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... Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. The logo is designated by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD as the exclu- GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website...Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any means without prior notice. Changes to their respective owners. Example: by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. All rights reserved. sive global distributor of the motherboard is the property of this manual are legally ...
... Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. The logo is designated by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD as the exclu- GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website...Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any means without prior notice. Changes to their respective owners. Example: by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. All rights reserved. sive global distributor of the motherboard is the property of this manual are legally ...
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... the Onboard SATA Controller 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 ...5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 92 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 94 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 96 5-3 Troubleshooting 97 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 97 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 98 5-4 Regulatory Statements 100 Only for GA-EP45...
... the Onboard SATA Controller 77 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 83 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 ...5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 92 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 94 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 96 5-3 Troubleshooting 97 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 97 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 98 5-4 Regulatory Statements 100 Only for GA-EP45...
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... cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-EP45-DS3LR or GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
... cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-EP45-DS3LR or GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
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... the card is securely seated in your expansion card in the slot. 3. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your operating system. Install the driver provided with your card. Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion...
... the card is securely seated in your expansion card in the slot. 3. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your operating system. Install the driver provided with your card. Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion...
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... back up arrow key < > or the down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to accept. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - The system will still be used for one time only. You can be based on page 48. : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key... screens may appear when the computer boots. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to access the Q-...
... back up arrow key < > or the down arrow key< > to select the first boot device, then press to accept. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - The system will still be used for one time only. You can be based on page 48. : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key... screens may appear when the computer boots. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to access the Q-...
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RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3L. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only.... to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface...storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel ICH10 Southbridge to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3LR...
RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3L. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only.... to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface...storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel ICH10 Southbridge to AHCI mode. Disabled Disables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3LR...
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... 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 restart your system. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that are... 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, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset...
... 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 restart your system. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that are... 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, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset...
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3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 -
3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 -
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Drivers Installation Or read the last page of this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 61 - 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site.
Drivers Installation Or read the last page of this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 61 - 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site.
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GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 62 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed.
GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 62 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed.
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... SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up 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 the hard drive, make sure...
... SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back up 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 the hard drive, make sure...
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...driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 12 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L... Recovery2. . . Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. EP45-DS3L E12c . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/20/2008-P45-ICH10-7A89PG0JC-00 Figure 9 C. B.
...driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 12 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L... Recovery2. . . Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. EP45-DS3L E12c . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/20/2008-P45-ICH10-7A89PG0JC-00 Figure 9 C. B.
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Find the Q-Share icon in your computer to another computer simply using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to launch the Q-Share tool. About Q-Share ... Data Sharing Enabled Description Displays the computers with data sharing enabled Enables data sharing Disables data ...
Find the Q-Share icon in your computer to another computer simply using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to launch the Q-Share tool. About Q-Share ... Data Sharing Enabled Description Displays the computers with data sharing enabled Enables data sharing Disables data ...
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... Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Then connect the power connector from your computer. Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 77 - Configure SATA... two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create RAID array on the motherboard. C . Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and...
... Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Then connect the power connector from your computer. Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 77 - Configure SATA... two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create RAID array on the motherboard. C . Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and...
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... item 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 - All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model...
... item 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 - All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model...
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... the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to that in your system. Your system will open similar to a floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and ...from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup ...
... the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to that in your system. Your system will open similar to a floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and ...from the menu in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup ...
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GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - message, and then press to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" When a screen similar to your USB flash drive. ..., copy the MSM32 file (Figure 4) located in the BootDrv folder in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system, copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver to that in the USB flash drive. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the...
GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - message, and then press to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" When a screen similar to your USB flash drive. ..., copy the MSM32 file (Figure 4) located in the BootDrv folder in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system, copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver to that in the USB flash drive. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the...
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... is an example of some files being loaded before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. 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 chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
... is an example of some files being loaded before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. 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 chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID...
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...manufacturer, press S. * If you set the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode item in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller Intel... to return to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 - The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Use the up...
...manufacturer, press S. * If you set the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode item in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller Intel... to return to select one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 - The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Use the up...
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Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 87 - Appendix This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 87 - Appendix This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.