Gigabyte GA-8IEX Series Use and care manual

GA-8IEX SeriesUser’sManual
(TechnicalReference)
Rev.1201

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TableofContent
BIOSSetup ...............................................................................................................3
TheMainMenu(Forexample:BIOSVer.:F5).......................................................4
StandardCMOSFeatures....................................................................................6
AdvancedBIOSFeatures.....................................................................................9
Integrated Peripherals.......................................................................................11
PowerManagementSetup.................................................................................17
PnP/PCIConfigurations.....................................................................................20
PCHealthStatus...............................................................................................21
Frequency/VoltageControl.................................................................................23
TopPerformance...............................................................................................25
SelectLanguage................................................................................................26
LoadFail-SafeDefaults......................................................................................27
LoadOptimizedDefaults....................................................................................28
SetSupervisor/UserPassword...........................................................................29
Save&ExitSetup..............................................................................................30
ExitWithoutSaving...........................................................................................31
BlockDiagram.........................................................................................................32
BIOSFlashProcedure.............................................................................................33
@BIOSIntroduction................................................................................................54
EasyTuneTM4Introduction........................................................................................55
Fourspeaker&SPDIFIntroduction ..........................................................................56
DriverInstalling........................................................................................................63
Acronyms................................................................................................................78
TechnicalSupport/RMASheet ................................................................................80

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<á>Movetopreviousitem
<â>Movetonextitem
<ß>Movetotheiteminthelefthand
<à>Movetotheitemintherighthand
<Esc>MainMenu-QuitandnotsavechangesintoCMOSStatusPageSetupMenuand
OptionPageSetupMenu-ExitcurrentpageandreturntoMainMenu
<+/PgUp>Increasethenumericvalueormakechanges
<-/PgDn>Decreasethenumericvalueormakechanges
<F1>Generalhelp,onlyforStatusPageSetupMenuandOptionPageSetupMenu
<F2>Itemhelp
<F3>Reserved
<F4>Reserved
<F5>RestorethepreviousCMOSvaluefromCMOS,onlyforOptionPageSetupMenu
<F6>LoadthedefaultCMOSvaluefromBIOSdefaulttable,onlyforOptionPageSetup
Menu
<F7>LoadtheSetupDefaults
<F8>DualBIOS/Q-Flash
<F9>Reserved
<F10>SavealltheCMOSchanges,onlyforMainMenu
BIOSSetupisanoverviewoftheBIOSSetup Program.Theprogramthatallowsuserstomodify
thebasicsystemconfiguration.Thistypeofinformationisstoredinbattery-backedCMOSRAMso
thatitretainsthe Setupinformationwhenthe poweristurnedoff.
ENTERINGSETUP
Afterpoweronthecomputer,pressing <Del>immediatelyduringPOST(PowerOnSelfTest)itwillallowyouto
enterstandardBIOSCMOSSETUP.
IfyourequiremoreadvancedBIOSsettings,pleasegoto“AdvancedBIOS”settingmenu.Toenter
AdvancedBIOSsettingmenu,press“Ctrl+F1”keyon theBIOSscreen.
CONTROLKEYS
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lStandardCMOSFeatures
ThissetuppageincludesalltheitemsinstandardcompatibleBIOS.
lAdvancedBIOSFeatures
ThissetuppageincludesalltheitemsofAwardspecialenhancedfeatures.
lIntegratedPeripherals
Thissetuppageincludesallonboardperipherals.
GETTINGHELP
MainMenu
Theon-linedescriptionofthehighlightedsetupfunctionisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen.
StatusPageSetupMenu/OptionPageSetup Menu
PressF1topopupasmallhelpwindowthatdescribestheappropriatekeystouseandthepossible
selectionsforthe highlighteditem.ToexittheHelpWindowpress<Esc>.
TheMainMenu (Forexample:BIOSVer.:F5)
Onceyou enterAwardBIOSCMOSSetupUtility,the MainMenu(Figure1)will appearon the
screen.TheMainMenuallowsyoutoselectfromeightsetupfunctionsandtwoexitchoices.Use
arrowkeystoselectamongtheitemsandpress<Enter>toacceptorenterthesub-menu.
Figure1:MainMenu
CMOSSetupUtility-Copyright(C)1984-2002AwardSoftware
}StandardCMOSFeaturesSelectLanguage
}AdvancedBIOSFeaturesLoadFail-SafeDefaults
}IntegratedPeripheralsLoadOptimizedDefaults
}PowerManagementSetup SetSupervisorPassword
}PnP/PCIConfigurationsSetUserPassword
}PCHealthStatusSave&ExitSetup
}Frequency/VoltageControlExitWithoutSaving
TopPerformance
ESC:QuitF3:ChangeLanguage
F8:DualBIOS/Q-FlashF10:Save&ExitSetup
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lPowerManagementSetup
ThissetuppageincludesalltheitemsofGreenfunctionfeatures.
lPnP/PCIConfigurations
ThissetuppageincludesalltheconfigurationsofPCI&PnPISAresources.
lPCHealthStatus
ThissetuppageistheSystemautodetectTemperature,voltage,fan,speed.
lFrequency/VoltageControl
ThissetuppageiscontrolCPU’sclockandfrequencyratio.
lTopPerformance
TopPerformanceDefaultsindicatesthevalueofthesystemparameterswhichthesystem
wouldbeinbestperformanceconfiguration.
lSelectLanguage
Thissetuppageisselectmultilanguage.
lLoadFail-SafeDefaults
Fail-SafeDefaultsindicatesthevalueofthesystemparameterswhichthesystemwould
beinsafeconfiguration.
lLoadOptimizedDefaults
OptimizedDefaultsindicatesthevalueofthesystemparameterswhichthesystemwould
beinbetterperformanceconfiguration.
lLoadTopPerformanceDefaults
TopPerformanceDefaultsindicatesthevalueofthesystemparameterswhichthesystem
wouldbeinbestperformanceconfiguration.
lSetSupervisorpassword
Change,set,ordisablepassword.Itallowsyou tolimitaccesstothesystemandSetup,
orjusttoSetup.
lSetUser password
Change,set, ordisablepassword.Itallowsyoutolimitaccesstothesystem.
lSave&ExitSetup
SaveCMOSvaluesettingstoCMOSand exitsetup.
lExitWithoutSaving
AbandonallCMOSvaluechangesandexitsetup.

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StandardCMOSFeatures
CMOSSetupUtility-Copyright(C)1984-2002AwardSoftware
StandardCMOSFeatures
Date(mm:dd:yy)Thu,Feb 21 2002 ItemHelp
Time(hh:mm:ss)22:31:24 MenuLevelu
}IDEPrimaryMaster[PressEnterNone]Change the day,month,
}IDEPrimarySlave[PressEnterNone]year
}IDESecondaryMaster[PressEnterNone]<Week>
}IDESecondarySlave[PressEnterNone]Sun.toSat.
DriveA[1.44M,3.5”]<Month>
DriveB[None]Jan.toDec.
Floppy3ModeSupport [Disabled]<Day>
1to31(ormaximun allowed
HaltOn[All,ButKeyboard]inthe month.)
BaseMemory640K<year>
ExtendedMemory130048K1999 to2098
TotalMemory131072K
higf:MoveEnter:Select+/-/PU/PD:ValueF10:SaveESC:ExitF1:GeneralHelp
F3:Language F5:PreviousValuesF6:Fail-SafeDefaultsF7:Optimized Defaults
Figure2:StandardCMOSFeatures
FDate
Thedateformatis<week>,<month>,<day>,<year>.
8WeekThe week,fromSuntoSat, determinedbythe BIOSand isdisplayonly
8MonthThemonth,Jan.ThroughDec.
8DayTheday,from1to31(orthemaximumallowedinthemonth)
8YearTheyear,from1999through2098
FTime
Thetimesformatin<hour><minute><second>.The timeiscalculatedbaseonthe24-hourmilitary-
timeclock.Forexample,1p.m.is13:00:00.

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FIDEPrimaryMaster,Slave/SecondaryMaster,Slave
The categoryidentifiesthe typesofharddiskfromdriveCtoFthathasbeen installedinthe
computer.Therearetwotypes:autotype,and manualtype.Manualtype isuser-definable;Auto
type whichwill automaticallydetectHDD type.
Notethatthe specificationsofyourdrivemustmatchwiththe drivetable.The harddisk willnotwork
properlyifyouenterimproperinformationforthiscategory.
IfyouselectUserType,relatedinformation will beaskedtoentertothefollowing items.Enterthe
informationdirectlyfromthe keyboardand press<Enter>.Suchinformation shouldbeprovidedin
thedocumentation formyourharddisk vendororthesystemmanufacturer.
8Capacity:Theharddisksize.The unitisMegaBytes.
8AccessMode:Theoptionsare:Auto/Large /LBA/Normal.
8Cylinder:Thecylindernumberofharddisk.
8Head Theread/Writeheadnumberofharddisk.
8PrecompThecylinernumberatwhichthediskdriverchangesthe writecurrent.
8LandingZone Thecylindernumberthatthedisk driverheads(read/write)areseated whenthe
diskdriveisparked.
8SECTORSThesectornumberofeachtrackdefineon theharddisk.
IfaharddiskhasnotbeeninstalledselectNONEandpress<Enter>.
FDriveA/DriveB
Thecategoryidentifiesthetypesoffloppydisk driveAordriveBthathasbeeninstalled inthe
computer.
8None Nofloppydriveinstalled
8360K,5.25“.5.25inchPC-typestandarddrive;360Kbytecapacity.
81.2M,5.25”.5.25inchAT-typehigh-densitydrive;1.2Mbytecapacity
(3.5inchwhen3Mode isEnabled).
8720K,3.5“.3.5inchdouble-sideddrive;720Kbytecapacity
81.44M,3.5“.3.5inchdouble-sideddrive;1.44Mbytecapacity.
82.88M,3.5“.3.5inchdouble-sideddrive;2.88Mbytecapacity.
FFloppy3ModeSupport(forJapanArea)
8Disabled NormalFloppyDrive.(Defaultvalue)
8DriveA Enabled3modefunction ofDriveA.
8DriveB Enabled3modefunction ofDriveB.
8BothDriveA&Bare3modeFloppyDrives.

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FHalton
Thecategorydetermineswhetherthecomputerwillstopifanerrorisdetectedduringpowerup.
8NOErrorsThe systembootwillnotstopforanyerrorthatmaybe detected
and youwill beprompted.
8AllErrorsWhenevertheBIOSdetectsanon-fatalerrorthe systemwillbestopped.
8All,ButKeyboarThe systembootwill notstop forakeyboarderror;itwillstop for
allothererrors.(Defaultvalue)
8All,ButDisketteThe systembootwill notstop foradisk error;itwillstop forall
othererrors.
8All,ButDisk/KeyThe systembootwill notstop forakeyboardordisk error;itwill
stopforall othererrors.
Memory
Thecategoryisdisplay-onlywhichisdeterminedbyPOST(PowerOnSelfTest)oftheBIOS.
BaseMemory
ThePOSToftheBIOSwilldeterminetheamountofbase(orconventional)memory
installedinthesystem.
Thevalueofthebasememoryistypically512Kforsystemswith512Kmemory
installedonthemotherboard,or640Kforsystemswith640Kormorememory
installedonthemotherboard.
ExtendedMemory
TheBIOSdetermineshowmuchextendedmemoryispresentduringthePOST.
Thisistheamountofmemorylocatedabove1MBintheCPU’smemory
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AdvancedBIOSFeatures
CMOSSetupUtility-Copyright(C)1984-2002AwardSoftware
AdvancedBIOSFeatures
RAID/SCSIBootOrder* *[RAID,SCSI] ItemHelp
FirstBootDevice[Floppy]MenuLevel
SecondBootDevice[HDD-0]
ThirdBootDevice[CDROM]
BootUpFloppySeek[Disabled]
DRAMDataIntegrityMode Non-ECC
InitDisplayFirst [AGP]
higf:MoveEnter:Select+/-/PU/PD:Value F10:SaveESC:ExitF1:GeneralHelp
F3:Language F5:PreviousValuesF6:Fail-SafeDefaultsF7:Optimized Defaults
Figure3:Advanced BIOSFeatures
FRAID/SCSIBootOrder**
MThisfeatureallowsyoutoselectthe bootorderRAIDorSCSIdevice.
8RAID,SCSISelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyRAID.
8SCSI,RAIDSelectyourbootdeviceprioritybySCSI.
FFirst/Second/ThirdBootdevice
MThisfeatureallowsyou toselectthebootdevicepriority.
8FloppySelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyFloppy.
8LS120 SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyLS120.
8HDD-0~3SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyHDD-0~3.
8SCSISelectyourbootdeviceprioritybySCSI.
8CDROMSelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyCDROM.
8LANSelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyLAN.
8USB-CDROMSelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyUSB-CDROM.
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8USB-ZIP SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyUSB-ZIP.
8USB-FDD SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyUSB-FDD.
8USB-HDD SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyUSB-HDD.
8ZIP SelectyourbootdeviceprioritybyZIP.
8Disabled Disabledthisfunction.
FBootUpFloppySeek
MDuring POST,BIOSwilldeterminethe floppydisk driveinstalled is40or80 tracks.360 Ktypeis40
tracks720 K,1.2 Mand1.44 Mareall80tracks.
8Enabled BIOSsearchesforfloppydisk drivetodetermineitis40or80tracks.Note
thatBIOScan nottell from720 K,1.2 Mor1.44 Mdrivetype astheyare
all80tracks.
8Disabled BIOSwillnotsearchforthe typeoffloppydiskdrivebytracknumber.Note
thattherewill notbeanywarning message ifthe driveinstalledis360 K.
(Defaultvalue)
FDRAMDataIntegrityMode
MThisfeatureallowsyoutosettheDRAMdataIntegrityMode
8Non-ECC SettheDRAMdataIntegrityMode isNon-ECC(Default)
8ECC SettheDRAMdataIntegrityModeisECC.
FInitDisplayFirst
MThisfeatureallowsyoutoselectthefirstinitation ofthemonitordisplayfromwhichcard,when
youinstallanAGPVGAcardandaPCIVGAcardonboard.
8PCISetInitDisplayFirsttoPCISlot.
8AGP SetInitDisplayFirsttoAGP.(Defaultvalue)