Gigabyte GA-686BX User manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................1-1
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 PROCESSOR & AGP.............................1-4
1.6. WHAT IS AGP?.................................................1-6
2. SPECIFICATION .............................................................................2-1
2.1. HARDWARE..................................................................................................2-1
2.2. SOFTWARE...................................................................................................2-2
2.3. ENVIRONMENT.............................................................................................2-2
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION..........................................................3-1
3.1. UNPACKING..................................................................................................3-1
3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT..................................................................................3-1
3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS ..........................3-2
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION..................................................................................3-5
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP .....................................................................................3-5
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM..........................................................3-6
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ..................................................3-6
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................3-7
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION .............................................3-7
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION.......................................................3-7
3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION.....................................................3-7
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION............................................3-7

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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION .................................................................4-1
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......................................................................4-12
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. USER PASSWORD.....................................................................................4-29
4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................4-30
4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..................................................................................4-32
4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING............................................................................4-33

Introduction
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 686BX motherboard. It is a PentiumII Processor based
PC / ATcompatible systemwith AGP/ PCI/ ISABus, andhas beendesigned 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 Processor based PC / AT compatible main board.
qSlot 1 supports PentiumII processor running at 200-633 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 8 MB - 1 GB SDRAM memory on board.
qSupports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.
q1xAGP slot, 4xPCI Bus slots, 3xISA Bus slots.
qSupports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.
qSupports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x1.44MB Floppy port.
qSupports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse & 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
qLicensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbit 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 processor
•DRAM (32 x 2) MB SDRAM (MICRON MT 48LC2M8A1 -8)
•CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
•DISPLAY GA-600 AGP Display Card (4MB SGRAM)
•STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-36480)
•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 300MHz(100x3) 350MHz(100x3.5)
Winbench98
CPU mark32 795 952
FPU Winmark 1560 1850
Business Disk 1670 1780
Hi-End Disk 3300 3620
Business Graphics 165 188
Hi-End Graphics 183 214
Winstone98Business 29.8 33.8
Hi-End 31.2 35.3

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3.3V EDO/SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
Floppy Port
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
24MHz
66/100MHz
14.318MHz
33MHz
33MHz 33MHz
66 / 100MHz
66MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
IDE Bus
PCI Bus
ISA Bus
AGP Bus
LPT Port
Keyboard
COM Ports
DRAM Bus
PS/2 Mouse
USB Bus
USB Ports
14.318MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
I/O
CHIPSET
83977TF
66MHz
AGP
SLOT
Host Bus
INTEL
82443BX
CHIPSET
CY2318N2PVC
-1
PIIX4
82371EB
CHIPSET
ICS
9148BF-10

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

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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 processor 200 –633 MHz.
−242 pins 66 / 100MHz slot1 on board.
•SPEED −66 /100MHz system speed.
−66 MHz AGP bus speed. (133MHz 2xmode)
−33 MHz PCI-Bus speed.
−8 MHz AT bus speed.
•DRAM MEMORY −4 banks 168 pins DIMM module sockets on board.
−Use 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 MB DIMM module
DRAM.
−8 ~ 1 GB SDRAM.
−Supports 3.3V SDRAM.
−Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM.
•CACHE MEMORY −32 KB L1 cache memory included in CPU.
−256KB / 512 KB L2 cache memory included in CPU.
−Supports DIB speed mode for L2 Cache.
•I/O BUS SLOTS −4 33MHz Master / Slave PCI-BUS.
−3 8MHz 16 bits ISA BUS.
−1 66MHz / 133MHz AGP bus.
•IDE PORTS −2 Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE channels onboard.
(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.

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•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 −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 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.)