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...means without prior notice. Documentation Classifications In order to the specifications and features in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Example: Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any form or by copyright laws and... GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned 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.
...means without prior notice. Documentation Classifications In order to the specifications and features in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Example: Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any form or by copyright laws and... GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The trademarks mentioned 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.
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... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 68 ... Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 75 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 80 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 87 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 87 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable ...
... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 68 ... Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 75 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 80 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 87 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 87 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable ...
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... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M750SLI-DS4 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One GC-DGBR2-RH (SLI...
... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-M750SLI-DS4 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One GC-DGBR2-RH (SLI...
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... cable from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with your operating system. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. PCI Express x16/x8 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your card. GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - • The motherboard provides a PCIE_12V...
... cable from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with your operating system. Make sure the card is fully inserted into the slot. 4. PCI Express x16/x8 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your card. GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - • The motherboard provides a PCIE_12V...
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Female slots on the bridge connector Gold edge connector on the top of the same model on the PCIEX16_1 slot.) C. GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 20 - Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two SLI-ready.... B. Ensure SLI mode is enabled. (The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version.) Procedure for more information about enabling SLI technology. Configuring the Graphics Card Driver: After installing graphics card driver in the SLI gold edge connectors on the bridge connector securely fit onto the SLI...
Female slots on the bridge connector Gold edge connector on the top of the same model on the PCIEX16_1 slot.) C. GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 20 - Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two SLI-ready.... B. Ensure SLI mode is enabled. (The SLI configuration screen may differ by driver version.) Procedure for more information about enabling SLI technology. Configuring the Graphics Card Driver: After installing graphics card driver in the SLI gold edge connectors on the bridge connector securely fit onto the SLI...
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... Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. M750SLI-DS4 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2008-NF-...for subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M750SLI-D4 Motherboard - 36 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. The...setting in Boot Menu. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed...
... Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. M750SLI-DS4 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2008-NF-...for subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. GA-M750SLI-D4 Motherboard - 36 - 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. The...setting in Boot Menu. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed...
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... TLB Erratum (Note 1) 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 exit this feature. - 45 - First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the boot order from your computer and...
... TLB Erratum (Note 1) 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 exit this feature. - 45 - First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the boot order from your computer and...
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Onboard 1394 Enables or disables the onboard 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) GA-M750SLI-D4 Motherboard - 48 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Onboard Audio...
Onboard 1394 Enables or disables the onboard 1394 function. (Default: Enabled) GA-M750SLI-D4 Motherboard - 48 - Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. AHCI Configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Onboard Audio...
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... remove the question mark (by right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the...
... remove the question mark (by right-clicking your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the...
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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-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 60 -
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-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard - 60 -
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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. - 61 - 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. - 61 - 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 different utilities.
... 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 different utilities.
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B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any ... is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Figure 12 GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to startup XpressRecovery2..... M750SLI-DS4 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2008-NF-MCP78-6A61OG04C-00 Figure 9 C.
B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/DVD: Press any ... is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Figure 12 GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to startup XpressRecovery2..... M750SLI-DS4 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2008-NF-MCP78-6A61OG04C-00 Figure 9 C.
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... to your location and click OK. - 71 - Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ... server site closest to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent ...
... to your location and click OK. - 71 - Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ... server site closest to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent ...
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... you may prepare only one hard drive. • Two empty formatted floppy disks. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to ... performance, it is set to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . If you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 75 - Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure...
... you may prepare only one hard drive. • Two empty formatted floppy disks. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Then connect the power connector from your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to ... performance, it is set to create RAID, you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . If you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 75 - Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure...
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... [ENTER] Return Figure 7 To clear MBR, press in the Array Detail screen. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 79 - Array List - After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying the RAID array that the boot device is defined in the...
... [ENTER] Return Figure 7 To clear MBR, press in the Array Detail screen. This indicates that you can proceed to the installation of the SATA controller driver and operating system. - 79 - Array List - After that, the Array List screen appears, displaying the RAID array that the boot device is defined in the...
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... onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you can label it as Disk 1). GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard Figure 3 - 80 - When finished, insert the other floppy disk and select 4)NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series RAID Driver Disk2 (you need to a floppy disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands.
... onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you can label it as Disk 1). GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard Figure 3 - 80 - When finished, insert the other floppy disk and select 4)NVIDIA MCP72 and MCP78 Series RAID Driver Disk2 (you need to a floppy disk. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands.
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... device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install Windows Vista/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you...your hard drive(s). A. Windows Setup Press F6 if you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks...
... device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install Windows Vista/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you...your hard drive(s). A. Windows Setup Press F6 if you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks...
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... be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID driver again from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special...Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . Use the arrow keys to the previous screen. GA-M750SLI-DS4...
... be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID driver again from the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special...Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When installing the RAID driver, for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press . Use the arrow keys to the previous screen. GA-M750SLI-DS4...
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...one minute. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including ... press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. 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 the floppy disk. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 83 - To...
...one minute. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. When the screen as shown below appears, press to continue the driver installation from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including ... press S. * If you can proceed with Windows, press ENTER. 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 the floppy disk. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 6 - 83 - To...