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Channel Audio Function Introduction 73 4-2 Troubleshooting 78 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplication 48 3-3 Software Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 51 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 52 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 58 4-1-5 Installation of TV Output Cable (Optional Device 69 4-1-6 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 73 4-2 Troubleshooting 78 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplication 48 3-3 Software Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 51 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 52 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 58 4-1-5 Installation of TV Output Cable (Optional Device 69 4-1-6 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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... to install/ uninstall the VGA card. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the operating system. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from BIOS. 8. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 16 - Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot...
... to install/ uninstall the VGA card. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the operating system. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from BIOS. 8. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 16 - Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot...
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... you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Rear surround speakers can be connected to Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack...
... you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Rear surround speakers can be connected to Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack...
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... No. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 7) SATAII0 /1 /2 /3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by AMD SB600) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive...
... No. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 7) SATAII0 /1 /2 /3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by AMD SB600) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive...
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... Power 4 -ACZ_DET 4 NC 5 LINE2_R 5 Line Out (R) 6 FSENSE1 6 NC 7 FAUDIO_JD 7 NC 8 No Pin 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 9 Line Out (L) 10 FSENSE2 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector. English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module...
... Power 4 -ACZ_DET 4 NC 5 LINE2_R 5 Line Out (R) 6 FSENSE1 6 NC 7 FAUDIO_JD 7 NC 8 No Pin 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 9 Line Out (L) 10 FSENSE2 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to this connector. English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module...
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...priority by USB-ZIP. USB-FDD Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. Disabled Disable this menu. Press to exit this function. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&...Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it up, or to best serve the thermal, performance and power requirements. (Default value) Disabled Disable...
...priority by USB-ZIP. USB-FDD Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. Disabled Disable this menu. Press to exit this function. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&...Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it up, or to best serve the thermal, performance and power requirements. (Default value) Disabled Disable...
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... Native IDE mode.(Default value) RAID Set the SATA channel to AHCI mode. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 36 - SATAJAHCI Set the SATA channel to RAID mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to Legacy IDE mode. Legacy IDE Set the SATA channel to enable advanced Serial...
... Native IDE mode.(Default value) RAID Set the SATA channel to AHCI mode. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 36 - SATAJAHCI Set the SATA channel to RAID mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to Legacy IDE mode. Legacy IDE Set the SATA channel to enable advanced Serial...
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... execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will show the installation guide. ..." uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. After restarting your system automatically. Drivers Installation System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - in Windows XP. After install Windows Service Pack...
... execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will show the installation guide. ..." uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. After restarting your system automatically. Drivers Installation System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - in Windows XP. After install Windows Service Pack...
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You can click an item to install it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that GIGABYTE developed and some free software. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 48 -
You can click an item to install it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that GIGABYTE developed and some free software. GA-MA69VM-S2 Motherboard - 48 -
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 49 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 49 - Drivers Installation
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... Setup. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of the screen. GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 52 - Intel x86 platforms 2. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup...disk data. AMD RS690 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD-ROM for GA-MA69VM-S2 D11 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :Xpress Recovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash 02/14/2007-RS690V-SB600-6A669G01C-...
... Setup. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of the screen. GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 52 - Intel x86 platforms 2. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup...disk data. AMD RS690 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD-ROM for GA-MA69VM-S2 D11 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :Xpress Recovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash 02/14/2007-RS690V-SB600-6A669G01C-...
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... is as follows: a. BACKUP: Back up data to Xpress Recovery. 2. Not compatible to your motherboard manufacturer. - 53 - RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. PATA IDE primary channel b. On a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is recom- USB hard disks are currently not...
... is as follows: a. BACKUP: Back up data to Xpress Recovery. 2. Not compatible to your motherboard manufacturer. - 53 - RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. PATA IDE primary channel b. On a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is recom- USB hard disks are currently not...
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GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 58 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Skip this step if you use two hard drives ...(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure RAID set in...
GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 58 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Skip this step if you use two hard drives ...(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure RAID set in...
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... OS installation. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 11. Appendix First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.... prompt, type the following two commands. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press ENTER after each command (Figure 10): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 11) appears, remove the startup ...
... OS installation. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 11. Appendix First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.... prompt, type the following two commands. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press ENTER after each command (Figure 10): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 11) appears, remove the startup ...
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...install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 66 - 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). Currently, Setup will be ...
...install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 66 - 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). Currently, Setup will be ...
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...one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. - 67 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will load support for the ...following list, or press ESC to return to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, press ENTER to the previous screen. ATI AHCI Compatible RAID...
...one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. - 67 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will load support for the ...following list, or press ESC to return to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, press ENTER to the previous screen. ATI AHCI Compatible RAID...
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... Windows 2000/XP installation. English Step 4: 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 under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed.) GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 68 - This port of the Setup program prepares...
... Windows 2000/XP installation. English Step 4: 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 under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed.) GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 68 - This port of the Setup program prepares...
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..., make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Appendix all at up to open the Audio Control Panel. - 73 - STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Windows XP) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out...
..., make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Appendix all at up to open the Audio Control Panel. - 73 - STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Windows XP) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out...
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... a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Choose Headphone or Line Out... depending on the device connected and click OK. Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 74 - The 2-channel audio setup is connected. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I /O tab. In the upper left...
... a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Choose Headphone or Line Out... depending on the device connected and click OK. Doubleclick the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M69VM-S2 Motherboard - 74 - The 2-channel audio setup is connected. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I /O tab. In the upper left...
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... speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. - 75 - Choose a device depending on the type of speaker...
... speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in your system tray (you what type of equipment is completed. - 75 - Choose a device depending on the type of speaker...