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USER’S MANUAL

GA-8IEX Series

P4 Titan 533 Motherboard

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1201

12M D-8IEX-1201

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Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8IEX Series P4 Titan 533 Motherboard Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard Rev 1201 12M D 8IEX 1201 ...

Page 2: ...stallation 9 Step 1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 10 Step 2 Installmemorymodules 11 Step 3 Installexpansion cards 12 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 13 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 13 Step 4 2 Connectors Jumper Setting Introduction 15 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 23 TheMainMenu 23 Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility 23 SelectLanguage 23 Load Optimized Default 25 Save Exit Setup 26...

Page 3: ...static pad or on the bag thatcame with the components whenever the components areseparated from the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switchedoff before you plug in or remove theATX owerconnector on themotherboard If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed y ou can still attach...

Page 4: ...ECC type DRAM integrity mode I O Control IT8712 Slots 1 CNR C ommunication and Networking Riser Slot 1 AGP slot 4X 1 5V only device support 6 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE controllers on the Intel ICH4 PCI chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM IDE1 IDE2 with PIO Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 operation modes IDE3 and IDE4 Compatible with RAID UltraATA133 100 On Board ...

Page 5: ...itch by BIOS Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in controller onboard BIOS On Board LAN Intel 82562ETLAN PHY On Board USB 2 0 Built in IC H4 Chipset On Board 1394 Built in VT6306 C hipset On BoardMS SC Winbond SMARTI O Chipset Memory Stick Security Digital and SD MMC SC header PS 2 Connector PS 2 Keyboard interface and PS 2 Mou...

Page 6: ...y BIOS Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for C PU chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware c...

Page 7: ..._IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN USB AUX_12V CD_IN F_AUDIO_I AC97 CT5880 WOL 1394 2 IT8712 F_PANEL BATTERY BACKUP BIOS SYS_FAN ICH4 Intel845E SOCKET478 CPU_FAN ATX IR CIR FLOPPY IDE1 IDE2 AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 DDR3 DDR2 DDR1 CNR F_USB2 P4 Titan533 PDC20276 MAIN BIOS LPT1 LAN F_USB1 VT6306 82562ET AUX_IN IDE4 IEEE1394 CI FrontUSB 2 0 1394 3 1394 1 CLR_CMOS IDE3 PWR_FAN ...

Page 8: ...tall the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 5 Setup BIOS software Step 6 Install supporting software tools Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 4 Step 4 Step 2 Step1 Step4 Step3 Step 4 ...

Page 9: ...ver and up to 90 degree angle Pin1 indicator 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU into the socket 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improperinstallation Please change...

Page 10: ...l the processor out of the CPU socket alonewith the cooling fan and might damagethe processor To avoid thisfrom happening wesuggest you to either usethermal tapeinstead ofthermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution Make surethe CPU fanpower cableis plugged in to the CPUfan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU heat sink user s manual for more detail install...

Page 11: ...MM module Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module When STR DIMM LED is ON do not install remove DIMM from socket Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notches Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Total Memory Sizes With Unbuffered DDR DIMM Devices used onDIMM 1 DIMM x 64 x 72 2...

Page 12: ...metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white draw able bar at the end of the AGP slot when yo...

Page 13: ...ector 6 pin Female PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connector supports standard PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Dev ice like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports Parallel Port 25 pin Female COMA COMB Serial Ports 9 pin Male ...

Page 14: ...atically To enable Four Speaker for Creative 5880 audio only and Line In will become Line Out2 to support second pair of stereo speakers If you want the detail information for 4 Channel Audio SPDIF setup please download 8IEX Series manual Complete Version from Gigabyte web http www gigabyte com tw USB LAN Connector Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device ...

Page 15: ...EX Only For GA 8IEXP Only A B C D E G L N M H I J P F O Q R S T U V W X K A CPU_FAN M CLR_CMOS B BATTERY N F_PANEL C ATX O IDE3 IDE4 D IR CIR P F_USB1 F_USB2 E SC Q 1394 1 1394 2 1394 3 F MS R WOL G SD S SPDIF H FDD T AUX_IN I IDE1 IDE2 U CD_IN J PWR_FAN V F_AUDIO_I K SYS_FAN W NB_FAN L CI X AUX_12V ...

Page 16: ...ector ATX 12V is used only for CPU Core Voltage X AUX_12V 12V Power Connector AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related dev ices are firmly connected to the mainboard K SYS_FAN SystemFan Connector 1 12V Control Sense GND 1 12V Control Sense GND 1 2 3 4 12V GND 12V GND PS ON SoftOn Off 3 3V 3 3V GND GND GND VCC VCC 12V 5V SB Stand by 5V...

Page 17: ... AUX R AUX L GND IDE3 1 IDE4 For GA 8IEXP Only Important Notice 1 Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2 2 If you w ish to use IDE3 and IDE4 please use it in unity with BIOS either RAID or ATA133 Then install the correct driver to have proper operation For details please refer to the RAID manual If you want the detail information for RAID setup please download 8IEX Series ...

Page 18: ...your stereo system has digital output function SPDIF VCC SPDIF Out GND 1 W NB_FAN 1 If you installed wrong direction the Chip Fan will notwork Sometimes will damagethe Chip Fan Usually black cable is GND Q 1394 1 1394 2 1394 3 IEEE1394 Connector Grey Connector 1 1394 1 For GA 8IEX Only For GA 8IEXP Only VCC GND GND GND GND VCC VCC TPA0 TPA0 TPB0 TPB0 1 1394 2 GND GND GND VCC TPA1 TPA1 TPB1 TPB1 1 ...

Page 19: ...5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buy ing support front audio connector please contact your dealer USB Dy Power USB Dx USB Dx 1 USB Dy USB Over Current Power GND GND USB2 USB Dy Power USB Dx U...

Page 20: ...d Giga Byte distributor To use IR function only please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5 E SC Smart Card Interface Black Connector G SD MMC Secure Digital Memory Card Interface Red exide Connector F MS Memory Stick Interface White Connector SD 1 GND SD1 VCC3 SD3 SD4 SD5 SDCLK SDLED SD2 SDPWCTL SC 1 5 SCACLK SCAPWCTL VCC SCAC4 SCAIO SCARST SCALED GND SCAC8 SCAPSNT VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX NC VCC GND NC...

Page 21: ...rm if the sys tem case begin remove B BATTERY Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions 1 2 close Clear CMOS 1 2 3 close Normal 1 Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper To clear CMOS t...

Page 22: ...o the pin assignment above HD PD_Y 2 14 1 13 PD PW PW RST SPK SPK 1 1 RST HD PD_G HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin1 VCC Pin2 Pin3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Sw itch Open Normal Operation Close Reset H ardware System PD PD_G PD_Y Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Close Power...

Page 23: ... Utility the Main M enu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility After power on the computer pressing Del immediately during POST Power On Self Test it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP then press F8 to en...

Page 24: ...tures We would not suggest you change the default setting unless you really need it For power End User use only PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI PnP ISA resources We would not suggest you change the default setting unless you really need it For power End User use only PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan spe...

Page 25: ...disable password It allows you to limit access to the sy stem and Setup or just to Setup Set User password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup Load Optimized Default CMOS Set up Utility Cop yright C 198 4 2002 Award Software LoadOp...

Page 26: ...8IEXP Complete Version manual from Gigabyte web http www gigabyte com tw CMOS Set up Utility Cop yright C 198 4 2002 Award Software StandardCMOS Features Select Language AdvancedBIOS Features LoadFail Safe Defaults IntegratedPeripherals LoadOptimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PCIConfigurations Set UserPassword PCHealthStatus Save Exit Setup Frequency VoltageContro...

Page 27: ...D ROM device icon in M y computer and execute the setup exe A Installing Intel 845 E Chipset Driver Please installthis driver as thefirst priority thisitem installsthe chipsetdriver utility that enableds Plug n Plag INF support for Intel chipsetcomponent B Installing Sound Driver Click this item to install sound driver C Installing LAN Driver Click this item to install LAN driver Inorder to instal...

Page 28: ...ld like to manually install LAN driver please refer to Driver Information ordownload 8IEXP Complete Version manual from Gigabyte web http www gigabyte com tw Appendix C Intel 82562 Network Driver 1 Click C reative CT5880 Sound Driver item Appendix B Creative CT5880 Sound Driver Press Audio icon ...

Page 29: ...rnet a Click Internet Update icon b Click UpdateNew BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sev er 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others w ill be completedsoon d Select the ex act model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 3 1 2 Press Tools icon 1 Click Gigaby te Utilities Click Click here 2 Click BIO...

Page 30: ...very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported Note a In method I if it show s two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard s...

Page 31: ...tly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http w ww shareware cnet com STEP 2 Make a DOS boot diskette See example Windows 98 O S Beware Windows ME 2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette 1 With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive Please leave the diskett...

Page 32: ...summary when finished and Copy system files after that press Start That w ill format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it Beware This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy so please proceed accordingly 3 After the floppy has been formatted completely please press Close ...

Page 33: ...lash Procedure English STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte w ebsite http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support 2 From Support zone click the Motherboards BIOS Drivers ...

Page 34: ...ple Please select GA 7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files 4 Select an appropriate BIOS version For example F4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen then select the Open this file from its current location and press OK ...

Page 35: ...e English 5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files 6 Please extract the dow nload files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract ...

Page 36: ...l RightsReserved STANDARDCMOSSETUP INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS BIOSFEATURESSETUP HARDWAREMONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCICONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOADBIOSDEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOADSETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit SelectItem Shift F2 Change Color F5 OldValues F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10...

Page 37: ...s screen Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE EXIT SETUP thenpress Enter System will ask SAVE toCMOS andEXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All RightsReserved STANDARDCMOSSETUP INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS BIOSFEATURESSETUP HA...

Page 38: ...press Enter Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Window s98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A dir w Volume in driveA has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE 3 file s 838 954 bytes 0 dir s 324 608 bytes free A Flash841 7VTX F4 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu Press Enter the highlighted item will locate on the model name...

Page 39: ...dure or press ESC to quit Beware Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative 4 The BIOS flash completed Please press ESC to exit Flash Utility Are you sure to flash the BIOS Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel EXIT Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel ...

Page 40: ...595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMI BIOS C 1999American Megatr end 2 Don t forget to press DEL key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot up Use the arrows to highlight the item LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then press Enter System will ask Load Setup Defaults Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All R...

Page 41: ...ds Inc All RightsReserved STANDARDCMOSSETUP INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS BIOSFEATURESSETUP HARDWAREMONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCICONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOADBIOSDEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOADSETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit SelectItem Shift F2 Change Color F5 OldValues F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Def...

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