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...revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of GIGABYTE. For product-related information, ...prior notice. Documentation Classifications In order to the specifications and features in this : "REV: X.X." The logo is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The ...
...revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of GIGABYTE. For product-related information, ...prior notice. Documentation Classifications In order to the specifications and features in this : "REV: X.X." The logo is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. The ...
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... 53 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 53 3-2 SoftwareApplications 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1...Chapter 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 75 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 77 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 82 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 82 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out ...
... 53 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 53 3-2 SoftwareApplications 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1...Chapter 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 75 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 77 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 82 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 82 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out ...
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.... 12CF1-1CM001-31/R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA69GM-S2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) User's Manual One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One TV Out bracket...
.... 12CF1-1CM001-31/R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA69GM-S2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) User's Manual One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables One TV Out bracket...
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... to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Align the card with your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. drawable bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to release the card. PCI Express x4 Slot PCI Express... the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Make sure the ...
... to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Align the card with your operating system. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. drawable bar at the end of the white-drawable bar to release the card. PCI Express x4 Slot PCI Express... the card straight up from the chassis back panel. 2. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the slot. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Make sure the ...
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... Inc. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 34 - 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..... To exit Boot Menu, press . After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for GA-MA69GM-S2H D12 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/22/2007-RS690G-SB600-6A669G03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: ...
... Inc. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. Note: The setting in Boot Menu. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 34 - 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..... To exit Boot Menu, press . After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for GA-MA69GM-S2H D12 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/22/2007-RS690G-SB600-6A669G03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: ...
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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 issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system boots, or only...
... 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 issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system boots, or only...
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... operating mode of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled. In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to install a 3rd party add-in Legacy IDE mode. Legacy IDE Allows the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Windows 9X/ME SATA ->AHCI Configures the... LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 42 - RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller.
... operating mode of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled. In Legacy mode the SATA controller uses dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to install a 3rd party add-in Legacy IDE mode. Legacy IDE Allows the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Windows 9X/ME SATA ->AHCI Configures the... LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 42 - RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller.
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... system. After the system restart, Xpress Install will continue to install other applications included in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart... your optional drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to My Computer, double-click the optical...
... system. After the system restart, Xpress Install will continue to install other applications included in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system will restart... your optional drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to My Computer, double-click the optical...
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GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 54 - 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. English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 54 - 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. 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. - 55 - 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. - 55 - Drivers Installation
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... attached to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of it. System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of the hard drive, make sure...
... attached to leave enough unallocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of it. System Requirements: • Intel® x86 platform • At least 64 MB of the hard drive, make sure...
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Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Figure 8 2. When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA69GM-S2H D12 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/22/2007-RS690G-SB600-6A669G03C-00 Figure 9 C. If ... backup image file. - 60 - Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to start backing up your hard drive. Figure 12 GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When you wish to search the first physical hard drive as the ...
Boot from the motherboard driver disk to check disk allocation. Figure 8 2. When finished, go to Disk Management to access Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA69GM-S2H D12 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/22/2007-RS690G-SB600-6A669G03C-00 Figure 9 C. If ... backup image file. - 60 - Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to start backing up your hard drive. Figure 12 GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When you wish to search the first physical hard drive as the ...
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Before You Begin: 1. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Save the Current BIOS File In the... BIOS Step 1: Select the Internet Update check box and click Update New BIOS. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click Start>...All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Options and Instructions: 1. During the BIOS update ...
Before You Begin: 1. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Save the Current BIOS File In the... BIOS Step 1: Select the Internet Update check box and click Update New BIOS. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Click Start>...All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Options and Instructions: 1. During the BIOS update ...
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...RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of ... 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. English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A....
...RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you may prepare only one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of ... 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. English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A....
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... in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). For example, from the menu in Figure 2, select (4) SB600 SATA for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: ...when finished. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). From your optical drive (example: D:\>). Appendix Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. A command prompt window will then automatically...
... in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). For example, from the menu in Figure 2, select (4) SB600 SATA for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: ...when finished. At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). From your optical drive (example: D:\>). Appendix Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. A command prompt window will then automatically...
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... following command to the LH64A folder. In your optical drive (example: D:\>). Copy all the files in Figure 5. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard Figure 6 - 76 - D:\>cd \chipset\rs690\vista\packages\drivers\sbdrv\sb6xx\raid\lh D:\CHIPSET\RS690\VISTA\PACKAGES\DRIVERS\SBDRV\SB6XX\RAID\LH>copy *.* a: A:\>dir Volume in the location where you want (e.g. Boot from the startup...
... following command to the LH64A folder. In your optical drive (example: D:\>). Copy all the files in Figure 5. GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard Figure 6 - 76 - D:\>cd \chipset\rs690\vista\packages\drivers\sbdrv\sb6xx\raid\lh D:\CHIPSET\RS690\VISTA\PACKAGES\DRIVERS\SBDRV\SB6XX\RAID\LH>copy *.* a: A:\>dir Volume in the location where you want (e.g. Boot from the startup...
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... Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, or you see the message "Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. A. Appendix The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI...controllers for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you...
... Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, or you see the message "Press F6 if you are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. A. Appendix The following mass storage devices(s) * To specify additional SCSI...controllers for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you...
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...some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the following mass storage device(s): ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM...x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 78 - When the screen as shown below will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by ...
...some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation from the following mass storage device(s): ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM...x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 78 - When the screen as shown below will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by ...
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This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 79 - Appendix English Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 79 - Appendix English Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). 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-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 80 - English B. When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Installing Windows Vista Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7). 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-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 80 - English B. When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.