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Channel Audio Function Introduction 72 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 62 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 72 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 62 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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..., screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 16 - Install related driver from the computer. 3. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Power on the slot. When you try uninstall the VGA card, please press the latch...
..., screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 16 - Install related driver from the computer. 3. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Power on the slot. When you try uninstall the VGA card, please press the latch...
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... mouse or data processing devices. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade.
... mouse or data processing devices. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade.
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... MB. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 33 1 34 2 7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 1 SATAII3 7 1 SATAII1 7 7 SATAII2 1 7 SATAII0 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition...
... MB. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 33 1 34 2 7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 1 SATAII3 7 1 SATAII1 7 7 SATAII2 1 7 SATAII0 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition...
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... unable to support HD Audio. 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. Hardware Installation If you connect the front panel audio module.
... unable to support HD Audio. 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. Hardware Installation If you connect the front panel audio module.
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... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool&Quiet driver manages clock and VID to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. CDROM ZIP Select your boot...HDD. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 34 - Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI...
... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool&Quiet driver manages clock and VID to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. CDROM ZIP Select your boot...HDD. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 34 - Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI...
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... question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install other drivers. System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 51 - in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating ...restarting your system automatically. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 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 continue to install all the drivers that you want and press "install" ...
... question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install other drivers. System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 51 - in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating ...restarting your system automatically. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 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 continue to install all the drivers that you want and press "install" ...
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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-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 52 -
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-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 52 -
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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. - 53 -
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. - 53 -
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... It is executed from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent...Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 56 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. M61P-S3 D8 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, ...
... It is executed from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2. At least 64M bytes of OS and all required drivers as well as software. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent...Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 56 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. M61P-S3 D8 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, ...
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... and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. mended but the actual space is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. PATA IDE secondary channel c . RESTORE: Restore the backed-up hard disks installed with more...
... and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. mended but the actual space is required for the backup file must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. PATA IDE secondary channel c . RESTORE: Restore the backed-up hard disks installed with more...
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... that you begin Please prepare: (a) SATA hard drive(s). GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 62 - Then connect the power connector from 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 ...not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note ) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard.
... that you begin Please prepare: (a) SATA hard drive(s). GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 62 - Then connect the power connector from 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 ...not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note ) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard.
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... that , the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 67 - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen.
... that , the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you should see detailed information about the RAID array, press ENTER to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 67 - message appears, press Y to confirm or N to the Array List screen.
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...how to exit when finished. (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support ... disk that in Figure 11, press K to select (K) nVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid (XP) if you need to the floppy disk. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard Figure 12 - 68 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). For example, from the motherboard...
...how to exit when finished. (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support ... disk that in Figure 11, press K to select (K) nVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid (XP) if you need to the floppy disk. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard Figure 12 - 68 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). For example, from the motherboard...
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... not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Appendix The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including ...those for which you have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system...
... not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Appendix The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including ...those for which you have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system...
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...with Windows, including those for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the ...storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to the previous screen. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 70 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you must ...
...with Windows, including those for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the ...storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to the previous screen. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 70 - Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you must ...
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..., press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have a device support disk from the floppy disk. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA... driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run...
..., press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have a device support disk from the floppy disk. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA... driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run...
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...are as a rear speaker out jack via the audio software.Please follow the steps to the right. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Windows XP) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Line In Line Out (Front Speaker ... HD Audio With multiple built-in high quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that you MUST connect it to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 72 - For example, if a rear speaker is applied. Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that support audio output at the...
...are as a rear speaker out jack via the audio software.Please follow the steps to the right. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Windows XP) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Line In Line Out (Front Speaker ... HD Audio With multiple built-in high quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that you MUST connect it to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 72 - For example, if a rear speaker is applied. Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that support audio output at the...
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... 1 : After installation of equipment is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type 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 2: In the Audio Control...
... 1 : After installation of equipment is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type 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 2: In the Audio Control...
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... icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in 4-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type... Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. English STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). The 4-channel audio setup is connected. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 74 - Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio ...
... icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in 4-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type... Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. English STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). The 4-channel audio setup is connected. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 74 - Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio ...