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1. 1 if Raid Function 2 3 close ATA 100 Function D Default al p If you want to use Raid Function your IDE3 l or IDE4 must be connected with Hard Driver nmr pO 22 7ZXR Motherboard Performance List The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs These data are just referred by users and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users The different Hardware amp Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results e CPU AMD Thunderbird 950MHz AMD Duron 700MHz e DRAM 256x1 MB SDRAM HYUNDAI HYM71V 733201 e CACHE SIZE 128 KB included in Thunderbird 64 KB included in Duron e DISPLAY GA GF 2560 e STORAGE Onboard IDE Quantum KA13600AT Wb Windows NT 4 0 SPK6a e DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 65536 colors 75Hz TUCD 1 5 Beta3 irq TM RE Cie awe Eu Winbench99 CPU mark 99 86 5 61 5 FPU Winmark 99 5210 3840 Business Disk Winmark 99 5410 5440 Hi End Disk Winmark 99 13600 13200 Business Graphics Winmark 99 481 352 Hi End Graphics Winmark 99 985 676 Winstone99 Business Winstone 99 41 3 40 3 Hi En
2. PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors USB 1 Connector 6 aT A USB 2 Connector REJ 0 Ki w M d a n 1234 567 8 2 10 E ann aon u 1 9 USB VO 6 USB D1 8 GND 6 USD NC PNG e USB DS o GND _ 7ZXR Motherboard Panel And J umper Definition BAT 1 Battery Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended D X by the manufacturer CH Q l Dispose of used batteries H o i F Ges of _ a Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced 1 according to the manufacturer s instructions
3. RO e 7ZXR Motherboard 15 AUX_IN aol D b ji mmmn Signal In 6 D r i a i Signal Out Connectors 18 CD Audio Line In l p i 1 m i D er 5 1 D af I J P6 Power Fan h g H 1 D es oO a U B D il T 7ZXR Motherboard J P8 LED1 STR LED Connector amp DIMM LED EZE CG V STR LED Connector External 1 on I D H ee DIMM LED i RO
4. SPK RE GD a ata A a i E 3 H P P PW Panel and Jumper Definition GN Green Switch Open Normal Operation ose Entering Green Mode in 1 LED anode in 2 LED cathode in 1 LED anode in 2 LED cathode in 1 LED anode in 2 LED cathode in 3 LED cathode pen Normal Operation ose Power On Off oO iL Normal Default Clear CMOS D Kee fo pY 7ZXR Motherboard J P4 Rear USB Device Wake up Selection USB Connector gt USB1 e CH of e L J j Q I If you want to use USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 n CH function you have to set the BIOS setting USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 enabled and the jumper JP4 e enabled 3 Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press lt Del gt You will enter BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then USB1 select USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 Enable
5. Q 2 3 close Enabled Front USB Device D Wake up B i m If you want to use USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 function you have to set the BIOS setting USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 enabled and the jumper JP11 enabled Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press lt Del gt You will enter BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then select USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 Enabled Remember to save the setting by pressing ESC and choose the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option P16 P17 P18 AMR Primary or Secondary Select IAMR Audio Modem Riser 1 1 m JP17 eee JP16 i aim JP12 M fC P16 JP17 JP18 AMR Primary OFF 3 4 3 4 Default D Onboard AC97 MR ON 1 2 1 2 Secondary 3 4 21 Panel and Jumper Definition J P19 Onboard Promise Selection Optional 1 a C 1 2 close IDE Raid disabled 9 Promise chipset disabled 2 3 close IDE Raid enabled Default S Promise chipset enabled E
6. Figure 1 Main Menu e Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items in standard compatible BIOS e BIOS Features Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of AMI special enhanced features e Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of chipset special features 72 7ZXR Motherboard Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the adjustable items of Green function features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the adjustable configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in its most stable configurations Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in its highest performance configurations Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals Hardware Monitor Setup This setup page is auto detect fan and temperature status Set Supervisor Password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set User Password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit set
7. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FOC Part 2 Section 2 10778 FC Responsible Party Name G B T INC Address 18305 Valley Blvd Suite A LA Puent CA 91744 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 Date __ Sep 30 2000 FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Move the equipment away from the receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly a
8. Item Checklist Item Checklist MiThe 7ZXR motherboard MCable for IDE floppy device MDiskettes or CD TUCD for motherboard driver amp utility M7ZXR user s manual 7ZXR Motherboard Summary Of Features Form Factor AMD Athlon K7 Socket A Processor 256K 64K L2 cache on die Apollo KT 133 consisting of e VT8363 Memory AGP PCI Controller PAC VT82C686A PCI Super I O Integrated Peripheral Controller PSIPC ICW W230H 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 133 MHz system bus speeds 3 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM and VCM SDRAM Supports up to 1 5GB DRAM S rts only 3 3V SDRAM DIMM 1 AGP slot supports 4X mode amp AGP 2 0 compliant 5 PCI slots support 33MHz amp PCI 2 2 compliant 1 AMR Audio Modem Riser slot IDE land IDE 2 Supports PIO mode 3 4 UDMA 33 ATA 66 IDE amp ATAPI CD ROM IDE 3 and IDE 4 Compatible with Raid Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE 4 IDE bus master IDE ports for up to 8 ATAPI devices On Board 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M Peripherals 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 1 parallel ports supports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 serial ports COM A and COM B 4 USB ports 1 IrDA connector for IR Hardware Monito CPU System fan revolution detect CPU System temperature detect System voltage detect CPU overheat shutdown detect To be continued Summary of Features On Board Raid Additional Features PS 2 Keyboard inte
9. 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved RAM Timing Top Performance Disabled CAS Drive DRAM Frequency 100MHz RAS Drive SDRAM CAS Latency 3 AGP Mode AN AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving DB AGP Aperture Size 64MB PCI Delay Transaction Enabled USB Controller Enabled USB Legacy Support Disabled BIOS Flash Protection Disabled DRAM Drive Strength Auto MD Bus Strength High CAS Bus Strength High ESC Quit Tl e Select Item Delay DRAM Read Latch 1 0ns F1 Help PU PD Modify Memory Data Drive 8 mA F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color SDRAM Command Drive 24 mA F6 Load BIOS Defaults Memory Address Drive 24 mA F7 Load SETUP Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup e Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top Performance to Enabled 79 BIOS Setup AGP Mode H gt v o o 3 3 Si 3 Co gt CH mo CH CH 3 GE J Ei Gi ES Ou 5 as J v O Les D KI lt OU wn Du A a OO 5 Keyboard FDD Set USB Legacy Support Keyboard Floppy 80 7ZXR Motherboard e BIOS Flash Protection Enabled BIOS Flash Write Protection Disabled Normal Default Value e DRAM Drive Strength M i If DRAM Drive Strength is Manual then you can adjust item below e MD Bus Strength 81 BIOS Setup e CAS Drive 82
10. AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility Boot From Main BIOS Main ROM Tvpe SST 39SF020 Backup ROM Twpe SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main BIOS Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS PgDn PgUp Modify J Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off c Dual BIOS Item explanation BIOS will auto detect Boot From Main BIOS Main ROM Type SST 39SF020 Backup ROM Type SST 39SF020 Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 If any failure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on and that the Wide Range Protection is set to Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex SCSI Cards LAN Cards emits signals to request restart of the system after the user make any alteration on it the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS 32 7ZXR Motherboard Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS Auto Recovery Enabled Default Disabled When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS of checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting if ACPI Suspend Ty
11. Putting Windows 98 into ACPI mode is fairly easy Setup with Windows 98 CD A Insert the Windows 98 CD into your CD ROM drive select Start and then Run B Type without quotes D setup p j in the window provided Hit the enter key or click OK In Windows 98 second edition version all the bios version dated 12 01 99 or later are ACPI compatible J ust type D Setup the operating system will be installed as ACPI mode s C After setup completes remove the CD and reboot your system This manual assumes that your CD ROM device drive letter is D 25 Suspend to RAM Installation Step 2 If you want to use STR Function please set jumper J P7 Closed E i Normal Default D STR Enabled Ke Q I oH LJ i s co I Step 3 Power on the computer and as soon as memory counting starts press lt Del gt You will enter BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then select ACPI Sleep Type S3 STR Remember to save the settings by pressing ESC and choose the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option Congratulation You have completed the installation and now can use the STR function 26 7ZXR Motherboard A 3 How to put your system into STR mode There are two ways to acco
12. The array status consists of three possible conditions Functional Critical Offline Functional The array is operational Critical A mirrored array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected The remaining drive member in the array is functional However the array has temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance The user should identify the failed drive through the FastBuild Setup utility and then replace the problem drive Offline A striped array has 1 drive that has failed or been disconnected When the array condition is offline the user must replace the failed drive s then restore data from a backup source 53 Raid Introduction Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu When using the menus these are some of the basic navigation tips Arrow keys highlights through choices Space bar key allows to cycle through options Enter key selects an option ESC key is used to abort or exit the current menu Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen when entering the F astB DEN Setup FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Main Menu AULOFS CTU eerste siren tree racer crane nearer te 1 View Drive Assignments 2 NIEWEN EE 3 Delete T 4 Rebuild AE 5 Controller Configuration AAA 6 Keys Available Press 1 6 to Select Option ESC Exit To create a new array automatically follow the steps under Creating A
13. 2 d n o e N oO EINEN 3 7ZXR a lalla gt an e Low Lom Ge AGP 1 So aa Neg ars 5 eo oe Clock a fen Generator JP19 a L Pcl2 5 ZS VT82C SesUpan 686A PCI3 LE SLE JP3 J16 J n z PCI4 Wb ss LR DIES 7 J13 Creative RI ctssso PCIS Jiz D ann E USB2 L SRSSR MAIN BACK Up ann u JP16 JP17 D AMR BIOS BIOS JPO m m m m m J4 m mma a JP18 m m m m LI a ISA 1 sote J11 Es 7ZXR Motherboard Layout age Index for CPU Speed Setup Connectors Panel and umper Definition Page 2 System Fan 13 Ring Power On P6 Power Fan SB 2 Connector P3 Clear CMOS Function O ptional P10 BIOS Write Protection 0 ptional J P20 Raid ATA100 Select Optional RS 7ZXR Motherboard CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is selectable at 100 133MHz The user can select the system bus speed by DIP switch SWI Set System Bus Speed if your clock generator in Motherboard is ICW W230H You can follow the below reference SW1 ICW W230H 0 ON X OFF The FSB Speed of the VIA KT133 is 100MHz AMD CPU Heat Sink Installation Beware Please check that the heat sink is in good contact with the CPU before you turn on your system The poor contact will cause over heat and might cause damage to your processor Connectors ATX Power 3 5 7 13 15 17 me 72 11 i 4 6 19 20 D SS 8 Power Good m 9 5VSBstand
14. 7ZXR Motherboard Power Management Setup AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Sleep Type 1 POS RTC Alarm Date Every Day USB Dev Wakeup From S3 S5 Disabled RTC Alarm Hour 00 Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled RTC Alarm Minute 00 Display Activity Ignore RTC Alarm Second 00 IRQ3 Monitor IRQ4 Monitor IRQ5 Ignore IRQ7 Monitor IRQ9 Ignore IRQ10 Ignore IRQ11 Ignore IRQ13 Ignore IRQ14 Monitor IRQ15 Ignore Soft Off by Power Button Instant Off System after AC Back Soft Off ESC Quit N lt Select Item Modem Use IRQ 4 PI Help PU PD Modify Resume On Ring LAN Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color PME Event Wake Up Enabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled F7 _ Load SETUP Defaults Figure 5 Power Management S etup e ACPI Sleep Type S1 POS SetACPI sleep type to 51 Default Value S3 STR Set ACPI sleep type to 53 e USB Dev Wakeup From 3 S5 Enabled Enable USB Device Wakeup From 53 55 Disabled Disable USB Device Wakeup From 3 S5 Default Value 83 BIOS Setup Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Disable Suspend Time Out F unction Default Value onitor Monitor IRQ3 RQ15 wn lt 2 3 p D gt CH E GI A x kA E A a o 5 F H Modem USE IRQ 3 4 Default Value 5 7 N A Resume On Ring LAN Disabled Disable Resume On Ring LAN En
15. Complete Once the rebuild process is complete the user will be asked to reboot the system 67 Raid Introduction Viewing Controller Settings The Controller Configuration lt 6 gt menu selection allows you to enable or disable the BIOS from halting the default if it detects an error on boot up You may also view the system resources Interrupt and I O port address of data channels FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Adapter Configuration Options Halt On Error Enable System Resources Configuration Channel 1 IDE1 Interrupt A I O Port FFFO Channel 2 IDE2 Interrupt A I O Port FFA8 Keys Available Le gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Halting BIOS On Bootup Errors The Adapter Configuration Options section allows you to enable or disable The system to Halt operation at the BIOS startup screen should an error be detected This is the only option that can be changed on this screen Viewing System Resources The System Resources Configuration section of this submenu displays the PCI slot interrupt and port address used by the system The resources used are determined by the Mainboard PCI PnP BIOS for the PCI slot in which the system resides In the rare case that there is a resource conflict refer to the Mainboard BIOS documentation on changes on resources allocated to the system PCI slot 68 7ZXR Motherboard Memory Installat
16. Floppy Drive Seek Enabled Password Check Setup ESC Quit N gt e Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load SETUP Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup e Jet 2nd 3rd Boot Device t your boot device priority to Floppy Set your boot device priority to ZIP A LS 120 Set your boot device priority to SCSI Set your boot device priority to IDE 0 IDE 3 et your boot device priority to USB FDD RAID ATA100 Set your boot device priority to RAID ATA100 77 BIOS Setup e SMART for Hard Disks Enabled Enabled S M A R T Hard for Disks e Floppy Drive Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 type is 40 tracks while 720 1 2 and 1 44 are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 1 2 or 1 44 drive type as they are 80 tracks Default Value Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is e Password Check The user must enter correct password in order to access the system The user must enter correct password in order to access the system Default value 78 7ZXR Motherboard Chipset Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP C
17. Optimize Array for setting Performance RAID 0 Striping Supports the maximum performance The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array NOTE This motherboard permits striped arrays using 1 2 drive attached in Auto Setup mode Security RAID 1 Mirrorin Creates a mirrored or fault tolerant array for data security NOTE Under the Security setting This motherboard permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array only 55 Raid Introduction Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how This motherboard handles data blocks to enhance performance Y our choice will determine the block size used You may choose from A V Editing for audio video applications or any similar application that requires large file transfers Server for numerous small file transfers or Desktop a combination of large and small file sizes Using a Hot Spare Drive If a third drive is attached as a Slave and is not assigned to a mirrored two drive disk array one optimized for Security it will be recognized as a Spare Drive Such a drive is immediately used as a standby replacement It is automatically added to an array once a disk member of the array has been detected as Tale To restore fault tolerance as quickly as possible This motherboard begins to perform an a
18. array on your system do NOT connect the hard drive to the motherboard controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first see Raid Manual of the TUCD to this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller For all other Operating Systems proceed here Follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 3 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 1 Up J ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 51 Raid Introduction Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort Select Y to continue If you choose
19. corrupts your system BIOS the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and correct the main BIOS Case IIl A user may override booting from the main system BIOS The DualBIOS utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS 36 7ZXR Motherboard 2 During or after a BIOS upgrade if DualBIOS detects that the main BIOS is corrupt the backup BIOS will take over the boot up process automatically Moreover it will verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting up DualBIOS technology examines the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system is powered on to guarantee your BIOS operates properly Power Users will have the advantage of having two BIOS versions on their mainboard The benefit is being able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs Flexibility for high end desktop PCs and workstation servers In the DualBlOS utility the option can be set HaltOn When BIOS Defects to be enabled to halt your system with a warning message that the main BIOS has been corrupted Most workstation servers require constant operation to guarantee services have not been interrupted In this situation the Halt On When BIOS Defects message may be disabled to avoid system pauses during normal booting Another advantage you gain from Giga Byte s DualBIOS technology is the ability to upgrade from dual 2 Mbit BIOS to dual 4 Mbit BIOS
20. Array Definition menu will appear see below showing which drives are assigned to this array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 8063 Functional Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 MasterQUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 2 MasterQUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 64 7ZXR Motherboard 3 Confirm yes to the following warning message with the lt Ctrl Y gt key to continue array deletion Are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl Y to Delete others to Abort 4 After deleting the array you should create a new array using Auto Setup or the Define Array menu from the FastBuild Main Menu 65 Raid Introduction Rebuilding A Mirrored Array The Rebuild Array lt 5 gt Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array You will receive an error message when booting your system from the BIOS NOTE Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option 1 E POY PON ae OO On bootup the system Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu Select submenu Define Array lt 3 gt Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the fa
21. ID but will offer conventional controller performance depending on the drive type At a later time a second drive can be added to the array and the array re created to support RAID 1 mirroring 58 7ZXR Motherboard Selecting Array Type 1 Under the Definition section of this menu highlight the Array for which you want to assign a RAID level 2 Use the Space key to cycle through two array types Performance RAID 0 Striping Security RAID 1 Mirroring FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Definition Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment ks Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y de Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 N 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y Keys Available TT Up Hl Down ESC Exit Space Select Ctrl Y Save Selecting Stripe Block For RAID 0 Striped arrays only you may manually select the stripe block size Use the Spacebar to scroll through choices progressing as follows 1 2 4 8 16 1024 The size selected affects how montherboard sends and retrieves data blocks from the drives You will need to perform your own testing to determine how the data block size is affecting your particular use of the array In general a larger block size is better when handling large data transfers such as in A V editing o
22. drives When any disk member fails it affects the entire array Performance is better than a single drive since the workload is balanced between the array members This array type is for high performance systems Identical drives are recommended for performance as well as data storage efficiency The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the smallest member capacity For example one 1GB and 1 drives will forma 2GB 2 x 1GB disk array Stripe Size a value can be set from 1KB to 1024KB sector size The size can directly affect performance In the FastBuild BIOS the Desktop default is 8KB while Server and A V Editing are 64KB E7 Data Blocks 8 y RAID 0 Striping o RH KK BA ch el 47 Raid Introduction Mirroring RAID 1 Writes duplicate data on to a pair of drives while reads are performed in parallel ATA RAID 1 is fault tolerant because each drive of a mirrored pair is installed on separate IDE channels If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure e g spindle failure or does not respond the remaining drive will continue to function This is called Fault Tolerance If one drive has a physical sector error the mirrored drive will continue to function Data Block lala RAID 1 Mirroring On the next reboot the FastBuild utility will display an error in the array and recommend to replace the failed drive Users may ch
23. first overdrive utility suitable for both normal and power users Users can choose either Easy Mode or Advanced Mode to run overdrive at their convenience For users who choose Easy Mode they just need to click Auto Optimize to have auto and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel If someone prefers to overdrive by oneself there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class overclocking In Advanced Mode one can change the system bus speed in small increments to get ultimate system performance And no matter which mainboard is used if it s a Gigabyte s product EasyTunelll helps to perform the best of system Besides different from other traditional over clocking methods EasyTunelll doesn t require users to change neither BIOS nor hardware switch jumper setting on the other hand they can do overdrive at only one click Therefore this is a safer way for overdrive as nothing is changed on software or hardware If user runs EasyTunelll over system s limitation the biggest lost is only to restart the computer again and the side effect is then well controlled Moreover if one well performed system speed been tested in EasyTunelll user can Save this bus speed and Load itin next time Obviously Gigabyte EasyTunelll has already turned the overdri
24. the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility 98 7ZXR Motherboard Appendix Appendix A VIA KT133 Chipsets Driver Installation AVIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Utility Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My KE to bring up the screen 1 Click VIA 4in 1 Service Pack Utility item a GE a E KEISER Bei fe se L Sea 99 Appendix Pear a HI Serre Pak fF 100 7ZXR Motherboard Appendix B Creative Sound Driver Installation Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen ER Mainboard Utility CD 1 Click Creative 5880 Sound Driver oO oe 2 os 101 Appendix L hie ban p eee Ven pn ed r rk e epee bat ami mg 8 aes pe 9 Click Finish to restart computer 102 7ZXR Motherboard Appendix C Promise PCI Device Installation A Promise ATA100 Driver Installation Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen e n E Mainboard Utility CD a a TT Fer a F k Mainboard Utility CD a _ r 2 Refer Driver Information to setup your system Gere Fe I zesszgsss CS Ka Wac
25. virus program to locate the problem Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or d disk partition table Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Default Value e Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs Most use for this area is Shadow RAM 76 7ZXR Motherboard BIOS Features Setup C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device IDE 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On
26. 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage A V Editing Auto Setup Configuration Spare Driver Drives used in Array Array Disk Capachy Keys Available TT Up HU Down lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 49 Raid Introduction Creating an Array for Performance NOTE This motherboard allows users to create striped arrays with 1 2 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Performance under the Optimize Array for section 2 Select how you will use your PC most under the Typical Application usage section The choices are A V Editing Server and Desktop the default 3 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save and create the array 4 Reboot your system 5 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive 6 Proceed to Installing Drivers section of the manual see Raid Manual of the TUCD Creating a Security Array With New Drives NOTE This motherborad permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup To create an array for data protection using new hard drives follow these steps 1
27. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive This motherboard will create a mirrored array using an existing system drive with data You must assign the existing drive and another drive of same or larger capacity to the Mirroring array The BIOS will send the existing data to the new blank drive WARNING Backup any necessary data before proceeding Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your system do NOT connect the hard drive to the system controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first see Raid Manual of the TUCD to this drive while itis still attached to your existing hard drive controller For all other Operating Systems proceed here 60 7ZXR Motherboard After assigning the drives to a Mirroring array press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 1 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Sour
28. BIOS chips For simplicity we ll call one your Main BIOS and the other we ll call your Backup BIOS your hot Spare If your Main BIOS fails the Backup BIOS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot Almost automatically and with virtually zero down time Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS or a virus or a catastrophic failure of the Main BIOS chip the result is the same the Backup BIOS backs you up almost automatically 34 7ZXR Motherboard LO What is DualBIOS technology Answer DualBlOS technology is a patented technology from Giga Byte Technology The concept of this technology is based on the redundancy and fault tolerance theory DualBIOS technology simply means there are two system BIOSes ROM integrated onto the motherboard One is a main BIOS and the other is a backup BIOS The mainboard will operate normally with the main BIOS however if the main BIOS is corrupt or damaged for various reasons the backup BIOS will be automatically used when the system powered On Your PC will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged and is completely transparent to the user Il Q Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOS technology Answer In today s systems there are more and more BIOS failures The most common reasons are virus attacks BIOS upgrade failures and or deterioration of the BIOS ROM chip itself 1 New computer viruses are being found that
29. ES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIG LOAD BIOS DEFA LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Load BIOS Defaults Y N N INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD ION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Ne Select Item F6 Load BIOS Defaults Shift F2 Change Color F7 Load Setup Defaults F5 Old Values F10 Save amp Exit Load BIOS Default except Standard CMOS Setup Figure 7 Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure the system to achieve maximum stability 88 7ZXR Motherboard Load Setup Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEM PNP PCI CONFIG Load SETUP Defaults Y N N CTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Noe Select Rem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Load Setup Default except Standard CMOS Setup Figure 8 Load Setup Defaults e Load Setup Defaults Load Setup defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values to configure the system to
30. IOS file name A gt flashxxx exe 7ZXR f1 Example Award tool Where 7ZXR f1 is name of the BIOS file name A gt wdflash exe 208 0 vi Upon pressing the lt Enter gt key a flash memory writer menu will appear on screen Enter the new BIOS file name with its extension filename into the text box after file name to program If you want to save the old BIOS file perform as soon as system is operational this is recommended select Y to DO YOU WANT TO SAVE BIOS then type the old BIOS filename and the extension after filename to save This option allows you to copy the contents of the flash memory chip onto a diskette giving you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to re install it Select N to DO YOU WANT TO SAVE BIOS if you don t want to save the old BIOS file After the decision to save the old BIOS file or notis made select Y to ARE YOU SURE TO PROGRAM when the next menu appear wait until a message showing Power Off or Reset the system appears Then turn off your system Remove the diskette and restart your system Hold down lt Delete gt key to enter BIOS setup You must select Load Setup BIOS Default to activate the new BIOS then you may set other item from the main menu 110 7ZXR Motherboard Appendix E Acronyms Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Audio Modem Riser Central Processing Unit Communication and Networking Riser ndustry Standard Architecture emory Tr
31. N you will be returned to step 1 Once complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt Proceed to the Installing Driver chapter see Raid Manual of the TUCD to install the Raid driver and or operating system 52 7ZXR Motherboard Using FastBuild Configuration Utility The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the motherboard For purposes of this manual itis assumed you have already created an array in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array or view other options Viewing BIOS Screen When you boot your system with the Raid function and drives installed the FastBuild BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 1 xx Build xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Scanning IDE drives Tan array exists already the BIOS will display the following screen showing the board RAID BIOS version and status of the array FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved ID MODE SIZE TRACK MAPPING STATUS ilps 1 2 Mirror 16126M 611 128 32 Functional Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility
32. NTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Free U5 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 Keys Available T Up 4 Down ESC Exit Mode U UDMA P PIO D DMA 57 Raid Introduction Manually Creating an Array The Define Array lt 3 gt option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to this motherboard Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with the motherboard though the motherboard will support a maximum of four arrays NOTE For most installations We recommends the lt 1 gt Auto Setup for easy disk array creation FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available Note Bootable Array TT Up Hl Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 1 To manually create an array from the Define Array Menu use the arrow keys to highlight the array number you wish to define and press Enter to select 2 The Define Array Definition Menu will next appear that allows drive assignments to the disk array See next page A user may use a single drive in either striping mode with system In this rare scenario the motherboard will create an individual array
33. Setup estore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu ad the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 71 BIOS Setup GETTING HELP Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt The Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from nine setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Ne Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type
34. Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection 3 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 4 Press N for the Create Only option 5 A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt 6 Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive 7 Once the arrayed drives have been formatted proceed to the Installing Driver chapter see Raid Manual of the TUCD to install your operating system 50 7ZXR Motherboard Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive NOTE This motherboard permits only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup You would use this method if you wish to use a drive that already contains data and or is the bootable system drive in your system Y ou will need another drive of identical or larger storage capacity WARNING Backup any necessary data before proceeding Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1
35. Y VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIG SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y LOAD BIOS DEF LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit TL Select Item F6 Load BIOS Defaults Shift F2 Change Color F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit F5 Old Values Save Data to CMOS amp Exit Setup Figure 13 Save amp Exit Setup Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility 97 BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIG E 2 LOAD BISS DEFA Quit without saving Y N N LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Ne Select Item F6 Load BIOS Defaults Shift F2 Change Color F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit F5 Old Values Abandon all Datas amp Exit Setup Figure 14 Exit Without Saving Type Y will quit
36. Your SDRAM must be PC 100 compliant 2 Jumper P8 is provided to connect to the STR LED in your system chassis Some chassis may not provide this feature The STR LED will be illuminated when your system is in STR sleep mode STR LED Connector External GEO D R Vir 00 DIMM LED dl D I 30 7ZXR Motherboard Dual BIOS Introduction A Whatis Dual BIOS Technology Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS ROM on the motherboard one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS Under the normal circumstances the system works on the Main BIOS If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS B How to use Dual BIOS a Boot Screen Release 06 12 2000 AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrends American se Megatrends XXX XXX Check System Health OK AMD Athlon tm 650MHz 100x6 5 Check NVRAM Wait Press F1 to enter Dual BJOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility ergo S POLLUTION PATE Tios 31 Dual BIOS Introduction b AMI Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility
37. abled Enable Resume On Ring LAN Default Value PME Event Wake Up Disabled Disable PME Event Wake Up Enabled Enable PME Event Wake Up Default Value 84 7ZXR Motherboard e Resume On RTC Alarm You can set Resume On RTC Alarm item to enabled and key in Data time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default Value 85 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configurations i C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved PnP OS Installed No Reset Configuration Data No VGA Boot from AGP PCI AGP Palette Snoop Disabled DMA Channel 0 PnP DMA Channel 1 PnP DMA Channel 3 PnP DMA Channel 5 PnP DMA Channel 6 PnP DMA Channel 7 PnP IRQ3 PCI PnP IRQ 4 PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP IRQ7 PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP IRQ 10 PCI PnP ESC Quit N gt e Select Item IRQ 11 PCI PnP F1 Help PU PD Modify IRQ 14 PCI PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color IRQ 15 PCI PnP F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load SETUP Defaults Figure 6 PnP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed Disabled or VGA Card only Default Value 86 7ZXR Motherboard e DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 ISA EISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device PCI PnP The resource is used by PCI PnP device 87 BIOS Setup Load BIOS Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATUR
38. achieve maximum performance 89 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals i C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard Serial Port A Auto OnBoard Serial Port B Auto Serial PortB Mode Normal Duplex Mode N A OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Parallel Port Mode ECP Parallel Port DMA Auto Parallel Port IRQ Auto AC97 Audio Auto MC97 Modem Auto OnBoard Legacy Audio Enabled Sound Blaster Disabled SB I O Base Address 220h 22Fh SB IRQ Select 5 SB DMA Select 1 ESC Quit N gt e Select Item e MPU 401 Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify MPU 401 I O Address 330h 333h F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Game Port 200h 207h Enabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load SETUP Defaults Figure 9 Integrated Peripherals This items will be available when Serial PortB Mode is set to IrDA or ASK IR These eight items will be shown when there are only AC 97 CODEC sound e On Board Serial Port A BIOS will automatically setup the port A address Default Value _2FB COM2 Enable on Board Serial port A and address to 2F 8 2E8 COM4 Enable on Board Serial port A and address to 2E8 Disabled isable on Board Serial port B 90 7ZXR Motherboard e Serial Port B Mode Parallel Port Mode et Parallel Port IRQ to 7 et Parallel Port IRQ to 5 91 BIOS Setup AC97 Audio SB IRQ Select IRQ5 7 9 10 Default Value 5 SB DMA Select DMA 0 1 2 3 Default Valu
39. anslator Hub Operating System To be continued 111 Appendix _ Acronyms ymmetric Multi P rocessing VID Voltage ID 112
40. assword is required to access only basic items H you select System at Password Check in BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu If you select Setup at Password Check in BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup fi 95 BIOS Setup IDE HDD AUTO Detection AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue Jan 25 2000 Time hh mm ss 10 36 24 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Master Not Installed Pri Slave Not Installed Sec Master Not Installed Sec Slave Not Installed Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 31Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 32Mb Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 TL Select Item Year 1990 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection Type Y will accept the H D D parameter reported by BIOS Type N will keep the old H D D parameter setup If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024 then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB 96 7ZXR Motherboard Save amp Exit Setup AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILIT
41. attack and destroy the system BIOS They may corrupt your BIOS code causing your PC to be unstable or even not boot normally 2 BIOS data will be corrupted if a power loss surge occurs or if a user resets the system or if the power button is pressed during the process of performing a system BIOS upgrade 3 Ifa user mistakenly updates their mainboard with the incorrect BIOS file then the system may not be able to boot correctly This may cause the PC system hang in operation or during boot 4 A flash ROM s life cycle is limited according to electronic characteristics The modern PC utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS and is updated regularly If a user changes peripherals often there is a slight chance of damage to the flash ROM With Giga Byte Technology s patented DualBIOS technology you can reduce the possibility of hangs during system boot up and or loss BIOS data due to above reasons This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause by BIOS failures 35 Dual BIOS Introduction Ill Q How does DualBIOS technology work Answer 1 DualBlOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure It protects your BIOS during system POST ESCD update and even all the way to PNP detection assignment DualBlIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS When the first BIOS used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs b
42. by 5V zs PS ON Soft On Off mm LPT Port O e0e000000800080 O 1 g o D J COM A COM B SOO s 7ZXR Motherboard Floppy Port Red Line Sal ka D ER of CE 00 g FDD1 OSTO Game Port Line Out 1 MIC In Line In SC Line Out 1 Line Out or SPDIF The SPDIF output is 8 d capable of providing digital audio to external speakers g p H or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital l decoder To enable SPDIF simply insert SPDIF I connector into Line Out1 Line Out1 will become SPDIF Out automatically see page 35 for more information To enable Four Speaker for Creative 5880 audio only simply follow instructions on page 33 and Line In will become Line O
43. ce drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 f Up HU ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save 2 Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied WARNING All target drive data will be erased Make sure you choose the correct drive 3 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following confirmation screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 4 Select mp continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 5 Once Y is selected the following progress screen will appear The process will take a few minutes Please Wait While Duplicating The Image 10 Complete 61 Raid Introduction 6 Once mirroring is complete the following screen will appear confirming that your S ecurity array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created lt Press Any Key to Reboot gt Making a Disk Array Bootable WARNING In order for you to boot from an array on the system your PC or server must be configured in the CMOS Setup to use the system as a bootable devic
44. d Remember to save the setting by pressing ESC and choose the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option J P7 STR Function Enabled E GAA Normal Default D STR Enabled 19 Panel and Jumper Definition J P9 Onboard Sound Function Selection a Seed ial JP9 1 Lessel 1 2 close Onboard Sound Enable Default 2 3 close Onboard Sound Disable J P10 BIOS Write Protection Optional LC Oo Fa N Es E Write Protect Enable Write Protect Disable OFF Default Please Set Jumper JP10 to Open to enabled BIOS Write Function when you update new BIOS or new device 20 7ZXR Motherboard J P11 Front USB Device Wake up Selection USB Port gt USB2 H USB2 Normal Default
45. d Winstone 99 50 8 41 6 e If you wish to maximize the performance of your system please refer to details on P 79 23 Block Diagram Block Diagram CPUCLK 100MHz System Bus 100MHz sav Sona AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100MHz AGPCLK 66MHz 33MHz dE dr PCI Bus 33MHz CT5880 Promise PDC20265 66MHz LPT Game Port Port PS 2 Floppy 5 PC Raid ATA 100 IDE Port PCI MH Channels SE ISA AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100MHz PCI 33MHz e2 ICW 48MHz W230H AGPCLK 66MHz 14 318MHz ST CPUCLK 100MHz 33MHz 24 7ZXR Motherboard Suspend To RAM Installation A 1 Introduce STR function Suspend to RAM STR is a Windows 98 ACPI sleep mode function When recovering from STR S3 sleep mode the system is able to retrieve the last state of the system before it went to sleep and recover to that state in just a few seconds The state is stored in memory RAM before the system goes to sleep During STR sleep mode the system uses only enough energy to maintain critical information and system functions primarily the system state and the ability to recognize various wake up triggers or signals respectively A 2 STR function Installation Please use the following steps to complete the STR function installation Step By Step Setup Step 1 To utilize the STR function the system must be in Windows 98 ACPI mode
46. e 1 MPU 401 Enabled Enable MPU 401 Disabled Disable MPU 401 Default Value Ps When Force Feedback joystick is used MPU 401 needs to be Enable 92 7ZXR Motherboard e MPU 401 1 0 Address to 330h 333h Default Value 320h 323h SetMPU 401 1 0 Address to 320h 323h e Game Port 200h 207h Disabled Disable Game Port 200h 207h Enabled able Game Port 200h 207h Default Value 93 BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature System Temperature CPU Fan Speed System Fan Speed Vcore Vdd Vec3 5 000V 12 000V AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 32 C 89 F 32 C 89 F 7123 RPM 0 RPM 1 76V 3 33 V 3 27 V 4 97 V 12 18 V ESC Quit N gt e Select Item Pi Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 10 Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature C F Detect CPU Temperature automatically e System Temperature C F e System Fan Speed Detect System Temperature automatically e CPU Fan Speed Detect CPU Fan speed status automatically Detect System Fan speed status automatically e Current Voltage V Vcore Vdd Vcc3 5V 12V Detect system s voltage status automatically 94 7ZXR Motherboard Set Supervisor User Password When you select this function the following message wi
47. e versus the onboard controller This option is not available if the system is being used as a secondary controller 1 Once you have returned to the Define Array Menu window below you will see the array s you have created You now may use the menu to select which previously defined array will be used as the bootable array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx DELL c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 13044 Functional Note Bootable Array TT Up Hl Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 2 Highlight the array which you want to boot from using the T Up U 1 Down keys 3 Press the Space bar key 4 An asterisk will appear next to the array number indicating it as bootable The system will now recognize this array as the first array seen 5 The system will then use this bootable array as the fixed boot C drive NOTE The bootable array must contain your configured operating system 62 7ZXR Motherboard How Orders Arrays During startup the disk arrays on the motherboard are recognized in this order 1 The array set to bootable in the FastBuild Setup and 2 the Array number i e Array 0 Array 1 1 This would be involved in determining which drive letters will be assigned to each disk array How Saves Array Information All disk array data is saved into the reserved sector on each arra
48. e maaga Dares Parvo 103 Appendix 14m maad peers be en aair ders e Flis baue rria derer kre n s viene peas Era main 1 E Bae tet ie n senm reram gl a drae PAOA TAS aan Bore ad p ee Pesi ng m del Coeds OO pera Aamir WY az vi ars piani oom en hirdet Zar za Geen 11 tg che ean aria bo mead ra pb siran Zu Bn et Det ege Peremri een t gl alias a r KC kanar m yen ami fae dere pes rami Lipson Eeer Deets vind als r Fe rar in es ere ae er Bd D pa Ei Coe PC SERE d be iniy b ead Tih aa erti Ra Fe eg Mri Brei pm eiri a am e m ripi kea Salbegn Chong ox Te bh n rgup pou pase heed pou rai gea Dig ee read paper bag ome re 14 Click Yes to restart your system 12 104 7ZXR Motherboard B FastTrak Utility Installation Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My computers bring up the screen ke a Mainboard Se AY fa a ia i 105 Appendix Pere 106 7ZXR Motherboard C Promise RAID Driver Installation Insert the support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD driver icon in My Computer to bring up the screen SST E KE Mainboard Utility CD S Gem SA Mainboard Utility CD mee ote Dry 2 Please refer Driver In
49. formation to setup your system If you want to realize the setup information in detail please refer to the driver information for setting your system completely 107 Appendix Appendix D BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure If your OS is Win9X we recommend that you used Gigabyte BIOS Program to flash BIOS e r Boo Mainboard Utility CD tt Oa f Click BIOS Writer v1 05 Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOS sever Gigabyte BIOS sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOS sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others will be completed soon d Select the exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 108 7ZXR Motherboard Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file d Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as 60XM7E F 1 e Complete update process following the instruction Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM Note In the very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dia
50. g BIOS and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily Again Gigabyte s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries For such a wonderful software how much it costs Impossible It s free Now if you buy a Gigabyte s motherboard you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD But please remember connected to internet at first then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte BIOS 43 Easy Tune Introduction Easy Tunelll Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTunelll Windows overdrive utility Overdrive might be one of the most L cette common issues in computer field But have E kanpan many users ever tried it The answer is probably no Because overdrive is thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technical know how sometimes overdrive is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts But as to the experts in overdrive what s the truth They may spend quite a lot of time and money to study try and use many different hardware and software tools to do overdrive And even with these technologies they still learn that it s quite a risk because the safety and stability of an overdrive system is unknown Now everything is different because of a Windows overdrive utility EasyTunelll announced by Gigabyte This utility has totally changed the gaming rule of overdrive This is the
51. iled drive P ower off and physically remove the failed drive Replace the drive with an identical model Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu Select the lt 5 gt Rebuild Array option The following screen will appear FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Array 2 Stripe 1 8063 Functional Array 3 Stripe 1 8063 Functional Array 4 Keys Available T Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 9 10 Highlight the array whose Status is Critical Press Enter The following screen will then appear see next page 66 7ZXR Motherboard FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Status Array 2 Mirror 2 Critical Stripe Block Not Available Select Drive for Rebuild Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Keys Available TT Up J Down ESC Exit Enter Select 11 12 13 Under Select Drive for R ebuild highlight the replacement drive Press Enter and confirm that the data will be copied on to the selected drive All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored information from the array drive A progress bar will appear as below Please Wait While Duplicating The Image 10
52. in the future if extra BIOS storage is need 37 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction Four Speaker Introduction A Whatis Four Speaker The Creative CT5880 audio chip can supportup to 4 speaker output If you select Four speaker out Line In will be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers B How to use Four Speaker a Press the audio icon and then select Configuration 3D Audio ee b Two speaker Default 38 7ZXR Motherboard c Click Four speaker item C Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only support in application software that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX For example the game titles software DVD player and MP3 player Those software support Microsoft DirectX so they can support four speaker output 39 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction SPDIF Introduction A Whatis SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder B Howto use SPDIF a Press your mouse right button in My Computer and then select the Properties item amp Disk drives Display adapters lt Floppy disk controllers lt Hard disk controllers E Keyboard Monitors Mouse Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT Sound video and game controllers System devices U
53. ion The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch Memory size can vary between sockets Install memory in any combination table 168 pin SDRAM DIMM Modules Supports 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Total System Memory Max 1 5GB 69 BIOS Setup av Page Index for BIOS Setup hipset Features Setup oad Setup Defaults DE HDD Auto Detection 70 7ZXR Motherboard BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Interface The interface allows users to modify the basic system configuration which is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information can be retained when the power is turned off ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer and press lt Del gt immediately will allow you to enter Setup If unsuccessful you can restart the system and try again by pressing the RESET bottom on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt lt Del gt keys CONTROL KEYS lt T gt ove to previous item ove to the item in the left hand ain Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS tatus Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page eneral help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page
54. ll appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGUR LOAD BIOS DEFAUL LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Ne Selectltem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Chang Set Disabled Password Figure 11 Password Setting Type the password up to six characters and press lt Enter gt You will be asked to confirm the password 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 lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter S etup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User p
55. log box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported a In method if it shows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Sellecting name will cause the system unbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the Same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot c In method if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s web site for downloading and updating it according to method II d Please note that any intercorruption during updating will cause system unbooted 109 Appendix Or else you can select flash BIOS in DOS mode Please check your BIOS vendor AMI or AWARD your motherboard name and PCB version on the motherboard 1 Format a bootable system floppy diskette by the command format a s in command mode Visit the Gigabyte website at http www gigabyte com tw Select the BIOS file you need and download it to your bootable floppy diskette Insert the bootable diskette containing the BIOS file into the floppy diskette driver Assuming that the floppy diskette driver is A reboot the system by using the A driver Atthe A gt prompt run the BIOS upgraded file by executing the Flash BIOS utility and the BIOS file with its appropriate extension Example AMI tool Where 7ZXR f1 is name of the B
56. ltage fluctuations equipment Limits and methods of measurement DI EN 50081 1 Generic emission standard Part 1 of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual commercial and light industry household electrical appliances portable tools and similar electrical DI EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 apparatus Residual commercial and light industry Limits and methods of measurement O EN 55081 2 Generic emission standard Part 2 of radio disturbance characteristics of Industrial environment fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of CO EN 55082 2 Generic immunity standard Part 2 broadcast receivers and associated Industrial environment equipment Limits and methods of measurement O ENV 55104 Immunity requirements for household of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment O EN 50091 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible for receiving and or distribution from power systems UPS sound and television signals CC 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 O EN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment household and similar general use Safety of h
57. mplish this 1 Choose the Stand by item in the Shut Down Windows area A Press the Start button and then select Shut Down B Choose the Stand by item and press OK Shut Down Windows X bb What do you want the computer to do Shut down Restart C Restart in MS DOS mode cancel Hep 27 Suspend to RAM Installation 2 Define the system power on button to initiate STR sleep mode A Double click My Computer and then Control Panel j ei A B Double click the Power Management item 28 7ZXR Motherboard d Standby mode in Power Buttons ri C Select the Advanced tab an Panes Manageme Fay Step 4 Restart your computer to complete setup Now when you want to enter STR sleep mode just momentarily press the Power on button A 4 How to recover from the STR sleep mode There are five ways to wake up the system Press the Power On button Use the Resume by Alarm function Use the Modem Ring On function Use the Wake On LAN function Use the USB Device Wake Up function a LE 29 Suspend to RAM Installation A 5 Notices 1 In order for STR to function properly several hardware and software requirements must be satisfied A Your ATX power supply must comply with the ATX 2 01 specification provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand By current B
58. niversal Serial Bus controllers 40 7ZXR Motherboard c Press Sound video and game controllers item and then select the Creative Sound Blaster P C1128 item System Properties Disk drives 2 Display adapters lt Floppy disk controllers By Hard disk controllers SZ Keyboard Monitors E Mouse EF Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT o Sound video and game controllers Gameport Joystick rea er PCI128 MPU 401 Compatible Sound Blaster PCI128 Legacy Device System devices B Universal Serial Bus controllers d Press Settings item and then select the Output Mode item Creative Sound Blaster PC1I128 Properties Internal Synthesizer 41 Four Speaker amp SPDIF Introduction e Click Digital item Line Out will be reconfigured to SP DIF Out Creative Sounc d Blaster PCI128 Properties Internal Synthesizer X Note The motherboard doesn t support Autosense 42 7ZXR Motherboard BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself Or like many other people you just know what m BIOS is but always hesitate to update it Because you think updating newest BIOS is BST unnecessary and actually you don t know how to update it Maybe not like others you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it But of course you don t like to do i
59. oose to continue using their PC however Promise recommends replacing the failed drive as soon as possible See Chapter 4 for a functional description Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is half the total drive capacity For example two 1GB drives that have a combined capacity of 2GB would have 1GB of usable storage With drives of different capacities there may be unused capacity on the larger drive 48 7ZXR Motherboard Creating Your Disk Array You will now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives There are three different scenarios in creating this array You can create an array for performance you can create a Security array using new hard drives recommended or you can create a Security array using an existing hard drive and a new hard drive WARNING If creating a Security array using an existing hard drive backup any necessary data Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss 1 Boot your system If this is the first time you have booted with raid the FastBuild BIOS will display the following screen FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press lt ESC gt key to continue booting the system 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu
60. oot up 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 automatically DualBlOS provides manual recovery for the BIOS DualBIOS technology contains a built in flash utility which can flash your system BIOS from backup to main and or visa versa There is no need for an OS dependent flash utility program DualBlOS contains a one way flash utility The built in one way flash utility will ensure that the corrupt BIOS is not mistaken as the good BIOS during recovery and that the correct BIOS main vs backup will be flashed This will prevent the good BIOS from being flashed IV Q Who Needs DualBIOS technology Answer 1 Every user should have DualBIOS technology due to the advancement of computer viruses Everyday there are new BIOS type viruses discovered that will destroy your system BIOS Most commercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard against this type of virus intrusion The DualBIOS technology will provide a state of the art solution to protect your PC Case l Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS With a conventional single system BIOS PC the PC will not be functional until it is sent for repairs Case Il If the Auto Recovery option is enabled in the DualBIOS utility and if a virus
61. ousehold and similar O EN 50091 1 General and Safety requirements for electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems UPS Manufacturer Importer Signature RexLin Stamp Date Sep 30 2000 Name Rex Lin 7ZXR AMD Athlon AGP Motherboard USER S MANUAL AMD Athlon Socket A Processor Motherboard REV 1 0 Second Edition R 10 02 001005 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections 1 Revision History 11 Appendix Manual revision information Product item list Product information amp specification nstructions on setting up the motherboard Product performance amp block diagram Instructions on STR installation amp Dual BIOS Four Speaker amp SPDIF introduction nstructions on BIOS amp Easy Tune nstructions on Raid Instructions on setting up the BIOS software _ General reference Table Of Content Revision History PI Page Index for CPU Speed Setup Connectors Panel and J umper Definition Appendix 7ZXR Motherboard Revision History Revision Note Second release of the 7ZXR motherboard user s manual Oct 2000 ij The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Oct 05 2000 Taipei Taiwan R O C
62. pe is set to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS setting please press Del key when the boot screen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On BIOS Defects set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show lt or the other key to continue gt If Auto Recovery Enable it will show lt or the other key to Auto Recover gt Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Backup message Are you sure to copy BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS Or the means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can t be changed by user 33 Dual BIOS Introduction zi ro DualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology a hot spare for your system BIOS This newness Value added feature in along of innovations from GIGABYTE is available on GA 7ZXR motherboard Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation What s DualBIOS On GIGABYTE motherboards with DualBlOS there are physically two
63. pprove by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subjected to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation O EN 55011 O EN55013 OEN 55014 O EN 55015 O EN 55020 DI EN 55022 DIN VDE 0855 part 10 part 12 000 K CE marking O EN 60065 O EN 60335 Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer Importer full address G B T Technology Trading 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 7ZXR 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 O EN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance characteristics of DI EN60555 2 by household appliances and similar industrial scientific and medical ISM electrical equipment Harmonics high frequency equipment Limits and methods of measurement EI EN61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance characteristics of DI EN60555 3 by household appliances and similar broadcast receivers and associated electrical equipment Vo
64. r graphics while a smaller block size is better when handling e mail and other common server data The default is 64K Assigning Drive s to Array 1 Under the Drive Assignments section highlight a drive using the T Up J keys 2 With the Space bar key change the Assignable option to Y to add the drive to the disk array 59 Raid Introduction 3 Press lt Ctrl Y gt to save the disk array information Depending on the array type selected the following scenarios will take place a If choosing a Striping array the initial Define Array Menu screen will appear with the arrays defined From there you may ESC to exit and return to the Main Menu of FastBuild b Ifyou selected a Mirroring array for two drives there is an additional window that appears as described in order to create the array To do this you will use either two brand new drives or one drive that contains existing data that you wish to mirror Creating A Mirrored Array Using New Drives As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above if you selected a mirroring array and wish to use two new assigned drives follow the directions here 1 After assigning new drives to a Mirroring array and saving the information with lt Ctrl Y gt the window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 2 Press N for the Create Only option 3
65. rd disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer There are two settings Auto and Manual Manual HDD type is user definable Auto will automatically detect HDD type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If you select User Type related information will be asked to enter to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer Number of cylinders write precomp SECTORS number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press lt Enter gt Floppy Drive A Drive B The category identifies the type of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer No floppy drive installed 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch hen 3 Mode is Enabled 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity 75 BIOS Setup e Boot Sector Virus Protection If itis set to enable the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time You can run anti
66. rface and PS 2 Mouse Creative CT5880 sound AC 97 CODEC Line In Line Out Mic In AUX In CD In TEL Game Port Support 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 boot up Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds Features LBA and Extended Interruptl3 drive translation in controller onboard BIOS Licensed AMI BIOS 2M bit flash ROM Support Dual BIOS Support Wake On LAN WOL Support Internal External Modem Ring On Support USB KB MS Wake up from S3 Includes 3 fan power connectors Poly fuse for keyboard over current protection Support STR Suspend To RAM function 7ZXR Motherboard 7ZXR Motherboard Layout ses See PS 2 JP4 73 I Eegen m E N O 3 oc HI Socket A CPU ZS lt a x lt fa lt O JP6 E JP8 I i D D m m LED1 Q O JP7 n o S E E z D VT8363 O D Q D KA
67. rrays Automatically on page 55 Promise recommends this option for most users To view drives assigned to arrays see Viewing Drive Assignments on page 57 To delete an array but not delete the data contained on the array select Deleting An Array on page 64 To rebuild a mirrored array see Rebuilding an Array on page 66 To view controller settings see Viewing Controller Configuration on page 68 NOTE After configuring an array using FastBuild you should FDISK and format the arrayed drive s if you are using new blank drives Depending on the type of array you are using 54 7ZXR Motherboard Creating Arrays Automatically The Auto Setup lt 1 gt selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating After making all selections use Ctrl Y to Save selections FastBuild will automatically build the array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application usage A V Editing Auto Setup Configuration Spare Drive Counte e a 0 Drives used in Amay 2 Array Disk Capachy 16126 Keys Available Up N Down lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save Optimize Array For Select whether you want Performance RAID 0 Security RAID 1 under the
68. t too much First download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode Secondly use different flash utility to update BIOS The above process is nota interesting job Besides always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS it will be a nightmare Certainly you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work Here it comes Now Gigabyte announces BIOS the first Windows BIOS live update utility This is a smart BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internet and update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using if it s a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically There are several different choices you could use Internet Update to download and update your BIOS directly Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS just choose Save Current BIOS to save it first You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte and BIOS update your BIOS smartly You are now worry free from updating wron
69. up 73 BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu Figure 2 are divided into 9 categories Each category includes none one or more than one setup items Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value in each item AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue Jan 25 2000 Time hh mm ss 10 36 24 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Pri Master Auto Pri Slave Auto Sec Master Auto Sec Slave Auto Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 2 Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 30Mb Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 31Mb Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 TL Select Item Year 1990 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup e Date The date format is lt Week gt lt Month gt lt Day gt lt Y ear gt Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only Year The year from 1990 through 2099 74 7ZXR Motherboard e Time The times format in lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Primary Master Slave Secondary Master Slave The category identifies the type of ha
70. ut2 to support second pair of stereo speakers Connectors IDE1 IDE2 Primary S econdary IDE 3 IDE AIR aid ATA100 Port So a J 2 System Fan Kee Red Line 6 IDE 1 IDE 2IDE3 IDE 4 iH Definition Control 12V NC 7ZXR Motherboard 173 CRU Fan F KG i Ki e on RO IER mi Ld D D Connectors 12 Wake On LAN SC Ke era E Es Kies D Ss l
71. utomatic data rebuild on the spare drive in the background without the need to restart the system Ata later time the failed drive can be physically removed from the system and an extra drive added in its place to function as the spare drive Creating Multiple Disk Arrays 1 Ifyou plan to create multiple arrays attach only the drives necessary to create the first disk array and complete the lt 1 gt Auto Setup 2 Install the additional drives needed for the second array and again use the lt 1 gt Auto Setup NOTE If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays such as block size you must manually create disk arrays with the Define Array lt 3 gt option from the Main Menu 56 7ZXR Motherboard Viewing Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments lt 2 gt option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned Under the Assignment column drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned Such Free drives can be used for a future array Unassigned drives are not accessible by the OS The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive U5 refers to 100MB sec transfers U4 refers to 66MB sec transfers etc FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc View Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment Mode 1 Master QUA
72. ve technology toward to a newer generation 44 7ZXR Motherboard This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyTunelll to find out more amazing features by themselves 45 Raid Introduction Raid Introduction What is Raid This motherboard implements two different types of RAID levels as follows RAID 0 stripe For capacity The motherboard array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array times however many HDDs are in the array Any larger HDDs will simply be truncated The truncated space on the bigger HDDs will then be unusable For sustained data transfers A RAID 0 array consisting of two HDDs will transfer at about twice the speed of the slowest HDD in the array A RAID 0 array consisting of four HDDs will transfer at about three times the speed of the slowest HDD in the array RAID 1 mirror For capacity This Motherboard array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array The larger HDD will simply be truncated The truncated space on the bigger HDD will then be unusable For sustained data transfers This motherboard array will write data at the rate of the slowest HDD in the array This motherboard array will read data at twice the rate of the slowest HDD in the array 46 7ZXR Motherboard About RAID Levels Striping RAID 0 Reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple
73. y member We suggests that users record their disk array information for future reference Another feature of the motherboard disk array system is to recognize drive members even if drives are moved between different motherboard connectors IDE3 amp IDE 4 Since each drive s array data identifies itself to the array itis possible to move or swap drives without modifying the array setup This is valuable when adding drives or during a rebuild 63 Raid Introduction Deleting An Array The Delete Array lt 4 gt Menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments This is not the same as deleting data from the drives themselves If you delete an array by accident and before ithas been used again the array can normally be recovered by defining the array identically as the deleted array WARNING Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss Make sure to record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 8063 Functional Array 2 Stripe 1 8063 Functional Array 3 Stripe 1 8063 Functional Array 4 Keys Available T Up UI Down ESC Exit Del Delete 1 To delete an array highlight the Array you wish to delete and press the Del key 2 The View

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