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Magic-Pro MP-7VIP User Manual

Summary of MP-7VIP

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    Mp-7vip motherboard user’s manual product name: mp-7vip manual revision: english, 1.00 release date: january, 2000

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    Post-consumer recycled paper federal communications commission statement this device complies with fcc rules part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: w this device may not cause harmful interference w this device must accept any interference received, including interference tha...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 2 content chapter 1: introduction .......................... 4 1-1 cpu .................................................................................... 4 1-2 chipset ............................................................................ 4 1-3 l1 / l2 cache ..................

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 3 3-5: what is post ............................................................... 20 3-6 standard cmos features ...................................... 22 3-7 advanced bios features setup ........................... 25 3-8 advanced chipset features ...................................

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 4 chapter 1: introduction 1-1 cpu • supports amd althon slot-a 550/ 600/ 650/ 700/ 750/ 800mhz cpus. • supports cpu voltage auto-detect circuit. 1-2 chipset • via kx133 chipset includes vt8371 system controller (north bridge) and vt82c686a pci to isa bridge (south bridge). • suppor...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 5 1-4 main memory • supports pc100 and pc133 mhz sdram, vcm sdram, and esdram memory up to 3 dimms. • different dram timing for each bank. • supports mixed 1m/2m/4m/8m/16m/32mxn drams. • supports up to 1.5gb memory space (256mb dram technology). • supports 3pcs 168pin dimm sockets ...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 6 1-8 miscellanous • atx form factor. • mainboard size: 19mm x 30.5mm. • provides 5x pci slots, 1x isa slot, 1x amr slot, 1x agp slot and 3x dimm sockets. • agp 2.0 interface with 1x 2x / 4x data transfer and 2x / 4x fast write capability. • agp universal connector supports via dua...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 7 1-9 mainboard layout • mainboard default setting: for amd athlon tm 100mhz cpu clock. Note: under 100mhz / 133mhz fsb, the sdram spec must complaint pc-100 / pc- 133 spec. 3 1 1 3 jb a t 1 3 1 jp9 jp2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 jp5 jp6 jp7 jp8 1 3 1 3 jp3 jp4 jp1 jwol1 f an3 jfan1 hdd/led s...

  • Page 9: Kx133

    Magic-pro mp-7vip 8 1-10 mainboard chipsets diagram 1-11 system memory configuration 6 his via kx133 (amd k7) motherboard supports 168 pin dimm of 4mb, 8mb, 16mb, 32mb, 64mb, 128mb or 256mb to form a memory size between 8mb to 1.5gb (sdram). Via kx133 chipsets provide “ table free ” function. It mea...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 9 1 2 3 4 on dip 66mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 83mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 100mhz (default) 1 2 3 4 on dip 110mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 115mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 124mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 129mhz 1 2 3 4 on dip 133mhz sw1 fsb note: due to the bus ratio is internal inside the athlon cpu, so that there is no any ex...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 10 watch out !!! 1. Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached with your cpu for detailed installing instruction. 2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your cpu. Uncor- rected installation may result...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 11 2-2 jump settings jp3 / jp4: ac’97 codec control ac’97 codec jp3 / jp4 disabled 1 3 1 3 jp3 jp4 enabled (default) 1 3 1 3 jp3 jp4 fan# function jfan1 cpu fan jfan2 system fan jfan#: onboard fan (12v) connector. Jp1: keyboard power on keyboard power on jp1 1 3 enabled 1 3 normal ...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 12 usb port select jp7 / jp8 redirect usb port2 to usb2 connector (default) 1 3 1 3 jp7 jp8 redirect usb port2 to agp 1 3 1 3 jp7 jp8 jp7 / jp8: usb port select (2) jbat1: clear cmos data before you clear the cmos data, it’s necessary to turn the power off first (including +5v stan...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 13 cd_in1/cd_in2: cd-rom audio connector game/midi port: connect joystick or midi to this connector. Mic :microphone jack connect to microphone device. Line in: audio in jack connect audio line in. Line out/speaker out: audio out jack connect audio line out or speaker out. Zd1: dis...

  • Page 15: Signal Description

    Magic-pro mp-7vip 14 pin1~pin4: hdd disk led connector connect cable from the chassis’s “h.D.D” to this connector. Pin6~pin10: ir (infrared) connector connect cable from the chassis’s “ir” to this connector. Pin12~pin13: atx power switch connector connect cable from the chassis’s “power” to this con...

  • Page 16: Signal Description

    Magic-pro mp-7vip 15 pin1~pin4: speaker connector connect cable from the chassis’s “speaker” to this connector. Pin5~pin6: reset switch connect cable from the chassis’s “reset” to this connector. User can use this function to make a hardware re-boot. Press and hold this switch at least one second to...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 16 2-3 connectors j2, j3: a. : ps/2 mouse c. : lpt1 port e. : ps/2 keyboard g. : com1 i. : line/spk out k. : mic b. : usb 0 d. : game/midi port f. : usb 1 h. : com2 j. : line in a. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. B. C. D. 1 1 15 15 j2 j3 a. E. F. G. H. I. B. C. D. A. : hdd led c. : power swit...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 17 2-4 driver installation onboard ac’97 audio codec controller driver installation for win- dows95 / windows98: 1. Go to cd-rom driver, we suggest the cd-rom title is d:\. 2. Find and run d:\mb\via\audio\setup.Exe 3. Then the setup program will detect your o.S. To install relative...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 18 supercops iii hardware monitor installation windows95 / windows98: 1. Go to cd-rom driver, we suggest the cd-rom title is d:\. 2. Find and run d:\supercop\sc3\setup.Exe 3. Select “ via hardware monitor ”, then it will automati- cally install this program..

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 19 chapter 3: bios setup 3-1: introduce the bios. B ios stands for basic input output system. It is sometimes call the rom bios because it is stored in a read-only memory (rom) chip on the motherboard. Biso is the first program to run when you turn on your computer. It performs the...

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    Magic-pro mp-7vip 20 3-3: how to run setup o ne way of running setup is to press a special function key or key combination during post, before the operating system is loaded. During post, the bios usually displays a prompt such as: press del to enter setup 3-4: what is the cmos c mos is a special ki...

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    21 magic-pro mp-7vip this via kx133 chipset comes with the award bios from award software inc. Enter the award bios program main menu by: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message will appear: press to enter setup 2. Press the key and the main progra...

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    22 magic-pro mp-7vip date (mm:dd:yy) thu, dec 30 1999 time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 52 : 15 ide primary master press enter 13022 mb ide primary slave press enter none ide secondary master press enter none ide secondary slave press enter none drive a 1.44m, 3.5 in. Drive b none video ega/vga halt on all,but ke...

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    23 magic-pro mp-7vip set the current date and time. Date (mm:dd:yy) time (hh:mm:ss) this field records the specification for all non-scsi hard disk drives installed in your system. Refer to the following screen to know how to set hard disk drive. Ide primary master/ slave ide secondary master/ slave...

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    24 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. Set the field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s) installed in your system. The choice: 360kb, 5.25in. 1.2mb, 5.25in. 720kb, 3.5in. 1.44mb, 3.5in. 2.88mb, 3.5in. Drive a / b set the field to the ty...

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    25 magic-pro mp-7vip virus warning disabled cpu internal cache enabled external cache enabled cpu l2 cache ecc checking enabled quick power on self test enabled first boot device floppy second boot device hdd-0 third boot device ls/zip boot other device enabled swap floppy drive disabled boot up flo...

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    26 magic-pro mp-7vip 2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using pgup/pgdn/+/- keys. An explanation of the keys follows: : “help” gives options available for each item. + : change bios screen color. : get the previous values. These values are the val...

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    27 magic-pro mp-7vip choose enabled (default) or disabled. This option allows user to enable or disable the external cache memory. External cache choose enabled (default) or disabled. This option allows user to enable or disable the cpu internal cache. Cpu internal cache if the system has two floppy...

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    28 magic-pro mp-7vip enabled copies video bios to shadow ram for improving performance. The choice: enabled (default), disabled video bios shadow select os2 only if you are running os/2 operating system with greater than 64mb of ram on the system. The choice: os2, non-os2 (default) os select for dra...

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    29 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. These options are used to shadow other expansion card roms. C8000-cbfff to dc0000- dffff shadow.

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    30 magic-pro mp-7vip bank 0/1 dram timing sdram 10ns bank 2/3 dram timing sdram 10ns bank 4/5 dram timing sdram 10ns sdram cycle length3 dram clock host clk memory hole disabled p2c/c2p concurrency enabled fast r-w turn around disabled system bios cacheable disabled video ram cacheable disabled agp ...

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    31 magic-pro mp-7vip choose 15m-16m or disabled (default). In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for isa cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory’s space below 16mb. Enbable this option will cause memory only connect to 16mb. Memory hole use default settin...

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    32 magic-pro mp-7vip this should be enabled if your system has a usb installed on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. The choice: enabled (default), disabled. Onchip usb this item allows us...

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    33 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. The choice: enabled, disabled (default). Agp master 1 ws write the choice: enabled, disabled (default). Agp master 1 ws read the choice: enabled (default), disabled. Pci master 0 ws write the choice: ...

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    34 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-9 integrated peripherals integrated peripherals option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control system options in the computer. Run the integrated peripherals as follows: 1. Choose “integrated peripherals” from the main menu and a screen with a list...

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    35 magic-pro mp-7vip onchip ide channel10 enabled onchip ide channel11 enabled ide prefetch mode enabled primary master pio auto primary slave pio auto secondary master pio auto secondary slave pio auto primary master dma auto primary slave dma auto secondary master dma auto secondary slave dma auto...

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    36 magic-pro mp-7vip choose standard (default), hpsir or askir. Uart 2 mode select the chipset contains a pci ide interface with support from two ide channels. Select enabled to activate the first and/or the second ide interface. Select disabled to deactivate an interface, if you install a primary a...

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    37 magic-pro mp-7vip choose the printer i/o address: 378h/irq7 (default), 3bch/ irq7, 278h/irq5 or disabled. Onboard paralle port enabled: enable delay when transferring data. Disabled (default): disable delay when transferring data. Ir transmission delay choose dma3 (default) or dma1. Most sound ca...

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    38 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. The choice: dma0, dma1 (default), dma2, dma3. Sb dma select the choice: enabled, disabled (default). Mpu-401 the choice: 330-333h (default), 300-303h, 310-313h, 320- 323h. Mpu-401 i/o address the choi...

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    39 magic-pro mp-7vip acpi function enabled power management press enter acpi suspend type s1(pos) pm control by apm yes video off option suspend -> off video off method v/h sync+blank modem use irq 3 soft-off by pwrbtn instant-off wake up events press enter item help menu level cmos setup utility - ...

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    40 magic-pro mp-7vip power management user define hdd power down disable suspend mode disable item help menu level cmos setup utility - copyright (c) 1984-2000 award software power management :move enter:select +/-/pu/pd:value f10:save esc:exit f1:general help f5:previous values f6:fail-safe default...

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    41 magic-pro mp-7vip choose yes (default) or no. You need to choose yes when the operating system has the apm functions, otherwise choose no. Pm control by apm choose blank screen, dpms support or v/h sync+blank (default). You can choose either dpms or v/h sync+blank when ther monitor has the green ...

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    42 magic-pro mp-7vip when on of vga, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or irqs wakes up the system. Choice: on(default), off. Vga when on of lpt&com, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or irqs wakes up the system. Choice: lpt/com(default), none,...

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    43 magic-pro mp-7vip an input signal on the serial ring indicator (ri) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state. Modem ring resume wake on lan enabled: wake on the system from the lan card (lan card must support wake on lan function and the power ...

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    44 magic-pro mp-7vip the following is a list of irq’s(interrupt requests), which can be exempted much as the com ports and lpt ports above can. When an i/o device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an irq to occur. When the operating system is ready to re...

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    45 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting..

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    46 magic-pro mp-7vip pnp os installed no reset configuration data disabled resources controlled by auto(escd) irq resources press enter dma resources press enter pci/vga palette snoop disabled assign irq for vga enabled assign irq for usb enabled item help menu level cmos setup utility - copyright (...

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    47 magic-pro mp-7vip yes: os supportsss plug and play function. No (default): os doesn’t support plug and play function. Pnp os installed note: bios will automatically diable all pnp resources ex- cept the boot device card when you select yes on non- pnp o.S. Choose manual or auto (escd) (default) ....

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    48 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. Legacy isa: manually assigns irq / dma to device. Pci / isa pnp: bios assigns irq / dma to device automatically. Irq-x assigned to dma-x assigned to enabled (default): add one irq to usb controller. D...

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    49 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-12 pc health status pc health status option shows information about system temperature and fan speed when it is working. Run the pc health status as follows: 1. Choose “pc health status” from the main menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. 2. Use one of the arro...

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    50 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-13 frequency/voltage control frequency/voltage control option allows user to adjust cpu’s settings and retain some informations inside computer when it is working. Run the frequency/voltage control as follows: 1. Choose “frequency/voltage control” from the main menu and a scre...

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    51 magic-pro mp-7vip 3. Press and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your setting. Choose disabled (default) or enabled. The clock generator will turn off the dimm clock if this slot is empty. Auto detect dimm/pci clk select the cpu host clock. The choice: default, 83/23mhz, 88/29mh...

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    52 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-14 load fail-safe defaults load fail-safe defaults option loads the default system values to the system configuration fields. If the cmos is corrupted the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this option and the following message will appear: “load setup defaults (y/n)? N...

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    53 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-16 supervisor/user password these two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the cmos setup option than the user. The way to set up the passwords for both supervisor and user are as follows: 1. Choose “change pas...

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    54 magic-pro mp-7vip 3-17 save & exit setup save & exit setup allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the cmos memory. Highlight this option on the main menu and the following message appears: save to cmos and exit (y/n)? Y press key to save the configuration changes. 3-18 exit ...

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    Appendix a 55 flash memory update installation 1. Download bios files and flash utility from your board vendor. They are: awdflash.Exe and .Bin file. 2. Copy them to bootable diskette and boot from diskette. 3. The diskette cannot include memory manager e.G. Emm386.Exe,qemm and himem.Sys, otherwise ...

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    Appendix b 56 via ac97 audio driver installation windows95/windows98: 1. Go to the cd-rom disk, we suggest the cd-rom title is d:\. 2. Find and run d:\mb\via\audio\setup.Exe 3. Select “ via ac97 audio driver ”, then it will automatically install this program. Via usb filter driver for windows98 wind...

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    Appendix b 57 supercops iii hardware monitor installation windows95/windows98: 1. Go to the cd-rom disk, we suggest the cd-rom title is d:\. 2. Find and run d:\supercop\sc3\setup.Exe.

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    Appendix c 58 appendix c the usage of rt2 thermal sensor connector a: connect to rt2. B: connect this thermal sensor to particular device which gener- ates lots of heat such as hard disk, vga chip, etc. When connected, user could observe the temperature change from the bios program. Via hardware mon...