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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 53 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 53 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 54 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 56 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 75 4-2 Troubleshooting 80 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 53 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 53 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 54 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 56 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 75 4-2 Troubleshooting 80 - 5 -
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..., if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from the operating system. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 16 - Replace the screw to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down on the card are indeed seated in motherboard... the PCI Express x16 slot. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Install related driver from BIOS. 8.
..., if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from the operating system. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 16 - Replace the screw to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down on the card are indeed seated in motherboard... the PCI Express x16 slot. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Install related driver from BIOS. 8.
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... your OS 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. Rear surround speakers can be connected to the lower port (purple). English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS...
... your OS 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. Rear surround speakers can be connected to the lower port (purple). English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS...
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... rate. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 IDE1 IDE2 7) SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to the computer via an IDE connector...
... rate. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 IDE1 IDE2 7) SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to the computer via an IDE connector...
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... 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector, please refer to work or even damage it. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 22 - If you connect the front panel audio module. Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish...
... 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector, please refer to work or even damage it. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 22 - If you connect the front panel audio module. Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish...
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... in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Some device drivers will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; System will restart your system the "Xpress Install..." will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 49 - or you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. After restarting your system automatically. Please remove the question ...
... in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Some device drivers will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; System will restart your system the "Xpress Install..." will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 49 - or you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. After restarting your system automatically. Please remove the question ...
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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-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 50 -
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-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 50 -
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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. - 51 - 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. - 51 - Drivers Installation
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... data backup speed. 3. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to startup XpressRecovery2..... GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 54 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress ...restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. GA-M55PLUS-S3G D3 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, :For Boot Menu 10/25/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0MC-00 : Xpress Recovery2 1. System...
... data backup speed. 3. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to startup XpressRecovery2..... GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 54 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress ...restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. GA-M55PLUS-S3G D3 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, :For Boot Menu 10/25/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0MC-00 : Xpress Recovery2 1. System...
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... is recommended but the actual space is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2.
... is recommended but the actual space is normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2.
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... controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure RAID set 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 your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive... hard drive(s). Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note ) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for RAID array.
... controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure RAID set 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 your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive... hard drive(s). Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note ) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for RAID array.
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When the "Delete this array?" Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. The Boot section will appear (Figure 8). RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K Port 2 3 Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111...., etc. English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will show Yes. message appears, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 70 -
When the "Delete this array?" Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. The Boot section will appear (Figure 8). RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K Port 2 3 Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111...., etc. English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will show Yes. message appears, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 70 -
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... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CDROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your system. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Appendix Step 1: Insert the...setup process. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 11, press H to select (H) nVIDIA C51 Series Raid (XP) if you do not...
... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CDROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your system. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Appendix Step 1: Insert the...setup process. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 11, press H to select (H) nVIDIA C51 Series Raid (XP) if you do not...
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S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 72 - Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows ... of some files being loaded before you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 14). Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 72 - Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows ... of some files being loaded before you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 14). Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or...
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... storage devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 15. Later, when...the previous screen. Appendix Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want from the motherboard driver CD. - 73 - S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be...
... storage devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 15. Later, when...the previous screen. Appendix Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want from the motherboard driver CD. - 73 - S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. After that, the driver will have to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to be installed.) GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 74 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run...
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. After that, the driver will have to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to be installed.) GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 74 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run...
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... find the icon in your system tray (you MUST connect it to open the Audio Control Panel. - 75 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in Control Panel).
... find the icon in your system tray (you MUST connect it to open the Audio Control Panel. - 75 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in Control Panel).
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The 2-channel audio setup is connected. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 76 - In the upper left list, click 4CH Speaker. Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone ... find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel). In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio...
The 2-channel audio setup is connected. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 76 - In the upper left list, click 4CH Speaker. Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone ... find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel). In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio...
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... the Audio I/O tab. The 6-channel audio setup is completed. - 77 - Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). STEP 3: After plugging in 4-channel...
... the Audio I/O tab. The 6-channel audio setup is completed. - 77 - Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). STEP 3: After plugging in 4-channel...
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... on the type of speaker connected (8-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in 8-channel speakers to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 78 - STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). STEP 2: In the...
... on the type of speaker connected (8-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in 8-channel speakers to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0) Motherboard - 78 - STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). STEP 2: In the...