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The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this manual are legally registered to use of this manual is protected ...
The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this manual are legally registered to use of this manual is protected ...
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... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities ... Appendix ...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 84 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 89 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 89 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 91...
... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities ... Appendix ...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 84 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 89 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 89 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 91...
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... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb...
... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb...
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... Increase (G)MCH voltage by 0.025V to 0.775V with 0.05V increment - Adjust CPU host frequency from 90 MHz to 150 MHz with 1 MHz increment - GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) - BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Overclocking Operating System Form Factor 2 x 8 Mbit flash .... (Note 4) The adjustable CPU voltage range depends on the CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Adjust DDR2 frequency - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to 700 MHz with 1 MHz increment ...
... Increase (G)MCH voltage by 0.025V to 0.775V with 0.05V increment - Adjust CPU host frequency from 90 MHz to 150 MHz with 1 MHz increment - GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) - BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Overclocking Operating System Form Factor 2 x 8 Mbit flash .... (Note 4) The adjustable CPU voltage range depends on the CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Adjust DDR2 frequency - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to 700 MHz with 1 MHz increment ...
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...: Gently push down on the card until it is securely seated in the expansion slot. 1. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Slot Follow the...
...: Gently push down on the card until it is securely seated in the expansion slot. 1. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Slot Follow the...
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... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. 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 access the Q-Flash...key < > or the down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. To show the BIOS POST screen. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 36 - A. The LOGO Screen (Default) : POST Screen : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu: Qflash Function Keys B.
... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. 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 access the Q-Flash...key < > or the down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. To show the BIOS POST screen. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 36 - A. The LOGO Screen (Default) : POST Screen : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu: Qflash Function Keys B.
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... use dedicated IRQs that do not support Native mode, e.g. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to be shared with other device. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller...
... use dedicated IRQs that do not support Native mode, e.g. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to be shared with other device. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller...
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...Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating... system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Failure to restart your optional drive. Drivers Installation Or you wish to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe ...
...Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating... system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Failure to restart your optional drive. Drivers Installation Or you wish to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe ...
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3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 60 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk.
3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 60 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk.
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 61 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 61 - Drivers Installation
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... drives are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make sure...
... drives are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make sure...
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... the backup image file. - 66 - Figure 12 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. EX38-DS4 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/02/2008-X38-ICH9-6A89OG0WC-00 Figure 9 C. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first...
... the backup image file. - 66 - Figure 12 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. EX38-DS4 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/02/2008-X38-ICH9-6A89OG0WC-00 Figure 9 C. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first...
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... Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box... of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to your location and click OK. - 71 - Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. GIGABYTE product warranty...
... Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box... of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to your location and click OK. - 71 - Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. GIGABYTE product warranty...
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...empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS....SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 77 - B. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA ...
...empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS....SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 77 - B. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA ...
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... RAID Volume 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 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Step...
... RAID Volume 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 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Step...
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... Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to that in Figure 2: For Intel ICH9R SATA controllers, select 7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 ... disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Figure 3 - 83 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). See the instructions below about how to your optical drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the startup disk....
... Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to that in Figure 2: For Intel ICH9R SATA controllers, select 7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 ... disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Figure 3 - 83 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). See the instructions below about how to your optical drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the startup disk....
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...ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press ...XP setup disk and press as soon as you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load support for the following is an example of ...
...ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press ...XP setup disk and press as soon as you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load support for the following is an example of ...
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... mode.) Windows Setup You have chosen to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 - 85 - The driver installation will appear. If you set the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode item in BIOS Setup to RAID mode, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller... 3 below will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID/AHCI...
... mode.) Windows Setup You have chosen to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 - 85 - The driver installation will appear. If you set the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode item in BIOS Setup to RAID mode, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller... 3 below will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID/AHCI...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. 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. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 86 -
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. 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. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-EX38-DS4 Motherboard - 86 -
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Figure 7 - 87 - 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 (Figure 7). B. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Appendix When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Figure 7 - 87 - 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 (Figure 7). B. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Appendix When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.