User manual GIGABYTE 8I845GVM-RZAC

[. . . ] 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. Mother Board 8I845GVM-RZAC Motherboard 8I845GVM-RZAC Oct. 15, 2004 Preparing Your Computer 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. 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. [. . . ] This type of information is stored in battery-backed CM OS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. English ENTERING BIOS Setup Turning on the computer and pressing <Del> immediately allow you to enter BIOS Setup. If you need more advanced BIOS settings, please press Ctrl and F1 keys on the BIOS main screen to access the the advanced BIOS settings. CONTROL KEYS < > < >< <Enter> <Esc> <+/PgUp> <-/PgDn> <F1> <F2> <F5> <F6> <F7> <F8> <F9> <F10> >< > Move to select item Select Item Main M enu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main M enu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the num eric value or make changes General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup M enu Item Help Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the file-safe default CM OS value from BIOS default table Load the Optimized Defaults Q-Flash utility System Inform ation Save all the CMOS changes, only for M ain Menu 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>. 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. The M ain Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software } } } } } } } Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving higf : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type. . . Ese: Quit F8: Q-Flash - 21 - BIOS Setup English If you can't find the settings you want, press Ctrl and F1 in BIOS main menu to access the hidden advanced options. · Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the item s in standard com patible 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 settings. · Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. · PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. · PC Health Status This setup page includes the inform ation of the system auto-detected temperature, voltage, and fan speed. · Frequency/VoltageControl This setup page allows to control CPU clock and frequency ratio. · Top Performance If you wish to m aximize the performance of your system, try to enable Top Performance. · Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system param eters with which the system would be in safe configuration. · 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 lim it access to the system and BIOS Setup, or just to BIOS Setup. · Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to lim it access to the system. · Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CM OS and exit BIOS Setup. · Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit BIOS Setup. 8I845GVM-RZAC Series Motherboard - 22 - Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) } } } } IDE IDE IDE IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Fri, Jan 9 2004 22:31:24 [None] [None] [None] [None] [1. 44M, 3. 5"] [None] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 127M 128M +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level } Change the day, month, year <Week> Sun. <Day> 1 to 31 (or maximum allowed in the month) <Year> 1999 to 2098 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults English Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory higf : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values Date The date form at is <week>, <m onth>, <day>, <year>. Year From Year 1999 to 2098. Time The form at used to express time is hours:minutes:seconds. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. (Default value) Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determ ine if it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K, 1. 2M or 1. 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. - 25 - BIOS Setup English Password Check Setup System The system will boot but will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. CPU Hyper-Threading This option is available only when you install an Intel® Hyper-Threading processor. Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported. to 3 This option is available only when you install an Intel® Prescott processor. (Defaults value) Disabled Disable CPUID Limit for Windows XP. Init Display First Select the first initation of the m onitor display from onboard/AGP or PCI VGA card. (Default value) Graphics Aperture Size This option is available only when you use the onboard VGA function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Graphics Share Memory This option is available only when you use the onboard VGA function. (Default value) 1MB Set Graphics Share Memory to 1M B. 8I845GVM-RZAC Series Motherboard - 26 - Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard H/W LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM * Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address x Midi Port IRQ * English [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 [201] [Disabled] 10 Item Help Menu Level u If a hard disk controller card is used, set at Disabled [Enabled] Enable onboard IDE PORT [Disabled] Disable onboard IDE PORT higf : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled Auto ATA66/100 ATA33 Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. [. . . ] 8I845GVM-RZAC Series Motherboard - 38 - English Contact Us -- Taiwan (Headquarters) -- Japan GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. Address: No. 6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 FAX: +886 (2) 8912-4003 Tech. Support : http://tw. giga-byte. com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter. htm Non-Tech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts. gigabyte. com. tw/nontech. asp WEB address (English): http://www. gigabyte. com. tw WEB address (Chinese): http://chinese. giga-byte. com -- U. S. A. [. . . ]