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...is recommended that you use two hard drives with the GigaRAID controller, you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. (To ensure that is controlled by the Southbridge, not the GigaRAID controller). "*" Skip this step if you may prepare only...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 driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Then connect the power connector from your computer....
...is recommended that you use two hard drives with the GigaRAID controller, you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. (To ensure that is controlled by the Southbridge, not the GigaRAID controller). "*" Skip this step if you may prepare only...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 driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Then connect the power connector from your computer....
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... automatically. Figure 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the... motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on...
... automatically. Figure 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the... motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on...
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You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - Then it will appear. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - Then it will appear. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
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...DOWN ARROW key to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following... operating systems you want to load the driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one minute. ...
...DOWN ARROW key to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following... operating systems you want to load the driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one minute. ...
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Click "GigaRAID Utility. 72 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Application Installation Pictures below are shown in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. 1. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in Windows XP (CD ver. 2.2) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide.
Click "GigaRAID Utility. 72 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Application Installation Pictures below are shown in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. 1. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in Windows XP (CD ver. 2.2) Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide.
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...driver from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. Make sure your expansion card by the latch at the end of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard... - 16 - Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Power on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. English 1-6 Installation of ...
...driver from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please align the VGA card to release the card. Make sure your expansion card by the latch at the end of the expansion card. 6. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard... - 16 - Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Power on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. English 1-6 Installation of ...
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... 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper... driver in order to work properly. 1 7 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 22 - For optional front ...
... 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper... driver in order to work properly. 1 7 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 22 - For optional front ...
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...that allows the storage driver to Ch. 0 Master/Slave. If PATA IDE were set to ". SATA Port 1/3 Set to This value will auto set to Ch. 1 Master/Slave,this function if you can use up to 6 HDDs to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for GA-8I945G Pro. - 37 ...and hot plug. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 Controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 Controller. BIOS Setup Set On-Chip SATA mode to Enhanced, the motherboard allows up to use. SATA Port 0/2 Set to This value will auto detect. (Default value) Combined Enhanced Set On-Chip SATA mode to ". ...
...that allows the storage driver to Ch. 0 Master/Slave. If PATA IDE were set to ". SATA Port 1/3 Set to This value will auto set to Ch. 1 Master/Slave,this function if you can use up to 6 HDDs to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for GA-8I945G Pro. - 37 ...and hot plug. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 Controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 Controller. BIOS Setup Set On-Chip SATA mode to Enhanced, the motherboard allows up to use. SATA Port 0/2 Set to This value will auto detect. (Default value) Combined Enhanced Set On-Chip SATA mode to ". ...
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...please use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a question mark "?" in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your system the "Xpress Install" 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...
...please use Windows Service Pack. After restarting your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a question mark "?" in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your system the "Xpress Install" 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...
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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-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G 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-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 52 -
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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. - 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 - Install Drivers
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... Appendix These characteristics make it the ideal companion with relative speed and ease. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B. 2 features. 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 ....T.'s integration of the user PC and provides the user with the current system information as well as the latest drivers for their factory defaults to provide a more user-friendly and reliable platform for download. C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management...
... Appendix These characteristics make it the ideal companion with relative speed and ease. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B. 2 features. 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 ....T.'s integration of the user PC and provides the user with the current system information as well as the latest drivers for their factory defaults to provide a more user-friendly and reliable platform for download. C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management...
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...will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of the hard disk, so free space available on the following motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be allocated in ...partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 58 - SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1....
...will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of the hard disk, so free space available on the following motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be allocated in ...partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 58 - SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. On a few motherboards based on the size of Xpress Recovery2 1....
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...ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to loading the OS. More information on the motherboard ie. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. All Rights Reversed. Delete RAID Volume 3. English Please follow the steps below ). ...Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT329JX 3JT354CP Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk 111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk [ ]-Select...
...ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to loading the OS. More information on the motherboard ie. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. All Rights Reversed. Delete RAID Volume 3. English Please follow the steps below ). ...Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT329JX 3JT354CP Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk 111.7GB Non-RAIDDisk [ ]-Select...
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... Matrix Storage Manager is Intel ICH7R chipset. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 76 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in Fig. 2. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to that hard drive. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to install the SATA controller...
... Matrix Storage Manager is Intel ICH7R chipset. GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 76 - Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in Fig. 2. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to that hard drive. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to install the SATA controller...
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... Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to use 2-/4-/ 6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you can change the function for the microphone to open the Audio Control Panel. all at up to 192 kHz/24-bit quality and multi... each audio jack by HD Audio allows users to the right. In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker. - 77 - Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provides 6 audio connector.
... Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to use 2-/4-/ 6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you can change the function for the microphone to open the Audio Control Panel. all at up to 192 kHz/24-bit quality and multi... each audio jack by HD Audio allows users to the right. In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker. - 77 - Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provides 6 audio connector.
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STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 78 - The 4-channel audio setup is completed. Double-click the icon to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what ... Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the type of speaker connected (4-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in 4-channel speakers to open the Audio Control...
STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). GA-8I945G Pro/GA-8I945G Motherboard - 78 - The 4-channel audio setup is completed. Double-click the icon to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what ... Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the type of speaker connected (4-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in 4-channel speakers to open the Audio Control...