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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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...which provides extra power to secure the slot bracket of the PCI Express x16 slot when you can also press the latch on the card. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 16 - Or you try to the left shows. Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in the operating system....installation manual before installing the expansion card in the slot. 5. Replace the screw to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. English 1-5 Installation of the drawable bar as the picture to uninstall the VGA card. Disconnect your computer's chassis cover. 7....
...which provides extra power to secure the slot bracket of the PCI Express x16 slot when you can also press the latch on the card. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 16 - Or you try to the left shows. Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in the operating system....installation manual before installing the expansion card in the slot. 5. Replace the screw to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. Install related driver in the motherboard. 4. English 1-5 Installation of the drawable bar as the picture to uninstall the VGA card. Disconnect your computer's chassis cover. 7....
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... for more information about enabing SLI mode. - 19 - System will appear. Note: The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version. 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. The NVIDIA control panel will...
... for more information about enabing SLI mode. - 19 - System will appear. Note: The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version. 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. The NVIDIA control panel will...
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...the manufacturer. Dispose of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Please refer to make them short for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in and turn on the computer. - 26 - Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by nForce 570-SLI) SATA 3Gb/s...power cord in order 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 used batteries according to 300 MB/s transfer rate. If you can provide up to the manufacturer's instructions.
...the manufacturer. Dispose of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Please refer to make them short for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in and turn on the computer. - 26 - Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by nForce 570-SLI) SATA 3Gb/s...power cord in order 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 used batteries according to 300 MB/s transfer rate. If you can provide up to the manufacturer's instructions.
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... connect an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector. It will make the audio device unable to work or even damage it. Pin No. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 13) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or... 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 the software settings. English 12) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the...
... connect an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector. It will make the audio device unable to work or even damage it. Pin No. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 13) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or... 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 the software settings. English 12) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the...
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...: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it down the list. Press to exit this function. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy LS120 Select your boot device priority by Floppy. Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 38 -
...: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver manages clock and VID to move it down the list. Press to exit this function. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy LS120 Select your boot device priority by Floppy. Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 38 -
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...under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Please select the item that are installed, follow...and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then list all the driver items. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - The CD Autorun screen is ...
...under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Please select the item that are installed, follow...and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then list all the driver items. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - The CD Autorun screen is ...
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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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...appear in the bottom left corner of system memory 3. Boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by simply pressing the key during system bootup... installations of hard disk data. At least 64M bytes of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to back up data on hard disks on . . . M57SLI-S4 FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/22/2007-...
...appear in the bottom left corner of system memory 3. Boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 60 - Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM and subsequent access by simply pressing the key during system bootup... installations of hard disk data. At least 64M bytes of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to back up data on hard disks on . . . M57SLI-S4 FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/22/2007-...
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...: Restore the backed-up data to release disk space. (This button will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Capable of the hard disk, so free...
...: Restore the backed-up data to release disk space. (This button will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. Not compatible to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Capable of the hard disk, so free...
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GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - If you do not want to create ... (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (Note ) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. (Note ) Before you begin Please prepare: (a) SATA hard drive(s). English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard... Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that...
GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - If you do not want to create ... (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (Note ) (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. (Note ) Before you begin Please prepare: (a) SATA hard drive(s). English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard... Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (Note) (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your power supply to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that...
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... and press B. If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 1 1 Channel 0 1 M/S Master Master Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk...
... and press B. If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Striping Block: 64K Adapt 1 1 Channel 0 1 M/S Master Master Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk...
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..., type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Figure 12 - 72 - Boot from the menu. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press 0 to the CD-ROM...
..., type the following two commands. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard Figure 12 - 72 - Boot from the menu. Figure 10 Figure 11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Press 0 to the CD-ROM...
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...from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). After pressing F6, there will load support for use with the SATA driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 - 73 - The following mass storage devices(s) *...before you see the "Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you...
...from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). After pressing F6, there will load support for use with the SATA driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 - 73 - The following mass storage devices(s) *...before you see the "Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 13 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system, or you...
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... for use with Windows, press ENTER. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. 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 - S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one...
... for use with Windows, press ENTER. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. 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 - S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one...
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... be installed.) - 75 - After that hard drive. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) ...on your computer. Windows Setup Setup will not have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or...
... be installed.) - 75 - After that hard drive. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. English Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 17) ...on your computer. Windows Setup Setup will not have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or...
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...the function. (Following pictures are as a rear speaker out jack via the audio software.Please follow the steps to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - Multi-channel audio experiences have become a reality so you can, for each audio jack by HD Audio allows users to ...MUST connect it to the default Mic In jack for the 6 audio jacks are in Control Panel). STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can change the function for instance, listen to the right. For example,...
...the function. (Following pictures are as a rear speaker out jack via the audio software.Please follow the steps to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - Multi-channel audio experiences have become a reality so you can, for each audio jack by HD Audio allows users to ...MUST connect it to the default Mic In jack for the 6 audio jacks are in Control Panel). STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can change the function for instance, listen to the right. For example,...
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... 1 : After installation of equipment is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). In the upper left list...
... 1 : After installation of equipment is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). In the upper left list...
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... audio consists of equipment is connected. The 4-channel audio setup is completed. 6 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 6-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks... will pop up and ask you what type of Front Speaker Out (Line Out), Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 78 - STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). The 6-channel audio ...
... audio consists of equipment is connected. The 4-channel audio setup is completed. 6 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 6-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks... will pop up and ask you what type of Front Speaker Out (Line Out), Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard - 78 - STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. STEP 3: After plugging in Control Panel). The 6-channel audio ...