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Channel Audio Function Introduction 69 4-1-5 Jack-Sensing Introduction 75 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 - Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix ...55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 69 4-1-5 Jack-Sensing Introduction 75 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 - Chapter 3 Install Drivers 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix ...55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 56 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 57 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 60 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6-
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...PCI Express x 16/G.E.A.R. Be sure the metal contacts on the slot .Make sure your expansion card by the small whitedrawable bar. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of Expansion Cards You ...align the VGA card to install/Uninstall the VGA card. slot and press firmly down on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 16 - expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of expansion card from the operating ...
...PCI Express x 16/G.E.A.R. Be sure the metal contacts on the slot .Make sure your expansion card by the small whitedrawable bar. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of Expansion Cards You ...align the VGA card to install/Uninstall the VGA card. slot and press firmly down on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 16 - expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of expansion card from the operating ...
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... 1-1. 4X AGP Card Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model Name GA-620 GA-622 GA-660 Plus GA-GF2560 Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-GF2000 GA-GF1280 GV-GF2010D GA-GF3000D GV-GF1280-32E GV-GF1280T-32P Gigabyte Gigabyte ELSA G V-GF3200TF G V-GF3500TF-GH Gladiac Ultra... currently validated by GIGABYTE enginneers. Please remove the sticker on Intel chipset based PCI Express solution motherboard. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for traditional AGP Graphics...
... 1-1. 4X AGP Card Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model Name GA-620 GA-622 GA-660 Plus GA-GF2560 Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-GF2000 GA-GF1280 GV-GF2010D GA-GF3000D GV-GF1280-32E GV-GF1280T-32P Gigabyte Gigabyte ELSA G V-GF3200TF G V-GF3500TF-GH Gladiac Ultra... currently validated by GIGABYTE enginneers. Please remove the sticker on Intel chipset based PCI Express solution motherboard. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for traditional AGP Graphics...
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...port. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 20 - USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8I915ME-GL. If your OS supports USB... speaker...etc. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. Only for GA-8I915ME-C. Only for GA-8I915ME-GV. 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, ...
...port. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 20 - USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8I915ME-GL. If your OS supports USB... speaker...etc. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. Only for GA-8I915ME-C. Only for GA-8I915ME-GV. 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, ...
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... IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to the computer via an IDE connector. Definition 1 GND 1 7 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 24 - Pin No. If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the...
... IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to the computer via an IDE connector. Definition 1 GND 1 7 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 24 - Pin No. If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the...
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or you can install others application. System will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will auto start and show a... "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; Install Drivers in Windows XP. After restarting your system automatically. Please pick the...
or you can install others application. System will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will auto start and show a... "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; Install Drivers in Windows XP. After restarting your system automatically. Please pick the...
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GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 52 - 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-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 52 - 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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Install Drivers 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. - 53 -
Install Drivers 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. - 53 -
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... is no longer need to optimize memory performance by selecting from system over-enhancement by the user. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .B. 2 features. With added branded memory module information, users are mounted on the U-Plus D.P.S. feature, users...well as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to maximize memory performance and ...
... is no longer need to optimize memory performance by selecting from system over-enhancement by the user. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .B. 2 features. With added branded memory module information, users are mounted on the U-Plus D.P.S. feature, users...well as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to maximize memory performance and ...
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System requirements: 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of hard disk data. Intel x86 platforms 2. After the steps above are ...completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 57 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from the CD-ROM, you can...
System requirements: 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of hard disk data. Intel x86 platforms 2. After the steps above are ...completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 57 - VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from the CD-ROM, you can...
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...the backup file must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 58 - SATA IDE channel 2 e....IDE channel 1 d. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will store the backup file at ...
...the backup file must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 58 - SATA IDE channel 2 e....IDE channel 1 d. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will store the backup file at ...
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... 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 the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2-channel mode for stereo speaker output check box. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 68 - Click the...
... 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 the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 2-channel mode for stereo speaker output check box. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 68 - Click the...
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... stereo mode (2-channel output). 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. STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and...
... stereo mode (2-channel output). 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. STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and...
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... to select the function. Click the icon to connect the audio output without any additional module. 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 1: Connect the front channels to "Line Out",the rear channels to "Line... In". Line In STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 6-channel mode for 5.1 speaker output check box. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 70 - Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK.
... to select the function. Click the icon to connect the audio output without any additional module. 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 1: Connect the front channels to "Line Out",the rear channels to "Line... In". Line In STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select the 6-channel mode for 5.1 speaker output check box. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 70 - Clear the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK.
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... 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. Select the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 72 - STEP 5: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu...
... 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. Select the Only SURROUND-KIT check box and press OK. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 72 - STEP 5: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu...