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... revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to their respective owners. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision...No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2008 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Example: Disclaimer Information in any means without prior...
... revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to their respective owners. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision...No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2008 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Example: Disclaimer Information in any means without prior...
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... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 68 ... 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 for Windows XP 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 80 5-2 ConfiguringAudio 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...
... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 68 ... 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 for Windows XP 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 80 5-2 ConfiguringAudio 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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.... 12CF1-1CM001-32R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA78GPM-DS2H or GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
.... 12CF1-1CM001-32R) S/PDIF in and out cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPINO-11R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA78GPM-DS2H or GA-MA78GM-DS2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box...
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... came with your card. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the card is securely seated in the slot. 3. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 18 - If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for...
... came with your card. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Make sure the card is securely seated in the slot. 3. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 18 - If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for...
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... Enter the CrossFire menu and select the Enable CrossFire checkbox. • You do not have to install the graphics card driver if the motherboard chipset driver has been installed. • To change the Internal Graphic Mode or UMA Frame Buffer Size setting in BIOS Setup, be...GPU with a discrete graphics card, ATI Hybrid CrossFireX can provide significantly advanced display performance for installation. Only for GA-MA78GM-DS2H. * For Windows XP, you begin-1. Only for GA-MA78GPM-DS2H. BIOS Setup: Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the Advanced BIOS Features menu: • ...
... Enter the CrossFire menu and select the Enable CrossFire checkbox. • You do not have to install the graphics card driver if the motherboard chipset driver has been installed. • To change the Internal Graphic Mode or UMA Frame Buffer Size setting in BIOS Setup, be...GPU with a discrete graphics card, ATI Hybrid CrossFireX can provide significantly advanced display performance for installation. Only for GA-MA78GM-DS2H. * For Windows XP, you begin-1. Only for GA-MA78GPM-DS2H. BIOS Setup: Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the Advanced BIOS Features menu: • ...
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... to accept. Press to enable AHCI mode or to AHCI mode and enable hot plug functionality for one time only. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: ...for the SATA connectors. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 36 - In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to continue IDE mode operation...
... to accept. Press to enable AHCI mode or to AHCI mode and enable hot plug functionality for one time only. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: ...for the SATA connectors. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 36 - In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change it to continue IDE mode operation...
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... the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Disabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to reduce heat output from your system to report read/write errors of the hard ...its power consumption. (Default) Disable this menu when finished. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 46 - Virtualization Virtualization allows a platform to issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system...
... the Patch AMD TLB Erratum function. (Default: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Disabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to reduce heat output from your system to report read/write errors of the hard ...its power consumption. (Default) Disable this menu when finished. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 46 - Virtualization Virtualization allows a platform to issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system...
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... hot plug. Onboard Audio Function Enables or disables the onboard audio function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to Disabled. Advanced...
... hot plug. Onboard Audio Function Enables or disables the onboard audio function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to Disabled. Advanced...
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... displayed which looks like that shown in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system...Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. You can press Xpress Install to restart your optional drive. Or you wish to My Computer, double...
... displayed which looks like that shown in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will restart your mouse and select Uninstall) and restart the system. (The system...Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system. You can press Xpress Install to restart your optional drive. Or you wish to My Computer, double...
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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-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 60 -
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-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 60 -
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Drivers Installation 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. - 61 -
Drivers Installation 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. - 61 -
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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to restore it. System...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first and second SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to restore it. System...
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...to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . When you wish to startup XpressRecovery2..... Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 1. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Figure 9 C. Xpress ... Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 66 - Figure 8 2. Figure 12 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Select BACKUP to search...
...to enter Xpress Recovery2. . . When you wish to startup XpressRecovery2..... Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 1. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Figure 9 C. Xpress ... Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. - 66 - Figure 8 2. Figure 12 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Select BACKUP to search...
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...A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you may prepare only one... the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) To install Windows Vista onto your SATA RAID drives, please go to GIGABYTE's website to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Installing SATA hard drive(s) in...
...A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver. (Note 2) E. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you may prepare only one... the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) To install Windows Vista onto your SATA RAID drives, please go to GIGABYTE's website to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Installing SATA hard drive(s) in...
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... two commands. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears,... mode . (Note) Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and two blank formatted floppy disks. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to ...
... two commands. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears,... mode . (Note) Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and two blank formatted floppy disks. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to ...
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..., or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System You are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI... 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 80 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation....
..., or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System You are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI... 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you have chosen to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 80 - Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). Currently, Setup will be a few moments of Windows XP and Vista installation....
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...ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. Appendix Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB700 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or 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 floppy disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do...
...ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If a message appears saying one minute. Appendix Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB700 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or 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 floppy disk. Select the SCSI Adapter you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do...
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WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 82 -
WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 82 -
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...For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the x64 folder. Figure 7 - 83 - Appendix Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system 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 SB700V foler ... and perform standard OS installation steps. For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved (Figure 7). Then use Method B to the x86 (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or x64 (for Windows...
...For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the x64 folder. Figure 7 - 83 - Appendix Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system 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 SB700V foler ... and perform standard OS installation steps. For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved (Figure 7). Then use Method B to the x86 (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or x64 (for Windows...
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GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 84 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear.
GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 84 - Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear.