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  • Page 1 MI7VGA Socket 370 Apollo Pro Micro ATX Motherboard User's Manual Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 Intel and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Apollo Pro is a trademark of VIA Technologies. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.7 IDE1, IDE2: EIDE Connectors..........22 5.8 J10: CPU Fan Power Connector..........23 5.9 J11: Floppy Drive Connector...........23 5.10 J12: Wake on LAN Connector..........24 5.11 J13: ATX Power Supply Connector........24 5.12 J14: AGP Fan Power Connector..........24 5.13 J16: Auxiliary Audio In Connectors........25 MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 4 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide....55 7.1 4-in-1 Drivers Installation............55 7.2 Audio Drivers Installation............62 Audio Driver Installation for Windows 95......62 Audio Driver Installation for Windows 98......66 Audio Driver Installation for Windows NT 4.0....69 7.3 DirectX Driver Installation............72 Appendix................75 A. Additions & Errata..............75 MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This manual is designed to give you information on the MI7VGA motherboard. It is divided into the following sections:  Introduction  Specifications  Hardware Description  Configuring the Motherboard  Installation  BIOS Configuration ...
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  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Specifications

    Chapter 2 Specifications Chapter 2 Specifications The MI7VGA is a high-performance Micro ATX Apollo Pro motherboard with a Socket 370 connector for Intel Celeron processors. The VT82C686A chip that comes with the Apollo Pro chipset has built-in multi I/O, audio and hardware monitoring functions. The motherboard offers flexibility in terms of CPU frequency and main memory type and size.
  • Page 8 3D graphics capabilities including support for z-buffering, alpha blending and faster texture mapping. Expansion Slots Three 32-bit PCI slots One 16-bit ISA slots One AGP slot Form Factor Micro ATX, 9.65” x 7.48 (24.5cm x 19cm) MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Hardware Description

    Chapter 3 Hardware Description This chapter briefly describes each of the major features of the MI7VGA 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...
  • Page 10 Chapter 3 Hardware Description Figure 1: Layout of the MI7VGA Motherboard MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Processor

    Chapter 3 Hardware Description 3.1 Processor The MI7VGA motherboard is designed to take an Intel Celeron processor running 300/333/350/366/400/433/450/466/500MHz. 3.2 L2 Cache The L2 cache is integrated in the processor. 3.3 Main Memory The MI7VGA motherboard supports three 168-pin DIMM (Dual In- line Memory Module) sockets to form a memory configuration from 8MB to 384MB.
  • Page 12 64MB ----- 192MB 64MB 64MB 136MB 128MB 64MB 200MB 64MB 64MB 16MB 144MB 128MB 64MB 16MB 208MB 64MB 64MB 32MB 160MB 128MB 64MB 32MB 224MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 192MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 256MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 384MB MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Bios

    Chapter 3 Hardware Description 3.4 BIOS The BIOS on the MI7VGA motherboard provides the standard BIOS functions plus the following additional features: 1. ISA Plug and Play (PnP) Extension Unlike PCI cards that are Plug and Play, ISA cards require setting jumpers to resolve hardware conflicts.

  • Page 14: Interrupt Request (Irq) Lines

    3.10 DMA Channels There are seven DMA channels available on the motherboard; only DMA2 is used by the floppy controller. In the case that ECP mode on the parallel port is utilized, DMA1 or DMA3 will be used. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 15: I/O Port Address Map

    The onboard audio is embedded in the VT82C686A chip. It is SoundBlaster Pro compatible and compliant with Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC97 interface. It features hardware assisted FM synthesis for legacy compatibility and direct two game ports and one MIDI port interface. MI7VGA User’s Manual...
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  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Configuring The Motherboard

    Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard The following sections describe the necessary procedures and proper jumper settings to configure the MI7VGA motherboard. For the locations of the jumpers, refer to Figure 2. 4.1 CPU Frequency Setting............15 4.2 Clear CMOS Select: JP5............15...
  • Page 18 Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard Figure 2: Jumper Location on the MI7VGA MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Cpu Frequency Setting

    Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard 4.1 CPU Frequency Setting The MI7VGA uses jumper-free technology in configuring the processor on the motherboard. The system automatically detects the CPU bus speed, 66MHz or 100MHz and sets the multiplier, or ratio, to 3X. However, the bus speed can also be configured through the BIOS if the processor supports this feature.

  • Page 20: Jp3: Sdram Clock Select

    Short Run AGP Clock 4.4 CPU Host Frequency Force Selector: JP4 The MI7VGA is able to detect the host frequency (66MHz or 100MHz) of the installed CPU. The JP4 jumper, however, can be set to OPEN override the detection and force the host frequency to run at 100MHz.

  • Page 21: Chapter 5 Installation

    Chapter 5 Installation Chapter 5 Installation This chapter describes the interface that the MI7VGA provides for creating a working system. Refer to Figure 3 for the location of the connectors. The following items are covered in this chapter: 5.1 I/O Connectors.................19 5.2 J1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors.....19...
  • Page 22 Chapter 5 Installation Figure 3: Connector Location on the MI7VGA MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 23: I/O Connectors

    Chapter 5 Installation 5.1 I/O Connectors The I/O connectors connect the MI7VGA to the most common peripherals. To attach cables to these connectors, carefully align Pin 1 of the cables to that of the connectors. Refer to Figure 4 for the location and orientation of the connectors.

  • Page 24: J2: Usb Connector

    USB- USB+ Ground Port 2 5.4 J3, J5: Serial Ports The onboard serial ports of the MI7VGA, J3 and J5, are two DB-9 external connectors. The following table shows the pin-out assignments of the these connectors. J3 (COM1) J5 (COM2)

  • Page 25: J4: Parallel Port Connector

    5.6 J6, J7, J8, J9: Line Out, Line In, Mic In, Game Port J6, J7, J8 and J9 are the connectors for audio line out, audio line in, microphone and game port respectively. Game Port LineOut LineIn MicIn MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 26: Ide1, Ide2: Eide Connectors

    Host data 0 Host data 15 Ground DRQ0 Ground Host IOW Ground Host IOR Ground IOCHRDY Host ALE DACK1 Ground MIRQ0 No connect Address 1 No connect Address 0 Address 2 Chip select 0 Chip select 1 Activity Ground MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 27: J10: Cpu Fan Power Connector

    Signal Name Rotation +12V Ground 5.9 J11: Floppy Drive Connector J11 of the MI7VGA is a 34-pin header and will support up to 2.88MB floppy drives. The following table shows its pin-out assignments. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name...

  • Page 28: J12: Wake On Lan Connector

    Ground PS-ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Power good 5VSB +12V 5.12 J14: AGP Fan Power Connector J14 Chassis fan power connector is a 3-pin header supporting a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name N.C. +12V Ground MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 29: J16: Auxiliary Audio In Connectors

    Ground Ground Ground Right Right 5.15 J19: IrDA Connector This connector is used for an IrDA connector that supports infrared wireless communication. Pin # Signal Name IRRX IRTX No connect Ir RX Ground N.C. GND Ir TX MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: J21: Chassis Fan Power Connector

    ATX Power On Switch Not Defined Power LED Speaker Speaker: Pins 1 - 4 This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation. An 8-ohm speaker is recommended. Pin # Signal Name Speaker out No connect Ground MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 Reset Switch: Pins 9 and 19 The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch off and then on again. Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header. MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. Pin # Signal Name HDD LED MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Chapter 6 Bios Configuration

    OS Select for DRAM > 64MB..........39 Video BIOS Shadow...............39 C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow....39 6.5 Chipset Features Setup.............40 DRAM Timing................40 SDRAM Cycle Length............40 Memory Hole at 15MB Addr..........40 Read Around Write..............40 Concurrent PCI/Host...............41 Video RAM Cacheable............41 AGP Aperture Size..............41 MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 6.8 Load BIOS Defaults..............47 6.9 Load Setup Defaults..............47 6.10 CPU Features Setup..............48 CPU Speed, CPU Clock Multiplier, CPU Bus Speed.....48 Current CPU / System Temp...........49 Current CPU Fan / Chassis Fan Speed........49 VCORE/VCC3/2.5V/+12V/+5V..........49 6.10 Integrated Peripherals.............50 OnChip IDE Channel0/1............50 MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 Init AGP Display First.............51 Onboard FDD Controller............51 Onboard Serial/Parallel Port............51 UART 2 Mode.................51 Parallel Port Mode..............51 Onboard Legacy Audio............51 6.11 Supervisor / User Password............52 6.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection............53 6.13 Save & Exit Setup..............54 6.14 Exit Without Saving...............54 MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Bios Introduction

    <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 CMOS settings that resets your system to its default. We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Standard Cmos Setup

    Sun to Sat Month : 1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1994 to 2079 To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Time

    Landing zone SECTOR : Number of sectors SIZE : Automatically adjust according to the configuration MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto Normal (HD < 528MB) Large (for MS-DOS only) (HD > 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing) MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Drive A / Drive B

    The system boot will not be halted for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: Bios Features Setup

    DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 42: Quick Power On Self Test

    Typematic Rate Setting When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. By default, this field is set to Disabled. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 43: Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

    RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB. These fields determine whether or not optional ROM will be copied to RAM. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Chipset Features Setup

    DRAM. The default setting is Disabled. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Concurrent Pci/Host

    Testing use only. Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum. Options are Disabled, 1.8% (CNTR), 0.6% (CNTR), 1.8% (DOWN), and 0.6% (DOWN). The default setting is Disabled. This field is for CE Testing use only MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 46: Power Management Setup

    Each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. (Default) NOTE: In order to enable the CPU overheat protection feature, the Power Management field should not be set to Disabled. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Pm Control By Apm

    Suspend Mode When enabled, and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Pm Events

    The IRQ section sets the wake-up call of the system. If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left-hand group, the system wakes up from suspended mode. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 49: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not. The default value is Disabled. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to These fields allow you to determine the IRQ/DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: Cpu To Pci Write Buffer

    IRQ service is being requested by a device. The default value is Level. Assign IRQ for USB/VGA These fields allow you to enable or disable the IRQ for USB and VGA. By default, these fields are enabled. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 51: Load Bios Defaults

        : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Cpu Features Setup

    F7 : Load Setup Defaults CPU Speed, CPU Clock Multiplier, CPU Bus Speed The MI7VGA motherboard allows users to set the CPU speed through the BIOS. The parameters in setting the CPU speed include CPU Clock Multiplier (X3, X3.5, X4, X4.5, X5, X5.5, X6.5, X7, X7.5, X8) and CPU Clock (66MHz, 68MHz, 75MHz, 83MHz or 100MHz, 112MHz, 124MHz, 133MHz).

  • Page 53: Current Cpu / System Temp

    These read-only fields show the current speeds in RPM (revolution per minute) for the CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC. VCORE/VCC3/2.5V/+12V/+5V These read-only fields show the current voltages in the voltage regulators and power supply as monitored by the hardware monitoring MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly. The system supports five modes, numbered from 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Udma

    When this field is enabled, other options of the on board audio in this setup can be configured. These options included Sound Blaster, SB I/O Base Address, SB IRQ Select, SB DMA Select, MPU-401, MPU-401 I/O Address, FM Port (388-38BH) and Game Port. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 56: Supervisor / User Password

    SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC : Quit     : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Change / Set / Disable Password MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    To accept the displayed entries, press the “Y” key; to skip to the next drive, press the “N” key. If you accept the values, the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 58: Save & Exit Setup

    SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC : Quit     : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Abandon all Data & Exit Setup MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 59: Chapter 7 Via Drivers Installation Guide

    95 (even before you have started to install the drivers mentioned in this chapter.) Please follow the steps in the following sections. 7.1 4-in-1 Drivers Installation 1. Insert driver CD disc to CD-ROM. The CD-ROM autoruns and display the window below. Click VIA M/B drivers MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 60 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 2. Click VIA 4 in 1 drivers 3. Click Next MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 61 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 4. In Windows 98 system, we recommend you install 4 drivers. In Windows 95 system, we recommend you de-select IRQ Routing Miniport driver. Click Next 5. Click Next MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 6. Click Next 7. Click Next MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 63 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 8. If you have install IRQ Routing Miniport driver. Click Next 9. Click to restart your computer. Finish MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 10. To enable/disable HDD or CD-ROM/DVD-ROM DMA mode, when Windows reboot, execute VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers setup program again. When the window appears, select select components , then click Enable/Disable (Ultra) DMA Next 11. Select or deselect devices, then click Next MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 65 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 12. Click to restart your computer. Finish MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 66: Audio Drivers Installation

    Release the right mouse button and select COPY HERE 1. Click -> -> Start Settings Control Panel 2. Double click System 3. Click Device Manager 4. Expand Other Devices MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 67 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 5. Double click PCI Multimedia Audio Device 6. Click Driver 7. Click Update Driver 8. Click Next 9. Click Other Locations MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 10. Type , then press C:\VIA686A\Win95 ENTER 11. Click Finish 12. Click 13. Type , then press C:\VIA686A\Win95 ENTER 16. When the window appears, click Unknown Device Next MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 69 20. Put the Windows 95 CD disc into the CD-ROM drive, then click 21. Type the correct path name for Windows 95, then press ENTER 22. Click Close 23. Restart Windows 95 for the changes to take effect. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 70: Audio Driver Installation For Windows 98

    Release the right mouse button and select COPY HERE 1. Click -> -> Start Settings Control Panel 2. Double click System 3. Click Device Manager 4. Expand Sound Video Game Controllers MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 71 Update Driver 9. Click Next 10. Click , then type . Now press Specify a location C:\via686a\win98 ENTER 11. Click Next 12. Click Next 13. Put the Windows 98 CD disc into the CD-ROM drive, then click MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 72 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 14. When the files have been copied, click , then click Finish Close 18. Restart Windows 98 for the changes to take effect. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 73: Audio Driver Installation For Windows Nt 4.0

    Via686A drive on the left side of the screen. Release the right mouse button and select COPY HERE 1. Click -> -> Start Settings Control Panel 2. Double click Multimedia 3. Click Devices MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 74 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 4. Click MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 75 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 5. Select , then click Unlisted or Update Driver 6. Type , then click c:\via686a\winnt40 7. Click 8. Click to restart Windows NT and for changes to take Restart Now effect. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 76: Directx Driver Installation

    1. Insert the CD disc that is supplied with the motherboard. The CD disc autoruns and displays the following icons on the left side of the screen. 2. Click the icon. Tools 3. Click DirectX 6.1 core MI7VGA User’s Manual...
  • Page 77 Chapter 7 VIA Drivers Installation Guide 3. Click 4. Click 5. Click to restart your computer. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

  • Page 78: Appendix

    The manufacturer sees to it that the most up-to-date and accurate information are contained in this manual. This section would contain page insert(s) of additional information, updates or corrections that the user should know to ensure that proper configuration and setup of the motherboard is made. MI7VGA User’s Manual...

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