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GA-8TRX330(-L)

Intel

®

 Pentium

®

 4 Socket 478 Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 1002
12ME-8TRX330L-1002

Summary of Contents for GA-8TRX330

Page 1: ...GA 8TRX330 L Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1002 12ME 8TRX330L 1002...

Page 2: ...Motherboard GA 8TRX330 Aug 26 2004 Aug 26 2004 Motherboard GA 8TRX330...

Page 3: ...t to change withoutprior notice Product ManualClassification In order to assist in the use of this product Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following n For quick installation please ref...

Page 4: ...ofExpansion Cards 16 1 6 I O Back Panel Introduction 17 1 7 Connectors Introduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 29 The Main Menu For example BIOSVer E19 30 2 1 Standard CMOSFeatures 32 2 2 Advanced BIOS...

Page 5: ...s 50 3 3 Driver CD Information 50 3 4 Hardware Information 51 3 5 Contact Us 51 Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4 1 Unique Software Utilities 53 4 1 1 Xpress Recovery Introduction 53 4 1 2 Flash BIOS Method Int...

Page 6: ...4 PCI5 S_ATA2 PWR_LED F_PANEL COMB SPDIF_IO PCI3 F_U SB2 F_U SB1 IT8712 COMA LPT USB LAN RTL 8100C F_AU DIO ATi RX330 AUDIO S_ATA1 ATi SB300 IXP 300 DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 IDE1 SYS_FAN FDD AGP PCI1 PCI2...

Page 7: ...533 800MHz 200 266 333 400MHz ZCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133 200 MHz 66MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 48MHz 24MHz 33MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X 8X AGPCLK 66MHz 5 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 8 USB Ports ATA3...

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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: ...audio connector w 1 IR connector w 1 PS 2 keyboard port w 1 PS 2 mouse port OnboardLAN w Onboard RTL8100C Chipset 10 100 Mbit w 1 RJ 45 port OnboardAudio w RealtekALC655 CODEC w SupportJack Sensing w...

Page 11: ...emperature detection w CPU System fan speed detection w CPU warning temperature w CPU System fan failure warning BIOS w Use of licensed AWARD BIOS w Supports Q Flash Additional Features w Supports BIO...

Page 12: ...d standards for the peripherals If you wish to setthe frequency beyond the proper specifications please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard driv...

Page 13: ...e with the cooling fan and mightdamage the processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead ofthermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extremecaution 3 Make...

Page 14: ...esare designed so thatthey canbe inserted only inone direction The memory capacity used can differ with each slot Before installing the memory modules please comply with the following conditions 1 Ple...

Page 15: ...memory modules are installed the same memory sizeand type The Dual Channel Technology will operate when two memory modules are inserted individually into Channel Aand B If you install two memory modul...

Page 16: ...e expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility ofexpansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system Installin...

Page 17: ...aker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does notsupport USB controller please contact OS ven dor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more...

Page 18: ...ion 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX Power Connector 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN 5 FDD 6 IDE1 IDE2 7 S_ATA1 S_ATA2 8 LED1 9 2X_DET 10 PWR_LED 11 F_PANEL 12 F_AUDIO 13 CD_IN 14 SPDIF_IO 15 COMB 16 F_USB1 F_USB2 17 IR 18 CLR_CM...

Page 19: ...theATX_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 power supply th...

Page 20: ...The black connector wire is the ground wire GND Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to preventsystem overheating and failure Caution Please remember to connectthe power to the CPU fan t...

Page 21: ...you wish to connecttwo 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 1 2 3...

Page 22: ...damages due to the 2 5V stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC Power cord is disconnected 9 2X_DET When anAGP 2X 3 3V card is installed the 2X_DET will light up indicating a nonsupported...

Page 23: ...l to the F_PANELconnector according to the pin assignment below HD IDEHard DiskActive LED Pin1 LEDanode Blue Pin2 LED cathode SPEAK SpeakerConnector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin3 NC Pin 4 Data RES ResetS...

Page 24: ...the pin assigment on the MB header To find out ifthe chassis you are buying supportfrontaudio connector please contactyour dealer Pleasenote you canhave the alternative ofusing front audio connector...

Page 25: ...cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional SPDIF cable please contact your local dealer 1 6 2 5 Pin No Definition 1...

Page 26: ...device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer The USB Device Wake up From S3 is only supported by rear USB ports Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Po...

Page 27: ...use this jumper Open Normal 1 1 Short ClearCMOS 19 BAT Battery Dangerof explosionifbatteryis incorrectlyreplaced Replaceonly withthe sameor equivalenttype recommendedbythemanufacturer Disposeofusedbat...

Page 28: ...GA 8TRX330 L Motherboard 28 English...

Page 29: ...s based utility thatdoes not require users to bootto DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS Move to selectitem Enter Select Item Esc Main Menu Q...

Page 30: ...ration This setup page includes all the configurations ofPCI PnP ISA resources n PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detectTemperature voltage fan speed n Frequency Voltage Control Thi...

Page 31: ...nfiguration n SetSupervisor Password Change set or disable password Itallows you to limitaccessto the system and Setup or justto Setup n Set User Password Change set or disable password Itallows you t...

Page 32: ...ser can manually inputthe correctsettings AccessMode Use this toset the access mode forthe hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto Hard drive information should be labeled on t...

Page 33: ...error the system will be stopped All ButKeyboard The system bootwill notstop for a keyboard error itwill stop for all other errors Defaultvalue All ButDiskette The system bootwill notstop for a disk...

Page 34: ...priority by LAN Disabled Selectyour bootdevice priority by Disabled Password Check Setup The system will boot butwill notaccess toSetup page if the correct password is notentered atthe prompt Default...

Page 35: ...edPeripherals On ChipPrimary PCI IDE Enabled On ChipSecondary PCI IDE Enabled AC97 Audio Auto On ChipSATA Enabled On ChipSATA Cla ssID EnabledasIDE SATA Hotplug Support Enabled USB 2 0 Contr oller Ena...

Page 36: ...board LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Enabled Enable this function Disabled Disable this function Defaultvalue Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS...

Page 37: ...vailable when UART Mode Select doesn tset atNormal Half IR Function Duplex Half Defaultvalue Full IR FunctionDuplex Full Onboard Parallel port Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard...

Page 38: ...d Disable this function USB Device Wake up From S3 Enabled Enable USB Device Wakeup From S3 Defaultvalue Disabled Disable USB Device WakeupFrom S3 Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Def...

Page 39: ...press Enter to setthe Keyboard Power OnPassword AC BACK Function Memory System power on depends on the status before AC lost Soft Off f Always in Offstate when AC back Defaultvalue Full On Always powe...

Page 40: ...15 to PCI1 PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI2 Defaultvalue 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 SetIRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI2 PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI3 Defaultval...

Page 41: ...194o F Monitor CPU temperature at 90o C 194o F Disabled Disable this function Defaultvalue CPU SYSEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan warning function disable Defaultvalue Enabled Fan warning function e...

Page 42: ...132 for FSB FrontSide Bus frequency 533MHz SetCPU Clock to 133 165 for FSB FrontSide Bus frequency 800MHz SetCPU Clock to 200 232 Incorrectusing itmay cause your system broken For power End User use...

Page 43: ...Performance If you wish to maximize theperformance ofyour system set Top Performance as Enabled Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled Enable Top Performance function CMOS SetupUtility C...

Page 44: ...oltageControl ESC Quit higf Selec t Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup LoadFail Safe Defaults TopPerformance LoadFail Safe Defaults LoadOptimizedDefaults SetSupervisor Pa ssword SetUser Password Save...

Page 45: ...R PASSWORDand a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyonemay accessall BIOSSetup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configur...

Page 46: ...ontrol ESC Quit higf Selec t Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Exit Setup TopPerformance LoadFail Safe Defaults LoadOptimizedDefaults SetSupervisor Pa ssword SetUser Password Save Exit Setup Ex...

Page 47: ...BIOS Setup 47 English...

Page 48: ...GA 8TRX330 L Motherboard 48 English...

Page 49: ...matically After restarting your system the Xpress Install will continue to install other drivers System will reboot automatically after install the drivers afterward you can install others application...

Page 50: ...board 50 English 3 2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software 3 3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and driver...

Page 51: ...Install Drivers 51 English 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details...

Page 52: ...GA 8TRX330 L Motherboard 52 English...

Page 53: ...hen using Ghost to return boot manager to NTFS format How to use the Xpress Recovery 1 Boot from CD ROM BMP Mode Enter the BIOS menu select Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Insert the...

Page 54: ...CD ROM you can enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key 2 System storage capacity as well as drive reading writing speed will affect backup speed 3 It is recommended that Xpress Rec...

Page 55: ...actory default or press Esc to exit Restores backup image to original state 3 Remove Backup Image Remove backup image Are you sure Y N Remove the backup image 4 Set Password Please input a 4 16 charac...

Page 56: ...IOS menu The BIOS upgrading guides below are 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 U...

Page 57: ...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 Flash utility Con...

Page 58: ...previously 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 p...

Page 59: ...F004A 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 Utility Load Ma...

Page 60: ...grated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCIConfigurations 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 T...

Page 61: ...ave 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 download one BIOS file to t...

Page 62: ...matically 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 hi Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are...

Page 63: ...me on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS II Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All File...

Page 64: ...2 Note I 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 system unbooted II...

Page 65: ...P 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out The installation of Windows 2K XP is very simple Please follow next step to install the function Line Out STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration an...

Page 66: ...n on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Sound Effect from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen Line Out Line In STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 4 channel for 4 s...

Page 67: ...bwoofer chan nels to MIC In Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Line Out Line In MIC In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the au...

Page 68: ...e Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L Center subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear chan nels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best...

Page 69: ...s REAR R L and the Center Subwoofer channels to SURROUND KIT s SUB CENTER STEP 5 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channel for 5 1 speakers out put Enable Only SURROUND KIT and press OK W...

Page 70: ...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 and co...

Page 71: ...power 2 Disconnect the power cord from MB 3 Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery hol...

Page 72: ...oses The situations might differ from case to case gAMI BIOS Beep Codes Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully Except for beep code 8 these codes are always fatal 1 beep Refresh fa...

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