Fujitsu GA-7VAXFS User manual

USER'S MANUAL
GA-7VAXFS
AMD Athlon™/Athlon™XP/Duron™Socket A
Processor Motherboard
AMD Athlon™/Athlon™XP/Duron™Socket A Processor Motherboard
Rev. 1001
12ME-7VAXFS-1001

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Table of Content
WARNING! ............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................ 5
Features Summary ...................................................................................... 5
GA-7VAXFS Motherboard Layout ................................................................ 7
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ............................................... 8
Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 9
Step 1-1: CPU Speed Setup ............................................................................................. 9
Step 1-2: CPU Installation ............................................................................................... 10
Step 1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation .............................................................................. 11
Step 2: Install memory modules ................................................................ 12
Step 3: Install expansion cards ................................................................. 13
Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires and power supply ............ 14
Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction ............................................................................ 14
Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction ................................................................................. 16

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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ......................................................................... 23
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :E8) ......................................... 24
Standard CMOS Features......................................................................... 26
Advanced BIOS Features .......................................................................... 29
Integrated Peripherals .............................................................................. 31
Power Management Setup ....................................................................... 35
PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 38
PC Health Status........................................................................................ 40
Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................................ 42
Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................. 43
Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................... 44
Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 45
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................................... 46
Exit Without Saving ................................................................................... 47

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Item Checklist
Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To
protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you
work on your computer.
1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.
2. Use a 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.
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 you can still attach the spacers to the
mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so
be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying
about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the
motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don't let 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.
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
WARNING!

Introduction
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Form Factor y24.3cm x 30.5cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB
Motherboard yGA-7VAXFS Motherboard
CPU ySocket A processor
AMD Athlon™/Athlon™XP/Duron™ (K7) Socket A processor
128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die 400MHz FSB and
DDR bus speeds
ySupports 1.4GHz and faster
Chipset yVIA KT400 Memory/AGP/PCI Controller(PAC)
yVT8235 V-LINK Client Highly Integrated
Memory y3 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
ySupports DDR DRAM 266/333 or PC1600/PC2100/PC2700
ySupports up to 3GB DDR (Max)
ySupports only 2.5V DDR DIMM
I/O Control yITE8705F
Slots y1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode & AGP 3.0 compliant
y5 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
y1 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) slot
On-Board IDE y2 IDE bus master (ATA133/100/66) IDE ports for up to 4
ATAPI devices
ySupports PIO mode3,4 (ATA133/100/66) IDE & ATAPI
CD-ROM
On-Board Peripherals y1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M
and 2.88M bytes
y1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode
y2 Serial ports (COM A & COM B)
y6 USB2.0/1.1 ports
(2 x Rear, 4 x Front by cable)
y1 FrontAudio connector
y1 IrDA connector for IR
Chapter 1 Introduction
to be continued......
Features Summary

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Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor's specifications.
We don't recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU's specification
because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, 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,
SDRAM, Cards...tc.
On-Board Sound yRealtek ALC650 CODEC
y1 Buzzer
yLine Out / 2 front speaker
yLine In
yMic In
ySPDIF out
yCD In
On-Board LAN yBuild in RTL8100BL Chipset
y1 RJ45 port
PS/2 Connector yPS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace
BIOS yLicensed Award BIOS, 2M bit FWH
Additional Features yPS/2 KB/Mouse wake up from S1
yUSB devices wake up from S3
yAC Recovery
ySupports STR (Suspend-To-RAM)

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GA-7VAXFS Motherboard Layout

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To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:
Step 1 -Set system CPU clock (SW1)
Step 2 -Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Step 3 -Install memory modules
Step 4 -Install expansion cards
Step 5 -Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires and power supply
Step 6 -Setup BIOS software
Step 7 -Install supporting software tools
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
Step 3Step 2
Step 1
Step 4
Step 5
Step 5

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Step 1-1: CPU Speed Setup
The system bus frequency can be switched at 100/133/166 MHz.
SW1 CPU CLOCK
100MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz
1 ON OFF OFF
22 OFF OFF ON
SW1
(CPU CLOCK)

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Step 1-2: CPU Installation
00
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0If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause
improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.
CPU Top View CPU Bottom View
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever
and up to 90-degree angle.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look
for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU
upper corner. Then insert the CPU
into the socket.
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0Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.
Socket Actuation Lever
Pin1 indicator