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...\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in the use of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-... and features in any means without prior notice. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. sive global distributor of GIGABYTE. No part of the motherboard is exclusively licensed to their respective owners. The logo is 1.0. For example...
...\Technology Guide page on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in the use of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentations: For quick set-... and features in any means without prior notice. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. sive global distributor of GIGABYTE. No part of the motherboard is exclusively licensed to their respective owners. The logo is 1.0. For example...
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2-14 Exit Without Saving 58 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 81 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 82 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 87 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 87 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In ...
2-14 Exit Without Saving 58 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 63...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 81 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 82 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 87 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 87 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In ...
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... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X38-DS4 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...
... cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X38-DS4 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...
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.... (Note 2) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with... increment Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to 1.55V with 1 MHz increment - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to : - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) -
.... (Note 2) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU being used. (Note 5) Due to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with... increment Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to 1.55V with 1 MHz increment - Increase DDR2 voltage by 0.05V to : - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) -
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... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - • The motherboard provides a PCIE_12V power connector, which can also press the latch on the card are completely inserted into the...from the power outlet before you install two graphics cards, connect the power cable from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on your expansion card(s). 7. When you begin to the onboard PCI Express x16 slots....
... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently insert the graphics card into the slot. 4. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 18 - • The motherboard provides a PCIE_12V power connector, which can also press the latch on the card are completely inserted into the...from the power outlet before you install two graphics cards, connect the power cable from the chassis back panel. 2. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on your expansion card(s). 7. When you begin to the onboard PCI Express x16 slots....
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...startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 36 - Function Keys: : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/23/2007-X38-ICH9-6A89OG0IC-00 Function Keys : POST Screen Press the key to set the first boot ...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 utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. Motherboard Model BIOS Version X38-DS4 F1a . . . . The ...
...startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on BIOS Setup settings. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 36 - Function Keys: : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/23/2007-X38-ICH9-6A89OG0IC-00 Function Keys : POST Screen Press the key to set the first boot ...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 utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. Motherboard Model BIOS Version X38-DS4 F1a . . . . The ...
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... (AHCI) is an interface specification that cannot be shared with other device. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) - 43 - Enable Native IDE mode if...
... (AHCI) is an interface specification that cannot be shared with other device. In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that allows the storage driver to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) - 43 - Enable Native IDE mode if...
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...New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) ... 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 then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 59 - After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other ...
...New Hardware Wizard) displayed when "Xpress Install" is automatically displayed which looks like that you can install other drivers. • After the drivers are recommended to install and press the Install button following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) ... 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 then autodetect and install the USB 2.0 driver.) - 59 - After the system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other ...
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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. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-X38-DS4 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. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 60 -
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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
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
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... in advanced (10 GB or more is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you...
... in advanced (10 GB or more is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are different utilities. Supporting NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can only back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you...
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... new partition to check disk allocation. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure 12 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software,... CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 8 2. X38-DS4 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/23/2007...
... new partition to check disk allocation. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Figure 12 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software,... CD/DVD: Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press during the POST (Figure 9). Boot from the motherboard driver disk to startup XpressRecovery2..... Figure 8 2. X38-DS4 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 11/23/2007...
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... Using the Internet Update Function Select 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. Select @BIOS and click Install. In Windows, close all applications and TSR...
... Using the Internet Update Function Select 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. Select @BIOS and click Install. In Windows, close all applications and TSR...
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... your computer Attach 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. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA... signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 75 - Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps ...
... your computer Attach 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. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one end of the SATA... signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. - 75 - Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps ...
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... about the RAID array in MAIN MENU. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Appendix Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to begin creating the RAID...
... about the RAID array in MAIN MENU. All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Appendix Reset Disks to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 79 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to begin creating the RAID...
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... the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI... Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you ...
... the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. Your system will open similar to that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI... Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you ...
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...from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, ...or you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now ...
...from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows Vista/XP/2000 onto your system, ...or you have chosen to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now ...
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... finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the... driver installation from the floppy disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 - 83 - The driver installation will appear. If you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R...
... finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the... driver installation from the floppy disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 - 83 - The driver installation will appear. If you do not want from the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH8R...
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 84 - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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Appendix Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). B. When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 - 85 - Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7).
Appendix Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). B. When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Figure 7 - 85 - Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 7).