Gigabyte GA-K8NULTRA-SLI, GA-K8N-SLI User Manual

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GA-K8N Ultra-SLI / GA-K8N Pro-SLI / GA-K8N-SLI

AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 1004

12ME-K8NUSLI-1004

Jan. 12, 2005

GA-K8N Ultra-SLI

Motherboard

Jan. 12, 2005

GA-K8N Ultra-SLI

Motherboard

Feb. 25, 2005

GA-K8N Pro-SLI

Motherboard

Feb. 25, 2005

GA-K8N Pro-SLI

Motherboard

Aug. 8, 2005

Motherboard

GA-K8N-SLI

Aug. 8, 2005

GA-K8N-SLI

Motherboard

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following:

 For quick installation, please refer to the "Hardware Installation Guide" included with the

product.

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"Product User Manual".

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"Technology Guide" section on Gigabyte's website to read or download the information

you need.

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Table of Contents

GA-K8N Ultra-SLI / GA-K8N Pro-SLI / GA-K8N-SLI Motherboard Layout ..................... 8

Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 9

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...................................................................................11

1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation ................................................................... 11

1-2 Feature Summary .......................................................................................... 12

1-3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink ..................................................... 14

1-3-1 Installation of the CPU ......................................................................................... 14

1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink ........................................................................ 15

1-4 Installation of Memory .................................................................................... 16

1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards ...................................................................... 18

1-6 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration ....................................... 19

1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction ........................................................................... 22

1-8 Connectors Introduction .................................................................................. 23

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup................................................................................................ 33

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F6a)...................................................... 34

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ............................................................................. 36

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features .............................................................................. 38

2-3 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................... 40

2-4 Power Management Setup ............................................................................. 44

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ................................................................................. 45

2-6 PC Health Status ........................................................................................... 46

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

2-8 Top Performance ............................................................................................. 52

2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ................................................................................. 52

2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ..................................................................... 53

2-11 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................................... 54

2-12 Exit Without Saving ....................................................................................... 54

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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 55

3-1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 55

3-2 Software Application ....................................................................................... 56

3-3 Software Information ....................................................................................... 56

3-4 Hardware Information ..................................................................................... 57

3-5 Contact Us ..................................................................................................... 57

Chapter 4 Appendix ................................................................................................... 59

4-1 Unique Software Utilities ................................................................................ 59

4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction ..................................................................................... 59

4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction ......................................................................... 60

4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction ........................................................................ 62

4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction ...................................................... 73

4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction ...................................... 79

4-2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 85

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GA-K8N Ultra-SLI / GA-K8N Pro-SLI / GA-K8N-SLI Motherboard Layout

DDR1

DDR2

DDR3

KB_MS

DDR4

SPDIF_I

SPDIF_O

COMA

USB

AUDIO1

AUDIO2

F_AUDIO

Marvell

8053

CODEC

LPT

LAN2

LAN1

ATX_12V

CD_IN

IT8712

VITESSE

8201 phy

PCIE_1

PCIE_2

CPU_FAN

Socket 939

Backup

Main

BIOS

PCIE_16_1

SLI Switch Module Socket

PCIE_16_2

PCI1

PCI2

IR_CIR

TSB82AA2

TSB81BA3

F1_1394

ATX

PWR_FAN

IDE2

FDD

GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI

nVIDIA

nForce4 SLI

Sil3114

F2_1394

BATTERY

PWR_LED

IDE1

F_PANEL

NB_FAN

SYS_FAN

CLR_CMOS

S_ATA1_SB S_ATA0_SB S_ATA3_SB S_ATA2_SB

F_USB3

F_USB2

F_USB1

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SATA1_SII

SATA0_SII

SATA3_SII

SATA2_SII

Block Diagram

1 PCIE x 16

PCI-ECLK

(100MHz)

Normal Mode

2 PCI Express x 1 Ports

PCI-ECLK

(100MHz)

SLI Switch

PCI Express x 16 Bus

PCI Express x 1 Bus

RJ45

LAN 2

PCI Bus

Sil3114

4 SATA

2 PCIE x 8

SLI Mode

LAN 1

RJ45

Marvell

8053

VITESSE 8201 phy

TSB82AA2

TSB81BA3

AMD K8

Socket 939

nForce4

CODEC

CPU

Hyper Transport Bus

nVIDIA

SLI

CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)

DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM

Dual Channel Memory

Dual BIOS

4 SATA 3Gb/s

ATA33/66/100/133 IDE Channels

LPC BUS

IT8712

24MHz

33MHz

IR_CIR

Floppy

LPT Port

COM Port

PS/2 KB/Mouse

MIC

2PCI

PCICLK

(33MHz)

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI.

3 IEEE1394b

Surround Speaker Out

Line-Out

Side Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Spear Out

Line-In

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10 USB

Ports

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

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Chapter 1Hardware Installation

1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation

Preparing Your Computer

The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, please follow the instructions below:

1. Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord.

2. When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors.

3. It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) cuff when handling electronic components (CPU, RAM).

4. Prior to installing the electronic components, please have these items on top of an antistatic pad or within a electrostatic shielding container.

5. Please verify that the power supply is switched off before unplugging the power supply connector from the motherboard.

Installation Notices

1. Prior to installation, please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard. These stickers are required for warranty validation.

2. Prior to the installation of the motherboard or any hardware, please first carefully read the information in the provided manual.

3. Before using the product, please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected.

4. To prevent damage to the motherboard, please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components.

5. Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing.

6. Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface.

7. Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system components as well as physical harm to the user.

8. If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product, please consult a certified computer technician.

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Instances of Non-Warranty

1. Damage due to natural disaster, accident or human cause.

2. Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual.

3. Damage due to improper installation.

4. Damage due to use of uncertified components.

5. Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters.

6. Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product.

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1-2 Feature Summary

Motherboard  GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or GA-K8N Pro-SLI or GA-K8N-SLI CPU  Socket 939 for AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64 FX processor (K8)

 2000MT/s system bus  Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster

Chipset  nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI Chipset Memory  4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory)

 Supports dual channel DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM

Slots  2 PCI Express x 16 slots

 2 PCI Express x 1 slots  2 PCI slots

IDE Connections  2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), allows connection

of 4 IDE devices FDD Connections  1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices Onboard SATA  4 SATA 3Gb/s ports from nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI controller (S_ATA0_SB,

S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB);

 4 SATA ports from SiI3114 controller (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII,

SATA3_SII) Peripherals  1 parallel port supporting Normal/EPP/ECP mode

 1 serial port (COMA)  10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (rear x 4, front x 6 via cable)  3 IEEE1394b ports (requires cable)  1 front audio connector  1 IR/CIR connector  1 PS/2 keyboard port  1 PS/2 mouse port

Onboard LAN  Onboard Marvell 8053 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN1)

 Onboard VITESSE 8201 phy (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)  2 RJ45 ports

Onboard Audio  ALC850 CODEC

 Supports Jack Sensing function  Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio  Supports Line In ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; MIC ; Surround Speaker

Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; Side Speaker

Out connection

 SPDIF In/Out connection  CD In connection

(Note 1)

(Note 1) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage

and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount. For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup.

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI.

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I/O Control  IT8712 Hardware Monitor  System voltage detection

 CPU temperature detection  CPU / System / Power fan speed detection  CPU warning temperature  CPU fan failure warning  CPU smart fan control

Onboard SATA RAID  Onboard nForce4 SLI chipset (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB)

- supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)

- supports data transfer rate of up to 300 MB/s

- supports hot plugging function

- supports a maximum of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections

 Onboard Silicon Image SiI3114 chip (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII)

- supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) or RAID 5

- supports data transfer rate of up to 150 MB/s

- supports hot plugging function

- supports a maximum of 4 SATA connections

- supported on the Win 2003/2000/XP operating systems

BIOS  Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

 Supports Dual BIOS /Q-Flash

Additional Features  Supports @BIOS

 Supports EasyTune 5

Overclocking  Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Chipset core PCI-E)

 Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/ PCI-E)

Form Factor  ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

(Note 2)

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(Note 2) EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards.

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI.

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1-3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink

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Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions:

1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.

2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install the CPU in the wrong direction, the CPU will not insert properly. If this occurs, please change the insert direction of the CPU.

3. Please add an even layer of heat sink paste between the CPU and fan heat sink.

4. Please make sure the fan heat sink is installed on the CPU prior to system use, otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.

5. Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the processor specifications. It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals. If you wish to set the frequency beyond the proper specifications, please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc.

1-3-1 Installation of the CPU

Check the processor pins to see that none are bent. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown in Figure 1.(90o to the plane of the motherboard) prior to inserting the processor. The pin 1 location is designated on the processor by a copper triangle that matches up to a triangle on the socket as shown in Figure 2. Align the processor to the socket and gently lower it into place. Do not force the processor into the socket.

Socket lever

Fig.1 Position lever at a 90 degree angle.

Fig.2 Pin 1 location on the socket and processor. Gently place the CPU into position making sure that the CPU pins fit perfectly into their holes. Once the CPU is positioned into its socket, place one finger down on the middle of the CPU and gently press the metal lever back into its original position.

Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly. Rather than applying force, please change the positioning of the CPU.

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1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink

Fig.1 Before installing the CPU fan heat sink, please first add an even layer of heat sink paste on the surface of the CPU. Install all the fan heat sink components (Please refer to the fan heat sink manual for detailed installation instructions).

Fig.2 Please connect the fan heat sink power connector to the CPU_FAN connector located on the motherboard so that the fan heat sink can properly function to prevent CPU overheating.

The fan heat sink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat sink paste. To prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat sink paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the fan heat sink.

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1-4 Installation of Memory

Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:

1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.

2. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure that the computer power is switched off to prevent hardware damage.

3. Memory modules have a foolproof insertion design. A memory module can be installed in only one direction. If you are unable to insert the module, please switch the direction.

The motherboard supports DDR memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction. The memory capacity used can differ with each slot.

Notch

DDR

K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard

Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket. Then push it down.

Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.

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Dual Channel Memory Configuration

The GA-K8N Ultra-SLI/GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual Channel Technology is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original one.

Due to CPU limitation, if you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please follow the guidelines below for Dual Channel memory configuration.

1. Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one DDR memory module is installed.

2. To enable Dual Channel mode with 2 memory modules (it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand, size, chips, and speed), you must install them into DIMM sockets of the same color.

3. To enable Dual Channel mode with 4 memory modules, it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand, size, chips, and speed.

The following is a Dual Channel Memory configuration table: (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)

DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4

2 memory modules

4 memory modules

If two memory modules are to be used to achieve Dual Channel mode, we recommend installing them in DDR1 and DDR2 DIMM sockets.

All of the memory configurations below will cause system unable to boot. (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)

1 memory module

2 memory modules

3 memory modules

DS/SS DS/SS X X

X X DS/SS DS/SS

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

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 Installation of Expansion Cards

You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:

1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer.

2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.

3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.

7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install related driver from the operating system.

Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card:

Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot. Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-drawable bar.

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1-6 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration

NVIDIA nForce4 SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLIready PCI ExpressTM graphics cards! The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI ExpressTM bus architecture, features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU (graphics processing unit) and the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset. Together, the NVIDIA SLI technologies work seamlessly to allow two graphics cards to operate in parallel and share the work and deliver heartpounding PC performance. This section introduces steps to configure an SLI system on the GA-K8N Ulra-SLI/GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI motherboard.

Before You Begin--

I. Understanding the GIGABYTE SLI switch module: You can find an SLI switch module socket inserted with an SLI switch module between the first and second PCIE x 16 slots. The SLI switch module has gold edge connectors on the top and bottom of it. One connector is SLI Mode and the other is Normal Mode. Normal Mode: Only the first PCIE x 16 slot is available and can operate at up to x 16 in Normal Mode.

SLI Mode: In SLI Mode, the two PCIE x 16 slots can run in two modes. You can either use them as two

individual x 8 slots or install two SLI-ready PCIE x 16 cards (Example: GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D)

of the same model and link them together with an SLI bridge connector to enable SLI function to provide

enhanced performance.

To change to a mode, you need to insert the swtich module into the switch socket with the gold edge

connector on the top. As not all PCIE slots are available while in SLI or Normal Mode, please refer to

the table below to check PCIE slots available in SLI or Normal Mode before installation.

PCIE_1 PCIE_16_1 PCIE_2 PCIE_16_2

SLI Mode

Normal Mode

"*" can run at up to PCIE x 8 mode.

Available Available* Not available Available*

Available Available Available Not available

1. Installing a device to a PCIE slot when it's not available might damage the system.

2. We do not recommend removing the SLI switch module from the motherboard because

in that case, all PCIE slots will not be available except for the PCIE_16_1 slot, and the slot

can be used only as a PCIE x 8 slot. II. Power Requirements: The exact power requirements will depend on your overall system configurations. You need a power supply that can provide sufficient and stable power to your system and the two SLI graphics cards. Please refer to the table below to check recommended power for different systems.

SLI Mode

Normal Mode

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III. Supported Operating Systems: Only Windows XP operating system is currrently supported by the NVIDIA SLI technology.

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Enabling SLI Mode--

Follow the steps below to enable SLI Mode. Note that as the switch module is inserted in the socket in the Normal Mode direction by factory default, the first step to enable SLI mode on your system is to take out the module from the socket and insert it in the SLI Mode direction.

Step 1: Gently spread the retaining clips of the socket and the

module may then be removed from the socket. Hold the module by the edges and lift it away from the socket.

Step 2: Position the SLI Mode side of the module above the socket at

a 25o angle. Align the small notch at the top edge of the module with the key in the socket.

Step 3: Insert the top edge of the module into the socket. Make sure

the gold edge connectors are fully inserted.

Step 4: Gently press down on the two ends of the module until it is

locked in place by the socket clips. (You should hear a "click" when the module is attached.)

Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards" on

page 16 and install two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots.

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Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold

edge connector on top of both cards. Make sure the two mini female slots on the bridge connector securely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards.

Female slots on the bridge connector

Gold edge connector on the top of

graphics card

Step 3: In order to securely fix the bridge connector be-

tween the two cards, you must install the retention bracket included with the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.

place this part on the top of

the bridge connector.

retention bracket

Step 4: Plug the display cable into either one of the two

graphics cards for display output. If you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_1 slot, make sure to set Init Display First in BIOS Setup to PEG; if you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display

First to PEG(Slot2).

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Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating

system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. The NVIDIA control panel will appear.

Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and

then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. System will restart after you click Apply. Then the SLI configuration is completed.

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1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction

PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple).

Parallel Port

The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices.

SPDIF_I (SPDIF In)

Use SPDIF In feature only when your device has digital output function.

SPDIF_O (SPDIF Out)

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder.

COMA (Serial Port)

Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.

LAN Port 2

The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps.

LAN Port 1

The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet (PCI Express Gigabit), providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/1000Mbps.

USB port

Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) vendors.

Line In

Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. can be connected to Line In jack.

Line Out (Front Speaker Out)

Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers to this connector.

MIC In

Microphone can be connected to MIC In jack.

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI.

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Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector.

Rear Speaker Out

Connect the rear surround speakers to this connector.

Side Speaker Out

Connect the side surround speakers to this connector.

You can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning.

1-8 Connectors Introduction

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1) ATX_12V

2) ATX (Power Connector)

3) CPU_FAN

4) SYS_FAN

5) PWR_FAN

6) NB_FAN

7) FDD

8) IDE1 / IDE2

9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB

10) SATA0/1/2/3_SII

18 9

12 14 4

11) F_AUDIO

12) F_PANEL

13) CD_IN

14) PWR_LED

15) IR/CIR

16) F_USB1 / F_USB2/F_USB3

17) F1_1394/F2_1394

18) CLR_CMOS

19) BATTERY

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI.

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1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector)

With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure that all components and devices are properly installed. Align the power connector with its proper location on the motherboard and connect tightly. The ATX_12V power connector mainly supplies power to the CPU. If the ATX_12V power connector is not connected, the system will not start. Caution! Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements. It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used (300W or greater). If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power, the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is unable to start. If you use a 24-pin ATX power supply, please remove the small cover on the power connector on the motherboard before plugging in the power cord ; otherwise, please do not remove it.

Pin No. Definition

1 GND

2 GND

3 +12V

4 +12V

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Pin No. Definition

1 3.3V

2 3.3V

3 GND

4 +5V

5 GND

6 +5V

7 GND

8 Power Good

9 5V SB(stand by +5V)

10 +12V

11 +12V(Only for 24-pin ATX)

12 3.3V(Only for 24-pin ATX)

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Pin No. Definition

13 3.3V

14 -12V

15 GND

16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)

17 GND

18 GND

19 GND

20 -5V

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V (Only for 24-pin ATX)

24 GN D(Only for 24-pin ATX)

3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN/ PWR_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector)

The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via a 3-pin power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design. Most coolers are designed with color-coded power connector wires. A red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a +12V power voltage. The black connector wire is the ground wire (GND). Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure. Caution! Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent CPU overheating and failure.

Pin No. Definition

CPU_FAN

SYS_FAN

PWR_FAN

1 GND

2 +12V

3 Sense

6) NB_FAN (Chip Fan Power Connector)

If you installed wrong direction, the chip fan will not work. Sometimes will damage the chip fan. (Usually black cable is GND)

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Pin No. Definition

1 +12V

2 GND

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7) FDD (FDD Connector)

The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive. The types of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position.

8) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector)

An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive). If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for information on settings, please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device).

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9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce4 SLI)

10) SATA0/1/2/3_SII (SATA Connectors, Controlled by Sil3114)

SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate while SATA provides up to 150MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA controller(s)and install the proper driver in order to work properly.

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S_ATA_SB

(Controlled by nForce4 SLI)

SATA_SII

(Controlled by Sil3114)

Pin No. Definition

1 GND

2 TXP

3 TXN

4 GND

5RXN

6 RXP

7 GND

11) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector)

If you want to use Front Audio connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header. To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector, please contact your dealer. Please note, you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound.

Pin No. Definition

910

1 MIC

2 GND

3 MIC_BIAS

4 Power

5 Front Audio (R)

6 Rear Audio (R)/ Return R

7NC

8 No Pin

9 Front Audio (L)

10 Rear Audio (L)/ Return L

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12) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper)

Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below.

PW-

MSG-

RES+

RES-

HD-

HD+

Speaker Connector

Power Switch

Message LED/

Power/

Sleep LED

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

Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

SPEAK (Speaker Connector) (Amber) Pin 1: Power

Pin 2- Pin 3: NC

Pin 4: Data(-)

RES (Reset Switch) (Green) Open: Normal

Close: Reset Hardware System

PW (Power Switch) (Red) Open: Normal

Close: Power On/Off

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

(Yellow) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)

NC ( Purple) NC

SPEAK-

SPEAK+

PW+

MSG+

Reset Switch

IDE Hard Disk

Active LED

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13) CD_IN (CD In Connector)

Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.

Pin No. Definition

1 CD-L

2 GND

3 GND

4 CD-R

14) PWR_LED

PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode.

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Pin No. Definition

1 MPD+

2 MPD-

3 MPD-

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15) IR_CIR

Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is align with pin one the connector. To enable the IR/CIR function, you are required to purchase an optional IR/CIR module. To use IR function only, please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5. Be careful with the polarity of the IR/CIR connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IR/CIR cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional IR/CIR cable, please contact your local dealer.

6 10

Pin No. Definition

1 Power

2NC

3 IRRX

4 GND

5 IRTX

6NC

7 CIRRX

8 +5VSB

9 CIRTX

10 NC

16) F_ USB1 / F_USB2/F_USB3 (Front USB Connector)

Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional front USB cable, please contact your local dealer.

Pin No. Definition

2910

1 Power

2 Power

3 USB DX-

4 USB Dy-

5 USB DX+

6 USB Dy+

7 GND

8 GND

9 No Pin

10 NC

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17) F1_1394/F2_1394 (IEEE 1394 Connectors)

Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has features like high speed, high bandwidth and hot plug. Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IEEE1394 cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional IEEE1394 cable, please contact your local dealer. IEEE1394b can approach the maximum speed to 800Mb/S, but the speed can be achieved only when you use particular IEEE1394b cable.

F1_1394

Pin No. Definition

1 TPA0+

2 TPA0-

3 GND

4 GND

5 TPB0+

6 TPB0-

7 No Pin

8 Power

9 Power

10 GND

F2_1394

Pin No. Definition

1 Power

2 Power

3 TPA1+

4 TPA1-

5 GND

6 GND

7 TPB1+

8 TPB1-

9 Power

10 Power

11 TPA2+

12 TPA2-

13 GND

14 No Pin

15 TPB2+

16 TPB2-

18) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS)

You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. To clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. Default doesn't include the jumper to prevent from improper use of this header.

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Open: Normal

Short: Clear CMOS

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19) BATTERY

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended

by the manufacturer.

Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's

instructions.

If you want to erase CMOS...

1. Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord.

2. Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes.

(Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for one

minute.)

3. Re-install the battery.

4. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer.

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Chapter 2 BIOS Setup

BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard. When the power is turned off, the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS SRAM. When the power is turned on, pushing the <Del> button during the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test) will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen. You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1". When setting up BIOS for the first time, it is recommended that you save the current BIOS to a disk in the event that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either GIGABYTE's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system. @BIOS is a Windows-based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet.

CONTROL KEYS

< >< >< >< > Move to select item <Enter> Select Item <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu

and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu <Page Up> Increase the numeric value or make changes <Page Down> Decrease the numeric value or make changes <F1> General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu <F2> Item Help <F5> Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup

Menu <F7> Load the Optimized Defaults <F8> Dual BIOS /Q-Flash utility <F9> System Information <F10> Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

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Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu

Press <F1> to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.

Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, please do it with caution and avoid inadequate operation that may result in system malfunction.

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The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F6a)

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to search the advanced option hidden.



 Standard CMOS Features



This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.



 Advanced BIOS Features



This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.



 Integrated Peripherals



This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.



 Power Management Setup



This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.



 PnP/PCI Configuration



This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.



 PC Health Status



This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.



 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)



This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio.



 Top Performance



If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, enable Top Performance.



 Load Optimized Defaults



Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in bestperformance configuration.

Top Performan ce

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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

 Set Supervisor Password



Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.



 Set User Password



Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.



 Save & Exit Setup



Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.



 Exit Without Saving



Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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2-1 Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue, Mar 15 2005 Time (hh:mm:ss) 14:42:37

 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]  IDE Channel 4 Master [None]  IDE Channel 5 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

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Date

The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.

Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) Year The year, from 1999 through 2098

Time

The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour militarytime clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master, Slave

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection. IDE Device Setup. You can use one of three methods:

Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST(default) None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic

detection step and allow for faster system start up.

Manual User can manually input the correct settings

Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The four options are:

CHS/LBA/Large/Auto(default:Auto)

IDE Channel 2/3/4/5 Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection. Extended IDE Drive SATA devices setup. You can use one of two methods:

Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect SATA IDE devices during POST.

(Default value)

None Select this if no SATA IDE devices are used and the system will skip the

automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up.

Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk.

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Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors

Drive A / Drive B

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25" 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.

1.2M, 5.25" 5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity (3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).

720K, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity

1.44M, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. (Default value)

2.88M, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.

Halt on

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you

will be prompted.

All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped. All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other

errors. (Default value)

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all

other errors.

Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)

Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives.

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2-2 Advanced BIOS Features

 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 [PEG]

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help Menu Level

Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.

Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

First / Second / Third Boot Device

Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy. LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120. Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM. ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP. USB-FDD Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. USB-CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-CDROM. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. Legacy LAN Select your boot device priority by Legacy LAN. NVIDIA Boot Age Select your boot device priority by NVIDIA Boot Age. Disabled Disable this function.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS

can not tell from 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks.

Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that

there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. (Default value)

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Password Check

System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is

not entered at the prompt. (Default value)

Init Display First

This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard.

PEG Set Init display first to PCI Express VGA card (PCIE_16_1). (Default value) PCI slot Set Init display first to PCI. PEG (Slot2) Set Init display first to PCI Express VGA card (PCIE_16_2).

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2-3 Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto] On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM [Enabled]

NV IDE/SATA RAID function [Disabled]

x IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled x IDE Primary Slave RAID Disabled x IDE Secndry Master RAID Disabled x IDE Secndry Slave RAID Disabled

NV Serial-ATA 1 [Enabled]

x NV SATA 1 class code 0101 x NV SATA 1 Primary RAID Enabled x NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled

NV Serial-ATA 2 [Enabled]

x NV SATA 2 class code 0101 x NV SATA 2 Primary RAID Enabled x NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID Enabled

IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help Menu Level

USB Memory Type [SHADOW]

AC97 Audio [Auto]

Onboard 139412 [Enabled]

Onboard LAN control1 [Enabled]

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM1 [Disabled]

SATA RAID-5/ATA controller 1 [Enabled]

SATA controller Function1 [RAID-5]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard IrDA Port [2F8/IRQ3]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x ECP Mode Use DMA 3

CIR Port Address [Disabled]

x CIR Port IRQ 11

On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]

Legacy USB Keyboard/Storage [Disabled]

Legacy (DOS) USB Mouse [Disabled]

Legacy USB Storage detect [Enabled]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help Menu Level

On-Chip IDE Channel0

Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port.

On-Chip IDE Channel1

Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port.

IDE DMA transfer access

Enabled Enable IDE DMA transfer access. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

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On-Chip MAC Lan

Auto Auto-detect onboard LAN chip function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard LAN chip function.

On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM

This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.

Enabled Enable this function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

NV IDE/SATA RAID function

Enabled Enable NV IDE/SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

(Note)

IDE Primary Master RAID

Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

IDE Primary Slave RAID

Enabled Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

IDE Secndry Master RAID

Enabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

IDE Secndry Slave RAID

Enabled Enable 2nd slave channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

NV Serial-ATA 1

Enabled Enable Serial ATA 1 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 1 supported.

NV SATA 1 class code

0101 Set NV SATA 1 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104 Set NV SATA 1 class code to 0104.

(Note)

NV SATA 1 Primary RAID

Enabled Enable 1st SATA primary RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID

Enabled Enable 1st SATA secondary RAID function.(Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

NV Serial-ATA 2

Enabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 2 supported.

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(Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to create

RAID data drive or install O.S. on the RAID drive. And manually set "NV SATA1/NV SATA 2 class code" from 0101 to 0104. If your SATA hard drive is connected to the SATA0 or SATA1 connector , please set "NV SATA1 class code" to 0104. If your SATA hard drive is connected to the SATA2 or SATA3 connector , please set "NV SATA2 class code" to 0104.

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NV SATA 2 class code

0101 Set NV SATA 2 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104 Set NV SATA 2 class code to 0104.

(Note)

NV SATA 2 Primary RAID

Enabled Enable 2nd SATA primary RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID

Enabled Enable 2nd SATA secondary RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

IDE Prefetch Mode

Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch mode. (Default value) Disabled Disable IDE Prefetch mode.

USB Memory Type

SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value) Base Memory(640K) Set USB memory type to base memory(640K).

AC97 Audio

Auto Enable onboard AC'97 audio function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.

Onboard 1394

Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function.

Onboard LAN control (LAN1)

Enabled Enable onboard LAN chip function.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard LAN chip function.

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM

This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.

Enabled Enable this function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

SATA RAID-5/ATA controller (Controlled by Sil3114 chip)

This option is to enable or disable the Sil3114 controller.

Enabled Enable onboard Serial ATA Chip.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard Serial ATA Chip.

SATA controller Function (Controlled by Sil3114 chip)

RAID-5 Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to RAID mode.(Default value) ATA Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to ATA mode.

(Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to create

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Onboard Serial Port 1

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 1 address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8/IRQ4. (Default value) 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8/IRQ3. 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8/IRQ3. Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1.

Onboard IrDA Port

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the IrDA port address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 3F8/IRQ4. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 2F8/IRQ3.(Default value) 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 3E8/IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 2E8/IRQ3.

Onboard Parallel Port

Disabled Disable onboard LPT port. 378/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7. (Default value) 278/IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278/IRQ5. 3BC/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7.

Parallel Port Mode

SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default value) 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1.

CIR Port Address

310 Set CIR Port Address to 310. 320 Set CIR Port Address to 320. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

CIR Port IRQ

5 Set CIR Port IRQ to 5. 11 Set CIR Port IRQ to 11. (Default value)

On-Chip USB

Disabled Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function. V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controller. (Default value) V1.1 Enable only USB 1.1 controller.

Legacy USB Keyboard/Storage

Enabled Enable USB keyboard support in the MS-DOS environment. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

Legacy (DOS) USB Mouse

Enabled Enable USB mouse support in the MS-DOS environment. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

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Legacy USB Storage detect

Enabled Enable USB storage detection in the MS-DOS environment. (Default

value)

Disabled Disable this function.

2-4 Power Management Setup

ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]

Soft-Off by Power button [Instant-off]

PME Event Wake Up [Disabled]

Modem Ring On [Disabled]

USB Resume from Suspend [Disabled]

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]

Power Management Setup

Item Help Menu Level

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Suspend Type

S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM).

Soft-Off by Power button

Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to Power off. Enter suspend if button is pressed less

than 4 seconds.

PME Event Wake Up

This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead.

Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable PME as wake up event.

Modem Ring On

An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state.

Disabled Disable Modem Ring on function. (Default value) Enabled Enable Modem Ring on function.

USB Resume from Suspend

Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable USB device wake up system from suspend type.

Power-On by Alarm

You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Date/Time to power on system.

Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.

If Power-On by Alarm is Enabled.

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

Power On By Mouse

Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system.

Power On By Keyboard

Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Any KEY Press any key to power on the system. Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "POWER Key" button, you can press the key to power

on the system.

KB Power ON Password

When "Power On by Keyboard" set at Password, you can set the password here.

Enter Input password (from 1 to 5 characters) and press Enter to set the Keyboard

Power On password.

AC BACK Function

Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off" state.

(Default value)

Full-On When AC-power back to the system, the system always in "On" state.

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2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment

Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 2.

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment

Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1.

PnP/PCI Configurations

Item Help

Menu Level

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2-6 PC Health Status

Vcore OK

DDR25V OK

+3.3V OK

+12V OK

Current CPU Temperature 34oC

Current CPU FAN Speed 3183 RPM

Current POWER FAN Speed 0 RPM

Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled]

CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]

CPU Smart FAN Control [Disabled]

CPU FAN Manual Control [Disabled]

x CPU FAN: Low speed 8 x CPU FAN: Mid speed 12 x CPU FAN: High speed 80 x Temp of FAN turn off 0 x Temp Limit of Low Speed 20 x Temp Limit of Mid Speed 50

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

PC Health Status

Item Help

Menu Level

x Temp Limit of High Speed 60 x Temp of full FAN speed 70

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

PC Health Status

Item Help

Menu Level

The CPU fan runs at full speed when both CPU Smart FAN Control and CPU FAN Manual Control are disabled.

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

Detect system's voltage status automatically.

Current CPU Temperature

Detect CPU temperature automatically.

Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM)

Detect CPU/Power/System fan speed status automatically.

CPU Warning Temperature

60oC / 140oF Monitor CPU temperature at 60oC / 140oF. 70oC / 158oF Monitor CPU temperature at 70oC / 158oF. 80oC / 176oF Monitor CPU temperature at 80oC / 176oF. 90oC / 194oF Monitor CPU temperature at 90oC / 194oF. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)

CPU FAN Fail Warning

Disabled Disable CPU fan fail warning function. (Default value) Enabled Enable CPU fan fail warning function.

CPU Smart FAN Control

Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending

(Note)

on CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements.

CPU FAN Manual Control

CPU Smart Fan Control will become disabled when this item is enabled.

Enabled Enable the CPU fan manual control function. Disabled Disable the CPU fan manual control function. (Default value)

CPU FAN: Low Speed

Set the parameter of the CPU fan speed. The CPU FAN: Low Speed option configures the speed of the CPU fan when the CPU temperature is below the temperature set in Temp Limit of Mid Speed. The parameter can be adjusted from 0~127. Higher parameter means faster CPU fan speed. (Default parameter: 8)

CPU FAN: Mid Speed

Set the parameter of the CPU fan speed. The CPU FAN: Mid Speed option configures the speed of the CPU fan when the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature set in Temp Limit of Mid Speed. The parameter can be adjusted from 0~127. Higher parameter means faster CPU fan speed. (Default parameter: 12)

CPU FAN: High Speed

Set the parameter of the CPU fan speed. The CPU FAN: High Speed option configures the speed of the CPU fan when the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature set in Temp Limit of High Speed. The parameter can be adjusted from 0~127. Higher parameter means faster CPU fan speed. (Default parameter: 80)

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The CPU fan runs at full speed when both CPU Smart FAN Control and CPU FAN Manual Control are disabled.

(Note) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install.

For more detailed information please check at the FAQ section on GIGABYTE's website.

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Temp of FAN turn off (Default temperature: 0oC)

When the CPU temperature is below the value set in this option, the CPU fan will stop spinning.

Temp Limit of Low Speed (Default temperature: 20oC)

The CPU fan will stop spinning when the CPU temperature is below the value set in Temp of FAN turn off option. The CPU fan will start to spin again with the parameter set in CPU FAN: Low Speed when the CPU temperature exceeds the value set in Temp Limit of Low Speed.

Temp Limit of Mid Speed (Default temperature: 50oC)

When the CPU temperature exceeds the value set in this option, the CPU fan spins with the parameter specified in CPU FAN: Mid Speed. For example, by default, when the CPU temperature exceeds 50oC, CPU fan runs with parameter 12.

Temp Limit of High Speed (Default temperature: 60oC)

When the CPU temperature exceeds the value set in this option, the CPU fan rotates with the parameter specified in CPU FAN: High Speed. For example, by default, when the CPU temperature exceeds 60oC, CPU fan runs with parameter 80.

Temp of full FAN Speed (Default temperature: 70oC)

When the CPU temperature exceeds the value set in this option, the CPU fan runs at full speed.

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

HT Frequency ratio [Auto] CPU Frequency [200] K8 CPU Clock Ratio [Auto]

Current DDR speed 266

DDR Clock/ Timing Mode [Auto]

CPU/DDR clock Ratio 2/1.33

DDR Speed 266 x DDR Timing Auto x CAS# latency (Tcl) 2.5 x Min RAS# active time (Tras) 6T x RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) 3T x Row precharge Time (Trp) 3T x Row to Row delay (Trrd) 2T x Row cycle time (Trc) 9T x Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) 10T x Read-to-Write time (Trwt) 4T x Write Recovery Time (Twr) 2 bus clock x Wirite-to-Read Delay (Twtr) 1 bus clock x Refresh Rate (Tref) 133MHz, 15.6 us

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Item Help

Menu Level

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x Read Preamble value 7ns x Async Latency value 7ns

CPU Spread Spectrum [Center Spread]

PCIE Clock [100Mhz]

Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]

CPU Voltage Control [Normal]

Normal CPU Vcore 1.500V

Chipset core PCI-E voltage [Normal]

HT-Link voltage control [Normal]

DDR voltage control [Normal]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Item Help

Menu Level

Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only.

HT Frequency ratio

Set HT Frequency ratio to 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 4x, or 5x. (Default: Auto)

CPU Frequency

200 ~ 456 Set CPU frequency from 200Mhz to 456Mhz.

K8 CPU Clock Ratio

This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection. The option will display "Locked" and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable.

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Current DDR Speed

Displays the current DDR speed.

DDR clock/Timing Mode

Auto Set DDR Clock and Timing Mode automatically. (Default value) Manual Set DDR Clock and Timing Mode manually.

CPU/DDR clock Ratio

Set the CPU/DDR clock ratio. Options include 2/1, 2/1.33, 2/1.5, 2/1.66, 2/1.83, 2/2.

DDR Speed

This item changes according to the value set in CPU/DDR clock Ratio.

DDR Timing

Auto BIOS will automatically set up the DDR Timing by DRAM SPD

data. (Default value)

Manual This item allows user to set DDR Timing manually.

CAS# latency (Tcl)

1.5/2/2.5/3 Set CAS Latency to1.5/2/2.5/3 (Default value:2.5)

Min RAS# active time (Tras)

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the minimum RAS Active Time. 5T~15T Set the minimum RAS Active Time to 5T~15T (Default value:6T)

RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd)

2T/3T/4T/5T/6T/7T Set DRAM RAS to CAS Delay to 2T/3T/4T/5T/6T/7T. (Default

value:3T)

Row Precharge Time (Trp)

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Row Precharge Time. 2T/3T/4T/5T/6T/7T Set the Row Precharge Time to 2T/3T/4T/5T/6T/7T. (Default

value:3T)

Row to Row delay (Trrd)

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Row to Row delay. 2T/3T/4T Set Row to Row delay to 2T/3T/4T. (Default value:2T)

Row cycle time (Trc)

7T~22T Set Row Cycle Time to 7T~22T. (Default value:9T)

Row refresh cyc time (Trfc)

9T~24T Set Row Refresh Cycle Time to 9T~24T(Default value:10T)

Read-to-Write time (Trwt)

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Read-to-Write Time. 1T/2T/3T/4T/5T Set Read-to-Write Time to 1T~5T. (Default value:4T)

Write Recovery Time (Twr)

2 bus clock Set Write Recovery Time to 2 bus clock. (Default value) 3 bus clock Set Write Recovery Time to 3 bus clock.

Write-to-Read Delay (Twtr)

1 bus clock Set Write-to-Read Delay to 1 bus clock. (Default value) 2 bus clock Set Write-to-Read Delay to 2 bus clock.

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Refresh Rate (Tref)

Set the Refresh Rate.

Read Preamble value

2~9.5ns Set the Read Preamble value. (Default value: 7ns)

Async Latency value

2~9ns Set the Async Latency value (Default value: 7ns)

CPU Spread Spectrum

Disabled Disable CPU Spread Spectrum. Center Spread Set CPU Spread Spectrum to Center Spread. (Default value)

PCIE Clock

100Mhz ~ 150Mhz Set PCI-E clock from 100Mhz to 150Mhz.

Robust Graphics Booster

Select the options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher performance.

Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to Auto. (Default value) Fast Set Robust Graphics Booster to Fast. Turbo Set Robust Graphics Booster to Turbo.

CPU Voltage Control

Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0.800V to 1.750V. (Default value: Normal)

Normal CPU Vcore

Display your CPU Vcore voltage.

Chipset core PCI-E voltage

Normal Set Chipset core PCI-E voltage as Chipset core PCI-E required.

(Default value) +0.1v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.1V. +0.2v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.2V. +0.3v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.3V.

HT-Link voltage control

Normal Supply HT-Link voltage as HT-Link required. (Default value) +0.1v Increase HT-Link voltage +0.1V. +0.2v Increase HT-Link voltage +0.2V. +0.3v Increase HT-Link voltage +0.2V.

DDR voltage control

Normal Supply DDR voltage as DDR required. (Default value) +0.1v Increase DDR voltage +0.1V. +0.2v Increase DDR voltage +0.2V.

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2-8 Top Performance

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Top Performan ce

Disabled.........................[]

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

: Move ENTER: Accept

ESC: Abort

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Top Performan ce

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, enable "Top Performance."

Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value) Enabled Enable Top Performance function.

"Top Performance" will increase H/W working speed. Different system configuration (both H/W component and OS) will effect the result. For example, the same H/W configuration might not run properly with Windows XP, but works smoothly with Windows NT. Therefore, if your system is not perform enough, the reliability or stability problem will appear sometimes, and we will recommend you disabling the option to avoid the problem as mentioned above.

2-9 Load Optimized Defaults

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/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

Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects.

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2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Enter Password:

Change/Set/Disable Password

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will appear to confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD. When disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function. When enabled, the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields, the User password is required to access only basic items. If you select "System" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu. If you select "Setup" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

Top Performan ce

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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2-11 Save & Exit Setup

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

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

Save Data to CMOS

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

Top Performan ce

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

2-12 Exit Without Saving

 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 : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS12/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Data

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

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Top Performan ce

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Chapter 3Drivers Installation

Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe.

3-1 Install Chipset Drivers

After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install the drivers automatically. Just select the drivers you want then click the "GO" button. The "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for you automatically.

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Some device drivers will restart your system automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. System will reboot automatically after install the drivers, afterward you can install others application.

For USB2.0 driver support under Windows XP operating system, please use Windows Service Pack. After install Windows Service Pack, it will show a question mark "?" in "Universal Serial Bus controller" under "Device Manager". Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver).

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3-2 Software Application

This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them.

3-3 Software Information

This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI.

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3-4 Hardware Information

This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.

3-5 Contact Us

Please see the last page for details.

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Chapter 4 Appendix

4-1 Unique Software Utilities

4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction

EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. and M.I.B. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory,

3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of both CPU cooling fan and North-Bridge Chipset cooling fan, 4) PC health for monitoring system status.

User Interface Overview

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Button / Display Description

1. Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page

2. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I.B./2 setting page

3. Smart-Fan Enters the Smart-Fan setting page

4. PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page

5. GO Confirmation and Execution button

6. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode

7. Display screen Display panel of CPU frequency

8. Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status

9. GIGABYTE Logo Log on to GIGABYTE website

10. Help button Display EasyTuneTM 5 Help file

11. Exit or Minimize button Quit or Minimize EasyTuneTM 5 software

(Note) EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards.

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4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction

Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems including FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data

on hard disks on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD-ROM for the first time, it will stay permanent in your hard disk. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you can simply press F9 during system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM.

System requirements:

1. Intel x86 platforms

2. At least 64M bytes of system memory

3. VESA-supported VGA cards

How to use the Xpress Recovery2

Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by pressing the F9 key: Steps: After entering BIOS Setup, go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD-ROM. Save

the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM drive. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD/DVD:" will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2. After the steps above are completed, subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be made by simply pressing the <F9> key during system power-on.

. . Boot from CD/DVD:

Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....

Boot from CD/DVD:

GA-K8N Ultra-SLI F7b . . . .

<DEL>:BIOS Setup/Dual BIOS, <F9>: Xpress Recovery2, <F12>For Boot Menu 03/03/2006-NF-CK804-6A61FG0DC-00

1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the <F9> key in the future.

2. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed.

3. It is recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software.

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<F9> Xpress Recovery2

The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2

1. RESTORE:

Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.)

2. BACKUP:

Back up data from hard disk.

3. REMOVE:

Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.)

4. REBOOT:

Exit the main screen and restart the system.

Limitations:

1. Not compatible to Xpress Recovery.

2. For the use of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be reserved.

3. Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of the hard disk, so free space available on the hard disk for the backup file must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is recommended but the actual space is dependent on the size of the data to be backed up)

4. Capable of backing up hard disks installed with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me.

5. USB hard disks are currently not supported.

6. Does not support RAID/AHCI (class code 0104/0106) hard disks.

7. Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk.

Hard disks detection sequence is as follows:

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

Precautions:

1. When using hard disks with more than 128G under Windows 2000, be sure to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from the driver CD before data backup.

2. It is normal that data backup takes longer time than data restoration.

3. Xpress Recovery2 is compliant with the GPL regulations.

4. On a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update is required for Xpress Recovery2 to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. Please contact your motherboard manufacturer.

5. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the following motherboards (As this is a BIOS-related issue, it can be solved by BIOS update)

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

GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 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

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4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction

A. What is Dual BIOS Technology?

Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS.

Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS. If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on. This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS.

B. How to use Dual BIOS and Q-Flash Utility?

a. After power on the computer, pressing <Del> immediately during POST (Power On Self Test) it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP, then press <F8> to enter Flash utility.

 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 : Select Item

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

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

b. Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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 : 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

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c. Dual BIOS Item explanation:

Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable

Status 1: If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset? occurs in the Main BIOS, just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on, and that the Wide Range Protection is set to "Enable", the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically. Status 2: If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards(ex. SCSI Cards, LAN Cards,..) emits signals torequest restart of the system after the user make any alteration on it, the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS.

Boot From : Main BIOS(Default), Backup BIOS

Status 1:

The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS.

Status 2:

If one of the main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails, this item "Boot From : Main BIOS(Default)" will become gray and will not be changed by user.

Auto Recovery : Enable(Default), Disable

When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure, the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS of checksum failure. (In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting, if ACPI Suspend Type is set to Suspend to RAM, the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically.) (If you want to enter the BIOS setting, please press "Del" key when the boot screen appears.)

Halt On Error : Disable(Default), Enable

If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On Error set to Enable, the PC will show messages on the boot screen, and the system will pause and wait for the user's instruction.

If Auto Recovery :Disable, it will show <or the other key to continue.> If Auto Recovery :Enable, it will show <or the other key to Auto Recover.>

Keep DMI Data : Enable(Default), Disable

Enable: The DMI data won't be replaced by flashing new BIOS.(recommend) Disable: The DMI data will be replaced by flashing new BIOS.

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

(If you boot from Backup ROM, this item will change to Copy Backup ROM Data to Main) Auto recovery message:

BIOS Recovery: Main to Backup

The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS.

BIOS Recovery: Backup to Main

The means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS. (This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can’t be changed by user.)

Load Default Settings

Load dual BIOS default value.

Save Settings to CMOS

Save revised setting.

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Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility

Q-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update

BIOS. Q-FlashTM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-FlashTM indicating no more fooling around with any complicated instructions and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu.

Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk, please do it with caution!! We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end-users.

Before You Begin:

Before you start updating BIOS with the Q-FlashTM utility, please follow the steps below first.

1. Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte's website.

2. Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file (the one with model name.Fxx. For example,

8KNXPU.Fba) to a floppy disk.

3. Reboot your PC and press Del to enter BIOS menu.

The BIOS upgrading guides below are separated into two parts. If your motherboard has dual-BIOS, please refer to Part One. If your motherboard has single-BIOS, please refer to Part Two.

Part One:

Updating BIOS with Q-Flash

Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen. This section only deals with how to use Q-Flash utility.

In the following sections, we take GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an older version to the latest version. For example, from Fa3 to Fba.

Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

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

The BIOS file is Fa3

before updating

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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Entering the Q-FlashTM utility:

Step1: To use Q-Flash utility, you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.

 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

Step 2: Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Dual BIOS/Q-Flash utility.

Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual BIOS utility screen

The Q-Flash / Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.

English

Task menu for

Dual BIOS

utility

Task menu for

utility

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 :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

Dual BIOS utility bar

Q-FlashTM utility title

bar

Action bar

Task menu for Dual BIOS utility:

Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.

Task menu for Q-Flash utility:

Contains the names of four tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.

Action bar:

Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash/Dual BIOS utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions.

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Using the Q-FlashTM utility:

This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash utility. As described in the "Before you begin" section above, you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer. If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q-Flash utility, please follow the steps below to flash BIOS.

Steps:

1. Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to "Load Main BIOS from Floppy" item in

the Q-Flash menu and press Enter button. Later, you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk.

If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose, you can begin Step 1 with "Save Main BIOS to Floppy" item.

2. Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

In this example, we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file,

8KNXPU.Fba, is listed.

Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard.

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 :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

After pressing Enter, you'll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk.

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 :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?"

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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

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 file in the floppy

disk.

Do not trun off power or

reset your system at this

stage!!

3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed.

Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.

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 :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

You can repeat Step 1 to

4 to flash the backup

BIOS, too.

5. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash utility. The computer will restart automatically after

you exit 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 :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

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After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed.

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

The BIOS file

becomes Fba after

updating.

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba 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 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to

Load Fail-Safe Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. Normally the system

redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded.

 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

Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults.

7. Select Save & Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu.

System will reboot after you exit the BIOS menu. The procedure is completed.

 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

Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit.

Part Two:

Updating BIOS with Q-Flash

This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash

 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

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Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards.

Top Performance

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

utility.

Exploring the Q-FlashTM utility screen

The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components.

Q-FlashTM utility bar

Action bar

Task menu for

utility

Q-Flash

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

Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Task menu for Q-Flash utility:

Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.

Action bar:

Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions.

Using the Q-FlashTM utility:

Steps:

1. Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to "Update BIOS from Floppy" item in the

Q-Flash menu and press Enter button. Later, you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk.

If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose, you can begin Step 1 with "Save BIOS to Floppy" item.

2. Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

In this example, we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file, 8GE800.F4, is listed.

Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard.

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

8GE800.F4 256K

Total size : 1.39M Free size : 1.14M

Enter : Run :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 file in the floppy

disk.

English

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

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

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

Enter : Run :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

Do not trun off power or

reset your system at

this stage!!

After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?"

Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

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3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.

Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time.

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

Enter : Run :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

Do not trun off power or

reset your system

at this stage!!

4. Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.

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

Enter : Run :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. Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q-Flash utility. The computer will restart automatically after

you exit Q-Flash.

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

Enter : Run :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...

After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed.

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

The BIOS file becomes F4 after updating

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. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and "Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults". See how

to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One.

Congratulation!! You have updated BIOS successfully!!

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Method 2 : @BIOSTM Utility

If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the

new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under

Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest

version of BIOS.

Fig 1. Installing the @BIOS utility Fig 2. Installation complete and run @BIOS

Click Start/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS

Select @BIOS item.

Fig 3. The @BIOS utility Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server

Click "" Click "Update New BIOS"

English

1. Methods and steps:

I. Update BIOS through Internet:

a. Click "Internet Update" icon. b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon. c. Select @BIOSTM sever. d. Select the exact model name on your motherboard. e. System will automatically download and update the BIOS.

II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet:

a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon. b. Click "Update New BIOS". c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as:

K8NS939.D2).

e. Complete update process following the instruction.

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III. Save BIOS: In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version.

IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box. It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported.

2. Note:

I. In method I, if it shows two or more motherboard's model names to be selected, please make sure

your motherboard's model name again. Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted.

II. In method II, be sure that motherboard's model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your

motherboard's. Otherwise, your system won't boot.

III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOSTM server, please go onto Gigabyte's

website for downloading and updating it according to method II. IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted. V. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time.

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4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction

RAID Levels

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation, where if one drives fails, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive. This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs. The individual disk drives in an array are called members. The configuration information of each member is recorded in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member. All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system. Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods. The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels. Different RAID levels represent different performance levels, security levels and implementation costs. The RAID levels which the nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI chipset supports are RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+RAID 1 and JBOD.

RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance.

RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive. Under a RAID 1 setup, an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached. Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array. Due to the fault tolerance, if any RAID 1 drive fails, data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array.

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RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring) RAID 0+1 combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring (RAID

1). Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives.

JBOD (Spanning) A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities. Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full, then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array. When any disk member fails, the failure affects the entire array. JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance.

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Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:

1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity.

2) Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie. IDE, SCSI, or SATA.

3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on Integrated Peripherals).

4) Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter F10 to select NVIDIA RAID; Ctrl + S to select Silicon Image).

5) Complete driver installation.

6) Complete RAID utility installation.

More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit "Support\ Motherboard\ Technology Guide section" on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.)

Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS

The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array.

Entering the RAID BIOS Setup

1. After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10. The

RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS. You have a few seconds to press F10 before the window disappears.

Detecting array ...

Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...

Press F10. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array window appears (as Figure below).

NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004

- 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 [

[

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name



] Add





] Del





] Select [ENTER] Popup



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Using the "Define a New Array" Window

If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted.

Selecting the RAID Mode

By default, this is set to Mirroring. To change to a different RAID mode, press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box - either Mirroring, Striping, Spanning, or Stripe Mirroring.

Selecting the Striping Block Size

Striping block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal, which is 64KB, but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB.

Assigning the Disks

The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks. To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk,

1. Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected.

2. Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key (). The

first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved.

3. Continue pressing the right-arrow key () until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks

appear in the Array Disks block.

NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

English

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name



[

] Add





[

] Del



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

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name

2.0.M ST3120026AS

2.1.M ST3120026AS



] Select [ENTER] Popup



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Completing the RAID BIOS Setup

After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear disk data prompt appears.

English

NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 10 2004

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name

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

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

[

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name

1.0.M ST3120026AS



] Add





] Del



1.1.M ST3120026AS



] Select [ENTER] Popup



Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array, otherwise press N. You must choose Ye s if the drives were previously used as RAID drives. The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up. You can select a disk array as boot device if you want to boot operating system from an array. Use the arrow keys to select the array, then press B to specify the array as bootable.

NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004

- Array List -

Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name

No 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [



] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail



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Press Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity.

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

If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents, press C. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to exit the RAID setup.

Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows.

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Installing the RAID drivers

To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS

(Note1)

mode

Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1):

cd bootdrv

. Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.

Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu

(Note2)

. Your system

will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished.

Fig.1

Fig.2

Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

(Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)

(Note 1): For users without a startup disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig. 2. (Note 2) : If you wish to install operating system to SATA hard disks on the Sil3114 controller, you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item. Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) function manual for detailed information about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration.

Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI.

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4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function

Introduction

Introduction of audio connectors:

You may connect CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, walkman or others audio input to Line In. The front channels or earphone can be connected to Line Out (Front Speaker Out). Connect microphone to Mic In.

Line In

Line Out

(Front Speaker Out)

Mic In

Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out. Connect the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out. Connect the side channels to Side Speaker Out. The installation of audio software is very simple. Please follow the steps to install the function. (Following pictures are in Windows XP)

Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:

We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied.

STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "Line Out".

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

Rear Speaker Out

Side Speaker Out

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STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a

Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand

taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.

Line Out

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STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration.

4 Channel Audio Setup

STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out".

STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a

Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand

taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.

Front Speaker Out

Rear Speaker Out

STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration.

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6 Channel Audio Setup

STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out".

STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a

Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand

taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.

STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel audio configuration.

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Front Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

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8 Channel Audio Setup

STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to "Side Speaker Out".

STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a

Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand

taskbar. Click the icon to select the function.

STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration.

Front Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

Rear Speaker Out

Side Speaker Out

Sound Effect Configuration: At the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired.

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Jack-Sensing Introduction

Jack-Sensing provides audio connectors error-detection function.

Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 98/ 98SE/ 2000/ ME.

Jack-Sensing includes 2 parts: AUTO and MANUAL. Following is an example for 2 channels (Following pictures are in Windows XP):

Introduction of audio connectors

You may connect CDROM, Walkman or others audio input devices to Line In jack, speakers, earphone or others output devices to Line Out jack, and microphone to MIC In jack.

Auto-detecting:

Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above. A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly. Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs.

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If you set wrong with the connectors, the warning message will come out as right picture.

Manual setting:

If the device picture shows different from what you set, please press "Manual Selection" to set.

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4-2 Troubleshooting

Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to www.gigabyte.com.tw

Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why? Answer: Some advanced options are hidden in new BIOS version. Please press Ctrl and F1 keys after entering BIOS menu and you will be able to see these options.

Questions 2: Why is the light of my keyboard/optical mouse still on after computer shuts down? Answer: In some boards, a small amount of electricity is kept on standby after computer shuts down and that's why the light is still on.

Question 3: How do I clear CMOS? Answer: If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper, please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual. If your board doesn't have such jumper, you can take off the on-board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS. Please refer to the steps below:

Steps:

1. Turn off power.

2. Disconnect the power cord from MB.

3. Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes (Or you can use a metal object

to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for one minute).

4. Re-insert the battery to the battery holder.

5. Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power.

6. Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load Optimized Defaults).

7. Save changes and reboot the system.

Question 4: Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume? Answer: Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier. If not, please change another speaker with power/amplifier and try again later.

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Question 5: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. What do these beeps usually stand for? Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However, they are only for reference purposes. The situations might differ from case to case.

 AMI BIOS Beep Codes *

Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully.

*Except for beep code 8, these codes are always fatal.

1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad

 AWARD BIOS Beep Codes

1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error

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 Taiwan (Headquarters)

 

GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231,

Taiwan

TEL: +886-2-8912-4888

FAX: +886-2-8912-4003

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address (English): http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

WEB address (Chinese): http://chinese.giga-byte.com

 

 U.S.A.

 

G.B.T. INC.

TEL: +1-626-854-9338

FAX: +1-626-854-9339

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.com

 

 Germany

 

G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de

 

 Japan

 

NIPPON GIGA-BYTE CORPORATION

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.co.jp

 

 Singapore

 

GIGA-BYTE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address: http://www.gigabyte.com.sg

 

 U.K.

 

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

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://uk.giga-byte.com

 

 The Netherlands

 

GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl

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 China

 

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

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.cn

Shanghai

TEL: +86-021-63410999

FAX: +86-021-63410100

Beijing

TEL: +86-10-62102838

FAX: +86-10-62102848

Wuhan

TEL: +86-27-87851061

FAX: +86-27-87851330

GuangZhou

TEL: +86-20-87586074

FAX: +86-20-85517843

Chengdu

TEL: +86-28-85236930

FAX: +86-28-85256822

Xian

TEL: +86-29-85531943

FAX: +86-29-85539821

Shenyang

TEL: +86-24-23960918

FAX: +86-24-23960918-809

 

 Australia

 

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY PTY. LTD.

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

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

 

 France

 

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY FRANCE S.A.R.L.

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.fr

 

 Russia

 

Moscow Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co.,

Ltd.

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.ru

 

 Poland

 

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

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.pl

 

 Serbia & Montenegro

 

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

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

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

 

 Czech Republic

 

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

CZECH REPUBLIC

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

WEB address: http://www.gigabyte.cz

 

 Romania

 

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

Romania

Tech. Support :

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

Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) :

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

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

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Gigabyte GA-K8NULTRA-SLI, GA-K8N-SLI User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual