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    GA-8I925X-G Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 200 3 12ME-8I925XG-200 3[...]

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    Motherboard GA-8I925X-G Jul. 2, 2004 Jul. 2, 2004 Motherboard GA-8I925X-G[...]

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    Copyright © 2004 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies. Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any mean[...]

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    - 4 - T able of Contents GA-8I925X-G Motherboard Layout ............................................................................... 6 Block Diagram ............................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ....................................................[...]

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    - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ..................................................................................... 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers ................................................................................... 47 3-2 Software Applications ...................................................................................[...]

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    - 6 - GA-8I925X-G Motherboard Layout A TX_12V CPU_FAN Intel 925X PCIE_16 CODEC IR IT8712 SA T A3_SB SA TA2_SB Intel ICH6R Main BIOS Backup BIOS PCIE_1 PCIE_2 PCI1 PCI2 DDRII1 F_USB1 F_USB2 DDRII2 DDRII4 DDRII5 SA T A1_SB SA TA0_SB BA T PWR_F AN AT X IDE FDD CLR_CMOS SYS_F AN GA-8I925X-G KB_MS LGA775 AUDIO1 SPDIF_I COM LPT USB LAN2 USB Broadcom 5751[...]

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    - 7 - Block Diagram Line-Out MIC LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) PCI Express x16 33MHz Host Interface Intel 925X MCH MCHCLK (133/200MHz) 66MHz 48MHz DDRII 600 (Note) /533/400MHz DIMM 24MHz 33MHz IT8712 4 Serial AT A A T A33/66/100 IDE Channels Intel ICH6R 14.318MHz Dual BIOS CODEC Line-In PCICLK (33MHz) 2 PCI PCI Bus SPDIF In SPDIF Out 3 PCI[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Y our Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, please follow the instructions below: 1. Please turn off the computer [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 10 - English CPU  Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU  Supports 800/533MHz FSB  L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset  Northbridge: Intel ® 925X Express Chipset  Southbridge: Intel ® ICH6R Memory  4 DDR II DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (Note 1)  Supports dual channel DDR I[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 11 - English I/O Control  IT8712 Hardware Monitor  System voltage detection  CPU temperature detection  CPU / System / Power fan speed detection  CPU warning temperature  CPU / System / Power fan failure warning  CPU smart fan control Onboard SA T A RAID  Onboard ICH6R chipset (SA TA0_SB, SA T A1_SB, [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G 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 the wrong direction, the CPU will not insert properly.[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 13 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink Fig.1 Please apply an even layer of heatsink paste on the surface of the installed CPU. The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heatsink paste. T o prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat sink paste be use[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G 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 memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure tha[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel DDR II GA-8I925X-G supports the Dual Channel T echnology . After operating the Dual Channel T echnology , the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double up to 8.5GB/s(DDR400). GA-8I925X-G includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR II 1, DDR II 2 Channel[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards Y ou 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 chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the comp[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector T o install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. SPDIF_O (S[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) A TX_12V 2) A TX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_F AN 4) SYS_FAN 5) PWR_F AN 6) FDD 7) IDE 8) SA T A0_SB/SAT A1_SB/SAT A2_SB/SA T A3_SB 9) PWR_LED 10) BA T 1 1 ) F_P ANEL 12) AZALIA_FP 13) CD_IN 14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 15) IR 16) CLR_CMOS Y ou can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 19 - English 1/2) A TX_12V/A TX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure that all components and devices are properly installed. Align the power connector with its pr[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 20 - English 3/4/5) CPU_F AN / SYS_FAN / PWR_F AN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via a 3-pin/4-pin(only for CPU_F AN) power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design. Most coolers are designed with color-coded power connector wires. A red power connecto[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 21 - English 7) IDE (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 22 - English 9) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 1 10) BA T(Battery) Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1 1) F_P ANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC peaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment below . HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) (Blue) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 24 - English 12) AZALIA_FP (Front Audio Panel Connector) Please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the motherboard header . T o find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio panel connector , please contact your dealer. Pin No. Definition 1 MIC2_L 2 GND 3 MIC2_R 4 -ACZ[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 25 - English 14) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 (Front USB Connector) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional front USB cable, p[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 26 - English 16) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS) Y ou may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper . T o clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. Default doesn't include the "Shunter" to prevent from improper use this jumper. Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS 1 1[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 27 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required 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 the motherboard supplies the necessary power to[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 28 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS V er . : F1) 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.      Standard CMOS Features This setup page in[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 29 - English      Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration.      Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.  [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 30 - 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 allowed in the month) Y ear The year, from 1999 thro[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 31 - English Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer . None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25" 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity. 1.2M, 5.25" 5.25 inch A T -type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity (3.5 inch when 3 M[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 32 - 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 exit this menu. First / Second / Third Boot Device [...]

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    BIOS Setup - 33 - English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported. (Default value) Disabled Disables CPU Hyper Threading. Limit CPUID Max. to 3 Enabled Limit CPUID Maximum value to 3 when use older OS like NT4. (Default v[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 34 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Pri mary PCI IDE [Enabled] SA T A RAID/AHCI Mode [RAID] x On-Chi p SA TA Mode Auto x P A T A IDE Set to Ch.1 Ma ster/Slave SA T A Port 0/2 Set to Ch.2 Ma ster/Slave SA T A Port 1/3 Set to Ch.3 M[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 35 - English On-Chip SA T A Mode Disabled Disable this function. Auto BIOS will auto detect. (Default value) Combined Set On-Chip SA T A mode to Combined, you can use up to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SA T A and the other for P A T A IDE. Enhanced Set On-Chip SA T A mode to Enhanced, the motherboard allows up to 6 HDDs to use. Non[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 36 - English Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8. (Default value) 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8. 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and ad[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 37 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend T o RAM). Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly . (Default value) Delay 4 Sec. Press power button 4 sec. to Power of[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 38 - English Power On by Keyboard Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "POWER Key" button, you can press the key to power on the system. KB Power ON Password When "Power On by Keyboard&q[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 2. CMOS Setup Utility-Co[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 40 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current V oltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU T emperature Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM F AN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. CPU W arning T emperature 60[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 41 - English CPU F AN PIN T ype In order to make "CPU Smart F AN Control" function work properly , please set the pin number according to the CPU F AN that you used. 3 PIN Set CPU FAN Type to 3 pins. (Default value) 4 PIN Set CPU F AN T ype to 4 pins.[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 42 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T .) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio [15X] C.I.A.2 [Disabled] CPU Host Clock Control [Disabled] x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 200 Memory Frequency For [Auto] Memory Frequency (Mhz) 53 3 DIMM OverV oltage Con[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 43 - English CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) This item will be available when "CPU Host Clock Control" is set to Enabled. 100MHz ~ 355MHz Set CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 355MHz. If you use a 533MHz FSB processor, please set "CPU Clock" to 133MHz. If you use an 800MHz FSB processor, please set "CPU Clock" to 200M[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 44 - English 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. 2-8 Select Language Multi-language supports 7 languages. There are English, French, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese. CMOS Setu[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-1 1 Set Supervisor/User Password Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. 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 characte[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 46 - English 2-12 Save & Exit Setup T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. T ype "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-13 Exit Without Saving T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. T ype "N" will return to Setup U[...]

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    Drivers Installation - 47 - English 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 Run.exe. Chapter 3 Drivers [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.[...]

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    Drivers Installation - 49 - 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.[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 50 - English[...]

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    Appendix - 51 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T . (Motherboard Intelligent T weaker) Motherboard Intelligent T weaker (M.I.T .) allows user to access and change BIOS feature settings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.I.T . feature the user is no longer required to switch into different modes within BIOS[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 52 - English 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ? Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition. If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive to its original state. 1. Supports F AT16, F A T32, and NTFS formats 2. Must be connected to the IDE1 [...]

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    Appendix - 53 - English 2. Press F9 during powering on the computer . (T ext Mode) Press F9 during powering on the computer . Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE T echnology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utility 2. Execute Restore Utility 3. Remove Backup Image 4. Set Password 5. Exit and Restart 1. If you have already entered Xpress [...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 54 - English 1. Execute Backup Utility:      Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard drive. Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer power on. If this is[...]

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    Appendix - 55 - English 4-1-2 Flash BIOS Method Introduction A. What is Dual BIOS T echnology? Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility B. How to use Dual BIOS and Q-Flash Utility? a. After power on the computer, pressing &l[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 56 - English c. Dual BIOS Item explanation: Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1: If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset? occurs in the Main BIOS, just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that the Wide Range Protection is set to "Enable&quo[...]

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    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 update BIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indicating no more fooling around with any complicate[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 58 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software  Sta ndard CMOS Features  Adva nced BIOS Features  Integrated Peripherals  Power Ma nagement Setup  PnP/PCI Configurations  PC Health Status  MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T.) Select La nguage Loa d F[...]

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    Appendix - 59 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM T ype/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Ra nge Protection Disable Boot From M ain Bios Auto Recovery E na ble Halt On Error Disab le Copy Main ROM Data[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G 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......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM [...]

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    Appendix - 61 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software  Sta ndard CMOS Features  Adva nced BIOS Features  Integrated Peripherals  Power Ma nagement Setup  PnP/PCI Configurations  PC Health Status  MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F3: Cha nge La nguage F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Fla sh F10: Save & E[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 62 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. T ask menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task. Action bar: Contains the names of four act[...]

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    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-Fla sh Utility V1.30 Fla sh T ype/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data En ab le Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy E[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 64 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS. 1. Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet: a. Click[...]

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    Appendix - 65 - English 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[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-3 Serial A T A BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundan[...]

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    Appendix - 67 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array: 1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: T o achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the moth[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 68 - English Create RAID V olume Press Enter under Create RAID V olume to set up RAID. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREA TE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Enter a string between 1 a nd 16 characters in length that ca n be used to uniquely [...]

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    Appendix - 69 - English The KB is a unit of Strip Size. Y ou can set disk block size with this item. The disk block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. After you set disk block size, press Enter to set disk Capacity . Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREA TE VOL[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 70 - English Press Enter under the Create V olume item. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREA TE VOLUME MENU ] [ HELP ] Press "ENTER" to Create the specified volume [  ]-Cha nge [T AB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-S[...]

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    Appendix - 71 - English After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID, such as RAID level, disk block size, disk name and disk capacity, etc. Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.6180 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID V olume 2. Delete RAID V olume[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 72 - English Installing the RAID drivers For the Windows operating system (Win NT , WinXP , Win2000 ), for IDE RAID/SCSI/Serial AT A functioning, the driver must first be transferred to a floppy disk. Please follow the steps below to complete driver transfer to a floppy disk: 1) Please insert the provided driver CD into th[...]

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    Appendix - 73 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6 - / 8 - Channel Audio Function Introduction Line Out Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "Line Out". STEP 2 : Following ins[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 74 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP [...]

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    Appendix - 75 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right han[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 76 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/ Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of th[...]

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    Appendix - 77 - English Jack-Sensing Introduction Jack-Sensing provides audio connectors error-detection function. Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 2000. After you install an audio device, a screen of a list would pop up from the audio software for you to choose the type of device you i[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 78 - English 4-2 T roubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why? Answer: Some a[...]

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    Appendix - 79 - English Question 8: 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. J AMI BIOS Beep [...]

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    Appendix - 87 - English      T aiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei Hsien, T aiwan. TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 F AX: +886 (2) 8912-4003 T ech. Support : http://tw .giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter .htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.co[...]

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    GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 88 - English      China NINGBO G.B.T . TECH. TRADING CO., L TD. T ech. Support : http://cn.giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.cn Shanghai TEL: +86-021-63410999 F AX: +86-021-63410100 [...]