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Channel Audio Function Introduction 81 4-2 Troubleshooting 85 - 6 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 81 4-2 Troubleshooting 85 - 6 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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... press the latch as the picture to the left shows to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in the operating system. Replace the screw to release...computer. Make sure the metal contacts on the slot. Replace your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from Electrostatic discharge (ESD). 3. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 18 - The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides extra power to your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1....
... press the latch as the picture to the left shows to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in the operating system. Replace the screw to release...computer. Make sure the metal contacts on the slot. Replace your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from Electrostatic discharge (ESD). 3. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 18 - The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides extra power to your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1....
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... the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to securely fix the bridge connector beween the two cards, you click Apply. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. retention bracket place this part on the...
... the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to securely fix the bridge connector beween the two cards, you click Apply. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. retention bracket place this part on the...
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...supports USB controller. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Line In The default Line In jack. Stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers can be connected to the lower port.../2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 - MIC In The default MIC In jack. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is capable of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which...
...supports USB controller. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Line In The default Line In jack. Stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers can be connected to the lower port.../2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 - MIC In The default MIC In jack. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is capable of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which...
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Pin No. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 GND SATAII0 1 7 7 1 SATAII3 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP SATAII2 7 GND 1 7 10) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is on/off. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA controller and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power...
Pin No. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 GND SATAII0 1 7 7 1 SATAII3 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP SATAII2 7 GND 1 7 10) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is on/off. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA controller and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power...
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... continue to install. Please pick the item that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows...Pictures below are shown in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 55 - Insert the driver CD-title that you want and press "install" followed the item; If not, please ...
... continue to install. Please pick the item that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows...Pictures below are shown in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 55 - Insert the driver CD-title that you want and press "install" followed the item; If not, please ...
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GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 56 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 56 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 57 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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...SATA IDE controllers. System requirements: 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD/DVD: Press any key to provide quick backup and restoration of hard disk data. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Boot from the CD-ROM,... exit the BIOS Setup. GA-M55SLI-S4 F6a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, : Boot Menu 10/11/2006-NF-CK804-6A61FG0OC-00 Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of OS and all required drivers as well as software. ...
...SATA IDE controllers. System requirements: 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD/DVD: Press any key to provide quick backup and restoration of hard disk data. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Boot from the CD-ROM,... exit the BIOS Setup. GA-M55SLI-S4 F6a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, : Boot Menu 10/11/2006-NF-CK804-6A61FG0OC-00 Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of OS and all required drivers as well as software. ...
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... Xpress Recovery2 1. PATA IDE primary channel b. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID and SATA...
... Xpress Recovery2 1. PATA IDE primary channel b. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID and SATA...
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... from your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (Note) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller... driver. (Note ) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. (Note ) Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. - 71 ...
... from your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (Note) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller... driver. (Note ) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. (Note ) Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. - 71 ...
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...] Return Figure 8 To delete the array, press D in the Array List screen. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the...
...] Return Figure 8 To delete the array, press D in the Array List screen. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the...
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... 2: When the controller menu (Figure 10) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in Figure 10, press C to select C) nVIDIA CK804 Series Raid (XP) if you need to... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to a floppy disk. Appendix English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you ...
... 2: When the controller menu (Figure 10) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in Figure 10, press C to select C) nVIDIA CK804 Series Raid (XP) if you need to... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to a floppy disk. Appendix English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you ...
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... the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 13 GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - ... specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
... the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 13 GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - ... specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
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... additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you do not want from the motherboard driver CD. - 79 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you have a device ...Windows Setup Setup will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. The screen will appear. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 14 below will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 14. Later, when...
... additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you do not want from the motherboard driver CD. - 79 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you have a device ...Windows Setup Setup will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. The screen will appear. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 14 below will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 14. Later, when...
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... Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters,... Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 16) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have to be installed.) GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 80 -
... Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters,... Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 16) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have to be installed.) GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 80 -
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... Out. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Mic In Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is very simple. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to...
... Out. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Mic In Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is very simple. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to...
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Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the ... to select the function. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 82 -
Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the ... to select the function. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 82 -
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STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to complete 6 channel audio configuration. - 83 - Appendix Click the icon to select the function.
STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to complete 6 channel audio configuration. - 83 - Appendix Click the icon to select the function.
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...the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to select the function. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear ...users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration.
...the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to select the function. GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear ...users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration.