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... @BIOS Utility 63 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...65 Chapter 5 Appendix ...67 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 67 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 67 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette for Windows XP 72 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 73 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 75 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 75 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out...
... @BIOS Utility 63 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...65 Chapter 5 Appendix ...67 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 67 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 67 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette for Windows XP 72 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 73 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 75 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 75 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out...
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... EasyTune (Note 3) Bundled Software Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP Form Factor ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the...
... EasyTune (Note 3) Bundled Software Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP Form Factor ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the...
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...the battery on the motherboard. To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you can press + in the CMOS. When the power is a Windows-based utility that searches and downloads the latest version of the system in the CMOS on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS... the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during system startup, saving system parameters and loading operating system, etc. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to activate certain system features. To flash the BIOS, do not encounter problems using...
...the battery on the motherboard. To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you can press + in the CMOS. When the power is a Windows-based utility that searches and downloads the latest version of the system in the CMOS on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS... the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during system startup, saving system parameters and loading operating system, etc. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to activate certain system features. To flash the BIOS, do not encounter problems using...
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...message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the hard drive and to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a ...Password Check Specifies whether a password is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. After configuring this item, set the password(s) under the Set Supervisor/User Password ... the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 40 -
...message. (Default: Enabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the hard drive and to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a ...Password Check Specifies whether a password is installed. (Default: Disabled) Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. After configuring this item, set the password(s) under the Set Supervisor/User Password ... the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 40 -
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... resumed at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. (Default: Enabled) Modem Ring On Allows the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. S1(POS) Enables the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by Power button Configures the ...Defaults ACPI Suspend Type Specifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters suspend. Soft-Off by a wake-up signal from a PCI or PCIe device. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 44 - PME Event Wake Up Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time...
... resumed at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. (Default: Enabled) Modem Ring On Allows the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows® Vista® operating system only. S1(POS) Enables the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by Power button Configures the ...Defaults ACPI Suspend Type Specifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters suspend. Soft-Off by a wake-up signal from a PCI or PCIe device. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 44 - PME Event Wake Up Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time...
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... as following: Day of Month Alarm: Turn on the system at least 1A on the system. Select 32-bit mode when you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be turned on this item. Power On By Keyboard Allows... is turned on upon the return of the AC power, or the settings may not be turned on a specific day in a month. To turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 45 - Soft-Off The system stays off upon the return of the AC power. (Default) Full-On The system...
... as following: Day of Month Alarm: Turn on the system at least 1A on the system. Select 32-bit mode when you install 64-bit Windows® Vista®. (Default: 32-bit mode) Power On By Mouse Allows the system to be turned on this item. Power On By Keyboard Allows... is turned on upon the return of the AC power, or the settings may not be turned on a specific day in a month. To turn on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 45 - Soft-Off The system stays off upon the return of the AC power. (Default) Full-On The system...
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... and "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in...
... and "Xpress Install" will continue to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in...
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... at the end of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. Step 2: Click New. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2...Xpress Recovery2 can back up data on your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives...
... at the end of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. Step 2: Click New. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2...Xpress Recovery2 can back up data on your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives...
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... either pressing the key during the POST to access Q-Flash. What is DualBIOSTM? Before You Begin: 1. M52LS3P.F1) to enter MSDOS mode. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 60 - Motherboards that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. During the POST, press the key to ensure...main BIOS is @BIOSTM? @BIOS allows you to update the BIOS without having to a hard drive in the Windows environment. @BIOS will take over on the main BIOS. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and...
... either pressing the key during the POST to access Q-Flash. What is DualBIOSTM? Before You Begin: 1. M52LS3P.F1) to enter MSDOS mode. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard - 60 - Motherboards that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. During the POST, press the key to ensure...main BIOS is @BIOSTM? @BIOS allows you to update the BIOS without having to a hard drive in the Windows environment. @BIOS will take over on the main BIOS. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support DualBIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and...
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... system that is stable and do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During ... when using @BIOS. 4. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. Before You Begin: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. B. Options and Instructions: 1. Save the Current...
... system that is stable and do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During ... when using @BIOS. 4. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. Before You Begin: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. B. Options and Instructions: 1. Save the Current...
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... the overclock/overvoltage, make sure that you do overclock and overvoltage in damage to enter the BIOS Setup program. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. Help 11. setting page... and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTuneTM 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTuneTM 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may provide optimizations for CPU and memory,...
... the overclock/overvoltage, make sure that you do overclock and overvoltage in damage to enter the BIOS Setup program. may result in Windows environment, eliminating the need to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. Help 11. setting page... and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTuneTM 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTuneTM 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may provide optimizations for CPU and memory,...
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.... (Note) E. Before you may prepare only 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. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (...
.... (Note) E. Before you may prepare only 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. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (...
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For a non-RAID configuration, please skip this step and proceed to enter RAID setup utility ... Press F10 to the installation of Windows operating system. Step 4: If RAID 0 (Striping) is 64KB. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring, Striping, and Spanning. In the Striping Block field, use the up ...
For a non-RAID configuration, please skip this step and proceed to enter RAID setup utility ... Press F10 to the installation of Windows operating system. Step 4: If RAID 0 (Striping) is 64KB. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring, Striping, and Spanning. In the Striping Block field, use the up ...
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...select 2) NVIDIA GeForce 6100/nForce 520LE Series RAID Driver(XP). Press to that in Figure 2, to install Windows XP 32-bit to the floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Prepare a startup disk... system. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to install Windows Vista, install all , copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in Figure 2. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard Figure 3 - 72 - Select the controller driver by ...
...select 2) NVIDIA GeForce 6100/nForce 520LE Series RAID Driver(XP). Press to that in Figure 2, to install Windows XP 32-bit to the floppy disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to your optical drive (example: D:\>). Prepare a startup disk... system. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to install Windows Vista, install all , copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in Figure 2. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. GA-M52L-S3P Motherboard Figure 3 - 72 - Select the controller driver by ...
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...press . NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 - 73 - When completed, proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Please note that in Figure 2 will then appear asking you to specify additional device...or press ESC to return to the previous screen. When both of which need to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you ...
...press . NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 - 73 - When completed, proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Please note that in Figure 2 will then appear asking you to specify additional device...or press ESC to return to the previous screen. When both of which need to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System With the SATA RAID driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you ...
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... The integrated HD (High Definition) audio provides Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out jack retasking capability that allows the user to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will be Rear speaker out. • To install...
... The integrated HD (High Definition) audio provides Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out jack retasking capability that allows the user to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will be Rear speaker out. • To install...