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Timmy Huang
Product Name Motherboard Model NumberGA-8GEM667
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Responsible Party NameG.B.T. INC. U.S.A Address 17358 Railroad Street
City of Industry, CA Phone/Fax No 818 854-9338/ 818
GA-8GEM667 Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Table of Content
English
2-/4-/6-Channel Audio Function Introduction
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
Item Checklist
Chapter 1 Introduction
Features Summary
Hardware Monitor
HT functionality requirement content
GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard Layout
Step 1 Step 4 Step
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
Step Step Step
Socket
Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU
Step1-1 CPU Installation
Angling the
Please use Intel approved cooling fan
Step1-2 CPU Heat Sink Installation
When STR/DIMM LED is ON, do not install/remove DIMM from socket
Step 2 Install memory modules
DDR Introduction
Step 3 Install expansion cards
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
supply
Step 4-1 I/O Back Panel Introduction
Step 4 Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power
$ Parallel Port and VGA Port / COMA Port
Audio Connectors
If you want the detail information for 2-/4-/6-channel audio setup
installation, please refer to page
SYSFAN
Step 4-2 Connectors Introduction
CPUFAN
13 SPDIFO
2 SYSFAN System FAN Connector
1 CPUFAN CPU FAN Connector
7 PWRLED
5 IDE1/ IDE2 IDE1 / IDE2 ConnectorPrimary/Secondary
6 FDD Floppy Connector
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10 FAUDIO Front Audio Connector
9 FPANEL 2x10 pins connector
16 IRCIR
14 FUSB1/FUSB2 FUSB1 ~ FUSB2 connector in yellow are for USB
12 CDIN CD Audio Line In
15 CI CASE OPEN
17 WOL Wake On Lan
18 COM B White connector
20 BAT Battery
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21 CLRPWD
1 Close Normal 1 Open Clear Password
Jumper set to close, the current status remains
ENTERING SETUP
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
CONTROL KEYS
Standard CMOS Features
The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver. E2
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
If you can’t find the setting you want, please press ”Ctrl+F1” to
Load Optimized Defaults
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Date
Standard CMOS Features
IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave
Time
Drive A / Drive B
Base Memory
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Halt on
Memory
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Advanced BIOS Features
Init Display First
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Password Check
CPU Hyper-Threading
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
Integrated
Peripherals
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
USBKeyboardSupport
IDE1ConductorCable
IDE2ConductorCable
USB Controller
UR2Duplex Mode
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Onboard Serial Port
UART Mode Select
Midi Port Address
Parallel Port Mode
ECPMode UseDMA
Game Port Address
PMEEventWakeUp
Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type
Soft-off by PWRBTTN
KB Power ON Password
Resume by Alarm
Power On By Mouse
Power On By Keyboard
PCI 3 IRQ Assignment
PnP/PCI Configurations
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment
Current CPU Temperature
PC Health Status
Reset Case Open Status Case Opened
Current Voltage V VCORE / +1.5V / +3.3V / +5V / +12V
SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning
Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM
CPU Warning Temperature
CPU FAN Fail Warning
CPU Host Clock Control
Frequency/Voltage Control
This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection
CPU Clock Ratio
Memory FrequencyMhz
CPU Host Frequency MHz
Fixed PCI/AGP Frequency
Host/DRAM Clock Ratio
Top Performance
Top Performance
Load Fail-Safe Defaults? Y/N?Y
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults? Y/N?Y
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor/User Password
Save to CMOS and EXIT Y/N? Y
Save & Exit Setup
Quit Without Saving Y/N? N
Exit Without Saving
GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard
Chapter 4 Technical Reference
Block Diagram
BIOS Flash Procedureyte @BIOSTM Program to flash BIOS
3 After the floppy has been formatted completely, please press Close
2 From Support zone, click the Motherboards BIOS & Drivers
STEP 3 Download BIOS and BIOS utility program
3 We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files
5 At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click Extract button to unzip the files
STEP 4 Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk
Save to CMOS and EXIT Y/N? Y
STEP 5 BIOS flashing
4 The BIOS flash completed. Please press ESC to exit Flash Utility
STEP 6 Load BIOS defaults
Load Setup Defaults? Y/N?N
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4 Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure
B. How to use Q-Flash?
A. What is Q-Flash Utility?
Q-Flash Introduction
Load BIOS From Floppy
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II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet
Gigabyte announces @ BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility
@ BIOS Introduction
Gigabyte announces EasyTuneTM 4 Windows based Overclocking utility
Easy TuneTM 4 Introduction
Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings
2-/4-/6-Channel Audio Function
4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
Line Out Line In
Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode
Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode using Audio Combo Kit,Optional Device Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port optical & coaxis and SURROUND-KIT Rear R/L & Center/subwoofer
Basic & Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output ModeNotes
SPDIF Output Device Optional Device
connecting port
Technical Reference
English
GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard
Picture below are shown in Windows XP CD driver version
Chapter 5 Appendix
Appendix A Chipset Driver Installation
A. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
5.Click Finish to restart computer
B. Intel Application Accelerator
d. USB Patch Driver For XP
C. Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver
4.Click Finish to restart computer
Appendix B RealTek AC’97 Audio Driver
Appendix C Intel Network Driver Installation
3.Click Finish
Appendix D USB 2.0 Driver Installation A. USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP
Press USB 2.0 Driver icon 2.Click Next
1.Click MS USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP
B. USB 2.0 Driver For ICH4
Appendix E EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation
to be continued
Appendix F Acronyms
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Technical Support/RMA Sheet
Power supply
Contact Person
