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... Recovery 74 4-7 Auto Green...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 89 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 89 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 91 5-2-3 Enabling...
... Recovery 74 4-7 Auto Green...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 89 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 89 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 91 5-2-3 Enabling...
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... for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset ...Onboard Graphics Audio w North Bridge: AMD 880G South Bridge: AMD SB710 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (...2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy...
... for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset ...Onboard Graphics Audio w North Bridge: AMD 880G South Bridge: AMD SB710 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (...2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy...
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...and are to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Pin No. Hardware Installation - 26 - Refer to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. Definition SATA2_1 SATA2_5 7 17 1 1 71 7 SATA2_0 SATA2_4 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN ... be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number. • A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives. The AMD SB710 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard....
...and are to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Pin No. Hardware Installation - 26 - Refer to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. Definition SATA2_1 SATA2_5 7 17 1 1 71 7 SATA2_0 SATA2_4 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN ... be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number. • A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives. The AMD SB710 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard....
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...Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set to RAID or AHCI. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set this item to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to PATA mode... Disabled) BIOS Setup - 48 - Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide whether to AHCI mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and ...
...Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set to RAID or AHCI. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set this item to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to PATA mode... Disabled) BIOS Setup - 48 - Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide whether to AHCI mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and ...
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... graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are different utilities. A. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that has the operating system installed. • As Xpress Recovery2 will...
... graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are different utilities. A. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that has the operating system installed. • As Xpress Recovery2 will...
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... in the Windows environment. @BIOS will take over on the main BIOS. site and update the BIOS. GA-880G-UD3H F4a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 08/09/2010-RS880P-SB710.... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Copyright (C) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Additionally, this motherboard ...users cannot update the backup BIOS manually. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use ...
... in the Windows environment. @BIOS will take over on the main BIOS. site and update the BIOS. GA-880G-UD3H F4a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 08/09/2010-RS880P-SB710.... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Copyright (C) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Additionally, this motherboard ...users cannot update the backup BIOS manually. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use ...
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... BIOS to Drive option allows you to save the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Step 3: When the update process 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 begin the BIOS update. Updating...
... BIOS to Drive option allows you to save the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Step 3: When the update process 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 begin the BIOS update. Updating...
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... disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install... SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to...
... disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install... SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to...
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...Onboard 1394 Function USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [RAID] [As SATA Type] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP...version. Appendix - 78 - Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you will see shall depend on your motherboard. To enable RAID for the SATA2_0/1/2/3 connectors, set OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in BIOS Setup Make ...
...Onboard 1394 Function USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [RAID] [As SATA Type] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP...version. Appendix - 78 - Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you will see shall depend on your motherboard. To enable RAID for the SATA2_0/1/2/3 connectors, set OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in BIOS Setup Make ...
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... 3). Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a non-RAID configuration. To create an array, press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments...1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to enter the Controller Configuration window. RAID Option ROM Version 3.0.1540.50 (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. To view controller settings, press to Select Option Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 79 - C.
... 3). Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a non-RAID configuration. To create an array, press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments...1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to enter the Controller Configuration window. RAID Option ROM Version 3.0.1540.50 (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. To view controller settings, press to Select Option Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 79 - C.
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...---- LD 5 ---- Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode LD 1 ---- LD 3 ---- LD 9 ---- LD 6 ---- LD 8 ---- LD 7 ---- LD 10 ---- Total Drv Capacity (GB Status [h] Up [i] ...manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays. LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON [ Drives Assignments ...
...---- LD 5 ---- Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode LD 1 ---- LD 3 ---- LD 9 ---- LD 6 ---- LD 8 ---- LD 7 ---- LD 10 ---- Total Drv Capacity (GB Status [h] Up [i] ...manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays. LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON [ Drives Assignments ...
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... Up [i] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 8 - 81 - In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as Free if unassigned. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to highlight a drive. 4. After the creation is the default. 3. The window below... are assigned to use maximum capacity... Fast Initialization option has been selected It will appear. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other key to a disk array or are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as an example. 1. Appendix...
... Up [i] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 8 - 81 - In the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as Free if unassigned. Press the key or to change the Assignment option to highlight a drive. 4. After the creation is the default. 3. The window below... are assigned to use maximum capacity... Fast Initialization option has been selected It will appear. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other key to a disk array or are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as an example. 1. Appendix...
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Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LD No RAID Mode [ View LD Definition Menu ] Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 157.99 Functional Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID 1:Mas 2:Mas Drive Model WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capabilities SATA ...
Option ROM Utility (c) 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LD No RAID Mode [ View LD Definition Menu ] Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 157.99 Functional Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID 1:Mas 2:Mas Drive Model WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capabilities SATA ...
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... controller from the motherboard driver disk to the following command. sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you also can copy the SATA controller driver from the startup disk. 2: Remove the startup disk and insert the prepared... motherboard driver disk (here we as- Without the driver, the hard drive may not be installed. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk....
... controller from the motherboard driver disk to the following command. sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you also can copy the SATA controller driver from the startup disk. 2: Remove the startup disk and insert the prepared... motherboard driver disk (here we as- Without the driver, the hard drive may not be installed. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk....
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... Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Press any key to the floppy disk. Your system will open similar to that in Figure 3, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical...
... Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Press any key to the floppy disk. Your system will open similar to that in Figure 3, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical...
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...Setup Press F6 if you need to continue the driver installation. Appendix Then a controller menu similar to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press ...SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. - 85 - Windows Setup You have chosen to the previous screen. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Step 3: Figure 2 On the next screen, press to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
...Setup Press F6 if you need to continue the driver installation. Appendix Then a controller menu similar to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press ...SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. - 85 - Windows Setup You have chosen to the previous screen. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Step 3: Figure 2 On the next screen, press to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
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... (Figure 3). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the LH64A folder. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Then use...3 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the removable storage device such as USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SBxxxV\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, ...
... (Figure 3). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the LH64A folder. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Then use...3 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the removable storage device such as USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SBxxxV\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, ...
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Appendix Figure 6 - 87 - Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.
Appendix Figure 6 - 87 - Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.
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...drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the Logical Drive Information pane. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from other ...drives in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1 or RAID 10 arrays. Rebuilding applies only to start the rebuilding process. Step 4: The rebuilding progress is displayed on the Information page in...
...drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the Logical Drive Information pane. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from other ...drives in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1 or RAID 10 arrays. Rebuilding applies only to start the rebuilding process. Step 4: The rebuilding progress is displayed on the Information page in...