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... ReadyBoost 64 Chapter 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 (Optional 77 5-2-3 Configuring...
... ReadyBoost 64 Chapter 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 (Optional 77 5-2-3 Configuring...
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... 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - 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...
... 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - 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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... and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. 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. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue...
... and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. 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. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue...
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... following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. Unique Features Windows® XP with SP3 or later; System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of system memory • VESA... (10 GB or more is the first physical drive. - 53 - Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to back up your system data and perform restoration of data). • It is recommended to the first and second SATA connectors, ...
... following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. Unique Features Windows® XP with SP3 or later; System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of system memory • VESA... (10 GB or more is the first physical drive. - 53 - Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to back up your system data and perform restoration of data). • It is recommended to the first and second SATA connectors, ...
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... from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. M61PME-S2 D1a . . ...Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). After you wish to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 ...
... from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. M61PME-S2 D1a . . ...Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). After you wish to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 ...
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... @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. C. Before You Begin: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click...system that is stable and do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. ...
... @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. C. Before You Begin: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click...system that is stable and do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. ...
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...two SATA hard drives (to create RAID array on the motherboard. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. Appendix Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), ...model and capacity). Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A.
...two SATA hard drives (to create RAID array on the motherboard. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. Appendix Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), ...model and capacity). Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A.
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... in Figure 2, the NVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid series are configured to RAID mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note). Prepare a startup...prepared startup disk and the motherboard driver disk for Windows XP in Figure 2. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy 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 ...
... in Figure 2, the NVIDIA MCP61 Series Raid series are configured to RAID mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note). Prepare a startup...prepared startup disk and the motherboard driver disk for Windows XP in Figure 2. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy 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 ...
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...process. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 71 - Please note that installation of Windows Vista does not require you to that you have prepared the SATA RAID driver diskette for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. *... adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing...
...process. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 71 - Please note that installation of Windows Vista does not require you to that you have prepared the SATA RAID driver diskette for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. *... adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing...
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... 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 have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72...
... 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 have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72...
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...=Exit Figure 6 - 73 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Appendix The driver installation will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters,...from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass...
...=Exit Figure 6 - 73 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Appendix The driver installation will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters,...from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass...
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...refer to MP3 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. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz... Configuring Speakers: (The following for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - High Definition ...
...refer to MP3 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. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz... Configuring Speakers: (The following for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - High Definition ...