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...manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual are legally registered to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included...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. Documentation Classifications In order to their...
...manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual are legally registered to assist in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included...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. Documentation Classifications In order to their...
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... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress...Green...71 Chapter 5 Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 88 5-2-3 Configuring...
... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact...59 3-5 System...59 3-6 Download Center 60 3-7 New Utilities...60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress...Green...71 Chapter 5 Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 88 5-2-3 Configuring...
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Box Contents GA-880GM-D2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable Two SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image ...
Box Contents GA-880GM-D2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable Two SATA cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image ...
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... screens. (Note 4) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ...
... screens. (Note 4) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ...
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After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the slot ...
After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the slot ...
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... side to this jack. Microphones must be used to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. A. Dual Display Configurations: This motherboard provides three ports for a headphone or 2-channel speaker. Dual Display Combination...
... side to this jack. Microphones must be used to use an HD front panel audio module and enable themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. A. Dual Display Configurations: This motherboard provides three ports for a headphone or 2-channel speaker. Dual Display Combination...
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GA-880GM-D2H E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/18/2010-RS880P-SB710-7A66BG0MC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS SETUP Press the key to enter ... RECOVERY2 If you to accept. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. BIOS Setup - 32 - In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to access the Q-Flash...
GA-880GM-D2H E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/18/2010-RS880P-SB710-7A66BG0MC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS SETUP Press the key to enter ... RECOVERY2 If you to accept. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. BIOS Setup - 32 - In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press the key to access the Q-Flash...
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... AMD TLB Erratum Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to exit this menu when finished. (Note) This item appears only if you install a CPU that supports this...
... AMD TLB Erratum Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to exit this menu when finished. (Note) This item appears only if you install a CPU that supports this...
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... Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that support Native mode. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you to decide whether to AHCI mode. Native IDE Allows...
... Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that support Native mode. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you to decide whether to AHCI mode. Native IDE Allows...
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..., follow the on-screen instructions to install. • Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset... right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will automatically scan your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard...
..., follow the on-screen instructions to install. • Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. You can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset... right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will automatically scan your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard...
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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. 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 58 -
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. 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 58 -
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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. - 59 - 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. - 59 - Drivers Installation
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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 install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
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 install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install it. Drivers Installation - 60 - The latest version of an item to the GIGABYTE website.
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... example, when hard drives are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up data on the first IDE connector is the first...
... example, when hard drives are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up data on the first IDE connector is the first...
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... to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step...
... to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step...
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... - Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... Find the Q-Share icon to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Exit... Enable Incoming Folder ... Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to configure the data sharing settings. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able...
... - Open Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... Find the Q-Share icon to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. in the notification area and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Exit... Enable Incoming Folder ... Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to configure the data sharing settings. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able...
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... drive(s) in your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (Note 2) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and ... drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. C. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard...
... drive(s) in your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (Note 2) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and ... drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. C. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard...
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...successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is D:\). 3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following table for the SATA driver directories for different Windows operating systems. Operating System Windows XP 32-bit Windows XP 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit (AHCI mode) ... be installed. For installing Windows Vista, you need to a floppy disk. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix See the instructions below about how to be recognized during the OS installation. ...
...successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is D:\). 3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following table for the SATA driver directories for different Windows operating systems. Operating System Windows XP 32-bit Windows XP 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit (AHCI mode) ... be installed. For installing Windows Vista, you need to a floppy disk. Steps: 1: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix See the instructions below about how to be recognized during the OS installation. ...
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... 2 Figure 3 Appendix - 80 - Your system will open similar to that in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 2). In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the... motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3, to install Windows XP to the RAID/ AHCI ...
... 2 Figure 3 Appendix - 80 - Your system will open similar to that in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 2). In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the... motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 3, to install Windows XP to the RAID/ AHCI ...
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...Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Windows Setup You have chosen to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). ceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.... screen. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . A. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID...
...Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Windows Setup You have chosen to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). ceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.... screen. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . A. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID...