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Page 1: ... this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 8I865PE L or anyAGP4X 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 8I865...

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this may void the warranty of this motherboard M Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...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: ...mmercial 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 measu...

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 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 818 854 933...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8I865PE L P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4 ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1002 12ME 8I865PEL 1002 ...

Page 6: ... 1 1 CPU Installation 12 Step 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 13 Step 2 Install memory modules 14 Step 3 Install expansion cards 17 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 18 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 18 Step 4 2 Connectors Jumper Setting Introduction 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 35 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E2 36 Standard CMOS Features 38 Advanced BIOS Features...

Page 7: ...ults 57 Set Supervisor User Password 58 Save Exit Setup 59 Exit Without Saving 60 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 63 BIOSTM Introduction 63 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction 64 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 65 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 80 Jack Sensing Introduction 86 UAJ Introduction 88 Xpress Recovery Introduction 90 Chapter 5 Appendix 93 ...

Page 8: ...eparated fromthe system 5 Ensure thattheATXpower supplyis switched offbefore you plug in orremove theATX powerconnectoron themotherboard Ifthe motherboard has mountingholes buttheydon tline upwith the holes on the 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 li...

Page 9: ...ompliant 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 ATAPI CD ROM Serial ATA Controlled by ICH5 2 SerialATAconnectors SATA0 SATA1 in 150 MB s operation mode Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary to be continued Due to chipset Intel 875P 865G 865PE architecture limitation a FSB 800 Pentium 4 processor will supp...

Page 10: ...Monitor CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU System Fan Fail Warning CPUOverheatWarning System Voltage Detect On BoardSound Realtek ALC658 UAJ CODEC SupportJack Sensing Line Out 2 frontspeaker Line In 2 rear speaker by s w switch Mic In center subwoofer by s w switch SPDIF Out SPDIF In CD_In AUX_IN Game Connector On Board LAN Build in Kinnereth R Chipset 10 100 Mbit 1 RJ45 port PS 2 Connector PS 2...

Page 11: ...ds etc HT functionality requirement content Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires all of the following platform components CPU An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operation system that has optimizations for HT Technol...

Page 12: ...AN ATX FDD LPT R_USB Hyper Threading SPDIF_IO IR_CIR PCI5 F_U SB1 F_U SB2 GAME IDE1 IDE2 MIC_IN USB LAN PWR_LED CODEC ITE8712 F_PANEL BAT PCI3 PCI4 BIOS AUX_IN CI P4 Titan SYS_FAN INFO_LINK CLR_PWD F_AUDIO ICH5 PCI2 SUR_CEN PCI1 DDR3 DDR1 DDR2 CD_IN Intel 865PE AGP Kinnereth R LINE_IN LINE_OUT DDR4 2X_DET SATA1 SATA0 CLR_CMOS ...

Page 13: ...Hz HCLK 100 133MHz 66MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 48MHz 24MHz 33MHz LPC BUS AGP 8X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97Link 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 133MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318MHz 33MHz ITE8712 GamePort BIOS Kinnereth R RJ45 24MHz ICH3V66 66MHz DDR ...

Page 14: ... 10 GA 8I865PE LMotherboard English ...

Page 15: ... 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 Note Ifthe NorthBridge on the motherboard has a fan sink then the motherboard contain...

Page 16: ...ertthe CPU into the socket Angling the r o d t o 6 5 0 Socket Actuation Lever Pin1indicator 1 Angling therod to65 degree maybefeela kind oftight and then continuepull the rod to90 degreewhena noise cough made Before installing the processor 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 17: ...cketalonewiththe 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...

Page 18: ...atthe DIMM module can only fitin one direction due to the one notches Wrong orientation willcause improper installation Please change the insertorientation GA 8I865PE L supports the Dual Channel Technology After operating the Dual Channel Technology the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double up to 6 4GB s GA 8I865PE L includes 4DIMM sockets and eachChannel has two DIMM sockets as following Channe...

Page 19: ...ules are installed part of them will notbe detected 4 Four DDR memory modules are installed Ifyou install four memory modules at the same time the Dual Channel Technology will operate only when those modules have the same memory size and type We ll strongly recommend our user to slot two DDR memory modules into the DIMMs with the same colorin order forDual Channel Technologyto work The following t...

Page 20: ...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 21: ... 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 22: ...tor 6 pin Female u v w x y v x USB LANConnector Before you connectyour device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USBkeyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not supportUSB controller please contactOS vendor forpossible patch or driverupgrade Formore information please contactyour O...

Page 23: ...Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Centerand Subwoofer to MIC Out Method2 You can refer to page 27 and contactyour nearestdealerfor optionalSUR_CEN cable w Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB Thisconnectorsupports 2standard 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 ...

Page 24: ...4 CD_IN 2 ATX 15 AUX_IN 3 CPU_FAN 16 SPDIF_IO 4 SYS_FAN 17 IR_CIR 5 IDE1 IDE2 18 F_USB1 F_USB2 6 FDD 19 GAME 7 RAM_LED 20 INFO_LINK 8 PWR_LED 21 SATA0 SATA1 9 2X_DET 22 CI 10 F_PANEL 23 CLR_PWD 11 BAT 24 CLR_CMOS 12 F_AUDIO 13 SUR_CEN 1 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 20 15 17 18 22 13 4 19 21 11 10 16 14 12 23 24 ...

Page 25: ...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 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 1 10 20...

Page 26: ... 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 27: ...tCDROM to IDE2 The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 IDE1 IDE2 1 39 2 40 6 FDD Floppy Connector Please connectthe floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD 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 ...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...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 31: ...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 CD IN 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 32: ...gital 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 opti...

Page 33: ...tion between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional IR CIR cable please contact your local dealer PinNo Definition 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 NC 7 CIRRX 8 VCC 9 CIRTX 10 NC 5 10 1 6 18 F_ USB1 F_USB2 Front USB Connector Yellow Be careful with the polarity of the F_USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the F_USB ...

Page 34: ...LINK This connector allows you to connectsome external devices to provide you extra function 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 PinNo Definition 1 SMBCLK 2 VCC 3 SMBDATA 4 GPIO 5 GND 6 GND 7 NoPin 8 NC 9 12V 10 12V 10 2 1 9 ...

Page 35: ... device to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec 7 1 PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 22 CI CASE OPEN This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the case open item in BIOS if the system casebegin remove PinNo Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 ...

Page 36: ...On the contrary when Jumper is setto close the currentstatus remains open Clearpassword close Normal 1 1 24 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its defaultvalues by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily shor 1 2 pin Default doesn tinclude the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper 1 1 Open Normal Close Clear CMOS ...

Page 37: ... 33 Hardware Installation Process English ...

Page 38: ... 34 GA 8I865PE LMotherboard English ...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...nterAward 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 Figure 1 Main Menu GETTING HELP If you can t find the setting you want please press Ctrl F1 to search the advanced option widden CMOS Setup Utility Copyri...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...dard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Aug 13 2002 Item Help Time hh mm ss 22 31 24 Menu Level u Change the day month IDE Channel 0 Master None year IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None Week IDE Channel 1 Slave None Sun to Sat Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Month Drive B None Jan to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memor...

Page 43: ...ollowing 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 catego...

Page 44: ... 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 45: ...y ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD USB ZIP Select your boot device 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 u Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Help First Boot Device Fl...

Page 46: ...tem The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value CPUHyper Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode...

Page 47: ...ed 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 Address 201 M...

Page 48: ...roller Default Value Manual Set SATA Mode manually SATAPort0 Configure as IDE Pri Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Master IDE Pri Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Pri Slave IDE Sec Master Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Master IDE Sec Slave Remap SATA Port 0 to IDE Sec Slave SATA Port0 SATA controller set to SATA port0 As this mode it support by WinXP or later OS only Default value SATA Port1 SATA c...

Page 49: ...se Support Default value AC97 Audio Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default Value Disabled Disable this function Onboard H W LAN Enabled Enable Onboard H W LAN function Default value Disabled Disable this function OnboardSerial 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 ...

Page 50: ...et onboard I O chip UART to IrDA Mode Normal Set onboard I O chip UART to Normal Mode Default Value UR2 Duplex Mode Half IR Function Duplex Half Default Value Full IR Function Duplex Full OnboardParallel port 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default Value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT p...

Page 51: ... Port Address to 300 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Default Value Disabled Disable this function Midi Port IRQ 5 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10 Default Value CIR Port Address 310 Set CIR Port Address to 310 320 Set CIR Port Address to 320 Disabled Disable this function Default Value CIR Port IRQ 5 Set CIR Port IRQ to 5 11 1 Set CIR Port IRQ to 11 Default Value ...

Page 52: ...x KB Power 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 Def...

Page 53: ... 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 power on...

Page 54: ...nt 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 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 Lev...

Page 55: ... 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 RPM CPU Warning Temperature Disab...

Page 56: ...r CPU Temp at 60 C 140 F 70 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 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 ...

Page 57: ...not changeable øThose items will be available when CPU Host Clock Control is set to Enabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 15X Item Help CPU Host Clock Control Disabled Menu Level u øCPU Host Frequency Mhz 100 øAGP PCI SRC Fixed 66 33 100 Memory Frequency For Auto Memory Frequency Mhz 266 AGP PCI SRC Frequency Mhz 66 33 100 DIMM Ov...

Page 58: ...SRC clock SRC over clock may make Serial ATA device function can t work properly Adjust AGP PCI SRC clock asychrohous with CPU Memory Frequency For 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...

Page 59: ...2V Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to 0 2V 0 3V Set DIMM OverVoltage 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 CPUVoltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0 8375V to 1 7600V Default value Normal Normal CPUVcore Di...

Page 60: ...tup 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 Save Exit Setup Load Fail ...

Page 61: ...lity 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 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized De...

Page 62: ...all BIOS 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 yousele...

Page 63: ...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 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Save to CMOS and...

Page 64: ...ht 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 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit Without...

Page 65: ... 61 BIOS Setup English ...

Page 66: ... 62 GA 8I865PE L Motherboard English ...

Page 67: ...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 68: ...then 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 motherboard...

Page 69: ...lrisk pleasedo itwith caution We aresorrythatGigabyte TechnologyCo Ltd is notresponsible fordamages ofsystem becauseofincorrectmanipulation ofupdatingBIOSto avoidanyclaims from end users Before You Begin Before you startupdating BIOS with the Q Flash utility please follow the steps belowfirst 1 Download the latestBIOS foryour motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extractthe BIOS file downloaded an...

Page 70: ...Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards SomeofGigabytemotherboards are equipped with dual BIOS In theBIOSmenu ofthe motherboards supporting Q Flash and Dual BIOS the Q Flash utility andDualBIOS utilityare combined in the same screen This section only dealswith howto use Q Flash utility In thefollowing sections we take GA 7VRXP as the example to guide you howto flash BIOS from ...

Page 71: ...TIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Sav e 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 Enable ...

Page 72: ...disk having the BIOSfile foryour motherboardand insertitto yourcomputer Ifyou have alreadyputthe floppydisk into yoursystem and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow thesteps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrowbuttonson your keyboard to move the lightbar to Load Main BIOSfrom Floppy item inthe Q Flash menu and press Enter button Ifyouwantto save the currentBIOS forbackup purpose you c...

Page 73: ...ble Halt On Error Disable Copy M ain ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Sav e Settings to C MOS Q Flash Utility Load M ain BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e 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 Range Pro...

Page 74: ...p BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e 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 Disable Bo...

Page 75: ...Settings to C MOS Q Flash Utility Load M ain BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e 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 From Ma...

Page 76: ...SOR PASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETEC TION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXITSETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Sav e Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults PressEnteron your keyboard Aftersystem reboots you may find the BIOS version on you...

Page 77: ...load defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Y 7 SelectSave Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exitthe BIOS menu System willrebootafteryou exitthe BIOSmenu Theprocedure iscompleted AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 2 00 C 2001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserv ed STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSETFEATURES SETUP ...

Page 78: ... PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC H ealth Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Ex it Without Saving ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Sav e Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 Press F8 on yourkeyboard and then Y button to enterthe Q Flash utility CM OS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CM OS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features L...

Page 79: ... mentioned onyourkeyboard toperform theseactions Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you howto update BIOSusing the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you mustprepare a floppydiskhaving theBIOSfile foryourmotherboardand insertitto your computer Ifyou have already putthe floppy diskinto yoursystem and have enter the Q Flash utility please follow the steps be...

Page 80: ...lash Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove 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 Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save...

Page 81: ... Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Updating BIOS Now Do not Turn Off Power On RESET System 4 Press anykeys toreturn to the Q Flash menu when theBIOSupdating procedure is completed 5 Press Esc and then Enter to exitthe Q Flash utility System willrestart Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS...

Page 82: ...dsandsteps 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 83: ...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 unzip ...

Page 84: ...pplied 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 c...

Page 85: ...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 Out...

Page 86: ...Center 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 press OK Line Out Line In MI...

Page 87: ... 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 88: ...URROUND 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...

Page 89: ...t 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 90: ...ng 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 detecting Jack Sensingprovidesaudioconnectorserror detection function Install Microsoft DirectX8 1 or later v...

Page 91: ...ference 87 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 92: ...g inLine in orLine outjack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated PS IfUAJ couldn twork as expected please disable this functionbypressingbutton UAJinformation Andthen Jack Sense function will awake and auto detectifthe Audio device is plugged to the rightjack Line in orLine out You can click UAJ AUTO to revive UAJ function Reviving UAJ Install Microsoft DirectX8 1 or later version ...

Page 93: ...ed UAJ will remind youthereisnoanyLine outdeviceplugged in Volumelever Mutebutton Note Ifyou wantto useAUXIN function you mustdisable UAJfunction from theSpeaker Configuration item in the AC97 Audio Configuation menu After that you ll have to use the Line In volume lever in the Volume Control menutoadjustthe volume becauseAUXINand Line Infunctionsarecontrolled bythe sameaudiosignals ...

Page 94: ...speed will affect backing up speed 2 Werecommend thatyou installXpress Recovery immediatelyafter installingO S drivers and applications Howto use the Xpress Recovery There are two ways to enterthe Xpress Recoveryutility see the below 1 TextMode press F9duringpowering onthecomputer 2 BMP Mode bootfrom CD ROM Boot from CD VerifyingDMIPoolData BootfromCD Please go to Advanced BIOS setting menu and se...

Page 95: ... ll still be directed to BMP mode by pressing F9 in the bootup screen XpressRecoveryV1 0 C CopyRight 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogyCO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart TextMode BMPMode XpressRecoveryV1 0 C CopyRight 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogyCO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart ...

Page 96: ...backup it The backed up datawillbe savedas an hidden image 2 Execute Restore Utility This 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 Are you sure to remove backup image Y N Removethebackupimage 4 Exit and Restart Exitand restartyourcomputer ...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...Tek AC97 Codec Driver For Intel R ICH ICH2 ICH4 ICH5 ICH5R AC97 audio n 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 ...

Page 99: ...erclocking 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 Integrate...

Page 100: ...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 101: ...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 102: ...Please 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 pow...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...device 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 ...

Page 105: ...quency 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 I...

Page 106: ...gabyte 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 ke...

Page 107: ...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 108: ... 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 Dischar...

Page 109: ...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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