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.... Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of...
.... Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of...
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... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 Application Software 56 3-3 Technical Manuals 56 3-4 Contact...57 3-5 System...57 3-6 Download Center 58 3-7 New Utilities...58 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress...4-5 SMART Recovery 68 4-6 Auto Green...69 Chapter 5 Appendix...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 71 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 77 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 81 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 81 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 83 5-2-3 Enabling the Dolby Home Theater Function ...
... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 Application Software 56 3-3 Technical Manuals 56 3-4 Contact...57 3-5 System...57 3-6 Download Center 58 3-7 New Utilities...58 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress...4-5 SMART Recovery 68 4-6 Auto Green...69 Chapter 5 Appendix...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 71 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 77 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 81 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 81 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 83 5-2-3 Enabling the Dolby Home Theater Function ...
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Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents GA-A75-D3H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield The box contents above are subject to change without notice.
Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents GA-A75-D3H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield The box contents above are subject to change without notice.
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... expansion card in the slot. 3. Locate an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16...
... expansion card in the slot. 3. Locate an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16...
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... Display First to Performance\ AMD CrossFire™ and ensure the Enable CrossFire™ check box is selected. (Note) Make sure the drivers for the Chipset, onboard graphics, and external graphics card are properly installed. - 19 - Hardware Installation Power off your computer. Set ...an AMD Dual Graphics technologysupported graphics card on configuring a Dual Graphics system. An AMD Dual Graphics technology-supported motherboard and correct driver - Step 3: Remove the monitor cable from the graphics card and plug it into the graphics card and start up your computer...
... Display First to Performance\ AMD CrossFire™ and ensure the Enable CrossFire™ check box is selected. (Note) Make sure the drivers for the Chipset, onboard graphics, and external graphics card are properly installed. - 19 - Hardware Installation Power off your computer. Set ...an AMD Dual Graphics technologysupported graphics card on configuring a Dual Graphics system. An AMD Dual Graphics technology-supported motherboard and correct driver - Step 3: Remove the monitor cable from the graphics card and plug it into the graphics card and start up your computer...
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Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-A75-D3H E12 . . . . The message that follows asks if you to set to its default values, the monitor will still be used for subsequent access to Xpress ... Setup settings. Note: This message will directly boot from the device configured in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you do not...
Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-A75-D3H E12 . . . . The message that follows asks if you to set to its default values, the monitor will still be used for subsequent access to Xpress ... Setup settings. Note: This message will directly boot from the device configured in time. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you do not...
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... to reduce heat output from a GPT partition, such as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to exit this item to EFI if you install. (Default: Auto) First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the...
... to reduce heat output from a GPT partition, such as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to exit this item to EFI if you install. (Default: Auto) First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the...
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... the SATA controller to operate in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode.
... the SATA controller to operate in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode.
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... your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to automatically install the utilities. Or click No if you wish to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (or later),... if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer,...
... your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to automatically install the utilities. Or click No if you wish to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (or later),... if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer,...
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3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 56 - You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 56 - You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
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Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 57 -
Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 57 -
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The latest version of an item to install it. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to the GIGABYTE website. Drivers Installation - 58 -
The latest version of an item to install it. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to the GIGABYTE website. Drivers Installation - 58 -
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... can back up your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk. Installation and Configuration: Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and...
... can back up your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk. Installation and Configuration: Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and...
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... GB or more is recommended; Please note that if there is installed, click Start, right-click the Computer and select Manage. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step...
... GB or more is recommended; Please note that if there is installed, click Start, right-click the Computer and select Manage. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. Step...
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exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Enable Incoming Folder ... Disable Incoming Folder ... About Q-Share ... Description Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the Q-Share icon to be...
exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Enable Incoming Folder ... Disable Incoming Folder ... About Q-Share ... Description Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the Q-Share icon to be...
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... hard drive(s) in your computer. Appendix Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. B. Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk.... • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP ...
... hard drive(s) in your computer. Appendix Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. B. Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. • Windows 7/Vista/XP setup disk.... • Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP ...
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... you arrive at the "Where do you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W7 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W764A AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W7 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W764A Step 3: When ... the example operating system.) Step 1: Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Appendix The locations of the driver. 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you want to install Windows?" screen, select Load...
... you arrive at the "Where do you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W7 RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W764A AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W7 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W764A Step 3: When ... the example operating system.) Step 1: Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Appendix The locations of the driver. 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you want to install Windows?" screen, select Load...
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.... 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2, for the AMD A75 Chipset, select 11) hseries AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. For example, from a floppy disk that in the \BootDrv\Hxp folder to the floppy disk. Figure 2 Appendix - 78 - A Command Prompt ... . Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the menu in the BootDrv folder. Method A: • For the AMD A75 Chipset, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you need to your floppy disk...
.... 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2, for the AMD A75 Chipset, select 11) hseries AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. For example, from a floppy disk that in the \BootDrv\Hxp folder to the floppy disk. Figure 2 Appendix - 78 - A Command Prompt ... . Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the menu in the BootDrv folder. Method A: • For the AMD A75 Chipset, copy all files in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you need to your floppy disk...
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... provided by an adapter manufacturer. Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. A screen will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86... platform and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use with the Windows XP installation. - 79 - AMD AHCI Compatible RAID...
... provided by an adapter manufacturer. Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. A screen will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86... platform and press . Refer to the following list, or press ESC to return to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use with the Windows XP installation. - 79 - AMD AHCI Compatible RAID...
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... drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the array. To replace the old drive, make sure the Chipset driver has been installed from All Programs in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1 or RAID 10. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array... 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to use a new drive of restoring data to install). Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk.
... drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the array. To replace the old drive, make sure the Chipset driver has been installed from All Programs in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1 or RAID 10. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array... 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to use a new drive of restoring data to install). Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk.