Gigabyte 6BXM User manual

Table Of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE..........................................................................................................1-1
1.2. KEY FEATURES...............................................................................................1-1
1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST......................................................................................1-2
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM.............................................................................................1-3
1.5. INTRODUCE THE PentiumII Processor & AGP...........................................1-4
1.6. What is AGP?....................................................................................................1-6
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..............................3-1
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION.....................................................................................3-7
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.........................................................................................3-8
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.............................................................3-9
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION......................................................3-9
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION....................3-9
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................................................3-9
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION..........................................................3-9
3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION........................................................3-9
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...............................................3-9

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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION
4.1. ENTERING SETUP...........................................................................................4-1
4.2. CONTROL KEYS ..............................................................................................4-1
4.3. GETTING HELP................................................................................................4-2
4.3.1Main 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..................................................................4-5
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ................................................................................4-8
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.........................................................................4-12
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP....................................................................4-17
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ............................................................................4-20
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS.................................................................................4-22
4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS .............................................................4-23
4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................4-24
4.13. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD...............................................................4-29
4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION........................................................................4-30
4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP .....................................................................................4-31
4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...............................................................................4-32
APPENDIX A: On-Board Display Driver Installation
A.1. ATi RAGE PRO DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALLATION......................................A-1
A.2. YAMAHA SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION...................................................A-6

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6BXM motherboard. It is a PentiumII / 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 / Celeron Processor based PC / AT compatible
mainboard.
qSlot 1 supports PentiumII / Celeron processor running at 233-633 MHz.
qIntel 440BX chipset, Supports SDRAM / Ultra DMA 33 IDE.
qBuilt-in ATi 3D RAGE PRO 3D graphics acceleration chip.
qBuilt-in PCI YAMAHA YMF724 / 740 audio chip.
qSupport Modem Ring-On. (Include internal Modem and external modem
on COM A and COM B)
qSupports Wake-up on LAN (JP10).
qSupports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module.
qSupports 16 MB - 768 MB SDRAM memory on board.
q4xPCI Bus slots, 1xISA Bus slots, 1xAGP slot.
qSupports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.
qSupports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x Floppy port.
qSupports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse, 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbits FLASH RAM.
q30.5 cm x 19 cm ATX 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. (The different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
•CPU PentiumII processor
•DRAM (128 x 1) MB SDRAM (LGS GM72V66841CT7J)
•CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
•DISPLAY Onboard ATi AGP 3D graphics acceleration chip
(8MB SDRAM)
•STORAGE Onboard IDE (Seagate ST34520A)
•O.S. Windows NT™4.0
•DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz.
TRIONES Bus Master IDE Driver 3.70
Intel PentiumII
Processor 400MHz(100x4) 350MHz(100x3.5)
Winbench98
CPU mark32 1080 908
FPU Winmark 2070 1810
Business Disk 2210 1430
Hi-End Disk 5460 5220
Business Graphics 202 181
Hi-End Graphics 235 204
Winstone98Business 36.6 34
Hi-End 40.7 38.7

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1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
PS/2 Keyboard
24MHz
3.3V EDO/SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
33MHz
33MHz
33MHz
66MHz
66MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
IDE Bus
PCI Bus
ISA Bus
AGP Bus
LPT Port
Floppy Port
COM Ports
DRAM Bus
PS/2 Mouse
USB Bus
USB Ports
14.318MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
I/O
CHIPSET
IT8671F
Host Bus
PAC
82443BX
CHIPSET
PIIX4
82371EB
CHIPSET
Clock
Generator
ATi
RAGE PRO
SDRAM
100MHz
MIC
L-IN
L-OUT
YAMAHA
24.576MHz
14.318MHz
66MHz
VGA
Game
Port
AC-2
SLOT1

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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium

II Processor & AGP
Figure 1:Retention Mechanism & attach Mount

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Figure 2:OEM PentiumII Processor
Figure 3:Heatsink / FAN & Heat sink support for OEM PentiumII Processor
Figure 4:Boxed PentiumII Processor & Heat sink support

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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.

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2. SPECIFICATION
2.1. HARDWARE
•CPU −PentiumII / Celeron processor 233 –633 MHz.
−242 pins 66 MHz slot1 on board.
•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 −3 banks 168 pins DIMM module sockets on board.
−Use 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 MB DIMM module DRAM.
−16 ~ 768MB SDRAM.
−Supports 3.3V SDRAM / EDO type DRAM.
•CACHE MEMORY −32 KB 1st cache memory included in CPU.
−256KB/512 KB 2nd cache in CPU.
−Supports DIB speed mode for L2 Cache.
•I/O BUS SLOTS −4 33MHz Master / Slave PCI-BUS.
−1 8MHz 16 bits ISA BUS.
−1 66MHz / 133MHz AGP bus.
•IDE PORTS −2 Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE channels on
board.(Using IRQ14,15)
−Support Mode 3,4 IDE & ATAPI CD –ROM.
•I/O PORTS −Supports 2 16550 COM ports.
−Supports 1 LPT port.
−Supports 1 Floppy port.
−Supports 2 USB ports.
−Supports 1 PS/2 Mouse.
−Supports 1 PS/2 Keyboard.

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•Audio Ports −1x Line in
−1x Line out
−1x Micro in
−1x Game Port
−2x CD Line in
−1x TEL
•GREEN FUNCTION −Suspend mode support.
−Green switch & Green LED support.
−IDE & Display power down support.
−Monitor all IRQ / DMA / Display / I/O events.
•BIOS −2M bits FLASH RAM.
−Supports Plug & Play, DMI Function.
•DIMENSION −ATX Form Factor, 4 layers PCB.
2.2. SOFTWARE
•DRIVER −Bus Master IDE Driver.
−INTEL Patch_95 Driver.
−YAMAHA Sound Driver.
−ATi 3D RAGE PRO Driver.
•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.)