Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI ROYAL, GA-8N-SLI PRO, GA-8N-SLI User Manual [zh]

GA-8N-SLI Royal/
GA-8N-SLI Pro/
GA-8N-SLI

Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775

Rev. 1004

12MC-8NSLIRO-1004

May 6, 2005

GA-8N-SLI Royal

Motherboard

May 6, 2005

GA-8N-SLI Royal

Motherboard

June 2, 2005

GA-8N-SLI Pro

Motherboard

June 2, 2005

GA-8N-SLI Pro

Motherboard

Oct. 26, 2005

Motherboard

GA-8N-SLI

Oct. 26, 2005

GA-8N-SLI

Motherboard

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GA-8N-SLI Royal / GA-8N-SLI Pro / GA-8N-SLI .............................. 8

................................................................................................. 9

.................................................................................................. 11

1-1 .................................................................................... 11

1-2

1-3

1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 14

1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15

1-4 / Cool-Plus( ) ................................................. 16

1-5

1-6

1-7

1-8 SLI (Scalable Link Interface ) ................... 20

1-9

1-10

..................................................................................................... 12

.................................................................. 14

....................................................................................... 16

................................................................................................. 18

U-PLUS D.P.S. (Universal Plus Dual Power System) ...................... 19

................................................................................... 23

....................................................................................... 24

BIOS ....................................................................................... 35

(BIOS GA-8N-SLI Royal F3l) ...................................... 36

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 38

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features (

2-3 Integrated Peripherals (

2-4 Power Management Setup (

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 46

2-6 PC Health Status (

2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ....................................................................... 49

2-8 Select Language (

2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 52

2-10 Load Optimized Defaults (

2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password (

2-12 Save & Exit Setup (

2-13 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 54

BIOS ) ..................................... 40

) ....................................................... 42

) ............................................... 45

) ............................................................. 47

) ........................................................................ 52

Optimized ) ...................................... 52

/ ) ................... 53

SETUP )................................ 54

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

- 6 -

....................................................................................... 55

3-1 ............................................................................... 55

3-2

............................................................................................ 56

3-3 ..................................................................................................... 56

3-4

3-5

..................................................................................................... 57

................................................................................................. 57

.......................................................................................................... 59

4-1 ............................................................................................ 59

4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 60

4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 61

4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 63

4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 74

4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ....................................................................................... 84

4-2 ..................................................................................................... 88

- 7 -

GA-8N-SLI Royal / GA-8N-SLI Pro / GA-8N-SLI

COAXIAL

SPDIF_O

KB_MS

USB

USB

AUDIO1

AUDIO2

Marvell

8053 (LAN1)

LPT

COMA

F_AUDIO

Backup
BIOS

CODEC

CD_IN

LAN2

LAN1

Main
BIOS

VRM_CONN

CPU_FAN

ATX_12V

PCIE_12V

Marvell Phy (LAN2)

PCIE_2

SPDIF_IN

RF_ID

NB_FAN

PCIE_1

SLI Switch Module Socket

LGA775

®

nVIDIA

nForce 4 SLI

Intel Edition

PCIE_16_1

PCIE_16_2

PCI1

PCI2

TSB81BA3

ATX

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

DDRII1

DDRII2

DDRII3

DDRII4

GA-8N-SLI Royal (Pro)/GA-8N-SLI

®

TSB82AA2

ESATAII1

nVIDIA

MCP-04

PDC20779

SATAII2

BATTERY

SATAII1

IDE3

SYS_FAN

CLR_CMOS

PWR_FAN

IT8712F

CI

F1_1394

F2_1394

F_USB1

F_USB2

F_USB3

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

- 8 -

ESATAII0

PWR_LED

SATAII3

SATAII0

F_PANEL

1 PCIE x 16

2 PCIE x 8

PCI-ECLK

(100MHz)

Normal Mode

PCI-ECLK

(100MHz)

2 PCI Express x 1

or

Switch

PCI Express x 16 Bus

PCI Express Bus

x1

x1 x1

LAN 2

PCI Bus

PDC20779

TSB82AA2

TSB81BA3

SLI Mode

Marvell

8053

RJ45

LAN 1

RJ45

PHY

Marvell

LGA775

Processor

nVIDIA

nForce 4 SLI

Intel Edition

nVIDIA

MCP-04

CODEC

Host

Interface

®

®

CPUCLK+/-(1066/800/533MHz)

DDRII 667/533MHz DIMM

Dual Channel Memory

NBCLK (25MHz)

HCLK+/- (133/200/266MHz)

33MHz
25MHz
48MHz

Dual BIOS

4 SATA 3Gb/s

ATA33/66/100/133

IDE Channels

LPC BUS

IT8712F

24 MHz

ROMCLK33MHz

Floppy

LPT Port

COM Port

2PCI

PCICLK

(33MHz)

2 SATA 3Gb/s

3 IEEE1394b

MIC

Line-In

Line-Out

Side Speaker Out

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

10 USB

Ports

24.576MHz

Surround Speaker Out

ATA33/66/100/133 IDE Channel

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

- 9 -

PS/2 KB/Mouse

33 MHz

- 10 -

1-1

1.

2.

3. (CPU RAM)

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

- 11 -

1-2

 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI
 LGA775 Intel
 1066/800/533MHz FSB
 L2 CPU
 nVIDIA® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition (Crush 19)
 nVIDIA® MCP-04
 Win 2000/XP
 4 DDR II DIMM 8GB
 DDR II 667 /533 unbuffered DIMMs
 1.8V DDR II DIMM
 2 PCI Express x 16
 2 PCI Express x 1
 2 PCI

IDE  2 IDE (IDE1/IDE2) nVIDIA® MCP-04 (UDMA 33/ATA

66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4 IDE

- Win 2000/XP

 1 IDE (IDE3) PDC20779 (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA

100/ATA 133) 2 IDE

- Win 2000/XP

 1 2

SATA 3Gb/s  4 SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA® MCP-04 (SATAII0,

SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3)

- Win 2000/XP

 2 SATA 3Gb/s PDC20779 (ESATAII0, ESATAII1)

- Win 2000/XP

 1 Normal/EPP/ECP
 1 COMA
 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 6- )
 3 IEEE1394b ( )
 1
 1 PS/2
 1 PS/2
 Marvell 8053 (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN1 )
 Marvell 88E1111/1115 Phy (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN2 )

- Win 2000/XP

 2 RJ45

®

Extreme Edition / Pentium® D /Pentium® 4

( )

( ) SLI PCI Express x 16 x 8

PCI Express x 16 (PCIE_16_1 )

x16

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 12 -

 ALC850 CODEC
 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
 ( )

/

 SPDIF
 SPDIF ( + )
 CD

I/O  IT8712F


 CPU
 CPU / /
 CPU
 CPU / /
 CPU

SATA 3Gb/s  nVIDIA® MCP-04

RAID - striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) striping + mir-

roring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5

- 300MB

-

- 4 SATA 3Gb/s

- Win 2000/XP

 Promise PDC20779

- striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)

- 300MB

-

- 2 SATA 3Gb/s

- Win 2000/XP

BIOS  AWARD BIOS

 DualBIOS /Q-Flash/ BIOS
 CPU (U-Plus DPS)
 @BIOS
 EasyTune 5

( )

 BIOS (FSB/DIMM/PCIE/SATAII/CPU)
 BIOS (CPU/DIMM/PCIE)
 ATX 30.5 x 24.4

( ) EasyTune 5

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

- 13 -

1-3

1-3-1

(CPU)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

HT

(Hyper-Threading Technology)

- HT Intel Pentium 4

- HT

- BIOS BIOS HT

- HT

1.

(

)

(

)

P4 nForce4 SLI - 14 -

2.

4.3.

1-3-2

1.

3.

5.

2.

(

)

( Intel )

4.
(

)

6.

CPU

- 15 -

1-4 / Cool-Plus( )

1-5

1.

Cool-Plus

Cool-Plus

Cool-Plus

3.

1.

2.

3.

DDR II BIOS

2.

Cool-Plus

NB_FAN

Cool-Plus Cool-Plus

Cool-Plus

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 16 -

DDR II

1.

2.

Dual Channel DDR II ( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal/GA-8N-SLI Pro/GA-8N-SLI
(Dual Channel DDR Technology) Memory
Bus

1. DDR II

2. DDR II (
)

DDR II

Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )

DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II3 DDR II 4

2

4

DS/SS X DS/SS X

X DS/SS X DS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

- 17 -

1-6

1.

2. ( )

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. BIOS

8.

PCI Express x 16

/

PCI Express x 16

P4 nForce4 SLI - 18 -

PCIE_12V

PCIE x 16

1-7 U-PLUS D.P.S. (Universal Plus Dual Power System)

U-Plus Dual Power System

Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU

CPU 4 LED

Dual Power System

Parallel Mode

U-Plus DPS

U-Plus DPS?

1.

2. U-Plus DPS

3. U-Plus DPS

4. U-Plus

U-Plus DPS (VRM_CONN)

GA-8N-SLI Royal

- 19 -

1-8 SLI (Scalable Link Interface )

NVIDIA SLI NVIDIA SLI
SLI PCI Express NVIDIA GeForce

nVIDIA® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition SLI

SLI

--

I. :

 SLI (GC-SLICON)

GC-SLICON SLI

SLI

 SLI (GC-SLISW-C19)

GC-SLISW-C19 SLI

GC-SLICON

SLI (SLI Mode) (Normal Mode)

(Normal Mode): PCIE x 16

(PCIE_16_1 ) x16

SLI (SLI Mode): SLI PCIE x 16

1. SLI ( GV-NX66T128D) SLI
SLI

2. PCIE x 16 x8

 SLI (GC-SLISW-3D1)

GV-3D1

GC-SLISW-3D1 "3D1 Mode"

( Normal Mode GC-SLISW-C19

)

SLI

PCIE x 16

II. :

20A 400W SLI

! !!

III. :

NVIDIA SLI Windows XP

P4 nForce4 SLI - 20 -

GC-SLISW-3D1

5V 12V

GC-SLISW-C19

SLI --

SLI

25

SLI

" " )

SLI SLI (GC-SLISW-C19)

SLI SLI

SLI

SLI

(

:

"1-6 "

SLI PCIE x 16

PCIE_16_2

SLI (GC-SLICON)

PCIE_16_1

SLI

- 21 -

PCIE_16_1

BIOS

Init Display First PEG;

PCIE_16_2

PEG (Slot2)

:

NVIDIA

"NVIDIA "

GeForce

"SLI

(GPU)"

" SLI

(GPU)" " "

SLI

P4 nForce4 SLI - 22 -

1-9

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2 ( )

( )

COAXIAL (SPDIF )

SPDIF AC-3

AC-3 (SPDIF In)

SPDIF_O (SPDIF )

SPDIF AC-3

AC-3 (SPDIF In)

A

2

Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps

1

Gigabit Ethernet(PCI Express Gigabit) 10/100/1000Mbps

(USB)

USB USB / USB USB USB

USB

( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal

- 23 -

/

/

2-/4-/6-/8-

1-10

3

1

6

13

20

22

14
15

1719

1) ATX_12V

2) ATX (Power Connector)

3) CPU_FAN

4) SYS_FAN

5) PWR_FAN

6) NB_FAN

7) FDD

8) IDE1 / IDE2 / IDE3

9) SATAII0/1/2/3

10) ESATAII0/1

11) PWR_LED

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 24 -

22) RF_ID

2
5

7

8

8

4
18

21

12

16

10

11

12) F_PANEL

13) F_AUDIO

14) CD_IN

15) SPDIF_IN

16) F_USB1 / F_USB2/F_USB3

17) F1_1394/F2_1394

18) CLR_CMOS

19) C I

20) PCIE_12V

21) BATTERY

9

1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)

ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V

( 300

)

ATX 24 ATX

20

3

1

4

2

1

2

3 +12V

4 +12V

13

24

1

12

1 3.3V

2 3.3V

3

4 +5V

5

6 +5V

7

8

9 5V SB(stand by +5V)

10 +12V

11 +12V(

12 3.3V(

24

24

13 3.3V

14 -12V

15

16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)

17

18

19

20 -5V

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V (

)

24

)

24

)

( 24

)

- 25 -

3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )

+12V 3-pin/4pin( CPU_FAN )

+12V (GND)

CPU

1

1

1

2 +12V

3

4

CPU_FAN

SYS_FAN

1

PWR_FAN

6) NB_FAN ( )

( CPU_FAN )

( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 26 -

1

1 +12V

2

7) FDD ( )

360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB

34

2

33

1

8) IDE1/2/3 (IDE )

IDE IDE IDE IDE

IDE ( ) IDE

Master Slave ( IDE

) IDE IDE1

IDE2

3940

GA-8N-SLI Royal

12

- 27 -

9) SATAII0/SATAII1/SATAII2/SATAII3 (SATA 3Gb/s MCP-04 )

10) ESATAII0/ESATAII1(SATA 3Gb/s PDC20779 )

SATA 3Gb/s 300MB BIOS SATA 3Gb/s

71

17

1

2 TXP

3 TXN

4

5 RXN

6 RXP

7

11) PWR_LED

PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Sus-

pend

1

1 MPD+

2 MPD-

3 MPD-

GA-8N-SLI Royal

P4 nForce4 SLI - 28 -

12) F_PANEL ( )

Message LED/

Power/

Sleep LED

Power

Switch

PW+

MSG+

PW-

MSG-

2
1

HD-

RES+

HD+

RES-

Reset Switch

IDE Hard Disk Active LED

HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)



SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1:

( ) Pin 2- Pin 3:

Pin 4: Data(-)

RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal

( ) Close: Reset Hardware System



PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal :

( ) Close: Power On/Off : /



MSG(Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)



NC( )

Speaker Connector

SPEAK+

NC

SPEAK-

20
19

- 29 -

13) F_AUDIO ( )

14) CD_IN ( )

CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD

Pin5-6 Pin9-10 Jumper

1 MIC

2

910

3 MIC_BIAS

4

12

5 Front Audio (R)

6 Rear Audio (R)/ Return R

7

8

9 Front Audio (L)

10 Rear Audio (L)/ Return L

1

P4 nForce4 SLI - 30 -

1 CD-L

2

3

4 CD-R

15) SPDIF_IN (SPDIF )

Sony/Philip Digital Interface Format /

(SPDIF Out)

SPDIF

SPDIF

1

16) F_ USB1 / F_USB2/F_USB3 ( )

USB

USB

1

2 SPDIFI

3

- 31 -

910

12

1

2

3 USB DX-

4 USB Dy-

5 USB DX+

6 USB Dy+

7

8

9

10

17) F1_1394 / F2_1394 (IEEE1394 )

1394 IEEE1394 (Insitute of Electrical

Eletronics Engineers)

800Mb/S, IEEE1394b

IEEE1394

F1_1394

IEEE1394

IEEE1394b

2
1

10

9

2

F2_1394

1

16

15

18) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )

CMOS

1 TPA0+
2 TPA0­3
4
5 TPB0+
6 TPB0­7
8
9
10

1

1

1
2
3 TPA1+
4 TPA1­5
6
7 TPB1+
8 TPB1­9
10
11 TPA2+
12 TPA2­13
14
15 TPB2+

16 TPB2-

CMOS 1-2

CMOS

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 32 -

19) CI ( )

1

20) PCIE_12V

PCIE_12V PCIE x 16

1

2

- 33 -

1

1

2

3

4 +12V

21) BAT ( )

22) RF_ID






CMOS ...

1.

2.

(

)

3.

4.

P4 nForce4 SLI - 34 -

1

1

2 RFID_RI-

3 RF_TXD

4 RF_RXD

5

6

BIOS

BIOS(Basic Input and Output System) CMOS SETUP

CMOS SETUP CMOS SRAM

CMOS SRAM

BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test ) <Del>

BIOS CMOS SETUP BIOS BIOS "Ctrl

+ F1"

BIOS

TM

@BIOS

Q-Flash

TM

BIOS

TM

@BIOS

BIOS

< >
<Enter>
<Esc> SETUP
<Page Up>
<Page Down>
<F1>
<F2>
<F3>
<F5> ( )
<F6> Fail-Safe ( )
<F7> Optimized ( )
<F8> DualBIOS /Q-Flash
<F9>
<F10> CMOS SETUP

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash

BIOS

BIOS

TM

SETUP SETUP

<F1>

BIOS CMOS SETUP <Esc>

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

BIOS- 35 -

BIOS

(BIOS GA-8N-SLI Royal F3l)

CMOS SETUP

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...



 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )





 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )



BIOS



 Integrated Peripherals ( )



COM port LPT port AC97



 Power Management Setup ( )



CPU



 PnP/PCI Configuration ( PCI )



ISA PnP PCI



 PC Health Status ( )



Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

IDE SATA USB IEEE1394

<Enter>

12

"Ctrl + F1" BIOS



 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T)( / )



CPU



 Select Language ( )



GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 36 -



 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe )



BIOS CMOS



 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized )



CMOS



 Set Supervisor Password ( )



SETUP CMOS



 Set User Password ( )



PC BIOS



 Save & Exit Setup ( )



SETUP BIOS

<F10>



 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP )



<ESC>

BIOS- 37 -

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) We d, Oct 27 2004
Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24

` IDE Channel 0 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 0 Slave [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Slave [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5"]
Drive B [None]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

Halt On [All, But Keyboard]

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 511M
Total Memory 512M

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Date (mm:dd:yy) ( ) / Time (hh:mm:ss) ( )

/ / / 24

(mm) 1 12
(dd) 1 28/29/30/31

(yy) 1999 2098

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave [ ( /

)

IDE HDD Auto-Detection "Enter"
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave

/ / IDE

• None IDE None

Standard CMOS Features

/ /

Item Help
Menu Level`

Change the day, month,
year

<Week>
Sun. to Sat.

<Month>
Jan. to Dec.

<Day>
1 to 31 (or maximum
allowed in the month)

<Year>
1999 to 2098

• Auto BIOS POST IDE ( )

• Manual

Access Mode CHS/ LBA/ Large/ Auto (

Auto)

Capacity

Cylinder
Head
Precomp Precompensation
Landing Zone

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 38 -

Sector

Drive A / Drive B ( A:/ B: )

None None
360K, 5.25" 5.25 360KB

1.2M, 5.25" 5.25 1.2MB
720K, 3.5" 3 720KB

1.44M, 3.5" 3 1.44MB

2.88M, 3.5" 3 2.88MB

Floppy 3 Mode Support ( 3 Mode )

Disabled 3 Mode ( )
Drive A A : 3 Mode
Drive B B : 3 Mode
Both A : B: 3 Mode

Halt on ( )

POST
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Keyboard ( )
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key

Memory ( )

BIOS POST(Power On Self Test)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Base Memory PC 640KB MS-DOS

Extended Memory

Base Other Memory

Module

Total Memory

BIOS- 39 -

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [Floppy]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
ROM Boot Priority1 [PROMISE]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]
Password Check [Setup]
CPU Hyper-Threading # [Enabled]
Limit CPUID Max. to 3 [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2)
CPU EIST Function
Full Screen LOGO Show [Enabled]
Intel Onscreen Branding [Enabled]
Init Display First [PEG]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

( )

( )

( )

" # " Intel® Pentium® 4 HT

Hard Disk Boot Priority ( )

< > < > <+> <->

<ESC>

First / Second / Third Boot Device ( / / )

Floppy
LS120 LS120
Hard Disk
CDROM
ZIP ZIP
USB-FDD USB
USB-ZIP USB-ZIP
USB-CDROM USB
USB-HDD USB
Legacy LAN
Disabled

ROM Boot Priority

Boot ROM Boot ROM

Boot ROM
SCSI SCSI
PROMISE Promise ( )
Nvidia RAID Nvidia RAID

Advanced BIOS Features

( )

[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]

Item Help
Menu Level`

Select Hard Disk Boot
Device Priority

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( )

P4 nForce4 SLI - 40 -

Boot Up Floppy Seek ( )

PC POST Seek
Enabled Seek
Disabled Seek ( )

Password Check ( )

System CMOS SETUP
Setup CMOS SETUP ( )

SETUP

<Enter>

CPU Hyper-Threading ( CPU )

Enabled CPU

( )

Disabled

Limit CPUID Max. to 3

Enabled ( NT4.0)

Disabled ( )

No-Execute Memory Protect

( )

Enabled No-Execute Memory Protect ( )
Disabled

CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)

( )

Enabled CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ( )
Disabled

CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2)

( )

Enabled CPU Thermal Monitor(TM2) ( )
Disabled

CPU EIST Function

( )

Enabled CPU EIST ( )
Disabled

Full Screen LOGO Show ( LOGO)

Enabled POST Logo ( )
Disabled

Intel Onscreen Branding

Enabled Intel logo ( )
Disabled

Init Display First ( )

PCI Express PCI

PCI Slot PCI
PEG PCI Express (PCIE_16_1 ) ( )
PEG(Slot2) PCI Express (PCIE_16_2 )

( )

BIOS- 41 -

2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

IDE/SATAII RAID Config [Press Enter]
On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto]
IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto]
Serial-ATAII 1 [Enabled]
Serial-ATAII 2 [Enabled]
On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
AC97 Audio [Auto]
Onboard LAN2 Function [Auto]
Onboard SATAII/IDE31 [Enabled]
Onboard SATAII/IDE3 Mode1 [BASE]

Onboard 1394b Function12 [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Function1 [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
i-Lock [Enabled]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help
Menu Level`

IDE/SATAII RAID Config

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

IDE/SATAII RAID function [Enabled]
IDE Primary Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Primary Slave RAID [Disabled]
IDE Secndry Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Secndry Slave RAID [Disabled]
SATAII 1 Primary RAID [Enabled]
SATAII 1 Secondary RAID [Enabled]
SATAII 2 Primary RAID [Enabled]
SATAII 2 Secondary RAID [Enabled]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

IDE/SATAII RAID Config

Item Help
Menu Level`

IDE/SATAII RAID function ( RAID )

Enabled IDE/SATAII RAID ( )
Disabled

IDE Primary Master RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

IDE Primary Slave RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

IDE Secndry Master RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

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IDE Secndry Slave RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

SATAII 1 Primary RAID

Enabled SATAII RAID ( )
Disabled

SATAII 1 Secondary RAID

Enabled SATAII RAID ( )
Disabled

SATAII 2 Primary RAID

Enabled SATAII RAID ( )
Disabled

SATAII 2 Secondary RAID

Enabled SATAII RAID ( )
Disabled

On-Chip IDE Channel0 ( channel IDE )

Enabled channel IDE ( )
Disabled

On-Chip IDE Channel1 ( channel IDE )

Enabled channel IDE ( )
Disabled

IDE1 Conductor Cable

Auto ( )
ATA66/100/133 IDE1 ATA66/100/133 ( IDE

ATA66/100/133 )

ATA33 IDE1 ATA33 ( IDE

ATA33 )

IDE2 Conductor Cable

Auto ( )
ATA66/100/133 IDE2 ATA66/100/133 ( IDE

ATA66/100/133 )

ATA33 IDE2 ATA33 ( IDE

ATA33 )

Serial-ATAII 1 ( NVIDIA SATA II )

Enabled Serial ATAII 1 ( )
Disabled

Serial-ATAII 2 ( NVIDIA SATA II )

Enabled Serial ATAII 2 ( )
Disabled

On-Chip USB

Disabled USB
V1.1+V2.0 USB1.1 USB2.0 ( )
V1.1 USB1.1

BIOS- 43 -

USB Keyboard Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB

USB Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

USB Mouse Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB

USB Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

AC97 Audio

Auto AC97 ( )
Disabled AC97

Onboard LAN2 Function ( Marvell 88E1111/88E1115 )

( GA-8N-SLI Pro/GA-8N-SLI Onboard LAN Function)

Auto ( )
Disabled

Onboard SATAII/IDE3 ( PROMISE SATAII/IDE3 )

Enabled SATAII/IDE3 ( )
Disabled

Onboard SATAII/IDE3 Mode ( PROMISE SATAII/IDE3 )

RAID SATAII/IDE3 RAID
BASE SATAII/IDE3 BASE(ATA) ( )

Onboard 1394b Function ( 1394b )

Enabled 1394b ( )
Disabled 1394b

Onboard LAN Function ( Marvell 8053 )

Enabled ( )
Disabled

Onboard Serial Port 1 ( 1)

Auto BIOS
3F8/IRQ4 1 COM1 3F8 /IRQ4 ( )
2F8/IRQ3 1 COM 2 2F8 /IRQ3
3E8/IRQ4 1 COM 3 3E8 /IRQ4
2E8/IRQ3 1 COM 4 2E8 /IRQ3
Disabled 1

i-Lock

Enabled i-Lock ( )
Disabled i-Lock

Onboard Parallel port ( )

378/IRQ7 378/IRQ7 ( )
278/IRQ5 278/IRQ5
3BC/IRQ7 3BC/IRQ7
Disabled

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 44 -

Parallel Port Mode ( )

SPP ( )
EPP EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
ECP ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)
ECP+EPP EPP ECP

2-4 Power Management Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]
Soft-Off by Power button [Instant-Off]
PME Event Wake Up [Enabled]
Modem Ring On [Enabled]
USB Resume from Suspend [Enabled]

Power-On by Alarm [Disabled]

x Day of Month Alarm Everyday
x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0

Power On By Mouse [Disabled]

Power On By Keyboard [Disabled]

x KB Power ON Password Enter

AC BACK Function [Soft-Off]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Power Management Setup

Item Help
Menu Level`

ACPI Suspend Type ( )

S1(POS) ACPI S1/POS (Power On Suspend) ( )
S3(STR) ACPI S3/STR (Suspend To RAM)

Soft-Off by Power button ( )

Instant-Off ( )
Delay 4 Sec. 4

PME Event Wake Up ( )

+5VSB 1
Disabled
Enabled ( )

Modem Ring On ( )

Disabled
Enabled ( )

USB Resume from Suspend ( USB )

Disabled
Enabled USB ( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

BIOS- 45 -

Power-On by Alarm ( )

Enabled
Disabled ( )
Enabled

Day of Month Alarm : Everyday, 1~31
Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)

Power On By Mouse ( )

Disabled ( )
Double Click PS/2

Power On By Keyboard ( )

Disabled ( )
Keyboard 98 Windows 98
Password 1-5

KB Power ON Password ( )

"Power On by Keyboard" "Password"

Enter 1-5 Enter

AC BACK Function ( )

Soft-Off ( )
Full-On

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

PnP/PCI Configurations

Item Help

Menu Level`

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 1 IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI 1 IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 2 IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI 2 IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 46 -

2-6 PC Health Status ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

Reset Case Open Status [Disabled]

Case Opened Yes
Vcore OK
DDR18V OK
+3.3V OK
+12V OK
VBAT OK
Current CPU Temperature 38oC
Current CPU FAN Speed 3245 RPM

Current POWER FAN Speed12 0 RPM
Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled]
CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]

POWER FAN Fail Warning12 [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
CPU Smart FAN Control [Enabled]
CPU Smart FAN Mode [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Reset Case Open Status

Disabled ( )
Enabled

Case Opened

"Case Opened" "Yes" "Reset Case Open

Status" Enabled

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V/ VBAT ( )

PC Health Status

"Case Opened" "No"

Item Help

Menu Level `

Current CPU Temperature ( CPU )

CPU

Current CPU/POWER /SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) ( )

CPU / /

CPU Warning Temperature (CPU )

Disabled CPU ( )
60oC / 140oF CPU 60oC / 140oF
70oC / 158oF CPU 70oC / 158oF
80oC / 176oF CPU 80oC / 176oF
90oC / 194oF CPU 90oC / 194oF

CPU/POWER /SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning ( )

Enabled CPU / /
Disabled CPU / / ( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

BIOS- 47 -

CPU Smart FAN Control (CPU )

Disabled
Enabled CPU CPU

Easy Tune ( )

CPU Smart FAN Mode (CPU )

CPU Smart FAN Control
Auto CPU ( )
Voltage 3-pin CPU Voltage
PWM 4-pin CPU PWM

3-pin 4-pin Voltage

4-pin Intel 4-Wire Fans PWM Control

PWM

P4 nForce4 SLI - 48 -

2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

( )

C.A.M.
CPU Clock Ratio
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
FSB Turbo Mode [Disabled]
System Clock Mode [Optimal]

x New FSB Speed (QDR) Auto

Current FSB Speed (QDR) 800.0 MHZ
Target FSB Speed (QDR) 800.0 MHZ

x New MEM Speed (DDR) Auto

Current MEM Speed (DDR) 533.3 MHZ
Target MEM Speed (DDR)) 533.3 MHZ

PCIE Frequency (MHz) [100.0000]
LDT Frequency [4x]
SLI Broadcast Aperture [Disabled]
DIMM OverVoltage Control [Normal]
PCI-E OverVoltage Control [Normal]
FSB OverVoltage Control [Normal]
SATAII OverVoltage Control [Normal]
CPU Voltage Control [Normal]

Normal CPU Vcore 1.3875V

Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F3: Language12 F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

C.A.M.

( )

( )

High CPU ( )
Low CPU

CPU Clock Ratio

( )

CPU ( CPU

)

C.I.A.2

C.I.A.2 CPU C.I.A.2

CPU
Disabled ( )
Cruise C.I.A.2 Cruise CPU CPU

(5% 7%)

Sports C.I.A.2 Sports CPU CPU

(7% 9%)

Racing C.I.A.2 Racing CPU CPU

(9% 11%)

Turbo C.I.A.2 Turbo CPU CPU

(15% 17%)

Full Thrust C.I.A.2 Full Thrust CPU CPU

(17% 19%)

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

[High]
[16x]

Item Help

Menu Level`

( )

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

BIOS- 49 -

FSB Turbo Mode

Disabled FSB Turbo ( )
Enabled FSB Turbo

System Clock Mode

Optimal FSB ( )
Linked FSB
Expert FSB

New FSB Speed (QDR)

System Clock Mode Linked Expert FSB

(+)/(-) FSB

Current FSB Speed (QDR)

FSB

Target FSB Speed (QDR)

New FSB Speed (QDR) FSB

New MEM Speed (DDR)

System Clock Mode Expert

(+)/(-)

Current MEM Speed (DDR)

Target MEM Speed (DDR)

New FSB Speed (QDR) /New MEM Speed (DDR)

PCIE Frequency (MHz)

PCIE

LDT Frequency

LDT

SLI Broadcast Aperture

Disabled SLI Broadcast Aperture ( )
Auto SLI Broadcast Aperture Auto

DIMM OverVoltage Control (DIMM )

Normal DIMM ( )
+0.1V DIMM +0.1V
+0.2V DIMM +0.2V
+0.3V DIMM +0.3V
+0.4V DIMM +0.4V
+0.5V DIMM +0.5V
+0.6V DIMM +0.6V
+0.7V DIMM +0.7V

P4 nForce4 SLI - 50 -

PCI-E OverVoltage Control (PCI-Express )

Normal PCI Express ( )
+0.1V PCI Express +0.1V
+0.2V PCI Express +0.2V
+0.3V PCI Express +0.3V

FSB OverVoltage Control (FSB )

Normal FSB ( )
+0.1V FSB +0.1V
+0.2V FSB +0.2V
+0.3V FSB +0.3V

SATAII OverVoltage Control (SATAII )

Normal SATAII ( )
+0.1V SATAII +0.1V
+0.2V SATAII +0.2V
+0.3V SATAII +0.3V

CPU Voltage Control (CPU

Normal)

Normal CPU Vcore (CPU )

Robust Graphics Booster

Auto Robust Graphics Booster Auto ( )
Fast Robust Graphics Booster Fast
Turbo Robust Graphics Booster Turbo

0.8375v~01.6000v (

BIOS- 51 -

2-8 Select Language ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

BIOS

2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Esc: Quit 12
F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y> <Enter> BIOS

Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-

Safe Defaults

2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

Load Optimized Defaults

<Y> <Enter> CMOS

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 52 -

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Enter Password:

Change/Set/Disable Password

8 Enter BIOS

Enter BIOS PASSWORD DISABLED

Supervisor

Supervisor Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

"Setup" CMOS SETUP Supervisor

User

User Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

SYSTEM User Supervisor

CMOS SETUP USER Password BIOS

Supervisor CMOS SETUP

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

BIOS- 53 -

2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Save & Exit Setup

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

<Y> <Enter> RTC CMOS Setup Utility

<N> <Esc>

2-13 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Data

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

<Y> <Enter> Setup Utility <N> <Esc>

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

P4 nForce4 SLI - 54 -

3-1

Xpress Install

Setup.exe )

Xpress Install

Windows XP

11

1

11

11

1

11

(

Xpress Install

Windows XP USB2.0 Windows Service Pack

\ \ "?"

( USB 2.0 )

GA-8N-SLI Royal

- 55 -

3-2

3-3

Install

P4 nForce4 SLI - 56 -

3-4

3-5

- 57 -

P4 nForce4 SLI - 58 -

4-1

( )

U-PLUS D.P.S. (Universal Plus Dual Power System)

U-Plus Dual Power System

Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU

CPU 4

LED

M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker)

M.I.T. BIOS

BIOS M.I.T. C.I.A.2 M.I.B.2

M.I.T.

C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2)

C.I.A.2 CPU

C.I.A.2 CPU

CPU

M.I.B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2)

M.I.B.2 10%

S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver)

S.O.S.

S.O.S.

CMOS

Download Center

Download Center

BIOS Download Center

C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management)

C.O.M. MIS MIS

C.O.M.

( CPU ) BIOS

( @BIOS )

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4-1-1 EasyTune 5

EasyTune5 Microsoft Windows

1) 2) C.I.A.

M.I.B. 3) 4)

/

1. Overclocking

2. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 C.I.A./2 M.I.B./2

3. Smart-Fan

4. PC Health

5. GO

6. "Easy Mode" "Advance Mode"

7. CPU

8. LEDs

9. GIGABYTE Logo

10. Help EasyTuneTM 5

11. EasyTuneTM 5

( )

( ) EasyTune 5

P4 nForce4 SLI - 60 -

4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2 (BACKUP)
(RESTORE) Microsoft

WinXP/2K/NT/98/Me DOS

NTFS FAT32 FAT16 PATA SATA

IDE Controller Backup
Xpress Recovery2 <F9>

:

1. Intel x86 platform

2. 64M bytes memory

3. VESA supported VGA cards

:

CD-ROM <F9>

BIOS "Advanced BIOS Feature" CD-ROM

"Boot from CD/DVD:"

Xpress Recovery2 CD-ROM

Xpress Recovery2 <F9>

.
.
Boot from CD/DVD:

Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2005, Award Software, Inc.

GA-8N-SLI Royal F5a
.
.
.
.

<DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: Xpress Recovery2, <F12>For Boot Menu
11/16/2005-C19-MCP04-6A61EG0FC-00

Boot from CD/DVD:

<F9> Xpress Recovery2

1. CD-ROM Xpress Recovery2
<F9>

2.

3.

Xpress Recovery2

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Xpress Recovery2

1. RESTORE:

( )

2. BACKUP:

3. REMOVE:

( )

4. REBOOT:

:

1. Xpress Recovery

2. primary partition Xpress Recovery2

3. Xpress Recovery2
( :4G Bytes; )

4. Microsoft DOS WinXP/2000/NT/9x/

Me

5. USB

6. RAID/AHCI controller(class code:0104/0106)

7.

: :
a. PATA IDE primary channel
b. PATA IDE secondary channel
c. SATA IDE channel 1
d. SATA IDE channel 2
e. SATA IDE channel 3
f. SATA IDE channel 4

:

1. Win2000 ( 128G Bytes)
"EnableBigLba.exe"

2.

3. GPL

4. nVidia RAID SATA IDE
BIOS

5. PATA SATA :
( BIOS BIOS )

GA-K8U
GA-K8U-9
GA-K8NXP-SLI
GA-K8N Ultra-SLI
GA-K8N Pro-SLI
GA-K8NXP-9
GA-K8N Ultra-9

P4 nForce4 SLI - 62 -

GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0)
GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0)
GA-K8NMF-9
GA-8N-SLI Royal
GA-8N-SLI Pro
GA-8N-SLI

4-1-3 BIOS

A. BIOS (Dual BIOS) ?

BIOS " BIOS(Main BIOS)"

" BIOS (Backup BIOS)"

BIOS BIOS BIOS

BIOS

B. BIOS Q-Flash

a. BIOS POST Power On Self Test

Del Award BIOS CMOS SETUP <F8> Flash

Utility

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

b. Dual BIOS Q-Flash

Select Language12

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

12

Boot From................................................. Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size............................... SST 49LF004A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size........................... SST 49LF004A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

PgDn/PgUp: Modify KL: Move ESC: Reset F10: Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility V1.33

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Keep DMI Data Enable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Update Main BIOS from Floppy

Update Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro

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c. Dual BIOS

Wide Range Protection: Disable( ) Enable

1

BIOS Failure ( :Update

ESCD Failure Checksum Error Reset) Wide Range Protection Enabled

BIOS

2

( :SCSI ROM BIOS BIOS

ROM BIOS

BIOS

, BIOS

Boot From : Main BIOS( ) Backup BIOS

1

BIOS BIOS
2
BIOS BIOS BIOS ,

Auto Recovery : Enable( ) Disable

BIOS BIOS Checksum Failure BIOS

Checksum Failure BIOS
( BIOS Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Suspend
to RAM Auto Recovery Enable )

Halt On Error : Disable( ) Enable

Halt On Error Enable CHECKSUM ERROR MAIN BIOS IS WIDE RANGE

PROTECTION ERROR ;

Auto Recovery Disabled <or the other key to continue.>
Auto Recovery Enabled <or the other key to Auto Recover.>

Keep DMI Data : Enable( ) Disable

Enable BIOS DMI ( Enable)
Disable BIOS DMI

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

BIOS "Copy Backup ROM Data to Main"

BIOS Recovery Main to Backup Main BIOS Backup
BIOS
BIOS Recovery Backup to Main Backup BIOS Main
BIOS

Load Default Settings

Dual BIOS

Save Settings to CMOS

CMOS

P4 nForce4 SLI - 64 -

TM

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

TM

BIOS

BIOS BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

DOS Windows Q-Flash

TM

BIOS

TM

BIOS BIOS

BIOS Q-FlashTM BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

BIOS

1. BIOS

2. BIOS BIOS ( .Fxx 8KNXPU.Fba)

3. Del BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS

F1 F12 F1 F4 F4 F8

BIOS

BIOS
BIOS

BIOS Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash Dual BIOS

Ultra Q-Flash BIOS Fa3 Fba

TM

BIOS

Q-Flash GA-8KNXP

BIOS Fa3

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3
Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>
Memory Testing : 131072K OK

Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery
08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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TM

Q-Flash

1 Del BIOS Q-Flash

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

2 F8 Y Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

BIOS ROM Enter

Enter

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

P4 nForce4 SLI - 66 -

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS " "

BIOS BIOS

1. "Load Main BIOS from Floppy" Enter

BIOS "Save Main

BIOS to Floppy"

2. BIOS Enter
BIOS 8KNXPU.Fba

BIOS BIOS

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

8KNXPU.Fba 512K

Total size : 1.39M Free size : 911.50K

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

F5 : Refresh DEL : Delete

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

1 file(s) found

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

Enter BIOS

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

BIOS

BIOS " BIOS "

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3. BIOS Y BIOS

BIOS

4. BIOS Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Halt On Error Disable

Please press any key to continue

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

5. Esc Y Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Are you sure to RESET ?

Halt On Error Disable

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

1 ~ 4

BIOS

(Backup BIOS)

BIOS

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba

BIOS

Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250

Fba

Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>
Memory Testing : 131072K OK

Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery
09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

P4 nForce4 SLI - 68 -

6. Del BIOS Load Fail-Safe Defaults Enter

BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? Y

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Y

7. Save & Exit Setup CMOS BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Y

BIOS Q-Flash

TM

BIOS

Q-Flash BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Top Performance

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Q-Flash

Enter

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS " "

BIOS BIOS

1. "Update BIOS from Floppy" Enter

BIOS 8GE800.F4

BIOS "Save BIOS to

Floppy"

2. BIOS Enter BIOS

BIOS BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

8GE800.F4 256K

Total size : 1.39M Free size : 1.14M

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

F5 : Refresh DEL : Delete

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

1 file(s) found

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

BIOS " BIOS "

BIOS

P4 nForce4 SLI - 70 -

3. BIOS Y BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Updating BIOS Now

Update BIOS from Floppy

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.........................

Save BIOS to Floppy

4. BIOS Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Please press any key to continue

5. Esc Y Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Are you sure to RESET ?

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...

BIOS

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

BIOS

BIOS F4

Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4
Check System Health OK
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0)
<CPUID : 0F0A Patch ID : 0009>
Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory

Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash
03/18/2003-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

6. Del BIOS Load Fail-Safe Defaults Enter

BIOS 6 7

BIOS

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TM

@BIOS

DOS @BIOS

@BIOS BIOS @BIOS

BIOS BIOS

1. @BIOS 2. @BIOS

/ /GIGABYTE/@BIOS

@BIOS

3. @BIOS 4. @BIOS

"" "Update New BIOS"

1.

I. Internet BIOS

a. "Internet Update"
b. "Update New BIOS"
c. @BIOS
d.
e. BIOS

II. Internet BIOS

a. "Internet Update"
b. "Update New BIOS"
c. " "All Files (*.*)"
d. BIOS ( 8NSLI.D2)
e.

P4 nForce4 SLI - 72 -

III. BIOS

"Save Current BIOS" BIOS

IV. Flash ROM

"About this program" @BIOS

Flash ROM

2.

I. I ( )

BIOS

II. II BIOS

III. I @BIOS BIOS

BIOS II

BIOS

IV. BIOS

V. C.O.M.

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4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS

/

( ) Mirroring

nVIDIA® MCP-04 Striping (RAID 0) Mirror­ing (RAID 1) Striping Mirroring (RAID 0+1) Spanning

RAID 5 Promise PDC20779 : Striping

(RAID 0) Mirroring (RAID 1)

RAID 0 (Striping)

Striping - 4KB 128KB

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

Mirroring

( )

ATA RAID 1 Mirroring

Mirroring

1GB

1GB 2GB

RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)

Striping Mirroring RAID 0+1 RAID 0 RAID 1

/

JBOD (Spanning)

Spanning ( JBOD - Just a Bunch of Drives)

Spanning

RAID 5 (Striping with Parity)

RAID 5 RAID 5

RAID 5

GA-8N-SLI Royal

P4 nForce4 SLI - 74 -

(RAID)

1) (

) IDE SCSI SATA ( )

2) BIOS RAID ( BIOS Integrated Peripherals )

3) RAID BIOS RAID ( NVIDIA RAID F10 Silicon Image

Ctrl + S )

4)

5) RAID

3 4 ( http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw

\ \ )

NVIDIA RAID BIOS

NVRAID BIOS /

RAID BIOS

1. F10

NVIDIA RAID BIOS

MediaShield IDE ROM BIOS 5.16
Copyright (C) 2005 NVIDIA Corp.

Detecting array ...

Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...

F10

NVIDIA RAID - Define a New Array ( )

MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

2.0.M ST3120026AS

2.1.M ST3120026AS

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

JJ

[

J] Add

JJ

II

[

I] Del

II

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Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

Tab

RAID

Mirroring RAID

Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning

Striping Block

Striping Block KB Optimal( 64K)

4K 128K

SATA Free Disk Tab Free Disk

<J> Array Disk ( )

MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

[

[

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

2.0.M ST3120026AS

JJ

J] Add

JJ

II

I] Del

II

2.1.M ST3120026AS

KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

RAID BIOS

F7 Clear disk data

Y N (

Yes )

MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

[

[

Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name

JJ

J] Add

JJ

II

I] Del

II

1.0.M ST3120026AS

1.1.M ST3120026AS

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

P4 nForce4 SLI - 76 -

KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

Array List

B

MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005

Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name

No 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [

KLKL

KL] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

KLKL

- Array List -

Enter Array Deatil RAID

Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Mirroring
Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K

Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Name Capacity

2 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111.79GB
2 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return

C Y N

Enter Array List Ctrl + X NVRAID BIOS

RAID

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Promise RAID BIOS

Promise RAID BIOS /

RAID BIOS

OS <Ctrl>+<F> Promise RAID

BIOS

FastTrak 779 (tm) BIOS Version 2.00.0.25
Copyright (c) 2003 Promise Technology, Inc.
Updated in 2004

No Array is defined..............................

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility or
Press [ESC] to continue booting

<Ctrl> + <F> Promise RAID ( )

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Main Menu] ]

Auto Setup..................................................[ 1 ]

View/Change Drives Assignments............ [ 2 ]

Define Array.............................................[ 3 ]

Delete Array............................................. [ 4 ]

Rebuild Array............................................[ 5 ]

[ Keys Available]

Press 1..5 to Select Option [ESC] Exit

( ):Main Menu

Promise RAID

<1> Promise

<3> Define Array

<2> View/Change Drives Assignments

<4> Delete Array

(RAID 1) <5> Rebuild Array

GA-8N-SLI Royal

P4 nForce4 SLI - 78 -

<1> Auto Setup Auto Setup

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

Optimize Array for:

Mode.......................................................................... Stripe

Spare Drive................................................................ 0

Drive(s) Used in Array................................................ 2

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB)............................. 240068

[I, , Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [CTRL-Y] Save

[ Auto Setup Options Menu] ]

Performance

[ Array Setup Configuration] ]

[ Keys Available]

Optimized Array for < I > <SPACE> Performance (RAID

0) Security (RAID 1) <Ctrl> <Y>

Performance: Performance (RAID 0) RAID 0

Define Array

Security: Security (RAID 1) RAID 1

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<3> Define Array

Promise PDC20779

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Define Array Menu] ]

Logical Disk No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (MB) Status

Logical Disk1 ---- ---- ----- ----

Logical Disk2 ---- ---- ----- ---­Logical Disk3 ---- ---- ----- ---­Logical Disk4 ---- ---- ----- ----

Halt On Error: Disable

[ Keys Available] ]

[K] Up [L] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select [Space] Change HOE Option

[KL ] <ENTER> Define Array Menu

Halt on Error

RAID
FastTrak BIOS <Ctrl> <F>
FastBuild Utility <ESC>

RAID FastTrak BIOS

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

Logical Disk No RAID Mode Total Drv Status

Logical Disk 1 Stripe 0 Functional

Stripe Block: 64KB Gigabyte Rounding: OFF

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment

1:SATA ST3120026AS 120034 N
2:SATA ST3120026AS 120034 N

[K] Up [L] Down [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save

[ Define Array Menu]

[ Drives Assignments] ]

[ Keys Available] ]

RAID Mode ( ): <Space> Stripe (RAID 0) Mirror
(RAID 1)

P4 nForce4 SLI - 80 -

Stripe Block( ): Striped (RAID 0)

<Space> 32 128KB 64KB

Gigabyte Rounding: RAID 1

RAID 0

1. RAID Mode <Space> Stripe

2. Stripe Block <Space>

3. Drive Assignments [KL]

4. Assignment <Space> Y

Total Drv

5. <Ctrl> <Y>

Do you want to do quick initialize
or create only? (Yes/No)
Y-Create and Quick Initialize
N-Create Only

6. <Y> Create and Quick Initialize <N> Create Only

7. Define Array Menu

8. <Esc> RAID BIOS utility <Esc>

View Drive Assignments

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ View/Change Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment Mode

1:SATA ST3120026AS 120034 Logical Disk 1 U7

2:SATA ST3120026AS 120034 Logical Disk 1 U7

Mode (D=DMA, U=UDMA)

[ Keys Available] ]

[K ,L Space] Change Option [CTRL-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Assignment

SPARE.

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FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Delete Array Menu] ]

Logical Disk No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (MB) Status

Logical Disk1 Stripe 2 240068 Functional

Logical Disk2 ---- ---- ----- ---­Logical Disk3 ---- ---- ----- ---­Logical Disk4 ---- ---- ----- ----

[ Keys Available] ]

[K] Up [L ] Down [ESC] Exit [Del] Delete

1. Delete Array Menu

<Del>

2. View Array Definition Menu

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.03 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

Logical Disk No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (MB) Status

Logical Disk 1 Stripe 2 240068 Functional

Stripe Block: 64KB Gigabyte Rounding: OFF

[ View Array Definition Menu]

<Ctrl> <Y>

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)

1:SATA ST3120026AS 120034
2:SATA ST3120026AS 120034

[ Drives Assignments] ]

Are you sure you want to delete this array?
Press Ctrl-Y to Delete, or others to abort...

3. <Y> <N>

Do you want to clear boot sector that will
delete any existing data on your hard disks?
Y - Clear boot sector / N - Delete only

4. <Ctrl> <Y>

Delete Array Menu RAID BIOS utility

<Esc>

P4 nForce4 SLI - 82 -

RAID

SATA SATA

SATA

DOS

1

MS-DOS D:\>

D:\> ENTER ( 1)

cd bootdrv

menu

( )

MS-

1

2

2

2

3

Microsoft Windows

RAID Windows 2000/Windows XP SATA

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver F6

(

)

( ):

BootDrv MENU.exe MS-DOS

2

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4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8

/ /

/

/ /

( Windows XP)

1.

2.

( )

/

Sound Effect

P4 nForce4 SLI - 84 -

3.

2CH

1.

2.

Sound Effect

3.

4CH

- 85 -

1.

/

/

/

2.

Sound Effect

3.

6CH

P4 nForce4 SLI - 86 -

1.

/

/

/

2.

Sound Effect

3.

8CH

sli

" "

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4-2

" "

BIOS

BIOS "Del" BIOS

"Ctrl + F1"

/

/

CMOS

CMOS CMOS CMOS

(

)

Del BIOS "Load Fail-Safe Defaults"( Load Optimized

Defaults)

BIOS BIOS

Clear CMOS

CMOS

( )

Award AMI BIOS

AMI BIOS:
*

1
2 ECC
3 64k
4
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6 Gate A20
7 CPU
8
9 ROM
10 CMOS
11

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1 1
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1 3
1 9 BIOS

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NIPPON GIGA-BYTE CORPORATION

http://www.gigabyte.co.jp

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GIGA-BYTE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

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G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

http://uk.giga-byte.com

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GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

http://www.giga-byte.nl

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http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

http://www.gigabyte.com.cn

[phone]

[phone]

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Moscow Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology

Co., Ltd.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.ru

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Office of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. in POLAND

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY PTY. LTD.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.giga-byte.com.au

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY FRANCE S.A.R.L.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.fr

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

( / )

http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.pl

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Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd.

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.co.yu

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Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd.

CZECH REPUBLIC

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.cz

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Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd.

Romania

http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm

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http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp

: http://www.gigabyte.com.ro

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