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FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109 (a),Class B Digital Device DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a) Responsible PartName: Address: Phone/Fax No: hereby declares that the product Product Name: Conforms to the following specifications: This device complie...
USER'S MANUAL GA-7VT600(-L) AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard AMD Athlon ™ / Athlon ™ XP / Duron ™ Socket A Processor Motherboard Rev. 2001 12ME-7VT600-2001
- 2 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Table of Contents Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4WARNING! ............................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction .........
Table of Content English - 3 - PC Health Status ........................................................................................ 47Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................................ 49Load Fail-Safe Defaults .......................................
- 4 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English The GA-7VT600(-L) motherboardCD for motherboard driver & utility (Driver CD)The GA-7VT600(-L) user's manualQuick PC installation guideRAID manualIDE cable x 2 / Floppy cable x 12 Port USB cable x 1 Item Checklist Computer motherboards and expansion cards c...
Introduction English - 5 - Form Factor y 30.5cm x 20.0cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. C P U y Socket A processorAMD Athlon TM / Athlon TM XP/ Duron TM (K7) 128K L1 & 512K/256K/64K L2 cache on die200/266/333/400 MHz FSB y Supports 1.4GHz and faster Chipset y VIA KT600 Memory/AGP Controller...
- 8 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Block Diagram CLK GEN HCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz) CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz) AGPCLK (66MHz) PCICLK (33MHz) USBCLK (48MHz) 14.318 MHz 33 MHz V_Link (66MHz) / GCLK (66MHz) " * " For GA-7VT600-L only. VIA KT600 VIA VT8235 CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MH...
- 11 - Hardware Installation Process English Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Set System Jumper (JP1)Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)Step 3- Install memory modulesStep 4- Install expansion cardsStep 5- Co...
- 12 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Step 1: Set System Jumper (JP1) The system bus frequency can be switched at 100/133/166/200MHz by adjusting system jumper (JP1).(The internal frequency depend on CPU.) The "JP1" must set to "Auto" when you are usingFSB 266/333/400MHz CPU. 100M...
- 13 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 2: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2-1: CPU Installation Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning:1. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.2. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and ...
- 14 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation Before installing the CPU cooling fan, adhere to the following warning:1. Please use AMD approved cooling fan.2. We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and cooling f...
- 15 - Hardware Installation Process English Support Unbuffered DDR DIMM Sizes type:64 Mbit (2Mx8x4 banks) 64 Mbit (1Mx16x4 banks) 128 Mbit(4Mx8x4 banks) 128 Mbit(2Mx16x4 banks) 256 Mbit(8Mx8x4 banks) 256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks) 512 Mbit(16Mx8x4 banks) 512 Mbit(8Mx16x4 banks) Total System Memory (Max3GB...
- 16 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs, andsystem integrators. DDR memory is a great evolutionary so...
- 17 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 4: Install Expansion Cards AGP Card 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer.3. Press t...
- 18 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Step 5: Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires and PowerSupply Step 5-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction X PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector(6 pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard Connector(6 pin Female) ¾ This connector supports standard PS/2 keybo...
- 19 - Hardware Installation Process English If you want the detail information for 2-/4-/6-channel audio setupinstallation, please refer to page 74. Z USB/LAN* Connector LAN is fast Ethernet with 10/100Mbps speed.Before you connect your device(s) into USBconnector(s), please make sure your device(s...
- 24 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English 7) F_PANEL (2 x 10 pins Connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc. of your chassis frontpanel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below. HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) (Blue)...
- 25 - Hardware Installation Process English 9) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) If you want to use Front Audio connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper.In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. Also pleasemake sure the pin assigment on the cable is ...
BIOS Setup - 31 - English < Ç > Move to previous item < È > Move to next item < Å > Move to the item in the left hand < Æ > Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select item <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu andOption Page S...
- 32 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English z z z z z Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. z z z z z Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. If you can't find the setting you want, please pre...
BIOS Setup - 33 - English z z z z z Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. z z z z z Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. z z z z z PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI &am...
- 34 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, Dec 26 2003 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu Level IDE Primary Master [None] Change the day, month, IDE Primary Slave [None] ye...
BIOS Setup - 35 - English ) ) ) ) ) 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 thecomputer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; Autotype which will automat...
- 36 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. NO Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detectedand you will be prompted. All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fa...
BIOS Setup - 37 - English Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device [Floppy] Item Help Second Boot Device [HDD-0] Menu Level Third Boot Device [CDROM] Password Check [Setup] : Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save E...
- 38 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correctpassword is not entered ...
BIOS Setup - 39 - English Integrated Peripherals Figure 4: Integrated Peripherals " * " For GA-7VT600-L only. OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] AC97 Audio [Auto] VIA Onboard LAN * [Enabled] USB 1.1 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB Keyboard Suppo...
- 40 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) OnChip IDE Channel0 0 When enabled, allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE. If a hard disk controller card is used, set at Disabled. Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. )...
BIOS Setup - 41 - English ) ) ) ) ) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enabled USB Mouse Support. Disabled Disabled USB Mouse Support. (Default value) ) ) ) ) ) VIA LAN Boot ROM * This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enab...
- 42 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip. Normal Set onboard I/O chip UART to Normal Mode. (Default Value) IrDA Set onboard I/O chip UART to IrDA Mode. ASKIR Set onboard I/O chip UART to ASK...
BIOS Setup - 43 - English Power Management Setup Figure 5: Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)] x USB Device Wake-Up From S3 Disabled Power LED in S1 state [Blinking] Soft-Off by PWRBTN [Instant-off] AC Ba...
- 44 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) Power LED in S1 state Blinking In standby mode(S1), power LED will blink. (Default value) Dual/Off In standby mode(S1):a. If use single color LED, power LED will turn off.b. If use dual color LED, power LED will turn to another color. ) ) ) ) ) Soft...
BIOS Setup - 45 - English ) ) ) ) ) PME Event Wake up When set at Enabled, any PCI-PM event awakes the system from a PCI-PM controlled state. This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. Disabled Disabled PME Event Wake up function. Enabled Enabled PME Event...
- 46 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI1/PCI5 IRQ Assignment [Auto] Item Help PCI2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] Menu Level PCI3 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI4 IRQ Assignment [Auto] : Move Ente...
BIOS Setup - 47 - English PC Health Status Figure7: PC Health Status ) ) ) ) ) Reset Case Open Status ) ) ) ) ) Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No". If the case have been opened, "Case Opened" will show "Yes".If you want to reset "Case ...
- 48 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) Current Voltage (V) Vcore / DDR Vtt / +3.3V/ +5V / + 12V / 5VSB Detect system's voltage status automatically. ) ) ) ) ) Current System Temperature ( ° C) Detect System Temp. automatically. ) ) ) ) ) Current CPU Temperature ( ° C) Detect CPU Temp. au...
BIOS Setup - 49 - English Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 8: Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Spread Spectrum Modulated [Enabled] Item Help CPU Host Clock Control [Disable] Menu Level Ú CPU Host Frequency(MHz) 133 Ú PCI/AG...
- 50 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English ) ) ) ) ) PCI/AGP Frequency (MHz) The values depend on CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) . ) ) ) ) ) DRAM Clock (MHz) Please set DRAM Clock according to your requirement. (Default value: Auto) If you use DDR266 DRAM module, please set "DRAM Clock(MHz)" to "...
BIOS Setup - 51 - English Load Fail-Safe Defaults ) ) ) ) ) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allowminimum system performance. Figure 9: Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standa...
- 52 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10: Load Optimized Defaults ) ) ) ) ) Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which thesystem automatically detects. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award ...
BIOS Setup - 53 - English Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen toassist you in creating a password.Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm thepassword. Type t...
BIOS Setup - 55 - English Exit Without Saving Type “Y” will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type “N” will return to Setup Utility. Figure 13: Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS F...
Technical Reference - 57 - English @BIOS ™ Introduction Gigabyte announces @BIOS ™ Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or likemany other people, you just know what BIOS is,but always hesitate to update it? Because you thinkupdating newest BIOS is unnecessary and ...
- 58 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English EasyTune ™ 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTune ™ 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock might be one of the most common issuesin computer field. But have many user...
Technical Reference - 59 - English Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash Flash BIOS Method Introduction Q-Flash ™ is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS. Q-Flash ™ allows users to flash BIOS...
- 60 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English The BIOS file is F10before updating Entering the Q-Flash ™ utility: Step1: To use Q-Flash ™ utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00 (C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved S...
Technical Reference - 61 - English Step 2: Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Q-Flash ™ utility. Exploring the Q-Flash ™ /Dual BIOS utility screen The Q-Flash ™ /Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.0...
- 62 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Task menu for Dual BIOS utility : Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task. Task menu for Q-Flash ™ utility: Contains th...
Technical Reference - 63 - English Later, you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppydisk.2.Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter. In this example, we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file, 7VRXP.F12, is li...
- 64 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to updateBIOS?" Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS. 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it w...
Technical Reference - 65 - English 4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash ™ menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed. You can repeat Step 1 to 4 to flash the backup BIOS, too. 5. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash ™ utility. The computer will restart automatically after yo...
- 66 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English The BIOS file becomesF12 after updating 6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to Load Fail-Safe Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS...
Technical Reference - 67 - English AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00 (C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USE...
- 68 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Part Two: Updating BIOS with Q-Flash ™ Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash ™ utility. Entering the Q-Flash ™ utility: Step1: To use the Q-Flash ™ utility, you must press ...
Technical Reference - 69 - English Exploring the Q-Flash ™ utility screen The Q-Flash ™ BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. The Qflash utilitytitle bar Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size................SST 49LF002A 256K Enter: Run / : Move ESC: Reset F10:Power Off Keep D...
- 70 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Later, you will see a box showing the BIOS files you downloaded to the floppy disk.In this example, we only download one BIOS for this board, 8GE800.F4 so only one BIOS file is listed. 2.Highlight the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter button on your...
Technical Reference - 71 - English Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size................SST 49LF002A 256K Enter: Run / : Move ESC: Reset F10:Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy You can press "Enter" tocontinue updating BIOSor "ESC" to abort. CHEC...
- 72 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" iconb. Click "Update New BIOS" iconc. Select @BIOS ™ sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard.e. System will automatically download and update the BI...
- 74 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English 2- / 4- / 6-Channel Audio Function Introduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereooutput is applied. STEP 1:Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to ...
Technical Reference - 75 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rearchannels to "Line In". STEP 2 :After installation of the audio driver, you'll find an icon on the taskbar's status area. Click the audio icon "Sound Eff...
- 76 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Use the back audio panel to connect the audiooutput without any additional module.STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rearchannels to "Line In", and the Center/Subwooferchannels to "MIC In". Basic 6 Channel Analog Aud...
- 78 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English STEP 4 :Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" from the win-dows tray at the bottom of the screen. STEP 3 :Connect the front channels to back audio panel's"Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT'sREAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels ...
- 80 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 98/98SE/2000 / M E . Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CDROM, Walkman or others audio input devices to Line In jack, speakers, earphone or others output devices to L...
- 82 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery? Xpress Recovery utility is an utility for backing up and restoring O.S. partition. If the hard drive can not work properly, you can restore it to the original state. 1. It supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS forma...
- 84 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English 1.Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The Backup utility will scan the system automatically and back it up.The backed up data will be saved as a hidden image . 2.Execute Restore Utility: This program will recover your system t...
Appendix - 85 - English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, thedriver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click theCD-ROM device icon i...
- 86 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Item Description Driver install finished !You have to reboot system ! " * " For GA-7VT600-L Only. VIA 4IN1 DriverFor INF, AGP, IDE and DMA Driver USB Path for WinXPThis patch driver can help you to resolve the USB device wake up S3 hang up issue i...
Appendix - 87 - English SOFTWARE APPLICATION This page reveals the value-added software developed by Gigabyte and its worldwide partners. Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager(GWUM)This utility can integrate the Gigabyte's applications in the system tray Gigabyte Management Tool(GMT)A useful tool w...
- 88 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English SOFTWARE INFORMATION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title. HARDWARE INFORMATION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. CONTACT US Contact us via the information in this page all over the world.
Appendix - 89 - English EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions (1) 1. Click "EasyTune4" item. 5. Click "HELP". (4) (3) 3. Click "Finish" to restart computer. 4. Right Click the icon to start "E...
- 90 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English FAQ Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to http://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after u...
Appendix - 91 - English Question 6: Why does system seem unstable after updating BIOS? Answer: Please remember to load Fail-Safe Defaults (Or Load BIOS Defaults) after flashing BIOS. However, if the system instability still remains, please clear CMOS to solve the problem. Question 7: Why do I still ...
- 92 - GA-7VT600(-L) Motherboard English Question 11: How to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from SATA HDDs by either RAID or ATA mode? Answer: Please set in the BIOS as follow: 1. Advanced BIOS features--> SATA/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SATA" 2. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot de...
Appendix - 93 - English Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble during boot up, please follow the troubleshootingprocedures. Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then removeall of the add-on cards and cables from motherboard. START Failure has been excluded. Yes Please make sure mo...
Appendix - 95 - English Technical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility: ConfigurationC P UMemoryBrandVideo CardAudio CardHDDCD-ROM /DVD-ROMMode...
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