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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 66 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 76 4-2 Troubleshooting 81 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 66 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 76 4-2 Troubleshooting 81 - 5 -
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...the computer. 2. Disconnect your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Replace the screw to your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver in the slot. 5. For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card: To install the VGA card: Please align the VGA card ...necessary, configure required settings for the expansion card in the motherboard. 4. Power on the card are fully seated in the operating system. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 16 - Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in system BIOS Setup. 8. Remove your computer's chassis cover, ...
...the computer. 2. Disconnect your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Replace the screw to your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver in the slot. 5. For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card: To install the VGA card: Please align the VGA card ...necessary, configure required settings for the expansion card in the motherboard. 4. Power on the card are fully seated in the operating system. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 16 - Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in system BIOS Setup. 8. Remove your computer's chassis cover, ...
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English Configuring the Graphics Card Driver: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Then the SLI configuration is completed. Hardware Installation System will ... Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your graphics card for more information about enabing SLI mode. - 19 - Note: The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply.
English Configuring the Graphics Card Driver: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Then the SLI configuration is completed. Hardware Installation System will ... Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your graphics card for more information about enabing SLI mode. - 19 - Note: The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply.
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... CMOS... 1. Dispose of used batteries according to work properly. 7 1 SATAII6 SATAII5 SATAII4 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 1 7 10) BATTERY GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Plug the power cord in order to the manufacturer's instructions. Replace only with the same or...(Or you want to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Gently take out the battery and put it aside for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in and turn on the computer. - 26 - Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. 2.
... CMOS... 1. Dispose of used batteries according to work properly. 7 1 SATAII6 SATAII5 SATAII4 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 1 7 10) BATTERY GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Plug the power cord in order to the manufacturer's instructions. Replace only with the same or...(Or you want to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Gently take out the battery and put it aside for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in and turn on the computer. - 26 - Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. 2.
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GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - English 12) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is configured to support HD Audio. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is on page 80 about...
GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - English 12) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is configured to support HD Audio. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is on page 80 about...
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...device priority by ZIP. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB-CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-CDROM. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 38 - USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. Disabled Disable this menu. Select your boot device priority by LS120... Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it down the list. Hard Disk CDROM Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. Select your ...
...device priority by ZIP. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. USB-CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-CDROM. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 38 - USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. Disabled Disable this menu. Select your boot device priority by LS120... Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it down the list. Hard Disk CDROM Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. Select your ...
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...CD Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as... the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the driver disk into your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart your system. The CD Autorun screen...
...CD Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as... the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the driver disk into your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart your system. The CD Autorun screen...
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GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 56 - English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 56 - English 3-2 Software Applications 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 Driver CD 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. - 57 - 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. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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...quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. M57SLI-S4 FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/22/2007-NV-MCP55-6A61JG0AC-00 : XpressRecovery2 1. It is able to startup XpressRecovery2..... Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system ... on . . . Intel x86 platforms 2. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of OS and all required drivers as well as software. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including...
...quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. M57SLI-S4 FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/22/2007-NV-MCP55-6A61JG0AC-00 : XpressRecovery2 1. It is able to startup XpressRecovery2..... Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system ... on . . . Intel x86 platforms 2. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of OS and all required drivers as well as software. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including...
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BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Limitations: 1. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. For the use of backing up hard disks installed ...
BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Limitations: 1. Not compatible to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. For the use of backing up hard disks installed ...
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... SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - Then connect the power connector from your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure...RAID set in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for RAID array. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for your ...
... SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - Then connect the power connector from your system. (2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3) Configure...RAID set in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for RAID array. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for your ...
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If you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Boot No MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Array Detail - Array List - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 1 MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - ...
If you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Boot No MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - Array Detail - Array List - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 1 MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 - ...
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...Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM ...from the menu in MS-DOS mode(Note). Boot from the menu. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Figure 12 - 72 - Press 0 to copy the driver in Figure 13, press H to select (H) nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid (XP) if you...
...Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM ...from the menu in MS-DOS mode(Note). Boot from the menu. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Figure 12 - 72 - Press 0 to copy the driver in Figure 13, press H to select (H) nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid (XP) if you...
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...BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to manually specify an adapter. ...Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to specify additional mass storage devices for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you do not want to that you have any device support disks...
...BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to manually specify an adapter. ...Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to specify additional mass storage devices for use with the SATA driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you do not want to that you have any device support disks...
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...press ENTER. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in Figure 15. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 74 - Later, when a screen similar to... specify additional mass storage devices for which you must press S to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device...
...press ENTER. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in Figure 15. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 74 - Later, when a screen similar to... specify additional mass storage devices for which you must press S to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device...
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... use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press... installing Windows XP, press F3. Appendix English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for that , the...
... use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed.) - 75 - To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press... installing Windows XP, press F3. Appendix English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for that , the...
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...multiple audio streams (in the picture to -analog converters (DACs) that support audio output at the same time. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - Multi-channel audio experiences have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Doubleclick the icon to work correctly. For... so you can change the function for the microphone to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in your system tray (you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the...
...multiple audio streams (in the picture to -analog converters (DACs) that support audio output at the same time. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - Multi-channel audio experiences have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Doubleclick the icon to work correctly. For... so you can change the function for the microphone to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find the icon in your system tray (you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the...
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... Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Doubleclick the icon to open...
... Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Doubleclick the icon to open...
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... the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out), Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 78 - English STEP 3: After plugging in 6-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of... list, click 6CH Speaker. The 4-channel audio setup is completed. Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (4-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel).
... the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out), Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 78 - English STEP 3: After plugging in 6-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of... list, click 6CH Speaker. The 4-channel audio setup is completed. Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (4-channel audio consists of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel).