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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 51 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 52 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 58 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction 68 4-2 Troubleshooting 74 - 5 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 51 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 52 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 58 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction 68 4-2 Troubleshooting 74 - 5 -
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... computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Please align the VGA card to release the card. Hardware Installation When you wish to secure the slot bracket of Memory Bus will... the slot. 5. Power on the slot. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: - 15 - Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M61VME-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology.
... computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Install related driver from BIOS. 8. Please align the VGA card to release the card. Hardware Installation When you wish to secure the slot bracket of Memory Bus will... the slot. 5. Power on the slot. Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card: - 15 - Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M61VME-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology.
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... ATi Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Nvidia Nvidia ASUS ASUS MSI Leadtek ELSA ELSA Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model Name ...RX18L256V-B GV-RX18T512V-B GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 16 - When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on...
... ATi Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Nvidia Nvidia ASUS ASUS MSI Leadtek ELSA ELSA Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model Name ...RX18L256V-B GV-RX18T512V-B GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 16 - When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on...
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...and other peripheral devices. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Line In Devices like mouses, modems, and etc. You can be connected to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning. 2. can use ...zip, speaker...etc. USB Port Before you must use audio software to Line In jack. English Graphics Chip ATi VIA Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte ASUS ASUS MSI S3 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction Model Name GV-RX19X512VB-RH GV-RX16P256DE-RH GV-RX13128D-RH AX800XT AX700PRO RX600...
...and other peripheral devices. For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Line In Devices like mouses, modems, and etc. You can be connected to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning. 2. can use ...zip, speaker...etc. USB Port Before you must use audio software to Line In jack. English Graphics Chip ATi VIA Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte ASUS ASUS MSI S3 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction Model Name GV-RX19X512VB-RH GV-RX16P256DE-RH GV-RX13128D-RH AX800XT AX700PRO RX600...
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... of the foolproof groove in order to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 33 1 34 2 7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 7 1 SATAII 0 SATAII 1 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND...
... of the foolproof groove in order to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the FDD connector. 33 1 34 2 7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to work properly. 7 1 SATAII 0 SATAII 1 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND...
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... about the software settings. - 23 - 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. Hardware Installation English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97...
... about the software settings. - 23 - 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. Hardware Installation English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97...
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...HDD. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool...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 Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. USB-ZIP Select ...
...HDD. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool...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 Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. USB-ZIP Select ...
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...with your motherboard into your system automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; in Windows XP. or you can install others application.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack....
...with your motherboard into your system automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you want and press "install" followed the item; in Windows XP. or you can install others application.... After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 47 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack....
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GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 48 - 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-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 48 - 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. - 49 - 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. - 49 - Drivers Installation
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...drive. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 52 - Boot from CD-ROM. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD...-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. GA-M61VME-S2 F6a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : Xpress Recovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/15/2006-NV-MCP61-6A61KG03C-00 Boot from the CD...
...drive. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 52 - Boot from CD-ROM. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of hard disk data. Insert the provided driver CD...-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. GA-M61VME-S2 F6a . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : Xpress Recovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 12/15/2006-NV-MCP61-6A61KG03C-00 Boot from the CD...
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... sure to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of the hard disk, so free space available on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is compliant with Windows operating systems including...
... sure to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of the hard disk, so free space available on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is compliant with Windows operating systems including...
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... the motherboard. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 58 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Required for RAID array. ... (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 your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller...
... the motherboard. If you do not want to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity for setting up RAID array. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 58 - Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note) Required for RAID array. ... (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 your motherboard. (Note ) (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller...
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message appears, press Y to confirm or N to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 63 - To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. Now, you ...
message appears, press Y to confirm or N to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 63 - To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array Detail screen. Now, you ...
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...and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Select the controller driver by pressing...D:\>). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in Figure 11. Press ENTER after each command (Figure ...formatted floppy disk. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard Figure 12 - 64 - Boot from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a...step if you need to install the SATA RAID driver during the Windows setup process. Press 0 to...English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully,.... First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the ...
...and motherboard driver CD-ROM in the BootDrv folder (Figure 12). Select the controller driver by pressing...D:\>). Once at the A:\> prompt, change to copy the driver in Figure 11. Press ENTER after each command (Figure ...formatted floppy disk. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard Figure 12 - 64 - Boot from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a...step if you need to install the SATA RAID driver during the Windows setup process. Press 0 to...English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully,.... First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the ...
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...disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP ... XP installation. After pressing F6, there will load support for use with the SATA driver. 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, or you have chosen...
...disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP ... XP installation. After pressing F6, there will load support for use with the SATA driver. 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, or you have chosen...
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...Controller and press ENTER. Use the ARROW keys to configure a SCSI Adapter for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver CD. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 66 - Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you do not 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 use with Windows, ...
...Controller and press ENTER. Use the ARROW keys to configure a SCSI Adapter for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver CD. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 66 - Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you do not 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 use with Windows, ...
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...Setup. 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 any device support disks from the floppy disk. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To quit Setup without installing Windows... XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have a device support disk from a mass...
...Setup. 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 any device support disks from the floppy disk. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To quit Setup without installing Windows... XP, press F3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for which you have a device support disk from a mass...
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... it in the audio driver. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Step: 1. Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (Optional) The 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable provides center/ subwoofer speaker out, rear speaker out, and side speaker out audio jacks. The picture to function as a rear speaker out jack. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard ...To set up multichannel surround sound, install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the feature through the audio driver. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Mic In Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Onboard...
... it in the audio driver. English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Step: 1. Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable (Optional) The 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable provides center/ subwoofer speaker out, rear speaker out, and side speaker out audio jacks. The picture to function as a rear speaker out jack. GA-M61VME-S2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard ...To set up multichannel surround sound, install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the feature through the audio driver. Line In Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Mic In Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Onboard...
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... quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that you can also find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you what type of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel). Multi-channel audio experiences have become a reality so you use the speaker with amplifier to MP3 music...
... quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that you can also find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you what type of the audio driver, you should find the icon in Control Panel). Multi-channel audio experiences have become a reality so you use the speaker with amplifier to MP3 music...