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Hardware Installation Process

English

13) CD_IN (CD IN, Black)

Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.

Pin No. Definition

1

CD-L

2

GND

3

GND

4

CD_R

1

12) SUR_CEN

Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable.

Pin No. Definition

1

SUR OUTL

2

SUR OUTR

3

GND

4

No Pin

5

CENTER_OUT

6

BASS_OUT

1

5

6

2

Summary of Contents for P4 Titan GA-8SIMLH-P

Page 1: ...ent to update the information contained herein M Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners M Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard M Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date beforepublication of this booklet ...

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

Page 4: ...ons 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 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 854 9338 8...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8SIMLH P P C P4 Titan Series Motherboard Pentium 4 ProcessorMotherboard Rev 4002 12ME 8SIMLHP 4002 ...

Page 6: ...11 Step 1 1 CPU Installation 11 Step 1 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation 12 Step 2 Install memory modules 13 Step 3 Install expansion cards 15 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 16 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 16 Step 4 2 Connectors Jumper Setting Introduction 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 31 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 32 Standard CMOS Features 34 Advanced BIOS F...

Page 7: ...e 50 Load Fail Safe Defaults 51 Load Optimized Defaults 52 Set Supervisor User Password 53 Save Exit Setup 54 Exit Without Saving 55 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 57 BIOSTM Introduction 57 Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction 58 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 2 4 6 Channel Audio Function Introuction 74 Chapter 5 Appendix 81 ...

Page 8: ...ttheydon tline upwith the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers do notbecome alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Justcutthe bottom portion ofthe spacers the spacermaybe a little hard tocutoff so be careful ofyour hands In this wayyou can stillattach the motherboard to the base withoutworrying aboutshortcircuits Sometimes you may need to use the p...

Page 9: ...upports up to 2 un bufferDouble sided DIMM DDR200 266 333 Supports up to 2GB Max Supports only2 5V DDR DIMM I O Control W83697HF Slots 1 Universal AGPslot 2X 4X device support 3 PCIslot supports 33MHz PCI2 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 ATAPICD ROM On BoardPeripherals 1 Flo...

Page 10: ... Cards etc Hardware Monitor CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU System Fan Control CPUOverheatWarning System Voltage Detect On BoardSound RealtekALC655 CODEC Line Out 2 frontspeaker Line In 2 rear speaker by s w switch Mic In center subwoofer by s w switch SPDIF Out SPDIF In CD_In Game Port On Board LAN j Build in RTL8201 Chipset On Board VGA Build in SiS651 Chipset PS 2 Connector PS 2 Keyboard i...

Page 11: ...V CPU_FAN PWR_LED COMA LPT SOC KET478 ATX VGA GA 8SIMLH FDD CI COMB F_PANEL BAT SYS _FAN PCI2 PCI3 F_U SB1 W83697HF BIOS SiS 962L IR CODEC F_U SB2 CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO CD_IN GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN SiS 651 IDE1 IDE2 AGP PCI1 DDR2 DDR1 RTL8201 j SUR_CEN SPDIF_IO P P C j For GA 8SIMLH P only ...

Page 12: ...3 MHz 66MHz 33MHz 14 318MHz 48MHz 24MHz 33MHz LPC BUS AGP 2X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 3 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 6 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports BIOS W83697HF GamePort RTL8201 j RJ45 j VGA Port CLK GEN ZCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 100 133 MHz AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100 133 MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318MHz 33MHz j For GA 8SIMLH P only ...

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

Page 14: ... memory modules Step 3 Installexpansion cards Step 4 Connectribbon cables cabinetwires and power supply Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply orconnectthe powercable to the power outlet Continue with the BIOS software installation Step 2 Step 4 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Step 3 ...

Page 15: ...en insertthe CPU into the socket Angling the rod to 650 Socket Actuation Lever Pin1indicator 1 Angling therod to65 degree maybefeela kind oftight andthen continue pullthe rod to90 degreewhena noise cough made Before installing the processor adhere to the following warning If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPUcut edge well it will cause improperinstallation Please change the insert orien...

Page 16: ...PUsocketalone withthe cooling fan and mightdamage theprocessor Toavoidthis fromhappening wesuggestyouto eitheruse thermaltape insteadof thermalpaste orremove the cooling fanwith extremecaution 3 Make surethe CPUfan power cable is plugged in to theCPU fanconnector this completesthe installation Please referto CPUcooling fanuser s manualfor moredetailinstallationprocedure 2 Make sure the CPUfan is p...

Page 17: ...tall memory modules DDR Before installing the processor andheatsink adhere tothe following warning When DIMM_LED is ON do notinstall remove DIMM from socket Please note thatthe DIMM module can only fitin one direction due to the one notches Wrong orientation willcause improper installation Please change the insertorientation SupportUnbuffered DDR DIMM Sizes type 64 Mbit 2Mx8x4banks 64 Mbit 1Mx16x4...

Page 18: ...ate memory is a high performance and cost effective solution thatallows easy adoption formemory vendors OEMs and system integrators DDR memory is a greatevolutionary solution for the PC industry thatbuilds on the existing SDRAM architecture yetmake the awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck bydoubling the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s ofDDR4...

Page 19: ...tacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace thescrew to secure the slotbracketofthe expansion card 6 Replaceyourcomputer s chassiscover 7 Power on the computer ifnecessary setup BIOS utility ofexpansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system AGPCard Please carefully pull outthe small white drawablebar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install Unins...

Page 20: ...e you connectyour device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USBkeyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller Ifyour OS does not supportUSB controller please contactOS vendor for possible patch ordriver upgrade For more information please contactyour OS ordevice s vendors PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Fema...

Page 21: ...ntSpeaker to Line Out Connect Rear Speaker to Line In Connect Centerand Subwoofer to MICOut Method2 You can refer to page 25 and contactyour nearestdealerfor optionalSUR_CEN cable w Parallel Port Serial Port and VGA Port LPT COMA VGA Ø This connectorsupports 1 standard COM port 1 Parallel port and 1 VGAport Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected ...

Page 22: ... Jumper Setting Introduction 1 ATX_12V 12 SUR_CEN 2 ATX 13 CD_IN 3 CPU_FAN 14 SPDIF_IO 4 SYS_FAN 15 IR 5 IDE1 IDE2 16 F_USB1 F_USB2 6 FDD 17 COMB 7 DIMM_LED 18 CI 8 PWR_LED 19 CLR_CMOS 9 F_PANEL 10 BAT 11 F_AUDIO 3 1 7 2 15 8 10 9 17 16 14 4 6 5 18 13 11 19 12 ...

Page 23: ...o Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 ATX ATX Power AC power cord should only be connected to your powersupply unit afterATX power cable and other related devices arefirmlyconnected to the mainboard Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 VCC 5 GND 6 VCC 7 GND 8 PowerGood 9 5V SB stand by 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 3 1 4 2 1 10 20 ...

Page 24: ...t the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating TheCPU fan connector supports Max currentup to 600 mA 4 SYS_FAN System FAN Connector This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense PinNo Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 1 ...

Page 25: ...tCDROM to IDE2 The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 IDE1 IDE2 1 39 2 40 6 FDD Floppy Connector Please connect thefloppy drive ribbon cables toFDD Itsupports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types The red stripe ofthe ribbon cable mustbe the same side with the Pin1 1 34 2 33 ...

Page 26: ...mages due to the 2 5Vstand by voltage Remove memorymodules only whenAC Power cord is disconnected 8 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system powerindicator to indicate whether the system ison off Itwill blink when the system enterssuspend mode If you use dual color LED powerLED willturn toanother color PinNo Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 ...

Page 27: ...ive LED Pin1 LEDanode Pin2 LEDcathode SPK SpeakerConnector Pin1 VCC Pin2 Pin3 NC Pin4 Data RST ResetSwitch Open Normal Operation Close Reset HardwareSystem PW Soft PowerConnector Open Normal Operation Close PowerOn Off MPD MessageLED Power Pin1 LEDanode SleepLED Pin2 LEDcathode NC NC SPK SPK 20 Speaker Connector 1 19 IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch 2 1 Soft Power Connector 1 MPD MPD Message ...

Page 28: ... the alternative ofusing front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound PinNo Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 REF 4 POWER 5 FrontAudio R 6 RearAudio R 7 Reserved 8 NoPin 9 FrontAudio L 10 RearAudio L 10 9 1 2 10 BAT Battery 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 cor...

Page 29: ... Black ConnectCD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector PinNo Definition 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD_R 1 12 SUR_CEN Pleasecontact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable PinNo Definition 1 SUROUTL 2 SUROUTR 3 GND 4 NoPin 5 CENTER_OUT 6 BASS_OUT 1 5 6 2 ...

Page 30: ...t carefully while you connect the SPDIF_IO cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional SPDIF_IO cable please contact your local dealer PinNo Definition 1 VCC 2 NoPin 3 SPDIF 4 SPDIFI 5 GND 6 GND 1 6 2 5 15 IR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is aling with pin one the connector To enable the IR function on the boa...

Page 31: ... to work or even damage it For optional F_USB cable pleasecontact your local dealer PinNo Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USBDX 4 USB Dy 5 USBDX 6 USB Dy 7 GND 8 GND 9 NoPin 10 NC 2 10 1 9 17 COMB COM B Connector White Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector Check the pin assignment while you connect the COMB cable Please contact your nearestdealer for optional COMB cable PinNo Definition ...

Page 32: ...case open item in BIOS if the system casebegin remove PinNo Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 1 19 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its defaultvalues by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily shor 1 2 pin Default doesn tinclude the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper 1 1 Open Normal Close Clear CMOS ...

Page 33: ... 29 Hardware Installation Process English ...

Page 34: ... 30 GA 8SIMLH P P C Motherboard English ...

Page 35: ...only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 Load the Optimized Defaults F8 Q Flash function F9 System Information F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS SetupProgram The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS R...

Page 36: ...ard 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 Main Menu GETTING HELP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail ...

Page 37: ...etheperformance of yoursystem set Top Performance as Enabled l LoadFail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults indicates the value of the 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 best performance configuration l Set Supervisor password Change set or disable passwo...

Page 38: ...an 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 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 We...

Page 39: ...llowing 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 CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS Number of heads PRECOMP Write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORSNumber of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter Drive A Drive B The category...

Page 40: ...op 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 PowerOn Self Test ofthe BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determinethe amount of ...

Page 41: ...e priority by USB ZIP USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD 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 CDROM Select Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled priority Password Check Setup Floppy Boot from...

Page 42: ...ermine 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 Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 K Default value PasswordCheck System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is...

Page 43: ...rial Port A 3F8 IRQ4 ATA33 Onboard Serial Port B 2F8 IRQ3 Set Conductor cable Serial Port B Mode Normal to ATA33 40 pins Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode ECP xEPP Mode Select EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 higf Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimize...

Page 44: ...t channel IDE port On Chip Secondary PCIIDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port AC97 Audio Enabled Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default value Disabled Disable this function OnboardLAN Device j Enabled Enable onboard LAN device Default value Disabled Disable onboard LAN device System Share Memory Size 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB ...

Page 45: ...Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3F8 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2F8 Default value 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port B Serial Port B Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of Onboard I O chip ASKIR Set onboard I O chip ...

Page 46: ... version EPP 1 7 Compliant with EPP 1 7 version Default Value ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default Value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 Game PortAddress 201 Set Game Port Address to 201 Default Value 8209 Set Game Port Address to 209 8Disabled Disable this function Midi PortAddress 290 Set Midi Port Address to 290 300 Set Midi Port Address to 300 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Defau...

Page 47: ... S1 state Blinking higf 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 Soft off by PWR_BTT N Off The user press the power button once he can turn off the system Default Value Suspend The u...

Page 48: ...by any key Disabled Disable this function Default Value Power On by Mouse Enabled Enable Power On by Mouse function Disabled Disable this 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 Month...

Page 49: ...2 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI3 IRQ Assignment 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 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 higf Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 ...

Page 50: ...t System CPU Temp automatically Current CPU SYSTEMFAN Speed RPM Detect CPU SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened No Menu Level u VCORE 1 71V 3 3V 3 29V 5V 4 99V 12V 11 73V Current System Temperature 33 C 91 F Current CPU Temperature 27 C 80 F Current CPU FAN Speed 4821 RPM...

Page 51: ...6 F Monitor CPU Temp at 80 C 176 F 90 C 194 F Monitor CPU Temp at 90 C 194 F Disabled Disable this function Default value CPUFAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable SYSTEMFAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan Warning Function Disable Default value Enabled Fan Warning Function Enable ...

Page 52: ... This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection For Willamette CPU 8X 23X default 14X 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 Linear Frequency Control Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable this function CPU Clock 100 355 Select CPU Clock to 100M...

Page 53: ...ase set DRAM Clock MHz to 333 Incorrect using it may cause your system broken For power End User use only AGP Clock MHz Please 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 54: ...formance function Figure 9 Top Performance CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 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 E...

Page 55: ...pyright C 1984 2003 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Fai...

Page 56: ...lity Copyright C 1984 2003 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup L...

Page 57: ... program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program andhaving full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at Password C heck inAdvance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for thepasswordevery time the system is rebooted or any time youtry to enter Setup Menu If youselect Setup at Pass...

Page 58: ...1984 2003 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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS ...

Page 59: ...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 higf Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Quit Withou...

Page 60: ... 56 GA 8SIMLH P P C Motherboard English ...

Page 61: ...te software Itcould helpyou to download the BIOSfrom internetand update it Notlike the otherBIOS update software it s a Windowsutility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no morethan a click Besides no matterwhich mainboardyou areusing ifit s a Gigabyte s product BIOShelp youto maintainthe BIOS This utilitycould detectyourcorrectmainboard modeland help you to choose the BIOSaccordingly Itthen d...

Page 62: ...l then overdrive CPU speedautomaticallywiththe resultbeingshown in thecontrolpanel Ifusersprefer Overclock bythem there isalso anotherchoice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sportdrive class Overclocking user interface Advanced Mode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to getultimate system performance Itoperates in coordination with Gigabyte motherboa...

Page 63: ...lrisk pleasedo itwith caution We aresorrythatGigabyte TechnologyCo Ltd is notresponsible fordamages ofsystem becauseofincorrectmanipulation ofupdatingBIOSto avoidanyclaims from end users Before You Begin 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 an...

Page 64: ...e Updating 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 fro...

Page 65: ...TIMIZED 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 ...

Page 66: ...pydisk 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...

Page 67: ...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 68: ...kup 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 ...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...VISOR 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 y...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...rd PnP 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...

Page 73: ... 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 be...

Page 74: ... 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 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 Sa...

Page 75: ... 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 76: ...hodsandsteps I Update BIOS through Internet a Click InternetUpdate icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever d Selectthe exactmodelnameonyourmotherboard e System willautomatically download and update the BIOS 3 1 4 2 2 Click Start Programs GIGABYTE BIOS 3 Click P 4 Click here 5 Please select BIOS sever site then Click OK 1 Click BIOS Presshere ...

Page 77: ...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 78: ... 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 step to install the function Line Out STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and...

Page 79: ...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 channels 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 channel...

Page 80: ...e Center 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 Line Out Line In MIC In STEP 3 Select Speaker Configuration and choose the 6 channels for 5 1 speakers out put Disable Only SURROUND KIT and p...

Page 81: ... Audio Combo Kit provides 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 channel output Line In and MIC at the same time SURROUND KIT is included in the GIGABYTE unique Audio Combo Kit as picture STEP 2 Connect the SURROUND KIT to SUR_CEN on the M B ...

Page 82: ...URROUND 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 channels output Basic Advanced 6 Channel Analog Au...

Page 83: ...t device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable withrearbracketis provided andcould link to the SPDIFoutput connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracketprovides coaxialcableandFiber connectingport ...

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Page 85: ...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 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 Go technology to install the drivers a...

Page 86: ...r VGA driver for VGA integrated SiS 650 650GL 650GX 651chipset n USB Patch for WinXP This patch driver can help you to resolve the USB device wake up S3 hang up issue in XP n SiS PCI Lan Driver j SiS 962L 963L LAN driver n RealTekAC97 Audio Driver Install RealTekAC97 audio driver n SIS USB 2 0 Driver It is recommended that you use the Microsoft Windows update for the most updated driver for XP 2K ...

Page 87: ... overclocking andhardware 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 AcrobatReader Popular utility fromAdobe for reading PDF file format documents n Norton Internet Security NIS Integrate...

Page 88: ...oard 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 thelast page for details ...

Page 89: ...hat 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 tsupport certain functions in EasyTune 4 these functions will be locked automatically 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 XP o...

Page 90: ...er Please 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 withp...

Page 91: ...s 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 Contin...

Page 92: ...t device SCSI 3 Integrated Peripherals Onboard H W ATA RAID enable Then it depends on the RAIDmode that you need to set RAID to RAID mode or ATA to normalATA 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 ...

Page 93: ...oltage and etc are set properly Failure has been excluded Check if the CPU cooling fan attached to CPU properly ls CPU cooling fanpower 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 Insert the VGAca...

Page 94: ...igabyte com tw The appropriate response will be provided ASAP Is memoryLED on and CPUfan 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 key...

Page 95: ...No ContactPerson 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 ProblemDescription ...

Page 96: ...IMM CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP ExtendedCapabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC ElectromagneticCompatibility EPP EnhancedParallel Port ESD ElectrostaticDischarge ...

Page 97: ... MHz Megahertz MIDI MusicalInstrument DigitalInterface MTH Memory Translator Hub MPT MemoryProtocol Translator NIC Network Interface Card OS Operating System OEM OriginalEquipmentManufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On SelfTest PCI PeripheralComponentInterconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static Rando...

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