AMD GA-7VASFS-FS User manual

Brand: AMD

Model: GA-7VASFS-FS

Category: Motherboards

Type: User manual

USER'S MANUAL

GA-7VASFS-FS

AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 0201

12ME-7VASFS-0201

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Table of Content

Item Checklist ..........................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................................................5

Features Summary ....................................................................................... 5

GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Layout ........................................................... 7

Block Diagram .............................................................................................. 8

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ..............................................10

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...................................... 11

Step1-1: CPU Speed Setup ...............................................................................................11

Step1-2: CPU Installation ................................................................................................. 12

Step1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation ................................................................................ 13

Step 2: Install memory modules ................................................................. 14

Step 3: Install expansion cards .................................................................. 16

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply .............. 17

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction .............................................................................. 17

Step 4-2: Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction ....................................................... 19

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ..........................................................................31

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : D5).......................................... 32

Standard CMOS Features .......................................................................... 34

Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................................... 37

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................... 39

Power Management Setup ......................................................................... 42

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PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 44

PC Health Status ........................................................................................ 45

Frequency/Voltage Control ......................................................................... 46

Load Fail-Safe Defaults .............................................................................. 47

Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................................ 48

Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 49

Save & Exit Setup ...................................................................................... 50

Exit Without Saving ................................................................................... 51

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Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To

protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you

work on your computer.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have

one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as

the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or

other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX

ower connector on the motherboard.

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don't line up with the holes on the base and there

are no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the

mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so

be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying

about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the

motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don't let the

screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may

damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

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Form Factor y 30.4cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.

CPU y Socket A processor

AMD Athlon

/Athlon

XP/ Duron

(K7)

128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die

266/333/400 MHz FSB and DDR bus speeds

y Supports 1.4GHz and faster

Chipset y VIA KT600 Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC)

y VIA VT8237 Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)

Memory y 3 184-pin DDR sockets

y Supports DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100/PC2700/PC3200

y Supports up to 1.5GB DDR (Max)

y Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM

I/O Control y IT8705

Slots y 1 AGP slot 4X (1.5V) / 8X(0.8V) device support

y 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

On-Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master (UDMA33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE ports

for up to 4 ATAPI devices

y Supports PIO mode3,4 (UDMA 33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE

& ATAPICD-ROM

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

y 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode

y 1 Serial port (COMA), 1 SPDIF port, COMB on Board

y 2 IEEE 1394 port

y 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 x Rear, 4 xFront by cable)

y 1 Front Audio Connector

y 2 Serial ATA Connector

Chapter 1 Introduction

to be continued......

Features Summary

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On-Board Sound y Realtek ALC655 CODEC

y Line Out / 2 front speaker

y Line In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch)

y Mic In / center& subwoofer(by s/w switch)

y AUX_In

On-Board LAN y Build in RTL8101L Chipset

On-Board IEEE1394 y VT6307

PS/2 Connector y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface

BIOS y Licensed AWARD BIOS

y Supports Q-Flash

Additional Features y PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

y PS/2 Mouse power on

y STR(Suspend-To-RAM)

y AC Recovery

y USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3

y Acoustic Management for hard drive and optical drive

Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor's specifications.

We don't recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU's specification

because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU,

chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific

bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU,

Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards...etc.

Hardware Monitor y CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect

y CPU/Power/System Fan Fail Warning

y CPU Overheat Warning

y System Voltage Detect

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GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Layout

RAM_LED

GA-7VASFS-FS

KB_MS

COMA

SPDIF

ATX_12V

SOCKET A

CPU_FAN

ATX

FDD

LPT

USB_1394

KT600

F_PANEL

F_USB1

F_USB2

F_1394

PCI5

BIOS

CNR

AUDIO

IDE1

IDE2

PWR_FAN

PWR_LED

IT8705

VT6307

AUX_IN

F_AUDIO

SYS_FAN

CODCE

BAT

VT8237

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI1

DDR3

DDR1

DDR2

USB_LAN

AGP

RTL8101L

S_ATA1

S_ATA0

SW1

CLR_CMOS

S_IRQ

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Block Diagram

VIA

KT600

VIA

VT8237

CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

System Bus100/133/166 MHz

DDR RAM

HCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

AGPCLK66MHz

33 MHz

14.318 MHz

48 MHz

AGP 2X/4X/8X

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

5 PCI

PCICLK

(33MHz)

AC97 Link

8 USB

Ports

ATA66/100/133

IDE Channels

CLK

GEN

HCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz)

PCICLK (33MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

14.318 MHz

33 MHz

IT8705

24 MHz

33 MHz

Floppy

LPT Port

PS/2 KB/Mouse

COM Port

AC97

CODEC

MIC

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

AMD-K7

BIOS

66MHz V_Link

V_Link (66MHz)

Serial ATA

Channels

1394

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation!

Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet. Continue with the BIOS/

software installation.

Step 2

Step 4

Step 1

Step 4

Step 3

To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

Step 1- Set system Switch (SW1)

Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step 3- Install memory modules

Step 4- Install expansion cards

Step 5- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step1-1: CPU Speed Setup

The system bus frequency can be switched at 100/133/166/200MHz by adjusting system switch

(SW1). (The internal frequency depend on CPU.)

SW1 CPU CLOCK

100MHz Auto

1 ON OFF

SW1

Default Setting: 100MHz

You must set SW1 to 100MHz when

you used FSB 200MHz CPU.

100MHz : Fix FSB 200MHz CPU

Auto : Support FSB 266/333/400 MHz CPU

O: ON / X :OFF

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Step1-2: CPU Installation

CPU Top View CPU Bottom View

Socket Actuation Lever

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever

and up to 90-degree angle.

Pin1 indicator

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

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 CPU cut edge well, it will

cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

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Step1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation

3. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base

onto the CPU socket on the main-

board.

2. Use qualified fan approved by AMD.

4. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged

to the CPU fan connector, than install

complete.

1. Press down the CPU socket

lever and finish CPU installation.

1. Please use AMD approved cooling fan.

2. We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat

conduction between your CPU and Cooling Fan.

3. Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector, this

completes the installation.

Please refer to CPU cooling fan user's manual for more detail installation

procedure.

Before installing the CPU Heat Sink , adhere to the following warning:

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Step 2: Install memory modules

DDR

Notch

Before installing the memory modules, adhere to the following warning:

1. When RAM_LED is ON, do not install / remove DIMM from socket.

2. Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one

notch. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the

insert orientation.

The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module(DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will automati-

cally 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 notch. Memory size can vary

between sockets.

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)

Only two double side DDR 400 memory modules are allowed to be used!

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DDR Introduction

1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM

memory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into

the DIMM slot. Then push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM

slots to lock the DIMM module.

Reverse the installation steps when you wish

to remove the DIMM module.

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,

and system integrators.

DDR memory is a great evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing

SDRAM architecture, yet make the awesome advances in solving the system performance

bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth. Nowadays, with the highest bandwidth of

3.2GB/s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400/333/266/200 memory solutions, DDR

memory is the best choice for building high performance and low latency DRAM subsystem that

are suitable for servers, workstations, and full range of desktop PCs.

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Step 3: Install expansion cards

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 the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.

7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install related driver from the operating system.

AGP Card

Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar

at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/

Uninstall the AGP card. Please align the AGP card to

the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot

.Make sure your AGP card is locked by the small white-

drawable bar.

Issues To Beware Of When Installing CNR

Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem.

Standard CNR Card

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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power

supply

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction

X PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

¾This connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard

and PS/2 mouse.

PS/2 Mouse Connector

(6 pin Female)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(6 pin Female)

[

YIEEE 1394 and USB Connector

¾This connector supports IEEE 1394 and USB

devices.

USB 0

USB 1

1394

ZParallel Port, Serial Port and SPDIF Port (LPT/COMA/SPDIF)

¾ This connector supports 1 standard COM port,

1 Parallel port and 1 SPDIF port. Device like

printer can be connected to Parallel port;

mouse and modem etc can be connected to

Serial ports.

The SPDIF output is capable of providing

digital audio to external speakers or com

pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital

Decoder. Use this feature only when your

stereo system has digital input function.

SPDIF Port

Parallel Port

(25 pin Female)

COMA

Serial Port

(9 pin Male)

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¾ After install onboard audio driver, you may

connect speaker to Line Out jack, micro phone

to MIC In jack.

Device like CD-ROM , walkman etc can be

connected to Line-In jack.

Please note:

You are able to use 2-/4-/6- channel audio

feature by S/W selection.

If you want to enable 6-channel function, you

have 2 choose for hardware connection.

Method1:

Connect "Front Speaker" to "Line Out"

Connect "Rear Speaker" to "Line In"

Connect "Center and Subwoofer" to "MIC Out".

[ USB & LAN Connector

¾ Before you connect your device(s) into USB

connector(s), please make sure your device(s)

such as USB keyboard,mouse, scanner, zip,

speaker..etc. Have a standard USB interface.

Also make sure your OS supports USB

controller.

If your OS does not support USB controller,

please contact OS vendor for possible patch

or driver upgrade. For more information please

contact your OS or device(s) vendors.

USB 0

USB 1

LAN

\ Audio Connectors

Line In(Rear Speaker)

MIC In(Center and Subwoofer)

Line Out

(Front Speaker)

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Step 4-2: Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction

1) ATX_12V 12) BAT

2) ATX 13) F_AUDIO

3) CPU_FAN 14) AUX_IN

4) SYS_FAN 15) F_USB1/F_USB2

5) PWR_FAN 16) F_1394

6) IDE1/IDE2 17) S_IRQ

7) FDD 18) CI

8) S_ATA0/S_ATA1 19) CLR_CMOS

9) RAM_LED

10) PWR_LED

11) F_PANEL

1 3

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1) ATX_12V (+12V Power Connector)

This connector (ATX _12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this " ATX_ 12V connector" is

not connected, system cannot boot.

Pin No. Definition

1 GND

2 GND

3 +12V

4 +12V

2) ATX (ATX Power)

AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other

related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.

Pin No. Definition

1 3.3V

2 3.3V

3 GND

4 VCC

5 GND

6 VCC

7 GND

8 Power Good

9 5V SB(stand by +5V)

10 +12V

11 3.3V

12 -12V

13 GND

14 PS_ON(softOn/Off)

15 GND

16 GND

17 GND

18 -5V

19 VCC

20 VCC

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