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Gigabyte GA-8IRM User Manual

Gigabyte GA-8IRM User Manual

Ga-8irm series p4 titan-ddr motherboard
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When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following
notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has
"AGP 4X notch"(show below), please make sure your AGP card is
AGP 4X (1.5V).
Do not use AGP 2X card (3.3V) in this motherboard. It will
burn and damage the motherboard due to Intel
support AGP 2X(3.3V)..
Example 1: Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X/
4X mode AGP slot. It can be switched between AGP 2X(3.3V) or 4X(1.
5V) mode by adjusting the jumper. The factory default for this card is 2X
(3.3V). If you install this card in GA-8IRM series (or any AGP 4X only)
motherboards without switching the jumper to 4X mode (1.5V), it will
burn the motherboard.
Example 2: ATi Rage 128 Pro (Power Color)& SiS 305 golden finger is
compatible with 2X/4X mode AGP slot, but it supports 2X(3.3V) only. If
you install this card in GA-8IRM series (or any AGP 4X only)
motherboards, it will burn the motherboard.
Note : Although Gigabyte's AG32S graphics card is based on ATi Rage
128 Pro chip, the design of AG32S is compliance with AGP 4X (1.5V)
specification. Therefore, AG32S will work fine with Intel 845 / 850 based
motherboards.
845 chipset can't
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  • Page 1 4X mode AGP slot. It can be switched between AGP 2X(3.3V) or 4X(1. 5V) mode by adjusting the jumper. The factory default for this card is 2X (3.3V). If you install this card in GA-8IRM series (or any AGP 4X only) motherboards without switching the jumper to 4X mode (1.5V), it will burn the motherboard.
  • Page 2 ? The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to up date the information contained herein. ? Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) Mother Board GA-8IRM/GA-8IRML is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive...

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    Represen tativ e Person ’ s Name: Sig n atu re: Eric Lu Dat e: G.B.T. INC. (U.S .A.) 17358 Railroad S treet City of Industr y, CA 91748 (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339 Mother boar d GA-8IRM/GA-8IRML ERIC LU No v . 10,2001...
  • Page 5 GA-8IRM Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard ® Rev. 2.2 First Edition 12ME-8IRM-2201...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Item Checklist ...4 WARNING! ...5 Chapter 1 Introduction ...6 Features Summary... 6 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Layout ... 8 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ...9 Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ... 10 CPU Installation ... 10 CPU Heat Sink Installation ... 11 Step 2: Install memory modules ...
  • Page 7 Power Management Setup ... 42 PnP/PCI Configurations ... 46 PC Health Status ... 48 Frequency/Voltage Control ... 50 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ... 52 Load Optimized Defaults ... 53 Set Supervisor/User Password ... 54 Save & Exit Setup ... 55 Exit Without Saving ... 56 Chapter 4 Technical Reference ...

  • Page 8: Revision History

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Revision History Revision Revision Note Date Initial release of the GA-8IRM Series motherboard user's manual. Feb. 2002 Item Checklist ? The GA-8IRM Series motherboard ? IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 ? CD for motherboard driver & utility (IUCD) ? I/O Shield ? GA-8IRM Series user’s manual...

  • Page 9: Warning

    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 10: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor ? 20.7cm x 24.3cm Micro ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. Motherboard ? GA-8IRM Series Motherboard: GA-8IRM and GA-8IRML ? Socket 478 for Intel ? ?Support Intel ? Intel Pentium ? 2nd cache depend on CPU...
  • Page 11 ? System Voltage Detect On-Board Sound ? AC97 CODEC (RealTek ALC201A) ? Line In/Line Out/AUXIn/CD In/TEL/Mic In/CD In/Game Port On-Board LAN ? Build in 82562ET Chipset * PS/2 Connector ? PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace BIOS ? Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bit FWH Additional Features ? Internal / External Modem wake up ? PS/2 Keyboard password power on...

  • Page 12: Ga-8Irm Series Motherboard Layout

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN KB_MS PWR_FAN AUX_12V SOCKET478 GA-8IRM(L) Brookdale PCI1 ICH2 BATTERY PCI2 LAN_EN* AC97 F_USB PCI3 * For GA-8IRML only.

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

    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 Step 5- Setup BIOS software Step 6- Install supporting software tools Step4...

  • Page 14: Step 1: Install The Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard 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.

  • Page 15: Cpu Heat Sink Installation

    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. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste.

  • Page 16: Step 2: Install Memory Modules

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Step 2: Install memory modules The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS w ill automatically detects memory type and si z e. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch.

  • Page 17: Step 3: Install Expansion Cards

    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 i n frastructure, yet makes awesome advances in solving the system perf o rmance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth.

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

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply 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 Serial Ports (COM1/COM2)

  • 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: Connectors Introduction

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Connectors Introduction A) AUX_12V B) CPU_FAN C) PWR_FAN D) ATX E) FDD F) IDE1/IDE2 G) BATTERY H) SYS_FAN * For GA-8IRML only. I) IR J) F_PANEL K) FP_USB L) WOL M) LAN_EN* N) CD_IN O) CI P) F_AUDIO...
  • Page 21 A) AUX_12V ( +12V Power Connector) +12V +12V B ) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector) C ) PWR_FAN (Power FAN Connector) Sense +12V/Control O) CI (CASE OPEN) Signal Hardw are Installation Process ?This connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this "...
  • Page 22 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard E ) FDD (Floppy Connector) F ) IDE1/ IDE2 (IDE1/IDE2 Connector) K) F_USB (Front USB Connector) ? Important Notice: Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. ? Be careful with the polarity of the front panel USB connector.
  • Page 23 N) CD_IN1 (CD IN) CD-R CD-L CD_IN I)IR IR Data Output IR Data Input VCC(+5V) P) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) Rear Audio (L) Rear Audio (R) Front Audio (R) +12V Incase speaker (L) Hardw are Installation Process Be careful with the polarity of the IR connectorwhile you connect the IR.
  • Page 24 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard L) WOL (Wake on LAN) +5V SB Signal M) LAN_EN (Onboard LAN Function)* 1-2 close: Enable(Default) 2-3 close: Disable D ) ATX (ATX Power) +12V 5V SB (Stand by +5V) Power Good 3.3V 3.3V * For GA-8IRML only.

  • Page 25: 2X7 Pins Jumper

    J) F_PANEL (2x7 pins jumper) RST- RST+ SPK+ PD_G- SPK- PD_Y- HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) SPK (Speaker Connector) RST (Reset Switch) PD+/PD_G-/PD_Y-(Power LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) 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 26: Chapter 4 Technical Reference

    ® (128 x 2) MB RAM (NANYA NT5DS16M8AT-7K S) 256KB included in CPU Gigabyte GV-GF3000D (NUCD 1.9) Onboard IDE (Quantum AS30000AT 30GB) Windows 2000+ SP2+DX 8.0a Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz IUCD ver. 1.9 For Intel chipset M.B.

  • Page 27: Block Diagram

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Block Diagram AGP 4X AGPCLK (66MHz) 3 PCI Intel 82562ET* AC97 PCICLK CODEC (33MHz) PCICLK (33MHz) USBCLK (48MHz) 14.318 MHz 33 MHz * For GA-8IRML only . CPUCLK6 (100MHz) Pentium 4 System Bus 100MHz 100/133 MHz DDR RAM...

  • Page 28: Bios Introduction

    Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? H ere it comes! Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS— the first Windows BIOS live update utility. This is a smart BIOS update software.

  • Page 29: 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 30: Chapter 5 Appendix

    Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows ME (IUCD driver version 1.9) 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 31 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Appendix B: RealTek AC’97 Audio Driver Press "Audio" icon. Appendix C: Intel 82562 Network Driver* "Intel 82562 Network Driver" under Windows ME will auto install. If you would like to install LAN driver, please refer to attached README.txt file for detail instruction. Please install the driver through CD-ROM by the path D:\Network\Rtl (This manual assumes that your CD-ROM device drive letter is D:).
  • Page 32 Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Press "T ools" icon. 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". Click here. Click "?". Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" icon b.
  • Page 33 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 34 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 you have set "Auto" for BIOS Feature Setup (BIOS Flash Protection). For more detail please refer to page 32.
  • Page 35 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard (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.
  • Page 36 Appendix 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 37 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard (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...
  • Page 38 Appendix (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 39: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    GA-8IRM Series Motherboard 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 40 (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 41 GA-8IRM Series 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 42 (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 43 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard 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.
  • Page 44 (3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask "SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm. Now the system will reboot automatically, the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot-up. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b (C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 45 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard 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...
  • Page 46 Acronyms Meaning Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode MH z Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface Memory Translator H ub Memory Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating System Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A.G.P. Controller POST Power-On Self T est Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in-line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions...
  • Page 47 GA-8IRM Series Motherboard Technical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: H ardware Mfs. Model name Configuration Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card H DD CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR...

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