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- 68 - GA-8SIML Motherboard English 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.
Appendix- 69 - 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.
- 70 - GA-8SIML Motherboard English 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.
Appendix- 71 - 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 AMD-Athlon(tm)Processor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB Wait... Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune ( C ) American Megatrends Inc., 63-0001-001199-00101111-071595-VIA_K7-GA7VTX1-FAmerican Release:09/16/99 Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1999 American Megatrend AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD P N P / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEF AUL TS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTSEXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit!#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit Time, Date , Hard Disk Type…
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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 boot-up.
AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS FEATURES SETUP
( C ) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
1st Boot Device : Floppy
2nd Boot Device : IDE-0
3rd Boot Device : CDROM
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks : Disabled
BootUp Num-Lock : On ESC: Quit!#$: Select Item
Floppy Drive Seek : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Password Check : SetupF5 : Old V alues (Shift)F2: Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b
(C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD
P N P / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
LOAD BIOS DEF AUL TS SA VE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTSEXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC: Quit!#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values
F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit
Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
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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.
Starting Windows 98…
Microsoft(R) Windows98
© Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999
A:\> dir/w
Volume in drive A has no label
Volume Serial Number is 16EB-353D
Directory of A:\
COMMAND.COM 7VTX.F4 FLASH841.EXE
3 file(s) 838,954 bytes
0 dir(s) 324,608 bytes free
A:\> Flash841 7VTX.F4
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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 continue Or [Esc] to cancel?
Appendix- 75 - 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 up. Use the arrows to highlight the item LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then press Enter. System will ask Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? Press Y and Enter keys to confirm. 7VTX F4 Check System Health OK AMD-Athlon(tm)Processor-900MHz Checking NVRAM... 262144KB Wait... Press F1 to enter Dual BIOS Utility. Press ESC to quit Press any key to contiune ( C ) American Megatrends Inc., 63-0001-001199-00101111-071595-VIA_K7-GA7VTX1-FAmerican Release:09/16/99 Megatrends AMIBIOS (C) 1999 American Megatrend AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.24b (C) 2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUPINTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD P N P / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEF AUL TS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTSEXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit!#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults? (Y/N)?N
- 76 - GA-8SIML Motherboard English 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 BIOS FEATURES SETUPHARDWARE MONITOR & MISC SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUPSUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD P N P / PCI CONFIGURATIONIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEF AUL TS SA VE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTSEXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC: Quit!#$ : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5: Old Values F6: Load BIOS Defaults F7: Load Setup Defaults F10:Save & Exit Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Appendix- 77 - 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 Mechanism DRAMDynamic Random Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate E C P Extended Capabilities Port ESCDExtended System Configuration Data E C C Error Checking and Correcting E M C Electromagnetic Compatibility E P P Enhanced Parallel Port ESD Electrostatic Discharge FDD Floppy Disk Device FSB Front Side Bus HDD Hard Disk Device IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced IRQ Interrupt Request I/O Input / Output IOAPICInput Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller I S A Industry Standard Architecture LAN Local Area Network to be continued......