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... Utility 71 4-3 EasyTune 6...72 4-4 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 73 4-5 Q-Share...75 4-6 Smart 6™ ...76 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 87 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 93 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 94 5-2 Configuring Audio...
... Utility 71 4-3 EasyTune 6...72 4-4 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 73 4-5 Q-Share...75 4-6 Smart 6™ ...76 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 87 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 93 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 94 5-2 Configuring Audio...
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GA-P55M-UD2 Motherboard Layout KB_USB R_SPDIF R_USB_2 CPU_FAN ATX_12V_2X4 LGA1156 PHASE LED ATX IT8720 GA-P55M-UD2 DDR3_2 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_3 R_USB_1 USB_1394_ESATA USB_LAN RTL8111D AUDIO BAT F_AUDIO PCIEX16 PCI1 CODEC PCI2 CD_IN PCIEX4 SPDIF_O SPDIF_I FDD B_BIOS M_BIOS IDE GIGABYTE SATA2 TSB43AB23 Intel® P55 SATA2_4 CLR_CMOS SYS_FAN GSATA2_1 GSATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_0 SATA2_3 SATA2_2 COMA F1_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL - 7 -
GA-P55M-UD2 Motherboard Layout KB_USB R_SPDIF R_USB_2 CPU_FAN ATX_12V_2X4 LGA1156 PHASE LED ATX IT8720 GA-P55M-UD2 DDR3_2 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_3 R_USB_1 USB_1394_ESATA USB_LAN RTL8111D AUDIO BAT F_AUDIO PCIEX16 PCI1 CODEC PCI2 CD_IN PCIEX4 SPDIF_O SPDIF_I FDD B_BIOS M_BIOS IDE GIGABYTE SATA2 TSB43AB23 Intel® P55 SATA2_4 CLR_CMOS SYS_FAN GSATA2_1 GSATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_0 SATA2_3 SATA2_2 COMA F1_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL - 7 -
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Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1156 CPU CPU CLK+/- (133 MHz) DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual Channel Memory x16 PCI Express Bus DMI Interface PCI Express Bus x4 x1 x1 RTL8111D RJ45 GIGABYTE SATA2 1 PCI Express x4 LAN 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel PCI Bus TSB43AB23 Intel® P55 CODEC Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 14 USB Ports LPC IT8720 Bus Floppy COM PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line Out Line In S/PDIF In S/PDIF Out 2 PCI PCI CLK (33 MHz) - 8 -
Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1156 CPU CPU CLK+/- (133 MHz) DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz Dual Channel Memory x16 PCI Express Bus DMI Interface PCI Express Bus x4 x1 x1 RTL8111D RJ45 GIGABYTE SATA2 1 PCI Express x4 LAN 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel PCI Bus TSB43AB23 Intel® P55 CODEC Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 14 USB Ports LPC IT8720 Bus Floppy COM PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line Out Line In S/PDIF In S/PDIF Out 2 PCI PCI CLK (33 MHz) - 8 -
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... Support for an Intel® Core™ i7 series processor/Intel® Core™ i5 series processor in the LGA1156 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset w Intel® P55 Express Chipset Memory Audio...at x4 (PCIEX4) w 2 x PCI slots Multi-Graphics Support for ATI CrossFireX™ technology (Note 3) Technology Storage Interface Intel® P55 Express Chipset: - 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 1...
... Support for an Intel® Core™ i7 series processor/Intel® Core™ i5 series processor in the LGA1156 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset w Intel® P55 Express Chipset Memory Audio...at x4 (PCIEX4) w 2 x PCI slots Multi-Graphics Support for ATI CrossFireX™ technology (Note 3) Technology Storage Interface Intel® P55 Express Chipset: - 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 1...
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... (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel P55 chipset or configures the SATA controllers to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (...Allows USB keyboard to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating ...
... (Default) RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel P55 chipset or configures the SATA controllers to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (...Allows USB keyboard to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel P55 Chipset) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating ...
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...driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, and SATA2_4 ports are supported by P55 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want... Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers A. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard ...
...driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, and SATA2_4 ports are supported by P55 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want... Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel P55 SATA Controllers A. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard ...
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...RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Press to enter the P55 RAID Configuration Utility. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Skip this step and proceed with the ... array. Create RAID Volume If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will appear (Figure 3). Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. RAID Volumes : None defined. Exit 3. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and ...
...RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Press to enter the P55 RAID Configuration Utility. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Skip this step and proceed with the ... array. Create RAID Volume If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will appear (Figure 3). Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. RAID Volumes : None defined. Exit 3. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and ...
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...Figure 4, • For the Intel P55, select 1) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 3) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for ... floppy disk and the motherboard driver disk (here we as- Press after the command: • For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\imsm\32bit\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Figure 2...
...Figure 4, • For the Intel P55, select 1) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) Intel Matrix Storage driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 3) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for ... floppy disk and the motherboard driver disk (here we as- Press after the command: • For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\imsm\32bit\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 In Windows mode: Figure 2...
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... and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to the previous screen. Select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and press . Figure 1 Step 2: For the Intel P55: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you need...
... and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you to the previous screen. Select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and press . Figure 1 Step 2: For the Intel P55: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select the SCSI Adapter you need...
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... 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system.) For the Intel P55: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to \iMSM\32Bit (for Windows Vista...
... 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system.) For the Intel P55: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to \iMSM\32Bit (for Windows Vista...
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...[ MAIN MENU ] 1. If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel P55: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to a hard...your computer and replace the failed hard drive with "Rebuild" status will be performed after you enter the operating system (look for the Intel Storage Console icon in the operating system (see the next page for rebuilding detected. The procedures below assume a new drive is being ...
...[ MAIN MENU ] 1. If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel P55: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to a hard...your computer and replace the failed hard drive with "Rebuild" status will be performed after you enter the operating system (look for the Intel Storage Console icon in the operating system (see the next page for rebuilding detected. The procedures below assume a new drive is being ...
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... Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Enable Only Recovery Disk 2. RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy). When a dialog box indicating that the recovery is completed appears, click OK to show the ... the mirror. [hi]-Up/DRoAwIDn 5:[SSPtrAipCeEs]d-aStealeacntds p[aErNityT.ER]-Done [hi]-select [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Step 2: Enter the operating system, launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from All Programs in the operating system. On the RECOVERY OPTIONS menu, select Enable Only Recovery Disk to complete. Recovery Volume Options...
... Manager option ROM v8.9.0.1023 PCH-D wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Enable Only Recovery Disk 2. RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy). When a dialog box indicating that the recovery is completed appears, click OK to show the ... the mirror. [hi]-Up/DRoAwIDn 5:[SSPtrAipCeEs]d-aStealeacntds p[aErNityT.ER]-Done [hi]-select [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select Step 2: Enter the operating system, launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from All Programs in the operating system. On the RECOVERY OPTIONS menu, select Enable Only Recovery Disk to complete. Recovery Volume Options...