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... Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to use of GIGABYTE. The logo is 1.0. All rights reserved. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. No part of documentations: For detailed product information, carefully read...
... Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to use of GIGABYTE. The logo is 1.0. All rights reserved. GIGABYTE UNITED INC. No part of documentations: For detailed product information, carefully read...
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... 47 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Unique Features 51 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 51 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities...ReadyBoost 62 Chapter 5 Appendix ...63 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 63 5-1-1 Configuring VIA VT8237S SATA Controllers 63 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette 70 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 71 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 74 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 74 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out ...
... 47 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 47 3-2 SoftwareApplications 48 3-3 Driver CD Information 48 3-4 Hardware Information 49 3-5 Contact Us ...49 Chapter 4 Unique Features 51 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 51 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities...ReadyBoost 62 Chapter 5 Appendix ...63 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 63 5-1-1 Configuring VIA VT8237S SATA Controllers 63 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette 70 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System 71 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 74 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 74 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out ...
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Box Contents GA-VM900MC motherboard Motherboard Driver Disk User's Manual Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield The box ...
Box Contents GA-VM900MC motherboard Motherboard Driver Disk User's Manual Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable One SATA 3Gb/s cable I/O Shield The box ...
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... changes for your computer. Secure the card's metal bracket to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the card...
... changes for your computer. Secure the card's metal bracket to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in the slot and does not rock. • Removing the Card: Gently push back on the lever on the card...
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... wish to connect. • Before installing the devices, be connected to install a 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Hardware Installation Unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices. • After installing the device and before connecting external...
... wish to connect. • Before installing the devices, be connected to install a 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Hardware Installation Unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices. • After installing the device and before connecting external...
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In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the ...restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to accept. VM900MC E3 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 30 - English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. To exit Boot Menu, ...
In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the ...restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to accept. VM900MC E3 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 30 - English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. To exit Boot Menu, ...
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...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 My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing... question mark (by right-clicking your optional drive. Drivers Installation Or you wish to install all the drivers that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that are installed, follow...
...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 My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) 3-1 Installing... question mark (by right-clicking your optional drive. Drivers Installation Or you wish to install all the drivers that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to restart your system automatically during the driver installation. Please select the item that are installed, follow...
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GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 48 - 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-VM900MC Motherboard - 48 - 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.
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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. - 49 -
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. - 49 -
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... connector and so forth. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make sure...
... connector and so forth. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed. • The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at the end of the hard drive, make sure...
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...your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 54 - Figure 12 GA-VM900MC Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 ...hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. VM900MC E3 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-00 Figure 9 C....
...your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... When finished, go to Disk Management to store the backup image file. - 54 - Figure 12 GA-VM900MC Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 ...hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. VM900MC E3 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-00 Figure 9 C....
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...the C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 5. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Unique Features GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Step 2: ... In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to start. 4. Before You Begin: 1. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Update the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this function in a corrupted BIOS or a ...
...the C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) function when using @BIOS. 5. Installing and Using @BIOS: Use the motherboard driver disk included with the @BIOS Utility A. Unique Features GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from an inadequate BIOS flashing. Step 2: ... In the main dialog box of @BIOS, Save Current BIOS allows you to start. 4. Before You Begin: 1. Click Start>Program>Gigabyte>@BIOS Select @BIOS and click Install. Update the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function Select this function in a corrupted BIOS or a ...
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...your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring VIA VT8237S SATA Controllers A. Appendix Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive...(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Install the SATA RAID driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set...
...your computer Attach one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring VIA VT8237S SATA Controllers A. Appendix Configure a RAID array in BIOS Setup. English Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive...(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Install the SATA RAID driver and operating system. (Note 2) Before you begin Please prepare: • Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is set...
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...the menu in Figure 2, press 1 to that in Figure 2. First of all, copy the driver for Windows operating system. English 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID mode,...driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Press to your optical drive (example: D:\>). GA-VM900MC...
...the menu in Figure 2, press 1 to that in Figure 2. First of all, copy the driver for Windows operating system. English 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID mode,...driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Press to your optical drive (example: D:\>). GA-VM900MC...
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... (Figure 2). Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 71 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before... which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA RAID driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, or you need to manually specify...
... (Figure 2). Step 1: Restart your system to boot from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 71 - Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before... which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have prepared the SATA RAID driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, or you need to manually specify...
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... 64-bit Windows Operating System, please select VIA V-RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003-x64). English Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one minute. When the screen as shown below will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to the ...use with Windows, press ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to select VIA V-RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003) (Note) and press ENTER. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 72 - If you do not have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want from the ...
... 64-bit Windows Operating System, please select VIA V-RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003-x64). English Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one minute. When the screen as shown below will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to the ...use with Windows, press ENTER. Select the SCSI Adapter you want to select VIA V-RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003) (Note) and press ENTER. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 72 - If you do not have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want from the ...
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To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. English Step 4: After the SATA RAID driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Appendix To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 73 - WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. English Step 4: After the SATA RAID driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Appendix To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 73 - WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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Use of this cable is required if you need to install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the 7.1-channel audio function through the audio driver. A. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 74 - English 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides three audio jacks on your motherboard. Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable: 5.1/7.1 Surround ...
Use of this cable is required if you need to install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the 7.1-channel audio function through the audio driver. A. GA-VM900MC Motherboard - 74 - English 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides three audio jacks on your motherboard. Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Cable: 5.1/7.1 Surround ...
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...active simultaneously. For example, users can have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for each jack through the audio driver. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Configuring Speakers: (The following instructions use ...Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in a 4-channel audio configuration, if a Rear speaker is plugged into the default Center/ the Motherboard...
...active simultaneously. For example, users can have an Internet chat, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for each jack through the audio driver. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. Configuring Speakers: (The following instructions use ...Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in a 4-channel audio configuration, if a Rear speaker is plugged into the default Center/ the Motherboard...
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... access the Audio Control Panel. Double-click the icon to open the volume control panel - 79 - English 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in jack on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time.
... access the Audio Control Panel. Double-click the icon to open the volume control panel - 79 - English 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in jack on the front panel and back panel cannot be used at the same time.