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... 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. Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied,...product information, carefully read or download the information on/from the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on how to use of GIGABYTE. The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on ...
... 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. Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied,...product information, carefully read or download the information on/from the Support&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on how to use of GIGABYTE. The trademarks mentioned in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on ...
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...-1IE008-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA790XT-UD4P motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to...
...-1IE008-0*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) S/PDIF in cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-MA790XT-UD4P motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to...
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... release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the PCI Express... BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the card is fully seated in the slot. 3. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 18 - • Removing the Card from the PCIEX8_1 slot: Press the white latch at the end...computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. 1-5 ...
... release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the top edge of the PCI Express... BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the card is fully seated in the slot. 3. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 18 - • Removing the Card from the PCIEX8_1 slot: Press the white latch at the end...computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. 1-5 ...
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...the operating system, go to the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Procedure and driver screen for enabling CrossFireX technology may be needed or not depending on the PCI Express x16 slots. A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with your graphics cards for the power requirement) B. A power supply ...that came with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Two CrossFire bridge connectors (Note) - 1-6 Setup of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Configuring the Graphics Card Driver After installing the graphics card driver in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two ...
...the operating system, go to the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Procedure and driver screen for enabling CrossFireX technology may be needed or not depending on the PCI Express x16 slots. A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with your graphics cards for the power requirement) B. A power supply ...that came with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Two CrossFire bridge connectors (Note) - 1-6 Setup of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Configuring the Graphics Card Driver After installing the graphics card driver in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two ...
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A. Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-MA790XT-UD4P F4e . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2009-RD780-SB750-7A66AG03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key ... you to set the first boot device without having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. GA-MA790XT-UD4P 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 the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press...
A. Motherboard Model BIOS Version GA-MA790XT-UD4P F4e . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 04/30/2009-RD780-SB750-7A66AG03C-00 Function Keys Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key ... you to set the first boot device without having to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. GA-MA790XT-UD4P 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 the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-FLASH Press...
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...this item to AHCI mode. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you to decide whether to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in the figure above. Onboard GSATA-II Ctrl (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, GSATA2_0/GSATA2_1 ... detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the motherboard, the Status fields of all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN ...
...this item to AHCI mode. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you to decide whether to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as shown in the figure above. Onboard GSATA-II Ctrl (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip, GSATA2_0/GSATA2_1 ... detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the motherboard, the Status fields of all four pairs of the attached LAN cable. If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN ...
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... ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown 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. Chapter...
... ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. the Found New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that shown 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. Chapter...
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GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 58 - 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it. 3-3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
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The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 60 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site.
The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 60 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site.
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...the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Go to Disk Management to enter Xpress Recovery2. 2. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to leave unallocated space (10 GB or more is no enough unallocated space, Xpress Recovery2 cannot save the backup file to enter Xpress ...unallocated space (black stripe along the top). If you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 62 - Step 5: Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to check disk allocation.
...the amount of data) and begin the installation of the operating system. Go to Disk Management to enter Xpress Recovery2. 2. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to leave unallocated space (10 GB or more is no enough unallocated space, Xpress Recovery2 cannot save the backup file to enter Xpress ...unallocated space (black stripe along the top). If you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 62 - Step 5: Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to check disk allocation.
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4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 71 - Enable Incoming Folder ... Exit... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to share your system tray and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Figure 1. Data Sharing Enabled Description ...
4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 71 - Enable Incoming Folder ... Exit... Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> Q-Share.exe to share your system tray and right-click on the same network, making full use of Internet resources. Figure 1. Data Sharing Enabled Description ...
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... RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. B. If there is more than one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the... port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:...
... RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. B. If there is more than one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the... port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:...
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... create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 []-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 84 - [ESC]-Abort...Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When prompted to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Model Name...
... create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 []-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 84 - [ESC]-Abort...Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID BIOS utility, then press (Figure 10). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When prompted to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Model Name...
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... the AMD SB750, select 3) SB700/710/750 SATA Driver for XP for operating system. • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. First of all, copy...
... the AMD SB750, select 3) SB700/710/750 SATA Driver for XP for operating system. • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 64bit system for Windows 64-bit. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to exit when finished. First of all, copy...
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...-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 86 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to the previous screen. On the next screen, press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup You have chosen to Figure 2 below will then appear asking...
...-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 86 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to the previous screen. On the next screen, press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup You have chosen to Figure 2 below will then appear asking...
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... hard drive will not be sure to the LH64A folder. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 88 - When a screen similar to load the driver. Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 4). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to the USB flash drive). Method...
... hard drive will not be sure to the LH64A folder. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 88 - When a screen similar to load the driver. Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 4). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to the USB flash drive). Method...
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When a screen similar to that contains the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 9). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 9 - 90 - Figure 8 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below appears (RAID...
When a screen similar to that contains the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 9). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 9 - 90 - Figure 8 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below appears (RAID...
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... fault-tolerant arrays such as Functional. - 92 - GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/ Abort/Restart during the rebuilding process. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password ...a RAID 1 array. • AMD SB750 SATA controller: While in the array. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi SB700/750 RAID Utility have been installed from All Programs in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5,...
... fault-tolerant arrays such as Functional. - 92 - GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/ Abort/Restart during the rebuilding process. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password ...a RAID 1 array. • AMD SB750 SATA controller: While in the array. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi SB700/750 RAID Utility have been installed from All Programs in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5,...
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GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 94 - Step 3: Select a drive to start the RAID rebuilding process. Step 4: Click Finish to rebuild the array and click Next. Step 6: When finished, restart your system. Step 1: In the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER screen, right-click on the array to be rebuilt in the Start menu. Launch the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER from the motherboard driver disk...
GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 94 - Step 3: Select a drive to start the RAID rebuilding process. Step 4: Click Finish to rebuild the array and click Next. Step 6: When finished, restart your system. Step 1: In the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER screen, right-click on the array to be rebuilt in the Start menu. Launch the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER from the motherboard driver disk...
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... effects. The system will be transformed into multi-channel audio, creating a virtual surround sound environment . (Note) Install the Dolby GUI Software driver from the front speakers) when playing 2-channel stereo sources. Appendix Click the Start icon to All Programs, Dolby Control Center to get only 2-channel playback output (from the motherboard driver disk.
... effects. The system will be transformed into multi-channel audio, creating a virtual surround sound environment . (Note) Install the Dolby GUI Software driver from the front speakers) when playing 2-channel stereo sources. Appendix Click the Start icon to All Programs, Dolby Control Center to get only 2-channel playback output (from the motherboard driver disk.