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. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard - 4 -...
Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor 30.4cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. Socket A processor AMD Athlon 128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die Chipset Memory I/O Control Slots On-Board IDE On-Board Peripherals /Athlon...
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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. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect CPU/Power/System Fan Fail Warning CPU Overheat Warning...
Step 3 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. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Step 2 Step 1 - 10 - Step 4...
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.) Default Setting: 100MHz CPU CLOCK 100MHz Auto O: ON / X :OFF 100MHz : Fix FSB 200MHz CPU Auto : Support FSB 266/333/400 MHz CPU You must set SW1 to 100MHz when...
CPU Top View Socket Actuation Lever 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard CPU Bottom View Pin1 indicator 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper corner.
Step1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation Before installing the CPU Heat Sink , adhere to the following warning: 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.
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.
Issues To Beware Of When Installing CNR Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard 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.
Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female) IEEE 1394 and USB Connector 1394 USB 0 USB 1 Parallel Port, Serial Port and SPDIF Port (LPT/COMA/SPDIF)
Audio Connectors Line In(Rear Speaker) Line Out (Front Speaker) MIC In(Center and Subwoofer) GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard 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.
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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. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Pin No. Definition +12V +12V Pin No.
3) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector) Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 600 mA. 4) SYS_FAN (System FAN Connector) This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature.
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This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature. 6) IDE1/ IDE2 (IDE1/IDE2 Connector) Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Pin No. Definition +12V Sense...
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7) FDD (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 360K,720K,1.2M,1.44M and 2.88Mbytes floppy disk types. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. 8) S_ATA0/S_ATA1 (Serial ATA Connector) You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector, it provides you high speed transfer rates (150MB/sec).If you wish to use SATA0 and SATA1, please Enable "...
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PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. If you use dual color LED, power LED will turn to another color. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Pin No. Definition...
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11) F_PANEL (2x10 pins connector) Please connect the power LED, PC peaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above. HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) (Blue) SPK (Speaker Connector) (Amber) RES (Reset Switch)
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GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
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14) AUX_IN (AUX In Connector) Connect other device(such as PCI TV Tunner audio out)to the connector. 15) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 (Front USB Connector, Yellow) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment while you connect the front USB cable.
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Please Note: Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has features like high speed, high bandwidth and hot plug. 17) S_IRQ (Serial IRQ Connector) This connector is for special design, for example: PCMCIA add on card. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Pin No. Definition Pin No. Definition Signal...
18) CI (CASE OPEN) This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the "case open" item in BIOS if the system case begin remove. 19) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS jumper) You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. Default doesn’t include the "Shunter"...
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. ENTERING SETUP Powering ON the computer and pressing <Del>...
Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save &...
Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.
The year, from 1999 through 2098 Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Tue, Aug 13 2002 Item Help 22:31:24...
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IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.
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The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all other errors. Memory The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard - 36 -...
Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.
Full Screen LOGO Show This feature allows you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot. Enabled Shows the still image(LOGO) on the full screen at boot. (Default value) GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard - 38 -...
Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channel1 OnChip Serial ATA AC97 Audio MC97 Modem USB 1.1 Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Device Function USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard H/W LAN Onboard H/W 1394 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port...
Disable USB 2.0 Controller. USB Device Function Enabled Enable USB device function Support. Disabled Disable USB device function Support. (Default value) USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard - 40 -...
Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Delay 4 Sec. Press power button 4 sec to Power off. Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Power Management Setup [S3(STR)] [Disabled] [Instant-Off]...
AC BACK Function Memory System power on depends on the status before AC lost. (Default value) Soft-Off Always in Off state when AC back. Full-On Always power on the system when AC back. Keyboard Power On Password Enter from 1 to 8 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Disabled Disabled this function.
PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Vcore +3.3V +12V 5VSB Current System Temperature Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed Current POWER FAN Speed : Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F5:Previous Values Current Voltage (V) Vcore / +3.3V / +5V / +12V /5VSB Detect system's voltage status automatically.
If you use DDR266 DRAM module, please set "DRAM Clock(MHz)" to Auto or 266. If you use DDR333 DRAM module, please set "DRAM Clock(MHz)" to Auto or 333. Incorrect using it may cause your system broken. For power End-User use only! GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Frequency/Voltage Control [Auto]...
Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Load Fail-Safe Defaults? (Y/N)?Y PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Figure 9: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance.
ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup...
Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Enter Password: PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
Figure 12: Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save &...
Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N"...
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