AOpen NCK804A User Manual

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start ..........................................................3

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5

2.2 Specification ............................................................................................... 6

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9

Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9

Installing Retention Module ........................................................................10

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................10

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13

Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................14

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 16

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................17

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................18

Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot ....................................................19

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot..................................................................20

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................ 21

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported ...............................................................22

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Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................23

Connecting 1394 .......................................................................................24

Connecting S/PDIF ....................................................................................25

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects .................................................................26

Connecting Front Audio ..............................................................................27

Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................28

Connecting CD_IN .....................................................................................29

Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................30

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................31

3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 32

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities ................................................... 34

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ...................................................34

RAID Configuration Utility...........................................................................34

Other Useful Features...................................................................................... 35

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 36

Introduction .............................................................................................36

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................37

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................37

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 38

6.1 Installing Drivers ....................................................................................... 39

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 40

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 41

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 42

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................43

Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................43

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1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.
Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal
needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance
to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it
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1.2 Features of This Manual

To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain
conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

Note

Warning / Caution

Warning

Tip

Warning

This contains knowledge you should know in process
of assembling, or some helpful tips.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It
highlights mistakes that occur often during
assembling, or something you need to pay attention
to.

This tip tells you some useful information that will
make your installation smoothly.

1.3 Safety Information

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit
before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object
that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please
make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard
or other components.

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Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1.PCI Express x 1 16.Front Audio Connector

2.JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 17.JP40 S/PDIF Source Jumper

3.LAN PHY 88E1111 18.Game Port Connector

4.CPUFAN Connector 19.32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 3

5.SYSFAN1 Connector 20.Case Open Connector

6.939-pin CPU Socket Supports AMD Athlon 64
CPU

7.184-pin DIMMsx4 22.Sensor of System Temperature Connector

8. 3300μ F Low ESR Capacitor 23.IEEE1394 Connectors X 2

9. ATA133 Connectors x 2 24. SYSFAN2 Connector

10.ATX Power Connector

11.4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 26. Front Panel Connector

12.PCI Express x 16 27. USB 2.0 Connector

13.Onboard AC’97 CODEC 28. FDD Connector

14.CD-IN Connector 29. JP24 BIOS Rescue Jumper

15.S/PDIF Connector

21.IrDA Connector

25. Serial ATA II Ports x 2 (for nCK804Ua-LFS)
Serial ATA Ports x 2 (for nCK804a-LFS)

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2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models nCK804a-LFS nCK804Ua-LFS

CPU

Chipset nVIDIA nFORCE4 CK8-04 nVIDIA nFORCE4 Ultra CK8-04

Main
Memory

Graphics PCI Express x16 (PCIe x16) slot PCI Express x16 (PCIe x16) slot

IDE

LAN

Sound

USB
IEEE1394 Agere 1394 Control Chip Agere 1394 Control Chip

Slots

Back Panel
I/O

On Board
Connector

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Board Size Board Size : 305 mm x 215 mm Board Size : 305 mm x 215 mm

AMD Athlon 64 CPU
Socket 939

Dual Channel Mode
Support:DDR400 [PC3200]
DDR DIMM x 4
DIMM Type :256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory :4GB

Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA
Controller (Support Serial ATA RAID 0, 1
and 0+1)
Max Disk:144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]
Integrated nVidia Gigabit LAN Controller
Marvell PHY
Realtek AC'97 CODEC on-board

7.1 Channel
Integrated in chipset ,USB 2.0 x 10 Integrated in chipset ,USB 2.0 x 10

PCI Express (PCIe x1) x 2
PCI Express x16 Graphics(PCIe x16)x 1
PCI x 3

PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 6, LAN Port x 1
COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1
Rear Surround x 1
Center/Subwoofer x 1
Side Surround x 1
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1
System FAN x 1
Chassis FAN x 1
Power FAN x 1
Power Temperature Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1
AUX_IN x 1
IrDA x 1
Game Connector x 1
S/PDIF x 1
IEEE 1394 x 2
USB Port x 2

AMD Athlon 64 CPU
Socket 939

Dual Channel Mode
Support:DDR400 [PC3200]
DDR DIMM x 4
DIMM Type :256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory :4GB

Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA II
Controller (Support Serial ATA II RAID 0,
1 and 0+1)
Max Disk:144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]
Integrated nVidia Gigabit LAN Controller
Marvell PHY
Realtek AC'97 CODEC on-board

7.1 Channel

PCI Express (PCIe x1) x 2
PCI Express x16 Graphics (PCIe x16) x 1
PCI x 3

PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 6, LAN Port x 1
COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1
Rear Surround x 1
Center/Subwoofer x 1
Side Surround x 1
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1
System FAN x 1
Chassis FAN x 1
Power FAN x 1
Power Temperature Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1
AUX_IN x 1
IrDA x 1
Game Connector x 1
S/PDIF x 1
IEEE 1394 x 2
USB Port x 2

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2.3 Block Diagram

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)

p

AMD Athlon

64 CPU

Socket 939

PCI Express x 16
Graphics Slot

PCI Express x 1
Slots x 2

DIMM Sockets x4

Dual Channel
DDR400/333/266
Up to 4GB

Realtek

LAN Chip

LAN connect
Com

onent

USB Ports x 10

150MB/s

Serial ATA Ports x 4

nCK804a-LFS

300MB/s

Serial ATA II Ports x 4

nCK804Ua-LFS

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Drives x 2

PCI Bus

32-bit PCI Slot x 3

NVIDIA

nForce4

(nCK804a-LFS)

nForce4 Ultra

(nCK804Ua-LFS)

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

Agere

IEEE 1394

FW323

4Mbit Flash EEPROM x2

IEEE 1394 Ports

4Mbit Flash
EEPROM

Floppy Disk Drive

Parallel Port

Winbond
Super IO

Serial Ports x2

Keyboard / Mo use

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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

q

Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

2. Installing CPU
Fan & System Fan

3. Installing
Memory Module

4. Installing HD,
CD-ROM and
SATA Disk, etc

5. Connecting Front
Panel Cable

1. Installing CPU

6. Connecting ATX
Power Cable

12. Installing Drivers &
Utilities

11. Installing
Operating System
(such as, Windows
XP)

8. Installing Other

Devices (USB, Front
Audio, etc)

7. Installing PCI
Express x 16 Graphics
Cards & PCI Express x

10. Loading
Default BIOS,
Setting CPU

uency

Fre

9. Connecting
Back Panel Ports
(Keyboard,
Mouse, etc)

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3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon 64 Socket 939 CPU. Be careful of CPU
orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection
function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the
temperature of CPU reached 97 degree).

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper
interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the
socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.

Socket Pin 1

CPU socket lever

Golden Arrow

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Installing Retention Module

1. To paste the adhesive side on the motherboard, and the two-screw holder

should be relative to the hole of the screw holder.

2. To alien the two-side hole of the RM and screw holder of the motherboard, then

lock the two screws holder.

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Installing CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

GND
+12V
SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND
+12V
SENSOR

Note: Some CPU fans
do not have sensor pin so
that they cannot support fan
monitoring.

CPUFAN Connector

GND
+12V
SENSOR

System Connector

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Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in Navy Blue or Electronic Blue which are very easy to
recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and
press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Tab

Key

Pin 1

Note: The tabs of the
DIMM slot will clip to hold the
DIMM in place when the DIMM
touches the slot’s bottom.

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Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy
connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong
orientation may cause system damage.

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

Primary

Master (1st)

Pin 1

Secondary

Slave (4th)

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Connector

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IDE

1 (Primary)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown
below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend
you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector.

Note: Please aim the power plug at the left side of the 24-pin ATX power
connector when the foolproof design faces you as shown.

Aiming at the

left side

+12V

+12V

Ground

Ground

Foolproof

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