GA-K8NS-939 /
GA-K8NS Pro-939
AMD Socket 939
Rev. 1004
12MC-K8NSS939-1004
Nov. 15, 2004
GA-K8NS-939
Motherboard
Nov. 15, 2004
Motherboard
GA-K8NS-939
Jan. 19, 2005
GA-K8NS Pro-939
Motherboard
Jan. 19, 2005
Motherboard
GA-K8NS Pro-939
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1-1 .....................................................................................9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................12
1-3-1 ................................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ..................................................................................................... 13
1-4 .......................................................................................14
1-5 ................................................................................................16
1-6 ................................................................................... 17
1-7 .......................................................................................18
BIOS ........................................................................................ 29
(BIOS D1) ...................................................................30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 32
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ).....................................34
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) .................................................... 36
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) .............................................40
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ).............................41
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................ 42
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ).....................................43
2-8 Top Performance ( )...................................................................... 44
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized )...................................44
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) .................. 45
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP )................................ 46
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) ......................... 46
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3-1 ..............................................................................47
3-2 ............................................................................................ 48
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 48
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 49
3-5 ................................................................................................49
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 51
4-1-1 Xpress Recovery ......................................................................................... 51
4-1-2 BIOS ........................................................................................... 54
4-1-3 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ...................................................... 63
4-1-4 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ........................................................................................... 68
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 76
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GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939
KB_MS
ATX_12V
DDR1
DDR2
DDR3
DDR4
COMA
COMB
USB
USB
AUDIO
F_AUDIO
CD_IN
CODEC
Marvell
8001
LPT
LAN
SUR_CEN
SPDIF_IO
IT8712
CPU_FAN
AGP
IR_CIR
F1_1394*
Socket 939
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
PCI5
SATA1_SBSATA0_SB
TSB43AB23*
F2_1394*
ATX
IDE2
IDE1
GA-K8NS-939 or GA-K8NS Pro-939
FDD
®
nVIDIA
nForceTM 3 Ultra
BATTERY
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
F_USB2F_USB1
NB_FAN
BACKUP*
BIOS
MAIN
BIOS
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AGPCLK
(66MHz)
5 PCI
AGP Slot
4X/8X
TSB43AB23*
PCI Bus
Marvell
8001
AMD K8
Socket 939
CPU
Hyper Transport Bus
®
nVIDIA
vForceTM 3
Ultra
CPUCLK+/-(800MHz)
DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM
Main BIOS
Backup BIOS*
2 Serial ATA
LPC BUS
IT8712
Dual Channel Memory
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
IR_CIR
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
3 IEEE1394
Ports*
PCICLK
(33MHz)
"*" GA-K8NS Pro-939
RJ45
LAN
CODEC
MIC
Line-Out
Line-In
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24MHz
PS/2 KB/Mouse
33MHz
8 USB
Ports
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-939 GA-K8NS Pro-939
AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64FX K8 Socket 939
2000MT/s
3000+ CPU
nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 Ultra
4 DDR DIMM 4GB
DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
1 AGP AGP 8X/4X(1.5V)
5 PCI
IDE 2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4 IDE
1 2
SATA 2 Serial ATA nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 Ultra (SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB)
1 Normal/EPP/ECP
2 (COMA COMB)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 4- )
3 IEEE1394 * ( )
1
1 /
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
Marvell 8001 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1 RJ 45
ALC850 CODEC (UAJ)
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( 2)
Surround Back Speaker ( Audio Combo Kit )
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
( 1)
( 1) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( 2) 8 Audio Combo Kit ( )
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SATA RAID nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 Ultra (SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB)
150 MB
2 SATA
BIOS AWARD BIOS
DualBIOS*/Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune
BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ AGP/ HT-Link)
BIOS (CPU/ AGP)
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
1) ( )
1.
90 (
( 2)
90
2.
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( )
1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR ( )
GA-K8NS-939 / GA-K8NS Pro-939 (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDR
2. DDR (
) DDR
3. DDR (
)
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
2
4
(SS DS )
1
2
3
DS/SS DS/SS X X
X X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
2 DDR DDR1 DDR2
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
X DS/SS X X
X X X DS/SS
X DS/SS DS/SS X
DS/SS X X DS/SS
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X
X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
AGP
/
AGP
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
USB
PS/2 ( ) ( )
A , B
(USB)
USB
USB / USB USB USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
2-/4-/6-/8-
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1-7
11
12
13
17
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) NB_FAN
6) FDD
7) IDE1 / IDE2
8) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB
9) PWR_LED
10) F_PANEL
13
14
78
15
16*
4
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SUR_CEN
14) SPDIF_IO
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394* / F2_1394*
17) IR_CIR
18) CLR_CMOS
19) BATTERY
2
6
19
5
18
10
9
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GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 - 18 -
1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
( 300
)
31
42
10
1
20
11
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
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3/4)CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
(GND)
CPU
+12V
5) NB_FAN ( )
( )
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
1
1
1
1
2 +12V
3
1 +12V
2
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6) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
34
2
7) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave ( IDE )
40
33
1
39
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2
1
IDE1IDE2
8) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB (Serial ATA )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
2 TXP
1
3 TXN
7
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
9) PWR_LED
PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Suspend
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1 MPD+
2 MPD-
1
3 MPD-
10) F_PANEL ( )
Speaker Connector
Message 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
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 ( )
Power Switch
Power/
Sleep LED
Pin 4: Data(-)
SPEAK-
SPEAK+
PW+
MSG+
PWMSG-
19
20
NC
RES+
HD-
Reset Switch
IDE Hard Disk
Active LED
RESHD+
12
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11) F_AUDIO ( )
Pin5-6 Pin9-10 Jumper
12) CD_IN ( )
CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD
910
12
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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