Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H driver and firmware
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..., carefully read the User's Manual.
For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com
Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard looks like this: "REV: X.X." For example, "REV: 1.0" means the revision of the motherboard is 1.0. Check your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical...
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...Flash Utility 64 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 67 4-3 EasyTune 6...68 4-4 Q-Share...69 4-5 SMART Recovery 70 4-6 Auto Green...71
Chapter 5 Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73
5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 79 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 81 5-2 Configuring Audio...
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... the onboard digital graphics ports (HDMI and DVI-D) for output when in the
BIOS Setup program or when during the POST screens. (Note 4) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable
themulti-channel audio feature through the audio driver. (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. (Note...
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...processor or above • Memory: Two 1 GB DDR3 1066 MHz memory modules with dual channel mode enabled • BIOS Setup: At least 256 MB of UMA Frame Buffer Size (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Advanced BIOS Features," for more information) • Playback software: CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 or later • HDCP compliant monitor(s)
RJ-45 LAN Port The Gigabit Ethernet LAN...
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... of the BIOS Setup program.
To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating
system. • @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that searches and downloads the latest version of BIOS from the
Internet and updates the BIOS. For instructions on using the Q-Flash and @BIOS...
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... to manually enable/disable CPU Core 2 and Core 3. Manual allows the two items below to be configurable.
Auto Lets the BIOS to enable all CPU cores (number of cores available depends on the CPU being used).
Manual Allows you to individually enable/disable CPU Core 2 and Core 3.
(Note) This item appears only if you install a CPU that supports this feature.
BIOS Setup
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...: Enabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control
Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default)
Disabled Disables this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority
Specifies the sequence of loading the operating system from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow...
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... mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Onboard LAN Function
Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to...
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.... (Default: Disabled) PME Event Wake Up
Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by a wake-up signal from a PCI or PCIe device. Note: To use this function, you need an ATX power supply providing at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. (Default: Enabled)
(Note) Supported on Windows 7/Vista operating system only. - 49 -
BIOS Setup
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... drivers are installed, follow the on-screen instructions to restart your system. You can install other applications included in the motherboard driver disk.
• For USB 2.0 driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later. After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in Device...
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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
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... Download Center
To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website. The latest version 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. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it.
Drivers...
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..., a backup file created with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2.
• USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are not supported.
Installation and Configuration: Turn on your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. A. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive
Step 1: Click Drive options.
Step 2: Click New.
(Note...
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... or pressing the key in BIOS Setup. However, if the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the key during the POST to access Q-Flash.
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc.
GA-880GM-D2H E2 . . . .
: BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05...
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... flashing.
B. Using @BIOS
1.
Update the BIOS Using the Internet Update Function:
Click Update BIOS from GIGABYTE Server, select the @BIOS server site closest to your location and
then download the BIOS file that matches your motherboard model. Follow the on-screen instructions to
complete. If the BIOS update file for your motherboard is not present on the @BIOS server site, please
manually...
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4-3 EasyTune 6
GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is a simple and easy-to-use interface that allows users to fine-tune their system settings or do overclock/overvoltage in Windows environment. The user-friendly EasyTune 6 interface also includes tabbed pages for CPU and memory information, letting users read their system-related information without the need to install additional software.
The EasyTune 6 ...
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... easy and convenient data sharing tool. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able to share your data with computers on the same network, making full use of Internet resources.
Directions for using Q-Share
After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share.
exe to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the...
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... may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For installing Windows Vista, you also can copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.
In MS-DOS mode: Prepare...
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.... The procedures below assume a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array.
While in the operating system, make sure the chipset drivers and ATi RAID Utility have been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from All Programs in the Start Menu.
Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"), and then...
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... Bus Driver for High Definition Audio and select Disable and Uninstall. Step 4: In Device Manager, right-click on the computer name and select Scan for hardware changes. When the Add New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel. Then install the onboard HD audio driver from the motherboard driver disk or download the audio driver from GIGABYTE's website to install. For more details, go to the Support...