Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 driver and firmware
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DVI-D Port HDMI Port eSATA Port IEEE 1394 Port Audio Jacks
Power Switch Power Cord Connector PS/2 Mouse Port
D-Sub Port S/PDIF Connector
USB Ports RJ-45 LAN Port External Graphics Card
Once the steps above have been completed, connect the peripheral devices to the computer, such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc. Then connect the power, turn on the system, and install all required software...
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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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... Controller 67 3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 72
Chapter 4 Drivers Installation 77 4-1 Installing Chipset Drivers 77 4-2 Application Software 78 4-3 Technical Manuals 78 4-4 Contact...79 4-5 System...79 4-6 Download Center 80
Chapter 5 Unique Features 81 5-1 BIOS Update Utilities 81
5-1-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 81 5-1-2 Updating the BIOS...
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...GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Four SATA cables 55 I/O Shield 55 One 2-Way SLI bridge connector 55 One 3-Way SLI...port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-6*R) †† eSATA bracket (Part No. 12CF1-3SATPW-4*R) †† 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) †† COM port cable...
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... processors
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport Bus
ŠŠ
5200 MT/s
Chipset
ŠŠ North Bridge: AMD 990FX
ŠŠ South Bridge: AMD SB950
Memory
ŠŠ 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical
memory is installed...
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... WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0 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 Smart Recovery 2 Support for ON/OFF Charge
Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
Support for Windows 8.1/8/7
Form Factor ŠŠ ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
* GIGABYTE reserves the...
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... 2: Insert the CrossFire(Note)/SLI bridge connectors in the CrossFire/SLI gold edge connectors on top of the cards.
Step 3: Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot.
C. Configuring the Graphics Card Driver C-1. To Enable CrossFire Function After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the AMD Catalyst Control Center. Browse to Performance\ AMD...
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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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..., you may prepare only one hard drive. •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive.
3-1 Configuring AMD SB950 SATA Controllers
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the motherboard. If there is more than...
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When completed, the RAID tab will display the new array (Figure 8).
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
[ Adapter ]
[ Devices ]
[ RAID ]
[Virtual Disks]
ID
Name
Size
Level
0
GBT
152.4GB RAID0
[Physical Disks]
Port
Disk Name
S0
SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0
S1
SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0
Status ONLINE
Size 76.3GB 76.3GB
Stripe 64KB
CacheMode WriteBack
Max...
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... the Windows 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 8.1 32-bit: Hw8\RAID\x86 RAID driver for Windows 8.1 64-bit: Hw8\RAID\x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8.1 32...
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... folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive. Step 2: Boot from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse. Step 3: Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: Windows 32-bit: \storport\i386...
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.... The procedures below assume a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID 1 array. For the AMD SB950: 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...
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... the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.)
4-1 Installing Chipset Drivers
After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all the drivers that are recommended to install. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the recommended drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you...
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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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...the Windows environment. @BIOS will download the latest BIOS file 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. 990FXAUD5R5.F1) to your USB flash drive, or...
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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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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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..., 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 8.1 as the example operating system.)
Step 1: After installing the audio driver, restart your computer. Then switch to Windows desktop mode. The HD Audio Manager icon will appear in the notification area...