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... transmitted, or published in this : "REV: X.X." No part of this manual are legally registered to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with ... revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Example: The logo is 1.0. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information...
... transmitted, or published in this : "REV: X.X." No part of this manual are legally registered to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with ... revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Example: The logo is 1.0. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information...
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... 53 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 53 3-2 SoftwareApplications 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62...Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 80 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 80 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (...
... 53 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 53 3-2 SoftwareApplications 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62...Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 80 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 80 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (...
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Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-51/R) 4-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-21/R) SATA bracket (Part No.12CF1-3SATPW-11R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01/R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M52S-S3P 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 contents above are subject to change without notice. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain.
Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-51/R) 4-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-21/R) SATA bracket (Part No.12CF1-3SATPW-11R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01/R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M52S-S3P 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 contents above are subject to change without notice. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain.
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... expansion card. Turn on your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express...
... expansion card. Turn on your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express...
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... following screens may appear when the computer boots. The LOGO Screen (Default) : POST Screen : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash Function Keys B. GA-M52S-S3P FAc . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/15/2007-NF-MCP65-6A61LG02C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen ...To exit Boot Menu, press . To show the BIOS POST screen. 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 ...
... following screens may appear when the computer boots. The LOGO Screen (Default) : POST Screen : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash Function Keys B. GA-M52S-S3P FAc . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/15/2007-NF-MCP65-6A61LG02C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen ...To exit Boot Menu, press . To show the BIOS POST screen. 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 ...
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... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to accept. This feature allows your hard drive. Press to report read/write errors of loading the operating...
... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to accept. This feature allows your hard drive. Press to report read/write errors of loading the operating...
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This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set this item to Disabled. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 40 - Disabled turns off DMA mode for USB devices. RAID Enables RAID for the first SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII0). Onboard LAN Control Enables or ... disables RAID for the IDE device(s). This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID. (Default: Enabled) NV SATA Sec-Slave RAID Enables or disables RAID for the integrated IDE controller. Onchip SATA Mode (nVIDIA® nForce 520...
This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set this item to Disabled. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 40 - Disabled turns off DMA mode for USB devices. RAID Enables RAID for the first SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII0). Onboard LAN Control Enables or ... disables RAID for the IDE device(s). This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID. (Default: Enabled) NV SATA Sec-Slave RAID Enables or disables RAID for the integrated IDE controller. Onchip SATA Mode (nVIDIA® nForce 520...
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... SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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. Drivers Installation The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Or you wish to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program...
... SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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. Drivers Installation The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Or you wish to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program...
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English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 54 -
English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 54 -
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English 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. - 55 - Drivers Installation
English 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. - 55 - Drivers Installation
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... SATA hard drives and restore it . When hard drives are not supported. Xpress Recovery2 can 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...
... SATA hard drives and restore it . When hard drives are not supported. Xpress Recovery2 can 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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... Recovery2 for the first time. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 8 2. GA-M52S-S3P FAc . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/15/2007-NF-MCP65...10 Figure 11 3. When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 60 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin ...
... Recovery2 for the first time. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 8 2. GA-M52S-S3P FAc . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/15/2007-NF-MCP65...10 Figure 11 3. When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 60 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin ...
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...prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Select @BIOS and click Install. Save...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. English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard ...
...prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Select @BIOS and click Install. Save...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. English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard ...
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...8226; An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Appendix Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to create RAID array on ...the motherboard. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance...
...8226; An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Appendix Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to create RAID array on ...the motherboard. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance...
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... the Array List screen. message appears, press to clear or to cancel. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Array List - To delete the array, press in the Array Detail screen. To exit the NVIDIA RAID setup utility, press in...
... the Array List screen. message appears, press to clear or to cancel. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Array List - To delete the array, press in the Array Detail screen. To exit the NVIDIA RAID setup utility, press in...
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... to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 2, the NVIDIA MCP65...
... to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 2, the NVIDIA MCP65...
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... devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you have chosen to that you have prepared the ...mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. English 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Appendix A. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows ...
... devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you have chosen to that you have prepared the ...mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. English 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Appendix A. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows ...
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... Figure 3 may differ according to the RAID or AHCI driver you will install. English Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu (Note) similar to that in Figure 3. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 76 - NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3...
... Figure 3 may differ according to the RAID or AHCI driver you will install. English Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu (Note) similar to that in Figure 3. GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 76 - NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3...
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..., press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 77 - S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to continue the... driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. English When the screen as shown below ...
..., press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 77 - S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to continue the... driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. English When the screen as shown below ...
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Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below appears (RAID or AHCI hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Loading Drivers. (Figure 6). Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 78 - English B.
Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below appears (RAID or AHCI hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Loading Drivers. (Figure 6). Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 78 - English B.