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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 - 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-
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... a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Please align the VGA card to the PCI Express x 16 slots. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot ...bracket from the operating system. Connect this connector depending on the slot. Make sure your system requirements. - 18 - 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 VGA...
... a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the expansion card. 6. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Please align the VGA card to the PCI Express x 16 slots. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot ...bracket from the operating system. Connect this connector depending on the slot. Make sure your system requirements. - 18 - 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 VGA...
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... a screw. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors 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. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and ...
... a screw. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards. curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors 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. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and ...
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... speakers or compressed AC3 data to this connector. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - Rear Speaker Out Connect the rear surround speakers to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. COAXIAL ...Connects to the lower port (purple). If your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to...
... speakers or compressed AC3 data to this connector. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 23 - Rear Speaker Out Connect the rear surround speakers to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. COAXIAL ...Connects to the lower port (purple). If your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. English 1-9 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to...
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It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. 1 Pin No. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. Pin No. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 1 7 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is on/off. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- ... provide up to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal.
It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. 1 Pin No. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 28 - Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. Pin No. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 1 7 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 11) PWR_LED PWR_LED is on/off. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- ... provide up to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-8N-SLI Royal.
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... the installation guide. The "Xpress Install" will continue to install the drivers automatically. Drivers Installation After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - System will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. in "My computer...
... the installation guide. The "Xpress Install" will continue to install the drivers automatically. Drivers Installation After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - System will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. in "My computer...
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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. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 58 -
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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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... as well as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the latest drivers for users. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory... defaults to provide a more user-friendly and reliable platform for their system. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for...
... as well as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T.) allows user to access and change system settings such as the latest drivers for users. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory... defaults to provide a more user-friendly and reliable platform for their system. Through GIGABYTE M.I .A. 2) is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for...
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... entered Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the F9 key: Steps: After entering BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to startup XpressRecovery2..... GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2... wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. System requirements: 1. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. It is executed from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup speed. 3. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including...
... entered Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the F9 key: Steps: After entering BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to startup XpressRecovery2..... GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2... wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. System requirements: 1. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. It is executed from CD/DVD:" will affect the data backup speed. 3. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including...
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...motherboards based on the size of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks ... Recovery2, a primary partition must 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 - mended but the actual space is ...
...motherboards based on the size of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. SATA IDE channel 3 f. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks ... Recovery2, a primary partition must 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 - mended but the actual space is ...
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... SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section 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 the RAID ...5 is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The RAID prompt appears as Figure below to press F10. Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name ...
... SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section 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 the RAID ...5 is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make part of the system POST and boot process prior to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The RAID prompt appears as Figure below to press F10. Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name ...
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...[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return If you selected, such as empty and wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. 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 disk capacity.... 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 - Now that you want to view and verify details. ...
...[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return If you selected, such as empty and wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. 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 disk capacity.... 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 - Now that you want to view and verify details. ...
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....1 Fig.2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the startup disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). After that in MS-DOS mode...(Note1). P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in Fig. 2. Prepare a startup disk that hard drive. Your system will open similar to that , the driver will not have to be installed.) (Note 1): For ...
....1 Fig.2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the startup disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). After that in MS-DOS mode...(Note1). P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in Fig. 2. Prepare a startup disk that hard drive. Your system will open similar to that , the driver will not have to be installed.) (Note 1): For ...
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... software is applied. Connect the rear channels to select the function. - 87 - Appendix Click the icon to Rear Speaker Out. The installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Line Out". STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to...
... software is applied. Connect the rear channels to select the function. - 87 - Appendix Click the icon to Rear Speaker Out. The installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Line Out". STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to...
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... left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - Click the icon to "Rear Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker...
... left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - Click the icon to "Rear Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker...
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Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - Appendix Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. 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 "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out".
Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out - 89 - Appendix Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. 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 "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out".
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STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to select the function. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to complete 8 channel audio configuration. Front Speaker...
STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to select the function. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to complete 8 channel audio configuration. Front Speaker...
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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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...BIOS Setup during OS installation. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). 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) in your ... drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence 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). If there are more than one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear ...
...BIOS Setup during OS installation. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). 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) in your ... drive. (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence 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). If there are more than one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear ...