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GA-8IHXP Motherboard

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Summary of Contents for GA-8IHXP

Page 1: ...ctory default for this card is 2X 3 3V If you install this card in GA 8IHXP or any AGP 4X only motherboards without switching the jumper to 4X mode 1 5V it will burn the motherboard Example 2 Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 4X mode AGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only If you insta...

Page 2: ...ent to update the information contained herein M Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners M Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard M Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...

Page 3: ...l and light industry T EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry o EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment o EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emission standard ...

Page 4: ...ations This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementary Information Model Number 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 8...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8IHXP P4 Titan RDRAM Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 2101 12ME 8IHXP 2101 ...

Page 6: ...tion 10 Step 2 Install memory modules 11 Introduce RIMM Rambus In line Memory Module 12 Step 3 Install expansion cards 13 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 14 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 14 Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction 16 Step 4 3 ATX 12V Power Supply Introduction 23 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 24 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 26 Standard CMOS Features 28 Ad...

Page 7: ...or User Password 51 Load Optimized Defaults 52 Load Fail Safe Defaults 53 Save Exit Setup 54 Exit Without Saving 55 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 56 Block Diagram 56 Dual BIOS Q Flash Introduction 57 Four Speaker SPDIF Introduction 66 BIOS Introduction 70 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction 71 Chapter 5 Appendix 72 ...

Page 8: ...e theATX powerconnectoronthemotherboard Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes buttheydon tlineupwiththeholesonthebaseandthereare 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 hard to cut off so be careful ofyourhands Inthiswayyoucanstillattachthemotherboardtothebasewithout...

Page 9: ...king Riser Slot 1AGP support 4X 1 5V device 6 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE bus master DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices IDE3 and IDE4 Compatible with RAID UltraATA133 100 On BoardPeripherals 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 1 Parallel port supports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 Serial ports COMA COMB 6 x USB 2 0 1 1...

Page 10: ... BIOS Q Flash Multi Language AdditionalFeatures PS 2 Keyboard power on by password PS 2 Mouse power on External Modem wake up STR Suspend To RAM Wake on LAN AC Recovery USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 Supports BIOS SupportsEasyTune4 Supports FaceWizard SpecialFeatures Over Voltage RIMM AGP CPU Over Clock CPU PCI AGP Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications ...

Page 11: ...Audio CPU_FAN 850E W83627 AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 CD_IN SPDIF CODEC RTL 8100BL CT5880 PCI5 PCI6 CNR F_USB3 PROMISE 20276 MS IDE3 IDE4 BACKUP BIOS MAIN BIOS SD F_PANEL W83L 5180 BATTERY ICH4 AUX RIMM1 RIMM2 RIMM3 RIMM4 IDE2 IDE1 FDD SC RAM_LED ATX GA 8IHXP P4 Titan 533 SYS_FAN AUX_IN IR_CIR PWR_LED CI CLR_CMOS WOL NEC F_USB4 F_USB1 F_USB2 NB_FAN ...

Page 12: ...all 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 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 4 Step 3 ...

Page 13: ...the motherboard Pin1 indicator Pin1indicator CPU Top View CPU Bottom View Socket Actuation Lever 1 Pull up the CPU socket level andupto90 degreeangle 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 intothesocket 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation ...

Page 14: ... might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cooling 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 Make sure the CPU fan p...

Page 15: ...ed on RIMM1 and RIMM2 slots are recommended to have the same size frequency If not the larger sized module will l be automatically re sized by BIOS to match the smaller sized module The same rule applies to both RIMM3 and RIMM4 slots You can insert two RIMMs or four RIMMs into RIMM slots but C RIMM Continuity RIMM modules must be inserted into the empty slots Push the ejector tab towards the RIMM ...

Page 16: ...56Mb 288Mb DRAM technology Supports up to 32 Direct Rambus devices per channel Supports a maximum DRAM address decode space of 4GB ConfigurableoptionalECCoperation ECC with single bit Error Correction and multiple bit Error Detection Single bit errors corrected and written back to memory auto scrubbing Paritymodenotsupported APIC memory space in hardware It is the BIOS or system designer s respons...

Page 17: ...ket 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 drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install Uninstall the AGP card Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press f...

Page 18: ...ial Ports COMA COMB PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female ParallelPort 25pinFemale COMA COMB Serial Ports 9 pin Male This connector supports standard PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports ...

Page 19: ... connected to Line In jack 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 Win 95 with USB supplement Win98 Windows 2000 Windows ME Win NT with SP 6 supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for pos sible patc...

Page 20: ...TX_12V L PWR_LED B PWR_FAN M WOL C ATX N IDE3 IDE4 D RAM_LED O F_USB1 4 E SYS_FAN P SPDIF F AUX Q BATTERY G MS SD SC R IR_CIR H FDD IDE1 IDE2 S AUX_IN I CLR_CMOS T CD_IN J CI U CPU FAN K F_Panel V NB_FAN W F_Audio A C B D E F G H I J L K M Q R S T N O P G U V W ...

Page 21: ...rd should only be connected to your power supply unit afterATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard 1 GND 12V Control Sense PWR_FAN 1 SYS_FAN 12V Control Sense GND 12V Control GND Sense 1 CPU_FAN Please note a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from runningunderabnormalconditionordamagedbyoverheating TheCPUfanconnectorsuppor...

Page 22: ...lease refer to the detail on P 23 1 GND GND GND 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 5VDC 1 2 3 4 12V 12V GND GND This connector ATX_12V suppliesthe CPU operationvoltage Vcore If this ATX_12V connector is not connected system cannot boot 1 IDE2 1 IDE1 1 Floppy N IDE3 IDE4 Connector RAID ATA133 ImportantNotice If you wish to use IDE3 and IDE4 please use it in unity with BIOS P 42 Then install the correct driver to have p...

Page 23: ...stributor To use IR function only please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5 M WOL Wake On Lan GND 1 N C CIRRX VCC GND N C VCC N C IRRX IRTX 5V SB GND Signal 1 L PWR_LED MPD MPD MPD 1 P SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digitalaudiotoexternalspeakersor compressedAC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereosystemhasdigitaloutput function J CI CASE_...

Page 24: ...ch Open Normal Operation Close Entering Green Mode GD Green LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RE Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware System P P P Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Cl...

Page 25: ... 1 Reserved GND RearAudio R RearAudio L FrontAudio R 2 MIC REF POWER Q Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent typerecommendedbythemanufacturer Disposeofusedbatteriesaccordingtothe manufacturer sinstructions Be careful with the polarity of the front panel USB connector Check the pin assignment while you connect the front panel...

Page 26: ...xpanded for reading Flash Memory such as SD Security Digital MS Memory Stick and Smart Card Reader Connector The Smart IC Card could increase security in authenticating online transactions the card reader device inquire local distributor made by Third Party could be purchased by users SC 1 5 SCACLK SCAPWCTL VCC SCAC4 SCAIO SCARST SCALED GND SCAC8 SCAPSNT SD 1 GND SD1 VCC3 SD3 SD4 SD5 SDCLK SDLED S...

Page 27: ... or 5V CPU VRs Check power supply if it is supported by ATX12V Power Supply Additionaldedicated12V4 pinpowerconnector ATXpowerconnector 6Pin auxiliaryATX power connector 6 Pin Aux Power Connector Step1 Ina45 angleposition alignthetoothofaux Power cable onto the gird of aux Power socket Step2 Insert the aux Power cable downward Tooth Figure1 Figure2 Step3 Properly installed shown below Figure3 ...

Page 28: ...1 Check System Health OK Vcore 1 750V CPUID 0F0A Patch ID 0009 Intel R Pentium R 4 Processor 1 50 GHz RamBus Host Frequency is 400 100MHz 262144KB Wait DEL Setup Dual BIOS Q Flash F8 Boot Menu F12 Network boot ESC Skip memory test C American Megatrends Inc 63 1029 001199 00101111 040201 i850 GA8IHXP0 b Press F8 to enter Boot Menu Select First Boot Device Floppy 1 44MB 31 2 USB RMD FDD Apacer Handy...

Page 29: ...lp only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Reserved F3 SelectLanguage Shift F3 SelectLanguage F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 LoadtheSetupDefaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Mai...

Page 30: ...hoices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu AMI NEW SETUP UTILITY VISION 3 31a Standard CMOS Features Set Supervisor Password Advanced BIOS Features Set User Password Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Fail Safe Defaults Power Management Features Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving...

Page 31: ...ISA resources l PC Health Status This setup pageis the System auto detectTemperature voltage fan speed l Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup l Set User password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system l LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the syst...

Page 32: ... from 1990 through 2099 8Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only AMI NEW SETUP UTILITY VISION 3 31a Standard CMOS Features Setup Help System Time 22 31 24 Menu Level u System Date Mon Feb 21 2002 Current Language English Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Floppy Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy Drive B Not Installed IDE Primary Master None IDE Primary Slave None IDE ...

Page 33: ...elect NONE and press Enter FCurrent Language There are 7 languages available include English Japanese French Spanish Germany Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese FBoot Sector Virus Protection If itis set to enable the category will flash on thescreen whenthere is any attempt towrite to the boot sectoror partitiontableofthe harddisk drive Thesystemwill halt andthefollowingerrormessagewill appear ...

Page 34: ...ecificationsofyourdrivemustmatchwiththedrivetable Theharddiskwillnotwork properly if you enter improper informationfor this category If you select User Type related information will be asked to enter to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboardand press Enter Suchinformation should beprovided in the documentation form your harddisk vendor or the system manufacturer 8CYLS...

Page 35: ...lly detected by BIOS Default value 8Enabled Enable BIOS Flash Protection This will prevent BIOS Flash write after POST Advanced BIOS Features AMI NEW SETUP UTILITY VISION 3 31a Advanced BIOS Features Setup Help Boot Device Priority 1st Floppy 1 44MB 31 2 2nd Disabled 3rd Disabled BIOS Flash Protection Auto Show Full Screen Logo Enabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled BootUp Num Lock On Password Check S...

Page 36: ...to the detail on P 51 8Always The user must enter correct password in order to access the system and or BIOS Setup 8Setup The user must enter correct password in order to access BIOS setup utility Default Value FHDDS M A R TCapability 8Enabled Enable HDD S M A R T Capability 8Disabled Disable HDD S M A R T Capability Default value CInterruptMode 8APIC Through IOAPIC generate more IRQ for system us...

Page 37: ...ront Side Bus Clock MHz to 115 00 8118 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 118 00 8120 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 120 00 8122 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 122 00 8125 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 125 00 8130 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 130 00 8133 33 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 133 33 AMI NEW SETUP UTILITY VISION 3 31a Advanced Chipset Features Setup Help Front Side B...

Page 38: ...s Clock MHz to 138 00 8140 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 140 00 8142 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 142 00 8144 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 144 00 8145 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 145 00 8148 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 148 00 8150 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 150 00 8152 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 152 00 8154 00 Set Front Side Bus Clock MHz to 154 00 81...

Page 39: ...e 8Enabled Enable Memory Data Check ECC Mode 8Disabled Disable this function Default Value FOverAGPVoltage 81 5V Set Over AGP Voltage to 1 5V Default Value 81 6V Set Over AGP Voltage to 1 6V 81 7V Set Over AGP Voltage to 1 7V 81 8V Set Over AGP Voltage to 1 8V FOverRIMMVoltage 8Disabled Disable this funciton Default Value 8Enabled Enable Over RIMM Voltage function FVcore Voltage 8Original Original...

Page 40: ...nable PCI 2 1 features including release and delayed transaction for the chipset Default Value 8Disabled Disable this function FDMA Collection Buffer 8Enabled Enable DMA collection buffer for LPC I F and PC PCI DMA Default Value 8Disabled Disable this function ...

Page 41: ...oard CIR Port Disabled CIR IRQ Select 10 OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP Version N A Parallel Port IRQ Auto Parallel Port DMA Auto Mouse PowerOn Function Disabled Keyboard PowerOn Function Disabled Specific Key for PowerOn N A OnBoard SC Interface Enabled Smart Card IRQ Select 10 OnBoard MS SD Interface Memory Stick MS SD Card IRQ Select 11 USB Controller 6 USB Ports USB Lega...

Page 42: ...nd address is 2E8 8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A FIDE1ConductorCable 8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS Default Value 8ATA66 100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA66 100 8ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 FIDE2ConductorCable 8Auto Will be...

Page 43: ... 10 Default Value 11 FOnboard Parallel Port 8378 Set On Board LPT port and address to 378 8278 Set On Board LPT port and address to 278 83BC Set On Board LPT port and address to 3BC 8Auto Set On Board LPT port Automatically Default Value 8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A Note 3BC will not available if Parallel Port Mode EPP FOnboard Serial Port B 8Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port ...

Page 44: ...t Parallel Port DMA automatically Default Value Display N A Read Only if Parallel Port Mode is not set to ECP FParallel Port Mode 8EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port 8ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port Default Value 8Normal Normal Operation Note EPP will not available if Parallel Port Address 3BC FKeyboardPowerOnFunction 8Disabled Disable this function Default Val...

Page 45: ...isable this function FMS SD Card IRQ Select 8IRQ 3 4 5 10 11 Default Value 11 FSpecific Key for PowerOn 8N A Disable this function Default Value 8Password 8 Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the Key board Power On Password FOnBoard SC Interface 8Disabled Disable onboard SC Interface 8Enabled Enabled onboard SC Interface Default Value FSmart Card IRQ Select 8IRQ 3 4 5 10 ...

Page 46: ...nboardPromiseChip 8Disabled Disable this function 8ATA Enable Onboard ATA function Default Value 8RAID Enable Onboard RAID function FAC97Modem 8Auto BIOS will search MC97 Codec CNR Modem Card If found MC97 function will be enabled If no MC97 Codec found MC97 function will be disabled Default Value 8Disabled Disable this function FOnboardUSB2 0Chip 8Disabled Disable this function 8Enabled Enable On...

Page 47: ... PME Event Wake Up Enabled Resume by RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date Event Day RTC Alarm Hour 00 RTC Alarm Minute 00 RTC Alarm Second 00 KB PS 2 Mouse Access Monitor FDC LPT COM Ports Access Monitor Pri Master IDE Access Monitor Pri Slave IDE Access Ignore Sec Master IDE Access Monitor Sec Slave IDE Access Ignore PIRQ A IRQ Active Ignore PIRQ B IRQ Active Ignore PIRQ C IRQ Active Ignore PIRQ D I...

Page 48: ... once he can turn off the system Default Value 8Suspend The user press the power button once then the system will enter suspend mode FSystem after AC Back 8Off When AC power back to the system the system will be in Off state Default Value 8On When AC power back to the system the system will be in On state 8Last State When AC power back to the system the system will return to the Last state before ...

Page 49: ...e Every Day 1 31 8RTC Alarm Hour 0 23 8RTC Alarm Minute 0 59 8RTC Alarm Second 0 59 FKB PS 2 Mouse Access 8Monitor Monitor Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Access Default Value 8Ignore Ignore Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Access FFDC LPT COM Ports Access 8Monitor Monitor FDC LPT COM Ports Access Default Value 8Ignore Ignore FDC LPT COM Ports Access FPri Master IDE Access 8Monitor Monitor Primary Master IDE Access Defaul...

Page 50: ...itor Monitor PIRQ A IRQ Active 8Ignore Ignore PIRQ A IRQ Active Default Value FPIRQ B IRQActive 8Monitor Monitor PIRQ B IRQ Active 8Ignore Ignore PIRQ B IRQ Active Default Value FPIRQ C IRQActive 8Monitor Monitor PIRQ C IRQ Active 8Ignore Ignore PIRQ C IRQ Active Default Value FPIRQ D IRQActive 8Monitor Monitor PIRQ D IRQ Active 8Ignore Ignore PIRQ D IRQ Active Default Value FPri slave IDE Access ...

Page 51: ...From AGP PCI Slot 1 5 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 2 6 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority Auto IRQ3 PCI PnP IRQ4 PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP IRQ7 PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP IRQ10 PCI PnP IRQ11 PCI PnP IRQ14 PCI PnP IRQ15 PCI PnP ESC Previous Menu hi Select Item PU PD Modify F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F10 Save Exit Figure 7 PNP PC...

Page 52: ... 1 5 2 6 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ5 87 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1 5 2 6 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ7 89 The system will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 1 5 2 6 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ9 810 The system will reserved IRQ10 for PCI slot 1 5 2 6 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ10 811 The system will reserved IRQ11 for PCI...

Page 53: ...alth Status Setup Help CPU Temperature Alarm Disabled CPU Fan Fail Alarm No Power Fan Fail Alarm No System Fan Fail Alarm No Reset Case Open Status No Case Status Opened CPU Temperature 35 C 95 F System Temperature 33 C 91 F CPU Fan Speed 5273 RPM System Fan Speed 0 RPM Power Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU VID 1 700 V Vcore 1 632V Vcc18 1 840V Vio 3 344V 5 000V 5 080V 12 000V 11 840V Battery 3 020V 5V SB 4 9...

Page 54: ...omatically FCPU Fan SystemFan Power Fan Speed RPM 8Detect Fan speed status automatically FCPU VID Vcore Vcc18 Vio 12 5V Battery 5VSB 8Detect system s voltage status automatically CReset Case Open Status CCase Opened If the case is closed Case Opened will show No If the case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes If you want to reset Case Opened value set Reset Case Open Status to Enabled and s...

Page 55: ...rd again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and notenter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password Amessage PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords ...

Page 56: ...r Password Advanced BIOS Features Set User Password Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Fail Safe Defaults Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit higf Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F10 Save Exit Load optimal...

Page 57: ...assword Advanced BIOS Features Set User Password Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Fail Safe Defaults Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit higf Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F10 Save Exit Load safe value...

Page 58: ...Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit higf Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F10 Save Exit Saves data to CMOS RAM Save current settings and exit Press Enter to contiune Or ESC toAbort Save Exit Setup Figure 12 Save Exit Setup Type Enter will quit the Setup Utility and save t...

Page 59: ...ced BIOS Features Set User Password Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Fail Safe Defaults Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit higf Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F10 Save Exit Abandon all datas Quit witho...

Page 60: ...C BUS AGP 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 6 PCI PCICLK 33MHz RTL8100BL RJ45 AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 6 USB Ports ATA 33 66 100 IDE Channels Game Port Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports CNR Promise PDC20276 ATA133 RAID IDE Channels ICS 9250AF 37 MCH66 66MHz CPUCLK 100MHz AGPCLK 66MHz MCHCLK 100MHz ICH3V66 66MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz Smart I O W83L518D MS SD SC USB2 0 4 USB Ports Re...

Page 61: ...l BIOS and Q Flash Utility a After power on the computer pressing Del immediately during POST Power On Self Test it will allow you to enter AMI BIOS CMOS SETUP then press F8 to enter Flash utility AMI NEW SETUP UTILITY VISION 3 31a Standard CMOS Features Set Supervisor Password Advanced BIOS Features Set User Password Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Fa...

Page 62: ...and after the power is on and that the Wide Range Protection is set to Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main BIOS Main ROM Type ST M50FW040 Backup ROM Type ST M50FW040 Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From MainBIOS Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup LoadDefaultSettings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Loa...

Page 63: ...reen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show or the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enable it will show or the other key to Auto Recover Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Backupmessage Are you sure to copy BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS O...

Page 64: ... From MainBIOS Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup LoadDefaultSettings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS From Floppy Load Backup BIOS From Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy PgDn PgUp Modify hi Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 3file s found COMMAND COM 92 8K FLASH848 EXE 472 16K 7VRXP E8 256K Total size 1 39M Free size 316k...

Page 65: ...ange Protection Disable Boot From MainBIOS Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup LoadDefaultSettings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS From Floppy Load Backup BIOS From Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy PgDn PgUp Modify hi Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 3file s found COMMAND COM 92 8K FLASH848 EXE 472 16K 7VRXP E8 256K Tot...

Page 66: ...t s DualBIOSTM On GIGABYTE motherboards with DualBIOS there are physically two BIOS chips For simplicity we ll call one your Main BIOS and the other we ll call your Backup BIOS your hot spare If your Main BIOS fails the Backup BIOS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot Almost automatically and with virtually zero down time Whether the problem is a failure in flashing your BIOS o...

Page 67: ...ristics The modern PC utilizes the Plug and Play BIOS and is updated regularly If a user changes peripherals often there is a slight chance of damage to the flash ROM With Giga Byte Technology s patented DualBIOSTM technology you can reduce the possibility of hangs during system boot up and or loss BIOS data due to above reasons This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and cost...

Page 68: ...m the backup BIOS III Q How does DualBIOSTM technology work Answer 1 DualBIOSTM technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure It protects your BIOS during system POST ESCD update and even all the way to PNP detection assignment 2 DualBIOSTM provides automatic recovery for the BIOS When the first BIOS used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error oc...

Page 69: ...being able to select either version BIOS to suit the performance system needs 4 Flexibility for high end desktop PCs and workstation servers In the DualBIOSTM utility the option can be set Halt On When BIOS Defects to be enabled to halt your system with awarning message that the main BIOS has been corrupted Most workstation servers requireconstantoperationto guaranteeservices havenotbeeninterrupte...

Page 70: ...pport up to 4 speaker output If you select Four speaker out Line In will be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers B How to use Four Speaker Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition setup procedure Click the audio icon along the task bar and select Configure 3D Audio Selecttwospeaker Default Select Four speaker item ...

Page 71: ...and Multimedia Select Audio Page and click Advanced button Select Quadraphonic Speakers and click ok C Four Speaker Application The fourspeaker function will only be supported inapplication softwares thatuse Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX for example the game titles software DVD player and MP3 player ...

Page 72: ... providing digital signal to AC3 decoder which can support upto 5 1 speakers B How to use SPDIF Click your mouse right button in My Computer and select the Properties item Click Device Manager item Click Sound vidio and game controllers item and select the Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 item ...

Page 73: ...item Click Digital item Line Out will be reconfigure to SPDIF Out Recommend you to select Autosense It will automatically detect the type mono or stereo of the audio connectorthat you plug intoLineOut audiojack then configure LineOut to either SPDIF or Speaker accordingly ...

Page 74: ...rt BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using if it s a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choo...

Page 75: ...ill then overdrive CPU speedautomatically with the result being shown in thecontrol panel If users prefer Overclock by them there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class Overclocking user interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to get ultimate system performance It operates in coordination with Gig...

Page 76: ...etup exe Appendix A Intel 850 Chipset Driver Installation Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility Inorder toinstall the driversuccessfully please referto the followinginstallation procedures A Installing Intel 850 Chipset Driver Please install this driver as the first priority this item installs the chipset driver utility that enableds Plug n Plag INF support for Intel c...

Page 77: ... into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 2 2 Click Next 3 Click Yes 4 4 Click Next 1 1 Click Intel Chipset Software InstallationUtility item 5 Click Finish to restart computer 5 6 ...

Page 78: ... with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 2 Click Next 4 Click Next 5 Click Next 1 Click Intel Application Accelerator item 4 3 Click Yes ...

Page 79: ...not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 2 2 Click Finish to restart computer 1 Click USB Patch Driver item A 4 USB 2 0 Driver for ICH4 Expiry date 6 1 2002 USB2 0 Driver Installation for ICH4 is the same with NEC 2 0 Host Controller Driver please go to the gigabyte s website http www gigabyte com tw and download the latest ICH4 USB2 0 driver versio...

Page 80: ... with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 3 Press Audio icon 1 1 Click Creative CT5880 Sound Driver item 2 2 Click Next 3 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 81: ...title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe Appendix C RealTek 8139 8130 8100 Network Driver Press Network icon 1 Click Install RealTek Network Driver item 2 2 Click Next 1 3 3 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 82: ...assumes that your CD ROM device drive letter is D If you want to install ATA133 Driver go to Control Panel System Device Manager and install driver by manually Please refer to the following precedure 4 3 1 Click Promise ATA133 Driver Information item 2 Click Device Management item 3 Click RAID Controller item ...

Page 83: ...79 Appendix 6 5 8 7 9 4 Click Update Driver item 5 Click Next item 6 Click Next item 7 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 84: ...le will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 Click MS SD SCR Device Driver item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 Click Next 4 Click Yes 5 Click Yes 3 Click Next 6 Click Yes 7 Click Finish to restart computer D 2 Winbond MS SD SCR Device Driver ...

Page 85: ...rive letter is D 2 1 If you want to install USB 2 0 Driver go to Control Panel System Device Manager and install driver by manually Please refer to the following precedure 1 Click NEC USB2 0 Host Controller Driver item 2 Click Update Driver item 3 Click Next item 4 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 86: ...rboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 2 3 4 1 5 6 Press Tools icon 1 Click Gigabyte Utilities 2 Click Easy Tune 4 Trial Version 3 Click Next 4 Click Next 5 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 87: ... does it work Face WizardTM allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard drive floppy disk zip MO or other storage devices and combine the compatible picture you prefer into BIOS And not only this Face WizardTM also helps user to update BIOS in windows mode What s benefit for using Face WizardTM It can personalize boot up logo to show your unique style from others and never again looking at...

Page 88: ...GA 8IHXP Motherboard 84 6 5 2 Click Help icom ...

Page 89: ...lick Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others will be completedsoon d Select the exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 1 3 Click here Click P Press Tools icon 1 Click Gigabyte Utilities 2 Click BIOS Writer Ut...

Page 90: ...eginning 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 shows 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 systemunbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard s model n...

Page 91: ...ve 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 www 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 diskette UN write ...

Page 92: ... when finished and Copy system files after that press Start That will 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 93: ...89 Appendix STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support 2 From Support zone click the Motherboards BIOS Drivers ...

Page 94: ...se 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 95: ... 5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files 6 Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract ...

Page 96: ...NDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults F10 S...

Page 97: ...e arrows to highlight the item SAVE EXIT SETUP then press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting will be takeneffect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE...

Page 98: ...nter StartingWindows 98 Microsoft R Windows98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A dir w Volume in drive A 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 of the ...

Page 99: ...ess 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 100: ...TX1 F American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend 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 VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ...

Page 101: ... Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup D...

Page 102: ...ry Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP ExtendedCapabilities Port ESCD ExtendedSystem Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC ElectromagneticCompatibility EPP EnhancedParallel Port ESD ElectrostaticDischarge FDD Floppy Disk Device FSB Front Side Bus HDD Hard Disk Dev...

Page 103: ...etwork Interface Card OS OperatingSystem OEM OriginalEquipmentManufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI PeripheralComponentInterconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI SpecialCircumstance Instructions SECC Single EdgeContact Cartridge SRAM Static Random Access Memory SMP Symmetric Multi Processing SMI SystemManagementInterrupt USB Universal Serial Bus VID VoltageID ...

Page 104: ...e No ContactPerson E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Model name Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device ProblemDescription ...

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