GIGABYTE GA-8ILFT User's Manual
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1. 40 Dialis vada am qaman 42 Loda Opimizea Denu y uu ne u di be eco tiu ans 43 SetSupervisor U ser Password 44 Save SEXIES GUID caes E a c diac Dav 45 EXIT VV IO UTES QVIPIO uqa 22 uc taints 46 Chapter 4 Technical 4 TAM na dnd we butt 47 Q Flash Introducton tdt 48 OBOS 50 d 51 Chapter A DDBIIOIX Mx noc 52 3 Table of Content Item Checklist The GA 8ILFT motherboard Shield IDE cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 CD for motherboard driver amp utility IUCD GA 8LFT user s manual AN Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated C ircuit IC chips To protect them aganst damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch bothof your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metalobject such as the power s upply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antist2. E bop 45 Cm n as i ea ae Far LIA 5 Cart exe pul url DE T Ww Capire eben animer thos 3 After the floppy has been formatted completely please press Close A Ebd Ls Em cla TIT ved cp Wir mper N IL ILEI Hn dee le p s 1 b nli cnc esl PEAT c urbs 13 Urat Basler UAE REC mens 65 Appendix STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program 1 Please go to Gigabyte website http www gigabyte com tw index html and click S upport Cte La c G maru E Shwe pm dre ces lek LUIE X LETTER LE Mut MI t APL Wr F a F GZ Q4EQS L m Ham ro Fare E d sr EL LEE 13 1 Rh gt F Pc m h I VUE aa KT L w r TI
3. 12 3 IL a EUH ratto om prn Lb 57 Appe ndix rete Ir uad abide Cod usa Tha 3 F new z Fm a mas lee be Er SEURE ae A 4 USB Patch Driver Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe ITI i Wain RTT 1 Click USB Patch Driver item 523 m rx he Id ad Eran ela xa lade l arairh pezas Frane 100 5 ms masna timer proce Ede i n E i 2 Click Finish to restart computer GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 58 Appendix B RealTekAC 97 Audio Driver Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in
4. Mouse Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button Power Keyboard yy Pass word Enter from 110 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power Password Disabled Disabled this function Defaultvalue Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on your s ystem gt KB Power ON Password gt gt Enter Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the Key board Power On Pas sword lt ACBack Function Memory System power on depends on the status before AC lost gt gt Soft Off Always in Off state when AC back Defauk value gt F ull On Always power on the system when AC back GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 36 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI1IRQAssignment PCI2 IRQAssignment Menu Level gt PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Move Enter Select PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 P revious Values F 6 Fail Safe F 7 0 ptimized Defaults Figure 6 Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 SetIRQ 3 45 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 1 PCI 5 gt PCI2IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assignIRQ to 2 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1415 Set IRQ 3 45 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assignIRQ to
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6. MIN DW E OC ews bape Paga z owe GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 66 3 use 6 7 motherboard as example Please select GA 7VTX by Model Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files L 5 3 1 4 Leid xor m Th a NM 1114 er Se al Qm medrir a Erat 4 Select an appropriate BIOS version For example F 4 and click to download the file It will pop up a file download screen then select the pen this file from its current location and press CH 1 ERAH Fo eer allie Xin i3 ca bm moo m mo ma ee e naka bers mas a eee K a UN EDIT x a LI Jg apte Tc EE ie uU Sm Pi 67 Appe ndix 5 At this time the screen shows the following picture please click Extract button to unzip the files nt ae imran w g Fudan Ax Mat Chul Sea Ae aS 32 6
7. artem amibe eee Pegs aar 5 Click Next 55 Appendix ee Secs See xml p p a x GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard bre up Irun teed Cz mda The Faa alls ma nam dna cue IH CGRRGOGRACEN M FT EET 56 3 Intel 8456 Chipset VGA Graphics Driver Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe Pa Ct 1 Click Intel 8456 Chipset VGA Aicard a Lizcezce 3 15 Pacari He 34 10 E pT Te Ir E Tuki oh Yagua nox T Ue xe si La QQ Dsm 22 ars dn ae sree Se Salur iium E i RAT B de DAR an r Pep PS sa sore w tid Se satma 277 22H7H cad a
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9. 3 Default value gt gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 45 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 37 BIOS Setup PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Case Opened No Menu Level gt VCORE 1 730V 1 5V 1 502V 3 3V 3 360V 5 053V 12V 11 840V Current CPU Temperature 35 C 95 F Current CPU FAN Speed 6490 RPM Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU Warning Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure7 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Case Opened If the case 15 closed Case Opened will show If the case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes If you wantto reset Case O pened value set Reset Case Open Status to Enabled and save CMOS your computer will res tart Disabled Don t reset case open status Enabled Clear case open status at next boot Current Voltage V VCORE 1 5V 43 3V 5V 12 Detect system s voltage status automatically GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 38 Current CPU Temperature yy Detect CPU Temp automatically Current CPU SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM Detect CPU SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically CPUWarning Temperature 60 C 140 F 70 C
10. AUDIO F PANEL For GA 8ILFT Only 15 Installation Process A 12V 12V Power Connector 3 4 BEA v GND TELH GND 12 CPU FAN Connector LA Cortrol GND F SYS System FAN Connector Sense Es 12V Control 1 GND G CI CASE OPEN 1 Signal GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard gt This connector 12V suppliesthe CP U operation voltage V core If this ATX 12V connector is not connected system cannot boot gt Please note proper installation of the CP U cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating The CP U fan connector Supports Max current up to 600 mA gt This 2 pin connector allows your system to enable or disable the system alarm if the sys tem case begin remove 2164 0 FDD Floppy Connector L snl I E IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 IDE2 Connector gt Importart Notice lease connect first harddisk to IDE 1 and connect CDROM to IDE 2 EHHEEHEHESTHHI I IDE2 K F USB1 Front USB Connector 2 gt E gt careful with thepolarity of the front 7 m 9 E panel US B connector Check the pin 25505 assignment while you connect front panel USB cable P lease contact your nearest dealer for optional frort panel USB cable 1 yt 2 2 17 Installation Process CD IN CD IN CD L GND D
11. computer and execute the setup exe E Aine Oe GD i p 1 Ta 4 EN f ESR F ET eet R Dw 1 Click RealTek AC 97 Audio Driver item 59 Appendix Appendix RealTek 8139 8130 8100 Network Driver gt For yourreference you can use the following steps to complete the R ealTek 8139 8130 8100 Network Driver Installation E Mainboard P UST a asr tae PEE 5 j m s Res Tek 53091200 100 2 27 154 h Soe L cea ae bo q a amp evvet For GA 8ILFT Only GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 60 Appendix 0 EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe ty Press Tools icon m gt 7 ho on gt een 1 T a ee P s pow wr Dare de Taxis
12. iS be krasa tor midha oa ee Oe J eee Er Hri hg tig imh lia sil q s IE q mh trap I L wm MUSEA Kur tab eg wr mis 4 Click Next pcm omn 1 casar K r ama pr ir sn ct EUIS m cum E a ab e p ESE Haa Minima y 5 Click Finish to restart computer Ol Appendix Appendix BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure Method 1 arad Utii Press Tools icon 4 2 Click 9 105 1 080 d Wi OVA do s ELM AN 3 3 Vs cra z S Writer Tee EE RTT pend Cure Fd Famas Ima 551 4E HUNE PADS 22 zh DEA D adu Dew Ct ees Cod Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever igabyte BIOS TM sever 1 in Taiwan and Gigabyte BIOS sever 2 in Taiwan are available for now the others will be completedsoon d Select the exact model name on your motherboard System will automatically
13. None None None 1 44M 3 5 in None Disabled All But Keyboard 640K 130048K 131072K ItemH elp Menu Level gt Change the day month year W eek Sun to Sat Month J an to Dec Day 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month Year 1999 to 2098 Move Enter Select PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values Date Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features The date format is week month day year Week The week from Sunto Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only gt gt Month The month J an Through Dec Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month p gt Year The year from 1999 through 2098 _25 F 6 F ail S afe D efaults F 7 Optimized Defaults BIOS Setup lt Time The times format in hour minute second Thetime is calculated base on the 24 hour miltary time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 lt TIDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave Thecategory identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installedin the computer There are two types auto type and manual type Manual type is user definable Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If you select User Type
14. Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned 5 2 and press E xtract lt a Ve EG aere was Ya IDE eras Exp GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 68 STEP 4 Makesure the system will boot from the floppy disk 1 Insert the floppy disk contains bootable program and unzip file into the floppy dive A Then restart the system The system will boot from the floppy dsk Please press lt DEL gt key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up 2 Once you enter the BIOS setup utility the main menu will appear on the screen Use the arrows to highlight the item BIOS FEATURES SETUP AMIBIOSSIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 1999 American Megatrends Inc AllRights Reserved INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDEHDDAUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOSDEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXITWITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit 5 X Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defauls F10 Save amp Exit Time Date Hard Disk Type 69 Appendix 3 Press Enter to enter BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu Use the arrows to highlight the item Ist Boot Device and then use the U p or P age Down keys to select
15. 1st channellDE port Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 30 Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channellDE port lt DEI Conductor Cable gt gt Auto Will beautomatically detected by BIOS Default Value gt gt ATA66 100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA 66 100 ATA33 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 lt IDE2 Conductor Cable Auto Will beautomatically detected by BIOS Default Value gt gt ATA66 100 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA66 100 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA66 100 ATA33 Set IDE2 Conductor Cable to ATA33 Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with ATA33 lt USB Controller Enabled Enable USB Controllr Default value Disabled Disable USB Controller lt USBKeyboardSupport Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support Default value USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled Disable USBMouse Support Default value 31 BIOS Setup AC97 Audio gt gt Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default Value Disabled Disable this function
16. Clock Control CPUHost Frequency 100MHz 355MHz Set CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 355MHz GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 40 gt PCI AGP Divider You can choose Disabled PLL 40 PLL 32 PLL 24 PLL 20 PLL 16 mode to adjust PCI AGP frequency lt Host DRAM Clock Ratio Warning wrong frequency may make system can t boot clear CMOS to overcome wrong fre quency issue 2 0 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 0 2 66 Memory Frequency Host clock X 2 66 Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data Default value MemoryFrequency Mhz gt gt The values depend on CPU Host Frequency Mhz PCI AGP Frequency Mhz Setup PCI AGP frequency by adjusting CPU Host Frequency orPCI AGP Divider item 41 BIOS Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults yPnP PCI C Health Status Save amp Exit Setup gt F requency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit TL Select 28 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load F ail Safe Defaults Figure 10 Load F ail Safe Defaults TopPerformance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top P erformance as Enabled yy Disabled Disable this function Default Value gt Enabled Enable Top Performance function
17. Processing Unit CPU Step 1 1 CPU Installation AAPA Cee eters cere m eS La L L mmm 222222 Pin indicatoesss LIE IT TID LITTLE LIII 1 Pull up the U socket lever 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look and upto 90 degree angle for a golden cut edge on the CP U upper corner Then insert the CP U 3 Press down the CPU socket into thesocket lever and finish CP U installation Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cutedge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation 9 Hardware Installation Process Step 1 2 CPU Heat Sink Installation 2 Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CP U socket 1 Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the socket first Please use Intel ap proved cooling fan We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan you might pull the processor outof the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan and might damagethe processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution Make
18. V dir w and press E nter to check the entire files in floppy A Thentype the BIOS flash utility and BIOS file after A gt In this case you have to type 1 gt Flash841 7VTX F4 and then press E nter Starting Windows 98 Microsoft R Windows 98 Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981 1999 A gt dir w Volume in drive A has no label Volume 5 Number is 16E B 353D Directory of A COMMAND COM 7VTX F4 FLASH841 EXE 3 file s 838 954 bytes 0 dir s 324 008 bytes free A gt Flash841 7VTX F4 2 Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu P ress Enter the highlighted item will locate on the modelname of the right upper screen Right afterthat press nter to start BIOS Flash Utility TH mme cei ritus BE E NER Eee DEAE Uem dti Col Chimes Lenten Bu Lea Exit adde Appendix 3 It will pop up a screen and asks Are you sure to flash the BIOS 2 ress E nter to continue the procedure or press ESC to quit Beware P lease do not tum off the system while you are upgrading BIOS It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative Mich APARE IL DPR eee end Ree Uem dti Are you sure to flash the BIOS E nter tocontinue Or Esc to cancel TITTEN 1 Exit Mist ETH IF BEER MA PEETA Hw HII amt LES ET UR EXIT E nter tocontinue Or Esc
19. sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector this completes the installation Please refer to CPU heat sink user s manual for more detail installation procedure GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 10 Step 2 Install memory modules The motherboard has 2 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatic ally detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push t vertically into the DIMM S lot DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary between sockets Total Memory Sizes With Unbuffered DDR DIMM Devices used on DIMM 4 Mbit 2M x8x4 banks 4 Mbit 1M x16x4 banks 28 Mbit 4M x8x4 banks 28 Mbit 2M x16x4 banks 56 Mbit 8M x8x4 banks 56 Mbit 4M x16x4 banks 1 The DIMM slot has a notch so the DIMMmemory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module verticallyinto the DIMM slot Then push it down 3 Close the plastic clip at both edges oftheDIMM slots to lock the DIMM module Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module When STR DIMM LED is ON you do not install remove DDR from socket 11 Hardware Installation Process DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM ndustry infrastructure DDR Double Data Rate memory is a high performance and cost effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors O E Ms and system integrators DDR mem
20. to cancel Ere hepa De ai ores GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 72 STEP 6 LoadBlOS defaults Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded Therefore we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded This important step resets everything after the flash 1 Take out the floppy diskette from floppy drive and then restart the system The boot up screen will indicate your motherboard model and current BIOS version 2 Don t forget topress lt DEL gt key to enter BIOS setup again when system 15 boot up Use the arrows to highlight the item LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then press Enter System will ask Load S etup Defaults Y N Press and Enter keys to confirm AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserved BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGE PCICONFI Load Setup Defaults Y N N LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXITWITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Seletitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults 27 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Load Setup Defaults 13 Appendix 3 Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE 6 EXIT SETUP and press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and nter key
21. utility as example P lease flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you arenow under the DOS mode Flash BIOS P rocedure STEP 1 1 Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files Both of these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http www shareware cnet com STEP 2 Make a DOS bootdiskette See example Windows 98 0 5 Beware Windows ME 2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette 1 With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive P lease leave the diskette UN write protected type Double click the My Computer icon from Desktop then click 3 5 diskette A and right Click to select Format E7 bruce e M n x x i LI i r Bern m zm Hy cemputer Dda 1 gt La ia AT GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 64 2 Select the Quick erase for Format and pick both Display summary when finished and Copy systemfiles after that press Start That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system fies to it Beware This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy so please proceed accordingly
22. 158 F 80 C 176 F 90 C 194 F Disabled Monitor CPU Temp at 60 C 140 F Monitor CPU Temp at 70 C 158 F Monitor CPU Temp at 80 C 176 F Monitor CPU Temp at 90 C 194 F Disable this function Default value CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled Enabled Fan Warning Function Disable Defaut value Fan Warning Function Enable lt SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Enabled Fan Warning Function Disable Defaut value Fan Warning F unction Enable 39 BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 15X CPU Host Chck Control Disabled Menu Level gt x CPU Host Frequency Mhz 100 x PCI AGP Divider Disabled Host DRAM Clockratio Auto Memory Frequency Mhz 266 PCI AGP Frequency Mhz 33 66 Move Enter Select PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F 6 Fail Safe D efaults F 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 7 Frequency Voltage Control lt CPU Clock Ratio Set CPU Ratio if CPU Ratio is unlocked b gt 10X 24X It s depends on CPU Clock Ratio CPU Host Clock Control Note If system hangs up before enter C MOS setup utility for 20 sec for times out reboot When time outoccur system will reset and run at CPU default Host clock at next boot Disable DisableCPU Host Clock Control Defauk value Enable Enable CPU Host
23. 45 50 Chipsets Drier i Jeske ire eh miki 2 lt 1 Wel 225 nin itka Druer es 0 Din BG Installing 5 ound Driver Click this item to nstall sound driver Installing LAN Driver Click this item to install LAN driver Appendix A Intel 845GL Chipset Driver Installation Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility Inorder to install the driver successfully please refer to the following installation procedures IRI ER TI LS p J d Intel 545 6845 Chipsets Driver Tbe 3104 McD Shes 8 fanc ninl grocer nisl 42 C piis phis RA Ea Dh E 21 Zaskia Dika SEG ich For GA 8ILFT Only GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 52 1 Intel C hipset Software Installation Utility Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe ITI weg ib Intel cina sc 421 ipsels Du ive Pas ma za t m d s Rs kiri hn L wa 1
24. Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility item PRI iam lt apumi Xe roe RC tu Humb I IR n TRUE Wierd F 4 Irced Drape si tan LE Ge E peeing the Wena ich guide satay 1176 red dd Var reas Per Inu lH Lir peat nem Inch bhiir hiri PI Tim k m F AF Zi asnapa sari L 53 Appendix Majee DET alii Lid ig ens 2p GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard Iri arde Eli aad The PET Fo a Za mg G umm 8 Parle ha 54 A 2 Intel Application Accelerator Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe CE DEI GD 1 Intel A pplication Accelerator item kiri freer dei aen Hale IET
25. Floppy AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP 001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved eS 2nd Boot Der IDE 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootU p Num Lock On ESC Quit Floppy Drive Seek Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Setup F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 LoadSetup Defaults T4 2 Select Item Password Check 4 Press ESC to go back to previous screen Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE amp EXIT SETUP then press Enter System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Press Y and Enter keys to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAG PNP PCICONFI INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD r Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y LOAD BIOS DEFAUTTS IAVE SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXITWITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit F6 Load BIOS Defaults Select Item F7 Load Setup Defaults Shift F 2 Change Color F5 Old Values F10 Save amp Exit Save Datato CMOS amp Exit SETUP GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 705 STEP 5 BIOS flashing 1 After the system boot from floppy disk type A
26. GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 42 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance P Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe D efaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults Health Status Save amp Exit Setup gt F requency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select 28 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults F igure 11 Load Optimized Defaults LoadOptimized Defaults S electing this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects 43 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance P Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults yPnP PCI C Health Status Save amp Exit Setup yFrequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit T1 Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change Set Disable Password Figure 12 Password Setting When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter You will be asked to confirm the pas sword Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to
27. GA 8ILFT Series Titan DDR Motherboard USER S MANUAL P entium 4 P rocessor Motherboard Rev 1001 12ME 8ILFT 1001 Table of Content diese ici 4 WARNING uuu Poo RUP iS 4 E nanter Done Eua entes 5 Features SU dra qu tecto t teen 5 GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard Layout 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process 8 Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU seses 9 Step CPU MINS A 9 CPU OFEN Cd sss 10 Step 2 Install memory modules 11 Step 3 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 13 5 3 1 1 0 BackPanel Introduction 13 Steps 2 Connectors u u 15 Captar a BIOS S 0 Du 22 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver iF 1 23 Sia Gera C MOS aun 25 Advanced BIOS m n RO d 20 Integrated ide utc p 31 GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 2 Management SeU uu nu 35 POPPL WG OPT GUI RO hn 31 Pe Ho Cel 38 F requencyNoltage
28. R CD IN Q F AUDIO F AUDIO Connector f you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 umper In orderto utilize the front audio header your chas sis must have front audio connector Also please MIC GND make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the REF Front Audio MUS R ide as the pin i MB header To Reserved find out if the chassis you are buying support front Front Audio L Rear Audio L audio connector please contact your dealer P SPDIF SPDIF gt TheSPDIF outputis capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Doby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has 1 VCC digital output function SP DIF OUT GND GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 18 ATX POWER Power power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable 3 3V 3 3V and other related devices are firmly GND e connected to the mainboard PS ON SoftO n Off GNR GND GND GND ans 5V P ower Good 5V SB Stand by 45V J BIOS WP BIOS Write Protection P lease note flash upgrade BIOS on this MB BIOS WP mustbe se to 2 3close We recommend BIOS WP to be set to 1 2 close e 2 3 close Normal 1 1 2 close Write rotection OF whenever user does not needto flash upgrade the BIOS 0 5 IRQ For special design for example PCMCIA add on card 5 GND 19 Ha
29. Setup Type Y will quit the S etup Utility and save the user setup valueto RTC CMOS Type will return to 5 etup Utility 45 BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance P Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe D efaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults gt Power Management Setup Set Supervis or Password gt F requency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit TL gt lt Select Item 28 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 14 Exit Without Saving Type Y will qut the S etup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type will return to 5 etup Utility GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 46 Chapter 4 Technical Reference CPUCLK 100 133MHz Block Diagram System Bus 400MHz 200 266 MHz man AGPCLK DDRRAM nte 66M Hz 92845G1 HCLK 100 133MHz GMCHCLK 66MHz 66 MHz 33MHz 14 318 MHz 48 FWH Intel 22 ICH4 E F pucr BUS ITEBTI2 RTL8100BL LPT Port ra 7 DI 33 MHZ AC97 COM PCICLK T Ports 33MHz 2 3 5 d HCLK 100 133MHz I N CPUCLK 100 133MHz vH AGPCLK 66MHz 33M B MCHCLK 66MHz i ICH3V66 66MHz For GA 8ILFT Only 41 Technical R eference Q Flash Introduction A What is Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility is 0 5 BIOS
30. abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press E nter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password beingdisabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter S etup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords SUPERVISOR PASSWORD andaUSER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the S upervisor 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 s elect 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 S etup at P assword Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter S etup GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 44 Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance P Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe D efaults gt Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults gt Power Management Setup Set Supervis or Password gt F requency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select 28 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 13 Save amp Exit
31. ard AGP Set Int Display Firstto onboard AGP Default value Set Init Dis play First toP CI Graphics Aperture Size gt gt 128MB Set Graphics Aperture Size to 128MB Default value Disabled Disable this function GraphicsShare Memory 8MB Set Graphics Share Memory to 8MB Default value 1MB Set Graphics Share Memory to 1MB 29 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select X UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel P ort Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IR Q Integrated P eripherals Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Enabled Disabled Disabled Auto Enabled Disabled 3F8 RQ4 2F8 RQ3 Normal Half 37818 Q7 SPP 3 201 330 10 ItemH elp Menu Level gt Ifa hard disk controller card is used set at Disable Enabled Enable onboard IDE PORT Dis abled Disable onboard IDE PORT Move Enter Select PU PD Value 10 5 ESC Exit Fl General Help F 6 Fail Safe D efaults Figure 4 Integrated P eripherals F5 Previous Values F 7 Optimized Defaults lt On Chip Primary PCIIDE yy Enabled Enable onboard
32. arn that it s quite a risk because thesafety and stability of an Overclock system 15 unknown Now everything 15 different because of a Windows bas ed overclocking utility E asyTune 4 announced by Gigabyte T his win dows based utility has totally changed the gaming rule of Overclock This is the first windows based overclocking utility is suitable for both normal and power users Users can choose either Easy Mode or Advanced Mode for overclocking at their convenience For users who choose E asy Mode they just need to click A uto O ptimize to have autoed and immediate CP U overclocking This software will then overdrive CP U speed automatically withthe result being shown in the control panel If users prefer Overclock by them there is also another choice Click Advanced Mode to enjoy sport drive class Overclocking user interface Advanced M ode allows users to change the system bus AGP Memory working frequency in small increments to get ultimate s ystem performance It operates in coordination with Gigabyte motherboards Besides it is different from other traditional over clocking methods E asyTune 4 doesnt require users to change neitherBIO S norhardware switch jumper setting on the other hand they can do verclock at easy step Therefore this is a safer way for Overclock as nothing is changed on software or hardware If user runs EasyTune 4 over system s limitation the biggest lost is only torestart the computer aga
33. ate it Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don t know how to update it Maybe not like others you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to doit But of course you don t like to do ittoo much First download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode S econdly use different flash utility to update BIOS The above process is not a interesting job Besides always be carefullyto store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS it will be a nightmare Certainly you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work Here it comes Now Gigabyte announces 9 BIOS the first Windows BIOS live update utility This is a smart BIOS update software It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utilty With the help 2 BIOS BIOS updating 15 no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using s a Gigabyte s product 2 BIOS help you to maintainthe 8105 This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest G igabyte ftp site automatically There are several different choices you could use Internet Update to download and up
34. atic pad or on the bag that came with the components wheneverthe components are separatedfrom the system 5 Ensure thatthe power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the power connector on the motherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis Ifthe motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slotsto attach the spacers do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes ust cut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be litle hard to cut off so be careful of your hands In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface because the circuitwire may benear by thehole Be careful don t let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the P CB that are near the fixing hole otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor Motherboard CPU Chipset Memory I O Control S bts On Board IDE O n B oard P eripherals On Board VGA On Board Sound 20 3cm x 2 9cm Flex ATX size form factor 4 layers PCB GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard GA 8ILFT and GA 8ILFT C Socket 478 for Intel Micro F C P GA2 P entium 4 processor Support Intel P
35. can be connected to P arallel port mouse and modem etc canbe connected to S enal ports 2 eomoomeemeomme A 000000000900 Q VGA S erial P ort VGA Port 9 pin Male 15 pin Female 13 Hardware Installation Process Game MIDI Ports 6 gt This connector supports joystick MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices J oystick MIDI 15 pin Female O Audio Connectors gt After install onboard audio driver you may connect speaker to Line O ut jack micro phone to MIC In jack Device like C D ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In Jack Line In USB LAN Connector gt Before you connect your device s into US connector s LAN please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard Connector mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard US B USB 0 interface Also make sure your OS Win 95 with USB USB 1 supplement Win98 Windows 2000 Windows ME Win NT with SP 6 supports USB controller If your OS does not support US B controller please contact OS vendor for pos sible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors For GA 8ILFT Only GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 14 Step 3 2 Connectors Introduction D E Q 0 6 L K J ATX DV J BIOS WP B CPU FAN K 5 1 C ATX L BATTERY D FDD M AUX IN E IDE1 IDE2 N CD_IN F SYS_FAN 0 S_IRQ G P SPDIF H CLR_CMOS Q
36. cked CMOS RAM so that retains the S etup information when the power 15 tumed off ENTERING SETUP P owering ON the computer and pressing lt Del gt immediately will allow you to enterS etup If you require more advanced BIOS settings please go to Advanced BIOS setting enter Advanced BIOS setting menu press Ctri4F 1 key on the BIOS screen CONTROL KEYS t Move to previous item lt V gt Move to next item lt gt Move tothe item in theleft hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand lt 5 gt Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status P age S etup Menu and Option P age S etup Menu E xit current page and return to Main Menu lt P gUp Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PgDn gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status P age Setup Menu and O ption P age S etup Menu F2 Reserved F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for O ption P age Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table lt F 7 gt Load the O ptimized Defaults lt F 8 gt Q Flashfunction F9 Reserved lt F 10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 22 GETTING HELP MainMenu The ordine description of thehighlighted setup function is dis played at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1
37. date your BIOS directly Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS just choose Save Currert BIOS to save it first You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte and 2 BIOS update your BIOS smartly You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily Again Gigabyte s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries For such a wonderful software how much it costs Impossible It s free Now if you buy a Gigabyte s motherboard you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD B ut please remember connected to intemet at first then you could have a intemet BIOS updatefrom your Gigabyte 9 8105 GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 50 Easy Tune 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTune 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyT une 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations Overclock might be one of the most common issues in computer field But have many users ever tried it The answer is probably B ecause Overclock 5 thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technical know how sometimes Overclock is even considered as special skills found only in some enthusiasts But as to the experts in Overclock what s the truth They may spend quite a lot of time and money to study try and use many different hard ware or BIOS tools to do Overclock And even with these technologies they still le
38. download and update the BIOS GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 62 1 Update BIOS NOT through Internet Do not click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS P lease select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file P lease search for BIO S unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as SILFT F 1 Complete update process following the instruction gt Save BIOS In the very beginning there is S ave Current B IOS 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 Note a In method if it shows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again S electing wrong model name will cause the system unbooted b In method 11 be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot c In method ifthe BIOS file you need cannot be found in 9 BIO S server please go onto Gigabyte s web sitefor downloading and updating it according to method II d Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted 63 Appendix Method 2 We use GA 7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash
39. elect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F 6 F ail Safe Defaults F 7 Optimized Defaults Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Features lt First Second Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy 5120 Select your boot device priority by 15120 HD D 0 3 Select your boot device priority by HDD 0 3 SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP gt gt USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD gt USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP gt USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 28 lt Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 K type Is 40 tracks 720 1 2 Mand1 44 M ar all80 tracks yy Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive todetermine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tellfrom 720 K 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive type as they all 80tracks 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 360 K Defaut value Init Display First Onbo
40. entium 4 Northwood 0 13 processor Intel Pentium 4 400MHz FSB 2nd cache depends on CPU Chipset 82845G L HOST AGP Controller 1 0 Controller Hub 2 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets Supports P C1600 DDR or PC2100 DDR SDRAM Supports up to 268 DRAM Supports only 2 5V DDR SDRAM ITE8712 3 PCI slot supports amp P CI 2 2 compliant An IDE controller on the Intel P CI chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with Bus Master Ultra DMA33 ATA 66 ATA 100 operation modes Can connect up to four IDE devices 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88 bytes Parallel port supports Normal E P P ECP mode Serial ports COMA 1 VGA port 4 x USB 2 0 1 1 2x Rear 2F ront by cable 1 Front Audio connector 1 5 IRQ connector Built in Intel 845G L Chipset AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC201A 1 Buzzer Line In Line O ut Mic In CD In AUX In G ame P ort S P DIF to be continued 5 Introduction On Board LAN e Hardware Monitor 5 2 Connector 8105 Additional F eatures B uilit in RTL8100BL Chipset 1 RJ 45 port CP U S ystem Fan Revolution detect CP U S ystem Fan ontrol CPU verheat Warning S ystem Vokage Detect P 5 2 Keyboard interface and P 5 2 Mouse interace Licensed AWARD BIOS 2M bit FWH Modem wake up 5 2 Key board password power on PS 2 Mouse power on AC Recovery USB KB Mouse wake up from S3 P oly fuse
41. flash utilty enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode no more fooling around any OS B Howto use Q Flash a After power on the computer pressing Del immediately during P OST P ower OnS elf Test it Will allow you to enter AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP then press F8 to enter Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software gt Standard C MOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults F Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized D efaults y Integratec P arinhera no Da MOK Enter Q Flash Utility Y N Y Top Performance 28 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup b Q Flash Utility Q Flash Utility V3 05 Flash Type Size SST 395 020 256K Keep DMI Data Yes Load BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy S pace Bar C hange Value ESC Reset T L S elect Item GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 48 Load BIOS From F loppy the A drive insert the BIOS diskette then Press Enterto 1 File s found Total Size 1 39M Free Size 1 14M F5 Refresh DEL Delete ESC Retum Main Where XXXX XX is name of the BIOS file ZP ress Enterto Run ZP ress Enterto Run Congratulation You have completed the flashed and now can restart system Technical R eference BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself Or like many other people you just know what BIOS is but always hesitate to upd
42. for keyboard US B port over current protection S upports 9 BIOS 5 upports E asyTune4 P lease CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor s specifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CP U chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CP U Chipsets S DRA M Cards etc For GA 8ILFT Only GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard Layout Foo4 12V Intel 84561 sal LIBLILILI ee N L LINE_IN u 2 z 9 2 epone 000000002 000009 ITE8712 GA 8ILFT SYS FAN WEM AUX IN F PANEL For GA 8ILFT Only Introduction Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To setup your computer you must compete the following steps Step 1 Install the Central Processng Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Connectribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step 4 Setup BIOS software Step 5 Install supporting software tools Stepl Step 4 GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 8 Step 1 Install the Central
43. in and the side effect is then wel controlled Moreover if one well performed system speed has been tested in E asyTune 4 user Save this setting and Load it in next time Obviously Gigabyte EasyTune 4 has already turned the verclock technology toward to a newer generation This wonderful software is now free bundled in G igabyte motherboard attached in driver CD Users may make a test drive of EasyT une 4 to find out more amazing features by themselves ome Gigabyte products are not fully supported by E asyTune 4 P lease find the products supported list in the web site Any Overclocking action is at user s risk Gigabyte Technology will not be responsible for any damage or instability to your processor motherboard other components 51 Technical R eference Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP IUCD driver version 2 0 Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in computer and execute the setup exe 1 4 Jue DS 5 A sta ling Intel 220 Chipset Driver tility Please install this driver as the first priority this item installs the chipset p driver utility that enableds Plug n P lag INF support for Intel chipset component Intel 845 3 8
44. lt OnboardLAN Enabled Enabled Onboard LAN function Default value Disabled Disabled onboard LAN function lt Onboard LANBootROM Enabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM function Disabled Disabledonboard LAN Boot ROM function D efault value lt Onboard Serial Port 1 gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address 3F8 RQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F 8 Default value 2F8 RQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2 8 3 8 04 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3 8 2E8 RQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 gt gt Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 lt Onboard Serial 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 RQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3 8 2F8 RQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F 8 Default value 3bE8 RQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8 2E8 RQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2 lt Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra R ed IR function of Onboard 1 0 chip GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 32 Set onboard 1 0 chip UART to ASKIR Mode gt gt IrDA Set onboard 1 0 chip UART tolrDA Mode Normal Set onboard 1 0 chip UART to Normal Mode Default Value UR2Duplex Mode Half IR Function Duplex Half Default Value gt gt F ull IR Fu
45. nctionDuplex F ull lt OnboardParallel port 378 R Q7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IR Q7 Default Value 27818 Q5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IR Q5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LP T port and address is 3BC IR Q7 gt ParallelPort Mode SPP Using Paralel port as Standard Parallel Port Default Value Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities P ort Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode gt ECP Use 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default Value 1 Set ECP Use DMA to 1 lt Game Port Address 201 Set GamePort Address to 201 Defauk Value 209 Set Game Port Address to 209 Disabled Disable this function lt Midi Port Address 300 Set Midi Port Address to 300 33 BIOS Setup 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Defauk Value Disabled Disable this function Midi Port IRQ 5 Set Mii Port IRQto 5 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10 Default Value GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 34 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS ItemH elp Soft Off by PWR BTTN Ins tant Off Menu Level gt PME Event Wake Up Enabled 51 ModemR ingOn W akeOnLan Enabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Set suspend type to x Date ofMonth Alarm Ever
46. ny error thatmay be detected and you will be prompted gt gt All Errors Wheneverthe BIOS detects a non fatal error system will be stopped 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 system boot will not stop fora disk error it will stop for all other errors But Disk Key system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for allother errors lt Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power 5 ef Test of the BIOS BaseMemory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed inthe system The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard ExtendedMemory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB inthe s memory address map 21 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features First Boot Device Floppy ItemHelp Second Boot Device HDD 0 Menu Level gt Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Init Display F irst Onboard AGP Graphics Aperture Size 128MB Graphics Share Memory 8MB lt Move Enter S
47. ory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the P C industry that builds on the existing 5 DRAM infrastructure yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth DDR S DRAM will offer a superior solution and migration path from existing S DRAM designs due to its availability pricing and overall market support P C2100 DDR memory DDR 266 doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of the clock achieving data bandwidth 2X greaterthan P C133 when running with the same DRAM clock frequency With peak bandwidth of 2 16 B per second DDR memory enables system OEMs to build high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems that are suitable forservers workstations high end PC s and value desktop S MA systems With a core voltage of only 2 5 Volts compared to conventional 5 DRAM s 3 3 volts DDR memory is a compelling solution for small form factor desktops and notebook applications GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 12 Step 3 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step3 1 1 0 Back Panel Introduction e 98 5 2 Mouse Connector gt This connector supports standard P S 2 6 pin Female keyboard and PS 2 mouse 5 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female Parallel Port and Serial Ports COM1 COM2 P arallel P ort 25 pin F emale gt This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer
48. rdware Installation Process M AUX_IN AUX In Connector 1 x x lt x 45 H CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS gt You may clear the CMOS datato its default values by this jumper 2 3 close Normal O 1 1 2 close Clear CMOS 1 L BATTERY Battery CAUTION 4 Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced 4 Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer 5 instructions GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 20 PANEL 2x7 pins connector 13 RST RST PW SPK 1 x P W PD PD_G SPK PD Y HD up GO HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RST Reset Switch Open Normal peration Close Reset Hardware System PD PD_G PD_Y P ower LED Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode Pin 3 LED cathode PW S oft P ower Connector pen Normal peration Close P ower On Off gt Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connectoraccording to the pin assignment above 21 Hardware Installation Process Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information 15 stored in battery ba
49. related information will be asked to enter to the following items E nter the information directly from the keyboard and press E nter S uch information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor orthe system manufacturer CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS Number of heads Write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been instaled select NONE and press lt Enter gt Drive A Drive 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 360K 5 25 in 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity y 1 2M 5 25 in 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled gt gt 720K 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity gt 1 44M 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity gt 2 88M 3 5 in 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 26 Floppy 3 ModeSupport Japan Area Disabled Normal Floppy Drive Default value Drive Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive Drive B Drive is 3 mode Floppy Drive Both Drive A amp B are 3 mode Floppy Drives Halton The category determines whether the computer wil stop if an error is detected during power up Errors The system boot will not stop for a
50. s P ort E xtended S ystem Configuration Data Error Checking and Correcting Electromagnetic C ompatibility E nhanced P arallel P ort Electrostatic Discharge Floppy Disk Device Front S ide B us Hard Disk Device Integrated Dual Channel E nhanced Interrugt Request Input O utput Input O utput Advanced P rogrammable Input Controller Industry Standard Architecture Local Area Network to be continued 9491 Appendix Acronyms LBA LED MHz MIDI MTH MPT NIC 05 OEM PAC POST SCI SECC SRAM SMP SMI US B VID Meaning Logical B lock Addressing Light E mitting Diode Megahertz Musical Interface Digitallnterface Memory Translator Hub Memory P rotocol Translator Network Interface Card O perating S ystem Original E quipment Manufacturer PCI A G P Controller P ower On Self Test P eripheral Component Interconnect Rambus in line Memory Module S pecial Circumstance Instructions S ingle E dge Contact Cartridge Static Random Access Memory Symmetric Multi P rocessing 5 ystem Management Interrupt Universal Serial Bus Voltage ID GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 76 c E CR M Technical Support RMA Sheet Customer County Contact P erson E mail A dd Model ame Lot Number BIOS version 5 5 Hardware Mfs Model name Size Driver U tility _ j Memory
51. s of P CI amp P nP ISA resources e PC Health Status This setup page is theS ystem auto detect Temperature voltage fan speed e Frequency Voltage Control This setuppage is control CPU s clock and frequency ratio e TopPerformance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top P erformance as Enabled e Select Language This setuppage is select multi language Load Fail Safe Defaults F ail S afe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration LoadOptimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration Supervisor password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and S etup or just to S etup e Set User password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system e Save amp ExitSetup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup ExitWithout Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup GA 8ILFT Seres Motherboard 24 Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility C opyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss FIDE Primary Master FIDE Primary Slave FIDE Secondary Master FIDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support HakOn Base M emory Extended Memory Total Memory Mon Feb 21 2000 22 31 24 None
52. s to confirm Now the system will reboot automatically the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot up AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 24b C 2001 American M egatrends Inc All Rights Reserved r m Pm n 544 435 351 ANDARD V V DA BIOS FEATURES SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR amp MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MAN AG E M 5 LOAD BIOS DEF AO AVES oT LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXITWITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit 7 6 5 X Shift F2 Change Color 25 Old Values F6 Load BIOS Defaults 27 Load Setup Defaults F10 Save amp Exit Save Datato CMOS amp Exit SETUP 4 Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure GA 8ILFT Series Motherboard 4 Appendix Acronyms Acronyms ACPI AGP AMR ACR BIOS CPU CMOS CRIMM CNR DMA DMI DIMM DRM DRAM DDR ECP ESCD ECC EMC EPP ESD FDD FSB HDD IDE IRQ 10 IOAPIC ISA LAN Meaning Advanced Configuration and P ower Interface Advanced P ower Management AcceleratedG raphics P ort Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser Basic Input O utput S ystem Central P rocessing Unit Complementary Metal O xide S emiconductor Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser Direct Memory Access Desktop Management Interface Dual Inline Memory Module Dual Retention Mechanism Dynamic Random Access Memory Double Data Rate E xtended Capabilitie
53. to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections forthe highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F1 Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The MainMenu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items andpress E nter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated P eripherals Load Optimized D efaults Management Setup Set Supervis or Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password yP C Health Status Save amp Exit Setup yFrequency Voltage Control Exit Without Saving ESC Quit Select Item 28 Q Flash F10 Save 6 Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 Main Menu 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 23 BIOS Setup IntegratedPeripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals PowerManagementSetup This setup page includes all the items of G reen function features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configuration
54. yday Power On Suspend under x Time hh nn ss 0 0 0 ACPI OS Power On By Mouse Disabled Power On By Keyboard Disabled 53 x Power Password Enter Set suspend type to AC Back Function Soft Off Suspend to RAM under ACPI OS Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 P revious Values F 6 Fail SafeD efaults F 7 Optimized D efaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup lt ACPI Suspend SI POS Set ACPIsuspend typeto 51 Defaut Value S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to 53 lt Soft offby BTTN gt gt Ins tant off Press power button then Power off instantly Default value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 sec to Power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec 35 BIOS Setup lt PME EventWake Up Disabled Disable this function yy Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up Default Value ModemRingOn WakeOnLAN Disabled Disable Modem Ring on wake on Lan function Enabled Enable Modem Ring on wake on Lan Default Value lt Resume by Alarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to enabled and key in Data time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default Value yy Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled Date of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 Time mm 55 Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Defaultvalue
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