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Gigabyte GA-8IGX User Manual

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  • Page 1 The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard.

  • Page 3: Declaration Of Conformity

    (2) this device must accept any inference received, including that may cause undesired operation. Representative Person’s Name: Signature: Eric Lu Date: G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.) 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry, CA 91748 (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339 Motherboard GA-8IGX ERIC LU March 29,2002...
  • Page 4 Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) Mother Board GA-8IGX is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive...
  • Page 5 GA-8IGX P4 Titan 533 Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard ® Rev. 1101 12ME-8IGX-1101...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Item Checklist ... 4 WARNING! ... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ... 5 Features Summary ... 5 GA-8IGX Motherboard Layout ... 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ... 8 Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)... 9 CPU Installation ... 9 CPU Heat Sink Installation ...
  • Page 7 Power Management Setup ... 37 PnP/PCI Configurations ... 39 PC Health Status... 40 Frequency/Voltage Control ... 42 Top Performance ... 45 Select Language ... 46 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ... 47 Load Optimized Defaults ... 48 Set Supervisor/User Password ... 49 Save &...

  • Page 8: Item Checklist

    I/O Shield GA-8IGX user’s manual WARNING! Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor 30.5cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. C PU Socket 478 for Intel Support Intel Intel Pentium 2nd cache depends on CPU Chipset Chipset Intel 82845G HOST/AGP/Controller ICH4 I/O Controller Hub Memory 3 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets Supports PC2100 DDR or PC1600 DDR DIMM...
  • Page 10 GA-8IGX Motherboard On-Board VGA Build in Intel 82845G Chipset On-Board USB 2.0 Build in ICH4 Chipset On-Board SC ITE8712F SMART @I/O Chipset (SC header) On-Board Sound Realtek ALC650 CODEC Line Out : 2 front speaker Line In : 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch) Mic In : center&...

  • Page 11: Ga-8Igx Motherboard Layout

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Layout KB_MS SOCKET478 AUX_12V PWR_FAN F_AUDIO_I NB_FAN USB_LAN CD_IN P4 Titan 533 Kinnereth AUX_IN CODEC SUR_CEN SPDIF COMB DIMM_LED 82845G SYS _FAN PCI1 ICH4 PCI2 BAT1 PCI3 C_CMOS Main Backup IR_CIR PCI4 BIOS BIOS PCI5 PCI6 F_USB1 F_USB2...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply...

  • Page 13: Step 1: Install The Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) CPU Installation Pin1 indicator CPU Top View Socket Actuation Lever 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

  • Page 14: Cpu Heat Sink Installation

    GA-8IGX Motherboard CPU Heat Sink Installation 1. Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket first. Please use Intel approved cooling fan. We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink.

  • Page 15: Step 2: Install Memory Modules

    Step 2: Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets, but it can only support a maximum of 4 banks of DDR memory. DDR slot 1 uses 2 banks, DDR slot 2&3 share the remaining 2 banks. Please refer to the following tables for possible memory configurations supported.

  • Page 16: Ddr Introduction

    GA-8IGX Motherboard DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM industry 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 that builds on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth.

  • Page 17: Step 3: Install Expansion Cards

    Step 3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer’s chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard. 4.

  • Page 18: Step 4: Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, And Power Supply

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female) Parallel Port and VGA Port/COMA Port...

  • Page 19: Audio Connectors

    Game /MIDI Ports This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female) Audio Connectors 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 20: Step4-2: Connectors Introduction

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Step4-2: Connectors Introduction A) AUX_12V B) CPU_FAN C) ATX D) FDD E) IDE1/IDE2 F) SYS_FAN G) SC H) CI I) IR_CIR J) F_PANEL K) F_USB1/F_USB2 L) COMB M) SPDIF N) SUR_CEN O) AUX_IN P) BAT1 Q) NB_FAN R) CD_IN...
  • Page 21 A) AUX_12V ( +12V Power Connector) +12V +12V B) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector) +12V/Control Sense F) SYS_FAN (System FAN Connector) Sense +12V/Control T) PWR_FAN (POWER FAN Connector) +12V/Control Sense Hardware Installation Process This connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this "...
  • Page 22 GA-8IGX Motherboard H) CI (CASE OPEN) Signal E) IDE1/IDE2 [IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary)] M) SPDIF (SPDIF) SPDIF OUT This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the system alarm if the sys tem case begin remove. Important Notice: Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2.
  • Page 23 R) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In) CD-R CD-L S) F_AUDIO_I (Front Audio) Rear Audio (L) Rear Audio (R) POWER If you want to use "Front Audio" connector, you must move 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header.
  • Page 24 GA-8IGX Motherboard C) ATX (ATX Power) 3.3V -12V PS-ON(Soft On/Off) AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard. K) F_USB1/F_USB2 (Front USB Connector) (F_USB1 &...
  • Page 25 L) COMB (COM B Connector)(White) NDSRB- NDTRB- NCTSB- NSINB NDCDB- NRIB- NSOUTB NRTSB- I) IR_CIR (IR/CIR) IRTX IRRX CIRRX P) BAT1 (Battery) Hardware Installation Process Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is aling with pin one the connector. To enable the IR/CIR function on the board, you are required to purchase an option IR/ CIR module.
  • Page 26 GA-8IGX Motherboard J) F_PANEL (2x7 pins jumper) HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) SPK (Speaker Connector) RST (Reset Switch) PD+/PD_G-/PD_Y-(Power LED) PW (Soft Power Connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above.

  • Page 27: Step4-3: Jumper Introduction

    Step4-3: Jumper Introduction 1) C_CMOS 1) C_CMOS (Clear CMOS Function)# 1-2 close: Clear CMOS 2-3 close: Normal Please note: You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. "#" Default doesn’t include the “Shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper.

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    GA-8IGX Motherboard 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 information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 29: Getting Help

    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 30: Integrated Peripherals

    GA-8IGX 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 ISA resources.

  • Page 31: 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 Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On All, But Keyboard Base Memory...
  • Page 32 GA-8IGX Motherboard Time 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. 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.

  • Page 33: Base Memory

    Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives. Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

  • Page 34: Advanced Bios Features

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Init Display First Graphics Memory Size Graphics Share Memory : Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit...

  • Page 35: Init Display First

    Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine 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. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or 1.44 M drive type as they are all 80tracks.

  • Page 36: Integrated Peripherals

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Chip...

  • Page 37: Usb Controller

    On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto Will be automatically detected by BIOS.

  • Page 38: Ac97 Audio

    GA-8IGX Motherboard USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support. Disabled Disable USB Mouse Support. (Default value) AC97 Audio Auto Enable onboard AC'97 audio function. (Default Value) Disabled Disable this function. Onboard LAN Chip Enabled Enable Onboard LAN Chip function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

  • Page 39: Onboard Parallel Port

    UART Mode Select (This item allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip) ASKIR Set onboard I/O chip UART to ASKIR Mode. IrDA Set onboard I/O chip UART to IrDA Mode. Normal Set onboard I/O chip UART to Normal Mode. (Default Value) UR2 Duplex Mode Half IR Function Duplex Half.
  • Page 40 GA-8IGX Motherboard Set Midi Port Address to 300. Set Midi Port Address to 330.(Default Value) Disabled Disable this function. Midi Port IRQ Set Midi Port IRQ to 5. Set Midi Port IRQ to 10. (Default Value) CIR Port Address Set CIR Port Address to 310.

  • Page 41: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Soft-Off by PWR_BTTN PME Event Wake Up Resume by Alarm x Date (of Month) Alarm x Time (hh:nn:ss) Power On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard x KB Power ON Password AC Back Function : Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit...

  • Page 42: Resume By Alarm

    GA-8IGX Motherboard PME Event Wake Up Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up. (Default Value) Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.

  • Page 43: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1/PCI 5 IRQ Assignment PCI 2/PCI 6 IRQ Assignment PCI 3 IRQ Assignment PCI 4 IRQ Assignment : Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F3: Language F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1/PCI 5 IRQ Assignment Auto...

  • Page 44: Pc Health Status

    GA-8IGX Motherboard PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Case Opened VCORE +1.5V +3.3V +12V Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current POWER FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed...

  • Page 45: Current Cpu Temperature

    Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU Temp. automatically. Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. CPU Warning Temperature 60°C / 140°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 60°C / 140°F. 70°C / 158°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 70°C / 158°F. 80°C / 176°F Monitor CPU Temp.

  • Page 46: Frequency/Voltage Control

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio CPU Host Clock Control x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) x PCI/AGP Divider Host/DRAM Clock ratio Memory Frequency (Mhz) PCI/AGP Frequency (Mhz) DIMM OverVoltage Control...
  • Page 47 PCI/AGP Divider You can choose Disabled,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 system can’t boot, clear CMOS to overcome wrong fre quency issue) Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0. 2.66 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.66. Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data.

  • Page 48: Cpu Voltage Control

    GA-8IGX Motherboard CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 1.100V to 1.850V by 0.025V step. (Default value: Normal) Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU Vcore Voltage.

  • Page 49: Top Performance

    Top Performance CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Top Performance Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Disabled...[ ] PC Health Status Enabled... [ ] Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit : Move F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash ESC: Abort Figure 9: Top Performance Top Performance...

  • Page 50: Select Language

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Select Language CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Figure 10:Select Language Select Language Multi Language is supports 7 languages.

  • Page 51: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults? (Y/N)?Y PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Load Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 11: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow...

  • Page 52: Load Optimized Defaults

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Load Optimized Defaults? (Y/N)?Y PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash...

  • Page 53: Set Supervisor/User Password

    Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Enter Password: PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Change/Set/Disable Password Figure 13: Password Setting When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

  • Page 54: Save & Exit Setup

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance...

  • Page 55: Exit Without Saving

    Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance ESC:Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Abandon all Data Figure 15: Exit Without Saving Type “Y”...

  • Page 56: Chapter 4 Technical Reference

    GA-8IGX Motherboard Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference Block Diagram AGP 4X VGA Port AGPCLK (66MHz) 6 PCI RJ45 Kinnereth AC97 Link PCICLK AC97 (33MHz) 6 USB CODEC Ports PCICLK (33MHz) USBCLK (48MHz) 14.318 MHz 950211AF 33 MHz Pentium 4...

  • Page 57: Dual Bios/Q-Flash Introduction

    Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Introduction A. What is Dual BIOS Technology? Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS.
  • Page 58 GA-8IGX Motherboard b. Award Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V.SIS.P3 (C) 2001, Gigabyte Technology Co., LTD. Wide Range Protection Halt On BIOS Defects Auto Recovery Boot From BIOS Recovery F3: Load Default F7: Save And Restart F8: Update BIOS from disk Use <Space>...
  • Page 59 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 Halt On BIOS Defects set to Enable, the PC will show messages on the boot screen, and the system will pause and wait for the user’s instruction.
  • Page 60 GA-8IGX Motherboard 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? F3: Load Default Load current BIOS default value.
  • Page 61 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 62 GA-8IGX 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. DualBIOS means there are two system BIOSes (ROM) integrated onto the motherboard. One is a main BIOS, and the other is a backup BIOS.
  • Page 63 III. Q: How does DualBIOS technology work? Answer: DualBIOS technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure. It protects your BIOS during system POST, ESCD update, and even all the way to PNP detection/assignment. DualBIOS provides automatic recovery for the BIOS. When the first BIOS used during boot up does not complete or if a BIOS checksum error occurs, boot-up is still possible.
  • Page 64 GA-8IGX Motherboard 2. During or after a BIOS upgrade, if DualBIOS backup BIOS will take over the boot-up process automatically. Moreover, it will verify the main and backup BIOS checksums when booting-up. DualBIOS the checksum of the main and backup BIOS while the system is powered on to guarantee your BIOS operates properly.

  • Page 65: 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 66: Easy Tune Tm 4 Introduction

    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. Users may make a test drive of "EasyTune 4" to find out more amazing features by themselves.

  • Page 67: 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 68 GA-8IGX Motherboard A-1. Intel Chipset 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.
  • Page 69 Appendix 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer.
  • Page 70 GA-8IGX Motherboard 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.
  • Page 71 Appendix 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer.
  • Page 72 GA-8IGX Motherboard 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.
  • Page 73 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 74 GA-8IGX Motherboard A-5. ITE Smart Card Reader 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 75 Appendix B: RealTek AC’97 Audio Driver Revision History 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 76 GA-8IGX Motherboard Appendix C: Intel 82562 Network Driver Press "Network" icon. 1.Click "Driver Information" item. For your reference, you can use the followingsteps to complete the Network Driver Installation. 1.Click "My Computer" “Properties”. 4.Click "Reinstall Driver”. 2.Click "Hardware" ”Device Manager”.
  • Page 77 Appendix 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer.
  • Page 78 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 79 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 "Tools" icon. 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". 3.Click "Next". Appendix 2.Click "Easy Tune 4 Setup".
  • Page 80 GA-8IGX Motherboard Appendix F: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: Method 1: If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Press "Tools" icon. 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". Click here. Click " ". Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a.
  • Page 81 Otherwise, your system won't boot. c. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS 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 82 GA-8IGX Motherboard 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.
  • Page 83 (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 files to it. Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy, so please proceed accordingly. (3) After the floppy has been formatted completely, please press "Close".
  • Page 84 GA-8IGX 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 85 (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". Appendix...
  • Page 86 GA-8IGX 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 STEP 2, and press "Extract".
  • Page 87 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 88 GA-8IGX Motherboard (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.
  • Page 89 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 90 GA-8IGX Motherboard (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 91 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 92 GA-8IGX 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 BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot-up.
  • Page 93 Appendix G: Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic Input / Output System Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser Direct Memory Access Desktop Management Interface...
  • Page 94 GA-8IGX Motherboard Acronyms Meaning 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. Controller POST Power-On Self Test Peripheral Component Interconnect...
  • Page 95 Technical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Configuration Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description: Appendix Phone No.:...

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