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... No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 7 - Box Contents GA-EP43-DS3LR or GA-EP43-DS3L or GA-EP43-S3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
... No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 7 - Box Contents GA-EP43-DS3LR or GA-EP43-DS3L or GA-EP43-S3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
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... seated in the slot. 3. Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 20 - Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. PCI Express x1 Slot...
... seated in the slot. 3. Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 20 - Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. PCI Express x1 Slot...
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...to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 36 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. You can be based on page 50. :... Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to XpressRecovery2 ...
...to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 36 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. You can be based on page 50. :... Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to XpressRecovery2 ...
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...driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATAmode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP43-S3L.... In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that do not support Native mode. (Default) Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Only for GA-EP43-DS3L. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup...
...driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATAmode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP43-S3L.... In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that do not support Native mode. (Default) Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Only for GA-EP43-DS3L. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup...
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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. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 62 - 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. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 62 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site.
The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site.
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... Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to start backing up your hard drive. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Award...Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... B. Figure 8 2. When you wish to check disk allocation. Figure 12 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will stay...
... Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to start backing up your hard drive. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Award...Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... B. Figure 8 2. When you wish to check disk allocation. Figure 12 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will stay...
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... 4) located in the BootDrv folder in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 86 - Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 6 will appear. Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk. For example, to your USB flash drive. When a screen similar to begin extracting...
... 4) located in the BootDrv folder in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 86 - Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 6 will appear. Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk. For example, to your USB flash drive. When a screen similar to begin extracting...
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... Setup Setup will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 88 - The driver installation will appear. If you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID ... the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller Intel...
... Setup Setup will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 88 - The driver installation will appear. If you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID ... the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller Intel...
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Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 90 - B.
Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 90 - B.
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...Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. High Definition Audio (HD Audio) HD Audio includes multiple high quality digital-... the back panel audio (only supported when using an HD front panel audio module), refer to be present on next page. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 92 - A. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on...
...Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. High Definition Audio (HD Audio) HD Audio includes multiple high quality digital-... the back panel audio (only supported when using an HD front panel audio module), refer to be present on next page. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 92 - A. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on...
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...) on the back panel or the Mic in your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to open the volume control panel. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 96 - Step 2: Connect your system tray and click it to access the Audio Control Panel. Note: The... microphone functions on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time. Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver...
...) on the back panel or the Mic in your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to open the volume control panel. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 96 - Step 2: Connect your system tray and click it to access the Audio Control Panel. Note: The... microphone functions on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time. Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver...