Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3 driver and firmware
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... the following 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&Downloads\Motherboard\Technology Guide page on our website.
For product-related...
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...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 4-5 Q-Share...71 4-6 SMART Recovery 72
Chapter 5 Appendix...73 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 73
5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB850 SATA Controller 73 5-1-2 Configuring JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 79 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 85 5-1-4 Installing...
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... Energy Saver Support for Smart Recovery Support for Auto Green Support for Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System w Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP
Form Factor w ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
(Note 1) Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be...
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... - Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP operating system - A CrossFireX-supported motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - Two CrossFireX-ready graphics cards of identical brand and chip and correct driver - Two CrossFire bridge connectors (Note) - A power supply with sufficient power is recommended (Refer to the manual of your graphics cards for
the power requirement...
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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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...: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control
Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default)
Disabled Disables this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority
Specifies the sequence of loading the operating system from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow...
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...OnChip SATA RAID5 Support Onboard GSATA/IDE Controller Onboard GSATA/IDE Mode Onboard ESATA Controller Onboard ESATA Mode Onboard LAN Function Onboard LAN Boot ROM } SMART LAN Onboard Audio Function Onboard 1394 Function Onboard USB 3.0 Controller Onchip USB Controller USB EHCI Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB Storage Onboard Serial Port 1
[Enabled...
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... allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug.
RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller.
Onboard LAN Function
Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install a 3rd party add-in network card instead of using the onboard LAN, set this item to Disabled. Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Allows you...
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Allows the system to be awakened from ACPI S3 sleep state by a wake-up signal from the installed USB device. (Default: Enabled) Modem Ring Resume
Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by a wake-up signal from a modem that supports wake-up function. (Default: Disabled)
(Note) Supported on Windows 7/Vista operating system only.
BIOS Setup
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... drivers are installed, follow the on-screen 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 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.
3-3 Technical Manuals
This page provides GIGABYTE's application guides, content descriptions for this driver disk, and the motherboard manuals.
Drivers Installation
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... 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.
3-7 New Utilities
This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE's lately developed utilities for users to install. You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it.
Drivers...
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..., 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 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.
(Note...
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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) 1984-2010, Award Software, Inc.
GA-890XA-UD3 E9 . . . .
: 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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4-3 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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... easy and convenient data sharing tool. After configuring your LAN connection settings and Q-Share, you are able to share your data with computers on the same network, making full use of Internet resources.
Directions for using Q-Share
After installing Q-Share from the motherboard driver disk, go to Start>All Programs>GIGABYTE>Q-Share.
exe to launch the Q-Share tool. Find the...
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... 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. For installing Windows Vista, you also can copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.
In MS-DOS mode: Prepare...
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... formatted disk. Depending on the operating system to be installed, select the controller
driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu and press . For example, from the menu in Figure 4, • For the AMD SB850, select 3) SB8xx AHCI/RAID Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. • For the JMicron JMB362/GIGABYTE SATA2, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for...
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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...