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For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and features in this manual is protected by copyright laws and is 1.0. For example...
For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and features in this manual is protected by copyright laws and is 1.0. For example...
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... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress ... Auto Green...73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 Chapter 5 Appendix...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 87 5-2-3 Enabling the Dolby Home Theater Function ...
... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress ... Auto Green...73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 Chapter 5 Appendix...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 87 5-2-3 Enabling the Dolby Home Theater Function ...
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... with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-990XA-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector (Note) (Note) To enable NVIDIA SLI technology, you obtain. For more details, please go to GIGABYTE's website. • The box contents above are subject to...
... with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-990XA-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector (Note) (Note) To enable NVIDIA SLI technology, you obtain. For more details, please go to GIGABYTE's website. • The box contents above are subject to...
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... expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the card until it is fully seated in the slot and does not...
... expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the card until it is fully seated in the slot and does not...
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... The bridge connector(s) may differ by graphics cards and driver version. C. Procedure and driver screen for more information about enabling CrossFireX technology. - 19 - 1-6 Setup of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Browse to the Catalyst Control Center. Hardware Installation ... card on the PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots. System Requirements - A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system - Step 2: Insert the CrossFireX bridge connector(s) (Note) in "1-5 ...
... The bridge connector(s) may differ by graphics cards and driver version. C. Procedure and driver screen for more information about enabling CrossFireX technology. - 19 - 1-6 Setup of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Browse to the Catalyst Control Center. Hardware Installation ... card on the PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots. System Requirements - A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system - Step 2: Insert the CrossFireX bridge connector(s) (Note) in "1-5 ...
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2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to access the Q-Flash... Xpress Recovery2 to back up arrow key or the down arrow key to select the first boot device, then press to enter BIOS Setup first. A. GA-990XA-UD3 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/22/2011-RD990-SB950-7A66FG02C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to ...
2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to access the Q-Flash... Xpress Recovery2 to back up arrow key or the down arrow key to select the first boot device, then press to enter BIOS Setup first. A. GA-990XA-UD3 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/22/2011-RD990-SB950-7A66FG02C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to ...
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... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to individually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5. CPU core 0 This setting is installed, the BIOS will enable the software...
... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to individually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5. CPU core 0 This setting is installed, the BIOS will enable the software...
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... the SATA 6Gb/s function integrated in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to RAID or AHCI. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type (AMD SB950 South Bridge, SATA3_4/SATA3_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is...
... the SATA 6Gb/s function integrated in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to RAID or AHCI. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type (AMD SB950 South Bridge, SATA3_4/SATA3_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is...
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...button and "Xpress Install" will restart your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. Or click No if you wish to do so may affect the... driver installation. • Some device drivers will install all the drivers that shown in Device Manager, please remove...
...button and "Xpress Install" will restart your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. Or click No if you wish to do so may affect the... driver installation. • Some device drivers will install all the drivers that shown in Device Manager, please remove...
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Drivers Installation - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
Drivers Installation - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
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3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 59 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 59 - Drivers Installation
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Drivers Installation - 60 - You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install it. The latest version of an item to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.
Drivers Installation - 60 - You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install it. The latest version of an item to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.
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... end of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough un- actual size requirements vary, depending on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and third SATA connectors, the hard drive on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it. System Requirements: • At...
... end of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough un- actual size requirements vary, depending on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and third SATA connectors, the hard drive on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it. System Requirements: • At...
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... the unallocated space (black stripe along the top). When you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Unique Features - 62 - Step 3: When partitioning your hard drive, make sure to leave unallocated space (10 GB or more is...
... the unallocated space (black stripe along the top). When you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Unique Features - 62 - Step 3: When partitioning your hard drive, make sure to leave unallocated space (10 GB or more is...
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... convenient data sharing tool. Data Sharing Enabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Exit... Enable Incoming Folder ... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 71 -
... convenient data sharing tool. Data Sharing Enabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Exit... Enable Incoming Folder ... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 71 -
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...and the other end to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP... installation) 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Before ...
...and the other end to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP... installation) 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Before ...
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... and click Next to install Windows 7/Vista/XP. 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you want to the location of the drivers are ready to load the driver and continue the OS installation Figure 1 - 81 - Appendix A. When you arrive at... the "Where do you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x86 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x64 Step 3: ...
... and click Next to install Windows 7/Vista/XP. 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you want to the location of the drivers are ready to load the driver and continue the OS installation Figure 1 - 81 - Appendix A. When you arrive at... the "Where do you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x86 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x64 Step 3: ...
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...below. Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to a floppy disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the motherboard driver disk to your floppy disk. Method A: For the AMD SB950, copy all files in Figure 2, • For the..., make sure it is designated as drive A). Refer to exit when finished. Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2. 3: nsert the blank formatted disk (if you need ...
...below. Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to a floppy disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the motherboard driver disk to your floppy disk. Method A: For the AMD SB950, copy all files in Figure 2, • For the..., make sure it is designated as drive A). Refer to exit when finished. Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2. 3: nsert the blank formatted disk (if you need ...
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.... - 83 - Press . Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you need to the following list, or press ESC to ... XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure ...
.... - 83 - Press . Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you need to the following list, or press ESC to ... XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure ...
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... process. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers have been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from other drives in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID...
... process. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers have been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from other drives in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID...