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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- Channel Audio Function Introduction 69 4-1-5 Jack-Sensing Introduction 75 4-2 Troubleshooting 77 - 5 -
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...by the small whitedrawable bar. expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 16 - Remove your VGA card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Be sure the metal contacts on ... firmly into the computer. 2. Installing a PCI Express x 16/G.E.A.R. Please align the VGA card to install/Uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Power on the slot .Make sure your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Read ...
...by the small whitedrawable bar. expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 16 - Remove your VGA card is locked by following the steps outlined below: 1. Be sure the metal contacts on ... firmly into the computer. 2. Installing a PCI Express x 16/G.E.A.R. Please align the VGA card to install/Uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Power on the slot .Make sure your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Read ...
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... 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 ELSA ELSA ELSA Leadtek Leadtek Leadtek Gladiac 517 Gladiac 517vivo Gladiac 525 A128 W inFast A170 T H W inFast A250 TO W inFast A250 Ultra - 17 - G.E.A.R. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver...
... 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 ELSA ELSA ELSA Leadtek Leadtek Leadtek Gladiac 517 Gladiac 517vivo Gladiac 525 A128 W inFast A170 T H W inFast A250 TO W inFast A250 Ultra - 17 - G.E.A.R. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver...
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...possible patch or driver upgrade. 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 serial-based mouse or data processing devices. have a standard USB interface. Only for GA-8I915ME-GL. USB port.... The provided Internet connection is fast Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. Only for GA-8I915ME-G. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 20 - Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. VGA Port Monitor can use audio software to this ...
...possible patch or driver upgrade. 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 serial-based mouse or data processing devices. have a standard USB interface. Only for GA-8I915ME-GL. USB port.... The provided Internet connection is fast Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. Only for GA-8I915ME-G. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 20 - Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. VGA Port Monitor can use audio software to this ...
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Definition 1 GND 1 7 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 24 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for information on settings, please refer to the instructions located on one IDE cable, and the ... properly. 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 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 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for information on settings, please refer to the instructions located on one IDE cable, and the ... properly. 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 the computer via an IDE connector.
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...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. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" Insert the driver CD-title that you can install others application. English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows...
...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. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" Insert the driver CD-title that you can install others application. English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows...
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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. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 52 -
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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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...current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the CPU computing performance to the desired level. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T.'s integration of system loading. With added branded memory module information, users are mounted on...S.O.S. C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) A web-based system management tool that eliminates system boot-up to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Appendix Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to the CPU for users. S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver) System Overclock Saver...
...current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the CPU computing performance to the desired level. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T.'s integration of system loading. With added branded memory module information, users are mounted on...S.O.S. C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) A web-based system management tool that eliminates system boot-up to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Appendix Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is designed especially to the CPU for users. S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver) System Overclock Saver...
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... on hard disks on . . . If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 57 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can... VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by simply pressing the key during system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk.
... on hard disks on . . . If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 57 - Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can... VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by simply pressing the key during system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk.
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...-related issue, it can 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 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen...It is as follows: a. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup...
...-related issue, it can 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 - REBOOT: Exit the main screen...It is as follows: a. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup...
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... or earphone to select the function. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 68 - 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. Click the icon to "Line Out." Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier...
... or earphone to select the function. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 68 - 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. Click the icon to "Line Out." Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you use speakers with amplifier...
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... (ex: Living Room) for 4 speaker output check box. Line Out Line In Appendix English Click the icon to "Line In." STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. When the Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo...
... (ex: Living Room) for 4 speaker output check box. Line Out Line In Appendix English Click the icon to "Line In." STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. When the Environment setting is None, the sound would be performed as stereo...
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... to select the function. Click the icon to "MIC In". MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 70 - Line In STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select...
... to select the function. Click the icon to "MIC In". MIC In Line Out STEP 2: After installing the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 70 - Line In STEP 3: On the AC97 Audio Configuration menu, click the Speaker Configuration tab and select...
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... to back audio panel's "Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT's REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 72 - 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.
... to back audio panel's "Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT's REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to select the function. GA-8I915ME Series Motherboard - 72 - 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.