Gigabyte GA-8S661GXM-775 User Manual Download Page 78

GA-8S661GXM-775(rev. 2.0) Motherboard

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English

Use the back audio panel to connect the audio
output without any additional module.
STEP 1:
Connect the front channels to "Line Out",the rear
channels to "Line In", and the Center/Subwoofer
channels to "MIC In".

Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode

Line Out

Line In

MIC In

STEP 3:
On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the

Speaker Configuration

 tab and select the 

6

channel mode for 5.1 speaker output

 check

box.
Clear the 

Only SURROUND-KIT

 check box and

press 

OK.

STEP 2:
After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound
Effect icon 

 on the lower right hand taskbar.

Click the icon to select the function.

Summary of Contents for GA-8S661GXM-775

Page 1: ...T 2001R The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user s other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of w...

Page 2: ...Motherboard GA 8S661GXM 775 rev 2 0 Jan 6 2006 Jan 6 2006 Motherboard GA 8S661GXM 775 rev 2 0...

Page 3: ...ject to change without prior notice Product Manual Classification In order to assist in the use of this product Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following For quick installation please...

Page 4: ...1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards 15 1 6 I O Back Panel Introduction 16 1 7 ConnectorsIntroduction 17 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 27 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver D1 28 2 1 Standard CMOS Features 30 2...

Page 5: ...dwareInformation 49 3 5 Contact Us 49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4 1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 52 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 53 4 1 3 BIOS Flash Method Introductio...

Page 6: ...5 KB_MS COMA LPT LGA775 CPU_FAN ATX FDD VGA COMB ATX_12V SPDIFO CI PWR_LED PCI3 F_USB2 BIOS F_PANEL SiS 964 F_USB1 BATTERY PCI2 CODEC SUR_CEN CLR_CMOS CD_IN SATA1 SATA0 F_AUDIO USB IDE2 IDE1 SYS _FAN...

Page 7: ...66 333 400MHz HCLK 133MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 3 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link 8 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports IT8705 BIOS ICS188...

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Page 9: ...e motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To preven...

Page 10: ...IDE devices 2 SATA connectors SATA0 SATA1 allowing connection of 2 SATA devices Supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 and JBOD for Serial ATA O S Support Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Memory 2 DD...

Page 11: ...speed detection CPU smart fan control BIOS 1 4Mbit flash ROM Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Additional Features Supports BIOS Supports Download Center Supports Q Flash Supports EasyTune Note 2 Supports Xp...

Page 12: ...ications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc HT functionality requirement content Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires all of th...

Page 13: ...nk atop the CPU and make sure the push pins aim to the pin hole on the motherboard Pressing down the push pins diagonally Fig 2 Turning the push pin along the direction of arrow is to remove the heats...

Page 14: ...le to insert the module please switch the direction 1 4 Installation of Memory The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To...

Page 15: ...the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if nec...

Page 16: ...GA port USB port Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure yo...

Page 17: ...oduction 3 1 2 9 6 8 10 4 5 11 14 13 17 16 12 15 7 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX Power Connector 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN 5 FDD 6 IDE1 IDE2 7 SATA0 SATA1 8 F_PANEL 9 PWR_LED 10 F_AUDIO 11 CD_IN 12 SPDIFO 13 SUR_CEN 14 F...

Page 18: ...to the CPU If the ATX_12V power connector is not connected the system will not start Caution Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommended that a...

Page 19: ...ck connector wire is the ground wire GND Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure Caution Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to pre...

Page 20: ...ect two IDE devices please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on settings please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device 40 2 1 40 39 2 1 39...

Page 21: ...HD HD RES RES NC IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW Message LED Power Sleep LED Speaker Connector SPEAK Power Switch HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED catho...

Page 22: ...or please contact your dealer If you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove the jumpers from pins 5 6 9 10 1 10 9 2 9 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connected with the system power indicator to indicat...

Page 23: ...or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_O connector Check the pin...

Page 24: ...nection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition 1 Power 5V 2 Power 5V 3 US...

Page 25: ...lease contact your nearest dealer for optional COMB cable Pin No Definition 1 NDCDB 2 NSINB 3 NSOUTB 4 NDTRB 5 GND 6 NDSRB 7 NRTSB 8 NCTSB 9 NRIB 10 No Pin 10 9 2 1 16 CI Chassis Intrusion Case Open T...

Page 26: ...if battery is incorrectly replaced Replaceonlywiththesameorequivalenttyperecommended bythemanufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions If you want to erase CMOS...

Page 27: ...g BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS Move to select item Enter Select Item Esc Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Pa...

Page 28: ...Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit KLJI Select Item F8 Q...

Page 29: ...onfiguration Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Set User Password Change set or disable password It allows yo...

Page 30: ...HS LBA Large Auto default Auto Capacity Capacity of currectly installed hard drive IDE Channel 2 3 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection Extend...

Page 31: ...The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted All E...

Page 32: ...acks 720K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360...

Page 33: ...PUID Maximum value to 3 when use older OS like NT4 Disabled Disable CPUID Limit for windows XP Default value No Execute Memory Protect Note Enabled Enable No Execute Memory Protect function Default va...

Page 34: ...channel IDE port AC97 Audio Enabled Autodetect AC97 audio function Default value Disabled Disable AC97 audio function Onboard LAN device Enabled Enable Onboard LAN device function Default value Disab...

Page 35: ...erial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically set up the Serial port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 D...

Page 36: ...hen IRQ 3 7 9 15 or NMI triggered the suspend timer will be reloaded to prevent system from getting into green mode Disabled Don t monitor IRQ 3 7 9 15 or NMI Enabled Monitor IRQ 3 7 9 15 or NMI Defau...

Page 37: ...Power On By Mouse Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Move or click the left button of the PS 2 mouse to turn on the computer Resume by Alarm You can enable Resume by Alarm and set d...

Page 38: ...Q 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI 3 IRQ Assignment 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1...

Page 39: ...automatically CPU Smart FAN Control Disabled Disable this function Enabled When this function is enabled CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature Users can adjust the fan speed...

Page 40: ...or it Default value Voltage Set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 3 pin fan power cable PWM Set to PWM when you use a CPU fan with a 4 pin fan power cable Note In fact the Voltage option can be...

Page 41: ...Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable Linear Frequency Control Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable this function Incorrect using these features may cause your...

Page 42: ...e set DRAM Clock MHz to 266 If you use DDR333 DRAM module please set DRAM Clock MHz to 333 Incorrect using it may cause your system corrupted For power users only AGP PCI Clock Control AUTO Set AGP PC...

Page 43: ...igent Tweaker M I T Esc Quit KLJI Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit...

Page 44: ...ed anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is requ...

Page 45: ...eaker M I T Esc Quit KLJI Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Wi...

Page 46: ...GA 8S661GXM 775 rev 2 0 Motherboard 46 English...

Page 47: ...l the drivers that recommended to install The Xpress Install uses the Click and Go technology to install the drivers automatically Just select the drivers you want then click the GO button The Xpress...

Page 48: ...lish 3 2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software You can click an item to install it 3 3 Driver CD Information This page lists the content...

Page 49: ...ers Installation 49 English 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard 3 5 Contact Us You can also see the last page of this manual for contacts information deta...

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Page 51: ...er enhancement by the user With GIGABYTE s proprietary S O S feature users no longer need to open up the PC chassis and short circuit the Clear CMOS pins or the battery on the motherboard to reset the...

Page 52: ...e User Interface Overview Note EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards Button Display Description 1 Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page 2 C I A C I A 2 and M I...

Page 53: ...system power on Boot from CD DVD Boot from CD DVD Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD ROM you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by p...

Page 54: ...support RAID AHCI class code 0104 0106 hard disks 7 Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk Hard disks detection sequence is as follows a PATA IDE primary channel b PATA...

Page 55: ...e separated into two parts If your motherboard has dual BIOS please refer to Part One If your motherboard has single BIOS please refer to Part Two Part One Updating BIOS with Q FlashTM Utility on Dual...

Page 56: ...ity Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Task menu for Q F...

Page 57: ...eviously downloaded to the floppy disk If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save Main BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and pre...

Page 58: ...Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Ut...

Page 59: ...eripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit F3 Change Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 7 S...

Page 60: ...oppy disk If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only d...

Page 61: ...after you exit Q Flash Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF002A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are you sure to...

Page 62: ...odel name of your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS II Update BIOS NOT through the Internet a Do not select the Internet Update checkbox b Click Update New BIOS c Pl...

Page 63: ...e motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted II In method II be sure that motherboard s mod...

Page 64: ...nce it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA controller you may prepare only one hard drive b An empty formatted...

Page 65: ...ions you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto IDE2 Conductor...

Page 66: ...Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Password Check Setup CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Limit CPUID Max to 3 Disabled No Execute Memory Protect Enabled CPU Enhanced Halt C1E Enabled...

Page 67: ...ives are properly installed Figure 4 Step 2 Press CTRL S The SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility Disk Status window appears Figure 5 To create RAID press R to enter the RAID Setup utility Figure 5 Silicon I...

Page 68: ...te RAID array Figure 6 SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility RAID Setup Current Created Raid Press A key to create RAID Q Exit current menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Disk 1 ST3120026AS 111GB UDMA...

Page 69: ...s 1 to select 1 Auto Create or 2 to select 2 Manual Create We recommend selecting Auto Create to most users SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility RAID Setup Current Created Raid RAID 0 1 Auto Create 2 Manual...

Page 70: ...ion you should see the RAID array in the Current Created Raid section in the RAID Setup screen Figure 10 SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility RAID Setup Current Created Raid RAID 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 R Q Exit cur...

Page 71: ...when the Are you sure to delete this RAID message appears press Y to confirm your selections SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility RAID Setup Current Created Raid RAID 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Press D key to delete RA...

Page 72: ...the CD ROM drive example D At the D prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Fig 13 cd bootdrv menu Step 2 When the controller menu Fig 14 appears remove the startup disk...

Page 73: ...o that below appears insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S Figure 17 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver Windows Setup S Specify Add...

Page 74: ...r again from the motherboard driver CD Windows Setup ENTER Select F3 Exit You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufactur...

Page 75: ...hould see a screen as below It indicates that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully You can proceed with the Windows 2000 XP installation WindowsXP Professional Setup Enter Contin...

Page 76: ...t you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied Line Out STEP 2 After installing the audio driver you ll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand...

Page 77: ...tab and select the 4 channel mode for 4 speaker output check box Clear the Only SURROUND KIT check box and press OK When the Environment setting is None the sound would be performed as stereo mode 2...

Page 78: ...ofer channels to MIC In Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Line Out Line In MIC In STEP 3 On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 6 channel mode f...

Page 79: ...o 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...

Page 80: ...onfiguration tab and select the 6 channel mode for 5 1 speaker output check box Select the Only SURROUND KIT check box and press OK When the Environment setting is None the sound would be performed as...

Page 81: ...onnect the SPDIF device cable to the SPDIF_IO connector on the motherboard STEP 1 STEP 2 SPDIF Output Device Optional Device A SPDIF output connector is available on the motherboard Cable with rear br...

Page 82: ...ower cord to MB again and turn on power 6 Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail Safe Defaults or load Optimized Defaults 7 Save changes and reboot the system Question 4 Why do I still get a weak sound...

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