57 ZH tm E Sees Zo ab uos mnc WS CMD hs Sours EuvelqT neu lt 5 aw Hed ES GIGABYTE Shae Td o6 ede ie frequens table far Socket 30 i Siri 1 zh Socket 370 CPU 9 Salis WIE Socket JOY CPU ovii AE ect STOR 9 win prier CPU B vs 372 CFLC W Char AUR AMD KT series ve Gockel A CPU Fenllae 4 aea HIE sn Socket 423 CPU APA HO series AMO ye Sol A Gier Wa vr Ear 9 CPU Cempzbblls Side amp 8 8 E SS _ _ GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 58 WENNS o 3 We use GA 7VTX motherboard as
56. ican Megatre nds 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 highlightthe item BIOS F EATURES SETUP AM IBIOS SIM PLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 5 ShifF 2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type 61 Technical Reference WENNS 2 3 Press Enter to enter BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu Use the arrows to highlight the item stBootDevice and then use the Page Up or Page Down keys to select Floppy AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP 001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 3rd BootDevice S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock ESC Quit 14 2 Selectltem Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup Old Values Shift F 2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults 4 Press ESC to go back to previous screen Use the arrows to highlightthe item SAVE
57. immy Huang Date November 08 2002 Name Timmy Huang m MENS lt 2 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a G B T INC U S A Responsible PartName Address hereby declares that the product 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA 7VAXP Ultra Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name ERIC LU Signature Eric Lu Date November 08 2002 MENS EE EEE GIGABYTE obtained of the event to validate the performance of ATi and Nvidia based graphics cards AGP 8X with VIA Chipset based motherboards running Microsoft operating systems Certificates of Validation will be supplied by VIA ATi and nVIDIA for GA 7VAXP Ultra GA 7VAXP GA 7VAX and GA 7VA that successfully passed in the AGP 8X standard validation Standards MENS
58. install you must accept this agreement Do you accept all the lerms of the preceding Lic GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 86 NEM Welcome Select Components Welcome to the USB 2 0 Setup program Setup program This program will install USB 2 0 Setup program on your computer lt is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs pur before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and intemational tre Unauthorized ra portion of it ma will be prosecut Software License Agreement Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement SUPPLEMENTAL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY These Microsoft Corporation Bernd operating system components including any online or electronic documentation Components are subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement s which you have licensed the applicable Microsoft operating system product OS Product described below each an End User License Agreement or and the terms and this Supplemental EULA BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE OS COMPONENTS YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE APPLICABLE 05 PRODUCT EU
59. iruses may wipe outyour entire system BIOS With a conventional single system BIOS PC the PC will notbe functional until itis sentfor repairs Case Il If the Auto Recovery option is enabled in the DualBIOS utility and ifa virus corrupts your system BIOS the backup BIOS will automatically rebootthe system and correctthe main BIOS Case Ill A user may override booting from the main system BIOS The DualBIOS GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 72 WENNS utility may be entered to manually change the bootsequence to boot from the backup BIOS 2 During oraftera BIOS upgrade ifDualBIOS detects that the main BIOS is corrupt the backup BIOS will take over the bootup process automatically Moreover it will verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting up DualBIOS technology examines the checksum ofthe main and backup BIOS while the system is powered on to guarantee your BIOS operates properly 3 PowerUsers will have the advantage ofhaving two BIOS versions on their mainboard Thebenefitis being able to selecteither version BIOS to suitthe performance system needs 4 Flexibility for high end desktop PCs and workstation servers In the DualBIOS utility the option can be set HaltOn When BIOS Defects to be enabled to haltyour system with awarning message thatthe main BIOS has been corrupted Mostworkstation servers require constantoperation to guarantee services have notbeen interrupted In this situation
60. it 16M x8x4 banks 1GBytes 2 GBytes 3 GBytes 512 M bit 8M x16x4 banks 512 M Bytes GBytes 1 5 GBytes DDR 1 The DIMM slot has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insertthe DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip atboth edges of theDIM M slots to lock the DIMM module Reverse the installatonsteps when you wish to remove the DIMM module When STR DIMM LED is ON do not install remove DIMM from socket Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notch Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 12 DDR Introduction E stablished on the existing S DRAM industry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory is a high performance and cost effective solution thatallows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the P C industry that builds on the existing SDRAM nfrastructure yet makes awesome advances in solving the system perbrmance 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 P C 2100 DDR memory DDR 266 doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising
61. ith DualBIOS technology Answer In today s systems there are more and more BIOS failures The mostcommon 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 corruptyour BIOS code causing your PC to be unstable or even notbootnormally 2 BIOS data will be corrupted ifa power loss surge occurs or ifa user resets the system or ifthe power button is pressed during the process of performing a system BIOS upgrade 3 lfa user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOS then the system may notbe able to bootcorrectly This may cause the PC system hang in operation or during boot 4 Aflash 5 life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics The modern PC utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS and is updated regularly Ifa 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 bootup 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 71 Technical Reference WENNS 2 0 How does DualBIOS technology work Answer DualBlOS technology provides a wide range of protection during bootup p
62. iv er heads read w rite are seated w henthe disk driv eis parked Thesector numberof eachtrack defineon thehard disk If a hard disk has notbeen installed select N ONE and press E nter Drive Drive B The category identifies the ty pes of floppy disk drive A ordrive B thathas been installed in the computer None gt 360K 5 25 gt 1 2M 5 25 gt 720K 3 5 gt 1 44 3 5 gt 2 88 3 5 Nofloppy driv einstalled 5 25 inch P C ty pe standard drive 360K byte capacity 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5inchw hen 3 Mode is Enabled 3 5inchdouble sided driv e 720K by te capacity 3 5inchdouble sided driv e 1 44M byte 3 5inchdouble sided driv 2 88M byte gt Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area Dis abled DriveA gt gt Driv eB Both Normal Floppy Drive Default v Enabled 3 mode function of Drive A Enabled 3 mode function of Drive B Drive A amp Bare3 mode F bppy Drives v2 BIOS Setup NEN Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up Errors Thesy stem bootw ill notstopfor any error thatmay be detected and you will be prompted gt gt All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects anon fatal errorthe sy stem will be stopped All ButKeyboar Thesystem bootw ill notstop fora key board error il stop fo
63. le is the same as the pin assigment on the M B header To find out if the chassis y ou are buying support front audio connector please contact y our dealer P lease contact y our nearest dealer for optional SUR CEN cable _ Bee 15 CD IN CD IN 16 AUX IN AUX In Connector AUXR 11 60 1 AUXL 1 17 SPDIF O SPDIFOut GND SPDIF OUT 1 18 5 X SPDIF IN m 1 19 IR IR Data Input GND 15V IR Data Output 1 gt ConnectC D ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector Connectother device such as PCI TV Tunner audio out to the connector gt The SPDIF output is capable of prov ding digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC 3 data to an extemal Dolby Digital Decoder U se this feature only when y our stereo sy stem has digital input function gt Use this feature only when y our device has digital output function gt Be careful with the polarity of the IR connectorwhile you connect the IR Please contact y ou nearest dealer for optional IR device 21 Hardw are Installation Process 20 USB1 F USB2 gt careful with the polarity ofthe front U SB Front USB Connector Yellow connector C heck the pin assignment while you connect the front 5 B cable HE T 92 P l
64. led becasue there are no drives attached will come out Ignore this message or setthe optiondisable to make the message disappear Enable Enabled onboard ATA R AID function Defaultv alue Disable Disabled onboard sound function RAID Controller Function gt Select onboard RAID chip function as Default value RAID Select onboard R AID chip function as R AID Onboard H W Serial ATA Enabled Enabled Onboard H W Serial ATA support Default v alue Disabled Disabled Onboard H W Serial ATA 522 BIOS Setup NEN Serial ATA Function RAID Select onboard Serial chip function as R AID Default BASE Select onboard Serial ATA chip function as BASE Onboard Serial Port 1 gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address gt 3F 8 IR Q4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address 15 3F8 Using IR Q4 Default value gt 2F 8 IR Q3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F 8 Using IR Q3 gt 3E8 IR Q4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 Using IR Q4 gt 2E8 IR Q3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Using IR Q3 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto gt 3F8 IRQ4 gt 2F8 IRQ3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 gt Disabled BIOS w ill automatically setup he port2 address Enable onboard Serial port2 andaddress is 3F 8 Using Q4 Enable onboard Serial po
65. ll allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP then press lt 8 gt 0 enter Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Features BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals ManagementS gt F requency Voltage Control ESC Quit F8 Dual BIOS Q F lash Top Performance Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults SetSupervisor Password Exit Without Saving 4 lt Select Item 10 5 amp Exit Setup ee Time Date Hard Disk Type roe TechnicalReference WENNS 2 b Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1 30 CPOM i di nencmemmcminainamnmnensne Main BIOS Main ROM 5 4 512K Backup ROM 5 557491 003 512K WideRangeProtecton BootFrom Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable HaltOn Error Disable KeepDMIData Enable Copy Main ROM Data 0 Backup LoadDefaultS ettings Save Set ings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Update Main BIOS from Floppy Update Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy PgDn PgUp Modify T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 3 Dual BIOS Item explanation Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 Ifanyfailure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the
66. n a long series ofinnovations from GIGABYTE is available on GA 6OXET Series motherboard Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation What s DualBIOS On GIGABYTE motherboards w6ith DualBIOS there are physically two BIOS chips For simplicity we ll call one your Main BlOS and the other we ll call your Backup BIOS your hot spare Ifyour Main BIOS fails the Backup BIOS almostautomatically takes over on your next system boot Almostautomatically and with virtually zero down time Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS ora virus or a catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip the result Is the same the Backup BIOS backs you up almostautomatically GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 10 KA WENNS Q What is DualBIOS technology Answer DualBIOS technology is a patented technology from Giga Byte Technology The conceptof this technology is based the redundancy and faulttolerance theory DualBIOS technology simply means there are two system BlOSes ROM integrated onto the motherboard One is a main BIOS and the other is a backup BIOS The mainboard will operate normally with the main BIOS however ifthe main BIOS is corruptor 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 transparentto the user Q Why does anyone need a motherboard w
67. need cannotbe found in 9 BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s web site fordownloading and updating itaccording to method ll d Please not thatanyinterruption during updating will cause system unbooted 75 Technical Reference WENNS lt a SEBT BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself Or like many other people you justknow whatBlOS is BIOS butalways hesitate to update Because you f TM think updating newestBIOS is unnecessary and BIOS Live Update Utility actually you don tknow how to update it Maybe notlike others you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lotof time to do it Butofcourse you to do ittbo much First download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode Secondly use differentflash utility to 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 itwill be a nightmare Certainly you wonderwhy motherboard vendors could notjustdo something rightto save your time and effortand save you from the lousy BIOS updating work Here itcomes Now Gigabyte announces BIO S first Windows BIOS live update utility This is a smartBlOS update software Itcould help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Notlike the other BI
68. oaram is protected by copyright law and international treaties m _ e Appendix B RealTek AC 97 Audio Driver Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto startand show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe F VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 jm xj FX Avance 97 Audio Setup 4 70 Pug 7 B Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Avance 97 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Avance AC 97 Audio on your computer To continue click Next 2 Click Next E Cancel InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Avance AC 97 Audio on your computer 93 Appendix MEM Appendix C RealTek 8139 8100 Network Driver InstallShield Wizard uad SR Vi uf Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for La ress Network icon B T VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 ty g The InstallShield Wizard will install RTLSetup on your computer To continue click Next Onboard LAN Device Driver RealTek 8139 8100 LAN Driver InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing R TLSetup on your computer 3 Click Finish to restart computer GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 94
69. ollowing drivers VIA 11 you want to install them you can uncheck 5 Install Uninstall PCI IDE Bus Driver the associated check box jnstall PCI IDE Bus Driver Diva Uninstall PCI IDE Bus Driver VIA INF Driver 1 70 Restarting Windows Setup has finished copying files to your computer Before you can use the program you must restart Windows or your computer B USB Path Driver Enable 3 for USB Device Setup is preparing the InstallS hield R Wizard which will guide you through the setup process C VIA USB2 0 Driver KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 EN Software License Agreement Ta LU ME aj Please read the folowing License Agreement Press the PAGE DUWN key to see ad 4 n the rest of the agreement Udy Important The Information transmitted in this e mail is intended only for the person or to which is addressed and may contain corfidential and or privileged maternal n review retransmission dissemination other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or enlities olher than the intended recipient is prohibited unless otherwise stipulated If you receive this e mail in please contact the sender and delete the material concerning T echnolagies Inc from the computer VIA USB2 0 i 2 C lick Yes Other Device Drivers Browse this Directory 3 will close To
70. pment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving and or distribution from sound and television signals EN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems cause EN 60555 2 by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Harmonics EN 61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems cause by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations EN 60555 3 EN 50081 1 Generic emission standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry L1 EN 55081 2 Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment L1 EN 55082 2 Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment ENV 55104 Immunity requirements for household appliances tools and similar apparatus L1 EN50091 2 requirements for uninterruptible powersystems UPS CE 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 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances Stamp EN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment including electrical bussiness equipment EN 50091 1 Generaland Safety requirments for uninterruptible powersystems UPS Manufacturer Importer Signature T
71. pset Drivers 2 Onboard Device Driver VIA 4in1 Service Pack Driver USB Patch Driver VIA USB2 0 Driver Other Device Drivers Browse this Directory Appendix A VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver Installation A VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver Utility VIA KT333 KT400 Driver CD Ver 1 2 3 IT Ma I Du 1 Click VIA4in1 Service Pack Driver item 4in1 S tvice Pack Driver USB Patch Driver VIA USB2 0 Driver Other Device Drivers Browse this Directory VIA Service Pack 1 README fm Service Pack 1 README Press PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of locument VIA Service Pack 41 README TAT VIA Service Pack VIA 4 In 1 is Copyright C 1999 VIA Technologies Inc Table of Contents About VI at ical Support Special Note WinFast AGP VGA Welcome Welcome to the VIA Service Pack Setup program This program will install VIA Service Pack on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you ve running Click Next to continue with the Setup program 2 Click Next WARNING intemational Unauthorizeq portion of it map TE UT mr severe TIT will be prosecuted to the maximum 85 Appendix o MEM NEN Setup Components 53 VIA IDE Bus Driver 1 20a This setup program will install the f
72. ptical amp coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L amp Center subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog outputto rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels Itis the best solution if you need 6 channel output Line In and atthe same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo as picture STEP 1 Insertthe Audio Combo Kit in the back ofthe case and fix it with the screw STEP 2 Connectthe SURROUND KIT to SUR CEN on the M B 81 Technical Reference 3 Connectthe frontchannels to back audio panel s ine the rear channels to SURROUND KIT s REAR R L and the Center Subwoofer channels to SURROUND KIT s SUB CENTER STEP 4 Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray atthe bottom ofthe screen 2 XA 5 5 Select S peaker Configuration and choose the 6 channels for 5 1 speakers output Enable Only SURROUND KIT and press Sound Fant tias T ET STETIT oS pockets a SURROUND KIT Only SURROUND KIT sal leases m SPD nci deni call us Basic amp Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output ModeNotes When the Environmentset ngs is None the sound caster pe Stem bors would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please selectthe other se
73. r all other errors Defaultv alue ButDiskette Thesystem bootwill notstop disk error itw ill stop forall othererrors AllButDisk Key Thesystem bootwill notstop br a key board or disk error itwill stop for all othererrors Memory The category is display only which is determined by P OST Power On Self Test ofthe BIOS Base Memory The POST ofthe BIOS will determine the amount of base or conv entional memory installed in the system The value ofthe base memory is typically 512 K for sy stems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is pres ent during the P OST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 30 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Advanced BIOS Features SATA RAID SCSI Boot Order SCSI First Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Second BootDev ice HDD 0 Third BootDevice C DR OM BootUp Floppy Seek Disabled Password Check Setup Init Display First T4 lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 3 Advanced BIOS F eatures RAID SCSI Boot Order This feature allows you to
74. r DISK Mirroring RAID 1 e Supports UDMA upto 150 M B sec and PIO Modes Up to 2 SATA Device ACPI and ATA ATAP 16 RealTek RTL8100BL VT6306 P 5 2 Key board interface and P 5 2 Mouse interace Licensed Award BIOS 2M bitflash ROM 5 upports Dual BIOS Q Flash P 5 2 Key board power on by password P 5 2 Mouse power on E xternal M wake up S TR S uspend To R AM Wake on LAN WOL AC Recovery Poly fuse for key board over current protection USB ouse wake up from S 3 Supports BIOS Supports Easy Tune 4 Over Voltage DDR AGP C PU by BIOS Over Clock DDR AGP CPU PCI by BIOS On Board LAN On Board IEEE 1394 PS 2 Connector BIOS Additional F eatures Overclocking Please setthe CPU host frequency in accordance with your processors specifications We don t recommend to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for C PU chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets S DRAM ards etc GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard Layout ET qum IDE3 EIEN 1 513112 VT8235
75. rocedure Itprotects your BIOS during system POST ESCD update and even all way to PNP detection assignment DualBlIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS When firstBIOS used during bootup does notcomplete or ifa BIOS checksum error occurs bootup is still possible In the DualBIOS utility the Auto Recovery option will guarantee that if either the main BIOS or backup BIOS is corrupted the DualBIOS technology will use the good BIOS and correct the wrong BIOS auto matically DualBlIOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS DualBIOS technology contains a builtin 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 DualBlIOS contains a one way flash utility The builtin one way flash utility will ensure thatthe corruptBIOS is notmistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and thatthe correctBIOS main vs backup will be flashed This will preventthe good BIOS from being flashed IV Q Who Needs DualBIOS technology Answer 1 Every user should have DualBIOS technology due to the advancementof computer viruses Everyday there are new BIOS type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS Mostcommercial products on the marketdo nothave solutions to guard against this type of virus intrusion The DualBIOS technology will provide a state of the art solution t protect your PC Case Vicious computer v
76. rt2 and address is 2F8 U sing IR Q3 Default Value Enable onboard Serial port2 and address is 3E8 U sing R Q4 Enable onboard Serial port2 and address is 2E8 U sing R Q3 Disable onboard S erial port 2 UART Mode Select This feature allows you 0 determine which Infra R ed R function ofOnboard 1 0 chip gt gt ASKIR IrDA Normal SCR Using as IR and set to ASKIR Mode Using as and set 0 Mode Usingas standard serial port Default Value Using as smart card Interface UR2 Duplex Mode When UART Mode Select isn t set Normal This feature allows y outo selectthe R modes gt gt Half IR Function Duplex Half Default Value F ull IR Function Duplex Full GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 36 OnBoard Parallel port This feature allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard controller gt 378 IR Q7 Enable onboard LPT portand address is 378 Using IR Q7 Default Value gt 278 Q5 Enable onboard LPT portand address is 278 Using IR Q5 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC Using IR Q7 Disabled Disable onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode This feature allows you to connect with an advanced print via the port mode it supports SPP Using Parallel portas Standard Parallel Port using IR Q7 Default Value Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port IR Q5
77. sk SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot auto matically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect nextbootup AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGE Min HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD L D Ni f DT LOAD BIOS DEFAU LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit F6 Load BIOS Defaults AV S UP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Select Item ShiffF 2 Change Color F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Save Data to CMOS GExitSETUP 4 Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 66 F5 Old Values Method 2 Dual BIOS Q Flash Introduction A Whatis 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 Ifthe Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on This means thatyour PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS B Howto use Dual BIOS and Q Flash Utility a After power on the computer pressing Del immediately during POST Power On Self Test it wi
78. ssword Itallows you to limitaccess to the sy stem and S etup or just to S etup Set User password C hange set or disable password Itallows you to limit access to the s ystem Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Fxit Without S avi ng Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 22 BIOS Setup NEN Standard CMOS Features CMOS SetupUtility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are Standard C MOS F eatures Date mm dd yy Thu Feb 21 2002 Item Help Time hh mm ss 22 3124 MenuLevel gt IDE Primary Master Press EnterNone Changethe day month PIDEPrimary Slave Press EnterNone year IDE Secondary Master Press EnterNone lt Week gt gt IDESecondary Slave Press EnterNone Sun Sat DrveA 1 44 3 5 lt M onth gt Drive B None J an b Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Dsabled Day gt 1 0 31 ormaximun allowed Halt On All ButK ey board in the month BaseM emory 640K lt year gt E xtendedM emory 130048K 1999 to 2098 M emory 131072K 9 T4 lt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit F 1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 FaiFSafe Defaults 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Date The date formatis lt week gt lt month gt lt day gt lt year gt gt gt Week Thew eek from Sun b Sat determined by the BIOS andis display only gt Month an Through Dec
79. te the P romise RAID Driver Welcome to the Promise RAID Driver Setup program This program will install Promise RAID Driver on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties 2 Click Next Baz Promise Controller Setup utility 90 Ani Close the FastCheck Monitoring utility and UltraT une programs if running before proceeding It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING internationali _ Software License Agreement Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement OEM SOFTWARE USAGE AND DISTRIBUTION LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT By opening this package or installing distributing or using the SOFTWARE you agree to the terms of this Agreement Do not open this package until you have carefully read and agreed to the following terms and conditions If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement promptly retum the unopened package applies Subject to the terms o
80. toper ates in coordination with Gigabyte motherboards Besides itis differentfrom other traditional over Clocking methods EasyTune 4 doesn trequire users to change neither BIOS norhardware switch jumper setting on the other hand they can do Overclock ateasy step Therefore this is a safer way for Overclock as nothing is changed on software or hardware Ifuser runs EasyTune 4 over system s limitation the biggestlost is only to restartthe computer again and the side effectis then well controlled Moreover ifone wel performed system speed has been tested in EasyTune 4 user can Save this setting and Load itin nexttime Obviously Gigabyte EasyTune 4 has already turned the Overclock technology toward to a newer generation This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached in driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyTune 4 to find outmore amazing features by themselves Some Gigabyte products are notfully supported by EasyTune 4 Please find the products sup ported listin the web site Any Overclocking action is atuser s risk Gigabyte Technology will notbe responsible for any damage orinstability to yourprocessor motherboard or any other components 71 Technical Reference 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction The installation of windows 98S E 2K M E XP is very simple P lease follow nextstep to install the function Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings
81. ttings for 6 channels Output ste codi GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 82 WENNS o SPDIF OutputDevice Optional Device SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracketis provided and could link to SP DIF output connector As picture Forthe further linkage 0 decoder rearbracket provides coaxial cable and F iber connecting port 1 Connectthe SPDIF output device to the rear bracket ofPC and fix itwith screw 2 Connect SPDIF wire to motherboard 3 Connect co axial or optical outputto the SPDIF decoder 83 Technical Reference iE GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard MENS Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP CD driver version 1 2 Insertthe driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe A Installing VIA KT400 Chipset Driver Please install this driver as the first priority this item installs the chipset driver utility that enableds Plug n P lag INF support for Intel chipset component B Installing Sound Driver Click this item to install sound driver C Installing LAN Driver Click this item to install LAN driver KT333 KT400 Chi
82. ty pe of floppy disk drive by track number Note thatthere w illnot be any warning message ifthe drive installed is 360 Defautv alue Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to S etup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot butaccess to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value Init Dis play First This feature allows you to select the first initaton of the monitor display from which card when you installan AGP VGA card and a PCI VGA card on board PCI Set Init Display Firstto PCI Slot Set Init Display Firstto AGP Default value GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 32 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard Softw are Integrated P eripherals OnChip IDE Channel Enabled OnChip IDE Channell Enabled Menu Level IDE1 Conductor C able Auto IDE2 Conductor C able Auto AC97 Audio Enabled USB 1 1 Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USBKey board S upport Disabled USBMouse Support Disabled Onboard H W LAN Enabled Onboard H W 1394 Enabled Onboard H W ATA R AID Enabled RAID Controller F unction ATA Onboard H W Serial ATA Enabled 9 Serial ATA Function R AID Onboard Serial Port 1 3F 8 IR Q4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F 8 IR Q3 UART Mode Select Normal XUR2 D
83. unction to POWER ON system Alarm Lead ToPowerOn is Enabled Date of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 40 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility C right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are PnP PCI Configurations IRQ Assignment PCI2 IR Q Assignment MenuLev el PCI3IR 0 Assignment PCI4IRQ Assignment T4 Move EnterSelect4 P U P D ValueF 10 5 ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optmized Defaults Figure 6 PnP PCI Configurations PCII PCI5 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign to PCI 1 PCI 5 Defaultvalue 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set3 4 57 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI1 PCIB PCI2 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign toPCI 2 Defaultv alue gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 5et3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PC 12 PCI3 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign toPCI 3 Defaultv alue 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 Set3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI4 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign toPCI 4 Defaultv alue 3 4 5 7 9 1011 12 14 15 Set3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PC 14 4l BIOS Setup _ Bee PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility C opy right C 1984 2002 Aw ard S oftw are ResetC ase Open Status CaseOpened VCORE DDR Vtt 3 3 5V 12V 5VSB Current System T
84. uplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IR Q7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Game Port Address 201 MdiPortAddress 330 Midi Port IR Q 5 T4 lt Move EnterSelect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Integrated P eripherals 5225 BIOS Setup NEN OnChip IDE 10 When enabled allows you to use the onboard primary PC I IDE Ifa hard disk controller Is used set atDisabled gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default v alue gt gt Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port OnChip IDE Channell When enabled allows you to use the onboard secondary P CI IDE If a hard disk controller card Is us ed set at Disabled gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channellDE port Defaultv alue gt Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port IDEI Conductor Cable gt gt Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS DefaultValue gt ATA66 100 133 SetIDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 133 Please make sure y our IDE device andcable s compatible with ATA66 100 133 gt ATA33 SetIDE1 ConductorCable to ATA33 Please make sure y our IDE device and cable is Compatible with ATA33 IDE2 Conductor Cable gt gt Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS DefaultValue gt ATA66 100 133 SetIDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 133 Please make sure y our IDE de
85. us100 133 166 M Hz AGPCLK 66M Hz 100 133 166M Hz E DDR RAM HCLK 100MH VT8377 ual 2 M CHCLK 100 133 166M Hz 66MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 3 IEEE1394 810081 VT6306 m 1394 VIA PDC20276 IDE3 VT8235 LPC Bus RAIDI33 IDEA alg T8705 lt em lt al i AC97 6 USB jT Hz KB M ouse CODEC Ports 33MHz ahn eis PCICLK s 33M Hz un com 2 5 s ATA S ATA2 2 JI 2 HCLK4 100M Hz PCICLK 33M Hz CPUCLK 100 133 166MHz USBCLK 48M Hz AGPCLK 66M Hz M CHCLK 100 133 166m Hz ICH3V66 66M Hz 55 Technical Reference BIOS Flash Procedure Qo Method 1 We use GA 7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now underthe DOS mode Flash BIOS Procedure STEP 1 1 Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like htip www cnetcom STEP 2 Make a DOS bootdiskette See example Windows 98 0 5 Beware Windows ME 2000 are notallowed to make a DOS bootdiskette 1 With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive Please leave the diskette UN write protected type Double click the My Comput
86. v ice andcable 5 compatible with ATA66 100 133 gt ATA33 SetIDE2 ConductorCable to ATA33 Please make sure y our IDE device and cable is compatible w ith ATA33 97 Audio Enabled Enabled Onchip 97 controller Default v alue Disabled Disabled Onchip AC 97 controller USB 1 1 Controller Disable this option if you are notusing the onboard U SB feature gt gt Enabled Enabled USB1 1 Controller Default v alue Disabled Disabled USB1 1 Controller GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 34 NENNEN USB 2 0 Controller Disable this option if y ou are not using the onboard USB 2 0 feature gt gt Enabled Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Default v alue Disabled Disabled USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support When a USB key board is installed please s et at E nabled Enabled Enabled USB Key board Support gt Disabled Disabled USB Key board Support Defaultv alue USB Mouse Support Enabled Enabled USB Mouse Support gt Disabled Disabled USB Mouse Support Defaultvalue Onboard H W LAN Enable Enabled onboard LAN function Default v alue Disable Disable onboard LAN function Onboard 1394 Enable Enabled onboard IEEE 1394 function Default v alue Disable Disabled onboard this function Onboard ATA RAID If you don t set any HDD Device in IDE3 or 4 but enable the function the normal message MBUltra133 BIOS is not instal
87. wil show or the other key to Auto Recover Keep DMI Data Enable Default Disable Enable The DMIdata won tbe replaced byflashing new BIOS recommend Disable The DMI data willbe replaced by flashing new BIOS Copy Main ROM Data to Backup f you bootfrom Backup ROM this item will change to Copy Backup ROM Data to Main Auto recovery message BIOS Recovery Main to Backup The means thatthe Main BIOS works normallyand could automatically recover the Backup BIOS BIOS Recovery Backup to Main The means thatthe Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS This auto recovery utility is setby system automatically and can tbe changed by user Load Default Settings Load dual BIOS defaultvalue Save Settings to CMOS Save revised seting 69 Technical Reference WENNS Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy fn theA drive insertthe floppy disk then Press Enterto Run TYPE FILE NAME File name XXXX XX TotalSze 1 39M Free Size 1 39M F5 Refresh DEL Delete To name the fle Congratulate you have accomplished the saving CONTROL KEYS PgDn PgUp lt gt Move to previous item lt gt Move to Enter Run Esc Reset 10 Power Off td t D wa DualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology a hotspare for your system BIOS This newest Value added feature i
88. y Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating S ystem Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A G P Controller Power On SelfTest Peripheral ComponentInterconnect Rambus in line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions Single Edge Contact Cartridge Static Random Access Memory Symmetric Multi P rocessing System Management Interrupt Universal Serial Bus Voltage ID _07 Appendix MENSES Technical Support RMA Sheet Customer county ContactP erson E mail Add Model name LotNumber PCB revision Hardware Size Configuration cu Memory Brand v CD ROM Mm wwk Wed Driver Utility Problem Description GA 7VAXP Ultra Motherboard 98 MENS EBL m DDR400 PC3200 recommended memory modules list Vender Brand Type Size Component Status Kingmax Kingmax DDR 128MB KDL684T4AA 50 OK MICRON MICRON DDR 128MB Mt8VDDT1664AG 403B2 OK Hynix Hynix DDR 128MB HY5DU28822BT 04 OK SAMSUNG SAMSUNG DDR 128MB K4H280838D TCC4 OK Kingmax Kingmax DDR 256MB KDL684T 4AA 50 O

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