Page 5 - Table of Contents
- 5 - Table of Contents GA-8I915MD-G / GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard Layout ............................................... 7Block Diagram (GA-8I915MD-G) ................................................................................... 8Block Diagram (GA-8I915MD-GV) ......................................
Page 11 - Hardware Installation; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation - 11 - 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 inst...
Page 12 - Feature Summary
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 12 - English Motherboard GA-8I915MD-G or GA-8I915MD-GV C P U Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 915G / 915GV Express Chipset Southbridge: Intel ® ICH6 ...
Page 14 - 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-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 14 - 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 th...
Page 16 - memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.; Installation of Memory
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 16 - English The motherboard supports DDR II memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memorycapacity and specifications. Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction.The memory capacity used can differ with each...
Page 17 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration
Hardware Installation - 17 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV supports the Dual Channel Technology.After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Buswill add double. The GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV includes 2 DIMM sockets.If you want to op...
Page 18 - Installation of Expansion Cards
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 18 - English 1-5 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...
Page 20 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 20 - 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 the keyboardto the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connecti...
Page 21 - Connectors Introduction; F D D
Hardware Installation - 21 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_FAN 4) SYS_FAN 5) F D D 6) IDE1 7) SATA0 / SATA1 8) F _ A U D I O 9) P W R _ L E D 10) F_PANEL 11) C D _ I N 12) A U X _ I N 13) SPDIF_IO 14) S U R _ C E N 15) F_USB1/F_USB2 16) C O M B 17) C ...
Page 28 - Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 28 - English 14) SUR_CEN Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable. Pin No. Definition 1 SUR OUTL 2 SUR OUTR 3 GND 4 No Pin 5 CENTER_OUT6 BASS_OUT 1 6 5 2 15) F1_USB / F2_USB (Front USB Connectors) Be careful with the polarity of the front...
Page 31 - Main Menu; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup; CONTROL KEYS
BIOS Setup - 31 - 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 32 - This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 32 - English Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Integrated Peripherals This...
Page 33 - BIOS Setup; Set Supervisor Password; Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.; Exit Without Saving; Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.
BIOS Setup - 33 - English Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or justto Setup. Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system. Save & Exit S...
Page 34 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 34 - 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...
Page 35 - Halt on
BIOS Setup - 35 - English Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate optionbased on this information. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors If a hard disk has not bee...
Page 36 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 36 - 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 &l...
Page 37 - Limit CPUID Max. to 3
BIOS Setup - 37 - English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is onlyworking for operating system with multi processors mode supported. (Defaultv a l u e ) Disabled Disables CPU Hyper Threading. Limit CPUID Max. to 3 Enabled Limit CPUID Maxi...
Page 38 - Integrated Peripherals; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 38 - 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 SATA Mode Disabled Disable this function. Auto BIOS will auto detect. (Default ...
Page 40 - Power Management Setup
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 40 - 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 in...
Page 41 - PnP/PCI Configurations
BIOS Setup - 41 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI1 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. PCI2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10...
Page 42 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status; Enabled; Current CPU Temperature
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 42 - 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 has been ...
Page 43 - CPU Smart FAN Control; Voltage
BIOS Setup - 43 - English CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function.Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based ontheir requirements. (Default value) CPU Smart FAN Mode ...
Page 44 - Frequency/Voltage Control; CPU Clock Ratio; Auto; Memory Frequency
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 44 - English 2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio (Note) [15X] Memory Frequency For [Auto] Memory Frequency (Mhz) 533 KLJI : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: ...
Page 45 - Load Optimized Defaults
BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-9 Load Optimized Defaults 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimumsystem performance. Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system autom...
Page 47 - -12 Exit Without Saving
BIOS Setup - 47 - 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.Type "N"...
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-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV 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 softwa...
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; 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 no longerrequired...
Page 54 - User Interface Overview
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 54 - 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,...
Page 55 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.
Appendix - 55 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems includingWindows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems includingFAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is...
Page 56 - Back up data from hard disk.; The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2; SATA IDE channel 4
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 56 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfile.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup filesto release disk space.(This button will not...
Page 57 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Appendix - 57 - 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 58 - button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 58 - 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....
Page 59 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter
Appendix - 59 - 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 60 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 60 - 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...
Page 62 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 62 - 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 enableex...
Page 63 - 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 - 63 - 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 64 - I. Update BIOS through Internet; sever
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 64 - 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...
Page 65 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto
Appendix - 65 - 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 66 - Speaker Configuration; tab and select the; - c h a n n e l m o d e f o r s t e r e o s p e a k e r o u t p u t; Channel Audio Setup; Line Out
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1:Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to"Line Out." STEP 3:On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2 - c h a n n e l m o d e f o...
Page 67 - Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
Appendix - 67 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1:Connect the front channels to "Line Out,"the rear channels to "Line In." STEP 3:On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 4-chan- nel mode for 4 speaker output check box. ...
Page 68 - Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode; Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Notes:
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 68 - 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...
Page 70 - Basic & Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Notes:
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 70 - English 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 toSURROUND-KIT's SUB CENTER. STEP 5:On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker ...
Page 72 - Troubleshooting; AMI BIOS Beep Codes
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 72 - 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 www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous...
