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... to use of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by copyright...
... to use of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Check your motherboard looks like this manual is protected by copyright...
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2-13 Save & Exit Setup 58 2-14 Exit Without Saving 58 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 Software Applications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1...SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel ...
2-13 Save & Exit Setup 58 2-14 Exit Without Saving 58 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 Software Applications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1...SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel ...
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Box Contents GA-P35-DQ6 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables ...
Box Contents GA-P35-DQ6 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables ...
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...; Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Voltage adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to: - GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) - Increase (G)MCH voltage by 0.05V to : - Increase DDR2 voltage by motherboard model. (Note 4) The adjustable CPU voltage range depends... CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to 700 MHz with 0.05V increment - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
...; Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Voltage adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to: - GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) - Increase (G)MCH voltage by 0.05V to : - Increase DDR2 voltage by motherboard model. (Note 4) The adjustable CPU voltage range depends... CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to 700 MHz with 0.05V increment - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
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... Installation Remove the metal slot cover from the PCIE_16_1 Slot: Pull out the small white- Make sure the metal contacts on your card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the small...
... Installation Remove the metal slot cover from the PCIE_16_1 Slot: Pull out the small white- Make sure the metal contacts on your card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot. 3. Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the small...
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...the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Q-Flash Press the key to change the first boot device setting as needed. GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - A. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for... BIOS Setup first. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. English 2-1 Startup Screen The ...
...the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Q-Flash Press the key to change the first boot device setting as needed. GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - A. After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for... BIOS Setup first. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. English 2-1 Startup Screen The ...
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... Support Allows USB mouse to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that cannot be used in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode...
... Support Allows USB mouse to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that cannot be used in the Intel ICH9R Southbridge. SATA Port0-3 Native Mode...
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...as Native Command Queuing and RAID/IDE hot plug. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. -...cable problem occurs on Pair 1-2. Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip. English Note: The Gigabit hub will only operate at a speed of wires, the Status field will show Short and ...
...as Native Command Queuing and RAID/IDE hot plug. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Options are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. -...cable problem occurs on Pair 1-2. Parallel Port Mode Selects an operating mode for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip. English Note: The Gigabit hub will only operate at a speed of wires, the Status field will show Short and ...
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...when Intel® QST is populated. Note: The Voltage mode can be set to run at full speed. Disabled Forces CPU fan to Enabled. GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 52 - PWM Sets PWM mode for a 3-pin CPU fan. This feature requires the installation of CPU fan installed and sets the optimal...at least DDRII1 or DDRII2 socket in Channel 0 is enabled. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. Smart FAN Control Mode Specifies how to control CPU fan speed. However, for a 3-pin CPU fan or a 4-pin CPU fan...
...when Intel® QST is populated. Note: The Voltage mode can be set to run at full speed. Disabled Forces CPU fan to Enabled. GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 52 - PWM Sets PWM mode for a 3-pin CPU fan. This feature requires the installation of CPU fan installed and sets the optimal...at least DDRII1 or DDRII2 socket in Channel 0 is enabled. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. Smart FAN Control Mode Specifies how to control CPU fan speed. However, for a 3-pin CPU fan or a 4-pin CPU fan...
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... Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Or you wish to My Computer, double... like that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the ...
... Controller in Device Manager, please remove the question mark (by right-clicking your system automatically during the driver installation. English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following the item. Or you wish to My Computer, double... like that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the ...
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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-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 60 -
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-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 60 -
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Drivers Installation English 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 English 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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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to quickly compress and back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the amount of data). • It is recommended to back...
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... for the first time. Select BACKUP to check disk allocation. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, ...search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2....
... for the first time. Select BACKUP to check disk allocation. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, ...search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2....
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... (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 5. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. B. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS... Hyper-Threading technology, disable this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ...
... (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 5. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Options and Instructions: 1. B. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>BIOS>@BIOS C. Save the Current BIOS File In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS... Hyper-Threading technology, disable this option Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Select the Find BIOS From Gigabyte check box and click Update New BIOS. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. ...
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...you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1,"... is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to create RAID, you do not want to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 75 - Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note ...
...you may prepare only one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1,"... is set to AHCI or RAID mode. (Note 3) Due to create RAID, you do not want to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 75 - Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to the hard drive. (Note ...
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... the RAID array. Appendix When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Are you sure you may proceed to create the specified volume. [KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC...
... the RAID array. Appendix When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Are you sure you may proceed to create the specified volume. [KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC...
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...selected array. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 - 86 - [ESC]-Abort PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE ... space bar on the array to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. English 7. Save and Exit Setup: After ... Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in...
...selected array. N RAID Level Capacity Status 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 - 86 - [ESC]-Abort PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE ... space bar on the array to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. English 7. Save and Exit Setup: After ... Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Delete the RAID Array: To delete the array, select Delete RAID Disk Drive in...
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... 32-bit operating system or (8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is...
... 32-bit operating system or (8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit for Windows 64-bit. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select E) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 32Bit for Windows 32-bit operating system or F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is...
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... your system, or you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you see the next screen.... Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are...
... your system, or you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of Windows XP installation. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard - 88 - Windows Setup Press F6 if you see the next screen.... Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are...