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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 53 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 54 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 55 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 57 4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 66 4-2 Troubleshooting 72 - 6 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51 Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 53 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 54 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 55 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 57 4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 Channel Audio Function Introduction 66 4-2 Troubleshooting 72 - 6 -
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.... 3. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 18 - Be sure the metal contacts on the card are all supported under the Windows XP operating system. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List * (The items below : 1. PCI Express x16 Cards Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model...
.... 3. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 18 - Be sure the metal contacts on the card are all supported under the Windows XP operating system. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List * (The items below : 1. PCI Express x16 Cards Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model...
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... or earphone to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. COMA (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 20 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the ...software to MIC In jack. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. You can be connected to configure 2-/4-/6-channel audio functioning.
... or earphone to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. COMA (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 20 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the ...software to MIC In jack. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. You can be connected to configure 2-/4-/6-channel audio functioning.
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... 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 24 - English 6) IDE1 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 150MB...
... 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 24 - English 6) IDE1 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 150MB...
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... use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your system automatically. Please pick the item that you can install others application. Some device drivers will restart your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. If not, please...double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" Insert the...
... use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your system automatically. Please pick the item that you can install others application. Some device drivers will restart your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. If not, please...double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" Insert the...
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GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 50 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 50 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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Drivers Installation English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 51 -
Drivers Installation English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 51 -
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... and changes, the U-Plus D.P.S. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.'s integration of all new drivers with relative speed and ease. feature the user is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for download. Designed ...performance to 10%. Download Center automatically runs a system check of system loading. Instead, S.O.S. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T. S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver) System Overclock Saver (S.O.S.) is designed especially to maximize memory performance and...
... and changes, the U-Plus D.P.S. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .T.'s integration of all new drivers with relative speed and ease. feature the user is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for download. Designed ...performance to 10%. Download Center automatically runs a system check of system loading. Instead, S.O.S. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T. S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver) System Overclock Saver (S.O.S.) is designed especially to maximize memory performance and...
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System requirements: 1. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD-ROM. Intel 915 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive.... of the screen. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. Boot from CD-ROM for 8I915MD-G F4 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I915-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. It is executed from CD/DVD: Award Modular...
System requirements: 1. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD-ROM. Intel 915 BIOS for the first time, it will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive.... of the screen. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. Boot from CD-ROM for 8I915MD-G F4 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I915-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. It is executed from CD/DVD: Award Modular...
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... Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is dependent on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. BACKUP: Back up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. REBOOT: Exit... c . It is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 56 - SATA IDE channel 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This ...
... Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is dependent on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. BACKUP: Back up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. REBOOT: Exit... c . It is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 56 - SATA IDE channel 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This ...
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Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied. STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click ... Introduction 2 Channel Audio Setup We recommend that you 'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to "Line Out." GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 66 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the function.
Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier to get the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied. STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click ... Introduction 2 Channel Audio Setup We recommend that you 'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to "Line Out." GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 66 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to select the function.
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Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. Line Out Line In Appendix English STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to "Line In." STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, ...
Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. Line Out Line In Appendix English STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to "Line In." STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, ...
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... setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). Line In GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 68 - Please select the other settings for 5.1 speaker output check box. MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 3: On...
... setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). Line In GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 68 - Please select the other settings for 5.1 speaker output check box. MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 3: On...
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... Audio Output Mode Notes: When the Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). STEP 4: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to SURROUND-KIT's SUB CENTER. English STEP 3: Connect the front... for 5.1 speaker output check box. STEP 5: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 6-channel mode for 6 channels output. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 70 -
... Audio Output Mode Notes: When the Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo mode (2-channel output). STEP 4: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to SURROUND-KIT's SUB CENTER. English STEP 3: Connect the front... for 5.1 speaker output check box. STEP 5: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 6-channel mode for 6 channels output. GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV Motherboard - 70 -