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... For detailed product information, carefully read the User's Manual. For instructions on how to use of GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. is exclusively licensed to the specifications and features in any form or by any means without prior notice. Changes to...from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. The logo is designated by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD....
... For detailed product information, carefully read the User's Manual. For instructions on how to use of GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. is exclusively licensed to the specifications and features in any form or by any means without prior notice. Changes to...from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. The logo is designated by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD....
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... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities ...Chapter 5 Appendix ...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 71 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 78 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 83 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 83 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional ...
... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities ...Chapter 5 Appendix ...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 71 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 78 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 83 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 83 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional ...
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The box contents are for reference only. 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 ...
The box contents are for reference only. 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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...push back on the lever on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Align the card with your card. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - Carefully read the manual that supports your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the ... to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card...
...push back on the lever on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Align the card with your card. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - Carefully read the manual that supports your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the ... to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card...
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AMD 770 BIOS for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Function ...: Xpress Recovery2 If you to enter BIOS Setup first. 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...BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - The system will still be used for one time only.
AMD 770 BIOS for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Function ...: Xpress Recovery2 If you to enter BIOS Setup first. 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...BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - The system will still be used for one time only.
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... accept. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to reduce heat output from the available devices. BIOS Setup 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
... accept. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to reduce heat output from the available devices. BIOS Setup 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
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...the SATA controller to operate in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. Refer to AHCI mode. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is attached to the motherboard, the Status fields of all four pairs of the ...attached LAN cable. If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as ...
...the SATA controller to operate in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. Refer to AHCI mode. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is attached to the motherboard, the Status fields of all four pairs of the ...attached LAN cable. If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as ...
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...-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then list all the driver items. • Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. After installing...the system. (The system will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - Drivers Installation The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Failure to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your system...
...-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then list all the driver items. • Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. After installing...the system. (The system will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - Drivers Installation The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Failure to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your system...
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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. 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 -
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 57 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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... sure to restore it . For example, when hard drives are attached to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and...
... sure to restore it . For example, when hard drives are attached to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and...
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...first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). B. After you use the backup function in Xpress... the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Figure 8 2. If you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 ...
...first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). B. After you use the backup function in Xpress... the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Figure 8 2. If you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 ...
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...• Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. C. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Step 2: Select the... the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to save the current BIOS file. 2. Before You Begin: ...
...• Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. C. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Step 2: Select the... the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to save the current BIOS file. 2. Before You Begin: ...
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... Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the ...(Note 1) D. Appendix Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to AHCI...
... Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the ...(Note 1) D. Appendix Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to AHCI...
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...disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation process. (Note 2) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert... D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. For example, from the menu in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . From your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (3) SB600 SATA for AHCI and RAID Mode) To ...
...disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation process. (Note 2) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert... D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. For example, from the menu in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . From your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (3) SB600 SATA for AHCI and RAID Mode) To ...
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... do not have chosen to manually specify an adapter. 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 third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load support for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage...
... do not have chosen to manually specify an adapter. 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 third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load support for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage...
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...support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to... continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure...
...support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to... continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure...
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 80 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 80 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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... 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk following directory: \Chipset\RS690\Vista\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\SB6xx\RAID\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform... standard OS installation steps. Method B: If you to install the SATA AHCI driver in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following the instructions in "5-1-2," insert the floppy disk and browse to that...
... 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk following directory: \Chipset\RS690\Vista\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\SB6xx\RAID\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform... standard OS installation steps. Method B: If you to install the SATA AHCI driver in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following the instructions in "5-1-2," insert the floppy disk and browse to that...
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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 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear.
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 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear.