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... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact ...59 3-5 System ...59 3-6 Download Center 60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress ...Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers 73 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 79 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 85 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 86 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 95 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 95 5-2-2 Configuring S/...
... 57 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 57 3-2 Application Software 58 3-3 Technical Manuals 58 3-4 Contact ...59 3-5 System ...59 3-6 Download Center 60 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress ...Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers 73 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 79 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 85 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 86 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 95 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 95 5-2-2 Configuring S/...
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...onboard audio, set to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set this item to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to As SATA Type PATA mode. (Default) The mode depends on the OnChip SATA Type settings. Onboard Audio Function Enables or disables ... to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to Disabled. - 47 - RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. IDE Disables...
...onboard audio, set to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is set this item to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to As SATA Type PATA mode. (Default) The mode depends on the OnChip SATA Type settings. Onboard Audio Function Enables or disables ... to install a 3rd party add-in Native IDE mode. (Default) Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to Disabled. - 47 - RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. IDE Disables...
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..., set this item to Disabled. This feature will show Open and the Length fields show 0m, as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you to decide whether to the ...Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to the following information for diagnosing your LAN cable: When No LAN Cable Is Attached... If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI ...
..., set this item to Disabled. This feature will show Open and the Length fields show 0m, as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - Onboard LAN Function Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you to decide whether to the ...Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to the following information for diagnosing your LAN cable: When No LAN Cable Is Attached... If no LAN cable is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI ...
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...® 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 boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. A. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of it . Unique... Features Installation and Configuration Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it . "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical hard drive in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Step 2:...
...® 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 boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. A. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of it . Unique... Features Installation and Configuration Turn on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it . "*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical hard drive in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; Step 2:...
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...5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. C . Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by AMD...drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives...
...5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. C . Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by AMD...drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • At least two SATA hard drives...
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...to be deleted; Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select the Save And Exit Setup item in the main menu and press . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. 7. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE...When prompted to 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...
...to be deleted; Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select the Save And Exit Setup item in the main menu and press . GIGABYTE Technology Corp. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. 7. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE...When prompted to 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...
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...For 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, ...bootdrv\sb750\x86\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you wish to a floppy...
...For 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, ...bootdrv\sb750\x86\*.* • For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive is /are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you wish to a floppy...
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... you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. After the driver installation, you need to specify additional device. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 86 - Figure 1 Step 2: For AMD ... with the Windows XP installation. On the next screen, press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup Press F6 if you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk...
... you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. After the driver installation, you need to specify additional device. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 86 - Figure 1 Step 2: For AMD ... with the Windows XP installation. On the next screen, press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup Press F6 if you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk...
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... from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB360 Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press to continue the...
... from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. (Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) AHCI Driver for GIGABYTE GBB363 Controller (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for GIGABYTE GBB360 Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press to continue the...
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...users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 4). GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 88 - Figure 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system.) AMD SB750 SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart ... folder and save the whole SB750V folder to the LH64A folder. B. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to that below assumes that contains the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the...
...users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 4). GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 88 - Figure 4 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system.) AMD SB750 SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart ... folder and save the whole SB750V folder to the LH64A folder. B. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to that below assumes that contains the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Method B), then specify the location of the...
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Figure 7 The install menus described in Figure 6 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Appendix Figure 6 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. - 89 -
Figure 7 The install menus described in Figure 6 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Appendix Figure 6 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. - 89 -
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...to the USB flash drive). 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/AHCI hard drive(s) will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup...steps. 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. GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller: Step 1: Restart your system and ...
...to the USB flash drive). 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/AHCI hard drive(s) will not be sure to copy the driver files from the Windows Vista setup...steps. 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. GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller: Step 1: Restart your system and ...
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Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 10 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next. Figure 10 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 11). Figure 11 - 91 -
Appendix Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 10 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next. Figure 10 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 11). Figure 11 - 91 -
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... on the Information page in the Start Menu. 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. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi SB700/750 RAID Utility have been installed from the motherboard...
... on the Information page in the Start Menu. 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. To replace the old drive, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi SB700/750 RAID Utility have been installed from the motherboard...
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... displayed at the bottom of the screen. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 94 - Step 4: Click Finish to rebuild the array and click Next. Step 1: In the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER screen, right-click on the array to be rebuilt in the operating system Make sure the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller driver has been installed from All Programs in the...
... displayed at the bottom of the screen. GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard - 94 - Step 4: Click Finish to rebuild the array and click Next. Step 1: In the GIGABYTE RAID CONFIGURER screen, right-click on the array to be rebuilt in the operating system Make sure the GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller driver has been installed from All Programs in the...