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Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 93 - 5 - Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 A.
Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 93 - 5 - Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 58 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 65 A.
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... can press the latch as the picture to the left shows to the left shows. Replace your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Remove your system from the computer. Or you try to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards To...
... can press the latch as the picture to the left shows to the left shows. Replace your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Remove your system from the computer. Or you try to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards To...
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...optical cable. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. Center/Subwoofer speakers can be connected to Side Speaker Out jack. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack. IEEE 1394a Port Serial interface standard set by Institute of ...Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Rear surround speakers can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via a coaxial cable. USB port Before you connect...
...optical cable. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. Center/Subwoofer speakers can be connected to Side Speaker Out jack. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack. IEEE 1394a Port Serial interface standard set by Institute of ...Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Rear surround speakers can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via a coaxial cable. USB port Before you connect...
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Hardware Installation Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 SATAII0 SATAII1 1 7 7 1 7 1 SATAII4 SATAII2 SATAII5 SATAII3 1 7 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND ... GSATAII0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND - 23 - English 9) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper...
Hardware Installation Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 SATAII0 SATAII1 1 7 7 1 7 1 SATAII4 SATAII2 SATAII5 SATAII3 1 7 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND ... GSATAII0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND - 23 - English 9) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper...
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... 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to work or even damage it. Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 26 - Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front...
... 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to work or even damage it. Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 26 - Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front...
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Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. Disabled Set the onboard SATA controller to IDE mode. (Default value) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode Enabled ... Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 controller. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 38 - USB 2.0 Controller Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB 2.0 feature. Disabled Set SATA Port0~3 to AHCI mode. English...
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. Disabled Set the onboard SATA controller to IDE mode. (Default value) SATA Port0-3 Native Mode Enabled ... Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Enabled Enable USB 2.0 controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable USB 2.0 controller. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 38 - USB 2.0 Controller Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB 2.0 feature. Disabled Set SATA Port0~3 to AHCI mode. English...
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...ECP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Advanced Host Controller Inteface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to IDE mode. Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard LPT port. 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is...SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will show Open and the Length fields show 0.0m. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 40 - Enabled ...
...ECP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Advanced Host Controller Inteface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to IDE mode. Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard LPT port. 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is...SATA/IDE ports controlled by the Gigabyte SATA2 controller. Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will show Open and the Length fields show 0.0m. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 40 - Enabled ...
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...automatically. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. or you want and press "install" followed the item; After... Pack, it will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. Some device drivers will continue to install. Please pick the item that recommended to install other drivers. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute...
...automatically. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can press "Xpress Install" to install all the drivers that you can install others application. or you want and press "install" followed the item; After... Pack, it will scan automatically the system and then list all items defaulted. Some device drivers will continue to install. Please pick the item that recommended to install other drivers. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute...
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GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 52 - English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 52 - English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD 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. - 53 - 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. - 53 - Drivers Installation
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...FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of the screen. VESA-supported VGA cards...Advanced BIOS Feature and set to enter Xpress Recovery2. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System requirements: 1. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from the CD... BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 56 -
...FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. Intel x86 platforms 2. At least 64M bytes of the screen. VESA-supported VGA cards...Advanced BIOS Feature and set to enter Xpress Recovery2. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System requirements: 1. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from the CD... BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 56 -
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... up data to be reserved. 3. Limitations: 1. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. SATA IDE channel 2 e. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. Xpress...
... up data to be reserved. 3. Limitations: 1. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. SATA IDE channel 2 e. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REBOOT: Exit the main screen and restart the system. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. Xpress...
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... when the SATA controller is set in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (Note 2) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.(Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance...your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-965G-DS4 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the ICH8R southbridge.) Then...
... when the SATA controller is set in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (Note 2) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.(Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance...your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-965G-DS4 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the ICH8R southbridge.) Then...
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... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.... DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 4 [ENTER]-Select Menu GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 68 - Reset Disks to enter ...
... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.... DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk [ ]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 4 [ENTER]-Select Menu GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 68 - Reset Disks to enter ...
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... Disks to Non-RAID 4. Delete RAID Volume 3. Create RAID Volume 2. English After the creation is completed, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Appendix Reset Disks to Non-RAID...
... Disks to Non-RAID 4. Delete RAID Volume 3. Create RAID Volume 2. English After the creation is completed, you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-06 Intel Corporation. Appendix Reset Disks to Non-RAID...
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At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 72 - Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the...
At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 72 - Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during OS installation. Figure 11 Figure 12 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the...
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...=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 73 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (Required for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device.... The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you see the "Press ...
...=Continue F3=Exit Figure 15 - 73 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (Required for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device.... The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you see the "Press ...
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... Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to AHCI mode, please select Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH8R). GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 74 - Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) 631xESB/... RAID/AHCI Mode item in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for...
... Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to AHCI mode, please select Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH8R). GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 74 - Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) ICH8R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH8R) Intel(R) 631xESB/... RAID/AHCI Mode item in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for...
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...indicates that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This ...port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. English After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you...
...indicates that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This ...port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. English After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you...
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... the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main menu and press ENTER. Press the SPACEBAR on the array to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ ]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-...Confirm Figure 14 [ESC]-Abort Now, you can proceed to be deleted; Appendix GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete ...
... the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main menu and press ENTER. Press the SPACEBAR on the array to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ ]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-...Confirm Figure 14 [ESC]-Abort Now, you can proceed to be deleted; Appendix GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete ...