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Manual - Page 3
... types of documentations:
For quick set-up of the product, read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product. For detailed product information, carefully read the User's Manual. For instructions on how to use GIGABYTE's unique features, read or download the information
on/from the Support\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on our website.
For product-related...
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...63 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 68
4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 68 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 71 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...73 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 74
Chapter 5 Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75
5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 75 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette 80 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating...
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Box Contents
GA-N650SLI-DS4L motherboard Motherboard driver disk Motherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista) User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield SLI Bridge Retention Bracket
• The box contents above are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product ...
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... by 0.1V or 0.2V Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/Memory/PCIe) allow you to: - Adjust CPU host frequency from 100 MHz to 650 MHz with 1 MHz
increment - Adjust Memory frequency - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to 150 MHz with
1 MHz increment Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ATX Form Factor...
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... 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 (PCIE_16_1)
PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE_16_2)
PCI Slot...
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... two NVIDIA SLI-ready PCI ExpressTM graphics cards! This section provides instructions on configuring an SLI system. A. Before You Begin
1. Understanding the SLI Configuration Jumpers:
NV_SLI6 Pin 1
Pin 1
NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
Pin 1
NV_SLI3
Pin 1 JP1
Pin 1 NV_SLI1
NV_SLI2
Normal Mode
• Normal Mode (Pins 2-3 Close, Default Setting): By default, the two PCIe x16 slots are set to Normal...
Manual - Page 35
... 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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... card as the first display.
PEG
Sets the PCI Express graphics card on the PCIE_16_1 slot as the first display.
(Default)
PEG(Slot2) Sets the PCI Express graphics card on the PCIE_16_2 slot as the first display.
(Note) This item is present only if you install a CPU that supports this feature. For more information about Intel CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website.
GA-N650SLI-DS4L...
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... to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by a wake-up signal from a modem that supports wake-up function. (Default: Enabled)
USB Resume from Suspend Allows the system to be awakened from ACPI S3 sleep state by a wake-up signal from the installed USB device. (Default: Disabled)
(Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only.
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BIOS Setup
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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.
GA-N650SLI-DS4L Motherboard
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... MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP3 or later; Windows® XP with SP1 or later
• Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are different utilities. For example, a backup file created with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2.
• USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode...
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B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2
1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. When... in your hard drive. If you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press
during the POST (Figure 9).
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.
GA-N650SLI-DS4L D1 . . . .
: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot...
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...POST 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) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. GA-N650SLI-DS4L D1 . . . .
: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu...
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... failure resulting from an
inadequate BIOS flashing.
B. Installing and Using @BIOS:
Use the motherboard driver disk included with the motherboard to install @BIOS.
• Installing the @BIOS utility.
• Accessing the @BIOS utility.
Click Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE> @BIOS
Select @BIOS and click Install.
C. Options and Instructions: 1. Save the Current BIOS File
In the main dialog...
Manual - Page 75
... formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 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 an available SATA port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the...
Manual - Page 80
... you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and...
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...the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press (Figure 2).
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...
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...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): NVIDIA RAID CLASS Driver (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)
* 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...
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... tray. Double-click the icon to access the Audio Control Panel.
Before installing the audio driver, make sure the "Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio" has been installed from the motherboard driver disk and your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for Windows.
(Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following for multi-channel...