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... (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - 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...
... (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - 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...
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Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the card until it is fully seated in your expansion card in the ... inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Locate an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. Align the card with the expansion card in the slot. 3. 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. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express...
Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the card until it is fully seated in your expansion card in the ... inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Locate an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. Align the card with the expansion card in the slot. 3. 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. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express...
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...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 accept. The system will still be used for subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. Note: The setting in Boot Menu is effective for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 ... Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the...
...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 accept. The system will still be used for subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. Note: The setting in Boot Menu is effective for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 ... Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the...
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...-2007 Award Software SMART LAN Start detecting at Port..... In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in network card instead of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled... and the Length fields show 0.0m, as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Refer to activate the boot ROM integrated with other device. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - Onboard 1394 Function Enables or disables the onboard IEEE 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables...
...-2007 Award Software SMART LAN Start detecting at Port..... In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in network card instead of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled... and the Length fields show 0.0m, as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Refer to activate the boot ROM integrated with other device. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 - Onboard 1394 Function Enables or disables the onboard IEEE 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables...
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GA-MA770-DS3/S3 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-MA770-DS3/S3 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.
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... the POST (Figure 9). Figure 8 2. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . AMD 770 BIOS for the first time. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... When you wish to store the backup image... start backing up your hard drive. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1.
... the POST (Figure 9). Figure 8 2. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . AMD 770 BIOS for the first time. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... When you wish to store the backup image... start backing up your hard drive. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1.
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... to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you see the next screen. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see the message "Press F6 if you need...support disk from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you do not have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install...
... to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you see the next screen. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see the message "Press F6 if you need...support disk from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you do not have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. 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. 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.
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. 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. 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.
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Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.
Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.