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... 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 78 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 79 5-2 Configuring AudioInput and Output 84 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-2-3 5-2-4 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 84 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out Cable (Optional...
... 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 78 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 79 5-2 Configuring AudioInput and Output 84 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-2-3 5-2-4 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 84 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out Cable (Optional...
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...Boot Menu is running at IDE MODE!" After system restart, the device boot order will appear again at IDE mode. Press to enable AHCI mode or to accept. Note: This message will still be used for subsequent access to XpressRecovery2 during the POST, telling you to ... showing this message again. To exit Boot Menu, press . The system will display a message during the POST. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. GA-73PVM-S2H F4a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/28/2007-NF73-6A61NG02C-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA ...
...Boot Menu is running at IDE MODE!" After system restart, the device boot order will appear again at IDE mode. Press to enable AHCI mode or to accept. Note: This message will still be used for subsequent access to XpressRecovery2 during the POST, telling you to ... showing this message again. To exit Boot Menu, press . The system will display a message during the POST. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. GA-73PVM-S2H F4a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/28/2007-NF73-6A61NG02C-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA ...
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... audio, set to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables the integrated USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. Onchip SATA Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SA TA controller integrated in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) Onboard 1394 Enables or disables the onboard IEEE 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 44 -...II Pri-Master RAID Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to Disabled. This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set this item to...
... audio, set to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables the integrated USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. Onchip SATA Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SA TA controller integrated in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) Onboard 1394 Enables or disables the onboard IEEE 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 44 -...II Pri-Master RAID Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to Disabled. This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set this item to...
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... IDE connector , the first SA TA connector, the second SA TA connector and so forth. "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make...
... IDE connector , the first SA TA connector, the second SA TA connector and so forth. "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make...
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...the BIOS update file is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 66 - 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash TM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use F AT32/16/12 file system. 3....in system malfunction. Before You Begin: 1. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Restart the system. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to access Q-...
...the BIOS update file is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 66 - 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash TM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use F AT32/16/12 file system. 3....in system malfunction. Before You Begin: 1. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Restart the system. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to access Q-...
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... USB flash drive or hard drives using F AT32/16/12 file system. • If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive and...
... USB flash drive or hard drives using F AT32/16/12 file system. • If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive and...
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...Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it ...is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 73 - Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Make a floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. B. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer . Appendix If...
...Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it ...is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 73 - Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Make a floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. B. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer . Appendix If...
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... on the motherboard you want to Enabled. Then, enable RAID functionality for the SATA connectors with hard drives that you have and the BIOS version. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 74 - Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to the SATA-II RAID Config submenu (Figure 2). Step 1: Turn on the back... panel, set to IDE or AHCI for your computer and press to the eSATA 3Gb/s port on your motherboard. To create a RAID array on hard drive connected to enter BIOS Setup...
... on the motherboard you want to Enabled. Then, enable RAID functionality for the SATA connectors with hard drives that you have and the BIOS version. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 74 - Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to the SATA-II RAID Config submenu (Figure 2). Step 1: Turn on the back... panel, set to IDE or AHCI for your computer and press to the eSATA 3Gb/s port on your motherboard. To create a RAID array on hard drive connected to enter BIOS Setup...
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From your system. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for Windows XP and Windows Vista may display different items. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard Figure 3 - 78 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system...transfer this driver file to the next section, "5-1-3." Press to exit when finished. (Note 1) (Note 2) (Note 3) Figure 1 Figure 2 For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . First ...
From your system. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for Windows XP and Windows Vista may display different items. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard Figure 3 - 78 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system...transfer this driver file to the next section, "5-1-3." Press to exit when finished. (Note 1) (Note 2) (Note 3) Figure 1 Figure 2 For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . First ...
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...or you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). After pressing , there will load support for the following mass storage... you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you see the next screen. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 79 -
...or you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). After pressing , there will load support for the following mass storage... you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you see the next screen. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 79 -
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...additional driver. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 80 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to ... support disk from the motherboard driver disk. (Note) The selectable item(s) displayed in Figure 3 may differ according to the RAID or AHCI driver you will return to select NVIDIA RAID Driver and press . S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 If a message...
...additional driver. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 80 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to ... support disk from the motherboard driver disk. (Note) The selectable item(s) displayed in Figure 3 may differ according to the RAID or AHCI driver you will return to select NVIDIA RAID Driver and press . S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 If a message...
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...64-bit, browse to: \Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_64\IDE\WinVista64\sataraid Method B: If you to install the SA TA AHCI driver in "5-1-2," insert the floppy disk (Figure 8) and browse to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform... Insert the motherboard driver disk for Windows Vista into your system to the floppy disk. Figure 8 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows V ista does not require you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk referring...(RAID hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 7). GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 82 -
...64-bit, browse to: \Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_64\IDE\WinVista64\sataraid Method B: If you to install the SA TA AHCI driver in "5-1-2," insert the floppy disk (Figure 8) and browse to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform... Insert the motherboard driver disk for Windows Vista into your system to the floppy disk. Figure 8 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows V ista does not require you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk referring...(RAID hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 7). GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 82 -