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... to assist in any form or by any means without prior notice. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and...
... to assist in any form or by any means without prior notice. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Changes to the specifications and...
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... No. 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 contents...
... No. 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 contents...
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If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your computer. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the power outlet before you begin to correctly install your operating system. Secure the card's metal ... card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the metal contacts on your expansion card(s). 7. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow...
If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your computer. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the power outlet before you begin to correctly install your operating system. Secure the card's metal ... card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the metal contacts on your expansion card(s). 7. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow...
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ATI Hybrid CrossFireX Driver Installation and Setup Insert the motherboard driver disk and select Installing Chipset Drivers. Follow the steps below to Onboard. 3. Hardware Installation BIOS Setup: Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the Advanced... Click Xpress Install for GA-MA78GPM-DS2H. Right-click the icon to disable the CrossFire function in the operating system first. Step 2: 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. ...
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX Driver Installation and Setup Insert the motherboard driver disk and select Installing Chipset Drivers. Follow the steps below to Onboard. 3. Hardware Installation BIOS Setup: Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the Advanced... Click Xpress Install for GA-MA78GPM-DS2H. Right-click the icon to disable the CrossFire function in the operating system first. Step 2: 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. ...
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... during the POST. 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 access the Q-Flash utility in time. Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984... enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA...
... during the POST. 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 access the Q-Flash utility in time. Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984... enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Function Keys SATA Mode Message: "SATA...
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... and press to silently perform unattended tasks while in independent partitions. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 46 - PEG Sets PCI Express graphics card as the first display. Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive... or disables 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 issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system boots,...
... and press to silently perform unattended tasks while in independent partitions. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 46 - PEG Sets PCI Express graphics card as the first display. Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive... or disables 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 issue warnings when a third party hardware monitor utility is required every time the system boots,...
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...item. After installing the SP1 (or later), 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. You can press... XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB...
...item. After installing the SP1 (or later), 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. You can press... XP as the example operating system.) • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system automatically during the driver installation. Failure to do so may affect the driver installation. • Some device drivers will then autodetect and install the USB...
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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 - 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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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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...8 2. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 66 - Using... XpressRecovery2..... If you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Figure 9 C. Boot from CD/DVD: ...
...8 2. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 66 - Using... XpressRecovery2..... If you see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. GA-MA78GPM-DS2H E6 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/28/2008-RS780-SB700-6A66AG0CC-00 Figure 9 C. Boot from CD/DVD: ...
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..., please go to GIGABYTE's website to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) To install Windows Vista onto 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. (Note 3)... hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to create RAID array on the motherboard. 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...
..., please go to GIGABYTE's website to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) To install Windows Vista onto 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. (Note 3)... hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to create RAID array on the motherboard. 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...
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...Windows XP to your system. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Press to a floppy disk. Boot from the menu in Figure 2. For example, from the startup disk. From your optical drive...Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Without the driver, the hard drive may directly load the SATA RAID driver from the menu. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished....
...Windows XP to your system. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Press to a floppy disk. Boot from the menu in Figure 2. For example, from the startup disk. From your optical drive...Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Without the driver, the hard drive may directly load the SATA RAID driver from the menu. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished....
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... from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * 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(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 80 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP and Vista installation. Installing Windows XP ... manufacturer, or do not want to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System You are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID...
... from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * 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(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 80 - Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP and Vista installation. Installing Windows XP ... manufacturer, or do not want to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System You are ready to install a third party SCSI or RAID...
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... about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If... including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. When the screen as shown below will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by...
... about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 If... including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. When the screen as shown below will load support for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by...
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WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 82 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. 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.
WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 82 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. 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.
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...\SB700V\x86 For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the x64 folder. Figure 7 - 83 - 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 to... copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 6 Step 2:...
...\SB700V\x86 For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the x64 folder. Figure 7 - 83 - 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 to... copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 6 Step 2:...
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Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 84 - Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.
Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 9 The install menus described in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 84 - Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.
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...manually configure the jack for each jack through the audio driver. A. For example, in your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. The picture to the... right shows the default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. 5-2 Configuring Audio ...
...manually configure the jack for each jack through the audio driver. A. For example, in your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your system tray. The picture to the... right shows the default audio jack assignments. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. 5-2 Configuring Audio ...
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...bottom of the Audio Control Panel. Windows Vista Install the Dolby GUI Software driver from the front speakers) when playing 2-channel stereo sources. A. Windows XP After installing the audio driver, at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel, you should find ... to be heard as an example.) . Enabling Dolby Virtual Speaker allows 2-channel stereo content to get only 2-channel playback output (from the motherboard driver disk. B. Click the Start icon to All Programs, Dolby Control Center to enable or disable the Dolby Virtual Speaker function. Point 1. ...
...bottom of the Audio Control Panel. Windows Vista Install the Dolby GUI Software driver from the front speakers) when playing 2-channel stereo sources. A. Windows XP After installing the audio driver, at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel, you should find ... to be heard as an example.) . Enabling Dolby Virtual Speaker allows 2-channel stereo content to get only 2-channel playback output (from the motherboard driver disk. B. Click the Start icon to All Programs, Dolby Control Center to enable or disable the Dolby Virtual Speaker function. Point 1. ...
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Note: The microphone functions on the front panel. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 90 - Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. Doubleclick the icon to access the Audio Control Panel. Step 2: Connect your microphone to the Mic in ... panel cannot be used at the same time. Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. 5-2-4 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel.
Note: The microphone functions on the front panel. GA-MA78G(P)M-DS2H Motherboard - 90 - Then configure the jack for microphone functionality. Doubleclick the icon to access the Audio Control Panel. Step 2: Connect your microphone to the Mic in ... panel cannot be used at the same time. Step 3: Locate the Volume icon in your system tray. 5-2-4 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel.