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... the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to use of GIGABYTE. For detailed product information, carefully read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product. For... looks like this manual is protected by any form or by copyright laws and is 1.0. No part of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the motherboard is the property of this manual may be reproduced...
... the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to use of GIGABYTE. For detailed product information, carefully read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product. For... looks like this manual is protected by any form or by copyright laws and is 1.0. No part of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the motherboard is the property of this manual may be reproduced...
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... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features 65 ...Smart 6™ ...76 4-7 Auto Green...79 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 88 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 89 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 94 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 94 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/...
... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features 65 ...Smart 6™ ...76 4-7 Auto Green...79 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 88 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 89 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 94 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 94 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/...
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...-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-H55-USB3 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 without...
...-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-H55-USB3 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 without...
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... slot to the chassis back panel with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in the slot. 3. Secure the card's metal bracket to release the card and then pull the card straight up from...
... slot to the chassis back panel with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in the slot. 3. Secure the card's metal bracket to release the card and then pull the card straight up from...
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The LOGO Screen (Default) B. Motherboard Model BIOS Version H55-USB3 E4 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/10/2010-H55-7A89TG0TC-00 Function Keys Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA is running at next boot if you to set to enter BIOS Setup first. Press... When the motherboard is effective for the SATA connectors. Note: The setting in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to Xpress Recovery2 during the POST, telling you the SATA controller is found running...
The LOGO Screen (Default) B. Motherboard Model BIOS Version H55-USB3 E4 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/10/2010-H55-7A89TG0TC-00 Function Keys Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA is running at next boot if you to set to enter BIOS Setup first. Press... When the motherboard is effective for the SATA connectors. Note: The setting in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to Xpress Recovery2 during the POST, telling you the SATA controller is found running...
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... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel H55 Chipset) Allows you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. USB Legacy Function Allows USB keyboard to detect...
... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel H55 Chipset) Allows you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. USB Legacy Function Allows USB keyboard to detect...
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... field will show Short and then length shown will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are not used in IDE mode. When a Cable Problem Occurs... RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the SATA controller... integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip. (Default: Enabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2, GSATA2_5/6 Connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller; Note: Part 4-5 and Part 7-8 are : ...
... field will show Short and then length shown will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are not used in IDE mode. When a Cable Problem Occurs... RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the SATA controller... integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip. (Default: Enabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2, GSATA2_5/6 Connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller; Note: Part 4-5 and Part 7-8 are : ...
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... your system. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. After installing ...optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 61 - The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install"...
... your system. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. After installing ...optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 61 - The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install"...
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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. Drivers Installation - 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. Drivers Installation - 62 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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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. - 63 -
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. - 63 -
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Drivers Installation - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. 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. The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
Drivers Installation - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. 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. The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
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... hard drive, make sure to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. Installation and Configuration: Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
... hard drive, make sure to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. Installation and Configuration: Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
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... there is installed, right-click the Computer icon on the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent...
... there is installed, right-click the Computer icon on the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent...
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... data sharing tool. Disable Incoming Folder ... 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 75 - Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Enable Incoming Folder ... Unique...
... data sharing tool. Disable Incoming Folder ... 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 75 - Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Enable Incoming Folder ... Unique...
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... may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller A. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the GSATA2_5... and GSATA2_6 ports are supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. C. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of ...
... may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller A. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the GSATA2_5... and GSATA2_6 ports are supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. C. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of ...
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... 120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Save to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. a small triangle will move to the RAID Disk Drive List block. Press . RAID Setup Utility ... RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to be deleted; N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [hi]-...
... 120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Save to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver and operating system. a small triangle will move to the RAID Disk Drive List block. Press . RAID Setup Utility ... RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Gigabyte Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to be deleted; N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [hi]-...
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...drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3, • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 3) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 4) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. See the instructions below about how to the ...blank formatted floppy disk. Press after the command: • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI ...
...drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3, • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 3) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 4) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. See the instructions below about how to the ...blank formatted floppy disk. Press after the command: • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI ...
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... Windows Setup Press F6 if you to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. - 89 - Select RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (x32) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step 3: On the next screen, press to the previous screen. Appendix Then a... controller menu similar to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (x32) and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you can pro- The followings are ready to install a 3rd party ...
... Windows Setup Press F6 if you to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. - 89 - Select RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (x32) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step 3: On the next screen, press to the previous screen. Appendix Then a... controller menu similar to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (x32) and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you can pro- The followings are ready to install a 3rd party ...
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...appears (RAID/AHCI hard drive(s) will not be sure to that contains the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 4). When a screen similar to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Method B: Insert the... installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole GSATA folder to the 64Bit folder. Figure 3 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart...
...appears (RAID/AHCI hard drive(s) will not be sure to that contains the SATA RAID/ AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 4). When a screen similar to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Method B: Insert the... installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole GSATA folder to the 64Bit folder. Figure 3 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart...
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Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Appendix Figure 6 - 91 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and click Next.
Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Appendix Figure 6 - 91 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and click Next.