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... data. 2. Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system must be...
... data. 2. Installing the operating system and drivers to enable the Intel® Smart Response Technology: 1. Launching the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility to enable the Intel Smart Response Technology • The Intel Smart Response Technology requires a computer system with an Intel Z68 Chipset-based motherboard and an Intel Core series CPU. • The operating system must be...
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......67 4-5 Smart 6™ ...68 4-6 Auto Green...72 4-7 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 4-9 TouchBIOS...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
......67 4-5 Smart 6™ ...68 4-6 Auto Green...72 4-7 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 73 4-8 Cloud OC...74 4-9 TouchBIOS...75 Chapter 5 Appendix...77 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 77 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 77 5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 85 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 90 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 90 5-2-2 Configuring S/PDIF...
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GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard Layout DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 KB_USB ATX_12V LGA1155 VGA_DVI HDMI OPTICAL R_USB USB_LAN CPU_FAN ATX TPM AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E PCIEX16 GA-Z68M-D2H PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS iTE IT8728 PCIEX1_2 CODEC PCIEX4 SPDIF_O F_AUDIO F_USB4 BAT F_USB3 F_USB2 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SYS_FAN SATA2_4 SATA2_5 F_PANEL COM CLR_CMOS F_USB1 - 7 -
GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard Layout DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 KB_USB ATX_12V LGA1155 VGA_DVI HDMI OPTICAL R_USB USB_LAN CPU_FAN ATX TPM AUDIO Realtek RTL8111E PCIEX16 GA-Z68M-D2H PCIEX1_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS iTE IT8728 PCIEX1_2 CODEC PCIEX4 SPDIF_O F_AUDIO F_USB4 BAT F_USB3 F_USB2 Intel® Z68 SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SYS_FAN SATA2_4 SATA2_5 F_PANEL COM CLR_CMOS F_USB1 - 7 -
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GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory DMI 2.0 FDI PCI Express Bus x16 D-Sub DVI-D HDMI PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LAN RJ45 Realtek RTL8111E x1 PCI Express Bus x1 x4 2 PCI Express x1 1 PCI Express x4 Intel® Z68 Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 SATA 3Gb/s 14 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8728 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Line In (Rear Speaker Out) S/PDIF Out - 8 -
GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/1600/ 1333/1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory DMI 2.0 FDI PCI Express Bus x16 D-Sub DVI-D HDMI PCIe CLK (100 MHz) LAN RJ45 Realtek RTL8111E x1 PCI Express Bus x1 x4 2 PCI Express x1 1 PCI Express x4 Intel® Z68 Dual BIOS 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 SATA 3Gb/s 14 USB 2.0/1.1 CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8728 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Line In (Rear Speaker Out) S/PDIF Out - 8 -
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...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Onboard...
...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z68 Express Chipset Memory Onboard...
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...TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN DEBUG PORT 6 DEBRUGXP 7 PORGT ND DEBUG PORT DEBUG PORT 7) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Pin No. Hardware Installation -.... DEBUG PORT DEBUG PORT 6) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel Z68 chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and...
...TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN DEBUG PORT 6 DEBRUGXP 7 PORGT ND DEBUG PORT DEBUG PORT 7) SATA2_2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Pin No. Hardware Installation -.... DEBUG PORT DEBUG PORT 6) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel Z68 chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, and RAID 10. RAID 5 and...
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... (Default: Enabled) Disabled will be shared with other device. BIOS Setup Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel Z68 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the... features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. 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 Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode....
... (Default: Enabled) Disabled will be shared with other device. BIOS Setup Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in the Intel Z68 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the... features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. 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 Z68 Chipset) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in Legacy IDE mode....
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...; Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Before you may vary depending on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is...
...; Motherboard driver disk. • A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) • An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A. Install SATA hard drive(s) in your computer. Before you may vary depending on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is...
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...to exit when finished. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all required drivers from a floppy disk that in Figure 1. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you're using "Xpress Install" to... the methods below. To install Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk...
...to exit when finished. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. Method A: • For the Intel Z68, copy all required drivers from a floppy disk that in Figure 1. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you're using "Xpress Install" to... the methods below. To install Windows 64-Bit, copy the files in Figure 1, • For the Intel Z68, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit op- Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk...
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...key on the keyboard to scroll to specify an additional SCSI adapter. Press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step ... party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will appear. For AHCI mode, use with the Windows XP installation. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to the previous screen. Select ...
...key on the keyboard to scroll to specify an additional SCSI adapter. Press . Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 2 Step ... party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will appear. For AHCI mode, use with the Windows XP installation. Step 2: For the Intel Z68: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Windows Setup You have chosen to the previous screen. Select ...
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...array. If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press +... to Non-RAID [ MAIN MENU ] 4. Option ROM - 10.5.0.1034 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. Selecting4. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID1(Mirror) Strip Size N/A 111.7GB Status Rebuild ...
...array. If you do not enable automatic rebuild on this stage, you have equal or greater capacity than the old one.) For the Intel Z68: Turn off your computer. • Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press +... to Non-RAID [ MAIN MENU ] 4. Option ROM - 10.5.0.1034 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation. Selecting4. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Level RAID1(Mirror) Strip Size N/A 111.7GB Status Rebuild ...