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GA-8ST Series Motherboard

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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-8ST Series

Page 1: ...ent to update 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 thi...

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

Page 4: ...wing specifications 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 infere...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8ST Series P4 Titan DDR Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 2001 12ME 8ST 2001...

Page 6: ...ss 10 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 11 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 11 Step1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 12 Step 2 Install memory modules 13 Step 3 Install expansion cards 14 Step 4 Con...

Page 7: ...Performance 45 Load Fail Safe Defaults 46 Load Optimized Defaults 47 Set Supervisor User Password 48 Save Exit Setup 49 Exit Without Saving 50 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 53 Block Diagram 53 Q Flas...

Page 8: ...chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Placecomponentsonagroundedantistaticpadoronthebagthatcamewiththecomponents whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that theATX po...

Page 9: ...2 un buffer DIMM DDR333 or up to 3 un buffer Double sided DIMM DDR266 200 Supports up to 3GB DRAM Max DDR266 200 Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control IT8700F IT8705F Slots 1 UniversalAGP slot 1X 2...

Page 10: ...tc Hardware Monitor CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU Temperature detect SystemTemperature detect System Voltage detect CPU System Fan Fail Warning On Board Sound Realtek ALC650 CODEC Line Out 2 fr...

Page 11: ..._MS COMA LPT GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN USB ATX_12V SOCKET 478 CPU_FAN ATX POWER FDD IDE1 IDE2 AGP DDR2 DDR1 COMB SiS 645DX PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB2 IT8700F BIOS CODEC F_PANEL SYS _FAN SiS...

Page 12: ...E LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN USB LAN ATX_12V SOCKET 478 CPU_FAN ATX POWER FDD IDE1 IDE2 AGP DDR2 DDR1 COMB SiS 645DX PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB2 IT8700F BIOS CODEC F_PANEL SYS _FAN SiS 962L DDR3 PC...

Page 13: ...IN KB_MS COMA LPT GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN USB ATX_12V SOCKET 478 CPU_FAN ATX POWER FDD IDE1 IDE2 AGP DDR2 DDR1 COMB SiS 645DX PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB2 IT8705 BIOS CODEC F_PANEL SYS _FAN...

Page 14: ...stall 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...

Page 15: ...t will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Angling the rod to 650 1 Angling the rod to 65 degree maybe feel a kindoftight andthencontinuepulltherod to 90 degree when a noi...

Page 16: ...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 cooling fan and...

Page 17: ...e one notches Wrong orientation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Step 2 Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIO...

Page 18: ...on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory is a highperformanceandcost effectivesolutionthatallowseasyadoptionformemoryvendors OEMsand systemintegrators DDR memory is a...

Page 19: ...e 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 AlsomakesureyourOSsupportsUSBcontroller...

Page 20: ...note You are able to use 2 4 6 channel audio fea ture by S W selection Pleaserefertopage58togetdetailinformation for2 4 6 channelaudiosetupinstallation Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB Thiscon...

Page 21: ...s Introduction 7 15 2 13 11 12 14 4 1 5 9 6 8 16 10 3 17 1 CPU_FAN 2 SYS_FAN 3 ATX_12V 4 ATXPOWER 5 FDD 6 IDE1 IDE2 7 PWR_LED 8 F_PANEL 9 BAT 10 F_AUDIO 11 AUX_IN 12 CD_IN 13 SUR_CEN 14 SPDIF 15 F_USB...

Page 22: ...you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the systemtemperature This connector ATX 12V supplies the CPU operationvoltage Vcore If this ATX 12V connector is not connected system cann...

Page 23: ...E1 IDE2 7 PWR_LED MPD MPD MPD 1 PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It will blink when the system enters suspendmode If you use dual color LED p...

Page 24: ...de Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware System PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Close Po...

Page 25: ...o find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer 1 GND Reserved MIC RearAudio R RearAudio L FrontAudio R FrontAudio L POWER REF 10 9 2 12 CD_IN CD Audi...

Page 26: ...h the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment while you connect the front USB cable Please contact your nearest dealer for optional front USB 2 0 cable 15 F_USB1 F_USB2 Front USB...

Page 27: ...23 Hardware Installation Process English...

Page 28: ...24 GA 8ST Series Motherboard English...

Page 29: ...OS only for Option 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 Ma...

Page 30: ...Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F4d 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...

Page 31: ...Performance as Enabled l LoadFail SafeDefaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinsafeconfiguration l LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults i...

Page 32: ...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 Move Enter S...

Page 33: ...to the following 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...

Page 34: ...will stop for all other 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 key...

Page 35: ...ect your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled CMOS Se...

Page 36: ...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 K Default valu...

Page 37: ...Enabled AC97 Audio Enabled USB Controller Enabled USB Legacy Support Disabled Onboard LAN device Enabled Init Display First AGP Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Pa...

Page 38: ...hipSecondaryPCIIDE Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value AC97Audio Enabled Enable auto detect onboard AC 97 audio Default value Disabl...

Page 39: ...p the port 1 address Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 using IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address...

Page 40: ...ect Direct MemoryAccess DMA channel if the ECPmode selected 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default Value Game PortAddress This feature allows you to select the game port addre...

Page 41: ...led Set suspend type to x Month Alarm NA Suspend to RAM under x Day of Month 0 ACPI OS x Time hh mm ss 0 0 0 Power LED in S1 state Blinking Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General H...

Page 42: ...15 or NMI Default value ModemRingOn WakeOnLAN An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state or an input signal comes from the other client server on the LAN can awake the sys...

Page 43: ...Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled Month Alarm NA 1 12 Day of Month 1 31 Time hh mm ss 0 23 0 59 0 59 Power LED in S1 state Blinking In standby mode S1...

Page 44: ...1 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI 3 IRQAssignment 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 Figure 6 PnP PCI...

Page 45: ...ight C 1984 2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened No Menu Level VCORE 1 778V Disabled VCC18 1 856V Don t reset case 3 3V 3 2V open status 5V 4 945V...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...not be available if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio 10X 24X It s depends on CPU Clock Ratio LinearFrequencyControl Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable this function...

Page 48: ...et AGP Clock according to your requirement Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only PCIClock MHz Please set PCI Clock according to your requirement Incorrect using i...

Page 49: ...Utility 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 Se...

Page 50: ...lity 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 51: ...pyright 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 Super...

Page 52: ...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 required to access only basic...

Page 53: ...02 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 Pn...

Page 54: ...984 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 Passw...

Page 55: ...51 BIOS Setup English...

Page 56: ...52 GA 8ST Series Motherboard English...

Page 57: ...z System Bus 400 533MHz DDR 100 133 166MHz ZCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 1X 2X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT...

Page 58: ...etup 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 Management...

Page 59: ...ate BIOS Enter to contiune Or ESC ot abort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please press any key to continue Press Enter to Run Load BIOS From Floppy In the A drive insert the BIOS diskette then Press Enter t...

Page 60: ...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 updati...

Page 61: ...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 class Overclocking user in...

Page 62: ...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 you ll...

Page 63: ...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 for 4 chan...

Page 64: ...Center Subwoofer channels to MIC In Basic 6 ChannelAnalogAudio 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 Ef...

Page 65: ...Advanced 6 ChannelAnalog Audio Output Mode using SURROUND KIT SURROUND KIT is an optional device which ac cess analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best solution if y...

Page 66: ...OUND 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 p...

Page 67: ...output device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard A S PDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracket is provided andcou...

Page 68: ...64 GA 8ST Series Motherboard English...

Page 69: ...r Installation A SiS AGP Driver 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 please dou...

Page 70: ...k the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 2 2 Click Finish to restart computer 1 Click USB Patch Driver item For SiS 962L USB2 0 support as Microsoft SiS has not officially r...

Page 71: ...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 2 4...

Page 72: ...pendix C RealTek 8100 8139 LAN Driver Foryourreference youcanfollowthestepstocompletetheRealTek8100 8139LANDriverInstallation 1 Press Network icon 1 Click RealTek 8100 8139 LAN Driver item 3 4 2 2 Cli...

Page 73: ...rd 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 1 2 Click Ea...

Page 74: ...uch 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 pages like ht...

Page 75: ...en 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 pl...

Page 76: ...ries 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 Support zone click the Motherboards...

Page 77: ...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 the...

Page 78: ...oard English 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...

Page 79: ...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 Ameri...

Page 80: ...3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On ESC Quit h i f g Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup F5 Old Values Shift F2 Colo...

Page 81: ...s Enter 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu Press Enter the highlighted item will locateonthemodelnameoftheright upperscreen Rightafterthat press Enter tostartBIOSFlash Utility...

Page 82: ...cedure 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 pr...

Page 83: ...ystem 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 001...

Page 84: ...PLE 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 SUP...

Page 85: ...ethods and steps I Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOS sever d Select the exact model name on your motherboard e System will automatica...

Page 86: ...inning 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 mo...

Page 87: ...y Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended Syst...

Page 88: ...lator 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 M...

Page 89: ...o 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 M...

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