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... rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to the specifications and features in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of the motherboard is protected by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD as the exclu- Check ...the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Example: GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Changes to their respective owners. sive global distributor of this manual ...
... rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to the specifications and features in this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of the motherboard is protected by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD as the exclu- Check ...the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Example: GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Changes to their respective owners. sive global distributor of this manual ...
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... 51 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Unique Features 55 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 55 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 60...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 and 2000 72 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 73 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 76 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio 76 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIFOut Cable (...
... 51 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 51 3-2 SoftwareApplications 52 3-3 Driver CD Information 52 3-4 Hardware Information 53 3-5 Contact Us ...53 Chapter 4 Unique Features 55 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 55 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 60...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 and 2000 72 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 73 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 76 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio 76 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIFOut Cable (...
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Box Contents GA-M61SME-S2L motherboard 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. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-51R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-02R) - 6 -
Box Contents GA-M61SME-S2L motherboard 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. The box contents are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-51R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-01R) S/PDIF out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPOUT-02R) - 6 -
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... pull the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion card in your card. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in the slot. 3. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. - 17 - Align the card with a screw. 5. Secure the card...
... pull the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion card in your card. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in the slot. 3. Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. - 17 - Align the card with a screw. 5. Secure the card...
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... card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card. Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Nvidia Nvidia Nvidia ASUS ASUS MSI Leadtek ELSA... NX6800GT-TD256E WinFast PX6600GT TDH GLADIAC 760GT GLADIAC 790GT (Continued...) GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Support List The items below are supported...
... card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card. Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Nvidia Nvidia Nvidia ASUS ASUS MSI Leadtek ELSA... NX6800GT-TD256E WinFast PX6600GT TDH GLADIAC 760GT GLADIAC 790GT (Continued...) GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Support List The items below are supported...
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...In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the ...accept. Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. M61SME-S2L E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/10/2007-NV-MCP61-6A61KG08C-00... setting in Boot Menu. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 32 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. You can be based ...
...In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the ...accept. Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. M61SME-S2L E2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/10/2007-NV-MCP61-6A61KG08C-00... setting in Boot Menu. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 32 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. You can be based ...
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... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to move it up or down on the list. After configuring this function. Capability Enables or disables the...
... F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to move it up or down on the list. After configuring this function. Capability Enables or disables the...
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...Bus Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. You can press Xpress Install to install ...all the drivers that shown 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....
...Bus Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. You can press Xpress Install to install ...all the drivers that shown 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....
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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. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 52 -
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. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 52 -
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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. - 53 -
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. - 53 -
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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of the hard drive, make sure to back...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of the hard drive, make sure to back...
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... - 58 - When finished, go to Disk Management to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Figure 12 GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress ...BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Figure 10 Figure 11 3....
... - 58 - When finished, go to Disk Management to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Figure 12 GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress ...BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Select BACKUP to startup XpressRecovery2..... Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Figure 10 Figure 11 3....
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...Internet). Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to start. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard... driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to install @BIOS. • Installing ...
...Internet). Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to start. 3. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard... driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to install @BIOS. • Installing ...
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... RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver. (Note) E. Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure... 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 a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. C ....
... RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver. (Note) E. Install the SATA RAID driver (Note) and operating system. Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure... 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 a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note) D. C ....
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... 8 To delete the array, press in the Array List screen. Now, you have created (Figure 7). Press to return to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Boot No MediaShield Utility Nov 20 2006 - Array List - Array Detail - When the "Delete this array?"
... 8 To delete the array, press in the Array List screen. Now, you have created (Figure 7). Press to return to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 71 - Boot No MediaShield Utility Nov 20 2006 - Array List - Array Detail - When the "Delete this array?"
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...For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. First of all, copy the driver for the nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 405 chipset. See the instructions below about...For example, to install Windows XP (32-bit) onto the RAID drives, press to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard Figure 3 - 72 - 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000) To successfully install Windows XP/2000 onto SATA hard drive(s) ...
...For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. First of all, copy the driver for the nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 405 chipset. See the instructions below about...For example, to install Windows XP (32-bit) onto the RAID drives, press to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard Figure 3 - 72 - 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette (For Windows XP and 2000) To successfully install Windows XP/2000 onto SATA hard drive(s) ...
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...Press F6 if you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to manually specify an adapter. Figure ...Windows XP/2000 and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press (Figure 2). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 73 - Appendix Windows Setup Setup could not determine ...
...Press F6 if you have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you need to manually specify an adapter. Figure ...Windows XP/2000 and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press (Figure 2). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 73 - Appendix Windows Setup Setup could not determine ...
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... S. * If you must press to select an additional driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 74 - The screen will return to previous screen...
... S. * If you must press to select an additional driver. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - 74 - The screen will return to previous screen...
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...(R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup will be finished ...in about one minute. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify ...
...(R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. Windows Setup Setup will be finished ...in about one minute. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 5 Step 4: After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify ...
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...48KHz/ 96KHz sampling rate. Double-click the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio The ...Microsoft UAA Bus driver for multi-channel speaker configurations. • 2 channel audio: Headphone or Line out. • 4 channel audio: Front speaker out and Rear speaker out. • 5.1 channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - ...
...48KHz/ 96KHz sampling rate. Double-click the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1-Channel Audio The ...Microsoft UAA Bus driver for multi-channel speaker configurations. • 2 channel audio: Headphone or Line out. • 4 channel audio: Front speaker out and Rear speaker out. • 5.1 channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, and Center/Subwoofer speaker out. GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard - ...