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... quick set-up of the motherboard is the property of GIGABYTE. Documentation Classifications In order to use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks...
... quick set-up of the motherboard is the property of GIGABYTE. Documentation Classifications In order to use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information on/from the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks...
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... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 Software Applications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 ... 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 79 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 79 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 81 5-2-3...
... 55 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 Software Applications 56 3-3 Driver CD Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Unique Features 59 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 59 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 ... 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 69 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 74 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 75 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 79 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 79 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF Out 81 5-2-3...
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...-7*R) 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M720-ES3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
...-7*R) 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M720-ES3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
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... card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Hardware Installation Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in your expansion card(s). 7. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down...
... card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Hardware Installation Locate an expansion slot that came with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with your expansion card in your expansion card(s). 7. Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down...
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...: BIOS SETUP\Q-FLASH Press the key to enter BIOS Setup. : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you to show the BIOS POST screen. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 32 - The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2009, Award Software, Inc. ...the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. 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...
...: BIOS SETUP\Q-FLASH Press the key to enter BIOS Setup. : XPRESS RECOVERY2 If you to show the BIOS POST screen. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 32 - The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2009, Award Software, Inc. ...the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. 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...
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... Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow key to select a device and press to exit this feature. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 42 - Options are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled... TLB Erratum (Note) Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to HDD Init Display First [Software SMI] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk...
... Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow key to select a device and press to exit this feature. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 42 - Options are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled... TLB Erratum (Note) Enables or disables the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to HDD Init Display First [Software SMI] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk...
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... an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Onboard LAN Control Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 44 - IDE Disables RAID for...
... an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Onboard LAN Control Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 44 - IDE Disables RAID for...
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... • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and ... Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other ...
... • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and ... Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 55 - After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other ...
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GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 56 - 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-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 56 - 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.
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3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE Website. - 57 - Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE Website. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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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 installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of system memory • VESA compatible...
... 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 installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of system memory • VESA compatible...
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... press during the POST. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive data. Step 1: Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 60 - Go to Disk Management to...
... press during the POST. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive data. Step 1: Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 60 - Go to Disk Management to...
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... your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is set to available SATA... RAID array on the motherboard. C . Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA...
... your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. B. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is set to available SATA... RAID array on the motherboard. C . Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA...
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..., stripe block size, hard drive model name, and hard drive capacity, etc. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Stripe Block: 64K Port 0.0 0.2 Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER...
..., stripe block size, hard drive model name, and hard drive capacity, etc. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 73 - Stripe Block: 64K Port 0.0 0.2 Index 0 1 Disk Model ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER...
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...Windows setup process. Your system will open similar to the floppy disk. For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the menu. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished. (Note) Figure 1 Figure 2... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Boot from the startup disk. For example, in ...
...Windows setup process. Your system will open similar to the floppy disk. For installing Windows Vista, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the menu. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard Figure 3 - 74 - Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished. (Note) Figure 1 Figure 2... For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Boot from the startup disk. For example, in ...
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...A. Then select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to be installed. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press and a screen similar to the screen in Figure 2 will then appear asking you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as... soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). When completed, proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Step 2: Press F6 if you ...
...A. Then select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to be installed. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press and a screen similar to the screen in Figure 2 will then appear asking you want from the Windows XP setup disk and press as... soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). When completed, proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Windows Setup Step 2: Press F6 if you ...
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... Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. B. Figure 3 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load...to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 -
... Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. B. Figure 3 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load...to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 4). Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard Figure 4 - 76 -
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Figure 6 - 77 - Select the RAID hard drive onto which you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the screen will show the RAID hard drive. Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller and press Next.
Figure 6 - 77 - Select the RAID hard drive onto which you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 6). Figure 5 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the screen will show the RAID hard drive. Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 5 appears, select NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller and press Next.
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...quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that allows the user to change Mic In the function for each jack through the audio driver. all at the same time. Side Speaker Out For example, in jack and manually configure the jack for multi-channel speaker ...front panel audio module), refer to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. Configuring Speakers: (The following for microphone functionality. • Audio signals will ...
...quality digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that allows the user to change Mic In the function for each jack through the audio driver. all at the same time. Side Speaker Out For example, in jack and manually configure the jack for multi-channel speaker ...front panel audio module), refer to the following instructions use Windows Vista as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will be simultaneously processed. Configuring Speakers: (The following for microphone functionality. • Audio signals will ...
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... cannot be able to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Mic in the notification area. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 82 - 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will appear in jack (pink) on the front panel. Note: The microphone functions on Microphone...
... cannot be able to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Mic in the notification area. GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 82 - 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will appear in jack (pink) on the front panel. Note: The microphone functions on Microphone...