You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When setting up BIOS for the first time, it is recommended that you save the current BIOS to a disk in the event that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system. @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet. CONTROL KEYS < >< >< >< > Move to select item Select Item Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Item Help Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the file-safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table Load the Optimized Defaults Dual BIOS /Q-Flash utility System Information Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press . English Only for GA-8I945P Dual Graphic. -33 -BIOS Setup English The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard. The Main Menu (For example: GA-8I945P Dual Graphic /BIOS Ver. : F2b) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software • Standard CMOS Features • Advanced BIOS Features • Integrated Peripherals • Power Management Setup • PnP/PCI Configurations • PC Health Status • MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS1/Q-Flash ........: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to search the advanced option hidden. Please Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS when somehow the system works not stable as usual. This action makes the system reset to the default for stability. • ..........Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. • ..........Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. • ..........Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. • ..........Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. • ..........PnP/PCI Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources. • ..........PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed. • ..........MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Only for GA-8I945P Dual Graphic. GA-8I945P Dual Graphic(-R) Motherboard -34 English • ..........Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration. • ..........Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration. • ..........Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. • ..........Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system. • ..........Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup. • ..........Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. -35 -BIOS Setup English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) • IDE Channel 0 Master • IDE Channel 0 Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Suport Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Fri, Mar 18 2005 18:25:04 [None] [None] [1.44M, 3.5"] [None] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 511M 512M Item Help Menu Level• Change the day, month, year Sun. to Sat. Jan. to Dec. 1 to 31 (or maximum allowed in the month) 1999 to 2098 ........: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit...
