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Box Contents GA-MA770-DS3 or GA-MA770-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above ...
Box Contents GA-MA770-DS3 or GA-MA770-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above ...
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... card with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. ...the PCI Express x16 slot. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. Carefully read the...
... card with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the slot and then lift the card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. ...the PCI Express x16 slot. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. Carefully read the...
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... having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. 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. : Q-Flash Press the key to ... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - To exit Boot Menu, press . Note: The setting in Boot Menu. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2." :...
... having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. 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. : Q-Flash Press the key to ... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - To exit Boot Menu, press . Note: The setting in Boot Menu. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2." :...
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... Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Disabled. Legacy IDE Allows the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Set this option to Legacy IDE if you wish to install a 3rd ... the onboard audio, set this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in network card instead of the attached LAN cable. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that cannot be shared with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled...
... Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Disabled. Legacy IDE Allows the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Set this option to Legacy IDE if you wish to install a 3rd ... the onboard audio, set this item to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in network card instead of the attached LAN cable. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that cannot be shared with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled...
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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. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 56 - 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 56 - 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive ...When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. B. After you wish to... start backing up your hard drive. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Figure ...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive ...When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. B. After you wish to... start backing up your hard drive. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Figure ...
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... press as soon as you see the next screen. A. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP and Vista installation. The following...
... press as soon as you see the next screen. A. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP and Vista installation. The following...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 80 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation.
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 80 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation.
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Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9).
Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9).