Contents
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Declaration of Conformity
Supplementar y Infor mation
Declaration of Conformity
USER’S Manual
Table of Content
Appendix
Revision History
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
Summary of Features
Introduction
Only for GA-8IDML
LAN
GA-8IDML Series Motherboard Layout
GA-8IDML-LE Motherboard Layout
Hardware Installation Process
Step
Install the Central Processing Unit CPU
Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicator
CPU Heat Sink Installation
Install memory modules
Sdram
Install expansion cards
? PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply
? Parallel Port and Serial Ports COMA/COMB
? USB/LAN Connector
? Audio Connectors
? Game /MIDI Ports
Connectors Introduction
AUX12V Power Connector
G Cpufan / Pwrfan / SYS FAN Connector
ATX Power
CPU FAN
Floppy / IDE1 / IDE2 Connector
Faudio Connector
Front USB
JBattery
Usbvs PS/2 USB Wake Up selection
Bios Setup
Main Menu For example Bios Ver. F1
? Load Fail-Safe Defaults
? Power Management Setup
? PnP/PCI Configurations
? Load Optimiz ed Defaults
Date
Standard Cmos Features
EGA / VGA
IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave
Time
Drive a / Drive B
Halt on
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Video
EGA/VGA
Base Memory
Memory
Extended Memory
HDD-0
Advanced Bios Features
First / S econd / Third Boot device
Cdrom
Passwor d Check
Boot Up Fl oppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock
MPS Ver sion Control For OS
Active to Precharge Delay
Advanced Chipset Features
Configure Dram Timing
CAS latency Time
Dram Data Integrity Mode
Sdram RAS# to CAS# delay
Refresh Mode Select
Delay Transaction
Delay Prior to Thermal
AGP Graphics Aperture Size
Integrated Peripherals
AGP
IDE Primary Master PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
IDE Primary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel
IDE Primary Slave Udma
IDE Secondary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 2nd channel
IDE Primary Master Udma
IDE Secondary Master Udma
Init Display First
USB Keyboard Support
USB Mouse Support
AC97 Audio
KB Power on Password
Mouse Power On
Keyboard Power On
Onboard FDC Controller
UR2 Dupl ex Mode
Uart Mode Select
IR Transmis sion Delay
RxD, TxD Active
OnBoard Par allel port
Use IR Pins
Parallel Port Mode
Parall el Port EPP Type
Dpms
Power Management Setup
S1POS
PCI PIRQA-D#
USB Dev Wakeup From S3
Power Management
Acpi Sleep Type
Video off Method
Modem Use IRQ
Suspend Mode
HDD Power Down
Soft-off by PWR-BTTN
Primary IDE 0/1
RTC Alarm Power On
Modem Ring On/ Wak eOnLAN
Secondary IDE 0/1
IRQ Res ources 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15
PnP/PCI Configurations
Resources Controlled by
PCI1 IRQ Assignment
PCI3 IRQ Assignment
PC Health Status
Current S ystem / CPU Temperature C / F
Current CPU FAN / Power FAN / System FAN Speed RPM
Current Voltage V Vcore / VCC18 / +5V / ±12V
CPU Warning Temperature
Fan Fai l Warning CPU / POWER/ System
CPU Host Cl ock Control
Frequency/Voltage Control
CPU Clock Ratio
CPU Host Frequency
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Optimiz ed Defaults
Set Supervisor/User Password
Enter Password
Save & Exit Setup
? Y
Exit Without Saving
Quit Without Saving Y/N? N
Performance List
Block Diagram
Four Speaker Introduction What is Four Speaker?
Four Speaker & Spdif Introduction
Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure
Four Speaker Application
Spdif Introduction What is SPDIF?
How to use SPDIF?
Technical Reference
@ Bios Introduction
Gigabyte announces @ Bios Windows Bios live update utility
Easy TuneIIITM Introduction
Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII Windows overdrive utility
Appendix
Appendix B Creative CT5880 Chipset Driver Installation