Gigabyte GA-8IDXR-A User manual

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: GA-8IDXR-A

Type: User manual

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or omissions that may appear in this document nor

does the author make a commitment to up

date the information contained herein.

0 Third-party brands and names are the property of

their respective owners.

0 Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this

may void the warranty of this motherboard.

0 Due to rapid change in technology, some of the

specifications might be out of date before publication

of this booklet.

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109(a),

Class B Digital Device

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

Responsible Party Name:

Address:

Phone/Fax No:

hereby declares that the product

Product Name:

Conforms to the following specifications:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not

cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received,

including that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person’s Name:

Signature:

Eric Lu

Supplementary Information:

Model Number:

17358 Railroad Street

City of Industry, CA 91748

G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.)

(818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339

Motherboard

GA-8IDXR-A

Date:

ERIC LU

February 25,2002

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer

(full address)

G.B.T. Technology Träding 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-8IDXR-A

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)

in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive



 EN 55011 Limits and methods of measurement

of radio disturbance characteristics of

industrial,scientific and medical (ISM

high frequency equipment



 EN 61000-3-2*

7 EN 60555-2

Disturbances in supply systems cause

by household appliances and similar

electrical equipment “Harmonics”



 EN 55013

Limits and methods of measurement

of radio disturbance characteristics of

broadcast receivers and associated

equipment



 EN 61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems cause

by household appliances and similar

electrical equipment “Voltage fluctuations”



 EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement

of radio disturbance characteristics of

household electrical appliances,

portable tools and similar electrical

apparatus

7 EN 50081-1

Generic emission standard Part 1:

Residual commercial and light industry

7 EN 50082-1

Generic immunity standard Part 1:

Residual commercial and light industry



 EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement

of radio disturbance characteristics of

fluorescent lamps and luminaries

Generic emission standard Part 2:

Industrial environment



 EN 55081-2

Immunity from radio interference of

broadcast receivers and associated

equipment

Generic emission standard Part 2:

Industrial environment

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 EN 55082-2

7 EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement

of radio disturbance characteristics of

information technology equipment

lmmunity requirements for household

appliances tools and similar apparatus



 ENV 55104

Cabled distribution systems; Equipment

for receiving and/or distribution from

sound and television signals

EMC requirements for uninterruptible

power systems (UPS)



 EN50091-2



 EN 55020



 DIN VDE 0855



 part 10



 part 12

(EC conformity marking)

7 CE marking

The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product

with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC

Safety requirements for mains operated

electronic and related apparatus for

household and similar general use



 EN 60950



 EN 60065

Safety of household and similar

electrical appliances



 EN 60335

Manufacturer/Importer

Signature:

Name:

(Stamp)

Date : February 25, 2002

7 EN 60555-3

Timmy Huang



 EN 50091-1

USER’S MANUAL

GA-8IDXR-A

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Pentium

4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1.1 First Edition

12ME-8IDXRA-1101

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Table of Content

Revision History..................................................................................... 4

Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4

WARNING! ............................................................................................... 5

Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 6

Summary of Features .................................................................................. 6

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard Layout ............................................................... 8

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ................................................ 9

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)..................................... 10

Step 1-1:CPU Installation ................................................................................................ 10

Step 1-2:CPU Heat Sink Installation ............................................................................... 11

Step 2: Install memory modules ................................................................ 12

Step 3: Install expansion cards ................................................................. 13

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply ........... 14

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction ............................................................................ 14

Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction .................................................................................. 16

Step 4-3: Jumper Setting Introduction ............................................................................ 22

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .......................................................................... 24

Main (For example: BIOS Ver. :F1) ........................................................... 26

Advanced ................................................................................................... 28

Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................................................... 28

Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................................... 31

Power Management Setup ............................................................................................. 35

Boot ............................................................................................................ 38

Table of Content

Server ......................................................................................................... 40

Security ...................................................................................................... 43

Defaults ...................................................................................................... 45

Exit ............................................................................................................. 46

Chapter 4 Technical Reference ............................................................ 47

Block Diagram ........................................................................................... 47

Chapter 5 Appendix.............................................................................. 48

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

; The GA-8IDXR-A motherboard

; IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1

; Driver CD for motherboard driver & utility

; GA-8IDXR-A user’s manual

; I/O Back Panel

; USB Cable x 1 (Optional)

; SCSI Cable x 1 (Optional)

Revision History

Item Checklist

Revision Revision Note Date

1.1 Initial release of the GA-8IDXR-A motherboard user's manual. Feb. 2002

WARNING!

Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To

protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you

work on your computer.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have

one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as

the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or

other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX

power connector on the motherboard.

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are

no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting

holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful

of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short

circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard

PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact

any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the

board or cause board malfunctioning.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

WARNING!

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Form Factor y 26.6cm x 30.5cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.

Motherboard y GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

CPU y Socket 478 for Intel

Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium

4 processor

y Intel Pentium

4 400MHz FSB

y 2nd cache depend on CPU

Chipset y Chipset 82845 HOST/AGP/Controller

y 82801BA(ICH2) I/O Controller Hub

Memory y 3 168-pin DIMM sockets

y Supports PC-100/PC-133 SDRAM (Auto)

y Supports only 3.3V SDRAM DIMM

y No Registered DIMM support, support ECC function

y Supports up to 3GB SDRAM (Max)

I/O Control y W83627HF

Slots y 4 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

y PCI4 supports Intel ZCR Card

On-Board IDE y An IDE controller on the Intel 82801BA PCI chipset

provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra

ATA66/ATA100/133) operation modes.

y Can connect up to four IDE devices

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

y 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode

y 2 Serial ports (COM1&COM2)

y 2 LAN ports (LAN1 & LAN2)

y 4 USB ports (Rear USB x 2, Front USB x 2)

y 1 IrDA connector for IR/CIR

Hardware Monitor y CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect

y CPU/Power/System Fan Control

y CPU Overheat Warning

y System Voltage Detect

Chapter 1 Introduction

to be continued......

Summary of Features

Introduction

On-Board LAN y Build in Intel Dual 82550 series 10/100 Ethernet Chipset (Server Adaptec)

On-Board VGA y Build in ATI RageXI VGA PCI Chipset

On-Board SCSI y Adaptec 7899G SCSI Chipset

PS/2 Connector y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace

BIOS y Licensed AWARD BIOS, 4M bit FWH

Additional Features y PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

y PS/2 Mouse power on

y Wake on LAN

y AC Recovery

y USB KB/Mouse wake up from S1,S5

y IPMI V1.0 (Winbond W83910F (BMC) )

0 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 your system can run under these specific

bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU,

Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards….etc.

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard Layout

KB_MS

USB1

COM1

VGA

LPT

CASEOPEN

PWR_FAN

PWRFAN_IN

LANEN1

LAN1

AUX_12V

Brookdale

SDRAM

ATI Rage XL

W83627

W83910F

IR/CIR

Front_SMBUS

BUZZER

BIOS_WP

BAT1

MAIN

BIOS

IPMI

BIOS

IPMB1

SOCKET478

ATX

COM2

F_PANEL1

CLR_CMOS

Adapter 7899G

SCSI

IPMI SMBUS1

VGAEN

TERM1

ICH2

SCSI1

LAN2

LANEN2

82550

WOL

WOR

PCI2

PCI1

PCI3

PCI4

IPMI SMBUS2

IPMB2

LCM_CTRL

SCSI2

TERM2

SYS_FAN3

SYS_FAN1

SYSFAN_IN2

IDE1

IDE2

SYS_FAN2

CPU_FAN

USB2

CPUFAN_IN

DIMM1

DIMM3

SCSIEN

GA-8IDXR-A

DIMM2

EMP_Port

LCM

SB_LED

FDD

SYSFAN_IN1

SYSFAN_IN3

EXT_LED1

EXT_LED2

Hardware Installation Process

To set up your computer, you must complete the following setups:

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 software tools

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

Step 4

Step 1

Step1

Step 3

Step 4

Step 2

Step 4

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step 1-1:CPU Installation

Pin1 indicator

Pin1indicator

CPU Top View CPU Bottom View

Socket Actuation Lever

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever

and up to 90-degree angle.

Pin1 indicator

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket

lever and finish CPU installation.

0 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

0 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.

Hardware Installation Process

Step 1-2: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.

0 Please use Intel approved cooling fan.

0 We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat

conduction between your CPU and heatsink.

0 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector,

this completes the installation.

0 Please refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installation

procedure.

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Step 2: Install memory modules

The motherboard has 3 dual in-line memory module (DIMM) sockets support 6 banks. The BIOS will

automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the

DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notch. Memory size can vary

between sockets.

1. The DIMM slot has two notch, so the

DIMM memory module can only fit in

one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module

vertically into the DIMM slot. Then

push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module.

Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.

SDRAM

Hardware Installation Process

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, screws and slot bracket from the computer.

3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6. Replace your computer’s chassis cover.

7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install related driver from the operating system.

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power

supply

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction

X PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Mouse Connector

(6 pin Female)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(6 pin Female)

¾This connector supports standard PS/2

keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

Y USB Connector

¾Before you connect your device(s) into USB

connector(s), please make sure your device(s)

such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip,

speaker..etc. Have a standard USB interface.

Also make sure your OS (Win 95 with USB

supplement, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME,

Win NT with SP 6) supports USB controller. If

your OS does not support USB controller, please

contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver

upgrade. For more information please contact

your OS or device(s) vendors.

USB 0

USB 1

[[

[

Hardware Installation Process

ZParallel Port / Serial Port / VGA Port (LPT/COMA/VGA)

¾This connector supports 1 standard COM port

,1 Parallel port and 1 VGA port. Device like

printer can be connected to Parallel port ; mouse

and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports.

[[

\ LAN1 / LAN2 Port

Parallel Port

(25 pin Female)

COMA

VGA

Serial Port

(9 pin Male)

VGA Port

(15 pin Female)

GA-8IDXR-A Motherboard

Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction

A) ATX_12V M) SCSI1/SCSI2

B) ATX N) LCM

C) CPU_FAN & CPUFAN_IN O) EMP_Port

D) USB2 P) LCM_CTRL

E) F_PANEL1 Q) IPMB1

F) BAT1 R) IPMB2

G) EXT_LED1/2 S) IPMI SMBUS1/2

H) SYS_FAN2 & SYSFAN_IN2 T) IR/CIR

I ) IDE1/IDE2/FDD U) WOL

J) SYS_FAN1/3 & SYSFAN_IN1/3 V) CASEOPEN

K) COM2 W) WOR

L) Front_SMBUS X) PWR_FAN & PWRFAN_IN

ABC D

Hardware Installation Process

B) ATX (ATX Power )

+12V

GND

+12V

GND

¾This connector (ATX +12V) is used only for

CPU Core Voltage.

A) AUX_12V (+12V Power Connector)

PS-ON(Soft On/Off)

3.3V

GND

VCC

+12V

5V SB (Stand by +5V)

Power Good

3.3V

GND

VCC

-12V

-5V

C) CPU_FAN & CPUFAN_IN (CPU FAN Connector & CPUFAN_IN Jumper)

D) USB2 (USB Connector)

GND

USB D3+

USB D3-

Power

USB D2-

USB D2+

GND

I ) IDE1 / IDE2 / Floppy Connector

CPU_FAN CPUFAN_IN

+12V/Control

Sense

GND

1-2 close:CPU FAN Install

2-3 close: CPU FAN non_install

IDE2

IDE1

Floppy

¾ AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other

related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.

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