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...the motherboard is exclusively licensed to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Changes to use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical ...information. Example: is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. No part of this manual may be made by copyright...
...the motherboard is exclusively licensed to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Changes to use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical ...information. Example: is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. No part of this manual may be made by copyright...
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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-DS3LR...
... 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-DS3LR...
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... (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - 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...
... (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - 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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... PCI Slot Follow the steps below to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 -
... PCI Slot Follow the steps below to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 -
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... Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. To show the BIOS POST screen. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on page 48. : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access ...:POST Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. 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 XpressRecovery2 during ...
... Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. To show the BIOS POST screen. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - You can be based on page 48. : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access ...:POST Screen :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash :XpressRecovery2 :Boot Menu :Qflash Function Keys B. 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 XpressRecovery2 during ...
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... integrated in Native IDE mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright ... Default ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10R Southbridge) Enables or disables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3LR. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA...
... integrated in Native IDE mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright ... Default ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10R Southbridge) Enables or disables RAID for GA-EP45-DS3LR. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA...
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... Bus Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking 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.) •... instructions to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Drivers Installation Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will automatically scan your system and then list ...
... Bus Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking 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.) •... instructions to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Drivers Installation Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will automatically scan your system and then list ...
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GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 - 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.
GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 - 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.
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Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site. 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 -
Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact Click the URL on this manual to the GIGABYTE Web site. 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 -
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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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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; For...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; For...
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... motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 66 - When finished, go to Disk Management to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key 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-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L...
... motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 66 - When finished, go to Disk Management to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key 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-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L...
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... Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... 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 configure the data sharing settings. Data Sharing Disabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... About Q-Share ...
... Change Incoming Folder : C:\Q-ShareFolder Update Q-Share ... 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 configure the data sharing settings. Data Sharing Disabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... About Q-Share ...
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...you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 77 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one ... hard drive(s) in 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. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Appendix Make a...
...you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 77 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one ... hard drive(s) in 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. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Appendix Make a...
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... DATA ON[SHEELELCP T]ED DISKS WILL BE LOST. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION...
... DATA ON[SHEELELCP T]ED DISKS WILL BE LOST. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 81 - Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0 ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION...
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...has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 3 - 83 - For installing Windows Vista, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from the menu. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your optical drive folder, double click the MENU....-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For example, from the menu in Figure 2. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. From your optical drive (example: ...
...has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 3 - 83 - For installing Windows Vista, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Boot from the menu. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your optical drive folder, double click the MENU....-bit operating system or 8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For example, from the menu in Figure 2. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. From your optical drive (example: ...
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...Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system..., copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver to your USB flash drive. When a screen...
...Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system..., copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver to your USB flash drive. When a screen...
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...Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to install a ...third party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM...
...Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to install a ...third party SCSI or RAID driver. The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM...
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... CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. The driver installation will appear. Use the up or down arrow key to select one minute. When the screen as shown below will be ... ENTER. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH10R 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 motherboard driver disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 -
... CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. The driver installation will appear. Use the up or down arrow key to select one minute. When the screen as shown below will be ... ENTER. Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH10R 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 motherboard driver disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 -
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 87 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Appendix
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 87 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Appendix