Gigabyte GA-8ILFT: Chapter 5 Appendix

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Chapter 5 Appendix

Picture below are shown in Windows XP (IUCD driver version 2.0)

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

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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.

A. Installing Intel 845GL Chipset Driver

Please install this driver as the first

priority. this item installs the chipset

driver utility that enableds Plug-n-Plag

INF support for Intel chipset

component.

B. Installing Sound Driver

Click this item to install sound driver.

C. Installing LAN Driver

Click this item to install LAN driver.

Appendix A: Intel 845GL Chipset Driver Installation

Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility.

Inorder to install the driver successfully, please refer to the following installation procedures.

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* For GA-8ILFT Only.

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A-1. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

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.exe.

1.Click "Intel Chipset Software

Installation Utility" item.

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2.Click "Next".

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3.Click "Yes".

4.Click "Next".

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5.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

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Appendix D: EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation

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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.exe.

Press "Tools" icon.

2.Click "Easy Tune 4".

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities".

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3.Click "Next".

4.Click "Next".

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5.Click "Finish" to restart computer.

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Appendix E: BIOS Flash Procedure

BIOS update procedure:

Method 1:

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If your OS is Win9X, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS

Program to flash BIOS.

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2.Click "@BIOS Writer Utility

Press "Tools" icon.

v.1.08q".

1.Click "Gigabyte Utilities".

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(2)

Click "P".

Click here.

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Methods and steps:

I. Update BIOS through Internet

a. Click "Internet Update" icon

b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon

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c. Select @BIOS

sever ("Gigabyte @BIOSTM sever 1 in Taiwan" and "Gigabyte

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@BIOS

sever 2 in Taiwan" are available for now, the others will be completedsoon)

d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard

e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.

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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. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as:

8ILFT.F1).

e. Complete update process following the instruction.

III. Save BIOS

In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save

the current BIOS version.

IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:

In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. It can help you

check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported.

Note:

a. In method I, if it shows two or more motherboard's model names to be selected, please make

sure your motherboard's model name again. Selecting wrong model name will cause the

system unbooted.

b. In method II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your

motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot.

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c. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS

server, please go onto

Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II.

d. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted

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Method 2:

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:

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STEP 1:

(1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip.

Firstly you have to install the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip for unzip the files. Both of

these utilities are available on many shareware download pages like http://www.shareware.cnet.

com

STEP 2: Make a DOS boot diskette. (See example: Windows 98 O.S.)

Beware: Windows ME/2000 are not allowed to make a DOS boot diskette.

(1) With an available floppy disk in the floppy drive. Please leave the diskette "UN-write protected"

type. Double click the "My Computer" icon from Desktop, then click "3.5 diskette (A)" and right

click to select "Format (M)"

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(2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format Type, 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.

Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on that floppy, so please proceed accordingly.

(3) After the floppy has been formatted completely, please press "Close".