User manual GIGABYTE GA-8I845GV-C

[. . . ] The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to up date the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard. Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.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. [. . . ] N Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. GA-8I845GV Series Motherboard - 50 - English Set Supervisor/User Password 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 Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving :Select Item F10:Save & Exit Setup Change/Set/Disable Password Figure 12: Password Setting Enter Password: When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. 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 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. - 51 - 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 Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ?Y Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Exit Without Saving :Select Item F10:Save & Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Figure 13: Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. GA-8I845GV Series Motherboard - 52 - English 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 Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ?N Frequency/Voltage Control ESC:Quit F8: Q-Flash Exit Without Saving :Select Item F10:Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data Figure 14: Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. - 53 - BIOS Setup English GA-8I845GV Series Motherboard - 54 - 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. [. . . ] Yes Failure has been excluded. Insert the VGA card. Then plug in ATX power cable and turn on the system. A - 87 - 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. [. . . ]