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Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 93 - 5 - 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.
Intel® ICH8R Southbridge 65 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 76 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 88 4-2 Troubleshooting 93 - 5 - 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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... slot: When you try to uninstall the VGA card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, you try to your computer resulting from Electrostatic discharge (ESD). 3. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Or you can press the latch as the picture to secure the slot bracket of the PCIE_16 slot when you can also...
... slot: When you try to uninstall the VGA card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, you try to your computer resulting from Electrostatic discharge (ESD). 3. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. Or you can press the latch as the picture to secure the slot bracket of the PCIE_16 slot when you can also...
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... more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Surround side speakers can be connected to Side Speaker Out jack. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse...
... more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Surround side speakers can be connected to Side Speaker Out jack. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse...
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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 ... ICH8R) 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 driver in order to work properly. 7 1 Pin No. Definition GSATAII0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND - 23 - English 9) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / ...
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 ... ICH8R) 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 driver in order to work properly. 7 1 Pin No. Definition GSATAII0 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN GSATAII1 4 GND 1 7 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND - 23 - English 9) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / ...
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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 - To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to the connector. 1 Pin No. English 14) F_AUDIO (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 - To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to the connector. 1 Pin No. English 14) F_AUDIO (Front...
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... IDE mode. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 38 - For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native...
... IDE mode. Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 38 - For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB keyboard support. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native...
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...the Status fields of all four pairs of the 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. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 40 - Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode This function allows users to enable ...3F8/IRQ4. (Default value) 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP Using Parallel port as Native ...
...the Status fields of all four pairs of the 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. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 40 - Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode This function allows users to enable ...3F8/IRQ4. (Default value) 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP Using Parallel port as Native ...
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... Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Drivers Installation Insert the driver CD-title that you want and press "install" followed the item; If not, please double click the CD-ROM device... icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application. System will scan automatically the system and then list all the...
... Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. Drivers Installation Insert the driver CD-title that you want and press "install" followed the item; If not, please double click the CD-ROM device... icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application. System will scan automatically the system and then list all the...
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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. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 52 -
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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. - 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 -
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...bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 56 - If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. English 4-1-2 Xpress ... DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2. System requirements: 1. Boot from CD-ROM for 965G-DS4 F5a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/09/2007-G965-ICH8-6A79LG0IC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. It is ...
...bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 56 - If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. English 4-1-2 Xpress ... DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is designed to enter Xpress Recovery2. System requirements: 1. Boot from CD-ROM for 965G-DS4 F5a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01/09/2007-G965-ICH8-6A79LG0IC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. It is ...
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For the use of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up) 4. SATA IDE channel 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will ...
For the use of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up) 4. SATA IDE channel 1 d. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will ...
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...more than 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...Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) 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 do not want to available SATA port(s) on your motherboard, refer to the ...
...more than 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...Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) 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 do not want to available SATA port(s) on your motherboard, refer to the ...
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Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID .... Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ 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 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in Main Menu and press...
Physical Disks : Port Driver Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS Serial # 3JT354CP 3JT329JX Press to enter Configuration Utility Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk 111.7GB Non-RAID .... Exit RAID Volumes : None Defined. [ 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 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in Main Menu and press...
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... 10 To exit the ICH8R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. [ENTER]-Select Menu Now, you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Appendix Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 4. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003...
... 10 To exit the ICH8R RAID BIOS utility, press ESC in Main Menu. [ENTER]-Select Menu Now, you want to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 71 - Appendix Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 4. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V6.0.0.1022 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003...
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...to exit when finished. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the...driver file to the floppy disk. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 72 - At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. First of all, copy the driver... for AHCI and RAID Mode) To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver... the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot...
...to exit when finished. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the...driver file to the floppy disk. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 72 - At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. First of all, copy the driver... for AHCI and RAID Mode) To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver... the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot...
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...S (Figure 15). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following is an example of ...and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have ...
...S (Figure 15). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following is an example of ...and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have ...
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..., or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Then the system will load support for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device .../Workstation ESB2) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one minute. Windows Setup Setup will load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 74 - Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to the previous screen. English Step 3: Use...
..., or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Then the system will load support for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device .../Workstation ESB2) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one minute. Windows Setup Setup will load the SATA driver from the floppy disk. GA-965G-DS4 Motherboard - 74 - Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to the previous screen. English Step 3: Use...
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... is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. Appendix To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome... run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - After that hard drive. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation ...
... is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. Appendix To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome... run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - After that hard drive. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation ...
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...240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ ]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 14 [ESC]-Abort Now, you can proceed to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). Appendix PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 ... Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 13 [ESC]-Abort Press Y to confirm yes to the following message (Figure 14) or N to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - English B. Press Del. Delete Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main menu ...
...240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [ ]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 14 [ESC]-Abort Now, you can proceed to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). Appendix PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 ... Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 13 [ESC]-Abort Press Y to confirm yes to the following message (Figure 14) or N to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 83 - English B. Press Del. Delete Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main menu ...