Gigabyte GA-8GEM667 manual

When you installing A G P card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has "AGP 4X notch"(show below), please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X (1.5V). Caution: AGP 2X card is not supported by Intel ® 845(GE/PE) / 845(E/G) / 850(E). Y ou might experience system unable to boot up normally[...]

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Declaration of Conformity We, Manufacturer/Importer (full address) G.B.T . Technology T räding GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F , 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) Mother Board GA-8GEM667 is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is[...]

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109 (a),Class B Digital Device DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a) Responsible Party Name: Addre ss: Phone/Fax No: hereby declares that the product Product Na me: Conforms to the following specifications: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is[...]

USER’S MANUAL GA-8GEM667 Series P4 Titan-DDR Motherboard Pentium ® 4 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1001 12ME-8GEM667-1001[...]

- 2 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English T able of Content Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4 WARNING! ............................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................[...]

T able of Content English - 3 - T op Performance ...................................................................................... 4 2 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................. 4 3 Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................... 4 4 [...]

- 4 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English þ The GA-8GEM667 motherboard o 2 Port USB Cable x 1 þ IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 o 4 Port USB Cable x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility o SPDIF-KIT x 1 (SPD-KIT) þ GA-8GEM667 series user’s manual o IEEE 1394 Cable x1 þ I/O Shield (*) o Audio Combo Kit x 1 o Quick PC Installation Guid[...]

Introduction English - 5 - Chapter 1 Introduction to be continued...... Features Summary Form Factor ! 24.4cm x 22cm Micro-A TX size form factor , 4 layers PCB. Motherboard ! GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard: GA-8GEM667 and GA-8GEM667-C CPU ! Socket 478 for Intel ® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium ® 4 processor ! Support Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood, 0.13 [...]

- 6 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications. We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether y[...]

Introduction English - 7 - HT functionality requirement content "Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading T echnology for your computer system requires all of the following platform components: - CPU: An Intel ® Pentium 4 Processor with HT T echnology - Chipset: An Intel ® Chipset that supports HT T echnology - BIOS: A BIOS that support[...]

- 8 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard Layout 5 * RTL 8101L 2X_DET “ * ” Only for GA-8GEM667. SPDIF_O F_AUDIO CI GA-8GEM667 KB_MS COMA LPT USB SOCKET478 CPU_FAN ATX FDD VGA IDE2 IDE1 PWR_LED PCI3 F_USB2 BIOS F_PANEL SYS _FAN ICH4 F_USB1 GAME LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC_IN ATX_12V AGP DDR2 DDR1 845GE BAT PCI1 PCI2 IT8[...]

- 9 - Hardware Installation Process English 5 T o set up your computer , you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 5- Setup BIOS software Step 6- Install supporting softwar[...]

- 10 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step1-1 : CPU Installation ! ! ! ! ! Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. ! ! ! ! ! If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation. Pin1 i[...]

- 1 1 - Hardware Installation Process English Step1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation 1. Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket first. 2. Hook the other end of the cooler bracket to the CPU socket. ! ! ! ! ! Please use Intel approved cooling fan. ! ! ! ! ! We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction betwe[...]

- 12 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English DDR 1. The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket. Then push it down. 3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wi[...]

- 1 3 - Hardware Installation Process English Step 3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in mothe[...]

- 14 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction " " " " " PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector Ø This connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse. # USB Connector Ø Before you connect your device(s) into USB co[...]

- 1 5 - Hardware Installation Process English % Game /MIDI Ports & Audio Connectors Ø This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Ø After install onboard audio driver , you may connect speaker to Line Out jack, micro phone to MIC In jack. Device like CD-ROM , walkman etc can be connected to Line-In jack. Pl[...]

- 16 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Step 4-2 : Connectors Introduction 1 ) CPU_F AN 13 ) SPDIF_O 2) SYS_FAN 14) F_USB1/F_USB2 3 ) A TX_12V 1 5 ) C I 4) A T X 16 ) IR_CIR 5) IDE1/IDE2 17) WOL 6) FD D 18) COM B 7) PWR_LED 19) MODEM (*) 8 ) 2X_DET 2 0) B A T 9 ) F_P ANEL 21 ) CLR_PWD 10) F_AUDIO 1 1) SUR_CEN 12 ) CD_IN 5 1 3 4 7 5 21 9 10 11 [...]

- 1 7 - Hardware Installation Process English 1) CPU_F AN (CPU F AN Connector) " Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 600 mA. 2) SYS_F AN (System F AN Connector) " This connector[...]

- 18 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 5) IDE1/ IDE2 [IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary)] Ø Important Notice: Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. 6) FDD (Floppy Connector) Ø Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supp[...]

- 1 9 - Hardware Installation Process English Ø Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment above. 9 ) F_P ANEL (2x10 pins connector) SPK+ HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) (Blue) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) SPK (Speaker [...]

- 20 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 12) CD_IN (CD Audio Line In) Ø Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. CD-R CD-L GND 1 13) SPDIF_O Ø The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or com pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has [...]

- 2 1 - Hardware Installation Process English 17 ) WOL (Wake On Lan) +5V SB GND Signal 1 Ø This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL. 18 ) COM B ( White connector) Ø Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector. Check the pin assignment while [...]

- 22 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 21 ) CLR_PWD 1 Open: Clear Password 1 Close: Normal Ø When Jumper set to "open", the password that set will be cleared. On the contrary when Jumper set to "close", the current status remains. M PS, the function offers a solution for users who forget the password.[...]

- 2 3 - BIOS Setup English < á > Move to previous item < â > Move to next item < ß > Move to the item in the left hand < à > Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select item <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to [...]

- 24 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. ! ! ! ! ! Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom o[...]

- 2 5 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. ! ! ! ! ! Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. ! ! ! ! ! PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. ! ! ! ! ! PC Health Status [...]

- 26 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, May 3 2002 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 17:56:23 Menu Level & Change the day, month, ! IDE Primary Master None year ! IDE Primary Slave None ! IDE Secondary Master None <Week&g[...]

- 2 7 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. ! ! ! ! ! IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been i[...]

- 28 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) ! Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) ! Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. ! Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. ! Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives. ! ! ! ! ! Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if[...]

- 2 9 - BIOS Setup English Advanced BIOS Features ! ! ! ! ! First / Second / Third Boot Device ! Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy. ! LS12 0 Select your boot device priority by LS120. ! HDD-0~3 Select your boot device priority by HDD-0~3. ! SCSI Select your boot device priority by SCSI. ! CDRO M Select your boot device priority by C[...]

- 30 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks. ! Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1[...]

- 3 1 - BIOS Setup English Integrated Peripherals ! ! ! ! ! On-Chi p Pri mary PCI IDE ! Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) ! Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. ! ! ! ! ! On-Chi p Secondary PCI IDE ! Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) ! Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. CMO[...]

- 32 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! IDE1 Conductor Cable ! Auto W ill be automatically detected by BIOS. (Default V alue) ! A T A66/100 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to A T A66/100 (Please make sure your IDE device and cable is compatible with A T A66/100). ! A T A3 3 Set IDE1 Conductor Cable to A T A33 (Please make sure your IDE devi[...]

- 3 3 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Onboard LAN Boot ROM (*) ! Enabled Enabled onboard LAN Boot ROM. ! Disabled Disabled onboard LAN Boot ROM.(Default value) ! ! ! ! ! Onboard Serial Port 1 ! Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. ! 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8. (Default value) ! 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard [...]

- 34 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Parallel Port Mode ! SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default V alue) ! EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ! EC P Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ! ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ! ! ! ! ! ECP Mode Use DMA ! 3 Set ECP Mod[...]

- 3 5 - BIOS Setup English Power Management Setup Figure 5: Power Management Setup ! ! ! ! ! ACPI Suspend T ype ! S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1. (Default V alue) ! S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3. ! ! ! ! ! Soft-off by PW R_BTT N ! Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) ! Delay 4 Sec. Press power button 4[...]

- 36 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English ! ! ! ! ! Mode m Ring On/ W akeOnLAN (When AC Ba ck Function is set to [Soft-Of f]) M Y ou can enable wake on LAN feature by the "ModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN" or "PME Event Wake up" when the M/B has "WOL" onboard connector. Only enabled the feature by "PME Event Wake up"[...]

- 3 7 - BIOS Setup English PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurations ! ! ! ! ! PCI 1 IRQ Assignment ! Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1/PCI 5. (Default value) ! 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 1/PCI 5. ! ! ! ! ! PCI 2 IRQ Assignment ! Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) ! 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,1[...]

- 38 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English PC Health Status Figure 7: PC Health Status ! ! ! ! ! Reset Case Open Status ! ! ! ! ! Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No". If the case have been opened, "Case Opened" will show "Y es". If you want to reset "Case Opened" value,[...]

- 3 9 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! Current CPU/SYSTEM F AN Speed (RPM) ! Detect CPU/SYSTEM Fan speed status automatically. ! ! ! ! ! CPU W arning T e mperature ! 60°C / 140°F Monitor CPU T emp. at 60°C / 140°F . ! 70°C / 158°F Monitor CPU T emp. at 70°C / 158°F . ! 80°C / 176°F Monitor CPU T emp. at 80°C / 176°F . ! 90°C / 194°F Mon[...]

- 40 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Fr equency/V oltage Control Figure 8: Frequency/Voltage Control ! ! ! ! ! CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection. For Willamette CPU: 8X~23X default: 14X For C-Stepping P4: 8X,10X~24X default: 15X For Northwood CPU: 12X~24X default: 16X The option will display “Loc[...]

- 4 1 - BIOS Setup English ! ! ! ! ! CPU Host Frequency (MHz) ! 100MHz ~ 355MHz Set CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 355MHz. Incorrect using it may cause your system broken. For power End-User use only! ! ! ! ! ! Fixed PCI/AGP Frequency ! Y ou can choose those mode to adjust PCI/AGP frequency . (Select PCI/AGP frequency asynchronous with CPU frequency[...]

- 42 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Y ou must check whether your RAM&CPU support over clock when you set "T op Performance" to " Enabled" T op Performa nce T op Performa nce If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "T op Performance" as "Enabled". ! Disabled Disable this functi[...]

- 4 3 - BIOS Setup English Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. Figure 10: Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software ! Standard CMOS Features T op Performance ! Advanced Chipset Fe[...]

- 44 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. Figure 1 1: Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software ! Standard CMOS Features T op Performance ! A[...]

- 4 5 - BIOS Setup English Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. Y ou will be asked to confirm the password. T ype the password again and press <Enter>. [...]

- 46 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Save & Exit Setup T ype “Y” will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. T ype “N” will return to Setup Utility . Figure 13: Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software ! Standard CMOS Features T op Performance ! Advanced BIOS Feat[...]

- 4 7 - BIOS Setup English Exit Without Saving T ype “Y” will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. T ype “N” will return to Setup Utility . Figure 14: Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2002 Award Software ! Standard CMOS Features T op Performance ! Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults ! Integr[...]

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T echnical Reference - 49 - English Revision History Chapter 4 T echnical Reference Block Diagra m Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPU 82845GE ICH4 CPUCLK+/- (100/133MHz) System Bus 400/533MHz DDR 266/333MHz ZCLK (66MHz) HCLK+/- (100/133MHz) 66MHz 33 MHz 14.318 MHz 48 MHz 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS AGP 4X AGPCLK (66MHz) 3 PCI PCICLK (33MHz) AC97 Link 6 USB Ports ([...]

- 50 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Method 1: We use GA-7VTX motherboard and Flash841 BIOS flash utility as example. Please flash the BIOS according to the following procedures if you are now under the DOS mode. Flash BIOS Procedure: STEP 1: (1) Please make sure your system has installed the extraction utility such as winzip or pkunzip. Fi[...]

T echnical Reference - 51 - English (2) Select the "Quick (erase)" for Format T ype, and pick both "Display summary when finished" and "Copy system files", after that press "Start". That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it. Beware: This procedure will erase all the prior data on [...]

- 52 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English STEP 3: Download BIOS and BIOS utility program. (1) Please go to Gigabyte website http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/index.html, and click "Support". (2) From Support zone, click the "Motherboards BIOS & Drivers".[...]

T echnical Reference - 53 - English (3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files. (4) Select an appropriate BIOS version (For example: F4), and click to download the file. It will pop up a file download screen, then select the "Open this file from its current loca[...]

- 54 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (5) At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click "Extract" button to unzip the files. (6) Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2, and press "Extract".[...]

T echnical Reference - 55 - English STEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk. (1) Insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then, restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk. Please press <DEL> key to enter BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up. (2) On[...]

- 56 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) Press "Enter" to enter "BIOS FEA TURES SETUP" menu. Use the arrows to highlight the item "1st Boot Device", and then use the "Page Up" or "Page Down" keys to select "Floppy". AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEA TURES SETUP ( C ) 2001 American Megatrend[...]

T echnical Reference - 57 - English STEP 5: BIOS flashing. (1) After the system boot from floppy disk, type "A:> dir/w" and press "Enter" to check the entire files in floppy A. Then type the "BIOS flash utility" and "BIOS file" after A:>. In this case you have to type "A:> Flash841 7VTX.F4&qu[...]

- 58 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) It will pop up a screen and asks "Are you sure to flash the BIOS?" Press [Enter] to continue the procedure, or press [ESC] to quit. Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS. It will render your BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative. (4) The BIOS flash c[...]

T echnical Reference - 59 - English STEP 6: Load BIOS defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. This important step resets everything after the flash. (1) T ake out the floppy diskette from floppy drive, and then restart [...]

- 60 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (3) Use the arrows to highlight the item "SA VE & EXIT SETUP" and press "Enter". System will ask "SA VE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?" Press "Y" and "Enter" keys to confirm. Now the system will reboot automatically , the new BIOS setting will be taken ef fe[...]

T echnical Reference - 61 - English Q-Fla sh Introduction A. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. B. How to use Q-Flash? a. After power on the computer , pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self T est) it will al[...]

- 62 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Congratulation! Y ou have completed the flashed and now can restart system. Load BIOS From Floppy ! In the A:drive, insert the "BIOS" diskette, then Press Enter to Run. XXXX.XX 256K Total Size: 1.39M Free Size: 1.14M F5: Refresh DEL: Delete ESC: Return Main ! Press Enter to Run. 1 File(s) found[...]

T echnical Reference - 63 - English Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon c. Select @BIOS TM sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS. Method 3: If you don’t have DOS boot disk,[...]

- 64 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet: a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as : 8GEM[...]

T echnical Reference - 65 - English @ BIOS Introduction Have 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 updatin[...]

- 66 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Ea sy T une TM 4 Intr oduction Gigabyte announces EasyT une TM 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyT une 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock" might be one of the most common issues in computer field. But have many users ever tried it? The answer is [...]

T echnical Reference - 67 - English Revision History 2-/4-/6-Cha nnel Audio Function Intr oduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: STEP 3: Select “Speaker Configuration”, and choose the “2 channels for stereo speakers out put”. We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo outpu[...]

- 68 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to “Line Out”,the rear channels to “Line In”. STEP 3 : Select “Speaker Configuration”, and choose the “4 channels for 4 speakers out put”. Disable “Only SURROUND-KIT”, and press “OK”. When the “Environment se[...]

T echnical Reference - 69 - English Use the back audio panel to connect the audio output without any additional module. STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to “Line Out”,the rear chan- nels to “Line In”, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to “MIC In ”. Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 2 : After installation of the audio driv[...]

- 70 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English STEP 1 : Insert the “Audio Combo Kit” in the back of the case , and fix it with the screw. 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) SURROU[...]

T echnical Reference - 71 - English STEP 4 : Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen. STEP 3 : Connect the front channels to back audio panel’s “Line Out”, the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT’s REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to SURROUND-KIT’s SUB CENTER. STEP 5 : Select &q[...]

- 72 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English S PDIF Output Device (Optional Device) 3. Connect co-axial or optical output to the SPDIF decoder. 1. Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw. 2. Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard. A “ SPDIF output” device is available on the motherboard. Cable with rear b[...]

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Appendix - 75 - English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Picture below are shown in Windows XP (CD driver version 1.0) Appendix A: Chipset Driver Installation A. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility: Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the install[...]

- 76 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (6) (5) 4Click "Next". (7) 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer.[...]

Appendix - 77 - English B. Intel Application Accelerator (2) (3) (5) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. (1) (4) 2.Click "[...]

- 78 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (7) (8) 6.Click "Finish" to restart computer. C. Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver (1) (2) (3) (4) 1.Click "Intel 845GE/GV ChipSet VGA Graphics Driver" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Y es". 4.Click "Finish" to restart computer. d. USB Patch Drive[...]

Appendix - 79 - English Revision History Appendix B: RealT e k AC’97 Audio Driver Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. (3) (4)[...]

- 80 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Appendix C: Intel Network Driver Installation (*) 1.Click "Install Intel Netware Driver(XP)". (1) (2) (3) 2.Click "Next". 5.Click "Finish" to restart computer. (4) (5) (6) 3.Click "Next". 4.Click "Install". Press "Network Driver" icon. “ * ”[...]

Appendix - 81 - English Appendix D: USB 2.0 Driver Installation A. USB 2.0 Driver Patch For XP: (2) (3) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute th[...]

- 82 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English (2) (3) If there is any problem occurred during USB2.0 device installing, using or upgrading. Please visit Microsoft or GIGABYTE website for downloading the latest drivers. (1) 1.Click "USB 2.0 Driver For ICH4" . Press "USB 2.0 Driver" icon. B. USB 2.0 Driver For ICH4: Insert the driv[...]

Appendix - 83 - English Revision History Appendix E: EasyT une 4 Utilities Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. (2)[...]

- 84 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English Appendix F: Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface A P M Advanced Power Management A G P Accelerated Graphics Port A M R Audio Modem Riser A C R Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic Input / Output System C P U Central Processing Unit CMOS C o m plementary Metal Oxid[...]

Appendix - 85 - English Acronyms Meaning L BA Logical Block Addressing LE D Light Emitting Diode M H z Megahertz MIDI Musical Interface Digital Interface M TH Memory Translator Hub MP T Memory Protocol Translator N I C Network Interface Card O S Operating System O E M Original Equipment Manufacturer PA C PCI A.G.P. Controller POST Power-On Self T e[...]

- 86 - GA-8GEM667 Series Motherboard English T echnical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility: Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR / CNR K[...]