GA-K8A480M-9

AMD Socket 939
Rev. 1002 12MC-K8A480M9-1002

Motherboard GA-K8A480M-9

Motherboard

Mar. 16, 2005

2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

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1-3-1 1-3-2

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1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
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2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-10 2-11 2-12

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(BIOS D6)... 28 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ).. 29 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ).. 31 Integrated Peripherals ( ).. 32 Power Management Setup ( PnP/PCI Configurations ( PC Health Status ( MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( ).. 34 PCI ).. 36 )... 37 / ).. 38 ).. 39 ).. 39 / ). 40 ).. 41 ). 41
Fail-Safe Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized Set Supervisor/User Password ( Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP Exit Without Saving ( SETUP

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4-1-1 4-1-2 4-1-3 4-1-4 4-1-5
EasyTune 5.... 47 Xpress Recovery... 48 BIOS.... 51 Serial ATA RAID BIOS.. 60 / / /... 70

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CPU_FAN KB_MS ATX_12V

ATX FDD

Socket 939
AUDIO1 AUDIO2 AZALIA_FP PCIE_16_1 RTL8110S

ATi RS480 CLR_CMOS

IDE1 IDE2

PCIE_1

IT8712

ULi M1573

SATA3 SATA2 SATA1
PCI1 CD_IN CODEC SPDIF_IO COMB SYS_FAN PCI2 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL CI

PCI-ECLK (100MHz)

AMD K8 Socket 939 CPU Host Interface
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory
PCI Express xPCI Express x 1 Port PCI-ECLK (100MHz) PCI Express x1 Bus

ATi RS480

SBLINK_CLK P/N (100MHz) NBSRC_CLK P/N (100MHz) NB_OSC (14.318MHz) 66MHz Local Frame Buffer(L.F.B.) SBSRC_CLK P/N (100MHz) 33MHz 14.318MHz 48MHz BIOS

PCI Bus

RTL 8110S RJ45
4 Serial ATA ATA33/66/100/133 IDE Channels Floppy IT 8712 LPT Port

COM Ports CODEC 48MHz

Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out

8 USB Ports

PS/2 KB/Mouse

PCICLK (33MHz)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (CPU RAM)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

AMD Athlon TM 64 / 64 FX K8 Socket 939 2000MT/s 3000+ CPU ATi RS480 ULi M1573 Win 2000/XP DDR DIMM 4GB ( 1) DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM PCI Express x 16 PCI Express x 1 PCI IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 2 ULi M1573
Serial ATA Win 2000/XP VGA 1 USB 2.0/1.1
Normal/EPP/ECP COMA COMB ( x 4 x 4-
PS/2 PS/2 Realtek 8110S 1 RJ 45 ALC880 CODEC High Definition Audio 2/4/6/8 / SPDIF CD / SPDIF

(10/100/1000 Mbit)

I/O L.F.B. (Local Frame Buffer)
Win 2000/XP IT8712 16MB x 2

4GB 4GB

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CPU CPU/ CPU CPU / CPU SATA RAID ULi M1573 striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) JBOD 150MB 4 SATA Win 2000/XP AWARD BIOS Q-Flash @BIOS EasyTune ( ) Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4 -

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(CPU) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

90 1) ( ) ( 2) (

2. ( )

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1. ( )

2. CPU_FAN

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1. 2. 3.

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Dual Channel DDR (

GA-K8A480M-9 Memory Bus CPU 1. 2. DDR DDR ) DDR ) Dual Channel Technology

DDR 4 DS/SS X DS/SS

(Dual Channel DDR Technology)

( DDR (

DDR 2 DS/SS X DS/SS DDR 3 X DS/SS DS/SS

DDR 4 DS/SS DS/SS

DDR 1 X X X DS/SS X
DDR 2 DS/SS X DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS DDR 3 X X DS/SS X X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X DDR 4 X DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS

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1. 2. ) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. PCI Express x 16 (

/ PCI Express x 16

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PS/2 ( )

USB USB / USB USB Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps USB USB

2-/4-/6-/8-

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1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

ATX_12V ATX (Power Connector) CPU_FAN SYS_FAN FDD IDE1 / IDE2 SATA0/ATA1/SATA2/SATA3 F_PANEL
9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16)
AZALIA_FP CD_IN SPDIF_IO F_USB1 / F_USB2 COMB CI CLR_CMOS BAT

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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX
(2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)

ATX_12V

( ) ATX 20 24

3 +12V +12V

3.3V 3.3V +5V +5V Power Good 5V SB (stand by +5V) +12V +12V 3.3V( 3.3V -12V PS_ON(soft On/Off) 24 )

-5V +5V +5V +5V

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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (

+12V (GND)

3-pin +12V

1 CPU_FAN

3 +12V

1 SYS_FAN

5) FDD (

360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB

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6) IDE1/IDE2 (IDE

IDE IDE IDE Master

IDE ( Slave ( ) IDE IDE ) IDE

2 IDE1 IDE2

7) SATA0/SATA1/SATA2/SATA3 (Serial ATA

Serial ATA 150MB

BIOS Serial ATA

TXP TXN RXN RXP

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8) F_PANEL (

Message LED/ Power/ Sleep LED
Speaker Connector Power Switch

MSG+ MSGPW+ PW-

SPEAK+

RES+ NC HD-

IDE Hard Disk Active LED
HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED)
Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) Pin 1: Pin 2- Pin 3: Pin 4: Data(-)
SPEAK (Speaker Connector)

RES (Reset Switch)

Open: Normal Close: Reset Hardware System

PW (Power Switch)

Open: Normal
Close: Power On/Off MSG(Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

Reset Switch

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SPEAK-

9) AZALIA_FP (
HD(High Definition) AC'97
HD MIC2_R -ACZ_DET Line2_R FSENSE1 FAUDIO_JD LINE2_L FSENSE2 MIC2_L
AC'10 MIC N/A Line Out (R) N/A N/A Line Out (L) N/A MIC

Fail-Safe

Load Optimized Defaults (

Optimized

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Set Supervisor Password ( Set User Password ( Save & Exit Setup (

SETUP <F10>

SETUP CMOS

PC BIOS BIOS

Exit Without Saving (

<ESC>

Standard CMOS Features (
Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Suport Holt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory
Item Help Menu Level Change the day, month, year <Week> Sun. to Sat. <Month> Jan. to Dec. <Day> 1 to 31 (or maximum allowed in the month) <Year> 1999 to 2098
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Thu, Jan 15: 6: 6 [None] [None] [None] [None] [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 127M 128M
: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values
+/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

F10: Save

ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults

Date (mm:dd:yy) (

) / Time (hh:mm:ss) (

/ / / /

(mm) (dd) (yy)

1 28/29/30/2098

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master, Slave (
IDE HDD Auto-Detection "Enter" IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave None Auto Manual Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector BIOS POST IDE IDE /

None ( ) Auto)

CHS/ LBA/ Large/ Auto (

Precompensation

Drive A(
None 360K, 5.25" 1.2M, 5.25" 720K, 3.5" 1.44M, 3.5" 2.88M, 3.5" Disabled Drive A

5.25 5.3 3

None 360KB 1.2MB 720KB 1.44MB 2.88MB

Floppy 3 Mode Support (

A: 3 Mode 3 Mode

3 Mode

Halt on (
POST No Errors All Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key

Memory (

STANDARD CMOS SETUP Base Memory Extended Memory
BIOS PC POST(Power On Self Test) 640KB MS-DOS

Base Module Total Memory

Other Memory

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Advanced BIOS Features (
Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check
Item Help Menu Level Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk] [ZIP] [Setup]
Hard Disk Boot Priority (
< > < > <ESC>

<+> <->

First / Second / Third Boot Device (
Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Legacy LAN Disabled

ZIP USB USB-ZIP USB USB

Password Check (

System Setup

CMOS SETUP CMOS SETUP SETUP ( ) <Enter>

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Azalia Controller Front Panel Type OnChip Serial ATA Controller Onboard H/W LAN On-Chip Primary IDE On-Chip Secondary IDE On-Chip USB 1.1 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support On-Chip USB 2.0 Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [378/IRQ7] [SPP]

Item Help Menu Level

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals

Azalia Controller

Enabled Disabled Azalia Azalia HD AC97 AC97 HD Audio AC'97 HD ULi ULi Serial ATA Serial ATA ( ( ( )

Front Panel Type (

HD Audio AC'97
OnChip Serial ATA Controller (

Enabled Disabled

Serial ATA)

Onboard H/W LAN (

Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled
onboard H/W LAN onboard H/W LAN

On-Chip Primary IDE (

channel

channel IDE

PCI IDE

On-Chip Secondary IDE (

Enabled Disabled channel
On-Chip USB 1.1 Controller (
Enabled Disabled USB 1.1 USB 1.1 USB 1.1

USB 1.1

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USB Keyboard Support (

Enabled Disabled USB USB

USB Enabled) ( ) USB

USB Mouse Support (
USB Device Enabled) ) USB
On-Chip USB 2.0 Controller (
Enabled Disabled Auto 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled Auto 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 3BC/IRQ7 Disabled

USB 2.0

USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller BIOS 1 BIOS 2

Onboard Serial Port 1 (

COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 COM 4 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 /IRQ4 /IRQ3 /IRQ4 /IRQ3 ( )

Onboard Serial Port 2 (

COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 COM 4 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 /IRQ4 /IRQ3 /IRQ4 /IRQ3

Onboard Parallel port (

378/IRQ7 ( 278/IRQ5 3BC/IRQ7 )

Parallel Port Mode (

SPP EPP ECP ECP+EPP
( EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) EPP ECP )

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Power Management Setup (
[S1(POS)] [Blinking] [Instant-off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] Everyday 0:0:0 [Disabled] [Disabled] Enter [Soft-Off]
Item Help Menu Level [S1] Set suspend type to Power On Suspend under ACPI OS [S3] Set suspend type to Suspend to RAM under ACPI OS
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Power LED in S1 state Soft-Off by PWRBTN WakeUp\PowerOn by PCI Card WakeUp\PowerOn by Ring USB Dev WakeUp Resume by Alarm x Date (of Month) Alarm x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Power On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard x KB Power ON Password AC Back Function

ACPI Suspend Type (

S1(POS) S3(STR) Blinking Dual/OFF ACPI ACPI Power LED a. b. S1
S1/POS (Power On Suspend) S3/STR (Suspend To RAM) ( power LED power LED LED LED ( 4 +5VSB ( 1 ) ) ( )

Power LED in S1 state

Soft-Off by PWRBTN (

Instant-off Delay 4 Sec.

WakeUp\PowerOn by PCI Card

Disabled Enabled

WakeUp\PowerOn by Ring (
"PME Event Wake up" "PME Event Wake up" Disabled Enabled
WOL / Wake on LAN Wake on LAN / /
"ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN"

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USB Dev WakeUp
"ACPI Suspend Type" Disabled Enabled S3 "S3(STR)" USB ( )

Resume by Alarm (

Enabled Disabled Enabled Day of Month Alarm : Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm :
Everyday, 1~31 (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)

Power On By Mouse (

Disabled Double Click Disabled Password Keyboard 98 Any KEY ( PS/2

Power On By Keyboard (

( 1-5 Windows 98 )

KB Power ON Password (

"Power On by Keyboard" Enter 1-5 "Passowrd"

AC Back Function (

Soft-Off Full-On Memory

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PnP/PCI Configurations (
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] [Auto]
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment (

Auto 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

BIOS PCI 1

) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment (

BIOS PCI 2

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PC Health Status (
[Disabled] Yes OK OK OK OK 50 oC 4687 RPM 0 RPM [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled]
Item Help Menu Level [Disabled] Don't reset case open status [Enabled] Clear case open status and set to be Disabled at next boot
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Case Opened Vcore DDR25V +3.3V +12V Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed CPU Warning Temperature CPU FAN Fail Warning SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning CPU Smart FAN Control
F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults

F1: General Help

Reset Case Open Status (

Case Opened

"Case Opened" "No" "Case Opened" "Yes" "Case Opened" "Reset Case Open Status"

"Enable"

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V ( Current CPU Temperature (
Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) (
CPU Warning Temperature (CPU
Disabled 60o C / 140oF 70o C / 158oF 80o C / 176oF 90o C / 194oF Enabled Disabled CPU CPU CPU CPU CPU
60oC / 140 oF 70oC / 158 oF 80oC / 176 oF 90oC / 194 oF
CPU/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning (CPU/

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CPU Smart FAN Control (CPU

Disabled Enabled a. CPU b. CPU c. CPU
CPU 69o C CPU o 41 C 69oC 40oC CPU ( CPU )
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (
K8 CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk [Default] [Enabled]
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control

K8 CPU Clock Ratio

( Enabled Disabled CPU CPU ) PCI ( )

Auto Detect PCI Clk

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Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash
Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software
Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Load Fail-Safe DefaultsSave & Exit Setup (Y/N)? N Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults
<Y> <Enter> Safe Defaults

BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)?Exit Setup Save & N Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults

<Y> <Enter>

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2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password (
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Enter Password: PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Change/Set/Disable Password

8 Enter BIOS

Enter PASSWORD DISABLED
Supervisor Supervisor "Setup" User User SYSTEM CMOS SETUP Supervisor Advanced BIOS Features User Supervisor USER Password CMOS SETUP Password Check BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Password Check CMOS SETUP Supervisor

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2-11 Save & Exit Setup (
Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS

<Y>

<Enter> <N> <Esc>

Setup Utility

2-12 Exit Without Saving (
Set User Password Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? NExit Setup Save & Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data

<N>

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Windows XP ( Setup.exe )
Xpress Install Xpress Install

Xpress Install

Windows XP \ (

USB2.0 \ USB 2.0 )

Windows Service Pack "?"

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4-1-1 EasyTune 5

EasyTune5 1) 4)
Microsoft Windows 2) C.I.A. M.I.B.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
/ Overclocking C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 Smart-Fan PC Health GO "Easy Mode" "Advance Mode" LEDs GIGABYTE Logo Help

C.I.A./2

M.I.B./2
EasyTuneTM 5 EasyTuneTM 5

) EasyTune 5

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4-1-2 Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ghost

FAT16 IDE1 HPA Master IDE (Partition) (Partition) NTFS

Xpress Recovery

1. CD-ROM ( : BIOS "Advanced BIOS Feature" Xpress Rcovery F9
. Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD:
) CD-ROM "Boot from CD:" CD-ROM

Boot from CD:

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.
1. Execute Backup Utility 2. Execute Restore Utility 3. Remove Backup Image 4. Set Password 5. Exit and Restart

Build 2011

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(POST)

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc. Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK. Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash, F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/16/2002-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

F9 For Xpress Recovery

CD-ROM F9

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1.Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit
" " CD-ROM " (POST) F9"
2.Execute Restore Utility: This program will recover your system to factory default.
Press R to restore your system back to factory default or press Esc to exit
3.Remove Backup Image: Remove backup image. Are you sure? (Y/N)
4.Set Password: Please input a 4-16 character long password (a-z or 0-9) or press Esc to exit
Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery Set Password Enter New Password Confirm Password

5. Exit and Restart:

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4-1-3 BIOS

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS Q-FlashTM

BIOS BIOS BIOS Q-FlashTM BIOS Q-FlashTM BIOS

Windows

Q-Flash TM 1. 2. 3.
BIOS BIOS BIOS Del BIOS BIOS F1 F12 F1 F4 F4 BIOS F8 BIOS (.Fxx 8KNXPU.Fba)

Q-Flash TM

BIOS BIOS

BIOS Ultra Q-Flash BIOS

Q-FlashTM

BIOS Fa3

GA-8KNXP
Q-Flash Dual BIOS Q-Flash Fba
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.
Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) <CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027> Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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1 Del BIOS Q-Flash
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS Utility Boot From... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Backup ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A

512K 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off
BIOS BIOS ROM Q-Flash Enter Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Enter

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Q-Flash BIOS BIOS " " BIOS
"Load Main BIOS from Floppy" BIOS BIOS to Floppy"

Enter "Save Main

Enter BIOS

8KNXPU.Fba BIOS

Dual BIOS Utility Boot From... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Backup ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Wide Range Protection Disable 1 file(s) found Boot From Main Bios 8KNXPU.Fba 512K Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Total size Copy Main ROM Data to Backup : 1.39M Free size : 911.50K F5 : Refresh DEL : Load Default SettingsDelete

Enter : Run

Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off
Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Reading BIOS file from floppy. Auto Recovery Enable >>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

"

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Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable !! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !! Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to continue Please press any key to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

1~4 BIOS (Backup BIOS)

Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Are you sure to RESET ? Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup [Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort. Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

BIOS Fba

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) <CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027> Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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6. BIOS

Del BIOS BIOS BIOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? Y Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Y 7. Save & Exit Setup CMOS BIOS BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.
PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

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DOS @BIOS
@BIOS BIOS @BIOS BIOS @BIOS

BIOS 1. @BIOS 2.

/GIGABYTE/@BIOS

3. @BIOS

" "
"Update New BIOS"
I. a. b. c. d. e. II. a. b. c. d. e. Internet BIOS "Internet Update" "Update New BIOS" @BIOS BIOS Internet BIOS "Internet Update" "Update New BIOS" " "All Files (*.*)" BIOS ( K8A480M-9.D6)

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BIOS "Save Current BIOS" BIOS
Flash ROM "About this program" Flash ROM
I. II. III. I II I BIOS IV. BIOS ( ) BIOS BIOS @BIOS BIOS BIOS II

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4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS

/ ( Mirroring )

ULi M1573 (RAID 1)
Striping Striping Mirroring (RAID 0+1)
(RAID 0) Mirroring JBOD (Spanning)

RAID 0 (Striping)

Striping

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

ATA RAID 1 ( ) Mirroring Mirroring Mirroring

1GB 2GB 1GB

RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)
Striping Mirroring / RAID 0+1 RAID 0 RAID 1

JBOD (Spanning)

Spanning Spanning ( JBOD - Just a Bunch of Drives)

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1) ) 2) 3) 4) 5) BIOS RAID BIOS Ctrl + S ) RAID 3 \ \
(RAID) ( IDE SCSI SATA ( RAID ( BIOS Integrated Peripherals ) RAID ( ULi RAID Ctrl + A Silicon Image
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ULi RAID BIOS

ULi RAID BIOS RAID BIOS 1. Ctrl + A ULi RAID BIOS /
ULi RAID BIOS V1.09 (M5287) (c) ULi Electronics Inc. 2005, All Rights Reserved. Indentifying IDE drives.o.o.x.x Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None SATA 1 SATA MB 120034 MB
Press Ctrl-A to enter ULi RAID BIOS setup utility.

Ctrl + A ULi RAID BIOS

RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2005 ULi Electronics Inc. www.uli.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring SPACE: Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity , : Moving Cursor Stripe Size 16K Enter : Select & Finish Delete RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Drive Model Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB RAID Array/Type

RAID Type

Stripe Size

RAID Name

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RAID BIOS (RAID Array List) (Main Menu)

(Main Menu) ( )

(Drive Select Menu)

(RAID Array List)

RAID 0 (Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance)
Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance RAID 0 s RAID 0 Enter RAID 0 ( )
RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2005 ULi Electronics Inc. www.uli.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring SPACE: Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity , : Moving Cursor Stripe Size 16K Enter : Select & Finish Delete RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Stripe Drives Drive Model S Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS s Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB RAID Array/Type

(Y/N?)]

"Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/N)?" [RAID RAID
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RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2005 ULi Electronics Inc. www.uli.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring SPACE: Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity , : Moving Cursor 16K Stripe Size Enter : Select & Finish Delete RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Input RAID Name (8 characters) : ULi_RAID Drive Model Mode SATA 1 S Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS SATA 1 s Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : RAID Type Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB RAID Array/Type
RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2005 ULi Electronics Inc. www.uli.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring SPACE: Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity , : Moving Cursor Stripe Size 16K Enter : Select & Finish Delete RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Drive Model Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None Capacity 240 GB Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB RAID Array/Type RAID A/0 RAID A/0
RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C :

RAID Type 0

Stripe Size 16K

RAID Name ULi_RAID

4KByte 64KByte

RAID 0

Stripe Size ( 64KByte 32KByte A/V

) 16KByte(

RAID 0 ) 8KByte

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RAID 1 (Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability)
Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability RAID 1 ( m Enter ) RAID 1 ( ) ( ) RAID 1 M
RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2005 ULi Electronics Inc. www.uli.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring SPACE: Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity , : Moving Cursor Stripe Size 16K Enter : Select & Finish Delete RAID Settings & Partition ESC : Exit Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Mirror Drives Drive Model M Channel 0 Master : ST3120026AS m Channel 1 Master : ST3120026AS Channel 2 Master : None Channel 3 Master : None Capacity RAID Array A : RAID Array B : RAID Array C : Mode SATA 1 SATA 1 Capacity 120034 MB 120034 MB RAID Array/Type

(Delete All RAID Settings & Partition)
"Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/ Y
Delete All RAID Settings & Partition Enter (Y/N?)] N)?" [RAID

(Rebuild RAID Array)

RAID 1 BIOS Rebuild RAID Array Rebuild RAID Array Enter RAID 1 ( M) "Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?" [ M M m

R ( m Y m) (Y/N)?]

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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SATA SATA

2 ( BootDrv

D:) MENU.EXE(

3 MENU.EXE ( 2)

MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows RAID Windows2000/Windows XP ( SATA F6 )

"IAA_RAID"

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Windows XP)

2. Sound Effect

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BIOS BIOS "Ctrl + F1" /

"Del"

CMOS Clear CMOS CMOS CMOS ( ( ) ) CMOS CMOS

Del Defaults) BIOS

"Load Fail-Safe Defaults"( BIOS

Load Optimized

Award AMI BIOS: * ECC 3 64k CPU 6 Gate ACPU ROM 10 CMOS 11
AMI BIOS AWARD BIOS: CMOS 3 9

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