Gigabyte Technology GA-8ILFT - Manuals

- 8 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)Step 2- Install memory modulesStep 3- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supplyStep 4- Setup BIOS softwareStep 5- Install supporting...

- 9 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 1-1 : CPU Installation Pin1 indicator Pin1 indicator CPU Top V iew CPU Bott om View Socket Actuation Lever 1. Pull up the CP U socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. Pin1 indicator 2. Locate Pin 1 in ...

- 10 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Step 1-2 : 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 CPUsocket. M Please use Intel ap proved cooling fan. M We recommend you to apply the the rmal tape to pro...

- 11 - Hardware Installation Process English M When STR/DIMM LED is ON, you do not install / remove DDR from socket. 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 th...

- 12 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English 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 andsystem integrators. DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary soluti...

- 13 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 3: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and powersupply Step3-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction u PS/2 Keyboard and P S/2 Mouse Connector v Parallel Port and Ser ial Ports (COM1/COM2) PS/2 Mouse Connector(6 pin Female) PS/2 Keyboar d Connector(6 pin F...

- 14 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English w Game /MIDI P orts Joystick/ MIDI (15 pin Female) y USB/LAN* Connector x Audio Connectors Ø This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Ø After install onboard audio driver, you may connect speaker to Line Out jack, micr...

- 16 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English B) CPU_FAN (CPU FAN Connector) Ø This connector (ATX +12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore).If this " ATX+ 12V connector" is not connected,system cannot boot. A) ATX_12V ( +12V Power Connector) Ø Please note, a proper installation of the CP...

- 17 - Hardware Installation Process English D) FDD (Floppy Connector) IDE1 1 IDE2 1 1 E) IDE 1/ IDE2 (IDE 1/IDE2 Conn ector) Ø Important Notice:Please connect first harddisk to IDE1and connect CDROM to IDE2. Ø Be careful with the polarity of the frontpanel USB connector. Check the pinassignment whi...

- 19 - Hardware Installation Process English 20 C) ATX_POWER (ATX Power) Ø AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cableand other related devices are firmlyconnected to the mainboard. PS-ON(Soft On/Off) 3.3V 3.3V GN DGN D GN D V C C V C C +12V 5V SB (Stand by...

- 20 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English H) CLR _CMOS (Clear CMOS) 1-2 cl ose: Clear CMOS 2-3 close: Normal Ø You may clear the CMOS data to its defaultvalues by this jumper. 1 1 M) AUX_IN ( AUX In Connector) 1 AUX-R AUX-L GND L) BATTERY (Battery) + CAUTION v Danger of explosion if battery is inco...

- 22 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English < á > Move to previous item < â > Move to next item < ß > Move to the item in the left hand < à > Move to the item in the right hand <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu andOption Page Se...

- 23 - BIOS Setup English l Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. l Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed ...

- 25 - BIOS Setup English Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Feb 21 2000 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu L evel u Change the day, month, } IDE Primary Master None ye ar } IDE Primary Slave None } IDE Se...

- 26 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English C Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. C IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave The category identifies the ty...

- 27 - BIOS Setup English C Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) 8 Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) 8 Drive A Drive A is 3 mod e Floppy Drive. 8 Drive B Drive B is 3 mod e Floppy Drive. 8 Both Drive A & B are 3 m ode Floppy Drives. C Halt on The category determines whether the com...

- 29 - BIOS Setup English C Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. 8 Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Notethat BIOS can n...

- 30 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Integrated Peripherals Figure 4: Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Item Help On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Menu L evel u IDE1 Conductor Cable Auto If a...

- 32 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English C AC97 Audio 8 Auto Enable onboard AC'97 audio function. (Default Value) 8 Disabled Disable this function. C Onboard LAN 8 Enabled Enabled Onboard LAN function. (Default value) 8 Disabled Disabled onboard LAN function. C Onboard LAN Boot ROM 8 Enabled Enabl...

- 34 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English 8 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330.(Default Value) 8 Disabled Disable this function. C Midi Port IRQ 8 5 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5. 8 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10. (Default Value)

- 35 - BIOS Setup English Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Item Help Soft-Off by PWR_BTTN Instant-Off Menu L evel u PME Event Wake Up Enabled [S1] ModemRingOn/WakeOnLan Enabled Resume b y Alarm Disabled ...

- 37 - BIOS Setup English PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations C PCI 1 IRQ Assignment 8 Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI. (Default value) 8 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 5. C PCI 2 IRQ Assignment 8 Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) ...

- 38 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English PC Health Status Figure 7: PC Health Status C Reset Case Open Status C Case Opened If th e case i s closed, "Case O pened" wi ll show "No".If th e case hav e been ope ned, "Case Opened" w ill show " Yes".If you wan t to reset...

- 39 - BIOS Setup English C Current CPU Temperature 8 Detect CPU Temp. automatically. C Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) 8 Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. C CPU Warning Temperature 8 60°C / 140°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 60°C / 140°F. 8 70°C / 158°F Monitor CPU Temp. at 70°C / 158°F....

- 40 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 7: Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 15X Item Help CPU Host Clock Control Disabled Menu L evel u x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 100 x PC...

- 41 - BIOS Setup English C PCI/AGP Divider 8 You can choose Disabled,PLL/40,PLL/32,PLL/24,PLL/20/PLL/16 mode to adjust PCI/AGP frequency. C Host/DRAM Clock Ratio (Warning: wrong frequency may make system can’t boot, clear CMOS to overcome wrong frequency issue) 8 2.0 Memory Frequency = Host clock X...

- 42 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "Top Performance" as "Enabled". 8 Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) 8 Enabled Enable Top Performance function. Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utili...

- 43 - BIOS Setup English Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which thesystem automatically detects. Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software } Standard CMOS Features Top Performance } Advanced...

Technical Reference - 47 - English Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference Pentium 4 CPU Intel 82845GL ITE8712 AC97 CODEC FWH Intel ICH 4 CPUCLK 6 (100/133MHz) System Bus 400MHz DDR RAM 200/266 MHz HCLK 6 (100/133MHz) GMCHCLK (66MHz) 66 MHz 33 MHz 14.318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGPCL...

- 48 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Q-Flash Introduction A. What is Q-Fl ash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. B. How to use Q-Flash? a. After power on the computer, pressing <Del> ...

Technical Reference - 49 - English Congratulation! You have completed the flashed and now can restart system. Load B IOS From F loppy ! In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. XXXX.XX 256K Total Size: 1.39M Free Siz e: 1.14M F5: Refresh DEL: Delete ESC: Ret urn M...

- 50 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English @ BIOS Introduction Gigabyte announces @ B IOS Windows BIOS live update utility Have you ever updated BI OS by yourself? Or likemany other people, you just know what BIOS is,but always hesitate to update it? Because you thinkupdating newest BIOS is unnecess...

Technical Reference - 51 - English Easy Tune TM 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTune TM 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock" might be one of the most common issuesin computer field. But have many us...

- 52 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below ar e shown in Windows XP (IUCD dri ver version 2.0) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If ...

Appe ndix - 53 - English A-1. Intel C hipset Software Installa tion Utility (3) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM deviceicon in "My c omput...

Appe ndix - 57 - English A-3. Intel 845G Chipset VGA Graphics Driver (1) (2) (3) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM deviceicon in "My c ompu...

Appe ndix - 59 - English Revision History Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM deviceicon in "My c omputer", and execute the setup.exe. Re...

Appe ndix - 61 - English Revision History Appendix D: EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM deviceicon in "My...

- 62 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure BIOS update procedure:Method 1:If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS T M Program to flash BIOS. (2) Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" iconb. Clic k...

Appe ndix - 63 - English II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet: a. Do not click "Internet Update" iconb. Cli ck "Update New BI OS"c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file.d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other ...

Appe ndix - 67 - English (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BIOS version (For example: F4), and click to download the file. It will pop up a file download screen, then select the ...

Appe ndix - 71 - English STEP 5: BIOS flashing.(1) After the system boot from floppy disk, type "A:\> dir/w" and press "Enter" to check the entire files in floppy A. Then type the "BIOS flash utility" and "BIOS file" after A:\>. In this case youhave to type "...

Appe ndix - 73 - English STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highlyrecommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. This important stepresets everything after the flash. (1) Take out the floppy diskette ...

- 74 - GA-8ILFT Series Motherboard English (3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask "SAVE t o CMOS and EXIT (Y/N )?" Press "Y" and "E nter" keys to confir m. Now thesystem will reboot automatically, th...

Appe ndix - 77 - English Technical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/ Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/ Lot Number: PCB revisi on: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/U tility: ConfigurationC P UMemoryBrandVideo CardAudio CardHD DCD -ROM /DVD-...