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...respective owners. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to the specifications and features in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before ...updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this : "REV: X.X." All rights reserved. ...
...respective owners. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to the specifications and features in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before ...updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this : "REV: X.X." All rights reserved. ...
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... the Onboard SATA Controller 79 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 85 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 ...5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 92 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 94 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 96 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 98 5-3 Troubleshooting 99 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 99 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 100 5-4 Regulatory Statements 102 Only for GA-EP45-UD3LR...
... the Onboard SATA Controller 79 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 85 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 ...5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 92 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 94 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 96 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 98 5-3 Troubleshooting 99 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 99 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 100 5-4 Regulatory Statements 102 Only for GA-EP45-UD3LR...
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...-0*R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP45-UD3LR or GA-EP45-UD3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change...
...-0*R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP45-UD3LR or GA-EP45-UD3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change...
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.... 3. Make sure the metal contacts on your card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in your expansion card in the slot and does not...to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your operating system. Remove ...
.... 3. Make sure the metal contacts on your card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in your expansion card in the slot and does not...to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your operating system. Remove ...
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...the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. 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 down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to set the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 34 - A. The LOGO Screen (Default) Function Keys B. The system will still be used for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen ...
...the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. 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 down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to set the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 34 - A. The LOGO Screen (Default) Function Keys B. The system will still be used for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen ...
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... such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45-UD3L. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to operate in Native IDE mode. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATAcontrollers ... specification that support Native mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 50 - SATA Port0-3 Native Mode Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals...
... such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45-UD3L. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to operate in Native IDE mode. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATAcontrollers ... specification that support Native mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 50 - SATA Port0-3 Native Mode Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals...
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...; Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the drivers that shown in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. ...(The system will restart your system. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing...
...; Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the drivers that shown in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. ...(The system will restart your system. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing...
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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-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L 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-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 62 -
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Or read the last page of this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 - Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site.
Or read the last page of this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 - Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site.
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The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 64 -
The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 64 -
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... Recovery2 can back up data on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first IDE connector is a utility that has the operating system installed...
... Recovery2 can back up data on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first IDE connector is a utility that has the operating system installed...
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... a new partition to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 68 - Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software,... and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. B. Figure 12 GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9).
... a new partition to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 68 - Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software,... and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. B. Figure 12 GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9).
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Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to share your system tray and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Exit... Figure 2. Data Sharing Enabled ...
Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to share your system tray and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Exit... Figure 2. Data Sharing Enabled ...
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...available SATA port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 79 - Only for GA-EP45-UD3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To...in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/...
...available SATA port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 79 - Only for GA-EP45-UD3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To...in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/...
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... MENU. Appendix 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. - 83 - Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. Step 5: Enter the array capacity and press . When...
... MENU. Appendix 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. - 83 - Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. Step 5: Enter the array capacity and press . When...
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... operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you first have to copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted ...floppy disk. First of all, copy the driver for Windows 64-bit. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: ...
... operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you first have to copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted ...floppy disk. First of all, copy the driver for Windows 64-bit. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: ...
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Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 6 will appear. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to begin extracting the driver. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 86 - message, and then press to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows ...
Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 6 will appear. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to begin extracting the driver. GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 86 - message, and then press to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows ...
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... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 87 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. A. Appendix Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have any device support disks from the Windows XP setup disk and press as...which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you need to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to manually specify an adapter...
... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 87 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. A. Appendix Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have any device support disks from the Windows XP setup disk and press as...which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you need to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to manually specify an adapter...
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... to Figure 3 below appears, press to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller *... F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. Use the up or down arrow key to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. When the screen as shown below will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please ...
... to Figure 3 below appears, press to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-UD3LR/UD3L Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller *... F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. Use the up or down arrow key to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. When the screen as shown below will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please ...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 89 - To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Appendix WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation.
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 89 - To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Appendix WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation.