Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Unique Features
4-1 Xpress Recovery2
Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that allows you to quickly compress and
back up your system data and perform restoration of it. Supporting NTFS,
FAT32, and FAT16 le systems, Xpress Recovery2 can back up data on
PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it.
Before You Begin:
• Xpress Recovery2 will check the rst physical hard drive
(Note)
for the operating system. Xpress Recovery2
can only back up/restore the rst physical hard drive that has the operating system installed.
• As Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup le at the end of the hard drive, make sure to leave enough un-
allocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; actual size requirements vary, depending
on the amount of data).
• It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed.
• The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at which the data is backed up/
restored.
• It takes longer to back up a hard drive than to restore it.
System Requirements:
• At least 512 MB of system memory
• VESA compatible graphics card
• Windows XP with SP1 or later, Windows Vista, Windows 7
• Xpress Recovery and Xpress Recovery2 are different utilities. For example, a backup le created
with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2.
• USB hard drives are not supported.
• RAID drives are not supported.
• GPT partitions are not supported.
• Hard drives larger than 2.2 TB are not supported.
Installation and Conguration:
Turn on your system to boot from the Windows 7 setup disk.
A. Installing Windows 7 and Partitioning the Hard Drive
Step 1:
Click Drive options (advanced).
Step 2:
Click New.
(Note) Xpress Recovery2 checks the rst physical hard drive in the following sequence: The rst SATA connector, the second
SATA connector and so forth. For example, When hard drives are attached to the rst and third SATA connectors, the hard
drive on the rst SATA connector is the rst physical drive.

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Specifications

General

Memory voltage	1.5 V
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of SATA III connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	8
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2
Audio chip	Realtek ALC889
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 970
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
Compatible operating systems	Windows XP, Vista, 7
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Bundled software	Norton Internet Security
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AWARD
ACPI version	1.0b
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm