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Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 12
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... boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller...
... boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller...
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... (this procedure assumes Drive D) and select Open (Figure 14). Figure 15 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 10 - Go to install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to the BootDrv folder and look for a file named MENU.exe. Step 1:... Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on your motherboard during the Windows...
... (this procedure assumes Drive D) and select Open (Figure 14). Figure 15 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 10 - Go to install required driver for the IDE RAID controller on the VT6410 controller successfully, you need to the BootDrv folder and look for a file named MENU.exe. Step 1:... Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a IDE hard disk on your motherboard during the Windows...
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Step 5: Press 0 to Figure 16 will take about one minute to copy the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully.
Step 5: Press 0 to Figure 16 will take about one minute to copy the IDE RAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to select VIA 6410 RAID. Figure 17 - 11 - An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to exit when the procedure is completed (Figure 17). Figure 16 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk and press H to the floppy disk. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. You have copied the IDE RAID driver successfully.
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... Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message... IDE RAID controller on your IDE hard disk with Windows, press ENTER. Currently, Setup will be asked to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 - This procedure ¤¤ assumes Windows XP...
... Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded before you see a message... IDE RAID controller on your IDE hard disk with Windows, press ENTER. Currently, Setup will be asked to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 - This procedure ¤¤ assumes Windows XP...
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...provided by an adapter manufacturer. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 If a message appears saying that one minute. The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Windows Setup Setup will be finished in ...about one or some files cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct IDE RAID driver again from the motherboard driver CD. VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 IA32) VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000) VIA RAID Controller...
...provided by an adapter manufacturer. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 If a message appears saying that one minute. The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER. VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration Windows Setup Setup will be finished in ...about one or some files cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct IDE RAID driver again from the motherboard driver CD. VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 IA32) VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP) VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000) VIA RAID Controller...
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...IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 14 - It indicates that you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run... Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 22 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to Figure 22 below. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
...IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 14 - It indicates that you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the IDE RAID driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run... Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 22 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to Figure 22 below. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
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Chapter 3 Install Drivers 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- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 66 4-2 Troubleshooting 70 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Install Drivers 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- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 66 4-2 Troubleshooting 70 - 5 -
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... slot and press firmly down on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 16 - Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Install related driver from the computer. 3. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by the...
... slot and press firmly down on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 16 - Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. Install related driver from the computer. 3. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by the...
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... you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. / COM A/COM B (Serial Port...
... you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. / COM A/COM B (Serial Port...
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... Installation 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 two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). Please refer to the BIOS setting for information on the IDE device). English 6) IDE1...
... Installation 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 two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). Please refer to the BIOS setting for information on the IDE device). English 6) IDE1...
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.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP ... system (System will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will continue to install. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon...
.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP ... system (System will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will continue to install. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon...
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GA-8I915P-D 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-8I915P-D 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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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 - 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. - 51 - Install Drivers
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...default settings. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is returned to 10%. M.I.B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) Built on the original M.I.B., the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 (M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the latest drivers for ultimate system ...system settings back to their factory defaults to be monitored and controlled via the Internet, C.O.M. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T. Instead, S.O.S. When enabled, the program detects the current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the ...
...default settings. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is returned to 10%. M.I.B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) Built on the original M.I.B., the new Memory Intelligent Booster 2 (M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the latest drivers for ultimate system ...system settings back to their factory defaults to be monitored and controlled via the Internet, C.O.M. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T. Instead, S.O.S. When enabled, the program detects the current CPU loading and automatically accelerates the ...
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...Inc. Appendix System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can simply press F9 during system power-on ... of hard disk data. It is executed from the CD-ROM, you can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 55 - If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash...
...Inc. Appendix System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can simply press F9 during system power-on ... of hard disk data. It is executed from the CD-ROM, you can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 55 - If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from CD-ROM for 8I945GME E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash...
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... disks. 7. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. BACKUP: Back up hard disks installed with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me..., BIOS update is required for 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-8I915P-D Motherboard GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 56 - USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. SATA IDE...
... disks. 7. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. BACKUP: Back up hard disks installed with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me..., BIOS update is required for 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-8I915P-D Motherboard GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 56 - USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. SATA IDE...
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... the rear channels to Center/ Subwoofer Speaker Out. Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 66 - Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to Rear Speaker Out. English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Connect the side channels to acquire the best...
... the rear channels to Center/ Subwoofer Speaker Out. Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 66 - Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to Rear Speaker Out. English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Connect the side channels to acquire the best...
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Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Appendix STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the ...
Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Appendix STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the ...
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Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 68 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect...
Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out GA-8I915P-D Motherboard - 68 - STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect...