User manual GIGABYTE GA-8ID

[. . . ] If this Eric Lu equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. Address: 18305 Valley Blvd. , Suite#A LA Puent, CA 91744 Phone/Fax No: (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name: Mother Board Model Number: GA-8ID Conforms to the following specifications: FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15. 107(a) and Section 15. 109(a), Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information: 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. ERIC LU Representative Person's Name: Signature: Date: Apr. 12, 2001 -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna -Move the equipment away from the receiver -Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected -Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment. [. . . ] First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare. Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work?Now Gigabyte announces @BIOSTM--the first Windows BIOS live update utility. With the help of "@BIOSTM', BIOS updating is no more than a click. Besides, no matter which mainboard you are using, if it's a Gigabyte's product*, @BIOSTM help you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically. There are several different choices; you could use "Internet Update" to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose "Save Current BIOS" to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOSTM update your BIOS smartly. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. Number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE Landing zone SECTORS number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>. · Floppy Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the type of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. 5. 25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1. 2M byte capacity (3. 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled). 3. 5 inch double-sided drive; 2. 88M byte capacity. 49 BIOS Setup · Boot Sector Virus Protection If it is set to enable, the category will flash on the screen when there is any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive. The system will halt and the following error message will appear in the mean time. Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table (Default Value) Disabled · 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 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard. Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space. DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM. 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. 50 8TM Motherboard BIOS Features Setup AMIBIOS SETUP ­ BIOS FEATURES SETUP ( C ) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. [. . . ] 2. Click "Next". (1) (2) 3. Click "Yes". 4. Click "Next". (3) (4) 72 8TM Motherboard Appendix B: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure: If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS Program to flash BIOS. Press "Tools" icon. 2. Click "@BIOS Writer v1. 06g". 1. Click "Gigabyte Utilities". (1) (2) Click " ". Click Here. (3) Methods and steps: I. Select @BIOS sever ( "Gigabyte @BIOS sever 1 in Taiwan" and "Gigabyte @BIOS sever 2 in Taiwan" are available for now, the others will be completed soon) d. System will automatically download and update the BIOS. 73 Appendix II. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. [. . . ]