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GA-8ITXE Motherboard

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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 SETUP

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

POWER 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

(Shift)F3 : Select Language

F5: Old Values

F6:  Fail-Safe Values

F7: Optimized Values

F8: Flash Utility

F10:Save & Exit

Current Language: English

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Figure 7: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure

the system to achieve maximum stability.

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Summary of Contents for GA-8ITXE

Page 1: ...ode 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 this card in GA 8ITXE or any AGP 4X only motherb...

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: ...cations 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...

Page 4: ...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 flu...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8ITXE P4 Titan RDRAM Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1 0 Second Edition 12ME 8ITXE 1002...

Page 6: ...on 10 CPU Heat Sink Installation 11 Step 2 Install memory modules 12 Introduce RIMM Rambus In line Memory Module 13 Step 3 Install expansion cards 14 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and pow...

Page 7: ...aults 43 Integrated Peripherals 44 Hardware Monitor MISC Setup 50 Set Supervisor User Password 52 IDE HDD Auto Detection 53 Save Exit Setup 54 Exit Without Saving 55 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 56 P...

Page 8: ...er s manual Oct 2001 1 0 Second release of the GA 8ITXE motherboard user s manual Nov 2001 TheGA 8ITXEmotherboard IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 USB cable x 1 CD for motherboard driver utility IUCD GA...

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: ...GP support 4X 1 5V 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 ATA1...

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

Page 12: ...LPT SOCKET478 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 8ITXE P4 Titan RDRAM SYS...

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: ...Socket Actuation Lever 1 Pull up the CPU socket level andupto90 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 into...

Page 15: ...fan might stick to 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 cooli...

Page 16: ...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 but...

Page 17: ...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 18: ...ot 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 secure t...

Page 19: ...al 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...

Page 20: ...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 Also mak...

Page 21: ...are Installation Process 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 22: ...per 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 Power FAN...

Page 23: ...nnector 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 3 1 12V GND 4 2 12V GND Do not remove memory modules while RIMM LED is on It mig...

Page 24: ...io 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 IDE2...

Page 25: ...K Speaker 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 Po...

Page 26: ...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 board yo...

Page 27: ...t Audio If you want to use FrontAudio connector you must move 11 12 13 14 Jumper In order to utilize thefrontaudioheader yourchassismusthavefrontaudioconnector Alsopleasemakesurethepin assigmentonthec...

Page 28: ...VRs Check power supply if it is supported by ATX12V Power Supply Additionaldedicated12V4 pinpowerconnector ATXpowerconnector 6Pin auxiliaryATX power connector 6 Pin Aux Power Connector Step1 Ina45 an...

Page 29: ...Chapter 3 BIOS Setup a Boot Screen 8ITXE E4 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 26214...

Page 30: ...ral help 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...

Page 31: ...I CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Valu...

Page 32: ...pherals HardwareMonitor MISCSetup Thissetuppageisautodetectfanandtemperaturestatus Set Supervisor password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup...

Page 33: ...b 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 PU PD Modif...

Page 34: ...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 Floppy Drive A Drive B T...

Page 35: ...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 system Th...

Page 36: ...boot device 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 you...

Page 37: ...keys Default value Off Keypad is arrow keys Password Check Please refer to the detail on P 52 Always The user must enter correct password in order to access the system and or BIOS Setup Setup The use...

Page 38: ...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 Clock...

Page 39: ...MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 4MB 8 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 Ape...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...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 System af...

Page 42: ...system 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...

Page 43: ...ry 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 PIRQ...

Page 44: ...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 45: ...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 2 3 4...

Page 46: ...PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F5 Old Values F6 Fail Saf...

Page 47: ...PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F3 Select Language F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Va...

Page 48: ...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 49: ...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 automatica...

Page 50: ...IR port 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 addre...

Page 51: ...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 Midi P...

Page 52: ...tem KeyboardPowerOnFunction 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...

Page 53: ...io 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 be d...

Page 54: ...an Speed 0 RPM Current Power Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU VID 1 700 V Vcore 1 632V Vcc18 1 840V Vio 3 344V 5 000V 5 080V ESC Quit Select Item 12 000V 11 840V F1 Help PU PD Modify Battery 3 020V F5 Old Values S...

Page 55: ...il Alarm Function Enable Current CPUTemp Detect CPU Temp automatically Current System Temp Detect System Temp automatically Current CPU Fan System Fan Power Fan Speed RPM Detect Fan speed status autom...

Page 56: ...e asked to confirm the password 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 prompte...

Page 57: ...e 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 Item Day 01...

Page 58: ...ER 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 Shift F3 Select Language F5 Old Values...

Page 59: ...ETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LO...

Page 60: ...000D 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 Pentiu...

Page 61: ...MCHCLK 100MHz 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 Po...

Page 62: ...Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP P...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...e auto and immediate CPU overclocking This software will then overdrive CPU speedautomaticallywiththeresultbeingshowninthecontrolpanel Ifsomeoneprefersto overdrive by oneself there is also another cho...

Page 66: ...A Windows 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...

Page 67: ...63 Appendix 5 6 7 4 Click Next 5 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 68: ...ver 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 B Intel Ultra ATA Storage Dri...

Page 69: ...65 Appendix 7 8 6 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...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 Click N...

Page 72: ...GA 8ITXE Motherboard 68 5 6 7 8 5 Click Next 6 Click Next 7 Click Finish to restart computer...

Page 73: ...69 Appendix 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 74: ...v1 08e 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 seve...

Page 75: ...ning 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 moth...

Page 76: ...extraction 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 do...

Page 77: ...inished 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 please...

Page 78: ...XE Motherboard 74 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 Dr...

Page 79: ...ct 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 then se...

Page 80: ...rd 76 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...

Page 81: ...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 AUTO DE...

Page 82: ...e the 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 se...

Page 83: ...rting 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 3 fil...

Page 84: ...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...

Page 85: ...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 SETUP...

Page 86: ...l Rights 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 CON...

Page 87: ...Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabilities P...

Page 88: ...ranslator 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 Memo...

Page 89: ...ntact 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 Modem...

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