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(3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue the

procedure, or press [ESC] to quit.

Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS. It will render your

BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative.

(4) The BIOS flash completed. Please press [ESC] to exit Flash Utility.

Are you sure to flash the BIOS?

[Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel?

                         EXIT?

[Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel?

Summary of Contents for GA-8ITX3

Page 1: ...r V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X 4X mode AGP slot It can be switched between AGP 2X 3 3V or 4X 1 5V mode by adjusting the jumper The factory default for this card is 2X 3 3V If you install t...

Page 2: ...ment to up date the information contained herein Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of t...

Page 3: ...ifications 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 recei...

Page 4: ...ual commercial and light industry 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...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8ITX3 Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1 0 First Edition 12ME 8ITX3 1001...

Page 6: ...Processing Unit CPU 10 Step1 1 CPUInstallation 11 Step 1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 12 Step 2 Install memory modules 13 Step 2 1 Introduce RIMM Rambus In line Memory Module 14 Step 3 Install expans...

Page 7: ...guration 41 Load Fail Safe Defaults 43 Load Optimized Defaults 44 Integrated Peripherals 45 Hardware Monitor MISC Setup 51 Set Supervisor User Password 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55...

Page 8: ...herboarduser smanual Oct 2001 TheGA 8ITX3motherboard IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 USB cable x 1 CD for motherboard driver utility IUCD GA 8ITX3user smanual I O Shield Processor heat sink attach clip...

Page 9: ...from the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX powerconnectoronthemotherboard Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes buttheydon tlineupwiththeholesont...

Page 10: ...V device 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE An IDE controller on the Intel 82801BA PCI chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA66 ATA100 operationmodes...

Page 11: ...N AC Recovery USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 Supports BIOS Supports EasyTuneIII Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the sys...

Page 12: ...A COMB LPT SOCKET423 PWR_FAN FLOPPY J15 LED2 USB CPU_FAN W83627 AGP1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 J2 FRONT AUDIO CODEC PCI5 CNR CN10 J7 MAIN BIOS J17 JP15 BAT1 ICH2 RIMM1 RIMM2 RIMM3 RIMM4 GA 8ITX3 SYS_FAN MIC...

Page 13: ...all the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 5 Setup BIOS software Step 6 Install s...

Page 14: ...esign compatible Step1 The 4 new mounting holes on the chassis are for additional support for P4 CPU heat sink on the mainboard Step2 Please remove 4 sets of plastic Push pins asindicatedonFigure2 Rem...

Page 15: ...Pin1 indicator Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 1 Pull up the CPU socket level andupto90 degreeangle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU...

Page 16: ...ss both end to clip it on the retention Please use Intel approved cooling fan We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink Make sure the...

Page 17: ...arger sized module will l be automatically re sized by BIOS to match the smaller sized module The same rule applies to both RIMM2 and RIMM4 slots You can insert two RIMMs or four RIMMs into RIMM slots...

Page 18: ...m DRAM address decode space of 4GB ConfigurableoptionalECCoperation ECC with single bit Error Correction and multiple bit Error Detection Single bit errors corrected and written back to memory auto sc...

Page 19: ...nd slot bracket from the computer 3 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 4 Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to sec...

Page 20: ...Ports COMA COMB PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female ParallelPort 25pinFemale COMA COMB Serial Ports 9 pin Male This connector supports standard PS 2 keyboard and PS...

Page 21: ...n be connected to Line In jack Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Als...

Page 22: ...TX3 Motherboard Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction A J16 I J17 B CPU_FAN J SYS_FAN C PWR_FAN K JP15 D LED2 L J7 E J15 M CN10 F J18 N BAT1 G FLOPPY O J2 H IDE1 IDE2 P FRONT AUDIO A C B D E F G P M N I J...

Page 23: ...a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from runningunderabnormalconditionordamaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600mA C PWR_FAN Powe...

Page 24: ...or ATX 12V is used only for CPU Core Voltage Please refer to the detail on P 24 1 3 3VDC GND GND GND 6 5VDC 3 3VDC Do not remove memory modules while RIMM LED is on It might cause short or otherunexpe...

Page 25: ...Audio Line In 1 CD L GND CD R I J17 Wake On Lan 5V SB GND Signal 1 ImportantNotice Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2 G FLOPPY Floppy Connector 1 IDE1 1 H IDE1 IDE2 IDE1...

Page 26: ...aker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RE Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware System P P P Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW Soft Power C...

Page 27: ...nel USB cable GND N C USB D3 USB D3 Power Power USB D2 USB D2 N C GND 1 K JP15 IR CIR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is aling with pin one the connector To enable the IR CIR function on the boar...

Page 28: ...dio If you want to use FrontAudio connector you must move 11 12 13 14 Jumper In order to utilize thefrontaudioheader yourchassismusthavefrontaudioconnector Alsopleasemakesurethepin assigmentonthecable...

Page 29: ...CPU VRs Check power supply if it is supported by ATX12V Power Supply Additionaldedicated12V4 pinpowerconnector ATXpowerconnector 6Pin auxiliaryATX power connector Step 4 4 6 Pin Aux Power Connector S...

Page 30: ...etup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup a Boot Screen 8ITX3 F1 Check System Health OK Vcore 1 750V CPUID 0F0A Patch ID 0009 Intel R Pentium R 4 Processor 1 50 GHz RamBus Host Frequency is 300 100MHz Checking NVRAM...

Page 31: ...elp only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Reserved F3 SelectLanguage Shift F3 SelectLanguage F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup...

Page 32: ...MPLE 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 SETUP SUP...

Page 33: ...em parameter values to set the system in its highestperformanceconfigurations IntegratedPeripherals Thissetuppageincludesallonboardperipherals HardwareMonitor MISCSetup Thissetuppageisautodetectfanand...

Page 34: ...mory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 255 Mb Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 256 Mb Date is standard format ESC Exit Month Jan Dec Select Item Day 01 31 P...

Page 35: ...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 Floppy Drive A Drive B The ca...

Page 36: ...y 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 base or conventional memory installed in the syst...

Page 37: ...ce priority by ARMD FDD ARMD HDD Select your boot device priority by ARMD HDD CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI NETWORK Select your boot dev...

Page 38: ...umber keys Default value Off Keypad is arrow keys Password Check Please refer to the detail on P 53 Always The user must enter correct password in order to access the system and or BIOS Setup Setup Th...

Page 39: ...res Setup Front Side Bus Clock MHz When set to By Hardware the FSB clock frequency will be set to 100MHz You may also set FSB clock by BIOS For power End User use only By Hardware Set Front Side Bus C...

Page 40: ...MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 8MB 16 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 16MB 32 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 32MB 64 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 64MB Default Value 128 MB Di...

Page 41: ...nt Off System After AC Back Off ModemRingOn WakeOnLan Enabled PME Event Wake Up Enabled Resume by RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date Every Day RTC Alarm Hour 00 RTC Alarm Minute 00 RTC Alarm Second 00...

Page 42: ...0 87 5 Soft offbyPowerButton Instant off The user press the power button once he can turn off the system Default Value Suspend The user press the power button once then he can enter suspend mode Syst...

Page 43: ...em If Resume by RTC Alarm is Enabled RTC Alarm Date Every Day 1 31 RTC Alarm Hour 0 23 RTC Alarm Minute 0 59 RTC Alarm Second 0 59 KB PS 2 Mouse Access Monitor Monitor Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Access Defau...

Page 44: ...condary slave IDE Access Default Value PIRQ A IRQActive Monitor Monitor PIRQ A IRQ Active Ignore Ignore PIRQ A IRQ Active Default Value PIRQ B IRQActive Monitor Monitor PIRQ B IRQ Active Ignore Ignore...

Page 45: ...3 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority Auto IRQ3 PCI PnP IRQ4 PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP IRQ7 PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP IRQ10 PCI PnP ESC Quit Select Item IRQ11 PCI PnP F1 Help PU PD Modify IRQ14 PCI PnP F5...

Page 46: ...t 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ5 7 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1 5 2 3 4 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ7 9 The system will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 1 5...

Page 47: ...SETUP 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 Val...

Page 48: ...EMENT SETUP 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 Sa...

Page 49: ...AC97 Modem Auto OnBoard Serial Port B Auto Serial Port B Mode Normal IR Duplex Mode Half Duplex OnBoard CIR Port Disabled CIR IRQ Select 10 OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP Versio...

Page 50: ...ss is 2F8 3E8 COM3 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3E8 2E8 COM4 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A IDE1ConductorCable Auto Will be autom...

Page 51: ...rt CIR IRQ Select IRQ 3 4 9 10 Default Value 11 Onboard Parallel Port 378 Set On Board LPT port and address to 378 278 Set On Board LPT port and address to 278 3BC Set On Board LPT port and address to...

Page 52: ...to 3 1 Set Parallel Port DMA to 1 0 Set Parallel Port DMA to 0 Auto Set Parallel Port DMA automatically Default Value OnBoardMidiPort Disabled Disable onboard Midi Port Default Value 300 Set onboard M...

Page 53: ...eyboardPowerOnFunction Disabled Disable this function Default Value Specific key Set password key to power on by keyboard Power Key Set Power key to power on the system Specific Key for PowerOn N A Di...

Page 54: ...7 audio function Default Value Disabled Disable this function AC97Modem Auto BIOS will search MC97 Codec AMR Modem Card If found MC97 function will be enabled If no MC97 Codec found MC97 function will...

Page 55: ...merican Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Temp Alarm Disabled CPU Fan Fail Alarm No Power Fan Fail Alarm No System Fan Fail Alarm No Reset Case Open Status No Case Status Closed Current CPU Temp...

Page 56: ...y Current CPU Fan System Fan Power Fan Speed RPM Detect Fan speed status automatically Current CPU VID Vcore Vcc18 Vio 12 5V Battery 5VSB Detect system s voltage status automatically Reset Case Open S...

Page 57: ...d Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password Amessage P...

Page 58: ...B 31 2 Base Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 255 Mb Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 256 Mb Date is standard format ESC Exit Month Jan Dec Select It...

Page 59: ...MANAGEMENT SETUP 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 F...

Page 60: ...ED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SA...

Page 61: ...00D STORAGE Onboard IDE Quantum AS30000AT 30GB O S Windows 2000 SP2 DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz IUCD ver 1 81 For Intel chipset M B Revision History Processor Intel Pentium...

Page 62: ...66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 48 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 4 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels Game Port Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mous...

Page 63: ...2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT...

Page 64: ...er to Run Input BIOS file name in the text box Press Enter LoadXXXX XX Where XXX XX is name of the BIOS file Are you sure to COPY BIOS Enter to Continue Or Esc to abort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...e auto and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speedautomaticallywiththeresultbeingshowninthecontrolpanel Ifsomeoneprefersto overdrive by oneself there is also another cho...

Page 67: ...ows 9x ME 2000 XP INF Update Utility Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not pleas...

Page 68: ...GA 8ITX3 Motherboard 64 5 6 7 4 Click Next 5 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 69: ...e 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 3 4 B Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 3...

Page 70: ...GA 8ITX3 Motherboard 66 7 8 6 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 71: ...with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setu...

Page 72: ...board 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 3 4 3 C...

Page 73: ...69 Appendix 5 6 7 8 5 Click Next 6 Click Next 7 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 74: ...GA 8ITX3 Motherboard 70 Appendix D Issues To Beware Of When Installing CNR Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem See Figure A Figure A Standard CNR Card...

Page 75: ...1 Click Gigabyte Utilities Click Click here Methods and steps I Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 1 in...

Page 76: ...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 mor...

Page 77: ...tion utility such as winzip or pkunzip Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download...

Page 78: ...when finished and Copy system files after that press Start That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it Beware This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy so...

Page 79: ...75 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 80: ...e 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 t...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...ANDARD 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 A...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...er 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 85: ...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 86: ...VTX1 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 87: ...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 88: ...rking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabili...

Page 89: ...tor NIC Network 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 Mod...

Page 90: ...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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