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GA-8IG Motherboard

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@ BIOS

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 Introduction

Gigabyte announces 

@ BIOS

Windows BIOS live update utility

Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like
many other people, you just know what BIOS is,
but always hesitate to update it? Because you think
updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually
you don’t know how to update it.

Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time

to do it. But of course you don’t like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and
then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS.
The above process is not a interesting job. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source
code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare.

Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your

time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? Here it comes! Now Gigabyte
announces @BIOS—the first Windows BIOS live update utility. This is a smart BIOS update
software. It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it. Not like the other BIOS
update software, it’s a Windows utility. With the help of “@BIOS’, BIOS updating is no more than a
click.

Besides, no matter which mainboard you are using, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*, @BIOS help

you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to
choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site
automatically. There are several different choices; you could use “Internet Update” to download and
update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose
“Save Current BIOS” to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update
your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and
manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte’s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard
industries.

For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible! It’s free! Now, if you buy a

Gigabyte’s motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please
remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a internet BIOS update from your
Gigabyte @BIOS.

Summary of Contents for GA-8IG

Page 1: ...actory default for this card is 2X 3 3V If you install this card in GA 8IG or any AGP 4X only motherboards without switching the jumper to 4X mode 1 5V it will burn the motherboard Example 2 Some ATi...

Page 2: ...date 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 warr...

Page 3: ...nd light industry 7 7 7 7 7 EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluore...

Page 4: ...tions This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received i...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8IG P4 Titan 533 Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1201 12ME 8IG 1201...

Page 6: ...CPU Installation 9 CPU Heat Sink Installation 10 Step 2 Install memory modules 11 Step 3 Install expansion cards 13 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 14 Step4 1 I O Back Pane...

Page 7: ...Control 39 Top Performance 41 Load Fail Safe Defaults 42 Load Optimized Defaults 43 Set Supervisor User Password 44 Save Exit Setup 45 Exit Without Saving 46 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 47 Block Di...

Page 8: ...plug in or remove the ATX powerconnectoronthemotherboard Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes buttheydon tlineupwiththeholesonthebaseandthereare no slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed you c...

Page 9: ...ol y ITE8702 Slots y 1 AGP slot 4X 1 5V device support y 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices y Supports P...

Page 10: ...AM y AC Recovery y USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 y Poly fuse for keyboard USB game port over current protection y Supports BIOS y Supports EasyTune 4 Jumper less y Over Clock CPU DDR AGP by BIOS Overcl...

Page 11: ...LPT GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN USB ATX_12V CD_IN F_AUDIO F_PANEL BAT SYS _FAN ICH4 82845G SOCKET478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE1 IDE2 ITE8702 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB1 DDR2 DDR1 CODEC F_USB2 CLR_CMOS VGA DDR3...

Page 12: ...e Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 5 Setup BIOS software Step 6 Install support...

Page 13: ...upto90 degreeangle Pin1 indicator 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU intothesocket 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU...

Page 14: ...the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan you might pull the processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan and might da...

Page 15: ...4 banks of DDR memory DDR slot 1 uses 2 banks DDR slot 2 3 share the remaining 2 banks Please refer to the following tables for possible memory configurations supported The BIOS will automaticallydete...

Page 16: ...lutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAMinfrastructure yetmakesawesomeadvancesinsolvingthesystemperformancebottleneckby doubling the memory bandwidth DDR SDRAM will off...

Page 17: ...ndeed 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 expansi...

Page 18: ...S 2 mouse Y USB Connector 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 mak...

Page 19: ...peakertoLineOutjack microphoneto MIC In jack Device like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Line In Z Z Z Z Z Parallel Port and VGA Port COMA Port SerialPorts 9pinMale This mainboard...

Page 20: ...Step4 2 Connectors Introduction A CPU_FAN J CI B ATX K COMB C FDD IDE1 IDE2 L SPDIF D BAT M CD_IN E SYS_FAN N AUX_IN F PWR_LED O F_AUDIO G F_PANEL P SUR_CEN H F_USB2 Q ATX_12V I F_USB1 D E A B O Q C...

Page 21: ...nstallation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from runningunderabnormalconditionordamaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA E SYS_FAN System FAN Co...

Page 22: ...B header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer M CD_IN CD Audio Line In FrontAudio L 1 Reserved GND Rear Audio R Rear Audio L Front Audio R...

Page 23: ...ent H I F_USB1 F_USB2 Front USB Connector F_USB1 F_USB2 connectors in yellow are for USB 2 0 USB Dx Power 1 Power USB Dy K COMB COM B Connector White PS ON Soft On Off 3 3V GND 12V 3 3V 3 3V GND VCC 1...

Page 24: ...n Mode GD Green LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Switch Open Norm...

Page 25: ...ws your system to enable or disable the system alarm if the sys tem case begin remove F PWR_LED 1 MPD MPD MPD L SPDIF SPDIF 1 VCC SPDIF OUT GND TheSPDIFoutputiscapableofprovidingdigital audiotoexterna...

Page 26: ...r CMOS Function 1 2 close Clear CMOS 2 3 close Normal Please note You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper 1 1 1 CLR_CMOS 1 Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from...

Page 27: ...tion Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flashfunction F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS S...

Page 28: ...example BIOS Ver F1l Once you enter Award 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 Us...

Page 29: ...of your system set Top Performance as Enabled 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 Loa...

Page 30: ...c 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...

Page 31: ...nter 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...

Page 32: ...ther 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...

Page 33: ...ity by USB ZIP USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Dev...

Page 34: ...tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive type as they are all 80tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will n...

Page 35: ...Enabled used set at Disable USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Enabled AC97 Audio Auto Enable onboard IDE Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 PORT Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboa...

Page 36: ...is compatible with ATA66 100 ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 IDE2ConductorCable Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS...

Page 37: ...able onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 a...

Page 38: ...ame 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 Address to 300 330 Set Midi Port Add...

Page 39: ...assword 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...

Page 40: ...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 PowerOnByKeyboard Password Enter from 1 to 5 chara...

Page 41: ...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 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set...

Page 42: ...n status Enabled Clear case open status at next boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Case Open Stat...

Page 43: ...e ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe 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...

Page 44: ...may make system can t boot clear CMOS to overcome wrong fre quency issue 2 0 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 0 2 66 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 66 Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data Defaul...

Page 45: ...ity Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced Chipset Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup...

Page 46: ...C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced Chipset Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor...

Page 47: ...ht C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor...

Page 48: ...am 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 se...

Page 49: ...ward Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PC...

Page 50: ...Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP...

Page 51: ...DDR 200 266MHz MCH66 66MHz MCHCLK 100 133MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 48 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 6 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels...

Page 52: ...V3 06 Flash Type Size SST 39SF020 256K Keep DMI Data Yes Space Bar Change Value Enter Run ESC Reset K L Select Item Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002...

Page 53: ...t the BIOS diskette then Press Enter to Run XXXX XX 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete ESC Return Main Press Enter to Run 1File s found Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to co...

Page 54: ...t BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more t...

Page 55: ...re 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...

Page 56: ...computer and execute the setup exe Appendix A Intel 845 G Chipset Driver Installation Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility Inorder to install the driver successfully ple...

Page 57: ...h your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup ex...

Page 58: ...GA 8IG Motherboard 54 5 Click Finish to restart computer 5 6...

Page 59: ...our motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1...

Page 60: ...GA 8IG Motherboard 56 7 8 6 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 61: ...t came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute th...

Page 62: ...rboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 2 2 Clic...

Page 63: ...ur motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 3...

Page 64: ...motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 2 3 4...

Page 65: ...Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others will be completed...

Page 66: ...eginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported Note a In method I if it shows two or more...

Page 67: ...e to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http www shareware cnet com STEP 2 Make a...

Page 68: ...hen finished and Copy system files after that press Start That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it Beware This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy so p...

Page 69: ...65 Appendix STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support 2 From Support zone click the Motherboards BIOS Drivers...

Page 70: ...select GA 7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files 4 Select an appropriate BIOS version For example F4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen th...

Page 71: ...5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files 6 Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and p...

Page 72: ...NDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AU...

Page 73: ...arrows to highlight the item SAVE EXIT SETUP then press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting...

Page 74: ...r Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Windows98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A dir w Volume in drive A has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE...

Page 75: ...ss ESC to quit Beware Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative 4 The BIOS flash completed Please press ESC to ex...

Page 76: ...TX1 F American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend 2 Don t forget to press DEL key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot up Use the arrows to highlight the item LOAD...

Page 77: ...ts Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURA...

Page 78: ...ry Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended Sys...

Page 79: ...ork Interface Card OS Operating System OEM OriginalEquipmentManufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI PeripheralComponentInterconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Spec...

Page 80: ...No Contact Person E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Modelname Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM...

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