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USER'S MANUAL

GA-8ISXT-FS

P4 Titan Motherboard

Pentium

®

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 0101

12ME-8ISXT-0101

Summary of Contents for GA-8ISXT-FS P4 Titan

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8ISXT FS P4 Titan Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 0101 12ME 8ISXT 0101 ...

Page 2: ...stall expansion cards 14 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 15 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 15 Step 4 2 Connectors Jumper Setting Introduction 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 29 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E13 30 Standard CMOS Features 32 Advanced BIOS Features 35 Integrated Peripherals 37 Power Management Setup 41 PnP PCI Configurations 43 PC Health Status 44 Frequ...

Page 3: ...ratedfromthesystem 5 EnsurethattheATXpowersupplyisswitchedoffbeforeyoupluginorremovetheATX owerconnectoronthemotherboard Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes buttheydon tlineupwiththeholesonthebaseandthereareno slotstoattachthespacers donotbecomealarmedyoucanstillattachthespacerstothemountingholes Just cutthebottomportionofthespacers thespacermaybealittlehardtocutoff sobecarefulofyourhands Inthiswayyo...

Page 4: ...M Max y Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control y IT8712 Slots y 1AGP slot 4X 1 5V 8X 0 8V device support y 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4ATAPI devices y Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ATAPICD ROM On Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes y 1 Para...

Page 5: ...us frequency over the CPU s specification becausethesespecificbusfrequenciesarenotthestandardspecificationsforCPU chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets SDRAM Cards etc HT functionality requirement content Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology...

Page 6: ...A SPDIF AUDIO1 ATX_12V SOCKET478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE1 IDE2 LPT PWR_FAN PWR_LED IT8712 F_PANEL F_USB1 F_USB2 VT6307 F2_1394 NB_FAN USB_1394 AUX_IN F_AUDIO SYS_FAN CODCE BAT ICH5 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 BIOS CI PCI1 DDR3 DDR1 DDR2 2X_DET USB_LAN SPRINGDALE PE AGP RTL8101L IR_CIR CNR DDR4 S_ATA2 S_ATA1 ...

Page 7: ...100 133MHz 66MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 8 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports CLK GEN GMCHCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 100 133MHz AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz IT8712 BIOS RTL8101L RJ45 1394 24 MHz ICH3V66 66MHz DDR ...

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Page 9: ...memorymodules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet Continue with theBIOS softwareinstallation Step 2 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Step 4 Step 3 ...

Page 10: ...nsert the CPU intothesocket Angling the rod to 650 Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicator 1 Angling the rod to 65 degree maybe feel a kindoftight andthencontinuepulltherodto 90 degreewhenanoise cough made Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientat...

Page 11: ...ocket alone with the cooling fan and might damage the processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution 3 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completestheinstallation Please refer to CPU cooling fan user s manual for more detail installation procedure 2 M...

Page 12: ...rom socket Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notches Wrongorientationwillcauseimproperinstallation Pleasechangetheinsertorientation Support Unbuffered DDR DIMM Sizes type 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4 banks 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4 banks 128 Mbit 4Mx8x4 banks 128 Mbit 2Mx16x4 banks 256 Mbit 8Mx8x4 banks 256 Mbit 4Mx16x4 banks 512 Mbit 16Mx8x4 banks 512 Mbit 8Mx16x4 banks Total ...

Page 13: ...ndwritingatboththerisingandfallingedgeoftheclock achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than PC133 when running with the same DRAM clock frequency With peak bandwidth of 2 664GB per second DDR memory enables system OEMs to build high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems that are suitable for servers workstations high end PC s and value desktop SMAsystems With a core voltage of only 2 5 Volts c...

Page 14: ... BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Installrelateddriverfromtheoperatingsystem When an AGP 2x 3 3V card is installed the 2X_DET will light up indicating a non supported graphics card is inserted Informing users that system might not boot up normally due to AGP 2x 3 3V is not supported by the chipset AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot ...

Page 15: ...pports IEEE 1394 and USB devices USB 0 USB 1 1394 ZParallel Port Serial Port and SPDIF Port LPT COMA SPDIF This connector supports 1 standard COM port 1 Parallel port and 1 SPDIF port Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or com pressedAC3 data to an exte...

Page 16: ...r to Line In Connect Center and Subwoofer to MIC Out USB LAN Connector Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more in...

Page 17: ...s Jumper Setting Introduction 1 ATX_12V 13 BAT 2 ATX 14 F_AUDIO 3 CPU_FAN 15 AUX_IN 4 SYS_FAN 16 IR_CIR 5 PWR_FAN 17 F_USB1 F_USB2 6 IDE1 IDE2 18 F2_1394 7 FDD 8 S_ATA1 S_ATA2 9 RAM_LED 10 PWR_LED 11 2X_DET 12 F_PANEL 1 3 11 2 9 14 7 6 5 8 13 18 17 12 4 15 10 16 ...

Page 18: ...efinition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATXPower AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 VCC 5 GND 6 VCC 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V 10 12V 113 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON softOn Off 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 VCC 20 VCC 3 1 4 2 1 10 20 ...

Page 19: ...t the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA 4 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 1 ...

Page 20: ...to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2 The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 IDE1 IDE2 1 39 2 40 5 PWR_FAN Power Fan Connector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 ...

Page 21: ...720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 1 34 2 33 8 S_ATA1 S_ATA2 Serial ATAConnector You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec 7 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND ...

Page 22: ... blink when the system enters suspend mode If you use dual color LED power LED will turn to another color Pin No Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 9 RAM_LED Do not remove memory modules while DIMM LED is on It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the 2 5V stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC Power cord is disconnected ...

Page 23: ...nglish 11 2X_DET When an AGP 2X 3 3V card is installed the 2X_DET will light up indicating a nonsupported graphics card is inserted Informing users that system might not boot up normally due to AGP 2X 3 3V is not supported by the chipset ...

Page 24: ...node Blue Pin2 LEDcathode SPK SpeakerConnector Pin1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin4 Data RES Reset Switch Open NormalOperation Green Close ResetHardwareSystem PW SoftPowerConnector Open NormalOperation Red Close Power On Off MSG MessageLED Power Pin1 LEDanode SleepLED Yellow Pin2 LEDcathode NC Purple NC SPK SPK 20 Speaker Connector 1 19 IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch 2 1 Soft Power Connector ...

Page 25: ...computer 14 F_AUDIO F_AUDIO Connector If you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove 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 buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer...

Page 26: ...oard you are required to purchase an option IR CIR module For detail information please contact your autherized Giga Byte distributor To use IR function only please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5 Pin No Definition 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 NC 7 CIRRX 8 VCC 9 CIRTX 10 NC 5 10 1 6 15 AUX_IN AUX_IN White Pin No Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD_R 1 ...

Page 27: ...r nearest dealer for optional front USB cable Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USBDX 4 USBDy 5 USBDX 6 USBDy 7 GND 8 GND 9 NoPin 10 NC 2 10 1 9 18 F2_1394 IEEE 1394 Connector Please Note Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like high speed high bandwidth and hot plug 1 Pin No Definition 1 TPA2 2 TPA2 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB2 6 TPB2 7 Po...

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Page 29: ...from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flashfunction F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed ...

Page 30: ...erAward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to selectamongtheitemsandpress Enter toacceptorenterthesub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integra...

Page 31: ...z z z z z LoadFail SafeDefaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinsafeconfiguration z z z z z LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinbestperformanceconfiguration z z z z z Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the syste...

Page 32: ...an to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Year Total Memory 131072K 1999 to 2098 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is week month day year Week Th...

Page 33: ... items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentationformyourharddiskvendororthesystemmanufacturer CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS Number of heads PRECOMP Write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter DriveA Drive B The category identifies the ...

Page 34: ...stop for all other errors Default value All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amoun...

Page 35: ... HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Features System will detect automatically and show up when you install the Intel Pentium 4 processor with HTTechnology CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device CDROM Item Help Second Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Third Boot Device HDD 0 Select Boot Device Password Check S...

Page 36: ...word is not entered at the prompt Default value CPUHyper Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported Default value Disabled Disables CPU Hyper Threading Full Screen LOGO Show This feature allows you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot ...

Page 37: ...gure as SATA Port1 used set at Disable USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable on chip IDE USB Mouse Support Enabled PORT AC97 Audio Auto AC97 Modem Auto Disabled Onboard H W 1394 Enabled Disable on chip IDE Onboard H W LAN Enabled PORT Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mod...

Page 38: ...ller Default Value Manual Set SATA Mode manually SATAPort0 Configure as IDE Pri Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Master IDE Pri Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Slave IDE Sec Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Master IDE Sec Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Slave SATA Port0 SATA controller set to SATA port0 As this mode it support by WinXP or later OS only Default value SATA Port1 SATA con...

Page 39: ...port Default value Disabled Disable USB Mouse Support AC97Audio Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default Value Disabled Disable this function AC97Modem Auto BIOS will search MC97 Codec AMR Modem Card If found MC97 function will be enabled If no MC97 Codec found MC97 function will be disabled Default Value Disabled Disable this function Onboard H W 1394 Enable Enable onboard IEEE 1394 funct...

Page 40: ...s is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 OnboardParallelport 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default Value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard P...

Page 41: ...der x KB Power ON Password Enter ACPI OS AC BACK Function Memory Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup ACPISuspendType S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 Default Value Power LED in S1 state Blinking In standby mode S1 power LED will blink Defau...

Page 42: ...1 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Default value Mouse Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on system PowerOnByKeyboard Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Disabled Disabled this function Default value Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on y...

Page 43: ...gnment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 PCI 4 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 4 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 1 PCI 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu...

Page 44: ...etect CPU Temp automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened No Menu Level Vcore OK Disabled DDR25V OK Don t reset case 3 3V OK open status 5V OK 12V OK Enabled Current CPU Temperature 40 C Clear case open Current CPU FAN Speed 6490 RPM status at next boot Current POWER FAN Speed 0 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN...

Page 45: ...y CPU FAN FailWarning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable POWERFANFailWarning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable SYSTEMFANFailWarning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable ...

Page 46: ...Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio This option will not be shown or not be available if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio 15X 21X It depends on CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection For C Stepping P4 8X 10X 24X default 15X For Northwood CPU 12X 24X default 16X The option will display Loc...

Page 47: ...d Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 9 Load Fail Safe Defau...

Page 48: ...Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10 Load Optimized Defaul...

Page 49: ...OS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features 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 ...

Page 50: ... Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 12 Save Exit Setup Save to CMOS and EX...

Page 51: ...e Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 13 Exit Without Saving Quit Without Sa...

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