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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- Channel Audio Function Introduction 72 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 -
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...: 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB and 2.88 MB. 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 300 MB/s transfer rate. Hardware Installation Before attaching the FDD cable, please take...
...: 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB and 2.88 MB. 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 300 MB/s transfer rate. Hardware Installation Before attaching the FDD cable, please take...
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... in the bottom left corner of the hard disk will stay permanent in the future. 2. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 56 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by...startup XpressRecovery2..... If you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can...3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. English...
... in the bottom left corner of the hard disk will stay permanent in the future. 2. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 56 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by...startup XpressRecovery2..... If you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can...3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. English...
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...normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be reserved. 3. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Not compatible to your motherboard manufacturer. - 57 - When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4....: Remove previously-created backup files to be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 4. PATA IDE secondary channel c . SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is as follows: a. Capable of Xpress...
...normal that data backup takes longer time than 128G under Windows 2000, be reserved. 3. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Not compatible to your motherboard manufacturer. - 57 - When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4....: Remove previously-created backup files to be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 4. PATA IDE secondary channel c . SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is as follows: a. Capable of Xpress...
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... XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Required for RAID array. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 62 -
... XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Required for RAID array. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 62 -
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This indicates that , the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 67 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 Array 1: NVIDIA STRIPE 233.57G - When the "Delete this array?" Appendix Striping Block: 64K Port 1 2 Index 0 1 ...
This indicates that , the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 67 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 Array 1: NVIDIA STRIPE 233.57G - When the "Delete this array?" Appendix Striping Block: 64K Port 1 2 Index 0 1 ...
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... a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Skip this driver file to the floppy disk. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to... XP (32-bit). GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard Figure 12 - 68 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 11, press K to select (K) nVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid (XP) if you do not want to create RAID. English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating...
... a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Skip this driver file to the floppy disk. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Your system will open similar to... XP (32-bit). GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard Figure 12 - 68 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 11, press K to select (K) nVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid (XP) if you do not want to create RAID. English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating...
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...XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. 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). After pressing F6, there will load support for the following ... Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have any device support disks from a mass...
...XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. 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). After pressing F6, there will load support for the following ... Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have any device support disks from a mass...
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...English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in Figure 15. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 70 - S=Specify Additional Device ...Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the following mass ...
...English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in Figure 15. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 70 - S=Specify Additional Device ...Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the following mass ...
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S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) - 71 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to...Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have a device support disk...
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) - 71 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to...Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have a device support disk...