Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard Layout ............................................................................... 6Block Diagram ............................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ........
Page 7 - Block Diagram
- 7 - Block Diagram Line-Out MIC LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) PCI Express x16 33MHz Host Interface Intel 925X MCH MCHCLK (133/200MHz) 66MHz 48MHz DDRII 600 (Note) /533/400MHz DIMM 24MHz 33MHz IT 8712 4 Serial ATA ATA33/66/100 IDE Channels Intel ICH6R 14.318MHz Dual BIOS CODEC Line-In PCICL...
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-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 10 - English CPU Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 925X Express Chipset Southbridge: Intel ® ICH6R Memory 6 DDR II DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (Note 1...
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-8ANXP-D 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 wro...
Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory
GA-8ANXP-D 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 installing ...
Page 15 - Dual Channel DDR II
Hardware Installation - 15 - English DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II 3 DDR II 4 DDR II 5 DDR II 6 DS/SS X X DS/SS X X X DS/SS X X DS/SS X X X DS/SS X X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS SS SS DS/SS SS SS 2 memory module 4 memory module6 memory module Dual Channel DDR II GA-8ANXP-D supports the Dual C...
Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card:
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 16 - English 1-6 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 cover, ...
Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-7 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; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out; Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector.; Side Speaker Out; Connect the side surround speakers to this connector.
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 18 - English 1-8 Connectors Introduction 1 3 4 7 15 16 6 2 5 1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_FAN5) PWR_FAN6) NB_FAN7) FDD8) IDE 9) SATA0_SB/SATA1_SB/SATA2_SB/SATA3_SB 10) SATA0_SII/SATA1_SII/SATA2_SII/SATA3_SII 11) PWR_LED 12) F_PANEL13) AZALIA_FP14) CD_IN...
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-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F3h) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen.Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. If you can't fi...
Page 31 - BIOS Setup; Load Optimized Defaults; Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.; Exit Without Saving; Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.
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-8ANXP-D 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 all...
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-8ANXP-D 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 exi...
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-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip RAID/AHCI Mode [RAID] x On-Chip SATA Mode Auto x PATA IDE Set to Ch.1 Master/Slave SATA Port 0/2 Set to Ch.2 Mas...
Page 37 - PATA IDE Set to
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 38 - Onboard Serial Port 1
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 38 - English Onboard H/W LAN1 (LAN1 port) Enabled Enable onboard H/W LAN function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Onboard H/W LAN2 (LAN2 port) Enabled Enable onboard H/W LAN2 function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM (LA...
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-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 40 - English Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Date/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 Mo...
Page 41 - PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment
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-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 42 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fan speed status au...
Page 43 - CPU FAN PIN Type; Set CPU FAN Type to 4 pins.
BIOS Setup - 43 - English CPU FAN PIN Type In order to make "CPU Smart FAN Control" function work properly, please set the pin number accordingto the CPU FAN that you used. 3 PIN Set CPU FAN Type to 3 pins. (Default value) 4 PIN Set CPU FAN Type to 4 pins.
Page 44 - CPU Clock Ratio
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 44 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio [15X] C.I.A.2 [Disabled] CPU Host Clock Control [Disabled] x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 200 Memory Frequency For [Auto] Memo...
Page 45 - Memory Frequency For
BIOS Setup - 45 - English CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) This item will be available when "CPU Host Clock Control" is set to Enabled. 100MHz ~ 355MHz Set CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 355MHz. If you use a 533MHz FSB processor, please set "CPU Clock" to 133MHz. If you use an 800MHz FSBproces...
Page 46 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 46 - English 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum systemperformance. 2-8 Select Language Multi-language supports 3 languages. There are English, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese. CMOS ...
Page 47 - -10 Load Optimized Defaults
BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automaticallydetects.When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you increating a pass...
Page 48 - -13 Exit Without Saving
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 48 - English 2-12 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. 2-13 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type...
Page 49 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers
Drivers Installation - 49 - 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 50 - Software Applications
GA-8ANXP-D 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 drivers i...
Page 51 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.
Drivers Installation - 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 - Appendix; 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 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 54 - What is Xpress Recovery ?; please do not alter its size.; How to use the Xpress Recovery
GA-8ANXP-D 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, and NT...
Page 55 - Press F9 during powering on the computer .; 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; Restores backup image to original state.
GA-8ANXP-D 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 during c...
Page 58 - The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS.; Copy Main ROM Data to Backup; Load dual BIOS default value.; Save Settings to CMOS; Save revised setting.
GA-8ANXP-D 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 the W...
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 TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indi...
Page 60 - button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 60 - 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 Languag...
Page 61 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter
Appendix - 61 - 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 62 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.
GA-8ANXP-D 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 displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size..............
Page 64 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
GA-8ANXP-D 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 the t...
Page 65 - 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
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-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable ...
Page 66 - I. Update BIOS through Internet; sever
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 66 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS underWindows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latestversion of BIOS. 1. Methods and st...
Page 67 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto
Appendix - 67 - 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 shown in dialog bo...
Page 68 - -1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction; RAID Levels; ICH6R chipset supports are RAID 0 and
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 68 - English 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logicalunit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fau...
Page 69 - Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS
Appendix - 69 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar makeand storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive conne...
Page 70 - Create RAID Volume
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 70 - English Create RAID Volume Press Enter under Create RAID Volume to set up RAID. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Enter a string between 1 and 16 charac...
Page 71 - to set disk; Capacity; Press; to enter; Create Volume; after setting disk capacity.
Appendix - 71 - English The KB is a unit of Strip Size. You can set disk block size with this item.The disk block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. After you set disk block size, press Enter to set disk Capacity . Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel...
Page 72 - under the; to
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 72 - English Press Enter under the Create Volume item. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume [ ]-Change [TAB...
Page 73 - If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the; Delete RAID Volume; key and
Appendix - 73 - English After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID, such as RAID level, disk blocksize, disk name and disk capacity, etc. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MEN...
Page 74 - Installing the RAID drivers
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 74 - English Installing the RAID drivers For the Windows operating system (Win NT, WinXP, Win2000 ), for IDE RAID/SCSI/Serial ATA functioning,the driver must first be transferred to a floppy disk. Please follow the steps below to complete driver transferto a floppy disk:1) P...
Page 75 - Line Out; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:; Sound Effect; Introduction of audio connectors:
Appendix - 75 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- 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 speakers or earphone t...
Page 76 - Channel Audio Setup
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 76 - 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 channels ...
Page 77 - Channel Audio Setup
Appendix - 77 - 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 78 - Channel Audio Setup
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 78 - 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 79 - Jack-Sensing Introduction
Appendix - 79 - English Jack-Sensing Introduction Jack-Sensing provides audio connectors error-detection function. Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows2000. After you install an audio device, a screen of a listwould pop up from the audio sof...
Page 80 - Troubleshooting
GA-8ANXP-D Motherboard - 80 - 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...
Page 81 - AMI BIOS Beep Codes
Appendix - 81 - 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. The situations mi...
