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GA-8ST800 Series Motherboard

English

Flash BIOS Method Introduction

A. What is Q-Flash Utility?

Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS

mode, no more fooling around any OS.

B. How to use Q-Flash?

a. After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will

allow you to enter AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter Q-Flash utility.

Standard CMOS Features

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Advanced BIOS Features

Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Set Supervisor Password

Power Management Setup

Set User Password

PnP/PCI Configurations

Save & Exit Setup

Frequency/Voltage Control

Exit Without Saving

Top Performance

ESC:Quit

"#$%

:Select Item

F8: Q-Flash

F10:Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Enter Q-Flash Utility (Y/N)? Y

b. Q-Flash Utility

Q-Flash Utility V3.07

Flash Type/Size :

SST 49LF002A / 256K

Keep DMI Data :

Yes

Space Bar:Change Value

Enter: Run

ESC: Reset

: Select Item

Load BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Method 1 : Q-Flash

Summary of Contents for GA-8ST800

Page 1: ...ment 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this may void the warranty of this motherboard Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date be fore publication of this booklet ...

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Page 3: ...ommercial 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 Industrial environment o EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment o EN 55082 2 EN 55022 Limits and methods of mea...

Page 4: ...ing 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 inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementary Information Model Number GA 8ST800 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8ST800 Series P4 Titan DDR Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1001 12ME 8ST800 1001 ...

Page 6: ...rocessing Unit CPU 10 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 10 Step 1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 11 Step 2 Install memory modules 12 Step 3 Install expansion cards 13 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 14 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 14 Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 23 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 24 Standard CMOS Features 26 Advanced BIOS...

Page 7: ...oad Fail Safe Defaults 44 Load Optimized Defaults 45 Set Supervisor User Password 46 Save Exit Setup 47 Exit Without Saving 48 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 51 Block Diagram 51 BIOS Introduction 52 EasyTune 4 Introduction 53 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introuction 69 Chapter 5 Appendix 77 ...

Page 8: ...leads or connectors or other components 4 Placecomponentsonagroundedantistaticpadoronthebagthatcamewiththecomponents whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX power connectoronthemotherboard If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots ...

Page 9: ...uffer 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 IT8705F Slots 1 UniversalAGP slot 1X 2X 4X device support 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz PCI 2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDE bus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE ATAPIC...

Page 10: ... with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets SDRAM Cards etc HT...

Page 11: ...8ST800 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 BATTERY PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB2 IT8705F BIOS CODEC F_PANEL SYS _FAN SiS 962L DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 F_USB1 SUR_CEN SPDIF F_AUDIO AUX_IN CI ...

Page 12: ... 8ST800 KB_MS COMA LPT GAME 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 BATTERY PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB2 IT8705F BIOS CODEC F_PANEL SYS _FAN SiS 962L DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 F_USB1 SUR_CEN SPDIF F_AUDIO AUX_IN CI MODEM RTL 8101L ...

Page 13: ... Install 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 supporting software tools Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Step 4 Step 1 Step 3 Step 4 Step 4 ...

Page 14: ...it 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 noise cough made 2 Pull the rod to the 90 degree directly Pin1 indicator 3 CPU Top View Pin1 indicator 4 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper corner Then insert the...

Page 15: ...ght 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 might damage the processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution Make sure the CPU fan powe...

Page 16: ...he 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 BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM socket The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size ...

Page 17: ...ed on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory is a highperformanceandcost effectivesolutionthatallowseasyadoptionformemoryvendors OEMsand systemintegrators DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAMinfrastructure yetmakesawesomeadvancesinsolvingthesystemperformancebottleneckby doubling the memory bandwidth DDR...

Page 18: ...ct 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 your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors For GA 8ST800 L Only PS 2 Mouse Co...

Page 19: ...ethod1 Connect Front Speaker to Line Out Connect Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Center and Subwoofer to MIC Out Method2 You can refer to page 20 and contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA COMB This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connecte...

Page 20: ...8ST800 L Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction 5 15 2 13 11 12 14 3 1 6 9 6 8 17 10 1 CPU_FAN 2 SYS_FAN 3 ATX_12V 4 ATXPOWER 5 FDD 6 IDE1 IDE2 7 PWR_LED 8 F_PANEL 9 BATTERY 10 F_AUDIO 11 AUX_IN 12 CD_IN 13 SUR_CEN 14 SPDIF 15 F_USB1 F_USB2 16 MODEM 17 CI 4 16 ...

Page 21: ...he system case to lower the systemtemperature This connector ATX_12V supplies the CPU operationvoltage Vcore If this ATX_12V connector is not connected system cannot boot 3 ATX_12V 12V Power Connector 4 ATX POWER ATX Power Connector AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected tothemotherboard 20 1 PS ON Soft ...

Page 22: ...wer LED Connector 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 power LED will turn to another color 5 FDD Floppy Connector 1 Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD It supports 360K 1 2M 720K 1 44M and 2 88M bytes floppy disk types The red stripe of t...

Page 23: ...manufacturer sinstructions HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC N C HD MSG 2 2...

Page 24: ... find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer 12 CD_IN CD Audio In Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to theconnector 11 AUX_IN AUX In Connector Connect other device such as PCI TV Tunner audio out to the connector 13 SUR_CEN Surround Center Connector Pleasecontactyournearestdealerforoptional SUR_CEN cable FrontAudio L Reserved FrontAud...

Page 25: ...larity 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 Connector Yellow 17 CI Case Open This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the Case Open item in BIOS if the system case begin remove Pleasecontactyournearestdealerforoptional Modem card 16...

Page 26: ... 22 GA 8ST800 Series Motherboard English ...

Page 27: ...MOS 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 Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so tha...

Page 28: ...he Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 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 setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu GETTING HELP Figure 1 Main Menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 200...

Page 29: ... 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 indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would beinbestperformanceconfiguration l Set Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the syste...

Page 30: ...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 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is week month day year Week T...

Page 31: ...r 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 Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter DriveA Dri...

Page 32: ...it 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 keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Memory 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 th...

Page 33: ...by USB ZIP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Device HDD 0 Menu Level Third Boot Device CDROM Select Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled priority Password Check Setup CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Floppy Boot from floppy LS120 Boot from LS120 HDD 0 Boot from First HDD HDD 1 Boot from second HDD Move Enter...

Page 34: ...arning message if the drive installed is 360 K Default value Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive type as they are all 80tracks Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will ...

Page 35: ...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 Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 Item Help Menu Level Auto Auto detect IDE cable type ATA66 100 133 Set Con...

Page 36: ...ChipSecondaryPCIIDE 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 Disabled Disable this function USB Controller Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB feature Disabled Disable USB Controller Enabled Enable USB Controller Default value USBLegacySupport Whe...

Page 37: ...up 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 is 2F8 using IRQ3 Default value 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8 using IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8 using IRQ3 Auto BIOS will automatically se...

Page 38: ...elect 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 address or disable it Disabled Disable this function 201 Set Game port address to 201 Default Value 209 Set Game port address to 209 Midi PortAddress This feature allows you to select the Midi port addre...

Page 39: ...et 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 S3 state Blinking 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 ACPISuspendType S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 Default Value S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 Sof...

Page 40: ...abled Enable monitor IRQ 3 7 9 15 or NMI Default value ModemRingOn 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 system from any suspend state Disabled Disable Modem Ring on wake on Lan function Enabled Enable Modem Ring on wake on Lan Default Value PME EventWakeUp Set PME as wake up event Disab...

Page 41: ...stem Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled 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 S3 state Blinking In standby mode S1 power LED will blink Default Value Dual OFF In standby mode S1 a If use single color LED power LED will turn off b If use dual color LED pow...

Page 42: ...0 11 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 Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 4 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 1 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto P...

Page 43: ...p Utility Copyright 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 12V 12 288V Enabled Current System Temperature 33 C Clear case open Current CPU Temperature 68 C status at next boot Current CPU FAN Speed 5113 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU W...

Page 44: ...Alarm when CPU current 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 temperature over than 90 194 F CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan Warning function disable Default value Enabled Enalbe FAN warning alarm when FAN stops SYSTEM FANFailWarning Disabled Fan W...

Page 45: ...r not be available if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio 15X 21X It s depends on CPU Clock Ratio LinearFrequencyControl Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable this function CPUClock MHz 100 355 Select CPU Clock to 100MHz 355MHz Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only DRAMClock MHz This feature allows you to adjust the DRAM frequency W...

Page 46: ...e set 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 it may cause your system broken For power End User use only ...

Page 47: ...e to Enabled Figure 9 Top Performance CMOS Setup 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 Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC...

Page 48: ...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 Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup ...

Page 49: ...opyright 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 Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimiz...

Page 50: ...ll 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 items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu If you se...

Page 51: ...002 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 PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Save to CMO...

Page 52: ... 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 Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit ...

Page 53: ... 49 BIOS Setup English ...

Page 54: ... 50 GA 8ST800 Series Motherboard English ...

Page 55: ...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 6 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse 2 COM Ports ICS 952004 ZCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 100 133MHz AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz BIOS IT8705F Game Port RTL8...

Page 56: ...ity 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 updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using if it s a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you tomaintaintheBIOS Thisutilitycoulddetectyourcorrectmainboardmodelandhelpyoutoch...

Page 57: ...U 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 interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to get ultimate system performance ItoperatesincoordinationwithGigabytemotherboards Beside...

Page 58: ...ility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving Top Performance ESC Quit Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Ty...

Page 59: ...nsert the BIOS diskette then Press Enter to Run XXXX XX 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete ESC Return Main Press Enter to Run 1File s found Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to contiune Or ESC ot abort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please press any key to continue Press Enter to Run Where XXXX XX is name of the BIOS file ...

Page 60: ... 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 http www shareware cnet com STEP 2 Make a DOS boot diskette See example Windows 98 O S Beware Windows ME 2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette 1 Withanavailablefloppydiskinthefloppydrive Pleaseleav...

Page 61: ...mary 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 please proceed accordingly 3 After the floppy has been formatted completely please press Close ...

Page 62: ... Series 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 BIOS Drivers ...

Page 63: ...Please 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 then select the Open this file from its current location and press OK ...

Page 64: ...erboard 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 diskAmentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract ...

Page 65: ...1 to 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 American Megatrend AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SET...

Page 66: ...ce IDE 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On ESC Quit Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES S...

Page 67: ...n press Enter 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu Press Enter the highlighted item will locateonthemodelnameoftheright upperscreen Rightafterthat press Enter tostartBIOSFlash Utility 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 ...

Page 68: ...rocedure 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 ...

Page 69: ...eck System 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 00101111 071595 VIA_K7 GA7VTX1 F American Release 09 16 99 Megatrends AMIBIOS C 1999 American Megatrend AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ...

Page 70: ...OS 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 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item...

Page 71: ...s 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 automatically download and update the BIOS 3 1 3 Click 4 2 1 Click BIOS item Press here 2 Click Start Programs GIGABYTE BIOS Click here 4 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK ...

Page 72: ...the very 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 more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the systemunbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard...

Page 73: ...aker 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 find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen The installation of Windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow next s...

Page 74: ... 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 for 4 chan nels output STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen Li...

Page 75: ...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 Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channels for 5 1 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and pess OK Line Out Line In MIC I...

Page 76: ...log Audio Output Mode using Audio Combo Kit Optional Device Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L Center subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best solution if you need 6 channel output Line In and MIC at the same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo Kit as pictu...

Page 77: ...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 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 6 chan nels output Basic Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio ...

Page 78: ...cket 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 andcouldlinktothe S PDIFoutput connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracket provides coaxial cable and Fiber connect ingport SPDIF Output Device Optional Device ...

Page 79: ...Technical Reference 75 English ...

Page 80: ... 76 GA 8ST800 Series Motherboard English ...

Page 81: ...s This 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 The Xpress Install uses the Click and Forget technology to install the drivers automatically Just select the drivers you want then click the GO button The will finish the installation for you automatically We recommend that you ...

Page 82: ...e wake up S3 hang up issue in XP n RealTek LAN Driver Realtek 10 100 LAN driver for 81xx series chips n RealTek AC97 Audio Driver Audio driver for Realtek AC97 codec chipset n USB Driver Patch This patch driver can help you to resolve some USB device issue on XP n SIS USB 2 0 Driver USB2 0 driver for SiS 962L 963 chipset Item Description Driver install finished You have to reboot system ...

Page 83: ...ter via the network n EasyTune 4 Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions n DMI Viewer Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information 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 re...

Page 84: ...A 8ST800 Series Motherboard English SOFTWARE INFORMATION This page lists the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title HARDWARE INFORMATION This page lists all devices you have for this motherboard ...

Page 85: ...yte 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 tech co uk Web Address www gbt tech co uk The Netherlands Giga Byte Technology B V Address Postbus 1385 5602 BJ Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel 31 40 290 2088 Fax 31 40 290 2089 E mail info giga byte nl ...

Page 86: ...d allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard drive floppy disk zip MO or other storage devices and combine the compatible picture you prefer into BIOS And not only this Face Wizard also helps user to update BIOS in windows mode What s benefit for using Face Wizard It can personalize boot up logo to show your unique style from others and never again looking at the black and white boot up s...

Page 87: ...Utilities Installation Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions 1 2 4 1 Click EasyTune4 item 2 Click Next 3 6 5 3 Click Finish to restart computer 4 Right Click the icon to start EasyTune 4 ...

Page 88: ...NR 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 Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ESD Electrostatic Disch...

Page 89: ...e 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 PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Sta...

Page 90: ...ny 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 CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description ...

Page 91: ...uency 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 fan power in the CPU fan connector Plug in the AC power connector Check if the memory install properly into the DIMM slot Yes No Yes Insert and push the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot In...

Page 92: ...igabyte 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 is display Perhaps your VGA card VGA slot or monitor is defective Turn off the system Reboot after keyboard and mouse have been plugged in Check if keyboard is working properly It is possible that your k...

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