User manual GIGABYTE GA-8TX-C

[. . . ] FCC Compliance Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] Select two speaker (Default) 49 Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction c. Select "Four speaker" item. Microsoft Windows Me setup procedure: a. Go to "Control Panel" Double click "Sounds and Multimedia". 50 8TX Motherboard b. Select "Audio" Page, and click "Advanced" button. Click "Advanced". c. Select "Quadraphonic Speakers" and click ok. Click "Quadraphonic Speakers". C. Four Speaker Application The four speaker function will only be supported in application softwares that use Microsoft DirectX and Creative EAX, for example, the game titles, software DVD player and MP3 player. 51 Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction SPDIF Introduction A. What is SPDIF?The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. B. How to use SPDIF? a. Click your mouse right button in "My Computer" and select the "Properties" item. b. Click "Sound, video and game controllers" item and select the "Creative Sound Blaster PCI128" item. d. Click "Settings" item and select the "Output Mode" item. 53 Four Speaker & SPDIF Introduction e. Click "Digital" item, Line Out will be reconfigure to SPDIF Out. f. Recommend you to select "Autosense", It will automatically detect the type (mono or stereo) of the audio connector that you plug into Line Out audio jack, then configure Line Out to either SPDIF or Speaker accordingly. 54 8TX Motherboard @ BIOSTM Introduction (Optional) 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'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 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. [. . . ] Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: 8TX. F1). Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM : In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. [. . . ]