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... (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP45-DS3LR or GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents...
... (Part No. 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-EP45-DS3LR or GA-EP45-DS3L motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Two SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield • The box contents...
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.... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down on your operating system. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your card. Locate an ...are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Turn on the card until it is securely seated in your computer. Install the driver provided with your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the card is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Carefully read the manual ...
.... Example: Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card: • Installing a Graphics Card: Gently push down on your operating system. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 18 - PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Slot Follow the steps below to correctly install your card. Locate an ...are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Turn on the card until it is securely seated in your computer. Install the driver provided with your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the card is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Carefully read the manual ...
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... settings. The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - EP45-DS3L E12c . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/20/2008-P45-ICH10-7A89PG0JC-00 Function Keys Function Keys:... Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key...
... settings. The POST Screen Motherboard Model BIOS Version Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 34 - EP45-DS3L E12c . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/20/2008-P45-ICH10-7A89PG0JC-00 Function Keys Function Keys:... Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. In Boot Menu, use the up hard drive data using the motherboard driver disk, the key can access Boot Menu again to change the first boot device setting as needed. : Q-Flash Press the key...
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... to operate in Native IDE mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is ...Only for GA-EP45-DS3L. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 49 - BIOS Setup Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. RAID...
... to operate in Native IDE mode. Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is ...Only for GA-EP45-DS3L. (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 49 - BIOS Setup Disabled Disables AHCI for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) AHCI (Note) Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Only for GA-EP45-DS3LR. RAID...
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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. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 -
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. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 60 -
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3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 62 -
3-6 Download Center To update the BIOS, drivers, or applications, click the Download Center button to link to the GIGABYTE Web site. The latest version of the BIOS, drivers, or applications will be displayed. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 62 -
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After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 8 2. Boot ... Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system.
After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Figure 12 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 8 2. Boot ... Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2 (Figure 8), press any key to start backing up your hard drive. B. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system.
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Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For... type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to that in Figure 6 will appear. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - message, and then press to begin extracting the driver. Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative...
Figure 4 Step 2: Double-click the MSM32 file in the motherboard driver disk to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. Figure 5 Figure 6 (Note) To install the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For... type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to that in Figure 6 will appear. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 84 - message, and then press to begin extracting the driver. Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative...
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...the items displayed and press . Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for the following list, or press... storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 - The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER.
...the items displayed and press . Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to configure a SCSI Adapter for the following list, or press... storage devices for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from the motherboard driver disk. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 86 - The driver installation will load support for use with Windows, press ENTER.
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Figure 7 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 88 - Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). B.
Figure 7 GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 88 - Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). B.
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... and your microphone to be simultaneously processed. all at the same time. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 90 - 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides... and manually configure the jack for each jack through the audio driver. A. Configuring Speakers: (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be Rear speaker out. •...
... and your microphone to be simultaneously processed. all at the same time. Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 90 - 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides... and manually configure the jack for each jack through the audio driver. A. Configuring Speakers: (The following instructions use Windows XP as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will be Rear speaker out. •...
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... panel. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Mic in your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to access the Audio Control Panel. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 94 -
... panel. 5-2-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray and click it to the Mic in jack (pink) on the back panel or the Mic in your system tray. Doubleclick the icon to access the Audio Control Panel. GA-EP45-DS3LR/DS3L Motherboard - 94 -