AMD Computer Hardware GA M61VME S2 User Manual
GA-M61VME-S2  
AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard  
User's Manual  
Rev. 1001  
12ME-M61VMES2-1001R  
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Table of Contents  
ItemChecklist ................................................................................................................. 6  
OptionalAccessories ...................................................................................................... 6  
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard Layout ........................................................................... 7  
Block Diagram................................................................................................................ 8  
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation .................................................................................... 9  
1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation .................................................................... 9  
1-2 Feature Summary .......................................................................................... 10  
1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler ....................................................... 12  
1-3-1 Installation of the CPU ......................................................................................... 12  
1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler ............................................................................ 13  
1-4 Installation of Memory .................................................................................... 14  
1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards ...................................................................... 15  
1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List ................................................................................ 16  
1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction ........................................................................... 17  
1-7 ConnectorsIntroduction .................................................................................. 18  
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup................................................................................................ 29  
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1) ....................................................... 30  
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ............................................................................. 32  
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features .............................................................................. 34  
2-3 IntegratedPeripherals ..................................................................................... 36  
2-4 Power Management Setup ............................................................................. 39  
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations................................................................................. 41  
2-6 PC Health Status ........................................................................................... 42  
2-7 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ................................................................................... 44  
2-8 Load Optimized Defaults ................................................................................. 44  
2-9 Set Supervisor/User Password ..................................................................... 45  
2-10 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................................... 46  
2-11 Exit Without Saving ....................................................................................... 46  
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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 47  
3-1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 47  
3-2 SoftwareApplications ..................................................................................... 48  
3-3 Driver CD Information .................................................................................... 48  
3-4 Hardware Information ..................................................................................... 49  
3-5 Contact Us ..................................................................................................... 49  
Chapter 4 Appendix ................................................................................................... 51  
4-1 Unique Software Utilities ................................................................................ 51  
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction ..................................................................................... 51  
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction ......................................................................... 52  
4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction ........................................................................ 54  
4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) ........................................................................ 63  
4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction ...................................................... 73  
4-2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 79  
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Item Checklist  
IDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1  
SATA 3Gb/s Cable x 1  
I/O Shield  
* The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice.  
Optional Accessories  
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2 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)  
4 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)  
COM Port Cable (Part Number: 12CF1-1CM001-31/R)  
SPDIF In and Out Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)  
5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (Part Number: 12CF1-1AU004-01R )  
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GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard Layout  
Socket AM2  
KB_MS  
ATX_12V  
ATX  
CPU_FAN  
R_USB  
GA-M61VME-S2  
AUDIO  
CI  
IDE  
F_AUDIO  
PCIE_16  
HDA_SUR  
CLR_CMOS  
BIOS  
SATAII 0  
SATAII 1  
PCIE_1  
BATTERY  
Realtek  
nVIDIA®  
8201  
F_USB2  
F_USB1  
GeForce 6100/  
nForce 400  
PCI1  
PCI2  
CD_IN  
CODEC  
SPDIF_IO  
SYS_FAN  
FDD  
F_PANEL  
COMB  
PWR_LED  
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Block Diagram  
PCIe CLK  
(100 MHz)  
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)  
AMD  
Socket AM2  
CPU  
DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM  
Dual Channel Memory  
Hyper Transport Bus  
PCI Express x1  
VGA  
PCI Express x1 Bus  
x 1  
2 SATA 3Gb/s  
nVIDIA®  
GeForce 6100/  
nForce 400  
PCIe CLK  
(100 MHz)  
ATA33/66/100/133  
IDE Channel  
1 PCI Express x1  
Floppy  
LPC BUS  
Realtek  
8201  
LPT Port  
LAN  
RJ45  
IT8716  
COM Ports  
PCI Bus  
PS/2 KB/Mouse  
BIOS  
CODEC  
8 USB  
Ports  
2 PCI  
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Chapter 1Hardware 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. Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord.  
2. When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors.  
3. It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) cuff when handling electronic components  
(CPU, RAM).  
4. Prior to installing the electronic components, please have these items on top of an antistatic  
pad or within a electrostatic shielding container.  
5. Please verify that the power supply is switched off before unplugging the power supply connector  
fromthemotherboard.  
Installation Notices  
1. Prior to installation, please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard. These stickers  
are required for warranty validation.  
2. Prior to the installation of the motherboard or any hardware, please first carefully read the  
information in the provided manual.  
3. Before using the product, please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected.  
4. To prevent damage to the motherboard, please do not allow screws to come in contact with  
the motherboard circuit or its components.  
5. Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard  
or within the computer casing.  
6. Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface.  
7. Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system  
components as well as physical harm to the user.  
8. 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  
1. Damage due to natural disaster, accident or human cause.  
2. Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual.  
3. Damage due to improper installation.  
4. Damage due to use of uncertified components.  
5. Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters.  
6. Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product.  
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1-2 Feature Summary  
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CPU  
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Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core /  
TM TM  
Athlon 64 / Sempron processor  
Front Side Bus  
Chipset  
LAN  
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2000 MHz  
nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 400 chipset  
Realtek 8201 phy (10/100Mbit)  
Onboard Realtek ALC883 CODEC chip  
Supports High Definition Audio  
Audio  
(Note 1)  
Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio  
Supports SPDIF In / Out connection  
Supports CD In connection  
nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 400 chipset  
Storage  
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1 FDD connector, allowing connection of 1 FDD devices  
1 IDE connectors (IDE) with UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133  
support, allowing connection of 2 IDE devices  
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2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII 0, SATAII 1), allowing connection of  
2 SATA 3Gb/s devices  
Supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1) for Serial ATA  
O.S Support  
Memory  
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP  
(Note 2)  
2 DDRII DIMM memory slots (supports up to 8 GB memory)  
Supports dual channel DDRII 800/667/533/400 DIMMs  
Supports 1.8V DDRII DIMMs  
(Note 3)  
Expanstion Slots  
1 PCI Express x16 slot  
1 PCI Express x1 slot  
2 PCI slots  
1 24-pin ATX power connector  
1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector  
1 floppy connector  
Internal Connectors  
1 IDE connector  
2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors  
1 CPU fan connector  
1 system fan connector  
1 front panel connector  
1 front audio connector  
1 CD In connector  
1 COMB connector  
1 power LED connector  
2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables  
1 SPDIF In/Out connector  
1 Chassis Intrusion connector  
1 HDA_SUR connector  
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Rear Panel I/O  
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1 PS/2 keyboard port  
1 PS/2 mouse port  
1 parallel port  
1 COMA port  
1 VGA port  
4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports  
1 RJ-45 port  
3 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In)  
IT8716 chip  
System voltage detection  
CPU / System temperature detection  
CPU / System fan speed detection  
System / CPU warning temperature  
CPU / System fan failure warning  
Supports CPU Smart Fan function  
1 4 Mbit flash ROM  
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS  
Supports @BIOS  
I/O Control  
Hardware Monitor  
(Note 4)  
BIOS  
Additional Features  
Supports Download Center  
Supports Q-Flash  
(Note 5)  
Supports EasyTune  
Supports Xpress Install  
Supports Xpress Recovery2  
Supports Xpress BIOS Rescue  
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)  
Micro ATX form factor; 24.4cm x 22.5cm  
Bundle Software  
Form Factor  
(Note 1) To set up an 8 channel audio configuration, you must use 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (optional).  
(Note 2) Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4 GB of physical  
memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than  
4 GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation.  
(Note 3) The GA-M61VME-S2 supports up to PCI Express x1 mode. (please refer to the VGA cards  
support list on page 16~17)  
(Note 4) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install.  
(Note 5) EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards.  
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1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler  
Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions:  
1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.  
2. Please take note of the pin 1 marking (the small triangle) on 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 paste between the CPU and CPU cooler.  
4. Please make sure the CPU cooler 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 specifica-  
tions 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 hard-  
ware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc.  
1-3-1 Installation of the CPU  
Check the CPU pins to see that none are bent. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown  
in Fig. 1 (90o to the plane of the motherboard) prior to inserting the CPU. The pin 1 location is designated  
on the CPU by a small triangle that corresponds to a triangle marking on the socket as shown in  
Fig. 2. Align the CPU to the socket and gently lower it into place. Do not force the CPU into the socket.  
Fig.1  
Socket Lever  
Position lever at a 90 degree angle.  
Fig.2  
Pin 1 location on the socket and CPU.  
Gently place the CPU into position making sure that the CPU pins fit  
perfectly into their holes. Once the CPU is positioned into its socket,  
place one finger down on the middle of the CPU and gently press the  
metal lever back into its original position.  
Pin One  
Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly.  
Rather than applying force, please change the positioning of the CPU.  
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1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler  
Fig.1  
Before installing the CPU cooler, please first add an even layer of heat  
paste on the surface of the CPU. Install all the CPU cooler components  
(Please refer to the cooler manual for detailed installation instructions).  
Fig.2  
Please connect the CPU cooler power connector to the CPU_FAN  
connector located on the motherboard so that the CPU cooler can  
properly function to prevent CPU overheating.  
The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat paste. To prevent  
such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat paste be used for  
heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the CPU cooler.  
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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  
recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.  
2. Before installing or removing memory modules, please 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 DDRII 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.  
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Dual Channel Memory Configuration  
The GA-M61VME-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating  
the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double.  
Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel Technology, follow the guidelines below:  
1. Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one memory module is installed.  
2. To enable Dual Channel mode with two 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.  
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.  
2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.  
3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.  
4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.  
5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.  
6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.  
7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.  
8. Install related driver from the operating system.  
Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card:  
Please align the VGA card to the onboard  
PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly  
down on the slot. Make sure your VGA  
card is locked by the latch at the end of  
the PCI Express x16 slot. When you try  
uninstall the VGA card, please press the  
latch as the picture to the left shows to  
release the card.  
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1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List  
(The items below are all supported under the Windows XP operating system. When using an  
add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver  
for the add-on graphics card.)  
Figure 1. PCI Express x16 Cards  
Graphics Chip  
Nvidia  
Maker  
Model Name  
GV-NX53128D  
GV-NX57128D  
GV-NX59128D  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Nvidia  
GV-NX62128D  
GV-NX66128DP2  
GV-NX68T256DH  
GV-NX55128DP  
GV-NX68U256D-B  
GV-NX62TC128D  
GV-3D1  
GV-NX66L128DP  
GV-NX68256D  
GV-NX78X256V-B  
GV-NX78T256V-B  
GV-NX79T256DP-RH  
GV-NX76G256D-RH  
GV-NX73T256D-RH  
GV-NX73L128D-RH  
GV-NX65128DE  
P502/P602  
Nvidia  
7900GTX  
ASUS  
ASUS  
MSI  
Leadtek  
ELSA  
ELSA  
EN6600GT/TD/128  
EN6600/TD/128  
NX6800GT-TD256E  
WinFast PX6600GT TDH  
GLADIAC 760GT  
GLADIAC 790GT  
GV-RX30S128D  
GV-RX30HM128D  
GV-RX30128D  
GV-RX60P128DE  
GV-RX60X128V  
GV-RX70128D  
GV-RX70P128D  
GV-RX80T256V  
GV-RX80L256V  
GV-RX80256D  
ATi  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
GV-RX55128D  
GV-RX85T256V-B  
GV-RC850T256D-B  
GV-RX13P256D-RH  
GV-RX16P256D-RH  
GV-RX18L256V-B  
GV-RX18T512V-B  
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Figure 1-1. PCI Express x16 Cards  
Graphics Chip  
ATi  
Maker  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
Gigabyte  
ASUS  
ASUS  
MSI  
Model Name  
GV-RX19X512VB-RH  
GV-RX16P256DE-RH  
GV-RX13128D-RH  
AX800XT  
AX700PRO  
RX600 XT-TD128  
GammaChrome S18  
VIA  
S3  
1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction  
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector  
To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard  
to the lower port (purple).  
Parallel Port  
The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices.  
Serial Port (COMA)  
Devices like mouses, modems, and etc. can be connected to Serial port.  
VGA Port  
Monitor can be connected to VGA port.  
USB port  
Before you connect your device(s) into 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 supportUSB controller, please con-  
tact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your  
OS or device(s) vendors.  
LAN Port  
The provided Internet connection is Fast Ethernet, supporting data transfer speeds of 10/100Mbps.  
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Line In  
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.  
1. You can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning.  
2. To set up an 8 channel audio configuration, you must use 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable  
(optional).  
1-7 Connectors Introduction  
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1) ATX_12V  
10) F_AUDIO  
11) CD_IN  
12) SPDIF_IO  
13) HDA_SUR  
2) ATX (Power Connector)  
3) CPU_FAN  
4) SYS_FAN  
5) IDE  
6) FDD  
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2  
15) COMB  
7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1  
8) PWR_LED  
9) F_PANEL  
16) CI  
17) CLR_CMOS  
18) BATTERY  
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1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector)  
With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all  
the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure  
that all components and devices are properly installed. Align the power connector with its  
proper location on the motherboard and connect tightly.  
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.  
Pin No.  
Definition  
GND  
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GND  
+12V  
+12V  
Pin No.  
Definition  
3.3V  
Pin No.  
Definition  
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14  
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16  
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18  
19  
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22  
23  
24  
3.3V  
2
3.3V  
-12V  
3
GND  
GND  
4
+5V  
PS_ON(soft On/Off)  
5
GND  
GND  
6
+5V  
GND  
7
GND  
GND  
8
Power Good  
-5V  
9
5V SB(stand by +5V)  
+12V  
+5V  
10  
11  
12  
+5V  
+12V(Only for 24-pin ATX)  
3.3V(Only for 24-pin ATX)  
+5V (Only for 24-pin ATX)  
GND(Only for 24-pin ATX)  
12  
24  
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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).  
Remember to connect the CPU/system fan cable to the CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN connector to prevent  
CPU damage or system hanging caused by overheating.  
CPU_FAN:  
Pin No.  
Definition  
1
2
3
4
GND  
1
+12V/SpeedControl  
Sense  
CPU_FAN  
SpeedControl  
SYS_FAN:  
1
Pin No.  
Definition  
GND  
SYS_FAN  
1
2
3
+12V  
Sense  
5) IDE (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).  
Before attaching the IDE cable, please take note of the foolproof groove in the IDE connector.  
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6) FDD (FDD 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.  
Before attaching the FDD cable, please take note of the foolproof groove in the FDD connector.  
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7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors)  
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  
GND  
TXP  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
7
1
1
7
SATAII 0  
SATAII 1  
TXN  
GND  
RXN  
RXP  
GND  
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8) PWR_LED  
The PWR_LED connector 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  
MPD+  
MPD-  
1
2
3
1
MPD-  
9) 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.  
Speaker Connector  
Message LED/  
Power  
Switch  
Power/  
Sleep LED  
2
1
20  
19  
Reset Switch  
IDE Hard Disk Active LED  
HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED)  
SPEAK (Speaker Connector)  
Pin 1: LED anode(+)  
Pin 2: LED cathode(-)  
Pin 1: Power  
Pin 2- Pin 3: NC  
Pin 4: Data(-)  
RES (Reset Switch)  
PW (Power Switch)  
MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED)  
NC  
Open:Normal  
Close: Reset Hardware System  
Open:Normal  
Close: Power On/Off  
Pin 1: LED anode(+)  
Pin 2: LED cathode(-)  
NC  
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10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector)  
This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. If you wish  
to use the front audio function, connect the front panel audio module to this connector. Check the pin  
assignments carefully while you connect the front panel audio module. Incorrect connection  
between the module and connector will make the audio device unable to work or even damage it.  
For optional front panel audio module, please contact your chassis manufacturer.  
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AC'97Audio:  
HD Audio:  
Pin No.  
1
Definition  
MIC2_L  
Pin No.  
Definition  
MIC  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  
GND  
GND  
MIC2_R  
MIC Power  
NC  
-ACZ_DET  
LINE2_R  
FSENSE1  
FAUDIO_JD  
No Pin  
Line Out (R)  
NC  
NC  
No Pin  
Line Out (L)  
NC  
LINE2_L  
FSENSE2  
By default, the audio driver is configured to support HD Audio. To connect an AC97 front panel  
audio module to this connector, please refer to the instructions on Page 78 about the software  
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11) CD_IN (CD In Connector)  
Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.  
1
Pin No.  
Definition  
CD-L  
1
2
3
4
GND  
GND  
CD-R  
12) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In/Out Connector)  
The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3  
data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has  
digital input function. Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function.  
Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO 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.  
Pin No.  
Definition  
Power  
No Pin  
SPDIF  
SPDIFI  
GND  
1
2
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
GND  
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13) HDA_SUR (Surround Center Connector)  
Attach the connector of the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (optional) to this connector.  
Pin No.  
Definition  
LEF_P  
1
2
SURR_RR  
CEN_P  
3
2
1
14  
13  
4
SURR_LL  
CEN_JD  
SURR_JD  
GND  
5
6
7
8
-SUR_DET  
GND  
9
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
No Pin  
GND  
S_SURR_JD  
S_SURR_LL  
S_SURR_RR  
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / (Front USB Connectors)  
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  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  
2
1
10  
9
GND  
No Pin  
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15) COMB (COMB Connector)  
Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector. Check the pin assignments while you connect  
the COMB cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional COMB cable.  
Pin No.  
Definition  
NDCDB-  
NSINB  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  
NSOUTB  
NDTRB-  
GND  
9
1
2
NDSRB-  
NRTSB-  
NCTSB-  
NRIB-  
10  
No Pin  
16) CI (Chassis Intrusion, Case Open)  
This 2-pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed. You can check  
the "Case Opened" status in BIOS Setup.  
Pin No.  
Definition  
Signal  
GND  
1
2
1
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17) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS)  
You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. To clear CMOS, temporarily  
short the two pins. Default doesn't include the jumper to avoid improper use of this header.  
Open:Normal  
Short: Clear CMOS  
18) BATTERY  
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.  
Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended  
by the manufacturer.  
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's  
instructions.  
If you want to erase CMOS...  
1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.  
2. Gently take out the battery and put it aside for about one minute.  
(Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and  
negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for five  
seconds.)  
3. Re-install the battery.  
4. Plug the power cord in and turn on the computer.  
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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 motherboard.  
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, pressing the <Del> 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".  
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  
<
> < > < > < > Move to select item  
<Enter>  
<Esc>  
Select Item  
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  
Increase the numeric value or make changes  
Decrease the numeric value or make changes  
General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu  
Item Help  
<Page Up>  
<Page Down>  
<F1>  
<F2>  
<F5>  
Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup  
Menu  
<F6>  
<F7>  
<F8>  
<F9>  
Load the fail-safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table  
Load the Optimized Defaults  
Q-Flash utility  
System Information  
<F10>  
<F11>  
<F12>  
Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu  
Save CMOS to BIOS - CMOS Profiles  
Load CMOS from BIOS - CMOS Profiles  
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  
selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.  
Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, please do it with caution and avoid inadequate  
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<F12> : Boot Menu  
Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device.  
Boot Menu  
== Select a Boot First device ==  
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally  
Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc.  
Floppy  
LS120  
Hard Disk  
CDROM  
ZIP  
USB-FDD  
USB-ZIP  
USB-CDROM  
USB-HDD  
Legacy LAN  
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Press F12  
<DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: XpressRecovery2, <F12>: Boot Menu  
08/28/2006-NV-MCP61-6A61KG03C-00  
KL:Move Enter:Accept ESC:Exit  
Press <F12> to enter the Boot Menu and use < > or < > to select a device, then press enter to accept.  
Press <ESC> to exit this menu.  
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1)  
Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the  
screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.  
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Management Setup  
PnP/PCI Configurations  
PC Health Status  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Save & Exit Setup  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F8: Q-Flash  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...  
1. If you don't find the settings you want, press "Ctrl+F1" to access advanced options.  
2. Select the Load Optimized Defaults item in the BIOS Setup when somehow the system  
is not stable as usual. This action makes the system reset to the default settings for  
stability.  
3. The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from  
the exact settings for your motherboard.  
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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 & PnP ISA resources.  
PC Health Status  
This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe  
configuration.  
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Load Optimized Defaults  
Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in  
best performance configuration.  
Set Supervisor Password  
Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just  
to Setup.  
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Set User Password  
Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.  
Save & Exit Setup  
Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.  
Exit Without Saving  
Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.  
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2-1 Standard CMOS Features  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Date (mm:dd:yy)  
Time (hh:mm:ss)  
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14:42:37  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
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IDE Channel 0 Master  
IDE Channel 0 Slave  
IDE Channel 2 Master  
IDE Channel 3 Master  
[None]  
[None]  
[None]  
[None]  
Drive A  
Floppy 3 Mode Support  
[1.44M, 3.5"]  
[Disabled]  
Halt On  
[All, But Keyboard]  
Base Memory  
Extended Memory  
640K  
511M  
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
Date  
The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.  
Week  
Month  
Day  
The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only  
The month, Jan. Through Dec.  
The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month)  
The year, from 1999 through 2098  
Year  
Time  
The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-  
time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.  
IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave  
IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection.  
IDE Device Setup. You can use one of three methods:  
Auto  
None  
Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during POST(default)  
Select this if no IDE/SATA devices are used and the system will skip the  
automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up.  
User can manually input the correct settings  
Manual  
Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The four options are:  
CHS/LBA/Large/Auto(default:Auto)  
IDE Channel 2/3 Master  
IDE Auto-Detection  
Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection.  
Extended IDE Drive. IDE/SATA Device Setup. You can use one of the two methods:  
Auto  
None  
Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during POST(default)  
Select this if no IDE/SATA devices are used and the system will skip the  
automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up.  
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Access Mode  
Capacity  
Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:  
Large/Auto(default: Auto)  
Capacity of currently installed hard disk.  
Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate option  
based on this information.  
Cylinder  
Head  
Precomp  
Landing Zone  
Sector  
Number of cylinders  
Number of heads  
Write precomp  
Landing zone  
Number of sectors  
Drive A  
The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer.  
None  
No floppy drive installed  
360K, 5.25"  
1.2M, 5.25"  
5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.  
5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity  
(3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).  
720K, 3.5"  
1.44M, 3.5"  
2.88M, 3.5"  
3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity  
3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. (Default value)  
3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.  
Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)  
Disabled  
Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value)  
Drive A  
Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive.  
Halt on  
The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.  
No Errors  
The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you  
will be prompted.  
All Errors  
Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped.  
All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other  
errors. (Default value)  
All, But Diskette  
The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors.  
All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all  
other errors.  
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.  
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Advanced BIOS Features  
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control  
Hard Disk Boot Priority  
First Boot Device  
[Auto]  
[Press Enter]  
[Floppy]  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
`
Second Boot Device  
Third Boot Device  
Password Check  
[Hard Disk]  
[CDROM]  
[Setup]  
Init Display First  
Frame Buffer Size  
Onboard GPU  
[PCI Slot]  
[64M]  
[Enable If No Ext PEG]  
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control  
Auto  
AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to best serve the thermal,  
performance and power requirements. (Default value)  
Disable this function.  
Disabled  
Hard Disk Boot Priority  
Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.  
Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.  
Press <ESC> to exit this menu.  
First / Second / Third Boot Device  
Floppy  
LS120  
Hard Disk  
CDROM  
ZIP  
Select your boot device priority by Floppy.  
Select your boot device priority by LS120.  
Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk.  
Select your boot device priority by CDROM.  
Select your boot device priority by ZIP.  
USB-FDD  
USB-ZIP  
Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD.  
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.  
Legacy LAN Select your boot device priority by Legacy LAN.  
Disabled  
Disable this function.  
Password Check  
System  
The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the  
correct password is not entered at the prompt.  
Setup  
The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password  
is not entered at the prompt. (Default value)  
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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.  
PCI slot  
PEG  
Set Init display first to PCI. (Default value)  
Set Init display first to PCI Express VGA card.  
Onboard VGA Set Init display first to Onboard VGA.  
Frame Buffer Size  
16M  
32M  
64M  
128M  
256M  
Disabled  
Set frame buffer size to 16M.  
Set frame buffer size to 32M.  
Set frame buffer size to 64M. (Default value)  
Set frame buffer size to 128M.  
Set frame buffer size to 256M.  
Disable this function.  
Onboard GPU  
Enable If No Ext PEG  
Output from the onboard GPU when no PCI Express VGA card is installed. (Default value)  
Always Enable  
Always output from the onboard GPU.  
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Integrated Peripherals  
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Serial-ATA RAID Config  
On-Chip IDE Channel0  
On-Chip MAC Lan  
[Press Enter]  
[Enabled]  
[Auto]  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
NV Serial-ATA 1  
[Enabled]  
[Enabled]  
[SHADOW]  
[Auto]  
[Disabled]  
[3F8/IRQ4]  
[2F8/IRQ3]  
[378/IRQ7]  
[SPP]  
IDE Prefetch Mode  
USB Memory Type  
Onboard Audio Function  
Onboard LAN Boot ROM  
Onboard Serial Port 1  
Onboard Serial Port 2  
Onboard Parallel Port  
Parallel Port Mode  
x
ECP Mode Use DMA  
On-Chip USB  
3
[V1.1+V2.0]  
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
[Enabled]  
USB Keyboard Support  
USB Mouse Support  
Legacy USB Storage detect  
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
Serial-ATA RAID Config  
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Serial-ATA RAID Config  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
NV SATA RAID function  
NV SATA 1 Primary RAID  
NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID  
[Disabled]  
Enabled  
Enabled  
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x
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
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NV SATA RAID function  
Enabled  
Enable NV SATA RAID function.  
Disabled  
Disable NV SATA RAID function. (Default value)  
NV SATA 1 Primary RAID  
Enabled  
Enable NV SATA 1 primary RAID function.  
Disabled  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID  
Enabled  
Enable NV SATA 1 secondary RAID function.  
Disabled  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
On-Chip IDE Channel0  
Enabled  
Disabled  
Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value)  
Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port.  
On-Chip MAC Lan  
Auto  
Disabled  
Auto-detect onboard LAN chip function. (Default value)  
Disable onboard LAN chip function.  
NV Serial-ATA 1  
Enabled  
Disabled  
Enable NV Serial-ATA 1 function. (Default value)  
Disable this function.  
IDE Prefetch Mode  
Enabled  
Enable IDE data buffer to enhance HDD transfer speed. (Default value)  
Disable IDE data buffer for the system stability.  
Disabled  
USB Memory Type  
SHADOW  
Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value)  
Base Memory(640K) Set USB memory type to base memory(640K).  
Onboard Audio Function  
Auto  
Auto-detect onboard audio 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  
Disabled  
Enable this function.  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
Onboard Serial Port 1  
Auto  
3F8/IRQ4  
2F8/IRQ3  
3E8/IRQ4  
BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 1 address.  
Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8/IRQ4. (Default value)  
Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8/IRQ3.  
Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4.  
Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8/IRQ3.  
Disable onboard Serial port 1.  
2E8/IRQ3  
Disabled  
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Auto  
BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address.  
3F8/IRQ4  
2F8/IRQ3  
3E8/IRQ4  
2E8/IRQ3  
Disabled  
Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8/IRQ4.  
Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8/IRQ3. (Default value)  
Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8/IRQ4.  
Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8/IRQ3.  
Disable onboard Serial port 2.  
Onboard Parallel Port  
Disabled  
Disable onboard LPT port.  
378/IRQ7  
278/IRQ5  
3BC/IRQ7  
Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7. (Default value)  
Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278/IRQ5.  
Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7.  
Parallel Port Mode  
SPP  
EPP  
ECP  
ECP+EPP  
Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value)  
Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port.  
Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.  
Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode.  
ECP Mode Use DMA  
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Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default value)  
Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1.  
On-Chip USB  
Disabled  
V1.1+V2.0  
V1.1  
Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function.  
Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controller. (Default value)  
Enable only USB 1.1 controller.  
USB Keyboard Support  
Enabled  
Enable USB keyboard support.  
Disabled  
Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value)  
USB Mouse Support  
Enabled  
Enable USB mouse support.  
Disabled  
Disable USB mouse support. (Default value)  
Legacy USB Storage detect  
This option allows users to decide whether to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash  
drives and USB hard drives during POST.  
Enabled  
Disabled  
BIOS will scan all USB storage devices. (Default value)  
Disable this function.  
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Power Management Setup  
ACPI Suspend Type  
[S1(POS)]  
[Instant-off]  
[Enabled]  
[Enabled]  
[Disabled]  
Everyday  
0 : 0 : 0  
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
Enter  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
Soft-Off by Power button  
PME Event Wake Up  
Modem Ring On  
Power-On by Alarm  
Day of Month Alarm  
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm  
Power On By Mouse  
Power On By Keyboard  
KB Power ON Function  
AC BACK Function  
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KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
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).  
Soft-Off by Power button  
Instant-off  
Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value)  
Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to Power off. Enter suspend if button is pressed  
less than 4 seconds.  
PME Event Wake Up  
This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead.  
Disabled  
Enabled  
Disable this function.  
Enable PME as wake up event. (Default value)  
Modem Ring On  
An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state.  
Disabled  
Enabled  
Disable Modem Ring on function.  
Enable Modem Ring on function. (Default value)  
Power-On by Alarm  
You can enable the "Power-On by Alarm" item and key in Date/Time to power on system.  
Disabled  
Enabled  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
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)  
Power On By Mouse  
Disabled  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system.  
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Disabled  
Password  
Any KEY  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password.  
Press any key to power on the system.  
Keyboard 98 If your keyboard has a "POWER Key" button, you can press the key to power  
on the system.  
KB Power ON Password  
When "Power On by Keyboard" set at 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  
Soft-Off  
When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off" state.  
(Default value)  
Full-On  
When AC-power back to the system, the system always in "On" state.  
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2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations  
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PnP/PCI Configurations  
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment  
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment  
[Auto]  
[Auto]  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment  
Auto  
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15  
Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value)  
Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1.  
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment  
Auto  
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15  
Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value)  
Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 2.  
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2-6 PC Health Status  
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PC Health Status  
Reset Case Open Status  
Case Opened  
[Disabled]  
Yes  
Item Help  
Menu Level`  
Vcore  
OK  
DDR18V  
OK  
+3.3V  
OK  
+12V  
OK  
Current System Temperature  
Current CPU Temperature  
Current CPU FAN Speed  
Current SYSTEM FAN Speed  
System Warning Temperature  
CPU Warning Temperature  
CPU FAN Fail Warning  
SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning  
CPU Smart FAN Control  
CPU Smart FAN Mode  
25oC  
40oC  
3183 RPM  
0
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
[Enabled]  
[Auto]  
RPM  
KLJI: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
Reset Case Open Status  
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 the 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.  
Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V  
Detect system's voltage status automatically.  
Current System/CPU Temperature  
Detect System/CPU temperature automatically.  
Current CPU / SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM)  
Detect CPU / SYSTEM fan speed status automatically.  
System/CPU Warning Temperature  
60oC / 140oF  
70oC / 158oF  
80oC / 176oF  
90oC / 194oF  
Disabled  
Monitor System/CPU temperature at 60oC / 140oF.  
Monitor System/CPU temperature at 70oC / 158oF.  
Monitor System/CPU temperature at 80oC / 176oF.  
Monitor System/CPU temperature at 90oC / 194oF.  
Disable this function. (Default value)  
CPU/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning  
Disabled  
Disable the CPU/SYSEM fan fail warning function. (Default value)  
Enabled  
Enable the CPU/SYSTEM fan fail warning function.  
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CPU Smart FAN Control(Note)  
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.  
Auto  
BIOS autodetects the type of CPU fan you installed and sets the optimal  
CPU Smart FAN control mode for it. (Default value)  
Voltage  
PWM  
Set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 3-pin fan power cable.  
Set to PWM when you use a CPU fan with a 4-pin fan power cable.  
(Note) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install.  
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2-7 Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
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Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Management Setup  
PnP/PCI C
PC Health Status  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F8: Q-Flash  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum  
system performance.  
2-8 Load Optimized Defaults  
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Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Ma
PnP/PCI C
PC Health Status  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
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Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Load Optimized Defaults  
F8: Q-Flash  
Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically  
detects.  
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2-9 Set Supervisor/User Password  
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Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Ma
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Enter Password:  
PnP/PCI C
PC Health Status  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Change/Set/Disable Password  
F8: Q-Flash  
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 password.  
Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter  
a password.  
To disable password, just press <Enter> 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.  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Ma
PnP/PCI C
PC Health Status  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set Uer Password  
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Save Data to CMOS  
F8: Q-Flash  
Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.  
Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Power Ma
PnP/PCI C
PC Health Status  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Seer Password  
Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
KLJI: Select Item  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Abandon all Data  
F8: Q-Flash  
Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.  
Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.  
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Chapter 3Drivers Installation  
Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.  
Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver  
CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM  
device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.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. Please pick the item that you want and press "install" followed the item; or you can  
press "Xpress Install" to install all items defaulted.  
Some device drivers will restart your system automatically. After restarting  
your system the "Xpress Install" will continue to install 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 controller" under "Device  
Manager". Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System  
will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver).  
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3-2 Software Applications  
This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone  
you want and press "install" to install them.  
3-3 Driver CD Information  
This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.  
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3-4 Hardware Information  
This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.  
3-5 Contact Us  
Please see the last page for details.  
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Chapter 4 Appendix  
4-1 Unique Software Utilities  
(Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.)  
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 system status.(Note)  
User Interface Overview  
Button / Display  
Overclocking  
C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B.  
Smart-Fan  
PC Health  
GO  
"Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode  
Display screen  
Function display LEDs  
GIGABYTE Logo  
Description  
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2.  
3.  
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5.  
6.  
7.  
8.  
9.  
Enters the Overclocking setting page  
Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I.B. setting page  
Enters the Smart-Fan setting page  
Enters the PC Health setting page  
Confirmation and Execution button  
Display panel of CPU frequency  
Shows the current functions status  
Log on to GIGABYTE website  
TM  
10. Help button  
11. Exit or Minimize button  
Display EasyTune 5 Help file  
TM  
Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software  
(Note) EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards.  
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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  
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 the 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 <F9> key during system power-on.  
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Boot from CD/DVD:  
Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....  
Boot from CD/DVD:  
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<F9>: Xpress Recovery2  
1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can  
enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the <F9> 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.  
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The 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  
file.)  
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:  
Exit the main screen and restart the system.  
Limitations:  
1. Not compatible to Xpress Recovery.  
2. For the 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:  
a. PATA IDE primary channel  
b. PATA IDE secondary channel  
c. SATA IDE channel 1  
d. SATA IDE channel 2  
e. SATA IDE channel 3  
f. 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 longer time than data restoration.  
3. Xpress Recovery2 is compliant with the GPL regulations.  
4. 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.  
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4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction  
Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility  
Q-FlashTM 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-FlashTM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in  
DOS or Windows. Using Q-FlashTM indicating no more fooling around with any complicated instructions  
and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu.  
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.  
Before You Begin:  
Before you start updating BIOS with the Q-FlashTM 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-FlashTM 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.  
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Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3  
Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250  
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)  
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>  
The BIOS file is Fa3  
before updating  
Memory Testing : 131072K OK  
Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel  
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08  
Primary Slave : None  
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101  
Secondary Slave : None  
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For  
Xpress Recovery  
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Entering the Q-FlashTM utility:  
Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Select Language  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Power Management Setup  
PnP/PCI Configurations  
PC Health Status  
Save & Exit Setup  
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
F3: Change Language  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash  
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-FlashTM / Dual BIOS utility screen  
The Q-Flash / Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.  
Dual BIOS Utility  
Boot From......................................... Main Bios  
Dual BIOS utility bar  
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A  
Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A  
512K  
512K  
Task menu for  
Dual BIOS  
utility  
Wide Range Protection Disable  
Boot From Main Bios  
Auto Recovery Enable  
Halt On Error Disable  
Copy Main ROM Data to Backup  
Load Default Settings  
Save Settings to CMOS  
Q-FlashTM utility title  
bar  
Q-Flash Utility  
Load Main BIOS from Floppy  
Load Backup BIOS from Floppy  
Save Main BIOS to Floppy  
Save Backup BIOS to Floppy  
Task menu for  
Q-FlashTM utility  
Enter : Run  
ꢁꢂ: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 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.  
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Using the Q-FlashTM 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.  
If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose, you can begin Step 1 with "Save Main  
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.  
Dual BIOS Utility  
Boot From.........................................  
Main Bios  
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A  
Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A  
512K  
512K  
Wide Range Protection Disable  
1 file(s) found  
Boo
8KNXPU.Fba  
512K  
BIOS file in the floppy  
disk.  
Total size : 1.39M  
Free size : 911.50K  
DEL : Delete  
F5 : Refresh  
Save Settings to CMOS  
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  
ꢁꢂ: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 49LF003A  
Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A  
512K  
512K  
Wide Range Protection Disable  
Reading BIOS file from floppy ...  
Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System  
Do not turn off power or  
reset your system at this  
stage!!  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................  
Save Settings to CMOS  
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  
ꢁꢂ: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?"  
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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 take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.  
4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.  
Dual BIOS Utility  
Boot From.........................................  
Main Bios  
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A  
Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A  
512K  
512K  
Wide Range Protection Disable  
You can repeat Step 1 to 4  
to flash the backup BIOS,  
too.  
!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!  
Please press any key to continue  
Save Settings to CMOS  
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  
ꢁꢂ:Move  
ESC:Reset  
F10:Power Off  
5. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash utility. The computer will restart automatically after  
you exit Q-Flash.  
Dual BIOS Utility  
Boot From.........................................  
Main Bios  
Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A  
Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A  
512K  
512K  
Wide Range Protection Disable  
Are you sure to RESET ?  
[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...  
Save Settings to CMOS  
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  
ꢁꢂ:Move  
ESC:Reset  
F10:Power Off  
After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed.  
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally  
Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.  
Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba  
The BIOS file  
Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250  
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)  
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>  
becomes Fba after  
Memory Testing : 131072K OK  
updating.  
Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel  
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08  
Primary Slave : None  
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101  
Secondary Slave : None  
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For  
Xpress Recovery  
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6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to  
Load Optimized Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Optimized 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.  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Select Language  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Power Management Setup  
PnP/PCI Con
PC Health Status  
Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y  
Save & Exit Setup  
Exit Without Saving  
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)  
ESC: Quit  
F3: Change Language  
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults.  
7. Select Save & 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.  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Select Language  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Power Manag
PnP/PCI Con
PC Health Status  
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y  
Save & Exit Setup  
Exit Without Saving  
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)  
ESC: Quit  
F3: Change Language  
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Save Data to CMOS  
Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit.  
Part Two:  
Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards.  
This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q-FlashTM utility.  
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software  
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Standard CMOS Features  
Advanced BIOS Features  
Integrated Peripherals  
Top Performance  
Load Fail-Safe Defaults  
Load Optimized Defaults  
Set Supervisor Password  
Set User Password  
Power Management Setup  
PnP/PCI Configurations  
PC Health Status  
Save & Exit Setup  
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)  
Exit Without Saving  
ESC: Quit  
ꢁꢂꢃꢄ: Select Item  
F8: Q-Flash  
F10: Save & Exit Setup  
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...  
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Exploring the Q-FlashTM utility screen  
The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.  
Q-FlashTM utility bar  
Q-Flash Utility V1.30  
Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
Keep DMI Data Enable  
Task menu for  
Q-FlashTM utility  
Update BIOS from Floppy  
Save BIOS to Floppy  
Enter : Run  
ꢁꢂ:Move  
ESC:Reset  
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-FlashTM 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 "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.  
If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose, you can begin Step 1 with "Save 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,  
8GE800.F4, is listed.  
Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard.  
Q-Flash Utility V1.30  
Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
1 file(s) found  
8GE800.F4  
256K  
BIOS file in the floppy  
disk.  
Total size : 1.39M  
Ent
Free size : 1.14M  
DEL : Delete  
Off  
F5 : Refresh  
Q-Flash Utility V1.30  
Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
Do not turn off power or  
resetyoursystematthis  
stage!!  
Reading BIOS file from floppy ...  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................  
En
er Off  
Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System  
After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?"  
Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.  
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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 Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
Updating BIOS Now  
Do not turn off power or  
reset your system  
at this stage!!  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.........................  
En
er Off  
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/Size.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!  
Please press any key to continue  
En
er Off  
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.................................SST 49LF003A  
256K  
Are you sure to RESET ?  
[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...  
En
er Off  
After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed.  
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally  
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Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4  
The BIOS file  
Check System Health OK  
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0)  
<CPUID : 0F0A Patch ID : 0009>  
Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory  
becomes F4 after  
updating  
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08  
Primary Slave : None  
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101  
Secondary Slave : None  
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash  
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6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and load BIOS optimized defaults. See how  
to load BIOS optimized defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One.  
Congratulation!! You have updated BIOS successfully!!  
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Method 2 : @BIOSTM Utility  
If 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  
Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest  
version of BIOS.  
Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility  
Fig 2. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS  
Click Start/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS  
Select @BIOS item than click Install  
Fig 3. The @BIOS Utility  
Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server  
Click "3"  
Click "Update New BIOS"  
1. Methods and steps:  
I. Update BIOS through Internet  
a. Click "Internet Update" icon  
b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon  
c. Select @BIOSTM sever  
d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard  
e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.  
II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:  
a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon  
b. Click "Update New BIOS"  
c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file.  
d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as:  
M61VMES2.F1).  
e. Complete update process following the instruction.  
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III. 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:  
I. 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.  
II. In method II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your  
motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot.  
III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOSTM server, please go onto  
Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II.  
IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted.  
V. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time.  
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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) Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (Note )  
(4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (Note )  
(5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. (Note )  
Before you begin  
Please prepare:  
(a) SATA hard drive(s). To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard  
drives with identical model and capacity for RAID array. If you do not want to create RAID, you  
may prepare only one hard drive.  
(Note )  
(b) An empty formatted floppy disk.  
(c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk.  
(d) Driver CD for your motherboard.  
(Note )  
(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer  
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. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the  
hard drive.  
(Note) Required for setting up RAID array.  
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(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)/RAID array.  
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 NV Serial-ATA 1 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is  
enabled. If you wish to create RAID array, press ENTER on the Serial-ATA RAID Config item to enter  
the submenu .  
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Integrated Peripherals  
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Serial-ATA RAID Config  
On-Chip IDE Channel0  
On-Chip MAC Lan  
[Press Enter]  
[Enabled]  
[Auto]  
Item Help  
Menu Levelꢀ  
NV Serial-ATA 1  
[Enabled]  
[Enabled]  
[SHADOW]  
[Auto]  
[Disabled]  
[3F8/IRQ4]  
[2F8/IRQ3]  
[378/IRQ7]  
[SPP]  
IDE Prefetch Mode  
USB Memory Type  
Onboard Audio Function  
Onboard LAN Boot ROM  
Onboard Serial Port 1  
Onboard Serial Port 2  
Onboard Parallel Port  
Parallel Port Mode  
x
ECP Mode Use DMA  
On-Chip USB  
3
[V1.1+V2.0]  
[Disabled]  
[Disabled]  
[Enabled]  
USB Keyboard Support  
USB Mouse Support  
Legacy USB Storage detect  
ꢁꢂꢃꢄ: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
Figure 1  
In the Serial-ATA RAID Config submenu, enable NV SATA RAID function. Then enable the SATA  
ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable NV SATA 1  
Primary/Secondary RAID). (For example, if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAII0  
and SATAII1 connectors, set NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID to Enabled).  
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Serial-ATA RAID Config  
Item Help  
Menu Levelꢀ  
NV SATA RAID function  
NV SATA 1 Primary RAID  
NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID  
[Enabled]  
[Enabled]  
[Enabled]  
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Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
Figure 2  
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  
you have and the BIOS version.  
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Step 2:  
To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS  
Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3).  
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Advanced BIOS Features  
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control  
Hard Disk Boot Priority  
First Boot Device  
Second Boot Device  
Third Boot Device  
Password Check  
[Auto]  
Item Help  
Menu Levelꢀ  
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[CDROM]  
[Hard Disk]  
[CDROM]  
[Setup]  
Init Display First  
[PCI Slot]  
Frame Buffer Size  
Onboard GPU  
[64M]  
[Enable If No Ext PEG]  
ꢁꢂꢃꢄ: Move  
Enter: Select  
+/-/PU/PD: Value  
F10: Save  
ESC: Exit  
F1: General Help  
F5: Previous Values  
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults  
F7: Optimized Defaults  
Figure 3  
Step 3:  
Save and exit BIOS Setup.  
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(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS  
Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step 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 4). Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS  
setup utility.  
MediaShield IDE ROM BIOS 6.70  
Copyright (C) 2006 NVIDIA Corp.  
Detecting array ...  
Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...  
Figure 4  
Step 2:  
The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility.  
(Figure 5). 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. The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation.  
Step 4:  
If RAID 0 (Striping) is selected, 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.  
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RAID Mode: Striping  
Free Disks  
Striping Block: Optimal  
Array Disks  
Port  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
Port  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
1
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ST3120026AS  
ST3120026AS  
111.79GB  
111.79GB  
[ꢃ] Add  
[ꢄ] Del  
[ESC] Quit  
[F6] Back  
[F7] Finish  
[TAB] Navigate  
[ꢁꢂ] Select  
[ENTER] Popup  
Figure 5  
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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 DOWN ARROW key and use the  
RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section (Figure 6).  
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RAID Mode: Striping  
Free Disks  
Striping Block: Optimal  
Array Disks  
Port  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
Port  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
1
2
ST3120026AS  
ST3120026AS  
111.79GB  
111.79GB  
[ꢃ] Add  
[ꢄ] Del  
[ESC] Quit  
[F6] Back  
[F7] Finish  
[TAB] Navigate  
[ꢁꢂ] Select  
[ENTER] Popup  
Figure 6  
Step 6:  
Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear  
(Figure 7). 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 Utility May 22 2006  
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RAID Mode: Striping  
Free Disks  
Striping Block: Optimal  
s  
Clear disk data ?  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
Port  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
T3120026AS  
111.79GB  
111.79GB  
[Y] YES [N] NO  
T3120026AS  
[ꢄ] Del  
[ESC] Quit  
[F6] Back  
[F7] Finish  
[TAB] Navigate  
[ꢁꢂ] Select  
[ENTER] Popup  
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After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear (Figure 8).  
(Note: BBS stands for BIOS Boot Specification. This indicates that the boot device is defined in the  
BIOS.)  
MediaShield Utility May 22 2006  
- Array List -  
Boot  
BBS  
Status  
Vendor  
Array Model Name  
STRIPE 223.57G  
Healthy  
NVIDIA  
[Ctrl-X] Exit  
[ꢁꢂ] Select  
[B] Set Boot  
[N] New Array  
[ENTER] Detail  
Figure 8  
To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure  
9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name,  
and disk capacity, etc.  
Array 1: NVIDIA STRIPE 233.57G  
- Array Detail -  
RAID Mode: Striping  
Striping Width : 2  
Striping Block: 64K  
Port  
Index  
Disk Model  
Capacity  
1
2
0
1
ST3120026AS  
ST3120026AS  
111.79GB  
111.79GB  
[R] Rebuild  
[D] Delete  
[C] Clear Disk  
[ENTER] Return  
Figure 9  
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.  
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(4) Making a SATA Driver Disk  
To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you need to install the SATA RAID driver  
during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows  
setup process. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID. 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(Note). 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 the  
startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\>  
prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Figure 10):  
cd bootdrv  
menu  
Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 11) 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 11, press K to select (K) nVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid (XP) if  
you wish to install Windows XP (32-bit). Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver  
file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished.  
Figure 10  
Figure 11  
(Note) For users without a startup disk:  
Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the  
CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). A  
command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 11.  
Figure 12  
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(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 SATA driver. The following is an example of  
Windows XP installation.  
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 13). After  
pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen.  
Windows Setup  
Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.  
Figure 13  
Step 2:  
When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press  
S (Figure 14).  
Windows Setup  
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices  
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.  
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s)  
<none>  
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special  
disk controllers for 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 disks from 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 14  
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Step 3:  
If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below  
will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press  
ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you must press S to select additional  
driver. The screen will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 15. Select NVIDIA nForce  
Storage Controller and press ENTER.  
Windows Setup  
You have chosen to configure a 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.  
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)  
NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)  
ENTER=Select F3=Exit  
Figure 15  
Windows Setup  
Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):  
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)  
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special  
disk controllers for 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 disks from 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  
If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk  
or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD.  
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Step 4:  
When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from  
the floppy disk.  
Windows Setup  
Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):  
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)  
NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)  
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special  
disk controllers for 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 disks from 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 17  
After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP  
installation.  
WindowsXP Professional Setup  
Welcome to Setup.  
This 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, press R.  
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.  
Enter= Continue R=Repair  
F3=Exit  
Figure 18  
(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed  
under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)  
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4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction  
This motherboard comes with three audio jacks. To set up multi-  
channel surround sound, install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround  
cable (optional) and enable the feature through the audio driver.  
Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (Optional)  
The 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable provides center/  
subwoofer speaker out, rear speaker out, and side  
speaker out audio jacks. To set up multi-channel  
surround sound, this cable needs to be installed.  
Step:  
1. Connect the 5.1/7.1 surround cable connector to  
the HDA_SUR header on the motherboard.  
2. Secure the cable's metal bracket to the chassis  
back panel with a screw.  
Audio Jacks Introduction  
The optional 5.1/7.1 surround cable adds addi-  
tional 3 audio jacks to the 3 onboard audio jacks.  
The picture to the right shows the default speaker  
settings for the 6 audio jacks. The jack retasking  
capability of HD Audio allows users to change the  
function for each jack through the audio driver.  
For example, if a rear speaker is plugged into the  
center/subwoofer speaker out jack, you can  
reconfigure the center/subwoofer speaker out jack  
to function as a rear speaker out jack.  
Center/Subwoofer  
Speaker Out  
Line In  
Line Out  
(Front Speaker  
Out)  
Rear Speaker  
Out  
Side Speaker  
Out  
Mic In  
Onboard Audio Audio Jacks on 5.1/7.1  
Jacks Surround Cable  
For the microphone to work correctly, you MUST connect it to either the default Mic In jack or  
the Line In jack and configure it in the audio driver.  
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HD Audio  
With multiple built-in high quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that support audio output at up to  
192 kHz/24-bit quality and multi-streaming applications, HD Audio is able to handle multiple audio  
streams (in and out) simultaneously. Multi-channel audio experiences have become a reality so you  
can, for instance, listen to MP3 music, have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet,  
and etc. all at the same time.  
(The procedure below uses Windows XP as the example operating system. )  
Setting Up Stereo Speakers  
We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo  
output is applied.  
STEP 1 :  
After installation of the audio driver, you should find  
an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you  
can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-  
click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.  
STEP 2:  
In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab.  
In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker.  
STEP 3:  
Connect a speaker or headphone to the rear Line  
Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you  
what type of equipment is connected. Choose  
Headphone or Line Out depending on the device  
connected and click OK. The 2-channel audio setup  
is completed.  
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Setting Up 4-Channel Audio  
STEP 1 :  
After installation of the audio driver, you should find  
an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you  
can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-  
click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.  
STEP 2:  
In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab.  
In the upper left list, click 4CH Speaker.  
STEP 3:  
Connect the 4-channel speakers to the audio jacks  
on the motherboard and the surround cable, a small  
window will pop up and ask you what type of  
equipment is connected. Choose a device depend-  
ing on the type of speaker connected (4-channel  
audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out) and  
Rear Speaker Out) and then click OK. The 4-  
channel audio setup is completed.  
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Setting Up 6-Channel Audio  
STEP 1 :  
After installation of the audio driver, you should find  
an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you  
can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-  
click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.  
STEP 2:  
In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab.  
In the upper left list, click 6CH Speaker.  
STEP 3:  
Connect the 6-channel speakers to the audio jacks  
on the motherboard and the surround cable, a small  
window will pop up and ask you what type of  
equipment is connected. Choose a device depend-  
ing on the type of speaker connected (6-channel  
audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out),  
Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker  
Out) then click OK. The 6-channel audio setup is  
completed.  
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Setting Up 8-Channel Audio  
STEP 1 :  
After installation of the audio driver, you should find  
an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you  
can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-  
click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.  
STEP 2:  
In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab.  
In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker.  
STEP 3:  
Connect the 8-channel speakers to the audio jacks  
on the motherboard and the surround cable, a small  
window will pop up and ask you what type of  
equipment is connected. Choose a device depend-  
ing on the type of speaker connected (8-channel  
audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out),  
Rear Speaker Out, Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out,  
and Side Speaker Out) then click OK. The 8-chan-  
nel audio setup is completed.  
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Sound Effect Configuration:  
At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound  
option settings as desired.  
AC'97 Audio Configuration:  
To enable the front panel audio connector to sup-  
port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control  
Panel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANA-  
LOG area, click the Tool icon and then select the  
Disable front panel jack detection check box.  
This action completes the AC'97 Audio configuration.  
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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 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw  
Question 1: I 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 I 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 1 minute (Or you can use a metal object  
to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for 5  
seconds).  
4. Re-insert the battery to the battery holder.  
5. Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power.  
6. Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load Optimized Defaults).  
7. Save changes and reboot the system.  
Question 4: Why do I 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 I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. What do  
these beeps usually stand for?  
Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However, they are  
only for reference purposes. The situations might differ from case to case.  
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AWARD BIOS Beep Codes  
1 short: System boots successfully  
2 short: CMOS setting error  
1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error  
1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error  
1 long 3 short: Keyboard error  
1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error  
Continuous long beeps: DRAM error  
Continuous short beeps: Power error  
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Co., Ltd.  
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