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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller Intel ICH6R 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk ...9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11
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...SATA controller for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by... drive. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you do not...
...SATA controller for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is controlled by... drive. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. For example, SATA0_SB/SATA_SB is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you do not...
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KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. Now, you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - After the creation is completed, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R)
KL Figure 10 Delete RAID Volume If you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions. Now, you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 8 - After the creation is completed, you can proceed to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in Main Menu. KL To exit the ICH6R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R)
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... to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard.../XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). The instructions below explain how to copy...
... to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the motherboard.../XP onto a SATA hard drives on the ICH6R controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 12). The instructions below explain how to copy...
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Then it will appear. Figure 14 - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14).
Then it will appear. Figure 14 - 10 - Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully. SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select 1)Intel Application Accelerator 4.0. Figure 13 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press 1 to Figure 13 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14).
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... before you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk... and press F6 as soon as you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Figure 16 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 11 - After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows XP...
... before you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk... and press F6 as soon as you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). Figure 16 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 11 - After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of ¤¤ Windows XP...
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...(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will begin to load the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu ...similar to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 18 "*" If...
...(R) 82801ER (ICH5R). - 12 - Figure 17 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will begin to load the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu ...similar to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller* and press ENTER. Figure 18 "*" If...
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Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. After that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 - It indicates that you should see a screen as below.
Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. After that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to be installed.) SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 13 - It indicates that you should see a screen as below.
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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 Software Applications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery Introduction 52 4-1-2 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 55 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 66 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 73 4-2 Troubleshooting 78 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 Software Applications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery Introduction 52 4-1-2 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 55 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 66 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 73 4-2 Troubleshooting 78 - 5 -
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... indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 16 - Be sure the metal contacts on the slot. Make sure your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. Remove your computer's chassis...
... indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Replace your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the operating system. GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 16 - Be sure the metal contacts on the slot. Make sure your expansion card by the small white-drawable bar. Remove your computer's chassis...
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.... have a standard USB interface. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS ven dor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when...
.... have a standard USB interface. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS ven dor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when...
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... 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.
... 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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...the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. in Windows XP. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-...detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service ...
...the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. in Windows XP. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-...detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service ...
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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-8I925X-G Motherboard - 48 -
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-8I925X-G Motherboard - 48 -
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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. - 49 -
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. - 49 -
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... most up errors resulting from a recommended memory module list. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the CPU system bus,... for their system. Appendix M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B. 2 features. M.I .T. Designed to -date drivers and BIOS. - 51 - Through GIGABYTE M.I .T.'s integration of system loading. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities...
... most up errors resulting from a recommended memory module list. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the CPU system bus,... for their system. Appendix M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B. 2 features. M.I .T. Designed to -date drivers and BIOS. - 51 - Through GIGABYTE M.I .T.'s integration of system loading. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities...
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..., and NTFS formats 2. How to enter Xpress Recovery. Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD: Boot from CD-ROM. Exit and Restart Build 2011 GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 52 - If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can also function by pressing the F9 key during computer power on....be used to the IDE1 Master 3. Set Password 5. The first partition must be connected to back up , please do not alter its original state. 1. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Once the computer has restarted, the phrase "Boot from CD:" appears, press any key to use the Xpress Recovery 1. ...
..., and NTFS formats 2. How to enter Xpress Recovery. Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD: Boot from CD-ROM. Exit and Restart Build 2011 GA-8I925X-G Motherboard - 52 - If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can also function by pressing the F9 key during computer power on....be used to the IDE1 Master 3. Set Password 5. The first partition must be connected to back up , please do not alter its original state. 1. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Once the computer has restarted, the phrase "Boot from CD:" appears, press any key to use the Xpress Recovery 1. ...
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... 3. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete. - 53 - Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Press F9 during powering on the computer . GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Remove Backup Image 4. Appendix Set Password 5. Exit and Restart 1. Press DEL...
... 3. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete. - 53 - Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Press F9 during powering on the computer . GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Remove Backup Image 4. Appendix Set Password 5. Exit and Restart 1. Press DEL...
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... 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk Press to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. RAID Volumes : None Defined. Create RAID Volume window ... Disks to press Ctrl + I . The Intel RAID Utility - Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select ...
... 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk Press to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. RAID Volumes : None Defined. Create RAID Volume window ... Disks to press Ctrl + I . The Intel RAID Utility - Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select ...
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... 0 RAID_Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID(Stripe) Strip 128KB Size Status 223.5GB Normal Bootable Yes Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) ...Name 0 RAID_Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID(Stripe) Strip 128KB Size Status 223.5GB Normal Bootable Yes Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) [...
... 0 RAID_Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID(Stripe) Strip 128KB Size Status 223.5GB Normal Bootable Yes Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) ...Name 0 RAID_Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID(Stripe) Strip 128KB Size Status 223.5GB Normal Bootable Yes Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) 111.7GB Member Disk(0) [...