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GA-8ILFT Series
P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard
USER'S MANUAL
Pentium
4 Processor Motherboard
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Rev. 1001
12ME-8ILFT-1001

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  • Page 1 GA-8ILFT Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard ® Rev. 1001 12ME-8ILFT-1001...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Item Checklist ..................4 WARNING! ..................4 Chapter 1 Introduction ...............5 Features Summary ....................5 GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard Layout .............. 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ..........8 Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........... 9 Step1-1 CPU Instal l ation ................9 Step1-2 CPU Heat Sink Instal l ation ..............
  • Page 3 Power Management Setup ................35 PnP/PCI Configurations ..................37 PC Health Status ....................38 Frequency/Voltage Control ................40 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ..................42 Load Optimized Defaults ..................43 Set Supervisor/User Password ................44 Save & Exit Setup ....................45 Exit Without Saving ..................... 46 Chapter 4 Technical Reference ............

  • Page 4: Item Checklist

    Item Checklist þ The GA-8ILFT motherboard þ I/O Shield þ IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility (IUCD) þ GA-8ILFT user’s manual WARNING! Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicat e Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them agai n st damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor — 20.3cm x 2.9cm Flex ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. Motherboard — GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard: GA-8ILFT and GA-8ILFT-C CP U — Socket 478 for Intel ® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium ® 4 processor —...
  • Page 6 On-Board LAN* — Builit in RTL8100BL Chipset — 1 RJ45 port Hardware Monitor — CPU/System Fan Revolution detect — CPU/System Fan Control — CPU O verheat Warning — System Vol t age Detect PS/2 Connector — PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace BIOS —...

  • Page 7: Ga-8Ilft Series Motherboard Layout

    GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard Layout KB_MS ATX_12V SOCKET478 Intel 845GL SPDIF ITE8712 GA-8ILFT BAT1 RTL8100BL* S_IRG PCI1 Buzzer ICH4 PCI2 F_USB1 AUX_IN BIOS AC97 PCI3 * For GA-8ILFT Only. - 7 - Introduction...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer, you must compl e te the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processi n g Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4- Setup BIOS software Step 5- Install supporting software tools Step1...

  • Page 9: Step 1: Install The Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 1-1 : CPU Installation Pin1 indicator Pin1 indicator CPU Top V iew CPU Bott om View Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicator 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look 1. Pull up the CP U socket lever for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU and up to 90-degree angle.

  • Page 10: Step1-2 Cpu Heat Sink Instal L Ation

    Step 1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation 2. Hook the other end of the 1. Hook one end of the cooler cooler bracket to the CPU bracket to the CPU socket first. socket. M Please use Intel ap proved cooling fan. M We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink.

  • Page 11: Step 2: Install Memory Modules

    Step 2: Install memory modules The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push i t vertically into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direct ion due to the notch. Memory size can vary bet ween sockets.
  • Page 12 DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM i n dustry infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs and system integrators. DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry t hat builds on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling t he memory bandwidth.

  • Page 13: Step 3: Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, And Power Supply

    Step 3: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step3-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction u PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector ØThis connector supports standard PS/2 (6 pin Female) keyboard and PS/2 mouse. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female) v Parallel Port and Serial Ports (COM1/COM2) Parallel Port...
  • Page 14 w Game /MIDI Ports ØThis connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female) x Audio Connectors 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.

  • Page 15: Step3-2 Connectors Introduction

    Step 3-2 : Connectors Introduction A) ATX_12V J) BIOS_WP B) CPU_FAN K) F_U SB1 C) ATX L) BATTERY D) FDD M) AUX_IN E) IDE1/ID E2 N) CD_IN F) SYS_FAN O) S_IR Q G) C I P) SPDIF H) CLR_CMOS Q) F_AUDIO I) F_PANEL * For GA-8ILFT Only.
  • Page 16 A) ATX_12V ( +12V Power Connector) ØThis connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this " ATX+ 12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot. +12V +12V Ø B) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector) 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...
  • Page 17 D) FDD (Floppy Connector) E) IDE1/ IDE2 (IDE1/IDE2 Conn ector) Ø Important Notice: Please connect first harddi s k to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. K) F_USB 1 (Front USB Co nnector) Ø Be careful with the polarity of the front panel USB connector.
  • Page 18 N) CD_IN (CD IN) CD-L CD-R CD_I N Q)F_AUDIO (F_AUDIO Connector) Ø If you want to use Front Audio connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chas- sis must have front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the MI C POWER...
  • Page 19 C) ATX_POWER (ATX Power) Ø AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly 3.3V 3.3V -12V 3.3V connected to the mainboard. PS-ON(Soft On/Off) V CC V CC Power Good V CC 5V SB (Stand by +5V)
  • Page 20 M) AUX_IN ( AUX In Connector) H) CLR _CMOS (Clear CMOS) Ø You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. 2-3 close: Normal 1-2 close: Clear CMOS L) BATTERY (Battery) CAUTION v Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
  • Page 21 I) F_PANEL (2x7 pins connector) RST- RST+ SPK+ PD_G- SPK- PD_Y- HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) SPK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+) Pin 2- P in 3: NC Pin 4: Data(-) RST (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation Close: Reset Hardware System...

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 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 informati o n is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 23: The Main Menu (For Example: Bios Ver. :F1)

    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 window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
  • Page 24 Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. Power Management Setup This setup page incl u des 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.

  • Page 25: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Feb 21 2000 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu Level u Change the day, month, }IDE Primary Master None year }IDE Primary Slave None }IDE Secondary Master None <Week>...
  • Page 26 C Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour mili t ary- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. C IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE 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.
  • Page 27 C Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) 8Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) 8Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. 8Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. 8Both Drive A & B are 3 m ode Floppy Drives. C Halt on The category determines whether the computer wi l l stop if an error is detected during power up.

  • Page 28: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy Item Help Second Boot Device HDD-0 Menu Level u Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Init Display First Onboard/AGP Graphics Aperture Size 128MB Graphics Share Memory higf: Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help...

  • Page 29: Init Display First

    C Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determi n e the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. 8Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks.

  • Page 30: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Pri m ary PCI IDE Enabled Item Help On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Menu Level u IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto If a hard disk IDE2 Conductor Cable Auto controller card is USB Controller Enabled...
  • Page 31 C On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE 8Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) 8Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. C IDE1 Conductor Cable 8Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default Value) 8ATA66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66/100 (Pl e ase make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA66/100).
  • Page 32 C AC97 Audio 8Auto Enable onboard AC'97 audio function. (Default Value) 8Disabled Disabl e this function. C Onboard LAN 8Enabled Enabled Onboard LAN function. (Default value) 8Disabled Disabled onboard LAN function. C Onboard LAN Boot ROM 8Enabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM function. 8Disabled Disabled onboard LAN Boot ROM function.(Default value) C Onboard Serial Port 1...
  • Page 33 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) C UR2 Duplex Mode 8Hal f IR Function Duplex Half. (Default Value) 8Full IR Function Duplex Full.
  • Page 34 8330 Set Midi Port Address to 330.(Defaul t Value) 8Disabled Disabl e this function. C Midi Port IRQ Set Mi d i Port IRQ to 5. Set Midi Port IRQ to 10. (Default Value) GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 34 -...

  • Page 35: 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 u PME Event Wake Up Enabled [S1] ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan Enabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Set suspend type to x Date (of Month) Alarm Ev eryday Power On Suspend under...
  • Page 36 C PME Event Wake Up 8Disabled Disabl e this function. 8Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up. (Default Value) C ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN 8Disabled Disable Modem Ring on/wake on Lan function. 8Enabled Enable Modem Ring on/wake on Lan. (Default Value) C Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm"...

  • Page 37: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Item Help PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level u PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto higf: Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations...

  • Page 38: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Item Help Case Opened Menu Level u VCORE 1.730V +1.5V 1.502V +3.3V 3.360V 5.053V +12V 11.840V Current CPU Temperature 35°C/95°F Current CPU FAN Speed 6490 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM...
  • Page 39 C Current CPU Temperature 8Detect CPU Temp. automatically. C Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) 8Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. C CPU Warning Temperature 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.

  • Page 40: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio Item Help CPU Host Cl o ck Control Disabled Menu Level u x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) x PCI/AGP Divider Disabled Host/DRAM Clock ratio Auto Memory Frequency (Mhz) PCI/AGP Frequency (Mhz) 33/66 higf: Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help...
  • Page 41 C PCI/AGP Divider 8You can choose Disabled,PLL/40,PLL/32,PLL/24,PLL/20/PLL/16 mode to adjust PCI/AGP frequency. C Host/DRAM Clock Ratio (Warning: wrong frequency may make system can’t boot, clear CMOS to overcome wrong fre quency issue) 82.0 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0. 82.66 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.66.

  • Page 42: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Top Performance }Advanced Chipset Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervis or Password Load Fail-Safe D efaults? (Y/N)?Y }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 43: Load Optimized Defaults

    Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Top Performance }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervis or Password Load Optimized Defaults? (Y/N)?Y }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 44: Set Supervisor/User Password

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

  • Page 45: Save & Exit Setup

    Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software }Standard CMOS Features Top Performance }Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults }Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults }Power Management Setup Set Supervis or Password }PnP/PCI Configurations Set User Password Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y }PC Health Status Save &...

  • Page 46: Exit Without Saving

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

  • Page 47: Chapter 4 Technical Reference

    Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference CPUCLK6 (100/133MHz) Block Diagram Pentium 4 System Bus 400MHz 200/266 MHz DDR RAM AGPCLK Intel (66MHz) HCLK6 (100/133MHz) 82845GL GMCHCLK (66MHz) 66 MHz 33 MHz 3 PCI 14.318 MHz 48 MHz Intel Game Port ICH 4 Floppy LPC BUS...

  • Page 48: Q-Flash Introduction

    Q-Flash Introduction A. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utili t y 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>...
  • Page 49 Load B IOS From F loppy !In the A:drive, i n sert 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: Ret urn Main Where XXXX.XX is name of the BIOS file. !Press Enter to Run.

  • Page 50: 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 51: Easy Tune 4 Tm Introduction

    EasyTune 4, user can "Save" this setting and "Load" it in next ti m e. 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 52: Chapter 5 Appendix

    Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP (IUCD driver version 2.0) 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.
  • Page 53 A-1. Intel C hipset Software Installation Utility 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. 1.Click "Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility"...
  • Page 54 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 54 -...
  • Page 55 A-2. Intel Application Accelerator 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. 1.Click "Intel Application Accelerator"...
  • Page 56 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer. GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 56 -...
  • Page 57 A-3. Intel 845G Chipset VGA Graphics 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. 1.Click "Intel 845G Chipset VGA Graphics Driver"...
  • Page 58 4.Click "Finish" to restart computer. A-4. USB Patch 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.
  • Page 59 Revision History Appendix B: RealTek AC’97 Audio 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.
  • Page 60 Appendix C: RealTek 8139/8130/8100 Network Driver * Ø For your reference, you can use the following steps to complete the RealTek 8139/8130/8100 Network Driver Installation. 1.Click "RealTek Network Driver" item. 2.Click "Finish" to restart computer. * For GA-8ILFT Only. GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 60 -...
  • Page 61 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". 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". 3.Click "Next". 4.Click "Next". 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer.
  • Page 62 Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: Method 1: If your OS is Win9X, 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 here. Click "P".
  • Page 63 In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS server, pl e ase 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 64 Method 2: 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. Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files.
  • Page 65 (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 fi l es 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 66 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". GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 66 -...
  • Page 67 (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". - 67 - Appendix...
  • Page 68 (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 fl o ppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2, and press "E xtract". GA-8ILFT Seri e s Motherboard - 68 -...
  • Page 69 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 di s k. Please press <DEL> key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up.
  • Page 70 (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 71 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 72 (3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue the 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.
  • Page 73 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.
  • Page 74 (3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask "SAVE t o CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "E nter" 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 75 Appendix E: Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AP M Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic Input / Output System CP U Central Processing Unit CMO S Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRI MM Cont inuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser...
  • Page 76 Acronyms Meaning Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode Megahertz MI DI Musical Interface Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memory Protocol Translator NI C Network Interface Card Operating System OE M Original Equipment Manufacturer PA C PCI A.G.P. Controller POST Power-On Self Test Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in-line Memory Module...
  • Page 77 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 CP U Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR...

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