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... 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 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out...
... 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 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 85 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out...
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...headers) Integrated in the South Bridge Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Hyper Transport Bus Chipset Memory Audio ... 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy ...
...headers) Integrated in the South Bridge Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Hyper Transport Bus Chipset Memory Audio ... 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy ...
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... L-shaped end of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard drives must be an even number. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 26 - If you wish to connect two IDE devices, remember to set the... jumpers and the cabling according to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number. • A RAID 10 configuration requires at least two hard...
... L-shaped end of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard drives must be an even number. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 26 - If you wish to connect two IDE devices, remember to set the... jumpers and the cabling according to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number. • A RAID 10 configuration requires at least two hard...
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... controller to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to AHCI mode. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) As SATA Type The mode depends on the OnChip SATA... that support Native mode, e.g. OnChip USB Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 1.1 controller. (Default: Enabled) - 43 - IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. Windows XP. Native IDE Allows the SATA controller to operate in audio card instead of the integrated SATA2_0~SATA2_3 controller. ...
... controller to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to AHCI mode. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) As SATA Type The mode depends on the OnChip SATA... that support Native mode, e.g. OnChip USB Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 1.1 controller. (Default: Enabled) - 43 - IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. Windows XP. Native IDE Allows the SATA controller to operate in audio card instead of the integrated SATA2_0~SATA2_3 controller. ...
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... card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of it . "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the...
... card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of it . "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the...
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... is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. GA-MA78G-DS3H D6a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/24/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0AC-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA ..., download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 66 - GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g....
... is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. GA-MA78G-DS3H D6a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 03/24/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0AC-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA ..., download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 66 - GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g....
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... Total size : 0 Free size : 0 3. B. The follow procedure assumes that you sure to access Q-Flash. 2. Step 3: When the update process is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive...
... Total size : 0 Free size : 0 3. B. The follow procedure assumes that you sure to access Q-Flash. 2. Step 3: When the update process is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the up or down arrow key to select Update BIOS from Drive...
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...floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you ... that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Then connect the power connector from your computer. 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 ...
...floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. C . Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you ... that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Then connect the power connector from your computer. 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 ...
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B. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 74 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type ... Function Onboard LAN Function ` SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [As SATA Type] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move...
B. GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 74 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel OnChip SATA Controller OnChip SATA Type OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type ... Function Onboard LAN Function ` SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [Enabled] [RAID] [As SATA Type] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 Item Help Menu Level` KLJI: Move...
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... the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to Select Option [ Keys Available ] Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 75 - RAID BIOS Version 3.2.1540.23 (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is defined.. To delete an array, press to enter... press to enter the Delete LD window. All rights reserved. To view controller settings, press to configure a RAID array. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the Controller Configuration window. No Array is the first option screen when you do ...
... the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press to Select Option [ Keys Available ] Figure 3 [ESC] Exit - 75 - RAID BIOS Version 3.2.1540.23 (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Figure 2 Step 2: Main Menu This is defined.. To delete an array, press to enter... press to enter the Delete LD window. All rights reserved. To view controller settings, press to configure a RAID array. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to enter the Controller Configuration window. No Array is the first option screen when you do ...
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... move to a logical disk set and press to the AMD SB700 controller. LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID ...ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 76 - LD 4 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (MB) LD 1 ---- LD 9 ---- Create Arrays Manually To create a new ...
... move to a logical disk set and press to the AMD SB700 controller. LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID ...ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 76 - LD 4 ---- FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (MB) LD 1 ---- LD 9 ---- Create Arrays Manually To create a new ...
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...- 77 - Press the key or to change the Assignment option to highlight a drive. 4. The window below will show the number of the RAID array or press other keys to its maximum capacity. 8. After the creation is the default. 3. Appendix Under the Drives Assignments section, press the ...up or down arrow key to Y. Press + keys to select RAID 0. 2. Fast Initialization option has been selected It will see the newly-created array. 9. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other...
...- 77 - Press the key or to change the Assignment option to highlight a drive. 4. The window below will show the number of the RAID array or press other keys to its maximum capacity. 8. After the creation is the default. 3. Appendix Under the Drives Assignments section, press the ...up or down arrow key to Y. Press + keys to select RAID 0. 2. Fast Initialization option has been selected It will see the newly-created array. 9. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other...
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...the + keys. 2. Press + if you are assigned to delete the data in case you wish to undo a deletion. 1. Figure 9 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 78 - Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of data. The View LD Definition Menu will return to ...of disk array assignments. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LD No [ View LD Definition Menu ] RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 158.00 Functional Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD...
...the + keys. 2. Press + if you are assigned to delete the data in case you wish to undo a deletion. 1. Figure 9 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 78 - Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of data. The View LD Definition Menu will return to ...of disk array assignments. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LD No [ View LD Definition Menu ] RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 158.00 Functional Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD...
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...disk to install the SATA AHCI driver in Figure 2. To install Windows Vista to copy the driver in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (5) SB700 SATA for the AMD SB700 SATA controller. Figure 3 - 79 - See the instructions below about how to your ...(Figure 3). Your system will open similar to exit when finished. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (6) SB700 SATA(Vista) for the AMD SB700 SATA controller. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from...
...disk to install the SATA AHCI driver in Figure 2. To install Windows Vista to copy the driver in Figure 2, to install Windows XP to your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (5) SB700 SATA for the AMD SB700 SATA controller. Figure 3 - 79 - See the instructions below about how to your ...(Figure 3). Your system will open similar to exit when finished. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (6) SB700 SATA(Vista) for the AMD SB700 SATA controller. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from...
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...specify an adapter. Windows Setup 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 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded ...before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load...
...specify an adapter. Windows Setup 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 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of some files being loaded ...before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. After pressing , there will load...
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... driver installation from the floppy disk. Appendix Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. The driver installation will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return... to the previous screen. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for ...
... driver installation from the floppy disk. Appendix Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. The driver installation will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return... to the previous screen. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for ...
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 82 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 82 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
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Appendix When a screen similar to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in advance during the OS installation process. - 83 - Figure 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you to boot ... your floppy disk, browse the LH(for Vista 32bit) or LH64A(for Vista 64 bit) folder. (Figure 7). Installing Windows Vista (Note) (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 6).
Appendix When a screen similar to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in advance during the OS installation process. - 83 - Figure 7 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you to boot ... your floppy disk, browse the LH(for Vista 32bit) or LH64A(for Vista 64 bit) folder. (Figure 7). Installing Windows Vista (Note) (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 6).
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GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 84 - Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller (A: \LH\AHCIX86S.INF) and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.
GA-MA78G-DS3H Motherboard - 84 - Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller (A: \LH\AHCIX86S.INF) and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.