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M 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. M Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. M Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard.
Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) GA-8SR533 Series is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive...
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(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-8SR533 Series ERIC LU May 17,2002...
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GA-8SR533 Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard USER’ S MANUAL Pentium 4 Processor Motherboard ® Rev. 3001 12ME-8SR533-3001...
þ CD for motherboard driver & utility (TUCD) þ GA-8SR533 Series 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.
Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor — 29.4cm x 20cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. Motherboard — GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard: GA-8SR and GA-8SR533 — Socket 478 for Intel — Support Intel — Intel Pentium — This motherboard can auto detect and optimized setting for Pentium —...
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CPU, chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU, Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards… .etc. “**” for PCB Ver.: 3.0 GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 6 -...
Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step1-1 : CPU Installation Angling the rod to 65 1. Angling the rod to 65-degree maybe feel a kind of tight , and then continue pull the rod to 90-degree when a noise “cough”...
M Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector, this completes the installation. M Please refer to CPU heat sink user’ s manual for more detail installation procedure. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard 2. Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket.
Step 2: Install memory modules The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To instal l the memory module, just push it vertically into t h e DIMM Slot. The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch.
7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Install related driver from the operating system. AGP Card GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/ Uninstall the AGP card.
Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step4-1:I/O Back Panel Introduction u PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female) v USB Connector USB 0 USB 1 ØThis connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.
Audio Connectors MIC In Line Out Line In GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard ØThis connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port. Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port ; mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports.
Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction A) ATX B) CPU_FAN C) FDD D) CI E) BAT F) IDE1/IDE2 G) F_PANEL H) PWR_LED I) F_USB1/F_USB2 J) SYS_FAN K) SPDIF L) SUR_CEN M) AUX_IN N) CD_IN O) F_AUDIO P) ATX_12V - 15 - Hardw are Installation Process...
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+12V/Control J) SYS_FAN (System FAN Connector) Sense +12V/Control D) CI (CASE OPEN) Signal GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard ØThis connector (ATX +12V) supplies the CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this " ATX+ 12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot. Ø Please note, a proper installation of the CPU...
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F) IDE1/ IDE2 [IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary)] IDE2 IDE1 Ø Important Notice: Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. O) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) Rear Audio (L) Rear Audio (R) POWER ØIf you want to use "Front Audio" connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector.
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L) SUR_CEN CENTER_OUT BASS_OUT SUR OUTR SUR OUTL GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Ø The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or com pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function.The SPDIF output is capable of...
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I) F_USB1/F_USB2 (Front USB Connector) USB Dy+ USB Dy- Power USB Over Current Power USB Dx- USB Dx+ H) PWR_LED MPD+ MPD- MPD- E) BAT (Battery) Ø Be careful with the polarity of the front panel USB connector. Check the pin assignment while you connect the front panel USB cable.
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Sleep LED) Ø 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. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard PCB Ver. 3.0 used Open: Normal Operation...
Step4-3: Jumper Introduction (only for PCB Ver.: 2.0) 1) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS)# 1-2 close: Clear CMOS 2-3 open: Normal Ø 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.
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. ENTERING SETUP Powering ON the comput e r and pressing <Del>...
Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. Power Manag ement 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. PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.
8Month The day , from 1 to 31 (or the max imum allow ed in the month) 8Day The y ear, from 1999 through 2098 8Year GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Fri, May 3 2002 Item Help 17:56:23 Menu Lev el u...
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C Time The times format in <hour> <mi n ute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. C IDE Pri mary Master, S lave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer.
Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU’ s memory address map. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 28 -...
Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Softw are Adv anced BIOS Features First Boot Dev ice Second Boot Dev ice Third Boot Dev ice Boot Up Floppy Seek Init Display First higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 3: Adv anced BIOS Features...
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360 K. (Default v alue) CInit Display First Set Init Display First to AGP. (Default v alue) 8AGP Set Init Display First to PCI. 8PCI GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 30 -...
Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Softw are Integrated Peripherals IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE AC97 Audio USB Controller USB Legacy Support Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select x UR2 Duplex Mode...
Disable this function. 8Disabled C USB Controller Enable USB Controller. (Default v alue) 8Enabled Disable USB Controller. 8Disabled C USB Legacy Support Enable USB Legacy Support. 8Enabled Disable USB Legacy Support. (Default v alue) 8Disabled GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 32 -...
C Onboard Serial Port 1 BIOS w ill automatically setup the port 1 address. 8Auto Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8. (Default v alue) 83F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8. 82F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8. 83E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8.
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Set Midi Port Address to 300. 8300 Set Midi Port Address to 330.(Default Value) 8330 Disable this function. 8Disabled CMidi Port IRQ Set Midi Port IRQ to 5. Set Midi Port IRQ to 10. (Default Value) GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 34 -...
Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Softw are Pow er Management Setup ACPI Suspend Ty pe Soft-Off by PWR_BTTN Sy stem After AC Back IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan PME Ev ent Wake Up Pow er On by Key board Pow er On by Mouse Resume by Alarm...
8Dual/Off a. If use single color LED, pow er LED w ill turn off. b. If use dual color LED, pow er LED w ill turn to another color. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard NA, 1~12 1~31 (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)
Current Voltage (V) VCORE / VCC18 / +3.3V / +5V / +12V ** 8Detec t sy stem' s v oltage status automatic ally . ** Only for P CB Ver. 3.0. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard [Disabled] Item Help Menu Lev el u 1.778V...
Current S ystem / CPU Temperature ** 8Detec t Sy stem /CPU temperature automatic ally . Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detec t CPU/Sy stem Fan speed status automatic ally . CPU Warning Temperature** Disabled Don't monitor CPU's temperature. (Default v alue) 60°/140°F Alarm w hen CPU current temperature ov er than 60°/140°F.
If y ou use DDR200 DRAM module, please set “DRAM Clock(MHz)” to 200. If y ou use DDR333 DRAM module, please set “DRAM Clock(MHz)” to 333. Incorrect using it may cause y our sy stem broken. For pow er End-User use only ! GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Item Help Disabled...
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C AGP Clock (MHz) 8Please set AGP Clock according to y our requirement. Incorrect using it may cause y our sy stem broken. For pow er End-User use only ! C PCI Clock (MHz) 8Please set PCI Clock according to y our requirement. Incorrect using it may cause y our sy stem broken.
If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "Top Performance" as "Enabled". 8Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enable Top Performance function. 8Enabled GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Superv isor Passw ord Set User Passw ord Sav e &...
Figure 11: Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Superv isor Passw ord Set User Passw ord Sav e &...
Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Softw are }Standard CMOS Features }Adv anced BIOS Features }Integrated Peripherals }Pow er Management Setup Enter Password: }PnP/PCI Configurations }PC Health Status }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Change/Set/Disable Passw ord Figure 12: Passw ord Setting When you select this function, the fol l owing message will appear at the center of the screen to assist...
Figure 13: Sav e & Ex it Setup Type “Y” will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type “N” will return to Setup Utility. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2002 Aw ard Softw are }Standard CMOS Features }Adv anced BIOS Features }Integrated Peripherals }Pow er Management Setup }PnP/PCI Configurations Quit Without Saving ( Y/N)? N }PC Health Status }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Abandon all Data...
Keep DMI Data : Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Space Bar:Change Value Enter: Run ESC: Reset GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup...
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Load BIOS From Floppy !In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. XXXX.XX Total Size: 1.39M F5: Refresh DEL: Delete Where XXXX.XX is name of the BIOS file. !Press Enter to Run. Are you sure to update BIOS? [Enter] to contiune Or [ESC] ot abort...
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.
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.
Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP (TUCD driver version 2.1) Appendix A: SiS 645/645DX/648 Chipset Driver Installation A. SiS AGP 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.
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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 "Audio" icon. 1.Click "RealTek AC’ 97 Audio Driver" item. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 56 -...
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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". 2.Click "EasyTune 4 Trial Version". 4.Click "Next".
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Appendix D: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: Method 1: If you don’ t have DOS boot disk, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS flash BIOS. Press "Tools" icon. 1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities". Click "P". Click here. Methods and steps: I.
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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...
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(1) With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive. Please leave the diskette "UN-write protected" type. Double click the "My Computer" icon from Desktop, then click "3.5 diskette (A)" and right click to select "Format (M)" GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 60 -...
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(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".
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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-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 62 -...
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(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". - 63 - Appendix...
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(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". GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 64 -...
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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.
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ESC: Quit hifg : Select Item F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard ESC: Quit hifg: Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color...
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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:\>...
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Are you sure to flash the BIOS? [Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel? (4) The BIOS flash completed. Please press [ESC] to exit Flash Utility. [Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel? GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard EXIT? - 68 -...
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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.
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: Select Item F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP (4) Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure. GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE &...
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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 C P U Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser...
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Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in-line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions SE CC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static Random Access Memory SM P Symmetric Multi-Processing System Management Interrupt US B Universal Serial Bus Voltage ID GA-8SR533 Series Motherboard - 72 -...
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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 C P U Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description:...
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