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... number on how to the specifications and features 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 are legally registered to assist in this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2010 GIGA...
... number on how to the specifications and features 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 are legally registered to assist in this manual is protected by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Copyright © 2010 GIGA...
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... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 Application Software 60 3-3 Technical Manuals 60 3-4 Contact...61 3-5 System...61 3-6 Download Center 62 3-7 New Utilities...62 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 ...Green...77 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 78 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controller 79 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 92 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 94 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 96 5-2-4 Using...
... 59 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 Application Software 60 3-3 Technical Manuals 60 3-4 Contact...61 3-5 System...61 3-6 Download Center 62 3-7 New Utilities...62 Chapter 4 Unique Features 63 ...Green...77 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 78 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controller 79 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 87 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 92 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 92 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF In/Out 94 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording 96 5-2-4 Using...
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The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-X58-USB3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield 2-Way SLI bridge connector • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) - 6 -
The box contents are for reference only. Box Contents GA-X58-USB3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield 2-Way SLI bridge connector • The box contents above are subject to change without notice. • The motherboard image is for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. Optional Items 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) S/PDIF In cable (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R) - 6 -
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... completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on your card. Secure the card's metal bracket to the...
... completely inserted into the PCI Express slot. Make sure the metal contacts on the card until it is fully inserted into the slot. 4. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on your card. Secure the card's metal bracket to the...
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...system, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel. Browse to the manual that came with two/three PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Refer to the CrossFireX menu and select the Enable CrossFireX™ check box. The CrossFireX/...Observe the steps in the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on the PCI Express x16 slots. C. Browse to apply. Configuring the Graphics Card Driver C-1. Click OK to the Set SLI and PhysX configuration screen and ensure PhysX and SLI are enabled. (Note) The bridge connectors may ...
...system, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel. Browse to the manual that came with two/three PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Refer to the CrossFireX menu and select the Enable CrossFireX™ check box. The CrossFireX/...Observe the steps in the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on the PCI Express x16 slots. C. Browse to apply. Configuring the Graphics Card Driver C-1. Click OK to the Set SLI and PhysX configuration screen and ensure PhysX and SLI are enabled. (Note) The bridge connectors may ...
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Motherboard Model BIOS Version X58-USB3 E7 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/05/2010-X58-ICH10-7A89QG0PC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions ... effective for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. In Boot Menu, use the 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 Xpress Recovery2 during...
Motherboard Model BIOS Version X58-USB3 E7 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 07/05/2010-X58-ICH10-7A89QG0PC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST SCREEN Press the key to show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions ... effective for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. In Boot Menu, use the 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 Xpress Recovery2 during...
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...the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH10R Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) ICH SATA Control Mode (Intel ICH10R South Bridge) Enables or disables...SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Enabled, the ICH SATA Control Mode item below . - 49 - When set to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as ...
...the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel ICH10R Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: Disabled) ICH SATA Control Mode (Intel ICH10R South Bridge) Enables or disables...SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to Enabled, the ICH SATA Control Mode item below . - 49 - When set to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as ...
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Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (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...
Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you want to manually select the utilities to install new GIGABYTE utilities. After installing the SP1 (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...
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3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. Drivers Installation - 60 -
3-2 Application Software This page displays all the utilities and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. 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. Drivers Installation - 60 -
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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. - 61 -
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. - 61 -
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Drivers Installation - 62 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. The latest version of an item to install it. 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 the GIGABYTE website.
Drivers Installation - 62 - 3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to install. The latest version of an item to install it. 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 the GIGABYTE website.
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... and perform restoration of the hard drive, make sure to quickly compress and back up data on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
... and perform restoration of the hard drive, make sure to quickly compress and back up data on your system soon after the operating system and drivers are not supported. • Hard drives in the following sequence: The first PATA IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the...
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... create a new partition to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. C. B. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Step 4: After the operating system is installed...
... create a new partition to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in your hard drive data. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to store the backup image file. C. B. Step 2: When finished, go to Disk Management to check disk allocation. Step 4: After the operating system is installed...
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... folder to launch the Q-Share tool. 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 73 - Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share.exe to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the current Q-Share version Exits Q-Share (Note) This option is available only...
... folder to launch the Q-Share tool. 4-5 Q-Share Q-Share is NOT enabled. - 73 - Directions for using Q-Share After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share.exe to be shared (Note) Updates Q-Share online Displays the current Q-Share version Exits Q-Share (Note) This option is available only...
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...Unique Features - 78 - The following procedure details the steps to automatically install all of your needs and hardware components. 3. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions:(Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the newly added harddrive has equal or greater capacity than the ...drive. (To add a new hard drive into the array to automatically and quickly set up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAIDready system for RAID 0 when a new SATA...
...Unique Features - 78 - The following procedure details the steps to automatically install all of your needs and hardware components. 3. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions:(Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the newly added harddrive has equal or greater capacity than the ...drive. (To add a new hard drive into the array to automatically and quickly set up all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. 4-8 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)(Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAIDready system for RAID 0 when a new SATA...
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...SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is more than one hard drive. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controller A. If there is set to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the motherboard. ... SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by ICH10R Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Appendix C. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to ...
...SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is more than one hard drive. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring SATA Controller A. If there is set to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the motherboard. ... SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports are supported by ICH10R Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. Install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver (Note 2) and operating system. Appendix C. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to ...
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... or to create the specified volume. [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 6 [ENTER]-Select When completed, you can install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 83 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to cancel (Figure 6). Exit 3. Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION...
... or to create the specified volume. [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 6 [ENTER]-Select When completed, you can install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and operating system. - 83 - When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume? (Y/N) : Press ENTER to cancel (Figure 6). Exit 3. Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION...
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... B), then specify the location of Windows Vista installation. Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 1). The following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the 64Bit folder. Figure 2 - 87 - Step 1: Restart your ..., you are ready to install Windows Vista onto your system and browse to the following is an example of the driver (Figure 2). Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system to boot from ...
... B), then specify the location of Windows Vista installation. Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be detected at this stage), select Load Driver (Figure 1). The following directory: \BootDrv\iMSM\32Bit For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the 64Bit folder. Figure 2 - 87 - Step 1: Restart your ..., you are ready to install Windows Vista onto your system and browse to the following is an example of the driver (Figure 2). Figure 1 Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the USB flash drive that only one RAID array exists in your system to boot from ...
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Figure 4 The install menus described in Figure 3 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and click Next. Appendix - 88 - Figure 3 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 4). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.
Figure 4 The install menus described in Figure 3 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller and click Next. Appendix - 88 - Figure 3 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then click Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 4). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version.
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...instructions to complete. Step 6: After the RAID 1 volume rebuilding, click the volume and its status in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from All Programs in the Start menu. Appendix - 90 - Right-click on the rebuild volume and select Show Rebuild Progress....the Operating System While in the information pane will display as Normal. Then launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: On the View menu of the Intel Matrix Storage Console, select Advanced Mode for a more detailed view of the ...
...instructions to complete. Step 6: After the RAID 1 volume rebuilding, click the volume and its status in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from All Programs in the Start menu. Appendix - 90 - Right-click on the rebuild volume and select Show Rebuild Progress....the Operating System While in the information pane will display as Normal. Then launch the Intel Matrix Storage Console from the motherboard driver disk. Step 1: On the View menu of the Intel Matrix Storage Console, select Advanced Mode for a more detailed view of the ...