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USER'S MANUAL

GA-8I848E(-L)

P4 Titan Series Motherboard

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1001

12ME-8I848E-1001

Summary of Contents for GA-8I848E

Page 1: ... this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 8I848E L or any AGP 4X 8X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X 1 5V mode in it Example 2 SomeATi Rage128 Prographics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 3 3V 4X 1 5V modeAGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The GA 8I84...

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this may void the warranty of this motherboard M Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...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: ...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 Industrialenvironment o EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receiversand associated equipment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment o EN 55082 2 T EN 55022 Limits and methods of mea...

Page 4: ...cations This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not causeharmful and 2 thisdevicemust accept anyinferencereceived including that maycause 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 818 854 93...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8I848E L P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4 ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1001 12ME 8I848E 1001 ...

Page 6: ...Unit CPU 11 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 11 Step 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 12 Step 2 Install memory modules 13 Step 3 Install expansion cards 15 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 16 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 16 Step 4 2 Connectors Jumper Setting Introduction 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 31 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E9 32 Standard CMOS Features 34 Advanc...

Page 7: ...s 51 Load Optimized Defaults 52 Set Supervisor User Password 53 Save Exit Setup 54 Exit Without Saving 55 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 57 BIOSTM Introduction 57 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction 58 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introuction 63 Jack Sensing Introuction 69 Xpress Recovery Introduction 71 Chapter 5 Appendix 75 ...

Page 8: ...e base and there are no slots to attach the spacers do notbecome alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Justcutthe bottom portion ofthe spacers the spacermaybe a little hard tocutoff so be careful ofyour hands In this wayyou can stillattach the motherboard to the base withoutworrying aboutshortcircuits Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw f...

Page 9: ...E8712 Slots 1 AGPslot supports 8X 4X mode 5 PCIslot supports 33MHz PCI2 3 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ATAPICD ROM On BoardPeripherals 1 Floppyport supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes 1 Parallel portsupports Normal EPP ECP mode 2 Serial ports COMA COMB 6 USB 2 0 1 1 ...

Page 10: ...PU AGP DDR by BIOS Over Clock CPU AGP PCI DDR by BIOS Please setthe CPU hostfrequencyin accordance with yourprocessor s specifications We don trecommend you to setthe system bus frequencyover the CPU s specification because thesespecific bus frequencies are notthe standard specifications for CPU chipsetand mostofthe peripherals Whetheryour system can run under these specific bus frequencies proper...

Page 11: ...X FDD IDE1 IDE2 LPT DDR2 LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN Hyper Threading SPDIF_IO F_PANEL PCI5 BIOS F_U SB2 F_U SB1 INFO_LINK GAME CLR_PWD F_AUDIO PWR_LED CODEC ITE8712 BAT ICH4 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 AUX_IN CI SUR_CEN PCI1 P4 Titan DDR3 DDR1 CD_IN SYS_FAN AGP 2X_DET Intel 865PE 848P AGP 8X USB LAN Kinnereth R For GA 8I848E L only IR ...

Page 12: ...MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 48MHz 24MHz 33MHz LPC BUS AGP 8X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 6 USB 2 0 1 1 Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports CLK GEN ZCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 100 133 200MHz AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133 200MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318MHz 33MHz ITE8712 GamePort BIOS 24MHz ICH3V66 66MHz DDR Kinnereth R RJ45 For GA 8I848E L o...

Page 13: ...Introduction 9 English ...

Page 14: ...mory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Congratulationsyou have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet Continue with theBIOS software installation Step 2 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Step 4 Step 3 ...

Page 15: ...en insertthe CPU into the socket Angling the rod to 650 Socket Actuation Lever Pin1indicator 1 Angling therod to65 degree maybefeela kind oftight and then continuepull the rod to90 degreewhena noise cough made Before installing theprocessor adhere to the following warning If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPUcut edge well it will cause improperinstallation Please change the insert orien...

Page 16: ...talonewiththe coolingfan andmightdamagethe processor To avoidthis fromhappening we suggestyou to either usethermal tapeinstead ofthermalpaste orremove the cooling fanwith extremecaution 3 Make surethe CPUfan power cable is plugged in to theCPU fanconnector this completesthe installation PleaserefertoCPUcoolingfanuser smanualformoredetailinstallationprocedure 2 Make sure the CPUfan is plugged to th...

Page 17: ...e notch Memory size can vary between sockets Step 2 Install memory modules DDR Notch Before installing the processor andheatsink adhere tothe following warning When RAM_LED is ON do notinstall remove DIMM from socket Please note thatthe DIMM module can only fitin one direction due to the one notches Wrong orientation willcause improper installation Please change the insertorientation D Double Side...

Page 18: ...e memory is a high performance and cost effective solution thatallows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory is a greatevolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAM architecture yetmake the awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highestbandwidth of3 2GB s ofDDR40...

Page 19: ... card 6 Replaceyourcomputer s chassiscover 7 Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utility ofexpansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system AGPCard Please carefully pull outthe small white drawablebar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install Uninstall the AGP card Please align theAGP card to theonboard AGP slotand press firmlydown on the slot Make sure...

Page 20: ...rts standard PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female u v w x vParallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB Ø This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to Parallelport mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports Parallel Port 25 pin Female COMA COMB Serial Port 9 pin Male ...

Page 21: ...er to Line Out Connect Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Centerand Subwoofer to MICOut Method2 You can refer to page 25 and contactyour nearestdealerfor optionalSUR_CEN cable x AudioConnectors Line In RearSpeaker MIC In Centerand Subwoofer Line Out FrontSpeaker Ø Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USBkeyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Hav...

Page 22: ...uction 1 ATX_12V 13 SUR_CEN 2 ATX 14 CD_IN 3 CPU_FAN 15 AUX_IN 4 SYS_FAN 16 SPDIF_IO 5 IDE1 IDE2 17 IR 6 FDD 18 F_USB1 F_USB2 7 RAM_LED 19 GAME 8 PWR_LED 20 INFO_LINK 9 2X_DET 21 CI 10 F_PANEL 22 CLR_PWD 11 BAT 12 F_AUDIO 1 3 2 9 8 7 10 19 20 21 13 12 5 16 6 18 15 4 22 14 11 17 ...

Page 23: ...o Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATX Power AC power cord should only be connected to your powersupply unit afterATX power cable and other related devices arefirmlyconnected to the mainboard Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 VCC 5 GND 6 VCC 7 GND 8 PowerGood 9 5V SB stand by 5V 10 12V 11 3 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 20 1 11 ...

Page 24: ... the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating TheCPU fan connector supports Max currentup to 600 mA 4 SYS_FAN System FANConnector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 1 ...

Page 25: ...tCDROM to IDE2 The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 6 FDD Floppy Connector Please connect thefloppy drive ribbon cables toFDD Itsupports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable mustbe the same side with the Pin1 1 34 2 33 IDE1 1 39 2 40 IDE2 ...

Page 26: ...d damagesdue tothestandbyvoltage Removememory modulesonlywhenACPowercordisdisconnected 8 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system powerindicator to indicate whether the system ison off Itwill blink when the system enterssuspend mode If you use dual color LED powerLED willturn toanother color PinNo Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 ...

Page 27: ...Operation Green Close Reset HardwareSystem PW Soft PowerConnector Open Normal Operation Red Close PowerOn Off MSG MessageLED Power Pin1 LEDanode SleepLED Yellow Pin2 LEDcathode NC Purple NC 9 2X_DET When anAGP 2X 3 3V card is installed the 2X_DET will lightup indicating a nonsupported graphics card is inserted Informing users thatsystem mightnot boot up normally due toAGP 2X 3 3V is not supported ...

Page 28: ...ON the computer 12 F_AUDIO F_AUDIOConnector If you want touse FrontAudio connector youmust remove 5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the frontaudio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please makesure thepin assigment onthe cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out ifthe chassis youare buyingsupport frontaudio connector please contact yourdealer Pleas...

Page 29: ...asecontact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable PinNo Definition 1 SUROUTL 2 SUROUTR 3 GND 4 NoPin 5 CENTER_OUT 6 BASS_OUT 1 5 6 2 14 CD_IN CDIN Black ConnectCD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector PinNo Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD_R 1 ...

Page 30: ...Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the SPDIF_IO cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For op...

Page 31: ...epin assignment carefully while you connect the F_USB cable incorrectconnection between the cableand connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional F_USB cable pleasecontact your local dealer 1 9 2 10 17 IR Be careful with the polarity ofthe IR connector while you connect the IR Please contact you nearest dealer for optional IR device PinNo Definition 1 VCC 2 NoPin 3 ...

Page 32: ... 9 PinNo Definition 1 SMBCLK 2 VCC 3 SMBDATA 4 GPIO 5 GND 6 GND 7 NoPin 8 NC 9 12V 10 12V 19 GAME GAMEConnector This connector supports joystick MIDIkeyboard and other relate audio devices 16 2 1 15 Pin No Definition 1 VCC 2 GRX1_R 3 GND 4 GPSA2 5 VCC 6 GPX2_R 7 GPY2_R 8 MSI_R 9 GPSA1 10 GND 11 GPY1_R 12 VCC 13 GPSB1 14 MSO_R 15 GPSB2 16 NoPin ...

Page 33: ...or disable the case open item in BIOS if the system casebegin remove PinNo Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 22 CLR_PWD When Jumper is setto open and system is restarted the password that is set will be cleared On the contrary when Jumper is setto close the currentstatus remains open Clearpassword close Normal 1 1 ...

Page 34: ... 30 GA 8I848E L Motherboard English ...

Page 35: ...only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 Load the Optimized Defaults F8 Q Flash function F9 System Information F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS SetupProgram The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS R...

Page 36: ...terAward BIOS CMOS SetupUtility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appearon the screen The MainMenuallows youto selectfrom eight setup functions andtwo exitchoices Usearrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integ...

Page 37: ...ency ratio l LoadFail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration l LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration l Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and...

Page 38: ... 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 higf 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...

Page 39: ...llowing items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer 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 Drive A Drive B The categor...

Page 40: ... 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 PowerOn Self Test ofthe BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determinethe amount of ba...

Page 41: ... priority by USB CDROM USB 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 HT Technology CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Device HDD 0 Menu Level u Third Boot Device CD ROM Selec...

Page 42: ...ge if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt 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 Th...

Page 43: ...at Disable USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Enabled Onboard H W LAN Enabled Enable on chip IDE Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled PORT Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled UART Mode Select Normal Disable on chip IDE x UR2 Duplex Mode Half PORT Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 33...

Page 44: ...0 Controller Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB 2 0 feature Enabled Enable USB 2 0 Controller Default v alue Disabled Disable USB 2 0 Controller USB KeyboardSupport Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support Default value USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled Disable USB Mouse Support Default value AC97 Audio Auto Enable onbo...

Page 45: ...ard Serial port 1 OnboardSerial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8 Default value 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2 UART Mode Select This item...

Page 46: ...ing Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default Value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 Game Port Address 201 Set Game Port Address to 201 Default Value 209 Set Game Port Address to 209 Disabled Disable this function Midi Port Address 300 Set Midi Port Addres...

Page 47: ...wer ON Password Enter ACPI OS AC BACK Function Soft Off higf 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 Default Value S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 Power LEDin S1 state Blinking In standby mode S1 power LED will blink Default Va...

Page 48: ...yday 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 Power On By Keyboard 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 po...

Page 49: ... 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 PCI4 IRQ Assignment 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 Level u PC...

Page 50: ... CPU Temperature e Detect 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 u 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 SYSTEM FAN Speed 0...

Page 51: ... Monitor CPU Temp at 70 C 158 F 80 C 176 F Monitor CPU Temp at 80 C 176 F 90 C 194 F Monitor CPU Temp at 90 C 194 F 8Disabled Disable this function Default value CPUFAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable SYSTEMFAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable ...

Page 52: ...s F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPUClock 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 Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is n...

Page 53: ...Host clock X 2 0 2 66 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 66 Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data Default value for FSB Front Side Bus frequency 533MHz 2 0 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 0 2 5 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 5 Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data Default value for FSB Front Side Bus frequency 800MHz 2 0 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 0 1 6 Memory Frequency Host clock X 1...

Page 54: ...tage Control to 0 3V AGP OverVoltage Control Normal Set AGP OverVoltage Control to Normal Default value 0 1V Set AGP OverVoltage Control to 0 1V 0 2V Set AGP OverVoltage Control to 0 2V 0 3V Set AGP OverVoltage Control to 0 3V CPUOverVoltage Control Normal Set CPU OverVoltage Control to Normal Default value 5 0 Set CPU OverVoltage Control to 5 0 7 5 Set CPU OverVoltage Control to 7 5 10 0 Set CPU ...

Page 55: ...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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 9 Load Fail Safe De...

Page 56: ...ward 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10 Load Optimi...

Page 57: ...S Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program andhaving full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If y ou select System at Passw ord C heck inAdvance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for thepasswordevery time the system is rebooted or any time youtry to enter Setup Menu If youselect Setu...

Page 58: ...ware 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 12 Save Exit Setup Save to CM...

Page 59: ...d 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 13 Exit Without Saving Quit Without Saving...

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Page 61: ...te software Itcould helpyou to download the BIOSfrom internetand update it Notlike the otherBIOS update software it s a Windowsutility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no morethan a click Besides no matterwhich mainboardyou areusing ifit s a Gigabyte s product BIOShelp youto maintainthe BIOS This utilitycould detectyourcorrectmainboard modeland help you to choose the BIOSaccordingly Itthen d...

Page 62: ...hen overdrive CPU speedautomaticallywiththe resultbeingshown in thecontrolpanel Ifusersprefer Overclock bythem there isalso anotherchoice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sportdrive class Overclocking user interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to getultimate system performance Itoperates in coordination with Gigabyte motherboards...

Page 63: ...Q Flash Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Sav...

Page 64: ...ousure to update BIOS Enter to contiune Or ESC otabort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please pressany keyto continue Press Enter toRun Load BIOS From Floppy In theA drive insertthe BIOS diskette then Press Enterto Run XXXX XX 256K TotalSize 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete 1File s found Where XXXX XXis name ofthe BIOSfile ...

Page 65: ...ndsteps I Update BIOS through Internet a Click InternetUpdate icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever d Selectthe exactmodelnameonyourmotherboard e System willautomatically download and update the BIOS 3 1 4 2 1 Click BIOS Presshere 2 Click Start Programs GIGABYTE BIOS 3 Click P 4 Click here 5 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK ...

Page 66: ...h ROM Intheverybeginning thereis Aboutthis program icon shownin dialog box Itcan help you check outwhichkindofmotherboardandwhich brandofFlashROMaresupported Note a Inmethod I ifitshows twoormore motherboard s modelnames to be selected please make sure yourmotherboard smodelnameagain Selectingwrong modelname willcause the systemunbooted b Inmethod II be surethatmotherboard s modelname in BIOS unzi...

Page 67: ...ied STEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen The installation of windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow next step to install the function Line Out STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choo...

Page 68: ...r 4 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and press OK When the Environment settings is None the sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 4 channels output STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen Line O...

Page 69: ...nter Subwoofer channels to MIC In Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channel for 5 1 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and pess OK Line Out Line In MIC I...

Page 70: ...ice Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L CEN Subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best solution if you need 6 channel output Line In and MIC at the same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo Kit as picture STEP 2 Connect the SURROUND KIT to SUR_CEN on the M B ...

Page 71: ...OUND KIT s REAR R L and the Center Subwoofer channels to SURROUND KIT s SUB CENTER STEP 5 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channel for 5 1 speakers out put Enable Only SURROUND KIT and press OK Whenthe Environmentsettings is None the sound would be performed as stereo mode 2 channels output Please select the other settings for 6 channels output Basic Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Ou...

Page 72: ...put device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable withrearbracketis provided andcould link to the SPDIFoutput connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracketprovides coaxialcableandFiber connectingport ...

Page 73: ... speakers earphone or others output devices to Line Out jack and microphone to MIC In jack Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Windows XP Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs Auto detectin...

Page 74: ... Motherboard English Manual setting If the device picture shows different from what you set please press Manual Selection to set If you set wrong with the connectors the warning message will come out as right picture ...

Page 75: ...rce 2chipsetand SiS648FX chipsetbased motherboardfromGigabyte Howto use the Xpress Recovery a There are two ways to enter the Xpress Recovery utility 1 Press F9during powering onthe computer see the below 2 Please go to Advanced BIOS setting menu and setbootfrom CD ROM then save and exitthe BIOS menu Later when CD ROM appears atthe bottom of the screen pressany keyto enter Xpress Recovery Award Mo...

Page 76: ...his program will recover your systemto factory default Press R to recover your system Press Esc to exit Restore the backup image totheoriginalstate 3 Remove Backup Image Do you sure to remove backup image Y N Removethebackupimage 4 Exit and Restart Exitand restartyourcomputer b Xpress Recovery XpressRecoveryV1 0 C CopyRight 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogyCO Ltd 1 Excute Backup Utility 2 Excute Restore Uti...

Page 77: ...Technical Reference 73 English ...

Page 78: ... 74 GA 8I848E L Motherboard English ...

Page 79: ...is page shows the drivers that need to be installed for the system Click each item to install the driver manually or switch to the to install the drivers automatically Massage Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress Install will continue to install other drivers The Xpress Install uses the Click and Forget technology to install the drivers...

Page 80: ...O 10 100 1000 Wireless Ethernet connections n RealTek AC97 Codec Driver For Intel R ICH ICH2 ICH4 ICH5 AC97 audio n Intel NEC USB 2 0 Driver It is recommended that you use the Microsoft Windows update for the most updated driver for XP 2K Item Description Driver install finished you have to reboot system For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack Af...

Page 81: ...rclocking and hardware monitoring functions n DMI Viewer Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information of the system n Face Wizard New utility for adding BIOS logo n BIOS Gigabyte windows flash BIOS utility n Acrobat e Book Useful utility from Adobe n Acrobat Reader Popular utility from Adobe for reading PDF file format documents n Norton Internet Security NIS Integrated...

Page 82: ...rd English SOFTWARE INFORMATION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title HARDWARE INFORMATION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard CONTACT US Please see the last page for details ...

Page 83: ...that s why the light is still on Question 3 Why cannot I use all functions in EasyTune 4 Answer The availability of the listed functions in EasyTune 4 depends on the MB chipset If the chipset doesn t support certain functions in EasyTune 4 these functions will be locked automati cally and you will not be able to use them Question 4 Why do I fail to install RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and X...

Page 84: ...lease remember to load Fail Safe Defaults Or Load BIOS Defaults after flashing BIOS However if the system instability still remains please clear CMOS to solve the problem Question 7 Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume Answer Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier If not please change another speaker with powe...

Page 85: ...eeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad g AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short System boots successfully 2 short CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps DRAM error Con...

Page 86: ...evice SCSI 3 Integrated Peripherals Onboard H W ATA RAID enable Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set RAID to RAID mode or ATA to normal ATA mode in the item named RAID controller function Question 13 How to set in the BIOS to bootup from the IDE SCSI RAID card Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features SATA RAID SCSI boot order SCSI 2 Advanced BIOS features F...

Page 87: ...uency ratio voltage and etc are set properly Failure has been excluded Check if the CPU cooling fan attached to CPU properly ls CPU cooling fan power connected to CPU_FAN properly Plug the CPU cooling fan power in the CPU fan connector Plug in the AC power connector Check if the memory install properly into the DIMM slot Yes No Yes Insert and push the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot In...

Page 88: ...abyte com tw The appropriate response will be provided ASAP Is memory LED on and CPU fan running The problem could be caused by power supply CPU memory or CPU memory socket itself Check if there is display Perhaps your VGA card VGA slot or monitor is defective Turn off the system Reboot after keyboard and mouse have been plugged in Check if keyboard is working properly It is possible that your key...

Page 89: ...o Contact Person 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 Problem Description ...

Page 90: ...Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI Desktop Management Interface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM Dual Retention Mechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ESD Electrostatic Discharg...

Page 91: ...e MHz Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MTH Memory Translator Hub MPT Memory Protocol Translator NIC Network Interface Card OS Operating System OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Sta...

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