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...www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of the motherboard is the property of this : "REV: X.X." Check your motherboard ...Disclaimer Information in this manual may be made by any form or by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up...
...www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of the motherboard is the property of this : "REV: X.X." Check your motherboard ...Disclaimer Information in this manual may be made by any form or by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up...
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Box Contents GA-M720-US3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain. The box contents are for reference...
Box Contents GA-M720-US3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain. The box contents are for reference...
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Install the driver provided with your computer. Make sure the card is fully seated in your card. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Hardware Installation ... prevent hardware damage. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to make any required BIOS changes for...
Install the driver provided with your computer. Make sure the card is fully seated in your card. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Hardware Installation ... prevent hardware damage. 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to make any required BIOS changes for...
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... screens may appear when the computer boots. 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. : ...enter BIOS Setup first. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. The LOGO Screen (Default) B. The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, .... : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you to show the BIOS POST screen. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 32 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings.
... screens may appear when the computer boots. 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. : ...enter BIOS Setup first. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. The LOGO Screen (Default) B. The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, .... : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you to show the BIOS POST screen. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 32 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings.
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... 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. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will continue to install. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing...
... 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. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will continue to install. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing...
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3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 56 - 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-M720-US3 Motherboard - 56 - 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.
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE Website. - 57 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE Website. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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...installed, rightclick the Computer icon on the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive, make sure to ..., simply press during the POST. Step 3: When partitioning your hard drive. Go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 60 - C. B. When you wish to store the backup image file. If you see the following message: Press any key to startup ...
...installed, rightclick the Computer icon on the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive, make sure to ..., simply press during the POST. Step 3: When partitioning your hard drive. Go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 60 - C. B. When you wish to store the backup image file. If you see the following message: Press any key to startup ...
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... drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 69 - Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. C . If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal ...hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A.
... drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to AHCI or RAID mode. - 69 - Appendix Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. C . If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal ...hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A.
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... the corresponding letter from the startup disk. From your system. See the instructions below about how to the next section. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the motherboard driver disk to that in Figure 2, • In RAID mode, select 2) NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series RAID...
... the corresponding letter from the startup disk. From your system. See the instructions below about how to the next section. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the motherboard driver disk to that in Figure 2, • In RAID mode, select 2) NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series RAID...
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... Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 - Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). When a screen similar to that only one RAID array exists in...
... Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 - Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). When a screen similar to that only one RAID array exists in...
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... capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz/ 96KHz/192KHz sampling rate. Configuring Speakers: (The following for each jack through the audio driver. Appendix For example, users can retask the Center/ Subwoofer speaker out jack to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the... back panel audio connections simultaneously. all at the same time. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel audio. The picture to MP3 music, have an Internet chat,...
... capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz/ 96KHz/192KHz sampling rate. Configuring Speakers: (The following for each jack through the audio driver. Appendix For example, users can retask the Center/ Subwoofer speaker out jack to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the... back panel audio connections simultaneously. all at the same time. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel audio. The picture to MP3 music, have an Internet chat,...
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... the back panel or the Mic in the notification area. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will appear in jack (pink) on the front panel. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 82 - Doubleclick the icon to record the sound. Do not mute the recording volume, or you'll not...
... the back panel or the Mic in the notification area. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will appear in jack (pink) on the front panel. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 82 - Doubleclick the icon to record the sound. Do not mute the recording volume, or you'll not...