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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 57 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 SoftwareApplication 58 3-3 Software Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Appendix 61 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 61 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 62 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 63 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 65 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 87 4-2 Troubleshooting 91 - 7 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 57 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 SoftwareApplication 58 3-3 Software Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Appendix 61 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 61 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 62 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 63 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 65 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 87 4-2 Troubleshooting 91 - 7 -
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Be sure the metal contacts on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. ...Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to install/ uninstall the VGA card. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on your system requirements. - ...
Be sure the metal contacts on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. ...Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to install/ uninstall the VGA card. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on your system requirements. - ...
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...NVIDIA Display. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click ...the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Make sure...
...NVIDIA Display. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards. Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click ...the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Make sure...
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... controller. MIC In Microphone can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. OPTICAL (SPDIF_O) The SPDIF optical output port is capable of 10/100/1000Mbps. LAN Port 2 The provided Internet connection ... to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to MIC In jack. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - Hardware Installation English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port ...
... controller. MIC In Microphone can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. OPTICAL (SPDIF_O) The SPDIF optical output port is capable of 10/100/1000Mbps. LAN Port 2 The provided Internet connection ... to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to MIC In jack. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - Hardware Installation English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port ...
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... 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is on/off. Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to...
... 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is on/off. Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to...
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... GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want then click the "GO" button. System will show the installation guide. Drivers Installation in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver ... that recommended to install. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "Universal Serial Bus...
... GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - After install Windows Service Pack, it will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want then click the "GO" button. System will show the installation guide. Drivers Installation in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver ... that recommended to install. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "Universal Serial Bus...
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P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 58 - English 3-2 Software Application 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 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 58 - English 3-2 Software Application 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 Software 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. - 59 - 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. - 59 - Drivers Installation
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...to be monitored and controlled via the Internet, C.O.M. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory defaults to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. to withstand varying current levels and changes, the U-Plus D.P.S. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 ... a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for users. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to maximize system performance. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to optimize memory performance by selecting from system over-enhancement by the user...
...to be monitored and controlled via the Internet, C.O.M. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory defaults to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. to withstand varying current levels and changes, the U-Plus D.P.S. English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 ... a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for users. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to maximize system performance. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is designed to automatically adjust CPU computing power to optimize memory performance by selecting from system over-enhancement by the user...
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... can be immediately installed once you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Appendix After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from the CD-ROM, you ...English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...
... can be immediately installed once you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Appendix After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to boot from the CD-ROM, you ...English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2. VESA-supported VGA cards How to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...
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... primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 2. Capable of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. PATA IDE primary channel b. When using hard disks ...a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 64 - Please contact your hard disk. (This...
... primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 2. Capable of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. PATA IDE primary channel b. When using hard disks ...a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 64 - Please contact your hard disk. (This...
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... capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to loading the OS. The RAID prompt appears as Figure below to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. English Please follow the steps below ). More information on steps 4 and 5 is recommended that the hard drives...are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to their appropriate location on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose ...
... capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to loading the OS. The RAID prompt appears as Figure below to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. English Please follow the steps below ). More information on steps 4 and 5 is recommended that the hard drives...are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to their appropriate location on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose ...
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... Y to wipe out all its contents, press C. Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to configure and load drivers under Windows. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel 0 1 M/S Master Master Index 0 1...exit the RAID setup. Array Detail - Now that you want to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - English Press Enter to mark this disk as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and...
... Y to wipe out all its contents, press C. Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to configure and load drivers under Windows. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel 0 1 M/S Master Master Index 0 1...exit the RAID setup. Array Detail - Now that you want to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - English Press Enter to mark this disk as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and...
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...and insert the blank formatted disk. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - Boot from the Windows installation disk to a floppy disk. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6...on-screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each time you need to copy the driver in Fig. 2. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to be recognized during OS installation. Your system will open similar to that ...
...and insert the blank formatted disk. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - Boot from the Windows installation disk to a floppy disk. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6...on-screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each time you need to copy the driver in Fig. 2. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to be recognized during OS installation. Your system will open similar to that ...
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... find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Appendix Connect the rear channels to select the function. - 87 - The installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Click the icon to Rear Speaker Out. Please follow the steps to install the function. (Following...
... find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Appendix Connect the rear channels to select the function. - 87 - The installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Click the icon to Rear Speaker Out. Please follow the steps to install the function. (Following...
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P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. Front Speaker .... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. Front Speaker .... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.
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STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to complete 6 channel audio configuration. Appendix Click the icon to select the function.
STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to complete 6 channel audio configuration. Appendix Click the icon to select the function.
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Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Sound...
Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Sound...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 2 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 6 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 9 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 11 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 14
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...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 POST (Power-On Self Test). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - If there are more than one SATA controller on your computer and ... not want to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) ...
...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 POST (Power-On Self Test). SATA Configurations (P4 nForce4 SLI series) - 2 - If there are more than one SATA controller on your computer and ... not want to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. Ác Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) Åé ¤¤ ¤å To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) ...