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GA-K8VT800(Pro)

User's Manual

AMD Socket 754 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1001

12ME-K8VT800P-1001

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Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from

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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Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.

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Page 1: ...ty brands and names are the property of their respective owners Notice Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard Due to rapid change in technology s...

Page 2: ...Mother Board GA K8VT800 GA K8VT800 Pro September 2 2003 K8vt800pro_1001_i p65 2003 8 26 W 11 52 2...

Page 3: ...Motherboard GA K8VT800 GA K8VT800 Pro September 2 2003 K8vt800pro_1001_i p65 2003 8 26 W 11 52 3...

Page 4: ...3 150 chipset You might experience system unable to boot up normally Please insert anAGP 4X 8X 1 5V card Although Gigabyte s AG32S G graphics card is based onATi Rage 128 Pro chip the design of AG32S...

Page 5: ...delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working o...

Page 6: ...Step 2 Installing Memory Modules 18 Step 3 Installing expansion cards 20 Step 3 1 AGP Card Installation 20 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 21 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Intro...

Page 7: ...ve Exit Setup 63 Exit Without Saving 64 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 67 BIOS Introduction 67 EasyTune 4 Introduction 68 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 69 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 79...

Page 8: ...Socket 754 forAMDAlthlonTM 64 processor K8 128K L1 256K 512K 1M L2 cache on die 800MHz FSB Support core frequencies in excess of 1 6 GHz 2800 and faster Chipset VIA K8T800 AGP PCI Controller PAC VIA V...

Page 9: ...cable 3 IEEE1394 ports by cable j 1 IrDA connector for IR 1 FrontAudio connector On Board LAN RTLGigabit LAN RTL8110S j RTL 10 100 LAN RTL8100C k 1 RJ45 ports On Board Sound Realtek ALC658 CODEC UAJ S...

Page 10: ...ce Wizard j SupportsQ Flash AdditionalFeatures PS 2 Keyboard power on by password PS 2 Mouse power on External Modem wake up STR Suspend To RAM Wake on LAN WOL AC Recovery Poly fuse for keyboard over...

Page 11: ...CI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB1 ITE8705 MAIN BIOS CODEC PWR_FAN VIA KT800 DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 GAME F_AUDIO AUX_IN IR IDE3 j GigaRAID IT8212 j BACKUP BIOS j SATA1 RAM_LED ATX SYS_FAN NB_FAN j IDE4 j DDR1 SPDIF_IO SUR_...

Page 12: ...GPCLK 66MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz IT8705 24 MHz 33 MHz Game Port Floppy LPT Port COM Ports AC97 CODEC MIC LINE IN LINE OUT DualBIOS j 66MHz V_Link V_Link 66MHz 2 SATA Ports AMD A...

Page 13: ...Introduction English 13 K8vt800pro_1001_i p65 2003 8 26 W 11 52 13...

Page 14: ...14 GA K8VT800 Pro Motherboard English K8vt800pro_1001_i p65 2003 8 26 W 11 52 14...

Page 15: ...Installing Expansion Cards Step 4 Connect ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires And Power Supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Step 4 Step 3 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Congratulations You have accomp...

Page 16: ...ause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Please use AMD approved cooling fan Step 1 1 First check the processor pins to see that none are bent Move the socket lever to the unloc...

Page 17: ...ction between your CPU and heatsink The CPU cooling fan might 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 p...

Page 18: ...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 can vary betweensockets DDR Notch To...

Page 19: ...Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400 333 266 200 memory solutions DDR memory is the best choice for building high performance and low latency DRA...

Page 20: ...indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expans...

Page 21: ...PS 2 Mouse Connector 6pinFemale PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6pinFemale Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker...

Page 22: ...on Method1 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 32 and contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_C...

Page 23: ...IDE2 9 IDE3 IDE4 j 10 SATA0 SATA1 11 F_PANEL 12 BAT 13 PWR_LED 14 RAM_LED 15 F_AUDIO 16 SUR_CEN 17 SPDIF_IO 18 CD_IN 19 AUX_IN 20 F_USB1 F_USB2 21 F1_1394 F2_1394 j 22 IR 23 GAME 24 INFO_LINK 25 CLR_P...

Page 24: ...12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATX Power 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 Pin No Definition 1 3 3...

Page 25: ...under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CPU fan connector supports Max current up to 600 mA Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 SYS_FAN System Fan Connector This connector allows yo...

Page 26: ...link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 6 NB_FAN Chip Fan Connector j If you installed wrong direction the chip fan will not...

Page 27: ...8M bytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 8 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector Important Notice Please connect first hard disk to IDE1 and connect CD...

Page 28: ...eration For details please refer to the GigaRAID manual 10 SATA0 SATA1 Serial ATA Connector You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector it provides you high speed transfer rates 150MB sec...

Page 29: ...e 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...

Page 30: ...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 computer 13 PWR_LED PWR_LED is c...

Page 31: ...1 10 9 2 15 F_AUDIO Front Audio Connector If you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connec...

Page 32: ...compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector Check the pin a...

Page 33: ...D 4 CD R 18 CD_IN CD In Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector 1 19 AUX_IN AUX In Connector Connect other device such as PCI TV Tunner audio out to the connector Pin No Definit...

Page 34: ...ND 5 TPB2 6 TPB2 7 Power 8 Power 9 No Pin 10 GND 21 F1_1394 F2_1394 Front IEEE1394 Connector Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like...

Page 35: ...optional IR cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition 1 VCC 5V 2 No Pin 3 IR Data Inpurt 4 GND 5 IR Data Output 1 5 Pin No Definition 1 VCC 2 GRX1_R 3 GND 4 GPSA2 5 VCC 6 GPX2_R 7 GPY2...

Page 36: ...contact your nearest dealer for optional external device cable Pin No Definition 1 SMBCLK 2 VCC 3 SMBDATA 4 GPIO 5 GND 6 GND 7 No Pin 8 NC 9 12V 10 12V 1 10 2 9 25 CLR_PWD When Jumper is set to open...

Page 37: ...Hardware Installation Process English 37 K8vt800pro_1001_q p65 2003 8 26 W 11 55 37...

Page 38: ...38 GA K8VT800 Pro Motherboard English K8vt800pro_1001_q p65 2003 8 26 W 11 55 38...

Page 39: ...ly for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Q Flashfunction F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes only fo...

Page 40: ...OS 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 p...

Page 41: ...atio 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...

Page 42: ...to Dec Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Day Halt On All But Keyboard 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Year Total Memory 131072K 1999 to 2098 higf Move En...

Page 43: ...ems 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 CYLS Number of cylin...

Page 44: ...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 di...

Page 45: ...iority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Features System will detect automatically and show up when you install the Intel Pentium 4 processor with...

Page 46: ...the boot order Serial ATA RAID or SCSI device SCSI Select your boot device priority by PCI SCSI RAID Select your boot device priority by RAID SATA Select your boot device priority by Serial ATA Passwo...

Page 47: ...roller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 UART Mode Select Normal xUR2 Duplex Mode Half Parallel Port Mode SPP Game Port Address 201 M...

Page 48: ...sabled Disable VT8237 Serial ATA support If you want find the detailed information for SATA RAID setup installation please download VT8237_SATA_Manual pdf at http www gigabyte com tw AC97Audio Enabled...

Page 49: ...Giga RAIDFunction j RAID Select onboard Giga RAID chip function as RAID Default value BASE Select onboard Giga RAID chip function as base OnboardFDCController Enabled Enable onboard FDC controller Def...

Page 50: ...nboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 UARTModeSelect This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of Onboard I O chip Normal Set onboard I O chip UA...

Page 51: ...t Value 209 Set Game Port Address to 209 Disabled Disable this function Midi PortAddress 300 Set Midi Port Address to 300 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Default Value Disabled Disable this function...

Page 52: ...button is pressed less than 4 sec CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS x USB Device Wake Up From S3 Disabled Soft Off by PWRBTN Insta...

Page 53: ...ue Enabled Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on system PMEEventWakeUp When set at Enabled any PCI PM event awakes the system from a PCI PM controlled state This feature requires an ATX p...

Page 54: ...e 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 Enable...

Page 55: ...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 PCI 4 IRQAssignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set...

Page 56: ...tus automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore 1 504V Item Help DDR25V 2 480V Menu Level u 3 3V 3 264V 12V 11 985V Current CPU Temperature 28 C Curren...

Page 57: ...rning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable CPUSmartFANControl Disabled Disable this function Enabled Enable CPU Smart Fan control function Default value a When the CPU te...

Page 58: ...Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults AutoDetectDIMM PCIclk Enabled Detect the DIMM PCI clock automatically Def...

Page 59: ...et AGP OverVoltage Control to Normal Default value 0 1V Set AGP OverVoltage Control to 0 1V 0 2V Set AGP OverVoltage Control to 0 2V DIMMOverVoltageControl Auto Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to Normal...

Page 60: ...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 C...

Page 61: ...tware 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 Conf...

Page 62: ...IOS 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 63: ...andard 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 Configuratio...

Page 64: ...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 Configurat...

Page 65: ...65 BIOS Setup English...

Page 66: ...66 GA K8VT800 Pro Motherboard English...

Page 67: ...t 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 BI...

Page 68: ...lly 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...

Page 69: ...system BIOS ROM on the motherboard one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS Under the normal circumstances the system works on the Main BIOS If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged the Back...

Page 70: ...nge Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 If any failure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is o...

Page 71: ...tion If Auto Recovery Disable it will show or the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enable it will show or the other key to Auto Recover Keep DMI Data Enable Default Disable Enable The DMI data w...

Page 72: ...ongratulation You have completed the flashed and now can restart system Press Enter to Run Are you sure to update BIOS Enter to contiune Or ESC ot abort COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please press any key t...

Page 73: ...ss Enter to Run File name XXXX XX Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 39M F5 Refresh DEL Delete TAB Switch TYPE FILE NAME To name the file Congratulate you have accomplished the saving PgDn PgUp Make changes...

Page 74: ...ualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology a hot spare for your system BIOS This newest Value added feature in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE is...

Page 75: ...above reasons This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause by BIOS failures III Q How does DualBIOS technology work Answer This new technology will elimin...

Page 76: ...quence to boot from the backup BIOS 2 During or after a BIOS upgrade if DualBIOS detects that the main BIOS is corrupt the backup BIOS will take over the boot up process automatically Moreover it will...

Page 77: ...ough 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...

Page 78: ...e 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...

Page 79: ...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 bo...

Page 80: ...isable 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 channels output STEP 2...

Page 81: ...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 tr...

Page 82: ...ovides SPDIF output port optical coaxis and SURROUND KIT Rear R L CEN Subwoofer SURROUND KIT access analog output to rear channels and Center Subwoofer channels It is the best solution if you need 6 c...

Page 83: ...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 When the Environm...

Page 84: ...cket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracket is provided and could link to the SPDIF output...

Page 85: ...ne or others output devices to Line Out jack and microphone to MIC In jack Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Windows XP Please connect the devices to...

Page 86: ...anual setting If the device picture shows different from what you set please press Manual Selection to set If you set wrong with the connectors the warning mes sage will come out as right picture K8vt...

Page 87: ...ut jack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated PS If UAJ couldn t work as expected please disable this function by pressing button UAJ information And then Jack Sense function will awak...

Page 88: ...no any Line out device plugged in Volume lever Mute button Note If you want to use AUX IN function you must disable UAJ function from the Speaker Configuration item in the AC97 Audio Configuation men...

Page 89: ...peed 2 We recommend that you install Xpress Recovery immediately after installing O S drivers and applications How to use the Xpress Recovery There are two ways to enter the Xpress Recovery utility se...

Page 90: ...o BMP mode by pressing F9 in the bootup screen BMP Mode Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technilogy CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Exi...

Page 91: ...ill be saved as an hidden image 2 Execute Restore Utility This program will recover your system to factory default Press R to recover your system Press Esc to exit Restore the backup image to the orig...

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Page 93: ...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 t...

Page 94: ...RAID IDE controller n VIA 8237 Serial ATA Driver For VIA 8237 SATA Driver n VIA USB 2 0 Controller USB 2 0 Driver information for XP Item Description Driver installation finished You have to reboot sy...

Page 95: ...d 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 fro...

Page 96: ...NFORMATION 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 d...

Page 97: ...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...

Page 98: ...tallation 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...

Page 99: ...different steps in the installation process Therefore we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual at our website Please download it at http tw giga byte com support user_pd...

Page 100: ...write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad Question 11 How to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from SATA HDDs by either RAID or ATA mode Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features S...

Page 101: ...d 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...

Page 102: ...opriate 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 VG...

Page 103: ...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 K...

Page 104: ...working 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...

Page 105: ...usical 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...

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