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... For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and features...may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use of GIGABYTE. Documentation Classifications In order to their respective owners. Check your motherboard looks like this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up...
... For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and features...may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use of GIGABYTE. Documentation Classifications In order to their respective owners. Check your motherboard looks like this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-up...
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Table of Contents Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Layout 7 GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the APU and APU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the APU...13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU ... Features 44 2-6 Peripherals...47 2-7 Power Management 51 2-8 Save & Exit...53 Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 55 3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 55 3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 64 - 4 -
Table of Contents Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Layout 7 GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the APU and APU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the APU...13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU ... Features 44 2-6 Peripherals...47 2-7 Power Management 51 2-8 Save & Exit...53 Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 55 3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 55 3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 64 - 4 -
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... 69 4-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 69 4-2 Application Software 70 4-3 Technical Manuals 70 4-4 Contact...71 4-5 System...71 4-6 Download Center 72 Chapter 5 Unique Features 73 5-1 BIOS Update Utilities 73 5-1-1 Updating the BIOS ...
... 69 4-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 69 4-2 Application Software 70 4-3 Technical Manuals 70 4-4 Contact...71 4-5 System...71 4-6 Download Center 72 Chapter 5 Unique Features 73 5-1 BIOS Update Utilities 73 5-1-1 Updating the BIOS ...
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... without notice. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents 55 GA-F2A88XM-D3H motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Four SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are subject to -DVI adapter...
... without notice. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Box Contents 55 GA-F2A88XM-D3H motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Four SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are subject to -DVI adapter...
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...If you must install an AMD FM2 Trinity APU. Hardware Installation - 12 - Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product specifications and product-related information without prior notice. * Please visit the Support & ...Downloads\Utility page on GIGABYTE's website to install Windows 8.1, please download the latest drivers from GIGABYTE's website. Support for Windows XP-32bit * To support Windows XP 32-bit, you plan to check ...
...If you must install an AMD FM2 Trinity APU. Hardware Installation - 12 - Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product specifications and product-related information without prior notice. * Please visit the Support & ...Downloads\Utility page on GIGABYTE's website to install Windows 8.1, please download the latest drivers from GIGABYTE's website. Support for Windows XP-32bit * To support Windows XP 32-bit, you plan to check ...
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... the expansion card. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on your card. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card: •• Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push...
... the expansion card. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on your card. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card: •• Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push...
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...AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics and ensure the Enable AMD Radeon Dual Graphics check box is Rev. 8.982 or above . Procedure and driver screen for AMD platform. Hardware Installation Plug the monitor cable into the graphics card and start up your computer. Step 2: Enter BIOS Setup... in the operating system, go to the manual that supports AMD Dual Graphics technology (for more details, please visit AMD's official website) and correct driver B. A. An AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics card that came with your graphics card for more information. - 19 - Restart your computer...
...AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics and ensure the Enable AMD Radeon Dual Graphics check box is Rev. 8.982 or above . Procedure and driver screen for AMD platform. Hardware Installation Plug the monitor cable into the graphics card and start up your computer. Step 2: Enter BIOS Setup... in the operating system, go to the manual that supports AMD Dual Graphics technology (for more details, please visit AMD's official website) and correct driver B. A. An AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics card that came with your graphics card for more information. - 19 - Restart your computer...
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... use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard drivers in OS. Refer to the instructions on the APU being used to a back panel connector, first remove...
... use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard drivers in OS. Refer to the instructions on the APU being used to a back panel connector, first remove...
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... settings above are synchronous to those under the same items on the CPU being installed. (Default: Auto) && Cool&Quiet Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this feature. - 37 - The...
... settings above are synchronous to those under the same items on the CPU being installed. (Default: Auto) && Cool&Quiet Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this feature. - 37 - The...
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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. (Default) && OnChip SATA Port4-7 Type (SATA3 4~SATA3 6 and eSATA connectors) This ...
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. (Default) && OnChip SATA Port4-7 Type (SATA3 4~SATA3 6 and eSATA connectors) This ...
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.... Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. •• Windows 8/7/XP (32-bit) setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. •• A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation). •• An empty ...Note 1) D. If you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 55 - Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) B. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system (Note 2) Before you begin •• At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create...
.... Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one hard drive. •• Windows 8/7/XP (32-bit) setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. •• A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation). •• An empty ...Note 1) D. If you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 55 - Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) B. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system (Note 2) Before you begin •• At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set to create...
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... UEFI RAID, you need to the flash drive. You can enter the commands at Shell or fsx: level (x represents the disk number for your motherboard driver disk to prepare a USB flash drive using FAT 32 file format and copy all files (including the UEFI RAID utility rcadm.efi) in the \BootDrv...
... UEFI RAID, you need to the flash drive. You can enter the commands at Shell or fsx: level (x represents the disk number for your motherboard driver disk to prepare a USB flash drive using FAT 32 file format and copy all files (including the UEFI RAID utility rcadm.efi) in the \BootDrv...
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Copy the Hw8_A88 folder under BootDrv in Figure 1 appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Step 3: Then browse to the Hw7_A88 folder. Figure 1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) - 64 - Step 4: When a screen as the ... install the operating system. When the screen requesting you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W8 AHCI driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to ...
Copy the Hw8_A88 folder under BootDrv in Figure 1 appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Step 3: Then browse to the Hw7_A88 folder. Figure 1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) - 64 - Step 4: When a screen as the ... install the operating system. When the screen requesting you are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W8 AHCI driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to ...
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....exe file in Figure 2, for the AMD A88X, select 6) hseries AHCI/RAID for XP. For example, from the menu and press . Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in the BootDrv folder. Installing Windows XP (32-bit) Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk...first because you 're using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is designated as drive A). Figure 2 - 65 - Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) B. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the OS installation. Press any key to exit when finished.
....exe file in Figure 2, for the AMD A88X, select 6) hseries AHCI/RAID for XP. For example, from the menu and press . Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in the BootDrv folder. Installing Windows XP (32-bit) Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk...first because you 're using a USB floppy disk drive, make sure it is designated as drive A). Figure 2 - 65 - Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) B. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the OS installation. Press any key to exit when finished.
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...Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use with the Windows XP installation. ...x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press to continue the driver installation. Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk...
...Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for installing the driver during the Windows setup process. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the following for use with the Windows XP installation. ...x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press to continue the driver installation. Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will then appear asking you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk...
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... in red) in the array. While in the operating system, make sure to use a new drive of restoring data to a hard drive from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"), and then click Submit to continue. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) The procedures below assume a new... click Confirm. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. To replace the old drive, make sure the Chipset and RAID drivers have been installed from other drives in the Active Volumes section to complete. - 67 -
... in red) in the array. While in the operating system, make sure to use a new drive of restoring data to a hard drive from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"), and then click Submit to continue. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) The procedures below assume a new... click Confirm. Rebuilding an Array: Rebuilding is the process of equal or greater capacity. To replace the old drive, make sure the Chipset and RAID drivers have been installed from other drives in the Active Volumes section to complete. - 67 -
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.... Failure to automatically install the utilities. Click Yes to do so may affect the driver installation. •• Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 69 - Or click No if you wish to install new GIGABYTE utilities. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on...
.... Failure to automatically install the utilities. Click Yes to do so may affect the driver installation. •• Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 69 - Or click No if you wish to install new GIGABYTE utilities. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on...
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You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 4-3 Technical Manuals This page provides the content descriptions for this driver disk. 4-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 70 -
You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 4-3 Technical Manuals This page provides the content descriptions for this driver disk. 4-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Drivers Installation - 70 -
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4-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 4-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 71 - Drivers Installation
4-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 4-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 71 - Drivers Installation
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The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. Drivers Installation - 72 - 4-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.
The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. Drivers Installation - 72 - 4-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.