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GA-8VM533 Motherboard

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Question 12:

For the M/B which have RAID function, how to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from IDE3, 4 by

either RAID or ATA mode?

Answer:

Please set in the BIOS as follow:

     1. Advanced BIOS features-->(SATA)/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SATA"
     2. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot device: "SCSI"
      3. Integrated Peripherals--> Onboard H/W ATA/RAID: "enable"
Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set "RAID" to RAID mode or "ATA" to normal
ATA mode in the item named  RAID controller function.

Question 13:

How to set in the BIOS to bootup from the IDE/ SCSI/ RAID card ?

Answer:

Please set in the BIOS as follow:

     1. Advanced BIOS features-->(SATA)/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SCSI"
     2. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot device: "SCSI"
Then it depends on the mode(RAID or ATA) that you need to set in RAID/ SCSI BIOS.

Summary of Contents for GA-8VM533

Page 1: ... this card is 2X 3 3V The GA 8VM533 or any AGP 4X only motherboards might not function properly if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X 1 5V mode in it Example 2 SomeATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by Power Color the graphics card manufacturer some SiS 305 cards their golden finger is compatible with 2X 3 3V 4X 1 5V modeAGP slot but they support 2X 3 3V only The GA 8VM533 ...

Page 2: ...tment 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this may void the warranty of this motherboard Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet ...

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 Industrialenvironment o EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receiversand associated equipment Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrialenvironment o EN 55082 2 T EN 55022 Limits and methods of meas...

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 causeharmful and 2 thisdevicemust accept anyinferencereceived including that maycause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementary Information Model Number GA 8VM533 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B ...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8VM533 P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4ProcessorMotherboard Rev 1002 12ME 8VM533 1002 ...

Page 6: ...t CPU 12 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 12 Step 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 13 Step 2 Install Memory Modules 14 Step 3 Install expansion cards 16 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 17 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 17 Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 27 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 28 Standard CMOS Features 30 Advanced BIOS Features 3...

Page 7: ...ed Defaults 46 Set Supervisor User Password 47 Save Exit Setup 48 Exit Without Saving 49 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 51 BIOS Introduction 51 EasyTune 4 Introduction 52 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 53 Method 1 Q Flash 53 Method 2 BIOS Utility 66 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 68 Xpress Recovery Introduction 71 Chapter 5 Appendix 75 ...

Page 8: ...andthereare noslots 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 this wayyou can stillattach the motherboard to the base withoutworryingaboutshort circuits Sometimesyou mayneedtousetheplastic springs to isolate the screw fromthemotherboard PCBsurf...

Page 9: ...s Supports DDR266 DDR200DIMM Supports up to 2GBDDR Max Supports only 2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control ITE8705 Slots 1AGPslotsupports4Xmode 1 5V 3 PCIslot supports 33MHz PCI2 2 compliant On Board IDE 2 IDEbus master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDEports for up to 4ATAPIdevices Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE ATAPI CD ROM On BoardPeripherals 1 Floppy portsupports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M...

Page 10: ...Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don trecommend you to set the system busfrequency over the CPU s specification because these specific busfrequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU chipset and most ofthe peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configuration...

Page 11: ...3 Motherboard Layout GA 8VM533 KB_MS COMA ATX_12V CD_IN F_AU DIO F_PANEL BAT VIA 8235 VIA P4M 533 SOC KET 478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE2 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DDR1 CODEC ITE8705 BIOS F_U SB2 VGA IDE1 VT6103 F_U SB1 PWR_LED USB LAN AUDIO DDR2 LPT ...

Page 12: ...J45 AC97 Link 6 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels VT6103 24 MHz 33 MHz Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse 1 COM Port MIC LINE IN LINE OUT Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPU 6 Channel CODEC 200 266MHz DDR AGPCLK 66MHz MCHCLK 100 133MHz CLK GEN MCHCLK 100 133MHz CPUCLK 100 133MHz AGPCLK 66MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz PCIBUS33MHz 66MHz V_Link V_Link 66MHz VGA Port BIOS IT8705 ...

Page 13: ...Introduction English 9 ...

Page 14: ... 10 GA 8VM533Motherboard English ...

Page 15: ...the Central ProcessingUnit CPU Step2 Install memorymodules Step3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect ribboncables cabinet wires andpower supply Congratulations Youhaveaccomplishedthe hardwareinstallation Turnon thepower supply orconnect thepowercable tothepower outlet Continue withthe BIOS softwareinstallation Step 2 Step 4 Step 4 Step 4 Step 1 Step 3 ...

Page 16: ...degreedirectly Pin1indicator 3 CPU Top View Pin1indicator 4 Locate Pin 1 in the socketand lookfora golden cutedgeonthe CPU upper corner Then insert the CPU into the socket Socket Actuation Lever Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning 1 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 2 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will caus...

Page 17: ...due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cool ing 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 3 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged...

Page 18: ...ation will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Step 2 Install Memory Modules The motherboard has 2 dual inline memorymodule DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module justpush itvertically into the DIMM socket The DIMM module can only fitin one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary betweensockets DDR Not...

Page 19: ...ucture DDR Double DataRate memoryis ahigh performance and cost effective solutionthatallows easyadoption formemory vendors OEMs andsystem integrators DDR memoryis a greatevolutionarysolution forthe PCindustry thatbuilds onthe existing SDRAM architecture yetmakethe awesomeadvances in solvingthe system performance bottleneck bydoubling thememory bandwidth Nowadays with thehighestbandwidthof 3 2GB so...

Page 20: ...actsonthe cardareindeedseated in the slot 5 Replacethescrew tosecure the slotbracketoftheexpansion card 6 Replaceyourcomputer schassis cover 7 Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utilityofexpansion cardfrom BIOS 8 Installrelated driverfrom theoperating system AGP Card Please carefully pulloutthe smallwhite drawablebar attheend oftheAGPslotwhen you try to install Uninstall the AGP card Ple...

Page 21: ...ndard PS 2 keyboard andPS 2mouse PS 2MouseConnector 6pin Female PS 2Keyboard Connector 6pin Female u v w x v Parallel Port Serial Port and VGA Port LPT COMA VGA This connectorsupports1 standardCOM port 1 Parallel port and 1 VGAport Device like printercan beconnected toParallelport mouse andmodem etccanbeconnected to Serialports ParallelPort 25pinFemale COMA VGA SerialPort 9pin Male VGA Port 15pinF...

Page 22: ...ct Centerand Subwoofer to MICOut x Audio Connectors LineIn RearSpeaker MICIn Centerand Subwoofer Line Out FrontSpeaker If you want the detail information for 6 channel audio setup installation please refer to page 68 w USB LAN Connector Before you connectyour device s into USB connector s pleasemakesure your device s suchas USBkeyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have astandard USB interface Als...

Page 23: ... 19 Hardware Installation Process English Step4 2 ConnectorsIntroduction 5 7 9 1 3 6 10 11 1 ATX_12V 7 F_PANEL 2 ATX 8 PWR_LED 3 CPU_FAN 9 F_AUDIO 4 FDD 10 CD_IN 5 IDE1 IDE2 11 F_USB1 F_USB2 6 BAT 2 4 8 ...

Page 24: ...XPower AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard PinNo Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 VCC 5 GND 6 VCC 7 GND 8 PowerGood 9 5VSB standby 5V 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON softon off 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 VCC 20 VCC PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 4 3 2 1 20 1 11 10 ...

Page 25: ...under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 FDD Floppy Connector 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 the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 33 34 1 2 1 ...

Page 26: ...BATTERY CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions If you want to erase CMOS 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the c...

Page 27: ...ES NC IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW Message LED Power Sleep LED Speaker Connector SPEAK 1 1 1 1 1 Soft Power Connector HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LEDcathode SPEAK SpeakerConnector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES ResetSwitch Open NormalOperation Close ResetHardware System PW SoftPowerConnector Open NormalOperation Close Power On Off MSG Mes...

Page 28: ...is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound 1 10 9 2 8 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It will blink when th...

Page 29: ... 4 CD R 11 F_USB1 F_USB2 Front USB Connector Yellow Be careful with 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 cable PinNo Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USB Dx 4 USBDy 5 USB Dx 6 USBDy 7 GND 8 GND 9 NoPin 10 NC 1 9 F_USB1 2 10 F_USB2 1 9 2 10 ...

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Page 31: ... CONTROL KEYS Chapter 3 BIOS Setup á Move to previous item â Move to next item ß Move to the item in the left hand à Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select item Esc Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make ...

Page 32: ...ns for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 Once youenterAward BIOS CMOS 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 accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 MainMenu CMOS Setup Utility Copyrigh...

Page 33: ...system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration l LoadOptimizedDefaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in better performance configuration l LoadTop Performance Defaults Top Performance Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration l Set Supervisor passwo...

Page 34: ...13 00 00 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Aug 13 2002 Item Help Time hh mm ss 22 31 24 Menu Level u Change the day month IDE Primary Master None year IDE Primary Slave None IDE Secondary Master None Week IDE Secondary Slave None Sun to Sat Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Month Drive B None Jan to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On Al...

Page 35: ...unit is Mega Bytes Access Mode The options are Auto Large LBA Normal Cylinder The cylinder number of hard disk Head The read Write head number of hard disk Precomp The cyliner number at which the disk driver changes the write current Landing Zone The cylinder number that thedisk driver heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked SECTORS The sector number of each track define on the h...

Page 36: ... 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 Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of...

Page 37: ... CDROM USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Device HDD 0 Menu Level u Third Boot Device CD ROM Select Boot Device Password Check Setup priority CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Floppy Boot from floppy LS120 Boot ...

Page 38: ...ss to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt CPUHyper Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported Default value Disabled Disable...

Page 39: ...k VIA onboard LAN Enabled controller card is USB 1 1 Controller Enabled used set at Disabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Enable onboard IDE Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Channel Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Disabled Disable onboard IDE Channel higf Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General He...

Page 40: ...ort AC97 Audio Auto Enable onboardAC 97 audio function Default Value Disabled Disable this function VIAonboardLAN Enable Enable onboard LAN function Default value Disable Disable onboard LAN function USB 1 1 Controller MDisable this option if you are not using the onboard USB feature Enabled Enable USB1 1 Controller Default value Disabled Disable USB1 1 Controller USB 2 0 Controller MDisable this ...

Page 41: ...ard Parallel port MThis feature allows you toselect from a given setof parameters if theparallel port uses the onboard I O controller 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 Using IRQ7 Default Value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 Using IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC Using IRQ7 Disabled Disable onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode MThis...

Page 42: ... system from S3 Default value CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Item Help x USB Device Wake Up From S3 Disabled Menu Level u Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant off S1 AC Back Function Soft Off Set suspend type to Keyboard Power On Disabled Power On Suspend under Mouse Power On Disabled ACPI OS PME Event Wake Up Enabled Modem Ring Resume...

Page 43: ...acters to power on the system The option Keyboard 98 allows you to use the standard keyboard 98 to power on the system Password Enter from 1 to 8 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Disabled Disabled this function Default value Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on your system Mouse Power On Disabled Can t Power on system by Mouse Event D...

Page 44: ...ume function Default Value Resume byAlarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to enabled and key in Data time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default Value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled Date of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 ...

Page 45: ...14 15 to PCI2 PCI3 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI3 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level u PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto Decice s using this INT USB 1 1 Host Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev16 Func 1 higf Move Enter Se...

Page 46: ...ically CPUFan Fail Warning Disabled Don t monitor current fan speed Default value Enabled Alarm when stops CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore 1 520V Item Help DDR25V 2 480V Menu Level u 3 3V 3 280V 12V 11 968V Current CPU Temperature 45 C Current CPU FAN Speed 4440RPM CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled higf Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 G...

Page 47: ... shown or not be available if you are using a CPU with the locked ratio 15X 21X It depends on CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection For C Stepping P4 8X 10X 24X default 15X For Northwood CPU 12X 24X default 16X The option will display Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable AutoDetect PCI DIMMClk Disabled Disable auto detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabl...

Page 48: ...to 0 75 0 50 Set Spread Spectrum to 0 50 0 35 Set Spread Spectrum to 0 35 0 25 Set Spread Spectrum to 0 25 CPUClock 100 Set CPU Clock to 100MHz 132MHz 133 Set CPU Clock to 133MHz 165MHz Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only ...

Page 49: ...1984 2003 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 PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Figure 11 ...

Page 50: ...ht C 1984 2003 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 PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figur...

Page 51: ... function When enabled theSupervisor password is required for entering theBIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If youselect System at Security Option inAdvance BIOS Features Menu you will beprompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu If you select Setup at Security Op...

Page 52: ...ht C 1984 2003 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 PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Save to CMO...

Page 53: ...4 2003 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 PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Frequency Voltage Control ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit Without Saving ...

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Page 55: ...ftware Itcould help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Notlike 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 matterwhich mainboard youare using ifit s a Gigabyte s product BIOShelp you tomaintain theBIOS Thisutilitycould detectyourcorrectmainboardmodelandhelp you to choosethe BIOSaccordingly Itthen down...

Page 56: ...verdrive CPUspeed automatically with the resultbeing shown in the controlpanel Ifusersprefer Overclock bythem there is alsoanotherchoice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sportdrive class Overclocking userinterface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memoryworkingfrequencyin smallincrements to getultimate system performance Itoperatesin coordination withGigabytemotherboards Besides ...

Page 57: ...alrisk pleasedo itwith caution We aresorrythatGigabyte TechnologyCo Ltd is notresponsible fordamages ofsystem becauseofincorrectmanipulation ofupdatingBIOSto avoidanyclaims from end users BeforeYouBegin Before you startupdating BIOS with the Q Flash utility please follow the steps belowfirst 1 Download the latestBIOS foryour motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extractthe BIOS file downloaded and...

Page 58: ...pdating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards SomeofGigabytemotherboards are equipped with dual BIOS In theBIOSmenu ofthe motherboards supporting Q Flash and Dual BIOS the Q Flash utility andDualBIOS utilityare combined in the same screen This section only dealswith howto use Q Flash utility In thefollowing sections we take GA 7VRXP as the example to guide you howto flash BIOS from a...

Page 59: ...IMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Sav e Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults ENTER DUAL BIOS Q FLASH UTILITY Y N Y Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable H...

Page 60: ...sk having the BIOSfile foryour motherboardand insertitto yourcomputer Ifyou have alreadyputthe floppydisk into yoursystem and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow thesteps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrowbuttonson your keyboard to move the lightbar to Load Main BIOSfrom Floppy item inthe Q Flash menu and press Enter button Ifyouwantto save the currentBIOS forbackup purpose you can...

Page 61: ...ble Halt On Error Disable Copy M ain ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Sav e Settings to C MOS Q Flash Utility Load M ain BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e ESC Reset F10 Power Off Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Pro...

Page 62: ... BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e ESC Reset F10 Power Off You can press Enter to continue updating BIOS or ESC to abort CHECKSUM 96D2 Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boo...

Page 63: ...Settings to C MOS Q Flash Utility Load M ain BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Sav e Main BIOS to Floppy Sav e Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run hi Mov e ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are you sure to RESET Enter to continue or Esc to abort Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Ma...

Page 64: ...R PASSWORD POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETEC TION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXITSETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit hifg Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Sav e Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults PressEnteron your keyboard Aftersystem reboots you may find the BIOS version on yourb...

Page 65: ...load defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Y 7 SelectSave Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exitthe BIOS menu System willrebootafteryou exitthe BIOSmenu Theprocedure iscompleted AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 2 00 C 2001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserv ed STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSETFEATURES SETUP ...

Page 66: ...nP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC H ealth Status Save Exit Setup Frequency Voltage Control Ex it Without Saving ESC Quit higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Sav e Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 Press F8 on yourkeyboard and then Y button to enterthe Q Flash utility CM OS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CM OS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Loa...

Page 67: ...s mentioned onyourkeyboard toperform theseactions Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you howto update BIOSusing the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you mustprepare a floppydiskhaving theBIOSfile foryourmotherboardand insertitto your computer Ifyou have already putthe floppy diskinto yoursystem and have enter the Q Flash utility please follow the steps b...

Page 68: ...sh Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy 8GE800 F4 256K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete 1 File s found BIOS file in the floppy Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save B...

Page 69: ... Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Updating BIOS Now Do not Turn Off Power On RESET System 4 Press anykeys toreturn to the Q Flash menu when theBIOSupdating procedure is completed 5 Press Esc and then Enter to exitthe Q Flash utility System willrestart Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Ty pe Size SST 49LF002A 256K Enter Run h i M ove ESC Reset F10 Power Off Keep DMI DataEnable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS...

Page 70: ...r d Selecttheexactmodelname onyourmotherboard e System willautomatically download and update the BIOS Method 2 BIOS Utility 3 1 4 2 4 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK Ifyou don thave DOS bootdisk we recommend thatyou used Gigabyte BIOS programto flash BIOS 3 Click P Clickhere 2 Click Start All Programs GIGABYTE BIOS 1 Click BIOS item Presshere ...

Page 71: ...OM Intheverybeginning thereis Aboutthis program icon shownin dialog box Itcan help you check outwhichkindofmotherboardandwhich brandofFlashROMaresupported Note a Inmethod I ifitshows twoormore motherboard s modelnames to be selected please make sure yourmotherboard smodelnameagain Selectingwrong modelname willcause the systemunbooted b Inmethod II be surethatmotherboard s modelname in BIOS unzip f...

Page 72: ...ne Out Line In MIC In STEP 2 After installation of the audio driver you ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Right click the audio icon Volume from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen Click the Adjust Audio Properties 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction The installation of Windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow nextstep to install the function STEP 3 Click Advanced B...

Page 73: ...ose the 5 1 surround sound speakers and click OK STEP 5 You ll find an icon on the taskbar s status area Click the audio icon Volume from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen STEP 6 Click Options Advanced Controls STEP 7 Click Advanced ...

Page 74: ... 70 GA 8VM533Motherboard English STEP 8 Click Smart 5 1 Enabld and Close ...

Page 75: ...ed will affect backing up speed 2 Werecommend thatyou installXpress Recovery immediatelyafter installingO S drivers and applications Howto use the Xpress Recovery There are two ways to enterthe Xpress Recoveryutility see the below 1 TextMode press F9duringpowering onthecomputer 2 BMP Mode bootfrom CD ROM Boot from CD VerifyingDMIPoolData BootfromCD Please go to Advanced BIOS setting menu and setbo...

Page 76: ...you ll still be directed to BMPmode by pressing F9 in the bootup screen XpressRecoveryV1 0 C CopyRight 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogyCO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart TextMode BMPMode XpressRecoveryV1 0 C CopyRight 2003 GIGABYTETechnilogyCO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exit and Restart ...

Page 77: ...ckup it The backed up datawillbe savedas an hidden image 2 Execute Restore Utility This program will recover your systemto factory default Press R to recover your system Press Esc to exit Restore the backup image totheoriginalstate 3 Remove Backup Image Are you sure to remove backup image Y N Removethebackupimage 4 Exit and Restart Exitand restartyourcomputer ...

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Page 79: ...is 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 restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress Install will continue to install other drivers The Xpress Install uses the Click and Forget technology to install the drivers...

Page 80: ...river Audio driver for VIA AC97 codec chipset n VIA USB 2 0 Controller For VIA VT8233 VT6203 VIA VT8235 VIA VT8237 south bridge Item Description Driver install finished you have to reboot system For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack After install Windows Service Pack it will show a question mark in Universal Serial Bus controller under Device M...

Page 81: ...erclocking 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 reading PDF file format documents n Norton Internet Security NIS Integrate...

Page 82: ...d 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 motherboard CONTACT US Please see the last page for details ...

Page 83: ...that s why the light is still on Question 3 Why cannot I use all functions in EasyTune 4 Answer The availability of the listed functions in EasyTune 4 depends on the MB chipset If the chipset doesn t support certain functions in EasyTune 4 these functions will be locked automati cally and you will not be able to use them Question 4 Why do I fail to install RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and X...

Page 84: ...ease remember to load Fail Safe Defaults Or Load BIOS Defaults after flashing BIOS However if the system instability still remains please clear CMOS to solve the problem Question 7 Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume Answer Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier If not please change another speaker with power...

Page 85: ...eeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad g AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short System boots successfully 2 short CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps DRAM error Con...

Page 86: ...vice SCSI 3 Integrated Peripherals Onboard H W ATA RAID enable Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set RAID to RAID mode or ATA to normal ATA mode in the item named RAID controller function Question 13 How to set in the BIOS to bootup from the IDE SCSI RAID card Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features SATA RAID SCSI boot order SCSI 2 Advanced BIOS features Fi...

Page 87: ...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 88: ...byte 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 keyb...

Page 89: ...o 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 90: ...ommunication 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 Discharge...

Page 91: ...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...

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