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  • Page 1 GA-8IEX Series User’ s Manual (Technical Reference) Rev.1201...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    BIOS Flash Procedure ..................... 33 @ BIOS Introduction ....................54 Easy Tune 4Introduction ..................55 Four speaker & SPDIF Introduction ................56 Driver Installing ......................63 Acronyms ........................ 78 Technical Support / RMA Sheet ................80 GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 2 -...

  • Page 3: Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. 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 power is turned off. ENTERING SETUP After power on the computer, pressing <Del>...

  • Page 4: The Main Menu (For Example: Bios Ver. :F5)

    This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed. Frequency/Voltage Control This setup page is control CPU’...

  • Page 6: Standard Cmos Features

    The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) 8Day The year, from 1999 through 2098 8Year FTime The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 6 -...
  • Page 7 FIDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave 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 type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.

  • Page 8: Base Memory

    Extended 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. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 8 -...

  • Page 9: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features [RAID,SCSI] Item Help R A I D / S C S I B o o t Or d e r * First Boot Device [Floppy] Menu Level Second Boot Device [HDD-0] Third Boot Device...
  • Page 10 This feature allows you to select the first initation of the monitor display from which card, when you install an AGP VGA card and a PCI VGA card on board. Set Init Display First to PCI Slot. 8PCI Set Init Display First to AGP. (Default value) 8AGP GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 10 -...

  • Page 11: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] Item Help On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] Menu Level IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto] IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto] USB Controller [Enabled] USB Keyboard Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] Onboard H/W 1394...
  • Page 12 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA33 (Please make sure your IDE device and cable is 8ATA33 compatible with ATA33). FUSB Controller MDisable this option if you are not using the onboard USB feature. Enabled USB Controller. (Default value) 8Enabled Disabled USB Controller. 8Disabled GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 12 -...
  • Page 13 FUSB Keyboard Support MWhen a USB keyboard is installed, please set at Enabled. Enabled USB Keyboard Support. 8Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support. (Default value) 8Disabled FUSB Mouse Support Enabled USB Mouse Support. 8Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support. (Default value) 8Disabled FOnboard H/W 1394** Enabled onboard IEEE 1394 function.(Default value) 8Enable...
  • Page 14 MThis feature allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip) Using as IR and set to ASKIR Mode. 8ASKIR Using as IR and set to IrDA Mode. 8IrDA Using as standard serial port. (Default Value) 8Normal Using as smart card Interface. 8SCR GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 14 -...
  • Page 15 FUR2 Duplex Mode MThis feature allows you to select the IR modes. IR Function Duplex Half. (Default Value) 8Half IR Function Duplex Full. 8Full FOnBoard Parallel port MThis feature allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I/O controller.
  • Page 16 Disable this function. 8Disabled FMS/SD Interface** Disabled this function. (Default Value) 8Disabled 8Secure Digital Set MS/SD Interface to “ Secure Digital” . 8Memory Stick Set MS/SD Interface to “ Memory Stick” . ** For GA-8IEXP Only. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 16 -...

  • Page 17: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)] Item Help Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-off] Menu Level PME Event Wake Up [Enabled] ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN [Enabled] Resume by Alarm [Disabled] ø Date(of Month) Alarm Everyday ø...
  • Page 18 Enable alarm function to POWER ON system. 8Enabled If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled. Date ( of Month) Alarm : Everyday, 1~31 Time ( hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 18 -...
  • Page 19 FPower On By Mouse Disabled this function. (Default value) 8Disabled 8Mouse Click Set mouse double click to power on system. F Power On By Keyboard This feature allows you to set the method for powering-on the system. The option “ Password“ allows you to set up to 5 alphanumeric characters to power-on the system. The option “...

  • Page 20: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    FPCI3 IRQ Assignment Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3. (Default value) 8Auto Set 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,15 to PCI3. 83,4,5,7,9.,10,11,12,15 FPCI4 IRQ Assignment Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4. (Default value) 8Auto Set 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,15 to PCI4. 83,4,5,7,9.,10,11,12,15 GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 20 -...

  • Page 21: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status [Disabled] Case Opened VCORE 1.746V Item Help VCC18 1.792V +3.3V 3.296V Menu Level + 5V 5.080 V +12V 11.904V Current CPU Temperature 39°C Current CPU FAN Speed 4821 RPM Current POWER FAN speed...
  • Page 22 Monitor CPU Temp. at 90°C / 194°F. Don’ t monitor current temperature.(Default value) 8Disabled FFan Fail Warning ( CP U / POWER / SYSTEM) Fan Fail Alarm Function Disabled. (Default value) 8Disabled Fan Fail Alarm Function Enabled. 8Enabled GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 22 -...

  • Page 23: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio [ 15X] Item Help CPU Host Clock Control [Disable] Menu Level øCPU Host Frequency(MHz) øFixed PCI/AGP Frequency 33/66 Host/DRAM Clock ratio [Auto] Memory Frequency(MHz) PCI/AGP Frequency(MHz) 33/66 DIMM OverVoltage Control [Normal]...
  • Page 24 FAGP OverVoltage Control Auto detect AGP voltage. (Default value) 8Normal Set AGP voltage from 1.6V~1.8V. 8+0.1V~+.03V FCPU OverVoltage Control Auto detect CPU voltage. (Default value) 8Normal 81.100V~1.850V Set CPU voltage from 1.100V~1.850V. FNormal CPU Vcore 1.750V GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 24 -...

  • Page 25: Top Performance

    Top Performance CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Load Top Performance Defaults Disabled....[ n }PnP/PCI Configurations Set Supervisor Password Enabled....[ }PC Health Status Set User Password...

  • Page 26: Select Language

    Top Performance ESC:Quit F3:Change Language F8:Dual BIOS /Q-Flash F10:Save & Exit Setup Figure 10:Select Language Select Language Multi Language is supports 7 languages. There are English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Germany, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 26 -...

  • Page 27: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 28: Load Optimized Defaults

    F8:Dual BIOS /Q-Flash F10:Save & Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Figure 12: Load Optimized Defaults FLoad Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 28 -...

  • Page 29: Set Supervisor/User Password

    Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 30: Save & Exit Setup

    Save Data to CMOS Figure 14: Save & Exit Setup Type “ Y” will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type “ N” will return to Setup Utility. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 30 -...

  • Page 31: Exit Without Saving

    Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Select Language }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 32: Block Diagram

    33 MHz Ports AC97 Game Port PCICLK CODEC (33MHz) Ports W83L518D MS** SD** HCLK6 (100MHz) PCICLK (33MHz) CPUCLK6 (100/133MHz) USBCLK (48MHz) AGPCLK (66MHz) 14.318 MHz MCHCLK (100/133mHz) 33 MHz ICH3V66 (66MHz) ** For GA-8IEXP Only. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 32 -...

  • Page 33: Bios Flash Procedure

    BIOS Flash Procedure yte @BIOS Program to flash BIOS. Method 1: 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: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip.
  • Page 34 "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". GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 34 -...
  • Page 35 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". - 35 - Technical Reference...
  • Page 36 (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". GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 36 -...
  • Page 37 (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". - 37 - Technical Reference...
  • Page 38 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit Time, Date , Hard Disk Type… GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 38 -...
  • Page 39 (3) Press "Enter" to enter "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item "1st Boot Device", and then use the "Page Up" or "Page Down" keys to select "Floppy". AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEATURES SETUP ( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1st Boot Device : Floppy 2nd Boot Device...
  • Page 40 (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. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 40 -...
  • Page 41 (3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue theprocedure, 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.
  • Page 42 SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit Load Setup Defaults GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 42 -...
  • Page 43 (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. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b (C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 44 Set User Password }PC Health Status Save & Exit Setup }Frequency/Voltage Control Exit Without Saving Enter Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility (Y/N)? Y Top Performance ESC:Quit F3:Change Language F8:Dual BIOS /Q-Flash F10:Save & Exit Setup GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 44 -...
  • Page 45 b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility V845.4MF3 (C) 2001, GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., LTD. Wide Range Protection :Disabled Halt On BIOS Defects :Disabled Auto Recovery :Enabled Boot From :Main BIOS BIOS Recovery :Main to Backup F3: Load Default F5:Start BIOS Recovery F7: Save And Restart F9:Exit Without Saving...
  • Page 46 BIOS Recovery: Backup to Main The means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS. (This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can’ t be changed by user.) GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 46 -...
  • Page 47 C. 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. D. How to use Q-Flash Flash? F3: Load Default F5: Start BIOS Recovery Load current BIOS default value.
  • Page 48 DualBIOS Technology FAQ GIGABYTE Technology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology, a hot spare for your system BIOS. This newest “ Value-added” feature, in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE, is available on GA-6OXET Series motherboard. Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation.
  • Page 49 I. Q: What is DualBIOS technology? Answer: DualBIOS technology is a patented technology from Giga-Byte Technology. The concept of this technology is based on the redundancy and fault tolerance theory. DualBIOS technology simply means there are two system BIOSes (ROM) integrated onto the motherboard. One is a main BIOS, and the other is a backup BIOS.
  • Page 50 BIOS, the backup BIOS will automatically reboot the system and correct the main BIOS. Case III.) A user may override booting from the main system BIOS. The DualBIOS GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 50 -...
  • Page 51 utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BIOS. 2. During or after a BIOS upgrade, if DualBIOS detects that the main BIOS is corrupt, the backup BIOS will take over the boot-up process automatically. Moreover, it will verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting-up.
  • Page 52 Method 3: If you don’ t have DOS boot disk, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS program to flash BIOS. 2.Click "@BIOS Writer Utility Press "Tools" icon. v.1.08q". 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". Click "P". Click here. 3. Please select @BIOS sever site, then Click "OK".
  • Page 53 In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS server, please go onto Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II. d. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted...

  • Page 54: Bios Introduction

    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.

  • Page 55: Easy Tune Tm 4Introduction

    Moreover, if one well-performed system speed has been tested in EasyTune 4, user can "Save" this setting and "Load" it in next time. Obviously, Gigabyte EasyTune 4 has already turned the "Overclock" technology toward to a newer generation. This wonderful software is now free bundled in Gigabyte motherboard attached in driver CD.

  • Page 56: Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction

    Click the audio icon “ Configure 3D Audio” from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen. 1-2 Enter “ Configure 3D Audio” Properties. 1-3Select “ Four speaker” item. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 56 -...
  • Page 57 2.Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure: 2-1 Go to “ Control Panel” and double click “ Sounds and Multimedia” . 2-2 Select “ Audio” Page, and click “ Ad vanced” button. 2-3 Select “ Quadraphonic Speakers” and click” OK” . - 57 - Technical Reference...
  • Page 58 3-1 Go to “ Control Panel” and double click “ Sounds and Multimedia” . 3-2 Select “ Audio” Page, and click “ Advanced” button. 3-3 Select “ Quadraphonic Speakers” and click “ OK” . GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 58 -...
  • Page 59 4.Microsoft Windows XP setup procedure: 4-1 Go to “ Control Panel” and double click “ Sounds and Audio Device” . 4-2 Select “ Volume” Page, and click “ Advanced” button. 4-3 Select “ Quadraphonic Speakers” and click “ OK” . C.

  • Page 60: Spdif Introduction

    Fiber con- necting port. 1. Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw. 2. Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard. 3. Connect SPDIF to the AC3 decoder. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 60 -...
  • Page 61 C. How to use SPDIF? 1. Click your mouse right button in “ My Computer” and select the “ Properties” item. 2-1.If you used Windows 98SE/Me, the picture is as below: a.Choose ” Device Manager” . b.Click “ Sound, vidio and game controllers” item and select the “...
  • Page 62 Recommend you to select “ Autosense” , It will automatically detect the type (mono or stereo) of the audio connector that you plug into Line Out audio jack, then configure Line Out to either SPDIF or Speaker accordingly. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 62 -...

  • Page 63: Driver Installing

    ICH4 USB2.0 driver. ® We’ ll put the driver on GIGABYTE’ s website asap. (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw). Please go to the website to get detail information. Inorder to install the driver successfully, please refer to the following installation procedures.
  • Page 64 A-1: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Installation Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP INF Update Utility: 2.Click "Next". 1.Click "Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility" item. 3.Click "Yes". 4.Click "Next". 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 64 -...
  • Page 65 A-2: Promise RAID Driver Installation (BIOS Default Value :ATA, If you want to use RAID function, please change “Integrated Peripherals-RAID Controller Function “ to “RAID”) Manually Installing the Promise RAID Driver Ø For your reference, you can use the following steps to complete the Promise RAID Driver Installation.
  • Page 66 7.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 66 -...
  • Page 67 A-3: Intel Application Accelerator Installation 1.Click "Intel Application Accelerator" item. 3.Click "Yes". 2.Click "Next". 4.Click "Next". 5.Click "Next". - 67 - Technical Reference...
  • Page 68 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 68 -...
  • Page 69 Manually Installing the USB 2.0 Host Controller Drivers USB2.0 Driver for ICH4 in IUCD 2.02 will expire at May 2002. We’ ll put the new release driver on GIGABYTE’ s website asap. (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw). Please go to the website to get detail information.
  • Page 70 4.Click "Reinstall 5.Click "Next” . Driver. 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 70 -...
  • Page 71 Revision History A-6. FastTrak Utilities 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- ROMdevice icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. 2.Click "FastTrak Utilities Installation".
  • Page 72 6.Click "Next". 7.Click "Next". 8.Click "Next". 9.Click "Next". (10) 10.Click "Next". 11.Click "Finish" to restart computer. (12) (11) GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 72 -...
  • Page 73 Revision History Appendix B: Creative Sound Driver 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. Press "Audio"...
  • Page 74 5.Click "Next". 6.Click here. 7.Click "Next". 8.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 74 -...
  • Page 75 Appendix C: Intel 82562 Network Driver Manually Installing the Intel 82562 Network Drivers Ø For your reference, you can use the followingsteps to complete the Intel 82562 Network Driver Installation. 2.Click "Hardware"-” Device Manager” . 3.Click "Other devices” -” Ethernet 1.Click "My mputer"- Controller".
  • Page 76 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. Press "Tools" icon. 2.Click "Easy Tune 4 Setup". 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". 3.Click "Next". 4.Click "Next". 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 76 -...
  • Page 77 What is Face-Wizard Face-Wizard is a windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to change the boot-up logo with picture from Gigabyte Logo Gallery on web site or other compatible picture you have. How does it work? Face-Wizard allows user to select BIOS on board or file in hard drive, floppy disk , zip, MO or other storage devices and combine the compatible picture you prefer into BIOS.

  • Page 78: Acronyms

    ESCD Extended System Configuration Data Error Checking and Correcting Electromagnetic Compatibility Enhanced Parallel Port Electrostatic Discharge Floppy Disk Device Front Side Bus Hard Disk Device Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced Interrupt Request to be continued..GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 78 -...
  • Page 79 Acronyms Meaning IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller ISAIndustry Standard Architecture Local Area Network Input / Output Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memory Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating System Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A.G.P.

  • Page 80: Technical Support/Rma Sheet

    PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility: Configuration Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description: GA-8IEX Series Motherboard - 80 -...

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