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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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... your motherboard, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. Before you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you do not want to identify the SATA controller ...for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure...
... your motherboard, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. Before you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you do not want to identify the SATA controller ...for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure...
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Figure 12 Now, you sure to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to delete this RAID?" message appears, press Y to delete and press ENTER. Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you wish to confirm your selections. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964)
Figure 12 Now, you sure to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to delete this RAID?" message appears, press Y to delete and press ENTER. Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you wish to confirm your selections. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964)
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... recognized 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. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the SiS 964 ...controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - ...
... recognized 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. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the SiS 964 ...controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - ...
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You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 16 - 11 - Then it will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA.
You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 16 - 11 - Then it will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA.
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...164;¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing... the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows...
...164;¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing... the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows...
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... Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy... the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to Figure 19 below will be finished in the floppy ...
... Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy... the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to Figure 19 below will be finished in the floppy ...
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After that hard drive. It indicates that you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully.
After that hard drive. It indicates that you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you should see a screen as below. Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully.
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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 45 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 45 3-2 SoftwareApplications 46 3-3 Driver CD Information 46 3-4 Hardware Information 47 3-5 Contact Us ...47 Chapter 4 Appendix 49 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 49 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 49 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 50 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 52 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 61 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 68 4-2 Troubleshooting 74 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 45 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 45 3-2 SoftwareApplications 46 3-3 Driver CD Information 46 3-4 Hardware Information 47 3-5 Contact Us ...47 Chapter 4 Appendix 49 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 49 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 49 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 50 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 52 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 61 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 68 4-2 Troubleshooting 74 - 5 -
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... expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Install related driver from the computer. 3.
... expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Install related driver from the computer. 3.
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... patch or driver upgrade. English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction (*) PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to configure 2-/4-/6- Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8S648FX-775. For more...
... patch or driver upgrade. English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction (*) PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to configure 2-/4-/6- Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8S648FX-775. For more...
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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. Pin No. English 6) FDD (Floppy ... FDD cable while the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Definition 1 GND 7 2 TXP 1 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. 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. Pin No. English 6) FDD (Floppy ... FDD cable while the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Definition 1 GND 7 2 TXP 1 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive.
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..."Device Manager". in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in Windows XP. The "Xpress Install" will show the... you want then click the "GO" button. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. Some device drivers will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 45 - Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will restart your CD-ROM drive, the...
..."Device Manager". in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in Windows XP. The "Xpress Install" will show the... you want then click the "GO" button. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. Some device drivers will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 45 - Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will restart your CD-ROM drive, the...
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English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 46 -
English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 46 -
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us You can also see the last page of this manual for contacts information details. - 47 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us You can also see the last page of this manual for contacts information details. - 47 - Drivers Installation
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...already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from CD-ROM. VESA-supported VGA cards How to...on . . . If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of system memory 3. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, ...
...already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from CD-ROM. VESA-supported VGA cards How to...on . . . If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of system memory 3. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, ...
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... backup file at the end of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 51 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. mended but the actual... with the GPL regulations. 4. It is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1.
... backup file at the end of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 51 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. mended but the actual... with the GPL regulations. 4. It is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1.
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... Setting Utility v1.05_964 (c) 2003-2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. To create RAID, press to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting your hard drives for RAID construction. More information is ... * Current Created Raid * Disk Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 -
... Setting Utility v1.05_964 (c) 2003-2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. To create RAID, press to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting your hard drives for RAID construction. More information is ... * Current Created Raid * Disk Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 -
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... (This procedure assumes Drive D) and select Open. Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into the floppy disk drive. Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. After you will have to be installed.) Note... see folders and files contained in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to a floppy disk. Follow on-screen ...
... (This procedure assumes Drive D) and select Open. Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into the floppy disk drive. Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the CD-ROM drive. After you will have to be installed.) Note... see folders and files contained in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to a floppy disk. Follow on-screen ...
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.... Click the icon to "Line Out. " STEP 2 : After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to enable the function! 2 Channel Audio Setup We recommend that you 'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the...
.... Click the icon to "Line Out. " STEP 2 : After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to enable the function! 2 Channel Audio Setup We recommend that you 'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the...