Gigabyte 6BXE Operating and maintenance manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE.......................................................................................................1-1
1.2. KEY FEATHERS............................................................................................1-1
1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST...................................................................................1-2
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM..........................................................................................1-3
1.5. INTRODUCE THE PENTIUMII / III PROCESSOR ...................................1-4
1.6. WHAT IS AGP?..............................................................................................1-5
2. SPECIFICATION
2.1. HARDWARE ..................................................................................................2-1
2.2. SOFTWARE...................................................................................................2-2
2.3. ENVIRONMENT.............................................................................................2-2
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
3.1. UNPACKING..................................................................................................3-1
3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT..................................................................................3-2
3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS...........................3-3
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION..................................................................................3-6
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP......................................................................................3-7
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM..........................................................3-7
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION...................................................3-8
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................3-8
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION..............................................3-8
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION.......................................................3-8

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3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION.....................................................3-8
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION............................................3-9
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION
4.1. ENTERING SETUP........................................................................................4-1
4.2. CONTROL KEYS ...........................................................................................4-1
4.3. GETTING HELP.............................................................................................4-2
4.3.1. Main Menu .....................................................................................4-2
4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu..........................4-2
4.4. THE MAIN MENU...........................................................................................4-2
4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU...............................................................4-4
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP .............................................................................4-8
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP......................................................................4-13
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP.................................................................4-17
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................4-21
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS..............................................................................4-23
4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS ..........................................................4-24
4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS....................................................................4-25
4.13. SPUERVISOR PASSOWORD/USER PASSWORD ..................................4-30
4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................4-31
4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ..................................................................................4-32
4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................................4-33

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6BXE motherboard. It is a PentiumII / III / Celeron
Processor based PC /AT compatible system with AGP / PCI / ISA Bus, and
has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new
features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want.
This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and
how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program.
1.2. KEY FEATURES
qIntel PentiumII / III / CeleronProcessor based PC / AT compatible
main board.
qSlot 1 supports PentiumII / III / Celeronprocessor running at 233-650
MHz.
qIntel 440BX chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA33 IDE /
Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.
qSupports 4xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM DIMM module.
qSupports Intel LDCMNetwork Manageability.
qSupports external Modem Ring-On on COMA & COMB and internal
Modem Ring-On.
qSupports 16MB –1GB SDRAM memory on board.
qSupports CPU Over Voltage Protect.
qSupports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.
q1xAGP slot, 5xPCI Bus slots, 2xISA Bus slots.
qSupports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.
qSupports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1xFDD port.
qSupports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse & 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM.
q30.5 cm x 19 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.

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1.3. 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. (Different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
•CPU PentiumII / III processor
•DRAM (128 x 1) MB SDRAM (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)
•CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
•DISPLAY GA-630 AGP Display Card (16MB SGRAM)
•STORAGE Onboard IDE (Seagate ST34520A)
•O.S. Windows NT™4.0 (SP4)
•DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 256 colors x 75Hz.
TRIONES Bus Master IDE Driver 3.60
PentiumII PentiumIII
Processor 400MHz(100x4) 500MHz(100x5)
Winbench99
CPU mark32 1040 1260
FPU Winmark 2060 2550
Business Disk 4360 4450
Hi-End Disk 10400 10900
Business Graphics 145 166
Hi-End Graphics 368 442
Winstone99
Business 29.8 33
Hi-End 27.6 31.5

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1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
24MHz
3.3V SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
14.318MHz
33 MHz
33MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
IDE Bus
PCI Bus
ISA Bus
AGP Bus
LPT Port
Keyboard
Floppy Port
COM Ports
PS/2 Mouse
USB Bus
14.318MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
I/O
CHIPSET
ITE 8671
AGP
Host Bus
INTEL
82443BX
CHIPSET
PIIX4
82371EB
CHIPSET
ICS 9248-55 /
9279-01
SLOT 1
66MHz
66 /
100 MHz
66 /
100 MHz
33 MHz
66 /
100 MHz

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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium

II / III Processor
Figure 1: Universal Retention Mechanism & attach Mount
Figure 2:OEM PentiumII Processor

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Figure 3: OEM PentiumIII Processor
1.6 What is AGP ?
The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a new port on the Host-To-PCI
bridge device that supports an AGP port. The main purpose of the AGP port
is to provide fast access to system memory.
The AGP port can be used either as fast PCI port (32-bits at 66MHz vs.32-
Bits at 33MHz) or as an AGP port which supports 2x data-rate, a read queue,
and side band addressing. When the 2x-data rate is used the port can
transmit data at 533MB/sec (66.6*2*4). The read-queue can be used to
pipeline reads –removing the effects of the reads-latency. Side band
addressing can be used to transmit the data address on a separate line in
order to speed up the transaction.

Specification
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2. SPECIFICATION
2.1. HARDWARE
•CPU −PentiumII / III / Celeronprocessor 233 –650
MHz.
−242 pins 66 / 100MHz slot1 on board.
•PROTECTION −Speaker Alarm when detect "CPU FAN Failure" or
“CPU Overheat”.
−Automatically slow down CPU speed when "CPU
Overheat".
−Intel LDCMsupported.
−H/W monitor power status (±5V, ±12V,
VGTL,5VSB, CPU voltage & CMOS battery
voltage).(Optional)
•SPEED −66/100 MHz system speed.
−66 MHz AGP bus speed. (2X mode 133MHz)
−33 MHz PCI-Bus speed.
−8 MHz AT bus speed.
•DRAM MEMORY −4 banks 168 pins DIMM module sockets on board.
−Use 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 MB DIMM module
DRAM.
−16 ~ 1GB SDRAM.
−Supports 3.3V SDRAM.
−Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM.
•CACHE MEMORY −32 KB L1 cache memory included in CPU.
−128KB / 512 KB L2 cache memory included in
CPU.
−Supports DIB speed mode for L2 Cache.
•I/O BUS SLOTS −5 33MHz Master / Slave PCI-BUS.
−2 8MHz 16 bits ISA BUS.
−1 66MHz / 133MHz AGP bus.
•IDE PORTS −2 Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE channels onboard.

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(Using IRQ14,15)
−Support Mode 3,4 IDE & ATAPI CD –ROM.
•I/O PORTS −Supports 2 16550 COM ports.
−Supports 1 EPP/ECP LPT port.
−Supports 1 1.44 / 2.88 MB Floppy port.
−Supports 2 USB ports.
−Supports PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard.
•GREEN FUNCTION −Suspend mode support.
−Green switch & ACPI LED support.
−IDE & Display power down support.
−Monitor all IRQ / DMA / Display / I/O events.
•BIOS −2M bits FLASH RAM.
−Supports Plug & Play, DMI , ACPI Function.
•DIMENSION −ATX Form Factor, 4 layers PCB.
2.2. SOFTWARE
•DRIVER −INTEL Bus Master IDE Driver.
−Suspend to HD utility.
−INTEL LDCM®.
•BIOS −Licensed AWARD BIOS.
−AT CMOS Setup, BIOS / Chipset Setup, Green
Setup, Hard Disk Utility included.
•O.S. −Operation with MS-DOS, Windows95,
Windows98, WINDOWS NT™, OS/2, NOVELL
and SCO UNIX.
2.3. ENVIRONMENT
•Ambient Temp. −0°C to +50°C (Operating).
•Relative Hum. −0 to +85% (Operating).
•Altitude −0 to 10,000 feet (Operating).
•Vibration −0 to 1,000 Hz.
•Electricity −4.9 V to 5.2 V. (Max. 20A current at 5V.)