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Intel GA-8N775 User's Manual

1. Pin No Definition 3 1 GND 2 GND 1 jale Jj 3 12V 4 12V Pin No Definition Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON soft On Off 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 Power Good 20 5V 9 5V SB stand by 5V 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V Only for 24 pin ATX 23 5V Only for 24 pin ATX 12 3 3V Only for 24 pin ATX 24 GND Only for 24 pin ATX 19 Hardware Installation 3 4 CPU FAN SYS FAN Cooler Fan Power Connector The cooler fan power connector supplies a 12V power voltage via a 3 pin 4 pin only for CPU_FAN power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design Most coolers are designed with color coded power connector wires A red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a 12V power voltage The black connector wire is the ground wire GND Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure Caution Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent CPU overheating and failure Pin No Definition GND 12V Sense Speed Control Only for CPU_FAN CPU_FAN 2 S 1
2. co N 9 gt a co rm o 12 CD IN CD IN Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector ae Pin No Definition E 1 CD L i 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R fo GA 8N775 Motherboard 24 13 14 SPDIF SPDIF In Connector Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_I connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the SPDIF cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional SPDIF cable please contact your local dealer 1 Pin No Definition I 1 Power 2 SPDIFI j 3 GND
3. SYS_FAN 5 FDD Floppy Connector 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 34 33 GA 8N775 Motherboard 20 6 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 To ensure that an IDE CD ROM drive can work properly please attach it to the IDE 1 IDE
4. F USB1 F_USB2 F_USB3 Front USB Connector Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition Power 5V Power 5V USB DX USB Dy USB DX USB Dy GND GND o CO n OD a BJ co rm No Pin o NC 25 Hardware Installation 15 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header To clear CMOS temporarily short 1 2 pin Default doesn t include the jumper to prevent from improper use of this header 1 CX Open Normal 1 EG Short Clear CMOS 16 CI Chassis Intrusion Case Open This 2 pin con
5. Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced lt Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s n a instructions aama E If you want to erase CMOS 588 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to make them short for one minute 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer GA 8N775 Motherboard 22 10 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 Message LED Speaker Connector Power Power Sleep LED Switch ael na 9 5 3 Ed EG o mj o a w o D D 2
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7. Prior to installing the electronic components please have these items on top of an antistatic pad or within a electrostatic shielding container Please verify that the power supply is switched off before unplugging the power supply connector from the motherboard Installation Notices 1 Prior to installation please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard These stickers are required for warranty validation Prior to the installation of the motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected To prevent damage to the motherboard please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system components as well as physical harm to the user If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product please consult a certified computer technician Instances of Non Warranty Damage due to natural disaster accident or human cause Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual Damage due to improper installation Dam
8. Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as 8N775 E5 Complete update process following the instruction GA 8N775 Motherboard 64 Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM In the very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported 2 Note In method I if it shows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted In method Il be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot 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 Il Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted Do not use BIOS and C O M Corporate Online Management at the same time 65 Appendix 4 1 4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s To configure SATA hard drive s follow the steps below 1 Install SATA hard drive s in your system 2 Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 Conf
9. utility please follow the steps below first 1 Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file the one with model name Fxx For example 8KNXPU Fba to a floppy disk 3 Reboot your PC and press Del to enter BIOS menu The BIOS upgrading guides below are separated into two parts If your motherboard has dual BIOS please refer to Part One If your motherboard has single BIOS please refer to Part Two Part One 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 This section only deals with how to use Q Flash utility In the following sections we take GA 8KNXP Ultra as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an older version to the latest version For example from Fa3 to Fba The BIOS file is Fa3 before updating hannel ED 03 08 er CREATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 None Press DEL r SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 08 07 21 6A79BG03C 00 57 Appendix Entering the Q Flash utility Step1 To use Q Flash utility you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integr
10. ST3120026AS Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate 14 Select ENTER Popup Figure 23 Step 4 After all the settings press F7 to complete the configuration When prompted to Clear Disk Data Figure 24 press N Then press CTRL X to exit the NVIDIA RAID BIOS Restart the computer to boot into Windows 2000 MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name isk Model Name 3120026AS Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T 4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 24 GA 8N775 Motherboard 78 Step 5 Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system Go to START gt Programs gt Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager You should see the single disk RAID array in striping mode that was created from the boot disk Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following the instructions Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert and then select Next You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk s to add to the bootable RAID array Press Finish then NVRAID will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi disk RAID array in a bootable format Note Conversion may take 1 2 hours depending on disk size Solutions 2 Users must create a combination installation CD that includes Wi
11. The date format is week lt month gt lt day gt lt year gt b Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is displayed only gt gt Month The month Jan through Dec Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Year The year from 1999 through 2098 gt Time The times format in lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 lt gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE devices setup You can use one of three methods Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST Default value None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up Manual User can manually input the correct settings b Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto b Capacity Capacity of currectly installed hard drive lt IDE Channel 2 3 4 5 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection Extended IDE Drive You can use one of the two methods Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST default None
12. lt gt to move it down the list P lt ESC gt to exit this menu Figure 4 GA 8N775 Motherboard 68 Step 3 To boot from Windows installation CD ROM set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM Figure 5 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features p c Boot Pripritv Press Enter Item Help st Boot Device CDROM Menu Level gt SCOT Door Device Trtard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Device Priority Password Check Setup CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Limit CPUID Max to 3 Disabled No Execute Memory Protect Note Enabled CPU Enhanced Halt C1E Enabled CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Ne Enabled CPU EIST Function Enabled Full Screen LOGO Show Enabled Init Display First PEG T 12 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F3 Language 5 Previ S F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Step 4 Save and exit BIOS Setup 69 Appendix 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID Step 1 After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins look for a message which says Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility Figure 6 Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup ut
13. 2 connector 40 a a a a 39 alll o coil Na u u og N DD oo 2 oo u a J 1 fm IDE2 IDE1 7 SATAIIO 1 SATAII2 3 SATA 3Gb s Connectors Controlled by MCP 04 SATA 3Gb s can provide up to 300MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb s and install the proper driver in order to work properly Pin No Definition a 1 GND 7 FFF 2 TXP 3 TXN 121 4 GND i 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 21 Hardware Installation 8 PWR_LED PWR_LED is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It will blink when the system enters suspend mode Pin No Definition 1 MPD a 2 MPD 3 MPD 9 BATTERY
14. Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to Auto Default value Fast Set Robust Graphics Booster to Fast b Turbo Set Robust Graphics Booster to Turbo 45 BIOS Setup 2 8 Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utilit Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Po Ma PC Health status DAN Wiuivul Jay MB Intelligent Tweaker M I 1v3 e Select Item Fail Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance 2 9 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password PC Health srar Alt WiuiVuL Day MB Intelligent Tweaker M Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects GA 8N775 Motherboard 46 2 10 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2 ard Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Set Super ssword PC Health MB Intelligen When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Type the password up to eight characters and press lt Enter gt You will be asked
15. BI T 20 td 19 i E alo F Ce O 2 z A I E m P Reset Switch Ha ZS a E Sonam IDE Hard Disk Active LED HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPEAK Speaker Connector Pin 1 Power Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Power Switch Open Normal Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC 23 Hardware Installation 11 F_AUDIO Front Audio Panel Connector If 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 Also please make sure the pin assignments for the cable are the same as the pin assignments for the front audio header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound Pin No Definition MIC GND MIC_BIAS Power FrontAudio R Rear Audio R Retum R NC No Pin FrontAudio L Rear Audio L Return L
16. BIOS Ver E5 J eee eeeekee 30 2 1 Standard CMOS Features k eee keke kek ek ek 32 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features ul nananana naawa eee ereke ereke eke ek kek 34 2 3 Integrated Peripherals erkeke eke kek eyek 36 24 Power Management Setup eee ere erke eke eee ek ekek 39 2 0 PAP PGI GofiguratiOnS 5 i x xurli eya aya Wall We 41 2 6 PC Health Status x yaya AI KAKANAN W ya hain orien 42 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T E eee 44 28 LoadFail Safe Defaults ereke eee eyek 46 29 Load Optimized Defaults ereke erek eke erek 46 2 10 Set Supervisor User Password e ekere 47 2 11 Save 8 Exit Setup 2 12 Exit Without Saving Chapter 3 Drivers Installation cccccccsessceeseseeesseseeceeseeeecenseeesensecetansnsteeteneteeseneees 49 3 1 Install Chipset Drivers ekere krye eker 49 3 2 Software Application 3 3 Software Information 34 Hardware Information e ereke erek keke eyek 51 FOr Contact US sacs ccs ay anette maaan enema tne nee 51 Chapter 4 Appendix c cecececsesescseesesesceeeseeesesesseseseeceseseeeeseaeseesaneasatansesteataneteesenases 53 4 1 Unique Software Utilities eee eeekee 53 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction oo ik cuya ke kak da nee kedi 54 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction ulanan nnnannanunawnawanwwnawaansawsansan
17. Load the fail safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table lt F7 gt Load the Optimized Defaults lt F8 gt Q Flash utility lt F9 gt System Information lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 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 selec tions for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky please do it with caution and avoid inadequate operation that may result in system malfunction CAUTION 29 BIOS Setup lt F12 gt For Boot Menu Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards device Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Inc GA 8N775 E5 lt DEL gt BIOS Setup Q Flash lt F9 gt Xpress Recovery2 lt F12 gt For Boot Menu lt F12 gt For Boot Menu 11 16 2005 C19 MCP04 6A61EGOFC 00 Use lt T gt or lt gt to select a device then press enter to accept Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Select a Boot First device Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN Tv Move Enter Accept ESC Exit The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E5 Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Me
18. Select this if no 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 8N775 Motherboard 32 Capacity Capacity of currently 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 gt gt Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer None No floppy drive installed b gt 360K 5 25 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity gt gt 1 2M 5 25 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled b 720K 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity bo 1 44M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity gt gt 2 88M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area Disabled Normal Floppy Drive Default value b Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive gt gt Both Drive A amp B are 3 mode Floppy Drives Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected d
19. determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks 720K 1 2M and 1 44M 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 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks b Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K Default value Note This item will show up when you install a processor which supports this function GA 8N775 Motherboard 34 lt Password Check gt gt Setup The system will boot but will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt 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 lt gt CPU Hyper Threading This option appears only when the processor you install supports Intel Hyper Threading Technology gt gt Enabled Enable CPU Hyper Threading Feature Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported Default value gt gt Disabled Disable CPU Hyper Threading gt Limit CPUID Max to 3 Enabled Limit CPUID Maximum value to 3 when use older OS like NT4 gt gt Disabled Disable CPUID Limit for windows XP Default value No Execute Memory Protect Note Enabled Enable No Execut
20. motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Update BIOS from Floppy item in the Q Flash menu and press Enter button Later you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk PAS If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save BIOS me to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file 8GE800 F4 is listed Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard CAUTION Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Typo SDE sunia SST 49LF003A 1 file s found 256K 8GE800 F4 256K BIOS file in the floppy disk Total size 1 39M Ef F5 Refresh Free size 1 14M DEL Delete Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type SZO asurin SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Do not turn off power or reset your system at this Reading BIOS file from floppy gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Ef Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System stage After BIOS file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you Are you sure to update BIOS Plea
21. object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for one minute Re insert the battery to the battery holder Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail Safe Defaults or load Optimized Defaults Save changes and reboot the system NON gt Question 4 Why do still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume Answer Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier If not please change another speaker with power amplifier and try again later Question 5 Sometimes 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 gt AWARD BIOS Beep Codes Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully 4 short System boots successfully Except for beep code 8 these codes are always fatal 2 short CMOS setting error 1 beep Refresh failure 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 2 beeps Foyer 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational error 5 beeps Processor error 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 6 beeps 8042 gate A20 failure 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error 7 beeps Processor ex
22. system status Note User Interface Overview naRT aan gt Button Display Description 1 Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page 2 C I A C I A 2 and M I B M I B 2 Enters the C I A 2 and M 1 B 2 setting page 3 Smart Fan Enters the Smart Fan setting page 4 PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page 5 GO Confirmation and Execution button 6 Easy Mode amp Advance Mode Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode T Display screen Display panel of CPU frequency 8 Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status 9 GIGABYTE Logo Log on to GIGABYTE website 10 Help button Display EasyTune 5 Help file 11 Exit or Minimize button Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software Note GA 8N775 Motherboard EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards T54 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora tion of hard disk data Supporting Microsoft operating systems including press Windows XP 2000 NT 98 Me and DOS and file systems including FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on PATA and SATA IDE controllers After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD ROM for the first time it will stay permanent in your hard disk If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later you can simply press F9 during system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without th
23. will return to Setup Utility 2 12 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password PC Health srar Ai Wiuvur Day MB Intelligent Tweaker M Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility GA 8N775 Motherboard 48 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation oy Pictures below are shown in Windows XP 7 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 3 1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD Xpress Install will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install The Xpress Install uses the Click and Go technology to install the drivers automatically Just select the drivers you want then click the GO button The Xpress Install will execute the installation for you automatically nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Series not installed not installed i SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION Pee ED Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress note Install will continue to ins
24. 1 1 V2 0 USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Onboard LAN Function Auto Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 i Lock Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Legacy USB storage detect Enabled T43 ec Move Enter Select n 0 Sav ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previo S Fe F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Level Ty gt lt Move Enter Select PU Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values fe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults amp y IDE SATAII RAID function Enabled Enable IDE SATAII RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable IDE SATAII RAID function Default value gt IDE Primary Master RAID Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt IDE Primary Slave RAID Enabled Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt IDE Secndry Master RAID Enabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value GA 8N775 Motherboard 36 IDE Secndry Slave RAID Enabled Enable 2nd slave channel IDE RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value SATAII 1 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 1 1st SATA RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value SAT
25. AII 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 1 2nd SATA RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value SATAII 2 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 2 1st SATA RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value SATAII 2 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 2 2nd SATA RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value On Chip IDE Channel0 gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port On Chip IDE Channel1 gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port IDE1 Conductor Cable gt gt Auto BIOS autodetects IDE1 conductor cable Default value ATA66 100 133 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 133 Please make sure your IDE device and cable are compatible with ATA66 100 133 p gt ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable are compatible with ATA33 IDE2 Conductor Cable Auto BIOS autodetects IDE2 conductor cable Default value ATA66 100 133 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 133 Please make sure your IDE device and cable are compatible with ATA66 100 133 gt gt ATA33 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable are compatible with ATA33 Serial ATAII 1 Enabled Enable Serial ATA II 1 support D
26. ECLK 100MHz 3 PCI Express x 1 LAN 2 PC PCICLK 33MHz RJ45 88E1111 Marvell 88E1115 PCI Bus nVIDIA MCP 04 i Host Interface Surround Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line Out Line In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out CPUCLK 1066 800 533MHz DDRII 667 533MHz DIMM IT8712F Dual Channel Memory NBCLK 25MHz HCLK 133 200 266MHz 33MHz 25MHz 48MHz BIOS ROMCLK33MHz 4 SATA 3Gb s ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels Floppy L LPT Port m COM Port U PS 2 KB Mouse Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1 1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge ESD Thus prior to installation please follow the instructions below 1 2 3 Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord When handling the motherboard avoid touching any metal leads or connectors It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge ESD cuff when handling electronic components CPU RAM
27. GA 8N775 Intel Pentium 4 LGA775 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1002 12ME 8N775 1002R XX The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user s other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The WEEE marking applies only in European Union s member states DEN 55011 O EN 55013 O EN 55014 1 O EN 55015 O EN 55020 E EN 55022 O DIN VDE 0855 O part 10 O part 12 CE marking O EN 60065 O EN 60335 Stamp Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer Importer full address G B T Technology Trading GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41 1F 20537 Hamburg Germany declare that the product description of the apparatus system installation to which it refers Motherboard GA 8N775 is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement BEN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM BEN 61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems caused high frequency equipment by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Limits and methods of measurement E EN 55024 Information Technology of radio disturbance characteristics of equipment Immunity broadcast receiver
28. OWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section Figure 8 MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 efine a New Array RAID Mode Striping Bloc Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 7 Add ME ST3120026AS Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate 14 Select ENTER Popup Figure 8 Step 6 Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks A message which says Clear disk data will appear Figure 9 If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives press Y If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name isk Model Name 3120026AS Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T 4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 9 71 Appendix After that the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear Figure 10 If you want to set the disk array as boot device use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B The Boot section will show Yes MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name Ctrl X Exit TJ Select B Set Boot N ENTER Detail Figure 10 To read more information about the RAID array press ENTER to enter the A
29. PU Intelligent Accelerator 2 is designed to detect CPU loading during software program executing and automatically adjust CPU computing power to maximize system performance Disabled Disable this function Default value CruiseSet C I A 2 to Cruise Automatically increase CPU frequency 5 7 by CPU loading b Sports Set C I A 2 to Sports Automatically increase CPU frequency 7 9 by CPU loading b Racing Set C I A 2 to Racing Automatically increase CPU frequency 9 11 by CPU loading b Turbo Set C 1 A 2 to Turbo Automatically increase CPU frequency 15 17 by CPU loading Full Thrust Set C I A 2 to Full Thrust Automatically increase CPU frequency 17 19 by CPU loading Warning Stability is highly dependent on system components gt FSB Turbo Mode Disabled Disable FSB Turbo mode Default value Enabled Enable FSB Turbo mode Note This item will show up when you install a processor which supports this function GA 8N775 Motherboard 44 System Clock Mode gt gt Optimal Set FSB and memory speed automatically Default value gt gt Linked Allows FSB and memory speed to be overclocked proportionally b Expert Enter FSB and memory speed manually New FSB Speed QDR This item becomes active when System Clock Mode is set to Linked or Expert Type in a new FSB speed or use the PLUS SIGN MINUS SIGN to set the FSB speed Current FSB Speed QDR Displays the current CPU FSB speed Target FSB Spe
30. USB3 6 IDE1 IDE2 15 CLR_CMOS 7 SATAIIO 1 SATAII2_3 16 CI 8 PWR LED 17 RF ID 9 BATTERY GA 8N775 Motherboard 18 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 The ATX_12V power connector mainly supplies power to the CPU If the ATX_12V power connector is not connected the system will not start Caution Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 300W or greater If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is unable to start If you use a 24 pin ATX power supply please remove the small cover on the power connector on the motherboard before plugging in the power cord otherwise please do not remove it
31. age due to use of uncertified components Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product 9 Hardware Installation 1 2 Feature Summary CPU Supports LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Processor Note 1 L2 cache varies with CPU Front Side Bus Supports 1066 800 533MHz FSB Chipset Northbridge NVIDIA Crush 19 Chipset Southbridge nVIDIA MCP 04 LAN Onboard Marvell 88E1111 88E1115 chip 10 100 1000 Mbit Audio Onboard Realtek ALC850 chip Supports 2 4 6 8 channel audio Supports SPDIF In Out connection Supports CD In connection Storage nVIDIA MCP 04 Southbrigde 1 FDD connector allowing connection of 2 FDD devices 2 IDE connectors IDE1 IDE2 with UDMA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 suppport allowing connection of 4 IDE devices 4 SATA 3Gb s connectors SATAIIO 1 SATAII2_3 allowing connection of 4 SATA 3Gb s devices Supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 striping mirroring RAID 0 1 and RAID 5 for Serial ATA O S Support Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Memory 4 DDR Il DIMM memory slots supports up to 8GB memory Note 2 Supports dual channel DDR II 667 Vote 3 533 unbuffered DIMMs Supports 1 8V DDR Il DIMMs Expanstion Slots 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 3 PCI Express x 1 slots 2 PCI slots Internal Connectors 0 00 00 0 0 0 W W 1 24 pin ATX power connector 4 pin ATX 12V power conn
32. ake out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS CAUTION 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed 5 Dual BIOS Utility Boot PONG Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Copy BIOS completed Pass Please press any key to continue Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TV Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off you exit Q Flash Dual BIOS Utility Boot Fri igra Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off You can repeat Step 1 to 4 to flash the backup BIOS too Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q Flash utility The computer will restart automatically after After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed The BIOS file becomes Fba after updating or Intel Pentium lt Patch ID Memory Ti 13 Memory Freq
33. ar CMOS pins or the battery on the motherboard to reset the system back to factory default settings Instead S O S automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory defaults to provide a more user friendly and reliable platform for users Download Center Download Center allows users to quickly download and update their BIOS as well as the latest drivers for their system Download Center automatically runs a system check of the user PC and provides the user with the current system information as well as displaying a detailed list of all new drivers with the option for download C O M Corporate Online Management A web based system management tool that allows system hardware information such as CPU memory graphics card etc to be monitored and controlled via the Internet C O M allows corporate MIS engineers to easily maintain corporate computers such as providing the most up to date drivers and BIOS Do not use C O M and BIOS at the same time 53 Appendix 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1 Overclocking for enhancing system performance 2 C I A and M I B for special enhancement for CPU and Memory 3 Smart Fan control for managing fan speed control of both CPU cooling fan and North Bridge Chipset cooling fan 4 PC health for monitoring
34. asansanssawsawana 55 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction seeseesseessessesseestestesseeseeseesneeseesesseeeeaeeeneees 57 4 1 4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s seessssessessesseesteseesseeseestesneeseeseesneeeeatesteees 66 4 1 5 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction 80 4 2 Troubleshooting oo nananana na naa na awanaa a awa a eaa EAER EEEE asana annnaansanaasansaannsans 84 GA 8N775 Motherboard Layout COAXIAL SPDIF_O LPT AUDIO1 AUDIO2 USB LAN a a ka LGA775 nVIDIA Crush 19 LO ATX_12V o E E ba F AUDIO e9 PCIE_1 3 PCIE_16 BIOS PCIE_2 CODEC z _ u PCIE3 Q a gl i gl Lj GED RE ID oT lt N a ca wn N pe u in Co can En DE can t Can CI CJ EITI F_USB3 g Z z ST DE2 IDE1 G a Do a a a O a NVIDIA MCP 04 SYS FAN CLR CMOS go BATTERY SATAII2 3 PWR LED GE F PANEL L_ am P Block Diagram 1 PCIE x 16 PCI ECLK 100MHz PCI Express x 16 Bus PCI Express Bus LGA775 Processor nVIDIA Crush 19 PCI
35. ated Peripherals Power Management Setup Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Pa ord PC Health Status Save amp Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker M L T Exit Without Saving Sort F3 Change Language ual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Step 2 Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Dual BIOS Q Flash utility Exploring the Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen The Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components Dual BIOS Utility Main Bios SST 49LF004A 512K SST 49LF004A 512K Dual BIOS utility bar Boot From Main ROM Type Size Backup ROM Type Size Task menu for Wide Range Protection Disable Dual BIOS Boot From Main Bios iji Auto Recovery Enable utility Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility title Load Main BIOS from Floppy Task menu for Load Backup BIOS from Floppy bar Q Flash utility Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Action bar Task menu for Dual BIOS utility Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to
36. ception interrupt error Continuous long beeps DRAM error 8 beeps Display memory read write failure Continuous short beeps Power error 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad GA 8N775 Motherboard 84 85 Appendix GA 8N775 Motherboard 86 Contact Us e Taiwan Headquarters GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Address No 6 Bau Chiang Road Hsin Tien Taipei 231 Taiwan TEL 886 2 8912 4888 FAX 886 2 8912 4003 Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw nontech asp WEB address English http www gigabyte com tw WEB address Chinese http chinese giga byte com e USA G B T INC TEL 1 626 854 9338 FAX 1 626 854 9339 Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw nontech asp WEB address http www giga byte com e Germany G B T TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw nontech asp WEB address http www gigabyte de e Japan NIPPON GIGA BYTE CORPORATION WEB address http www gigabyte co jp
37. d is set to Password you can set the password here Enter Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the Keyboard Power On password AC BACK Function b gt Soft Off When AC power back to the system the system will be in Off state Default value gt gt Full On When AC power back to the system the system always in On state GA 8N775 Motherboard 40 2 5 PnPIPCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Auto tem Help A I Hel Auto vlenu Leve A Menu Levelb Device s using this INT 14c Move F1 General Help zed Defa 7 PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 1 PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 sd BIOS Setup 2 6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software PC Health Status Disabled Menu Levelb Disabled CPU FAN Fail V Disabled SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled CPU Smart FAN Control Enabled CPU Smart FAN Mode Auto timized Defaults gt Reset Case Open Status gt gt Disabled Don t reset case open status Default value Enabled Clear case open status at next boot Case Opened If the case is closed Case Opened will show No If t
38. dditional driver The screen will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 17 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and press ENTER Windows Setup You have chosen to conf SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit Figure 17 Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required To specify additio SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controller use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support dis m a mass storage manufacturer do not want to spe additional ge devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file s cannot be found please check the floppy disk Gaunion OF Copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD Note If you want to create RAID select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller If you do not create RAID select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller only 75 Appendix Step 4 When the next screen Figure 19 appears press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from
39. e startup disk Once at the A gt prompt change to the CD ROM drive example D gt At the D gt prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Figure 12 cd bootdrv menu Step 2 When the controller menu Figure 13 appears remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu For example from the menu in Figure 13 press E to select nVIDIA Series ATA XP for Windows operating system Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk Figure 12 Figure 13 Step 3 Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete You have copied the SATA driver successfully EEK amp File Edt yew Faverkes Tools Help Qw sh raters E C3 D lBoctDrv SIBIR S131145 Figure 14 Note For users without a startup disk Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD ROM From the CD ROM drive example D double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder Figure 14 A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 13 73 Appendix 5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings you are ready to install Windows 2000 XP onto your SATA hard drive with the driver The following is an example of Windows XP installa
40. e CD ROM System requirements 1 Intel x86 platforms 2 At least 64M bytes of system memory 3 VESA supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD ROM and subsequent access by pressing the F9 key Steps After entering BIOS Setup go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup Insert the provided driver CD into your CD ROM drive Upon system restart the message which says Boot from CD DVD will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 After the steps above are completed subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be made by simply pressing the lt F9 gt key during system power on Boot from CD DVD Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Inc GA 8N775 E5 lt DEL gt BIOS Setup Q Flashi lt F9 gt Xpress Recovery2 lt F42 Fur Buut iena lt F9 gt Xpress Recovery2 11 16 2005 C19 MCP04 6A6TEGQEC 00 SN 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD ROM you can De enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the lt F9 gt key in the future 2 System storage capacity and the reading writing speed of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed 3 It is recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be immediately installed once you com plete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software 55 Appendix Th
41. e Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2 1 RESTORE Restore the backed up data to your hard disk This button will not appear if there is no backup GIGABYTE file TE CH NOOR 2 BACKUP Back up data from hard disk 3 REMOVE Remove previously created backup files to release disk space This button will not appear if there is no backup file 4 REBOOT Limitations 1 Not compatible to Xpress Recovery 2 Forthe use of Xpress Recovery2 a primary partition must be reserved 3 Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of the hard disk so free space available on the hard disk for the backup file must be allocated in advance A minimum 4GB is recom mended but the actual space is dependent on the size of the data to be backed up 4 Capable of backing up hard disks installed with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP 2000 NT 9x Me 5 USB hard disks are currently not supported 6 Does not support RAID AHCI class code 0104 0106 hard disks 7 Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk Hard disks detection sequence is as follows PATA IDE primary channel PATA IDE secondary channel SATA IDE channel 1 SATA IDE channel 2 SATA IDE channel 3 SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions 1 When using hard disks with more than 128G under Windows 2000 be sure to execute the EnableBigLba exe program from the driver CD before data backup 2 It is normal that data backup takes
42. e Memory Protect function Default value gt gt Disabled Disable No Execute Memory Protect function CPU Enhanced Halt C1E Note Enabled Enable CPU Enhanced Halt C1E function Default value Disabled Disable CPU Enhanced Halt C1E function gt CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Note Enabled Enable CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 function Default value Disabled Disable CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 function gt CPU EIST Function Note Enabled Enable CPU EIST function Default value Disabled Disable EIST function 7 Full Screen LOGO Show gt gt Enabled Display full screen logo during POST Default value Disabled Do not display full screen logo Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard b PCI Slot Set Init Display First to PCI VGA card PEG Set Init Display First to PCI Express VGA card Default value Note This item will show up when you install a processor which supports this function 35 BIOS Setup 2 3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Integrated Periphera gt IDE SATAII RAID Config Press Enter On Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Menu Level On Chip IDE Channel1 Enabled IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto IDE2 Conductor Cable Auto Serial ATAII 1 Enabled 1 ATAII 2 Enabled V
43. e the user is no longer required to switch into different modes within BIOS setup in order to change system settings such as the CPU system bus memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte s unique C I A 2 and M I B 2 features M I T s integration of all platform performance settings into a single mode now gives any user the ability to control and enhance their computer system to the desired level C I A 2 CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2 GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2 C I A 2 is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to maximize system performance When enabled the program detects the current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the CPU computing performance to allow for a faster and smoother execution of programs When the function is disabled the CPU is returned to its initial status M I B 2 Memory Intelligent Booster 2 Built on the original M I B the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 M I B 2 is designed especially to maximize memory performance and boost memory bandwidth up to 10 With added branded memory module information users are able to optimize memory performance by selecting from a recommended memory module list S 0 S System Overclock Saver System Overclock Saver S O S is a unique feature that eliminates system boot up errors resulting from system over enhancement by the user With GIGABYTE s proprietary S 0 S feature users no longer need to open up the PC chassis and short circuit the Cle
44. ease make sure that the computer power is switched off to prevent hardware damage 3 Memory modules have a foolproof insertion design A memory module can be installed in only one direction If you are unable to insert the module please switch the direction The motherboard supports DDR Il memory modules whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction The memory capacity used can differ with each slot Notch DDRII Fig 1 The DIMM socket has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket Then push it down Fig 2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module GA 8N775 Motherboard 14 Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA 8N775 supports the Dual Channel Technology After operating the Dual Channel Technology the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double GA 8N775 includes 4 DIMM sockets and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following b Channel A DDR Il 1 DDR II 2 b Channel B DDR II 3 DDR II 4 If you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology please note the following
45. ector floppy connector 2 IDE connectors 4 SATA 3Gb s connectors 1 CPU fan connector system fan connector front panel connector front audio connector CD In connector SPDIF In connector 3 USB 2 0 1 1 connectors for additional 6 ports by cables 1 RF_ID connector 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 GA 8N775 Motherboard 10 Rear Panel I O 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 parallel port 2 SPDIF Out ports coaxial and optical 1 serial port COMA 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 RJ 45 port 6 audio jacks Line In Line Out MIC In Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out IT8712F chip System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU System fan failure warning CPU smart fan control 1 4Mbit flash ROM Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports BIOS Supports Download Center Supports Q Flash Supports EasyTune Note 4 Supports Xpress Install Supports Xpress Recovery2 Supports Xpress Rescue Norton Internet Security OEM version ATX form factor 30 5cm x 24 4cm 0 I O Control Hardware Monitor BIOS Additional Features Bundle Software Form Factor 0 0 0 WW 0 0 0 2 8 Note 1 For further CPU support information please go to GIGABYTE s website Note 2 Due to standard PC architecture a certain amount of memory is
46. ed STEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out Line Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function GA 8N775 Motherboard 80 STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 2CH Speaker to complete 2 channel audio configuration 2CH Speaker T Headphone 2CH Speaker 4CH Speaker 6CH Speaker B H Speaker 7 Auto Test Back Panel UAL Automatic O Line In Rear Speaker Out O Line Out Gerie Subwoofer Speaker it Mic ln pay Side Speaker Out 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out Font Speaker Qut Rear Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect BJ icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function 10 41 AM STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuration MENE O so Text Bock Pane oO UA Automatic e in Rear Speaker Dut O Front Speaker Out Gerte Subwoofer Speaker o C A le S PDIF Out HH S PDIF Out 4CH Speaker ba 2CH Speaker 4CH Speaker 8CH Speaker 81 Append
47. ed QDR This item depends on the value set in New FSB Speed QDR New MEM Speed DDR This item becomes active when System Clock Mode is set to Expert Type in a new FSB speed or use the PLUS SIGN MINUS SIGN to set the FSB speed Current MEM Speed DDR Displays the current memory speed Target MEM Speed DDR The value changes based on the value set in New FSB Speed QDR and New MEM Speed DDR PCIE Frequency MHz This option allows you to adjust the PCIE frequency LDT Frequency This option allows you to adjust the LDT frequency SLI Broadcast Aperture gt gt Auto Set SLI Broadcast Aperture to Auto gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value DIMM OverVoltage Control Normal Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to Normal Default value b gt 0 1V 0 7V Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to 0 1V 0 7V PCI E OverVoltage Control Normal Set PCI E OverVoltrage Control to Normal Default value 0 1V 0 3V Set PCI E OverVoltage Control to 0 1V 0 3V FSB OverVoltage Control gt gt Normal Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to Normal Default value 0 1V 0 3V Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to 0 1V 0 3V CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0 8375V to 1 6000V Default value Normal Normal CPU Vcore Displays your CPU s normal voltage Robust Graphics Booster Select the options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher performance b
48. efault value Disabled Disable Serial ATA II 1 support Serial ATAII 2 Enabled Enable Serial ATA Il 2 support Default value gt gt Disabled Disable Serial ATA II 2 support 37 BIOS Setup On Chip USB V1 1 V2 0 Enable USB1 1 and USB2 0 controllers Default value V1 1 Enable only USB1 1 controller b Disabled Disable onchip USB support USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB keyboard support b Disabled Disable USB keyboard support Default value USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support b Disabled Disable USB mouse support Default value AC97 Audio gt gt Auto Autodetect onboard AC97 audio function Default value Disabled Disable this function Onboard LAN function gt gt Auto Autodetect onboard LAN chip function Default value Disabled Disable this function Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Enabled Enable this function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value Onboard Serial Port 1 b Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address b gt 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 Default value b gt 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 b Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 i Lock gt gt E
49. elay 4 Sec Press power button 4 sec to Power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec gt PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Disabled Disable this function b Enabled Enable PME as wake up event Default value 7 Modem Ring On An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state Disabled Disable this function Enabled Enable Modem Ring On function Default value 7 USB Resume from Suspend Disabled Disable this function Enabled Enable USB device wake up system from suspend mode Default value 7 Power On by Alarm You can set Power On by Alarm item to Enabled and key in date time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If Power On by Alarm is Enabled Day of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 39 BIOS Setup gt Power On by Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Default value Double Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on the system gt Power On by Keyboard Disabled Disabled this function Default value Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on the system 7 KB Power ON Password When Power On by Keyboar
50. enable execution of the task Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the names of four tasks Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execu tion of the task 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 8N775 Motherboard 58 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 If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Load Main BIOS from Floppy item in the Q Flash menu and press Enter button Later you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk gt If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save Main nor BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file 8KNXPU Fba is listed Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard CAUTION Dual BIOS Utility Boo
51. erial ATAII 2 controls the SATAII2_3 connectors If you wish to create RAID array press ENTER on the IDE SATAII RAID Config item to enter the submenu Note Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller GA 8N775 Motherboard 66 CMOS Setup Utility Cop f On Chip IDE Channel1 IDE1 Conductor Cable 1 ATAII 1 Wig USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Function Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 i Lock Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Legacy USB storage detect Tl gt lt Move Enter Select U 5 Previous V D Value 1 Safe Defaults right C 1984 2004 Award Software 5 Menu Level gt Enabled Enabled Enabled 5 O Disabled Disabled Auto Auto Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 Enabled 378 IRQ7 SPP Enabled F10 Save F1 General Help Jptimized Defaults Figure 1 In the IDE SATAII RAID Config submenu enable IDE SATAII RAID function Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID In the example in Figure 2 enable SATAII 1 Primary Secondary RAID or SATAII 2 Primary Secondary RAID For example if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAIIO and SATAII1 connectors set SATAII 1 Primary Secondary RAID to Enabled CMOS Setup Utility Cop ID ID All RAID function IDE Primary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID SATAII 2 Pri SATAII 2 S ig
52. explanations due to the limitation of Intel chipset specifications 1 Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one DDR II memory module is installed 2 To enable Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed you must install them into DIMM sockets of the same color The following is a Dual Channel Memory configuration table DS Double Side SS Single Side DDRII 1 DDRII 2 DDR II3 DDR II4 2 memory modules DS SS X DS SS X X DS SS X DS SS 4 memory modules DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS 15 Hardware Installation 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer Remove your computer s chassis cover screws and slot bracket from the computer Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card Replace your computer s chassis cover Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS Install related driver from the operating system 2 3 4 9 6 7 8 Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card CAUTION Please carefully pull out the sma
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54. gle BIOS Motherboards This part guides users of single BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fai fe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Pa ord PC Health Status Save amp Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker M LT Exit Without Saving Language 61 Appendix Exploring the Q Flash utility screen The Q FlashBlOS uti ity screen consists of the following key components Q Flash utility bar Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Typi SiE SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy TV Move ESC Reset Task menu for Q Flash utility Enter Run F10 Power Off Action bar Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the names of three tasks Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Action bar Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q Flash utility Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions 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
55. gorized the user manual in the following m For quick installation please refer to the Hardware Installation Guide included with the product m For detailed product information and specifications please carefully read the Product User Manual m For detailed information related to Gigabyte s unique features please go to Technology Guide section on Gigabyte s website to read or download the information you need For more product details please click onto Gigabyte s website at www gigabyte com tw Table of Contents GA 8N775 Motherboard Layout eyareke keke eke keke 6 Block BD ET Tia PEREN crates E AER 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation cccecccscscsescseseceeseseeessesesceeeeceeecensecansnstetenseeeseneees 1 1 Considerations Prior to Installation 1 2 Feature Summary s6 w Quz ab yn eb rey ur der 1 3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink uu mm nana nnanna nanan nananana nanan wansansasnasawaa 12 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU aro 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Heatsink 13 14 Installation Of Memory eee ereke ekey ekek 14 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards eee eke eke 16 16 I O Back Panel Introduction ereke eke 17 1 7 Connectors Introduction ereke ekere ek kek ekek 18 Chapter 2 BIOS SETUP nnman yan alikar Na aon den wra Ea a saved 29 The Main Menu For example
56. he case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes If you want to reset Case Opened value set Reset Case Open Status to Enabled and save CMOS your computer will restart gt Current Voltage V Vcore DDR18V 3 3V 12V VBAT Detect system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature gt Detect CPU temperature automatically 7 Current CPU SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM Detect CPU System fan speed status automatically CPU Warning Temperature b gt 60 C 140 F Monitor CPU temperature at 60 C 140 F b gt 70 C 158 F Monitor CPU temperature at 70 C 158 F b gt 80 C 176 F Monitor CPU temperature at 80 C 176 F b gt 90 C 194 F Monitor CPU temperature at 90 C 194 F q q gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value 7 CPU SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Disable fan warning function Default value Enabled Enable fan warning function GA 8N775 Motherboard 42 7 CPU Smart FAN Control Disabled Disable this function Enabled When this function is enabled CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements Default value CPU Smart FAN Mode This option is available only when CPU Smart FAN Control is enabled gt gt Auto BIOS autodetects the type of CPU fan you installed and sets the optimal CPU Smart FAN control mode for it Default value gt g
57. herboard When the power is turned off the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS SRAM When the power is turned on pushing the lt Del gt button during the BIOS POST Power On Self Test will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing Ctrl F1 When setting up BIOS for the first time it is recommended that you save the current BIOS to a disk in the event that 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 BIOS is a Windows based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS lt T gt lt gt lt lt gt lt gt gt Move to select item lt Enter gt Select Item lt Esc gt Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu lt Page Up gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt Page Down gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F2 gt Item Help lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F6 gt
58. ht C 1984 2004 Award Software nction Setup Menu Level Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Figure 2 gt The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard NOTE you have and the BIOS version 67 Appendix Step 2 If you do not create RAID select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000 XP You should see a screen similar to Figure 3 below CMOS Setup Utility Copyri 3 84 2005 Award Software Hard D Menu Level bb Use lt gt select a de down the list P lt ESC gt to exit this menu T4 Move Figure 3 After configuring the SATA controller mode in system BIOS if you wish to create RAID save the settings and exit Then go to RAID BIOS refer to 3 Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS section to configure the RAID array After finished re enter the system BIOS Setup to set hard disk boot priority before OS installation Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu select the RAID array onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Figure 4 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Menu Level gt to move it up or
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60. igure RAID set in RAID BIOS Not 4 Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver 5 Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation EE ZZ yy Before you begin Please prepare a Two SATA hard drives to ensure optimal performance it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA controller you may prepare only one hard drive An empty formatted floppy disk Windows XP 2000 setup disk Driver CD for your motherboard See 1 Install SATA hard drive s in your system Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port s on the motherboard If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard you may refer to the motherboard user s manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive s Step 1 Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST Power On Self Test In the example in Figure 1 make sure that Serial ATAII 1 or Serial ATAII 2 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled Serial ATAII 1 controls the SATAIIO_1 connectors and S
61. ility Detecting array Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility Figure 6 Step 2 The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility Figure 7 You can press the TAB key to highlight through options Step 3 In the RAID Mode field use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode The supported RAID modes include Mirroring default Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning and Raid 5 The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation Step 4 If RAID 0 is selected select Striping in the RAID Mode field you can manually set the striping block size In the Striping Block field use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size The KB is the standard unit of Striping Block size We recommend you leaving it to the default setting Optimal 64K The size range is from 4K to 128K MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 3 Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 7 GA 8N775 Motherboard 70 Step 5 Next select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section Select the target hard drives using the UP or D
62. inelnel Identifier x86 Famiy 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 ProcessoNameSting Genuine Intel CPU 233GH2 Ya SOFTWARE INFORMATION kia 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Series Utilities CD Ver 1 2B5 1118 1 G aaa INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS Por ETTE Ya sortware INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION 51 Drivers Installation GA 8N775 Motherboard 52 Chapter 4 Appendix 4 1 Unique Software Utilities Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities please check your MB features CorrPorste ONLINE MANAGEMENT U PLUS D P S Universal Plus Dual Power System The U Plus Dual Power System U Plus DPS is a revolutionary eight phase power circuit built for ultimate system protection Designed to withstand varying current levels and changes the U Plus D P S provides an immensely durable and stable power circuit to the CPU for solid system stability These characteristics make it the ideal companion with the latest LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 Processor as well as future Intel processors As well 4 blue LED s are mounted on the U Plus D P S for intelligent indication of system loading M I T Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker M I T allows user to access and change BIOS feature settings with relative speed and ease Through GIGABYTE M I T featur
63. ird Boot Device CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Device Priority Password Check Setup CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Limit CPUID Max to 3 Disabled No Execute Memory Protect Ne Enabled CPU Enhanced Halt C1E Enabled CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 No Enabled CPU EIST Function Net Enabled Full Screen LOGO Show Enabled Init Display First PEG timized Defaults System will detect automatically and show up when you install the Intel Pentium 4 note processor with HT Technology 7 Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards SCSI RAID etc Use lt T gt or lt J to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu First Second Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy b gt LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120 b Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD gt gt USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD b LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN Disabled Disable this function Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will
64. ix 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out and the jJi Center Subwoofer channels to Center Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out STEP2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function EGET STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration EEE O ores Back Pane CO wWattomatic O In O Rear Speaker Out oe Out e Gerte Subwoofer Speaker Side Speaker Out 6CH Speaker X Headphone 2CH Speaker nd o o S PDIF Qut GA 8N775 Motherboard 82 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out the Center ii Subwoofer channels to Center Subwoofer Speaker ki Rear Speaker Out Qut and the side channels to Side Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out STEP2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection ba
65. ll white drawable bar at the end of the PCI Ex press x 16 slot when you try to install uninstall the VGA card Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white drawable bar GA 8N775 Motherboard 16 1 6 I O Back Panel Introduction Sen o one an TH 6 e HA EG GO olJo fs FA P0 0 c Oo e 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 LPT Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer scanner and other peripheral devices e COAXIAL SPDIF O The SPDIF coaxial output port is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via a coaxial cable OPTICAL SPDIF O The SPDIF optical output port is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable e COMA Serial Port Connects to serial based mouse or data processing devices LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet providing data transfer speeds of 10 100 1000Mbps e USB Port Before you connect your device s in
66. longer time than data restoration 3 Xpress Recovery2 is compliant with the GPL regulations On a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets BIOS update is required for Xpress Recovery2 to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode Please contact your motherboard manufacturer 5 Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the following motherboards As this is a BIOS related issue it can be solved by BIOS update Mm DD 2 O T GA K8U GA K8NXP 9 GA 8N SLI Royal GA K8U 9 GA K8N Ultra 9 GA 8N SLI Pro GA K8NXP SLI GA K8NF 9 PCB Ver 1 0 GA 8N SLI GA K8N Ultra SLI GA K8NE PCB Ver 1 0 GA K8N Pro SLI GA K8NMF 9 GA 8N775 Motherboard 56 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 Q Flash Utility eed Q Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM With this utility users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS Q Flash allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows Using Q Flash indicating no more fooling around with any complicated instructions and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu A Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk please do it with caution We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end users CAUTION Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q Flash
67. lts please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One Congratulation You have updated BIOS successfully 63 Appendix Eos Method 2 BIOS Utility tm lf you do not have a DOS startup disk we recommend that you use the new BIOS utility BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Fig 3 The BIOS utility 2 Gigabyte BIOS Writer for Win32 x Curent Mainboard Info IV internet Update Update New BIOS I Clear DMI Data Pool Save Curent BIOS Clear PnP Data Pool About this program Fig 1 Installing the BIOS utility sa Windows Just select the desired BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS Fig 2 Installation complete and run BIOS Select the BIOS item Flash Memory Type 55T 49LFD04A FWH 733V e FY Click Update New BIOS Please select BIOS server site Gigabyte BIOS server 1 in Taiwan Gigabyte BIOS server 2 in Taiwan Gigabyte BIOS server in China Gigabyte BIOS server in Japan Gigabyte BIOS server in U S A 1 Methods and steps I Update BIOS through Internet a pagod Click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever Select the exact model name on your motherboard System will automatically download and update the BIOS lI Update BIOS NOT through Internet a b cC d Do not click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file
68. nabled Enable the i Lock function Default value Disabled Disable the i Lock function Onboard Parallel port b Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port Default value EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode Legacy USB storage detect gt gt Enabled Enable USB storage detect function Default value Disabled Disable this function GA 8N775 Motherboard 38 2 4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Soft Off by Power button Instant Off Menu Level PME Event Wake Up Enabled Modem Ring On Enabled USB Resume from Suspend Enabled Power On by Alar Dis Disa Disabled c KE e F d Ente AC BACK Function Soft Off timized Defaults gt ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 POS Power On Suspend Default value S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 STR Suspend To RAM gt Soft Off by Power button gt gt Instant Off Press power button then Power off instantly Default value D
69. ndows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in To create the combination installation CD refer to the following website http www microsoft com windows2000 downloads servicepacks sp4 HFdeploy htm Note If users choose not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4 RAID is still supported on Windows 2000 However users will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume 79 Appendix PRZ p 415 2 4 16 8 Channel Audio Function 8 AUDIO a Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector You are able to use 2 4 6 8 channnels audio feature by audio software selection Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CD ROM DVD ROM walkman or wise ofo others audio input to Line In pj KG k The front channels or earphone can be connected to a OG arian O e eg KO Line Out Front Speaker Out o ul ar J me Connect microphone to Mic In eee FOT gt Kl A r Connect the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out N uH Mic In side ons r Te Connect the Center Subwoofer channels to Center gt Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the side channels to Side Speaker Out The installation of audio software is very simple Please follow the steps to install the function Following pictures are in Windows XP Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is appli
70. nector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed You can check the Case Opened status in BIOS Setup Pin No Definition a 1 Signal 1 2 GND GA 8N775 Motherboard 26 17 RF_ID This connector allows you to connect external devices to use extra function Check the pin assignments before you connect the external device cable Please contact your nearest dealer for the optional GIGABYTE external device Pin No Definition Power RFID_RI RF_TXD RF RXD No Pin GND FEE e e E Dla lt wl ST 27 Hardware Installation GA 8N775 Motherboard 28 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS Basic Input and Output System includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the mot
71. ntent NOTE Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system re quires all of the following platform components CPU An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset A VIA Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS An operation system that has optimizations for HT Technology 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU Fig 1 Gently lift the metal lever located on the CPU socket to the upright position Fig 2 Remove the plastic covering on the CPU socket Metal Lever Fig 3 a Notice the small gold 1 colored triangle BM located on the edge of the CPU socket Align the indented l corner of the CPU with Sil the triangle and gently insert the CPU into position Grasping the CPU firmly between your thumb and forefinger carefully place it into the socket in a straight and downwards motion Avoid twisting or bending motions that might cause damage to the CPU during installation Fig 4 fy Once the CPU is r properly inserted please replace the load plate and push the Ea metal lever back into its original position GA 8N775 Motherboard 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Heatsink Fig 1 Please apply an even layer of heatsink paste on the surface of the installed CPU Male Push Pin The top of Female Push Pin Female Push Pin Wa Fig 2 Turning the push pin along the direc
72. nu as figure below will appear on the screen Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving MB Intelligent Tweaker M I If you can t find the setting you want please press Ctrl F1 to search the advanced option hidden NOTE Please Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS when somehow the system works not stable as usual This action makes the system reset to the default for stability The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard GA 8N775 Motherboard 30 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 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 Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperatu
73. ower On Self Test Under the Integrated Peripherals menu Figure 21 assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk the one containing the Windows 2000 is Enabled Figure 21 22 Save settings and exit the BIOS setup Item He 5 Menu Levelb Enabled Auto Enabled Enabled AC97 Audio Auto Onboard LAN Function Auto Onboard LAN Boot ROM abled Onboard Serial Port 1 IRQ4 i Lock Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP Legacy USB storage detect Enabled Ty gt lt Move Enter Select PU ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values P7 timized Defaults D rima aster R Menu Level gt IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID VS Eee D a SATAII 1 Primary RAID Enabled SATAII 1 Sec Enabled SATAII 2 P Enabled SATAII 2 S ndary RAID Enabled Ty gt lt Move Enter Select U PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F3 Language F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure22 11 Appendix Step 3 After system restarts press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility Select Striping in the RAID Mode filed Figure 23 Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name gt Add LBB
74. r and select 8CH Speaker to complete 8 channel audio configuration 8CH Speaker a O O Line ln Rear Speaker Dut O Front Speaker Out Gento Subiol Speaker 8CH Speaker ece Sound Effect Configuration At the sound effect menu users can adjust sounc option settings as desired 83 Appendix 4 2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model please log on to www gigabyte com tw Question 1 cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS Why Answer Some advanced options are hidden in new BIOS version Please press Ctrl and F1 keys after entering BIOS menu and you will be able to see these options Questions 2 Why is the light of my keyboard optical mouse still on after computer shuts down Answer In some boards a small amount of electricity is kept on standby after computer shuts down and that s why the light is still on Question 3 How do clear CMOS Answer If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual If your board doesn t have such jumper you can take off the on board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS Please refer to the steps below Steps 1 Turn off power 2 Disconnect the power cord from MB 3 Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes Or you can use a metal
75. re voltage fan speed MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T 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 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 It allows you to limit access to the system Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 31 BIOS Setup 2 1 Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Wed Nov 23 2005 Item Hel Time hh mm ss 22 31 24 Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None Change the day month None year None IDE S None lt Week gt IDE Cha 2 r None Sun to Sat IDE Cha 3 T None None lt Month gt Jan to Dec IDE Channel 4 Master Drive A 1 44M 3 5 Drive B None lt Day gt Floppy 3 Mode Suport Disabled 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Halt On All But Keyboard lt Year gt 1999 to 2098 F1 General Help afe Defaults Optimized Defaults 7 Date
76. reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount For example 8 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 7 xxGB memory during system startup Note 3 To use a DDR Il 667 memory module on the motherboard you must install an 800 1066MHz FSB processor Note 4 EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards 11 Hardware Installation 1 3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU CAUTION 2 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 If this occurs please change the insert direction of the CPU 3 Please add an even layer of heat sink paste between the CPU and heatsink 4 Please make sure the heatsink is installed on the CPU prior to system use otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur 5 Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the processor specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals If you wish to set the frequency beyond the proper specifications please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc ZN HT functionality requirement co
77. rray Detail screen Figure 11 where you should see detailed information about RAID mode disk block size disk model name and disk capacity etc Array 2 NVIDIA STRIPE 223 57G Array Detail RAID Mode Striping Striping Width 2 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111 78GB 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111 78GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return Figure 11 To delete the array press D in the Array Detail screen When the Delete this array message appears press Y to confirm or N to cancel Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen To exit the NVIDIA RAID utility press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl X in the Array List screen Now you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system GA 8N775 Motherboard 72 4 Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation Without the driver the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process First of all copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD ROM to a floppy disk See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS DOS mode Prepare a startup disk that has CD ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk Step 1 Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD ROM in your system Boot from th
78. s and associated characteristics Limits and methods of equipment measurement Limits and methods of measurement DEN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual commercial and light industry household electrical portable tools and sit Ll EN 50082 2 Generic immunity standard Part 2 apparatus Industrial environment Limits and methods of measurement DEN 55014 2 Immunity requirements for household of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of O EN 50091 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible broadcast receivers and associated power systems UPS equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving and or distribution from sound and television signals EC conformity marking The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73 23 EEC Safety requirements for mains operated Ll EN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment household and similar general use Safety of household and similar DEN 50091 1 General and Safety requirements for electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems UPS Manufact
79. se do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS CAUTION GA 8N775 Motherboard 62 3 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 Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Typa Eiin SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Updating BIOS Now Do not turn off power or gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt reset your system r Off at this stage Ef Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Sinioran SST 49LF003A 256K Copy BIOS completed Pass Please press any key to continue 5 Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q Flash utility The computer will restart automatically after you exit Q Flash Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size namana SST 49LF003A 256K Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort The BIOS file Intel Pentium R 4 1 7GHz 100x17 0 becomes F4 after lt CPUID OFOA Patch ID 00093 updating emory g 122880K OK 8192K Shared Memory Press DEL to enter SETUP Q Flash 03 18 2003 1845GE 6A69YG01C 00 6 Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and Load BIOS Fail Safe Defaults See how to Load BIOS Fail Safe Defau
80. t Voltage Set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 3 pin fan power cable gt gt PWM Set to PWM when you use a CPU fan with a 4 pin fan power cable Note In fact the Voltage option can be used for CPU fans with 3 pin or 4 pin power cables However some 4 pin CPU fan power cables are not designed following Intel 4 Wire fans PWM control specifications With such CPU fans selecting PWM will not effectively reduce the fan speed 43 BIOS Setup 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CMOS Setup Utility Co sht C 1984 2005 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CAN High CPU Clock RatioN 16x Menu Level CLA2 Disabled FSB Turbo Mode Disabled System CI Optimal Ta PCIE Frequer 1 LDT Frequency SLI Broad ri Disabled DIMM OverVoltage Control Normal PCI E OverV Control Normal FSB OverVol ontri Normal SATAII OverVoltage Control Normal CPU Voltage Control Normal Normal CPU Vcore 1 3875V Robust Graphics Booster Auto F5 Previou i F7 Optimized Defaults Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken For power end user use only CAUTION gt C A M Note b High Set clock ratio for frequency locked CPU to High Default value b Low Set clock ratio for frequency locked CPU to Low gt CPU Clock Ratio Neto This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection The option will display Locked and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable 7 CLA 2 C I A 2 C
81. t From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K a EWA SAR Wide Range Prot 1 file s found Ad 8KNXPU Fba 512K BIOS file in the floppy disk Total size 1 39M Free size 911 50K F5 Refresh DEL Delete Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TV Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After pressing Enter you ll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable CAUTION Reading BIOS file from floppy Do not turn off power or gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt OM reset your system at this Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System stage Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TV Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After BIOS file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you Are you sure to update BIOS 59 Appendix 3 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 displayed Please do not t
82. tall other drivers System will reboot automatically after install the drivers afterward you can install others application For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack After install Windows Service Pack it will show a question mark in Universal Serial Bus CAUTION Controller under Device Manager Please remove the question mark and restart the system System will auto detect the right USB2 0 driver 49 Drivers Installation 3 2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that GIGABYTE developed and some free software You can click an item to install it nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Series Utilities CD Ver 1 2B5 1118 1 G ren INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS Ya sortware INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION aie 3 3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD title nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Series Utilities CD Ver 1 2B5 1118 1 I DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION M gt AREADME TXT a gt BootD v INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS PT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS BMPA VVMDIA DM gt EnableUSBS2xP HARDWARE INFORMATION baa SC GA 8N775 Motherboard 50 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Series Utilities CD Ver 1 2 B5 1118 1 G aaa INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS pr APPLICATIONS CPU intel Genu
83. the floppy disk Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage dev NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller required D ROM drives or special i i e for a device support disk from a m storage device arer press S S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed you should see a screen similar to that below You can proceed with the Windows 2000 XP installation now come to Setup s port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP now press ENTER To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console pr To quit Setup without installing Windows XP press F3 Enter Continue R Repair F3 Exit Figure 20 GA 8N775 Motherboard 76 6 Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or previous versions to a bootable RAID volume There are two solutions to resolve this issue Solutions 1 Use the NVRAID tool nForce Driver Version 5 xx to convert the boot volume to a RAID array Here are the detailed step by step instructions Step 1 Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft s website Step 2 After system restarts press Del to enter system BIOS Setup during POST P
84. tion Step 1 Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000 XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver message Figure 15 After pressing F6 there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver Figure 15 Step 2 When a screen similar to that below appears Figure 16 insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mas installed in your system or you have chosen to manual Currently Setup will load support for the following mass To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for with Windows including th ch you have a dev s rt disk fi a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disk m a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 16 GA 8N775 Motherboard 74 Step 3 If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below will appear Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER Figure 17 and press ENTER Later when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears you must press S to select a
85. tion of arrow is to remove the heatsink on the contrary is to install Please note the direction of arrow sign on the male push pin doesn t face inwards before installation This instruction is only for Intel boxed fan Fig 3 Place the heatsink atop the CPU and make sure the push pins aim to the pin hole on the motherboard Pressing down the push pins diagonally Fig 5 Please check the back of motherboard after installing If the push pin is inserted as the picture the installation is complete Fig 4 Please make sure the Male and Female push pin are joined closely for detailed installation instructions please refer to the heatsink installation section of the user manual Fig 6 Finally please attach the power connector of the heatsink to the CPU fan header located on the motherboard The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heatsink paste To prevent an EZ 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 heatsink 13 Hardware Installation 1 4 Installation of Memory Before installing the memory modules please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard It is CAUTION recommended that memory of similar capacity specifications and brand be used 2 Before installing or removing memory modules pl
86. to USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors Line In The default Line In jack Devices like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Line Out Front Speaker Out Connect the stereo speakers earphone or front surround speakers to this connector MIC In Microphone can be connected to MIC In jack Rear Speaker Out Connect the rear surround speakers to this connector Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center Subwoofer speakers to this connector 17 Hardware Installation Side Speaker Out Connect the side surround speakers to this connector You can use audio software to configure 2 4 6 8 channel audio functioning NOTE 1 7 Connectors Introduction TILA 16 17 8 10 1 ATX 12V 10 F PANEL 2 ATX Power Connector 11 F AUDIO 3 CPU FAN 12 CD_IN 4 SYS FAN 13 SPDIF IN 5 FDD 14 F USB1 F_USB2 F
87. to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter 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 47 BIOS Setup 2 11 Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utilit Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Po M Pn PC Health MB Intelligent Tweaker M I 1v3 Select Item Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N
88. uen Primary M REATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 6A79BG03C 00 GA 8N775 Motherboard 60 6 Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots When you are in BIOS menu move to Load Fail Safe Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Fail Safe 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Select Language Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Perinherale I nad Ontimized Dafanlte Power Mana PnP PCI Cor PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Time Date Hard Disi Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults 7 Select Save 8 Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu System will reboot after you exit the BIOS menu The procedure is completed CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Select Language Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Default Integrated Pe Power Mar PnP PCI Cor PC Health Status Save amp Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Exit Without Saving F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit Part Two Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Sin
89. urer Importer pa B Signatue Timmy Huang Date Dec 9 2005 Name Timmy Huang DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a Responsible Party Name G B T INC U S A Address 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA 8N775 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name ERIC LU Signature Eric Lu Date Dec 9 2005 Copyright 2005 GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD All rights reserved The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without 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 cate
90. uring power up b No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted gt gt All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped b All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value gt gt All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors b All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors gt Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 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 Total Memory This item displays the memory size that used 33 BIOS Setup 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Hel First Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Second Boot Device Hard Disk Th

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