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... Guide page on our website. Disclaimer Information 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. Documentation Classifications In order... to use of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. All rights reserved. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying ...
... Guide page on our website. Disclaimer Information 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. Documentation Classifications In order... to use of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. All rights reserved. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying ...
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... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 64 ...5 Appendix ...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9DO SATA Controllers 71 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 78 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 83 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 83 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out Cable...
... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 64 ...5 Appendix ...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9DO SATA Controllers 71 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 77 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 78 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 83 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 83 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out Cable...
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... No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-Q35M-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield •...
... No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-Q35M-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield •...
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... size displayed will be less than 4 GB. (Note 2) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 3) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9DO RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 12 -
... size displayed will be less than 4 GB. (Note 2) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 3) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9DO RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 12 -
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... bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 18 - Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. Secure the card's metal... Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and ...
... bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 18 - Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. Secure the card's metal... Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and ...
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... POST. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as shown below. All Rights Reversed. Intel Q35 BIOS for Q35M-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11...Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to enter Intel(R) ME Setup GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. To exit Boot Menu, press . The system...
... POST. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as shown below. All Rights Reversed. Intel Q35 BIOS for Q35M-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11...Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to enter Intel(R) ME Setup GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. To exit Boot Menu, press . The system...
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... controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Windows 9X/ME. (Default) Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. Windows XP/2000. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 42 - Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA...
... controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Windows 9X/ME. (Default) Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. Windows XP/2000. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 42 - Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA...
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... BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Legacy Disabled Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. Allows CPU fan to run at least DDRII1 or DDRII2 socket in Channel 0 is set to control CPU fan speed. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 48 - Smart FAN Control Method (Note) Specifies how to Disabled. This feature...
... BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Legacy Disabled Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. Allows CPU fan to run at least DDRII1 or DDRII2 socket in Channel 0 is set to control CPU fan speed. GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 48 - Smart FAN Control Method (Note) Specifies how to Disabled. This feature...
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... Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example ... XP Service Pack 1 or later. Failure to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Or you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install. Drivers Installation Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to do so...
... Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example ... XP Service Pack 1 or later. Failure to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Or you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install. Drivers Installation Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to do so...
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GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 56 - 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-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 56 - 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.
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Drivers Installation 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. - 57 -
Drivers Installation 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. - 57 -
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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and...
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... disk allocation. If you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to access Xpress Recovery2 for Q35M-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/09/2007-Q35-ICH9-6A79OG0ZC-00 Figure 9 ...driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Select BACKUP to store the backup image file. - 62 - After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 8 2. Figure 12 GA-Q35M-S2...
... disk allocation. If you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to access Xpress Recovery2 for Q35M-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/09/2007-Q35-ICH9-6A79OG0ZC-00 Figure 9 ...driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Select BACKUP to store the backup image file. - 62 - After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 8 2. Figure 12 GA-Q35M-S2...
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... @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent... unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard...
... @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent... unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard...
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... hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. B. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. •...; An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9DO SATA Controllers A. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. If you do not want to create RAID, ...
... hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. B. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. •...; An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9DO SATA Controllers A. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. If you do not want to create RAID, ...
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...(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 75 - All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : RAID_Volume0 RAID0(Stripe...
...(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 75 - All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size : Capacity : RAID_Volume0 RAID0(Stripe...
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...the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. From your system. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. See the instructions below about how to the floppy disk. Press ...-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Figure 3 - 77 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Appendix For example, from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note...
...the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. From your system. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. See the instructions below about how to the floppy disk. Press ...-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Figure 3 - 77 - Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Appendix For example, from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note...
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... system, or you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
... system, or you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 78 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
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... the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the floppy disk. The driver installation will appear. Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH9R) Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E) ... Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9DO SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. Use the arrow keys to specify additional mass storage devices for ...
... the screen as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the floppy disk. The driver installation will appear. Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH9R) Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E) ... Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9DO SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. Use the arrow keys to specify additional mass storage devices for ...
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 80 - Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-Q35M-S2 Motherboard - 80 - Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.