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... with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 6 ...66 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 67 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 79 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 79 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
... with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 6 ...66 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 67 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 79 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 79 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
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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 Floppy disk drive cable (Part No. 12CF1-1FD001-7*R) 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port IEEE 1394a bracket (Part No. 12CF1-1IE008-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 -
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 Floppy disk drive cable (Part No. 12CF1-1FD001-7*R) 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port IEEE 1394a bracket (Part No. 12CF1-1IE008-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 -
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...Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to Disabled. - 43 - IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright... (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel NV SATA Controller Onchip SATA Mode Onboard Audio Function Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Control SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial...
...Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to Disabled. - 43 - IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright... (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel NV SATA Controller Onchip SATA Mode Onboard Audio Function Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Control SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial...
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... can back up a hard drive than to restore it . Installation and Configuration Turn on your system to back up data on the first SATA connector is the first physical drive. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. For example, when hard drives... 59 - Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first...
... can back up a hard drive than to restore it . Installation and Configuration Turn on your system to back up data on the first SATA connector is the first physical drive. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. For example, when hard drives... 59 - Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first...
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... is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Appendix Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare...
... is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Appendix Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare...
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..., stripe block size, hard drive model name, and hard drive capacity, etc. Array Detail - This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Now, you have created (Figure 6). (Note: BBS stands for BIOS Boot Specification. After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying...
..., stripe block size, hard drive model name, and hard drive capacity, etc. Array Detail - This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Now, you have created (Figure 6). (Note: BBS stands for BIOS Boot Specification. After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying...
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...Windows XP 32-bit operating system or D) NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series AHCI Driver (XP64) for Windows XP 64-bit. Your system will open similar to a floppy disk. From your optical drive (example: D:\>). GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - For more details, refer to exit when...window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the startup disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI ...
...Windows XP 32-bit operating system or D) NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series AHCI Driver (XP64) for Windows XP 64-bit. Your system will open similar to a floppy disk. From your optical drive (example: D:\>). GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - For more details, refer to exit when...window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the startup disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI ...
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...the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. A. First select NVIDIA RAID Driver and press . Appendix 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon ...as you see the message "Press F6 if you to specify additional device. When both of the two drivers appear on ...
...the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. A. First select NVIDIA RAID Driver and press . Appendix 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon ...as you see the message "Press F6 if you to specify additional device. When both of the two drivers appear on ...
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For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 3). GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 - Then use Method B to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the Vista32RAID (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID ... OS installation steps. Figure 3 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to ...
For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 3). GA-M720-US3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 - Then use Method B to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system to the Vista32RAID (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID ... OS installation steps. Figure 3 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to ...