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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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    - 2 - English Thank you for selecting GIGABYTE's latest i-RAM product. This user's manual gives information about i-RAM features and specifications, and will lead you through the installation of i- RAM in your system. Read this guide and related precautions before installing i-RAM. T able of Contents 1. Product Features ..................[...]

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    - 3 - English z Fastest System Boot-Up speed Fully SA T A1.0a compliant; i-RAM can be used as a boot device. z Fastest Solid State Disk Dedicated DDR design, Supports DDR 266/333/400 memory modules. z Fastest Data Access Ideally design for applications that require massive storage data access, like Audio/V ideo Capture & Edit, 3D Graphics desig[...]

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    - 4 - English z One available SA T A (1.5Gb/s) compliant connector z Systems based on Intel ICH6 / ICH7 / ICH8 / C19 series, VIA 8237A / VIA8237R / VIA 8237R+ series, SiS 964, nVIDIA MCP51 / MCP55 / MCP61 / CK804 South Bridge. 3. Product Requirements (Note 2): Please refer to the recommended memory support list on Page 9. 2. Product Specifications [...]

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    - 5 - English 4. Product Introduction Front Panel Rear Panel Battery Capacity Indicator Button Battery Capacity Indicator Button LED Light Capacity 4 section 100% 3 section 75 % 2 section 50 % 1 section 25 % Battery Status Indicator Button LED Light Status Message Full Green Full Charge Re d Charge R / W Yellow Data Read/Write 5V SB connector Power[...]

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    - 6 - English General Precautions:  The memory size available will be less than the total size of the installed memory.  When the system is set to RAID mode, the RAID controller might occupy some disk space as buffer. For example, when the ICH7R RAID controller is set to RAID 0 or RAID 1, the total hard drive capacity will be 512MB~1GB less t[...]

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    - 7 - English 6. Installation Directions Anode Figure a Please read the following installation directions before using i-RAM: Figure b Figure c Figure d Each time before setting up the i-RAM, make sure to remove system power and the i-RAM battery to prevent damage. Hardware Installation 8-1 : Open the cover Please remove the four screws on the cove[...]

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    - 8 - English 5V SB connector SATA connector Figure e Figure f Figure g Figure h 8- 6: Install i-RAM BOX into the system Put i-RAM box into the 5.25 inch cd-rom drive. 8- 7: Connect the power connector of the rear panel 8-7-1 C onnect the cable of the 5V SB Connect the cable of the 5V SB to the 5V SB connector of the rear panel . Connect another 24[...]

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    - 9 - English Recommended Memory Support List Please refer to the memory support list below: For the latest memory support list information, please visit GIGABYTE's website at http://www.gigabyte.com.tw. DDR400 (256MB) Module Supplier Comp. Used Module P/N. Component P/N. Samsung Samsung KOREA 0309 PC3200U-30331-A1 K4H560838E-TCCC M381L3223ETM[...]

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    - 10 - English DDR400 (1GB) Module Supplier Comp. Used Module P/N. Component P/N. Transcend Micron 1G184PDDR=LR 1GDDR400 MT 46V64M8-5B C DIMM 3-3-3 Kingston Samsung KVR400X64C3A/1G K4H510838C-UCCC Apacer Samsung 77.11136.464 K4H510838B-TCCC A-DATA ADATA MDOAD6G3141Y0B1E0H ADD9608A8A-5C H0511 Buffalo Buffalo PC3200U-30330-B1 MT46V64MB-5B elixir elix[...]

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    - 11 - English Installation guide : Please click the folder “i-RAM backup utility” from provided driver CD ( or download it from GIGABYTE's website at http://www.gigabyte.com.tw) . Extract the file and it will creat two main backup utility folders, DOS and Windows version. Windows version: After Windows OS installation, please click the ic[...]

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    i-RAM (GO-RAMDISK-BOX-RH) Rev. 100 © 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. * WEEE logo * WEEE[...]

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    - 2 - i-RAM i-RAM i-RAM .......................................................................................................... 3 .......................................................................................................... 4 .......................................................................................................... 4[...]

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    - 3 - z z z z z SATA 1.0a i-RAM z z z z z DDR DDR 266/333/400 z z z z z 3D/2D z z z z z i-RAM (Standby Power) i-RAM i-RAM ( 1) i-RAM i-RAM z z z z z SATA 1.0a SATA 1.0a z z z z z / z z z z z z z z z z 1[...]

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    - 4 - 2 9 z SATA (1.5Gb/s) SATA z Intel ICH6 / ICH7/ ICH8/ C19 VIA 8237A/ VIA 8237R/ VIA 8237R+ SiS 964 nVIDIA MCP51/ MCP55 / MCP61 / CK804 z z z z z z z z z z SATA SATA 1.0a SATA 150MB z z z z z 4GB 184-Pin/2.5V DDR DDR 266/333/400 ( 2) 4.2mm ( ) z z z z z 1,700mAh i-RAM ( 50 O C) i-RAM i-RAM[...]

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    - 5 - 5V SB SATA LED 4 100% 3 75% 2 50% 1 25% LED Full Charge R / W[...]

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    - 6 -   buffer ICH7R RAID 0 RAID 1 512MB~ 1GB  i-RAM  i-RAM  i-RAM    i-RAM i-RAM :  i-RAM   i-RAM i-RAM  i-RAM ( http://www.gigabyte.com.tw ) i-RAM[...]

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    - 7 - i-RAM 8-1 4 ( a) ( b) 8-2 i-RAM ( c) ( d) 8-3 8-4 8-5 c d a b[...]

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    - 8 - 8-7 8-7-1 5V Stand By 5V Stand By i-RAM 5V SB ( e) 24-pin ( f) 8-7-2 4-pin 5V SB 8-6 i-RAM BOX i-RAM BOX 5.25 8-8 SATA SATA i-RAM SATA ( g) SATA ( h) SATA e f g h 8-9[...]

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    - 9 - 1-1 BIOS BIOS / i-RAM SATA i-RAM BIOS 1-2 i-RAM i-RAM i-RAM FDISK Windows i-RAM i-RAM i-RAM : (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw) DDR400 (256MB) Module Supplier Comp. Used Module P/N. Component P/N. Samsung Samsung KOREA 0309 PC3200U-30331-A1 K4H560838E-TCCC M381L3223ETM-CCC 256MB (ECC) DDR PC3200 CL3 ECC Micron Micron MT16VDDT3264AG-40BB5 MT 46V16M[...]

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    - 10 - DDR400 (1GB) Module Supplier Comp. Used Module P/N. Component P/N. Transcend Micron 1G184PDDR=LR 1GDDR400 MT 46V64M8-5B C DIMM 3-3-3 Kingston Samsung KVR400X64C3A/1G K4H510838C-UCCC Apacer Samsung 77.11136.464 K4H510838B-TCCC A-DATA ADATA MDOAD6G3141Y0B1E0H ADD9608A8A-5C H0511 Buffalo Buffalo PC3200U-30330-B1 MT46V64MB-5B elixir elixir M2U1G[...]

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    - 11 - i-RAM backup utility DOS Windows DOS Windows Wondows iRAM EasyBackup DOS iram Backup i-RAM to File iRAM Restore File To i-RAM i-RAM iRAM EasyBackup iRAM EasyBackup For DOS : For Windows : i-RAM *.img i-RAM[...]

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