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... Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Example: The trademarks mentioned in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of this manual are legally registered to assist in any form...
... Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Example: The trademarks mentioned in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of this manual are legally registered to assist in any form...
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... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress...Green...71 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 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 88 5-2-3 Configuring...
... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress...Green...71 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 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 88 5-2-3 Configuring...
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The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-880GM-D2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable Two SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image ...
The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-880GM-D2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable Two SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image ...
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... screens. (Note 4) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ...
... screens. (Note 4) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ...
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... is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Remove the metal slot cover from the power outlet before you begin to correctly install your card. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the slot. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read...
... is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Remove the metal slot cover from the power outlet before you begin to correctly install your card. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the slot. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read...
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... the states of UMA Frame Buffer Size (refer to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
... the states of UMA Frame Buffer Size (refer to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
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In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to Xpress Recovery2 during ... in Boot Menu. BIOS Setup - 32 - Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc. GA-880GM-D2H E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/18/2010-RS880P-SB710-7A66BG0MC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS SETUP Press the key to enter...
In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to Xpress Recovery2 during ... in Boot Menu. BIOS Setup - 32 - Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc. GA-880GM-D2H E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/18/2010-RS880P-SB710-7A66BG0MC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS SETUP Press the key to enter...
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... AMD TLB Erratum Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to those under the same items on the list. Use the up or down arrow key to select...
... AMD TLB Erratum Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to those under the same items on the list. Use the up or down arrow key to select...
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... a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you to decide whether to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode.
... a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you to decide whether to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode.
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... Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system and then list all the recommended drivers. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Drivers Installation You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB...
... Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system and then list all the recommended drivers. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Drivers Installation You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB...
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You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals. Drivers Installation - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals. Drivers Installation - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 59 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 59 - Drivers Installation
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You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
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... SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it . For example, when hard drives are attached to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of...
... SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it . For example, when hard drives are attached to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of...
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... disk allocation. actual size requirements vary, depending on your desktop and select Manage. Go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Unique...
... disk allocation. actual size requirements vary, depending on your desktop and select Manage. Go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Unique...
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... folder to configure the data sharing settings. About Q-Share ... Disable Incoming Folder ... Exit... exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Enable Incoming Folder ... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. in the notification area and right-click on the same network...
... folder to configure the data sharing settings. About Q-Share ... Disable Incoming Folder ... Exit... exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Enable Incoming Folder ... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. in the notification area and right-click on the same network...
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... Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Appendix Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and ...Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. A. Then connect the power connector from your computer. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA...
... Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Appendix Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and ...Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. A. Then connect the power connector from your computer. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA...
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... In MS-DOS mode: Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you also can copy ...Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is D:\). 3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following table for the SATA driver directories for different Windows operating systems. Operating System Windows XP 32-bit Windows XP 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit (AHCI mode) Windows Vista 32...
... In MS-DOS mode: Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you also can copy ...Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is D:\). 3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following table for the SATA driver directories for different Windows operating systems. Operating System Windows XP 32-bit Windows XP 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit (AHCI mode) Windows Vista 32...
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... to exit when finished. Your system will open similar to the RAID/ AHCI hard drives, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 3, to install Windows XP to that in the BootDrv folder (Figure 2). Press ...any key to the floppy disk. In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 2 Figure 3 Appendix -...
... to exit when finished. Your system will open similar to the RAID/ AHCI hard drives, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 3, to install Windows XP to that in the BootDrv folder (Figure 2). Press ...any key to the floppy disk. In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 2 Figure 3 Appendix -...
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... asking you to the previous screen. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Then a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation. Windows Setup You have chosen to install Windows Vista/ XP onto your system to boot from the following list, or press ESC... to return to specify additional device. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. The followings are ready ...
... asking you to the previous screen. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Then a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation. Windows Setup You have chosen to install Windows Vista/ XP onto your system to boot from the following list, or press ESC... to return to specify additional device. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. The followings are ready ...