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... Xpress Recovery2 Support for EasyTune (Note 6) Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System w Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP Form Factor w Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.3cm x 22.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the...
... Xpress Recovery2 Support for EasyTune (Note 6) Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System w Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP Form Factor w Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.3cm x 22.0cm (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the...
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...Mouse Port Use this port to this port. The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of an external decoder for decoding.) In Windows Vista, select Start>Control Panel>Sound, select Realtek HDMI Output and then click Set Default. Hardware Installation Connect a monitor that supports ...monitor being used. • After installing the HDMI device, make sure the default device for DVI-D and HDMI is HDCP compliant. j Only for GA-MA74GM-S2H (Note 1) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter. (Note 2) Simultaneous output for sound playback is the HDMI device. ...
...Mouse Port Use this port to this port. The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of an external decoder for decoding.) In Windows Vista, select Start>Control Panel>Sound, select Realtek HDMI Output and then click Set Default. Hardware Installation Connect a monitor that supports ...monitor being used. • After installing the HDMI device, make sure the default device for DVI-D and HDMI is HDCP compliant. j Only for GA-MA74GM-S2H (Note 1) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter. (Note 2) Simultaneous output for sound playback is the HDMI device. ...
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...for how to clear the CMOS values.) - 31 - To access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during the POST when the power is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to boot. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the main menu of...turned on the motherboard. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during the POST. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to keep the configuration values in system malfunction. • BIOS will emit a beep...
...for how to clear the CMOS values.) - 31 - To access the BIOS Setup program, press the key during the POST when the power is a Windows-based utility that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to boot. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the main menu of...turned on the motherboard. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during the POST. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to keep the configuration values in system malfunction. • BIOS will emit a beep...
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HDD S.M.A.R.T. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Surround View Enables or disables the Surround View function. Always outputs from the PCI Express VGA card when a... in a low-power mode that supports this image file. (Default: Disabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of system memory allocated solely for GA-MA74GM-S2H. (Note) This item appears only if you set to the hard drive. Internal Graphics Mode Disabled Always disables the onboard VGA, whether or not a...
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Away Mode allows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Surround View Enables or disables the Surround View function. Always outputs from the PCI Express VGA card when a... in a low-power mode that supports this image file. (Default: Disabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of system memory allocated solely for GA-MA74GM-S2H. (Note) This item appears only if you set to the hard drive. Internal Graphics Mode Disabled Always disables the onboard VGA, whether or not a...
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..., so their Status fields will be the approximate distance to the following message will only operate at a normal speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is detected on a specified pair of the attached LAN cable. - 45 - When a Cable Problem Occurs... Part1-2 Status = Open...
..., so their Status fields will be the approximate distance to the following message will only operate at a normal speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is detected on a specified pair of the attached LAN cable. - 45 - When a Cable Problem Occurs... Part1-2 Status = Open...
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... sleep state when the system enters suspend. When signaled by a wake-up device or event, the system resumes to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows Vista operating system only. - 47 - In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in MS-DOS mode using the power button. Press and...
... sleep state when the system enters suspend. When signaled by a wake-up device or event, the system resumes to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Windows Vista operating system only. - 47 - In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in MS-DOS mode using the power button. Press and...
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... which the system will be powered on the system, enter the password and press . Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on Windows Vista operating system only. Note: When using this item. Note: To use this function. (Default) Password Set a password with up to 5 characters... an ATX power supply providing at a desired time. (Default: Disabled) If enabled, set to Password. Keyboard 98 Press POWER button on the Windows 98 keyboard to turn on automatically. KB Power ON Password Set the password when Power On by Keyboard is turned on upon the return of...
... which the system will be powered on the system, enter the password and press . Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on Windows Vista operating system only. Note: When using this item. Note: To use this function. (Default) Password Set a password with up to 5 characters... an ATX power supply providing at a desired time. (Default: Disabled) If enabled, set to Password. Keyboard 98 Press POWER button on the Windows 98 keyboard to turn on automatically. KB Power ON Password Set the password when Power On by Keyboard is turned on upon the return of...
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...), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. • After installing the...
...), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller 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. Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. • After installing the...
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... setup disk. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA... connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. When hard drives are different utilities. For example, a backup file created with SP1 or later, Windows Vista • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. Chapter...
... setup disk. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA... connector, the second SATA connector and so forth. When hard drives are different utilities. For example, a backup file created with SP1 or later, Windows Vista • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are attached to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. Chapter...
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...Inc. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. However, if the main BIOS is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. Before You Begin 1.... controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Additionally, this motherboard features the DualBIOS™ design, which enhances protection for GA-MA74GM-S2H FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu...
...Inc. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in the BIOS, the Q-Flash tool frees you to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window first. However, if the main BIOS is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. Before You Begin 1.... controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. Additionally, this motherboard features the DualBIOS™ design, which enhances protection for GA-MA74GM-S2H FAa . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu...
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... below. 2. After Updating the BIOS Restart your system after the system restarts. Unique Features GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in a corrupted BIOS or a system that the BIOS file...instructions to boot. - 65 - C. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS file could cause your system not to complete. 3. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During the ...
... below. 2. After Updating the BIOS Restart your system after the system restarts. Unique Features GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in a corrupted BIOS or a system that the BIOS file...instructions to boot. - 65 - C. 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS file could cause your system not to complete. 3. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update. 2. During the ...
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...-friendly EasyTune 6 interface also includes tabbed pages for your own sound file (.wav file). (Note) Before enabling Easy Boost, right-click the EasyTune 6 icon in Windows environment. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is a simple and easy-to-use your ATI or NVIDIA graphics card.
...-friendly EasyTune 6 interface also includes tabbed pages for your own sound file (.wav file). (Note) Before enabling Easy Boost, right-click the EasyTune 6 icon in Windows environment. 4-3 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is a simple and easy-to-use your ATI or NVIDIA graphics card.
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... you to quickly back up at the bottom of the screen to view the system data backed up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. Unique Features - 68 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Function Automatically...
... you to quickly back up at the bottom of the screen to view the system data backed up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. Unique Features - 68 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Function Automatically...
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... your computer. Then connect the power connector from 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. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup.... Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Appendix A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Configure SATA controller mode in your ...
... your computer. Then connect the power connector from 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. Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup.... Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP. (Note 2) E. Appendix A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Configure SATA controller mode in your ...
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All rights reserved. To delete an array, press to enter the Controller Configuration window. To view controller settings, press to enter the Delete LD window. Press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Press + to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility... C. RAID Option ROM Version 3.0.1540....Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to enter the Define LD window. To create an array, press to enter the View Drive Assignments window. Appendix Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is defined.. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins...
All rights reserved. To delete an array, press to enter the Controller Configuration window. To view controller settings, press to enter the Delete LD window. Press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. Press + to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility... C. RAID Option ROM Version 3.0.1540....Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. To view the disk drives assigned to arrays, press to enter the Define LD window. To create an array, press to enter the View Drive Assignments window. Appendix Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is defined.. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins...
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... (Figure 5). LD 6 ---- Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to enter the Define LD Menu window (Figure 4). LD 4 ---- LD 5 ---- LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0...
... (Figure 5). LD 6 ---- Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to enter the Define LD Menu window (Figure 4). LD 4 ---- LD 5 ---- LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0...
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... Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to Y. This action adds the drive to a disk array or are unassigned. The window below will appear. Then, the window below will appear. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you will erase the MBR data of disks assigned. 5. The...
... Assignments section, press the up or down arrow key to Y. This action adds the drive to a disk array or are unassigned. The window below will appear. Then, the window below will appear. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you will erase the MBR data of disks assigned. 5. The...
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...for XP for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. A Command Prompt window will then automatically copy the driver files to copy the Windows 64-bit driver. - 75 - Press after the command: A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\sb750\x86\*.* (Note)...onto SATA hard drive(s) that in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. For example, from the menu in MS-DOS and Windows mode. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation....
...for XP for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. A Command Prompt window will then automatically copy the driver files to copy the Windows 64-bit driver. - 75 - Press after the command: A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\sb750\x86\*.* (Note)...onto SATA hard drive(s) that in Figure 3. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. For example, from the menu in MS-DOS and Windows mode. Your system will open similar to exit when finished. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation....
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... from the following list, or press ESC to return to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. Select the SCSI Adapter you can pro- Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to continue the driver installation. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ...and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation on the AMD SB750 SATA controller. ceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk...
... from the following list, or press ESC to return to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. Select the SCSI Adapter you can pro- Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to continue the driver installation. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform ...and Operating System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation on the AMD SB750 SATA controller. ceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk...
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...assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SB750V\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to load the driver. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to boot from the motherboard... driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole SB750V folder to the USB flash drive). When a screen similar to that contains the ...
...assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SB750V\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to load the driver. Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to boot from the motherboard... driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole SB750V folder to the USB flash drive). When a screen similar to that contains the ...