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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 57 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 SoftwareApplication 58 3-3 Software Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Appendix 61 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 61 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 62 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 63 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 65 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 87 4-2 Troubleshooting 91 - 7 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 57 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 SoftwareApplication 58 3-3 Software Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Appendix 61 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 61 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 62 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 63 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 65 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 87 4-2 Troubleshooting 91 - 7 -
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...install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to secure the slot bracket of expansion card from the operating system. Install related... driver from BIOS. 8. Connect this connector depending on the slot. English 1-6 Installation of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try ...
...install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to secure the slot bracket of expansion card from the operating system. Install related... driver from BIOS. 8. Connect this connector depending on the slot. English 1-6 Installation of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try ...
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... the retention bracket included with the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards. retention bracket Step 4: Plug the display cable into either one of the two graphics cards for display ...Make sure the two mini female slots on the top of the bridge connector. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. if you click Apply. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after ...
... the retention bracket included with the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards. retention bracket Step 4: Plug the display cable into either one of the two graphics cards for display ...Make sure the two mini female slots on the top of the bridge connector. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. if you click Apply. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after ...
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... via a coaxial cable. have a standard USB interface. Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Line Out (Front Speaker...Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - MIC In Microphone can be connected to the lower port (purple). English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard...
... via a coaxial cable. have a standard USB interface. Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Line Out (Front Speaker...Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - MIC In Microphone can be connected to the lower port (purple). English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard...
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.... Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to work properly. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 1 7 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP...
.... Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to work properly. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 1 7 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP...
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... your system automatically. in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Just select the drivers you automatically. 1 1 Some device drivers will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - Only for you want then click the "GO" button. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device...
... your system automatically. in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Just select the drivers you automatically. 1 1 Some device drivers will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - Only for you want then click the "GO" button. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device...
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P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 58 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 58 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 59 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 59 - Drivers Installation
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... pins or the battery on the original M.I.B., the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 (M.I .T.'s integration of all new drivers with the option for ultimate system protection. Appendix Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to 10%. M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to ...system stability. and @BIOS at the same time.) - 61 - for a faster and smoother execution of system loading. With GIGABYTE's proprietary S.O.S. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their BIOS as well as future Intel® processors. provides an ...
... pins or the battery on the original M.I.B., the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 (M.I .T.'s integration of all new drivers with the option for ultimate system protection. Appendix Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to 10%. M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to ...system stability. and @BIOS at the same time.) - 61 - for a faster and smoother execution of system loading. With GIGABYTE's proprietary S.O.S. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their BIOS as well as future Intel® processors. provides an ...
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... system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. Appendix System requirements: 1. Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. It is executed from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup speed. 3. Boot from CD/DVD: Award...memory 3. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD-ROM. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...
... system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. Appendix System requirements: 1. Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. It is executed from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup speed. 3. Boot from CD/DVD: Award...memory 3. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD-ROM. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...
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...driver CD before data backup. 2. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. mended but the actual space is dependent on the following motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA...-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI ...
...driver CD before data backup. 2. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. mended but the actual space is dependent on the following motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA...-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI ...
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...BIOS Setup 1. Define a New Array window appears (as part of the array. Press F10. You have a few seconds to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Define a New Array - Ctrl + S to press F10 before the window disappears. The RAID prompt appears as Figure ... SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID...
...BIOS Setup 1. Define a New Array window appears (as part of the array. Press F10. You have a few seconds to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Define a New Array - Ctrl + S to press F10 before the window disappears. The RAID prompt appears as Figure ... SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID...
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...Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - At the prompt, press Y to view and verify details. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Now that you want to exit the RAID setup. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that... the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. Array Detail - The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to wipe out all its contents, press C. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2...
...Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - At the prompt, press Y to view and verify details. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Now that you want to exit the RAID setup. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that... the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. Array Detail - The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to wipe out all its contents, press C. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2...
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...nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Without the driver, ...the hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk...
...nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Without the driver, ...the hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk...
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... Center/Subwoofer channels to "Line Out". Connect the side channels to Line In. The installation of audio software is applied. Appendix Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the rear channels to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is very...
... Center/Subwoofer channels to "Line Out". Connect the side channels to Line In. The installation of audio software is applied. Appendix Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the rear channels to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is very...
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... Rear Speaker Out P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect...
... Rear Speaker Out P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect...
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STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. Appendix
STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. Appendix
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... Side Speaker Out Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. Click...
... Side Speaker Out Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. Click...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
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... to make sure that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. In the example in Figure 1, make sure whether the SATA controller is enabled (Serial-ATAII1 controls... do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system...
... to make sure that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. In the example in Figure 1, make sure whether the SATA controller is enabled (Serial-ATAII1 controls... do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system...