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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
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...-Safe Defaults Figure 3 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ¤å Hard Disk Boot Priority `` K L KL Figure 2 Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the desired SATA hard drive onto which you intent to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3). Ác Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu...
...-Safe Defaults Figure 3 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ¤å Hard Disk Boot Priority `` K L KL Figure 2 Step 3: Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Åé Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the desired SATA hard drive onto which you intent to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3). Ác Step 2: Later, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu...
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... and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 13 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how...
... and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 13 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how...
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... the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - The following is an example of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you...
... the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - The following is an example of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you...
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GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN (*) Onboard Audio Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Northbridge: SiS® 648FX Southbridge: SiS® 964 3 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 3GB memory) Supports DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 DIMM Supports up to 2 unbuffered DIMM DDR400 ...
GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN (*) Onboard Audio Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB L2 cache varies with CPU Northbridge: SiS® 648FX Southbridge: SiS® 964 3 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 3GB memory) Supports DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 DIMM Supports up to 2 unbuffered DIMM DDR400 ...
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...SATA connections BIOS Use of up to 150 MB/s - Hardware Installation English I/O Control IT8705 Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU / Systemfan failure warning Onboard SATA RAID Onboard SiS964 chipset - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Additional Features Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 (Only frequency overclocking function is available only in BIOS Setup.) Overclocking...
...SATA connections BIOS Use of up to 150 MB/s - Hardware Installation English I/O Control IT8705 Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU / Systemfan failure warning Onboard SATA RAID Onboard SiS964 chipset - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Additional Features Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 (Only frequency overclocking function is available only in BIOS Setup.) Overclocking...
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... settings, please refer to the instructions located on one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can connect to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on the IDE device). 40 39 -C 2 - 19 - 1 Hardware Installation Caution! Most coolers are designed with color-coded power connector wires. One IDE connector can then connect to prevent system overheating and failure. The black connector wire is the ground wire (GND). English 3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via an IDE connector...
... settings, please refer to the instructions located on one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can connect to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on the IDE device). 40 39 -C 2 - 19 - 1 Hardware Installation Caution! Most coolers are designed with color-coded power connector wires. One IDE connector can then connect to prevent system overheating and failure. The black connector wire is the ground wire (GND). English 3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via an IDE connector...
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... 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. Pin No. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to the pin1 position. 2 34 1 33 -C 7) SATA0/SATA1 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate. English 6) FDD (Floppy Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while...
... 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. Pin No. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to the pin1 position. 2 34 1 33 -C 7) SATA0/SATA1 (Serial ATA Connector) Serial ATA can provide 150MB/s transfer rate. English 6) FDD (Floppy Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while...
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... Health Status This setup page includes information about the CPU autodetected temperature, voltage, and fan, speed. MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.) Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... If you can't find the setting you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 28 -
... Health Status This setup page includes information about the CPU autodetected temperature, voltage, and fan, speed. MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.) Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... If you can't find the setting you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 28 -
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... Landing zone Sector Number of currently installed hard disk. Jan. Enter the appropriate option based on the outside drive casing. Year The year, from 1 to automatically detect IDE devices during POST. (Default value) Select this to Dec. IDE Channel 0/Channel 1 Master(Slave) setup You can manually input the correct settings Access Mode Use this if no IDE devices are : CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (Default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of sectors GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 30 - Day The date, from 1999...
... Landing zone Sector Number of currently installed hard disk. Jan. Enter the appropriate option based on the outside drive casing. Year The year, from 1 to automatically detect IDE devices during POST. (Default value) Select this to Dec. IDE Channel 0/Channel 1 Master(Slave) setup You can manually input the correct settings Access Mode Use this if no IDE devices are : CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (Default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of sectors GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 30 - Day The date, from 1999...
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... the setting of the monitor display from 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. Please note that BIOS can not tell from AGP or PCI VGA card. BIOS Setup If you install supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. Limit CPUID Max. Note that this feature only works for Windows XP. to 3 This option is not entered at the prompt. PCI Set Init Display First to 3 when using older...
... the setting of the monitor display from 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. Please note that BIOS can not tell from AGP or PCI VGA card. BIOS Setup If you install supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. Limit CPUID Max. Note that this feature only works for Windows XP. to 3 This option is not entered at the prompt. PCI Set Init Display First to 3 when using older...
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... pressed for 4 seconds to turn off . Enable ModemRingOn function. (Default value) PME Event Wake Up Disabled Disable this function. Laststate When AC-power is back to the system, the system will enter suspend mode if the button is back to the last state before AC-power was off the system. Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up. (Default value) GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 36 - Disabled Don't monitor IRQ [3-7, 9-15] or NMI. IRQ...
... pressed for 4 seconds to turn off . Enable ModemRingOn function. (Default value) PME Event Wake Up Disabled Disable this function. Laststate When AC-power is back to the system, the system will enter suspend mode if the button is back to the last state before AC-power was off the system. Enabled Enable PME Event Wake up. (Default value) GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 36 - Disabled Don't monitor IRQ [3-7, 9-15] or NMI. IRQ...
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... 2-6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore DDR 2.5V +3.3V +12V Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed CPU Smart FAN Control CPU Smart FAN Mode OK OK OK OK 33oC 4687 RPM 0 RPM [Enabled] [Auto] Item Help Menu Level ` [Disabled] Don't reset case open status [Enabled] Clear case open status and set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 4-pin fan power cable. When the CPU temperature is enabled. CPU Smart FAN Control Eabled Enable the CPU Smart FAN Control function. (Default Value...
... 2-6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore DDR 2.5V +3.3V +12V Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current SYSTEM FAN Speed CPU Smart FAN Control CPU Smart FAN Mode OK OK OK OK 33oC 4687 RPM 0 RPM [Enabled] [Auto] Item Help Menu Level ` [Disabled] Don't reset case open status [Enabled] Clear case open status and set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 4-pin fan power cable. When the CPU temperature is enabled. CPU Smart FAN Control Eabled Enable the CPU Smart FAN Control function. (Default Value...
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... system will appear to enter Setup. - 43 - Type the password again and press . BIOS Setup A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will boot and you in creating a password. When you select this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. 2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status Enter Password: ` MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.) Exit...
... system will appear to enter Setup. - 43 - Type the password again and press . BIOS Setup A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will boot and you in creating a password. When you select this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. 2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status Enter Password: ` MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.) Exit...
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... 2. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the screen. VESA-supported VGA cards How to enter Xpress Recovery2. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by simply pressing the key during system bootup to back up data on hard disks on . . . Award...
... 2. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the screen. VESA-supported VGA cards How to enter Xpress Recovery2. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by simply pressing the key during system bootup to back up data on hard disks on . . . Award...
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...English Entering the Q-FlashTM utility: Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
...English Entering the Q-FlashTM utility: Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
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.../PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save & Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. System will reboot after system reboots. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 56 - When you exit the BIOS menu. Press Y on your keyboard to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to enter BIOS menu...
.../PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save & Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded. System will reboot after system reboots. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 56 - When you exit the BIOS menu. Press Y on your keyboard to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to enter BIOS menu...
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... Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to install the RAID drivers. Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you have to copy the driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the motherboard driver CD to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. After that hard drive. Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to...
... Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to install the RAID drivers. Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you have to copy the driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the motherboard driver CD to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. After that hard drive. Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to...
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" STEP 2 : After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is for stereo speaker output check box. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - Click the icon to "Line Out. English 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction The following setup is applied. Line Out STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2-channel mode for Windows 98SE/2000/ME...
" STEP 2 : After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is for stereo speaker output check box. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - Click the icon to "Line Out. English 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction The following setup is applied. Line Out STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2-channel mode for Windows 98SE/2000/ME...
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...the battery to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load Optimized Defaults). 7. gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 74 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is the light of my keyboard/optical mouse still on power. 6. To check general asked questions. Question 3: How do these options. If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper, please refer to case. Disconnect the power cord...
...the battery to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load Optimized Defaults). 7. gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 74 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is the light of my keyboard/optical mouse still on power. 6. To check general asked questions. Question 3: How do these options. If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper, please refer to case. Disconnect the power cord...