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Gigabyte's prior written permission. Specifications and features are subject to change without prior notice. Product Manual Classification In order to assist in the use of this product, Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following: For quick installation, please refer to the "Hardware Installation Guide" included with the product.
Table of Contents GA-K8U Motherboard Layout ... 6 Block Diagram ... 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ... 9 Considerations Prior to Installation ... 9 Feature Summary ... 10 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink ... 11 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU ... 11 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink ...
Block Diagram AGP Slot 4X/8X AGPCLK (66MHz) 5 PCI PCI Bus 8100C RJ45 PCICLK (33MHz) (Note) Because of CPU limitations, if you want to install DDR400 memory modules in your system, please install either one double-sided or two single-sided DDR400 memory modules. The DDR400 speed will drop down to DDR333 if you install two double-sided or three single-sided DDR400 memory modules.
2. Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual. 3. Damage due to improper installation. 4. Damage due to use of uncertified components. 5. Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters. 6. Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product. - 9 - Hardware Installation...
DDR400 memory modules. (Note 2) To set up an 8 channel audio configuration, you must use Audio Combo Kit (optional device). (Note 3) EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards. GA-K8U Motherboard 64 processor (K8) /333/266/200 DIMM...
Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions: Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install the CPU in the wrong direction, the CPU will not insert properly.
The heat sink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat sink paste. To prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat sink paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the heat sink. GA-K8U Motherboard - 12 -...
Installation of Memory Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions: Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure that the computer power is switched off to prevent hardware damage.
Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. Install related driver from the operating system. Installing a AGP VGA card: GA-K8U Motherboard Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card.
I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. COM A, COMB (Serial Port) Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure that all components and devices are properly installed. Align the power connector with its proper location on the motherboard and connect tightly.
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The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive. The types of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position. GA-K8U Motherboard Pin No. Definition...
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7) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for information on settings, please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device).
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9) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. 10) BAT (Battery) GA-K8U Motherboard Pin No. Definition MPD+ MPD- MPD- Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
11) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper) 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 below. MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) PW (Power Switch) SPEAK (Speaker Connector) HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) RES (Reset Switch)
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Please note, you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound. 13) CD_IN (CD In Connector) Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. GA-K8U Motherboard Pin No. Definition MIC_BIAS...
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14) SUR_CEN (Surround Center Connector) Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable. 15) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In / Out Connector) The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input and output function.
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For optional front USB cable, please contact your local dealer. 17) IR Be careful with the polarity of the IR connector while you connect the IR. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional IR device. GA-K8U Motherboard Pin No. Definition Power...
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18) GAME (Game Connector) This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Check the pin assignment while you connect the game cables. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional game cables. If you want to use a force feedback joystick, go to Midi Port Address under the Integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup to specify the base I/O address.
BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either GIGABYTE's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system.
This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration. GA-K8U Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save &...
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Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration. Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. Set User Password Change, set, or disable password.
Select this if no SATA IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up. Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are: Large/Auto(default:Auto) GA-K8U Motherboard Standard CMOS Features Thu, Jan 20 2005 22:31:24...
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Capacity Capacity of currectly installed hard drive. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate option based on this information. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A / Drive B...
(Default value) System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. GA-K8U Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features [Press Enter] [Floppy]...
Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software OnChip Audio OnChip SATA OnChip SATA Mode On-Chip Primary IDE On-Chip Secondary IDE IDE DMA transfer access Onboard H/W LAN USB 1.1 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support USB 2.0 Controller OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2...
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Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8/IRQ3. (Default value) 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8/IRQ3. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2. GA-K8U Motherboard - 34 -...
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UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of Onboard I/O chip. Normal Set onboard I/O chip UART to normal mode. (Default value) IrDA Set onboard I/O chip UART to IrDA mode. ASKIR Set onboard I/O chip UART to ASKIR mode. UR2 Duplex Mode This feature allows you to seclect IR mode.
USB Dev WakeUp From S3 You can enable this function when ACPI Suspend Type set to S3(STR). Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable USB device can wakeup system from S3. GA-K8U Motherboard Power Management Setup [S1(POS)] [Soft-Off] [Instant-off] [Enabled]...
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Double click on mouse left button to power on the system. Mouse/Any KEY Press any key or double click on mouse left button to power on the system. GA-K8U Motherboard Everyday, 1~31 (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) - 37 -...
PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Current CPU Temperature Current System Temperature Vcore DDR25V +3.3V +12V Current CPU FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values Current CPU/System Temperature Detect CPU/System temperature automatically. Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically.
Supply voltage as VCC12 required. (Default value) +5%, +7.5%, +10% Increase voltage range as user selected. AGP OverVoltage Control Auto Supply voltage as AGP required. (Default value) +5%, +7.5%, +10% Increase voltage range as user selected. GA-K8U Motherboard Frequency/Voltage Control [Default] [Enabled] [200MHz] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto]...
Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance.
Setup Menu. If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. GA-K8U Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
2-11 Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N"...
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, 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.
Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 47 - Drivers Installation...
Enters the PC Health setting page Confirmation and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Display panel of CPU frequency Shows the current functions status Log on to GIGABYTE website Display EasyTune 5 Help file Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software...
Once you have completed this step, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery can also function by pressing the F9 key during computer power on. Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD: Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utility 2. Execute Restore Utility 3. Remove Backup Image 4.
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Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash, F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/16/2002-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00 Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key.
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If you wish to remove the need for password entry, please select "Set Password" and under "New Password/Confirm Password", make sure there is no entry and then press "Enter" to remove password requirement. 5. Exit and Restart: Exit and restart your computer. GA-K8U Motherboard - 52 -...
Updating BIOS with Q-Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards. Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen.
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Action bar: Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash/Dual BIOS utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions. GA-K8U Motherboard Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
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Using the Q-Flash utility: This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash utility. As described in the "Before you begin" section above, you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer.
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Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8U Motherboard Dual BIOS Utility Disable Boot From Main Bios...
Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit. Part Two: Updating BIOS with Q-Flash Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features...
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After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?" Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS. GA-K8U Motherboard Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Keep DMI Data...
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Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Flash Type/Size...SST 49LF003A >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... Enter : Run Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.
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Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: K8U.D3). Complete update process following the instruction. GA-K8U Motherboard Utility Fig 2. Installation complete and run @BIOS Click Sart/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server - 60 -...
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III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS website for downloading and updating it according to method II. IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted. server, please go onto Gigabyte's - 61 - Appendix...
Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full, then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array. When any disk member fails, the failure affects the entire array. JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance. GA-K8U Motherboard - 62 -...
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6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the ULi RAID BIOS The ULi RAID BIOS setup utility lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array.
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Press Y, and then some necessary information will be written to the drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives. Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating RAID 0. GA-K8U Motherboard www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw...
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Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective characters for an array name is 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation...
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Array B : RAID RAID RAID RAID RAID Array C : Array C : Array C : Array C : Array C : GA-K8U Motherboard www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw www.uli.com.tw SPACE ACE : : : : : Select Select Select...
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After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ULi Corporation Create RAID...
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Lastly a prompt message "Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?" asks whether to do drive copy. The source and target drives are indicated by "M" and "m" in Drive Select Menu respectively. Press Y to start the rebuild process and data duplication. The process status bar shows up during the duplication process. GA-K8U Motherboard - 68 -...
Installing the RAID drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
Click the icon to select the function. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. GA-K8U Motherboard - 70 -...
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4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1: Connect the Front Speakers to "Line Out", the Rear Speakers to "Line In". STEP 2: Following installation of the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration"...
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Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJ Function". Then click on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. GA-K8U Motherboard Line In (Rear Speaker Out) Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Mic In (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)
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8 Channel Audio Setup (requires Audio Combo Kit, optional device) : Audio Combo Kit includes a Surround-Kit and a SPDIF output cable (an optical and coaxial cable). If you want to set up an 8 channel configuration, you need to use the Surround-Kit.
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"UAJ Function" and "Only Surround-Kit". Then click on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. GA-K8U Motherboard - 74 -...
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SPDIF Output Device (Optional Device) A "SPDIF output" connector is available on the motherboard. Cable with rear bracket could link to the "SPDIF output" connector (As picture.) For the further linkage to decoder, rear bracket provides coaxial cable and Fiber connecting port Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw.
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Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above. A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly. Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs. GA-K8U Motherboard - 76 -...
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If you set wrong with the connectors, the warning message will come out as right picture. Manual setting: If the device picture shows different from what you set, please press "Manual Selection" to set. UAJ Introduction UAJ (Universal Audio Jack) has a very smart feature: It will switch signal automatically when user plugs his audio device to the wrong jack (Line-in/ Line-out).
Question 6: How do I disable onboard VGA card in order to add an external VGA card? Answer: Gigabyte motherboards will auto-detect the external VGA card after it is plugged in, so you don't need to change any setting manually to disable the onboard VGA.
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Question 8: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. What do these beeps usually stand for? Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However, they are only for reference purposes. The situations might differ from case to case. AMI BIOS Beep Codes *Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully.