GA-7A8DW
(rev. 1.0)

Discontinued

Support AMD Dual K8 Sledge Hammer (Socket 940,FSB up to 800MHz)
AMD 8151 AGP bridge, 8131 PCI-X tunnel, and 8111 chipsets
Max.8GB registered (ECC) DDR-400memory in 4DIMM slots
One AGP 8X slot ,two 64bit/133MHz PCI-X slots, one 32-bit/33MHz PCI slots
One Broadcom 5705 Gigabit Ethernet design to fulfill large Ethernet bandwidth.
SiI3114 four ports SATA with RAID 0,1, 0+1
X86 architecture 64 bit /32 bit OS & application compatible.
Hyper-Transport Technology enable ultra high speed(a peak aggregate bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s) interconnection.
AGP 8X slot design reserve flexibility for high end workstation user enjoy high quality and 3D graphic solution.
SATA new storage technology with data mirror , striping RAID function.
Dimension: 12”x11.3” design to fit ATX chassis screw hole.

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU

Supports Dual AMD® Opteron Processor
800MHz Hyper Transport bus

Chipset

AMD® 8111
AMD® 8131
AMD® 8151(AGP8X bridge controller)

LAN

Build in Broadcom® BCM 5705 single chip Gigabit Ethernet controller
Wake On LAN (WOL)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
EtherChannel* (FEC/GEC)

Video

IDE / SCSI

Silicon Image® SiI3114 4 ports SATA Controller
Support RAID 0,1,0+1

RAID

SiI3114 support RAID0,1,0+1

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI-X 133/100/66 MHz
1 x PCI 32/33 MHz
1 AGP 4x/8X Pro slot

Rear I/O

2 x PS/2 (Keyboard and Mouse Connectors)
4 x USB (Rear)
2 x COM (1xRear, 1xBy.Cable)
1 x LPT
1 x LAN RJ45

* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

SUPPORT

Downloads

Driver
BIOS

Manual
Support List

Online Support

Driver

BIOS

QVL

All
All
Windows XP 32bit
Windows Server 2003 32bit
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 2000

Chipset Update Patch

Version

Size

Date

AMD driver pack

Version : 1.0

17.61 MB

May 13, 2004

Download

OS: Windows 95,Windows 98,Windows Me,Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit

LAN

Version

Size

Date

LAN Driver for GA-7A8DW

Version : 8.1.11

1.19 MB

Aug 09, 2005

Download

OS: Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit

SATA RAID/AHCI

Version

Size

Date

32bit SATA Raid driver for SiL3114 chip (driver fixed Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB SATA HDD*4 data transfer error issue)

Version : 1.0.0.7 WHQL

0.19 MB

Dec 06, 2004

Download

OS: Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit

VGA

Version

Size

Date

AMD AGP Driver

Version : 1.0

4.73 MB

May 13, 2004

Download

OS: Windows 95,Windows 98,Windows Me,Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit

BIOS

Description

Version

Size

Date

BIOS for GA-7A8DW

Version : F5

0.34 MB

Sep 09, 2014

Download

Warning:
Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction.

What is a BETA?
BETA describes a new version that is reliable yet may not include all the features of the final product. During this phase we are previewing new features and gathering customer input to insure our product provides the best experience possible.

Manual

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