Biostar K8NHA Grand Owner's Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction ...........................................................1

1.1 K8NHA GRAND Features.............................................1

1.2 Package Checklist........................................................4

1.3 Layout of K8 NHA GRAND.............................................5

1.3 Components of K8NHA GRAND.................................... 6

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........................................7

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU)......................................7

2.2 Fan Headers................................................................9

2.3 Memory Mo dules Ins ta llat ion.........................................9

2.4 Conne ctors, & Slots....................................................10

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup...............................11

3.1 How to setup Jumpers................................................ 11

3.2 Detail Settings............................................................11

Pin ............................................................................................... 11

Chapter 4: Useful Help...........................................................16

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code.............................................16

4.2 T roubleshooting..........................................................1 6

Chapter 5: NVIDIA RAID Function ......................................18

5.1 Operat ion System.......................................................18

5.2 Raid Arrays................................................................18

5.3 How RAID Works.......................................................1 9

Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder™...................................................23

6.1 Introduction................................................................23

6.2 System Requirement ..................................................23

6.3 Installation .................................................................24

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 K8NHA GRAND FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 754. Supports the AMD Athl on 64 Socket 754 processor

Supports AM D Sempron Socket 754 processor

Chi pset

NVIDIA NF3 250Gb.

- Hyp er Tran sport link to t he AMD Athlon 64 CPU.

- Sup por ts AGP 3.0 8x in t er face.

- Supports sy stem and power management.

- Supports 4 IDE disk dri ves, integrated RAID 0, RAID 1 and

RAID 0 +1 functions.

- Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/10 0/ 1 33 Bus Mas ter Mod e.

- Supports USB 2.0, 8 ports.

- Complaints with PCI Version 2.3 specifi cati on.

- Complaints with AC’97 Version 2.3 specificati on.

- Fast ATA/133 IDE controllers.

Dimensions

ATX Form Factor: 21.5x29.3cm (W x L)

Ma in Memory

Supp orts up to 2 DDR d evi ces. Supp orts 200/266/333/ 40 0 MHz DDR de v ices.

Certified DDR400 + List

- Please check the website: http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3

?name=K8NHA%20Grand

Maximum memory siz e is 2GB.

DI MM Socket

Location

DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

To t al M e m o r y

Size (MB)

Max is 2 GB.

Slots

5 x 3 2-bi t PCI bus m aster sl ots. 1 x AGP 8x slot

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Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8712F. Low Pin Count Interface.

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- IT E's " S mart Guardi an" fu n ction

On Board IDE

Supports 4 IDE disk dri ves. Supports PIO mode 4, Block M ode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/10 0/ 1 33 bus mas t er mo de.

10/100 LA N (optional)

PHY: RTL8201BLC Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.

Half/ Full duplex capabil ity.

Gigabit LAN

NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigab it PHY VSC8201

(CIS8201).

Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation. Half/ Full duplex capabil ity.

Supports personal Firewall setup. Suppor ts ACPI power m anagement.

Supports NVIDIA StreamT h ru te chnology

- Isochronous controll er pai red with Hyper T ransport resul ts in fas t es t networ king perf ormance

Se cu rity

NVIDIA Firewall technology

- Native fire wall solution

Advanced features

- Remote access, configuration, monitoring

- Com man d l in e int er f ace (C LI)

- WMI scripts.

Se rial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Compli ant with SATA 1.0 specification.

Data transfer ra te s up to 1 50 M B/s

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Storage

NVIDIA RAID Technology

- RAID 0 disk stri ping for highest system and application performance

- RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller

standards

- RAID 0+1 disk stri pi ng and mirroring for highest performance with fault tolerance

IEEE 1394A Chi p

Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb /s.

On Board A C’97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: ALC655 Compli ant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.

Supports S/PDIF Out (optional function). Supports 6 channels.

F ront Sid e On-bo ard P er iphera ls

1 seri al header supports 1 serial COM port. (JCOM 2, optional) 1 audio out header supports 1 line-in, 1 line-out, and 1MIC

ports.

1 CD-i n connector supports 1 CD-ROM devi ce. 1 S/P DIF out connector supp o rts 1 S/PDIF ou t port (op tion al).

1 IEEE1394 header supports 1 IEEE 1394 port. 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K, 720K,

1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.88M by tes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports. 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices.

2 Seri al ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

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Re ar (Back) S id e Co n n ect or s

1 par allel por t. 1RJ-45 LAN jack.

1 IEEE1394 port (optional). 1 audio port.

1 PS/2 keyboard & m ouse port. 2 seri al ports (JCOM3 is optional).

4 USB 2.0 ports.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

1394

(optional)

USB x2

COM1

Parallel

COM3

(optional)

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Sup por ts APM1. 2 , AC PI , an d USB fu nctio ns.

Software

Sup por ts W ar pspee der ™ , 9th T o uch™ , W IN FLA SH ER ™ an d

FLASHER™.

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows

2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s M anual X 1 Fu lly Setu p Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel fo r ATX Case X 1 USB 2.0 Cable X1 (opti onal) S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Cable X 1 (opti onal) IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optiona l) Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)

LAN

USB x2

Line In/ Surround

Line Out Mi c I n 1 /

Bas e/Cente r

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1.3 LAYOUT OF K8NHA GRAND

JCOM2*

JC OM3* JCOM1

1 JAUDI O1

Codec

JSPDIF _OUT

JKBMSV1

JUSBV1

JCDIN1

JATX PWR 1

IT8712F

RTL

8201BL

JSATA517JSATA4

GP1

BIOS

JCFAN1

DDR1

DDR2

VSC8201

VT6307

J1 39 4A1

J1 394 V1

JUSB2

JPANEL1

2 1

JUSB1

BAT1

JCI1

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

24 23

JUSBV3

Note:

1. ● represents the 1st pin.

2. *: JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional, and only one of them can be

chosen.

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1.3 COMPONENTS OF K8NHA GRAND

E F

K L

JATXPW R 1~2: ATX power

Codec

VSC8201

VT6307

connectors. JU SBV1: Power sourc e f or

J1394_USB1. JKBMSV1: Power source f or

JKBMS1. Back panel connectors.

JAU DIO1: Audio out header.

AGP1: Accelerated Graphic s Port

slot. JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in header

JSPD IF_OU T: Digit al audio out

header (optional). PCI 1~5: Peripheral Com ponent

Int erc onnect slots. J1394A1: Front 1394 header.

J1394V1: Power source for

J1394A1.

IT8712F

82 01 B L

DDR1

DD R2

RT L

GP1

BIOS

BAT1

JPANEL1: Front panel c onnector.

ID E1~2: Hard disk connectors.

JSFAN1: Syste m fan connector.

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Heade r.

JCI1 : Case open Header.

JU SB1~2: Front USB headers .

JU SBV3: Power sourc e f or JUSB1~2.

JSATA4~5: Serial ATA c onnec t ors.

FDD1: Flopp y disk connector.

DDR1~2: DDR memor y modules.

JCFAN1: CPU fan conne cto r.

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU

should point forwards this bl ack cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

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Step 3: Hold the CPU down firml y, and then close the l ever to complete

the i nstal la ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU F an on the CPU and bu c kl e it. Conn ec t the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

JCFAN1

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rat e s ens e

System Fan Header: JSFAN1

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCF AN1 and J SF AN 1support sy stem cooling fan wit h Sm art Fan Cont rol utility. It support s 3 pin head c onnector. When connect ing wit h wires onto

connec t ors, please not e t hat t he red wire is the pos itive and should be connec t ed to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rat e s ens e

2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLAT ION

2.2.1 DDR M o dule ins tallation

1. Unlock a DIMM sl ot by pressi ng the retaining cli ps outward. Align a DIMM on the slo t su ch that the notch on the DIMM ma tches the b reak

on the Sl ot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIM M is properly seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS, & SLOTS

Floppy D isk Connector: FDD1

The motherboard provi des a standard floppy di sk connector that s uppor t s 360 K, 720K, 1. 2 M, 1.4 4M a nd 2.8 8 M flo ppy d isk types. This

connector supports the provi ded floppy drive ribbon cabl es.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1~ 2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus M aster, and Ul tra DMA 33/66/100/133

functio nality. It ha s two HDD c onnectors IDE1 (primary ) an d IDE2 (secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk dri ves. The fi rst hard drive should

al ways be conne cted to IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~5

This motherboard i s equipped with 1 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and i t is a bus standard for

expansion cards. T his PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA4~5

The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce 3 250Gb with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and wi th

tr ansfer rate of 1.5 Gb/ s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

JSATA4/JSATA5

1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO S ETUP JUMP ERS

The il lustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper i s

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

Pow er Conn ector s: JATX PWR1/PAT X PWR2

JATXPWR1: Thi s connector allows user to connect 20-pin power conn ec tor on t h e A TX power s upply.

JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will pro vi de +12V to CPU power circui t.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

JATXPWR1

JATXPWR2

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V

2 +3.3V 12 -12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 +5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 +5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V 9 Standby Voltage +5V 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +12V 3 Ground 2 +12v 4 Ground

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Powe r Sou rce Selection He aders for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3

JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Description

Pin 1-2 clo se

Pin 2-3 clo se

+5V

+5V st andby Voltage

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB device,” “JUSBV1/JUSBV3” jumper cap should be pl ace d on Pi n 2-3 individually.

JUSBV1: +5V for USB at the

J1394_U SB1 and JU SBLAN 1 connec t or ports.

JUSBV3: +5V for USB at the JUSB

1~2 connector port s.

JU SBV1: J1394_USB1 and

JU SBLAN 1 ports powered with st andby v olt age of +5V

JU SBV3: JUSB1~2 ports powered

with standby v olt age of 55V

Power S o urce Se lec tio n H ead er s for K eyb o ar d /Mo us e: JKBM SV1

JKBMSV1 Assignment Description

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBM SV1” jumper cap shoul d be placed on Pin 2-3.

+5V +5V for ke yboard and mouse

+5V Standby Voltage

PS/2 m ouse and PS/ 2 k eyboard are powered wit h +5V s t andby

voltage.

COM2 Header: JCOM2 (Optional)

This header allows user to connect additional seri al cable on the PC back panel. It can be used to connect serial devi ces, for example,

mouse or modem.

2 1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 RIN1 2 RIN3 3 DOUT2 4 DOUT3

5 Ground 6 RIN2 7 DOUT1 8 RIN4 9 -XRI1 10 NA

JCOM2-Header

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Front Panel Audio Out Header: JAUDIO1

This conn ec to r will allow user to c on nect with t he front audio out pu t headers on the P C c ase. It will disable the ou tp ut on b ac k pan el audio connectors.

2 1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic power/Bas s 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speak er out

Right 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out /Speaker out Left 10 Lef t line out/Speaker out Left

Right line in/R ear s peak er

Right

13 Lef t line in/ R ear speak er Lef t 14 Left line in/R ear speak er Lef t

14 13

JAUDIO1

6 R ight line out/ Speak er out R ight

12 Right line in/Rear speaker Right

CD-ROM Audio -in Conne c tor: JCDIN1

This connector all ows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card

etc..

JCDIN1

Pin Assignment

1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input

F r ont 13 94 He ader: J1 394A 1

This connector all ows user to connect the front 1394 port for digital image devices.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2 1

J1394A1

1 A+ 2 A3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B7 +12v 8 +12V

9 Key 10 Ground

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Digi ta l Aud io Out Co nn ector: JS PDI F _ OUT (opt ion al)

This conn ec to r will allow user to c on nect the PCI brac ket SPDI F output header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground

Power Source for 1394: J1394V1

J1394V1 Assignment Description

1 3

Pin 1-2 clo se

Pin 2-3 clo se

+3.3V SB +3.3V SB f or 1394 c hipset.

+3.3V

+3.3V for 1394 chipse t. (Default)

F r ont Pa n el Con n ect or: JPA NEL1

This 24-pin c on nector in cl ud es Power-on, Reset , HDD L ED, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to

connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control 3 N/A 4 Ground 5 N/A 6 N/A N/A 7 Speaker 9 H DD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HEE LED (-)

13 Ground 14 Power button 15 Reset control 17 N/A 18 Key 19 N/A 20 Key 21 +5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX

Speaker Connector

Hard driv e LED

Res et button

IrDA Connector

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

24 23

JPANEL1

Sleep butt on

Power LED

Power-on button

IrD A Connec t or

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Clear CM OS Head er: J CM OS1

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it all ows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, pl ease carefully follow the procedures to avo id da ma ging th e mot her boar d.

JCMOS1 Assignment

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Norm al Operation (D ef ault ).

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wai t for fi ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

Case Op en Head er : JCI 1

T his connector allows system to monitor PC case op en status. If the signal has been triggered, it wil l record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

JCI1

1 Cas e open signal 2 Ground

Front USB Header: JUSB1~2

This connector all ows user to connect additional USB cables on the PC front panel. Also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB

card reader.

JUSB1/JUSB2

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 USB- 4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWAR D BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meanin g

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort beeps

High-low siren sound C PU ov erheat ed

One Short beep when system boot-up

Long beeps every ot her s econd No DRAM detected or inst all

4.2 TROUBL ESHOOTIN G

Probable Solution

1. N o power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminat e, fan

inside power supply does not turn on.

2. I ndic at or light on k ey board does not t urn on.

Sys t em inoperat iv e. Key board lights are on, power indic at or lights are lit,

and hard drive is s pinning. Sys t em does not boot f rom hard disk

drive, can be boot ed f rom opt ic al drive.

Sys t em only boot s from opt ic al driv e. Hard disk can be read and

applicat ions can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible.

Screen m essage say s “Inv alid Conf igurat ion” or “CMOS Failure. ”

Cannot boot sys t em after inst alling sec ond hard drive.

Video card not f ound or v ideo card mem ory bad

Sys t em will shut down aut omatically No error found during POST

1. Make s ure power c able is sec urely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even pres s ure on both ends of the DIMM, press down firm ly until t he

module s naps int o plac e.

1. C hec k cable running from disk to disk controller board. Make s ure

both ends are s ec urely plugged i n; check t h e dr iv e ty pe in the

standard CMOS setup.

2. Bac k ing up the hard driv e is ext rem ely im port ant . All hard

disk s are c apable of breaking down at any t im e.

Back up data and applic at ions f iles. Ref orm at t he hard driv e. R e-install

applicat ions and dat a us ing backup disks.

Rev iew system’s equipm ent. Make sure c orrect information is in setup.

Set master/slave jumpers correctly. Run SETUP program and s elec t

correc t drive ty pes. C all the driv e manuf acturers for com pat ibility with

other driv es.

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