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...and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Power on the slot .Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-drawable bar. - 16 - GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to the onboard PCI Express...Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of the AGP slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from the operating system. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-...
...and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Power on the slot .Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-drawable bar. - 16 - GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to the onboard PCI Express...Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of the AGP slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. Install related driver from the operating system. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-...
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... can be connected to this connector. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 18 - Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port...
... can be connected to this connector. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 18 - Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port...
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... other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 150MB/s transfer rate. Pin No. One IDE connector can then connect to the computer via an IDE connector. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 22 - If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please...
... other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 150MB/s transfer rate. Pin No. One IDE connector can then connect to the computer via an IDE connector. Definition 1 GND 7 1 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 22 - If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please...
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... computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM...
... computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install the drivers automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM...
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English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software. You can click an item to install it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 50 -
English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software. You can click an item to install it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 50 -
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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. - 51 -
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. - 51 -
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... once you wish to boot from CD-ROM. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the screen. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 54 - At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed...
... once you wish to boot from CD-ROM. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the screen. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 54 - At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed...
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...end of the data to be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 55 - On a few motherboards based on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to execute the..., be reserved. 3. SATA IDE channel 1 d. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Limitations: 1. BACKUP: Back up data to Xpress Recovery. 2. Xpress Recovery2 will not appear if there is required for ...
...end of the data to be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 55 - On a few motherboards based on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to execute the..., be reserved. 3. SATA IDE channel 1 d. USB hard disks are currently not supported. 6. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Limitations: 1. BACKUP: Back up data to Xpress Recovery. 2. Xpress Recovery2 will not appear if there is required for ...
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... : Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111.79 111.79 Status Hdd Hdd GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 66 - VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.41 Copyright (C) VIA Technologies...VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status , : Move to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information on steps 4 and 5 is recommended that you... provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the VT8237(VT8237R)...
... : Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111.79 111.79 Status Hdd Hdd GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 66 - VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility V2.41 Copyright (C) VIA Technologies...VIA RAID controller F1 : View Array/disk Status , : Move to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. More information on steps 4 and 5 is recommended that you... provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the VT8237(VT8237R)...
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... disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. From the CDROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note1...
... disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Select the controller driver by this driver file to the floppy disk. From the CDROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note1...
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... "Line Out". English 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to complete 2 channel audio configuration. Line Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 72 - Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a icon a Sound...
... "Line Out". English 4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to complete 2 channel audio configuration. Line Out STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 72 - Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you find a icon a Sound...
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... STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. Line In STEP 3 : Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJ Function". Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 74 - English 6 Channel Analog Audio Output...
... STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. Line In STEP 3 : Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJ Function". Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 74 - English 6 Channel Analog Audio Output...
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... function) STEP 4 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to the "LINE IN" port. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 76 - English Method 2: Connect the front channels...
... function) STEP 4 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to the "LINE IN" port. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 76 - English Method 2: Connect the front channels...
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...to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to identify the SATA controller for the connector. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R))...create RAID array on South-Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your motherboard. (1) 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 OS installation. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b)...
...to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. (If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you do not want to identify the SATA controller for the connector. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R))...create RAID array on South-Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your motherboard. (1) 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 OS installation. If you may prepare only one hard drive. (b)...
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... how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 14). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the... motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required...
... how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 14). Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the SATA controller from the... motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required...
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Figure 16 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will appear. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Press C to Figure 16 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 17). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item. Figure 17 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
Figure 16 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will appear. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Press C to Figure 16 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 17). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item. Figure 17 - 11 - SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
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...file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device ...controller menu similar to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. If you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use the ...ARROW keys to load the SATA driver from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install Windows...
...file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device ...controller menu similar to Figure 20 below appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. If you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use the ...ARROW keys to load the SATA driver from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install Windows...