Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 User Manual

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5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
(Required for AHCI and RAID Mode)
TosuccessfullyinstalloperatingsystemontoSATAharddrive(s)thatis/areconguredtoRAID/AHCImode,
you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive 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oppydisk.ForinstallingWindowsVista,youalsocancopytheSATAcon-
trollerdriverfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrive.Seetheinstructionsbelowabouthowto
copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.
In MS-DOS mode:
PrepareastartupdiskthathasCD-ROMsupportandablankformattedoppydisk.
Steps:
1: Boot from the startup disk.
2: Removethestartupdiskandinsertthepreparedoppydiskandthemotherboarddriverdisk(hereweas-
sume that the drive letter for your optical drive is D:\).
3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following command. Press <Enter> after the command:
• For the Intel P55, type (Figure 1):
(Note)
A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\irst\32bit\*.*
• For the GIGABYTE SATA2, type (Figure 2):
(Note)
A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.*
Figure 1 Figure 2
(Note) Change the directory from \32bit to \64bit for copying the Windows 64-bit driver.
Figure 4
Figure 3
In Windows mode:
Steps:
1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.
2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exeleintheBootDrv folder (Figure 3). A Command
Prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 4.
3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Depending on the operating system to be installed, select the controller
driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu and press <Enter>. For example, from the menu
in Figure 4,
• For the Intel P55, select 7) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit operating
system.
• For the GIGABYTE SATA2, select 3) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit
operating system.
Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhennished.

Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory voltage	1.5 V
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Processor socket	LGA 1156 (Socket H)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA connectors	8
Number of EATX power connectors	1
Controller interface type	iTE IT8720
Headphone outputs	6
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC888
Motherboard chipset	Intel® P55
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7/Vista/XP
PCI slots	3
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm