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  • Page 1

    7ZX- 1 AMD Athlo n TM /Duron TM Sock et A M otherbo ard USER'S MANUAL AMD Athlon TM /Duron TM Soc ket A Processor M otherboard REV . 1.01 First Edition R-101-01-0012 1 1[...]

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    FCC Complian ce Statement: This equ ipment has bee n teste d and found t o comp ly with limi ts for a Cla ss B digital d evice, pur suant to Part 1 5 of the FCC rules. T hese limi ts are d esigned to provide reas onable protectio n against harmful inter ference in resi dential installatio ns. T his equip ment generat es, uses, and can radiate radi [...]

  • Page 3

    Declarati on of Conf ormit y We, Manufact urer/Im porter (full address) G .B.T . Tech n ology T r äding GMbH Ausschlager W eg 41, 1F , 20537 Hamburg, Ger many declare that the product ( description of the app aratus, system , installation to w hich it refers) Mot h e r Boa rd GA-7ZX is in conform ity with (reference to the sp ecificat ion under wh[...]

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    i T able Of Content SUMMARY OF FEA TURES ................................................................................................................................ 2 7ZX-1 MOTHERBOARD LA YOUT ................................................................................................................... 3 CPU SPEED SETUP ..................[...]

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    ii P N P/ PCI C ONFIGURA T IONS ............................................................................................................................... 30 L OA D BIOS D EF AUL TS ............................................................................................................................... ....... 31 L OA D S ET U P D EF AUL[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 1 Revision History Revi sion Revi sion N o te Date 1.01 Initia l release of the 7ZX- 1 mother board user ’s manual . Dec.2000 The author assumes no re sponsibi lity for any errors or omission s that may appear in th is document nor does th e author ma ke a comm itment to u pdate the informatio n conta ined herein. Third-party br[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 2 Summary Of Features Form Factor  30.5 cm x 22.8 cm A TX size form factor , 4 l ayers PC B. CPU  AMD Athlon TM /Duron TM (K7) Sock et A Proc essor  256K/64K L2 cac he on die  Supports 50 0MHz ~ 1GH z and f aster Chipset Apollo KT 133 ,cons isting of:  VT8363 M emor y /AGP/ PCI Contr oller(P AC)  VT82C686 A PCI S[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 3 7ZX-1 Motherboard Lay out 7ZX-1 PCI1 PCI2 Socket A CPU VT82C 686A VT8363 GAME & AUDIO COM B COM A LPT PS/2 J3 J15 J18 BA T1 J2 BZ1 FLOPPY IDE2 IDE1 AGP 1 JP6 SW 1 J11 LED1 J13 J12 J4 JP4 USB1 JP8 AMR PCI3 AD1881 USB2 DIMM3 JP7 A TX POW ER DIMM2 DIMM1 PCI4 PCI5 BIO S JP10 JP1 1 JP3 JP1 8 JP9 JP1 6 JP1 7 Cloc k Generat or[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 4 CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is selectabl e at 100~133MHz. The us er can sele ct the system bus speed by DIP switch SW1 . Set System Bus Speed z If your clock generator (in Motherboard) is ICS 9248-141 . You can follow the below reference. SW1: (ICS 9248-141) O : ON, X : OF F FSB 1 2 3 4 9 5 O O X O Ë 100 X O X X 105 X [...]

  • Page 10

    Connectors 5 Connectors Game & Audio Port MIC I n Game Port Line In Line Out 1 COM A / COM B / LPT Port COM A LPT Port COM B USB 1 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[...]

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    Connectors 6 USB 2 Connector Pi n No. Def i ni t i on 1 +5V 2 GN D 3 USB D2- 4 NC 5 USB D2+ 6 USB D3+ 7 NC 8 USB D3- 9 GN D 10 +5V 1 10 9 2 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 J3: CPU Fan Pin N o . Definition 1 Contro l 2 +12V [...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 7 JP6: Pow er Fan Pin N o . D e finitio n 1 Cont rol 2 +12V 3 NC 1 J2: Sysem F an Pin No . Definition 1 Cont rol 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 ATX Pow er Pin N o. Defi niti on 3,5, 7,13, 15-17 GND 1,2,11 3.3V 4,6, 19,20 VC C 10 +12V 12 -12V 18 -5V 8 Powe r Good 9 5V SB stand by+5V 14 PS-ON(Soft On/Off) 20 10 11 1[...]

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    Connectors 8 Floppy Por t Red Line FDD1 IDE1(Primary ), IDE2(Seconda ry) Port IDE 1 I DE 2 Red Line J15: AUX_IN Pin No. Defi nit ion 1 AUX-L 2 GN D 3 GN D 4 AUX- R 1[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 9 J18: CD A udio Line In Pin No. Defi ni tion 1 CD- L 2 GN D 3 GN D 4 CD -R 1 J13: Ring Power On (Internal M odem Card W ake Up) Pin N o . Definition 1 Si gnal 2 GND 1 J12: Wak e On L A N P i n N o . D e fin itio n 1 +5 V SB 2 GN D 3 Si gnal 1[...]

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    Connectors 10 JP8 / LED1: STR LED Connector & DIMM LED STR LED Connect or Ext er nal . + DI MM LE D 1 J4: IR Pin N o . Definition 1 VCC (+5V) 2 NC 3 IR D a ta Inp u t 4 GND 5 IR D a ta O u tpu t 1[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 11 Panel A nd Jumper Definition J11: 2x11 Pins Jumpe r RE GN GD PW P − P − P+ S P K HD 1 1 1 1 GN (Green Sw itch) Open: Normal Op eration Close: Enter ing Green M ode GD (Green LED) Pin 1: LED ano de(+) Pin 2: LED ca thode( − ) Not availa ble at the case HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED ano de(+) Pin 2: LED ca thode([...]

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    Panel and Jumper Defini tion 12 JP4: Rea r USB Devic e Wake up Se lection (U SB Connecto r     USB1) Pin No. Definition 1-2 Clo se N orm al (Def aul t) 2-3 Cl ose USB Devi ce Wak e up 1 (If you wan t to use "USB Dev W akeup From S3-S5 " function, you h ave to set the BI OS setting "USB Dev Wakeup Fr om S3-S5" enable [...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 13 JP11: Fro nt USB Devi ce Wake up Selection (USB Port     USB2) 1 Pin No. Def init i on 1- 2 clos e Nor mal ( Defaul t ) 2- 3 clos e Enab led Fr ont USB Device Wak e u p USB2 (I f you want to use "USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5" function , you h av e to set th e B IO S setting " U SB D ev Wakeup Fro m S3-S5[...]

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    Panel and Jumper Defini tion 14 BA T1: Battery + CAUT ION ☞ Dang er of expl osion if ba tter y is incor rec tly r eplac ed. ☞ Re pla ce only w ith th e s am e or equiv alent type reco mmended by t he manuf actur er. ☞ Dispose o f used batter ies according to the ma nu facturer’s inst ructi ons.[...]

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    Performanc e List 15 Performance List The follow ing perfor mance dat a list i s the testi ng result s of some popul ar benchmar k testi ng programs. These dat a are ju st referre d by users, and there i s no respons ibility f or dif ferent test ing data value s gotten by users. (T he differ ent Hardw are & Softw are confi guration w ill result[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 16 Block Diagram 100 / 133MHz Sock et A VT8363 System Bus 100MHz VT82C 686A 5 PCI AGP 2X/ 4X ICS 9248-141 or ICW W230H 4 USB Por ts A T A66 IDE Channels COM Ports LPT Port s PS/2 IR Floppy Game Port 3.3V SDRA M 100MHz 33MHz 33MHz 100 / 133MHz 100 / 133MHz 33MHz 48MHz 66MHz 66MHz 14.318MHz AMR AC9 7 CODEC[...]

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    Suspend to RAM Install ati on 17 Suspend To RAM Installation A .1 Introduce STR function: Suspend-to-RAM (ST R) is a Window s 98 ACPI sle ep mode fun ction. W hen r ecovering from STR (S3) sle ep mode, the sy stem is able, in just a few seconds , to retriev e the las t “state” of the syst em befor e it w ent to sleep and recover t o that st ate[...]

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    Suspend to RAM Install ati on 18 B. Choo se the “Stand by” item an d press “OK” 2. Define the system ”pow er on” butt on to initia te STR sle ep mode: A. Double cli ck “My Computer” and t hen “Control Pan el” B. Double cli ck the “ P ower Managem ent” item.[...]

  • Page 24

    7ZX-1 Motherboard 19 C. Select th e “Advanced” tab and “Stand by” mode i n Power Button s. D. Restart y our computer to complet e setup. Now w hen you want to ent er STR slee p mode, ju st momentari ly press t he “Power on” button. A .4 How to r ec over from the STR slee p mod e? There are five w ays to “w ake up” the system: 1. Pre[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 20 Memory Installation The mother board has 3 dual inl ine memory module (DIM M) sockets. T he BIOS w ill automatic ally detec ts memory type and siz e. To inst all the memory mo dule, just push it vert ically i nto the DIM M Slot .T he DIMM module can on ly fit in one dir ection due to th e two notch. M emory siz e can vary betw [...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 21 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is a n overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The p rogram that a llows users to modify the basic system configurat ion. T his ty pe of informati on is stored in battery-bac ked CM OS RAM so that i t retains th e Setup information w hen the pow er is turned off. ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer and press [...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 22 The Main Menu Once you e nter AMI BIOS CM OS Setup Utili ty, the M ain Menu (Figur e 1) will appear on the screen. T he Main Menu allows you to sel ect from nine setup functions and tw o exit choic es. Use arr ow keys to select among the items and pr ess <Ent er> to accep t or enter the sub-menu. Figure 1: M ain Menu • • ?[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 23 • • • • User password Change, se t, or disabl e passw ord. It allow s you to l imit access to the sy stem. • • • • IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configur e hard di sk para meters. • • • • Save & Exit Setup Save CMO S value setting s to CMO S and exit setu p. • • • • Exit Without S a vi[...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 24 form your hard disk ven dor or the system manufacturer. CYLS. Number of cylinders HEADS number of hea ds PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing zon e SECT ORS number of sector s If a hard dis k has not be en inst alled select NONE and press <Enter>. • • • • Floppy Drive A / Drive B The category identif ies the types of[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 25 BIOS Features Set up Figure 3: BIOS F eatures S etup • • • • 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Floppy Boot Device by Floppy . ZIP A: / LS-120 Boot Device by ZIP A: / LS-120. CDROM Boot Devi ce by CDROM. SCSI Boot Dev ice by SCSI. NETWORK Bo ot Device b y NETW ORK. IDE-0~IDE-3 Boot Device by IDE-0~IDE-3. Disabled Boot Device b[...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 26 Chipset Feature s Setup Figure 4: Ch ipset F eatures Setup • • • • DRA M Frequency 100MH z Set DRAM Frequency to 100M Hz. 133MH z Set DRAM Frequency to 133M Hz. • • • • SDRA M C A S# Latency 2 For Faste st SDRAM DIMM module. 3 For Slow er SDRAM DIMM module. Auto Detect SDRAM CAS# Latency by SPD. (Default V alue) • [...]

  • Page 32

    7ZX-1 Motherboard 27 • • • • USB Controller Enabled Enabled USB Contr oller . (Default V alue) Disabled Disabled USB Co ntroller . • • • • USB Legacy Support Keyboard/FD D Set USB Legacy Sup port Key board / Floppy . KB/Mouse/F DD Set USB Legacy Sup port Key board / M ouse /Floppy . Disabled Disabled USB Legacy Support Funct ion. (D[...]

  • Page 33

    BIOS Se tu p 28 Power Management Setup Figure 5: Pow er Manageme nt Setup • • • • ACPI Sleep T ype S1/POS Set ACPI sleep type t o S1. (Default V alue) S3/STR Set ACPI sleep type t o S3. • USB Dev Wakeup From S3-S5 Enabled Enabled USB Dev Wa keup From S3-S5. Dis able d Disa bled USB De v Wake up From S3-S5 . (Default V alue) • • • ?[...]

  • Page 34

    7ZX-1 Motherboard 29 • System after A C Back Func tion Memory This function de pends on computer status . . (Default Va l u e ) Soft-Off Set System Soft-Of f S tatus Full-On Set System Full-On S tatus. • Modem USE IRQ 3, 4, (Default V alue) 5, 7, N/A • Resume On Ring / L AN Disabled Disabled Re sume On R ing / LAN . Enabled Enabled Re sume On[...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 30 PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 6: PnP /PCI Configura tion • • • • PnP A ware O S Y es Enable PNP Aware OS fun ction. (Default V alue) No Disab le PNP Aw are OS func tion. • • • • Reset Configu ration Data No Disable this fun ction. (Default V alue) Y es Clear PnP informatio n in ESCD & upd ate DM I data. • VGA B[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 31 Load BIOS Defaults Figure 7: Load B IOS Defau lts • • • • Load BIOS Default s BIOS defaults contai n the most a ppropriat e values of the syste m paramete rs that allow mi nimum sy stem performance. AMIBIOS SIMPL E SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.23 ( C ) 1999 America n Megat rends, Inc. All Rights R eserved ST ANDARD CMOS SET[...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 32 Load Setup Defaults Figure 8: Load S etup Defau lts • • • • Load Setup Default s Selecting this f ield loads the factory defa ults for BIOS and C hipset Featu res whic h the syst em auto matically detects. Please use th is set ting for max imum sy stem perfor mance. AMIBIOS SIMPL E SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.23 ( C ) 1999 Amer[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 33 Integrated Peripherals Figure 9: Integr ated Perip herals  This items w ill be ava ilable w hen ”Serial PortB M ode” is se t to IrDA or ASK IR. ♦ These eight item s will be shown w hen there are only AC’97 C ODEC sou nd. • On Board Serial Po rt A Auto BIOS will automati cally setup th e port A address. (Default V a[...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 34 • Parallel Port Mode EPP Using Paral lel port as E nhanced Para llel Port. ECP Using Paral lel port as Ex tended Cap abil ities Port. (Defau lt Va l u e ) Normal Normal Operati on. EPP+EC P Using Paral lel port as E nhanced Para llel Port & Ex tended Capabi lities P ort. • • • • Parallel Po rt DM A Auto Set Auto to p a[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 35 • • • • MPU-401 Enabled Enabled M PU-401. Disabled Disabled MPU -401. (Default V alue) Ps. When Force Feedback joy stick is used, MPU-40 1 needs to be En able. • • • • MPU-401 I/O Address 330h- 333h Set MPU -401 I/O Address to 330h-3 33h. (Default V alue) 300h- 303h Set MPU -401 I/O Address to 300h-3 03h. 310h- [...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 36 Hardware Monitor Figure 10: H ardware M onitor • • • • A CPI Shutdown T emp. ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) (This f unction w ill be ef fectiv e only for the operating sy stems t hat sup port ACPI Functio n.) Disabled Disabled ACPI Shutdow n function. (Defau lt V alue) 60 ° C / 140 ° F Monitor CPU T emp. at 60 ° C / 140[...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 37 Set Supervisor / User Password When you se lect this f unction , the follow ing messag e will ap pear at the c enter of t he screen t o assist you in creating a passw ord. Figure 1 1: Password Sett ing T ype the passw ord, up to six chara cters, and pre ss <Enter>. Y ou will be as ked to conf irm the p assword. T ype the [...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 38 IDE HDD AUTO Detection Figure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection T ype "Y" will ac cept the H.D.D . par ameter re ported by BIOS . T ype "N" will kee p the ol d H.D.D. p arameter setup. If the hard di sk cylin der number i s over 1024, then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER m ode for DOS p artition la rger than 528 [...]

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    7ZX-1 Motherboard 39 Save & Exit Setup Figure 13: Sav e & Exit Setup T ype "Y" will qui t the Setu p Utility and save the u ser set up value to RT C CMOS. Type "N " will return to Set up Utility . AMIBIOS SIMPL E SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.23 ( C ) 1999 America n Megat rends, Inc. All Rights R eserved ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP [...]

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    BIOS Se tu p 40 Exit Without Saving Figure 14: Ex it Without S aving T ype "Y" will qui t the Setu p Utility w ithout sav ing to RT C CM OS. Type "N " will return to Set up Utility . AMIBIOS SIMPL E SETUP UTILITY -VERSION 1.23 ( C ) 1999 America n Megat rends, Inc. All Rights R eserved ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP I NTEGRA TED PERIPHERA[...]

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    Appendix 41 A ppendix: Acronyms Acronyms M eaning ACPI Advanced Configurat ion and Pow er Interface POST Power-On Self T est LAN Local Area Network ECP Extended Ca pabilit ies Port APM Advanced Power M anagement DM A Direct Me mory Acces s MHz M egahertz ESCD Extended Syst em Configurat ion Dat a CPU Central Proce ssing Unit SMP Symmetric M ulti-Pr[...]