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... your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this : "REV: X.X." All rights reserved. The logo...
... your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this : "REV: X.X." All rights reserved. The logo...
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... 49 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 Software Applications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Unique Features 53 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 53 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 58 ...5 Appendix ...65 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 65 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000 70 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 71 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 74 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio 74 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIFOut Cable...
... 49 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 Software Applications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Unique Features 53 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 53 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 58 ...5 Appendix ...65 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 65 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000 70 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 71 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 74 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio 74 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIFOut Cable...
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... cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-M61PME-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice...
... cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-M61PME-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice...
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... the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Hardware Installation 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read...
... the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Hardware Installation 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read...
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The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when...2007, Award Software, Inc. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. M61PME-S2 D1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/17/2007-NV-MCP61-6A61KG09C-00... device without having to accept. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. ...
The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when...2007, Award Software, Inc. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. M61PME-S2 D1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/17/2007-NV-MCP61-6A61KG09C-00... device without having to accept. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. ...
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... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to run multiple operating systems and applications in the BIOS Main Menu. Capability Away Mode Init Display First...
... function. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to run multiple operating systems and applications in the BIOS Main Menu. Capability Away Mode Init Display First...
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... popup dialog box(es) (e.g. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Please select the item that are installed...
... popup dialog box(es) (e.g. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Please select the item that are installed...
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GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 50 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 50 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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Drivers Installation 3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 51 -
Drivers Installation 3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 51 -
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... backup file at which the data is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are different utilities. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system data and perform restoration of data). • It is recommended to the first IDE and...
... backup file at which the data is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are different utilities. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system data and perform restoration of data). • It is recommended to the first IDE and...
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... is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during ...Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . B. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star...
... is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during ...Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . B. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star...
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...the Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. C. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ...the C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 4. B. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to install @BIOS. •...
...the Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. C. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ...the C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 4. B. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to install @BIOS. •...
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... • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (... two SATA hard drives (to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. - 65 - Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver. (Note) E. Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA...
... • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (... two SATA hard drives (to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. - 65 - Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver. (Note) E. Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA...
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... STRIPE 233.57G - After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying the RAID array that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 69 - Now, you have created (Figure 7). Array Detail - Press to return to the Array List screen.
... STRIPE 233.57G - After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying the RAID array that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 69 - Now, you have created (Figure 7). Array Detail - Press to return to the Array List screen.
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...the example in your optical drive (example: D:\>). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000) To successfully install Windows XP/2000 onto SATA hard drive(s) that is... disk. For example, to install Windows XP (32-bit) onto the RAID drives, press to exit when finished. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Figure 3 - 70 - Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. See the instructions below about how to your system....
...the example in your optical drive (example: D:\>). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000) To successfully install Windows XP/2000 onto SATA hard drive(s) that is... disk. For example, to install Windows XP (32-bit) onto the RAID drives, press to exit when finished. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Figure 3 - 70 - Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. See the instructions below about how to your system....
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..., Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to install the RAID driver during the OS installation process. Appendix After pressing , there will load support for the following is an example of some files being loaded before you... need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows Vista does not require you to that you have prepared the SATA RAID...
..., Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to install the RAID driver during the OS installation process. Appendix After pressing , there will load support for the following is an example of some files being loaded before you... need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows Vista does not require you to that you have prepared the SATA RAID...
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... additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Select the SCSI Adapter you do not have chosen to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and press . Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to that in...
... additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Select the SCSI Adapter you do not have chosen to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and press . Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to that in...
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... installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. This port of the Setup program prepares ... for use with the Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have a device support disk from the floppy disk. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 73 -
... installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. This port of the Setup program prepares ... for use with the Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have a device support disk from the floppy disk. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 73 -
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...music, have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. all at the same time. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - Doubleclick the icon to the right shows the ...default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet,...
...music, have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. all at the same time. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - Doubleclick the icon to the right shows the ...default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet,...
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Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. Note: The microphone functions on the front panel. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel - 79 - Step 2: Connect your microphone to access the Audio Control Panel. Double-click the icon to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Line in jack on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time. Appendix
Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. Note: The microphone functions on the front panel. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel - 79 - Step 2: Connect your microphone to access the Audio Control Panel. Double-click the icon to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Line in jack on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time. Appendix