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... may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this... page on our website. No part of the motherboard is designated by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on how to their...
... may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this... page on our website. No part of the motherboard is designated by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on how to their...
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... 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/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 ...Configuring Audio Input and Output 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 98 5-2-3 Configuring 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 107 Only the GA-P35C-DS3R...
... 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/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 ...Configuring Audio Input and Output 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 98 5-2-3 Configuring 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 107 Only the GA-P35C-DS3R...
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... (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-P35C-DS3R, GA-P35C-DS3, or GA-P35C-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable GA-P35C-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3/S3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3: One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The...
... (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-P35C-DS3R, GA-P35C-DS3, or GA-P35C-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable GA-P35C-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3/S3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3: One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The...
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GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English Hardware Monitor BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection ... depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 4) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English Hardware Monitor BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection ... depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 4) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
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.... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to release the card and then pull...down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the chassis back panel. 2. Carefully read ...
.... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to release the card and then pull...down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the chassis back panel. 2. Carefully read ...
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...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. A. To show the BIOS POST screen. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. GA-P35C-DS3R... LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. You can be used for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for P35C-DS3R F4d . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/09/2007-P35-ICH9-6A790G0BC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST ...
...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. A. To show the BIOS POST screen. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. GA-P35C-DS3R... LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. You can be used for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for P35C-DS3R F4d . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/09/2007-P35-ICH9-6A790G0BC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST ...
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RAID Enables RAID for GA-P35C-DS3R. Advanced Host Controller Inter- Only for the SATA controllers. Only for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures ... for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH9 Southbridge. Disabled Disables RAID for GA-P35C-S3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - face (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge...
RAID Enables RAID for GA-P35C-DS3R. Advanced Host Controller Inter- Only for the SATA controllers. Only for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI Configures ... for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH9 Southbridge. Disabled Disables RAID for GA-P35C-S3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - face (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge...
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..., Disabled. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 46 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. English Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide whether to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Device (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip...
..., Disabled. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 46 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. English Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide whether to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled) Onboard SATA/IDE Device (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip...
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...) is set for a 3-pin CPU fan or a 4-pin CPU fan. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. However, for a 4-pin CPU fan that is not designed following Intel PWM fan specifications, selecting PWM mode may not effectively reduce the fan...
...) is set for a 3-pin CPU fan or a 4-pin CPU fan. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. However, for a 4-pin CPU fan that is not designed following Intel PWM fan specifications, selecting PWM mode may not effectively reduce the fan...
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Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) Only for GA-P35C-DS3R. - 59 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Drivers Installation After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then...
Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) Only for GA-P35C-DS3R. - 59 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Drivers Installation After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then...
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English 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-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 60 -
English 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-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 60 -
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Drivers Installation English 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. - 61 -
Drivers Installation English 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. - 61 -
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...® XP with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of data). • It is recommended; When hard drives are...
...® XP with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of data). • It is recommended; When hard drives are...
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Figure 8 2. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... If you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Intel P35 BIOS for the first time. ... 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for P35C-DS3R F4d . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/09/2007-P35-ICH9-6A790G0BC-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Figure 8 2. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... If you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Intel P35 BIOS for the first time. ... 10). 2. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for P35C-DS3R F4d . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/09/2007-P35-ICH9-6A790G0BC-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press...
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...unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 3. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 4. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Save the Current BIOS File In...Save Current BIOS allows you to save the current BIOS file. 2. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. B. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to your system supports Intel® Hyper...
...unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 3. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 4. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Save the Current BIOS File In...Save Current BIOS allows you to save the current BIOS file. 2. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. B. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to your system supports Intel® Hyper...
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... the ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Only the GA-P35C-DS3R supports RAID function. The instructions on configurig a RAID array in your computer Attach one hard drive. •...
... the ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Only the GA-P35C-DS3R supports RAID function. The instructions on configurig a RAID array in your computer Attach one hard drive. •...
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... MENU. Create RAID Volume 2. Are you sure you may proceed to Non-RAID 4. Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1014 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. English...
... MENU. Create RAID Volume 2. Are you sure you may proceed to Non-RAID 4. Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1014 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. English...
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...RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? When prompted to confirm your... Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 86 - [ESC]-Abort English 7. Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select... on the array to the RAID Disk Drive List block. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to be deleted...
...RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? When prompted to confirm your... Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 86 - [ESC]-Abort English 7. Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select... on the array to the RAID Disk Drive List block. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to be deleted...
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...or (8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows XP/Vista 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for Windows 64-bit. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without ...a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. English 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID...
...or (8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows XP/Vista 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for Windows 64-bit. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without ...a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. English 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID...
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... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 88 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system, or you need to that you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings...
... Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 88 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system, or you need to that you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings...