Gigabyte Ga8simlnf Manual

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EnglishSTEP 3: Download BIOS and BIOS utility program.
(1) Please go to Gigabyte website 
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/index.html, and click Support.
(2) From Support zone, click the Motherboards BIOS & Drivers.     

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English(3) We use GA-7VTX motherboard as example. Please select GA-7VTX by Model or Chipset
optional menu to obtain BIOS flash files.
(4) Select an appropriate BIOS version (For example: F4), and click to download the file.  It will pop
up a file download screen, then select the Open this file from its current location and press OK.     

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English(5) At this time the screen shows the following picture, please click Extract button to unzip the files.
(6) Please extract the download files into the clean bootable floppy disk A mentioned in STEP 2, and
press Extract.     

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EnglishSTEP 4: Make sure the system will boot from the floppy disk.
(1) Insert the floppy disk (contains bootable program and unzip file) into the floppy drive A. Then,
restart the system. The system will boot from the floppy disk.  Please press  key to enter
BIOS setup main menu when system is boot up.
(2) Once you enter the BIOS setup utility, the main menu will appear on the screen.  Use the arrows
to highlight the item BIOS FEATURES SETUP.
7VTX F1
Check System Health OK...

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English(3) Press Enter to enter BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu.  Use the arrows to highlight the item
1st Boot Device, and then use the Page Up or Page Down keys to select Floppy.
(4) Press ESC to go back to previous screen.  Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE & EXIT
SETUP then press Enter.  System will ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?  Press Y
and Enter keys to confirm.  Now the system will reboot automatically, the new BIOS setting
will be taken effect next...

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EnglishSTEP 5: BIOS flashing.
(1) After the system boot from floppy disk, type A:\> dir/w and press Enter to check the entire
files in floppy A.  Then type the BIOS flash utility and BIOS file after A:\>.  In this case you
have to type A:\> Flash841 7VTX.F4 and then press Enter.
(2) Now screen appears the following Flash Utility main menu. Press Enter, the highlighted item
will locate on the model name of the right-upper screen. Right after that, press Enter to start
BIOS Flash Utility....

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English(3) It will pop up a screen and asks Are you sure to flash the BIOS? Press [Enter] to continue the
procedure, or press [ESC] to quit.
Beware: Please do not turn off the system while you are upgrading BIOS. It will render your
BIOS corrupted and system totally inoperative.
(4) The BIOS flash completed. Please press [ESC] to exit Flash Utility.
Are you sure to flash the BIOS?
[Enter] to continue Or [Esc] to cancel?
                         EXIT?
[Enter] to...

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EnglishSTEP 6: Load BIOS defaults.
Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded.  Therefore, we highly
recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded.  This important step
resets everything after the flash.
(1) Take out the floppy diskette from floppy drive, and then restart the system.  The boot up screen will
indicate your motherboard model and current BIOS version.
(2) Dont forget to press  key to enter BIOS setup again when system is boot...

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English(3) Use the arrows to highlight the item SAVE & EXIT SETUP and press Enter.  System will
ask SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?  Press Y and Enter keys to confirm.  Now the
system will reboot automatically, the new BIOS setting will be taken effect next boot-up.
(4) Congratulate you have accomplished the BIOS flash procedure.
AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b
(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...

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EnglishAppendix D: Acronyms
AcronymsMeaning
ACPIAdvanced Configuration and Power Interface
A P M Advanced Power Management
A G P Accelerated Graphics Port
A M R Audio Modem Riser
A C R Advanced Communications Riser
BIOSBasic Input / Output System
C P U Central Processing Unit
CMOSComplementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CRIMMContinuity RIMM
C N R Communication and Networking Riser
D M A Direct Memory Access
D M I Desktop Management Interface
DIMMDual Inline Memory Module
DRM Dual Retention...