Gigabyte GA-8SIML User Manual

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Motherboard GA-8S IML

ERIC LU Eric Lu

Dat e:

De c. 18,2001

GA-8SIML

P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Pentium®4 Processor Motherboard

Rev 2001

12ME-8SIML-2001

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Item Checklist .................................................................................. 4

WARNING!.......................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................................................5

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ............................................8

Table of Content

Features Summary................................................................................................5

GA -8SIML Motherboard Layout ..........................................................................7

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)...........................................9

Step 1-1 : CPU Installation................................................................ 9

Step 1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation ...........................................10

Step 2: Install memory modules .......................................................................11

Step 3: Install expansion cards.........................................................................12

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply.............13

Step 4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction .........................................13

Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction ...............................................15

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ....................................................................22

T he Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :FA)..............................................23

Standard CMOS Features.................................................................................25

A dvanced BIOS Features...................................................................................28

A dvanced Chipset Features ..............................................................................31

Integrated Peripherals .......................................................................................33

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Power Management Setup................................................................................38

PnP/PCI Configurations......................................................................................41

PC Health Status..................................................................................................43

Frequency/Voltage Control ................................................................................45

Load Fail-Safe Defaults......................................................................................47

Load Optimized Defaults....................................................................................48

Set Superv isor/User Password..........................................................................49

Sav e & Exit Setup.................................................................................................50

Exit Without Sav ing.............................................................................................51

Chapter 4 Technical Reference........................................................52

Block Diagram .....................................................................................................52

Q-Flash Introduction...........................................................................................53

@ BIOS Introduction ...........................................................................................55

Easy Tune III.........................................................................................................56

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Chapter 5 Appendix .......................................................................57

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Table of Content

Item Checklist

þ The GA-8SIML motherboard

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þ IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility (TUCD) þ GA-8SIML user’s manual

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.

W ARNING!

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

power connector on the motherboard.

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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Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

Form Factor — 22.9cm x 24.3cm Micro ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. CPU — Socket 478 for Intel® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium® 4 processor

— Support Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood, 0.13 m) processor — Intel Pentium®4 400MHz FSB — 2nd cache depends on CPU

Chipset — SiS 650 Host/Memory controller(**)

— SiS 650GX Host/Memory controller(***) — SiS 961 MuTIOL Media I/O

Memory — 2 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

— Supports DDR266/200 SDRAM — Supports up to 2 un-buffer Double-sided DIMM DDR266/200 — Supports up to 2GB DDR DRAM (Max) — Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM — Supports 64bit DRAM integrity mode

I/O Control — W83697HF Slots — 1 Universal AGP slot (1X/2X/4X) device support

— 3 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant — 1 CNR(Communication and Networking Riser) Slot

On-Board IDE — 2 IDE bus maste r (UDMA33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE po rts for up to 4

ATAPI devices

— Supports PIO mode3,4 (UDMA 33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE & ATAPI

CD-ROM

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

and 2.88M bytes.

— 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode — 1 Serial port (COMA),1 VGA port,COMB on board — 4 USB ports (Rear USB x 2,by optional cable) — 1 Front Audio Connector* — 1 Serial IRQ Connector** — 1 IrDA connector for IR**

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*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only ***For PCB 2.0 ver only

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to be continued......

Introduction

Hardware Monitor — CPU/System Fan Revolution detect

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On-Board Sound — Sigmatel 9721 CODEC(***)

On-Board LAN — Builit in RTL8100L Chipset(**)

On-Board VGA — Builit in SiS650 Chipset(**)

PS/2 Connector — PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace BIOS — Licensed Award BIOS, 2M bit Flash ROM (***)

Additional Features — PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

— CPU/System Fan Control — CPU Overheat Warning — System Voltage Detect

— Realtek 201A CODEC(**) — Line In/Line Out/Mic In/CD In/ AUX_IN***/ SPDIF** /Game Port

— Builit in RTL8100BL Chipset(***) — 1 RJ45 port

— Builit in SiS650GX Chipset(***)

— Licensed AMI BIOS, 2M bit Flash ROM(**)

— PS/2 Mouse power on — STR(Suspend-To-RAM) — AC Recovery — USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3 — Supports EasyTune III — Supports @BIOS

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,SDRAM,Cards… .etc.

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only ***For PCB 2.0 ver only

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GA-8SIML Motherboard Layout

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KB_MS

USB/

COMA

VGA

LINE_OUT

LINE_IN

MIC_IN

AC97

LPT

BIOS

LAN

GAME

CD_IN

F_AUDIO*

SPDIF**

W83697HF

ATX_12V

AUX_IN***

RTL8100

S_IRQ**

BIOS_W P***

SiS 650GX***/ SiS 650**

GA-8SIML

CNR

SOCKET478

COMB

PCI1

PCI2

BATTERY

PCI3

AGP

CPU_FAN

F_USB

DDR2

DDR1

SiS 961

F_P ANEL

DIMM_LED

IDE1

IDE2

Buzzer

ATX

FDD

IR**

CLR_CMOS***

SYS _FAN

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only ***For PCB 2.0 ver only

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Introduction

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

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Step 1- Install the Central 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

Step1

Step4

Step 2

Step 4

Step3

Step 4

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step1-1 : CPU Installation

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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.

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

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.

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Step1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation

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1. Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket first.

M Please use Intel approved cooling fan. M We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat

conduction 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 processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan, and might damage the pr ocessor. To avoid this from happening, we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of therm al paste, or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution.)

M Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector,

this completes the installation.

M Please refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installation

procedure.

2. Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket.

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Step 2: Install memory modules

The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets . 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 With Unbuffered DDR DIMM Dev ices used on DIMM 1 DIMM x 64 / x 72 2 DIMMs x 64 / x 72

64 Mbit (2Mx 8x4 banks) 128 MBy tes 256 MBy tes 64 Mbit (1Mx 16x4 banks) 32 MBy tes 64 MBy tes 128 Mbit(4Mx 8x4 banks) 256 MBy tes 512 MBy tes 128 Mbit(2Mx 16x4 banks) 64 MBy tes 128 MBy tes 256 Mbit(8Mx 8x4 banks) 512 MBy tes 1 GBy tes 256 Mbit(4Mx 16x4 banks) 128 MBy tes 256 MBy tes 512 Mbit(16Mx 8x4 banks) 1 GBy tes 2 GBy tes 512 Mbit(8Mx 16x4 banks) 256 MBy tes 512 MBy tes

DDR

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

M Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one

notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

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DDR Introduction

high performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs and system integrators.

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SDRAM infrastructure, yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth. DDR SDRAM will offer a superior solution and migration path from existing SDRAM designs due to its av ailability, pricing and overall market support. PC2100 DDR memory (DDR266) doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of the clock, achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than PC133 when running with the same DRAM clock frequency. With peak bandwidth of 2.1GB per second, DDR memory enables system OEMs to build high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems that are suitable for servers, workstations, highend PC's and v alue desktop SMA systems. With a core voltage of only 2.5 Volts compared to conventional SDRAM's 3.3 volts, DDR memory is a compelling solution for small form factor desktops and notebook applications.

Step 3: Install expansion cards

1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into

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

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

4. Be sure the metal 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 related driver from the operating system.

Established on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a

DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing

the computer.

AGP Card

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

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

supply

Step4-1:I/O Back Panel Introduction

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v w

u PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pin Female)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female)

v USB & LAN Connector

LAN

USB 0 USB 1

ØThis connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard

and PS/2 mouse.

ØBefore you connect your device(s) into USB

connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard,mouse, scanner, zip, spea ker..etc. Have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS (Win 95 with USB supplement, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Win NT 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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w Parallel Port , Serial Port and VGA Port (LPT/COMA/VGA)

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Parallel Port (25 pin Female)

COMA VGA Serial Port (9 pin Male)

VGA Port (15 pin Female)

ØThis connector supports 1 standard COM port

,1 Parallel port and 1 VGA port. Device like printercan be connected to Parallel port ; mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports.

x Game /MIDI Ports

Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female)

y Audio Connectors

Line Out

MIC In

Line In

ØThis connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard

and other relate 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.

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Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction

A B

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R Q

O N

A) ATX_12V B) CPU_FAN C) ATX D) IDE1/IDE2 E) FLOPPY F) IR** G) CLR_CMOS*** H) SYS_FAN I) CI J) F_P ANEL

IJLM

K) F_USB L) BATTERY M) COMB N) BIOS_WP*** O) S_IRQ** P) SPDIF** Q) F_AUDIO * R) CD_IN S) AUX_IN***

D E

G H

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only ***For PCB 2.0 ver only

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A) ATX_12V ( +12V Power Connector)

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+12V

GND

ØThis connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU

operation voltage (Vcore).

+12V

GND

If this " ATX+ 12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot.

B ) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector)

Sense

GND

+12V/Control

H ) SYS_FAN (System FAN Connector)

Sense

+12V/Control

GND

I) CI (CASE OPEN)

Signal

GND

Ø Please note, a proper installation of the CPU

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

Ø This 2 pin connector allows your system to

enable or disable the system alarm if the sys tem case begin remove.

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E ) FDD (Floppy Connector)

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D ) IDE1/ IDE2 (IDE1/IDE2 Connector)

IDE1

IDE2

Q) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector)*

Front Audio (R)

MIC

Front Audio (L)

GND

Rear Audio (R)

Rear Audio (L)

Ø Important Notice:

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

Ø If you want to use "Front Audio" connector,

you must move 3-4,5-6 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. Also 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.

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only ***For PCB 2.0 ver only

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R) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In)

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S) AUX_IN ( AUX In Connector)***

CD-R GND

CD-L

AUX-R GND

AUX-L

P)SPDIF**

Ø The SPDIF output is capable of providing

digital audio to external speakers or com

VCC

SPDIF Out

GND

pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital output function.

O) S_IRQ ** (For special design, for example: PCMCIA add on card)

Signal

GND

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only **For PCB 2.0 ver only

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C ) ATX (ATX Power)

5V SB (Stand by +5V)

+12V

Power Good

GND VCC

GND

3.3V

ØAC power cord should only be connected to

VCC VCC

-5V GND

GND GND

PS-ON(Soft On/Off)

GND

-12V

3.3V

your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.

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J) F_USB (Front USB Connector)

GND

USB 3+

USB 3-

Power

USB 2-

USB 2+

GND

Power

F)IR **

VCC(+5V)

IR Data Input GND

IR Data Output

Ø Be careful with the polarity of the front

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

Ø Be careful with the polarity of the IR

connectorwhile you connect the IR. Please contact you nearest dealer for optional IR device.

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only **For PCB 2.0 ver only

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N) BIOS_WP*** (BIOS Write Protection)

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2-3 close: Normal

1-2 close: Write Protection

Ø Please note, To flash/upgrade BIOS on this MB

BIOS_WP must be set to 2-3 close. We recommend BIOS_WP to be set to "1-2 close", whenever user does not need to flash/upgrade the BIOS.

G) CLR_CMOS*** (Clear CMOS)

2-3 close: Normal

1-2 close: Clear CMOS

M) COM B

NSINB

NDTRB-

NDSRB-

GND

NDCDB-

NSOUTB

NCTSB-

NRIB-

NRTSB-

Ø You may clear the CMOS data to its default

values by this jumper.

*For PCB 1.1& 2.0 ver only **For PCB 1.0& 1.1 ver only **For PCB 2.0 ver only

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J) F_P ANEL (2x7 pins jumper)

RST+

RST-

PD+

PD_G-

SPK+ 1

PW-

PW+

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

SPK-

HD-

2 14

PD_Y-

HD+

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

SPK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+)

RST (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation

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

PW (Soft Power Connector) Open: Normal Operation

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Ø Please connect the 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.

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

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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.

ENTERING

Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup.

CONTROL

<á> Move to previous item <â> Move to next item <ß> Move to the item in the left hand <à> Move to the item in the right hand <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and

<+/PgUp> Increase the numeric value or make changes <-/PgDn> Decrease the numeric v alue or make changes <F1> General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu <F2> Reserved <F3> Reserved <F4> Reserved <F5> Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu <F6> Load the file-safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table <F7> Load the Optimized Defaults <F8> Dual BIOS/Q-Flash function <F9> Reserved <F10> Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

SETU P

K EYS

Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu

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G ETTING HELP

M ain M enu

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

Status Page Setup Menu / Op tion Page Setup Menu

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

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : FC)

If you want detail data setting before “BIOS ver FC“, please download the manual from Gigabyte web http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setu p Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functio ns and two exit choices. Use arro w keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

}Standard CMOS Features }Frequency /Voltage Control }Adv anced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Adv anced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Set Superv isor Password }Pow er Management Setup Set User Password }PnP/PCI Configurations Sav e & Exit Setup }PC Health Status Ex it Without Saving

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Ty pe...

Figure 1: Main Menu

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l Standard CMOS Features

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

l Advanced BIOS Features

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

l Advanced Chipset Fe atures

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

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l Integrated Perip herals

l Power Management Setup

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l PnP/PCI Configurations

l PC Health Status

l Frequency/Voltage Control

l Load Fail-Safe Defaults

l Load Optimized Defaults

l Set Sup ervisor p assword

l Set User p assword

l Save & Exit Setup

l Exit Without Saving

This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and ex it setup.

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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Standard CMOS Features

Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:y y) Fir, Jan 25 2002 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu Lev el u

Change the day , month,

}IDE Primary Master [None] y ear and century }IDE Primary Slave [None] }IDE Secondary Master [None] <Week> }IDE Secondary Slave [None] Sun. to Sat.

Driv e A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] <Month> Driv e B [None] Jan. to Dec. Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

<Day >

Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 1 to 31 (or max imum

allow ed in the month)

Base Memory 640K <Year> Ex tended Memory 130048K 1999 to 2098 Total Memory 131072K

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higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help

F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Features

C Date

The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.

8Week The w eek, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only 8Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. 8Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the max imum allowed in the month) 8Year The year, from 1999 through 2098

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C Time

time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

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C IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Second ary Master, Slave

There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the driv e table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.

If you select User Type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be prov ided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

The times format in <hour> <mi nute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-

The ca tegory ide ntifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F tha t has been installed in the computer.

8CYLS. Number of cy linders 8HEADS Number of heads 8PRECOMP Write precomp 8LANDZONE Landing zone 8SECTORSNumber of sectors

C Drive A / Drive B

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.

8None No floppy drive installed 8360K, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity .

81.2M, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M by te capacity

(3.5 inch w hen 3 Mode is Enabled).

8720K, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K by te capacity

81.44M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M by te capacity.

82.88M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M by te capacity.

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C Flop py 3 Mode Support (for J apan Area)

8Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) 8Driv e A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. 8Driv e B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. 8Both Driv e A & B are 3 mode Floppy Driv es.

C Halt on

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

8NO Errors The system boot w ill not stop for any error that may be detected

and y ou will be prompted.

8All Errors Whenev er the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped. 8All, But Key board The system boot will not stop for a key board error; it will stop for

all other errors. (Default v alue)

8All, But Diskette The sy stem boot will not stop for a disk error; it w ill stop for all

other errors.

8All, But Disk/Key The sy stem boot will not stop for a key board or disk error; it will

stop for all other errors.

C M emory

The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory

installed in the system.

The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

Extend ed Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST.

This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU’s memory address map.

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Advanced BIOS Features

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BIOS Flash Protection [Auto] Item Help First Boot Dev ice [Floppy] Menu Level u

Second Boot Dev ice [HDD-0] [Auto] Third Boot Dev ice [CDROM] Allow s BIOS to Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] update flash data BootUp Num-Lock [On] during POST. It still Passw ord Check [Setup] prev ents other Interrupt Mode [APIC] unauthorized utilities HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability [Disabled] to update flash

higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Adv anced BIOS Features

[Enabled] Alw ays prev ent BIOS and unauthorized utilities to update flash

Figure 3: Adv anced BIOS Features

C BIOS Flash Protection

This field lets you determine the states that flash BIOS

8Auto BIOS enables flash write access automatically when updating BIOS data/DMI/

ESCD. (Default Value)

8Enabled During POST, DMI/ESCD would not be updated. But flash tools can update BIOS

alw ays.

C First / Second / Third Boot Device

This feature allows you to select the boot device priority.

8Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy .

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8LS120 Select y our boot device priority by LS120. 8HDD-0~3 Select your boot device priority by HDD-0~3. 8SCSI Select y our boot device priority by SCSI. 8CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM. 8ZIP Select y our boot device priority by ZIP. 8USB-FDD Select y our boot device priority by USB-FDD. 8USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. 8USB-CDROM Select y our boot device priority by USB-CDROM. 8USB-HDD Select y our boot device priority by USB-HDD. 8LAN Select your boot dev ice priority by LAN. 8Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled.

C Boot U p Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks.

8Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note

that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or 1.44 M driv e type as they are all 80tracks.

8Disabled 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 driv e installed is 360 K. (Default v alue)

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C BootU p Num-Lock

When set On, allows the BIOS to automatically enable the Num Lock Function when the system boots up.

8On Keypad is number key s. (Default value) 8Off Keypad is arrow keys.

C Password Check

This feature allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

Please refer to the detail on P.48

8Sy stem The sy stem can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied

if the correct passw ord is not entered at the prompt.

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8Setup The system w ill boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct

passw ord is not entered at the prompt. (Default value)

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C Interrupt Mode

When you already have IOAPIC enable sy stem and w ant to upgrade the system please note, since running an IOAPIC enabled OS (like Windows NT,Windows 2000, Windows XP...) sy stem with none IOAPIC HW support w ill cause the system to hang. Following are some situations users might run into:

1.An IOAPIC enabled OS and change the BIOS setting from IOAPIC to PIC, this w ill cause your sy stem to hang.)

C HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technology which allows your hard disk drive to report any read/write errors and issue a warning with LDCM installed.

8APIC Through IOAPIC generate more IRQ for sy stem use.(Default value) 8PIC Use AT stantard IRQ controlles to generate IRQ.

8Enabled Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability . 8Disabled Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability . (Default value)

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Advanced Chipset Features

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

Adv anced Chipset Features Top Performance [Disabled] Item Help Configure DRAM Timing [Auto] Menu Lev el u

x CAS Latency Setting Auto x DRAM RAS Active Time 6T x DRAM RAS Precharge Time 3T x DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3T

AGP Aperture Size [64MB]

higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 4: Adv anced Chipset Features

C Top Performance

If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "Top Performance" as "Enabled".

8Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) 8Enabled Enable Top Performance function.

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C Configure DRAM Timing

Warning: Wrong DRAM Timing may make system can’t boot .Clear CMOS to overcome wrong Timing issue)

8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default Value) 8Manual Set Configure DRAM Timing to Manual.

C CAS Latency Setting

This feature allows you to select the CAS latency Time, When any DDR DIMM installed.

82T Set CAS Latency Setting to 2T.

82.5T Set CAS Latency Setting to 2.5T. 83T Set CAS Latency Setting to 3T. 8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default Value)

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C DRAM RAS Active Time

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C DRAM RAS Precharge Time

This feature allows you to set the DRAM RAS# Precharge Time.

C DRAM RAS to CAS Delay

This feature allows you to set the delay time that from the DRAM RAS# active to CAS#.

C AG P Aperture Size

84T Set DRAM RAS Active Time to 4T. 85T Set DRAM RAS Active Time to 5T. 86T Set DRAM RAS Active Time to 6T. (Default value) 87T Set DRAM RAS Active Time to 7T.

82T Set DRAM RAS Precharge Time to 2T. 83T Set DRAM RAS Precharge Time to 3T. (Default value) 84T Set DRAM RAS Precharge Time to 4T.

82T Set DRAM RAS to CAS Delay to 2T. 83T Set DRAM RAS to CAS Delay to 3T. (Default v alue)

84T Set DRAM RAS to CAS Delay to 4T.

(This feature allows you to select the main memory frame size for AGP use)

84MB AGP Aperture Size is 4MB. 88MB AGP Aperture Size is 8MB. 816MB AGP Aperture Size is 16MB. 832MB AGP Aperture Size is 32MB. 864MB AGP Aperture Size is 64MB. (Default v alue) 8128MB AGP Aperture Size is 128MB. 8256MB AGP Aperture Size is 256MB.

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Integrated Peripherals

Integrated Peripherals IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto] Item Help IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto] Menu Lev el u On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] [Auto] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] Auto-detect IDE AC97 Audio [Enabled] cable type AC97 Modem [Enabled] Sy stem share Memory Size [32MB] [ATA66/100] USB Controller [Enabled] Set Conductor cable USB Legacy Support [Disabled] to ATA66/100 Onboard LAN Function [Enabled] Init Display First [AGP] [ATA33] Onboard FDC [Enabled] Set Conductor cable Onboard Serial Port A [3F8/IRQ4] to ATA33 Onboard Serial Port B [2F8/IRQ3] Serial Port B Mode [Normal]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] øEPP Mode Select EPP1.7 ECP Mode Use DMA [3] Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [330] Midi Port IRQ [10] higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals

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C IDE1 Cond uctor Cable

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C IDE2 Cond uctor Cable

C On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

When enabled, allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE.

C On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default Value) 8ATA66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66/100 (Please make sure y our IDE device

and cable is compatible w ith ATA66/100).

8ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 (Please make sure y our IDE device and

cable is compatible w ith ATA33).

8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default Value) 8ATA66/100 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA66/100 (Please make sure y our IDE device

and cable is compatible w ith ATA66/100).

8ATA33 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA33 (Please make sure y our IDE device and

cable is compatible w ith ATA33).

8Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) 8Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port.

When enabled, allows you to use the onboard secondary PCI IDE.

8Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) 8Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port.

C AC97 Audio

8Enabled Enable onboard AC'97 audio function. (Default Value) 8Disabled Disable this function.

C AC97 Modem

8Enabled BIOS will search MC97 Codec (AMR Modem Card). If found, MC97 function

w ill be enabled. If no MC97 Codec found, MC97 function will be disabled. (Default Value)

8Disabled Disable this function.

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C Share Memory Size

84MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB Set onchip VGA shared memory size.(Default Value:32MB)

C USB Controller

Disable this option if you are not using the onboard USB feature.

8Enabled Enable USB Controller. (Default value) 8Disabled Disable USB Controller.

C USB Legacy Support

8Enabled Enable USB Legacy Support. 8Disabled Disable this function.(Default Value)

C Onboard Lan

8Disabled Disable this function. 8Enabled Enable Onboard Lan Chip function. (Default Value)

C Init Display First

This feature allows you to select the first initation of the monitor display from which card, when you install an AGP VGA card and a PCI VGA card on board.

8PCI Set Init Display First to PCI Slot. 8AGP Set Init Display First to AGP. (Default value)

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C OnBoard FDC

When enabled, the fioppy diskette drive (FDD) controller is activated.

8Disabled Disable this function. 8Enabled Enable on board floppy disk controller.(Default value)

C Onboard Serial Port A

8Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port A address. 83F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port A and using daddress 3F8 , IRQ4. (Default Value) 82F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port A and using daddress 2F8 , IRQ3. 83E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port A and using daddress 3E8 , IRQ4. 82E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port A and using daddress 2E8 , IRQ3. 8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A.

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C Onboard Serial Port B

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C Serial Port B Mode

(This item allows you to select the IR modes if the serial port B is used as an IR port.Set at Normal , if you use COM2 as the serial port as the serial port, instead as an IR port.)

C OnBoard Parallel port

This feature allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I/ O controller.

8Auto BIOS w ill automatically setup the port B address. 83F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port B and using daddress 3F8 , IRQ4. 82F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port B and using daddress 2F8 , IRQ3. (Default Value) 83E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port B and using daddress 3E8 , IRQ4. 82E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port B and using daddress 2E8 , IRQ3. 8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port B.

8ASKIR Set onboard I/O chip UART to ASKIR Mode. 8IrDA Set onboard I/O chip UART to IrDa Mode. 8Normal Set onboard I/O chip UART to Normal Mode. (Default Value)

8378/IRQ7 Enable On Board LPT port and using address 378, IRQ7.(Default Value) 8278/IRQ5 Enable On Board LPT port and using address 278, IRQ5. 83BC/IRQ7 Enable On Board LPT port and using address 3BC, IRQ7.

8Disabled Disable onboard Parallel port.

C Parallel Port Mode

This feature allows you to connect with an advanced print via the port mode it supports.

8SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. 8EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. 8ECP Using Parallel port as Ex tended Capabilities Port.(Default Value) 8ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

C EPP Version

This feature allows you to select the EPP type version.

8EPP 1.9 Compliant with EPP 1.9 version. 8EPP 1.7 Compliant with EPP 1.7 version.(Default Value)

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C Parallel Port DMA

This feature allows you to select Direct Memory Access(DMA) channel if the ECP mode selected.

83 Set Parallel Port DMA to 3.(Default Value) 81 Set Parallel Port DMA to 1.

C OnBoard Game Port

This feature allows you to select the game port address or disable it.

8Disabled Disable OnBoard Game Port. 8201h Set OnBoard Game Port to 201h. (Default Value) 8209h Set OnBoard Game Port to 209h.

C OnBoard Midi Port

This feature allows you to select the Midi port address or disable it.

8Disabled Disable onboard Midi Port. 8300h Set onboard Midi Port to 300h. 8330h Set onboard Midi Port to 330h. (Default Value) 8290h Set onboard Midi Port to 290h.

C Midi IRQ Select

This feature allows you to select Midi IRQ is enabled.

8IRQ 5 / 10 (Default Value:10)

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Power Management Setup

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ACPI Suspend Ty pe [S1(POS)] Item Help MODEM Use IRQ [AUTO] Menu Level u Soft-Off by Power Button [Off] Sy stem After AC Back [Off] IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI [Enabled] ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan [Enabled] PME Ev ent Wake Up [Disabled] USB Dev ice Wake-up From S3 [Disabled] Pow er On by Key board [Password] Pow er On by Mouse [Disabled] Resume by Alarm [Disabled]

x Month Alarm NA x Day (of Month) 0 x Time (hh:nn:ss) 0 0 0

higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help

Pow er Management Setup

F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 6: Pow er Management Setup

C ACPI Suspend Type

8S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1. (Default Value) 8S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3.

C M ODEM Use IRQ

8AUTO Set MODEM Use IRQ to Auto. (Default v alue) 83 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 3. 84 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 4. 85 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 5. 87 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 7.

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89 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 9. 810 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 10. 811 Set MODEM Use IRQ to 11.

C Soft-off by Power Button

8Off The user press the power button once, he can turn off the system.

(Default Value)

8Suspend The user press the power button once, then he can enter suspend mode.

C System after AC Back

8Last State When AC-power back to the sy stem, the system will return to the Last state

before AC-pow er off.

8Off When AC-power back to the system, the sy stem will be in "Off" state.

(Default Value)

8On When AC-power back to the system, the sy stem will be in "On" state.

C IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI

8Disabled Disable this function. 8Enabled Enable this function. (Default value)

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C ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN

An incoming call via modem awakes the system from its soft-off mode./When set at Enabled, an input signal comes from the other client/server on the LAN awarks the system from a soft off state if connected over LAN.

8Disabled Disable Modem Ring on/wake on Lan function. 8Enabled Enable Modem Ring on/wake on Lan. (Default Value)

C PM E Event Wake UP

When set at Enabled, any PCI-PM event awarkes the system from a PCI-PM controlled state

8Disabled Disable this function.(Default Value) 8Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up. (Default Value)

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C U SB Device Wake-up From S3

When set at Enabled, it allows USB Device to activate the system from ACPI S3 power sav ing mode.

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C Pow er On by Keyboard

C Pow er On by Mouse

C Resume by Alarm

You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Data/time to pow er on system.

8Enabled Enable USB Device Wakeup. 8Disabled Disable USB Device Wakeup. (Default Value)

8Passw ord Input password (from 1 to 8 characters) and press Enter to set the Key board

Pow er On Password.

8Enabled Enable PS2 Mouse Power Up Control function. (Default Value) 8Disabled Disable this function.

8Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) 8Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.

If RTC Alarm Lead To Pow er On is Enabled. Month Alarm : NA, 1~31 Day (of Month) : 1~31 Time ( hh: mm: ss) : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)

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PnP/PCI Configurations

PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By [Auto] Item Help

x IRQ Resources Press Enter Menu Level u

PCI1 IRQ Assignment [Auto] [Auto] PCI2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] Assign PnP resource PCI3 IRQ Assignment [Auto] (I/O address, IRQ &

DMA channels) for Plug and Play compatible dev ices automatically

[Manual] Assign resource

manually higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations

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C Resources Controlled By

8Manual User can set the PnP resource (I/O Address, IRQ & DMA

channels) used by legacy ISA DEVICE.

8Auto BIOS automatically use these PnP rescuers. (Default value)

C IRQ Res ources ( 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 )

8PCI Dev ice The resource is used by PCI device. 8Reserv ed Set the resource to reserved.

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C PCI1 IRQ Assignment

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C PCI2 IRQ Assignment

C PCI3 IRQ Assignment

8Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI1. (Default value) 83,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI4.

8Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI2. (Default value) 83,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI1/5.

8Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI3. (Default value) 83,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI2/6.

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PC Health Status

PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status [Disabled] Item Help Case Status [No] Menu Lev el u

VCORE 1.71V +3.3V 3.29V +5V 4.99V +12V 11.73V

Current Sy stem Temp. 27°C/ 80°F

Current CPU Temperature 25°C/ 77°F Current CPU FAN Speed 4821 RPM Current Sy stem FAN Speed 0 RPM

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled] Sy stem FAN Fail Warning [Disabled] CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled] higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help

F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure8: PC Health Status

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C Reset Case Open Status C Case Status

If the case is closed, "Case Status" will show "Closed". If the case have been opened, "Case Status" will show "Opened".

If y ou w ant to reset "Case Status" value, set "Reset Case Open Status" to "Yes" and save CMOS, y our computer w ill restart.

C Current Voltage (V) VCORE / +3.3V / +5 V / +12V

8Detect sy stem’s v oltage status automatically.

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C Current System Temperature

8Detect Sy stem Temp. automatically.

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C Current CPU Temperature

C Current CPU Fan / System Fan Fan Speed (RPM)

C CPU Warning Temperature

C Fan Fail Alarm

CPU/ System

8Detect CPU Temp. automatically.

8Detect Fan speed status automatically .

860°C / 140°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 60°C / 140°F. 870°C / 158°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 70°C / 158°F. 880°C / 176°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 80°C / 176°F. 890°C / 194°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 90°C / 194°F. 8Disabled Disable this function.(Default value)

8No Fan Fail Alarm Function Disable. (Default Value) 8Yes Fan Fail Alarm Function Enable.

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Frequency /Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio [15X] Item Help Linear Frequency Control [Disabled] Menu Lev el u

Y CPU Clock 100 Y DRAM Clock (MHz) N/A

Y AGP Clock (MHz) N/A Y PCI Clock (MHz) N/A

higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Ex it F1:General Help

F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 9: Frequency /Voltage Control

Note: If sy stem hangs up before enter CMOS setup utility, w ait for 20 sec for times out reboot . When time out occur, sy stem will reset and run at CPU default Host clock at next boot.

Y Those items will be available when "Linear Frequency Control" is set to Enabled.

C CPU Clock Ratio

88X~24X It’s depends on CPU Clock Ratio.

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C Linear Freq uency Control

When set to "Enabled", you can adjust CPU / DRAM / AGP / PCI linear frequency. For power End-User use only.

8Disabled Disable this function. (Default v alue) 8Enabled Enable this function.

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C DRAM Clock (MHz)

This feature allows you to adjust the DRAM frequency, When "Linear Frequency Control" is set to Enabled.

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C AGP Clock (MHz)

This feature allows you to adjust the AGP frequency, When "Linear Frequency Control" is set to Enabled.

C PCI Clock (MHz)

This feature allows you to adjust the PCI frequency, When "Linear Frequency Control" is set to Enabled.

8Please set DRAM Clock according to y our requirement. If y ou use DDR200 DRAM module, please set “DRAM Clock(MHz)” to 100. If you use DDR333

DRAM module, please set “DRAM Clock(MHz)” to 166. Incorrect using it may cause your sy stem broken. For power End-User use only!

8Please set AGP Clock according to y our requirement. Incorrect using it may cause your sy stem broken. For power End-User use only!

8Please set PCI Clock according to y our requirement. Incorrect using it may cause your sy stem broken. For power End-User use only!

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow

minimum system performance.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults? (Y/N)?Y

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Figure 10: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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Load Optimized Defaults

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Load Optimized Defaults

system automatically detects.

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the

Load Optimized Defaults? (Y/N)?Y

Load Optimized Defaults

Figure 11: Load Optimized Defaults

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Set Supervisor/User Password

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist

you in creating a password.

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. You will be as ked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message “PASSWORD DISABLED” will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords:

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS 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 items.

If you select “System” at “Password Check” in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu.

If you select “Setup” at “Password Check” in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

Enter Password:

Change/Set/Disable Passw ord

Figure 12: Passw ord Setting

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Save & Exit Setup

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Type “Y” will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type “N” will return to Setup Utility.

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8:Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

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

Sav e Data to CMOS

Figure 13: Sav e & Exit Setup

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Exit Without Saving

ESC:Quit higf:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Sav e & Exit Setup

Type “Y” will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type “N” will return to Setup Utility.

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Data

Figure 14: Ex it Without Saving

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Chapter 4 Technical Reference

Block Diagram

English

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

3 PCI

AGP 1X/2X/4X

Pentium 4

Socket 478

System Bus 100MHz

SiS 650/650GX

CPU

SiS 961

CPUCLK+/- (100MHz)

100/133MHz

ZCLK (66MHz)

HCLK+/- (100MHz)

66 MHz

33 MHz

14.318 MHz

48 MHz

DDR

BIOS

PCICLK

(33MHz)

AC97

CODEC

MIC

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

PCICLK (33MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

14.318 MHz 33 MHz

AC97 Link

CNR

4 USB

Ports

ICS

952001AF

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LPC BUS

ATA33/66/100

IDE Channels

W83697HF

24 MHz

33 MHz

ZCLK (66MHz)

CPUCLK+/- (100MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz)

HCLK+/- (100MHz)

Floppy

LPT Port

PS/2

KB/Mouse

COM

Ports

Q-Flash Introduction

A. What is Q-Flash Utility?

Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS

mode, no more fooling around any OS.

B. How to use Q-Flash?

a. 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 Q-Flash utility.

!Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults !Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults !Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password !Power Management Setup Set User Password !PnP/PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup !Frequency/Voltage Control Exit Without Saving

Top Performance ESC:Quit "#$%:Select Item F8: Q-Flash F10:Save & Exit Setup

Enter Q-Flash Utility (Y/N)? Y

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

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b. Q-Flash Utility

Q-Flash Utility V3.05

Flash T ype/Size : SST 39SF020 / 256K Keep DMI Data : Yes

Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy

Space Bar:Change Value

Enter: Run ESC: Reset "/#: Select Item

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Load BIOS From Floppy

English

!In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run.

1 File(s) found

XXXX.XX 256K

Total Size: 1.39M Free Size: 1.14M F5: Refresh DEL: Delete ESC: Return Main

Where XXXX.XX is name of the BIOS file.

!Press Enter to Run.

Are you sure to update BIOS? [Enter] to contiune Or [ESC] ot abort...

!Press Enter to Run.

!! COPY BIOS Completed -Pass !! Please press any key to continue

Congratulation! Y ou have completed the flashed and now can restart system.

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@ BIOSTM Introduction

Gigabyte announces @ BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility

Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don’t know how to update it.

Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it. But of course you don’t like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS. The above process is not a interesting job. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare.

Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? Here it comes! Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS—the first Windows BIOS live update utility. This is a smart BIOS update software. It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it. Not 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*, @BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically. There are several different choices; you could use “Internet Update” to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose “Save Current BIOS” to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte’s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries.

For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible! It’s free! Now, if you buy a Gigabyte’s motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte @BIOS.

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Easy TuneIIITM Introduction

Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII

English

Windows overdrive utility

drive” is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts.

to study, try and use many different hardware and software tools to do “overdrive”. And even with these technologies, they still learn that it’s quite a risk because the safety and stability of an “overdrive“ system is unknown.

Gigabyte. This utility has totally changed the gaming rule of “overdrive”. This is the first overdrive utility suitable for both normal and power users. Users can choose either “Easy Mode” or “Advanced Mode” to run “overdrive” at their convenience. For users who choose “Easy Mode”, they just need to click “Auto Optimize” to have auto and immediate CPU overclocking. This software will then overdrive CPU speed automatically with the result being shown in the control panel. If someone prefers to “overdrive” by oneself, there is also another choice. Click “Advanced Mode” to enjoy “sport drive” class overclocking. In “Advanced Mode”, one can change the system bus speed in small increments to get ultimate system performance. And no matter which mainboard is used, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*, EasyTuneIII helps to perform the best of system.

change neither BIOS nor hardware switch/ jumper setting; on the other hand, they can do “overdrive” at only one click. Therefore, this is a safer way for “overdrive” as nothing is changed on software or hardware. If user runs EasyTuneIII over system’s limitation, the biggest lost is only to restart the computer again and the side effect is then well controlled. Moreover, if one well-performed system speed been tested in EasyTuneIII, user can “Save” this bus speed and “Load” it in next time. Obviously, Gigabyte EasyTuneIII has already turned the “overdrive” technology toward to a newer generation.

may make a test drive of “EasyTuneIII” to find out more amazing features by themselves.

“Overdrive” might be one of the most common issues in computer field. But have many users ever tried it? The answer is probably “no”. Because “overdrive” is thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technical know-how, sometimes “over-

But as to the experts in “overdrive”, what’s the truth? They may spend quite a lot of time and money

Now everything is different because of a Windows overdrive utility EasyTuneIII—announced by

Besides, different from other traditional over-clocking methods, EasyTuneIII doesn’t require users to

This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached driver CD. Users

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Revision History

Chapter 5 Appendix

Picture below are shown in Windows XP (TUCD driver version 2.0)

Appendix A: SiS 650/650GX Chipset Driver Installation (Must Install!)

A. SiS 650/650GX VGA Driver Installation

Insert the driver CD-title 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.

English

1.Click "SiS 650 VGA Driver "

item.

(1)

3.Click "Next".

(3)

5.Click "Next".

(5)

2.Click "Next".

(2)

4.Click "Next".

(4)

6.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

(6)

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B: SiS AGP Driver Installation

Insert the driver CD-title 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

English

icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.

English

1.Click "SiS AGP Driver item.

(1)

2.Click "Next".

(3)

(5)

(2)

3.Click "Next".

(4)

4.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

(6)

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C: USB Patch Driver Driver Installation

1.Click "USB Patch Driver"

item.

English

2.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

(1)

(2)

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Appendix B: SiS 7012 Sound Driver

English

1.Click "SiS 7012 Audio Driver" item.

English

2.Click "Next".

(1)

3.Click "Next".

(3)

(2)

4.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

(4)

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Appendix C: RealTek 8100/8139 Network Driver

Revision History

"RealTek 8100/8139 Network Driver" under Windows ME will auto install. If you would like to

install LAN driver, please refer to attached README.txt file for detail instruction. Please install the

driver through CD-ROM by the path D:\Network\Rtl (This manual assumes that your CD-ROM

device drive letter is D:).

Press "Network" icon.

Click "Driver Information".

English

(1)

(3)

(2)

(4)

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Appendix D: EasyTuneIII Utilities Installation

Revision History

Insert the driver CD-title 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

English

icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.

English

Press "Tools" icon.

2.Click "Easy Tune III Setup".

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities".

(1)

4. Please enter your name and

3.Click "Next".

(3)

5.Click "Next".

(5) (6)

company name, then click "Next".

(2)

(4)

6.Click "Next".

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7.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

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(7)

(8)

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Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure

BIOS update procedure:

If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS

English

Program to flash BIOS.

English

Press "Tools" icon.

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities".

(1) (2)

Click "!".

Click here.

(3)

Methods and steps:

I. Update BIOS through Internet

a. Click "Internet Update" icon

b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon

c. Select @BIOS

@BIOS

sever ("Gigabyte @BIOSTM sever 1 in Taiwan" and "Gigabyte

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.

2.Click "@BIOS Writer Utility

v1.08m".

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II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:

a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon

b. Click "Update New BIOS"

c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file.

d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as:

8SIML.F1).

e. Complete update process following the instruction.

III. Save BIOS

In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save

the current BIOS version.

IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:

In the 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 the

system unbooted.

b. In method 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 @BIOS

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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We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example.

Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode.

Flash BIOS Procedure:

English

STEP 1:

(1) Please make sure you have set "Auto" for BIOS Feature Setup (BIOS Flash Protection). For

(2) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip.

STEP 2: Make a DOS 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"

English

more detail please refer to page 28.

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 to select "Format (M)"

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(2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for 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

English

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

English

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/index.html, and click "Support".

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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 BIOS 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 files.

English

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

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press "Extract".

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STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk.

(1) Insert the floppy 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 setup main menu when system is boot up.

7VTX F1 Check System Health OK AMD-Athlon(tm)Processor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB

Wait... Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune

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(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

English

STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP

CHIPSET F E ATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP D EFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT S AVING ESC: Quit !"#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old V alues F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit

Time, Date , Hard Disk Type…

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

English

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 : O n ESC: Quit !"#$: Select Item Floppy Drive Seek : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify Password Check : SetupF5 : Old V alues (Shift)F2: Color

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

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

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 F E ATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAV E & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP D EFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT S AVING ESC: Quit !"#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old V alues F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit

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

English

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".

Starting Windows 98…

Microsoft(R) Windows98

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

English

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

English

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 the floppy diskette from floppy drive, and then restart the system. The boot up screen will

indicate your motherboard model and current BIOS version.

7VTX F4 Check System Health OK AMD-Athlon(tm)Processor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB

Wait... Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune

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

arrows to highlight the item "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" then press "Enter". System will ask

"Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm.

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 F E ATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP D EFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT S AVING ESC: Quit !"#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old V alues F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit

Load Setup Defaults? (Y/N)?N

English

Load Setup Defaults

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(3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and 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.

English

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

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

CHIPSET F E ATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAV E & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP D EFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT S AVING ESC: Quit !"#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old V alues 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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Appendix D: Acronyms

Acronyms Meaning

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

APM Advanced Power Management

AG P Accelerated Graphics Port

AM R Audio Modem Riser

AC R Advanced Communications Riser

BIOS Basic Input / Output System

CPU Central Processing Unit

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRIMM Continuity RIMM

CNR Communication and Networking Riser

DMA Direct Memory Access

DM I Desktop Management Interface

DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DR M Dual Retention Mechanism

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

DDR Double Data Rate

ECP Extended Capabilities Port

ESCD Extended System Configuration Data

E CC Error Checking and Correcting

E M C Electromagnetic Compatibility

EP P Enhanced Parallel Port

ES D Electrostatic Discharge

FDD Floppy Disk Device

FSB Front Side Bus

HDD Hard Disk Device

ID E Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced

IR Q Interrupt Request

I/ O Input / Output

IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller

IS A Industry Standard Architecture

LAN Local Area Network

English

to be continued......

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Acronyms Meaning

LBA Logical Block Addressing

LED Light Emitting Diode

English

MHz Megahertz

MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MTH Memory Translator Hub

MPT Memory Protocol Translator

NIC Network Interface Card

OS Operating System

O EM Original Equipment Manufacturer

PAC PCI A.G.P. Controller

POST Power-On Self Test

P CI Peripheral Component Interconnect

RIMM Rambus in-line Memory Module

SCI Special Circumstance Instructions

SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge

SRAM Static Random Access Memory

SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing

S MI System Management Interrupt

US B Universal Serial Bus

VI D Voltage ID

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Technical Support/RMA Sheet

Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.:

Contact Person: E-mail Add. :

Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision:

BIOS version: O.S./A.S.:

Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility:

Configuration

CPU

Memory

Brand

Video Card

Audio Card

HDD

CD-ROM /

DVD-ROM

Modem

Network

AMR / CNR

Keyboard

Mouse

Power supply

Other Device

English

Problem Description:

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Appendix

Gigabyte GA-8SIML User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual