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GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 92 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. Realtek ALC888DD CODEC 104 B. Realtek ALC883 CODEC 111 4-2 Troubleshooting 116 Only for GA-M59SLI-S4. - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 66 4-1-3 Flash BIOS...
GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 92 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. Realtek ALC888DD CODEC 104 B. Realtek ALC883 CODEC 111 4-2 Troubleshooting 116 Only for GA-M59SLI-S4. - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 66 4-1-3 Flash BIOS...
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... the latch as the picture to the left shows to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down...
... the latch as the picture to the left shows to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down...
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System will appear. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. Then the SLI configuration is completed. English 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. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 -
System will appear. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. Then the SLI configuration is completed. English 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. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 -
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... parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-M59SLI-S5. - 23 - COMA (Serial Port) Connects to Line In jack. If your OS or device(s) vendors. Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack... In jack. Hardware Installation Surround side speakers can be connected to Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) jack. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. have a standard USB interface. Devices like high speed, high bandwidth and hot plug.
... parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-M59SLI-S5. - 23 - COMA (Serial Port) Connects to Line In jack. If your OS or device(s) vendors. Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack... In jack. Hardware Installation Surround side speakers can be connected to Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) jack. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. have a standard USB interface. Devices like high speed, high bandwidth and hot plug.
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Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-M59SLI-S5. 7 JSATAII0 17 1 JSATAII1 - 29 - The types of the foolproof groove in order to the FDD drive. Hardware Installation Before attaching the FDD cable, please take ... 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 7 17 1 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 1 71 SATAII2 7 Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 34 33 2 1 10) SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATAII3 / SATAII4 / SATAII5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge) 11) JSATAII0...
Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-M59SLI-S5. 7 JSATAII0 17 1 JSATAII1 - 29 - The types of the foolproof groove in order to the FDD drive. Hardware Installation Before attaching the FDD cable, please take ... 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 7 17 1 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 1 71 SATAII2 7 Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 34 33 2 1 10) SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATAII3 / SATAII4 / SATAII5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge) 11) JSATAII0...
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... to this connector. Hardware Installation Definition 1 MIC 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 work or even damage it. For optional front panel audio module, please contact your chassis manufacturer. 10 9 HD Audio: Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...
... to this connector. Hardware Installation Definition 1 MIC 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 work or even damage it. For optional front panel audio module, please contact your chassis manufacturer. 10 9 HD Audio: Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...
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... only USB 1.1 controller. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB keyboard support. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - English Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode RAID Set the onboard ... visit Intel's website. Enable onboard LPT port and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to 1. AHCI Set the onboard SATA controller to AHCI mode. ECP Using Parallel port as Native Command Queuing and hot plug...
... only USB 1.1 controller. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB keyboard support. Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - English Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode RAID Set the onboard ... visit Intel's website. Enable onboard LPT port and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to 1. AHCI Set the onboard SATA controller to AHCI mode. ECP Using Parallel port as Native Command Queuing and hot plug...
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...ROM device icon in Windows XP. System will continue to install. Please pick the item that recommended to install other drivers. in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your ... will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. Some device drivers will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 61 - Drivers Installation For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". or...
...ROM device icon in Windows XP. System will continue to install. Please pick the item that recommended to install other drivers. in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your ... will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. Some device drivers will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 61 - Drivers Installation For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". or...
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GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 62 - 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-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 62 - 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. - 63 - 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. - 63 - Drivers Installation
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...Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear in your CD-ROM drive. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage ... key to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-M59SLI-S5 E18 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 05/02/2006-C51/MCP55-6A61JG03C-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After the steps above are...
...Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear in your CD-ROM drive. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage ... key to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-M59SLI-S5 E18 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 05/02/2006-C51/MCP55-6A61JG03C-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After the steps above are...
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... 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is compliant with more than data restoration. 3. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Xpress Recovery2 will not appear if there is as follows: a. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks...
... 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is compliant with more than data restoration. 3. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Xpress Recovery2 will not appear if there is as follows: a. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks...
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...174; nForce 590SLI Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to identify the SATA... Skip this step if you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive...
...174; nForce 590SLI Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to identify the SATA... Skip this step if you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive...
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Array List - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - Array Detail - Press ENTER to return to cancel. Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 ... Exit [ ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail Figure 8 To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Now, you can proceed to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block...
Array List - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - Array Detail - Press ENTER to return to cancel. Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 ... Exit [ ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail Figure 8 To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Now, you can proceed to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block...
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... floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from the menu in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Select .... See the instructions below about how to a floppy disk. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Press ENTER after each command (Figure 10): cd bootdrv menu ... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Figure 12 - 85 -
... floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from the menu in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Select .... See the instructions below about how to a floppy disk. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Press ENTER after each command (Figure 10): cd bootdrv menu ... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Figure 12 - 85 -
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.../XP onto your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers ... device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 -
.../XP onto your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers ... device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 -
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... Setup will appear. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. "*" If you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you ...additional mass storage devices for the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Use the ARROW keys to select additional driver. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to previous screen as shown in the floppy disk, a controller menu...
... Setup will appear. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. "*" If you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you ...additional mass storage devices for the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Use the ARROW keys to select additional driver. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you want to previous screen as shown in the floppy disk, a controller menu...
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... hard drive. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to run on your computer. Windows Setup Setup will not have any device support disks...installation. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 -
... hard drive. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to Setup. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to run on your computer. Windows Setup Setup will not have any device support disks...installation. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 -
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Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Here are two solutions to a bootable RAID ...
Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Here are two solutions to a bootable RAID ...
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English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in a bootable format. Press Finish then NVRAID will ...
English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in striping mode) that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in a bootable format. Press Finish then NVRAID will ...