Gigabyte GA-8SMML User Manual

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Motherboard
GA-8S MML

ERIC LU
Eric Lu

Dat e:

Ja n. 24,2002

GA-8SMML

P4 Titan-SDRAM Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Pentium®4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 2001

12ME-8SMML-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 -8SMML 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. :F1)..............................................23

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

BIOS Features Setup..........................................................................................28

Chipset Features Setup......................................................................................30

Power Management Setup................................................................................34

PnP/PCI Configuration........................................................................................36

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults......................................................................................38

Load Optimized Defaults....................................................................................39

Integrated Peripherals .......................................................................................40

Haedware Monitor & MISC Setup ....................................................................46

Set Superv isor/User Password..........................................................................48

IDE HDD A uto-Detection ....................................................................................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

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

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Table of Content

Item Checklist

þ The GA-8SMML motherboard

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þ IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1
þ CD for motherboard driver & utility (TUCD)
þ GA-8SMML 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 depend on CPU

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

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

Memory — 3 168-pin DIMM sockets

— Supports PC-100/PC-133 SDRAM (Auto)
— Supports only 3.3V SDRAM DIMM
— No Regisitered DIMM support
— Supports up to 3GB SDRAM (Max)

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
— 2 Serial ports (COMA&VGA),COMB on board
— 1 Front Audio Connector
— 1 Serial IRQ Connector**
— 1 IrDA connector for IR**

to be continued......

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*For PCB 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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Introduction

Hardware Monitor — CPU/System Fan Revolution detect

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On-Board Sound — Sigmatel 9721 CODEC

On-Board LAN — Builit in RTL8100 Chipset

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

PS/2 Connector — PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace
BIOS — Licensed AMI BIOS, 2M bit Flash ROM
Additional Features — PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

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

— Line In/Line Out/Mic In/CD In/AUX In*/Game Port

— 1 RJ45 port

— Builit in SiS650GX Chipset(*)

— PS/2 Mouse power on
— STR(Suspend-To-RAM)
— AC Recovery
— USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3
— Supports EasyTuneIII
— 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 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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GA-8SMML Motherboard Layout

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KB_MS

COMA

VGA

LINE_OUT

LINE_IN

MIC_IN

AC97

USB/

LPT

GAME

BIOS

LAN

CD_IN

AUX_IN*

W83697HF

RTL8100

S_IRQ**

BIOS_WP*

ATX_12V

F-AUDIO

SiS 650(**)
SiS650GX(*)

CNR

SOCKET478

GA-8SMML

PCI1

PCI2

BATTERY

PCI3

COMB

AGP

F_USB

CPU_FAN

DIMM1

DIMM2

SiS 961

F_P ANEL

DIMM3

DIMM_LED

IDE1

IDE2

CI

Buzzer

ATX

FDD

IR**

CLR_CMOS***

SYS _FAN

*For PCB 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 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)

Step 1-1 : 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

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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Step 1-1 :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 3 dual in-line memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BI OS 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 two notch. Memory size can v ary between
sockets.

SDRAM

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

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

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

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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Step 3: Install expansion cards

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

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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.

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

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.

x

y

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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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Connectors Introduction

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A B

C

R
Q
P

O
N

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

L

JKM

J) F_P ANEL
K) F_USB
L) BATTERY
M) COMB
N) BIOS_WP *
O) S_IRQ **
P) AUX_IN *
Q) CD_IN
R) F_AUDIO

D
E
F

G

H

I

*For PCB 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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A) ATX_12V ( +12V Power Connector)

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GND
GND

123

ØThis connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU

operation voltage (Vcore).
If this " ATX+ 12V connector" is not connected,
system cannot boot.

+12V
+12V

4

B ) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector)

1

GND
+12V/Control

Sense

H ) SYS_FAN (System FAN Connector)

Sense

1

+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.

1

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D) FDD (Floppy Connector)

1

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E) IDE1/ IDE2 (IDE1/IDE2 Connector)

1

IDE1

1

IDE2

M) COM B

NCTSB-

NSINB

NDTRB-

NDSRB-

NC

Ø Important Notice:

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

1

GND

NDCDB-

NSOUTB

NRIB-

NRTSB-

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Q) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In)

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P) AUX_IN ( AUX In Connector)*

CD-R
GND

1

1

CD-L

AUX-R
GND

AUX-L

R) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector)

GND

MIC

Front Audio (L)

Front Audio (R)

1

GND

Rear Audio (L)

Rear Audio (R)

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 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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C ) ATX (ATX Power)

5V SB (Stand by +5V)

+12V

Power Good

GND
VCC

GND
VCC

GND

3.3V

3.3V

Ø AC power cord should only be connected to

20

VCC
VCC

-5V
GND

GND
GND

PS-ON(Soft On/Off)

GND

-12V

1

3.3V

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

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K) F_USB (Front USB Connector)

GND

USB 3+

USB 3-

Power

1

USB 2-

USB 2+

GND

Power

F)IR **

1

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 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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N) BIOS_WP*
(BIOS Write Protection)

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1

1

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)

1

2-3 close: Normal

1

1-2 close: Clear CMOS

Ø You may clear the CMOS data to its default

values by this jumper.

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

Signal

GND

1

*For PCB 2.0 ver only
**For PCB 1.0 ver only

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J) F_P ANEL (2x7 pins jumper)

RST+

RST-

PD+

PD_G-

SPK+
1

PW-

13

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

1

1

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 SETUP

Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. If the message
disappe ars before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning
it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” bottom on the system case. You may also restart by
simultaneously press <Ctrl> - <Alt>- <Del> keys.

CONTROL KEYS

<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 value 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 default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup

<F7> Load the Setup Defaults
<F8> Reserved
<F9> Reserved
<F10> Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

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

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>.

Q-Flash Utility

After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will
allow you to enter AMI BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter Q-Flash utility.

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F7c)

Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup 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.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 HDD AUTO DETECTION
LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULT EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

Time, Date , Hard Disk Ty pe…

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Figure 1: Main Menu

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l Standard CMOS Features

l BIOS Features Setup

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l Chipset Features Setup

l Power Management Setup

l PNP/PCI Configurations

l Load Fail-Safe Defaults

l Load Optimized Defaults

l Integrated Perip herals

l Hardware M onitor & MISC Setup

l Set Sup ervisor p assword

l Set User p assword

l IDE HDD Auto Detection

l Save & Exit Setup

l Exit Without Saving

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

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

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

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

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in its
most stable configurations.

Load Optimized Defaults option loads preset system parameter values to set the system in its
highest performance configurations.

This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

This setup page is auto detect fan and temperature status.

Set Change or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and/or BIOS
setup.

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

Automatically configure hard disk parameters.

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

AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

Sy stem Date :Jan 03 2002 Thu
Sy stem Time : 09:52:45
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Pri Master : Auto

Pri Slav e : Auto
Sec Master : Auto
Sec Slav e : Auto

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Floppy Drive A : 1.44 MB 3
Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Other Memory : 384 Kb

Virus Protection : Disabled Total Memory : 256 Mb
Date is standard Format ESC : Ex it
Month : Jan - Dec hi : Select Item
Day : 01- 31 PU / PD / + / - :Modify
Year : 1990 - 2099 (Shift) F2 : Color

1/2

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

Base Memory : 640 Kb

Ex tended Memory : 127 Mb

FDate

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

8Month The month, Jan. Through Dec.
8Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the max imum allowed in the month)
8Year The y ear, from 1990 through 2099
8Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only

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FTime

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FPrimary Master, Slave / Secondary Maste r, Slave

FFloppy Drive A / Drive B

The tim es format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military­time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the
computer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual ty pe is user-definable; Auto
type which will automatically detect HDD type.
Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive 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 provided in
the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

8CYLS. Number of cy linders
8HEADS number of heads
8PRECOMP write precomp
8LANDZONE Landing zone
8SECTORS number of sectors

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

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-ty pe standard drive; 360K byte capacity .

81.2M, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch AT-ty pe 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 driv e; 720K byte capacity

81.44M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided driv e; 1.44M byte capacity .

82.88M, 3.5 in. 3.5 inch double-sided driv e; 2.88M byte capacity .

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FBoot Sector Virus Protection

If it is set to enable, the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot
sector or partition table of the hard disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will
appear in the mean time. You can run anti-virus program to locate the problem.

8Enabled Activate automatically when the sy stem boots up causing a warning message to

appear w hen anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table

8Disabled No w arning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector

or hard disk partition table (Default Value)

FMemory

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.

Other Memory

This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space. This is
memory that can be used for different applications.
DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for
application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM.

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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BIOS Features Setup

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FBIOS Flash Protection

AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEATURES SETUP

( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
BIOS Flash Protection : Auto
1st Boot Dev ice : Floppy
2nd Boot Dev ice : IDE-0

3rd Boot Dev ice : CDROM
Floppy Drive Seek : Disabled
BootUp Num-Lock : On
Passw ord Check : Setup ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
Interrupt Mode :APIC F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

F6 : Fail-Safe F7 : Optimized
F8 : Q-Flash Utility

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

This field lets y ou determine the states that flash BIOS
8Auto BIOS enables flash w rite 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.

F1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot device

8Floppy Select y our boot device priority by Floppy .
8CDROM Select y our boot device priority by CDROM.
8SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI.
8NETWORK Select your boot device priority by NETWORK.
8Disabled Disable this function.
8IDE-0~3 Select your boot device priority by IDE-0~3.
8USB RMD-HDD Select your boot dev ice priority by USB RMD-HDD.
8USB RMD-FDD Select your boot dev ice priority by USB RMD-FDD.
8USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD.
8USBD FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD.
8USB CDROM Select y our boot device priority by USB CDROM.
8BBS1~3 Select y our boot device priority by BIOS Boot Specification 1~3.
8Realtek Boot Select y our boot device priority by onboard lan (Realtek).

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8ARMD FDD Select y our boot device priority by ARMD FDD.
8ARMD HDD Select y our boot device priority by ARMD HDD.

FShow Full Screen Logo

8Enabled Enable show full screen logo function. (Default Value)
8Disabled Disable show full screen logo function.

FFloppy Drive Seek

During POST, BIOS w ill determine the floppy disk driv e 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 drive 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)

FBoot Up NumLock

8On Key pad is number keys. (Default v alue)
8Off Key pad is arrow key s.

FPassw ord Check

Please refer to the detail on P.48

8Alw ays The user must enter correct passw ord in order to access the system and/or BIOS

Setup.

8Setup The user must enter correct password in order to access BIOS setup utility .

(Default Value)

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FHDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

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

FInterrupt Mode

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

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.

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Chipset Features Setup

English

Linear Frequency Control : Disabled
***CPU/DRAM Base Frequency : H/W TRAP

YCPU Frequency : N/A
YDRAM Frequency : N/A
YAGP Frequency : N/A
YPCI Frequency : N/A
YZCLK Frequency : N/A

CPU Frequency Ratio : 14.0x
Share Memory Size : 32MB
TV NTSC/PAL Select : NTSC
Graphic Win Size : 64MB

DRAM CAS# Latency : 3T
Timing Setting Mode : Normal
MA 1T/2T Select : Auto

AMIBIOS SETUP - CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F6 : Fail-Safe F7: Optimized
F8 : Q-flash Utility

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

***This item w ill be available w hen "Linear Frequency Control" is set to Disabled.

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

FLinear Frequency Control

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

8Enabled Enabled linear frequency control.
8Disabled Disabled linear frequency control. (Default Value)

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FCPU/DRAM Base Frequency (MHz)

When set to "H/W TRAP", the CPU/DRAM base frequency will be depend on Original design. You
may also set FSB clock by BIOS. For power End-User use only.

8H/W TRAP Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to By Hardw are. (Default Value)
866/66 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 66/66MHz
8100/100 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 100/100MHz
8100/133 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 100/133MHz
8100/166 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 100/166MHz
8100/200 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 100/200MHz
8133/100 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 133/100MHz
8133/133 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 133/133MHz
8133/166 MHz Set CPU /DRAM Base frequency (MHz) to 133/166MHz

FCPU Frequency

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

8CPU frequency value(200-100, default :100)

FDRAM Frequency

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

8Optionals w ill be changed according to “CPU frequency” value. (DRAM Frequency value100,
133,200,default:133) This is for CPU Frequency =100.

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FAGP Frequency

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

8Optionals w ill be changed according to “CPU frequency” value. (AGP frequency v alue50,66,
57,80, default :57)This is for CPU Frequency =100.

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FPCI Frequency

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

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FZCLK Frequency

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

FCPU Frequency Ratio

Set CPU Ratio if CPU Ratio is unlocked.

FVcore Voltage

8Optionals w ill be changed according to “CPU frequency” value. (PCI frequency value33,40,
default :33)This is for CPU Frequency =100.

8Optionals w ill be changed according to “CPU frequency” v alue. (ZCLK frequency value 50,66,
57,80, default :66)This is for CPU Frequency =100.

8X8~X 24 It’s depends on CPU Clock Ratio.

8Original Original Vcore Voltage. (Default Value)
8+0.025V Original Vcore Voltage +0.025V.
8+0.050V Original Vcore Voltage +0.050V.
8+0.075V Original Vcore Voltage +0.075V.
8+0.100V Original Vcore Voltage +0.100V.

FShare Memory Size

8Set onchip VGA memory size.

FTV NTSC/PAL Select

8Set TV sy stem for TV out option.

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FGraphics Win Size

84 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 4MB.
88 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 8MB.
816 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 16MB.
832 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 32MB.
864 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 64MB. (Default Value)
8128 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 128MB.
8256 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 256MB.

FDRAM CAS# latency

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

82T Set CAS latency Time is 2. (Default Value)
83T Set CAS latency Time is 3.

FTiming Setting Mode

8Set sy stem timing mode.

FMA 1T/2T Select

81T memory read /write or background command and MA are issued at the same time.
82T memory read /write or background command are issued 1 clock behind memory

address (MA).

8Auto auto assign.(Default Value)

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Power Management Setup

English

AMIBIOS SETUP - POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
ACPI Sleep Ty pe : S1

Suspend Time Out (Minute) : Disabled
Soft-Off by Power Button : Instant Off
Sy stem After AC Back : Power Off
ModemRingOn : Enabled
PME Ev ent Wake Up : Enabled
Resume On RTC Alarm : Disabled
RTC Alarm Date : Event Day
RTC Alarm Hour : 12
RTC Alarm Minute : 30
RTC Alarm Second : 00

ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F6 : Fail-Safe F7: Optimized
F8 : Q-flash Utility

Figure 5: Pow er Management Setup

FACPI Sleep Type

8S1 Set ACPI Sleep Ty pe to S1/POS (Power On Suspend). (Default value)
8S3 Set ACPI Sleep Ty pe to S3/STR (Suspend To RAM).

FSuspend Time Out

8Disabled Disable the timer to enter suspend mode. (Default Value)
81 ~ 60 Minute Set the timer to enter suspend mode.

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FSoft-off by Power Button

8Instant off The user press the pow er button once, he can turn off the system.

(Default Value)

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

FSystem after AC Back

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

(Default Value)

8Pow er On When AC-power back to the system, the sy stem will be in "On" state.
8Last State When AC-pow er back to the system, the sy stem will return to the Last

state before AC-pow er off.

FModemRingOn

8Disabled Disable Modem Ring On function.
8Enabled The modem ring wake up w ill bring the system out of soft-off or suspend state if

this option is set "Enabled". (Default Value)

FPME Event Wake up

8Disabled Disable PME event wake up function.
8Enabled The PME event w ake up will bring the sy stem out of soft-off or suspend

state if this option is set "Enabled". (Default Value)

FResume On RTC Alarm

You can set "Resume On RTC Alarm " item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system.

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

If Resume by RTC Alarm is Enabled.

8RTC Alarm Date: Every Day , 1~31
8RTC Alarm Hour: 0~23
8RTC Alarm Minute: 0~59
8RTC Alarm Second: 0~59

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PNP/PCI Configuration

English

FVGA Boot From

AMIBIOS SETUP - PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
VGA Boot From : Auto
PCI Slot 1 IRQ Priority : Auto
PCI Slot 2 IRQ Priority : Auto
PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority : Auto

ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F6 : Fail-Safe F7: Optimized
F8 : Q-Flash Utility

Figure 6: PNP/PCI Configuration

8Internal Set VGA Boot from onborad AGP Card.
8Ex ternal AGP Set VGA Boot from Ex ternal AGP Card.
8Ex ternal PCI Set VGA Boot from External PCI Card.
8Auto Detect VGA boot automatically.(Default Value)

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FPCI Slot 1, 2, 3 IRQ Priority

8Auto The sy stem will reserved a free IRQ for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice.

(Default Value)

83 The sy stem will reserved IRQ3 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy ISA

dev ice using IRQ3.

84 The sy stem will reserved IRQ for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy ISA

dev ice using IRQ4.

85 The sy stem will reserved IRQ5 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy ISA

dev ice using IRQ5.

87 The sy stem will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy ISA

dev ice using IRQ7.

89 The sy stem will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy ISA

dev ice using IRQ9.

810 The system w ill reserved IRQ10 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy

ISA dev ice using IRQ10.

811 The sy stem will reserved IRQ11 for PCI slot 1, 2, 3 dev ice if no legacy

ISA dev ice using IRQ11.

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

English

FLoad Fail-Safe Defaults

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
EESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure
the system to achieve maximum stability.

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults ex cept Standard CMOS SETUP

Figure 7: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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Load Optimized Defaults

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

FLoad Optimized Defaults

Optimized defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values to configure

the sy stem to achieve max imum performance.

Load Optimized Defaults? (Y/N)?N

Load Optimized Defaults ex cept Standard CMOS SETUP

Figure 8: Load Optimized Defaults

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Integrated Peripherals

English

AMIBIOS SETUP - INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
OnBoard IDE : Both Modem Device : Auto
IDE 1 Conductor Cable : Auto Onboard LAN : Enabled
IDE 2 Conductor Cable : Auto Mouse PowerOn Function : Disabled

OnBoard FDC : Auto Key board PowerOn Function : Disabled
OnBoard Serial Port A : Auto Specific Key for PowerOn : N/A
OnBoard Serial Port B : Auto
Serial Port B Mode : Normal
OnBoard Parallel Port : Auto
Parallel Port Mode : ECP
EPP Version : N/A
Parallel Port IRQ : Auto
Parallel Port DMA : Auto
OnBoard Midi Port : 330h
Midi IRQ Select : 5
OnBoard Game Port : 200h
USB Function : Both ESC: Quit higf: Select Item
USB Controler 0 : Port 1+2 F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
USB Controller1 : Port 1+2 F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
USB Legacy Support : Disabled F6 : Fail-Safe F7:Optimized
Audio Dev ice : Auto F8 : Q-Flash Utility

Figure 9: Integrated Peripherals

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FOnBoard IDE

8Disabled Disable OnBoard IDE.
8Both Both Primary & Secondary IDE channel w ill be enabled. (Default Value)
8Primary Only Primary IDE channel is enabled.
8Secondary Only Secondary IDE channel is enabled.

FIDE1 Conductor Cable

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

FIDE2 Conductor Cable

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

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FOnBoard FDC

8Disabled Disable this function.
8Enabled Enable on board floppy disk controller.
8Auto Set the floppy disk controller automatically. (Default Value)

FOnboard Serial Port A

8Auto BIOS w ill automatically setup the port A address. (Default Value)
83F8/COM1 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3F8.
82F8/COM2 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2F8.
83E8/COM3 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3E8.
82E8/COM4 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2E8.
8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A.

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FOnboard Serial Port B

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FSerial Port B Mode

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip.

FOnboard Parallel Port

FParallel Port Mode

8Auto BIOS w ill automatically setup the port B address. (Default Value)
83F8/COM1 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3F8.
82F8/COM2 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2F8.
83E8/COM3 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3E8.
82E8/COM4 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2E8.
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)

8378h Set On Board LPT port and address to 378.
8278h Set On Board LPT port and address to 278.
83BCh Set On Board LPT port and address to 3BC.
8Auto Set On Board LPT port Automatically. (Default Value)
8Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A.

8EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
8ECP Using Parallel port as Ex tended Capabilities Port. (Default Value)
8Normal Normal Operation.
8Bi-Dir Set Bi-direction mode.

FEPP Version

8N/A Disable this function. (Default Value)
8EPP 1.9 Compliant with EPP 1.9 version.
8EPP 1.7 Compliant with EPP 1.7 version.

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FParallel Port IRQ

87 Set Parallel Port IRQ to 7.
85 Set Parallel Port IRQ to 5.
8Auto Set Parallel Port IRQ automatically. (Default Value)

FParallel Port DMA

83 Set Parallel Port DMA to 3.
81 Set Parallel Port DMA to 1.
80 Set Parallel Port DMA to 0.
8Auto Set Parallel Port DMA automatically. (Default Value)

FOnBoard Midi Port

8Disabled Disable onboard Midi Port.
8300h Set onboard Midi Port to 300h.
8330h Set onboard Midi Port to 330h. (Default Value)
8292h Set onboard Midi Port to 292h.
8290h Set onboard Midi Port to 290h.

FMidi IRQ Select

8IRQ 5 / 11 / 10 (Default Value:5)

FOnBoard Game Port

8Disabled Disable OnBoard Game Port.
8200h Set OnBoard Game Port to 200h. (Default Value)
8208h Set OnBoard Game Port to 208h.

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FUSB Function

8Controller 0 Enabled USB Controller 0.
8Controller 1 Enabled USB Controller 1.
8Disabled Disabled USB Controller.
8Both Enabled USB Controller 0. and 1 (Default v alue)

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FUSB Controller 0

English

FUSB Controller 1

FUSB Legacy Support

F Audio Device

F Modem Device

8Port 1 Enable Port 1 inside USB controller 0.
8Port1+2 Enable Port 1and 2 inside USB controller 0.(Default value)

8Port 1 Enable Port 1 inside USB controller 1.
8Port1+2 Enable Port 1and 2 inside USB controller 1.(Default value)

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

8Auto BIOS w ill search AC97 Codec (CNR Modem Card). If found, AC97

function w ill be enabled. If no AC97 Codec found, AC97 function will
be disabled. (Default Value).

8Enabled Force to enable AC'97 audio function.
8Disabled Disable this function.

8Auto BIOS w ill search MC97 Codec (CNR Modem Card). If found, MC97

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

8Enabled Force to enable MC'97 even codec is not detected.
8Disabled Disable this function.

FOnboard Lan

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

FMouse PowerOn Function

8Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value)
8Enabled Click button to power on the system.

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FKeyboard PowerOn Function

8Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value)
8Specific key Set passw ord key to pow er on by key board.
8Any Key Set any key to pow er on the system.

FSpecific Key for PowerOn

8N/A Disable this function. (Default Value)
8Passw ord 8 Input password (from 1 to 5 characters) and press Enter to set the Key

board Pow er On Password.

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Hardware Monitor & MISC Setup

English

AMIBIOS SETUP - HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

CPU Temp. Alarm :Disabled
CPU Fan Fail Alarm :No
Sy stem Fan Fail Alarm :No
Reset Case Open Status :No
Case Status :Opened
Current CPU Temp. : 34°C/ 93°F

Current Sy stem Temp. : 28°C/ 82°F
Current CPU Fan Speed : 5273 RPM
Current Sy stem Fan Speed : 0 RPM
Vcore : 1.712V
Vcc3 : 3.296V
Vcc : 4.999V
+12V : 11.815V
Battery : 3.200V ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color
F6 : Fail-Safe F7 : Optimized
F8 : Q-flash Utility

Figure 10: Hardw are Monitor & MISC Setup

FCPU Temp. Alarm

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)

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FFan Fail Alarm

CPU/ System

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

FReset Case Open Status
FCase 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.

FCurrent CPU Temp.

8Detect CPU Temp. automatically.

FCurrent System Temp.

8Detect Sy stem Temp. automatically.

FCurrent CPU Fan / System Fan Fan Speed (RPM)

8Detect Fan speed status automatically .

English

FCurrent Vcore / Vcc3 /Vcc /+12 /Battery

8Detect sy stem's voltage status automatically.

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Set Supervisor / User Password

English

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist
you in creating a password.

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

Type the password, up to six characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked 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 passwo rds: a SUPERVISOR PASS
WORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program
functi on. 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 "Always" at "Password Check" in BIOS Features Setup 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 BIOS Features Setup Menu, y ou will be prompted
only when you try to enter Setup.

Enter new supervisor password:

Change / Set / Disable Passw ord

Figure 11: Passw ord Setting

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IDE HDD Auto Detection

AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

Sy stem Date :Jan 03 2002 Thu
Sy stem Time : 09:52:45
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Pri Master : Auto
Pri Slav e : Auto
Sec Master : Auto
Sec Slav e : Auto

English

Floppy Drive A : 1.44 MB 3
Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Other Memory : 384 Kb

Virus Protection : Disabled Total Memory : 256 Mb
Date is standard Format ESC : Ex it
Month : Jan - Dec hi : Select Item
Day : 01- 31 PU / PD / + / - :Modify
Year : 1990 - 2099 (Shift) F2 : Color

1/2

Figure 12: IDE HDD Auto Detection

Base Memory : 640 Kb

Ex tended Memory : 255 Mb

Type "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter reported by BIOS.
Type "N" will keep the old H.D.D. parameter setup. If the hard disk cylin der number is over 1024, then
the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition larger than 528 MB.

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Save & Exit Setup

English

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

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

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

Sav e Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

Figure 13: Sav e & Exit Setup

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Exit Without Saving

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 2.00

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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 FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F5: Old Values F6: Fail-Safe Values
F7: Optimized Values F8: Q-Flash Utility F10:Sav e & Exit

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 Datas & Ex it SETUP

Figure 14: Ex it Without Saving

English

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Revision History

Chapter 4 Technical Reference

English

Block Diagram

PCICLK

(33MHz)

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

3 PCI

AGP 1X/2X/4X

CODEC

Sy stem Bus 100MHz

AC97

MIC

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

CNR

Pentium 4

Socket 478

SiS 650/650GX

AC97 Link

4 USB

Ports

CPU

SiS 961

CPUCLK+/- (100MHz)

100/133MHz

ZCLK (66MHz)

HCLK+/- (100MHz)
66 MHz

48 MHz

LPC BUS

ATA33/66/100

IDE Channels

33 MHz

14.318 MHz

W 83697HF

24 MHz

33 MHz

SDRAM

BIOS

Floppy
LPT Port

PS/2

KB/Mouse

COM

Ports

PCICLK (33MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

14.318 MHz
33 MHz

ICS

952001AF

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ZCLK (66MHz)

CPUCLK+/- (100MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz)

HCLK+/- (100MHz)

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.

CMOS Setup Utility -Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Software

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

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

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

Time, Date, Hard Disk Ty pe...

English

b. Q-Flash Utility

Q-Flash Utility V3.05

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

Load BIOS from Floppy
Save BIOS to Floppy

Space Bar:Change Value

Enter: Run ESC: Reset h/i: Select Item

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Technical Reference

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! You 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 v endors 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 Gigaby te
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.

English

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Technical Reference

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
technologi es, they still lea rn 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 a utomatically with the resu lt being shown in the control panel. If someone prefers to “overdr ive” by
oneself, th ere is also another choice. Click “Advan ced 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 sid e 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 hav e 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? Th ey may spend quite a lot of time and money

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

Besides, differen t 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 driv er
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 driv er
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".

(1)

English

(3)

(4)

Appendix- 61 -

Appendix D: EasyTuneIII Utilities Installation

Revision History

Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driv er
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". 6.Click "Next".

company name, then click "Next".

(2)

(4)

(5) (6)

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7.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

English

(7)

(8)

Appendix- 63 -

Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure

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

English

English

Press "Tools" icon.

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities".

(1) (2)

Click "P".

Methods and steps:
I. Update BIOS through Internet

a. Click "Internet Update" icon
b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon
c. Select @BIOSTM sever ("Gigabyte @BIOSTM 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.

Click here.

(3)

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 @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

English

Appendix- 65 -

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".

English

Appendix- 67 -

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

English

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

English

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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".

English

Appendix- 69 -

(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

English

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.

(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

(C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

English

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:Sav e & Exit

Time, Date , Hard Disk Ty pe…

Appendix- 71 -

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

English

1st Boot Dev ice : Floppy
2nd Boot Dev ice : IDE-0

3rd Boot Dev ice : 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
Passw ord 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

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

AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEATURES SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed

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 Reserv ed
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:Sav e & Exit

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

English

Sav e 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
© Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999

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.

English

Appendix- 73 -

(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.

(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 Reserv ed
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:Sav e & Exit

Load Setup Defaults? (Y/N)?N

English

Load Setup Defaults

Appendix- 75 -

(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

English

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

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b

(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed
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:Sav e & Exit

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

Sav e Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

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Appendix D: Acronyms

Acronyms Meaning
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
APM Advanced Power Management
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
AMR Audio Modem Riser
ACR 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
DMI Desktop Management Interface
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DRM Dual Retention Mechanism
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DDR Double Data Rate
ECP Extended Capabilities Port
ESCD Extended System Configuration Data
ECC Error Checking and Correcting
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
FDD Floppy Disk Device
FSB Front Side Bus
HDD Hard Disk Device
IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced
IRQ Interrupt Request
I/O Input / Output
IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
LAN Local Area Network

English

to be continued......

Appendix- 77 -

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
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAC PCI A.G.P. Controller
POST Power-On Self Test
PCI 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
SMI System Management Interrupt
USB Universal Serial Bus
VID 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

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Problem Description:

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