Gigabyte GA-8GEM800 User Manual

GA-8GEM 800

Intel® Pentium

User's Manual

Rev. 1001
12ME-8GEM800-1001

®

4 Socket 478 Proc essor Motherboard

Sept. 1, 2004

GA-8GEM800

Motherboard

Sept. 1, 2004

Motherboard

GA-8GEM800

Copyright

© 2004 G IGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies.

Notice

The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmi tted in any form or by any
means without G igabyte's prior written permission. Specifications and features are subject to
change without prior notice.

Product Manual Classification

In order to assist in the use of this product, Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the
following:

n For quick instal lation, please refer to the "Hardware Installation Guide" included with the

product.

n For detailed product i nformation and specifications, please carefully read the

"Product User Manual".

n For detailed information rel ated to Gigabyte's unique features, please go to Gigabyte's

website under "Technology Guide" where information can be downloaded in .pdf format.

Fore more product details, please click onto Gigabyte's website at www.gigabyte.com.tw

Tab le of Contents

GA-8GEM800 Motherboard Layout .............................................................................6

Block Diagram ...........................................................................................................7

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation..................................................................................9

1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation .........................................................................9

1-2 Feature Summary .................................................................................................10

1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink...................................................................12

1-3-1 Installation of the CPU ....................................................................................12

1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink ..............................................................................13

1-4 Installation of Memory...........................................................................................14

1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards ...........................................................................16

1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction .................................................................................17

1-7 Connectors Introduction ........................................................................................18

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ............................................................................................29

The Main Menu (F or example: BIOS Ver. : E2)............................................................30

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ...................................................................................32

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features....................................................................................34

2-3 Integrated Peripherals ...........................................................................................36

2-4 Power Management Setup...................................................................................39

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations.......................................................................................41

2-6 PC Health Status ..................................................................................................42

2-7 Frequency/V oltage Control ...................................................................................43

2-8 Top Performance....................................................................................................44

2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults .........................................................................................45

2-10 Load Optimized Defaults .......................................................................................45

2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ..........................................................................46

2-12 Save & Exit Setup ...............................................................................................47

2-13 Exit Without Saving ..............................................................................................47

Chapter 3 Driver s Installation ...................................................................................49

3-1 Install Chipset Drivers ..........................................................................................49

3-2 Software Applications............................................................................................50

3-3 Driver CD Information ...........................................................................................50

3-4 Hardware Information ...........................................................................................51

3-5 Contact Us ............................................................................................................51

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Chapter 4 Appendix ...............................................................................................53

4-1 Unique Software Util ity .........................................................................................53

4-1-1 Xpres s Recovery Introduction .......................................................................53

4-1-2 BIOS Flash Method Introduction ....................................................................56

4-1-3 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction ...............................................65

4-2 Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................71

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GA-8GEM800

KB_MS

CPU_FAN

LAN

USB

COMA

LPT

VGA

LINE_OUTMIC_IN

F_AUDIO

GAME

LINE_IN

ATX_12V

SOCKET478

Intel 845GE

GA-8GEM800

ATX

FDD

CODEC

RTL
8100C

IT8712

SUR_CEN

CD_IN

SPDIF_IO

DDR1

AGP

PCI1

PCI2

F_USB1

BAT

F_USB2

55

PCI3

BIOS

CI

COMB

IR

DDR2

ICH4

CLR_CMOS

PWR_LED

IDE2 IDE1

SYS _FAN

F_PANEL

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Block Diagram

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

3 PC I

PC ICLK

(33MHz)

AGP 4X

RT L8100C

RJ 45

VGA Port

AC97 Link

AC 97

COD EC

MIC

LINE-IN

Pentium 4

Soc ket 478

Intel 82845GE

Intel ICH4

6 USB

Ports

(2.0/1.1)

LINE-OUT

CPU

Sy stem Bus
400/533MHz

200/266/ 333MHz

48 MHz

LPC BUS

24 MHz

ATA33/66/100
IDE Channels

CPU CLK+/- (100/133MHz)

DDR

66M Hz

HCLK+/ - (100/133MHz)

66M Hz

33 MHz

14. 318 MHz

BIOS

IT8712

33 MHz

Gam e Port

Floppy

LPT Port

PS/2

KB/Mouse

COM

Port s

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1-1

1.

2.

3. (CPU RAM)

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

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1-2

 Socket478 Intel® Pentium® 4 (Northwood, Prescott) HT

 400/533MHz FSB
 L2 CPU
 : Intel® 845GE
 : Intel® ICH4
 2 184-pin DDR DIMM
 DDR333/DDR266/DDR200 DIMM
 2GB DRAM
 2.5V DDR DIMM
 1 AGP AGP 4X (1.5V)
 3 PCI 33MHz PCI 2.2

IDE  2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 4 IDE

 1 2
 1 Normal/EPP/ECP
 1 VGA 1 COMA COMB
 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 2 x 4-- )
 1
 1
 1 PS/2
 1 PS/2
 Intel® 845GE
 RTL8100
 1 RJ45
 Realtek ALC655 CODEC
 Line In ; Line Out ; MIC In
 2/4/6
 SPDIF /
 CD In / Game port

( 1)

( )

(Intel 845PE/GE/GV) FSB533 Pentium 4

DDR266 DDR333 ; FSB400 Pentium 4

DDR200/DDR266

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I/O  IT8712

 CPU /
 CPU

 CPU /

BIOS  AWARD BIOS

 Q-Flash
 @BIOS
 EasyTune
 BIOS (CPU/DDR/AGP)
 Micro-ATX ; 24.4 x 22

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1-3

1-3-1

(CPU)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

HT

(Hyper-Threading

Technology)

- HT Intel Pentium 4

- HT

- BIOS BIOS HT

- HT

1.
65

90

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90

2.
90

3.

1-3-2

4. ( )

1. CPU

00

0 Intel®

00
00

0 CPU

00

( CPU

CPU
CPU

00

0

00
00

0 CPU CPU_FAN

00

( )

2. CPU

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CPU

)

1-4

1.

2.

3.

2 (DIMM) ,BIOS

DIMM

NEC Toshiba PQI Winbond

55

DDR1 DDR2
SS
DS
DD
DX
SD

SX
D: S:
X:

GA-8GEM800 - 14 -

DDR

1.

2.

3.
DIMM

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1-5

1.

2. (
)

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. BIOS

8.

AGP

AGP

/ AGP

AGP AGP

AGP

GA-8GEM800 - 16 -

1-6

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2 ( )

( )

(USB)

USB USB / USB USB USB

USB

A

( )

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1-7

3

1

8

9

14

4

6

5

18

2

55

17
10

11 1315

12

16

7

1) CPU_FAN 10) F_PANEL

2) SYS_FAN 11) CD_IN

3) ATX_12V 12) SPDIF_IO

4) ATX 13) F_USB1/F_USB2

5) IDE1/IDE2 14) CI

6) FDD 15) IR

7) PWR_LED 16) COMB

8) F_AUDIO 17) CLR_CMOS

9) SUR_CEN 18) BAT

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1/2) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (CPU )

CPU

CPU 600

AGP PCI

1
2 +12V

1

1

3

1
2 +12V
3

CPU_FAN

55

SYS_FAN

3) ATX_12V ( +12V )

ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V

4
3

2
1

1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V

55

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4) ATX ( AT X )

( 300 )

11

1

1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 VCC
5
6 VCC
7

20

55

10

8 Power Good
9 5V SB (stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 3.3V
12 -12V
13
14 PS_ON (soft on/off)
15
16
17
18 -5V
19 VCC
20 VCC

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5) IDE1/IDE2 (IDE )

IDE IDE IDE IDE

IDE ( ) IDE

Master Slave ( IDE

) : IDE

IDE

6) FDD ( )

40

55

21

40 39

39

21

IDE

360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB

3334

IDE

12

55

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7) PWR_LED

PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Sus-

pend

55

8) F_AUDIO ( )

55

1

1 MPD+
2 MPD­3 MPD-

Pin5-6 Pin9-10 Jumper

10 9

2

1

1 MIC
2
3 REF
4
5 Front Audio (R)
6 Rear Audio (R)
7 Reserved
8 No Pin
9 Front Audio (L)

10 Rear Audio (L)

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9) SUR_CEN ( )

55

SUR_CEN

1 SUR OUTL
2 SUR OUTR

1652

3
4
5 CENTER_OUT
6 BASS_OUT

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10) F_PANEL ( )

MSG+

MSG-

HD-

Power
Switch

PW+

PW-

RES+

NC

RES-

Reset Switch

Speaker Connector

SPEAK+

Message LED/

Power/

Sleep LED

2
1

HD+

55

IDE Hard Disk Active LED

HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
0

SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+) +5v

Pin 2- Pin 3: NC
Pin 4: Data(-)

RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation

Close: Reset Hardware System
0

PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal Operation :

Close: Power On/Off : /
0

MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
0

NC

SPEAK-

20
19

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11) CD_IN ( )

CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD

1

.
1 CD-L
2
3
4 CD-R

55

12) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF / )

Sony/Philip Digital Interface Format / SPDIF

(AC-3)

(SPDIF In)

SPDIF

SPDIF

62

1 VCC
2

1

5

3 SPDIF
4 SPDIFI
5
6

55

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