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... Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W 1394 Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM R_USB30 Controller R_USB30 Turbo F_USB30 Controller GSATA3 Controller GSATA3...
... Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W 1394 Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM R_USB30 Controller R_USB30 Turbo F_USB30 Controller GSATA3 Controller GSATA3...
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The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents GA-Z68P-DS3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) - 6 -
The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents GA-Z68P-DS3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) - 6 -
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GA-Z68P-DS3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel ... x1 Realtek RTL8111E x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge RJ45 LAN PCI Bus Intel® Z68 2 SATA 6Gb/s 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 12 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8728 LPT COM PS/2 KB/Mouse MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ) Line Out (Front Speaker Out ) Line In (Rear Speaker Out...
GA-Z68P-DS3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel ... x1 Realtek RTL8111E x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge RJ45 LAN PCI Bus Intel® Z68 2 SATA 6Gb/s 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 12 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8728 LPT COM PS/2 KB/Mouse MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ) Line Out (Front Speaker Out ) Line In (Rear Speaker Out...
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...power fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x clearing CMOS jumper 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port ...1 x parallel port 1 x serial port 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 1 x HDMI port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone) iTE IT8728 chip ...
...power fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x clearing CMOS jumper 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port ...1 x parallel port 1 x serial port 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 1 x HDMI port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone) iTE IT8728 chip ...
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... Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Playback, set the default sound playback device to connect devices such as a USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB flash drive and etc. After installing the HDMI device, make sure to set Intel(R) Display Audio to an external ... is 1920x1200, but the actual resolutions supported are dependent on your operating system. Hardware Installation 1-6 Back Panel Connectors USB 2.0/1.1 Port The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port Use this feature, ensure that supports digital optical audio. Parallel Port Use ...
... Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Playback, set the default sound playback device to connect devices such as a USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB flash drive and etc. After installing the HDMI device, make sure to set Intel(R) Display Audio to an external ... is 1920x1200, but the actual resolutions supported are dependent on your operating system. Hardware Installation 1-6 Back Panel Connectors USB 2.0/1.1 Port The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port Use this feature, ensure that supports digital optical audio. Parallel Port Use ...
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...Short: Clear CMOS Values •• Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the USB bracket. 13) CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to clear the CMOS values (e.g. To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap...) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). - 27 - Definition 1 Power (5V) 2 Power (5V) 9 1 10 2 3 USB DX- 4 USB DY- 5 USB DX+ 6 USB DY+ 7 GND 8 GND 9 No Pin 10 NC •• Do not plug the IEEE 1394 bracket (2x5-pin) cable into the...
...Short: Clear CMOS Values •• Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the USB bracket. 13) CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to clear the CMOS values (e.g. To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap...) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). - 27 - Definition 1 Power (5V) 2 Power (5V) 9 1 10 2 3 USB DX- 4 USB DY- 5 USB DX+ 6 USB DY+ 7 GND 8 GND 9 No Pin 10 NC •• Do not plug the IEEE 1394 bracket (2x5-pin) cable into the...
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..., advanced features available on the CPU, and the primary display adapter. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to configure all peripheral devices, such as SATA, USB, integrated audio, and integrated LAN, etc. Power Management Setup Use this task.) BIOS Setup - 32 - The Functions of reconfiguring the BIOS settings. A supervisor...
..., advanced features available on the CPU, and the primary display adapter. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to configure all peripheral devices, such as SATA, USB, integrated audio, and integrated LAN, etc. Power Management Setup Use this task.) BIOS Setup - 32 - The Functions of reconfiguring the BIOS settings. A supervisor...
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... with the settings of the SMART QuickBoot of loading the operating system from the installed hard drives. Options are: Hard Disk, CDROM, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USBHDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled. BIOS Setup Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the... Delay For HDD (Secs) Full Screen LOGO Show Init Display First Onboard VGA On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [Press Enter] [Disabled] [Auto] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [USB-FDD] [Setup] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [0] [Enabled] [PCI] [Auto] [64MB+2MB for GTT] Item Help Menu Level Move Enter: Select F5...
... with the settings of the SMART QuickBoot of loading the operating system from the installed hard drives. Options are: Hard Disk, CDROM, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USBHDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled. BIOS Setup Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the... Delay For HDD (Secs) Full Screen LOGO Show Init Display First Onboard VGA On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [Press Enter] [Disabled] [Auto] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [USB-FDD] [Setup] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [0] [Enabled] [PCI] [Auto] [64MB+2MB for GTT] Item Help Menu Level Move Enter: Select F5...
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... PCH SATA Control Mode item below will be shared with other device. When set to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables...Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port...
... PCH SATA Control Mode item below will be shared with other device. When set to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Z68 Chipset) Enables...Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port...
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.... If no LAN cable is attached to the motherboard, the Status fields of all of the attached LAN cable. USB Controllers Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. (Default: Enabled) Disabled will turn off all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. If no cable problem... your LAN cable: When No LAN Cable Is Attached... it will only operate at Port..... Cable Length Displays the approximate length of the USB functionalities below. SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software SMART LAN Start detecting at a...
.... If no LAN cable is attached to the motherboard, the Status fields of all of the attached LAN cable. USB Controllers Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. (Default: Enabled) Disabled will turn off all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. If no cable problem... your LAN cable: When No LAN Cable Is Attached... it will only operate at Port..... Cable Length Displays the approximate length of the USB functionalities below. SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software SMART LAN Start detecting at a...
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... system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all of the drivers, a dialog box...driver installation. Drivers Installation Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot ...
... system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all of the drivers, a dialog box...driver installation. Drivers Installation Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot ...
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... data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • RAID drives are not supported. • GPT partitions are not supported. • Hard drives larger than to restore it...
... data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • RAID drives are not supported. • GPT partitions are not supported. • Hard drives larger than to restore it...
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... However, if the main BIOS is @BIOS™? @BIOS allows you from the nearest @BIOS server 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. Restart the ... to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Z68P-DS3 F1b . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/16/2011-Z68-7A89WG0EC-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to enter Q-Flash. Note: The USB flash drive or hard drive must use the key during the...
... However, if the main BIOS is @BIOS™? @BIOS allows you from the nearest @BIOS server 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. Restart the ... to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Z68P-DS3 F1b . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/16/2011-Z68-7A89WG0EC-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to enter Q-Flash. Note: The USB flash drive or hard drive must use the key during the...
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...of the system reading the BIOS file from Drive and press . • The Save Main BIOS to Drive option allows you sure to a USB flash drive. CoaodpyCMBIOOSS DcoemfapuletteEdn-aPbaless !! B. Updating the BIOS When updating the BIOS, choose the location where the BIOS file is displayed on the ...screen. Insert the USB flash drive containing the BIOS file into the computer. When the message "Are you to save the BIOS file to update BIOS?" appears, press...
...of the system reading the BIOS file from Drive and press . • The Save Main BIOS to Drive option allows you sure to a USB flash drive. CoaodpyCMBIOOSS DcoemfapuletteEdn-aPbaless !! B. Updating the BIOS When updating the BIOS, choose the location where the BIOS file is displayed on the ...screen. Insert the USB flash drive containing the BIOS file into the computer. When the message "Are you to save the BIOS file to update BIOS?" appears, press...
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... RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Before...
... RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Before...
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... Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode [Disabled] [RAID...
... Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD) PCH SATA Control Mode OROM UI and Banner SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controllers USB Legacy Function USB Storage Function Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN } SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode [Disabled] [RAID...
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... menu and press . erating system. After the operating system is designated as drive A). Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to a floppy disk. Appendix A Command Prompt window will then automatically copy the driver files to install Windows 7/Vista/XP.... First, copy the driver from the motherboard driver disk using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is installed, we recommend that contains the driver during the Windows setup process. 5-1-2 Installing the...
... menu and press . erating system. After the operating system is designated as drive A). Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to a floppy disk. Appendix A Command Prompt window will then automatically copy the driver files to install Windows 7/Vista/XP.... First, copy the driver from the motherboard driver disk using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is installed, we recommend that contains the driver during the Windows setup process. 5-1-2 Installing the...