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... 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 62 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...67 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 68 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring Audio Input and Output 69 5-1-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 69 5-1-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 71 5-1-3 Configuring Microphone...
... 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 62 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...67 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 68 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring Audio Input and Output 69 5-1-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 69 5-1-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 71 5-1-3 Configuring Microphone...
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...for Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Based on standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory size will ...16 for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is reserved for more information.) (Note 3) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 12 - For example, 4 GB of memory is less than the stated amount.
...for Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Based on standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory size will ...16 for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is reserved for more information.) (Note 3) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 12 - For example, 4 GB of memory is less than the stated amount.
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... • @BIOS is turned on the motherboard. To access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during the POST when the power is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to keep the configuration values in this occurs, try to clear the...instability or other unexpected results. To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you not flash the BIOS. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to boot. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during...
... • @BIOS is turned on the motherboard. To access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during the POST when the power is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to keep the configuration values in this occurs, try to clear the...instability or other unexpected results. To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you not flash the BIOS. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to boot. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during...
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...GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. With virtualization, one computer system can dynamically and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to run multiple operating systems and applications in system halt state. to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to Disabled for legacy operating system such as Windows... the PCI Express graphics card. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 38 - When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced when the CPU is present only if you to determine whether to Enabled for Windows XP operating system; Depending on ...
...GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. With virtualization, one computer system can dynamically and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to run multiple operating systems and applications in system halt state. to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to Disabled for legacy operating system such as Windows... the PCI Express graphics card. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 38 - When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced when the CPU is present only if you to determine whether to Enabled for Windows XP operating system; Depending on ...
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... occur at Port..... English When LAN Cable Is Functioning Normally... it will appear: Start detecting at about 1.6m on a specified pair of 10/100Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is activated. If a cable problem occurs on Pair 1-2. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4...
... occur at Port..... English When LAN Cable Is Functioning Normally... it will appear: Start detecting at about 1.6m on a specified pair of 10/100Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is activated. If a cable problem occurs on Pair 1-2. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4...
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... awakened from a PCI or PCIe device. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Configures the way to turn off the system. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 42 - The system can be resumed at least 1A on Windows® Vista® operating system only. In S3 sleep state, the system appears to its working state exactly...
... awakened from a PCI or PCIe device. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Configures the way to turn off the system. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 42 - The system can be resumed at least 1A on Windows® Vista® operating system only. In S3 sleep state, the system appears to its working state exactly...
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... click on left button on the PS/2 mouse to turn on the system, enter the password and press . Keyboard 98 Press POWER button on the Windows 98 keyboard to turn on the system. Press on this function, avoid inadequate shutdown from an AC power loss. Note: To cancel the password, press..., or the settings may not be powered on the system at a desired time. (Default: Disabled) If enabled, set to select the HPET mode for your Windows® Vista® operating system. Select 32-bit mode when you to Password. Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on by...
... click on left button on the PS/2 mouse to turn on the system, enter the password and press . Keyboard 98 Press POWER button on the Windows 98 keyboard to turn on the system. Press on this function, avoid inadequate shutdown from an AC power loss. Note: To cancel the password, press..., or the settings may not be powered on the system at a desired time. (Default: Disabled) If enabled, set to select the HPET mode for your Windows® Vista® operating system. Select 32-bit mode when you to Password. Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on by...
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...continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. You can press Xpress Install to install all the drivers that are installed, follow... the onscreen instructions to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. ...
...continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. You can press Xpress Install to install all the drivers that are installed, follow... the onscreen instructions to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. ...
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Windows® XP with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are not supported. For example, a backup file created with SP3 or later; actual ... up a hard drive than to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence...
Windows® XP with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are not supported. For example, a backup file created with SP3 or later; actual ... up a hard drive than to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence...
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... the changes and exit. 2. Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Set CD-ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 58 - actual size requirements vary, depending on the amount of the operating system (Figure 3). Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Select a file system (for Xpress Recovery2 (10 GB or more...
... the changes and exit. 2. Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Set CD-ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 58 - actual size requirements vary, depending on the amount of the operating system (Figure 3). Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Select a file system (for Xpress Recovery2 (10 GB or more...
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...drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure ...backing up your hard drive. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When finished, go to Disk Management to enter Xpress...
...drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure ...backing up your hard drive. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When finished, go to Disk Management to enter Xpress...
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...in system malfunction. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to update the system BIOS while in the Windows environment. @BIOS will download... to access Q-Flash. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Restart the system. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 62 - With Q-Flash you to enter MSDOS mode. However, if the BIOS update file is potentially risky, please do it...
...in system malfunction. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to update the system BIOS while in the Windows environment. @BIOS will download... to access Q-Flash. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Restart the system. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 62 - With Q-Flash you to enter MSDOS mode. However, if the BIOS update file is potentially risky, please do it...
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... is unable to start. 4. Click Start>Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS C. Update the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this function in a corrupted BIOS or a system that is stable and do so may result in BIOS Setup. 2. If your location and click OK. - 65 - In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and...
... is unable to start. 4. Click Start>Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS C. Update the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this function in a corrupted BIOS or a system that is stable and do so may result in BIOS Setup. 2. If your location and click OK. - 65 - In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and...
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... unexpected results may occur. (Note 1) Available functions in EasyTune 5 may differ by motherboard model. (Note 2) C.I.A. GIGABYTE Logo 10. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. EasyTune 5 provides...button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTuneTM 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTuneTM 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may provide optimizations for CPU ...
... unexpected results may occur. (Note 1) Available functions in EasyTune 5 may differ by motherboard model. (Note 2) C.I.A. GIGABYTE Logo 10. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. EasyTune 5 provides...button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTuneTM 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTuneTM 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may provide optimizations for CPU ...
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...reserve for system speed, set the amount of memory space to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of your computer. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 68 - Follow the steps below to enable the ReadyBoost function: Step 1: Go to boost your computer. You may enable ReadyBoost... and allocate part of RAM installed in your computer's performance. Right-click on the USB flash drive icon and choose Properties. English 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows ReadyBoost allows you to use flash memory on a Windows Vista certified USB flash drive to Computer.
...reserve for system speed, set the amount of memory space to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of your computer. GA-P31-DS3/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 68 - Follow the steps below to enable the ReadyBoost function: Step 1: Go to boost your computer. You may enable ReadyBoost... and allocate part of RAM installed in your computer's performance. Right-click on the USB flash drive icon and choose Properties. English 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows ReadyBoost allows you to use flash memory on a Windows Vista certified USB flash drive to Computer.
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...front panel audio supports Intel HD Audio standard, you can retask the Center/Subwoofer speaker out jack to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in jack ...microphone, connect your microphone to the Mic in or Line in your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to be simultaneously processed. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that allows Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out...
...front panel audio supports Intel HD Audio standard, you can retask the Center/Subwoofer speaker out jack to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in jack ...microphone, connect your microphone to the Mic in or Line in your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to be simultaneously processed. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that allows Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out...