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...-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. Drivers Installation After restarting your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. The "Xpress Install" will auto start...
...-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. Drivers Installation After restarting your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. The "Xpress Install" will auto start...
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... English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2... Award Software, Inc. System requirements: 1. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 63 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-...
... English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2... Award Software, Inc. System requirements: 1. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 63 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-...
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... from the driver CD before data backup. 2. mended but the actual space is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, 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...
... from the driver CD before data backup. 2. mended but the actual space is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, 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...
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... RAID software prompting you want to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. Define a New Array window appears (as part of the array. Define a New Array - Appendix Entering the RAID BIOS Setup...make part of the system POST and boot process prior to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Note: To achieve best performance, it is provided.... visit "Support\ Motherboard\ Technology Guide section" on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID...
... RAID software prompting you want to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. Define a New Array window appears (as part of the array. Define a New Array - Appendix Entering the RAID BIOS Setup...make part of the system POST and boot process prior to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Note: To achieve best performance, it is provided.... visit "Support\ Motherboard\ Technology Guide section" on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID...
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...] Return If you selected, such as empty and wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load drivers under Windows. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS...
...] Return If you selected, such as empty and wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load drivers under Windows. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS...
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... system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be installed.) (Note 1): For users without a startup disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press 0 to a floppy disk. A command prompt window will not have to install...the startup disk. Prepare a startup disk that , the driver will open similar to be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - After that has CD-ROM...
... system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be installed.) (Note 1): For users without a startup disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press 0 to a floppy disk. A command prompt window will not have to install...the startup disk. Prepare a startup disk that , the driver will open similar to be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - After that has CD-ROM...
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...Line Out". English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Connect the side channels to select the function. - 87 - You are in Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Channel Audio Function Introduction...This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Introduction of audio software is applied. Line Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the rear channels to Line Out (Front Speaker Out). The...
...Line Out". English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Connect the side channels to select the function. - 87 - You are in Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Channel Audio Function Introduction...This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Introduction of audio software is applied. Line Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the rear channels to Line Out (Front Speaker Out). The...
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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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... controller mode and boot sequence in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - Step 1: Turn on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive...Integrated Peripherals menu is configured correctly in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in system BIOS Setup and set in BIOS Setup You ...
... controller mode and boot sequence in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during POST (Power-On Self Test). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - Step 1: Turn on the SATA controller. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive...Integrated Peripherals menu is configured correctly in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in system BIOS Setup and set in BIOS Setup You ...
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...; ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to a floppy disk. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for an executable program named...
...; ?± (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller successfully, you need to a floppy disk. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for an executable program named...
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...an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu (for example, from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to install Windows 2000). Ác Step 4: Åé Double-...click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 14 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the menu in the...
...an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu (for example, from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to install Windows 2000). Ác Step 4: Åé Double-...click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 14 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the menu in the...
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... from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to that... see the next screen. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer...additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the driver. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series)
... from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to that... see the next screen. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer...additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the driver. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series)
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...or do not create RAID, select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller only. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): ...NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device...
...or do not create RAID, select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller only. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): ...NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device...
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... (P4 nForce4 SLI series) WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to that below. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed...do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify ...
... (P4 nForce4 SLI series) WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to that below. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed...do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify ...
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... Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Ác (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or... website. Under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) is Enabled (Figure 21/22). Save settings and exit the BIOS setup. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to ...
... Defaults Figure22 SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 14 - Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Ác (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or... website. Under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) is Enabled (Figure 21/22). Save settings and exit the BIOS setup. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to ...
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...SLI series) - 16 - You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in Windows... on disk size. Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in striping mode) ...the desired type of RAID array you want to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. You should see the single disk ¤...
...SLI series) - 16 - You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. However, users will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in Windows... on disk size. Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in striping mode) ...the desired type of RAID array you want to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. You should see the single disk ¤...