Gigabyte GA-8IG1000MT: Chapter 5 Appendix

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Chapter 5 Appendix

Install Drivers

Pictures below are shown in Windows XP

Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, 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.exe.

INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVER

This page shows the drivers that need to be installed for the system. Click each item to install the

driver manually or switch to the to install the drivers automatically.

The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Forget" technology to install the drivers automatically. Just

select the drivers you want then click the "GO" button. The will finish the installation for you

automatically.

Massage: Some device drivers will restart

your system automatically. After restarting

your system the "Xpress Install" will

continue to install other drivers.

We recommend that you install all components in the list.

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Driver installation finished !

You have to reboot system !

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Item Description

n Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

Tell the operating system how the chipset components will be configured.

n Intel Extreme Graphics Driver

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For Intel

845G/GL/GE/GV/865G Chipsets

n USB Patch for WinXP

This patch driver can help you to resolve the USB device wake up S3 hang up issue in XP.

n RealTek LAN Driver

RealTek 10/100 LAN driver for 81xx series chips

n RealTek ALC101A/201A/202/650/655 AC97 Codec Driver

For Intel(R) ICH/ICH2/ICH4/ICH5 AC97 audio

n Intel USB 2.0 Driver

It is recommended that you use the Microsoft Windows update for the most updated driver for

XP/2K

For USB2.0 driver support under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service

Pack. After install Windows Service Pack, it will show a question mark "?" in "Universal Serial Bus

controller" under "Device Manager". Please remove the question mark and restart the system

(System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver).

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SOFTWARE APPLICATION

This page reveals the value-added software developed by Gigabyte and its worldwide partners.

n Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager (GWUM)

This utility can integrate the Gigabyte's applications in the system tray

n Gigabyte Management Tool (GMT)

A useful tool which can manage the computer via the network

n EasyTune 4

Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions

n DMI Viewer

Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI/SMBIOS information of the system

n Face-Wizard

New utility for adding BIOS logo

n @BIOS

Gigabyte windows flash BIOS utility

n Acrobat e-Book

Useful utility from Adobe

n Acrobat Reader

Popular utility from Adobe for reading .PDF file format documents

n Norton Internet Security (NIS)

Integrated utility which includes anti-virus, ads, etc.

n DirectX 9.0

Install Microsoft DirectX 9 to enable 3D hardware acceleration that support for operating system

to achieve better 3D performence.

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SOFTWARE INFORMATION

This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title.

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HARDWARE INFORMATION

This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.

CONTACT US

Please see the last page for details.

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EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation

Powerful utility that integrates the overclocking and hardware monitoring functions

1. Click "EasyTune4" item.

2. Click "Next".

(2)

(1)

3. Click "Finish" to restart computer.

(3)

(4)

4. Right Click the icon to start

"EasyTune 4".

(5)

(6)

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FAQ

Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a

specific motherboard model, please log on to http://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm

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Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS.

Why?

Answer: Some advanced options are hidden in new BIOS version. Please press Ctrl and F1 keys

after entering BIOS menu and you will be able to see these options.

Questions 2: Why is the light of my keyboard/optical mouse still on after computer shuts down?

Answer: In some boards, a small amount of electricity is kept on standby after computer shuts

down and that's why the light is still on.

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Question 3: Why cannot I use all functions in EasyTune

4?

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Answer: The availability of the listed functions in EasyTune

4 depends on the MB chipset. If the

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chipset doesn't support certain functions in EasyTune

4, these functions will be locked automati-

cally and you will not be able to use them.

Question 4: Why do I fail to install RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and XP on boards that

support RAID function after I connect the boot HDD to IDE3 or IDE4 ?

Answer: First of all, you need to save some files in the CD-ROM to a floppy disk before installing

drivers. You also need to go through some rather different steps in the installation process. Therefore,

we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual at our website.

(Please download it at http://tw.giga-byte.com/support/user_pdf/raid_manual.pdf)

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Question 5: How do I clear CMOS?

Answer: If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper, please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the

manual. If your board doesn't have such jumper, you can take off the on-board battery to leak

voltage to clear CMOS. Please refer to the steps below:

Steps:

1. Turn off power.

2. Disconnect the power cord from MB.

3. Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes (Or you can use a

metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to make

them short for one minute).

4. Re-insert the battery to the battery holder.

5. Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power.

6. Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults.

7. Save changes and reboot the system.

Question 6: Why does system seem unstable after updating BIOS?

Answer: Please remember to load Fail-Safe Defaults (Or Load BIOS Defaults) after flashing

BIOS. However, if the system instability still remains, please clear CMOS to solve the problem.

Question 7: Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume?

Answer: Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier. If not,

please change another speaker with power/amplifier and try again later.

Question 8: How do I disable onboard VGA card in order to add an external VGA card?

Answer: Gigabyte motherboards will auto-detect the external VGA card after it is plugged in, so

you don't need to change any setting manually to disable the onboard VGA.

Question 9: Why cannot I use the IDE 2?

Answer: Please refer to the user manual and check whether you have connected any cable that

is not provided with the motherboard package to the USB Over Current pin in the Front USB

Panel. If the cable is your own cable, please remove it from this pin and do not connect any of your

own cables to it.

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Question 10: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up.

What do these beeps usually stand for?

Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However,

they are only for reference purposes. The situations might differ from case to case.

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gAMI BIOS Beep Codes

*Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully.

*Except for beep code 8, these codes are always fatal.

1 beep Refresh failure

2 beeps Parity error

3 beeps Base 64K memory failure

4 beeps Timer not operational

5 beeps Processor error

6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure

7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error

8 beeps Display memory read/write failure

9 beeps ROM checksum error

10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error

11 beeps Cache memory bad

g AWARD BIOS Beep Codes

1 short: System boots successfully

2 short: CMOS setting error

1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error

1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error

1 long 3 short: Keyboard error

1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error

Continuous long beeps: DRAM error

Continuous short beeps: Power error

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Troubleshooting

If you encounter any trouble during boot up, please follow the troubleshooting

procedures.

START

Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove

all of the add-on cards and cables from motherboard.