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... Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Disclaimer Information in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. All...
... Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Disclaimer Information in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. All...
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... Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 83 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 89 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and ...Operating System 90 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 100 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 102 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 104 5-3 Troubleshooting 105 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 105 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 106 Regulatory Statements 108 Only for GA-EP35...
... Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 83 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 89 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and ...Operating System 90 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 100 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 102 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 104 5-3 Troubleshooting 105 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 105 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 106 Regulatory Statements 108 Only for GA-EP35...
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... port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP35-DS3R or GA-EP35-DS3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable... GA-EP35-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-EP35-DS3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents ...
... port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP35-DS3R or GA-EP35-DS3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable... GA-EP35-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-EP35-DS3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents ...
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... Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 12 - The requirements above do not apply to the SATA connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) controlled by the GIGABYTE SATA2 controller. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals," for details on...
... Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 12 - The requirements above do not apply to the SATA connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) controlled by the GIGABYTE SATA2 controller. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals," for details on...
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... the steps below to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your card. Make sure the metal contacts on your computer. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. Secure the card's metal bracket to correctly install your expansion card ... guidelines before installing an expansion card to release the card and then pull the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Make sure the graphics card is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Locate an expansion slot that came with...
... the steps below to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your card. Make sure the metal contacts on your computer. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. Secure the card's metal bracket to correctly install your expansion card ... guidelines before installing an expansion card to release the card and then pull the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Make sure the graphics card is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Locate an expansion slot that came with...
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...Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash ...appear when the computer boots. The LOGO Screen (Default) :POST Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. EP35-DS3R F1b . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/04/2007-P35-ICH9-6A89OG0NC-00 Function Keys ... used for one time only. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 36 - A.
...Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash ...appear when the computer boots. The LOGO Screen (Default) :POST Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. EP35-DS3R F1b . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/04/2007-P35-ICH9-6A89OG0NC-00 Function Keys ... used for one time only. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 36 - A.
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...and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for GA-EP35-DS3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables RAID ... SATA controllers. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP35-DS3R. BIOS Setup 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals...
...and hot plug. Disabled Disables AHCI for GA-EP35-DS3. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables RAID ... SATA controllers. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP35-DS3R. BIOS Setup 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals...
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...GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in PATA mode) Onboard Serial Port 1 Enables or disables the first serial port and specifies its base I /O address and corresponding interrupt. Options are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3... (LPT) port. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. Parallel Port...
...GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in PATA mode) Onboard Serial Port 1 Enables or disables the first serial port and specifies its base I /O address and corresponding interrupt. Options are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3... (LPT) port. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. Parallel Port...
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...appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (... the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Drivers Installation Or you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 59 - After the system restart, "...
...appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (... the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Drivers Installation Or you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 59 - After the system restart, "...
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You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 60 - 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 60 - 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 61 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 61 - Drivers Installation
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... connector, the first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first SATA connector is the first physical drive. - 63 - For example...
... connector, the first SATA connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first SATA connector is the first physical drive. - 63 - For example...
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. ... partition to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 66 - Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to start backing up your...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. ... partition to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 66 - Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to start backing up your...
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...Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to ...install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage ...
...Update Function Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to ...install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage ...
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...disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the GA-EP35-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1... disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. If there is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to identify the SATA controller for GA-EP35-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical...
...disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the GA-EP35-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1... disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. If there is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to identify the SATA controller for GA-EP35-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical...
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... or to cancel (Figure 6). When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option...
... or to cancel (Figure 6). When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - Create RAID Volume 2. Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option...
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...confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 88 - [ESC]-Abort a small triangle will move to cancel. ... Save And Exit Setup item in the main menu and press . 7. The selection bar will appear to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)?
...confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 88 - [ESC]-Abort a small triangle will move to cancel. ... Save And Exit Setup item in the main menu and press . 7. The selection bar will appear to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)?
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...-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for GA-EP35-DS3R. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears...
...-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for GA-EP35-DS3R. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears...
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... manually specify an adapter. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 90 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you do not have any device...
... manually specify an adapter. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-EP35-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 90 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you do not have any device...
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... SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH9R) for AHCI mode.) Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for GA-EP35-DS3R. - 91 - Appendix The driver installation will appear. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press... Intel ICH9R SATA controllers: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller ...
... SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH9R) for AHCI mode.) Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for GA-EP35-DS3R. - 91 - Appendix The driver installation will appear. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press... Intel ICH9R SATA controllers: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller ...