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USER'S MANUAL

GA-8SQ800 Ultra / GA-8SQ800

P4 Titan DDR Motherboard

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 110

12ME-8SQ800U-110

Summary of Contents for GA-8SQ800 Ultra

Page 1: ...4X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X 1 5 mode in it Example 2 Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graph...

Page 2: ...nt 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...

Page 3: ...ual commercial 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 Industrialenvir...

Page 4: ...is 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...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8SQ800 Ultra GA 8SQ800 P4 Titan DDR Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1102 12ME 8SQ800U 1102...

Page 6: ...ssing Unit CPU 10 Step1 1 CPU Installation 10 Step1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 11 Step 2 Install memory modules 12 Step 3 Install expansion cards 14 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and po...

Page 7: ...ance 46 Load Fail Safe Defaults 47 Load Optimized Defaults 48 Set Supervisor User Password 49 Save Exit Setup 50 Exit Without Saving 51 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 53 Block Diagram 53 BIOSTM Introdu...

Page 8: ...to attachthe spacers do notbecomealarmedyoucan stillattachthespacers to the mounting holes Justcutthe bottom portion ofthe spacers the spacermaybe alittle hard to cutoff so becareful ofyourhands In t...

Page 9: ...MuTIOL Media I O Memory 4 184 pin DDRDIMM sockets Supports DualchannelDDR333 DDR266DIMM Supports128MB 256MB 512MB 1GBunbuffered DRAM Supports up to 4GB DRAM Max Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Contro...

Page 10: ...w switch Mic In center subwoofer by s w switch SPDIF out SPDIF IN CD In AUX_IN Game Port On Board RAID OnboardITEIT8212F Supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID1 or striping mirroring RAID0 RA...

Page 11: ...OM Supports DualBIOS Q Flash AdditionalFeatures PS 2 Keyboard poweron bypassword PS 2Mouse poweron STR Suspend To RAM AC Recovery USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 Polyfuseforkeyboard over currentprotectio...

Page 12: ...Q800 Ultra KB_MS COMA LPT USB_LAN SOC KET478 CPU_FAN ATX COMB IDE2 IDE1 LINE_OUT ATX_12V GAME LINE_IN MIC_IN DDR1 SiS 655 IT8705F NB_FAN FDD PWR_LED F_U SB2 F_PANEL SYS _FAN PCI5 F_U SB1 BAT PCI3 Back...

Page 13: ...1 Install the Central ProcessingUnit CPU Step2 Install memorymodules Step3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribboncables cabinet wires andpower supply Step5 Setup BIOS software Step6 Installsup...

Page 14: ...cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Pin1indicator 3 CPU Top View 2 Pullthe rod to the90 degree directly 1 Anglingtherodto65 degreemaybefeel akindof...

Page 15: ...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 CPUsocket alone with the cooling fan and...

Page 16: ...s in solving thesystem performancebottleneckby doubling the memory bandwidth DDRSDRAM willoffer a superiorsolution and migration path from existing SDRAM designs due to its availability pricing and ov...

Page 17: ...ou can boot the system only when one of the memory modules is inserted into Channel A or Channel B On the other hand the memory module must be inserted into any sockets 3 Three DDR memory modules are...

Page 18: ...ard 6 Replaceyourcomputer schassis cover 7 Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utilityofexpansion cardfrom BIOS 8 Installrelated driverfrom theoperating system AGP Card Pleasecarefullypullout...

Page 19: ...you connectyour device s into USB connector s please makesureyourdevice s suchas USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USBinterface Alsomakesure yourOSsupportsUSBcontroller Ifyou...

Page 20: ...ction Method1 Connect FrontSpeaker to Line Out Connect RearSpeaker to LineIn Connect Centerand Subwoofer to MICOut Method2 Youcanrefertopage 22 andcontactyournearest dealerforoptional SUR_CENcable w P...

Page 21: ...2 PWR_FAN 16 SUR_CEN 3 SYS_FAN 17 CD_IN 4 NB_FAN 18 AUX_IN 5 ATX_12V 19 SPDIF_O 6 ATX 20 SPDIF_IN 7 FDD 21 F_USB1 F_USB2 8 IDE1 IDE2 22 SMB_CONN 9 IDE3 IDE4 23 MODEM 10 S_ATA1 S_ATA2 24 1394 11 LED 2...

Page 22: ...600mA 3 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector Sense GND Thisconnector allowsyou tolink with the coolingfan onthesystem case to lowerthe systemtemperature 4 NB_FAN Chip FAN Connector Ifyou installed wrong dire...

Page 23: ...urpowersupplyunitafterATX powercable and otherrelateddevicesarefirmlyconnected tothemainboard 7 FDD Floppy Connector Pleaseconnectthe floppydrive ribboncables to FDD Itsupports 360K 1 2M 720K 1 44M an...

Page 24: ...nnector ImportantNotice The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable mustbe the same side with thePin1 Ifyou wish to use IDE3 and IDE4 please use itin unity with BIOS either RAID orATA133 Then installthe correct...

Page 25: ...illturn toanothercolor Please connectthe powerLED PCspeaker resetswitch and power switch etc ofyour chassis frontpaneltotheF_PANELconnector according to the pin assignmentabove HD IDE Hard Disk Active...

Page 26: ...to playsound 14 BAT Battery CAUTION Dangerofexplosion ifbatteryis incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same orequivalent type recommendedbythemanufacturer Disposeofused batteries accordingto th...

Page 27: ...he polarity ofthe frontUSB connector Checkthepinassignmentwhile you connectthe frontUSBcable Pleasecontact yournearestdealerforoptional frontUSB cable 21 F_USB1 F_USB2 Front USB Connector GND USB Dy U...

Page 28: ...ional Modemcard 24 1394 IEEE1394 Connector 3VDUAL 3VDUAL Please Note Serialinterface standard setby InstituteofElectricaland ElectronicsEngineers whichhasfeatures likehigh speed highband width and hot...

Page 29: ...move 1 GND Signal This connectorallowsthe removeservers to manage the systemthatinstalled this mainboard viayournetworkadapterwhich alsosupports WOL 27 WOL Wake on LAN 5V SB Signal GND 1 25 IR IR Conn...

Page 30: ...26 GA 8SQ800 Ultra GA 8SQ800 Motherboard English...

Page 31: ...tup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 Load the Optimized Defaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash function F9 System Information F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main...

Page 32: ...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 acc...

Page 33: ...etheperformance of yoursystem set Top Performance as Enabled l LoadFail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration l...

Page 34: ...Jan to Dec 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 higf Mov...

Page 35: ...g 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 8CYLS Number of...

Page 36: ...ill stop for all other errors Default value 8All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors 8All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a key...

Page 37: ...vanced BIOS Features For GA 8SQ800 Ultra only CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features SATA RAID SCSI Boot Order SCSI Item Help First Boot Device Floppy Menu Leve...

Page 38: ...ed 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 K Default value PasswordCheck 8System The system...

Page 39: ...rial ATA Function RAID ATA33 Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Set Conductor cable Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 to ATA33 40 pins Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA...

Page 40: ...le onboard 2nd channel IDE port AC97 Audio 8Enabled Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default value 8Disabled Disable this function USB Controller 8Enabled Enable USB Controller Default value 8Disab...

Page 41: ...matically setup the port 1 address 83F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 Default value 82F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 83E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial por...

Page 42: ...Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port 8ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port 8ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA 83 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default...

Page 43: ...n S1 S3 state Blinking 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 ACPISuspendTy...

Page 44: ...abled Disable this function Default Value Power On by Mouse 8Enabled Enable Power On by Mouse function 8Disabled Disable this function Default Value Resume byAlarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to...

Page 45: ...to assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value 83 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI3 IRQ Assignment 8Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 83 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set...

Page 46: ...atus automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened No Menu Level u VCORE 1 778V Disabled VCC18 1 856V Don...

Page 47: ...urrent temperature over than 60 140 F 70 158 F Alarm when CPU current temperature over than 70 158 F 80 176 F Alarm when CPU current temperature over than 80 176 F 90 194 F Alarm when CPU current temp...

Page 48: ...value 8Enabled Enable this function CPUClock MHz 8100 355 Select CPU Clock to 100MHz 355MHz Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C...

Page 49: ...l AGP Clock MHz 8Please set AGP Clock according to your requirement Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only PCIClock MHz 8Please set PCI Clock according to your req...

Page 50: ...nable Top Performance function Figure 9 Top Performance CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults In...

Page 51: ...ity Copyright 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...

Page 52: ...OS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Managem...

Page 53: ...S 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 ite...

Page 54: ...Copyright 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 Sup...

Page 55: ...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 Password...

Page 56: ...52 GA 8SQ800 Ultra GA 8SQ800 Motherboard English...

Page 57: ...33MHz 66 133 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 6 USB 2 0 1 1 Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port P...

Page 58: ...ility This is a smartBIOS update software Itcould helpyou to download the BIOSfrom internetand update it Notlike the otherBIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the helpof BIOS BIOS updating...

Page 59: ...overdrive CPU speedautomaticallywiththe resultbeingshown in thecontrolpanel Ifusersprefer Overclock bythem there isalso anotherchoice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sportdrive class Overclocking user in...

Page 60: ...Hard Disk Type Enter Dual BIOS Q Flash Utility Y N Y Method 1 Dual BIOS Q Flash A What is Dual BIOS Technology DualBIOSmeans thatthere are twosystem BIOS ROM on the motherboard one is the Main BIOSand...

Page 61: ...al BIOSItem explanation Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 Ifanyfailure ex Update ESCDfailure checksum errororreset occurs in the Main BIOS just beforetheOperating Systemisloaded an...

Page 62: ...e and waitforthe user s instruction IfAuto Recovery Disable itwill show or the other key to continue IfAuto Recovery Enable itwill show or the other key to Auto Recover Keep DMI Data Enable Default Di...

Page 63: ...re fooling aroundanyOS Congratulation You have completedtheflashed and nowcanrestartsystem Press Enter toRun Are yousure to update BIOS Enter to contiune Or ESC otabort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please...

Page 64: ...heA drive insertthe floppy disk then Press Enterto Run Filename XXXX XX TotalSize 1 39M Free Size 1 39M F5 Refresh DEL Delete TAB Switch TYPE FILE NAME Tonamethe file Congratulateyouhaveaccomplishedth...

Page 65: ...entto the user DualBIOSTM Technology FAQ GIGABYTETechnology is pleased tointroduce DualBIOStechnology a hotspare foryour system BIOS This newest Value added feature in a long series ofinnovations from...

Page 66: ...be flashed This willpreventthe good BIOSfrom being flashed II Q Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOSTM technology Answer In today s systems there aremore and moreBIOS failures Themostcomm...

Page 67: ...disabled to avoid system pauses during normalbooting Anotheradvantageyou gain from Giga Byte sDualBIOSTM technology isthe abilityto upgrade from dual2 MbitBIOS to dual 4 MbitBIOS in the future ifextra...

Page 68: ...n utilitysuch aswinzip orpkunzip Firstly you have to installthe extraction utilitysuch as winzip orpkunzip forunzip the files Both of these utilitiesareavailable on manysharewaredownloadpages like htt...

Page 69: ...laysummary whenfinished and Copysystem files after thatpress Start Thatwill formatthe floppyand transferthe needed system files to it Beware Thisprocedure willerase allthe prior data on thatfloppy so...

Page 70: ...a GA 8SQ800 Motherboard English 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 Supportzone click the Motherb...

Page 71: ...ple Please selectGA 7VTXbyModelorChipsetoptional menu to obtain BIOS flash files 4 Selectan appropriate BIOSversion Forexample F4 and click to download the file Itwill popup a file downloadscreen then...

Page 72: ...800 Motherboard English 5 Atthis time the screen shows thefollowing picture please click Extract buttonto unzipthe files 6 Please extractthe download files intothe cleanbootable floppydiskAmentioned i...

Page 73: ...enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune C American Megatrends Inc 63 0001 001199 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 Americ...

Page 74: ...0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On ESC Quit hifg Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color...

Page 75: ...hen press Enter 2 Nowscreen appearsthe followingFlash Utilitymainmenu Press Enter the highlighted itemwill locate on the modelname ofthe right upperscreen Rightafter that press Enter to startBIOS Flas...

Page 76: ...e the procedure or press ESC toquit Beware Please do notturnoffthe system while you are upgrading BIOS Itwillrenderyour BIOS corruptedand system totallyinoperative 4 The BIOS flash completed Please pr...

Page 77: ...em Health OK AMD Athlon tm Processor 900MHz Checking NVRAM 262144KB Wait Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune C American Megatrends Inc 63 0001 001199 001011...

Page 78: ...SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP...

Page 79: ...dsteps 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...

Page 80: ...and Flash ROM Intheverybeginning thereis Aboutthis program icon shownin dialog box Itcan help you check outwhichkindofmotherboardandwhich brandofFlashROMaresupported Note a Inmethod I ifitshows twoorm...

Page 81: ...the speaker with amplifier to acqiire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied STEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver yo...

Page 82: ...nels for 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...

Page 83: ...ter 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 Effe...

Page 84: ...al Device 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 b...

Page 85: ...ND 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 channels for 5 1 speakers out put Enable Only SURROUND KIT and pre...

Page 86: ...DIF output device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIFoutput device is available on the motherboard Cable withrearbracketis provided andcou...

Page 87: ...Technical Reference 83 English...

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Page 89: ...s 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...

Page 90: ...lTek AC97 Audio Driver Install RealTek AC97 audio driver n ITE IT8212 RAID Driver ITE IT8212 RAID Driver n Silicon Image RAID Driver Serial ATA RAID Driver from Silicon Image n USB Driver Patch This p...

Page 91: ...tion 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...

Page 92: ...Q800 Ultra GA 8SQ800 Motherboard 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 mo...

Page 93: ...te de Web Address www gigabyte de JAPAN Nippon Giga Byte Corporation Fax 81 3 5791 5439 Web Address www gigabyte co jp U K G B T TECH CO LTD Tel 44 1908 362700 Fax 44 1908 362709 E mail support gbt te...

Page 94: ...M CNR 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 Dou...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...ompany Phone No 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 C...

Page 97: ...ency 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...

Page 98: ...ww gigabyte 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...

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