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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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Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to the PCI Express x 16 slots. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to install/ uninstall the...
Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to the PCI Express x 16 slots. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to install/ uninstall the...
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...then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. place this part on the PCIE_16_1 slot, make sure to set Init Display First to PEG(Slot2). 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. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards...
...then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. place this part on the PCIE_16_1 slot, make sure to set Init Display First to PEG(Slot2). 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. English Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards...
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...(s) vendors. For more information please contact your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. MIC In Microphone can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of...scanner and other peripheral devices. can be connected to this connector. If 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 Line In jack.
...(s) vendors. For more information please contact your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. MIC In Microphone can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable. Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of...scanner and other peripheral devices. can be connected to this connector. If 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 Line In jack.
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... 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. Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. P4 nForce4...
... 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. Only for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. P4 nForce4...
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.... in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Drivers Installation The "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install other drivers. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will auto-detect the right...
.... in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Drivers Installation The "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-8N-SLI Royal. - 57 - Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install other drivers. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will auto-detect the right...
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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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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 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 -
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... blue LED's are able to access and change system settings such as displaying a detailed list of all new drivers with the option for intelligent indication of system loading. Through GIGABYTE M.I .T.) allows user to optimize memory performance by the user. and @BIOS at the same time.) - 61... - feature the user is no longer need to open up to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Instead, S.O.S....
... blue LED's are able to access and change system settings such as displaying a detailed list of all new drivers with the option for intelligent indication of system loading. Through GIGABYTE M.I .T.) allows user to optimize memory performance by the user. and @BIOS at the same time.) - 61... - feature the user is no longer need to open up to -date drivers and BIOS.(Do not use C.O.M. Instead, S.O.S....
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After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM for the first time, it will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. Intel x86 platforms 2. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 63 - System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the future...
After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM for the first time, it will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. Intel x86 platforms 2. GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. ...English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to Xpress Recovery2 can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. - 63 - System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the future...
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... the backup file 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 - For the use of the...SATA IDE channel 2 e. When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up data to...
... the backup file 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 - For the use of the...SATA IDE channel 2 e. When using hard disks with the GPL regulations. 4. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up data to...
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...2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. Detecting array ... Press F10 to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Press F10. Ctrl + S to enter RAID setup utility ... Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. MediaShield IDE ...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...
...2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. Detecting array ... Press F10 to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Press F10. Ctrl + S to enter RAID setup utility ... Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. MediaShield IDE ...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...
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... previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to wipe out all its contents, press C. The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to configure and load drivers under Windows. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 -
... previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to wipe out all its contents, press C. The Array Detail screen appears. English Press Enter to configure and load drivers under Windows. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 -
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Boot from the menu. Press 0 to be installed.) (Note 1): For users without a startup disk. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Prepare a startup disk that hard drive. After that in MS-DOS mode(Note1...that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the Windows ...
Boot from the menu. Press 0 to be installed.) (Note 1): For users without a startup disk. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 86 - At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Prepare a startup disk that hard drive. After that in MS-DOS mode(Note1...that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy disk. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the Windows ...
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... Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line In.
... Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Introduction of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line In.
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STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the ... STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". Click the icon to select the function. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration...
STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the ... STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". Click the icon to select the function. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 88 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration...
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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 select the function. Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Appendix STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar.
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 select the function. Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". Appendix STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar.
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STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/ ... Side Speaker Out Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. 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.
STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 90 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/ ... Side Speaker Out Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. 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.
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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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...Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID array on the motherboard. 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 ...SATA controller. Before you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on the IDE/SATAII RAID Config item to ...
...Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to create RAID array on the motherboard. 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 ...SATA controller. Before you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on the IDE/SATAII RAID Config item to ...