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Channel Audio Function Introduction 76 4-2 Troubleshooting 82 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplication 52 3-3 Software Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 70 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
Channel Audio Function Introduction 76 4-2 Troubleshooting 82 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 51 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplication 52 3-3 Software Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Appendix 55 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 55 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 55 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction 56 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 59 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 70 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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...-drawable bar. Install related driver from the operating system. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of expansion card from the computer. 3. English 1-5 Installation of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 16 - Replace...
...-drawable bar. Install related driver from the operating system. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Please align the VGA card to secure the slot bracket of expansion card from the computer. 3. English 1-5 Installation of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 16 - Replace...
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...After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in BIOS Setup to set Init Display First to the SLI gold edge connector on the PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display First in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. System will appear. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 20 ...- The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you plug the display cable to the card on top of both cards. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the ...
...After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in BIOS Setup to set Init Display First to the SLI gold edge connector on the PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display First in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. System will appear. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 20 ...- The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you plug the display cable to the card on top of both cards. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the ...
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... speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. SPDIF_O (SPDIF Out) The SPDIF output is capable of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. Also make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard...
... speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. SPDIF_O (SPDIF Out) The SPDIF output is capable of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. Also make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard...
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...No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Definition MIC GND MIC_BIAS Power Front Audio (R) Rear Audio (R)/ Return R NC No Pin Front Audio (L) Rear Audio (L)/ Return L GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 26 - Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header. To find... rear audio connector to 150MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA controller(s)and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4 SLI) 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SATA_SII (Controlled by Sil3114) SATA 3Gb/s can have front...
...No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Definition MIC GND MIC_BIAS Power Front Audio (R) Rear Audio (R)/ Return R NC No Pin Front Audio (L) Rear Audio (L)/ Return L GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 26 - Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header. To find... rear audio connector to 150MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA controller(s)and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4 SLI) 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SATA_SII (Controlled by Sil3114) SATA 3Gb/s can have front...
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..."Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install the drivers automatically. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". If not, please double click the CD-ROM... device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" System will auto...
..."Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install the drivers automatically. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". If not, please double click the CD-ROM... device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto start and show a question mark "?" System will auto...
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GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 52 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 52 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 53 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 53 - Drivers Installation
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... Restart Build 2011 GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 56 - Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats 2. When "Boot from CD-ROM (BMP Mode) Enter the BIOS menu, select "Advanced BIOS Feature" and set as the boot partition. Set Password 5. Must be connected to use the Xpress Recovery 1. GIGABYTE Technology CO. ,... Ltd. 1. Remove Backup Image 4. Boot from CD:" appears, press any key to Xpress Recovery can restore the drive to back up , please do not alter its original state. 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive,...
... Restart Build 2011 GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 56 - Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats 2. When "Boot from CD-ROM (BMP Mode) Enter the BIOS menu, select "Advanced BIOS Feature" and set as the boot partition. Set Password 5. Must be connected to use the Xpress Recovery 1. GIGABYTE Technology CO. ,... Ltd. 1. Remove Backup Image 4. Boot from CD:" appears, press any key to Xpress Recovery can restore the drive to back up , please do not alter its original state. 1. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive,...
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... Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete. - 57 - Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG,... future by pressing the F9 key. 2. Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK . . . Appendix Set Password 5. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utility 2. English 2. Remove Backup Image 4. System storage capacity as well as drive reading/writing speed will...
... Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete. - 57 - Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG,... future by pressing the F9 key. 2. Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK . . . Appendix Set Password 5. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utility 2. English 2. Remove Backup Image 4. System storage capacity as well as drive reading/writing speed will...
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Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. Press F10 to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Appendix English Please follow the steps below ). Ctrl + S to enter RAID setup utility ... NVIDIA RAID IDE ... software prompting you want to make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array...
Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. Press F10 to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Appendix English Please follow the steps below ). Ctrl + S to enter RAID setup utility ... NVIDIA RAID IDE ... software prompting you want to make and storage capacity. 2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array...
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... exit the RAID setup. Array Detail - Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to view and verify details. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 74 - The Array Detail screen appears. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1 Master Index 0 1 Disk Model Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB... been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to wipe out all its contents, press C. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load drivers under Windows.
... exit the RAID setup. Array Detail - Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to view and verify details. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 74 - The Array Detail screen appears. Striping Block: 64K Adapt 2 2 Channel M/S 0 Master 1 Master Index 0 1 Disk Model Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB... been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to wipe out all its contents, press C. At the prompt, press Y to configure and load drivers under Windows.
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...a startup disk that hard drive. Boot from the startup disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Appendix Press 0 to install the RAID drivers. Fig.1 Fig.2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to exit when finished. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) ...2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item.
...a startup disk that hard drive. Boot from the startup disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Appendix Press 0 to install the RAID drivers. Fig.1 Fig.2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to exit when finished. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) ...2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item.
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... may connect CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, walkman or others audio input to Line Out (Front Speaker Out). Channel Audio Function Introduction Introduction of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to install the function. (Following pictures are in Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you... channels to Rear Speaker Out. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Connect microphone to select the function. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 76 - Click the icon to Mic In. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
... may connect CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, walkman or others audio input to Line Out (Front Speaker Out). Channel Audio Function Introduction Introduction of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to install the function. (Following pictures are in Windows XP) Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you... channels to Rear Speaker Out. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Connect microphone to select the function. GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 76 - Click the icon to Mic In. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8-
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.... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select...
.... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select...
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Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 78 - Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click...
Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out GA-K8NXP-SLI Motherboard - 78 - Click the icon to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration. STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click...