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GA-8I848P(-G) Motherboard

English

14) IR

Be careful with the polarity of the IR connector while you connect the IR. Please contact you
nearest dealer for optional IR device.

Pin No. Definition

1

VCC

2

No Pin

3

IR Data Input

4

GND

5

IR Data Output

1

15) F_ USB1 / F_USB2(Front USB Connector, Yellow )

Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while
you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make
the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional front USB cable, please contact your
local dealer.

1

9

2

10

Pin No. Definition

1

Power

2

Power

3

USB0 DX-/USB6 DX-

4

USB1 Dy-/USB7 Dy-

5

USB0 DX+/USB6 DX+

6

USB1 Dy+/USB7 Dy+

7

GND

8

GND

9

No Pin

10

NC

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Summary of Contents for GA-8I848P

Page 1: ...is card is 2X 3 3V The GA 8I848P G 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 Rage 128 Pro graphics 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 mode AGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The GA 8I84...

Page 2: ...pdate the information contained herein 0 0 0 0 0 Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners 0 0 0 0 0 Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard 0 0 0 0 0 Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...

Page 3: ...t 1 Residual commercial and light industry EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment EN 55082 2 7 7 7 7 7 EN 55022 Limits ...

Page 4: ...his 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 E r i c L u Supplementary Information Model Number 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 854 9...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8I848P G P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard Rev 2002 12ME 8I848P 2002 ...

Page 6: ...tep 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 E1 32 Standard CMOS Features 34 Advanced BIOS Featu...

Page 7: ...ed Defaults 53 Set Supervisor User Password 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 56 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 57 BIOSTM Introduction 57 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction 58 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction 74 Jack Sensing UAJ Introduction 80 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 82 Chapter 5 Appendix 85 ...

Page 8: ...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 hard to cut off so be careful of your hands In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to ...

Page 9: ...CI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 3 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices y Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA 33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ATAPI CD ROM Serial ATA y 2 Serial ATA connectors SATA0 SATA1 in 150 MB s operation mode y Controlled by ICH5 On Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M bytes y 1 Parallel port s...

Page 10: ...yTune 4 y Supports BIOS Overclocking y Over Voltage CPU DDR AGP by BIOS y Over Clock CPU DDR AGP PCI by BIOS Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU chipset and most of the peripherals Whe...

Page 11: ...KET478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD LPT USB Hyper Threading SPDIF_IO F_PANEL PCI5 F_USB2 F_USB1 INFO_LINK GAME PWR_LED SYS_FAN IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN BIOS CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO CODEC ITE8712 BAT ICH5 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 SUR_CEN PCI1 P4 Titan DDR3 DDR1 CD_IN AGP SATA1 SATA0 Intel 848P AGP 8X SATA USB LAN Marvell 8001 IR CI ...

Page 12: ...66MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 8X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 8 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 14 318 MHz 33 MHz ITE8712 Game Port BIOS 24 MHz ICH3V66 66MHz DDR Marvell 8001 RJ45 For ...

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

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

Page 15: ...rt the CPU into the socket Angling the rod to 650 Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicator 1 Angling the rod to 65 degree maybe feel a kind of tight and then continue pull the rod to 90 degree when a noise cough made Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the inser...

Page 16: ...alone with the cooling fan and might damage the processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution 3 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU cooling fan user s manual for more detail installation procedure 2 Make ...

Page 17: ... in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary between sockets Step 2 Install memory modules DDR Notch Before installing the processor and heatsink adhere to the following warning Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notches Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation D Double Sided DIMM S Single Sided DI...

Page 18: ...gh performance and cost effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory is a great evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAM architecture yet make the awesome advances in solving the system performance bottle neck by doubling the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s of DDR400 memory ...

Page 19: ... on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to instal...

Page 20: ... Z Y USB LANConnector Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vend...

Page 21: ... use 2 4 6 8 channel audio feature by S W selection If you want to enable 8 channel function you can refer to page 24 and contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable Z Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB 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 Parallel...

Page 22: ...ting Introduction 1 ATX_12V 11 SUR_CEN 2 ATX 12 CD_IN 3 CPU_FAN 13 SPDIF_IO 4 SYS_FAN 14 IR 5 IDE1 IDE2 15 F_USB1 F_USB2 6 FDD 16 GAME 7 PWR_LED 17 INFO_LINK 8 BAT 18 SATA0 SATA1 9 F_PANEL 19 CI 10 F_AUDIO 20 CLR_CMOS 1 3 2 7 9 18 16 17 11 10 5 13 6 15 4 20 12 8 14 19 ...

Page 23: ... Definition 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 softOn Off 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 VCC 20 VCC 3 1 4 2 20 1...

Page 24: ...he CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA 4 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 1 ...

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

Page 26: ... Pin No Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 8 BAT Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions If you want to erase CMOS 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the ba...

Page 27: ...lue Pin 2 LED cathode SPEAK 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 Pin 1 LED anode Sleep LED Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC SPEAK 1 IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch 2 1 Soft Power Connector 1 MSG MSG Mes...

Page 28: ...er 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 FrontAudio R 6 RearAudio R 7 Reserved 8 No Pin 9 FrontAudio L 10 RearAudio L 10 9 1 2 11 SUR_CEN Please contact your nearest dealer f...

Page 29: ...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 optional S...

Page 30: ...Front USB Connector Yellow Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer 1 9 2 10 Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USB0 DX USB6 DX 4 USB1 Dy USB7...

Page 31: ... 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 No Pin 17 INFO_LINK This connector allows you to connect some external devices to provide you extra function 10 2 1 9 Pin No Definition 1 SMBCLK 2 VCC 3 SMBDATA 4 GPIO 5 GND 6 GND 7 No Pin 8 NC 9 12V 10 12V ...

Page 32: ...ice to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec 7 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 19 CI CASE OPEN This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the case open item in BIOS if the system case begin remove Pin No Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 ...

Page 33: ...ish 20 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its 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 1 1 Open Normal Short Clear CMOS ...

Page 34: ... 30 GA 8I848P G Motherboard English ...

Page 35: ...OS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flashfunction F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RA...

Page 36: ...erAward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaul...

Page 37: ...o z z z z z LoadFail SafeDefaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinsafeconfiguration z z z z z LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinbestperformanceconfiguration z z z z z Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the sys...

Page 38: ... Jan to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Year Total Memory 131072K 1999 to 2098 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is week month day year Week ...

Page 39: ...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 DriveA Drive B The category identif...

Page 40: ...or all other errors Default value All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS BaseMemory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of ba...

Page 41: ... priority by USB ZIP 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 Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Help First Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Second Boot Device Hard Disk Select Boot Device Third Boot Device CDROM pri...

Page 42: ...up The system will boot but will not access to Setup page 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...

Page 43: ...ler Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Enable on chip IDE USB Mouse Support Disabled PORT AC97 Audio Auto Onboard H W LAN Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Disable on chip IDE Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 PORT UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Addr...

Page 44: ...ler Default value Manual Set SATA Mode manually SATA Port0 Configure as IDE Pri Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Master IDE Pri Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Slave IDE Sec Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Master IDE Sec Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Slave SATA Port0 SATA controller set to SATA port0 As this mode it support by WinXP or later OS only Default value SATA Port1 SATA con...

Page 45: ...Default value AC97Audio Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default value Disabled Disable this function OnboardH WLAN Enabled Enable Onboard H W LAN function Default value Disabled Disable this function Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 Default value 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and ad...

Page 46: ... Set onboard I O chip UART to IrDA Mode Normal Set onboard I O chip UART to Normal Mode Default value UR2DuplexMode Half IR Function Duplex Half Default Value Full IR Function Duplex Full OnboardParallelport 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT po...

Page 47: ...lt value 209 Set Game Port Address to 209 Disabled Disable this function Midi PortAddress 300 Set Midi Port Address to 300 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Disabled Disable this function Default value MidiPortIRQ 5 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10 Default value ...

Page 48: ...r x KB Power ON Password Enter ACPI OS AC BACK Function Soft Off 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 LED in S1 state Blinking In standby mode S1 power LED will blink Defau...

Page 49: ...1 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Default value Double Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on system PowerOnByKeyboard Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Disabled Disabled this function Default value Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on ...

Page 50: ...gnment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 PCI 4 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 4 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 1 PCI 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu...

Page 51: ...UTemperature Detect CPU Temp automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened No Menu Level Vcore OK Disabled DDR25V OK Don t reset case 3 3V OK open status 5V OK 12V OK Enabled Current CPU Temperature 40 C Clear case open Current CPU FAN Speed 6490 RPM status at next boot Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU...

Page 52: ... C 158 F 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 Disabled Disable this function Default value CPUFANFailWarning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable SYSTEMFANFailWarning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable ...

Page 53: ...fe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio This option will not be shown or not be available if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio 15X 21X It depends on CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection For C Stepping P4 8X 10X 24X default 15X For Northwood CPU 12X 24X default 16X The option will display Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeab...

Page 54: ...y Adjust AGP PCI SRC clock asychrohous with CPU MemoryFrequencyFor for FSB Front Side Bus frequency 400MHz 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 ...

Page 55: ...ontrol to 0 3V AGPOverVoltageControl 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 CPUOverVoltageControl 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 OverVolta...

Page 56: ...d Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 9 Load Fail Safe Defau...

Page 57: ...Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figure 10 Load Optimized Defaul...

Page 58: ... 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 enter Setup Menu If you sele...

Page 59: ... Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 12 Save Exit Setup Save to CMOS and EX...

Page 60: ...e Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 13 Exit Without Saving Quit Without Sa...

Page 61: ...ware 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 choose the BIOS accordi...

Page 62: ... software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control 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 coordina...

Page 63: ...o it with caution We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end users Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below first 1 Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extract the BIOS file downl...

Page 64: ...IOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q Flash and Dual BIOS the Q Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen This section only deals with how to use Q Flash utility In the following sections we take GA 7VRXP as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS fr...

Page 65: ...TUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults ENTER DUAL BIOS Q FLASH UTILITY Y N Y Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery En...

Page 66: ... floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Load Main BIOS from Floppy item in the Q Flash menu and press Enter button If you want to save the current...

Page 67: ...to Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings 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 Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Rang...

Page 68: ...y Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off You can press Enter to continue updating BIOS or ESC to abort CHECKSUM 96D2 Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disa...

Page 69: ... Settings 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 Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are you sure to RESET Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot ...

Page 70: ... SUPERVISORPASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults Press Enter on your keyboard After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on...

Page 71: ...defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Y 7 Select Save Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu System will reboot after you exit the BIOS menu The procedure is completed AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 2 00 C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SET...

Page 72: ...isor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 Press F8 on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Featu...

Page 73: ...onedonyourkeyboardtoperformtheseactions Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have enter the Q Flash utility please follow the s...

Page 74: ...ility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy 8GE800 F4 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete 1 File s found BIOS file in the floppy Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Sav...

Page 75: ...Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Updating BIOS Now Do not Turn Off Power On RESET System 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed 5 Press Esc and then Enter to exit the Q Flash utility System will restart Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS ...

Page 76: ...and steps I Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever d Select the exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 3 4 2 2 Click Start Programs GIGABYTE BIOS 3 Click 3 5 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK 1 1 Click BIOS Press here 4 Click here ...

Page 77: ...e very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported Note a In method I if it 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...

Page 78: ...t STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function The installation of windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow next step to install the function 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 2CH Speake...

Page 79: ...In STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration and select the UAJ Function Then click on the left selection bar and select 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuration Line Out Line In ...

Page 80: ...r Subwoofer channels to MIC In 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Line Out Line In MIC In STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration and select the UAJ Function Then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select th...

Page 81: ...s R L surround center subwoofer output and rear surround STEP 2 Connect the Surround Kit to the SUR_CEN connector located on the motherboard STEP 3 There are two methods of 8 channel audio configuration Method 1 Connect the front channels to the LINE OUT port located on the audio panel and the rear chan nels to the Surround Kit REAR R L port Con nect the center subwoofer channels to the Sur round ...

Page 82: ... on the left selection bar and select 8CH Speaker to complete 8 channel audio configuration Sound Effect Configuration At the sound effect menu users can adjust sound option settings as desired Method 2 Connect the front channels to the LINE OUT port located on the audio panel and the rear chan nels to the LINE IN port Connect the center subwoofer channels to the MIC IN port located on the audio p...

Page 83: ...ice 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 with rear bracket is provided and could link to the SPDIF output connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracket provides coaxial cable and Fiber connectingport ...

Page 84: ... Line In jack speakers ear phone 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 Auto detecting Jack Sensingprovidesaudioconnectorserror detectionfunction Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above A window will appear as right pic ture if you setup the devices proper...

Page 85: ...right picture UAJ Introduction UAJ Universal Audio Jack has a very smart feature It will switch signal automatically when user plugs his audio device to the wrong jack Line in Line out That means users do not need to worry the audio device should be plug in Line in or Line out jack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated You can click UAJ Automatic button to enable UAJ function Enabl...

Page 86: ...ng system power on Boot from CD DVD Boot from CD DVD Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD ROM you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the F9 key in the future 2 System storage capacity and the reading writing speed of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed 3 It is recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be immediately ...

Page 87: ...ted 6 Does not support RAID AHCI class code 0104 0106 hard disks 7 Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk Hard disks detection sequence is as follows a PATA IDE primary channel b PATA IDE secondary channel c SATA IDE channel 1 d SATA IDE channel 2 e SATA IDE channel 3 f SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions 1 When using hard disks with more than 128G under Windows 2000 be s...

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Page 89: ...age 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 Go technology to install the drivers automat...

Page 90: ...or Intel R ICH ICH2 ICH4 ICH5 AC97 audio Intel 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 After install Windows Service Pack it will show a question mark in Universal Seri...

Page 91: ...ndows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information of the system Face Wizard New utility for adding BIOS logo BIOS Gigabyte windows flash BIOS utility Acrobat e Book Useful utility from Adobe Acrobat Reader Popular utility from Adobe for reading PDF file format documents Norton Internet Security NIS Integrated utility which includes anti virus ad control etc DirectX 9 Install M...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...eeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad J 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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...de 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 St...

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Page 104: ...oscowRepresentativeOfficeOfGIGA BYTETechnologyCo Ltd Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw nontech asp WEB address http www gigabyte ru Poland Office of GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co Ltd in POLAND Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw...

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