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... the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on our website. For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw 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...
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...4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 64
4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 64 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 67 4-3 EasyTune 6 ...68 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 69
Chapter 5 Appendix ...71 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 71
5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 71 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 76 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and...
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...the audio driver.
(Note 3) Whether Hybird SLI technology is supported depends on the graphics card being used. (Note 4) Due to a chipset limitation, the SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 connectors only support AHCI/RAID
mode. (Note 5) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported. (Note 6) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter. (Note 7) Whether the CPU fan speed control function...
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... guidelines before you begin to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that
came with your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before
installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.
PCI Express x1 Slot
PCI Express x16 Slot
PCI Slot
Follow the steps...
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... Buffer Control to Manual. • Set Frame Buffer Size to 256MB or 512MB. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup", "Advanced BIOS Features", for more information.)
2. Driver Installation: Insert the motherboard driver disk and select Installing Chipset Drivers. Click Xpress Install for installation. Restart your system when completed.
• It is recommended that the Hybrid SLI-ready graphics card...
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... the cable connected to a back panel connector, first remove the cable from your device and then remove it from the motherboard.
• When removing the cable, pull it straight out from the connector. Do not rock it side to side to prevent an electrical short inside the cable connector.
(Note) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
GA-M85M-US2H Motherboard...
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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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... finished.
First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the boot order from the available devices. Use the up or down arrow key to select a device and press to accept. Options are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, Legacy LAN, Disabled.
(Note) This item is present only if you install a CPU that supports this feature.
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...CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Channel NV SATA Controller Onchip SATA Mode Onboard Audio Function HDMI Audio On-Chip MAC Lan SMART LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA OnChip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB storage detect...
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... drivers are installed, follow the onscreen 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 Software Applications
This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. You may press the Install button following an item to install it.
3-3 Driver CD Information
This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk.
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... 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.
"*" Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical...
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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) 1984-2009, Award Software, Inc.
M85M-US2H E7 . . . .
: BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 01...
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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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... not supported.
Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to the hardware components such as CPU, chipset, and memory and reduce the useful life of these components. Before you do the overclock/overvoltage, make sure that you fully know each function of EasyTune 6, or system instability or other unexpected results may occur.
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... empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk.
5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller
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. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard...
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... 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, please directly load the SATA RAID driver from the motherboard driver disk during the OS installation process. For more details, refer to the next section. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS...
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... completed, proceed with the Windows XP
installation.
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 the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.
NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)
ENTER=Select F3...
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...the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 3).
Figure 3
Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. For users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to copy the driver files from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before...
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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 Vista as the example operating system.)
Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the HD Audio Manager icon will appear in the notification area. Doubleclick the icon...