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Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and are acknowledged. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - - - - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: - - This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interferencecausing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada. About the Manual The manual consists of the following: Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Describes features of the mainboard, and provides a shipping checklist. Go to page 1 Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard Describes installation of mainboard components. Go to page 7 Chapter 3 Using BIOS Provides information on using the BIOS Setup Utility. Go to page 27 Chapter 4 Using the Mainboard Software Describes the mainboard software. Go to page 52 ii TA BL E O F CO N TE N TS Preface Features and Packing List Translations ¿ù»~ ! ©|¥¼w¸q®ÑÅÒ¡C i CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Mainboard 1 1 Introduction................................................................................................ 1 Checklist .................................................................................................... 1 Standard Items ................................................................................................. 1 Features .................................................................................................... 2 Choosing a Computer Case....................................................................... 4 Mainboard Components ............................................................................ 5 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Mainboard 7 7 Safety Precautions..................................................................................... 7 Quick Guide............................................................................................... 7 Installing the Mainboard in a Case............................................................. 8 Checking Jumper Settings......................................................................... 8 Setting Jumpers ............................................................................................... 8 Checking Jumper Settings ............................................................................... 9 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................... 9 Connecting Case Components....................................................................... 10 Front Panel Connector ................................................................................... 12 Installing Hardware .................................................................................. 13 Installing the Processor.................................................................................. 13 Installing Memory Modules .......................................................................... 16 Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM......................................................... 17 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive................................................................. 19 Installing Add-on Cards................................................................................. 19 Connecting Optional Devices ........................................................................ 21 Connecting I/O Devices ........................................................................... 25 External Connector Color Coding ................................................................. 26 CHAPTER 3 Using BIOS 27 27 About the Setup Utility ............................................................................. 27 The Standard Configuration........................................................................... 27 Entering the Setup Utility .............................................................................. 28 Updating the BIOS ........................................................................................ 28 Using BIOS .............................................................................................. 29 Standard CMOS Feature................................................................................ 30 Advanced BIOS Features .............................................................................. 32 iii Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................................... 34 Integrated Peripherals .................................................................................... 39 Power Management Setup ............................................................................. 43 PNP/PCI Configurations................................................................................ 47 PC Health Status............................................................................................ 48 Frequency/Voltage Control............................................................................ 49 Load Fail-Safe Defaults................................................................................. 50 Load Optimized Defaults............................................................................... 50 Set Supervisor/User Password....................................................................... 50 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................................... 51 Exit Without Saving....................................................................................... 51 CHAPTER 4 Using the Mainboard Software 52 52 About the Software CD-ROM................................................................... 52 Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP....................................... 52 Running Setup ............................................................................................... 53 Manual Installation................................................................................... 55 Utility Software Reference ....................................................................... 55 iv Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Introduction Thank you for choosing the L7VTA mainboard. The L7VTA is designed to fit the advanced AMD processors in the 462-pin package. Based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA KT400 Northbridge and VT8235 Southbridge chipsets. This mainboard provides the standard 100/133/166MHz front side bus with extra capability. The Apollo KT400 chipset consists of the KT400 Northbridge and VT8235 Southbridge. The KT400 Northbridge provides superior performance between the CPU, DRAM, AGP bus, and 8X V-Link bus with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation. It supports eight banks of DDR Synchronous DRAMs up to 4 GB for registered modules and full AGP 3.0 capability bus utilization including 2x, 4x, and 8x mode transfers, SideBand Addressing, Flush/Fence commands and pipelined grants. The VT8235 Southbridge supports standard intelligent peripheral controllers such as USB v2.0/1.1 and Universal HCI v2.0/1.1 compliant, real time clock with 256 byte extended CMOS, integrated bus-mastering dual full-duplex direct-sound AC97 link compatible sound system and full System Management Bus (SMBus) interface. The L7VTA is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports, such as dual channel IDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two high-speed serial port, an EPP/ECP capable bi-directional parallel port connector, four USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, a PS/2 keyboard, mouse and 1394a connectors. One AGP slot, five PCI local bus slots and one communication and networking riser (CNR) slot provide expandability for add-on peripheral cards. Checklist Compare the mainboard's package contents with the following checklist: Standard Items · · · · · · One mainboard One diskette drive ribbon cable One IDE drive ribbon cable One auto-install software support CD One I/O shield This user's manual Features Processor The mainboard uses an AMD 462-pin Socket A that has the following features: · Supports 100/133/166 MHz frontside bus (FSB) · Accommodates AMD Duron, Athlon, and Athlon XP processors Note: It is recommended that you use AMD Athlon XP or higher level CPU to make sure that the "Thermal Diode" function will work properly. Chipset The chipset on L7VTA includes the KT400 Northbridge and VT8235 Southbridge which are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance. A few of the chipset's advanced features are: · Support independent address, data, and snoop interfaces · 200/166/133/100 MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) transfer on Athlon CPU address and data buses · Support 533 MHz 8x, 266 MHz 4x, and 133 MHz 2x transfer modes for Ad and SBA signaling · AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode · Supports 66 MHz V-Link Host interface with peak bandwidth of 533 MB/sec · DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU (166/133/100 MHz) for most flexible configuration · Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller with 1/10/100 Mbit capability · Dual channel UltraDMA-33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE controller · Transfer rate up to 133MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4, multi-word DMA mode 2 drivers, and UltraDMA-33 interface · USB v2.0 and Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) v1.0 compatible · Supports both ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power management Additional features include support for six USB ports, an AC 97 link for audio and modem, hardware monitoring, and ACPI/OnNow power management. · Supports DDR up to 200/266/333/400 (enhanced) MHz DDR SDRAM memory module · Accommodates three unbuffered 2.5V 184-pin slots · Each slot supports up to 1 GB with a total maximum capacity of 3 GB The L7VTA includes an 8xAGP slot that provides eight times the bandwidth of the original AGP specification. The AGP 3.0 (8xAGP) offers a significant increase in performance along with feature enhancements to AGP2.0. This interface represents the natural evolution from the existing AGP to meet the ever-increasing demands placed on the graphic interfaces within the workstation and desktop environments. Memory AGP 2 AC' 97 Audio Codec The AC' 97 Audio codec is compliant with the AC' 97 2.2 specification, and supports 18-bit ADC (Analog Digit ...