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Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. If you use an SSD larger than 64 GB, the space beyond 64 GB can still be ...
Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. If you use an SSD larger than 64 GB, the space beyond 64 GB can still be ...
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... is complete, use the "Xpress Install" function of the motherboard driver disk to install all motherboard drivers, including the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver. Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology: Step 1: After completing the steps above . 4. After the ... the IRST icon in the notification area and double-click it to install the operating system. Installing the operating system and drivers to the SATA disk: After setting the BIOS, you can begin to open the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility. - 2 -
... is complete, use the "Xpress Install" function of the motherboard driver disk to install all motherboard drivers, including the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver. Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology: Step 1: After completing the steps above . 4. After the ... the IRST icon in the notification area and double-click it to install the operating system. Installing the operating system and drivers to the SATA disk: After setting the BIOS, you can begin to open the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility. - 2 -
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...The trademarks mentioned in this : "REV: X.X." Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Changes to their respective owners. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this manual are ...'s Manual. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Copyright © 2011 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO...
...The trademarks mentioned in this : "REV: X.X." Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Changes to their respective owners. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in this manual are ...'s Manual. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Copyright © 2011 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO...
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... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 93 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 99 5-2 Bigfoot Killer Network Manager 108 5-3 Configuring Audio Input and Output 109 5-3-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 109 5-3-2 5-3-3 5-3-4 Configuring S/PDIF...
... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 93 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 99 5-2 Bigfoot Killer Network Manager 108 5-3 Configuring Audio Input and Output 109 5-3-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 109 5-3-2 5-3-3 5-3-4 Configuring S/PDIF...
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... USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents G1.Sniper 2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector 5.25" Front Access Control Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports, 1 Power...
... USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents G1.Sniper 2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector 5.25" Front Access Control Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports, 1 Power...
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... is fully inserted into the slot. 444 Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 777 Install the driver provided with your operating system. Hardware Installation - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 222 Align the card with the slot...
... is fully inserted into the slot. 444 Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 777 Install the driver provided with your operating system. Hardware Installation - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 222 Align the card with the slot...
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... the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on your graphics cards for more information about enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology. - 19 - C-2. Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Two CrossFireX/SLI-ready graphics cards of your graphics cards for enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology may be needed... or not depending on top of the two cards. To Enable CrossFireX Function After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel. Step 3: Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the...
... the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on your graphics cards for more information about enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology. - 19 - C-2. Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Two CrossFireX/SLI-ready graphics cards of your graphics cards for enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology may be needed... or not depending on top of the two cards. To Enable CrossFireX Function After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel. Step 3: Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the...
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... SCREEN Press the key to AHCI mode and enable hot plug functionality for the SATA connectors. To exit Boot Menu, press . Motherboard Model BIOS Version G1.Sniper 2 F1c . . . . Press to enable AHCI mode or to set to Xpress Recovery2 during the POST, telling you do not respond YES or NO in... Copyright (C) 1984-2011, Award Software, Inc. BIOS Setup - 36 - Note: The setting in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to show the BIOS POST screen at IDE mode. You can be based on...
... SCREEN Press the key to AHCI mode and enable hot plug functionality for the SATA connectors. To exit Boot Menu, press . Motherboard Model BIOS Version G1.Sniper 2 F1c . . . . Press to enable AHCI mode or to set to Xpress Recovery2 during the POST, telling you do not respond YES or NO in... Copyright (C) 1984-2011, Award Software, Inc. BIOS Setup - 36 - Note: The setting in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to show the BIOS POST screen at IDE mode. You can be based on...
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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 or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated ... disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to display Intel RAID ROM messages during the POST when the Intel SATA RAID function is an interface specification that cannot be set to Enabled...
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 or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated ... disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to display Intel RAID ROM messages during the POST when the Intel SATA RAID function is an interface specification that cannot be set to Enabled...
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... 88SE9172 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. R_USB30 Controller (Etron EJ168 USB Controller, USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel) Enables or disables the Etron EJ168 USB controller. (Default: Enabled...
... 88SE9172 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. R_USB30 Controller (Etron EJ168 USB Controller, USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel) Enables or disables the Etron EJ168 USB controller. (Default: Enabled...
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... click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install other drivers. • After "Xpress Install" installs all of the drivers, a dialog box will automatically scan your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Failure to install new GIGABYTE utilities. You can click the Install All...
... click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install other drivers. • After "Xpress Install" installs all of the drivers, a dialog box will automatically scan your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Failure to install new GIGABYTE utilities. You can click the Install All...
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Drivers Installation - 62 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
Drivers Installation - 62 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
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3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 - Drivers Installation
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Drivers Installation - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. The latest version of an item to install it. You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to the GIGABYTE website.
Drivers Installation - 64 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. The latest version of an item to install it. You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to the GIGABYTE website.
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... utilities. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to leave enough unallocated space in the following sequence: The first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. For example, a backup...
... utilities. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of data). • It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to leave enough unallocated space in the following sequence: The first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. For example, a backup...
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk ...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk ...
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... After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Exit... Disable Incoming Folder ... Description Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Data Sharing Enabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Unique Features exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area...
... After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Exit... Disable Incoming Folder ... Description Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Data Sharing Enabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Unique Features exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area...
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All with which you run the X.H.D utility, back up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. Or you can build a RAID 0, RAID 1, or other supported RAID array depending on your data to expand its capacity. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions: (Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the newly added harddrive has equal or greater...
All with which you run the X.H.D utility, back up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. Or you can build a RAID 0, RAID 1, or other supported RAID array depending on your data to expand its capacity. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions: (Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the newly added harddrive has equal or greater...
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...C. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is more than 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...connector from your power supply to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the motherboard. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID, you may...
...C. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is more than 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...connector from your power supply to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the motherboard. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID, you may...
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... exit the RAID BIOS utility, press or select 6. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 89 - Appendix
... exit the RAID BIOS utility, press or select 6. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 89 - Appendix