TMC MI7VGA Manuel utilisateur

MI7VGA

Socket 370 Apollo Pro

Micro ATX Motherboard

User's Manual

Version 1.0

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Acknowledgments

Award is a registered trademark of Award Software nternational, nc.

PS/2 is a trademarks of nternational Business Machines Corporation.

ntel and Celeron are registered trademarks of ntel Corporation.

Apollo Pro is a trademark of V A Technologies.

Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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Contents
Contents
 hapter 1  Introduction.....................................................1
 hapter 2  Specifications...................................................3
 hapter 3  Hardware Description....................................5
1  Processor....................................................................................7
2  L2 Cache....................................................................................7
3  Main Memory.............................................................................7
4  B OS...........................................................................................9
5  Onboard AGP Slot.....................................................................9
6  Hardware Monitoring.................................................................9
7  Onboard Multi- /O.....................................................................9
8   nterrupt Request ( RQ) Lines..................................................10
9  Onboard PC - DE.....................................................................10
10  DMA Channels.......................................................................10
11   /O Port Address Map............................................................11
12  Onboard Audio.......................................................................11
 hapter 4   onfiguring the Motherboard.....................13
1  CPU Frequency Setting............................................................15
2  Clear CMOS Select: JP5..........................................................15
3  JP3: SDRAM Clock Select.......................................................16
4  CPU Host Frequency Force Selector: JP4................................16
 hapter 5  Installation.....................................................17
1   /O Connectors.........................................................................19
2  J1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors.....................19
3  J2: USB Connector...................................................................20
4  J3, J5: Serial Ports....................................................................20
5  J4: Parallel Port Connector.......................................................21
6  J6, J7, J8, J9: Line Out, Line  n, Mic  n, Game Port...............21
7   DE1,  DE2: E DE Connectors................................................22
8  J10: CPU Fan Power Connector...............................................23
9  J11: Floppy Drive Connector...................................................23
10  J12: Wake on LAN Connector...............................................24
11  J13: ATX Power Supply Connector.......................................24
12 J14: AGP Fan Power Connector.............................................24
13  J16: Auxiliary Audio  n Connectors......................................25
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15  J19:  rDA Connector..............................................................25
16  J21: Chassis Fan Power Connector........................................26
17  J22: Front Bezel Connectors..................................................26
 hapter 6  BIOS  onfiguration.....................................29
1  B OS  ntroduction....................................................................32
2  B OS Setup...............................................................................32
3  Standard CMOS Setup.............................................................34
4  B OS Features Setup................................................................37
5  Chipset Features Setup.............................................................40
6  Power Management Setup........................................................42
7  PNP/PC  Configuration............................................................45
8  Load B OS Defaults.................................................................47
9  Load Setup Defaults.................................................................47
10  CPU Features Setup................................................................48
11   ntegrated Peripherals.............................................................50
12  Supervisor / User Password....................................................52
13   DE HDD Auto Detection......................................................53
14  Save & Exit Setup..................................................................54
15  Exit Without Saving...............................................................54
 hapter 7  VIA Drivers Installation Guide...................55
1  4-in-1 Drivers  nstallation........................................................55
2  Audio Drivers  nstallation........................................................62
Audio Driver  nstallation for Windows 95.........................62
Audio Driver  nstallation for Windows 98.........................66
Audio Driver  nstallation for Windows NT 4.0..................69
3  DirectX Driver  nstallation.......................................................72
Appendix...........................................................................75
A.  Additions & Errata....................................................................75
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Chapter 1 Introduction

hapter 1 Introduction

This manual is designed to give you information on the M 7VGA

motherboard. t is divided into the following sections:

Introduction

Specifications

Hardware Description

onfiguring the Motherboard

Installation

BIOS onfiguration

VIA Drivers Installation Guide

hecklist

Please check that your package is complete and contains the items

below. f you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your

dealer.

The M 7VGA Motherboard

1 DE ribbon cable

1 floppy ribbon cable

1 CD containing PC RQ Routing Miniport driver, VXD

(GART) driver, Bus Master DE driver and utilities.

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Chapter 2 Specifications

hapter 2 Specifications

The M 7VGA is a high-performance Micro ATX Apollo Pro

motherboard with a Socket 370 connector for ntel Celeron processors.

The VT82C686A chip that comes with the Apollo Pro chipset has

built-in multi /O, audio and hardware monitoring functions. The

motherboard offers flexibility in terms of CPU frequency and main

memory type and size. The main features of the motherboard consist of

the following:

PU Socket

Socket 370

Processor

ntel Celeron

300/333/350/366/400/433/450/466/500MHz CPU frequency

Bus Speed

66/100MHz

L2 ache

CPU integrated L2 cache

Main Memory

Three 168-pin D MM sockets

Memory types: Extended Data Output (EDO) DRAM, SDRAM

(Synchronous DRAM)

Memory size: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB

hipset

V A’s Apollo Pro chipset (VT82C691 + VT82C686A) with built-in

PC - DE

Super I/O

Built-in V A’s VT82C686A chip

Two 16550 UART compatible serial ports

One parallel port (ECP/EPP compatible)

One floppy controller (2.88MB compatible)

One rDA port

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Chapter 2 Specifications

P I Bus Master IDE ontroller

The onboard V A chipset’s PC Bus Master DE controller with two

connectors for up to four DE devices in two channels, supporting

enhanced DE devices such as tape backup and CD-ROM drives,

P O Mode 3/4 and Bus Mastering Ultra DMA/66 / Ultra DMA/33.

Note: A UDMA66 cable should be used for UDMA66 interface.

Under Windows NT 4.0, you need to install Windows NT ervice

Pack 4.)

BIOS

Award B OS with SA Plug and Play (PnP) extension, DM ,

bootable CD-ROM and power-management features. The B OS is

Y2K (Year 2000) compliant.

Mouse onnector

PS/2 type

Keyboard onnector

PS/2 type

USB onnector

2 ports on board

Win95-shut-off

Allows shut-off control from within Windows 95

Onboard Audio

Built-in V A’s VT82C686A

The onboard audio is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro

compliant with ntel PC97 specifications.

Onboard AGP Slot

The AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot supports AGP compliant

VGA cards to achieve rich 3D and video graphics display. AGP is a

platform bus specification that enables 3D graphics capabilities

including support for z-buffering, alpha blending and faster texture

mapping.

Expansion Slots

Three 32-bit PC slots

One 16-bit SA slots

One AGP slot

Form Factor

Micro ATX, 9.65” x 7.48 (24.5cm x 19cm)

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Chapter 3   ardware Description
 hapter 3  Hardware Description
This   chapter   briefly   describes   each   of   the   major   features   of   the
M 7VGA motherboard. The layout of the board in Figure 1 shows the
location of the key components. The topics covered in this chapter are
as follows:
3.1  Processor....................................................................................7
3.2  L2 Cache....................................................................................7
3.3  Main Memory.............................................................................7
3.4  B OS...........................................................................................9
3.5  Onboard AGP Slot.....................................................................9
3.6  Hardware Monitoring.................................................................9
3.7  Onboard Multi- /O.....................................................................9
3.8   nterrupt Request ( RQ) Lines..................................................10
3.9  Onboard PC - DE.....................................................................10
3.10  DMA Channels.......................................................................10
3.11   /O Port Address Map............................................................11
3.12  Onboard Audio.......................................................................11
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