Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-S1 User Manual

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• Before installing the drivers, rst install the operating system. (The following instructions use
Windows 8.1 as the example operating system.)
• After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive. Click
on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on the top-right corner of the screen
and select "Run Run.exe." (Or go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the
Run.exe program.)
After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all the drivers that
are recommended to install. You can click the Install All button and "Xpress Install" will install all the recommended
drivers. Or click Install Single Items to manually select the drivers you wish to install.
3-2 Drivers Installation
Method B:
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. A Command Prompt
window will open.
3: Insert the blank formatted disk (if you're using a USB oppy disk drive, make sure it is designated as drive
A). Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu and press <Enter>. For
example, for the AMD A58, select 7)hseriesRAIDforXP32bitsystem<A88>.
Your system will then automatically copy the driver les to the oppy disk. Press any key to exit when nished.
Refer to the following for installing the driver during the Windows setup process.
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will then appear asking you to specify
an additional SCSI adapter. Press <S>.
Step 2:
Insert the oppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press <Enter>. Select AMD AMD-RAID Controller
32 Bit [scsiport] and press <Enter>.
Step 3:
On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed
with the Windows XP installation.
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Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-S1 Specifications

General

Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1333, 1600, 1866, 2133, 2400 MHz
Processor socket	Socket FM2+
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD A
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
S/PDIF out connector	Yes
Number of SATA III connectors	4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	0
RAID levels	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
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.
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD A68H
PC health monitoring	FAN, Temperature, Voltage
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional
Maximum graphics card memory	2048 MB
Parallel processing technology support	-
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	5.0
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
Bundled software	Norton Internet Security (OEM)

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	174 mm
Width	225 mm