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... features in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to their respective owners. Documentation Classifications In order...
... features in this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to their respective owners. Documentation Classifications In order...
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... USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M61PME-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. •...
... USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M61PME-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. •...
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... card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. Secure the card's metal bracket to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever...
... card straight out from the chassis back panel. 2. Secure the card's metal bracket to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever...
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... during the POST. The system will still be used for one time only. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to access the...After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to accept. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.
... during the POST. The system will still be used for one time only. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key to access the...After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to accept. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.
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...use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like...the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system,...
...use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like...the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system,...
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3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 50 -
3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 50 -
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 51 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch offices on the last page of this manual. - 51 - Drivers Installation
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...motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Select BACKUP to check disk allocation. B. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. M61PME-S2...to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . .
...motherboard driver disk to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Select BACKUP to check disk allocation. B. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. M61PME-S2...to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . .
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... Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. B. Unique Features Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site...
... Select this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. B. Unique Features Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site...
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...and the other end to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. - 65 - If you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID,... SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID...
...and the other end to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. - 65 - If you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID,... SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID...
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... 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Figure 3 - 70 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in your optical drive (example: D:\>). Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and the motherboard driver disk for Windows 2000.Your system will open similar to that in the...
... 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard Figure 3 - 70 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in your optical drive (example: D:\>). Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and the motherboard driver disk for Windows 2000.Your system will open similar to that in the...
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Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Use the arrow keys to previous screen as shown in Figure 3. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will load ... use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver disk. Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to specify additional mass storage devices for ...
Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Use the arrow keys to previous screen as shown in Figure 3. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will load ... use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver disk. Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for example, if Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to specify additional mass storage devices for ...
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...users can listen to MP3 music, have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments.... speaker out. • 5.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out. all at the same time. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz/ 96KHz sampling rate. Configuring Speakers: (The following for Windows. (Note...
...users can listen to MP3 music, have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments.... speaker out. • 5.1-channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out. all at the same time. GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that support 44.1KHz/ 48KHz/ 96KHz sampling rate. Configuring Speakers: (The following for Windows. (Note...