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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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... to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the SATA controller on... the SATA connector 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.
... to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by the SATA controller on... the SATA connector 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.
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SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) message appears, press Y to delete this RAID?" Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to delete and press ENTER. Figure 12 Now, you sure to confirm your selections. 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 the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 -
SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) message appears, press Y to delete this RAID?" Finally, when the "Are you can proceed to delete and press ENTER. Figure 12 Now, you sure to confirm your selections. 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 the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 -
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... 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Quit the installation utility first. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the... the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 14). The instructions below explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive...
... 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Quit the installation utility first. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the... the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 14). The instructions below explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive...
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You have copied the SATA driver successfully. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 15 below will appear. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
You have copied the SATA driver successfully. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 15 below will appear. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
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Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows XP installation.... files being loaded before you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to...
Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows XP installation.... files being loaded before you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 17). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to...
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... and press ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 20 - 13 - Step 4: When the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy... disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 3: If Setup ...
... and press ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 20 - 13 - Step 4: When the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy... disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will appear. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 19 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 3: If Setup ...
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After that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. 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 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. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive.
After that you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. 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 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. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive.
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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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... card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver from the operating system. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Remove your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. - 15 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion...
... card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver from the operating system. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Remove your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. - 15 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion...
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... OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8S648FX-775. Line Out Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround channels to configure 2-/4-/6- You can be connected to ...scanner and other peripheral devices. / COM A/COM B (Serial Port) Connects to the lower port (purple). GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 16 - channel audio functioning. (*) Only for possible 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...
... OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8S648FX-775. Line Out Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround channels to configure 2-/4-/6- You can be connected to ...scanner and other peripheral devices. / COM A/COM B (Serial Port) Connects to the lower port (purple). GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 16 - channel audio functioning. (*) Only for possible 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...
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Definition 1 GND 7 2 TXP 1 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Pin No. Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. English 6) ... of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. 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.
Definition 1 GND 7 2 TXP 1 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND -C GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 20 - The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Pin No. Please connect the red power connector wire to work properly. English 6) ... of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. 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.
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... remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install other drivers. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install...
... remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install other drivers. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install...
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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 - 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.
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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 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 -
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...and the reading/writing speed of the screen. System requirements: 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - Intel x86 platforms 2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to...backup and restoration of system memory 3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to enter Xpress Recovery2. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. ...
...and the reading/writing speed of the screen. System requirements: 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - Intel x86 platforms 2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to...backup and restoration of system memory 3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to enter Xpress Recovery2. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. ...
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.../0106) hard disks. 7. Hard disks detection sequence is dependent on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will store the backup file at the end of the hard disk... data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, 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 - Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk....
.../0106) hard disks. 7. Hard disks detection sequence is dependent on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will store the backup file at the end of the hard disk... data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, 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 - Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk....
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...Utility * 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 - Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Primary ...used are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. RAID BIOS Setting Utility v1.05_964 (c) 2003-2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. ...
...Utility * 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 - Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Primary ...used are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. RAID BIOS Setting Utility v1.05_964 (c) 2003-2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. ...
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... hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the motherboard driver CD to copy the driver for that , the driver will appear. The installation utility will appear automatically soon after you will 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 Intel ICH5R chipset. - 67 - Your system will have to a floppy disk. Information on all , you have to a RAID ...
... hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the motherboard driver CD to copy the driver for that , the driver will appear. The installation utility will appear automatically soon after you will 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 Intel ICH5R chipset. - 67 - Your system will have to a floppy disk. Information on all , you have to a RAID ...
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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 ... best sound effect if the stereo output is for stereo speaker output check box. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the function. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - 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...
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 ... best sound effect if the stereo output is for stereo speaker output check box. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the function. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 68 - 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...