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GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 85 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge 75 B. Channel Audio Function Introduction 97 4-1-6 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 104 4-2 Troubleshooting 105 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction...
GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller 85 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge 75 B. Channel Audio Function Introduction 97 4-1-6 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 104 4-2 Troubleshooting 105 - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 61 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 SoftwareApplications 62 3-3 Driver CD Information 62 3-4 Hardware Information 63 3-5 Contact Us ...63 Chapter 4 Appendix 65 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 65 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 65 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction...
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... before installing the expansion card in the motherboard. 4. Hardware Installation Disconnect your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver in the operating system. Make sure the VGA card is locked by the small white drawable bar. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket...
... before installing the expansion card in the motherboard. 4. Hardware Installation Disconnect your expansion card, follow the steps below. 1. Remove your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver in the operating system. Make sure the VGA card is locked by the small white drawable bar. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket...
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Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. Then the SLI configuration is completed. - 21 - Hardware Installation English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. System will appear.
Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. The NVIDIA control panel will restart after you click Apply. Then the SLI configuration is completed. - 21 - Hardware Installation English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. System will appear.
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.... For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Surround side speakers can be connected to Line In jack. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 22 - Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) The default Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) jack. Devices like...
.... For more information please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. Surround side speakers can be connected to Line In jack. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 22 - Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) The default Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) jack. Devices like...
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... drive). One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 10) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector, Controlled by nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to...
... drive). One IDE connector can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in the IDE connector. 40 39 2 1 10) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector, Controlled by nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge) SATA 3Gb/s can then connect to...
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.../s Connector, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to 300 MB/s transfer rate. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work...
.../s Connector, Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to 300 MB/s transfer rate. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 28 - Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work...
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Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R 1 GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 30 - Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front panel audio module to this connector, ... AC'97 Audio: Pin No. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to work or even damage it. English 15) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel...
Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R 1 GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 30 - Check the pin assignments carefully while you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front panel audio module to this connector, ... AC'97 Audio: Pin No. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to work or even damage it. English 15) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel...
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...Mode This function allows users to decide the operating mode of the SATA-II Ctrl1 (GSATAII1-0 / GSATAII1-1) ports controlled by the te Gigabyte SATA2 controller. For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode This function allows users to decide ...more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. Advanced Host Controller Inteface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. BIOS Setup RAID Set the SATA-II Ctrl1 channel ...
...Mode This function allows users to decide the operating mode of the SATA-II Ctrl1 (GSATAII1-0 / GSATAII1-1) ports controlled by the te Gigabyte SATA2 controller. For more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. Onboard SATA-II Ctrl2 Mode This function allows users to decide ...more details about AHCI, please visit Intel's website. Advanced Host Controller Inteface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. BIOS Setup RAID Set the SATA-II Ctrl1 channel ...
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... it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 61 - Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "My ...computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto start and show ...
... it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 61 - Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in "My ...computer", and execute the Run.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto start and show ...
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English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 62 -
English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 62 -
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English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 63 - Drivers Installation
English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 63 - Drivers Installation
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...Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 FAa . ....speed. 3. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 66 - At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ...
...Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD: Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2..... System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 FAa . ....speed. 3. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to boot from CD-ROM for the first time, it will stay permanent in the future. 2. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 66 - At least 64M bytes of hard disk data. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ...
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... a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is no backup file.) 4. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. PATA IDE primary channel b. When using hard disks with more...
... a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is no backup file.) 4. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to be backed up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks. 7. PATA IDE primary channel b. When using hard disks with more...
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...SATA signal cable to the rear of the user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge.)...performance, it is set in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller). - 75 - English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA ...
...SATA signal cable to the rear of the user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connectors. (For example, on the GA-N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 connectors are supported by the nVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI Southbridge.)...performance, it is set in your computer Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller). - 75 - English 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA ...
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... Figure 9 To delete the array, press D in the BIOS.) Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Nov 2 2006 - Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 Array 1: NVIDIA STRIPE 233.57G - Now, you can proceed to the Array List screen. Array Detail...
... Figure 9 To delete the array, press D in the BIOS.) Boot BBS MediaShield Utility Nov 2 2006 - Press ENTER to return to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 2 Array 1: NVIDIA STRIPE 233.57G - Now, you can proceed to the Array List screen. Array Detail...
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...in MS-DOS mode(Note). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this step if you need to install the SATA RAID driver during the Windows setup process. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the menu. Figure 10 Figure ...11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Appendix English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you do not want to create RAID. Without the...
...in MS-DOS mode(Note). A command prompt window will then automatically zip and transfer this step if you need to install the SATA RAID driver during the Windows setup process. Press 0 to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the menu. Figure 10 Figure ...11 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. Appendix English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you do not want to create RAID. Without the...
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... additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. After pressing F6, there will load support for the following is an example of Windows XP installation. Windows Setup Setup could not...a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below...
... additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. After pressing F6, there will load support for the following is an example of Windows XP installation. Windows Setup Setup could not...a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 13). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 14 GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - English (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that below...
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..., CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver CD. - 83 - Use the ARROW keys to previous screen as shown in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to the previous screen... devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Appendix The screen will appear. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, ...
..., CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver CD. - 83 - Use the ARROW keys to previous screen as shown in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to the previous screen... devices for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Appendix The screen will appear. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 15 Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, ...
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...to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to be installed.) GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 84 - Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=...Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID...
...to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to Setup. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to be installed.) GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 84 - Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=...Exit Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID...
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... ENTER. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 92 - PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk ... Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name RDD0: GRAID ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Press the SPACEBAR on the array to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press Del. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240...
... ENTER. The selection bar will appear to the RAID Disk Drive List block. a small triangle will move to mark the selected array (Figure 13). GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 92 - PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk ... Inside [ RAID Disk Drive List ] Model Name RDD0: GRAID ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Press the SPACEBAR on the array to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. Press Del. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240...