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Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Dec. 27, 2013 Dec. 27, 2013 Copyright © 2013 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Changes to their respective owners. No part of this manual may ... read the User's Manual. 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. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of the motherboard is the...
Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Dec. 27, 2013 Dec. 27, 2013 Copyright © 2013 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Changes to their respective owners. No part of this manual may ... read the User's Manual. 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. For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of the motherboard is the...
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Table of Contents GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Layout 4 GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 ... Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2-1 Startup Screen 17 2-2 M.I.T...18 2-3 System Information 23 2-4 BIOS Features 24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Power Management 29 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 Drivers Installation...32 Regulatory Statements 33 Contact Us...36 - 3 -
Table of Contents GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Layout 4 GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 ... Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2-1 Startup Screen 17 2-2 M.I.T...18 2-3 System Information 23 2-4 BIOS Features 24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Power Management 29 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 Drivers Installation...32 Regulatory Statements 33 Contact Us...36 - 3 -
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... HDMI 1 0 SATA3 R_USB30 USB_LAN iTE® BAT AUDIO Super I/O Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX16 GA-H81M-HD2 PCIEX1_1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 B_BIOS M_BIOS Intel® H81 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN F_USB2 F_USB1 CLR_CMOS F_PANEL 3 2 SATA2 Box Contents 55 GA-H81M-HD2 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are...
... HDMI 1 0 SATA3 R_USB30 USB_LAN iTE® BAT AUDIO Super I/O Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX16 GA-H81M-HD2 PCIEX1_1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 B_BIOS M_BIOS Intel® H81 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN F_USB2 F_USB1 CLR_CMOS F_PANEL 3 2 SATA2 Box Contents 55 GA-H81M-HD2 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are...
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... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a ... Chipset: - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel - 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the audio driver. LAN Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Expansion Slots Storage Interface USB ...
... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a ... Chipset: - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel - 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the audio driver. LAN Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Expansion Slots Storage Interface USB ...
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...) The default line out jack. This jack can use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. •• When removing the cable connected to HDMI. Microphones must be used . To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard...
...) The default line out jack. This jack can use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. •• When removing the cable connected to HDMI. Microphones must be used . To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard...
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... to Disabled for Windows XP operating system; This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. Virtualization enhanced by Intel® Virtualization Technology... Disabled) && VGA Support Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support ...
... to Disabled for Windows XP operating system; This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. Virtualization enhanced by Intel® Virtualization Technology... Disabled) && VGA Support Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support ...
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... EHCI controller and the xHCI controller is turned off. This item appears only when a USB storage device is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as High Speed devices regardless of xHCI software support/availability. Manual Allows you to determine whether to rout...
... EHCI controller and the xHCI controller is turned off. This item appears only when a USB storage device is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as High Speed devices regardless of xHCI software support/availability. Manual Allows you to determine whether to rout...
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Or click the arrow icon to individually install the drivers you need. - 32 - You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your optical drive. Click on the message "Tap to... My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Chapter 3 Appendix Drivers Installation •• Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.) •• After installing the ...
Or click the arrow icon to individually install the drivers you need. - 32 - You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your optical drive. Click on the message "Tap to... My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Chapter 3 Appendix Drivers Installation •• Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.) •• After installing the ...