
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

GA-686BX (REV. 1.0)

Device Type         Mainboard
Processor           Pentium II
Processor Speed     233/266/300/333/350/366/400/450MHz
Chip Set            Intel 440BX
Video Chip Set      None
Maximum Onboard     1GB (SDRAM supported)
Memory
Maximum Video       None
Memory
Cache               512KB (located on Pentium II CPU)
BIOS                Award
Dimensions          305mm x 190mm
I/O Options         32-bit PCI slots (4), floppy drive interface, green PC
                    connector, IDE interfaces (2), parallel port, PS/2
                    mouse port, serial ports (2), IR connector, USB
                    connectors (2), ATX power connector, AGP slot, SB-link
                    connector, wake on LAN connector

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                                CONNECTIONS

  Purpose                  Location    Purpose                  Location

  AGP slot                   AGP       IDE interface 1            CN3

  ATX power connector        ATX       CPU fan power               J1

  Speaker                     C1       PS/2 mouse port             J2

  Reset switch                C2       Floppy drive                J3
                                       interface

  Power LED                   C3       Serial port 2               J4

  IDE interface LED           C4       Serial port 1               J5

  IR connector                C5       Parallel port               J6

  Green PC connector          C6       Wake on LAN connector      J13

  Soft off power supply       C7       SB-link connector          J14

  USB connector 1            CN1       System AC back             J15
                                       connector

  USB connector 2            CN1A      32-bit PCI slots         PC1  PC4

  IDE interface 2            CN2

                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

                Function                     Label           Position

      Keyboard power on enabled               JP1           Pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

      Keyboard power on disabled              JP1           Pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

                           DIMM CONFIGURATION

     Size         Bank 0         Bank 1         Bank 2        Bank 3

     8MB        (1) 1M x 64       None           None          None

     16MB       (1) 2M x 64       None           None          None

     16MB       (1) 1M x 64   (1) 1M x 64        None          None

     24MB       (1) 2M x 64   (1) 1M x 64        None          None

     24MB       (1) 1M x 64   (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64       None

     32MB       (1) 4M x 64       None           None          None

     32MB       (1) 2M x 64   (1) 2M x 64        None          None

     32MB       (1) 1M x 64   (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64

     40MB       (1) 4M x 64   (1) 1M x 64        None          None

     48MB       (1) 4M x 64   (1) 2M x 64        None          None

     48MB       (1) 2M x 64   (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64       None

     64MB       (1) 2M x 64   (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64

     64MB       (1) 8M x 64       None           None          None

     64MB       (1) 4M x 64   (1) 4M x 64        None          None

                        DIMM CONFIGURATION (CONT)

     Size          Bank 0         Bank 1         Bank 2         Bank 3

     72MB        (1) 8M x 64   (1) 1M x 64        None           None

     80MB        (1) 8M x 64   (1) 2M x 64        None           None

     96MB        (1) 8M x 64   (1) 4M x 64        None           None

     96MB        (1) 4M x 64   (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64        None

     128MB       (1) 16M x 64      None           None           None

     128MB       (1) 8M x 64   (1) 8M x 64        None           None

     128MB       (1) 4M x 64   (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64

     136MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 1M x 64        None           None

     144MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 2M x 64        None           None

     152MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64

     160MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 4M x 64        None           None

     176MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64

     192MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 8M x 64        None           None

     192MB       (1) 8M x 64   (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64        None

     224MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64

     256MB       (1) 32M x 64      None           None           None

     256MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64       None           None

     256MB       (1) 8M x 64   (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64

     272MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64

     280MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64    (1) 1M x 64

     288MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64

     304MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64    (1) 2M x 64

     320MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64

     320MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64

     352MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64    (1) 4M x 64

     384MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 16M x 64       None

     448MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64    (1) 8M x 64

     512MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 32M x 64       None           None

     512MB       (1) 16M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 16M x 64   (1) 16M x 64

     640MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 16M x 64   (1) 16M x 64   (1) 16M x 64

     768MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 32M x 64   (1) 32M x 64       None

    1024MB       (1) 32M x 64  (1) 32M x 64   (1) 32M x 64   (1) 32M x 64

            Note: Board accepts SDRAM memory.

                  CACHE CONFIGURATION

  Note: 512KB cache is located on the Pentium II CPU.

                            CPU SPEED SELECTION

    CPU       Clock    Multiplier     SW1/1    SW1/2     SW1/3     SW1/4
   speed     speed

  233MHz     66MHz        3.5x         Off      Off       On        On

  266MHz     66MHz         4x          On        On       Off       On

  300MHz     66MHz        4.5x         Off       On       Off       On

  300MHz     100MHz        3x          On       Off       On        On

  333MHz     66MHz         5x          On       Off       Off       On

  350MHz     100MHz       3.5x         Off      Off       On        On

  366MHz     66MHz        5.5x         Off      Off       Off       On

  400MHz     100MHz        4x          On        On       Off       On

  450MHz     100MHz       4.5x         Off       On       Off       On

      MAINBOARD BUS SPEED SELECTION

        Speed                JP6

      Reserved        Pins 2 & 3 closed

        66MHz         Pins 1 & 2 closed

       100MHz                Open

