User manual GIGABYTE GA-7VM400M

[. . . ] 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. AGP 4X/8X notch Caution: AGP 2X card is not supported by VIA ® KM400. You might experience system unable to boot up normally. Example 1: Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X/4X mode AGP slot. [. . . ] When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function. 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 Check" 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-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 12: Save & Exit Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ?Y Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. GA-7VM400M Motherboard - 54 - Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 13: Exit Without Saving Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving English Quit Without Saving (Y/N)?N Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. - 55 - BIOS Setup English GA-7VM400M Motherboard - 56 - 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. But of course you don't like to do it too much. First, download different BIOS from website and then switch the operating system to DOS mode. Secondly, use different flash utility to update BIOS. The above process is not a interesting job. 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. It could help you to download the BIOS from internetand update it. Not like the other BIOS update software, it's a Windows 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. [. . . ] Then plug in ATX power cable and turn on the system. A - 93 - Appendix English A The problem could be caused by power supply, CPU, memory or CPU/memory socket itself. Is memory LED on and CPU fan running? No Yes Failure has been excluded. No Check if there is display. Perhaps your VGA card / VGA slot or monitor is defective. Yes Turn off the system. Reboot after keyboard and mouse have been plugged in. Failure has been excluded. Check if keyboard is working properly. No It is possible that your keyboard or keyboard connector is defective. Yes Press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose "Load Optimized Defaults" and save then exit setup. Failure has been excluded. Turn off the system and re-connect the IDE cable. [. . . ]