Page 4 - Table of Content
- 4 - Table of Content GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard Layout ........................................................................ 6 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ..........
Page 7 - Block Diagram
- 7 - Block Diagram Intel LGA775 C P U Intel 845GV ITE8712 AC97 CODEC FWH Intel ICH 4 CPUCLK+/- (100/133MHz) System Bus 400/533MHz DDR RAM 333/266 MHz MCHCLK+/- (100/133MHz)GMCHCLK (66MHz) 66 MHz33 MHz 14.318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGPCLK (66MHz) 3 PCI AC97 Link MIC LINE-IN LINE-OUT 6*USB ...
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-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 10 - English C P U Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 533/400MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 82845GV GMCH chipset Southbridge: Intel ® 82801 (ICH4) M e m o r y 2 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 2GB ...
Page 11 - Installation of the CPU and Heatsink
Hardware Installation - 11 - 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 wron...
Page 13 - Installation of Memory
Hardware Installation - 13 - 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.Reverse ...
Page 14 - Install expansion cards
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 14 - 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, scre...
Page 15 - I/O Back Panel Introduction
Hardware Installation - 15 - 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 16 - Connectors Introduction
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 16 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) C P U _ F A N4) SYS_ FA N5) F D D6) IDE1 / IDE27) F _ A U D I O8) F _ PA N E L 9) C D _ I N 10) A U X _ I N11) SPDIF_IO12) C O M B13) F _ U S B 114) C L R _ C M O S15) C I16) B AT 1 2 14 10 8 4...
Page 25 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup - 25 - 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 27 - Set User Password; Exit Without Saving
BIOS Setup - 27 - 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 28 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 28 - 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...
Page 29 - Halt on
BIOS Setup - 29 - English Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in thecomputer. 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 30 - Advanced BIOS Features; Boot Up Floppy Seek
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 30 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features First / Second / Third Boot Device F l o p p y Select your boot device priority by Floppy. LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120. Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. CDROM Select your boot device prio...
Page 31 - Password Check
BIOS Setup - 31 - English Password Check Setup The system will boot but will not access to Setup page if the correctpassword is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correctpassword is not entered at the prompt. CPU Hyper-...
Page 32 - Integrated Peripherals; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 32 - 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. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Dis...
Page 34 - Parallel Port Mode; Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 34 - English Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ECP Mode Use DM...
Page 35 - Resume by Alarm
BIOS Setup - 35 - 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 R TC Alarm Lead To Power On is Enabled. Date (of Month) Alarm ...
Page 36 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; PCI 3 IRQ Assignment
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 36 - 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 Se...
Page 37 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status
BIOS Setup - 37 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No".If the case have been opened, "Case Opened"...
Page 38 - CPU/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning; Frequency/Voltage Control; CPU Clock Ratio
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 38 - English CPU/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan warning function disable. (Default value) Enabled Fan warning function enable. CPU Smart FAN Control Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable CPU Smart Fan control function. (Default value)a . When the CPU tempe...
Page 39 - CPU Host Clock Control; Host/DRAM Clock Ratio
BIOS Setup - 39 - English CPU Host Clock Control Note: If system hangs up before enter CMOS setup utility, wait for 20 sec for times out reboot. When time out occur, system will reset and run at CPU default Host clock at next boot. Disabled Disable CPU Host Clock Control. (Default value)Enabled Enab...
Page 40 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults; Load Optimized Defaults
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 40 - 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 ` In...
Page 42 - -12 Exit Without Saving
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 42 - 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....
Page 43 - Revision History; Chapter 3 Install Drivers; Pictures below are shown in Windows XP; Install Chipset Drivers
Driver Installation - 43 - English Revision History 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, thedriver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click theC...
Page 44 - Item Description
- 44 - GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard English Intel Chipset Software Installation UtilityTell the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. Intel Application AcceleratorDesigned to improve performance of the storage sub-system and overall system performance. Intel Extreme Gra...
Page 45 - Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager (GWUM); Software Application
Driver Installation - 45 - English This page reveals the value-added software developed by Gigabyte and its worldwide partners. Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager (GWUM) This utility can integrate the Gigabyte's applications in the system tray Gigabyte Management Tool (GMT) A useful tool which c...
Page 46 - Software Information
- 46 - GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard English This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title. This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-3 Software Information 3-4 Hardware Information
Page 47 - Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities
Appendix - 47 - English 4-1-1 EasyTune 4 Installation Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions 5. Click "HELP". (4) (3) 3. Click "Finish" to restart computer. 4. Right Click the icon to start "EasyTune 4". (1) (2) 1. Click "EasyT...
Page 48 - What is Xpress Recovery ?; How to use the Xpress Recovery
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 48 - 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, an...
Page 49 - F9 For Xpress Recovery
Appendix - 49 - 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 50 - Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 50 - 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 duri...
Page 51 - Utility; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Appendix - 51 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 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...
Page 52 - Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 52 - 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.) Sele...
Page 53 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
Appendix - 53 - 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 55 - Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults.
Appendix - 55 - 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 56 - utility screen
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 56 - 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 t...
Page 60 - Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 60 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. You are able to use 2-/4-/6-channnels audio feature byaudio software selection. Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker ...
Page 61 - Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
Appendix - 61 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rearchannels to "Line In". STEP 2 :After installation of the audio driver, you'll find an icon on the taskbar's status area. Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" fr...
Page 62 - Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 62 - English Use the back audio panel to connect the audiooutput without any additional module.STEP 1 :Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rearchannels to "Line In", and the Center/Subwooferchannels to "MIC In". Basic 6 Channel Analog Au...
Page 64 - Basic & Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Notes:
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 64 - English STEP 4 :Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" from the win-dows tray at the bottom of the screen. STEP 3 :Connect the front channels to back audio panel's"Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT'sREAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels...
Page 66 - Introduction of audio connectors
GA-8I845GVM775 Motherboard - 66 - English Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME. Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CDROM, Walkman or othersaudio input devices to Line In jack, speakers,earphone or others output devices to Line O...
Page 68 - Troubleshooting
GA-8I845GVM775 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://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in prev...
Page 71 - Contact Us
Appendix - 71 - English Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei Hsien,Taiwan TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 FAX: +886 (2) 8912-4003Tech. Support :http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htmNon-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :http://ggt...
