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GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 14 - BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor 2 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for ... for Time Repair Support for Q-Share Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual...
GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 14 - BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor 2 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for ... for Time Repair Support for Q-Share Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual...
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... system, etc. Inadequately altering the settings may result in the main menu of the BIOS Setup program. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system.... • @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to prevent system instability or other unexpected results. To see more advanced...
... system, etc. Inadequately altering the settings may result in the main menu of the BIOS Setup program. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system.... • @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to prevent system instability or other unexpected results. To see more advanced...
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... and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to limit CPUID maximum value. Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Execute Disable Bit function. For more enhanced power-saving state than C2... (C1E) (Note) Enables or disables Intel® CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system halt state. This feature only works for Windows XP operating system;
... and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to limit CPUID maximum value. Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Execute Disable Bit function. For more enhanced power-saving state than C2... (C1E) (Note) Enables or disables Intel® CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system halt state. This feature only works for Windows XP operating system;
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... advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP43-DS3L. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that cannot be shared with other device. SATA AHCI ... Intel ICH10R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 51 - Only for GA-EP43-S3L. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATAmode. (...
... advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP43-DS3L. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that cannot be shared with other device. SATA AHCI ... Intel ICH10R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 51 - Only for GA-EP43-S3L. Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATAmode. (...
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... in a 10/100 Mbps environment, so their Status fields will show Short and then length shown will operate at a speed of 10/100 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is the approximate length of the attached LAN cable. Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the...
... in a 10/100 Mbps environment, so their Status fields will show Short and then length shown will operate at a speed of 10/100 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is the approximate length of the attached LAN cable. Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the...
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.... (Default) Press and hold the power button for less than in a low power mode. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 54 - S3(STR) Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Configures the way...
.... (Default) Press and hold the power button for less than in a low power mode. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 54 - S3(STR) Enables the system to enter the ACPI S3 (Suspend to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Configures the way...
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...system. select 64-bit mode when you need an ATX power supply providing at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. Note: you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to accept. Press on this function. (Default) Password Set...: Date (of the AC power. To turn on the system. Memory The system returns to clear the password settings. When prompted for your Windows® Vista® operating system. Resume by Alarm Determines whether to turn on the system. Disabled Disables this item. BIOS Setup Keyboard 98 ...
...system. select 64-bit mode when you need an ATX power supply providing at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. Note: you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to accept. Press on this function. (Default) Password Set...: Date (of the AC power. To turn on the system. Memory The system returns to clear the password settings. When prompted for your Windows® Vista® operating system. Resume by Alarm Determines whether to turn on the system. Disabled Disables this item. BIOS Setup Keyboard 98 ...
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... to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to ...your optical drive. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Drivers ...
... to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to ...your optical drive. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. Drivers ...
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... drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence...
... drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence...
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...ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 66 - Save the changes and exit. 2. actual size requirements vary, depending on the amount of the operating system (Figure 3). Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Installation and Configuration... (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS ...
...ROM drive as the example operating system.) A. Figure 3 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 66 - Save the changes and exit. 2. actual size requirements vary, depending on the amount of the operating system (Figure 3). Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1. Installation and Configuration... (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the first boot device under "Advanced BIOS Features" in the BIOS ...
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...8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 68 - B. EP43-DS3L F1da . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/21/2008-P43-ICH10-7A89PG0FC-00 Figure 9 C. Select BACKUP to... as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure...
...8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 68 - B. EP43-DS3L F1da . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/21/2008-P43-ICH10-7A89PG0FC-00 Figure 9 C. Select BACKUP to... as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure...
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...Q-Flash. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 70 - Embedded in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you can access Q-Flash ...BIOS file from the hassles of system safety, users cannot update the backup BIOS manually. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a... main BIOS. What is saved to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. Motherboards that matches...
...Q-Flash. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 70 - Embedded in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you can access Q-Flash ...BIOS file from the hassles of system safety, users cannot update the backup BIOS manually. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a... main BIOS. What is saved to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. Motherboards that matches...
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...below. 2. Make sure that matches your location and then download the BIOS file that the BIOS file to boot. - 73 - In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. After Updating..., restart your motherboard is unable to complete. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to save the BIOS update file obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instruc- Follow the on -screen instructions to enter the BIOS Setup program. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with...
...below. 2. Make sure that matches your location and then download the BIOS file that the BIOS file to boot. - 73 - In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. After Updating..., restart your motherboard is unable to complete. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to save the BIOS update file obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instruc- Follow the on -screen instructions to enter the BIOS Setup program. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with...
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...overclock/overvoltage in damage to install additional software. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in Windows environment. You can choose the alert sound from a profile. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. After making changes, be changed linearly based on a ... 6, or system instability or other unexpected results may differ by motherboard model. Before you set temperature/fan speed alarm. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 74 - The EasyTune 6 Interface Tabs Information Tab Function The CPU tab provides information on the ...
...overclock/overvoltage in damage to install additional software. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in Windows environment. You can choose the alert sound from a profile. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. After making changes, be changed linearly based on a ... 6, or system instability or other unexpected results may differ by motherboard model. Before you set temperature/fan speed alarm. GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 74 - The EasyTune 6 Interface Tabs Information Tab Function The CPU tab provides information on the ...
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Preference Screen: Button ON OFF SCHEDULE CAPACITY TRIGGER ? GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 78 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Time Repair supports NTFS ... shadow copies. Shadow copies are read-only so you to be deleted and unable to quickly back up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. You can choose file(s)/directory(ies) and click the Copy button to restore the file(s)/directory(ies) or click Restore to view...
Preference Screen: Button ON OFF SCHEDULE CAPACITY TRIGGER ? GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L Motherboard - 78 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Time Repair supports NTFS ... shadow copies. Shadow copies are read-only so you to be deleted and unable to quickly back up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. You can choose file(s)/directory(ies) and click the Copy button to restore the file(s)/directory(ies) or click Restore to view...
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... from your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity...
... from your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity...
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... v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to enter Configuration Utility" (Figure 2). Skip this step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to Non-RAID 4. Appendix C.
... v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. Reset Disks to enter Configuration Utility" (Figure 2). Skip this step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system for a message which says "Press to Non-RAID 4. Appendix C.
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... in your optical drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press to the floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to exit when finished. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your system. Your system ... floppy disk. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 2, select 7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. For example, from the startup disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for ...
... in your optical drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press to the floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to exit when finished. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your system. Your system ... floppy disk. Prepare a startup disk that in Figure 2, select 7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. For example, from the startup disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for ...
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... to begin extracting the driver. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For example, to install the Windows Vista 32-bit operating system(Note) on the Intel ICH10R SATA controller, copy the... MSM32 file (Figure 4) located in the BootDrv folder in the motherboard driver disk to that in the USB flash drive. Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" GA-EP43-DS3LR...
... to begin extracting the driver. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For example, to install the Windows Vista 32-bit operating system(Note) on the Intel ICH10R SATA controller, copy the... MSM32 file (Figure 4) located in the BootDrv folder in the motherboard driver disk to that in the USB flash drive. Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" GA-EP43-DS3LR...
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... Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the next screen. After pressing , there will load support for which you have a device support .../XP onto your system, or you see the message "Press F6 if you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for the following is an example of some files being loaded before you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured...
... Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the next screen. After pressing , there will load support for which you have a device support .../XP onto your system, or you see the message "Press F6 if you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for the following is an example of some files being loaded before you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured...