Gigabyte GA-8IDML @ Bios Introduction, Gigabyte announces @ Bios Windows Bios live update utility

Page 64

GA-8IDML Series Motherboard

@ BIOS Introduction

Gigabyte announces @ BIOS

Windows BIOS live update utility

H ave you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don’t know how to update it.

Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it. But of course you don’t like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS. The above process is not a interesting job. Besides, always be carefully to store the BIOS source code correctly in your disks as if you update the wrong BIOS, it will be a nightmare.

Certainly, you wonder why motherboard vendors could not just do something right to save your time and effort and save you from the lousy BIOS updating work? H ere it comes! Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS— the first Windows BIOS live update utility. This is a smart BIOS update software. It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it. Not like the other BIOS update software, it’s a Windows utility. With the help of “@BIOS’, BIOS updating is no more than a click.

Besides, no matter which mainboard you are using, if it’s a Gigabyte’s product*, @BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS. This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly. It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest Gigabyte ftp site automatically. There are several different choices; you could use “Internet Update” to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose “Save Current BIOS” to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte’s innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries.

For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible! It’s free! Now, if you buy a Gigabyte’s motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte @BIOS.

60

Image 64
Contents Page Page Declaration of Conformity Supplementar y Infor mationDeclaration of Conformity USER’S Manual Table of Content Appendix Revision History Installing the motherboard to the chassis… Summary of Features IntroductionOnly for GA-8IDML LANGA-8IDML Series Motherboard Layout GA-8IDML-LE Motherboard Layout Hardware Installation Process StepInstall the Central Processing Unit CPU Socket Actuation Lever Pin1 indicatorCPU Heat Sink Installation Install memory modules SdramInstall 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 G Cpufan / Pwrfan / SYS FAN Connector ATX PowerAUX12V Power Connector CPU FANFloppy / IDE1 / IDE2 Connector Faudio ConnectorFront USB JBatteryUsbvs PS/2 USB Wake Up selection Bios Setup Main Menu For example Bios Ver. F1 ? Power Management Setup ? PnP/PCI Configurations? Load Fail-Safe Defaults ? Load Optimiz ed DefaultsDate Standard Cmos FeaturesEGA / VGA IDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave TimeDrive a / Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area VideoHalt on EGA/VGABase Memory MemoryExtended Memory Advanced Bios Features First / S econd / Third Boot deviceHDD-0 CdromBoot Up Fl oppy Seek Boot Up NumLockPasswor d Check MPS Ver sion Control For OSAdvanced Chipset Features Configure Dram TimingActive to Precharge Delay CAS latency TimeSdram RAS# to CAS# delay Refresh Mode SelectDram Data Integrity Mode Delay TransactionDelay Prior to Thermal AGP Graphics Aperture SizeIntegrated Peripherals AGPOn-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDEIDE Primary Master PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel IDE Primary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 1st channelIDE Secondary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 2nd channel IDE Primary Master UdmaIDE Primary Slave Udma IDE Secondary Master UdmaUSB Keyboard Support USB Mouse SupportInit Display First AC97 AudioMouse Power On Keyboard Power OnKB Power on Password Onboard FDC ControllerUart Mode Select IR Transmis sion DelayUR2 Dupl ex Mode RxD, TxD ActiveUse IR Pins Parallel Port ModeOnBoard Par allel port Parall el Port EPP TypePower Management Setup S1POSDpms PCI PIRQA-D#Power Management Acpi Sleep TypeUSB Dev Wakeup From S3 Video off MethodSuspend Mode HDD Power DownModem Use IRQ Soft-off by PWR-BTTNRTC Alarm Power On Modem Ring On/ Wak eOnLANPrimary IDE 0/1 Secondary IDE 0/1PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled byIRQ Res ources 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI1 IRQ AssignmentPCI3 IRQ Assignment Current S ystem / CPU Temperature C / F Current CPU FAN / Power FAN / System FAN Speed RPMPC Health Status Current Voltage V Vcore / VCC18 / +5V / ±12VCPU Warning Temperature Fan Fai l Warning CPU / POWER/ SystemFrequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock RatioCPU Host Cl ock Control CPU Host FrequencyLoad Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe DefaultsLoad Optimized Defaults Load Optimiz ed DefaultsSet Supervisor/User Password Enter PasswordSave & Exit Setup ? YExit Without Saving Quit Without Saving Y/N? NPerformance List Block Diagram Four Speaker Introduction What is Four Speaker? Four Speaker & Spdif IntroductionMicrosoft Windows Me setup procedure Four Speaker ApplicationSpdif Introduction What is SPDIF? How to use SPDIF?Technical Reference @ Bios Introduction Gigabyte announces @ Bios Windows Bios live update utilityEasy TuneIIITM Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTuneIII Windows overdrive utilityAppendix Appendix B Creative CT5880 Chipset Driver Installation