Gigabyte Technology GA-8I915P-MF - Manuals

Page 4 - Table of Content

- 4 - Table of Content GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard Layout ............................................................................. 6Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ........

Page 7 - Block Diagram

- 7 - TSB43AB23 3 IEEE1394 Block Diagram LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) BIOS PCI Express x16 33MHz 14.318MHz DDR400/333MHz DIMM Host Interface Intel 915P GMCH Dual Channel Memory GMCHCLK (133/200MHz) 66MHz 48MHz PCI Bsu 4 Serial ATA IT 8712 ATA33/66/100 IDE Channels LPT Port COM Ports F l o ...

Page 9 - Hardware Installation; 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-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 10 - English C P U Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 915P Express chipset Southbridge: Intel ® ICH6 M e m o r y 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (N...

Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and Heatsink; overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.; HT functionality requirement content :; Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology

GA-8I915P-MF 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 the w...

Page 14 - . The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM; Installation of Memory

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 14 - English 1 . The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2 . Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it down. 3 . Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module.Rever...

Page 15 - chipset specifications.

Hardware Installation - 15 - English GA-8I915P-MF supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double up to 6.4GB/s.GA-8I915P-MF includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR 1, ...

Page 16 - Install expansion cards; Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card:

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Install 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 cover, screws...

Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.

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 thekeyboard o the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, s...

Page 18 - Connectors Introduction; FDD; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out; Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector.; Side Speaker Out; Connect the side surround speakers to this connector.

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_FAN 4) SYS_FAN 5) FDD 6) IDE 7) S_ATA0 / S_ATA1 / S_ATA2 / S_ATA3 8) F_PANEL 9) PWR_LED 10) A Z A L I A _ F P 11) CD_IN 12) F_USB1 / F_USB2 13) F1_1394 / F2_1394 14) IR 15) C O M B 16) C L ...

Page 23 - Front Panel Type; under; Integrated Peripherals; to

Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1 Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 1 9 2 1 0 9) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. Itw i l l blink when the system enters suspend mode. 10) AZALIA_FP (Front Audio Connector) This connector i...

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 30 - This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F4) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on thescreen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. Stan...

Page 31 - BIOS Setup; Set User Password; Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.; Exit Without Saving; Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

BIOS Setup - 31 - English Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system. Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date

GA-8I915P-MF 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 maximum a...

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-8I915P-MF 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> to e...

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 - On-Chip Primary PCI IDE; Enabled

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI ...

Page 37 - HD Audio

BIOS Setup - 37 - English On-Chip SATA Mode Disabled Disable this function. Auto BIOS will auto detect. (Default value) Combined Set On-Chip SATA mode to Combined, you can use up to 4 HDDs on themotherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for PATA IDE. Enhanced Set On-Chip SATA mode to Enhanced, the mothe...

Page 39 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type; Parallel Port Mode

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). Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Del...

Page 40 - Resume by Alarm

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 40 - English Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Data/time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system. If RTC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled. Date (of ...

Page 41 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto

BIOS Setup - 41 - 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. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,...

Page 42 - PC Health Status; Current CPU Temperature

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 42 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automaticall...

Page 43 - CPU Smart FAN Mode; Voltage

BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.The option will display "Locked" and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Memory Frequency For Wrong frequency may make system can't boot, clear ...

Page 44 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults; Load Optimized Defaults

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 44 - 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) 1984-2004 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Inte...

Page 46 - -12 Exit Without Saving

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 46 - 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.Ty...

Page 47 - Install Drivers; Chapter 3 Install Drivers; Install Chipset Drivers

Install Drivers - 47 - English Chapter 3 Install Drivers 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 ...

Page 48 - Software Applications

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers...

Page 49 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.

Install Drivers - 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 - Appendix; Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; Download Center

Appendix - 51 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS featuresettings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.I.T. feature the user is nolonger required...

Page 52 - User Interface Overview

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 52 - 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...

Page 53 - What is Xpress Recovery ?; please do not alter its size.; How to use the Xpress Recovery

Appendix - 53 - 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, and NTFS formats2. M...

Page 54 - Press F9 during powering on the computer .; F9 For Xpress Recovery

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 54 - 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 Passwor...

Page 55 - Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit; Restores backup image to original state.

Appendix - 55 - 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 during computerpower o...

Page 56 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 56 - 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...

Page 57 - button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen

Appendix - 57 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS FeaturesAdvanced BIOS FeaturesIntegrated PeripheralsPower Management SetupPnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health StatusMB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Select LanguageLoad Fail-Saf...

Page 58 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 58 - 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 Aut...

Page 59 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

Appendix - 59 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size............................

Page 61 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

Appendix - 61 - 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 of the task. Action ba...

Page 62 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in; Part One

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 62 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Keep ...

Page 64 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 64 - English III. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon sh...

Page 65 - Line Out; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:; Sound Effect; Introduction of audio connectors:

Appendix - 65 - English 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 speakers or earphone to "LineOut". STEP 2 :Following installation of the a...

Page 66 - Channel Audio Setup

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 66 - English STEP 3:Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on theleft selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" tocomplete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out",the rear channel...

Page 67 - Channel Audio Setup

Appendix - 67 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out",the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and theCenter/Subwoofer channels to "Center/SubwooferSpeaker Out". STEP 2 :Following installation of the audio driver, you find a S...

Page 68 - Channel Audio Setup

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 68 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out",the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer SpeakerOut", and the side channels to "Side Speaker Out"...

Page 69 - Troubleshooting

Appendix - 69 - 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://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after up...

Page 70 - AMI BIOS Beep Codes

GA-8I915P-MF Motherboard - 70 - English Question 8: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. What dothese beeps usually stand for?Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However, they areonly for reference purposes. T...