Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P 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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... an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 19 1-7 Internal Connectors 21
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 29 2-1 Startup Screen 30 2-2 The Main Menu 31 2-3 M.I.T...33 2-4 System...41 2-5 BIOS Features 42 2-6 Peripherals...45 2-7 Power Management 48 2-8 Save & Exit...50
Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 51 3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 51 3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and...
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... Installation 61 4-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 61 4-2 Application Software 62 4-3 Technical Manuals 62 4-4 Contact...63 4-5 System...63 4-6 Download Center 64
Chapter 5 Unique Features 65 5-1 BIOS Update Utilities 65
5-1-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 65 5-1-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 68 5-2 EasyTune 6...69
Chapter 6 Appendix...71 6-1 Configuring Audio...
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... GA-970A-D3P motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Two SATA cables 55 I/O Shield
The box contents above are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain. The box contents are subject to change without notice.
Optional Items
†† 2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-6*R) †† eSATA...
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... card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots South Bridge: - 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices - Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD South Bridge: - Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports...
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Bundled Software
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Operating System
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Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress Install Support for EasyTune
* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. Support for ON/OFF Charge
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Support for Windows 8/7/XP
Form Factor ŠŠ ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.4cm
* GIGABYTE reserves the...
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... POST when the power is turned on.
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...
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...;• Windows 8/7/XP setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive •• A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) •• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation)
3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to...
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... from the Windows 8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3: Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8 32...
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... Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer first because you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a floppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the driver from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk...
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... 2: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press .
Windows Setup
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from...
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... drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array.
While in the operating system, make sure the Chipset driver has been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Then install the AMD RAID Utility (go to Application Software\Install Application Software and select AMD RAID Utility to install). Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from All Programs in the Start Menu.
Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default...
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... No if you want to manually select the utilities to install on the Application Software page later.
•• 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 Manager, please remove the question mark (by right...
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4-2 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.
4-3 Technical Manuals
This page provides the content descriptions for this driver disk.
Drivers Installation
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4-6 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.
Drivers Installation
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... from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS.
5-1-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility
A. Before You Begin 1. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your motherboard
model. 2. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file (e.g. 970AD3P.f1) to your USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note:
The USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32...
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... flashing.
B. Using @BIOS
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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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5-2 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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.... For example, users can listen to MP3 music, have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. all at the same time.
A. Configuring Speakers (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.)
Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the VIA HD Audio Deck icon will appear in the notification area. Click the icon...
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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...