[. . . ] The GA-8S648(-L) (or any AGP 4X only) motherboards might not function properly, if you install this card without switching the jumper to 4X(1. 5) mode in it. Example 2: Some ATi Rage 128 Pro graphics cards made by "Power Color", the graphics card manufacturer & some SiS 305 cards, their golden finger is compatible with 2X(3. 3V)/4X(1. 5V) mode AGP slot, but they support 2X(3. 3V) only. The GA-8S648(-L) (or any AGP 4X only) motherboards might not function properly, If you install this card in it. Note : Although Gigabyte's AG32S(G) graphics card is based on ATi Rage 128 Pro chip, the design of AG32S(G) is compliance with AGP 4X(1. 5V) specification. [. . . ] (Default v alue) GA-8648(-L) Motherboard - 38 - C On Board LAN device (u ) 8Disabled 8Enabled Disable this function. (Default Value) English C Onboard Modem Function (u ) 8Disabled 8Enabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enable Onboard Modem function. C Onboard Serial Port 1 8Auto 83F8/IRQ4 82F8/IRQ3 83E8/IRQ4 82E8/IRQ3 8Disabled BIOS w ill automatically setup the port 1 address. Disable onboard Serial port 1. C Onboard Serial Port 2 8Auto 83F8/IRQ4 82F8/IRQ3 83E8/IRQ4 82E8/IRQ3 8Disabled BIOS w ill automatically setup the port 2 address. Disable onboard Serial port 2. C Onboard Parallel port 8378/IRQ7 8278/IRQ5 8Disabled 83BC/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7. Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7. ( u ) For M5A97 only - 39 BIOS Setup English CParallel Port Mode 8SPP 8EPP 8ECP 8ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. CECP Mode Use DMA 83 81 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default Value) Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1. CGame Port Address 8201 8209 8Disabled Set Game Port Address to 201. Disable this function. CMidi Port Address 8300 8330 8Disabled Set Midi Port Address to 300. Set Midi Port Address to 330. (Default Value) Disable this function. CMidi Port IRQ 85 810 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5. (Default Value) GA-8648(-L) Motherboard - 40 - English Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2003 Aw ard Softw are Pow er Management Setup ACPI Suspend Ty pe Soft-Off by PWR_BTTN Sy stem After AC Back IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI ModemRingOn PME Ev ent Wake Up Pow er On by Key board Pow er On by Mouse Resume by Alarm x Month Alarm x Day (of Month) x Time (hh:mm:ss) Pow er LED in S1 state higf: Mov e [S1(POS)] [Off] [Off] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] NA 0 000 [Blinking] Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Sav e ESC:Ex it F1:General Help [S3] Set suspend ty pe to Suspend to RAM under ACPI OS Item Help Menu Lev el u [S1] Set suspend ty pe to Pow er On Suspend under ACPI OS F5:Prev ious Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 5: Pow er Management Setup C ACPI Suspend Type 8S1(POS) 8S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend ty pe to S1. (Default v alue) Enalbe FAN w arning alarm w hen FAN s tops. - 45 - BIOS Setup English Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility -Copy right (C) 1984-2003 Aw ard Softw are Frequency /Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio Linear Frequency Control x CPU Clock (MHz) x DRAM Clock (MHz) AGP/PCI Clock Control x AGP Clock (MHz) x PCI Clock (MHz) AGP Voltage Control DRAM Voltage Control CPU Voltage Control higf: Mov e F5:Prev ious Values [10X] [Disabled] 100 AUTO [AUTO] 66 33 [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Sav e F6:Fail-Safe Defaults ESC:Ex it F1:General Help F7:Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Lev el u Figure 8: Frequency /Voltage Control C CPU Clock Ratio This setup op tion will automati cally assign by C PU detection. For W illamette CPU: 8X~23X default: 14X For C -Steppin g P4: 8X, 10X~24X default: 15X For N orthwood CPU: 12X~24X default: 16X The option w ill display "Locked" and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable. C Linear Frequency Control 8Disabled 8Enabled Disable this function. (Default v alue) Enable this function. C CPU Clock (MHz) 8100~355 Select CPU Clock to 100MHz~355MHz. For pow er End-User use only ! GA-8648(-L) Motherboard - 46 - C DRAM Clock (MHz) 8Please set DRAM Clock according to y our requirement. If y ou use DDR266 DRAM module, please set "DRAM Clock(MHz)" to Auto or 266. If y ou use DDR333 DRAM module, please set "DRAM Clock(MHz)" to Auto or 333. For pow er End-User use only ! English C AGP/PCI Clock Control 8AUTO 8Manual Set AGP/PCI Clock Control to AUTO. (Default v alue) Set AGP/PCI Clock Control to Manual. C AGP Clock (MHz) 8Please set AGP Clock according to y our requirement. For pow er End-User use only ! C PCI Clock (MHz) 8Please set PCI Clock according to y our requirement. For pow er End-User use only ! C AGP Voltag e Control 8Normal 8+0. 1V Set AGP Voltage Control to Normal. (Default v alue) Set AGP Voltage Control to +0. 1V. C DRAM Voltage Control 8Normal 8+0. 1V Set DRAM Voltage Control to Normal. [. . . ] If the cable is your own cable, please remove it from this pin and do not connect any of your own cables to it. English GA-8S648(-L) Motherboard - 76 - Question 10: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. gAMI BIOS Beep Codes *Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully. 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad g AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error Question 11: How to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from SATA HDDs by either RAID or ATA mode? [. . . ]