User manual GIGABYTE GA-6VA

[. . . ] 6VA+ USER'S MANUAL 1. System power on by PS/2 Mouse: First, enable this function in CMOS Setup, then you can power on the system by double clicking the right or left button of your PS/2 Mouse. System power on by Keyboard: If your ATX power supply supports larger than 300 mA 5V Stand-By current, you can power on your system by entering password from the Keyboard after setting the "Keyboard power on" jumper and password in CMOS Setup. (Include internal Modem and external modem on COM A and COM B) Wake-up on LAN supports: Your ATX power supply must support larger than 720 mA 5V Stand-By current. 1. 0 First Edition R-10-01-000405 6VA+ The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and certain other countries. [. . . ] SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION There is a speaker in AT system for sound purpose. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET function. The system will do a cold start after the RESET button is pressed and released by user. The RESET switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be installed to RST on main board. 3. 9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION System has power LED lamp on the panel of case. The power LED will light on/off or flash to indicate which step on the system. The connector should be connected to PWR of main board in correct direction. 3. 10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION There are two-Enhanced PCI IDE ports (IDE1, IDE2) on board, which following ATAPI standard SPEC. Any one IDE port can connected to two ATAPI devices (IDE Hard Disk, CD-ROM & Tape Driver), so total four ATAPI devices can exist in a system. The HD is the active LED port for ATAPI devices. 3-7 6VA+ 3. 11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION After the I/O device installation and jumpers setup, the main board can be mounted into the case and fixed by screw. To complete the main board installation, the peripheral device could be installed now. If the PCI - Bus device is to be installed in the system, any one of four PCI - Bus slots can be used. 3. 12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION The main board supports PS/2 Mouse. The BIOS will auto detect whether the PS/2 Mouse is installed or not & assign IRQ12 for PS/2 Mouse port if it is installed. After installing the peripheral device, the user should check everything again, and prepare to power-on the system. 3-8 BIOS Configuration 4. BIOS CONFIGURATION Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup 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. 4. 1. ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the "RESET" bottom on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Del> keys. 4. 2. CONTROL KEYS Up arrow Down arrow Left arrow Right arrow Esc key Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Change color from total 16 colors Reserved Reserved Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default Reserved Reserved Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu 4-1 PgUp key PgDn key F1 key F2 key F3 key F4 key F5 key F6 key F7 key F8 key F9 key F10 key 6VA+ 4. 3. Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. [. . . ] If you select System at Security Option in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu. If you select Setup at Security Option in BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. 4-26 BIOS Configuration 4. 14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Figure 4. 11: IDE HDD Auto Detection Type "Y" will accept the H. D. D. If the hard disk cylinder number is over 1024, then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB. 4-27 6VA+ 4. 15. [. . . ]