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Table of Contents
Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT6410 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring VT6410 IDE controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 12
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... only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard.
(1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system
Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to IDE port(s) controlled by the VT6410 RAID controller on the motherboard. (To ensure that your IDE CD-ROM can work properly...
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... BIOS Features menu and then choose the
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model of the IDE hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2).
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CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority
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1. SCSI-0 : Maxtor 6E030L0 2. SCSI-1 : Maxtor 6E030L0
3. Bootable Add-in Cards
Item Help Menu Level ``
Use or to select a device...
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...may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
First of all, you have to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to
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a floppy disk. The instructions below explain how to copy the driver.
Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the...
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... the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s)
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including...
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... IDE RAID controller driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute.
Windows Setup
Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):
VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP)
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk...
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...Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer.
To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Enter= Continue R=Repair
F3=Exit
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(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will...
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...:
„ For quick installation, please refer to the "Hardware Installation Guide" included with the product.
„ For detailed product information and specifications, please carefully read the "Product User Manual".
„ For detailed information related to Gigabyte's unique features, please go to "Technology Guide" section on Gigabyte's website to read or download the information you need...
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Chapter 3 Install Drivers 49 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 49 3-2 SoftwareApplications 50 3-3 Driver CD Information 50 3-4 Hardware Information 51 3-5 Contact Us ...51
Chapter 4 Appendix 53 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 54 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 55 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 57 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function ...
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.... Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) vendors.
LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/1000Mbps.
Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. can be connected...
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... its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system. @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet.
CONTROL KEYS Enter...
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...continue to install other drivers. System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application.
For USB2.0 driver support under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. After install Windows Service Pack, it will show a question mark "?" in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under "Device Manager". Please remove the question mark and...
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English
3-2 Software Applications
This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them.
3-3 Driver CD Information
This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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Manual - Page 53
...within BIOS setup in order to change system settings such as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I.B. 2 features. M.I.T.'s integration of all platform performance settings into a single mode now gives any user the ability to control and enhance their computer system to the desired level.
C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2)
GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent...
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... bytes of system memory 3. VESA-supported VGA cards
How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the F9 key: Steps: After entering BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD-ROM. Save
the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM drive. Upon system...
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... identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Please contact your motherboard manufacturer.
5. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the following
motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update)
GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-8I915P-D Motherboard
GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE...
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... BIOS menu.
The BIOS upgrading guides below are separated into two parts. If your motherboard has dual-BIOS, please refer to Part One. If your motherboard has single-BIOS, please refer to Part Two.
Part One: Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash and Dual BIOS...
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... recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software
Standard CMOS Features
Select Language
Advanced BIOS Features
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Integrated Peripherals
Load Optimized Defaults
Power Management Setup
Load Fail-Safe Defaults (YS/eNt )S?uYpervisor Password
PnP/PCI Configurations
Set User Password
PC Health...
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... a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS.
Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility
Fig 2. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS
Click Sart/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS
Select @BIOS item than click Install
Fig 3. The @BIOS Utility
Fig 4. Select...
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... acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied.
STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "Line Out".
Line Out
STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a
Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.
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