The Gigabyte GA-6WMM7
Intel 810 socket 370 motherboard
Wednesday, August 04, 1999
Introduction
Based on the Intel 810 AGPset, the new Gigabyte GA-6WMM7 socket 370 motherboard uses a PV1.1 onboard 2D/3D graphic card (4Mb display cache) as well as an onboard optional Yamaha 744 PCI sound card. Contrarily to many other i810 boards, the GA-6WMM7 has 1 ISA expansion slot. A DFP (Digital Flat Panel) connector is also available as an option on this motherboard. Some other very interesting features such as Auto Speed Down and CPU temperature overheating and fan failures monitoring are also supported on this motherboard. But, one of the most interesting feature of this motherboard is the DUAL BIOS feature as recently developed for the slot 1 GA-BX2000 motherboard. With this feature, you no longer have to be afraid to lost your BIOS as it can always be restored from the backup BIOS. Let's have a detailed look on this new product from Gigabyte in the suite of this article.
Features
As previously mentioned, the GA-6WMM7 possesses an onboard Yamaha 744 PCI (optional) sound card as well as a 2D/3D graphic card with 4Mb of 3D display cache memory.
The expansions possibilities of the GA-6WMM7 are including: 3 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot, one AMR (audio/modem riser interface) slot, 2 DIMM memory sockets supporting up to 512Mb of memory, two Ultra DMA 66/33 Bus Master IDE channels, one gameport as well as optional DFP and TV-out connectors.
The clock frequency of the GA-6WMM7 can be selected within a range extending from 66Mhz to 150Mhz including: 66/70/75/83/90/95/100/105/115/120/124/133/140 and 150Mhz.
The clock multiplier goes from 3X up to 9.5X in 0.5X increments.
Other features found on the GA-6WMM7 motherboard are: Dual BIOS technology, Keyboard Power On, Mouse Power On, PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On modem ring, RTC (alarm), USB connectors, IrDA RX/TX header (optional), suspend to RAM, UDMA/33/66, ACPI/APM suspend/wake-on mode and hardware monitoring.
Below is an excellent photography of this motherboard allowing a good overview of its components layout.
Installation
The GA-6WMM7 installation requires the JP1 jumpers positioning to set the master clock frequency at Auto, 66Mhz or 100Mhz and a set of Dip switches is allowing to change the clock frequency if you wish to apply some Overclocking to your processor.
The Software Bundle
Programs and utilities included are: Intel LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM), System information (SIV) utility, i810 patch utility for Windows 95/98, Yamaha 744 PCI sound driver (optional), Intel VGA driver, Trend Micro(R) PC-cillin 98 Anti-Virus scanning utility, a setup help read-me file and the Adobe Acrobat Reader with the CD version of the users manual.
Intel 810 chipset
DualBIOS technology and Suspend-to-RAM Ready
PROCESSOR
Socket 370 for
Intel® PPGA Celeron™ Processor
Clock Ratio 3.0~9.5 for future Processor
supported
66/70*/75*/83*/90*/95*/100
/105*/115*/120*/124*/133*/140*/150* MHz System Bus
Auto-detect CPU voltage
CHIPSET
Intel® 810 chipset
Chipset with Built-in enchanced graphics engine
(4MB 3D display cache)
AC 97
Yamaha 744 PCI sound chip (optional)
MEMORY
L2 cache -- 0KB, 128KB(in CPU module)
2 DIMM sockets provided
Supports 16/32/64/128/256 MB modules
Supports SDRAM, including 72-bit, ECC
Supports from 32MB to 512MB system memory
PCI IDE
2 PCI, bus master, UDMA/33/66 IDE ports for up
to 4 ATAPI devices
Supports PIO mode 3, 4, UDMA/33/66 IDE &
ATAPI CD-ROM
I/O INTERFACES
1 floppy (360KB-2.88MB)
1 serial (16550-compatible, high-speed)
1 parallel (EPP/ECP)
1 PS/2 keyboard
1 PS/2 mouse
1 VGA(DB15)
1 game port
1 line-in
1 lin-out
1 mic
1 feature connector for optional DFP(Digital
Flat Panel), TV-out card
2 universal serial bus (USB)
EXPANSION SLOTS
1 AMR(Audio Modem Riser) slot
3 PCI, 32-bit, bus master, PCI 2.2 compliant
1 ISA, 16-bit
POWER
ATX power supply connector
Power-on by switch, keyboard, PS/2 mouse, LAN,
RTC (alarm), & modem
Power-off by Windows 98 shut down &
soft-power switch
Supports AC recovery on/off control
Supports stopping CPU fan during suspend mode
Supports ACPI/APM suspend/wake-on mode
Supports 3-level ACPI LED
FORM FACTOR/PCB
Micro ATX, 4 layer PCB, 24.4cm by 23.2cm
HEALTH MONITORING AND
MAINTENANCE
Monitoring of +/-5v, +/-12v, and CMOS battery
voltages
Monitoring of connected CPU, power supply, and
system fans
System health status reporting via BIOS, LDCM
& SIV
Auto processor speed reduction and speaker
alarm if CPU overheats (OS independent & driverless)
BIOS
Includes DualBIOS technology (optional)
4 Mbit Flash ROM
Award BIOS with enhanced ACPI features for
PC98/Win98 compliance, green PC, PnP, DMI, INT13 (hard drives >8.4GB) & Anti-virus
function
Multiple boot options - IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120,
ZIP & CD-ROM
OTHER FEATURES
Supports Wake-on-LAN (WOL), header
Supports Wake-on-Ring (WOR), header
Poly fuse for keyboard, USB, VGA, Game port
over-current protection
DRIVERS & UTILITIES
Intel® LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM)
System information (SIV) utility
Intel® 810 patch utility for
Windows 95/98
Yamaha 744 PCI sound driver (optional)
Intel® VGA driver
Trend Micro® PC-cillin 98
Anti-Virus utility (scan only)
