User manual GIGABYTE GA-8S650GXM-P-C

[. . . ] M The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. M Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. M Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard. M Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. Declaration of Conformity We, Manufacturer/Importer (full address) G. B. T. [. . . ] Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD. When enabled, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items. If you select " System" at "Password C heck" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu. If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. - 53 - BIOS Setup English Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2003 Aw ard Softw are }Standard CMOS Features }Adv anced BIOS Features }Integrated Peripherals }Pow er Management Setup }PnP/PCI Configurations }PC Health Status Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Superv isor Passw ord Set User Passw ord Sav e & Ex it Setup Ex it Without Sav ing higf:Select Item F10:Sav e & Ex it Setup Sav e Data to CMOS Figure 13: Sav e & Ex it Setup Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?Y }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. GA-8S650GXM(-P/-P-C) Motherboard - 54 - English Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2003 Aw ard Softw are }Standard CMOS Features }Adv anced BIOS Features }Integrated Peripherals }Pow er Management Setup }PnP/PCI Configurations }PC Health Status Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Superv isor Passw ord Set User Passw ord Sav e & Ex it Setup Ex it Without Sav ing higf:Select Item F10:Sav e & Ex it Setup Abandon all Data Figure 14: Ex it Without Sav ing Quit Without Saving ( Y/N)?N }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. - 55 - BIOS Setup English GA-8S650GXM(-P/-P-C) Motherboard - 56 - Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference @ BIOSTM Introduction Gigabyte announces @ BIOS Windows BIOS live update utility 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'know how to update it. t Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS updating and spend quite a lot of time to do it. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. 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?Now Gigabyte announces @BIOS-- the first Windows BIOS live update 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. [. . . ] Advanced BIOS features-->(SATA)/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SATA" 2. Integrated Peripherals--> Onboard H/W ATA/RAID: "enable" Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set "RAID" to RAID mode or "ATA" to normal ATA mode in the item named RAID controller function. Question 13:How to set in the BIOS to bootup from the IDE/ SCSI/ RAID card ?Advanced BIOS features-->(SATA)/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SCSI" 2. [. . . ]