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Channel Audio Function Introduction 104 A. Realtek ALC888DD CODEC 104 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 92 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge 79 B. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction...
Channel Audio Function Introduction 104 A. Realtek ALC888DD CODEC 104 B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 92 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge 79 B. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction...
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... of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Hardware Installation Remove your expansion card by the latch at the end of the expansion card. 6. Replace your VGA card is locked...
... of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Hardware Installation Remove your expansion card by the latch at the end of the expansion card. 6. Replace your VGA card is locked...
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Then the SLI configuration is completed. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 - System will appear. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display.
Then the SLI configuration is completed. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 - System will appear. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display.
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... USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-M59SLI-S5. - 23 - Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out...
... USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-M59SLI-S5. - 23 - Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out...
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... of the foolproof groove in order to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 34 33 2 1 10) SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATAII3 / SATAII4 / SATAII5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, ...11) JSATAII0 / JSATAII1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 7 1 SATAII5 SATAII4 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 7 17 1 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 1 71 SATAII2 7 Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. 7 JSATAII0 17 1 JSATAII1 - 29 -
... of the foolproof groove in order to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 34 33 2 1 10) SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATAII3 / SATAII4 / SATAII5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, ...11) JSATAII0 / JSATAII1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 7 1 SATAII5 SATAII4 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 7 17 1 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 1 71 SATAII2 7 Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. 7 JSATAII0 17 1 JSATAII1 - 29 -
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... the front panel audio module. 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 configured to work or even damage it. For optional front panel audio module, please contact your chassis manufacturer. 10 9 HD Audio: Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...
... the front panel audio module. 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 configured to work or even damage it. For optional front panel audio module, please contact your chassis manufacturer. 10 9 HD Audio: Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...
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... Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support. V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and...
... Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to RAID mode. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 48 - Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support. V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and...
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...the "Xpress Install" will show the installation guide. Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install other drivers. Some device drivers will restart your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will scan automatically the system and then list all items... the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; in Windows XP. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating...
...the "Xpress Install" will show the installation guide. Insert the driver CD-title that you can press "Xpress Install" to install other drivers. Some device drivers will restart your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will scan automatically the system and then list all items... the question mark and restart the system (System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; in Windows XP. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating...
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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-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 62 -
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-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 62 -
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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. - 63 -
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. - 63 -
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... bytes of hard disk data. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM. Boot from the CD-ROM, you complete installations of the ...Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of OS and all required drivers as well as software. Boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. Insert the provided...
... bytes of hard disk data. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in your CD-ROM drive. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM. Boot from the CD-ROM, you complete installations of the ...Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of OS and all required drivers as well as software. Boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. Insert the provided...
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BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is dependent on the ...
BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is dependent on the ...
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...recommended that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you use two hard drives with identical ...nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard...
...recommended that you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for the connector. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you use two hard drives with identical ...nVIDIA® nForce 590SLI Southbridge (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard...
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... information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press ENTER to return to cancel. Status Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name STRIPE 223.57G [Ctrl-X] Exit [ ] ... Detail - When the "Delete this array?" The Boot section will appear (Figure 8). Array List - If you created will show Yes. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you want to set the disk array as boot device...
... information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press ENTER to return to cancel. Status Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name STRIPE 223.57G [Ctrl-X] Exit [ ] ... Detail - When the "Delete this array?" The Boot section will appear (Figure 8). Array List - If you created will show Yes. GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - English After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you want to set the disk array as boot device...
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...(example: D:\>). Without the driver, the hard disk may not... Press 0 to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. From the... driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Select the controller driver ...by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to copy the driver... Windows XP. For example, from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to that has CD-ROM support... commands. Appendix First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in...
...(example: D:\>). Without the driver, the hard disk may not... Press 0 to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. From the... driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Select the controller driver ...by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to copy the driver... Windows XP. For example, from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to that has CD-ROM support... commands. Appendix First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in...
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... the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 - English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 14). Step 1: Restart your system to install Windows 2000/XP onto...
... the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 - English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 14). Step 1: Restart your system to install Windows 2000/XP onto...
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... Storage Controller. Appendix Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. "*" If you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press... ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following list, or press ESC to...
... Storage Controller. Appendix Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the motherboard driver CD. "*" If you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press... ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for the following list, or press ESC to...
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..., press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Setup will not have a device support disk from the floppy disk. This port of the Setup program prepares...
..., press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed.) GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Setup will not have a device support disk from the floppy disk. This port of the Setup program prepares...
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... with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a RAID array. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to resolve this issue. There are the detailed...
... with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a RAID array. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to resolve this issue. There are the detailed...
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... Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to the bootable RAID array. English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in a bootable format. To create the combination installation CD, refer to create a bootable RAID volume. - 91 - Go to install Windows 2000 Service Pack...
... Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to the bootable RAID array. English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in a bootable format. To create the combination installation CD, refer to create a bootable RAID volume. - 91 - Go to install Windows 2000 Service Pack...