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Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 96 - 5 - Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 A. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 96 - 5 - Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 A. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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... cover, screws and slot bracket from the PCIE_16_2 slot: When you can press the latch as the picture to uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver in system BIOS Setup. 8. To remove the VGA card from the computer. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7.
... cover, screws and slot bracket from the PCIE_16_2 slot: When you can press the latch as the picture to uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver in system BIOS Setup. 8. To remove the VGA card from the computer. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7.
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... devices. have a standard USB interface. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack. English 1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard...
... devices. have a standard USB interface. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack. English 1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard...
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... 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 24 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 Pin No. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 SATAII0 SATAII1...
... 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 24 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 Pin No. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 SATAII0 SATAII1...
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... the front panel audio module. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector, please refer to the instructions on page 93 about the software settings. 15) CD_IN (CD IN Connector) Connect CD-ROM...
... the front panel audio module. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector, please refer to the instructions on page 93 about the software settings. 15) CD_IN (CD IN Connector) Connect CD-ROM...
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... Controller Enabled Disabled Enable USB controller. (Default value) Disable USB controller. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 controller. (Default value...
... Controller Enabled Disabled Enable USB controller. (Default value) Disable USB controller. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 controller. (Default value...
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...3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to invoke the boot ROM of the SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. Enabled Enable this function. Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4... mode. (Default value) Set the SATA channel to IDE mode. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 40 - Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode This function allows users to enable or disable the SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website...
...3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to invoke the boot ROM of the SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. Enabled Enable this function. Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4... mode. (Default value) Set the SATA channel to IDE mode. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 40 - Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode This function allows users to enable or disable the SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website...
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...If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto start and show a question mark "?" Please remove the question mark and restart the system ...install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 51 - Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install. After restarting your system automatically. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under...
...If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto start and show a question mark "?" Please remove the question mark and restart the system ...install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 51 - Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install. After restarting your system automatically. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under...
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GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 52 - 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-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 52 - 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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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 53 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 53 - Drivers Installation
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...booting from CD-ROM. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 56 - If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing...without the CD-ROM. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. At least 64M bytes of the screen. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to run Xpress Recovery2...
...booting from CD-ROM. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 56 - If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing...without the CD-ROM. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. At least 64M bytes of the screen. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to run Xpress Recovery2...
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.../AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. Appendix Hard disks detection sequence is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. When using hard disks with more than data restoration. 3. PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE channel 3 f. On a few motherboards based on...
.../AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. Appendix Hard disks detection sequence is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. When using hard disks with more than data restoration. 3. PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE channel 3 f. On a few motherboards based on...
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... drives (to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the ICH8R southbridge.) Then connect the power connector...
... drives (to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the ICH8R southbridge.) Then connect the power connector...
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... system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to Non-RAID 4. All Rights Reversed. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-...Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 4 [ENTER]-Select Menu GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 68 - RAID Volumes : None Defined. All...
... system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to Non-RAID 4. All Rights Reversed. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-...Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 4 [ENTER]-Select Menu GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 68 - RAID Volumes : None Defined. All...
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... Member Disk(0) 111.8GB Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 9 [ENTER]-Select Menu Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0...
... Member Disk(0) 111.8GB Member Disk(0) [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 9 [ENTER]-Select Menu Delete RAID Volume If you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0...
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...and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 12. Figure 13 (Note 2) For 64-bit Windows Operating System, please select Intel Matrix...appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to a floppy disk. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 72 -
...and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 12. Figure 13 (Note 2) For 64-bit Windows Operating System, please select Intel Matrix...appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to a floppy disk. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 72 -
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... 14). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do... the type of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA...
... 14). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do... the type of some files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA...
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... the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Then the system will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 - Select the SCSI Adapter you...Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. English Step 3: Use the ARROW keys on your keyboard to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ...
... the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Then the system will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 - Select the SCSI Adapter you...Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. English Step 3: Use the ARROW keys on your keyboard to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ...
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... of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) - 75 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/... Each time you should see a screen as below. English 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. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. It indicates that hard ...
... of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) - 75 - You can proceed with the Windows 2000/... Each time you should see a screen as below. English 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. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. It indicates that hard ...
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... Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? Press the SPACEBAR on the array to cancel. PCIE-to... RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 13 [ESC]-Abort Press Y to confirm yes to the following message (Figure 14) or N to be deleted; Appendix GIGABYTE Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. English B.
... Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? Press the SPACEBAR on the array to cancel. PCIE-to... RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 13 [ESC]-Abort Press Y to confirm yes to the following message (Figure 14) or N to be deleted; Appendix GIGABYTE Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. English B.