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- 4 - Table of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6Optional Accessories ...................................................................................................... 6GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Mother...
- 8 - Block Diagram LGA775 Processor CPU CLK+/-(333/266/200/133 MHz) Host Interface 3 PCI PCI Bus 3 IEEE1394a TSB43AB23 DDRII 800/667/533 MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory 6 SATA 3Gb/s 10 USB Ports Line-Out MIC CODEC Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Side Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Surround Speake...
Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U LGA775 for Intel ® Core TM 2 Extreme quad-core / Core TM 2 Extreme dual-core / Core TM 2 Quad / Core TM 2 Duo / Pentium ® processor Extreme Edition / Pentium ® D / Pentium ® 4 / Celeron ® D L2 cache varies with CPU Front Side Bu...
Hardware Installation - 13 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Fig. 1Gently lift the metall e v e r l o c a t e d o n t h eCPU socket to theupright position. Metal Lever Fig. 2R e m o v e t h e p l a s t i ccovering on the CPUsocket. Fig. 3Notice the sm...
Hardware Installation - 15 - English The motherboard supports DDRII memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memorycapacity and specifications. Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction.The memory capacity used can differ with each slot. Before inst...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 16 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-N680SLI-DQ6 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operat-ing the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of memory bus will double. The GA-N680SLI-DQ6 includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM socket...
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards To install your expansion card, follow the steps below.1 . Disconnect your system from its power source and read the expansion card's installation manual before installing the expansion card in the computer. 2 . Remove your com...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-6 Connecting the e-SATA Cable Kit The e-SATA cable kit includes one SATA bracket,one SATA signal cable, and one SATA power cable. Step 1:Locate one free PCIslot and secure theSATA bracket to thechassis back panelwith a screw. Follow the steps below to inst...
Hardware Installation - 19 - English 1-7 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration nVIDIA ® nForce 680i SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI- ready PCI Express TM graphics cards! The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of t...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 20 - English place this part on the top ofthe bridge connector. retention bracket Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards" and install two SLI-ready graphics cards of the samemodel to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE...
Hardware Installation - 21 - English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and thenselect NVIDIA Display . The NVIDIA control panel will appear. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 22 - English 1-8 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and thekeyboard to the lower port (purple). COMA Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devi...
Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1-9 Connectors Introduction 2 1 4 22 8 10 9 15 19 16 5 12 MIC In The default MIC In jack. Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack. In addition to the default speakers settings, the ~ audio jacks can be reconfigured to perform different functions via the audio...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 24 - English 1/2) ATX_12V_2X / ATX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all thecomponents on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure thatall components and devices are p...
Hardware Installation - 33 - English 22) CI (Chassis Intrusion, Case Open) This 2-pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed. You can checkthe "Case Opened" status in BIOS Setup. 1 Pin No. Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 21) TPM Connector (Trusted Platform Module) P...
BIOS Setup - 35 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned off, the battery on ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 36 - English <TAB> : POST Screen Press the TAB key to see BIOS POST screen. (To show the BIOS POST screen at system startup, refer to the instructions on the Full Screen LOGO Show item on page 42.) <DEL> : BIOS Setup/Dual BIOS Press the DELETE key to enter BI...
BIOS Setup - 37 - English Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onb...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - English MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safeconfiguration. Loa...
BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 40 - English Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of currectly installed hard drive. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zon...
BIOS Setup - 41 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.Press <ESC> to exit this menu. ...
BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] NV Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled] Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter] Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 [Enabled]...
BIOS Setup - 45 - English NV SATA 3 Primary RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 primary RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 secondary RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Onboard SATA-II Ctrl1 (GSATAII1-...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 48 - English Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard LPT port. 378/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7. (Default value) 278/IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278/IRQ5. 3BC/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7. Parallel Po...
BIOS Setup - 49 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-Off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value)...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 50 - English HPET Support (Note) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable support for High Precision Event Timer (HPET) funtion. (Default value) Power On By Mouse Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Double-Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to...
BIOS Setup - 51 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 52 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, Case Opened will show "No." If the case is opened, Case Opened will sho...
BIOS Setup - 53 - English CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed dependingon CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tunebased on their requirements. (Default value) CPU Smart FAN Mode ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 54 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) System Clock Setting [Press Enter] Robust Graphics Booster [Auto] CPU Clock Ratio (Note) [16X] ******** System Voltage Optimized *****...
BIOS Setup - 55 - English SLI-Ready Memory Allows you to use SLI-ready memory. The option is configurable only when SLI-ready memoryis used.Options: Disable, CPUOC 0%~CPUOC 5%, CPUOC MAX and Expert FSB-Memory Clock Mode Auto BIOS will automatically setup the FSB-Memory Clock Mode. (Default value) Li...
BIOS Setup - 59 - English 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N"...
Drivers Installation - 61 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers thatrecommended to install. Please pick the item that you want and press "install" followed the item; or yo...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 62 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyoneyou want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drive...
Drivers Installation - 63 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
Appendix - 65 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems includingWindows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems includingFAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, X...
Appendix - 67 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfile.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup filesto release disk space.(This button will not appear if there is no backupf...
Appendix - 69 - English c . Dual BIOS Item explanation: Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1:If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset? occurs in the Main BIOS, just beforethe Operating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that the Wide Range Pro...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 70 - English Before Use: Follow the steps below before using Q-Flash to update BIOS:1 . From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your motherboard model 2 . Extract the downloaded BIOS files and save the new BIOS file (e.g. N68...
Appendix - 71 - English b . Select the floppy drive or hard drive where the BIOS file is saved, such as "Floppy A" and press ENTER. Dual BIOS Utility V2.02 Boot From................................................. Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size............................... SST 49LF004A 512K...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 72 - English Step 4: Press ESC and then ENTER to exit Dual BIOS / Q-Flash and the system will restart. As the system reboots, you will see the new BIOS version during POST. Step 5: As the system reboots, press DELETE to enter BIOS Setup. Select Load Optimized De- faults ...
Appendix - 73 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS underWindows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latestversion of BIOS. 1. Methods and steps: I. Update...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 74 - English III. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon ...
Appendix - 75 - English To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.(3) Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver...
Appendix - 77 - English Step 3:Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 3 Step 2:Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM to boot from CD-ROM after system restarts (Figure 3). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 78 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to createRAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a messagewhich ...
Appendix - 79 - English Step 6:Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear(Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drivescontain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - English To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name,and disk capacity, etc. Figure 9 Figure 8 After that, the Array...
Appendix - 81 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you need to install the SATA RAID driverduring OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windowssetup process. Skip this step if you do not want t...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - English Figure 13 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 14 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devicesinstalled in your system...
Appendix - 83 - English Step 3:If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 belowwill appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you must press S ...
Appendix - 85 - English B. GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to availableSATA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherb...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 86 - English Step 2:To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 2). Step 3:Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ...
Appendix - 87 - English (3) Configuring RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to createRAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a messagewhich says "Press ...
Appendix - 89 - English Figure 7 Figure 8 3 . Assign Array Disks: After RAID mode is selected, RAID BIOS automatically assigns the two hard disks installed as the RAID disks. 4 . Set Block Size (only for RAID 0): Under the Block item, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the block size (Figure 7),...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 90 - English Figure 9 Figure 10 6 . Confirm Creation: After all of the items are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to the Confirm Creation item. When prompted to confirm your selections (Figure 9), press Y to confirm or N to abort. GIGABYTE Technology Cor...
Appendix - 91 - English Figure 11 Figure 12 GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk DriveDelete RAID Disk DriveRevert HDD to Non-RAIDSolve Mirror ConflictRebuild Mirror DriveSave And Exit SetupExit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive Lis...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 92 - English GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAIDSolve Mirror ConflictRebuild Mirror DriveSave And Exit SetupExit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive Lis...
Appendix - 95 - English Step 3:When Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select one of the items displayed depending on theoperating system to be installed. For example, select GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Co...
Appendix - 97 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Note that...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 98 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio setup is ...
Appendix - 99 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 3:After plugging in 4-channel speakers to ...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 100 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2:In the Audio Control ...
Appendix - 101 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: To enable the front panel audio connector tosupport AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio ControlPanel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANALOG ar...
GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - 102 - English 1 . : This button provides you more controls over "dts NEO : PC". Music Mode ; Cinema Mode 2 . "dts NEO : PC" : Press this button to enable or disable the dts NEO : PC function.Enabling dts NEO : PC allows the system to transform ordinary 2-...
Appendix - 103 - English In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. Either click Dolby Digital 5.1 in the upper left list or click the Dolby Digital Live button at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel (Note) . In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left l...
Appendix - 105 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to GIGABYTE's website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Wh...
Appendix - 111 - English y yy y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBHWEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y yy y y U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y yy y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl y yy y y F r a n c e GIGAB...
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