GA-K8NS
AMD Socket 754
Rev. 2001
12MC-K8NS-2001
(rev. 2.0)
Jun. 1, 2005
GA-K8NS(2.0)
Motherboard
Jun. 1, 2005
GA-K8NS(2.0)
Motherboard
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GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) ............................................................................. 6
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2
1-3
1-3-1 ................................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ..................................................................................................... 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5
1-6
1-7
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BIOS ........................................................................................ 27
(BIOS F13) .................................................................. 28
2-1 Standard CMOS Features (
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features (
2-3 Integrated Peripherals (
2-4 Power Management Setup (
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations (
2-6 PC Health Status (
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control (
2-8 Top Performance (
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults (
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password (
2-11 Save & Exit Setup (
2-12 Exit Without Saving (
CMOS ) ........................................... 30
BIOS ) ..................................... 32
) .................................................... 34
) ............................................. 37
PCI ) ............................. 39
) ............................................................ 40
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) ...................................................................... 42
Optimized ) ................................... 42
/ ) .................. 43
SETUP ) ................................ 44
SETUP ) ......................... 44
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3-1 .............................................................................. 45
3-2
3-3
3-4
3-5
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 49
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 .................................................................................................. 49
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery ......................................................................................... 50
4-1-3 BIOS ........................................................................................... 53
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ...................................................... 62
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ........................................................................................... 67
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 75
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GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0)
KB_MS
R_USB
COMA
COMB
USB
AUDIO1
ICS 1883
CODEC
LPT
LAN
F_AUDIO
SUR_CEN
CD_IN
ATX_12V
IT8712
SPDIF_IO
CPU_FAN
AGP
Socket 754
SATA0_SB
SATA1_SB
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
PCI5
GA-K8NS
DDR1
DDR2
®
nVIDIA
nForceTM 3 250
BIOS
PWR_LED
DDR3
ATX
IDE2
BATTERY
F_USB2
F_USB1
F_PANEL
SYS_FAN
FDD
IDE1
CLR_CMOS
- 6 -
AGPCLK
(66MHz)
5 PCI
AGP Slot
4X / 8X
LAN
RJ45
ICS 1883
AMD K8
Socket 754
CPU
Hyper Transport Bus
®
nVIDIA
nForce3 250
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
BIOS
LPC BUS
DDR 400/333MHz DIMM
DDR RAM
2 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
Floppy
LPT Port
PCICLK
(33MHz)
PCI Bus
AC97 Link
CODEC
MIC
Line-Out
Line-In
8 USB Ports
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IT8712
33MHz
COM Ports
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24MHz
- 8 -
1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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1-2
GA-K8NS rev. 2.0
AMD AthlonTM 64 K8 Socket 754
1600MH/z
2800+ CPU
nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 250
Win 2000/XP
3 DDR DIMM 3GB
DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
DDR DIMM
1 AGP AGP 8X/4X(1.5V)
5 PCI
IDE 2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4 IDE
Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 2 Serial ATA
Win 2000/XP
1 Normal/EPP/ECP
2 (COMA COMB)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 4- )
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
ICS 1883 (10/100 Mbit)
1 RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
ALC850 CODEC (UAJ)
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
Surround Back Speaker ( Audio Combo Kit )
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
( 1)
( 1) 8 Audio Combo Kit ( )
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 10 -
I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
SATA RAID nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 250 (SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB)
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)
150 MB
2 SATA
Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune 5
( 2)
BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ VDDQ(AGP))
BIOS (CPU/ AGP)
ATX 29.4 x 23.7
( 2) EasyTune 5
- 11 -
1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
1) ( )
1.
90 (
( 2)
90
2.
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 12 -
( )
1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
- 13 -
1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 14 -
1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
AGP
/
AGP
- 15 -
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
USB
PS/2 ( ) ( )
(USB)
USB
USB / USB USB USB
A , B
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
2-/4-/6-/8-
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 16 -
1-7
11
12
13
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1 / IDE2
7) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB
8) PWR_LED
12
14
7
43
5
6
16
9
15
10
8
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SUR_CEN
14) SPDIF_IO
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) CLR_CMOS
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
( 300
)
43
21
11
20
1
10
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB (stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 3.3V
12 -12V
13
14 PS_ON(soft on/off)
15
16
17
18 -5V
19 +5V
20 +5V
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 18 -
3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
(GND)
CPU
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
1
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
+12V
1
2 +12V
3
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34
2
33
1
6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave ( IDE )
40
2
7) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB (Serial ATA )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
1
7
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
39
1
IDE1IDE2
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8) PWR_LED
PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Suspend
1 MPD+
2 MPD-
3 MPD-
1
9) BATTERY ( )
1.
2.
3.
4.
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CMOS ...
(
)
10) F_PANEL ( )
Message LED/
Power/
Sleep LED
2
1
IDE Hard Disk
Active LED
HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)
( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+) +5v
( ) Pin 2- Pin 3: NC
Pin 4: Data(-)
RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation
( ) Close: Reset Hardware System
PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal Operation
( ) Close: Power On/Off /
MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)
( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
NC ( )
MSG+
HD+
MSG-
HD-
Power
Switch
PW+
RES-
PW-
NC
RES+
Speaker Connector
SPEAK-
SPEAK+
20
19
Reset Switch
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 22 -
11) F_AUDIO ( )
Pin5-6 Pin9-10 Jumper
12) CD_IN ( )
CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD
910
2
1
1
1 MIC
2
3 MIC_BIAS
4
5 Front Audio(R)
6 Rear Audio(R)/Return R
7
8
9 Front Audio(L)
10 Rear Audio(L)/Return L
1
2
3
4
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13) SUR_CEN ( )
SUR_CEN
78
2
1
1 SUR OUTL
2 SUR OUTR
3
4
5 CENTER_OUT
6 BASS_OUT
7
8
14) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF / )
Sony/Philip Digital Interface Format / SPDIF
(AC-3)
(SPDIF In) (SPDIF Out)
SPDIF
SPDIF
GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 24 -
26
1
5
1 VCC
2
3 SPDIF
4 SPDIFI
5
6