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M Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners
reference to the specification under which conformity is declared
description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers
Timmy Huang
We, Manufacturer/Importer full address
Responsible Party NameG.B.T. INC. U.S.A Address 17358 Railroad Street
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
City of Industry, CA Phone/Fax No 818 854-9338/ 818
Product Name Motherboard Model NumberGA-8GEM667
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 Step Step
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
Step 1 Step 4 Step
Step1-1 CPU Installation
Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU
Angling the
Socket
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
Step 4-1 I/O Back Panel Introduction
supply
Step 4 Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
If you want the detail information for 2-/4-/6-channel audio setup
Audio Connectors
installation, please refer to page
$ Parallel Port and VGA Port / COMA Port
CPUFAN
Step 4-2 Connectors Introduction
13 SPDIFO
SYSFAN
2 SYSFAN System FAN Connector
1 CPUFAN CPU FAN Connector
6 FDD Floppy Connector
5 IDE1/ IDE2 IDE1 / IDE2 ConnectorPrimary/Secondary
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7 PWRLED
10 FAUDIO Front Audio Connector
9 FPANEL 2x10 pins connector
12 CDIN CD Audio Line In
14 FUSB1/FUSB2 FUSB1 ~ FUSB2 connector in yellow are for USB
15 CI CASE OPEN
16 IRCIR
20 BAT Battery
18 COM B White connector
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17 WOL Wake On Lan
Jumper set to close, the current status remains
1 Close Normal 1 Open Clear Password
21 CLRPWD
CONTROL KEYS
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
ENTERING SETUP
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver. E2
If you can’t find the setting you want, please press ”Ctrl+F1” to
Standard CMOS Features
PnP/PCI Configurations
Power Management Setup
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Date
Standard CMOS Features
Drive A / Drive B
Time
IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave
Halt on
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Memory
Base Memory
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Advanced BIOS Features
Password Check
Boot Up Floppy Seek
CPU Hyper-Threading
Init Display First
Peripherals
Integrated
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
IDE2ConductorCable
IDE1ConductorCable
USB Controller
USBKeyboardSupport
Onboard Serial Port
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
UART Mode Select
UR2Duplex Mode
ECPMode UseDMA
Parallel Port Mode
Game Port Address
Midi Port Address
ACPI Suspend Type
Power Management Setup
Soft-off by PWRBTTN
PMEEventWakeUp
Power On By Mouse
Resume by Alarm
Power On By Keyboard
KB Power ON Password
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment
PnP/PCI Configurations
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment
PCI 3 IRQ Assignment
Reset Case Open Status Case Opened
PC Health Status
Current Voltage V VCORE / +1.5V / +3.3V / +5V / +12V
Current CPU Temperature
CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM
CPU FAN Fail Warning
SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning
This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection
Frequency/Voltage Control
CPU Clock Ratio
CPU Host Clock Control
Fixed PCI/AGP Frequency
CPU Host Frequency MHz
Host/DRAM Clock Ratio
Memory FrequencyMhz
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
Q-Flash Introduction
A. What is Q-Flash Utility?
B. How to use Q-Flash?
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
Appendix A Chipset Driver Installation
Chapter 5 Appendix
A. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
Picture below are shown in Windows XP CD driver version
5.Click Finish to restart computer
B. Intel Application Accelerator
4.Click Finish to restart computer
C. Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver
d. USB Patch Driver For XP
Appendix B RealTek AC’97 Audio Driver
Appendix C Intel Network Driver Installation
Press USB 2.0 Driver icon 2.Click Next
Appendix D USB 2.0 Driver Installation A. USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP
1.Click MS USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP
3.Click Finish
B. USB 2.0 Driver For ICH4
Appendix E EasyTune 4 Utilities Installation
to be continued
Appendix F Acronyms
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Contact Person
Power supply
Technical Support/RMA Sheet
