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  • Page 1 K7VA133 ATX Form Factor Main Board User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright ©2000 by this company. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright.
  • Page 3 Warning and Disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the AMD Athlon processor main board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction… … … … … … … … … … … … … … .. Main Board Overview… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… .1 Specifications…...
  • Page 5 CPU RM Kit Assembling Procedures… … … … … … .… … … … … 26 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.… … … .… … … … … … ..… ..… … .. Award BIOS CMOS Setup… … … … … … … ...… … … … … … … 2 8 3-1-1 Standard CMOS Features…...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    PCI / ISA desktop personal computer systems based on 64-bit Slot-A (AMD K7) processors. The K7VA133 supports three banks of SDRAMs up to 256MB. The SDRAM controller supports standard either Synchronous DRAM(SDRAM) or Virtual Channel Memory (VCM), in a flexible mix/match manner. The Synchronous DRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 100 MHz.
  • Page 7 The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up Event such as “WOL (Wake up on LAN),” “Modem ring on” which are the new inventions to enable PCs to be turned on over the network. These are also key benefits in PC operation, asset management, new system setup and power conservation.

  • Page 8: Notice Of Hardware Installation

    1-3 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation, make sure you have checked the following things. A. Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchase. Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 9: Notice Of Driver Installation

    1-4 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains drivers as below. Read “Index” before installing required drivers. “Index” file is HTML format. CD driver is always updated with the latest version, so actual CD content may have some differences with the above picture. Main boards: i440LX, i810, VIA®...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Layout Reference COM2 COM1 MIC_IN/LINE_IN/LINE_OUT USB1 KB & GAME MOUSE USB2 AMR1 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI5 AGP1 FAN2 JBAT FAN1 IDE1 BIOS FDD1 IDE2 VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 11: Jumper Setting

    2-2 Jumper Setting 2-2-1 JBAT : CMOS Status JBAT is a 3-pin connector. Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten. Below are details to show how to clear CMOS. JBAT: CMOS Status Set to "1-2"--- Normal(default) Set to "2-3"--- Clear CMOS Procedure to clear CMOS: Step 1: Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power.

  • Page 12: Sw1/Sw2/Sw3: Cpu Frequency Selector

    2-2-2 SW1/SW2/SW3 : CPU Frequency Selector SW1 is a 4-pin DIP switch and SW2/SW3 are 8-pin DIP switch. The following are default CPU frequency and see details as below. SW1/SW2/SW3: CPU Frequency Selector SW1/SW2/SW3 CPU Freq. 100 MHz PCI Freq. 66 MHz VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 13: J1: Audio/Amr Function Selector

    2-2-3 J1 : Audio/AMR Function Selector J1 is 3-pin selector which provide Audio/AMR function. J1: Audio/AMR Function Selector Set to "1-2"--- Set to "2-3"--- on board Primary AMR Primary codec codec(default) VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 14: Connectors

    Connectors There are many connectors on this main board. Refer to the following pages for details. 2-3-1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as “PW-LED,” “PW-BT,” “SPEAKER,” “RESET,” “HD_LED,” “TB-LED,” “EXTSMI.” Please refer to details as below. PW-LED EXTSMI HD_LED SPEAKER RESET TB-LED...
  • Page 15 PW-LED is a 3-pin connector. It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel. The LED shows the status of the power. PW-BT with a 2-pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current power status of system.

  • Page 16: Back Panel

    2-3-2 Back Panel There are keyboard/ mouse, USB1/USB2, COM1/2, LPT1, MIC, LINE-IN, LINE- OUT and GAME Port on the case back panel. Please refer to more details as below. VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 17: Keyboard & Mouse

    Keyboard & Mouse The onboard PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector are 6-pin Mini-Din connectors, marked as “KEYBOARD” and “MOUSE.” USB1/USB2(Universal Serial Bus) Universal Serial Bus connector, marked as “USB,” is used to connect USB devices. There are 4 USB connectors on this main board. In Dos mode, USB2 doesn’t support “USB K/B support”...

  • Page 18: Atx Power Supply Connector

    2-3-3 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply connector has 20 pins, which is designed for ATX case especially. The ATX power supply supports the function of the “Soft Power On Momentary switch” which connects on the front panel switch to the 2-pin PW- BT on the system board.

  • Page 19: Cpu Fan Connectors

    2-3-4 CPU Fan Connectors There are 2 fan connectors on this system board, and it is marked as “FAN1”, “FAN2”. Each fan connector has three pins. Fan Signal SENSE +12V FAN2 FAN1 VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 20: Irda Connector

    2-3-5 I.R.: IrDA Connector IR connector supports wireless infrared module. With this module and application software like Laplink, or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer data to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR, ASKIR, and Fast IR. Attach Infrared module to IR connector.

  • Page 21: Floppy Disk Connector

    2-3-6 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and is used to attach the floppy drive cable. FDD1 VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 22: Ide1 And Ide2

    2-3-7 IDE1 & IDE2 IDE1 and IDE2 are 40-pin IDE connectors. There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this system board. IDE1 is primary channel, and IDE2 is secondary channel. Each channel supports 2 IDE devices, and 4 devices in total for this main board.

  • Page 23: Wol : Wake Up On Lan

    2-3-8 WOL : Wake up on LAN Wake up on LAN marked as “WOL,” is a 3-pin connector. To support this feature, a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too. WOL: Wake up on LAN WOL(Wake up on LAN) function requirement: Power supply should be able to offer at least 1A driving ability to the signal “5V trickle voltage.”...

  • Page 24: Wom : Wake Up On Modem

    2-3-9 WOM : Wake up on Modem Wake up on Modem marked as “WOM,” is a 3-pin connector. WOM: Wake up on Modem VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 25: Internal Audio Connectors

    2-3-10 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are “CD_IN1” and “CD_IN2”. CD_IN1/CD_IN2 VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 26: Dimm Memory Installation

    DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board. Either DIMM1, DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128MB. Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 256MB. DIMM3 DIMM1 DIMM2 VT8371 System Board...
  • Page 27 Insert the module as shown. Due to different number of pins on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown. There is no jumper setting for memory configuration. DIMM Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU. Therefore, to have a stable system, the system must use 100 MHz “PC-100 SDRAM memory DIMM”...

  • Page 28: Cpu Rm Kit Assembling Procedures

    CPU RM Kit Assembling Procedures The enclosed RM Kit accommodates AMD® K7 processor. User may refer to the attached page enclosed with the RM kit to install the processors. 1. Check if the following set of piece parts are included in your package. 4 seperate piece parts in total.
  • Page 29 3. Insert the RMAMs through the bottom of the motherboard and attach them to the retention mechanism. 4. Fasten up the screws on the retention mechanism to tighten up retenion mechanism and RMAM. Check if all the piece parts are fastened tightly. 5.

  • Page 30: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS CMOS Setup The menu displays all the major selection items and allows user to select any of shown items. The selection is made by moving cursor (press any direction key) to the item and press <Enter> key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function.

  • Page 31: Standard Cmos Features

    3-1-1 Standard CMOS Features The ”Standard CMOS Setup” allows user to configure system setting such as current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed in the system, floppy drive type, and the type of display monitor. Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference.
  • Page 32 VT8371 System Board...
  • Page 33 Hard Disk Configurations 1. IDE HDD Auto-Detection : press this item to Auto Detect the HDD type. 2. IDE Primary Master : select “AUTO” to detect the mode type automatically. Select “NORMAL” users have to redefine the following 4-8 items according to HDD. “NONE”...

  • Page 34: Advanced Bios Features

    3-1-2 Advanced BIOS Features Menu below shows all of the manufacturer's default values of this main board. Move the cursor by pressing <PageDown>/- or <PageUp>/+ key to modify the parameters, press [F1] key to display help message of the selected item. This setup program also provide 2 convenient ways to load the default parameter data from BIOS [F6] and [F7] area if shown data is corrupted.
  • Page 35 External Cache Enabled (default): enable L2 cache Disabled: disable L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled (default): enable L2 cache ECC checking Disabled: disable L2 cache ECC checking Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up power on self test. Enabled (default) : BIOS will shorten or skip some check items.
  • Page 36 Boot other Device :Enabled (default) :Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Enabled: floppy A&B will be swapped. Disabled(default): floppy A&B will not be swapped. Boot Up Floppy Seek BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive is 40 or 80 tracks. 360k type is 40 tracks while 720K/1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.
  • Page 37 30 : 30 Characters Per Second Typematic Delay (Msec) This is the interval between the first and second character displayed. : 250 msec (default) : 500 msec : 750 msec 1000 :1000 msec Security Option Item Function Note Setup (default) Security protection After setting password in BIOS CMOS in CMOS setup...

  • Page 38: Advanced Chipset Features

    3-1-3 Advanced Chipset Features Bank 0/1(2/3, 4/5) DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM. The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5. : SDRAM 10ns (default)— 10 nano second : SDRAM 8ns, normal, medium, fast, turbo SDRAM Cycle Length: control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing.
  • Page 39 DRAM Clock :Host CLK (default) System shows the actual DRAM speed the system uses. :HCLK-33M :HCLK+33M Please check DRAM clock for optimizes selection. Memory Hole : this field enable a memory hole in main memory space. CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selected can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled.
  • Page 40 :128M (default) :64M, 32M, 16M, 8M, 4M AGP-4X Mode :Enabled (default) :Disabled AGP Driving Control :Auto (default) :Manual K7 CLK_CTL Select Set K7 clock ramp rate according to system clock Multiplier and the System bus speed. :Optimal (default) :Default OnChip USB :Enabled (default) Enabling this function adds the function of “USB Keyboard Support.”...
  • Page 41 OnChip Modem Support on board AC97 Modem. :Auto :Disable (default) CPU to PCI Write Buffer :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI Delay Transaction :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI#2 Access #1 Retry :Enabled :Disabled (default) AGP Master 1 WS Write...

  • Page 42: Integrated Peripherals

    3-1-4 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 :Enabled (default) :Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode :Enabled (default) :Disabled VT8371 System Board...
  • Page 43 Primary Master PIO/ Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4 Secondary Master PIO/Secondary Slave PIO This feature detects your secondary master hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4 Primary Master UDMA/Primary Slave UDMA :Auto (default) :Disabled Secondary Master UDMA/Secondary Slave UDMA...
  • Page 44 Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 :3F8/IRQ4 :2F8/IRQ3 :3E8/IRQ4 :2E8/IRQ3 :Auto (default) :Disabled UART 2 Mode :Standard (default) --- the user is not allowed to modify “IR Function Duplex,” and “TX, RX inverting enable.” :ASKIR --- the user is allowed to modify “IR Function Duplex,” and “TX, RX inverting enable.”...

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    3-1-5 Power Management Setup VT8371 System Board...
  • Page 46 ACPI function :Enabled (default) :Disabled Power Management :User Define(default)--users can configure their own power management :Min Saving :Max Saving HDD Power Down :Disabled(default) :1 Min ∼ 15 Min Suspend mode :Disabled(default) :10 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 40 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 hour.
  • Page 47 Video Off Method :DPMS Support :Blank Screen :V/H Sync+Blank (default) MODEM Use IRQ :3(default) :4, 5, 7, 9,10,11,NA Soft-Off by PWRBTN :Instant-off (default) :Delay 4 sec This allows the user to set the soft-off power button to turn off the system or set to “4 seconds”...

  • Page 48: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    3-1-6 PnP/PCI Configurations Setup VT8371 System Board...
  • Page 49 PNP OS Installed :No(default) OS will not recognize PnP devices. :Yes OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices. Reset Configuration Data :Disabled(default) :Enabled --- to reset “Extended System Configuration Data(ESCD) when you exit setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot up.

  • Page 50: Pc Health Status

    3-1-7 PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature, Current CPU Fan1 speed/CPU Fan2 speed/Current Vin3(V)/Vin1(V)/VIN(2)/Vdd(V): System will automatically detect the above items and show the status. VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 51: Frequency/Voltage Control

    3-1-8 Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CIK :Enabled :Disabled (default) Spread Spectrum Modulated :Enabled :Disabled(default) This selection is reserved for manufacturers to pass CE test only not available for users. VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 52: Load Optimized Defaults

    3-1-9 Load Optimized Defaults "Load Optimized Defaults" loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The auto-configured settings only affect “ BIOS Features Setup” and “Chipset Features Setup” screens. There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup. To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press the <Enter> key.

  • Page 53: Supervisor/User Password

    3-1-10 Supervisor/User Password The "Supervisor/User Password setting" utility sets the security protection. There are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu : one is “Supervisor Password,” and the other is “User Password.” Their difference is: Supervisor Password: this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu.
  • Page 54 Step 2: Confirm Password Type the password again and press <Enter>. If you forget password, please clear CMOS. (refer to jumper JBAT) Step 3: Set “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup” After setting password, enter “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup.” There are 2 options “Setup”...
  • Page 55 2. How to Disable “Supervisor Password” & “User Password” Step 1: Go to CMOS Setup Menu (need to key in password first) Step 2: Enter “Supervisor Password” or “User Password” When it shows “Enter Password”, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when "ENTER PASSWORD"...

  • Page 56: Save And Exit Setup

    3-1-11 Save & Exit Setup The "Save & Exit Setup" option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM. VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 57: Quit Without Saving

    3-1-12 Quit Without Saving The "Quit Without Saving" option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All of the old data in the CMOS will not be changed. VT8371 System Board...

  • Page 58: Chapter 4 Appendix

    Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Memory Map Address range Size Description 00000-7FFFF 512K Conventional memory 80000-9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00-9FFFF Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed A0000-C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000-DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000-EEFFF Available for UMB...

  • Page 59: I/O Map

    4-2 I/O Map 000-01F DMA controller (master) 020-021 Interrupt controller (master) 022-023 Chipset control registers. I/O ports 040-05F Timer control registers 060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042) 070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports 080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (slave) 0F0-0FF...

  • Page 60: Time & Dma Channels Map

    4-3 Time & DMA Channels Map Time map: Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator Dma channels: DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP (option) DMA channel 2 floppy disk (ITE chip) DMA channel 3 onboard ECP (default) DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available...

  • Page 61: Interrupt Map

    4-4 Interrupt Map NMI: non-maskable interrupt IRQ(H/W): 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 1. 1 keyboard output buffer full 2. cascade for IRQ 8-15 3. serial port2 4. serial port1 5. parallel port 2 6. floppy disk (ITE chip) 7.

  • Page 62: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    4-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map Seconds Seconds Alarm Minutes Minutes Alarm Hours Hours Alarm Day of Week Day of Month Month Year Status Register A Status Register B Status Register C Status Register D Diagnostic Status Byte Shutdown Byte Floppy Disk Type Drive Type Byte Hard Disk Type Byte Reserved...

  • Page 63: Award Bios Hard Disk Type

    4-6 Award BIOS Hard Disk Type Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 10MB 21MB 32MB 65MB 49MB 65535 21MB 32MB 65535 31MB 65535 117MB 65535 21MB 65535 37MB 65535 52MB 21MB 65535 44MB 21MB 42MB 65535 59MB 1024 1023 62MB...
  • Page 64 Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 1224 65535 117MB 1224 65535 159MB 1024 65535 71MB 1024 65535 1023 98MB 65535 1023 87MB 65535 72MB 1024 65535 1023 89MB 1024 65535 1023 106MB 1024 65535 1023 115MB 1024 65535 1023 124MB...

  • Page 65: Isa I/O Address Map

    4-7 ISA I/O Address Map I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 000 - 01F DMA Controller 1, 8237A-5 020 - 03F Interrupt Controller 1, 8259A 040 - 05F System Timer, 8254-2 060 - 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 - 07F real-time Clock/CMOS and NMI Mask 080 - 09F DMA Page Register, 74LS612 0A0 - 0BF...
  • Page 66 I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 380 - 38F SDLC, Bisynchronous 2 390 - 393 Cluster 3A0 - 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3B0 - 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter 3C0 - 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 - 3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF...

  • Page 67: Chapter 5 Q

    Chapter 5 Q & A Error Messages During Power on Self Test During power on self test (post), BIOS will automatically detect the system devices. Below are the questions that users most often meet. The user may press “Esc” key to skip the full memory test. Beep sound On power on, the system make beep sound to offer different messages.
  • Page 68 Hard disk initialize Please wait a moment… Some hard drives require more time to initialize. Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive. Check if the controller is set correctly. If no hard disk is installed, “Hard drive selection”...

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