Gigabyte 6VMA User manual

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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 / 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.....................................................................................3-7
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.........................................................................................3-8
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.............................................................3-9
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION......................................................3-10
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION....................3-10
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................................................3-10

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3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION..........................................................3-10
3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION........................................................3-10
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...............................................3-11
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..................................................................4-4
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ................................................................................4-8
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.........................................................................4-13
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP....................................................................4-16
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. Onboard Driver Installation Procedure................................A-1

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6VMA 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
mainboard.
qSlot 1 supports PentiumII / III / Celeronprocessor running at 233-650
MHz.
qVIA Apollo chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA/33 IDE /
Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.
qBuilt-in PCI ESS SOLO-1 audio chip.(Optional)
qSupports external Modem Ring-On on COMA & COMB and internal
Modem Ring-On.
qSupports Wake-up on LAN (JP7).
qSupports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module.
qSupports EDO 16MB ~ 384 MB, SDRAM 16MB ~ 768MB (128Mb DRAM
technology) memory on board.
q3xPCI 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.
qSupports1xLine in, 1xLine Out, 1xMicro in, 2xCD Line in(For PCB
Ver:1.0) (Support 1x CD Line in for PCB version 1.2 and above) ,1x
GAME Port.
(Optional)
qSupports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse, 1xPS/2 Keyboard.

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qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbits FLASH RAM.
q24.5 cm x 20 cm Micro-ATX form factor, 4 layers PCB.
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III 500MHz processor
•DRAM (128x1)MB SDRAM (Winbond 902WB W986408BH-8H)
•CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
•DISPLAY Onboard Intel Corporation 810 Graphics Controller
Hub (4MB SDRAM)
•STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DTTA-371800)
•O.S. Windows NT™4.0 SPK5
•DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 65536 colors 75Hz.
VIA Bus Master IDE Driver Ver2.3.15
Intel PentiumIII
Processor 500MHz(100x5)
Winbench99 CPU mark99 37.5
FPU Winmark 99 2560
Business Disk Winmark 99 4140
Hi-End Disk Winmark 99 9200
Business Graphics Winmark 99 196
Hi-End Graphics Winmark 99 370
Winstone99

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3.3V EDO/SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
Floppy Port
Business Winstone99 32.1
Hi-End Winstone99 27.9
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
PS/2 Keyboard
24MHz
33MHz
33MHz
33MHz
100MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
IDE Bus
PCI Bus
ISA Bus
AGP Bus
LPT Port
COM Ports
DRAM Bus
PS/2 Mouse
USB Bus
USB Ports
14.318MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
I/O
CHIPSET
Winbond
83977EF
Host Bus
VIA
82C693
CHIPSET
VIA
82C596A
CHIPSET
Clock
Generator
MIC
L-IN
L-OUT SOLO1
33MHz
14.318MHz
66MHz
Game
Port
100MHz
AGP SLOT
TEL

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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.