Gigabyte GA-8IGX User manual

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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 complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received,
including that may cause undesired operation.
Representative Person’s Name:
Signature: Eric Lu
Supplementary Information:
Model Number:
17358 Railroad Street
City of Industry, CA 91748
G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.)
[phone]/ [phone]
Motherboard
GA-8IGX
Date:
ERIC LU
March 29,2002

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-8IGX
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)
in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
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EN 55011 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
industrial,scientific and medical (ISM
high frequency equipment
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EN 61000-3-2*
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7EN 60555-2
Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment “Harmonics”
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EN 55013 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
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EN 61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment “Voltage fluctuations”
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EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
household electrical appliances,
portable tools and similar electrical
apparatus
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7EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
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7EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
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EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
fluorescent lamps and luminaries
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
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EN 55081-2
Immunity from radio interference of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
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EN 55082-2
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7EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
information technology equipment
lmmunity requirements for household
appliances tools and similar apparatus
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ENV 55104
Cabled distribution systems; Equipment
for receiving and/or distribution from
sound and television signals
EMC requirements for uninterruptible
power systems (UPS)
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EN50091-2
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EN 55020
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DIN VDE 0855
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part 10
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part 12
(EC conformity marking)
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7CE marking
The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product
with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC
Safety requirements for mains operated
electronic and related apparatus for
household and similar general use
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EN 60950
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EN 60065
Safety of household and similar
electrical appliances
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EN 60335
Manufacturer/Importer
Signature:
Name:
(Stamp) Date : March 29, 2002
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7EN 60555-3
Timmy Huang
Timmy Huang
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EN 50091-1

USER’S MANUAL
GA-8IGX
P4 Titan 533 Motherboard
Pentium®4 Processor Motherboard
Rev. 1101
12ME-8IGX-1101

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Table of Content
Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4
WARNING! ............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 5
Features Summary ...................................................................................... 5
GA-8IGX Motherboard Layout ..................................................................... 7
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ................................................ 8
Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 9
CPU Installation ................................................................................................................. 9
CPU Heat Sink Installation .............................................................................................. 10
Step 2: Install memory modules ................................................................ 11
Step 3: Install expansion cards ................................................................. 13
Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply ........... 14
Step4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction ............................................................................. 14
Step4-2: Connectors Introduction ................................................................................... 16
Step4-3: Jumper Introduction .......................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .......................................................................... 24
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1) ........................................ 25
Standard CMOS Features......................................................................... 27
Advanced BIOS Features .......................................................................... 30
Integrated Peripherals .............................................................................. 32

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Table of Content
Power Management Setup ....................................................................... 37
PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 39
PC Health Status........................................................................................ 40
Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................................ 42
Top Performance ...................................................................................... 45
Select Language ....................................................................................... 46
Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................. 47
Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................... 48
Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 49
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................................... 50
Exit Without Saving ................................................................................... 51
Chapter 4 Technical Reference ............................................................ 52
Block Diagram ........................................................................................... 52
Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Introduction ............................................................... 53
@ BIOS Introduction .................................................................................. 61
Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction ....................................................................... 62
Chapter 5 Appendix.............................................................................. 63

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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. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have
one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as
the power supply case.
3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or
othercomponents.
4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the
components whenever the components are separated from the system.
5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX
power connector on the motherboard.
If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are
no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting
holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful
of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short
circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard
PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact
any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the
board or cause board malfunctioning.
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
WARNING!
The GA-8IGX motherboard Quick PC Installation Guide
IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 USB Cable x 1
CD for motherboard driver & utility
I/O Shield
GA-8IGX user’s manual
Item Checklist

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Introduction
Form Factor y30.5cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.
CPU ySocket 478 for Intel®Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium®4 processor
y Support Intel®Pentium®4 (Northwood, 0.13 m) processor
yIntel Pentium®4 400/533MHz FSB
y2nd cache depends on CPU
Chipset yChipset Intel 82845G HOST/AGP/Controller
yICH4 I/O Controller Hub
Memory y3 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
ySupports PC2100 DDR or PC1600 DDR DIMM
ySupports up to 2GB DRAM (Max)
ySupports only 2.5V DDR DIMM
I/O Control yITE8712F
Slots y1 AGP slot 4X (1.5V) device support
y6 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant
On-Board IDE y2 IDE bus master (DMA33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE ports for up to 4
ATAPI devices
ySupports PIO mode3,4 (UDMA 33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE & ATAPI
CD-ROM
On-Board Peripherals y1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M
and 2.88M bytes.
y1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode
y1 Serial ports (COMA), 1 VGA port , COMB on Board
y6 x USB 2.0/1.1 (2 x Rear,4 xFront by cable )
y1 IrDA connector for IR/CIR
y1 Front Audio connector
Hardware Monitor yCPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect
yCPU Overheat Warning
ySystem Voltage Detect
Chapter 1 Introduction
to be continued......
Features Summary

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On-Board VGA yBuild in Intel 82845G Chipset
On-Board USB 2.0 yBuild in ICH4 Chipset
On-Board SC yITE8712F SMART @I/O Chipset (SC header)
On-Board Sound yRealtek ALC650 CODEC
yLine Out : 2 front speaker
yLine In : 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch)
yMic In : center& woofer(by s/w switch)
ySPDIF out : by s/w switch
On-Board LAN yBuild in Kinnereth Chipset
PS/2 Connector yPS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface
BIOS yLicensed AWARD BIOS, 4M bit FWH
ySupports Dual BIOS
ySupports Multi Language
ySupports Q-Flash
ySupports Face-Wizard
AdditionalFeatures yExternal Modem wake up
yPS/2 Keyboard password power on
yPS/2 Mouse power on
ySTR(Suspend-To-RAM)
yAC Recovery
yUSB KB/Mouse wake up from S3
yPoly fuse for keyboard,USB,game port over-current protection
ySupports @BIOS
ySupports EasyTune 4
Jumper less yOver Voltage (DDR/AGP/CPU) by BIOS
Overclocking yOver Clock (CPU/DDR/AGP) by BIOS
Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications.
We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification
because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU,
chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific
bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU,
Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards….etc.

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Introduction
GA-8IGX Motherboard Layout
SPDIF
GA-8IGX
KB_MS
COMA
COMB
LPT
GAME
LINE_IN
LINE_OUT
MIC_IN
USB_LAN
AUX_12V
CD_IN
F_AUDIO_I
F_PANEL
BAT1
SYS _FAN
ICH4
82845G
SOCKET478
CPU_FAN
ATX
FDD
IDE1
IDE2
AGP
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
F_USB1
DDR2
DDR1
CODEC Backup
BIOS IR_CIR
Kinnereth
F_USB2
C_CMOS
SC
CI
VGA
DDR3
DIMM_LED
Main
BIOS
PCI4
PCI5
PCI6
SUR_CEN
AUX_IN
P4 Titan 533
NB_FAN
PWR_FAN

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To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:
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- Install supporting software tools
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
Step 2
Step 4
Step 3
Step 4 Step 4
Step 1

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Hardware Installation Process
Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
CPU Installation
Pin1 indicator Pin1 indicator
CPU Top View CPU Bottom View
Socket Actuation Lever
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever
and up to 90-degree angle.
Pin1 indicator
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look
for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU
upper corner. Then insert the CPU
into the socket.
3. Press down the CPU socket
lever and finish CPU installation.
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Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.
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If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause
improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

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CPU Heat Sink Installation
1. Hook one end of the cooler
bracket to the CPU socket first.
2. Hook the other end of the
cooler bracket to the CPU
socket.
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Please use Intel approved cooling fan.
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We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat
conduction between your CPU and heatsink.
(The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the
thermal paste. During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan, you
might pull the processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan, and
might damage the processor. To avoid this from happening, we suggest you to
either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste, or remove the cooling fan with
extreme caution.)
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Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector,
this completes the installation.
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Please refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installation
procedure.

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Hardware Installation Process
Step 2: Install memory modules
The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets, but it can only support a maximum
of 4 banks of DDR memory. DDR slot 1 uses 2 banks, DDR slot 2&3 share the remaining 2 banks.
Please refer to the following tables for possible memory configurations supported. The BIOS will
automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the
DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary
between sockets.
Total Memory Sizes With Unbuffered DDR DIMM
Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMM x 64 / x 72 2 DIMMs x 64 / x 72 3 DIMMs x 64 / x 72
64 Mbit (2Mx8x4 banks) 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 256 MBytes
64 Mbit (1Mx16x4 banks) 32 MBytes 64 MBytes 96 MBytes
128 Mbit(4Mx8x4 banks) 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 512 MBytes
128 Mbit(2Mx16x4 banks) 64 MBytes 128 MBytes 196 MBytes
256 Mbit(8Mx8x4 banks) 512 MBytes 1 GBytes 1 GBytes
256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks) 128 MBytes 256 MBytes 384 MBytes
512 Mbit(16Mx8x4 banks) 1 GBytes 2 GBytes 2 GBytes
512 Mbit(8Mx16x4 banks) 256 MBytes 512 MBytes 768 MBytes
Notes: Double-sided x16 DDR memory devices are not support by Intel 845E/G chipset.
DDR1 DDR2 DDR3
SS S
DS S
DD X
DX D
SD X
SX D
D:Double Sided DIMM S:Single Sided DIMM
X:Not Use

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When STR/DIMM LED is ON, you do not install / remove DDR from socket.
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Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to
the two notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation.
Please change the insert orientation.
DDR
1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the
DIMMmemory module can only fit in one direction.
2. Insert the DIMM memory module verticallyinto the
DIMM slot. Then push it down.
3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of theDIMM slots
to lock the DIMM module.
Reverse the installation steps when you wish to
remove the DIMM module.
Established on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a
high performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs and
system integrators.
DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing
SDRAM infrastructure, yet makes awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by
doubling the memory bandwidth. DDR SDRAM will offer a superior solution and migration path from
existing SDRAM designs due to its availability, pricing and overall market support. PC2100 DDR
memory (DDR266) doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of
the clock, achieving data bandwidth 2X greater than PC133 when running with the same DRAM clock
frequency. With peak bandwidth of 2.1GB per second, DDR memory enables system OEMs to build
high performance and low latency DRAM subsystems that are suitable for servers, workstations, high-
end PC's and value desktop SMA systems. With a core voltage of only 2.5 Volts compared to
conventional SDRAM's 3.3 volts, DDR memory is a compelling solution for small form factor desktops
and notebook applications.
DDR Introduction

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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 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.
AGP Card
Please carefully pull out the small white-
drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when
you try to install/ Uninstall the AGP card.
Please align the AGP card to the onboard
AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot .
Make sure your AGP card is locked by the
small white- drawable bar.

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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power
supply
Step4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction
XX
XX
XPS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
YY
YY
YParallel Port and VGA Port/COMA Port
PS/2 Mouse Connector
(6 pin Female)
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
(6 pin Female)
Parallel Port
(25 pin Female)
Serial Ports
(9 pin Male)
This connector supports standard PS/2
keyboard and PS/2 mouse.
This mainboard sutports 1 standard COM port,
1 VGA port and 1 LPT port. Device like printer
can be connected to LPT port ; mouse and
modem etc can be connected to COM port.
X
YZ
[
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COMA VGA
VGA Port
(15 pin Female)

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ZZ
ZZ
ZGame /MIDI Ports
Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female)
\\
\\
\USB/LAN Connector
[[
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[Audio Connectors
This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other
relate audio devices.
After install onboard audio driver, you may connect
speaker to Line Out jack, micro phone to MIC In jack.
Device like CD-ROM , walkman etc can be connected
to Line-In jack.
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 (Win 95 with USB
supplement, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Win
NT with SP 6) supports USB controller. If your OS does not
support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for pos-
sible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please
contact your OS or device(s) vendors.
Line In
MIC In
Line Out
USB 0
USB 1
LAN

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Step4-2: Connectors Introduction
A) AUX_12V K) F_USB1/F_USB2
B) CPU_FAN L) COMB
C) ATX M) SPDIF
D) FDD N) SUR_CEN
E) IDE1/IDE2 O) AUX_IN
F) SYS_FAN P) BAT1
G) SC Q) NB_FAN
H) CI R) CD_IN
I) IR_CIR S) F_AUDIO_I
J) F_PANEL T) PWR_FAN
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