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...registered to the specifications and features in the 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. No part ...of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product,...
...registered to the specifications and features in the 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. No part ...of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up of the product,...
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... 83 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 89 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 95 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 97... 5-2 Configuring AudioInput and Output 105 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 105 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 107 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 108 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 110 5-3 Troubleshooting 111 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 111 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 112 5-4 Regulatory Statements 114 Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R...
... 83 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 89 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 95 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 97... 5-2 Configuring AudioInput and Output 105 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 105 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 107 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 108 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 110 5-3 Troubleshooting 111 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 111 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 112 5-4 Regulatory Statements 114 Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R...
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... LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-EP45T-UD3R or GA-EP45T-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket... I/O Shield Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. ...
... LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-EP45T-UD3R or GA-EP45T-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket... I/O Shield Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. ...
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... to the chassis back panel with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 18 - Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required...the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with your card. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down on the...
... to the chassis back panel with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 18 - Make sure the metal contacts on your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required...the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with your card. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down on the...
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... the computer boots. The POST Screen Function Keys Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 36 - The LOGO Screen (Default) B. To show the BIOS POST screen. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2..., 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 Press the key to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Motherboard Model BIOS Version EP45T-UD3R E2 . . . . A. The system will...
... the computer boots. The POST Screen Function Keys Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 36 - The LOGO Screen (Default) B. To show the BIOS POST screen. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2..., 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 Press the key to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Motherboard Model BIOS Version EP45T-UD3R E2 . . . . A. The system will...
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...Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. SATA AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10 Southbridge) Configures...Queuing and hot plug. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that support Native mode. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3. (Note) Supported on Windows Vista operating system only. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 ...
...Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. SATA AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10 Southbridge) Configures...Queuing and hot plug. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that support Native mode. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3. (Note) Supported on Windows Vista operating system only. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 ...
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.../IRQ3, Disabled. When a Cable Problem Occurs... Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SA TA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. If a cable problem occurs on Part 1-2. Example: Part1-2 Status = Short /..., Disabled. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 54 - it will show Short and then length shown will only operate at about 2m on a specified pair of wires, the Status field will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable ...
.../IRQ3, Disabled. When a Cable Problem Occurs... Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SA TA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. If a cable problem occurs on Part 1-2. Example: Part1-2 Status = Short /..., Disabled. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 54 - it will show Short and then length shown will only operate at about 2m on a specified pair of wires, the Status field will show Open, and the length shown is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable ...
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...The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that ... 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 install all the drivers that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in Device Manager, please...
...The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that ... 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 install all the drivers that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in Device Manager, please...
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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-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 66 -
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-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 66 -
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3-4 Contact Click the URL on this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch of th is manual to the GIGABYTE Web site. Drivers Installation Or read the last page of fices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 67 -
3-4 Contact Click the URL on this page to link to check the contact information for GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch of th is manual to the GIGABYTE Web site. Drivers Installation Or read the last page of fices. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 67 -
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GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 68 - 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-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 68 - 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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... drives are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. For example, a backup file created with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to the first IDE and...
... drives are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. For example, a backup file created with SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to the first IDE and...
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...you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. EP45T-UD3R E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/22/2008-P45-ICH10-7A69PG02C-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . .... Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to search the first physical hard drive as the target d rive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver...
...you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. EP45T-UD3R E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/22/2008-P45-ICH10-7A69PG02C-00 Figure 9 C. Figure 12 GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . .... Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to search the first physical hard drive as the target d rive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver...
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... to launch the Q-Share tool. Disable Incoming Folder ... Data Sharing Disabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Directions for 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.
... to launch the Q-Share tool. Disable Incoming Folder ... Data Sharing Disabled Options Descriptions Option Connect ... Directions for 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.
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...your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel ICH10R SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI...supply to the hard drive. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring ...
...your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel ICH10R SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI...supply to the hard drive. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring ...
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... RAID Volume 2. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SA TA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 87 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1039 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All...
... RAID Volume 2. Now, you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SA TA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 87 - Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.0.0.1039 ICH10R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All...
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... the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. Press . The selection bar will appear to cancel. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 []-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 94 - [ESC]-Abort GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. 7. Delete the RAID...
... the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. Press . The selection bar will appear to cancel. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 []-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 94 - [ESC]-Abort GIGABYTE Technology Corp. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. 7. Delete the RAID...
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See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in Figure 2. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 2: • For Intel ICH10R SATA controllers... 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 W indows 64-bit. Boot from the menu. At the D:\> prompt, type ...
See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in Figure 2. Only for GA-EP45T-UD3R. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in Figure 2: • For Intel ICH10R SATA controllers... 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 W indows 64-bit. Boot from the menu. At the D:\> prompt, type ...
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... USB flash drive. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar 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 USB flash drive. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 96 - 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...
... USB flash drive. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar 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 USB flash drive. GA-EP45T-UD3R/UD3 Motherboard - 96 - 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...
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...Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 97 - Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you ...have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device ...
...Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 97 - Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you ...have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system to boot from a mass storage device ...