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Page 4 - Ta ble of Co nten ts

- 4 - Ta ble of Co nten ts GA-8I915P (Ultra)(Pro)(-G) Motherboard Layout ........................................................ 6 Block Diagram ........................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...............

Page 7 - Block Diagram; PCI Bus

- 7 - Block Diagram LGA775 Pr oce ss or CPUCLK+/-(2 00/1 33M Hz) PCI Express x16 33MHz Ho st Interfa ce Intel 915PM CH M CHCLK (20 0/133M Hz) 66MHz 48MHz LPT Port COM Port Floppy PS/2 KB/M ou se 24MHz 33MHz IT 8 712 4 Serial ATA ATA33/66/ 100 IDE1 Ch anne ls In te l ICH6 3 PCI E x pr e ss x 1 Po rts...

Page 9 - Hard ware In stalla tion; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Hard ware In stalla tion - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits an d components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the i...

Page 10 - Feature Summary

GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard - 10 - English CPU w Su ppor ts the late st Inte l ® Pe ntiu m ® 4 LG A77 5 CPU w Sup ports 800 /533 M Hz FSB w L 2 ca c he v a rie s with CPU M otherboard w GA- 8I915P Serie s M otherboa rd:GA- 8I91 5P Ultra /GA- 8I91 5P Pr o/GA-8I9 15P- G/GA-8I9 15P Ch ip se t w No...

Page 12 - GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard; Installation of the CPU and Heatsink; overheating and perm anent dam age of the CPU m ay occur.; HT functionality requirement content :; Pentiu m 4 Processor with HT Tec hnology

GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Befor e installing the CPU, plea se com ply with the following conditions:1. Please m ake su re that the m otherboard sup ports the CPU.2. Please tak e note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install ...

Page 14 - me mo r y o f s i mi l a r c a pa c i ty , s pe c i fi c a ti on s an d br an d be u s e d.; Installation of Memory

GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard - 14 - English B efore ins tal li ng the memor y modules , pleas e c ompl y with the fol l owing c ondi ti ons :1 . P lease mak e s ure that the memor y used is suppor ted by the mother boar d. It i s rec ommended that me mo r y o f s i mi l a r c a pa c i ty , s pe ...

Page 15 - Dual Channel DDR; wh en on ly one DDR m em ory m o du le is ins ta lle d.

Hard ware In stalla tion - 15 - English Dual Channel DDR GA-8 I915P Series suppor ts the Dual Channel Technology. After op eratin g the Dual Ch annel Technology,th e ban dwidth o f M em ory Bus will ad d d oub le up to 6 .4G B/ s.GA-8I915 P Series inc lud es 4 DIM M so cke ts, an d eac h Cha nne l h...

Page 16 - Install expansion cards; In stalling a PCI Ex pr ess x 1 6 ex pan sion c ar d:

GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard - 16 - English 1-5 Install expansion cards You can install you r expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1. Read the r elated expansion ca rd's instruction doc um ent before install the expansion car d into the com puter. 2. Rem ove your com puter's chas...

Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Para llel Port; Co nne cts to se ria l-b ase d m ous e o r d ata pr oce ssing dev ice s.; USB po rt; De vices like CD- ROM , walkm an etc. ca n be co nne cted to Line In jac k.; MIC In; M icro phon e c an be conn ected to M IC In jac k.

Hard ware In stalla tion - 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 m ouse, plug the m ouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboardto the lower port (purple). Para llel Port Th e pa rallel por t a llows c onne ction o ...

Page 18 - Connectors Introduction; Back Surround Speaker Out; Co nne ct the bac k s urro und ch ann els to this c onne cto r.; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out; Co nne ct the Ce nter/ Sub woo fer ch ann els to this co nne cto r.; Surround Speaker Out; Co nnec t the surr oun d c hann els to this c onn ecto r.; F DD

GA- 8I915P Series M o therbo ard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 2 1 14 4 18 8 3 12 13 16 17 11 15 7 5 10 19 Yo u ca n u se a udio so ftware to configu re 2 -/4 -/5 .1-/ 7.1 -cha nne l au dio fun ctionin g. 6 Back Surround Speaker Out Co nne ct the bac k s urro und ch ann els to this c on...

Page 29 - CONT ROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup - 2 9 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output Sy stem) includes a CMOS SETUP utility w hich allow s user to configurerequired settings or to activ ate certain sy stem features.The CMOS SETUP sav es the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the pow er is turned off, the bat...

Page 30 - GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board; This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 3 0 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1) Once y ou enter A w ard BIOS C MOS Setup Utility , th e Main Menu (as figur e below ) w i ll appear on thescreen. Use a rrow key s to select amon g the items and press <En ter> to accept or enter the sub...

Page 31 - BIOS Setup; Load O ptimized Defaults; Sav e CMOS v alue settings to CMOS and ex it setup.; Exit Without S aving; Abandon all CMOS v alue changes and ex it setup.

BIOS Setup - 3 1 - English n Load O ptimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the v alue of the sy stem parameters w hich the sy stem w ould be in bestperformance c onfiguration. n Set Su pervisor Password Change, set, or disable passw ord. It allows y ou to limit access to the sy stem and Setu...

Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 3 2 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <w eek>, <month>, <day >, <y ear>. Week The w eek, 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 t...

Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard D isk Boot Pr iority

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 3 4 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard D isk Boot Pr iority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to mov e it up, or <-> to mov e it down the list. Press<ES...

Page 35 - CPU H yper-T hreading

BIOS Setup - 3 5 - English CPU H yper-T hreading Enab led Enables CPU Hy per Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only workingfor operating sy stem w ith multi processors mode supported. (Default v alue) Disabled Disables CPU Hy per Threading. Limit CPUID Max. to 3 Enab led Limit CPUI...

Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; On-Chi p Primary P CI IDE; Enab led

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 3 6 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals On-Chi p Primary P CI IDE Enab led Enabl e onboar d 1st cha nnel IDE port. (Default v alue) Disa bled Disab le onboar d 1st cha nnel IDE port. CMOS Se t up Utility -Cop y right (C) 198 4-2004 Awa rd S oftwa re Inte gra te d P ...

Page 39 - Onboar d Parallel port

BIOS Setup - 3 9 - English Onboar d Parallel port Disa bled Disab le onboa rd LPT p ort. 378/ IRQ7 Enabl e onboard LPT port and addr ess is 37 8/IRQ7. ( Default v alue) 278/ IRQ5 Enabl e onboard LPT port and addre ss is 278/ IRQ5. 3BC/ IRQ7 Enabl e onboard LPT port and addre ss is 3BC/ IRQ7. Paral l...

Page 40 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 4 0 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend ty pe to S1/POS(Pow er On Suspend). (Default v alue) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend ty pe to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft- off by PWR -BT T N Ins tant- offf Press pow er button then Pow er ...

Page 41 - Power On By Keyboard

BIOS Setup - 4 1 - English Power On By Keyboard Pass w ord Enter from 1 to 5 charac ters to se t the Key board Pow er On Pass w ord. Disa bled Disab led this function. (Default v alue) Key boa rd 98 If y o ur key boa rd hav e "P OWER Key " button, y ou can pr ess the k ey topow er on the sys...

Page 42 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assig nment; PCI 2 IRQ Assig nment; Au to

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 4 2 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assig nment Au to Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default v alue) 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 Assig nment Au to Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default v alue) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,...

Page 43 - PC Health Status; Curren t CPU Temperature

BIOS Setup - 4 3 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Detect sy stem's v oltage status automatically . Curren t CPU Temperature Detect CPU temperature automatically . Current CPU/POWER/SY ST EM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fan speed status automa...

Page 44 - CPU FAN PIN Type; CPU Clock Ratio

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 4 4 - English CPU FAN PIN Type In or der to ma ke "CPU S mart FAN Control" function w ork pro perly , pl ease set the pin n umberaccor ding to th e CPU FAN that y ou used. 3 PIN Set C PU FAN PIN Ty pe to 3 pin. ( Default v alue) 4 PIN Set C PU FAN PIN Ty pe t...

Page 46 - Load F ail-Safe Defaults; Load Optimized Defaults

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 4 6 - English 2-8 Load F ail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate v alues of the sy stem parameters that allow minimum sy stemperformance. CMOS Se t up Utility -Cop y right (C) 198 4-2004 Awa rd S oftwa re } Stan da rd CM OS Fe a t ure s } Ad...

Page 48 - -12 Exit Witho ut Saving

GA-8I915P Seri es Mother board - 4 8 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Ty pe "Y" w ill quit the Setup Utility and sav e the user setup v alue to RTC CMOS.Ty pe "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Witho ut Saving Ty pe "Y" w ill quit the Setup Utility w ithout sav i...

Page 49 - Chapter 3 Install Drivers; Install Chipset Drivers

Install Drivers - 49 - 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 50 - Software Applications

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 50 - 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 dri...

Page 51 - Hardware Information; Contact Us

Install Drivers - 51 - 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 53 - Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; Download Center

Appendix - 53 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intellig ent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS featuresettings with relative speed and ease. Throug h GIGABYTE M.I.T. feature the user is nolong er req u...

Page 54 - What is Xpress Recovery ?; How to use the Xpress Recovery

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-1 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 55 - F9 For Xpress Recovery

Appendix - 55 - 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 56 - Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 56 - 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 57 - A. What is Dual BIOS Technology

Appendix - 57 - English 4-1-2 Flash BIOS Method Introduction A. What is Dual BIOS Technology ? Du al BIO S m ean s t hat th ere are tw o s yst em BIO S ( ROM ) o n t hemotherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility B. How to use Dual BIOS a...

Page 58 - Copy Main ROM Data to Backup; Save Settings to CMOS

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 58 - English c. Dual BIOS Item explanation: Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1:If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset? occurs in the Main BIOS, just before theOperating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that...

Page 59 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

Appendix - 59 - 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?allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indicat...

Page 60 - Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 60 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-C op yright (C ) 1984-2004 Award So ftware } Stand ard CMOS Features } Ad van ced BIOS Features } In tegrated Perip herals } Po wer Managemen t Setup } Pn P/PC I C onfiguratio ns } PC Health Status } MB I...

Page 61 - Enter

Appendix - 61 - English Du al BIOS Utility Boo t Fro m ......................................... Main Bios Main R OM Ty pe/Size.............................SST 49LF004A 512K Backu p ROM Typ e/Size.........................SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Ran ge Protection Disab le Bo ot From Main Bios Au to Re...

Page 64 - utility screen

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 64 - 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...

Page 65 - Part One

Appendix - 65 - 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-Flas h Utility V1.30 Flas h Ty pe/Size.................................SST 49LF002A 256K Keep DMI Data Enab...

Page 69 - Channel Audio Setup:

Appendix - 69 - English Line Out 2 Channel Audio Setup: We recommend that you use speakers with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output isapplied. STEP 1:Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "LineOut". STEP 2:After installation of the audio driver, you'll find a...

Page 70 - Channel Audio Setup

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 70 - English STEP 2:After installation of the audio driver, you'll find an icon in the system area. Double click the icon toselect the function. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front speaker to "Front Speaker Out" andthe surround speaker to "Surro...

Page 71 - Channel Audio Setup

Appendix - 71 - English 5.1 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front speaker to "Front Speaker Out", thesurround speaker to "Surround speaker out", and thece nte r/ sub woo fer s pea ker to " Cen ter /Su bw oof erSpeaker Out". STEP 2:After installation of the audio drive...

Page 72 - Channel Audio Setup

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 72 - English 7.1 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :Connect the front speaker to "Front Speaker Out", thesurround speaker to "Surround speaker out", and thece nte r/ sub woo fer s pea ker to " Cen ter /Su bw oof erSpeaker Out", and the back surround sp...

Page 73 - Mixer

Appendix - 73 - English Digital I/O Status: Digital Output Status--(1) For stereo PCM output: sampling rate is shown here.(2) For Dolby Digital Live! output: AC3 is shown here.Digital Input Status--(1) For stereo PCM input: sampling rate is shown here. Mixer The built-in mixer allows user to control...

Page 74 - Troubleshooting

GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 74 - 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 pr...