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...: For quick set-up of this : "REV: X.X." For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. No part of GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in this manual ...\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on our website...
...: For quick set-up of this : "REV: X.X." For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of GIGABYTE branded motherboards. No part of GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in this manual ...\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on our website...
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...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 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 98 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 100 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 102 5-3 Troubleshooting 103 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 103 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 104 Regulatory Statements 107 Only the GA-P35C...
...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 96 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 96 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In Cable (Optional 98 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 100 5-2-4 Using the Sound Recorder 102 5-3 Troubleshooting 103 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 103 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 104 Regulatory Statements 107 Only the GA-P35C...
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Box Contents GA-P35C-DS3R, GA-P35C-DS3, or GA-P35C-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable GA-P35C-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3/S3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3: One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to...
Box Contents GA-P35C-DS3R, GA-P35C-DS3, or GA-P35C-S3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable GA-P35C-DS3R: Four SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3/S3: Two SATA 3Gb/s cables GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3: One SATA bracket I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to...
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GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English Hardware Monitor BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection ... depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 4) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 12 - English Hardware Monitor BIOS Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection ... depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note 4) Available functions in Easytune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.
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...(s). 7. Align the card with your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully seated in...
...(s). 7. Align the card with your operating system. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to prevent hardware damage. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 18 - Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully seated in...
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...v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. 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 the key to access the Q-Flash... access to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 36 - Note: The setting in Boot Menu. English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. The ...
...v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. 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 the key to access the Q-Flash... access to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 36 - Note: The setting in Boot Menu. English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. The ...
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face (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-P35C-DS3R. Disabled Configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers ...Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Only for GA-P35C-DS3. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA...
face (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. Only for the SATA controllers. RAID Enables RAID for GA-P35C-DS3R. Disabled Configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers ...Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Only for GA-P35C-DS3. Disabled Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA...
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... Port Mode Selects an operating mode for GA-P35C-DS3. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Disabled. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 46 - Only for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Enables RAID for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA...
... Port Mode Selects an operating mode for GA-P35C-DS3. Options are : Auto, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Disabled. GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 46 - Only for the onboard parallel (LPT) port. Enables RAID for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA...
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... FAN Control Method (Note) Specifies how to control CPU fan speed. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is enabled. - 51 - However, for a 3-pin CPU fan. Disabled Forces CPU fan...
... FAN Control Method (Note) Specifies how to control CPU fan speed. Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of Intel Host Embedded Control Interface (HECI) driver from the motherboard driver disk. This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is enabled. - 51 - However, for a 3-pin CPU fan. Disabled Forces CPU fan...
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...autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) Only for GA-P35C-DS3R. - 59 - Drivers Installation Or you wish to install all the drivers that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating... (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install. Please select the item that shown in Device Manager, please remove the...
...autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) Only for GA-P35C-DS3R. - 59 - Drivers Installation Or you wish to install all the drivers that are installed, follow the onscreen instructions to install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk. • For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating... (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install. Please select the item that shown in Device Manager, please remove the...
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GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 60 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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.
GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 60 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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.
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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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... SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are not supported. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of it . Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not...
... SP1 or later • Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are not supported. Xpress Recovery2 can back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of it . Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not...
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... key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. Intel P35 BIOS for the first time. Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for... detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. When you wish to check disk allocation.
... key to startup XpressRecovery2..... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to start backing up your hard drive. Intel P35 BIOS for the first time. Select BACKUP to access Xpress Recovery2 for... detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. When you wish to check disk allocation.
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Before You Begin: 1. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 4. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Save the Current BIOS File In the... Intel® 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. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident)...
Before You Begin: 1. During the BIOS update process, ensure the Internet connection is unable to start. 4. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Save the Current BIOS File In the... Intel® 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. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. In Windows, close all applications and TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident)...
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... in your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA ports. (For example, on the GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are for users of the SATA hard drive and the other end ... the SATA controller is recommended that you do not want to the rear of the GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard. - 75 - Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS...
... in your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA ports. (For example, on the GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are for users of the SATA hard drive and the other end ... the SATA controller is recommended that you do not want to the rear of the GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard. - 75 - Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your power supply to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Install SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS...
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... BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. English Step 5: Enter the array capacity and press...
... BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - Reset Disks to begin creating the RAID array. English Step 5: Enter the array capacity and press...
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...main screen to save your selection (Figure 11), press to confirm or to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID... 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 86 - [ESC]-Abort Press . Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select...The selection bar will appear to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI...
...main screen to save your selection (Figure 11), press to confirm or to cancel. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. ARE YOU SURE TO DELETE (Y/N)? GIGABYTE Technology Corp. a small triangle will move to confirm your settings before exiting the RAID... 0-Stripe 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [KL]-Select RAID [SPACE]-Mark Delete [DEL]-Confirm Figure 11 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 86 - [ESC]-Abort Press . Save and Exit Setup: After configuring the RAID array, select...The selection bar will appear to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/AHCI...
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...-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 XP/Vista 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...
...-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 XP/Vista 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...
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... settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press (Figure 2). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 88 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded... before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). The following mass storage devices(s)...
... settings, you are ready to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press (Figure 2). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-P35C-DS3R/DS3/S3 Motherboard - 88 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded... before you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). The following mass storage devices(s)...