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For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to their respective owners. ... CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. Example: Check your motherboard looks like this manual are...
For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to their respective owners. ... CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. Example: Check your motherboard looks like this manual are...
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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 ...Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB850 SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Configuring JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 79 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 85 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 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 ...Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB850 SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Configuring JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 79 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 85 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 Configuring ...
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...-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-890XA-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
...-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-890XA-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
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... the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Secure the card's metal bracket to correctly install your expansion card(s). 7. Turn on your operating system. Install the driver provided with your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. Hardware Installation - 18 - • Removing the Card from the slot. If necessary, go...
... the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Secure the card's metal bracket to correctly install your expansion card(s). 7. Turn on your operating system. Install the driver provided with your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. Hardware Installation - 18 - • Removing the Card from the slot. If necessary, go...
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... is selected. (Note) The bridge connectors may differ by graphics cards. C. Refer to the manual of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Browse to the CrossFireX menu and ensure the Enable CrossFireX™ check box is recommended (Refer to the manual that came with two ...PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - 1-6 Setup of the two cards. A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with your graphics cards for enabling CrossFireX technology may be needed or not ...
... is selected. (Note) The bridge connectors may differ by graphics cards. C. Refer to the manual of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Browse to the CrossFireX menu and ensure the Enable CrossFireX™ check box is recommended (Refer to the manual that came with two ...PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - 1-6 Setup of the two cards. A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with your graphics cards for enabling CrossFireX technology may be needed or not ...
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Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-890XA-UD3 E9 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/27/2010-RD780-SB850-7A66CG03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key ...-2010, Award Software, Inc. The system will still be used for one time only. 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 access the Q-Flash...
Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-890XA-UD3 E9 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/27/2010-RD780-SB850-7A66CG03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key ...-2010, Award Software, Inc. The system will still be used for one time only. 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 access the Q-Flash...
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... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to move it up or down on the list.
... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to move it up or down on the list.
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...the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set to RAID or AHCI. Onboard GSATA/IDE Ctrl (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, IDE and GSATA2_6/7 Connectors) Enables or disables the IDE and SATA controller integrated in the AMD SB850 South Bridge. ... to operate in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to RAID. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2010 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type x OnChip...
...the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set to RAID or AHCI. Onboard GSATA/IDE Ctrl (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, IDE and GSATA2_6/7 Connectors) Enables or disables the IDE and SATA controller integrated in the AMD SB850 South Bridge. ... to operate in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to RAID. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2010 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type x OnChip...
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... card instead of the attached LAN cable. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is ...an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Onboard GSATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, GSATA2_6/7 Connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA...
... card instead of the attached LAN cable. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is ...an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Onboard GSATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, GSATA2_6/7 Connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA...
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...Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 57 - the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that are recommended to do so may... the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset...
...Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 57 - the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that are recommended to do so may... the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset...
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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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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 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 -
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Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to install it. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. 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 the GIGABYTE website.
Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to install it. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. 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 the GIGABYTE website.
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... example, when hard drives are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
... example, when hard drives are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST. Step 1: Select BACKUP to start backing up your desktop and select Manage. Please note ...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST. Step 1: Select BACKUP to start backing up your desktop and select Manage. Please note ...
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...sharing enabled Enables data sharing Disables data sharing Accesses the shared data folder Changes the data folder to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ...... Exit... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the current Q-Share version Exits Q-Share (Note) This option...
...sharing enabled Enables data sharing Disables data sharing Accesses the shared data folder Changes the data folder to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ...... Exit... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the current Q-Share version Exits Q-Share (Note) This option...
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...performance, it is more than one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB850 SATA Controller A. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to AHCI or RAID ...capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard,...
...performance, it is more than one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB850 SATA Controller A. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to AHCI or RAID ...capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard,...
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...120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Save to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N) ? Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select ...RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte Technology Corp. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [hi]-Select RAID Appendix [SPACE]-Mark Delete Figure 11...
...120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Save to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N) ? Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select ...RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte Technology Corp. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [hi]-Select RAID Appendix [SPACE]-Mark Delete Figure 11...
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... 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...SB850, type (Figure 1): (Note 1) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\SB8xx\x86\*.* • For the JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) Type the driver directory based on the operating system to the following command. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard...
... 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...SB850, type (Figure 1): (Note 1) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\SB8xx\x86\*.* • For the JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) Type the driver directory based on the operating system to the following command. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard...
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...Appendix - 86 - Your system will open similar 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 4, • For the AMD SB850, select 3) SB8xx AHCI/RAID... Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. • For the JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system. Press any key to be installed, select ...
...Appendix - 86 - Your system will open similar 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 4, • For the AMD SB850, select 3) SB8xx AHCI/RAID... Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. • For the JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system. Press any key to be installed, select ...