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Manual - Page 2
... create RAID with the SATA controller, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard.
(1) 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 3Gb/s port(s) on the motherboard. Then connect the power...
Manual - Page 4
... Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you intent to install
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 2).
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1. SCSI-0 :
Hard Disk Boot Priority Intel Volume0
Item Help
2. Bootable Add-in Cards
Menu Level ``
Use or to select a device, then press to move it
up, or...
Manual - Page 9
...Windows setup process. First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to 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 installation utility first. Step 2: Go to My Computer...
Manual - Page 10
... 32bit. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.
Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 14). You have copied the SATA driver sucessfully.
Figure 14
If you wish to install 64-bit Windows Operating System, select 8) Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager 64bit.
SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH7R) - 10 -
Manual - Page 11
... the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16).
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 devices(s)
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special
disk controllers for use...
Manual - Page 12
... disk. The driver installation will be finished in about one minute.
Windows Setup
Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):
Intel(R) 82801 GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)
* 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 from a mass storage device...
Manual - Page 13
... have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation.
WindowsXP Professional Setup
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...
Manual - Page 5
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 59 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 59 3-2 SoftwareApplications 60 3-3 Driver CD Information 60 3-4 Hardware Information 61 3-5 Contact Us ...61
Chapter 4 Appendix 63 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 63
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 64 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 65 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 67 4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: ...
Manual - Page 11
...RJ 45 port
Š 2 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
Š 3 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In)
I/O Control
Š IT8712 chip
Hardware Monitor Š System voltage detection
Š CPU temperature detection
Š CPU / System / Power fan speed detection
Š CPU warning temperature
Š CPU / System / Power fan failure warning
Š CPU smart fan control
BIOS
Š 2 4M bit flash ROM...
Manual - Page 19
...to the DMS connector of the master card and to the DVI connector of the slave card.
DMS Connector (Master Card)
DVI-I Connector (Slave card)
Step 3: Connect your LCD monitor to the CrossFire cable or connect your VGA monitor via an adapter.
Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating
system, access the ATI CATALYST Control Center. From the ATI CATALYST...
Manual - Page 20
..., scanner, zip, speaker...etc. have a standard USB interface. 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.
You can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/5.1-/6.1-/7.1-channel audio functioning.
GA-G1975X Motherboard
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Manual - Page 35
...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
Move...
Manual - Page 41
... show up when you install the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology.
Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.
Use < > or < > to select a device, then press to move it up, or to move it down the list.
Press to exit this menu.
BIOS Flash Protection
This feature allows...
Manual - Page 59
...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...
Manual - Page 63
... 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...
Manual - Page 65
... 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...
Manual - Page 66
... chipsets, BIOS update is required for Xpress Recovery2
to correctly 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-K8NXP-9 GA...
Manual - Page 69
... 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...
Manual - Page 76
... 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 Start/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS
Select @BIOS item than click Install
Fig 3. The @BIOS Utility
Fig 4. Select...
Manual - Page 89
... have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation.
WindowsXP Professional Setup
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...