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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix ...53 4-1 Unique Software Utility 53 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 53 4-1-2 BIOS Flash Method Introduction 55 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 64 4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 71 4-2 Troubleshooting 79 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix ...53 4-1 Unique Software Utility 53 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 53 4-1-2 BIOS Flash Method Introduction 55 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 64 4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 71 4-2 Troubleshooting 79 - 5 -
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...'s chassis cover. 7. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your VGA card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Install related driver from the operating system. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your...
...'s chassis cover. 7. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your VGA card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Install related driver from the operating system. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your...
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... Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not supportUSB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. If your OS supports USB controller. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 16 -
... Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not supportUSB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. If your OS supports USB controller. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 16 -
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Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 1 7 S_ATA (Control by SiS964) Serial ATA can provide up to use "Front Audio" connector, you are buying support front audio ...
Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 1 7 S_ATA (Control by SiS964) Serial ATA can provide up to use "Front Audio" connector, you are buying support front audio ...
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... use Windows Service Pack. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after OS installation and before installing motherboard drivers. (2) Insert the driver CD that you install all components in the list. System will auto-detect the right USB2...execute the Setup.exe in the root directory of the driver CD. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers This page shows the drivers that need to be installed for you by itself. Or click one driver at one time to install it will continue to install other drivers. The Xpress Install uses the"Click and Go" ...
... use Windows Service Pack. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after OS installation and before installing motherboard drivers. (2) Insert the driver CD that you install all components in the list. System will auto-detect the right USB2...execute the Setup.exe in the root directory of the driver CD. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers This page shows the drivers that need to be installed for you by itself. Or click one driver at one time to install it will continue to install other drivers. The Xpress Install uses the"Click and Go" ...
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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-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 50 -
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-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 50 -
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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. - 51 -
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. - 51 -
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...and SATA IDE controllers. GA-8S661FXM-775 F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2006-661FX-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utility (Not all required drivers as well as software....enter Xpress Recovery2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your motherboard features.) 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM and subsequent access by ...
...and SATA IDE controllers. GA-8S661FXM-775 F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2006-661FX-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utility (Not all required drivers as well as software....enter Xpress Recovery2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your motherboard features.) 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM and subsequent access by ...
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...English Restore the backed-up data to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. mended but the actual space is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is a BIOS-related issue,...previously-created backup files to 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 GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 54 - SATA IDE channel 3 f. On...
...English Restore the backed-up data to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. mended but the actual space is dependent on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is a BIOS-related issue,...previously-created backup files to 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 GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 54 - SATA IDE channel 3 f. On...
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... provided on Integrated Peripherals). 4) Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, press Ctrl-S to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make part of the array. Entering the RAID...
... provided on Integrated Peripherals). 4) Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, press Ctrl-S to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make part of the array. Entering the RAID...
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... disk into the CD-ROM drive. First of all chipsets should be installed.) Note: In the menu list, IAA_RAID refers to copy the driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the Windows CD to Figure10). (Note) Figure 10 Figure 11 Step 3: A MS-DOS prompt...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 Figure 11), please select the proper chipset model. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from HDDs in the driver CD. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 70 -
... disk into the CD-ROM drive. First of all chipsets should be installed.) Note: In the menu list, IAA_RAID refers to copy the driver for the SATA controller on your motherboard from the Windows CD to Figure10). (Note) Figure 10 Figure 11 Step 3: A MS-DOS prompt...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 Figure 11), please select the proper chipset model. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from HDDs in the driver CD. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 70 -
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Click the icon to "Line Out." 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 ...
Click the icon to "Line Out." 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 ...
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... to "Line In." Please select other settings (ex: Living Room) for 4 speaker output check box. Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 72 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1: Connect the front channels to "Line Out," the rear channels to select the function. When the... Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). Line Out Line In STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar.
... to "Line In." Please select other settings (ex: Living Room) for 4 speaker output check box. Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard - 72 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1: Connect the front channels to "Line Out," the rear channels to select the function. When the... Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). Line Out Line In STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar.
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... output without any additional module. Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. - 73 - MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. English Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Use the back audio panel to...
... output without any additional module. Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. - 73 - MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. English Basic 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode Use the back audio panel to...
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... audio panel's "Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT's REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. STEP 4: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar.
... audio panel's "Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT's REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. STEP 4: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar.
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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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... 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. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on the SATA controller SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) -... 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. If you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID...
... 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. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is controlled by the SATA controller on the SATA controller SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) -... 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. If you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to create RAID...
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Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you wish to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 12 Now, you can proceed to delete and press ENTER. message appears, press Y to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to confirm your selections. Finally, when the "Are you sure to delete this RAID?"
Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you wish to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Figure 12 Now, you can proceed to delete and press ENTER. message appears, press Y to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to confirm your selections. Finally, when the "Are you sure to delete this RAID?"
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...click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 13). Quit the installation utility first. The installation utility will appear automatically. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be 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. Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 14...
...click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 13). Quit the installation utility first. The installation utility will appear automatically. Without the driver, the hard drive ¤¤ may not be 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. Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 14...
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You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Then it will appear. Figure 16 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16).
You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Then it will appear. Figure 16 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to Figure 15 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16).