GIGABYTE GA-K8NS User Guide rev. 2.0

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

/ ) .......................................... 41

) ...................................................................... 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

- 5 -

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

- 7 -

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

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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

- 17 -

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

GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 20 -

8) PWR_LED

PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Suspend

1 MPD+

2 MPD-

3 MPD-

1

9) BATTERY ( )

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



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(-)

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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

15) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 ( )

USB

USB

16) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )

CMOS

1019

2

1

1

2

3 USB DX-

4 USB Dy-

5 USB DX+

6 USB Dy+

7

8

9

10

CMOS 1-2

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1

CMOS

GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0) - 26 -

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>
<F5> ( )
<F7> Optimized ( )
<F8> Q-Flash
<F9>
<F10> CMOS SETUP

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash

BIOS

BIOS

TM

SETUP SETUP

<F1>

BIOS CMOS SETUP <Esc>

BIOS- 27 -

BIOS

(BIOS F13)

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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

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 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 ( )



Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

IDE SATA USB IEEE1394

<Enter>

"Ctrl + F1" BIOS



 Frequency/Voltage Control ( / )



CPU



 Top Performance ( )



"Top Performance" "Enabled"

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 28 -



 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- 29 -

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )

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

Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue, May 17 2005
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]
` IDE Channel 2 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 3 Master [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5"]
Drive B [None]

Halt On [All, But Keyboard]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

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

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

F5: Previous Values 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

• Auto BIOS POST IDE ( )

• Manual

Access Mode CHS/ LBA/ Large/ Auto ( Auto)

( / )IDE ]

IDE Channel 2/3 Master [SATA IDE ]

IDE HDD Auto-Detection "Enter"
Extended IDE Drive

/ SATA

• None SATA IDE None

• Auto BIOS POST SATA IDE ( )

Access Mode Large/ Auto ( Auto)

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 30 -

Cylinder
Head
Precomp Precompensation
Landing Zone
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

Halt on ( )

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

Floppy 3 Mode Support ( 3 Mode )

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

BIOS- 31 -

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]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]
Password Check [Setup]
Init Display First [AGP]

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help
Menu Level`

Select Hard Disk Boot
Device Priority

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

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
LAN
Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek ( )

PC POST Seek
Enabled Seek ( )
Setup Seek

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 32 -

Password Check ( )

System CMOS SETUP
Setup CMOS SETUP ( )

SETUP <Enter>

Init Display First ( )

AGP PCI
AGP AGP
PCI Slot PCI ( )

BIOS- 33 -

2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( )

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

` IDE Function Setup [Press Enter]

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled]
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled]
On-Chip LAN(nVIDIA) [Auto]
On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM [Disabled]
USB Host Controller [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Serial-ATA 2(Internal PHY) [Enabled]
AC97 Audio [Auto]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x ECP Mode Use DMA 3

IDE DMA transfer [Enabled]

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help
Menu Level`

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

IDE Function Setup

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

IDE RAID [Enabled]
IDE Channel0 Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Channel0 Slave RAID [Disabled]
IDE Channel1 Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Channel1 Slave RAID [Disabled]
SATA Primary Master RAID [Disabled]
SATA Secndry Master RAID [Disabled]

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

IDE Function Setup

Item Help
Menu Level`

IDE RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

IDE Channel 0 Master RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

IDE Channel 0 Slave RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

IDE Channel 1 Master RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 34 -

IDE Channel 1 Slave RAID

Enabled IDE RAID
Disabled ( )

SATA Primary Master RAID

Enabled SATA RAID
Disabled ( )

SATA Secndry Master RAID

Enabled SATA RAID
Disabled ( )

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE ( channel PCI IDE )

Enabled channel IDE ( )
Disabled

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE ( channel PCI IDE )

Enabled channel IDE ( )
Disabled

On-Chip LAN (nVIDIA) ( )

Auto ( )
Disabled

On-Chip LAN Boot ROM ( )

Enabled
Disabled ( )

USB Host Controller (USB )

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

USB Keyboard Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB USB

Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

USB Mouse Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB Device USB

Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

Serial-ATA 2 (Internal PHY) ( Serial ATA)

Enabled Serial ATA ( )
Disabled Serial ATA

AC97 Audio (AC97 )

Auto AC97 ( )
Disabled AC97

BIOS- 35 -

Onboard Serial Port 1 ( 1)

Auto BIOS
3F8/IRQ4 1 COM 1 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

Onboard Serial Port 2 ( 2)

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

Onboard Parallel port ( )

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

Parallel Port Mode ( )

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

ECP Mode Use DMA

Parallel Port Mode "ECP" "ECP+EPP"
3 ECP Mode use DMA 3 ( )
1 ECP Mode use DMA 1

IDE DMA transfer

Enabled IDE UDMA ( )
Disabled

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 36 -

2-4 Power Management Setup ( )

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

ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off]
PME Event Wake Up [Disabled]
Modem Ring On [Disabled]
S3 Resume by USB device [Disabled]

Resume 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]

Power Management Setup

Item Help
Menu Level`

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Suspend Type ( )

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

Soft-off by PWR-BTTN ( )

Instant-off ( )
Delay 4 Sec. 4

PME Event Wake Up ( )

+5VSB 1
Disabled
Enabled ( )

Modem Ring On ( )

Disabled ( )
Enabled

S3 Resume by USB Device ( S3 USB )

Disabled ( )
Enabled S3 USB

Resume by Alarm ( )

Enabled
Disabled ( )
Enabled

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

BIOS- 37 -

Power On by Mouse ( )

Disabled ( )
Double Click PS/2

Power On by Keyboard ( )

Disabled ( )
Password 1-5
Any KEY
Keyboard 98 Windows 98

KB Power ON Password ( )

"Power On by Keyboard" "Passowrd"
Enter 1-5 Enter

AC Back Function ( )

Soft-Off ( )
Full-On

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 38 -

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )

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

PCI 3 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI 4 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI 1/5 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

PnP/PCI Configurations

Menu Level`

Item Help

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI 3 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 3 IRQ )

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

PCI 4 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 4 IRQ )

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

PCI 1/5 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 1/PCI 5 IRQ )

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

BIOS- 39 -

2-6 PC Health Status ( )

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

Vcore OK
DDR25V OK
+3.3V OK
+12V OK
Current CPU Temperature 36oC
Current CPU FAN Speed 3245 RPM
Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM

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

PC Health Status

Menu Level`

Item Help

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V ( )

Current CPU Temperature ( CPU )

CPU

Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) ( )

CPU /

CPU Warning Temperature (CPU )

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

CPU/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning (CPU / )

Disabled CPU / ( )
Enabled CPU /

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 40 -

2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( / )

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

CPU OverClock in MHz [200]
AGP OverClock in MHz [66]
K8 CPU Clock Ratio [Default]
CPU Voltage Control [Normal]
VDDQ (AGP) Voltage Control [Normal]
DDR voltage control [Normal]

Frequency/Voltage Control

Menu Level`

Item Help

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

CPU OverClock in MHz

200MHz ~ 455MHz CPU 200MHz 455MHz

AGP OverClock in MHz

66MHz ~ 100MHz AGP 66MHz 100MHz

K8 CPU Clock Ratio ( )

Default K8 CPU Clock Ratio CPU ( )
x4 800Mhz ~ x10 2000Mhz K8 CPU Clock Ratio x4 800Mhz x10 2000Mhz

CPU Voltage Control

Normal CPU ( )
+5% CPU +5%
+7.5% CPU +7.5%
+10% CPU +10%

VDDQ (AGP) Voltage Control (AGP )

Normal AGP ( )
+0.1v AGP +0.1V
+0.2v AGP +0.2V
+0.3v AGP +0.3V

DDR voltage control

Normal DDR ( )
+0.1v DDR +0.1V
+0.2v DDR +0.2V

BIOS- 41 -

2-8 Top Performance ( )

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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Top Performance

Disabled.........................[]

Enabled..........................[ ]

KL: Move ENTER: Accept

ESC: Abort

Load Optimized Defaults

Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

"Top Performance" ( OS)

Windows XP

Windows NT

"Top Performance" "Disabled"
Disabled ( )
Enabled

2-9 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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

Load Optimized Defaults

Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y> <Enter> CMOS

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 42 -

2-10 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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: 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

Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

BIOS- 43 -

2-11 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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

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

Save Data to CMOS

Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y> <Enter> RTC CMOS Setup Utility

<N> <Esc>

2-12 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

` Frequency/Voltage Control

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Data

Top Performance

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 44 -

3-1

Xpress Install

Windows XP

(

Setup.exe )

Xpress Install

Xpress Install

Windows XP USB2.0 Windows Service Pack

\ \ "?"

( USB 2.0 )

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3-2

3-3

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 46 -

3-4

3-5

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GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 48 -

4-1

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

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4-1-2 Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery?

1. FAT16 FAT32 NTFS

2. IDE1 Master

3.

4. HPA IDE

5. (Partition)
(Partition)

6. Ghost NTFS Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery

1. CD-ROM ( )
BIOS "Advanced BIOS Feature" CD-ROM

"Boot from CD:"

Xpress Rcovery CD-ROM Xpress Recovery

F9

.
.
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Boot from CD:

Boot from CD:

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.

1. Execute Backup Utility

2. Execute Restore Utility

3. Remove Backup Image

4. Set Password

5. Exit and Restart

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 50 -

Build 2011

2. (POST) F9 ( )

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Al ly
Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc.

Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1
Check System Health OK
.
.
.

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash, F9 For Xpress Recovery
08/16/2002-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.

1. Execute Backup Utility

2. Execute Restore Utility

3. Remove Backup Image

4. Set Password

5. Exit and Restart

F9 For Xpress Recovery

1. CD-ROM Xpress Recovery
F9

2.

3.

Xpress Recovery

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1.Execute Backup Utility:
 Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit

" (POST) F9"

" CD-ROM "

2.Execute Restore Utility:
 This program will recover your system to factory default.

Press R to restore your system back to factory default or press Esc to exit

3.Remove Backup Image:
 Remove backup image. Are you sure? (Y/N)

4.Set Password:
 Please input a 4-16 character long password (a-z or 0-9) or press Esc to exit

Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery

Set Password New Password Confirm Password

Enter

5. Exit and Restart:

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 52 -

4-1-3 BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

TM

Q-Flash
BIOS BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

DOS Windows Q-FlashTMQ-Flash

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

BIOS

BIOS

TM

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

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 54 -

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 - Pa!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

Halt On Error Disable

PleaPlea

se prese pre

ss ass a

Plea

PleaPlea

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

ny key to continueny key to continue

se pre

ss a

ny key to continue

se prese pre

ss ass a

ny key to continueny key to continue

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

ss !!ss !!

ss !!

ss !!ss !!

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 RESETAre you sure to RESET

Are you sure to RESET

Are you sure to RESETAre you sure to RESET

Halt On Error Disable

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

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

?

? ?

? ?

bort...bort...

bort...

bort...bort...

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

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 56 -

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

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 58 -

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 - Pa!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa!! Copy BIOS completed - Pa

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

PleaPlea

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se pre

se prese pre

ss a

ny key to continueny key to continue

ny key to continue

ss ass a

ny key to continueny key to continue

Plea

PleaPlea

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 RESETAre you sure to RESET

Are you sure to RESET

Are you sure to RESETAre you sure to RESET

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to a

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

? ?

?

? ?

ss !!ss !!

ss !!

ss !!ss !!

bort...bort...

bort...

bort...bort...

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

@BIOS

/ /Gigabyte/@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 ( K8NS.F13)
e.

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 60 -

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.(Corporate Online Management)

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4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS

/

( )

Mirroring

nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 250 Striping (RAID 0) Mirroring

(RAID 1) Striping Mirroring (RAID 0+1) Spanning

RAID 0 (Striping)

Striping - 4KB 128KB

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

Mirroring

ATA RAID 1 Mirroring

( )

Mirroring

2GB 1GB

RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)

Striping Mirroring RAID 0+1 RAID 0 RAID 1

/

JBOD (Spanning)

Spanning ( JBOD - Just a Bunch of Drives)

Spanning

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 62 -

1GB

(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

NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.22
Copyright (C) 2003 NVIDIA Corp.

Detecting array ...

Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...

F10

NVIDIA RAID - Define a New Array ( )

RAIDRAID

RAID

RAIDRAID

Free Free

Free

Free Free
LocLoc

Loc

LocLoc

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1.0.M

1.0.M1.0.M

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1.1.M

1.1.M1.1.M

Mode: Mode:

Mode:

Mode: Mode:

DisksDisks

Disks

DisksDisks

MM

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MM

irroringirroring

Disk Model Disk Model

Disk Model

Disk Model Disk Model

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ST3120026AS

ST3120026ASST3120026AS

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[F6] Ba

[F6] Ba[F6] Ba

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VIDIAVIDIA

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VIDIA

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Striping Block

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4K 128K

SATA Free Disk Tab Free Disk

<J> Array Disk ( )

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Disk Model

Disk Model Disk Model

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Mode: Mode:

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Disks

DisksDisks

MM

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M

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Disk Model Disk Model

Disk Model

Disk Model Disk Model

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[F6] Ba

[F6] Ba[F6] Ba

N

VIDIA

NN

VIDIAVIDIA

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me

NaNa

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Disk Model

Disk Model Disk Model

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GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 64 -

ay 10 2004ay 10 2004

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Array -Array -

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DisksDisks

Array

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Array Array

DisksDisks

LocLoc

Disk Model Disk Model

Loc

Disk Model

LocLoc

Disk Model Disk Model

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ST3120026ASST3120026AS

1.0.M

ST3120026AS

1.0.M1.0.M

ST3120026ASST3120026AS

NONO

NO

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1.1.M

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VIDIAVIDIA

RAID RAID

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N

VIDIA

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VIDIAVIDIA

RAID RAID

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Array List -Array List -

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Array List -Array List -

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VV

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N

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VIDIA

VIDIAVIDIA

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Array Model Array Model

Array Model

Array Model Array Model

MIRROR 1MIRROR 1

MIRROR 1

MIRROR 1MIRROR 1

NaNa

Na

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1.79G1.79G

1

1.79G

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1.79G1.79G

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me

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NN

VIDIAVIDIA

RAIDRAID

RAID

RAIDRAID
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Stri

StriStri

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11
11

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[R] Rebuild [D]

[R] Rebuild [D] [R] Rebuild [D]

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Array 2 :

Array 2 : Array 2 :

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M/S

M/SM/S

MM

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M

a

ster

MM

aa

sterster

MM

aa

sterster

M

a

ster

MM

aa

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N

VIDIA

NN

VIDIAVIDIA

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-

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Index

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0

00
11

1

11

Array Array

Array

Array Array

StriStri

Stri

StriStri

MIRROR 1 MIRROR 1

MIRROR 1

MIRROR 1 MIRROR 1

11

1.79G1.79G

1

1.79G

11

Detail -Detail -

Detail -

Detail -Detail -

1.79G1.79G

ping Block:ping Block:

ping Block:

ping Block:ping Block:

Disk Model Disk Model

Disk Model

Disk Model Disk Model

ST3120026ASST3120026AS

ST3120026AS

ST3120026ASST3120026AS
ST3120026ASST3120026AS

ST3120026AS

ST3120026ASST3120026AS

NaNa

Na

NaNa

Disk [ENTER] ReturnDisk [ENTER] Return

Disk [ENTER] Return

Disk [ENTER] ReturnDisk [ENTER] Return

meme

CaCa

papa

Ca

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11

11

1

1

11

11

11

11

1

1

11

11

citycity

pa

city

papa

citycity

1.79GB1.79GB

1.79GB

1.79GB1.79GB

1.79GB1.79GB

1.79GB

1.79GB1.79GB

me

meme

C Y N

Enter Array List Ctrl + X NVRAID BIOS

RAID

- 65 -

RAID

SATA SATA

SATA

MS-DOS

( )

1

MS-DOS D:\> D:\>

ENTER ( 1)

cd bootdrv

menu

( )

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

( )

( )

MENU.exe MS-DOS 2

( ) Menu "IAA_RAID" Intel ICH5R

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 66 -

BootDrv

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

Windows 2000/ XP ( Windows XP)

8 Audio Combo Kit ( )

2

1.

2.

Sound

Effect

3. 2CH

- 67 -

4

1. 4

2.

Effect

3. UAJ

4CH

( )
( )

Sound

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 68 -

6

1. 6

2.

Effect

3. UAJ

6CH

/

( )
( )

( / )

Sound

- 69 -

8 ( Audio Combo Kit )

Audio Combo Kit Surround-Kit SPDIF

(

SPDIF_IO ) 8

Audio Combo Kit
Surround-Kit
SUR_CEN Surround-Kit

/

1. Audio Combo Kit

2. Surround-Kit SUR_CEN

3. 8

Surround-Kit

"REAR R/L" /

Surround-Kit "SUB CENTER"

Surround-Kit

"SUR BACK"

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 70 -

"

" " /

" "

Surround-Kit "SUR BACK"

( UAJ )

4.

Effect

5. UAJ

Only SURROUND-KIT 8CH

"

Sound

- 71 -

SPDIF ( )

SPDIF SPDIF

SPDIF

( )

1. SPDIF

2. SPDIF SPDIF

3. SPDIF SPDIF

SPDIF

( ) 8 SPDIF Audio Combo Kit ( 8

)

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 72 -

Jack-Sensing UAJ

Jack-Sensing

Windows 2000 DirectX 8.1

Jack-Sensing ( Windows XP)

- 73 -

Jack-Sensing

" "

UAJ

/ UAJ (Universal Audio Jack) /

/

UAJ

UAJ "UAJ "

( )

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 74 -

4-2

+ F1"

" "

BIOS

BIOS "Del" BIOS "Ctrl

/

/

CMOS

Clear CMOS CMOS

CMOS CMOS

CMOS

( )

( )

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

BIOS BIOS

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

Award AMI BIOS

AWARD BIOS:

1
2 CMOS
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 9 BIOS

- 75 -

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 76 -

- 77 -

1.

2.

3.

2000 52 ( ) 1

2001 1 ( ) 2

2003 1 ( ) 3

010471933180703021SN0412030006

SN0140002546

4.

5.

a.

b.

c.

"SN" "SN"

d.

e.

f.

( )

( )

( )

11:00 ~ 9:00

[phone]

11:00 ~ 9:00

[phone]

11:00 ~ 9:00

[phone]

14

278

51-1

~ 8:30 ~ 17:30

( )

[phone]

( )

11:00 ~ 9:00

[phone]

GA-K8NS(rev. 2.0) - 78 -

~ 9:00 ~ 12:00

136 6

81

1:00 ~ 5:00 ( )

[phone] ext.1913

[phone]

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[phone]

http://service.gigabyte.com.tw

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