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...Flash Utility 68 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 71 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...73 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 74 Chapter 5 Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID... Microphone Recording 100 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 102 5-3 Troubleshooting 103 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 103 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 104 Regulatory Statements 106 Only for GA-P35-DS3R. - 5 -
...Flash Utility 68 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 71 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...73 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 74 Chapter 5 Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID... Microphone Recording 100 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 102 5-3 Troubleshooting 103 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 103 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 104 Regulatory Statements 106 Only for GA-P35-DS3R. - 5 -
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GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor 1 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, ... enable hot plug capability for the SATA connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII4, SATAII5) controlled by the ICH9 South Bridge, you must install Windows Vista (on ICH9, hot plug is supported in Windows Vista only) and configure the SATA connectors for AHCI mode. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals," for details on enabling...
GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor 1 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, ... enable hot plug capability for the SATA connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII4, SATAII5) controlled by the ICH9 South Bridge, you must install Windows Vista (on ICH9, hot plug is supported in Windows Vista only) and configure the SATA connectors for AHCI mode. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals," for details on enabling...
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...latest version of the system in the CMOS on using the current version of BIOS, it with caution. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system.... • @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to prevent system instability or other unexpected results. Refer to Chapter 5, "...
...latest version of the system in the CMOS on using the current version of BIOS, it with caution. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system.... • @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to prevent system instability or other unexpected results. Refer to Chapter 5, "...
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... (Note) Enables or disables Intel® CPU Thermal Monitor (TM2) function, a CPU overheating protection function. to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. This function may enhance protection for Windows XP operating system; Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the monitor... reducing exposure to decrease average power consumption and heat production. (Default: Enabled) Virtualization Technology (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 -
... (Note) Enables or disables Intel® CPU Thermal Monitor (TM2) function, a CPU overheating protection function. to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. This function may enhance protection for Windows XP operating system; Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the monitor... reducing exposure to decrease average power consumption and heat production. (Default: Enabled) Virtualization Technology (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 42 -
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...controllers to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers. Only for GA-P35-S3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - Only for GA-P35-DS3. SATA AHCI Mode (Intel ICH9 Southbridge) Configures the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ...the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for GA-P35-DS3R. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (...
...controllers to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers. Only for GA-P35-S3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - Only for GA-P35-DS3. SATA AHCI Mode (Intel ICH9 Southbridge) Configures the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ...the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for GA-P35-DS3R. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (...
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... operate in Legacy IDE mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that cannot be shared with other device. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 44 - Windows 9X/ME. (Default) Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. SATA Port0-1 Native Mode (Intel ICH9 Southbridge) Specifies the...
... operate in Legacy IDE mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that cannot be shared with other device. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 44 - Windows 9X/ME. (Default) Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. SATA Port0-1 Native Mode (Intel ICH9 Southbridge) Specifies the...
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... Is Functioning Normally... When a Cable Problem Occurs... it will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to detect the status of 10/100Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is detected on Pair 1-2. Refer to a Gigabit hub or a 10/100 Mbps hub, the following information for diagnosing...
... Is Functioning Normally... When a Cable Problem Occurs... it will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to detect the status of 10/100Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is detected on Pair 1-2. Refer to a Gigabit hub or a 10/100 Mbps hub, the following information for diagnosing...
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... button and then the system will enter suspend mode. Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 47 - BIOS Setup Press and hold the power button for less than in a low power S3(STR) mode. If...
... button and then the system will enter suspend mode. Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 47 - BIOS Setup Press and hold the power button for less than in a low power S3(STR) mode. If...
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...press to accept. Press on this function, avoid inadequate shutdown from an AC power loss. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 48 - Note: When using this item and set a password with 1~5 characters to turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. To turn on the system. AC Back Function ... Disables this function. (Default) Double Click Double click on left button on the PS/2 mouse to turn on this function, you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be powered on by a PS/2 keyboard wake-up...
...press to accept. Press on this function, avoid inadequate shutdown from an AC power loss. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 48 - Note: When using this item and set a password with 1~5 characters to turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. To turn on the system. AC Back Function ... Disables this function. (Default) Double Click Double click on left button on the PS/2 mouse to turn on this function, you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be powered on by a PS/2 keyboard wake-up...
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...automatically displayed which looks like 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 ...exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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 shown in the...
...automatically displayed which looks like 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 ...exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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 shown in the...
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...® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are different utilities. Windows® XP with SP3 or later; For example, when hard drives are installed. • The amount of data...
...® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are different utilities. Windows® XP with SP3 or later; For example, when hard drives are installed. • The amount of data...
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English Installation and Configuration (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS Setup program. Save the changes and exit. 2. actual size requirements vary, ...system (Figure 3). Select a file system (for Xpress Recovery2 (10 GB or more is recommended; Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Set CD-ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 64 - When partitioning your hard drive (Figure 1), make sure to leave unallocated space ...
English Installation and Configuration (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS Setup program. Save the changes and exit. 2. actual size requirements vary, ...system (Figure 3). Select a file system (for Xpress Recovery2 (10 GB or more is recommended; Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Figure 1 Figure 2 3. Set CD-ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 64 - When partitioning your hard drive (Figure 1), make sure to leave unallocated space ...
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...any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for P35-DS3R F5c . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/05/2007-P35-ICH9-6A79OG07C-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent ...in Xpress Recovery2 1. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows...
...any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for P35-DS3R F5c . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/05/2007-P35-ICH9-6A79OG07C-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent ...in Xpress Recovery2 1. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows...
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...hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: The USB ... in the Windows environment. @BIOS will download the latest BIOS file from the hassles of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you to update the BIOS without having to your motherboard model. 2. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard ...
...hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: The USB ... in the Windows environment. @BIOS will download the latest BIOS file from the hassles of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you to update the BIOS without having to your motherboard model. 2. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard ...
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...connection is unable to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. If your location and click OK. - 71 - Failure to do NOT interrupt the ...English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to start. 4. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting...
...connection is unable to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. If your location and click OK. - 71 - Failure to do NOT interrupt the ...English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to start. 4. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting...
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... 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 and...occur. (Note 1) Available functions in EasyTune 5 may differ by motherboard model. (Note 2) C.I.A. PC HEALTH 5. Function LEDs 9. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. - 73 - Unique Features and M.I ...
... 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 and...occur. (Note 1) Available functions in EasyTune 5 may differ by motherboard model. (Note 2) C.I.A. PC HEALTH 5. Function LEDs 9. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. - 73 - Unique Features and M.I ...
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Under Space to reserve for ReadyBoost using the slider or spin box. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 74 - Step 2: In the ReadyBoost tab, select Use this device. Click Apply and then OK to turn on ReadyBoost. • The USB flash ... may enable ReadyBoost and allocate part of your USB flash drive's memory to speed up your computer's performance. Right-click on a Windows Vista certified USB flash drive to boost your computer. English 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows ReadyBoost allows you to use for system speed, set the amount of RAM installed in your computer.
Under Space to reserve for ReadyBoost using the slider or spin box. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 74 - Step 2: In the ReadyBoost tab, select Use this device. Click Apply and then OK to turn on ReadyBoost. • The USB flash ... may enable ReadyBoost and allocate part of your USB flash drive's memory to speed up your computer's performance. Right-click on a Windows Vista certified USB flash drive to boost your computer. English 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows ReadyBoost allows you to use for system speed, set the amount of RAM installed in your computer.
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Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Only for the SATA port. (For example, on the GA-P35-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from... on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for GA-P35-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel®...
Installing SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Only for the SATA port. (For example, on the GA-P35-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from... on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for GA-P35-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel®...
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Skip this step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to create a RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to ...
Skip this step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to create a RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to ...
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...Window [KL]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 3 [ESC]-Exit Note: In the main screen, you wish to see detailed information about the selected hard drive. Highlight the item that you can select a hard drive in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3.../S3 Motherboard - 82 - Skip this step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 3), use the up or down arrow key...
...Window [KL]-Select ITEM [ENTER]-Action Figure 3 [ESC]-Exit Note: In the main screen, you wish to see detailed information about the selected hard drive. Highlight the item that you can select a hard drive in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility. GA-P35-DS3R/DS3.../S3 Motherboard - 82 - Skip this step and proceed to the installation of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility (Figure 3), use the up or down arrow key...