User manual GIGABYTE GA-8S661FXM-F

[. . . ] 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. You might experience system unable to boot up normally. Example 1: Diamond Vipper V770 golden finger is compatible with 2X/4X mode AGP slot. [. . . ] 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' 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. There are several different choices; you could use "Internet Update" to download and update your BIOS directly. Or you may want to keep a backup for your current BIOS, just choose "Save Current BIOS" to save it first. You make a wise choice to use Gigabyte, and @BIOS update your BIOS smartly. You are now worry free from updating wrong BIOS, and capable to maintain and manage your BIOS easily. Again, Gigabyte's innovative product erects a milestone in mainboard industries. For such a wonderful software, how much it costs?Now, if you buy a Gigabyte's motherboard, you could find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte @BIOS. English - 59 - Technical Reference 8s661fxm_1001_t. p65 59 2 /92, 4 :5 ?003 090 / ¤W¤È English EasyTuneTM 4 Introduction Gigabyte announces EasyTuneTM 4 Windows based Overclocking utility EasyTune 4 carries on the heritage so as to pave the way for future generations. Overclock might be one of the most common issues in computer field. Because "Overclock" is thought to be very difficult and includes a lot of technical know-how, sometimes "Overclock" is even considered as special skills found onlyin some enthusiasts. But as to the experts in "Overclock", what's the truth?They may spend quite a lot of time and money to study, try and use many different hardware or BIOS tools to do "Overclock". [. . . ] Then plug in ATX power cable and turn on the system. A - 85 - Appendix 8s661fxm_1001_a. p65 85 2 ?003/9/24, ¤W¤È 09:53 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. [. . . ]