User manual GIGABYTE GA-8S661FXM

[. . . ] When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has "AGP 4X/8X (1. 5V) notch" (show below), please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X/8X(1. 5V). AGP 4X/8X notch Caution: AGP 2X card is not supported by SiS® 661FX. Example 1: Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X/4X mode AGP slot. It can be switched between AGP 2X(3. 3V) or 4X(1. 5V) mode by adjusting the jumper. [. . . ] To disable pass w ord, just press <Enter> w hen y ou are prompted to enter pass w ord. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" w ill appear to confirm the passw ord being disabled. Once the passw ord is disabled, the sy stem w ill boot and y ou c an enter Setup freely . The BIOS Setup program allow s y ou to specify tw o separate passw ords: SUPERVISOR PASSWOR D and a USER PASSWORD. When enabled, the Superv isor passw ord is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and hav ing full configuration fields, the User passw ord is required to access only basic items. If y ou s elect "Sy s tem " at "Pas sw ord Check" in Adv anc e BIOS Features Menu, y ou w ill be prompted for the passw ord ev ery time the sy stem is rebooted or any time y ou try to enter Setup Menu. If y ou selec t "Setup" at "Passw ord Check" in Adv ance BIOS Features Menu, y ou w ill be prompted only w hen y ou try to enter Setup. GA-8S661FXM Series Motherboard - 54 - 8s661fxm_1001_b. p65 54 2 /9/24 09 ?003 , ¤W¤È :50 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 }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash 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 Ty pe "Y" w ill quit the Setup Utility and sav e the user setup v alue to RTC CMOS. Ty pe "N" w ill return to Setup Utility . - 55 - BIOS Setup 8s661fxm_1001_b. p65 55 2 /9/24 09 ?003 , ¤W¤È :50 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 }Frequency /Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash 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 Ty pe "Y" w ill quit the Setup Utility w ithout sav ing to RTC CMOS. Ty pe "N" w ill return to Setup Utility . GA-8S661FXM Series Motherboard - 56 - 8s661fxm_1001_b. p65 56 2 /9/24 09 ?003 , ¤W¤È :50 English - 57 - BIOS Setup 8s661fxm_1001_b. p6557 2 /9 09 ?003, ¤W¤È /24 :50 English GA-8S661FXM Series Motherboard - 58 - 8s661fxm_1001_b. p6558 2 /9 09 ?003, ¤W¤È /24 :50 Chapter 4 Technical Reference @BIOSTM Introduction Gigabyte announces @BIOSTM 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'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. First, download different BIOS from website and t 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' a Gigabyte's product*, @BIOS help you s 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. [. . . ] 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. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot device: "SCSI" Then it depends on the mode(RAID or ATA) that you need to set in RAID/ SCSI BIOS. GA-8S661FXM Series Motherboard - 84 - 8s661fxm_1001_a. p65 84 2 /9/24 ?003 , ¤W¤È:53 09 Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble during boot up, please follow the troubleshooting procedures. START English Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables from motherboard. Please make sure motherboard & chassis are not short ? Yes Please isolate the short pin. No Failure has been excluded. Please make sure all jumper settings (such as CPU system bus speed, frequency ratio, voltage and etc) are set properly. No Make sure the jumper setting are correct. Yes Failure has been excluded. [. . . ]