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... 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro 71 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 80 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring...
... 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro 71 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 80 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 85 5-2-1 Configuring...
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... wish to install a 3rd party add-in audio card instead of using the onboard audio, set to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Disabled. Windows XP. 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type x OnChip SATA...
... wish to install a 3rd party add-in audio card instead of using the onboard audio, set to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Disabled. Windows XP. 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type x OnChip SATA...
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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. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install...
...), 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. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers. Please select the item that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install...
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System Requirements: • AMD platform • At least 64 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... drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. When hard drives are different utilities. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that has the operating system ...
System Requirements: • AMD platform • At least 64 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... drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of it. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. When hard drives are different utilities. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that has the operating system ...
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... any key to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. GA-MA78G-DS3H D6a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/24/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0AC... Recovery2 1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to ...
... any key to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. GA-MA78G-DS3H D6a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/24/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0AC... Recovery2 1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to ...
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...to your location and click OK. - 69 - Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. B. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update... a system that is unable to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Unique Features
...to your location and click OK. - 69 - Step 2: Select the @BIOS server site closest to save the current BIOS file. 2. Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. B. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs. This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update... a system that is unable to install @BIOS. • Installing the @BIOS utility. • Accessing the @BIOS utility. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Unique Features
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... the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to AHCI or RAID mode. - 73 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, ...computer. Install SATA hard drive(s) in 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. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard ...
... the motherboard. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to AHCI or RAID mode. - 73 - Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, ...computer. Install SATA hard drive(s) in 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. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard ...
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...1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in your optical drive (example: D:\>). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to your system. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the floppy disk... to that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you to install the SATA AHCI driver in advance during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . Figure 3 - 79 - Boot from the menu. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation process. (Note 2) ...
...1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the menu in your optical drive (example: D:\>). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to your system. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the floppy disk... to that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you to install the SATA AHCI driver in advance during the Windows setup process (Note 1) . Figure 3 - 79 - Boot from the menu. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation process. (Note 2) ...
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... Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 80 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears...
... Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 80 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears...
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...floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the motherboard driver disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the floppy disk. Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When Setup ...correctly recognizes the AMD SB700 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished...
...floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not have any device support disks from the motherboard driver disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the floppy disk. Windows Setup Setup will appear. Step 3: When Setup ...correctly recognizes the AMD SB700 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished...
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Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 82 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup.
Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 82 - To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup.
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... 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in advance during the OS installation process. - 83 - When a screen similar to install the SATA AHCI driver in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy ...bit) folder. (Figure 7). Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Appendix B. Installing Windows Vista (Note) (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be ...
... 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in advance during the OS installation process. - 83 - When a screen similar to install the SATA AHCI driver in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy ...bit) folder. (Figure 7). Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Appendix B. Installing Windows Vista (Note) (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be ...
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... speaker out, and Side speaker out. - 85 - A. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities 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 be simultaneously processed. Configuring Speakers: (The following for each jack through the audio...
... speaker out, and Side speaker out. - 85 - A. HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities 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 be simultaneously processed. Configuring Speakers: (The following for each jack through the audio...