Gigabyte GA-8 SMML, User Manual

Page 1: ...ake acommitment toup datetheinformationcontainedherein Third partybrandsandnamesarethe propertyof theirrespectiveowners Pleasedonot removeanylabelson motherboard this mayvoid thewarrantyofthismotherboard Duetorapid changeintechnology some ofthe specificationsmightbeout ofdatebeforepublication ofthisbooklet ...

Page 2: ...t 1 Residual commercialand light industry EN 50082 1 Genericimmunity standardPart 1 Residual commercialand light industry EN55015 Limitsand methodsof measurement of radio disturbancecharacteristics of fluorescent lampsand luminaries GenericemissionstandardPart 2 Industrialenvironment EN 55081 2 Immunityfrom radiointerference of broadcast receivers andassociated equipment GenericemissionstandardPar...

Page 3: ...tions This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inferencereceived including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu Supplementar y Infor mation Model Number 17358 Railroad Street City of Industr y CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 818 ...

Page 4: ...USER S MANUAL GA 8SMML P4 Titan SDRAM Motherboard Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard Rev 1 0 Second Edition 12ME 8SMML 1002 ...

Page 5: ... Unit CPU 10 CPU Installation 10 CPU Heat Sink Installation 11 Step 2 Install memorymodules 12 Step 3 Install expansion cards 13 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 14 I O Back Panel Introduction 14 Connectors Introduction 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 22 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 23 Standard CMOS Features 25 BIOS Features Setup 28 Chipset Features Setup 30 Power Mana...

Page 6: ... Defaults 39 Integrated Peripherals 40 Haedware Monitor MISC Setup 46 Set Supervisor User Password 48 IDE HDD Auto Detection 49 Save Exit Setup 50 Exit Without Saving 51 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 52 Block Diagram 52 BIOS Introduction 53 Chapter 5 Appendix 54 ...

Page 7: ...L motherboard user s manual Jan 2002 1 0 Second release of the GA 8SMML motherboard user s manual Feb 2002 The GA 8SMML motherboard IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 CD for motherboard driver utility TUCD GA 8SMML user s manual Internal COM B Cable Optional Revision History Item Checklist ...

Page 8: ...stem 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX power connector on the motherboard If themotherboard has mountingholes but they don t line upwiththe holes onthe base andthere 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 portionof the spacers thespacer may be a little ha...

Page 9: ...M 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 master UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ports for up to 4 ATAPI devices Supports PIO mode3 4 UDMA33 ATA66 ATA100 IDE ATAPI CD ROM On Board Peripherals 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with ...

Page 10: ...these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets SDRAM Cards etc On Board Sound Sigmatel 9721 CODEC Line In Line Out Mic In CD In Game Port On Board LAN Builit in RTL8100 Chipset 1 RJ45 port 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...

Page 11: ...D F AUDIO DIMM3 GA 8SMML KB_MS COMA COMB LPT GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN U S B LAN AUX_12V CD_IN F_PANEL BATTERY SYS _FAN SiS 650 SOCKET478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD IDE1 IDE2 AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB DIMM1 DIMM2 W83697HF BIOS IR RTL8100 AC97 CNR SiS 961 VGA S_IRQ Buzzer ...

Page 12: ...stall 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 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Step4 Step3 Step 4 Step 4 Step1 ...

Page 13: ... 90 degree angle 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 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert ...

Page 14: ...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 processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste orremove the coolingfan with extreme caution Make sure the CPU fan power cabl...

Page 15: ...cts memory type and size To install the memory module just push itvertically into the DIMM Slot The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch Memory size can vary between sockets 1 The DIMM slot has two notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip at both e...

Page 16: ...e 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 AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install Unin...

Page 17: ...ctor s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have astandardUSB interface Also makesureyourOS Win 95withUSB 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 vendor...

Page 18: ...C Injack Devicelike CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Line In MIC In Line Out Parallel Port Serial Port and VGA Port LPT COMA VGA This 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 Parallel Port 25 pin Female COMA VGA Serial Port 9 pin Male VGA Port 15...

Page 19: ...16 GA 8SMML Motherboard Connectors Introduction A AUX_12V B CPU_FAN C ATX D FLOPPY E IDE1 IDE2 F IR G SYS_FAN H CI C E F G H A B D I J L M I F_PANEL J F_USB K BAT L COMB M S_IRQ N F_AUDIO O CD_IN N K O ...

Page 20: ...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 G SYS_FAN System FAN Connector 1 12V Control Sense GND 1 2 3 4 12V GND 12V GND 1 12V Control Sense GND H CI CASE OPEN This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the system alarm if the sys tem...

Page 21: ...18 GA 8SMML Motherboard D FDD Floppy Connector IDE1 1 IDE2 1 1 E IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Connector Important Notice Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2 1 L COM B ...

Page 22: ...ont Audio connector you must move 3 4 5 6 Jumper In order to utilize thefront audio header yourchassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure thepin assigmenton thecable isthe same as the pin assigment onthe MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Front Audio L 1 GND GND MIC Rear Audio R Rear Audio L Front Audio R ...

Page 23: ... only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions Be careful with the polarity of the IR connectorwhile you connect the IR Please contact you nearest dealer for optional IR device F IR VCC 5V IR Data Input GND IR Data Output 1 GND USB 3 Power USB 2 USB 2 1 GND USB 3 Power J F_USB Front USB Connector Be care...

Page 24: ... pin assignment above HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Close Reset Hardware System PD PD_G PD_Y Power LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW Soft Power Connector Open Normal Operation Close Power On Off HD PD_Y 2 14 1 13 PD PW PW RST SPK SPK 1 1 RST HD P...

Page 25: ... value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 Load the Setup Defaults F8 Reserved F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS SetupProgram The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the pow...

Page 26: ...enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility theMain Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The MainMenuallows youto select from eight setup functions andtwo exit choices Usearrow 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 Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES S...

Page 27: ...herals Hardware Monitor MISC Setup This setup page is auto detect fan and temperature status Set Supervis or password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set User password Set Change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system IDEHDD Auto Detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters Save Exit Setup Save CMOS val...

Page 28: ...Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 127 Mb Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 256 Mb Date is standard Format ESC Exit Month Jan Dec Select Item Day 01 31 PU PD Modify Year 1990 2099 Shift F2 Color Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date The date format is month day year week Month The month Jan Through Dec Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Year...

Page 29: ...ing items Enter the information directly from thekeyboard and press Enter Such informationshould be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer Floppy Drive A Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byt...

Page 30: ... The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self T est of the BIOS Base Memory The POSTof 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 T...

Page 31: ... the states that flash BIOS Auto BIOS enables flash write access automatically when updating BIOS data DMI ESCD Default Value Enabled During POST DMI ESCD would not be updated But flash tools can update BIOS always 1st 2nd 3rd Boot device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI NETWORK Select yo...

Page 32: ...drive installed is 360 K Default value Boot Up NumLock On Keypad is number keys Default value Off Keypad is arrow keys Passwor d Check Please refer to the detail on P 48 Always The user must entercorrect password in order to access the system and or BIOS Setup Setup The user must enter correct password in order to access BIOS setup utility Default Value HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Enable HDD ...

Page 33: ...y control Default Value Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Linear Frequency Control Disabled CPU DRAM Base Frequency H W TRAP CPU Frequency N A DRAM Frequency N A AGP Frequency N A PCI Frequency N A ZCLK Frequency N A CPU Frequency Ratio 14 0x Vcro Voltage Original Share Memory Size 32MB TV NTSC PAL Select NTSC Gr...

Page 34: ...y MHz to 133 100MHz 133 133 MHz Set CPU DRAM Base frequency MHz to 133 133MHz 133 166 MHz Set CPU DRAM Base frequency MHz to 133 166MHz CPUFrequency This feature allows you to adjust the CPU frequency When Linear Frequency Control is set to Enabled CPU frequency value 200 100 default 100 DRAM Fr equency This feature allows you to adjust the DRAM frequency When Linear Frequency Control is set to En...

Page 35: ...ntrol is set to Enabled Optionals willbe changed according to CPU frequency value ZCLK frequency value 50 66 57 80 default 66 This is for CPU Frequency 100 CPUFrequency Ratio Set CPU Ratio if CPU Ratio is unlocked X8 X 24 It s depends on CPU Clock Ratio Vcore Voltage Original Original Vcore Voltage Default Value 0 025V Original Vcore Voltage 0 025V 0 050V Original Vcore Voltage 0 050V 0 075V Origi...

Page 36: ...perture Size is 128MB 256 MB Display Graphics Aperture Size is 256MB DRAM CAS latency This feature allows you to select the CAS latency Time When any DDR DIMM installed 2T Set CAS latency Time is 2 Default Value 3T Set CAS latency Time is 3 Timing Setting Mode Set system timing mode MA 1T 2T Select 1T memory read write or backgroundcommand and MA are issued at the same time 2T memory read write or...

Page 37: ... RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date Event Day RTC Alarm Hour 12 RTC Alarm Minute 30 RTC Alarm Second 00 ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Fail Safe F7 Optimized F8 Q flash Utility Figure 5 Power Management Setup ACPISleep Type S1 Set ACPI Sleep Type to S1 POS Power On Suspend Default value S3 Set ACPI Sleep Type to S3 STR Suspend To RAM Suspend Time Out Disab...

Page 38: ...emRingOn Disabled Disable Modem Ring On function Enabled The modem ring wake up will bring the system out of soft off or suspend stateif this option is set Enabled Default Value PMEEvent Wake up Disabled Disable PME event wake up function Enabled The PME event wake up will bring the system out of soft off or suspend state if this option is set Enabled Default Value Resume On RTC Alarm You can set ...

Page 39: ...Q Priority Auto PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority Auto ESC Quit 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 VGA Boot From Internal Set VGA Boot from onborad AGP Card External AGP Set VGA Boot from External AGP Card External PCI Set VGA Boot from External PCI Card Auto Detect VGA boot automatically Default Value ...

Page 40: ...A device using IRQ4 5 The system will reserved IRQ5 for PCI slot 1 2 3 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ5 7 The system will reserved IRQ7 for PCI slot 1 2 3 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ7 9 The system will reserved IRQ9 for PCI slot 1 2 3 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ9 10 The system will reserved IRQ10 for PCI slot 1 2 3 device if no legacy ISA device using IRQ10 11 Th...

Page 41: ...WORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING EESC Quit Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Q Flash Utility F10 Save Exit Load Fail Safe Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP Figure 7 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail Safe defaults contain the most appropriate s...

Page 42: ... PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Q Flash Utility F10 Save Exit Load Optimized Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP Figure 8 Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Optimized defaults contain the most appropriate system...

Page 43: ...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 Select Item USB Controler 0 Port 1 2 F1 Help PU PD Modify USB Controller1 Port 1 2 F5 Old Values...

Page 44: ...y detected by BIOS Default Value ATA66 100 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA66 100 ATA33 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 OnBoar d FDC Disabled Disable this function Enabled Enable on board floppy disk controller Auto Set the floppy disk controller automaticall...

Page 45: ... chip UART to ASKIR Mode IrDa Set onboard I O chip UART to IrDa Mode Normal Set onboard I O chip UART to Normal Mode Default Value Onboard Par allel Port 378h Set On Board LPT port and address to 378 278h Set On Board LPT port and address to 278 3BCh Set On Board LPT port and address to 3BC Auto Set On Board LPT port Automatically Default Value Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A Parallel Port ...

Page 46: ... Disable onboard Midi Port 300h Set onboard Midi Port to 300h 330h Set onboard Midi Port to 330h Default Value 292h Set onboard Midi Port to 292h 290h Set onboard Midi Port to 290h Midi IRQ Select IRQ 5 11 10 Default Value 5 OnBoard Game Port Disabled Disable OnBoard Game Port 200h Set OnBoard Game Port to 200h Default Value 208h Set OnBoard Game Port to 208h USB Function Controller 0 Enabled USB ...

Page 47: ...nd AC97 function will be enabled If no AC97 Codec found AC97 function will be disabled Default Value Enabled Force to enable AC 97 audio function Disabled Disable this function Modem Device Auto BIOS will search MC97 Codec CNR Modem Card If found MC97 function will be enabled If no MC97 Codec found MC97 function will be disabled Default Value Enabled Force to enable MC 97 even codec is not detecte...

Page 48: ...fault Value Specific key Set password key to power on by keyboard Any Key Set any key to power on the system Specific Key for PowerOn N A Disable this function Default Value Password Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the Key board Power On Password ...

Page 49: ...C 82 F Current CPU Fan Speed 5273 RPM Current System Fan Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 712V Vcc3 3 296V Vcc 4 999V 12V 11 815V Battery 3 200V ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Fail Safe F7 Optimized F8 Q flash Utility Figure 10 Hardware Monitor MISC Setup CPU Temp Alarm 60 C 140 F Monitor CPU Temp at 60 C 140 F 70 C 158 F Monitor CPU Temp at 70 C 158 F 80 C 176 F Moni...

Page 50: ...ase have been opened Case Status will show Opened If you want to reset Case Status value set Reset Case Open Status to Yes and save CMOS your computer will restart Current CPUTemp Detect CPU Temp automatically Current System Temp Detect System Temp automatically Current CPUFan System Fan Fan Speed RPM Detect Fan speed status automatically Current Vcore Vcc3 Vcc 12 Battery Detect system s voltage s...

Page 51: ...password T ype the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password T o disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirmthe passwordbeing disabled Oncethe password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely The BIOS Setup programallows you to specify...

Page 52: ...se Memory 640 Kb Floppy Drive B Not Installed Other Memory 384 Kb Extended Memory 255 Mb Virus Protection Disabled Total Memory 256 Mb Date is standard Format ESC Exit Month Jan Dec Select Item Day 01 31 PU PD Modify Year 1990 2099 Shift F2 Color Figure 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection T ype Y will accept the H D D parameter reported by BIOS T ype N will keep theold H D D parametersetup If theharddisk cy...

Page 53: ...OWER 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 Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Q Flash Utility F10 Save Exit Save Data to CMOS Exit SETUP Figure 13 Save Exit Setup T ype Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC...

Page 54: ...ERIPHERALS 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 Select Item F5 Old Values F6 Fail Safe Values F7 Optimized Values F8 Q Flash Utility F10 Save Exit Abandon all Datas Exit S...

Page 55: ...AM 100 133 166MHz ZCLK 66MHz HCLK 100MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 14 318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 1X 2X 4X AGPCLK 66MHz 3 PCI PCICLK 33MHz AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT 4 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 IDE Channels Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse COM Ports CNR ICS 952001AF ZCLK 66MHz CPUCLK 100MHz AGPCLK 66MHz HCLK 100MHz PCICLK 33MHz USBCLK 48MHz 14 318 MHz 33 MHz BIOS W83697HF ...

Page 56: ...art 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 cho...

Page 57: ...GA 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 4 3 2 1 1 Click SiS 650 VGA Driver item 2 Click Next 4 Click Next 3 Click Next 6 Click Finish to restart computer 6 5 5 Click Next ...

Page 58: ...therboard 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 4 3 2 1 1 Click SiS AGP Driver item 3 Click Next 2 Click Next 4 Click Finish to restart computer 6 5 ...

Page 59: ...139 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 1 2 Press Network icon Click Driver Information 2 Click Next 4 Click Finish to restart computer 3 Click Next ...

Page 60: ...Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon c Select BIOSTM sever Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 1 in T aiwan and Gigabyte BIOSTM sever 2 in T aiwan 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 3 1 2 Press T ools icon 1 Click Gigabyte Utilities 2 Click BIOS Writer Utility v1 08L Click ...

Page 61: ...ginning 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 n...

Page 62: ...traction utility such as winzip or pkunzip 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 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 dis...

Page 63: ...y 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 ...

Page 64: ...61 Appendix STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click Support 2 From Support zone click the Motherboards BIOS Drivers ...

Page 65: ...se 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 ...

Page 66: ... 5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files 6 Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2 and press Extract ...

Page 67: ...creen Use the arrows to highlight the item BIOS FEATURES SETUP AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXI...

Page 68: ...Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On ESC Quit Select Item Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Password Check Setup F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE...

Page 69: ...nter 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 Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Windows98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A dir w Volume in driveA has no label Volume Serial Number is 16EB 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH8...

Page 70: ...ess 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 4 The BIOS flash completed Please press ESC to exit Flash Utility Are you sure to flash the BIOS Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel EXIT Enter to continue Or Esc to cancel ...

Page 71: ...t 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 FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SE...

Page 72: ... UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item Shift F2 Chang...

Page 73: ...s 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 ...

Page 74: ...ork Interface Card OS Operating System OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self T est 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 Volta...

Page 75: ... 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 Problem Description ...