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...means the revision of the motherboard is designated by any means without prior notice. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. sive global distributor of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product....published in this manual may be made by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS...
...means the revision of the motherboard is designated by any means without prior notice. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. sive global distributor of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product....published in this manual may be made by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS...
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... to 1 floppy disk drive T.I. Support for CD In Realtek 8111B chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) 2 x PCI Express x16 slots supporting ATI CrossFireXTM technology (The PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 3 x PCI Express x1 slots 2 x PCI slots South Bridge: - 1 x... - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 10 - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 2 x GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x...
... to 1 floppy disk drive T.I. Support for CD In Realtek 8111B chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) 2 x PCI Express x16 slots supporting ATI CrossFireXTM technology (The PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 3 x PCI Express x1 slots 2 x PCI slots South Bridge: - 1 x... - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 10 - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 2 x GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x...
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...Memory Configurations Table DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Two Modules DS/SS DS/SS - - - - - - - - GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 16 - A memory module can be installed in the DDRII_1 and DDRII_2 sockets. Dual Channel mode cannot ... Channel Memory Configuration This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is ...memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) • Always turn off the computer and ...
...Memory Configurations Table DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Two Modules DS/SS DS/SS - - - - - - - - GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 16 - A memory module can be installed in the DDRII_1 and DDRII_2 sockets. Dual Channel mode cannot ... Channel Memory Configuration This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is ...memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) • Always turn off the computer and ...
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Capability Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center ...
Capability Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology) capability of your system to report read/write errors of the hard drive and to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center ...
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...begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter the Controller Configuration window. RAID BIOS Version 2.5.1540.36 (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. To view controller settings, press to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility" (Figure 2). Skip this step if you enter the ATI...To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to Select Option [ Keys Available] Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 79 - FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Main Menu] ] View Drive Assignments 1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] Press 1..4 to enter the View Drive Assignments...
...begins, look for a message which says "Press to enter the Controller Configuration window. RAID BIOS Version 2.5.1540.36 (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. To view controller settings, press to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility" (Figure 2). Skip this step if you enter the ATI...To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to Select Option [ Keys Available] Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 79 - FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Main Menu] ] View Drive Assignments 1 ] Define LD 2 ] Delete LD 3 ] Controller Configuration 4 ] Press 1..4 to enter the View Drive Assignments...
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...enter the RAID configuration menu (Figure 5). FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. LD No [ Define LD Menu ] ] RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments...] ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available] ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA790FX-DS5...
...enter the RAID configuration menu (Figure 5). FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. LD No [ Define LD Menu ] ] RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments...] ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available] ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA790FX-DS5...
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... RAID 0 as Free if unassigned. The window below will see the newly-created array. 8. After the creation is the default. 3. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. Figure 6 6. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to a disk array or are assigned to highlight a drive. 4. Channel:ID...
... RAID 0 as Free if unassigned. The window below will see the newly-created array. 8. After the creation is the default. 3. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. Figure 6 6. Under the Drives Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to a disk array or are assigned to highlight a drive. 4. Channel:ID...
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...undo a deletion. 1. To delete an array, press in case you wish to enter the Delete LD Menu. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. Then highlight the array you wish to abort... Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of data. Press + if ...1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Are you sure you are assigned to delete this array. Figure 8 GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 82 - Deleting an existing disk array could result in Figure 8) showing which drives are sure to delete the array or other keys ...
...undo a deletion. 1. To delete an array, press in case you wish to enter the Delete LD Menu. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc. Then highlight the array you wish to abort... Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of data. Press + if ...1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Are you sure you are assigned to delete this array. Figure 8 GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 82 - Deleting an existing disk array could result in Figure 8) showing which drives are sure to delete the array or other keys ...
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...120 GB Non-RAID 120 GB Non-RAID ODD0 : DVDROM GO-D1600B Press to enter RAID Setup Utility" (Figure 3). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. C. Skip this step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 4), use the up or down arrow key to execute and press... . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Figure 3 In the main screen of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup ...
...120 GB Non-RAID 120 GB Non-RAID ODD0 : DVDROM GO-D1600B Press to enter RAID Setup Utility" (Figure 3). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. C. Skip this step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 4), use the up or down arrow key to execute and press... . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Figure 3 In the main screen of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to enter RAID Setup ...
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... concatenated for creating an array (Figure 6). Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to be special characters) and press . 2. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Name: GRAID_ Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk... Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 - 86 - [ESC]-Abort
... concatenated for creating an array (Figure 6). Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to be special characters) and press . 2. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Name: GRAID_ Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk... Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 - 86 - [ESC]-Abort
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..., enter the size of the items above are typical values: RAID 0-128KB [KL]-Switch RAID Block Size [ENTER]-Next Figure 7 [ESC]-Abort 5. PCIE-to abort. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. 3. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When prompted to confirm your selection (Figure 8), press to confirm or to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard...
..., enter the size of the items above are typical values: RAID 0-128KB [KL]-Switch RAID Block Size [ENTER]-Next Figure 7 [ESC]-Abort 5. PCIE-to abort. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. 3. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When prompted to confirm your selection (Figure 8), press to confirm or to -SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Create New RAID ] [ Hard...
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... bers: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 88 - Select the array and press . PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create ... to the RAID Disk Drive List block. When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the center of the screen (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. A small window displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9).
... bers: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 88 - Select the array and press . PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create ... to the RAID Disk Drive List block. When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the center of the screen (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. A small window displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9).
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When prompted to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 11). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main screen to the RAID Disk Drive List block. ... 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name ` RDD0: GRAID ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! 7. GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
When prompted to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 11). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main screen to the RAID Disk Drive List block. ... 120 GB 120 GB Type/Status RAID Inside RAID Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name ` RDD0: GRAID ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! 7. GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
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... the top right corner of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 116 - TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de U.K. CO., LTD. in TURKEY WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.tr Russia Moscow Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. G.B.T. in Romania WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.ro Serbia & Montenegro Representative Office Of...
... the top right corner of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 116 - TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de U.K. CO., LTD. in TURKEY WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.tr Russia Moscow Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. G.B.T. in Romania WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.ro Serbia & Montenegro Representative Office Of...