G.B.T GA-6VTXE-A User Manual

Manual is about: Socket 370 Processor Motherboard

Summary of GA-6VTXE-A

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    Fcc compliance statement: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a class b digital device , pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates...

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    Declaration of conformity we, manufacturer/importer (full address) g.B.T. Technology träding gmbh ausschlager weg 41, 1f, 20537 hamburg, germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) mother board ga-6vtxe-a is in conformity with (reference ...

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    6vtxe(-a) socket 370 processor motherboard user's manual socket 370 processor motherboard rev. 1101 12me-6vtxe-1101.

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    How this manual is organized this manual is divided into the following sections: 1) revision history manual revision information 2) item checklist product item list 3) features product information & specification 4) hardware setup instructions on setting up the motherboard 5) block diagram block dia...

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    Table of content revision history p.1 item checklist p.2 summary of features p.3 6vtxe(-a) motherboard layout p.5 page index for cpu speed setup / connectors / panel and jumper definition p.6 block diagram p.25 memory installation p.26 page index for bios setup p.27 appendix p.56.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 1 revision history revision revision note date 1.1 first release of the 6vtxe(-a) motherboard user’s manual. Aug. 2002 the author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the informati...

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    Item checklist 2 item checklist ! The 6vtxe(-a) motherboard ! Cable for ide / floppy device ! Diskettes or cd for motherboard driver & utility ! 6vtxe(-a) user’s manual.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 3 summary of features form factor " 30.5 cm x 18.0 cm atx size form factor, 4 layers pcb. Cpu " socket 370 processor supports all new pentiumiii processors (fc-pga & fc-pga2 package) supports celeron processors in fc-pga package supports 66/100/133mhz system bus frequency can’t...

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    Summary of features 4 hardware monitor " cpu / system fan revolution detect " cpu / system temperature detect " system voltage detect (vcore,vcc3,vcc,+12v) " acpi shutdown temperature onboard sound " sigmatel ac97 codec (for pcb ver.: 1.0) " realtek ac97 codec (for pcb ver.: 1.1) " aux_in/cd_in/game...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 5 6vtxe(-a) motherboard layout 6vtxe(-a) pci1 pci2 pga 370 cpu vt82c686b vt82c694t co m b co ma lp t ps/2 bios cpu_fan bat1 jp2 fl op p y ide 2 ide1 agp 1 sw2 j2 sw1 j1 j5 usb amr pci3 pci4 pci5 isa 1 di m m 1 di m m 2 d imm3 j4 gam e & audi o j8 atx power codec.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard layout 6 $ page index for cpu speed setup / connectors / panel and jumper definition page cpu speed setup p.7 connectors p.16 com a / com b / lpt port p.16 game & audio port p.16 usb connector p.17 ps/2 keyboard & ps/2 mouse connector p.17 cpu fan p.18 system fan p.18 atx power...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 7 cpu speed setup the system bus speed is selectable at 66,100,133mhz and auto. The user can select the system bus speed (sw1) and change the dip switch (sw2) selection to set up the cpu speed for 500 – 1g hz processor. Set system bus speed sw1: o : on, x : off cpu (mhz) 1 2 3 ...

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    Cpu speed setup 8 x13 x x x o x14 o o o x x15 x o o x x16 o x o x % for auto jumper setting: sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 ¬e: 1. If you use 66/100/133 mhz cpu, we recommend you to setup your system speed to “auto” value. 2. We don’t recommend you to set up your system speed to 75 , 83 , 112 , 124 , 140 ,15...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 9 2. Celeron tm 566/ 66 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 3. Celeron tm 600/ 66 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 4. Celeron tm 633/ 66 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 5. Celeron tm 667/ 66 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    Cpu speed setup 10 6. Celeron tm 700/ 66 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Cyrix iii 550/ 100mhz fsb (optional) sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 8. Cyrix iii 533 / 133 mhz fsb (optional) sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 9. Cyrix iii 600/ 133 mhz fsb (optional) sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 11 10. Cyrix iii 733/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. Cyrix iii 800/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 12. Pentium !!! 500/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 13. Pentium !!! 550/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    Cpu speed setup 12 14. Pentium !!! 600/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 15. Pentium !!! 650/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 16. Pentium !!! 700/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 13 17. Pentium !!! 750/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 18. Pentium !!! 800/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 19. Pentium !!! 850/100mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 20. Pentium !!! 533/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    Cpu speed setup 14 21. Pentium !!! 600/133 mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 22. Pentium !!! 667/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 23. Pentium !!! 733/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 24. Pentium !!! 800/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 15 25. Pentium !!! 866/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 26. Pentium !!! 933/133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6 27. Pentium !!! 1g hz /133mhz fsb sw2 on 1 2 3 4 sw1 on 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    Connectors 16 connectors com a / com b / lpt port com a com b lpt port game & audio port mic in game port line in line out.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 17 usb connector pin no. Definition 1 usb v0 2 usb d0- 3 usb d0+ 4 gnd 5 usb v1 6 usb d1- 7 usb d1+ 8 gnd 5 6 7 8 4 3 2 1 ps/2 keyboard & ps/2 mouse connector ps/2 mouse/keyboard pin no. Definition 1 data 2 nc 3 gnd 4 vcc(+5v) 5 clock 6 nc ps/2 keyboard ps/2 mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6.

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    Connectors 18 cpu_fan: cpu fan pin no. Definition 1 control 2 +12v 3 sense 1 sys_fan: sysem fan pin no. Definition 1 control 2 +12v 3 sense 1.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 19 atx power pin no. Definition 3,5,7,13, 15-17 gnd 1,2,11 3.3v 4,6,19,20 vcc 10 +12v 12 -12v 18 -5v 8 power good 9 5v sb stand by+5v 14 ps-on(soft on/off) 20 10 11 1 floppy port red line fdd1.

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    Connectors 20 ide1(primary), ide2(secondary) port ide 1 ide 2 red line j1: wake on lan pin no. Definition 1 +5v sb 2 gnd 3 signal 1.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 21 j4 : ir pin no. Definition 1 vcc (+5v) 2 nc 3 ir data input 4 gnd 5 ir data output 1 j5: aux_in pin no. Definition 1 aux-l 2 gnd 3 gnd 4 aux-r 1.

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    Connectors 22 j8: cd audio line in 1 pin no. Definition 1 cd-l 2 gnd 3 gnd 4 cd-r.

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 23 panel and jumper definition j2 : 2x11 pins jumper re gn gd pw p+p − p − s p k hd 1 1 1 1 gn (green switch) open: normal operation close: entering green mode gd (green led) pin 1: led anode(+) pin 2: led cathode( − ) hd (ide hard disk active led) pin 1: led anode(+) pin 2: le...

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    Panel and jumper definition 24 bat1 : battery + % danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. % replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. % dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions..

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 25 block diagram 3.3v dimm dimm sockets 14.318mhz 33 mhz pci bus agp bus lpt port ps/2 kb/mouse floppy port com ports usb bus 14.318mhz 48mhz host bus via vt82c694t via vt82c686b pga 370 cpu 66 /100 /13 3 m h z 66 /100 /1 33 m h z 33 mhz ultra dma 33/ata66/100 ide ports amr slo...

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    Memory installation 26 memory installation 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 slot .The dimm module can only fit in one direction due to the two ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 27 $ page index for bios setup page the main menu p.29 standard cmos setup p.31 bios features setup p.34 chipset features setup p.36 power management setup p.39 pnp/ pci configuration p.42 load fail-safe defaults p.44 load optimized defaults p.45 integrated peripherals p.46 har...

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    Bios setup 28 bios setup bios setup is an overview of the bios setup program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed cmos ram so that it retains the setup information when the power is turned off. Entering setup po...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 29 getting help main menu the on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status page setup menu / option page setup menu press f1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selec...

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    Bios setup 30 • chipset features setup this setup page includes all the items of chipset special features. • power management setup this setup page includes all the items of green function features. • pnp/pci configurations this setup page includes all the configurations of pci & pnp isa resources. ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 31 standard cmos setup the items in standard cmos features menu (figure 2) are divided into 9 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Figure...

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    Bios setup 32 • time the times format in . The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.M. Is 13:00:00. • ide primary master, slave / secondary master, slave the category identifies the types of hard disk from drive c to f that has been installed in the computer. ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 33 • boot sector virus protection if it is set to enable, the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time. Yo...

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    Bios setup 34 bios features setup figure 3: bios features setup • 1st / 2nd / 3rd boot device the default value is floppy or ls-120 / zip a: or atapi zip c: or cdrom or scsi or net work / i20 or ide-0~ide-3 or disabled. Floppy boot device by floppy. Ls / zip a: boot device by ls-120 / zip a:. Cdrom ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 35 • s.M.A.R.T. For hard disks enable enable s.M.A.R.T. Hard for disks. Disable disable s.M.A.R.T. Hard for disks. (default value) • interrupt mode apic through ioapic generate more irq for system use.(default value) pic use at standard irq controllers to generate irq. When you...

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    Bios setup 36 chipset features setup figure 4: chipset features setup • top performance disabled set top performance is disabled. (default value) enabled set top performance is enabled. • sdram timing by spd disabled sdram timing by spd function disabled. (default value) enabled sdram timing by spd ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 37 • c2p concurrency & master enabled enabled c2p concurrency & master. (default value) disabled disabled c2p concurrency & master. • dram integrity mode ecc for 72 bit ecc type dimm model. Disabled normal setting. (default value) • agp mode 4x set agp mode is 4x. (default valu...

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    Bios setup 38 • dram drive strength auto set dram drive strength by auto. (default value) manual set dram drive strength by manual. • memory data drive 6 ma set memory data drive to 6ma. (default value) 8 ma set memory data drive to 8ma. • sdram command drive 24 ma set sdram command drive to 24ma. (...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 39 power management setup figure 5: power management setup • video power down mode disabled disabled video power down mode function. Suspend set video power down mode to suspend. Stand by set video power down mode to stand by. (default value) • hard disk power down mode disable...

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    Bios setup 40 • suspend time out (minute.) disabled disabled suspend time out function. (default value) 1 enabled suspend time out after 1min. 2 enabled suspend time out after 2min. 4 enabled suspend time out after 4min. 8 enabled suspend time out after 8min. 10 enabled suspend time out after 10min....

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 41 • modem ring on / wake on lan disabled disabled modem ring on / wake on lan function. Enabled enabled modem ring on / wake on lan function. (default value) • pme event wake up disabled disabled pme event wake up function. Enabled enabled pme event wake up function. (default ...

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    Bios setup 42 pnp/pci configurations figure 6: pnp/pci configuration • plug and play aware o/s yes enable plug and play aware o/s function. No disable plug and play aware o/s function (default value) • reset configuration data yes reset configuration data. No disabled this function. (default value) ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 43 • pci ide busmaster enabled enabled pci ide bus master. (default value) disabled disabled pci ide bus master • pci slot 1/ 5 irq auto auto assign irq to pci 1/ pci 5. (default value) 3,4,5,7,9.,10,11,12,15 set 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,15 to pci1/ pci5. • pci slot 2 irq auto auto a...

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    Bios setup 44 load fail-safe defaults figure 7: load fail-safe defaults • load fail-safe defaults fail-safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. Amibios simple setup utility-version 1.24h ( c ) 1999 american megatrends, inc. All...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 45 load optimized defaults figure 8: load optimized defaults • load optimized defaults selecting this field loads the factory defaults for bios and chipset features which the system automatically detects. Amibios simple setup utility-version 1.24h ( c ) 1999 american megatrends...

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    Bios setup 46 integrated peripherals figure 9: integrated peripherals • enhance atapi performance disabled disabled enhance atapi performance. (default value). Enabled enabled enhance atapi performance. • onboard ide disabled disabled onboard ide both set onboard ide is both (default value). Primary...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 47 • ide2 conductor cable auto will be automatically detected by bios (default value). Ata66/100 set ide2 conductor cable to ata66/100 (please make sure your ide device and cable is compatible with ata66/100) ata33 set ide2 conductor cable to ata33 (please make sure your ide de...

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    Bios setup 48 • on board parallel port 378 enable on board lpt port and address is 378. 278 enable on board lpt port and address is 278. 3bc enable on board lpt port and address is 3bc. Auto set on board lpt port is auto. (default value). Disabled disable on board lpt port. • parallel port mode epp ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 49 • sb i/o base address 220h-22fh set sb i/o base address is 220h-22fh. (default value) 280h-28fh set sb i/o base address is 280h-28fh. 260h-26fh set sb i/o base address is 260h-26fh. 240h-24fh set sb i/o base address is 240h-24fh. • sb irq select irq 5 / 7 / 9 / 10. (default ...

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    Bios setup 50 hardware monitor figure 10: hardware monitor • acpi shutdown temp. ( ° c / ° f) (this function will be effective only for the operating systems that support acpi function.) disabled disable acpi shutdown function. (default value) 60 ° c / 140 ° f monitor cpu temp. At 60 ° c / 140 ° f, ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 51 • current cpu fan speed detect cpu fan speed status automatically . • current system fan speed detect system fan speed status automatically . • current voltage (v) vcore / +3.3v / +12v / +5v detect system’s voltage status automatically..

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    Bios setup 52 set supervisor / user password when you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. Figure 11: password setting type the password, up to six characters, and press . The password typed now will clear the previ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 53 ide hdd auto detection figure 12: ide hdd auto detection type "y" will accept the h.D.D. Parameter reported by bios. Type "n" will keep the old h.D.D. Parameter setup. If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024, then the user can select lba mode or larger mode for dos par...

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    Bios setup 54 save & exit setup figure 13: save & exit setup type "y" will quit the setup utility and save the user setup value to rtc cmos. Type "n" will return to setup utility. Amibios simple setup utility-version 1.24h ( c ) 1999 american megatrends, inc. All rights reserved standard cmos setup ...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 55 exit without saving figure 14: exit without saving type "y" will quit the setup utility without saving to rtc cmos. Type "n" will return to setup utility. Amibios simple setup utility-version 1.24h ( c ) 1999 american megatrends, inc. All rights reserved standard cmos setup ...

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    Appendix 56 appendix appendix a: acronyms acor. Meaning acpi advanced configuration and power interface post power-on self test lan local area network ecp extended capabilities port apm advanced power management dma direct memory access mhz megahertz escd extended system configuration data cpu centr...

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    6vtxe(-a) motherboard 57 acor. Meaning pci peripheral component interconnect rimm rambus in-line memory module drm dual retention mechanism isa industry standard architecture mth memory translator hub crimm continuity rimm.