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...is recommended that you save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. English Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which ...activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the event that BIOS needs to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When setting up a.... You can be reset to the CMOS SETUP screen. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 35 - If you to its original settings.
...is recommended that you save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. English Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which ...activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the event that BIOS needs to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When setting up a.... You can be reset to the CMOS SETUP screen. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 35 - If you to its original settings.
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...Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 36 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` ... page includes all the items in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for your motherboard. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to select multilanguages. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro.
...Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 36 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` ... page includes all the items in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for your motherboard. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to select multilanguages. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro.
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...can manually input the correct settings. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of currently installed hard drive. For example, 1 p.m. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Enter the appropriate option based on the 24-hour military-time clock. to select this option for the hard drive. IDE Channel ... of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Week The week, from Sun to 2098 KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized...
...can manually input the correct settings. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of currently installed hard drive. For example, 1 p.m. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Enter the appropriate option based on the 24-hour military-time clock. to select this option for the hard drive. IDE Channel ... of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Week The week, from Sun to 2098 KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized...
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...Item Help Menu Level` Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults "#" : This option is 40 tracks 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all... Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will show up , or to SCSI devices. ZIP Select your boot device priority by Floppy. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot ...
...Item Help Menu Level` Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults "#" : This option is 40 tracks 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all... Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will show up , or to SCSI devices. ZIP Select your boot device priority by Floppy. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot ...
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...Master RAID Enabled Disabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function. Disable this function. (Default value) Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE/SATAII RAID ...Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults IDE/SATAII RAID function Enabled Disabled Enable IDE/SATAII RAID function. ...
...Master RAID Enabled Disabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function. Disable this function. (Default value) Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE/SATAII RAID ...Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults IDE/SATAII RAID function Enabled Disabled Enable IDE/SATAII RAID function. ...
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..., 1~31 Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 45 - If Power-On by Power button Instant-Off Press power button then Power off . Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. to power on the 5VSB lead. Disabled Disable this function. Enable USB device wake up event...: 0 [Disabled] [Disabled] Enter [Soft-Off] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS...
..., 1~31 Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 45 - If Power-On by Power button Instant-Off Press power button then Power off . Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. to power on the 5VSB lead. Disabled Disable this function. Enable USB device wake up event...: 0 [Disabled] [Disabled] Enter [Soft-Off] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS...
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... IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 47 - BIOS Setup English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ...PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] [Auto] Item Help Menu Level` Assign PCI IRQ For Device KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3...
... IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 47 - BIOS Setup English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ...PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] [Auto] Item Help Menu Level` Assign PCI IRQ For Device KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3...
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Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Case Opened If the case is opened, Case Opened will show "No." Disable this function. (Default value) ... change to be Disabled at next boot KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (.../ 194oF. Current CPU/POWER /SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/Power /System fan speed status automatically. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 48 -
Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Case Opened If the case is opened, Case Opened will show "No." Disable this function. (Default value) ... change to be Disabled at next boot KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (.../ 194oF. Current CPU/POWER /SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/Power /System fan speed status automatically. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 48 -
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...] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] 1.3875V [Auto] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. Automatically increase CPU frequency(7%,9%) by... Set C.I .A.2 to Racing. The option will display "Locked" and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Disabled Disable this function. Set C.I.A.2 to Cruise.
...] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] 1.3875V [Auto] Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. Automatically increase CPU frequency(7%,9%) by... Set C.I .A.2 to Racing. The option will display "Locked" and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Disabled Disable this function. Set C.I.A.2 to Cruise.
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Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 53 - BIOS Setup There are English, French, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C)... F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash Select Language12 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Multi-language supports 7 languages. English 2-8 Select Language CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Standard CMOS...
Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 53 - BIOS Setup There are English, French, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C)... F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash Select Language12 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Multi-language supports 7 languages. English 2-8 Select Language CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Standard CMOS...
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...you can enter Setup freely. You may access all BIOS Setup program function. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Type the password, up to confirm the password being disabled. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 54 - To disable password, just press when you in Advance BIOS ...Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Change/Set/Disable Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at...
...you can enter Setup freely. You may access all BIOS Setup program function. Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. Type the password, up to confirm the password being disabled. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 54 - To disable password, just press when you in Advance BIOS ...Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Change/Set/Disable Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at...
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BIOS Setup Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-13 Exit Without Saving...PC Health Status Save & Exit Setup ` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to ... F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 55 -
BIOS Setup Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-13 Exit Without Saving...PC Health Status Save & Exit Setup ` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving Esc: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to ... F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 55 -
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...to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press to Floppy PgDn/PgUp: Modify : Move ESC: Reset 512K 512K F10: Power Off Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 65 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI... Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... b. This means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on . Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. What is powered on the motherboard, one is the Main ...
...to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press to Floppy PgDn/PgUp: Modify : Move ESC: Reset 512K 512K F10: Power Off Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. - 65 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI... Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F3: Change Language12 F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... b. This means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on . Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. What is powered on the motherboard, one is the Main ...
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...Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard...Dual BIOS utility: Contains the names of the task. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to enable execution of four tasks. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 68 - English Entering the Q-FlashTM utility: Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen...
...Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard...Dual BIOS utility: Contains the names of the task. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to enable execution of four tasks. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 68 - English Entering the Q-FlashTM utility: Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen...
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...Quit F8: Q-Flash Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... - 71 - The procedure is completed. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright... Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after...
...Quit F8: Q-Flash Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... - 71 - The procedure is completed. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright... Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after...
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...[Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level} higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 2 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in Figure 2, enable... for your motherboard. In the example in this section may not show the exact settings for RAID. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks on the motherboard you want to Enabled). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
...[Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Menu Level} higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 2 ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in Figure 2, enable... for your motherboard. In the example in this section may not show the exact settings for RAID. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks on the motherboard you want to Enabled). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
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... Intel Onscreen Branding Init Display First [Setup] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [PEG] higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. - 5 - CMOS Setup...] [CDROM] [PROMISE] [Disabled] Item Help Menu Level} Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Password Check CPU Hyper-Threading # Limit CPUID Max. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) to CD-ROM (Figure 5).
... Intel Onscreen Branding Init Display First [Setup] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [PEG] higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F3: Language F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup. - 5 - CMOS Setup...] [CDROM] [PROMISE] [Disabled] Item Help Menu Level} Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Password Check CPU Hyper-Threading # Limit CPUID Max. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) to CD-ROM (Figure 5).
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... Now that below appears (Figure 16), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you see...
... Now that below appears (Figure 16), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 - 11 - SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you see...
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S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver ... create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 17 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return...
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 18 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver ... create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 12 - NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 17 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return...
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... R. You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is...
... R. You can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 20 - 13 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 After the SATA controller driver installation is...