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GA-8SGXP-FS Motherboard

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Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8SGXP FS P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 2001 12ME 8SGXPFS 2001 ...

Page 2: ...ion Process 11 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 12 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 12 Step 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 13 Step 2 Install Memory Modules 14 Step 3 Install Expansion Cards 16 Step 4 Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply 17 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 17 Step 4 2 Connectors and Jumpers Introduction 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 31 ...

Page 3: ...egrated Peripherals 39 Power Management Setup 42 PnP PCI Configurations 44 PC Health Status 45 Frenquency Voltage Control 46 Load Fail Safe Defaults 47 Load Optimized Defaults 48 Set Supervisor User Password 49 Save Exit Setup 50 Exit Without Saving 51 This item will not be shown if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio ...

Page 4: ...em 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX power connectoronthemotherboard 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 you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be a little...

Page 5: ... PCI slots support 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices y Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE ATAPI CD ROM SerialATA y Built in SiS 964 chipset y 2 SerialATAconnectors in 150 MB s operation mode On Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes y 1 Parallel ...

Page 6: ...th HT Technology Chipset A SiS Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operation system that has optimizations for HT Technology On Board LAN y Built in SiS 964 chipset Datatransferrate10 100supported y 1 RJ45 port On Board Sound y RealtekALC655 codec y Supports Jack Sensing function y Line Out 2 front speaker y Line In 2 rear speaker by...

Page 7: ... SOCKET 478 CPU_FAN FDD IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 COMA PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB1 IT8705AF BIOS CODEC PWR_FAN SiS 964 PCI4 PCI5 F_USB2 F_AUDIO AUX_IN S_IRQ SATA1 RAM_LED ATX SYS_FAN DDR1 AUDIO F_PANEL CLR_CMOS P4 Titan SiS 648FX VT6307 SATA0 F1_1394 AGP RTL8201BL USB 1394 optional BUZZER FS BIOS_RE ...

Page 8: ...66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz LPCBUS AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz RJ45 AC97 Link 8 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels RTL8201BL IT8705AF 24 MHz 33 MHz Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse 1 COM port MIC LINE IN LINE OUT Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPU AC97 CODEC VT6307 1 IEEE1394 200 266 333 400MHz 2 Serial ATA DDR RAM BIOS 1 IEEE1394 ...

Page 9: ...Introduction English 9 ...

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Page 11: ...allmemorymodules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 4 Congratulations You have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet Continue with the BIOS softwareinstallation Step 1 ...

Page 12: ...egreedirectly Pin1 indicator 3 CPU Top View Pin1 indicator 4 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and lookfora golden cutedgeonthe CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU into the socket Socket Actuation Lever Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning 1 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 2 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will ca...

Page 13: ...due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cool ing fan you might pull the processor out of the CPU socket 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...

Page 14: ...nstall Memory Modules The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM socket The DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary between sockets DDR Notch Support Unbuffered DDR DIMM Sizes type 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4 banks 64 Mbit 1...

Page 15: ...ubling the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400 333 266 200 memory solutions DDR memory is the best choice for building high performance and low latency DRAM subsystem that are suitable for servers workstations and full range of desktop PCs 1 The DIMM socket has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2...

Page 16: ...reindeedseatedintheslot 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 Installrelateddriverfromtheoperatingsystem AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install uninstall the AGP card ...

Page 17: ...ale Y IEEE1394 USB LAN Connector LAN is fast Ethernet with 10 100Mbps speed 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 AlsomakesureyourOSsupportsUSBcontroller IfyourOSdoesnotsupportUSBcontroller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade Formoreinformationpl...

Page 18: ...ted to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to serial port SPDIFoutputiscapableofprovidingdigitalaudio to external speakers of compressedAC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder After install onboard audio driver you may connectspeakertoLineOutjack microphoneto MIC In jack Devices like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Please note Youareabletouse2 4 6 channelau...

Page 19: ...mpers Introduction 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX 3 CPU_FAN 4 PWR_FAN 5 SYS_FAN 6 FDD 7 IDE1 IDE2 8 SATA0 SATA1 9 F_PANEL 10 PWR_LED 11 RAM_LED 12 F_AUDIO 13 AUX_IN 14 F_USB1 F_USB2 15 F1_1394 16 S_IRQ 17 CLR_CMOS 18 BATTERY 19 BIOS_RE 16 3 17 7 6 15 1 13 12 14 8 9 5 11 4 2 10 19 18 ...

Page 20: ...inition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATX Power 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 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON soft on off 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 VCC 20 VCC 1 2 3 4 1 10 11...

Page 21: ...t the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 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 1 ...

Page 22: ... fan on the system case to lower the system temperature Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 6 FDD Floppy Connector Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD It supports 360K 1 2M 720K 1 44M and 2 88M bytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 1 33 2 34 1 ...

Page 23: ...ovides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 7 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector Important Notice Please connect first hard disk to IDE1 and connect CD ROM to IDE2 The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 IDE IDE1 IDE2 1 39 2 40 SATA1 7 SATA0 1 7 1 ...

Page 24: ...ue Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC 1 2 19 20 HD HD RES RES NC IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW Me...

Page 25: ...t will 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 11 RAM_LED Do not remove memory modules while RAM_LED is on It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC power cord is disconnected 1 ...

Page 26: ... on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound Pin No Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 REF 4 Power 5 Front Audio R 6 Rear Audio R 7 Reserved 8 No Pin 9 Front Audio L 10 Rear Audio L 1 10 9 2 13 AUX_IN AUX In Connector C...

Page 27: ...ease contact your local dealer 9 2 10 F_USB1 1 9 2 10 F_USB2 1 Pin No Definition 1 TPA2 2 TPA2 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB2 6 TPB2 7 Power 8 Power 9 No Pin 10 GND 15 F1_1394 IEEE1394 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 Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector Chec...

Page 28: ... default values by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily shor 1 2 pin Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper Open Normal 1 2 Close Clear CMOS 16 S_IRQ This connector is for special design for example PCMCIA add on card Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 Signal 1 1 1 ...

Page 29: ...move the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 19 BIOS_RE BIOS Recovery You can recover the BIOS data to default value by this jumper 1 2 short Normal Default 2 3 short BIOS Recovery 1 1 Enables recovery of the old system BIOS after an attempt to update has failed The system BIOS execute from floppy drive A and the insert Flash BIOS Disk...

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Page 31: ...S only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flash 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 CMOS RAM so that...

Page 32: ...n Menu For example BIOS Ver E8 Once you enterAward 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 GETTING HELP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features...

Page 33: ... value of the system parameters which the system would beinsafeconfiguration LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinbestperformanceconfiguration Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Set User password Change set or disable password It all...

Page 34: ... to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 127M Year Total Memory 128M 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 The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The m...

Page 35: ... cylinder number that the disk driver heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked Sectors The sector number of each track define on the hard disk If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter Acoustic Management As well as hard disk and optical date drives such as CD ROM CD RW and DVD are also responsibleforgeneratingnoiseinthePC ThereforetheBIOSsupporttheacoustic...

Page 36: ...he computer will stop if an error is detected during power up All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted Default value All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will no...

Page 37: ...priority by USB ZIP Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Features This item will not be shown if you are using a CPU that doesn t support the Hyper Threading Technology CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device CDROM Second Boot Device Floppy Third Boot Device Har...

Page 38: ...sword when enter setup Default value System Ask password when system boot CPUHyper Threading Disabled Disable CPU Hyper 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 Full Screen LOGO Show This feature allows you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Disabled Shows t...

Page 39: ...ke sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto IDE2 Conductor Cable Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled AC97 Audio Enabled Onboard LAN device Enabled USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Legacy Support Disabled Onboard 1394 Function Enabled SiS Serial ATA Controller Enabled SiS Serial ATA Mode IDE Onboard Ser...

Page 40: ...his function USB Controller You can disable this function if you are not using onboard USB feature Enabled Enable USB controller Default value Disabled Disable USB controller USB 2 0 Controller You can disable this function if you are not using onboard USB2 0 feature Enabled Enable USB2 0 controller Default value Disabled Disable USB2 0 controller USBLegacySupport If you are using USB keyboard or ...

Page 41: ...ddress is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address OnboardParallelport Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Paralle...

Page 42: ...elect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPISuspendType S1 POS Set suspend type to Power On Suspend under ACPI OS Power On Suspend S3 STR Set suspend type to Suspend To RAM under ACPI OS Suspend To RAM Default value Soft offbyPWR_BTTN Off Press power button to power off instantly Default value Suspend Press power button 4 s...

Page 43: ...on wake on Lan PMEEventWakeUp Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable PME as wake up event PowerOnbyKeyboard Any Key Set Keyboard power on by any key Password Input password from 1 to 8 characters and press enter to set the keyboard power on password Disabled Disable this function Default value PowerOnbyMouse Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Move or click th...

Page 44: ...nt Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 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 2 PCI 3 IRQAssignment 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 4 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 1 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level P...

Page 45: ...o C 176o F 90o C 194o F When CPU temperature is tantamount or move than the setting the system will shutdown automatically Figure 7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore 1 458V VCC18 1 824V 3 3V 3 280V 5V 4 220V 12V 11 921V Current CPU Temperature 33o C Current CPU FAN Speed 4687 RPM Current Power FAN Speed 0 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 ...

Page 46: ...ntrol CPU Clock Ratio 15X Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio 15X 21X It s depends on CPU Clock Ratio Figure 8 Frequency Voltage Control This function will not be shown if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio ...

Page 47: ...ail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Sa...

Page 48: ...ure 10 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set Use...

Page 49: ...abled anyone may access all BIOS 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 e...

Page 50: ...ve Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Se...

Page 51: ...aving CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit ...

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