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... without prior notice. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by copyright laws and is exclusively licensed to...
... without prior notice. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by copyright laws and is exclusively licensed to...
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Box Contents GA-MA69G-S3H motherboard Motherboard driver disk Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One HDMI-to-DVI adapter (This motherboard only supports DVI-D) I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for...
Box Contents GA-MA69G-S3H motherboard Motherboard driver disk Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One HDMI-to-DVI adapter (This motherboard only supports DVI-D) I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for...
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After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x4 ... BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. drawable bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to... cord from the power outlet before you begin to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the back of the...
After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x4 ... BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. drawable bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to... cord from the power outlet before you begin to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the back of the...
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...on BIOS Setup settings. To exit Boot Menu, press . The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 34 - Note: The setting in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 ...If you to set the first boot device without having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk,...
...on BIOS Setup settings. To exit Boot Menu, press . The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 34 - Note: The setting in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 ...If you to set the first boot device without having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk,...
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... integrated SATA controller. In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 42 - English OnChip IDE Channel0 Enables or disables the integrated IDE controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA...
... integrated SATA controller. In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 42 - English OnChip IDE Channel0 Enables or disables the integrated IDE controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA...
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...Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included 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. You... XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. After installing the SP1 (or...
...Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included 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. You... XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. After installing the SP1 (or...
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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. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 56 - English 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-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 56 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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English 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. - 57 - Drivers Installation
English 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. - 57 - Drivers Installation
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... Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure...to start backing up your hard drive. When finished, go to Disk Management to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 12 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. English B. Select BACKUP to store the backup image file. - 62 -
... Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). After you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure...to start backing up your hard drive. When finished, go to Disk Management to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 12 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. English B. Select BACKUP to store the backup image file. - 62 -
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...an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. Failure to do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility ...A. English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility...
...an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. Failure to do NOT interrupt the Internet connection (for example, avoid a power loss or switching off the Internet). Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility ...A. English 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the motherboard to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility...
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...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. C . Appendix Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA... to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to AHCI or RAID mode. - 71 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring 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. C . Appendix Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA... to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to AHCI or RAID mode. - 71 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard ...
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...startup disk that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix Boot from the menu. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup ...disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to that in MS-DOS mode(Note). See the instructions below about how to your optical drive ...
...startup disk that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Appendix Boot from the menu. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup ...disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to that in MS-DOS mode(Note). See the instructions below about how to your optical drive ...
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... all the files in your optical drive folder, go the following directory: \Chipset\RS690\Vista\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\SB6xx\RAID\LH (Figure 6). GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard Figure 6 - 78 - Copying the driver for Windows Vista Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk for 32-bit Windows Vista; English B. Boot from the startup disk. D:\>cd \chipset\rs690...
... all the files in your optical drive folder, go the following directory: \Chipset\RS690\Vista\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\SB6xx\RAID\LH (Figure 6). GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard Figure 6 - 78 - Copying the driver for Windows Vista Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk for 32-bit Windows Vista; English B. Boot from the startup disk. D:\>cd \chipset\rs690...
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...Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. Use the arrow keys to the previous screen. Select the ... If you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 80 - ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a...
...Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver disk. Use the arrow keys to the previous screen. Select the ... If you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 80 - ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a...
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When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below appears (RAID or AHCI hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Loading Drivers. (Figure 6). Figure 7 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 82 - Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). English B.
When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below appears (RAID or AHCI hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Loading Drivers. (Figure 6). Figure 7 GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 82 - Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). English B.
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...with the latest Service Pack for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to change the function for each jack through the audio driver. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 84 - A. Double-click the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments. The picture to access the Audio Control...) that allows the user to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your microphone to the Mic in or Line in and out) to be simultaneously processed....
...with the latest Service Pack for Windows. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to change the function for each jack through the audio driver. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 84 - A. Double-click the icon to the right shows the default audio jack assignments. The picture to access the Audio Control...) that allows the user to the following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your microphone to the Mic in or Line in and out) to be simultaneously processed....
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... microphone to access the Audio Control Panel. Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. English 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 88 -
... microphone to access the Audio Control Panel. Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. English 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 88 -
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... Control Center Step 1: Make sure the ATI VGA driver has been installed. This interface provides access to select Catalyst Control Center. Please select Basic [Easy Setup Wizards and Quick Settings], then click Next. Step 2: After the installation, you in your ATI graphics products. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 92 - Step 3: The Basic View is the default...
... Control Center Step 1: Make sure the ATI VGA driver has been installed. This interface provides access to select Catalyst Control Center. Please select Basic [Easy Setup Wizards and Quick Settings], then click Next. Step 2: After the installation, you in your ATI graphics products. GA-MA69G-S3H Motherboard - 92 - Step 3: The Basic View is the default...