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    GA-M59SLI-S5 / GA-M59SLI-S4 AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 100 3 12ME-M59SLIS5-100 3 R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equ[...]

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    Motherboard GA-M59SLI-S5 / GA-M59SLI-S4 Jun. 8, 2006 Jun. 8, 2006 Motherboard GA-M59SLI-S5 / GA-M59SLI-S4[...]

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    Copyright © 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies. Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any mean[...]

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    - 4 - T able of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6 Optional Accessories ...................................................................................................... 6 GA-M59SLI-S5 Motherboard Layout ....................................[...]

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    - 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 61 3 - 1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 6 1 3 -2 Software Applications .............................................................................[...]

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    - 6 - Item Checklist IDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1 SA T A 3Gb/s Cable x 4 eSA T A adapter package x 1 I/O Shield SLI Bridge (GC-DGBR2-RH) x 1 Retention Bracket x 1 * The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice. Optional Accessories  2 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)  4 Ports [...]

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    - 7 - GA-M59SLI-S5 Motherboard Layout KB_MS R_1394 LPT ATX Socket AM2 COMA SPDIF_I CODEC F_PANEL FDD CD_IN GA-M59SLI-S5 IDE1 F1_1394 nVIDIA ® nForce 590SLI Southbridge PWR_LED CLR_CMOS SYS_FAN F2_1394 PCI1 PCI2 TSB43AB23 JSATAII0 IT8716 JSATAII1 ATX_12V_2X CPU_FAN nVIDIA ® nForce 590SLI Northbridge USB LAN1 F_AUDIO BAT PCIE_16_1 DDRII1 DDRII2 DDR[...]

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    - 8 - GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard Layout KB_MS R_1394 LPT ATX Socket AM2 COMA SPDIF_I CODEC F_PANEL FDD CD_IN GA-M59SLI-S4 IDE1 F1_1394 PWR_LED CLR_CMOS F2_1394 PCI1 PCI2 TSB43AB23 IT8716 ATX_12V CPU_FAN USB F_AUDIO BAT PCIE_16_1 PCIE_2 AUDIO Marvell 88E1116 PCIE_1 OPTICAL USB LAN2 SATAII5 SATAII4 BIOS SATAII0 SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3 F_USB3 F_USB2 F_U[...]

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    - 9 - Block Diagram Only for GA-M59SLI-S5. AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI PCI Bus 2 PCI Express x1 3 IEEE1394a TSB43AB23 DDRII 800/667/533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory 6 SA T A 3Gb/s 10 USB Ports Line-Out MIC CODEC Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Side Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Surround Speaker Out A TA33[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 11 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Y our Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, please follow the instructions below: 1. Please turn off the computer[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 12 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU  Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM processor Front Side Bus  2000MHz Chipset  nVIDIA ® nForce 590SLI LAN  Marvell 88E1 1 16 phy (10/100/1000 Mbit) Audio  Onboard Realtek ALC888DD CODEC chip  Onboar[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 13 - English Internal Connectors  1 24-pin A TX power connector  1 8-pin ATX 12V power connector  1 4-pin A TX 12V power connector  1 4-pin PCIE 12V power connector  1 floppy connector  1 IDE connector  8 SA T A 3Gb/s connectors  6 SA T A 3Gb/s connectors  1 CPU fan connector  1 system fan conne[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 14 - English Additional Features  Supports @BIOS  Supports Download Center  Supports Q-Flash  Supports EasyTune (Note 3)  Supports Xpress Install  Supports Xpress Recovery2  Supports Xpress BIOS Rescue Bundle Software  Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Form Factor  A TX form fa[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 15 - English 1 -3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Fig.1 Position lever at a 90 degree angle. Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly . Rather than applying force, please change the positioning of the CPU. Before installing the CPU, ple[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 16 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat paste. T o prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the CPU cooler. Fi[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 17 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure that [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 18 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 supports the Dual Channel T echnology . After operating the Dual Channel T echnology , the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel T echnology , follow the guidelines below:[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 19 - English 1 -5 Installation of Expansion Cards Y ou can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below: 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the compu[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 20 - English 1 -6 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration nVIDIA ® nForce 590SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI- ready PCI Express TM graphics cards! The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express TM bus architecture[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 21 - English place this part on the top of the bridge connector. retention bracket Connecting T wo Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards" and install two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots. Step 3: In order to securely fix the [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 22 - English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display . The NVIDIA control panel will appear. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI mu[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1 -7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector T o install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. IEEE 1394[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 24 - English 1 -8 Connectors Introduction Line Out (Front Speaker Out) The default Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack. Stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers can be connected to Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack. MIC In The default MIC In jack. Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack. In addi[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 25 - English Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 1/2) A TX_12V_2X / A TX_12V (Power Connector) A TX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure that all compone[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 26 - English A TX (Power Connector) 13 1 24 12 Pin No. Definition 13 3.3V 14 -12V 15 GND 1 6 PS_ON(soft On/Off) 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 -5V 21 +5V 22 +5V 23 +5V (Only for 24-pin ATX) 24 GND(Only for 24-pin ATX) Pin No. Definition 1 3.3V 2 3.3V 3 GND 4 +5V 5 GND 6 +5V 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 5V SB(stand by +5V) 1[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 27 - English 3 ) PCIE_12V (Power Connector) The PCIE_12V power connector supplies extra power to the PCIE x16 slot. Connect this connector depending on your system requirements. PIin No. Definition 1N C 2 GND 3 GND 4 +12V 1 4/5/6) CPU_F AN / SYS_FAN / PWR_F AN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector suppl[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 28 - English 8 ) IDE1 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on one ID[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 29 - English Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 1 0 ) SA T AII0 / SA T AII1 / SA T AII2 / SA T AII3 / SA T AII4 / SA T AII5 ( SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nVIDIA ® nForce 590SLI Southbridge) 1 1 ) JSA T AII0 / JSA T AII1 (SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by GIGABYTE SA T A2) SA T A 3Gb[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 30 - English 1 3 ) F_P ANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment below. 1 2 19 20 HD- HD+ RES+ RES- NC IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch SPEAK- MSG- MSG+ PW- PW[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 31 - English 1 4 ) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. If you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front panel audio module to this connector. Check the pin assignments carefully while you connect the front panel audio module. Inco[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 32 - English 1 6 ) SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function. Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IN connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while y o u connect the SPDIF cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the devic[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 33 - English 1 9 2 10 1 8) F1_1394 / F2_1394(IEEE 1394 Connector) Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has features like high speed, highbandwidth and hot plug. Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 34 - English Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS 2 0 ) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS) Y ou may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. T o clear CMOS, temporarily short the two pins. Default doesn't include the jumper to avoid improper use of this header. 1 9 ) TPM Connector (T rusted Platform Module[...]

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    Hardware Installation - 35 - English 2 2 ) B A TTERY Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. If you want to erase CMOS... 1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. 2. G[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 36 - English[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 37 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard. When the power is turned off, the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 3 8 - English <F12> : For Boot Menu Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device. Boot Menu == Select a Boot First device ==  :Move Enter:Accept ESC:Exit Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Legacy LAN The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are fo[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 39 - English      Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.      Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.      Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. ?[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 0 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) Y e ar The year[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 41 - English Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection. IDE Device Setup. Y ou can u[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 2 - English Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area) Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives. Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detect[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features 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 <ESC> to exit this menu. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 4 - English Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) Away Mode Disab[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals Serial-A T A RAID Config CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-A T A RAID Config Item Help Menu Level  N V SA TA RAID function [Disabled] x N V SA T A 1 Primary RAID Disabled x N V SA T A 1 Secondary RAID Disabled x N V SA T A 2 Primary RAID Disabled x N V SA T A 2 S[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 6 - English NV SA T A RAID function Enabled Enable NV SA T A RAID function. Disabled Disable NV SA T A RAID function. (Default value) NV SA T A 1 Primary RAID Enabled Enabl e NV SA T A 1 primary RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) NV SA T A 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Enabl e NV SA T[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 47 - English Onboard 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Enabled Enable this function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic F[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 8 - English Onboard SA T A/IDE Ctrl Mode RAID Set the onboard SA T A controller to RAID mode. AHCI Set the onboard SA T A controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial A T A features such as Native Co[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 49 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend T o RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to Pow[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 0 - English Power On By Mouse Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Any KEY [...]

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    BIOS Setup - 51 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 2. PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 1. CMOS Setup Utility-Co[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 2 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No". If the case have been opened, "Case Opened" will sho[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 53 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T .) CPU Frequency(MHz) Auto BIOS will automatically setup the CPU Frequency(MHz). 100 ~ 500 Set CP U freque ncy from 100MHz t o 500MHz . PCIE Clock(SB) MHz Auto BIOS will automatically setup the PCIE Clock(SB) MHz. 100Mhz ~ 200Mhz Set PCIE Clock(SB) MHz) from 100Mhz to 200Mhz. NB<->SB [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 4 - English CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection. The option will display "Locked" and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Robust Graphics Booster Select the options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher perf[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 55 - English N-Chipset/PCIE V oltage Set the voltage settings for Northbridge, its PCI Express bus voltage. Normal Set Northbridge /PCIE voltage to Normal. (Default value) +0.1V Set Northbridge /PCIE voltage to +0.1V. +0.2V Set Northbridge /PCIE voltage to +0.2V. +0.3V Set Northbridge /PCIE voltage to +0.3V. CPU V oltage Control Suppor[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 6 - English 2 -9 Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. 2 -8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. C[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 57 - English 2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. Y ou will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 8 - English 2 -1 1 Save & Exit Setup T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. T ype "N" will return to Setup Utility . 2-12 Exit Without Saving T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. T ype "N" will[...]

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    BIOS Setup - 59 - English[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 0 - English[...]

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    Drivers Installation - 61 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.exe. Chapter 3 Drivers [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 2 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.[...]

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    Drivers Installation - 63 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 4 - English[...]

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    Appendix - 65 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyT une 5 Introduction EasyT une 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use to[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora- tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including F A T16, FA T32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is able to back u[...]

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    Appendix - 67 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.) 4. REBOOT: Exit the main screen and res[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 68 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction A. What is Dual BIOS T echnology ? Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. B. How to use Dual BIOS and Q-Flash Utility? a. After power on the computer , pressing <Del> im[...]

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    Appendix - 69 - English c . Dual BIOS Item explanation: Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1: If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset? occurs in the Main BIOS, just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that the Wide Range Protection is set to "Enable", the PC wil[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 70 - English Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS. Q-Flash?allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indicating no more fooling [...]

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    Appendix - 71 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software  Sta ndard CMOS Features  Adva nced BIOS Features  Integrated Peripherals  Power Ma nagement Setup  PnP/PCI Configurations  PC Health Status  MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T .) Select La nguage Load Fail-Safe Default[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 72 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.............................SST 49LF 004A 512K Backup ROM T ype/Size.........................SST 49LF004A 512K W ide Ra nge Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error [...]

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    Appendix - 73 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.............................SST 49LF 004A 512K Backup ROM T ype/Size.....[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 74 - English 6 . Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to Load Optimized Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Optimized Defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS default[...]

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    Appendix - 75 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. T ask menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task. Action bar: Contains the names of four actions needed to [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 76 - English 3 . Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash T ype/Size.................................SST 49LF002A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable Update BIOS from Fl[...]

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    Appendix - 77 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have 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. 1. Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 78 - English III. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. It can help[...]

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    Appendix - 79 - English "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SA T A controller. T o configure SA T A hard drive(s), follow the steps below: ( 1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. ( 2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. ( 4) Make a flop[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 80 - English Figure 1 Ensure that NV SA T A RAID function is enabled (Figure 2). For example, if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SA T AII0 and SA T AII1 connectors, ensure that NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID are enabled (Figure 2). The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show t[...]

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    Appendix - 81 - English Step 2: T o boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3). Step 3: Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 3 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Adva nced BIOS Features  Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] First Boot Device [CDROM] S[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 82 - English (3 ) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "[...]

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    Appendix - 83 - English Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear (Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) Figu[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 84 - English T o read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Figure 9 Figure 8 After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID arr[...]

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    Appendix - 85 - English (4) Making a SA T A Driver Disk T o install operating system onto a serial A T A hard disk successfully , you need to install the SA T A controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SA T A controller f[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 86 - English Figure 13 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 14 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to ma nually spec[...]

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    Appendix - 87 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 15) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. The screen will re[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 88 - English After the SA T A controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. Figure 18 WindowsXP Professional Setup W elcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. T o set up W indows XP now , [...]

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    Appendix - 89 - English (6 ) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable RAID volume. There are two solutions to resolve this issue. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a RAID [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 90 - English Step 3: After system restarts, press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Select Striping in the RAID Mode filed (Figure 21). Move to the Free Disks section with the T AB key . Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu. Figure 21 Step 4: After all th[...]

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    Appendix - 91 - English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in W indows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to ST ART> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager . Y ou should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 92 - English B. GIGABYTE SA T A2 Controller (1 ) Installing SA T A hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SA T A signal cable to the rear of the SAT A hard drive and the other end to available SA TA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SA TA controller on your motherboard, you [...]

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    Appendix - 93 - English Step 2: T o boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM (Figure 2). Step 3: Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Adva nced BIOS Features  Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] First Boot Device [CD[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 94 - English (3 ) Configuring RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press <Ctrl-G> t[...]

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    Appendix - 95 - English Figure 6 A. Create Array: In the main screen, press ENTER on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the RAID creation screen appears (Figure 5). GIGA-BYTE T echnology Corp. PCIE-to-SA T AII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.12 [ Create New RAID ] Name: JRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128KB Size: 240GB Confirm Cre[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 96 - English Figure 7 Figure 8 3 . Assign Array Disks: After RAID mode is selected, RAID BIOS automatically assigns the two hard disks installed as the RAID disks. 4 . Set Block Size (only for RAID 0): Under the Block item, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the block size (Figure 7), ranging from 4K to 1[...]

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    Appendix - 97 - English Figure 9 Figure 10 6 . Confirm Creation: After all of the items are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to the Confirm Creation item. When prompted to confirm your selections (Figure 9), press Y to confirm or N to abort. GIGA-BYTE T echnology Corp. PCIE-to-SA T AII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.12 [ Create New[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 98 - English Figure 1 1 Figure 12 GIGA-BYTE T echnology Corp. PCIE-to-SA T AII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.12 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ ?[...]

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    Appendix - 99 - English GIGA-BYTE T echnology Corp. PCIE-to-SA T AII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.12 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [  ]-Select RAID [S P ACE]-M ark Delete [DEL]-Conf[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 100 - English (4) Making a SA T A Driver Disk (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) T o install operating system onto a serial A T A hard disk successfully , you need to install the SA T A controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup pr[...]

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    Appendix - 101 - English Figure 18 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 19 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to ma nually specify a n adapter . Currently,[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 102 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller(Windows 2K/XP/2003)* and press ENTER.Then it will begin to load the SA T A driver from the floppy disk. Figu[...]

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    Appendix - 103 - English Step 5: After the SA T A controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the W indows XP installation. Figure 22 WindowsXP Professional Setup W elcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. T o set up W indows XP now , press ENTER. T o repair [...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 104 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Note that if you wish to c[...]

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    Appendix - 105 - English STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio setup is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 106 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In [...]

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    Appendix - 107 - English STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3: After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (8-channel au[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 108 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: T o enable the front panel audio connector to support AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANALOG area, click the[...]

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    Appendix - 109 - English Enabling the DTS (Digital Theater Systems) function Before DTS is enabled, you would get only 2-channel output signals (from the front speakers) when playing 2-channel music. Y ou must play 4-, 6-, or 8- channel music sources to produce 4-, 6-, or 8- channel audio effects. DTS control button 1. : This button provides you mo[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 110 - English In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. Either click Dolby Digital 5.1 in the upper left list or click the Dolby Digital Live button at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel. In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click Digital PCM Output[...]

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    Appendix - 111 - English STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Note that if you wish to connect a microphone, you MUST connect it to the default Mic In jack for the microphone to[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 112 - English STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio setup is completed. 4 Channel Audio Setup S[...]

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    Appendix - 113 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 6C[...]

  • Page 114

    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 114 - English STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3: After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose a device depending on the type of sp[...]

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    Appendix - 115 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: T o enable the front panel audio connector to sup- port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANA- LOG area, click the T ool icon and then sele[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 116 - English 4-2 T roubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to GIGABYTE's website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why? Answer: So[...]

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    GA-M59SLI-S5/GA-M59SLI-S4 Motherboard - 118 - English Con tact Us y y y y y T aiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei 231, T aiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 T ech. and Non-T ech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw WEB address (English): http://www[...]

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    Appendix - 119 - English y y y y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y y y y y U.K. G.B.T . TECH. CO., L TD. WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y y y y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V. WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl y y y y y France GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY FRANCE WEB address : http://www[...]

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