Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 User Manual

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5. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> keys to save the information. The message in Figure 1 will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y>
to input the array name. If you do not input the array name, the default array name will be used.
6. When the next message appears, press <Ctrl>+<Y> to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this
option.
7. Then, the message in Figure 8 will appear. Press <Ctrl>+<Y> to set the capacity of the RAID array or
press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity.
8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to LD View Menu where you will see the newly-
created array.
9. Press <Esc> to return to Main Menu and press <Esc> again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD Name
or press any key to exit.
If you do not input any LD name, the default
LDnamewillbeused.
FastInitializationOptionhasbeenselected
It will erase the MBR data of the disk.
<PressCtrl-YKeyifyouaresuretoeraseit>
<Pressanyotherkeytoignorethisoption>
Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any
other key to use maximum capacity...
Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB oppy disk drive to your computer rst because you need to in-
stall the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a oppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. To copy
the RAID/AHCI driver for Windows XP, copy all les in the \BootDrv\Hxp folder in the motherboard driver disk
to your oppy disk.
InstallingtheSATARAID/AHCIDriverandOperatingSystem
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the oppy disk containing the
SATA RAID/AHCI driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating sys-
tem. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7/Vista
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Select Load Driver. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. Then fol-
low the on-screen instructions to load the driver. The locations of the drivers for Windows 7 are as follows:
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W7
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\RAID\W764A
AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W7
AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Hw7\AHCI\W764A
(Note: The LH/LH64A folder contains the driver for Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit)
After loading the driver, continue the OS installation.

Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Specifications

General

Memory voltage	1.5 V
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Supported memory module capacities	16GB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
Processor socket	Socket FM1
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD A, AMD E2
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
S/PDIF out connector	Yes
Number of SATA II connectors	4
Number of SATA III connectors	-
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
BIOS type	AWARD
ACPI version	1.0b
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
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.
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD A55
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP
RAID levels	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Trial software	Norton Internet Security
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	174 mm
Width	225 mm