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..., refer to enable RAID for complex and time-consuming configurations. Step 2: Install the RAID driver and operating system The X.H.D utility supports Windows 7/Vista/XP. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions:(Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the new drive is ...the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk. Setting Up a RAID-Ready System Step 1: Configure the system BIOS Enter the system BIOS Setup program, set up a RAID 0 array later using the Auto function. eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users...
..., refer to enable RAID for complex and time-consuming configurations. Step 2: Install the RAID driver and operating system The X.H.D utility supports Windows 7/Vista/XP. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions:(Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the new drive is ...the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk. Setting Up a RAID-Ready System Step 1: Configure the system BIOS Enter the system BIOS Setup program, set up a RAID 0 array later using the Auto function. eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users...
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... notice. For product-related 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. For example, "REV: 1.0" means... the revision of GIGABYTE. No part of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the ...
... notice. For product-related 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. For example, "REV: 1.0" means... the revision of GIGABYTE. No part of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the ...
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... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features 65 4-1 Xpress...(X.H.D 77 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Q57 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 94 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 94 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 96 5-2-3 Configuring ...
... 61 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 3-2 Application Software 62 3-3 Technical Manuals 62 3-4 Contact...63 3-5 System...63 3-6 Download Center 64 3-7 New Utilities...64 Chapter 4 Unique Features 65 4-1 Xpress...(X.H.D 77 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Q57 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 88 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 94 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 94 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 96 5-2-3 Configuring ...
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...-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-Q57M-S2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
...-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-Q57M-S2H motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents above are subject to change without...
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... sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Hardware Installation - 18 - Turn on the card until it is securely seated in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Make sure the card is fully seated...
... sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Hardware Installation - 18 - Turn on the card until it is securely seated in the expansion slot. 1. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Make sure the card is fully seated...
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... up hard drive data using the 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 utility directly without having to set the first boot device without entering BIOS Setup. Q57M-S2H F4 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot...
... up hard drive data using the 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 utility directly without having to set the first boot device without entering BIOS Setup. Q57M-S2H F4 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot...
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For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Q57 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers. SATA ... that do not support Native mode. BIOS Setup - 50 - Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Legacy IDE mode...
For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel Q57 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers. SATA ... that do not support Native mode. BIOS Setup - 50 - Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Legacy IDE mode...
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... Install" will continue to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will restart your system. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then...which looks like that are installed, follow the on-screen instructions to install. Drivers Installation You can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still...
... Install" will continue to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will restart your system. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will then...which looks like that are installed, follow the on-screen instructions to install. Drivers Installation You can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still...
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Drivers Installation - 62 - 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. 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
Drivers Installation - 62 - 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. 3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 -
Drivers Installation 3-4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices, click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website. 3-5 System This page provides the basic system information. - 63 -
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You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install it. Drivers Installation - 64 - The latest version of an item to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.
You can click the Install button on the right of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. 3-7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install it. Drivers Installation - 64 - The latest version of an item to install. 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website.
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... drive on the first SATA connector is backed up/ restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it .
... drive on the first SATA connector is backed up/ restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are attached to restore it .
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.... 2. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to check disk allocation. Unique Features - 66 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Step 1: Select BACKUP to check disk...
.... 2. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 will automatically create a new partition to check disk allocation. Unique Features - 66 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file. B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Step 1: Select BACKUP to check disk...
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... Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Disable Incoming Folder ... exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able to share your data with data sharing enabled Enables data sharing... data folder Changes the data folder to configure the data sharing settings. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the Q-Share icon to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the ...
... Displays the computers with computers on this icon Figure 1. Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2. Disable Incoming Folder ... exe to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able to share your data with data sharing enabled Enables data sharing... data folder Changes the data folder to configure the data sharing settings. Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the Q-Share icon to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the ...
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... (select Infineon TPM Driver). Instructions for loss of encrypted data as the Smart TPM user key. Refer to the Infineon Security Platform Help file to see how to back up a Personal Secure Drive (PSD). 4-6 Smart TPM GIGABYTE's unique Smart TPM (Trusted Platform Module) supports the ...complicated configurations. Doubleclick the icon or right-click the Smart TPM icon and select Initialization Wizard to complete the settings. - 75 - GIGABYTE is automatically provided. Be sure to memorize this setting) to the Security Chip Configuration menu and set up the PSD.) 2. Create Your...
... (select Infineon TPM Driver). Instructions for loss of encrypted data as the Smart TPM user key. Refer to the Infineon Security Platform Help file to see how to back up a Personal Secure Drive (PSD). 4-6 Smart TPM GIGABYTE's unique Smart TPM (Trusted Platform Module) supports the ...complicated configurations. Doubleclick the icon or right-click the Smart TPM icon and select Initialization Wizard to complete the settings. - 75 - GIGABYTE is automatically provided. Be sure to memorize this setting) to the Security Chip Configuration menu and set up the PSD.) 2. Create Your...
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... hard drive may not be able to set up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. B. Unique Features The following procedure details the steps to automatically set up a RAID 0 array. 2. 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can build a RAID 0, RAID 1, or other supported RAID array depending on your needs...
... hard drive may not be able to set up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. B. Unique Features The following procedure details the steps to automatically set up a RAID 0 array. 2. 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can build a RAID 0, RAID 1, or other supported RAID array depending on your needs...
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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 Intel Q57 SATA Controllers A. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you do not want to ... with identical model and capacity). If there is set to available SATA port on the motherboard. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2,...
...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 Intel Q57 SATA Controllers A. If you do not want to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you do not want to ... with identical model and capacity). If there is set to available SATA port on the motherboard. B. Make a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2,...
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... BE LOST. [ HELP ] Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 83 - option ROM - 9.5.0.1037 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Appendix When prompted to confirm whether to create this...
... BE LOST. [ HELP ] Are you sure you want to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 83 - option ROM - 9.5.0.1037 Copyright(C) 2003-09 Intel Corporation. Appendix When prompted to confirm whether to create this...
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... to be recognized during the OS installation. sume that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to \64bit for Windows 32-bit operating system. Press after the command: For the Intel Q57, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\irst\32bit\*.* ...Figure 1 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 also can copy the SATA controller...
... to be recognized during the OS installation. sume that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. For example, from the motherboard driver disk to \64bit for Windows 32-bit operating system. Press after the command: For the Intel Q57, type (Figure 1): (Note) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\irst\32bit\*.* ...Figure 1 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 also can copy the SATA controller...
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... need to the previous screen. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). After the driver installation, you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. A.... XP onto your system to boot from the following list, or press ESC to return to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/5 Series/3400 Serues SATA RAID ...
... need to the previous screen. Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). After the driver installation, you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. A.... XP onto your system to boot from the following list, or press ESC to return to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/5 Series/3400 Serues SATA RAID ...