Giga-Byte Communications GA-7VT600-P User manual

When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following
notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has
"AGP 4X/8X(1.5V) notch"(show below), please make sure your AGP
card is AGP 4X/8X(1.5V).
Caution: AGP 2X(3.3V) card is not supported by VIA®KT600. You
might experience system unable to boot up normally. Please insert
an AGP 4X/8X(1.5V) card
Example 1: Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with
2X/4X mode AGP slot. It can be switched between AGP 2X(3.3V) or 4X
(1.5V) mode by adjusting the jumper. The factory default for this card is
2X(3.3V).
The GA-7VT600-P(-L) (or any AGP 4X only) motherboards might not
function properly, if you install this card without switching the jumper to
4X(1.5V) mode in it.
Example 2: Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by "Power
Color", the graphics card manufacturer & some SiS 305 cards, their
golden finger is compatible with 2X(3.3V)/4X(1.5V) mode AGP slot, but
they support 2X(3.3V) only. The GA-7VT600-P(-L) (or any AGP 4X only)
motherboards might not function properly, If you install this card in it.
Note : Although Gigabyte's AG32S(G) graphics card is based on
ATi Rage 128 Pro chip, the design of AG32S(G) is compliance
with AGP 4X(1.5V) specification. Therefore, AG32S (G)will work
fine with VIA®KT600 based motherboards.
AGP 4X/8X notch

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Safety for information technology equipment
including electrical bussiness equipment
General and Safety requirments for
uninterruptible power systems (UPS)
Declaration of Conformity
We, Manufacturer/Importer
(full address)
declare that the product
(description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)
Mother Board
GA-7VT600
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)
in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
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EN 55011 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
industrial,scientific and medical (ISM
high frequency equipment
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7EN 60555-2 Disturbances in supply systems cause by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Harmonics"
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EN 55013 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
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EN 61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Voltage fluctuations"
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EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
household electrical appliances,
portable tools and similar electrical
apparatus
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Residual commercial and light industry
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7EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
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EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
fluorescent lamps and luminaries
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
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Immunity from radio interference of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
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7EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
information technology equipment
lmmunity requirements for household
appliances tools and similar apparatus
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Cabled distribution systems; Equipment
for receiving and/or distribution from
sound and television signals
EMC requirements for uninterruptible
power systems (UPS)
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7CE marking
The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product
with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC
Safety requirements for mains operated
electronic and related apparatus for
household and similar general use
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EN 60950
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Safety of household and similar
electrical appliances
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Manufacturer/Importer
Signature:
Name:
(Stamp) Date :Jan. 9, 2004
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Timmy Huang
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Timmy Huang
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Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany
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FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109
(a),Class B Digital Device
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)
Responsible PartName:
Address:
Phone/Fax No:
hereby declares that the product
Product Name:
Conforms to the following specifications:
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received,
including that may cause undesired operation.
Representative Person's Name:
Signature: Eric Lu
Supplementary Information:
Model Number:
17358 Railroad Street
City of Industry, CA 91748
G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.)
[phone]/ [phone]
Motherboard
GA-7VT600
Date:
ERIC LU
Jan.9 ,2004

USER'S MANUAL
GA-7VT600-P(-L)
AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard
AMD Athlon™/ Athlon™XP / Duron™Socket A Processor Motherboard
Rev. 2002
12ME-7VT600P-2002

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Table of Contents
Item Checklist .........................................................................................4
WARNING!...............................................................................................4
Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................5
Features Summary......................................................................................5
GA-7VT600-P(-L) Motherboard Layout.......................................................7
Block Diagram.............................................................................................8
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process............................................. 11
Step 1: Set System Jumper (JP1)..............................................................12
Step 2: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU).....................................13
Step 2-1: CPU Installation .................................................................................................... 13
Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation .............................................................................. 14
Step 3: Install Memory Modules................................................................15
Step 4: Install Expansion Cards ................................................................17
Step 5: Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires and Power Supply ........18
Step 5-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction................................................................................ 18
Step 5-2 : Connectors Introduction ...................................................................................... 20
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .........................................................................31
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F4c)......................................32
Standard CMOS Features.........................................................................34
Advanced BIOS Features ..........................................................................37
Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................39
Power Management Setup .......................................................................43
PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................46

Table of Content
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PC Health Status........................................................................................47
Frequency/Voltage Control........................................................................49
Load Fail-Safe Defaults.............................................................................51
Load Optimized Defaults...........................................................................52
Set Supervisor/User Password..................................................................53
Save & Exit Setup.......................................................................................54
Exit Without Saving ....................................................................................55
Chapter 4 Technical Reference ...........................................................57
@BIOS™Introduction.................................................................................57
EasyTune™4 Introduction .........................................................................58
Flash BIOS Method Introduction...............................................................59
2- / 4- / 6-ChannelAudio Function Introduction ........................................74
Jack-Sensing Introduction.........................................................................80
Xpress Recovery Introduction ...................................................................82
SerialATABIOS Setting Utility Introduction ...............................................85
Chapter 5 Appendix.............................................................................93

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TheGA-7VT600-P(-L) motherboard
CDfor motherboarddriver &utility (DriverCD)
TheGA-7VT600-P(-L)user'smanual
QuickPCinstallationguide
RAIDmanual
IDE cable x 2 / Floppy cable x 1
2 Port USB cable x 1
Item Checklist
Computermotherboardsandexpansioncardscontainvery delicateIntegratedCircuit(IC)chips.To
protectthemagainstdamagefromstaticelectricity,youshouldfollowsomeprecautionswheneveryou
workonyour computer.
1. Unplugyour computerwhenworkingontheinside.
2. Useagroundedwriststrapbeforehandlingcomputercomponents.Ifyoudonothaveone,
touchbothofyourhandstoasafelygroundedobjectortoametalobject,suchasthepower
supplycase.
3. HoldcomponentsbytheedgesandtrynottouchtheICchips,leadsorconnectors,orother
components.
4. Placecomponentsonagroundedantistaticpadoronthebagthatcamewiththecomponents
wheneverthecomponentsareseparatedfromthesystem.
5. EnsurethattheATXpowersupplyisswitchedoffbeforeyoupluginorremovetheATXpower
connectoronthemotherboard.
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes,buttheydon'tlineupwiththeholesonthebaseandthereare
noslotstoattachthespacers,donotbecomealarmedyoucanstillattachthespacerstothemounting
holes.Justcutthebottomportionofthespacers(thespacermaybealittlehardtocutoff,sobecareful
ofyourhands).Inthiswayyoucanstillattachthemotherboardtothebasewithoutworryingaboutshort
circuits.Sometimesyoumayneedtousetheplasticspringstoisolatethescrewfromthemotherboard
PCBsurface,becausethecircuitwiremaybenearbythehole.Becareful,don'tletthescrewcontact
anyprintedcircuitwriteorpartsonthePCBthatarenearthefixinghole,otherwiseitmaydamagethe
boardorcauseboardmalfunctioning.
WARNING!
4 Port USB cable x 1
Audio combo kit x 1
IEEE 1394 cable x 1
SerialATAcable x2
SerialATApower cablex 1
I/O shield
Motherboardsettingslabel

Introduction
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Form Factor y30.5cm x 20.0cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.
CPU ySocket A processor
AMD AthlonTM/ AthlonTM XP/ DuronTM (K7)
128K L1 & 512K/256K/64K L2 cache on die
200/266/333/400 MHz FSB
ySupports 1.4GHz and faster
Chipset yVIA KT600 Memory/AGP Controller (PAC)
yVIA VT8237R Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)
Memory y3 184-pin DDR sockets
ySupports DDR DRAM PC2100/PC2700/PC3200
ySupports up to 3.0GB DDR (Max)
ySupports only 2.5V DDR DIMM
I/O Control yIT8705
Slots y1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode(1.5V) & AGP 3.0 compliant
y5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
On-Board IDE y2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2)
with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133)
operation mode
Serial ATA y2 Serial ATA connectors(Note)
yBuilt-in VIA VT8237R
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 (COMA & COMB)
y8 x USB 2.0/1.1 (4 by cable)
Hardware Monitor yCPU/System Fan Revolution detect
yCPU/System temperature detect
ySystem voltage detect
yCPU/System fan fail warning
yThermal shutdown function
Chapter 1 Introduction
Features Summary
to be continued......
(Note) It is recommended to use SATA (1.5Gb/s) hard disks.

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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, Memory, Cards…etc.
On-Board Sound yRealtek ALC655 CODEC
ySupports Jack Sensing function
yLine Out / 2 front speaker
yLine In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch)
yMic In / center & subwoofer(by s/w switch)
ySPDIF Out /SPDIF In
yCD In / AUX In / Game connector
On-Board USB 2.0 yBuilt-in VIA VT8237R
On-Board SATA RAID yBuilt-in VIA VT8237R
ySupports Disk striping (RAID 0) or Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)
ySupports UDMA up to 150 MB/sec
yUDMA and PIO modes
yUp to 2 SATA devices
yACPI and ATA/ATAPI6
On-Board LAN * yVIA VT6103L
y1 RJ45 port
PS/2 Connector yPS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface
BIOS yLicensed Award BIOS
ySupports Q-Flash
Additional Features yPS/2 Keyboard power on by password
yPS/2 Mouse power on by double click
yExternal Modem wake up
ySTR(Suspend-To-RAM)
yAC Recovery
yPoly fuse for keyboard over-current protection
yUSB KB/Mouse wake up from S3
ySupports @BIOS
ySupports EasyTune 4
Overclocking yOver Voltage (CPU/AGP/DDR/PCI) by BIOS
yOver Clock (CPU/AGP/DDR/PCI) by BIOS
" * " For GA-7VT600-P-L only.

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GA-7VT600-P(-L) Motherboard Layout
GA-7VT600
KB_MS
COMA
LPT
IT8705
CODEC
BATTERY
BIOS
SYS_FAN
VT8237
VIA KT600
SOCKETA
CPU_FAN
ATX
FDD
IDE1
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
DDR1
AGP
JP1
F_USB1
COMB
CD_IN
PCI5
DDR2
DDR3
F_AUDIO
CI F_PANEL F_USB2
AUX_IN
SUR_CEN
SPDIF_IO PWR_LED
GAME
AUDIO
USB
LAN *
-P-L*
IDE2
VT6103L*
" * " For GA-7VT600-P-L only.
CLR_CMOS
SATA0 SATA1
USB

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Block Diagram
CLK
GEN
HCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)
CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)
AGPCLK (66MHz)
PCICLK (33MHz)
USBCLK (48MHz)
14.318 MHz
33 MHz V_Link (66MHz) / GCLK (66MHz)
" * " For GA-7VT600-P-L only.
VIA
KT600
VIA
VT8237
CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)
System Bus100/133/166/200MHz
DDR RAM
HCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)
GCLK(66MHz)
33 MHz
14.318 MHz
48 MHz
AGP 4X/8X
AGPCLK
(66MHz)
5 PCI
PCICLK
(33MHz)
AC97 Link
8 USB
Ports ATA66/100/133
IDE Channels
IT8705
24 MHz
33 MHz
Game Port
Floppy
LPT Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
2 COM
Ports
AC97
CODEC
MIC
LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
AMD-K7TM
BIOS
66MHz V_Link
VIA
VT6103L*
RJ45*
VCLK(66MHz)
2 SATA
Ports

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
Tosetupyourcomputer,youmustcompletethefollowingsteps:
Step1-SetSystemJumper(JP1)
Step2-InstalltheCentralProcessingUnit(CPU)
Step3-Installmemorymodules
Step4-Installexpansioncards
Step5-Connectribboncables,cabinetwires,and power supply
Congratulationsyouhaveaccomplishedthehardwareinstallation!
Turnonthepowersupply or connectthepowercabletothe power outlet.Continuewith
theBIOS/softwareinstallation.
Step 3
Step 1
Step 4
Step 5
Step 5
Step2
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Step 1: Set System Jumper (JP1)
Thesystembusfrequencycanbeswitchedat100/133/166/200MHzbyadjustingsystemjumper(JP1).
(TheinternalfrequencydependonCPU.)
The"JP1"mustsetto "Auto" whenyou areusing
FSB 266/333/400MHz CPU.
100MHz : Fix FSB 200MHz CPU
Auto : Support FSB 266/333/400 MHz CPU
Open: Auto
Close:100MHz(Defualt)
JP1 CPU CLOCK
100MHz Auto
1-2 Close Open
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Step 2: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Step 2-1: CPU Installation
Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning:
1.Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.
2.If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will
cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.
Socket Actuation Lever
Pin1 indicator
CPU Top View CPU Bottom View
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and
upto90-degreeangle. 2. LocatePin1in thesocketandlook
fora(golden)cutedgeontheCPU
uppercorner.Theninsert theCPU
intothesocket.

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Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation
Before installing the CPU cooling fan, adhere to the following warning:
1.Please use AMD approved cooling fan.
2.We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat
conduction between your CPU and cooling fan.
3.Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan
connector, this completes the installation.
Please refer to CPU cooling fan user's manual for more detail
installation procedure.
3. Fastenthecoolingfansupporting-
base onto the CPU socket on the
motherboard.
2. UsequalifiedfanapprovedbyAMD.
4. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged
to the CPU fan connector, than
installcompletely.
1. Press down the CPU socket lever
andfinishCPUinstallation.

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SupportUnbufferedDDR DIMMSizestype:
64Mbit (2Mx8x4 banks) 64 Mbit (1Mx16x4 banks) 128Mbit(4Mx8x4banks)
128Mbit(2Mx16x4banks) 256Mbit(8Mx8x4 banks) 256Mbit(4Mx16x4banks)
512Mbit(16Mx8x4banks) 512Mbit(8Mx16x4banks)
Total System Memory (Max3GB)
Before installing the memory modules, adhere to the following warning:
1.Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to
the notch. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please
change the insert orientation.
Step 3: Install Memory Modules
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
socket. The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary
betweensockets.
DDR
Notch

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DDR Introduction
Established on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high
performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs, and
system integrators.
DDRmemoryisagreatevolutionarysolutionforthePCindustrythatbuildsontheexistingSDRAM
architecture,yetmaketheawesomeadvancesinsolvingthesystemperformancebottleneckbydoubling
thememorybandwidth. Nowadays, withthehighest bandwidthof3.2GB/s ofDDR400 memory and
completelineofDDR400/333/266/200memorysolutions,DDRmemoryisthebestchoiceforbuilding
highperformanceandlowlatencyDRAMsubsystemthataresuitableforservers,workstations,andfull
rangeofdesktopPCs.
1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM
memory module can only fit in one direction.
2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into
the DIMM slot. Then push it down.
3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM
slots to lock the DIMM module.
Reverse the installation steps when you wish
to remove the DIMM module.