G.B.T GA-8IHXP User Manual

Summary of GA-8IHXP

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    When you installing agp card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced. If your agp card has "agp 4x notch"(show below), please make sure your agp card is agp 4x (1.5v). Do not use agp 2x card (3.3v) in this motherboard. It will burn and damage the motherboard due to i...

  • Page 2: Their Respective Owners.

    M the author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. M third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. M please do not remove any labels on mothe...

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    Declaration of conformity we, manufacturer/importer (full address) g.B.T. Technology träding gmbh ausschlager weg 41, 1f, 20537 hamburg, germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) mother board ga-8ihxp is in conformity with (reference to...

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    Fcc part 15, subpart b, section 15.107(a) and section 15.109 (a),class b digital device declaration of conformity per fcc part 2 section 2.1077(a) responsible party name: address: phone/fax no: hereby declares that the product product name: conforms to the following specifications: this device compl...

  • Page 5: User’S Manual

    User’s manual ga-8ihxp p4 titan-rdram motherboard pentium ® 4 processor motherboard rev. 2101 12me-8ihxp-2101.

  • Page 6: Table of Content

    2 ga-8ihxp motherboard table of content item checklist ......................................................................................... 4 warning! ............................................................................................... 4 chapter 1 introduction ..........................

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    3 table of content power management feature .................................................................... 43 pnp/pci configurations ............................................................................ 47 pc health status....................................................................

  • Page 8: Warning!

    4 ga-8ihxp motherboard computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate integrated circuit (ic) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside. 2. ...

  • Page 9: Summary of Features

    5 introduction form factor " 30.5cm x 24.4cm atx size form factor, 6 layers pcb. Cpu " socket 478 for intel ® micro fc-pga2 pentium ® 4 processor " intel pentium ® 4 400/533mhz fsb " support intel ® pentium ® 4 (northwood, 0.13 m) processor " 2nd level cache depend on cpu chipset " chipset 82850e ho...

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    6 ga-8ihxp motherboard on-board sound " creative ct5880 sound chipset + sigmatel 9708t codec " 4 channel audio codec " line in/line out/mic in/game port/cd in/aux in/spdif (5.1 channel) on-board raid " onbard promise pdc20276 " support data striping (raid 0) or mirroring (raid 1) " supports concurre...

  • Page 11: Ga-8Ihxp Motherboard Layout

    7 hardware installation process ga-8ihxp motherboard layout kb / ms coma comb lpt socket478 pwr fan mic_in line_out line_in game usb lan atx_12v f_audio cpu_fan 850e w83627 agp pci1 pci2 pci3 pci4 cd_in spdif codec rtl 8100bl ct5880 pci5 pci6 cnr f_usb3 promise 20276 ms ide3 ide4 backup bios main bi...

  • Page 12

    8 ga-8ihxp motherboard to set up your computer, you must complete the following setups: step 1- install the central processing unit (cpu) step 2- install memory modules step 3- install expansion cards step 4- connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply step 5- setup bios software step 6- ...

  • Page 13: Cpu Installation

    9 hardware installation process step 1: install the central processing unit (cpu) cpu installation # # # # # please make sure the cpu type is supported by the motherboard. Pin1 indicator pin1indicator cpu top view cpu bottom view socket actuation lever 1. Pull up the cpu socket level and up to 90-de...

  • Page 14: Cpu Heat Sink Installation

    1 0 ga-8ihxp motherboard cpu heat sink installation 1. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base onto the cpu socket on the main- board. 2. Make sure the cpu fan is plugged to the cpu fan connector, than install complete. # # # # # please use intel approved cooling fan. # # # # # we recommend you to apply...

  • Page 15: Rimm

    1 1 hardware installation process step 2: install memory modules the motherboard has 4 rambus in-line memory module (rimm) sockets. The bios will automati- cally detect memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the rimm slot .The rimm module can only fit in one...

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    1 2 ga-8ihxp motherboard introduce rimm (rambus in-line memory module) direct rambus memory controller ! Directly support a dual direct rambus * channel $ supports 300&400 mhz direct rambus * channel @ 100mhz host bus frequency. $ maximum memory array size up to 256mb using 64mb/72mb, 512mb using 12...

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    1 3 hardware installation process step 3: install expansion cards 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...

  • Page 18: Supply

    1 4 ga-8ihxp motherboard step 4: connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply step 4-1: i/o back panel introduction # # # # # ps/2 keyboard and ps/2 mouse connector $ $ $ $ $ parallel port and serial ports (coma/comb) ps/2 mouse connector (6 pin female) ps/2 keyboard connector (6 pin femal...

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    1 5 hardware installation process % % % % % game /midi ports joystick/ midi (15 pin female) ' ' ' ' ' usb/lan connector & & & & & audio connectors % this connector supports joystick, midi keyboard and other relate audio devices. % after install onboard audio driver, you may connect speaker to line o...

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    1 6 ga-8ihxp motherboard step 4-2: connectors introduction a atx _12v l pwr_led b pwr_fan m wol c atx n ide3/ide4 d ram_led o f_usb1~4 e sys_fan p spdif f aux q battery g ms/sd/sc r ir_cir h fdd/ide1/ide2 s aux_in i clr_cmos t cd_in j ci u cpu fan k f_panel v nb_fan w f_audio a c b d e f g h i j l k...

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    1 7 hardware installation process b / e / u : pwr_fan / sys_fan / cpu_fan connector d: ram_led str led 1 % do not remove memory modules while ram led is on. It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the 2.5v stand by voltage. Remove memory modules only when str function is disabled by ...

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    1 8 ga-8ihxp motherboard % important notice: please connect first harddisk to ide1 and connect cdrom to ide2. F: aux a: atx_12v power connector % the 6-pin aux. Power connector provides additional current to meet the board's +3.3vdc and +5vdc requirments. H : floppy / ide1 / ide2 connector (primary/...

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    1 9 hardware installation process t: cd_in (cd audio line in) 1 cd-l gnd cd-r s: aux_in aux-r gnd aux-l 1 r: ir_cir % make sure the pin 1 on the ir device is aling with pin one the connector. To enable the ir/cir function on the board, you are required to purchase an option ir/ cir module. For detai...

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    2 0 ga-8ihxp motherboard % please connect the power led, pc speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the front panel jumper according to the pin assignment above. K: f_panel (2x10 pins jumper) hd+ mpd+ 2 20 1 19 gd- pw- pw+ rst - spk+ spk- 1 1 rst+ hd- gd+ 1 1 mpd- g...

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    2 1 hardware installation process w: f_audio (front audio) % if you want to use "front audio" connector, you must move 5-6, 9-10 jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the p...

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    2 2 ga-8ihxp motherboard i : clr_cmos (clear cmos function)# % please note: you may clear the cmos data to its default values by this jumper. 1-2 close: clear cmos 2-3 close: normal 1 1 "#" default doesn’t include the “shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper. To clear cmos, temporarily sho...

  • Page 27: 6 Pin Aux. Power Connector

    2 3 hardware installation process step 4-3: atx 12v power supply introduction -additional 4 pin connector for 12v voltage -backward compatibility maintained with load sharing capability -support 12v or 5v cpu vrs check power supply if it is supported by atx12v power supply. Additional dedicated 12v ...

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 2 4 bios setup is an overview of the bios setup program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed cmos ram so that it retains the setup information when the power is turned off. Entering setup pr...

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    Bios setup 2 5 move to previous item move to next item move to the item in the left hand move to the item in the right hand 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...

  • Page 30: Select Language

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 2 6 getting help main menu the on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status page setup menu / option page setup menu press f1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selec...

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    Bios setup 2 7 l standard cmos features this setup page includes all the items in standard compatible bios. L advanced bios features this setup page includes all the items of ami special enhanced features. L advanced chipset features this setup page includes all the adjustable items of chipset speci...

  • Page 32: Standard Cmos Features

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 2 8 standard cmos features figure 2: standard cmos features fsystemtime the times format in . The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.M. Is 13:00:00. Fsystem date the date format is , , , . 8 month the month, jan. Through dec. 8 day the ...

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    Bios setup 2 9 ffloppy drive a / drive b the category identifies the types of floppy disk drive a or drive b that has been installed in the computer. 8 none no floppy drive installed 8 360k, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch pc-type standard drive; 360k byte capacity. 8 1.2m, 5.25 in. 5.25 inch at-type high-densit...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 3 0 fprimary master, slave / secondary master, slave the category identifies the types of hard disk from drive c to f that has been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; auto type which will automatically detec...

  • Page 35: Advanced Bios Features

    Bios setup 3 1 boot order depends on the devices you use, for example: floppy, hdd, cd-rom... Figure 3: advanced bios features f1st / 2nd / 3rd boot device 8 floppy:1.44mb 3 1/2 select your boot device priority by floppy. 8 bbs-0(network):realtek boot agent select your boot device priority by networ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 3 2 ffloppy drive seek during post, bios will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 k type is 40 tracks 720 k, 1.2 m and 1.44 m are all 80 tracks. 8 enabled bios searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that bios can not...

  • Page 37: Advanced Chipset Features

    Bios setup 3 3 figure 4: advanced chipset features advanced chipset features ffront side bus clock (mhz) when set to "by hardware", the fsb clock frequency will be set to 100mhz. You may also set fsb clock by bios. For power end-user use only. 8 by hardware set front side bus clock (mhz) to by hardw...

  • Page 38

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 3 4 frdram bus frequency for fsb(front side bus) frequency=100mhz, 8 auto set rdram bus frequency automatically. 8 pc800 set rdram bus frequency to pc800.(default value) 8 pc600 set rdram bus frequency to pc600. For fsb(front side bus) frequency=133mhz, 8 auto set rdram bus freq...

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    Bios setup 3 5 fgraphics aperture 8 4 mb display graphics aperture size is 4mb. 8 8 mb display graphics aperture size is 8mb. 8 16 mb display graphics aperture size is 16mb. 8 32 mb display graphics aperture size is 32mb. 8 64 mb display graphics aperture size is 64mb. (default value) 8 128 mb displ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 3 6 fich delayed transaction 8 enabled enable pci 2.1 features including release and delayed transaction for the chipset.(default value) 8 disabled disable this function. Fdma collection buffer 8 enabled enable dma collection buffer for lpc i/f and pc/pci dma.(default value) 8 d...

  • Page 41: Integrated Peripherals

    Bios setup 3 7 integrated peripherals ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a integrated peripherals setup help onboard ide both ide1 conductor cable auto ide2 conductor cable auto onboard fdc auto onboard serial port a auto onboard serial port b auto serial port b mode normal ir duplex mode half duplex ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 3 8 fonboard ide 8 disabled disable onboard ide. 8 both both primary & secondary ide channel will be enabled. (default value) 8 primary only primary ide channel is enabled. 8 secondary only secondary ide channel is enabled. Fonboard fdc 8 disabled disable this function. 8 enable...

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    Bios setup 3 9 fserial port b mode (this item allows you to determine which infra red(ir) function of onboard i/o chip) 8 askir set onboard i/o chip uart to askir mode. 8 irda set onboard i/o chip uart to irda mode. 8 normal set onboard i/o chip uart to normal mode. (default value) fir duplex mode 8...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 4 0 fepp version 8 n/a disable this function. (default value) 8 1.9 compliant with epp 1.9 version. 8 1.7 compliant with epp 1.7 version. Display “n/a” (read only) if parallel port mode is not set to “epp”. “1.9” is the default for epp mode. Fparallel port irq 8 7 set parallel p...

  • Page 45

    Bios setup 4 1 fusb controller 8 disabled disable this function. 8 2 usb ports set usb controller to 2usb ports. 8 4 usb ports set usb controller to 4usb ports. 8 6 usb ports set usb controller to 6usb ports.(default value) fusb legacy support 8 enabled enable usb legacy support. 8 disabled disable ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 4 2 fonboard lan chip 8 disabled disable this function. 8 enabled enable onboard lan chip function. (default value) fonboard sound chip 8 disabled disable this function. 8 enabled enable onboard sound chip function. (default value) fonboard promise chip 8 disabled disable this f...

  • Page 47: Power Management Feature

    Bios setup 4 3 power management feature ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a power management feature setup help acpi sleep type s1/pos usb dev wakeup from s3 disabled ps/2 dev wakeup from s3 disabled power led in s1 state blinking suspend time out (minute) disabled throttle slow clock ratio 50.0% sof...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 4 4 facpi sleep type 8 s1/pos set acpi sleep type to s1/pos (power on suspend). (default value) 8 s3/str set acpi sleep type to s3/str (suspend to ram). Fusb dev wakeup from s3 8 enabled enable usb device wakeup from s3. 8 disabled disable usb device wakeup from s3. (default val...

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    Bios setup 4 5 fpme event wake up 8 disabled disable pme event wake up function. 8 enabled the pme event wake up will bring the system out of soft-off or suspend state if this option is set "enabled". (default value) fresume by rtc alarm you can set "resume by rtc alarm " item to enabled and key in ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 4 6 fsec. Master ide access 8 monitor monitor secondary master ide access. (default value) 8 ignore ignore secondary master ide access. Fsec. Slave ide access 8 monitor monitor secondary slave ide access. 8 ignore ignore secondary slave ide access.(default value) fpirq[a] irq ac...

  • Page 51: Pnp/pci Configurations

    Bios setup 4 7 pnp/pci configurations fvga boot from 8 agp set vga boot from agp vga card. (default value) 8 pci set vga boot from pci vga card. Ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a pnp/pci configurations setup help vga boot from agp pci slot 1/5 irq priority auto pci slot 2/6 irq priority auto pci sl...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 4 8 fpci slot1/5, 2/6, 3, 4 irq priority 8 auto the system will reserved a free irq for pci slot 1/5, 2/6, 3, 4 device. (default value) 8 3 the system will reserved irq3 for pci slot 1/5, 2/6, 3, 4 device if no legacy isa device using irq3. 8 4 the system will reserved irq for p...

  • Page 53: Pc Health Status

    Bios setup 4 9 pc health status figure 8: pc health status fcpu temperature alarm 8 60°c / 140°f monitor cpu temp. At 60°c / 140°f. 8 70°c / 158°f monitor cpu temp. At 70°c / 158°f. 8 80°c / 176°f monitor cpu temp. At 80°c / 176°f. 8 90°c / 194°f monitor cpu temp. At 90°c / 194°f. 8 disabled disable...

  • Page 54

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 5 0 ffan fail alarm cpu / power / system 8 no fan fail alarm function disable. (default value) 8 yes fan fail alarm function enable. Fcpu temperature 8 detect cpu temp. Automatically. Fsystem temperature 8 detect system temp. Automatically. Fcpu fan / system fan / power fan spee...

  • Page 55

    Bios setup 5 1 ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a }standard cmos features set supervisor password }advanced bios features set user password }advanced chipset features load optimized defaults }integrated peripherals load fail safe defaults }power management setup save & exit setup }pnp/pci configurat...

  • Page 56: Load Optimized Defaults

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 5 2 load optimized defaults figure 10: load optimized defaults fload optimized defaults optimized defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values to configure the system to achieve maximum performance. Ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a }standard cmos features set ...

  • Page 57: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Bios setup 5 3 load fail-safe defaults figure 11: load fail-safe defaults fload fail-safe defaults fail-safe defaults contain the most appropriate system parameter values of to configure the system to achieve maximum stability. Ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a }standard cmos features set superviso...

  • Page 58: Save & Exit Setup

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 5 4 ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a }standard cmos features set supervisor password }advanced bios features set user password }advanced chipset features load optimized defaults }integrated peripherals load fail safe defaults }power management setup save & exit setup }pnp/pci ...

  • Page 59: Exit Without Saving

    Bios setup 5 5 exit without saving type “enter” will quit the setup utility without saving to rtc cmos. Type “esc” will return to setup utility. Figure 13: exit without saving ami new setup utility-vision 3.31a }standard cmos features set supervisor password }advanced bios features set user password...

  • Page 60: Block Diagram

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 5 6 block diagram intel 82850e winbond w83627hf creative ct5880 game port ac97 codec fwh sst49lf004a intel ich 4 cpuclk+/- (100/133mhz) system bus 100/133mhz rdram 300/400/533mhz mch66 (66mhz) mchclk+/- (100mhz) 66 mhz 33 mhz 14.318 mhz 48 mhz 48 mhz 33 mhz lpc bus agp 4x agpclk...

  • Page 61

    5 7 technical reference dual bios / q-flash introduction a. What is dual bios technology? Dual bios means that there are two system bios (rom) on the motherboard, one is the main bios and the other is backup bios. Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the main bios. If the main bios is...

  • Page 62

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 5 8 b. Dual bios utility c. Dual bios item explanation: bios will auto detect: boot from : main bios main rom type : st m50fw040 backup rom type : st m50fw040 wide range protection: disable(default), enable status 1: if any failure (ex. Update escd failure, checksum error or res...

  • Page 63

    5 9 technical reference boot from : main bios (default), backup bios status 1: the user can set to boot from main bios or backup bios. Auto recovery : enabled(default), disabled when one of the main bios or backup bios occurs checksum failure, the working bios will automatically recover the bios of ...

  • Page 64: Checksum=78B7

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 6 0 load main (backup) bios from floppy !In the a:drive, insert the "bios" diskette, then press enter to run. !You can use the light bar to select item. Then press "enter". !For example: bios file name: 7vrxp.E8 d. How to use q-flash? Dual bios utility boot from....................

  • Page 65: Saving Bios To Floppy

    6 1 technical reference save main (backup) bios to floppy !In the a:drive, insert the "bios" diskette, then press enter to run. !You can use the light bar to select item. Then press "enter". !!Copy bios complete-pass!! Please press any key to continue dual bios utility boot from........................

  • Page 66: Dualbios

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 6 2 dualbios tm technology faq gigabyte technology is pleased to introduce dualbios technology, a hot spare for your system bios. This newest “value-added” feature, in a long series of innovations from gigabyte, is available on this motherboard. Future gigabyte motherboards will...

  • Page 67

    6 3 technical reference ii. Q: why does anyone need a motherboard with dualbios tm technology? Answer: in today’s systems there are more and more bios failures. The most common reasons are virus attacks, bios upgrade failures, and/or deterioration of the bios (rom) chip itself. 1. New computer virus...

  • Page 68

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 6 4 iv. Q: who needs dualbios tm technology? Answer: 1. Every user should have dualbios tm technology due to the advancement of computer viruses. Everyday, there are new bios-type viruses discovered that will destroy your system bios. Most commercial products on the market do no...

  • Page 69

    6 5 technical reference 2. During or after a bios upgrade, if dualbios tm detects that the main bios is corrupt, the backup bios will take over the boot-up process automatically. Moreover, it will verify the main and backup bios checksums when booting-up. Dualbios tm technology examines the checksum...

  • Page 70

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 6 6 four speaker & spdif introduction four speaker introduction a. What is four speaker? The creative ct5880 audio chip can support up to 4 speaker output. If you select “four speaker out”, line in will be reconfigured as another line out to support a second pair of speakers. B....

  • Page 71

    6 7 technical reference microsoft windows me setup procedure: go to “control panel” and double click “sounds and multimedia”. Select “audio” page, and click “advanced” button. Select “quadraphonic speakers” and click ok. C. Four speaker application the four speaker function will only be supported in...

  • Page 72

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 6 8 spdif introduction a. What is spdif? The spdif output is capable of providing digital signal to ac3 decoder which can support upto 5.1 speakers. B. How to use spdif? Click your mouse right button in “my computer” and select the “properties” item. Click “device manager” item....

  • Page 73

    6 9 technical reference click “settings” item and select the “output mode” item. Click “digital” item, line out will be reconfigure to spdif out. Recommend you to select “autosense”, it will automatically detect the type (mono or stereo) of the audio connector that you plug into line out audio jack,...

  • Page 74: @ Bios Introduction

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 7 0 @ bios introduction gigabyte announces @ bios windows bios live update utility have you ever updated bios by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what bios is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest bios is unnecessary and actually ...

  • Page 75: Easy Tune

    7 1 technical reference easy tune tm 4 introduction gigabyte announces easytune tm 4 windows based overclocking utility easytune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock" might be one of the most common issues in computer field. But have many users ever tried...

  • Page 76: Revision History

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 72 revision history chapter 5 appendix picture below are shown in windows xp (iucd driver version 2.02) insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double ...

  • Page 77

    73 appendix a-1. Intel chipset software installation utility (3) insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my computer", and execute t...

  • Page 78

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 74 a-2. Intel application accelerator (2) (3) (5) (6) insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my computer", and...

  • Page 79

    75 appendix (7) (8) 6.Click "finish" to restart computer. A-3. Usb patch driver insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my computer"...

  • Page 80: Revision History

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 76 revision history appendix b: creative ct5880 audio driver insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my compute...

  • Page 81

    77 appendix insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my computer", and execute the setup.Exe. Appendix c: realtek 8139/8130/8100 netw...

  • Page 82

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 78 appendix d: other device driver (2) (1) d-1. Promise ata133 driver information (this manual assumes that your cd-rom device drive letter is d:). If you want to install ata133 driver, go to “control panel-->system-->device manager” and install driver by manually. Please refer ...

  • Page 83

    79 appendix (6) (5) (8) (7) (9) 4.Click "update driver" item. 5.Click "next" item. 6.Click "next" item. 7.Click "finish " to restart computer..

  • Page 84

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 80 insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my computer", and execute the setup.Exe. 1.Click "ms/sd/scr device d...

  • Page 85

    81 appendix d-3.Nec usb 2.0 host controller driver (this manual assumes that your cd-rom device drive letter is d:). (2) (1) if you want to install usb 2.0 driver, go to “control panel-->system-->device manager” and install driver by manually. Please refer to the following precedure: 1.Click "nec us...

  • Page 86: Revision History

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 82 revision history appendix e: easytune 4 utilities installation insert the driver cd-title that came with your motherboard into your cd-rom driver, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the cd-rom device icon in "my co...

  • Page 87

    83 appendix appendix f: face-wizard utilities installation what is face-wizard tm ? Face-wizard tm is a windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to change the boot-up logo with picture from gigabyte logo gallery on web site or other compatible picture you have. How does i...

  • Page 88

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 84 (6) (5) 2.Click "help" icom..

  • Page 89

    85 appendix appendix g: bios flash procedure bios update procedure: method 1: if your os is win9x, we recommend that you used gigabyte @bios tm program to flash bios. (2) methods and steps: i. Update bios through internet a. Click "internet update" icon b. Click "update new bios" icon c. Select @bio...

  • Page 90

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 86 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: 8ihxp....

  • Page 91

    87 appendix method 2: we use ga-7vtx motherboard and flash841 bios flash utility as example. Please flash the bios according to the following procedures if you are now under the dos mode. Flash bios procedure: step 1: (1) please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winz...

  • Page 92

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 88 (2) select the "quick (erase)" for format type, and pick both "display summary when finished" and "copy system files", after that press "start". That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it. Beware: this procedure will erase all the prior data on tha...

  • Page 93

    89 appendix step 3: download bios and bios utility program. (1) please go to gigabyte website http://www.Gigabyte.Com.Tw/index.Html, and click "support". (2) from support zone, click the "motherboards bios & drivers"..

  • Page 94

    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 90 (3) we use ga-7vtx motherboard as example. Please select ga-7vtx by model or chipset optional menu to obtain bios flash files. (4) select an appropriate bios version (for example: f4), and click to download the file. It will pop up a file download screen, then select the "ope...

  • Page 95

    91 appendix (5) at this time the screen shows the following picture, please click "extract" button to unzip the files. (6) please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk a mentioned in step 2, and press "extract"..

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 92 step 4: make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive a. Then, restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk. Please press key to enter bios setup main menu when...

  • Page 97

    93 appendix (3) press "enter" to enter "bios features setup" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item "1st boot device", and then use the "page up" or "page down" keys to select "floppy". Amibios setup - bios features setup ( c ) 2001 american megatrends, inc. All rights reserved 1st boot device :...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 94 step 5: bios flashing. (1) after the system boot from floppy disk, type "a:\> dir/w" and press "enter" to check the entire files in floppy a. Then type the "bios flash utility" and "bios file" after a:\>. In this case you have to type "a:\> flash841 7vtx.F4" and then press "e...

  • Page 99

    95 appendix (3) it will pop up a screen and asks "are you sure to flash the bios?" press [enter] to continue the procedure, or press [esc] to quit. Beware: please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading bios. It will render your bios corrupted and system totally inoperative. (4) the bios ...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 96 step 6: load bios defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after bios has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the bios defaults after bios has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash. (1) take out the floppy diskette...

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    97 appendix (3) use the arrows to highlight the item "save & exit setup" and press "enter". System will ask "save to cmos and exit (y/n)?" press "y" and "enter" keys to confirm. Now the system will reboot automatically, the new bios setting will be taken effect next boot-up. Amibios simple setup uti...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 98 appendix h: acronyms acronyms meaning acpi advanced configuration and power interface apm advanced power management agp accelerated graphics port amr audio modem riser acr advanced communications riser bios basic input / output system cpu central processing unit cmos compleme...

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    99 appendix acronyms meaning lba logical block addressing led light emitting diode mhz megahertz midi musical instrument digital interface mth memory translator hub mpt memory protocol translator nic network interface card os operating system oem original equipment manufacturer pac pci a.G.P. Contro...

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    Ga-8ihxp motherboard 100 technical support/rma sheet customer/country: company: phone no.: contact person: e-mail add. : model name/lot number: pcb revision: bios version: o.S./a.S.: hardware mfs. Model name size: driver/utility: configuration cpu memory brand video card audio card hdd cd-rom / dvd-...