Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GA-8GEM667 Gigabyte
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USER’S MANUAL GA-8GEM667 Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard Pentium ® 4 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1001 12ME-8GEM667-1001.
- 2 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English T able of Content Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4 WARNING! .........................................................................
T able of Content English - 3 - T op Performance ...................................................................................... 4 2 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................. 4 3 Load Optimized Defaults .
- 4 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English þ The GA-8GEM667 motherboard o 2 Port USB Cable x 1 þ IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 o 4 Port USB Cable x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility o .
Introduction English - 5 - Chapter 1 Introduction to be continued...... Features Summary Form Factor ! 24.4cm x 22cm Micro-A TX size form factor , 4 layers PCB. Motherboard ! GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard: GA-8GEM667 and GA-8GEM667-C CPU ! Socket 478 for Intel ® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium ® 4 processor ! Support Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood, 0.
- 6 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications. We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, chipset and most of the peripherals.
Introduction English - 7 - HT functionality requirement content "Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading T echnology for your computer system requires all of the following platform componen.
- 8 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard Layout 5 * RTL 8101L 2X_DET “ * ” Only for GA-8GEM667. SPDIF_O F_AUDIO CI GA-8GEM667 KB_MS COMA LPT USB SOCKET478 CPU_FAN .
- 9 - Hardware Installation Process English 5 T o set up your computer , you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3-.
- 10 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step1-1 : CPU Installation ! ! ! ! ! Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. ! ! ! ! ! If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation.
- 1 1 - Hardware Installation Process English Step1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation 1. Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket first. 2. Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket. ! ! ! ! ! Please use Intel approved cooling fan.
- 12 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English DDR 1. The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket. Then push it down. 3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module.
- 1 3 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer.
- 14 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction " " " " " PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector Ø This connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.
- 1 5 - Hardware Installation Process English % Game /MIDI Ports & Audio Connectors Ø This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Ø After install onboard audio driver , you may connect speaker to Line Out jack, micro phone to MIC In jack.
- 16 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction 1 ) CPU_F AN 13 ) SPDIF_O 2) SYS_FAN 14) F_USB1/F_USB2 3 ) A TX_12V 1 5 ) C I 4) A T X 16 ) IR_CIR 5) IDE1/IDE2 17) WOL .
- 1 7 - Hardware Installation Process English 1) CPU_F AN (CPU F AN Connector) " Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max.
- 18 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 5) IDE1/ IDE2 [IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary)] Ø Important Notice: Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1.
- 1 9 - Hardware Installation Process English Ø Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment above.
- 20 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 12) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In) Ø Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. CD-R CD-L GND 1 13) SPDIF_O Ø The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or com pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder.
- 2 1 - Hardware Installation Process English 17 ) WOL (Wake On Lan) +5V SB GND Signal 1 Ø This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL. 18 ) COM B ( White connector) Ø Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector.
- 22 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 21 ) CLR_PWD 1 Open: Clear Password 1 Close: Normal Ø When Jumper set to "open", the password that set will be cleared. On the contrary when Jumper set to "close", the current status remains.
- 2 3 - BIOS Setup English < á > Move to previous item < â > Move to next item < ß > Move to the item in the left hand < à > Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select.
- 24 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard 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.
- 2 5 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. ! ! ! ! ! Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. ! ! ! ! ! PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.
- 26 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, May 3 2002 Item Help Time (hh:.
- 2 7 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock.
- 28 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) ! Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) ! Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. ! Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. ! Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives.
- 2 9 - BIOS Setup English Advanced BIOS Features ! ! ! ! ! First / Second / Third Boot Device ! Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy. ! LS12 0 Select your boot device priority by LS120. ! HDD-0~3 Select your boot device priority by HDD-0~3.
- 30 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. ! Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks.
- 3 1 - BIOS Setup English Integrated Peripherals ! ! ! ! ! On-Chi p Pri mary PCI IDE ! Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) ! Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. ! ! ! ! ! On-Chi p Secondary PCI IDE ! Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port.
- 32 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! IDE1 Conductor Cable ! Auto W ill be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default V alue) ! A T A66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to A T A66/100 (Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with A T A66/100).
- 3 3 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Onboard LAN Boot ROM (*) ! Enabled Enabled onboard LAN Boot ROM. ! Disabled Disabled onboard LAN Boot ROM.(Default value) ! ! ! ! ! Onboard Serial Port 1 ! Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. ! 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8.
- 34 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Parallel Port Mode ! SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default V alue) ! EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ! EC P Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.
- 3 5 - BIOS Setup English Power Management Setup Figure 5: Power Management Setup ! ! ! ! ! ACPI Suspend T ype ! S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1. (Default V alue) ! S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3. ! ! ! ! ! Soft-off by PW R_BTT N ! Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly.
- 36 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Mode m Ring On/ W akeOnLAN (When AC Ba ck Function is set to [Soft-Of f]) M Y ou can enable wake on LAN feature by the "ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN" or "PME Event Wake up" when the M/B has "WOL" onboard connector.
- 3 7 - BIOS Setup English PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations ! ! ! ! ! PCI 1 IRQ Assignment ! Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1/PCI 5. (Default value) ! 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 1/PCI 5. ! ! ! ! ! PCI 2 IRQ Assignment ! Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2.
- 38 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English PC Health Status Figure 7: PC Health Status ! ! ! ! ! Reset Case Open Status ! ! ! ! ! Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No". If the case have been opened, "Case Opened" will show "Y es".
- 3 9 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Current CPU/SYSTEM F AN Speed (RPM) ! Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. ! ! ! ! ! CPU W arning T e mperature ! 60°C / 140°F Monitor CPU T emp. at 60°C / 140°F . ! 70°C / 158°F Monitor CPU T emp.
- 40 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Fr equency/V oltage Control Figure 8: Frequency/Voltage Control ! ! ! ! ! CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.
- 4 1 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! CPU Host Frequency (MHz) ! 100MHz ~ 355MHz Set CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 355MHz. Incorrect using it may cause your system broken. For power End-User use only! ! ! ! ! ! Fixed PCI/AGP Frequency ! Y ou can choose those mode to adjust PCI/AGP frequency .
- 42 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Y ou must check whether your RAM&CPU support over clock when you set "T op Performance" to " Enabled" T op Performa nce T op Performa nce If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "T op Performance" as "Enabled".
- 4 3 - BIOS Setup English Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance.
- 44 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects.
- 4 5 - BIOS Setup English Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>.
- 46 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Save & Exit Setup T ype “Y” will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.
- 4 7 - BIOS Setup English Exit Without Saving T ype “Y” will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. T ype “N” will return to Setup Utility .
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T echnical Reference - 49 - English Revision History Chapter 4 T echnical Reference Block Diagra m Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPU 82845GE ICH4 CPUCLK+/- (100/133MHz) System Bus 400/533MHz DDR 266/333MHz ZCLK (66MHz) HCLK+/- (100/133MHz) 66MHz 33 MHz 14.
- 50 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Method 1: We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example. Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode. Flash BIOS Procedure: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip.
T echnical Reference - 51 - English (2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format T ype, and pick both "Display summary when finished" and "Copy system files", after that press "Start". That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it.
- 52 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English STEP 3: Download BIOS and BIOS utility program. (1) Please go to Gigabyte website http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/index.html, and click "Support". (2) From Support zone, click the "Motherboards BIOS & Drivers".
T echnical Reference - 53 - English (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BIOS version (For example: F4), and click to download the file.
- 54 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (5) At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click "Extract" button to unzip the files. (6) Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2, and press "Extract".
T echnical Reference - 55 - English STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) Insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then, restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk.
- 56 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) Press "Enter" to enter "BIOS FEA TURES SETUP" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item "1st Boot Device", and then use the "Page Up" or "Page Down" keys to select "Floppy".
T echnical Reference - 57 - English STEP 5: BIOS flashing. (1) After the system boot from floppy disk, type "A:> dir/w" and press "Enter" to check the entire files in floppy A. Then type the "BIOS flash utility" and "BIOS file" after A:>.
- 58 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue the procedure, or press [ESC] to quit. Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS.
T echnical Reference - 59 - English STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash.
- 60 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SA VE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask "SA VE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm.
T echnical Reference - 61 - English Q-Fla sh Introduction A. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS.
- 62 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Congratulation! Y ou have completed the flashed and now can restart system. Load BIOS From Floppy ! In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. XXXX.XX 256K Total Size: 1.
T echnical Reference - 63 - English Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon c. Select @BIOS TM sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.
- 64 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet: a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d.
T echnical Reference - 65 - English @ BIOS Introduction Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don’t know how to update it.
- 66 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Ea sy T une TM 4 Intr oduction Gigabyte announces EasyT une TM 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyT une 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock" might be one of the most common issues in computer field.
T echnical Reference - 67 - English Revision History 2-/4-/6-Cha nnel Audio Function Intr oduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: STEP 3: Select “Speaker Configuration”, and choose the “2 channels for stereo speakers out put”.
- 68 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to “Line Out”,the rear channels to “Line In”. STEP 3 : Select “Speaker Configuration”, and choose the “4 channels for 4 speakers out put”.
T echnical Reference - 69 - English Use the back audio panel to connect the audio output without any additional module. STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to “Line Out”,the rear chan- nels to “Line In”, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to “MIC In ”.
- 70 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English STEP 1 : Insert the “Audio Combo Kit” in the back of the case , and fix it with the screw. Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode (using Audio Com.
T echnical Reference - 71 - English STEP 4 : Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" from the windows 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’s REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to SURROUND-KIT’s SUB CENTER.
- 72 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English S PDIF Output Device (Optional Device) 3. Connect co-axial or optical output to the SPDIF decoder. 1. Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw. 2. Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard.
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Appendix - 75 - English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP (CD driver version 1.0) Appendix A: Chipset Driver Installation A.
- 76 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (6) (5) 4Click "Next". (7) 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer..
Appendix - 77 - English B. Intel Application Accelerator (2) (3) (5) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.
- 78 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (7) (8) 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer. C. Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver (1) (2) (3) (4) 1.Click "Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver" item. 2.Click "Next".
Appendix - 79 - English Revision History Appendix B: RealT e k AC’97 Audio Driver Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.
- 80 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Appendix C: Intel Network Driver Installation (*) 1.Click "Install Intel Netware Driver(XP)". (1) (2) (3) 2.Click "Next". 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer. (4) (5) (6) 3.Click "Next".
Appendix - 81 - English Appendix D: USB 2.0 Driver Installation A. USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP: (2) (3) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide.
- 82 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (2) (3) If there is any problem occurred during USB2.0 device installing, using or upgrading. Please visit Microsoft or GIGABYTE website for downloading the latest drivers. (1) 1.Click "USB 2.0 Driver For ICH4" .
Appendix - 83 - English Revision History Appendix E: EasyT une 4 Utilities Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.
- 84 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Appendix F: Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface A P M Advanced Power Management A G P Accelerated Graphics Port A M R.
Appendix - 85 - English Acronyms Meaning L BA Logical Block Addressing LE D Light Emitting Diode M H z Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface M TH Memory Translator Hub MP T Memory Protocol Translator N I C Network Interface Card O S Operating System O E M Original Equipment Manufacturer PA C PCI A.
- 86 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English T echnical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.
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