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How do I tell if motherboard is sending video on hdmi
My motherboard B75M-D3H has VGA/DVI/hdmi output.
Monitor 1: dvi + vga
Monitor 2(Dell S2340L): hdmi + vga
Monitor 2 never shows any display when connected thru hdmi cable but it works fine thru vga.
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Why do my OSes only recognize 3 GiB of RAM?
Okay, I have 4 RAM slots in my computer - I'd stocked it with 2 2-GiB sticks, and 2 1-GiB sticks, but my OS only showed 3 GiB. This occurred on 32-bit Windows, 32-bit Linux, and 64-bit Linux.
The ...
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Gigabyte SPI Flash stuck on 'Loading BIOS'
I'm trying to update the BIOS on my Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 board and the only way (that I know of) I could do it use run up a FreeDOS boot CD and stick the new BIOS on a USB stick.
I've booted into the ...
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Gigabyte GV-N680OC-4GD causes Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 not to boot
Building a new system, the mother board is the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 with F7+ Bios version.
The Graphics card is the Gigabyte GV-N680OC-4GD.
At power on, the system hangs on the BIOS splash screen, it ...
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What is short beep/click every 5 seconds from pc speaker of the GA-Z77X-D3H rev 1.1 motherboard mean? [closed]
What is short beep/click every 5 seconds from pc speaker of the GA-Z77X-D3H rev 1.1 motherboard mean?
The cpu fan is on as well, but apart from the short click/beeps every 5 seconds there are no ...
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What version of bios does GA-Z77X-D3H rev 1.1 motherboard come with? [closed]
What version of bios does GA-Z77X-D3H rev 1.1 motherboard come with?
Since different minimum versions of BIOS are required for different CPUs as per their support list, but I cannot find what version ...
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WOL on Gigabyte MA785GT-UD3H for Logmein?
I have a Gigabyte MA785GT-UD3H mainboard. I want to wake my computer up using Logmein, however, I could not found any WOL option on BIOS.
Any suggestions?
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Should I insert my video card at PCIEX4 or PCIEX16?
I have motherboard GIGABYTE GA-H77-DS3H and video card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660Ti.
When I place it in PCIEX16 I have no video signal and motherboard makes 1 long and 2 fast beeps (which means video ...
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How do i enable esata hot plug with marvell controllers in a gigabyte z77 mobo?
I have a new gigabyte ga-Z77x-UD3H mobo (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4441#sp)that is supposed to have:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/SATA3 1) supporting up to 2 SATA ...
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Will this the E3400 CPU run on a GA-945P-S3 motherboard?
Will this CPU:
E3400
,run on my GA-945P-S3
motherboard ?
Thank you in advance.
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Missing RAM on an HP ENVY h8-1414?
I have an HP ENVY h8-1414 and it has four 8GB dimms in it.
The machine should support 32GB of RAM according to the website but only 16 GB of it is being picked up.
I've looked at the settings ...
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Can't find the motherboard model number on my hp envy h8-1414?
I have a motherboard inside my HP Envy H8-1414, and written on it is Angelica Rev 1.2 and also the number M3970CM but absolutely no mention of the model number. I've gone to the Gigabyte Website ...
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How do i activate the motherboards monitor slot?
I have a 32 inch plugged into my HDMI, a 40in plugged into my normal monitor slot on my video card, but i want to plug in my 24in to my motherboard for misc. stuff.
What do I do?
Motherboard: ...
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Interesting Windows install issue with RAID and an SSD
I have been trying for days to solve this issue, so any help would be appreciated. Here is the issue:
I have a Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 motherboard. Here is a link to the manual and pages starting at ...
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motherboard takes too long to finish POST (z77x ud5h)
when I press the power button, it takes about 7 seconds to beep and show the gigabyte logo on screen. I have one hdd connected to sata3_0 port, two sticks of ram placed on the recommended slots by the ...
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Secure Boot is not compatible on my PC; will I be able to install Windows 8 on it?
Yesterday, I ran Windows 8 upgrade assistant on my PC, Only problem it gave is that
Secure Boot isn't compatible with your PC
Your PC's firmware doesn't support Secure Boot so you won't be able to ...
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Graphics card failing - black screen w/ sound
I recently had to do a warranty return on a Gigabyte video card, and they have sent me a replacement. I've installed the replacement, done a complete re-install of Windows 7 x64, installed the latest ...
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Graphic driver not supported in Windows 8
Few days back I installed Windows 8 Pro(32 bit) earlier it was Win7 (32bit). My Desktop configuration is the image I uploaded.
The problem is Win8 not detecting my Graphic / Video Card. I didn't ...
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How to update BIOS with efi?
We have a GA-H61M-DS2 rev 2.0 motherboard. It has an "F4" BIOS. We went to the vendors website:
http://hu.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-h61m-ds2rev_20/download/bios
and downloaded "F7", the ...
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Will the Gigabyte GT640 run 3 vga monitors?
Spotted one of these going quite cheap: http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4255
It has two DVI outs, one VGA and a HDMI. I've found it it's locked to 3 simulations outs.
Been ...
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Only half of RAM is recognized by BIOS
I got a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 motherboard.
Some time ago I noticed that Windows only showed 2GB instead of 4GB. I don't know exactly what caused it anyway.
I tried putting in each of the 4 x 1GB RAM ...
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System fans connected to a Gigabyte Z77-D3H motherboard do not increase in speed
The motherboard (Gigabyte Z77-D3H) controls my 3-pin CPU fan just fine. My system fans are a 3-pin fan (plugged into SYS_FAN1), and a 4-pin fan plugged into SYS_FAN3. All 3 of the system fan headers ...
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random lockups with my new build - gigabyte z77x-d3h
Happens anytime..and it's really not related to high loads on CPU. Everything just freezes - no BSOD.
My PC specs:
gigabyte z77x-d3h (bios - F15)
intel i7 3770k (stock cooler)
DDR3 Corsair Vengeance ...
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Gigabyte 965 S3 Motherboard POST's too fast to enter BIOS
I never had this problem before putting the HDD's on SATA mode in BIOS (actually, I had them put on AHCI), and didn't really need to enter BIOS after that. But now I need to, and the damn POST goes ...
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Stop the constant random reboots of my GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3V
I've got some issues with a new system. It's rebooting constantly.
The system consists of a:
brand new:
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V with F9 BIOS (latest)
Intel Core i5-3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2GHz
2x 8GB ...
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Motherboard or CPU failure?
MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. CPU: Intel E8400 3.0 GHz. All was running 24/7 as a server for 3.5 years.
I was going to back up my RAID 5 data to an extra disk, so I shut down the PC and opwned the ...
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Windows 7 FTP server not able to serve large files to mac?
I setup my Windows 7 home premium 64-bit desktop to use Microsoft's IIS FTP server. Works great except for big files... like 4gbyte files. Only maybe 150mbytes end up getting transferred to Macs I ...
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Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 not booting
I recently purchased the following PC components: Gigabyte XKT-1155 Z68AP-D3, along with Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU, Kingston 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC and Asus nVIDIA GeForce 210 Graphics ...
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how to get status of my Gigabyte Raid?
I have a Gigabyte motherboard, GA-X58A-UD3R, running Windows 7. I have a SSD for the c: drive but a RAID 1 array using the motherboard for my D: drive. The RAID option from the motherboard I'm ...
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Computer freezes with Visual Artifacts/Scrambled Screen (even at BIOS)
System Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2l (BIOS f8b - stock)1
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO - stock cooler
PSU : CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Plus 460W
HDD: 1 x 640 GB SATA, 1 x 320 ...
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USB HDD not detected. Works in other PC's
My USB Seagate external hard drive got pulled out of my desktop the other day when somebody tripped on the cable, and hasn't been detected since by that desktop no matter what port I use. I tested it ...
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D-Sub port not working on Windows 7 (Intel onboard gigabyte)
Iv been using my HDMI slot to run a 24" monitor and all was well. I borrowed a 17" monitor from work to run a dual screen set up, plugged it into the d-sub port and nothing happened. Checked the new ...
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Endless reboot loop with GA-P67A-UD4 due to graphics card
I recently transported my PC and now the computer boots up, waits a few seconds then powers off for a few (usually powers on for around 3 seconds or so but it can vary!) It then powers on again and ...
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Windows won't start after changing SATA controller mode to RAID in BIOS (Intel X79 GA-X79-UD3)
This seems like a question asked a dozen times, so I've already read and tried many solutions. None of them have worked until now.
I installed a fresh Windows 7 x64 on my new computer, on a Gigabyte ...
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If I have 2 Video cards in the same computer without SLI or Crossfire will it boost performance at all?
I have this motherboard with 2 PCI-E Graphics cards, apparently only one of them is actually x16 what ever that means.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2625#ov
If I put the ...
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Memory compatibility?
I'm in the process of building a PC intended mostly for gaming and I've got a few questions. Currently, I only have the motherboard and CPU:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68AP-D3
CPU: Intel Core i3-2120
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HDMI and DVI connected monitors not in dual view on Windows 7 (Intel onboard Gigabyte)
I have a HDMI to DVI cable which is connected to one monitor (HDMI is on PC side) and DVI-DVI connected to other monitor. This seems to work up until the system is fully loaded (the startup logo ...
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Nvidia 8500 GT graphics card vertical lines displayed on LCD screen
I have nvidia 8500 GT graphics card (512 MB) in my system on gigabyte motherboard. A few days ago due to electricity fluctuation there are some vertical lines are displaying on my lcd screen and the ...
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Vertical lines on LCD and all computer text scrambled
A few days ago, my system was working fine, but lately my home electricity has been flutuating many times in a day. Now, my computer has stopped working properly. Those problems happen:
When I play ...
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Motherboard and RAM compatibility
My computer often freezes for few seconds when doing memory intensive operations, cause of 1 GB installed memory. Windows 7 starts to use Paging File but my hard drive is very slow and opening a basic ...
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GigaByte doesn't boot after power-on, but does after reset
I've got a pc based on a gigabyte ga-p35-ds3p motherboard with a weird boot problem.
The machine was working perfectly but after being in storage for about 6 weeks it fails to boot correctly ...
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Reset Disks to Non-RAID in Intel Matrix Storage Manager
I have a Gigabyte S-Series motherboard based PC that was configured with two SATA drives. The drives were NOT raided, but the RAID controller in BIOS was enabled - just no raid volumes created. ...
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Upgrading from SATA 1 to SATA 3
My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 and it has 4x SATA 2 ports. I have SATA 1 disk installed and it's slowing my system, I think it is because of its 8mb buffer. I want to upgrade or should I say ...
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Computer acting weird
My specs:
Windows XP PRO SP3 with latest updates of course
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3
CPU - DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
Video card - Gigabyte GeForce 7200 GS
I have ...
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Computer won't turn off after hibernation
For long time I have been using hibernation instead of shutdown. I do normal shutdowns maybe twice a week if not less. After hibernation I always power off computer (from UPS button) because USB ...
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Why my USB devices are working while PC is not working?
When I shutdown the computer, I need to disconnect all USB devices(mouse, flash drives, USB hub) because their lights are bright and it's hard to sleep or I can just power off computer by PSU PWR ...
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HDMI version on Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H / Intel H55?
I am looking for information regarding the HDMI standard for the Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H motherboard. All the sites simply say that the motherboard has an HDMI interface but they do not show its version. ...
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How do I enable SATA 3 on my computer or check if it is enabled?
My HDD is a WD5000AAKX, the Shop keeper told me that it is 6gb/s meaning SATA III right ?
How would I know if its working at SATA 3 6.0gb/s?
My system:
Intel Corei7 920
Gigabyte X58A UD7
AMD ...
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Does my Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard support a SATA 3 SSD drive? [closed]
Can this motherboard, a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P, support a SATA3 solid state drive?
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting ...
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Audio front panel noise?
I want to use the front-panel audio connections for my headphones, but when I use it, it makes a static noise like my HDD.
There is no problem with the wires. This sound starts only when Windows ...
