Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard Layout ....................................................................... 6Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...........
Page 7 - Block Diagram
- 7 - Block Diagram VIA P4M800 VIA VT8237R CPUCLK+/- (133/200MHz) System Bus 533/800MHz GCLKNB 66MHz 33MHz 14.318MHz 48MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X/8X 3 PCI PCICLK (33MHz) AC97 Link 8 USB Ports ATA33/66/ 100/133 IDE Channels RTL8100C 48 MHz 33 MHz F l o p p y LPT Port PS/2 KB/Mouse C O M A / C O M B MIC LINE-...
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-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 10 - English C P U Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 533/800MHz FSB L2 cache varies with processors Chipset Northbridge:VIA P4M800 Southbridge: VIA 8237R M e m o r y 2 184-pin DDR DIMM slots Supports DDR400/333/266 DIMM Supports ...
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-8VM800M-775 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 th...
Page 14 - m e m o r y o f s i m i l a r c a p a c i t y , s p e c i f i c a t i o n s a n d b r a n d b e u s e d .; Installation of Memory
GA-8VM800M-775 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 m e m o r y o f s i m i l a r c a p a c i t y , s p e c i f i c a t i o n s a n...
Page 15 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a AGP expansion card:
Hardware Installation - 15 - 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 installing the expansion card into the computer. 2 . Remove your computer's chassis cov...
Page 16 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Monitor can be connected to VGA port.
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 16 - 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 keyboard to thelower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a prin...
Page 17 - Connectors Introduction; F D D
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) C P U _ F A N 4) SYS_FAN 5) F D D 6) IDE1/IDE2 7) SATA0 / SATA1 8) F_PANEL 9) P W R _ L E D 10) F _ A U D I O 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...
Page 20 - IDE1 Connector
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 20 - English 6) IDE1/IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to oneIDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). Ifyou wish to connect two IDE...
Page 24 - Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable.
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 24 - English 13) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In/ Out) The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system hasdigital input function. Use SPDIF IN feature...
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-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : E12) 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. S...
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-8VM800M-775 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...
Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority
GA-8VM800M-775 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 ...
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; OnChip IDE Channel0
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboa...
Page 38 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 38 - 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). USB Device Wake-Up From S3 Disabled Disable USB Device Wake-Up from S3. (Default ...
Page 39 - Mouse Power On
BIOS Setup - 39 - English Mouse Power On Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Enabled Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead. Disabled Disable this function. Ena...
Page 40 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI 3 IRQ Assignment; Auto
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 40 - 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 41 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status
BIOS Setup - 41 - 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 42 - Frequency / Voltage Control; CPU Clock Ratio; System/CPU FAN Fail Warning
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 42 - English 2-7 Frequency / Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio (Note) This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.The option will display "Locked" and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk Enabled Detect the PCI/DIM...
Page 43 - CPU Host Clock Control
BIOS Setup - 43 - English CPU Host Clock Control Note: Please note that if your system is overclocked and cannot restart, please wait 20secs.for automatic system restart or clear the CMOS setup data and perform a safe restart. Disabled Disable CPU Host Clock Control. (Default value) Enabled Enable C...
Page 44 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 44 - 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 46 - -12 Exit Without Saving
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 46 - 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 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 Application
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 50 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software. You can click an item toinstall it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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 - User Interface Overview
GA-8VM800M-775 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 for enhancingsystem performance, 2) C.I.A. a...
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-8VM800M-775 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 appear if t...
Page 57 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Appendix - 57 - 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 58 - button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
GA-8VM800M-775 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.) Select Lan...
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-8VM800M-775 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/Size..........
Page 62 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
GA-8VM800M-775 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 enableexecution of t...
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
GA-8VM800M-775 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. Methods an...
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 - -1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction; RAID Levels
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-4 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....
Page 67 - Entering the VT8237(VT8237R) SATA RAID BIOS Setup Utility; before the window disappears.; Tab; to enter RAID setup utility, the
Appendix - 67 - 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 68 - Press Enter on; Create Array; item, you will see the screen as shown below.; Before create an Array, you have to set the array mode first. Select; Array Mode; and press
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 68 - English A. Create Array: Press Enter on Create Array item, you will see the screen as shown below. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31 Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS...
Page 70 - If you want to delete the Array, select
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 70 - English B. Delete Array: If you want to delete the Array, select Delete Array in the main menu and press Enter . The channel column will be activated. Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press Enter . A warning message will show up, press Y to de...
Page 71 - Serial Number View
Appendix - 71 - English D. Serial Number View: Highlight Serial Number View and press Enter . Use arrow key to select a drive, the selected drive's serial number can be viewed in the last column. The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31 V...
Page 72 - Installing the RAID drivers; disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.; BootDrv; folder. A command prompt window will open
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 72 - English Installing the RAID drivers To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controllerdriver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windowssetup process. F...
Page 73 - Speaker Configuration; Channel Audio Setup
Appendix - 73 - English 4-1-5 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-channel mode for stereo speaker output check box. 2 Chann...
Page 74 - Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
GA-8VM800M-775 Motherboard - 74 - 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 ...
Page 75 - Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
Appendix - 75 - English Use the back audio panel to connect the audio outputwithout any additional module.STEP 1:Connect the front channels to "Line Out",the rearchannels to "Line In", and the Center/Subwoofer chan-nels to "MIC In". Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode ST...
Page 77 - Basic & Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Notes:
Appendix - 77 - 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 Configuration tab and select t...
Page 79 - Troubleshooting; AMI BIOS Beep Codes
Appendix - 79 - 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://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BI...
