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... Vista ReadyBoost 76 Chapter 5 Appendix ...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 83 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 89 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 90 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-2-3 5-2-4 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 Installing the S/PDIF...
... Vista ReadyBoost 76 Chapter 5 Appendix ...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 83 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 89 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 90 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-2-3 5-2-4 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 Installing the S/PDIF...
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...; Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with the PCIE_16_2 slot) (Note 2) 2 x PCI slots ... to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394 header) GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 10 -
...; Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with the PCIE_16_2 slot) (Note 2) 2 x PCI slots ... to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394 header) GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 10 -
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... being used. (Note 6) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - Adjust DDR2 frequency - Adjust PCI Express frequency from 100 MHz to : - Increase CPU voltage (Note 5) - GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to...
... being used. (Note 6) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - Adjust DDR2 frequency - Adjust PCI Express frequency from 100 MHz to : - Increase CPU voltage (Note 5) - GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to...
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..., Orange) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. Pin No. The GIGABYTE SATA2 controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. Hardware Installation Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 1... Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The ICH9R controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 11) SATAII0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2, Purple) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA ...
..., Orange) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. Pin No. The GIGABYTE SATA2 controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. Hardware Installation Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 1... Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The ICH9R controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 11) SATAII0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2, Purple) The SATA connectors conform to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA ...
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... SATA controllers to operate in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to be shared with other device. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that cannot ... operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB storage detect Azalia ...
... SATA controllers to operate in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to be shared with other device. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that cannot ... operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB storage detect Azalia ...
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.... Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip. (Default: Enabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) Enables or disables RAID for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Onboard Parallel Port Enables or disables the ... 7-8 are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. - 45 - RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. If a...
.... Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip. (Default: Enabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) Enables or disables RAID for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Onboard Parallel Port Enables or disables the ... 7-8 are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. - 45 - RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. If a...
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.... For example, a backup file created with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it . When hard...
.... For example, a backup file created with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it . When hard...
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... your motherboard model. 2. Restart the system. During the POST, press the key to access Q-Flash. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 68 - However, if the main BIOS is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-... of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the... BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. From GIGABYTE's website, download ...
... your motherboard model. 2. Restart the system. During the POST, press the key to access Q-Flash. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 68 - However, if the main BIOS is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-... of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the... BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. From GIGABYTE's website, download ...
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... supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32/16/12 file system. • If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive...
... supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32/16/12 file system. • If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive...
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.... (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If there is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to available SATA port on the GA-EP35-DS4 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R ...Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (...
.... (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If there is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to available SATA port on the GA-EP35-DS4 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R ...Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (...
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...motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you have and the BIOS version. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 78 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard... H/W LAN ` SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard SATA/IDE Device Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode [RAID] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [Enabled] [IDE] [3F8/IRQ4...
...motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you have and the BIOS version. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 78 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard... H/W LAN ` SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard SATA/IDE Device Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode [RAID] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [Enabled] [IDE] [3F8/IRQ4...
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... Utility" (Figure 2). Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 3 [ENTER]-Select Menu - 79 - Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot...
... Utility" (Figure 2). Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 3 [ENTER]-Select Menu - 79 - Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot...
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...- 64KB [KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 80 - The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to proceed. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks ...Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . Mirrors data and stripes the mirror. There are four RAID levels supported: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME...
...- 64KB [KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 80 - The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to proceed. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks ...Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . Mirrors data and stripes the mirror. There are four RAID levels supported: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME...
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... 111.8GB Member Disk(0) [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH9R RAID BIOS utility, press or select Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager... 3. Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create...
... 111.8GB Member Disk(0) [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH9R RAID BIOS utility, press or select Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager... 3. Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create...
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Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select Delete RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press . WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [KL]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 82 - In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to abort. When... VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! Are you sure you want to delete "Volume0"? (Y/N) : Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID.
Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select Delete RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press . WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [KL]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 82 - In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to abort. When... VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! Are you sure you want to delete "Volume0"? (Y/N) : Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID.
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... actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," Hardware Installation," to RAID/IDE (Figure 1). 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller A. B. Then set the device boot order. If there is enabled. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your... computer Attach one SATA controller on the motherboard you do not want to create RAID, set this section may differ from...
... actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," Hardware Installation," to RAID/IDE (Figure 1). 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller A. B. Then set the device boot order. If there is enabled. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your... computer Attach one SATA controller on the motherboard you do not want to create RAID, set this section may differ from...
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...a RAID array. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - Configuring a RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Figure 2 In the main screen of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup ...step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 3), use the up or down arrow key to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 Copyright (C) 2006-2007 GIGABYTE Technology. PCIE-to highlight through choices in...
...a RAID array. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - Configuring a RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Figure 2 In the main screen of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup ...step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 3), use the up or down arrow key to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 Copyright (C) 2006-2007 GIGABYTE Technology. PCIE-to highlight through choices in...
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...- [ESC]-Abort Appendix Then press to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Steps: 1. Data striped for performance Data mirrored for redundancy Data concatenated for creating an array (Figure 5). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up...GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ Help ] Select RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to be special characters) and press . 2. Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. ...
...- [ESC]-Abort Appendix Then press to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Steps: 1. Data striped for performance Data mirrored for redundancy Data concatenated for creating an array (Figure 5). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up...GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID Confirm Creation [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ Help ] Select RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to be special characters) and press . 2. Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. ...
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...]-Abort GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 86 - Press . PCIE-to abort. Set Block Size (RAID 0 only): Under the Block item, use the up or down arrow key to select the stripe block size (Figure 6), ranging from /to the Confirm Creation item. The following are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to seperate RAID members. GIGABYTE Technology Corp...
...]-Abort GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard - 86 - Press . PCIE-to abort. Set Block Size (RAID 0 only): Under the Block item, use the up or down arrow key to select the stripe block size (Figure 6), ranging from /to the Confirm Creation item. The following are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to seperate RAID members. GIGABYTE Technology Corp...
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... displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 8). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to the RAID Disk Drive List block. Appendix Select the array and press...
... displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 8). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to the RAID Disk Drive List block. Appendix Select the array and press...