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...138; 3 IEEE 1394a ports ICH8R Southbrigde - 1 FDD connector supported by I . Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD for Serial ATA Microsoft Windows 2000/XP 4 DDRII DIMM memory slots (supports up to 8 GB memory) Supports dual channel DDRII 800/667/533 unbuffered DIMMs (Note 2) ..., SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5), allowing connection of 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 for Serial ATA GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller - 1 IDE connectors with the PCIE_16_2 slot) (Note 3) 2 PCI slots GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 10 -
...138; 3 IEEE 1394a ports ICH8R Southbrigde - 1 FDD connector supported by I . Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD for Serial ATA Microsoft Windows 2000/XP 4 DDRII DIMM memory slots (supports up to 8 GB memory) Supports dual channel DDRII 800/667/533 unbuffered DIMMs (Note 2) ..., SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5), allowing connection of 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 for Serial ATA GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller - 1 IDE connectors with the PCIE_16_2 slot) (Note 3) 2 PCI slots GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 10 -
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...Save all the CMOS changes, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the fail-safe default CMOS value from BIOS - When the power is a Windows-based utility that describes the appropriate keys to the CMOS SRAM. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering... Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Item Help Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Main Menu Save CMOS to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When the power is turned off, the battery on , pressing...
...Save all the CMOS changes, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the fail-safe default CMOS value from BIOS - When the power is a Windows-based utility that describes the appropriate keys to the CMOS SRAM. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering... Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Item Help Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Main Menu Save CMOS to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When the power is turned off, the battery on , pressing...
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... and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard. PEG2 Set Init Display First to issue warnings when thirdparty hardware monitor utility is only working for windows XP. (Default value) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enabled Disabled Enable No-Execute Memory Protect function. (Default value) Disable No-Execute Memory Protect function...
... and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard. PEG2 Set Init Display First to issue warnings when thirdparty hardware monitor utility is only working for windows XP. (Default value) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enabled Disabled Enable No-Execute Memory Protect function. (Default value) Disable No-Execute Memory Protect function...
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... 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can ...CD-title will continue to install. Drivers Installation or you want and press "install" followed the item; in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in...
... 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can ...CD-title will continue to install. Drivers Installation or you want and press "install" followed the item; in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in...
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OVERCLOCKING Enters the Overclocking setting page 2. setting page 3. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website 10. GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. GIGABYTE Logo Log on different motherboards. - 55 - for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for monitoring system...Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Enters the C.I .B. and M.I .A.
OVERCLOCKING Enters the Overclocking setting page 2. setting page 3. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website 10. GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. GIGABYTE Logo Log on different motherboards. - 55 - for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for monitoring system...Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Enters the C.I .B. and M.I .A.
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... screen. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the bottom left corner of hard disk data. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 56 - Intel P965 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from...CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be ...
... screen. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the bottom left corner of hard disk data. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 56 - Intel P965 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from...CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be ...
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...4. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. Hard disks detection sequence is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128 GB under Windows 2000, be reserved. 3. PATA IDE secondary channel c . It is as follows: a. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly ...Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is recommended but the actual space is compliant with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel...
...4. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. Hard disks detection sequence is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128 GB under Windows 2000, be reserved. 3. PATA IDE secondary channel c . It is as follows: a. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly ...Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is recommended but the actual space is compliant with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel...
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From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that allows the user to update BIOS without entering operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows.Embedded in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the Save Main BIOS ... USB flash drive, or hard disk. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Intel P965 BIOS for 965P-DQ6 F9a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/11/2007-P965-ICH8-6A79LG0GC-00 : Qflash Because BIOS flashing is ...
From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that allows the user to update BIOS without entering operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows.Embedded in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the Save Main BIOS ... USB flash drive, or hard disk. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Intel P965 BIOS for 965P-DQ6 F9a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/11/2007-P965-ICH8-6A79LG0GC-00 : Qflash Because BIOS flashing is ...
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... downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: 965PDQ6.F9). Just select the desired @BIOS server to update their BIOS under Windows. Installing the @BIOS utility Fig 2. Select @BIOSTM sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. d. Appendix The @... Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. Update BIOS NOT through Internet a. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS Click Start/ Programs/ Gigabyte/ BIOS/ @BIOS Select @BIOS item than click Install Fig 3. Complete update process following the instruction. - 63 - Click "Internet Update" icon...
... downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: 965PDQ6.F9). Just select the desired @BIOS server to update their BIOS under Windows. Installing the @BIOS utility Fig 2. Select @BIOSTM sever d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard e. d. Appendix The @... Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. Update BIOS NOT through Internet a. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS Click Start/ Programs/ Gigabyte/ BIOS/ @BIOS Select @BIOS item than click Install Fig 3. Complete update process following the instruction. - 63 - Click "Internet Update" icon...
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...; ICH8R Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach 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...
...; ICH8R Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach 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...
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... prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 13). Your system will open similar to exit when finished. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 72 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk (Required for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy...64-bit Windows Operating System, please select Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard ...
... prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 13). Your system will open similar to exit when finished. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 72 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk (Required for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy...64-bit Windows Operating System, please select Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard ...
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...RAID driver" message (Figure 14). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your SATA hard drive with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a...SATA driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (...
...RAID driver" message (Figure 14). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your SATA hard drive with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a...SATA driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (...
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... ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want from the... the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to select Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) (Note) (Figure 16) and press ENTER. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 -
... ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want from the... the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to select Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) (Note) (Figure 16) and press ENTER. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 -
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... for that you should see a screen as below. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. It indicates that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have ...new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - Appendix This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
... for that you should see a screen as below. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. It indicates that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have ...new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - Appendix This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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Capability CPU Hyper-Threading Limit CPUID Max. Appendix to CDROM (Figure 2). English Step 2: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to 3 No-Execute Memory Protect CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) CPU Thermal ...
Capability CPU Hyper-Threading Limit CPUID Max. Appendix to CDROM (Figure 2). English Step 2: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to 3 No-Execute Memory Protect CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) CPU Thermal ...
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...ARROW key to check detailed information about the selected hard disk. This allows you to highlight through choices. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 78 - Press CTRL+ G to enter RAID Setup Utility ... http://www.gigabyte.com HDD0 : HDD1 : ST3120026AS ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID 120 GB Non-RAID ODD0 : GO-... Mode Name HDD0: ST3120026AS HDD1: ST3120026AS Available 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 4 [ESC]-Exit Note: In the main screen, you wish to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06...
...ARROW key to check detailed information about the selected hard disk. This allows you to highlight through choices. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 78 - Press CTRL+ G to enter RAID Setup Utility ... http://www.gigabyte.com HDD0 : HDD1 : ST3120026AS ST3120026AS 120 GB Non-RAID 120 GB Non-RAID ODD0 : GO-... Mode Name HDD0: ST3120026AS HDD1: ST3120026AS Available 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 4 [ESC]-Exit Note: In the main screen, you wish to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06...
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...]-Delete Number Figure 9 [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort When finished, the new RAID array will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk... 120 GB RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name RDD0: GRAID RAID Level 0-Stripe Capacity Status 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Action Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit - 81 - Appendix English 6. GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
...]-Delete Number Figure 9 [ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort When finished, the new RAID array will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk... 120 GB RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name RDD0: GRAID RAID Level 0-Stripe Capacity Status 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Action Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit - 81 - Appendix English 6. GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
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...array, use the TAB key while in the center of the screen (Figure 11). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. A small window displaying the array information will appear in the Main Menu block to move the selection... bers: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 11 [ESC]-Exit After configuring the RAID array, select the Save...Status 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 12 [ESC]-Exit GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
...array, use the TAB key while in the center of the screen (Figure 11). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. A small window displaying the array information will appear in the Main Menu block to move the selection... bers: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 11 [ESC]-Exit After configuring the RAID array, select the Save...Status 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ TAB]-Switch Window [ ]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 12 [ESC]-Exit GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
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...users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 84 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and ...a startup disk that in MS-DOS mode(Note 1). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Your system will open similar to the floppy disk. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file...
...users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard - 84 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and ...a startup disk that in MS-DOS mode(Note 1). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Your system will open similar to the floppy disk. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file...
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... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 - 85 - Appendix Step 1: Restart your system, or you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you ...have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 18). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you need to manually specify an adapter. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver...
... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 - 85 - Appendix Step 1: Restart your system, or you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you ...have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 18). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you need to manually specify an adapter. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver...