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... KB_MS OPTICAL ATX_12V_2X CPU_FAN Socket AM2 COMA COAXIAL ATX V1394 USB_LAN1 PWR_FAN USB_LAN2 USB_ESATA GA-MA790FX-DQ6 AUDIO RTL8111B F_AUDIO RTL8111B PCIE_1 PCIE_16_A NB_FAN GIGABYTE SATA2 PCIE_8_A SPDIF_IN CODEC PCIE_8_B CD_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIE_16_B TSB43AB23 PCI1 PCI2 F2_1394 SYS_FAN2 AMD 790FX DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 IDE FDD CLR_CMOS AMD SB600 BATTERY ...
... KB_MS OPTICAL ATX_12V_2X CPU_FAN Socket AM2 COMA COAXIAL ATX V1394 USB_LAN1 PWR_FAN USB_LAN2 USB_ESATA GA-MA790FX-DQ6 AUDIO RTL8111B F_AUDIO RTL8111B PCIE_1 PCIE_16_A NB_FAN GIGABYTE SATA2 PCIE_8_A SPDIF_IN CODEC PCIE_8_B CD_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIE_16_B TSB43AB23 PCI1 PCI2 F2_1394 SYS_FAN2 AMD 790FX DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 IDE FDD CLR_CMOS AMD SB600 BATTERY ...
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...GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a headers) GA-MA790FX-DQ6...memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Support for ECC memory (Note 3) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio ...
...GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a headers) GA-MA790FX-DQ6...memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Support for ECC memory (Note 3) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio ...
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... one direction. If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the memory. DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Due to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 16 - Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be...
... one direction. If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the memory. DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Due to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 16 - Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be...
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... to the default Mic in jack ( ). Rear Speaker Out Jack (Black) Use this audio jack to connect an external SATA device or a SATA port multiplier. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 22 - English eSATA 3Gb/s Port The eSATA 3Gb/s port supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip conforms to connect rear speakers in a 4/5.1/7.1-channel audio configuration.
... to the default Mic in jack ( ). Rear Speaker Out Jack (Black) Use this audio jack to connect an external SATA device or a SATA port multiplier. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 22 - English eSATA 3Gb/s Port The eSATA 3Gb/s port supported by the GIGABYTE SATA2 chip conforms to connect rear speakers in a 4/5.1/7.1-channel audio configuration.
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... S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5). System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 28 - The LED is on configuring a RAID array. Pin No. The GIGABYTE SATA2 controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires two hard drives. 12) PWR_LED (System Power LED... of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. English 11) GSATAII_1/GSATAII_2 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2, Purple) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive.
... S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5). System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 28 - The LED is on configuring a RAID array. Pin No. The GIGABYTE SATA2 controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires two hard drives. 12) PWR_LED (System Power LED... of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. English 11) GSATAII_1/GSATAII_2 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2, Purple) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive.
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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. English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 62 -
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. English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 62 -
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... provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. Additionally, this motherboard features the Dual BIOSTM design, which enhances protection for GA-MA790FX-DQ6 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu :...Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? For the sake of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 70 - What is saved to a hard drive in BIOS Setup. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS...
... provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. Additionally, this motherboard features the Dual BIOSTM design, which enhances protection for GA-MA790FX-DQ6 D28 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu :...Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? For the sake of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 70 - What is saved to a hard drive in BIOS Setup. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS...
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... BIOS file could result in "Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Click Update New BIOS. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 - Step 4: As the system reboots, press to enter the BIOS Setup program. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to load...present when doing Step 3 above, recomfirm your system. • If more than one model is correct, then click OK. F1) obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in an unbootable system. Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function" below. Step 3: Press OK to...
... BIOS file could result in "Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Click Update New BIOS. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 - Step 4: As the system reboots, press to enter the BIOS Setup program. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to load...present when doing Step 3 above, recomfirm your system. • If more than one model is correct, then click OK. F1) obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in an unbootable system. Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function" below. Step 3: Press OK to...
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... LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments] ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available] ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - LD No [ Define...
... LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments] ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available] ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - LD No [ Define...
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... RAID screen appears (Figure 5). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 6). Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 ...[ENTER]-Next Figure 5 [ESC]-Abort The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to move onto the next step. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. English Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item.
... RAID screen appears (Figure 5). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 6). Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 ...[ENTER]-Next Figure 5 [ESC]-Abort The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to move onto the next step. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. English Create a RAID Array: In the main screen, press on the Create RAID Disk Drive item.
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...: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 88 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk... in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9). English When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the center of the screen (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
...: HDD 01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 88 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk... in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9). English When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the center of the screen (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
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... (32-bit) operating system or 4) SB600 SATA(Vista) for Windows Vista. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x64) for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Prepare a startup disk ...Windows 64-bit. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note 2). GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard Figure 3 - 90 - See the instructions below about how to exit when finished. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy ...
... (32-bit) operating system or 4) SB600 SATA(Vista) for Windows Vista. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x64) for the SATA controller from the startup disk. Prepare a startup disk ...Windows 64-bit. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in MS-DOS mode(Note 2). GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard Figure 3 - 90 - See the instructions below about how to exit when finished. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to a floppy ...
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Figure 15 GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 98 - English Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 14 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next. Figure 14 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 15).
Figure 15 GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 98 - English Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 14 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next. Figure 14 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 15).
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.... Also note that the information in this document is recycled in a manner that do not use of our natural resources, GIGABYTE provides the following information on its packaging, which indicates that it back" to your local or regional waste collection administration for ... not be imparted to a third party nor be used equipment must not be disposed of with your "end of printing. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 110 - GIGABYTE cannot, however, assume any unauthorized purpose. Our Commitment to Preserving the Environment In addition to meet RoHS requirement. Contravention will...
.... Also note that the information in this document is recycled in a manner that do not use of our natural resources, GIGABYTE provides the following information on its packaging, which indicates that it back" to your local or regional waste collection administration for ... not be imparted to a third party nor be used equipment must not be disposed of with your "end of printing. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 110 - GIGABYTE cannot, however, assume any unauthorized purpose. Our Commitment to Preserving the Environment In addition to meet RoHS requirement. Contravention will...
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... in Romania WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.ro Serbia & Montenegro Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. English Germany G.B.T. in the language list on the top right corner of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 116 - WEB address : ...http://www.giga-byte.co.uk The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V. GIGABYTE Global Service System To submit a technical or non-technical (Sales/ Marketing) question, ...
... in Romania WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.ro Serbia & Montenegro Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. English Germany G.B.T. in the language list on the top right corner of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Motherboard - 116 - WEB address : ...http://www.giga-byte.co.uk The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V. GIGABYTE Global Service System To submit a technical or non-technical (Sales/ Marketing) question, ...