Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents GA-8I865GMFK-775/GA-8I865GMK-775 Motherboard Layout ...................................... 6Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ..........................
Page 7 - Block Diagram
- 7 - Block Diagram * Only for GA-8I865GMFK-775. Line-Out MIC LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(133/200MHz) AGPCLK (66MHz) 33MHz Host Interface Intel 865G GMCH GMCHCLK (66MHz) 66MHz 48MHz DDR 400/333/266MHz DIMM 14.318MHz 33MHz LPC47M997 2 Serial ATA ATA33/66/100 IDE Channels Intel ICH5 14.318MHz BIOS CODE...
Page 9 - English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...
Page 10 - Feature Summary
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 10 - English Motherboard GA-8I865GMK-775 or GA-8I865GMFK-775 CPU Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 865G Chipset Southbridge: Intel ® ICH5 Supported on the Win...
Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and Heatsink
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install the CPU in...
Page 14 - Installation of Memory
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 14 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before ins...
Page 15 - Dual Channel DDR
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel DDR GA-8I865GMK-775 / GA-8I865GMFK-775 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating theDual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double up to 6.4GB/s. GA-8I865GMK-775 / GA-8I865GMFK-775 includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each C...
Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis...
Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to thelower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, ...
Page 18 - Connectors Introduction
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1 2 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_FAN5) FDD6) IDE1 / IDE2 7) SATA0 / SATA18) BAT9) F_PANEL 10) F _ A U D I O11) C D _ I N12) SPDIF13) F_USB1 / F_USB214) F1_1394* / F2_1394*15) C O M B16) I R17) C L R _ C ...
Page 29 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned off, the battery on ...
Page 31 - Load Optimized Defaults; Exit Without Saving
BIOS Setup - 31 - English Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in bestperformance configuration. Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and ...
Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the max...
Page 33 - Halt on
BIOS Setup - 33 - English Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25" 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity. 1.2M, 5.25" 5.25 inch AT-type high-density...
Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press<ESC>...
Page 35 - Limit CPUID Max. to 3
BIOS Setup - 35 - English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only workingfor operating system with multi processors mode supported. (Default value) Disabled Disables CPU Hyper Threading. Limit CPUID Max. to 3 Enabled Limit CPUID Maximum ...
Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip SATA [Auto] x SATA Port0 configure as SATA Port0 SATA Port1 configur...
Page 37 - SATA Port0 configure as
BIOS Setup - 37 - English SATA Port0 configure as IDE Pri. Master Set SATA controller to compatible mode. This mode will remap SATA Port 0 toIDE Primary Master. IDE Pri. Slave Set SATA controller to compatible mode. This mode will remap SATA Port 0 toIDE Primary Slave. IDE Sec. Master Set SATA contr...
Page 39 - Power Management Setup
BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Power LED in S1 state Blinking In standby mode(S1), poer LED will blink. (Default value) Dual/OFF...
Page 40 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; Resume by Alarm
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 40 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1/5. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14...
Page 41 - PC Health Status; Current CPU/System Temperature
BIOS Setup - 41 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current CPU/System Temperature Detect CPU/System temperature automatically. Current Voltage(V) Vcore / +3.3V / +5V / +12V / DDR25V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automa...
Page 42 - Frequency/Voltage Control; CPU Clock Ratio
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 42 - English 2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio [15X] Memory Frequency For [Auto] Memory Frequency (Mhz) 266 KLJI : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit ...
Page 43 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults
BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum systemperformance. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Periphe...
Page 45 - -12 Exit Without Saving
BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type "N"...
Page 47 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers
Drivers Installation - 47 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROMdevice icon in "My computer"...
Page 48 - Software Application
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyoneyou want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and dri...
Page 49 - Hardware Information; Contact Us
Drivers Installation - 49 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
Page 51 - User Interface Overview; Chapter 4; Unique Software Utilities
Appendix - 51 - English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking forenhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. and M.I.B. for spec...
Page 52 - What is Xpress Recovery ?; How to use the Xpress Recovery
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 52 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ? Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition.If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive toits original state. 1. Supports FAT16, FAT32...
Page 53 - F9 For Xpress Recovery
Appendix - 53 - English 2. Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Press F9 during powering on the computer . Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utility2. Execute Restore Utility3. Remove Backup Image4. Set Password5. Exit and Res...
Page 54 - Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 54 - English 1. Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your harddrive. Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key ...
Page 55 - Utility; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Appendix - 55 - English Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to updateBIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indi...
Page 56 - Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 56 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: 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 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ...
Page 57 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
Appendix - 57 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enabl...
Page 59 - Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults.
Appendix - 59 - English 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 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F3: Change Language F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10...
Page 60 - utility screen
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 60 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enableexecution ...
Page 64 - Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 64 - English 4-1-3 2- / 4- / 5.1- Channel Audio Function Introduction Line Out Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo outputis applied.STEP 1:Connect the stereo spea...
Page 65 - Channel Audio Setup
Appendix - 65 - English 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the Front Speakers to "Line Out", the RearSpeakers to "Line In". Line In (Rear Speaker Out)Line Out (Front Speaker Out)Mic In STEP 2 :After you install the audio driver, you will find the "SoundMAX Control Panel" i...
Page 66 - Channel Audio Setup
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 66 - English 5.1 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the Front Speakers to "Line Out", the Sur-r o u n d S p e a k e r s t o " L i n e I n " , a n d t h e C e n t e r /Subwoofer Speakers to "MIC In". Sound Effect Configuration:At the "Acou...
Page 68 - Troubleshooting
GA-8I865GM(F)K-775 Motherboard - 68 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous ...