Gigabyte GA-8IRXP User Manual

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GA-8IRXP

P4 Titan DDR Motherboard

USER’S M ANUAL

Pent ium®4 P rocessor Motherboard

Rev. 2005

12MD-8IRXP-2005

Table of Content

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Item Checklist................................................................................. 3

WARNING! ..................................................................................... 3

Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................... 4

Chapter 2 Hardware I nstallation Process ........................................... 7

Features Summary ................................................................................................4

GA-8IRXP Motherboard Layout........................................................................... 6

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................8

Step 1- 1 CPU Installation ....................................................................................8

Step 1- 2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation..................................................................9

Step 2: Install memory modules ........................................................................10

Step 3: Install expansion cards.......................................................................... 11

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply...............12

Step 4- 1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction ..............................................................12

Step 4-2 :Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction ........................................14

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ....................................................................20

The Main Menu.....................................................................................................20

Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility .................................................................................20

Select Language ..................................................................................................20

Load Optimized Default ......................................................................................22

Save & Exit Setup ................................................................................................23

Chapter 4 Driver Installation ............................................................24

Chapter 5 BIOS Flash Procedure .....................................................26

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Item Checklist

þ The GA-8IRXP motherboard þ IDE cable x 3 / Floppy cable x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility (Special CD) þ GA-8IRXP user’s manual þ Quick P C Installation Guide þ 4-Port USB Cable x 1 þ 2-Port USB Cable x 1 þ I/O Shield

W ARNING!

Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very 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 on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX ower connector on the motherboard.

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Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

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Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

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Form Factor — 30.6cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor , 4 layers PCB. CPU — Socket 478 for Intel® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium® 4 processor

Chipset — Chipset 82845 HOS T/AGP/Controller

Memory — 3 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

I/O Control — IT8712 Slots — 1 CNR(Communication and Networking Riser) Slot

On-Board IDE — 2 IDE controllers on the Intel 82801BA PCI chipset

On-Board Peripherals — 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

Hardware Monitor — CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect

— Intel P entium®4 400MHz FSB — Support Intel ® Pent ium ® 4 (Northwood, 0.13um) processor — 2nd cache depend on CPU

— 82801B A(ICH2) I/O Controller Hub

— Support s PC2100 DDR or PC1600 DDR DIMM — Supports up to 2GB DRAM (Max) — Support s only 2.5V DDR DIMM — Supports 64bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode

— 1 AGP slot 4X (1.5V only) device support — 6 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100) operation modes.

— IDE3 and IDE4 Compat ible with RAID,Ultra ATA133/100.

and 2.88M bytes.

— 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode — 2 Serial ports (COMA & COMB) — 4 x USB 2.0 , 2 x USB 1.1 by cable and 2 x USB 1.1 onboard — 1 IrDA connector for IR

— CPU/Power/System Fan Control — CPU Overheat Warning — System Volt age Detect

to be continued......

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On-Board Sound — Creative CT5880 Sound Chipset + Sigmatel 9708T CODEC

— Line In/Line Out/Mic In/CD In/AUX_IN/TELE/Game Port

On-Board RAID — Onbard Promise PDC20276

— Supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) — Supports concurrent dual IDE controller operation — Supports IDE bus master operation — Displays status and error checking messages during boot-up — Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds — Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in

cont roller onboard BIOS On-Board LAN — Intel 82562ET LAN PHY On-Board USB 2.0 — NEC D720100AS1 Chipset On-Board MS,SD,SC — Winbond SMART @I/O Chipset (Memory Stick , Security Digital and

SC header) PS/2 Connector — PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace BIOS — Licensed AWARD BIOS, 4M bit x 2 FWH

— Supports Dual BIOS — Supports Multi Language — Supports Q-Flash

Additional Features — 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-current protection — USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3 — Supports @BIOS — Supports EasyTuneIII

Special Features — Over Voltage (DDR/AGP/CPU)

— Over Clock (CPU/PCI/AGP)

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Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications. We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU, Chipsets,SDRA M,Cards….etc.

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GA-8I RXP Motherboard Layout

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KB_ MS

COMA

COMB

LINE_OUT

LINE_IN

MIC_IN

USB

AC97

82562ET

LPT1

GAME

LAN

CD_IN

AUX_12V

AUX_IN

TELE

F_A UDIO

SOCKET478

Brookdale

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

CPU_FAN

AGP

GA-8IRXP

BATTERY

IT8712

DDR1

DDR2

ICH2

IDE4

DDR3

IDE2

ATX

IDE1

BACKUP BIOS

MAIN BI OS

F_PANEL

FLOPPY

IR/CIR

W83L 518D

S_IRQ

PWR_FAN

CASE OPEN

CT5880

P4 Titan-DDR

CNR

WOL

PCI5

PCI6

IDE3

PDC20276

SYS FAN

USB2

USB3

NEC

USB4

USB 2.0

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Chapter 2 Hardw are Installation Process

To set up your computer, you must com plete the following setps:

Step 1- Install the Centr al Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 5- Setup BIOS software Step 6- Install supporting software tools

Step 2Step1Step4

Step 4

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Step 4

Step3

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step 1-1 CPU Instal lation

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Pin1 indicator

CPU Top View CPU Bottom View

Socket Actuation Lever

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.

Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

Pin1indicator

Pin1 indicator

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper corner. Then insert the CPU into the socket.

If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

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Step 1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation

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1. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base onto the CPU socket on the mainboard.

Pleas e use Intel approved cooling fan.

We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between

your CPU and hea tsink. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste. During this condition if you t ry to remove the cooling 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.)

Mak e sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector, this completes

the inst allation.

Plea se refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installationprocedure.

2. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CP U fan connector, than install complet e.

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Step 2: Install memory modules

The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets, but it can only support a maximum of 4 banks of DDR memory. DDR slot 1 uses 2 banks, DDR slot 2&3 share the remaining

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2 banks. Please refer to the following tables for possible memory configurations supported. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary between sockets.

Total Memory Sizes Wit h Unbuffered DDR DIMM Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMM x 64 / x 72 2 DIMMs x 64 / x 72 3 DIMMs x 64 / x 72

64 Mbit (2Mx8x4 banks) 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 256 MBytes 64 Mbit (1Mx16x4 banks) 32 MBytes 64 MBytes 96 MBytes 128 Mbit(4Mx8x4 banks) 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 512 MBytes 128 Mbit(2Mx16x4 banks) 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 196 MBytes 256 Mbit(8Mx8x4 banks) 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 GBytes 256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks) 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes 512 Mbit(16Mx8x4 banks) 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 2 GBytes 512 Mbit(8Mx16x4 banks) 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes

Notes: Double-sided x16 DDR memory devices are not support by Intel 845 chipset.

D:Double Sided DIMM S:Single Sided DIMM X:Not Use

DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 S S S D S S D D X

D X D S D X S X D

DDR

1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMMmemory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module verticallyinto the DIMM slot. Then push it down.

3. Close the pla stic clip at both edges of theDIMM slots to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.

When STR/DIMM LED is ON, do not install/remove DIMM from socket.

Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

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Step 3: Install expansion cards

1. Read t he related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer.

2. Remove your computer’s chassis cover , screws and slot bracket from the computer.

3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the met al contacts on the card are 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 expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install relat ed driver from the operating system.

Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/ Uninstall the AGP

AGP Card

card. Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your AGP card is locked by t he small white- drawable bar.

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Issues To Beware Of When Installing CNR

Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem.

Standard CNR Card

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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply

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Step 4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction

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PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pin Female)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female)

ØThis connector supports standard PS/2

keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

v Parallel Po rt and Serial Ports (COMA/COMB)

Parallel P ort (25 pin Female)

ØThis connector supports 2 standard COM ports

and 1 Parallel port. Device like printer can be connected t o Parallel port ; mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports.

COMA COMB

Serial Ports (9 pin Male)

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Game /MIDI Ports

Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female)

Audio Connectors

Line Out

MIC In

Line In

ØThis connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard

and other relat e audio devices.

Ø After install onboard audio driver, you may connect

speaker to Line Out jack, micro phone to MIC In jack. Device like CD-ROM , walkman etc can be connected to Line-In jack. Please no te: Line Out 1: Line Out or SPDIF (The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder). To enable SPDIF, simply insert SPDIF connector into Line Out1. Line Out1 will become SPDIF Out automatically. To enable Four S peaker (for Creative 5880 audio only), and Line In will become Line Out2 to support second pair of stereo speakers.

If you want the detail inf ormation for “Four Speaker & SPDIF “ setup, please download 8IRXP manual (Complete Version) from Gigabyte web. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

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y USB/ LAN Connector

LAN

USB 0 USB 1

ØBefore you connect your device(s) into USB

connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker. .etc. Have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS (Win 95 with USB supplement, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, WinNT with SP 6) supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) vendors.

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Step 4-2 :Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction

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T S

R Q

MO N

A) CPU_FAN L) SYS_FAN B) ATX M) USB2 C) IR/CIR N) USB3/USB4 D) SC O) WOL E) IDE1/IDE2/Floppy P) TELE F) SD/MS Q) AUX_IN G) PWR_FAN R) BAT H) S_IRQ S) CD_IN I) CASE_OPEN T) F_AUDIO J) F_Panel U) AUX_12V K) IDE3/IDE4

B C

D E

J K L

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U ) AUX_12V( +12V Power Connector)

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GND

+12V +12V

234

A) CPU_FAN (CPU Fan Connector)

+12V/Control

GND

Sense

G) PWR_FAN (Power Fan Connector)

Sense

+12V/Cont rol

GND

B) ATX (ATX Power Connector)

5V SB (Stand by +5V)

+12V

Power G ood

GND VCC

GND VCC GND

3.3V

-5V

Ø This connector (ATX + 12V) is

used only for CPU Core Voltage.

Ø Please note, a proper installation of the CPU

cooler is essent ial to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 600mA .

L) SYS_FAN (System Fan Connector)

Ø AC power cord should only be connected to

your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly

VCC

connected to the mainboard.

VCC GND

GND GND

PS- ON(Soft On/Off)

GND

-12V

3.3V

GND +12V/Cont rol Sense

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E ) Floppy/ IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary]

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Ø Important Not ice:

Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM t o IDE2.

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

K) IDE3/IDE4 Connector (RAID/ATA133)

IDE4

IDE3

If you want the detail information for “RAI D“ setup , please download 8IRXP manual (Complete Ve rsion) from Gigabyte web. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

Q) AUX_IN ( AUX In Connector)

AUX-R

AUX-L

GND

P) TELE

Signal-Out

Signal-In

GND

S) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In Connector)

CD-R GND

CD-L

O) WOL(Wake on LAN)

+5V SB

GND

Signal

Ø The connector is for internal modem card with

vocie connector

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M, N) USB2 / USB3 / USB4 (USB3 & 4 connectors in orange are for USB 2.0)

Ø Be careful with the polarity of the front

panel USB connector. Check the pin

GND

USB D3+

USB D3-

Power

USB D2-

USB D2+

GND

Power

assignment while you connect the front panel USB cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional front panel USB cable.

T) F_AUDIO (F_AUDIO Connector)

There are two types of Front Audio connector, please refer to the tables below before you install.

Type 2Type 1

Ø If you want to use type-1 Front Audio

connect or, you must remove 11-12,13-14 Jumper. If you want to use type-2 Front Audio connect or, you must remove 3-4 ,5-6

Incase speaker (L)

GND

Rear Audio (R)

GND

Rear Audio (L)

GND

+12V

MIC

Front Audio (R)

GND

MIC

Front Audio (R)

Rear Audio (L)

Rear Audio (R)

GND

Front Audio (L)

Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. A lso please make sure the pin assigment on the cable 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.

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Incase speaker (R)

Front Audio (L)

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C) IR/CIR (IR/CIR )

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D, F) SC(Smart Card Interface), SD (Secure Digital Memory Card Interface) ,

VCC

GND

IRTX

CIRRX

VCCNCIRRX

MS (Memory Stick Interface)

Ø Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is

aling with pin one the connector. To enable the I R/CIR function on the board, you are required to purchase an option IR/ CIR module. For detail information please contact your autherized Giga-Byte distribut or. To use IR function only, please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5.

H) S_IRQ

GND

I ) CASE_OPEN

GND

1Signal

1 Signal

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J ) F_P ANEL (2x7 pins connector)

13 RSTRST+ SPK+

SPK-

HD-

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

SPK (S peaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+)

RST (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation

PD+/PD_G-/PD_Y-(Power LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

PW (Sof t Power Connector) Open: Normal Operation

PW+

PW-

PD+ PD_GPD_Y-

HD+

2 14

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

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

Close: Reset Hardware System

Pin 2: LED cathode(-) Pin 3: LED cathode(-)

Close: Power On/Off

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Ø Please connect t he power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis

front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above.

R ) BAT (Battery)

v Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly

replaced.

v Replace only with the same or equivalent

type recommended by the manufacturer.

v Dispose of used batteries according to the

manufacturer’s instructions.

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CAUTION

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

BIOS S etup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify

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the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

ENTE RING SETUP

After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP.

GETTING HEL P

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible select ions for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.

The Main Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu 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 press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility

After power on the computer , pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter DualBIOS/Q-Flash utility. If you want to detail information for “DualBIOS/Q-Flash Utility “, please download

this manual from Gigabyte web http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

Select Language

Ma in Menu

Sta tus Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu

You can press <Shift>+<F3> to select multi language. There are 7 languages available,

including E nglish, Japanese, French, Spanish, Germany, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

CMOS Set up Utility-Copyright (C) 198 4-2001 Award Software

}Standa rd CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Fe atures Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

}Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password }Power Manag ement Setup Set User Password }PnP/PCI Con figurations Save & Exit Setup }PC Health Status Exit With out Saving }Freque ncy/Voltage Control

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Sta ndard CMOS Features

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

Adv anced BIOS Features

This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.

Adv anced Chipset Features

This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

We would not suggest you change the chipset default setting unless you really need it.

l Integr ated Peripherals

This set up page includes all onboard peripherals.

We would n ot suggest you change the default setting unless you really need it. For power End-User use only.

Power Ma nagement Setup

This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

We would n ot suggest you change the default setting unless you really need it. For power End-User use only.

PnP/PCI Config urations

This set up page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.

We would n ot suggest you change the default setting unless you really need it. For power End-User use only.

PC Health Sta tus

This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.

Frequency/V oltage Control

This setup page is control CPU’s clock and frequency ratio.

For power End-User use only.

Select L anguage

This setup page is select multi language.

Load Fail-Sa fe Defaults

Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration.

Loa d Optimized Defaults

Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration.

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Load Optimized D efault

Set Super visor password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just t o Setup.

Set User password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.

Sav e & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

}Standa rd CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Fe atures Load Fail-Safe Defaults

}Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password }Power Manag ement Setup Set User Password }PnP/PCI Con figurations Save & Exit Setup }PC Health Status Exit With out Saving }Freque ncy/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults? (Y/N)?Y

Load Optimized De faults

Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically det ects.

To Load O ptimized, move cursor, by pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard ,to highlight the optimized default and press enter key then press "Y" if you decide to load this option.

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Save & Exit Setup

}Standa rd CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Fe atures Load Fail-Safe Defaults

F To save exit the BIOS setting screen press F10, and press "Y" if

you want to save setting. By typing "N" or "ESC" will take you back t o setup screen.

If you want the detail informatio n for BIOS setup, please download 8IRXP (Complete V ersion) manual from Gigabyte web.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?Y

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Revi sion History

Chapter 4 Driver Installation

Picture below are shown in Windows ME (Special CD)

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Insert the driver CD-tit le that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.

A. Inst alling Intel 845 Chipset Driver

Please install this driver as the first priority. this item installs the chipset driver utility that enableds Plug-n-Plag INF support for Intel chipset component.

B. Inst alling Audio Driver

Click this item to install audio driver.

C. Inst alling Network Driver

Click this item to install Network driver.

D. Installing Intel Application Accelerat or (IAA)

IAA accelerates not only Operating System Loading Time but Disk I/O for Games, Graphics Applications, Disk Utilities, and Media Authoring Applications, enhancing Intel® Pentuim® 4 processor-based systems.

E. Other Device Driver

Click this item to install Promise RAID, FastTrak Utility, Winbond MS/SD/SCR Device Driver, Winbond Smart Manger for Smart Card Reader, USB 2.0 Host Controller Driver.

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A: Intel 845 Chipset Driver Installation

Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility.

A-1. Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP INF Update Utility Click "Windows 9x/ME /2000/XP INF Update Utility" item.

A-2. I ntel Application Accelerator Click "Intel Applicat ion Accelerator"item.

B: Audio Driver Installation

Press "Audio" icon.

Click "Creative CT5880 Sound Driver" item.

C: Network Driver Installation

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Press "Network" icon.

D: Other Device Driver Installation

Click "Driver Inf ormation".

If you want the detail information for “ATA133” and “RAI D” setup, please download 8IRXP manual (Com plete Version) from Gigabyte web. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

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Chapter 5 BIOS Flash Procedure

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BIOS update procedure: Met hod 1: If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOSTM Program to flash BIOS.

Press "Tools" icon.

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilit ies".

Click "P".

Click here.

(1)

2.Click "@BIOS Writer Utility v.1.08q".

(2)

(3)

Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet

a. Click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIO S" icon c. Select @BIOSTM sever ("Gigabyte @BIO STM sever 1 in Taiwan" and "Gigabyte

@BIOSTM sever 2 in Taiwan" are available for now, the others will be completedsoon) d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.

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II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:

a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Updat e New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search f or BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such

as: 8IRX.F1). e. Complete update process following the instruction.

III. Save BIOS

In the very beginning, t here is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current B IOS version.

IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:

In t he very beginning, there 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 model names to be selected, please

make sure your motherboard's model name again. Selecting wrong model name will

cause t he system unbooted. b. In met hod II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as

your motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot. c. In method I , if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOSTM server, please go onto

Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II. d. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted

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Met hod 2: We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example.

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Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode. Flash BIOS Procedure: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip.

STEP 2: Make a DO S boot diskette. (See example: Windows 98 O.S.) Beware: Windows ME/2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette. (1) With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive. Please leave the diskette "UN-write protected"

Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files. Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http: //www.shareware.cnet.com

type. Double click the "My Computer" icon from Desktop, then click "3.5 diskette (A)" and right click t o select "Format (M)"

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(2) Select the "Quick (erase)" f or Format Type, and pick both "Display summary when finished" and

"Copy system files", after that press "Start". That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it. Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy, so please proceed accordingly.

(3) After the floppy has been formatted completely, please press "Close".

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STEP 3: Download BIOS and BIOS utility program. (1) Please go to Gigabyte website http:// www.gigabyte.com.tw/index.html, and click "Support".

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(2) From Support zone, click the "Motherboards BIOS & Drivers".

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(3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset

optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files.

(4) Select an appropriate BIO S version (For example: F4), and click to download the file. It will pop

up a file download screen, then select the "Open this file from its current location" and press "OK".

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(5) At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click "Extract" button to unzip the

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(6) Please extract t he download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2,

files.

and press "Extract".

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STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) Insert the f loppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then,

restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk. Please press <DEL> key to enter BIOS set up main menu when system is boot up.

American Release:09/16/99 Megatrends AMI BIOS (C) 19 99 American Megatr end

7VTX F1 Check Syste m Health OK AMD-Athlon(tm)Proce ssor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB

Wai t... Press F1 to ente r Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune

( C ) American Megatrends Inc., 63-000 1-001199-00101111-071595-VIA_K7-GA7VTX1-F

(2) Once you enter the BIOS setup utility, the main menu will appear on the screen. Use the arrows

to highlight the item "BIOS FEATURES SETUP".

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit

Time, Date , Hard Disk Type…

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(3) Press "Enter" t o enter "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item

"1st Boot Device", and then use the "Page Up" or "Page Down" keys to select "Floppy".

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1st Boot Device : Floppy 2nd Boot Device : IDE-0 3rd Boot Device : CDROM S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks : Disabled BootUp Num-Lock : On ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item Floppy Drive Seek : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+ /- : Modify Password Check : Setup F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

(4) Press "ESC" to go back to previous screen. Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

SETUP" then press "Enter". System will ask "SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm. Now the system will reboot automatically, the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot-up.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

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STEP 5: BIOS flashing. (1) After the system boot from floppy disk, type "A:\> dir/w" and press "Enter" to check the entire

files in floppy A. Then type the "BIOS flash utility" and "BIOS file" after A:\>. In this case you have to type "A:\> Flash841 7VTX.F4" and then press "Enter".

St arting Windows 98…

A:\> dir/w Volume in drive A has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB-353D Directory of A:\ COMMAND.COM 7VTX.F4 FLASH841.EXE 3 file(s) 838,954 bytes 0 dir(s) 324,608 bytes free

A:\> Flash841 7VTX.F4

(2) Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu. Press "Enter", the highlighted item

will locate on the model name of the right-upper screen. Right after that, press "Enter" to start BIOS Flash Utility.

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(3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue the

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(4) The BIOS flash completed. Please press [ESC] to exit Flash Utility.

procedure, or press [ESC] to quit. Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS. It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative.

Are you sure to flash the BIOS? [Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel?

EXIT? [Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel?

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STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash. (1) Take out t he floppy diskette from floppy drive, and then restart the system. The boot up screen ` will indicat e your motherboard model and current BIOS version.

American Release:09/16/99 Megatrends AMI BIOS (C) 19 99 American Megatr end

7VTX F4 Check Syste m Health OK AMD-Athlon(tm)Proce ssor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB

Wai t... Press F1 to ente r Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune

( C ) American Megatrends Inc., 63-000 1-001199-00101111-071595-VIA_K7-GA7VTX1-F

(2) Don't forget to press <DEL> key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot up. Use the

arrows to highlight the it em "LOAD SETUP DEFAUL TS" then press "Enter". System will ask "Load S etup Defaults (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

Load Setup Defaults? (Y/N)?N

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Load Setup Defaults

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(3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask

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(4) Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure.

"SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confir m. Now the system will reboot automatically, the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot-up.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

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