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GA-8IRX Motherboard
BIOS Setup .......................................................................................................................2
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :F7) ..........................................................3
Standard CMOS Features..........................................................................................5
Advanced BI OS Features ..........................................................................................8
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................10
Power Management Setup .......................................................................................15
PnP/PCI Configurations ...........................................................................................18
PC Health Status......................................................................................................19
Frequency/Voltage Control .......................................................................................21
Top Performance ......................................................................................................23
Select Language ......................................................................................................24
Load Fail-Safe Defaults............................................................................................25
Load Optimized Defaults..........................................................................................26
Set Supervisor /User Password ................................................................................27
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................................................28
Exit Without Saving .................................................................................................29
Perfor mance List ............................................................................................................30
Block D iagr am ................................................................................................................31
Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Introduction .....................................................................................32
Four speaker & SPDIF Introduction ...............................................................................40
@ BI OS Introduction ......................................................................................................44
Introduction ............................................................................................45
Driver Installing ...............................................................................................................46
BIOS Flash Procedure ....................................................................................................50
Acronyms........................................................................................................................63
Technical Support / RMA Sheet .....................................................................................65
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
GA-8IRX Motherboard Table of Content BIOS Setup ........................2 The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. :F7) ............3 Standard CMOS Features..................5 Advanced BI OS Features ..................8 Integrated Peripherals.....................10 Power Management Setup ..................15 PnP/PCI Configurations ...................18 PC Health Status......................19 Frequency/Voltage Control ..................21 Top Performance ......................23... -
Page 2: Bios Setup
GA-8IRX Motherboard 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. -
Page 3: The Main Menu (For Example: Bios Ver. :F7)
Technical Reference 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 4 GA-8IRX 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 PCI & PnP I SA resources.
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Page 5: Standard Cmos Features
Technical Reference Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Feb 21 2000 Item Help Ti m e (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu Level ?IDE Primary Master [Press Enter None] ?IDE Primary Sl a ve [Press Enter None] ?IDE Secondary Master... - Page 6 GA-8IRX Motherboard ? IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave The category identi f ies the types of hard disk from dri v e C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are t w o types: auto type, and manual type. Manual t y pe is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.
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Page 7: Base Memory
Technical Reference ? Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. ?NO Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted. ?All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fat a l error the system will be stopped. -
Page 8: Advanced Bios Features
GA-8IRX Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are Advanced BI O S Feat u res First Boot Device [Fl o ppy] Item Help Second Boot Device [HDD-0] Menu Level Third Boot Device... -
Page 9: Boot Up Floppy Seek
Technical Reference ? Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BI O S wil l determine the fl o ppy disk drive i n stall e d is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K t y pe is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. -
Page 10: Integrated Peripherals
GA-8IRX Motherboard Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Pri m ary PCI IDE [Enabl e d] Item Help On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabl e d] Menu Level IDE1 Conductor Cable... -
Page 11: Usb Controller
Technical Reference ? On-Chip Primary PCI IDE When enabled, allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE. If a hard disk controller card is used, set at D isabled. Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) ?Enabled Disabl e onboard 1st channel IDE port. ?Disabled ? On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE When enabled, allows you to use the onboard secondary PCI IDE. -
Page 12: Usb Keyboard Support
GA-8IRX Motherboard ? USB Keyboard Support When a USB keyboard is installed, please set at Enabled. Enabled USB Keyboard Support. ?Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support. (Def a ult value) ?Disabled ? USB Mouse Support Enabl e d USB Mouse Support. -
Page 13: Uart Mode Select
Technical Reference ? UART Mode Select (This feat u re allows you to determine which Inf r a Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip) Using as IR and set to ASKIR Mode. ?ASKIR Using as IR and set to IrDA Mode. ?IrDA Using as standard serial port . - Page 14 GA-8IRX Motherboard ? ECP Mode Use DMA This feature allows you to select Direct Memory Access(DM A) channel if the EC P mode selected. Set ECP mode use DMA 1. Set ECP mode use DMA 3. (Default value) ?CIR Port Address This feature allows you to select CIR port address or disable it.
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Page 15: Power Management Setup
Technical Reference Pow er M anagement Setup CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)] Item Help Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-off] Menu Level PME Event Wake Up [Enabl e d] ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan [Enabl e d] Resume by Al a rm... -
Page 16: Acpi Suspend Type
GA-8IRX Motherboard ? ACPI Suspend Type Set ACPI Suspend Type to S1/POS (Power On Suspend). (Defaul t val u e) ?S1/POS Set ACPI Suspend Type to S3/STR (Suspend To RAM). ?S3/STR ? Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Press power button then Power off inst a ntly. (Default value) ?Instant-off ?Del a y 4 Sec. -
Page 17: Kb Power On Password
Technical Reference ? Power On By Mouse Disabled this funct i on. (Default value) ?Disabled ?Mouse Cl i ck Set mouse double cl i ck to power on syst e m. ? Power On By Keyboard This feature allows you to set the method for powering-on the system. The option “Password“... -
Page 18: Pnp/Pci Configurations
GA-8IRX Motherboard PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are PnP/PCI Configurations PCI1/PCI5 IRQ Assignment [Auto] Item Help PCI2 /PCI6 I R Q Assignment [Auto] Menu Level PCI3 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI4 IRQ Assignment [Auto]... -
Page 19: Pc Health Status
Technical Reference PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are PC Health Status Reset Case Open St a tus [Di s abl e d] Case Opened VCORE 1.746V Item Help VCC18 1.792V +3.3V 3.296V Menu Level + 5V 5.080 V... -
Page 20: Cpu Warning Temperature
GA-8IRX Motherboard ? 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. -
Page 21: Frequency/Voltage Control
Technical Reference Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio [x 15] Item Help CPU Host Cl o ck Control [Disable] Menu Level ?CPU Host Frequency(MHz) ?PCI/AGP Divider [Di s abl e d] ?Host / DRAM Clock ratio [Auto] Memory Frequency(MHz) - Page 22 GA-8IRX Motherboard ? PCI/AGP Divider ?You can choose Disabl e d,PLL/40,PLL/32,PLL/24,PLL/20/PLL/16 mode to adjust PCI/AGP frequency. ? Host/DRAM Clock Ratio (Warning: wrong frequency may make syst e m can’t boot, clear CMOS t o overcome wrong frequency issue) Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0.
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Page 23: Top Performance
Technical Reference Top Performance CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults Top Performance ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup Load Top Performance Defaults Disabled.... -
Page 24: Select Language
GA-8IRX Motherboard Select Language CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup... -
Page 25: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Technical Reference Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup Load Top Performance Defaults ?PnP/PCI Configurations Set Supervisor Password... -
Page 26: Load Optimized Defaults
GA-8IRX Motherboard Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup... -
Page 27: Set Supervisor /User Password
Technical Reference Set Supervisor/User Passw ord CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup Load Top Performance Defaults ?PnP/PCI Configurations Set Supervisor Password... -
Page 28: Save & Exit Setup
GA-8IRX Motherboard Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup... -
Page 29: Exit Without Saving
Technical Reference E xit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utili t y-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Soft w are ?Standard CMOS Features Select Language ?Advanced BI O S Feat u res Load Fail-Safe Defaults ?Integrated Peripherals Load Optimi z ed Defaults ?Power Management Setup Load Top Performance Defaults ?PnP/PCI Configurations Set Supervisor Password... -
Page 30: Perfor Mance List
GA-8IRX Motherboard Revision History Performa nce List The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users. (The different H ardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.) -
Page 31: Blo Ck Diagram
Technical Reference Blo ck Diagram CPUCLK6 (100MHz) Pentium 4 AGP 4X System Bus 100MHz AGPCLK 100/133 MHz (66MHz) DDR RAM Intel HCLK6 (100MHz) 82845 MCHCLK (66MHz) 6 PCI 66 MHz 33 MHz 14.318 MHz 48 MHz RTL8100(B)L SST49LF002 Intel Game Port ICH 2 LPC BUS Fl o ppy... -
Page 32: Dual Bios/Q-Flash Introduction
GA-8IRX Motherboard Dual BIOS / Q-F lash Introd uction A. What is Dual BIOS Technology? Dual B IOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BI OS and the other is Backup BIOS. Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS. - Page 33 Technical Reference b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility V845.4MF3 (C) 2001, GIGA-BYTE T echnology Co., LTD. Wide Range Protection :Disabled H alt On BI OS Defects :Disabled Auto Recovery :E nabled Boot From :Main BIOS BIOS Recovery :Main to Backup F3: Load D efault...
- Page 34 GA-8IRX Motherboard Halt On BIOS Defects : Disabled(Default), Enabled If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and H alt On BIOS Defects set to Enable, the P C will show messages on the boot screen, and the system will pause and wait for the user’s instruction.
- Page 35 Technical Reference 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 BIO S default value.
- Page 36 What’s DualBIOS On GIGABYTE motherboards w6ith DualBIOS there are physically two BI OS chips. For simplicity we’ll call one your “Main BIOS” and the other we’ll call your “Backup” BIOS (your “hot spare”). If your Main BIOS fails, the Backup BI OS almost automatically takes over on your next system boot.
- Page 37 Technical Reference I. Q: What is DualBIOS technology? Answer: DualBIOS technology is a patented technology from Giga-Byte T echnology. The concept of this technology is based on the redundancy and fault tolerance theory. DualB IOS technology simply means there are two system BI OSes (RO M) integrated onto the motherboard. One is a main BIOS, and the other is a backup BIOS.
- Page 38 GA-8IRX Motherboard III. Q: How does DualBIOS technology work? Answer: DualB IOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure. It protects your B IOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the way to PNP detection/assignment.
- Page 39 Technical Reference utility may be entered to manually change the boot sequence to boot from the backup BI OS. 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 B IOS checksums when booting-up.
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Page 40: Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction
GA-8IRX Motherboard F our Sp eaker & SPDIF Intro duction Four Speaker Introduction A. What is Four Speaker? The Creative CT5880 audio chip can support up to 4 speaker output. If you select “Four speaker out” , Line In will be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers. - Page 41 Technical Reference Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure: Go to “Control Panel” and double click “Sounds and Multimedia”. Select “Audio” Page, and click “Advanced” button. Select “Quadraphonic Speakers” and click ok. C. Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only be supported in application softwares that use M icrosoft DirectX and Creative EAX, for example, the game titles, software D VD player and MP3 player.
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Page 42: Spdif Introduction
GA-8IRX Motherboard SPDIF Introduction A. What is SPDIF? The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital signal to AC3 decoder which can support upto 5. 1 speakers. B. How to use SPDIF? Click your mouse right button in “ My Computer”... - Page 43 Technical Reference Click “Settings” item and select the “O utput Mode” item. Click “Digital” item, Line O ut will be reconfigure to SPDIF Out. Recommend you to select “A utosense”, 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.
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Page 44: @ Bios Intro Duction
BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BI OS, just choose “S ave 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 B IOS easily. -
Page 45: Easy Tuneiii Tm Introduction
Now everything is different because of a Windows overdrive utility EasyTuneIII— announced by Gigabyte. This utility has totally changed the gaming rule of “overdrive”. This is the first overdrive utility suitable for both normal and power users. Users can choose either “Easy Mode” or “Advanced Mode”... -
Page 46: Driver Installing
GA-8IRX Motherboard Revision History Driv er Insta lling Picture below are shown in Windows ME (IUCD driver version 1.9) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your C D-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 47 Technical Reference A: Intel 845 Chipset Driver Installation Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility. A-1. Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP INF Update Utility Click "Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP INF Update Utility"item. A-2. Intel Ultra AT A Storage Driver Click "Intel Ultra AT A Storage Driver" item. B: Sound Driver Installation Revision History Press "Audio"...
- Page 48 GA-8IRX Motherboard Revision History Appendix C: EasyTuneIII Utilities Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your C D-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 "M y computer"...
- Page 49 Technical Reference 6.Click "Next". 5.Click "Next". 7.Click "Finish" to restart computer.
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Page 50: Bios Flash Procedure
GA-8IRX Motherboard BIOS F lash Procedure BIOS update procedure: If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Program to flash BIOS. 2.Click "@BIOS Writer Utility v1.08e". Press "T ools" icon. 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". Click here. Click "?". - Page 51 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 52 GA-8IRX Motherboard We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example. Please flash the BI OS according to the following 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 32.
- Page 53 Technical Reference (2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format T ype, and pick both "Display summary when finished" and "Copy system files", after that press "Start". That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it. Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy, so please proceed accordingly.
- Page 54 GA-8IRX Motherboard 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 55 Technical Reference (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. P lease select GA-7V TX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BI OS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BI OS 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"...
- Page 56 GA-8IRX Motherboard (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 STE P 2, and press "Extract".
- Page 57 Technical Reference STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) Insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then, restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk. Please press <DEL> key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up.
- Page 58 GA-8IRX Motherboard (3) Press "Enter" to enter "BIO S FEATURES SETUP" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item "1st Boot D evice", and then use the "Page Up" or "Page Down" keys to select "Floppy". AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEATURES SETUP ( C ) 2001 American Megat r ends, Inc.
- Page 59 Technical Reference 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 60 GA-8IRX Motherboard (3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIO S?" Press [Enter] to continue 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 61 Technical Reference STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIO S has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIO S defaults after B IOS has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash. (1) T ake out the floppy diskette from floppy drive, and then restart the system.
- Page 62 GA-8IRX Motherboard (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 BIO S setting will be taken effect next boot-up.
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Page 63: Acronyms
Technical Reference Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power I nterface Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics P ort Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic I nput / Output System Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide S emiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser... - Page 64 GA-8IRX Motherboard Acronyms Meaning IOAPIC Input Output Advanced P rogrammable Input Controller ISAIndustry Standard Architecture Local Area Network Input / Output Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode MH z Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface Memory Translator H ub Memory Protocol Translator...
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Page 65: Technical Suppo Rt/Rma Sheet
Technical Reference Technical Suppo rt/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: H ardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility: Configuration Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR...