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BIOS Setup ..................................................................................... 2
T he Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :F2) ................................................. 3
Standard CMOS Features .................................................................................... 5
Advanced BIOS Features ..................................................................................... 8
Advanced Chipset Features ............................................................................... 11
Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................................14
Power Management Setup .................................................................................23
PnP/PCI Configurations ......................................................................................28
PC Health Status ..................................................................................................30
Frequency/Voltage Control .................................................................................32
Select Language ..................................................................................................34
Load Fail-Safe Defaults.......................................................................................35
Load Optimized Defaults ....................................................................................36
Set Supervisor/User Password ..........................................................................37
Save & Exit Setup ................................................................................................38
Exit Without Saving.............................................................................................39
Block Diagram ................................................................................40
Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Introduction .....................................................41
Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction .................................................49
@ BIOS Introduction .......................................................................53
Introduction ..............................................................54
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RAID Introduction ...........................................................................55
Driver Installing ..............................................................................73
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Content BIOS Setup ... 2 T he Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :F2) ... 3 Standard CMOS Features ... 5 Advanced BIOS Features ... 8 Advanced Chipset Features ... 11 Integrated Peripherals ...14 Power Management Setup ...23 PnP/PCI Configurations ...28 PC Health Status ...30 Frequency/Voltage Control ...32... -
Page 2: Bios Setup
GA-8IRXP Motherboard BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allow s users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed C MOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information w hen the pow er is turned off. -
Page 3: T He Main Menu (For Example: Bios Ver. :F2)
GETTING HELP Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help w indow that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. -
Page 4: Integrated Peripherals
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. 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 PC I & PnP I SA resources. -
Page 5: Standard Cmos Features
Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy ) T i m e (hh:mm:ss) ?IDE Primary Master ?IDE Primary Sl a v e ?IDE Secondary Master ?IDE Secondary Slav e Dri v e A Dri v e B... - Page 6 GA-8IRXP Motherboard ? IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave T he category identi f ies the ty pes of hard disk from dri v e C to F that has been installed in the computer. T here are t w o ty pes: auto type, and manual ty pe. Manual t y pe is user-definable; Auto ty pe w hich w ill automatically detect HDD type.
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Page 7: Base Memory
? Halt on The category determines w hether the computer w ill stop if an error is detected during pow er up. ?NO Errors T he sy stem boot w ill not stop for any error that may be detected and y ou will be prompted. -
Page 8: Advanced Bios Features
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Adv anced BI O S Feat u res BIOS Flash Protection First Boot Dev ice Second Boot Dev ice T hird Boot Dev ice... -
Page 9: Boot Up Floppy Seek
Sel e ct your boot dev ice pri o rity by LAN. ?LAN Sel e ct your boot dev ice priority by USB-CDROM. ?USB-CDROM ?USB-Z IP Sel e ct your boot dev ice pri o rity by USB-ZIP. Sel e ct y our boot dev ice priori t y by USB-FDD. ?USB-FDD Select y our boot dev ice priority by USB-HDD. -
Page 10: Mps Version Control For Os
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ?Interrupt Mode T hrough IOAPIC generate more IRQ for sy stem use.(Default v alue) ?APIC Use AT stantard IRQ controlles to generate IRQ. ?PIC When you already have I OAPI C enable system and w ant to upgrade the system please note, since running an IOAPIC enabled OS (like Window s N T,Window s 2000, Window s XP...) system... -
Page 11: Advanced Chipset Features
Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Adv anced Chi p set Features Conf i gure DRAM T i m ing ? CAS Latency Time ? Act i v e to Precharge Delay ? DRAM RAS# t o CAS# Delay ? DRAM RAS# Precharge ? Refresh Mode Select... -
Page 12: Active To Precharge Delay
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ?Active to Precharge Delay This feature allow s you to set AC tive to Precharge Delay, When any DDR DIMM installed. Set active to Precharge delay t i ming is 5 clk. (Defaul t v alue) Set active to Precharge delay t i ming is 6 clk. -
Page 13: Agp Graphics Aperture Size
? DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt This feature allow s you to set the DRAM Read Thermal Management register w hich in the chip of Intel 845 for the trade-off betw een sy stem temperature and performance. Disabled this function.(Default) ?Disabled Enabl e d can reduce DRAM heat i s sue. -
Page 14: Integrated Peripherals
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Pri m ary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slav e PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO... - Page 15 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ? ECP Mode Use DMA AC BACK Function CIR Port Address ? CIR Port IRQ SMART Card Interface MS/SDI Interface ????: Mov e Enter:Sel e ct +/-/PU/PD:Value F3:Language F5:Prev ious Val u es Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals ? On-Chip Primary PCI IDE When enabled, allow s you to use the onboard primary PC I IDE.
- Page 16 GA-8IRXP Motherboard ? IDE Secondary Master PIO (for onboard IDE 2nd channel) BIOS w ill aut o matical l y detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode. ?Auto (Defaul t v alue) Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. ?Mode0~4 ? IDE Secondary Slave PIO (for onboard IDE 2nd channel) BIOS w ill aut o matical l y detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode.
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Page 17: Usb Controller
?IDE1 Conductor Cable Will be automati c ally detected by BIOS (Default Value) ?Auto ?ATA66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cabl e to ATA66/100 (Please make sure y our IDE device and cable is compatible w ith ATA66/100) Set IDE1 Conductor Cable t o ATA33 (Please make sure y our IDE dev ice and cabl e is ?ATA33 compat i ble w ith ATA33) ?IDE2 Conductor Cable... -
Page 18: Init Display First
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ?Init Display First This feature allow s you to select the first initation of the monitor display from w hich card, w hen you install an AGP VGA card and a PC I VGA card on board. Set Init Display First to PCI Slot. -
Page 19: Keyboard Power On
? Mouse Power On Disabled this funct i on. (Default v alue) ?Disabled ?Double Right Set mouse pow er on by doubl e click mouse right bott o m. ?Double Left Set mouse pow er on by double cli c k mouse lef t bott o m. ? Keyboard Power On This feature allow s you to set the method for pow ering-on the system. -
Page 20: Onboard Serial Port 2
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8. ?2E8/IRQ3 Disable onboard Serial port 1. ?Disabled ?Onboard Serial Port 2 BIOS w ill automati c ally setup t h e port 2 address. ?Auto Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8. -
Page 21: Ur2 Duplex Mode
? UR2 Duplex Mode This feature allows you to select the I R modes. IR Function Duplex Half. (Default Value) ?Half IR Function Duplex Full. ?Full ? OnBoard Parallel port This feature allow s you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I /O controller. -
Page 22: Smart Card Interface
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ?CIR Port Address This feature allows you to select CIR port address or disable it. ?Disabled Disabled this f unction. (Def ault Value) Set CIR Port Address to 310. ?310 Set CIR Port Address to 320. ?320 ?CIR Port IRQ This feature allow s you to select C IR IRQ , if C IR is enabled. -
Page 23: Power Management Setup
Pow er M anagement Setup CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Pow er Management Setup ACPI Suspend T y pe ? USB Dev i c e Wake-Up From S3 Pow er Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Ty pe... -
Page 24: Acpi Suspend Type
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ? ACPI Suspend Type Set ACPI Suspend T ype to S1/POS (Pow er On Suspend). (Defaul t v al u e) ?S1/POS ?S3/ST R Set ACPI Suspend T y pe to S3/ST R (Suspend To RAM). ?USB Device Wake-up From S3 When set at Enabled, it allow s U SB Device to activate the system from AC PI S3 pow er saving mode. -
Page 25: Modem Use Irq
? MODEM Use IRQ This feature allow s you to select the IRQ# to meet your modem’s IRQ#. Set MODEM Use IRQ to NA. ?N/A Set MODEM Use IRQ to 3.(Default value) Set MODEM Use IRQ t o 4. Set MODEM Use IRQ t o 5. Set MODEM Use IRQ t o 7. -
Page 26: Resume By Alarm
GA-8IRXP Motherboard ? PME Event Wake up When set at Enabled, any PC I-PM event aw arkes the system from a PC I-PM controlled state. Disabled PME Ev ent Wake up funct i on. ?Disabled Enabl e d PME Ev ent Wake up function. (Default Value) - Page 27 ? Secondary IDE 0/1 When the secondary master/slave H DD isw orking, the system timer w ill be reloaded and the system w ill not be into the system w ill not be into suspend mode. Disabled this funct i on. (Default v alue) ?Disabled Enabled monitor Secondary IDE 0/1 for Green event.
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Page 28: Pnp/Pci Configurations
GA-8IRXP Motherboard PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Cont r olled By ? IRQ Resources PCI1/PCI5 IRQ Assignment PCI2 /PCI6 I R Q Assignment PCI3 IRQ Assignment... - Page 29 ?PCI3 IRQ Assignment Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3. (Def a ult v alue) ?Auto Set 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI3. ?3,4,5,7,9.,10,11,12,15 ?PCI4 IRQ Assignment Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4. (Def a ult v alue) ?Auto Set 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI4. ?3,4,5,7,9.,10,11,12,15 Technical Reference...
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Page 30: Pc Health Status
GA-8IRXP Motherboard PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are PC Health Status Reset Case Open St a tus Case Opened VCORE VCC18 +3.3V + 5V +12V Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed... -
Page 31: Cpu Warning Temperature
? Current CPU Temperature (° C) Detect CPU Temp. automatically. ? Current CPU FAN / POWER / SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect Fan speed st a tus automatically . ? CPU Warning Temperature ?60° C / 140° F Monit o r CPU Temp. at 60° C / 140° F. ?70°... -
Page 32: Frequency/Voltage Control
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio CPU Host Cl o ck Control CPU Host Frequency (MHz) Host / DRAM Clock ratio Memory Frequency (MHz) - Page 33 ? PCI/AGP Frequency(Mhz) ?T he v alues depend on CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) . ? Memory Frequency(Mhz) ?T he v alues depend on CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) . ? Host/DRAM Clock Ratio (Warning: w rong frequency may make sy st e m can’t boot, clear CMOS t o ov ercome w rong frequency issue) Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0.
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Page 34: Select Language
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Select Language CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup... -
Page 35: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup ?PnP/PCI Configurations Loa d Fail-Safe Defa ults? (Y/N )?Y ?PC Healt h Status ?Frequency/Voltage Control... -
Page 36: Load Optimized Defaults
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup... -
Page 37: Set Supervisor/User Password
Set Supervisor/User Passw ord CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup ?PnP/PCI Configurations ?PC Healt h Status Enter Pa ssword:... -
Page 38: Save & Exit Setup
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup... -
Page 39: Exit Without Saving
E xit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utili t y -Copy right (C) 1984-2001 Aw ard Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features ?Adv anced BI O S Feat u res ?Advanced Chipset Feat u res ?Integrated Peripherals ?Pow er Management Setup ?PnP/PCI Configurations ?PC Healt h Status Qu it Without Savin g (Y/N)? N... -
Page 40: Block Diagram
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Block Diagram AGP 4X AGPCLK (66MHz) 6 PCI 82562ET Creati v e CT 5880 AC97 Game Port PCI C LK CODEC (33MHz) PCICLK (33MHz) USBCLK (48MHz) 14.318 MHz 33 MHz CPUCLK6 (100 MHz) Pentium 4 Sy stem Bus 100MHz... -
Page 41: Dual Bios / Q-Flash Introduction
Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Introduction A. What is Dual BIOS Technology? Dual B IOS means that there are tw o system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BI OS and the other is Backup BIOS. U nder the normal circumstances, the system w orks on the Main BIOS. - Page 42 GA-8IRXP Motherboard b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash U tility Dual BIOS / Q-Flash U tility V845.4MF3 (C ) 2001, GIGA-BYTE Technology C o., LTD. Wide Range Protection H alt On BI OS Defects Auto Recovery Boot From BIOS Recovery F3: Load D efault...
- Page 43 Halt On BIOS Defects : Disabled(Default), Enabled If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RAN GE PROTEC TION error and H alt On BIOS Defects set to Enable, the P C w ill show messages on the boot screen, and the system w ill pause and w ait for the user’s instruction.
- Page 44 GA-8IRXP Motherboard C. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS w ithin BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. D. How to use Q-Flash Flash? F3: Load Default Load current BIO S default value.
- Page 45 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 this motherboard. Future GIGABYTE motherboards will also incorporate this innovation.
- Page 46 GA-8IRXP Motherboard 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. DualB IOS simply means there are tw o system BI OSes (RO M) integrated onto the motherboard. One is a main BIOS, and the other is a backup BIOS.
- Page 47 III. Q: How does DualBIOS technology work? Answer: DualB IOS technology provides a w ide range of protection during the boot up procedure. It protects your B IOS during system POST, ESC D update, and even all the w ay to PN P detection/assignment. DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS.
- Page 48 GA-8IRXP Motherboard 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 backup BIOS w ill take over the boot-up process automatically. Moreover, it w ill verify the main and backup B IOS checksums w hen booting-up.
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Page 49: Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction
Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction Four Speaker Introduction A. What is Four Speaker? The C reative C T5880 audio chip can support up to 4 speaker output. If you select “Four speaker out” , Line In w ill be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers. B. - Page 50 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure: C. Four Speaker Application The four speaker function w ill only be supported in application softw ares that use M icrosoft DirectX and C reative EAX, for example, the game titles, softw are D VD player and MP3 player.
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Page 51: Spdif Introduction
SPDIF Introduction A. What is SPDIF? The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital signal to AC 3 decoder w hich can support upto 5.1 speakers. B. How to use SPDIF? Technical Reference C lick your mouse right button in “ My C omputer” and select the “P roperties”... - Page 52 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Recommend y ou to select “A utosense”, It w ill 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.
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Page 53: Bios Introduction
BIOS directly. Or you may w ant to keep a backup for your current BI OS, just choose “S ave C urrent BIOS” to save it first. You make a w ise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update your BIOS smartly. -
Page 54: Easy Tuneiii
In “ Advanced Mode”, one can change the sy stem bus speed in small incre- ments to get ultimate system performance. And no matter w hich mainboard is used, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*, E asyTuneIII helps to perform the best of system. -
Page 55: Raid Introduction
Technical Reference RAID Introduction What is RAID? This motherboard implements tw o different ty pes of RAID levels as follow s: RAID 0 (stripe) For capacity -- The motherboard array w ill be as big as the smallest H DD in the array times how ever many H DDs are in the array. - Page 56 GA-8IRXP Motherboard About RAID Levels Striping (RAID 0) Reads and w rites sectors of data interleaved betw een multiple driv es. When any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. Performance is better than a single drive since the w orkload is balanced betw een the array members.
- Page 57 Technical Reference Mirroring (RAID 1) Writes duplicate data on to a pair of drives w hile reads are performed in parallel. ATA RAID 1 is fault tolerant because each drive of a mirrored pair is installed on separate I DE channels. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure (e.g.
- Page 58 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Creating Your Disk Array You w ill now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives. There are tw o different scenarios in creating this array. You can create an array for performance, you can create a S ecurity array using new hard drives (recommended).
- Page 59 Creating an Array for Performance N OTE: This motherboard allow s users to create striped arrays w ith 1, 2 drives. To create an array for best performance, follow these steps: 1. U sing the S pacebar, choose "Performance" under the Optimize Array for section. 2.
- Page 60 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive N OTE : This motherboard permits only tw o drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup. You w ould use this method if you w ish to use a drive that already contains data and/or is the bootable sy stem drive in y our system.
- Page 61 4. U se the arrow keys to choose w hich drive contains the existing data to be copied. 5. Press [Enter] keys to selection and start duplication. The follow ing progress screen w ill appear. Start to duplicate the image . . . Do you w ant to continue? (Yes/N o) Y - C ontinue N - Abort 6.
- Page 62 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Using FastBuild Configuration Utility The FastBuild C onfiguration U tility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the motherboard. For purposes of this manual, it is assumed y ou hav e already created an array in the previous chapter and now w ish to make a change to the array or view other options.
- Page 63 Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu When using the menus, these are some of the basic navigation tips: Arrow keys highlights through choices; [Space] bar key allow s to cy cle through options; [Enter] key selects an option; [ESC ] key is used to abort or exit the current menu. Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen w hen entering the FastBuild FastB uild (tm) U tility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.
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Page 64: Creating Arrays Automatically
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Creating Arrays Automatically The Auto Setup <1> selection from the Main M enu can intuitively help create your disk array . It w ill assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating. After making all selections, use C trl-Y to Save selections. - Page 65 Technical Reference Defining Typical Application Usage Allow s the user to choose the type of P C usage that w ill be performed in order to optimize how This motherboard handles data blocks to enhance performance. Your choice w ill determine the block size used.
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Page 66: Viewing Drive Assignments
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Viewing Drive Assignments The V iew Drive Assignments <2> option in the Main Menu displays w hether drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned. U nder the "Assignment" column, drives are labeled w ith their assigned disk array or show n as "Free"... - Page 67 How Orders Arrays During startup, the disk arrays on the motherboard are recognized in this order: 1) The array set to bootable in the FastB uildTM Setup, and 2) the Array number (i.e. Array 0, Array 1¡K). This w ould be involved in determining w hich drive letters w ill be assigned to each disk array. How Saves Array Information All disk array data is saved into the reserved sector on each array member.
- Page 68 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Deleting An Array The Delete Array <4> M enu option allow s for deletion of disk array assignments. This is not the same as deleting data from the driv es themselves. If y ou delete an array by accident (and before it has been used again), the array can normally be recov ered by defining the array identically as the deleted array.
- Page 69 3. C onfirm yes to the follow ing w arning message w ith the <C trl-Y> key to continue array deletion: Are y ou sure you w ant to delete this array? Press C trl-Y to Delete, others to A bort 4.
- Page 70 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Rebuilding A Mirrored Array The R ebuild A rray <5> Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array. You w ill receive an error message w hen booting your system from the BIOS.
- Page 71 FastBuild (tm) U tility 1.32 (c) 1996-2001 P romise Technology, Inc. The P revious recovery is not complete! <Press Any Key to Restart The Recovery> 11. Press anykey and confirm that the data w ill be copied on to the selected drive. All data on the replacement drive w ill be w ritten ov er w ith mirrored information from the array driv e.
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Page 72: Viewing Controller Settings
GA-8IRXP Motherboard Viewing Controller Settings The C ontroller C onfiguration <6> menu selection allow s you to enable or disable the BIOS from halting (the default) if it detects an error on boot up. You may also view the system resources (Interrupt and I/O port address) of data channels FastBuild (tm) U tility 1.32 (c) 1996-2001 P romise Technology, Inc. -
Page 73: Driver Installing
Revision History Driver Installing Picture below are shown in Windows ME (Special CD) Insert the driver C D-title that came w ith your motherboard into your C D-ROM driv er, the driver C D-title w ill auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the C D -ROM device icon in "... - Page 74 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Picture below are shown in Windows ME (Special CD) Appendix A: Intel 845 Chipset Driver Installation A. Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP INF Update Utility: Insert the driver C D-title that came w ith your motherboard into your C D-ROM driv er, the driver C D-title w ill auto start and show the installation guide.
- Page 75 B. Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver: Insert the driver C D-title that came w ith your motherboard into your C D-ROM driv er, the driver C D-title w ill auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the C D -ROM device icon in "M y computer"...
- Page 76 GA-8IRXP Motherboard C: Sound Driver Installation Press "Audio" icon. C lick "C reative C T5880 Sound Driver" item. Revision History 3.C lick "Finish". 2.C lick "N ext". D: Network Driver Installation Press "N etw ork" icon. C lick " Driver Information".
- Page 77 E: Promise RAID Driver Installation F: Fast Trak Utilies Installation 1.C lick “ Driver Information” Item 3.C lick "Yes". Technical Reference C lick “D river Information” Item 2.C lick "N ext". 4.C lick "N ext".
- Page 78 GA-8IRXP Motherboard 5.C lick "N ext". 7.C lick "N ext". 9.C lick "N ext". 6.C lick "N ext". 8.C lick "N ext". 10.C lick "N ext". (10)
- Page 79 Technical Reference G: USB 2.0 Host Controller Driver C lick “U SB2.0 H ost C ontroller Driver” Item...
- Page 80 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Revision History Appendix B: EasyTuneIII Utilities Installation Insert the driver C D-title that came w ith your motherboard into your C D-ROM driv er, the driver C D-title w ill auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the C D -ROM device icon in "M y computer"...
- Page 81 5.C lick "N ext". 7.C lick "Finish" to restart computer. Technical Reference 6.C lick "N ext".
- Page 82 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Appendix C: Face-Wizard Utilities Installation What is Face-Wizard Face-Wizard is a w indow s based utility w ith user-friendly interface that allow s users to change the boot-up logo w ith picture from Gigaby te Logo Gallery on w eb site or other compatible picture you have.
- Page 83 BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: If your OS is Win9X, w e recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Press "Tools" icon. 1.C lick "Gigaby te U tilities". C lick here. C lick "? ". Methods and steps: I. U pdate BIOS through Internet a.
- Page 84 In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS Gigabyte's w eb site for dow nloading and updating it according to method II. d. Please note that any interruption during updating w ill cause sy stem unbooted...
- Page 85 We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example. Please flash the BI OS according to the follow ing procedures if you are now under the DOS mode. Flash BIOS Procedure: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure you have set "A uto" for BIO S Feature Setup (BIOS Flash Protection). For more detail please refer to page 8.
- Page 86 GA-8IRXP Motherboard (2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format Ty pe, and pick both "Display summary w hen finished" and "C opy system files", after that press "Start". That w ill format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it.
- Page 87 Technical Reference STEP 3: Dow nload BIOS and BIOS utility program. (1) Please go to Gigabyte w ebsite http://w w w .gigabyte.com.tw /index.html, and click "Support". (2) From Support zone, click the " Motherboards BIOS & Drivers".
- Page 88 GA-8IRXP Motherboard (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. P lease select GA-7V TX by Model or C hipset optional menu to obtain BI OS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BI OS version (For ex ample: F4), and click to dow nload the file. It w ill pop up a file dow nload screen, then select the "Open this file from its current location"...
- Page 89 (5) At this time the screen show s the follow ing picture, please click "Extract" button to unzip the files. (6) Please extract the dow nload files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STE P 2, and press "Extract". Technical Reference...
- Page 90 GA-8IRXP Motherboard STEP 4: Make sure the system w ill 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 w ill boot from the floppy disk. Please press <DEL> key to enter BIOS setup main menu w hen system is boot up.
- Page 91 (3) Press "Enter" to enter "BIO S FEATU RES SETU P" menu. U se the arrow s to highlight the item "1st Boot D evice", and then use the "Page U p" or "Page Dow n" keys to select "Floppy". AMIBIOS SET UP - BIOS FEATURES SET UP ( C ) 2001 American Megat r ends, Inc.
- Page 92 GA-8IRXP Motherboard 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 :\>...
- Page 93 (3) It w ill pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIO S?" Press [Enter] to continue procedure, or press [ESC ] to quit. Bew are: Please do not turn off the system w hile you are upgrading BIOS. It w ill render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative.
- Page 94 GA-8IRXP Motherboard STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. N ormally the system redetects all devices after BIO S has been upgraded. Therefore, w e highly recommend reloading the BIO S defaults after B IOS has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash.
- Page 95 (3) U se the arrow s to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETU P" and press "Enter". System w ill ask "SAVE to C MOS and EXIT (Y/N )?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm. N ow the system w ill reboot automatically, the new BIO S setting w ill be taken effect next boot-up.
- Page 96 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Adv anced C onfiguration and Pow er I nterface Advanced Pow er Management Accelerated Graphics P ort Audio Modem R iser AC R Advanced C ommunications R iser BIOS Basic I nput / Output System...
- Page 97 Acronyms Meaning IOAPIC Input Output Advanced P rogrammable Input C ontroller ISAIndustry Standard Architecture Local Area N etw ork Input / Output Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode MH z Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument D igital Interface Memory Translator H ub Memory Protocol Translator N etw ork Interface C ard Operating System...
- Page 98 GA-8IRXP Motherboard Technical Support/RMA Sheet C ustomer/C ountry: C ontact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot N umber: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: H ardw are Mfs. Model name C onfiguration Memory Brand Video C ard Audio C ard C D-ROM /...