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GIGABYTE GA-K8NE User's Manual

1. H Pin No Definition CPU FAN 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense Sech SYS FAN 5 FDD FDD Connector The FDD comnector 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 pin position 34 CZE 19 Hardware Installation 6 IDE1 IDEZ 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 cab
2. 14 CLR CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily short 1 2 pin Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper S Open Normal 1 o Short Clear CMOS GA K8NE Motherboard 24 15 BAT Battery 1 Y121 X X1 1 1 X X ALCL ECY EOJ D ss Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced se
3. Kama Goen 4 1 ATX_12V 9 F AUDO 2 ATX Power Connector 10 CD IN 3 CPU FAN 11 F USB1 F USB2 F USB3 4 SYS FAN 12 COMB 5 FDD 13 CI 6 IDE1 IDE2 14 CLR CMOS 7 SATAIIO_1 SATAII2_3 15 BAT 8 F PANEL 17 Hardware Installation 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
4. Ca GA K8NE Motherboard 20 8 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 EEE AACE EEL A SPEAK SPEAK un MSG Message LED L MSG Power Sleep LED HI Reset Switch IDE Hard Disk Active 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 Yellow Pin 1 LED anode Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple
5. CH 12 COMB COMB Connector Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector Check the pin assignments while you connect the COMB cable Please contact your nearest dealer for optional COMB cable Pin No Definition NDCDB NSINB NSOUTB NDTRB GND NDSRB NRTSB NCTSB NRIB No Pin CE CE cz ES CO o NI D on By Wy N a CH 23 Hardware Installation 13 CI Chassis Intrusion Case Open This 2 pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed You can check the Case Opened status in BIOS Setup Pin No Definition CL 1 Signal 2 GND
6. Pin No Definition CD L GND GND Blow N CD R GA K8NE Motherboard 22 11 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 Power Power USB DX USB Dy USB DX USB Dyt GND GND No Pin NC 10 9 de di CO o NI D Oil By WwW N gt E
7. g Pin No Definition 1 GND Ga 2 GND Di 3 12V SS 4 12V Pin No Definition 1 3 3V F 2 3 3V 3 GND Heen e BE E g 5 GND ED 6 5V 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V Only for 24pins ATX 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 24 GND GA K8NE Motherboard 18 3 4 CPU FAN SYS FAN Cooler Fan Power Connector The cooler fan power connector supplies a 412V 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
8. Q Flash Utility V 1 30 Q Flash utility bar Flash Tapel Size SST 49LF003A 256K Task menu for Keep DMI Data Enable lisa Update BIOS from Floppy Q Flash utility Save BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TL Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 4 Action bar 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 Flash 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 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 AA If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save BIOS ioe to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one
9. 9ANVIDIAN gt ck804 gt nvgal y HARDWARE gt EnableUSBS3xP INFORMATION 9Anusbi CONTACT US GA K8NE Motherboard 46 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 1 B5 0308 1 G GIGABYTE CPU AMD Authentic MD dentifier x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 ProcessorNameString AMD Athlon tm 64 Processor 3200 INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS D 1002 D 5B62 APPLICATIONS INFORMATION D 1022 D 1100 CONTACT US 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 1 B5 0308 1 G GIGABYTE INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION 47 Drivers Installation GA K8NE Motherboard 48 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 N0 User Interface Overview Note EASY MODE ADV
10. NOt installed E gt not installed HARDWARE INFORMATION y CONTACT US 60 RETURN EXT Pan Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress note 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 cauTion controller under Device Manager Please remove the question mark and restart the system System will auto detect the right USB2 0 driver 45 Drivers Installation 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 nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 1 B5 0308 1 INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS SOFTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION Wasak CONTACT US 3 3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD title nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 1 B5 0308 1 GIGABYTE aa 1 DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION Ng tame README TXT kan a gt BootDrv INSTALL teen CHIPSET DRIVERS mp L ia BREN ge gt Chipsets gt sys_drv APPLICATIONS
11. STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuration Back Panel ri UAJ Automatic 4CH speaker Iessen ed H H ad H h One O Front Speaker Out o CAO Speaker CH Speaker i 4CH Speaker i NG BCH Speaker i BCH Speaker E E 69 Appendix 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out and the Center Subwoofer channels to Center Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect Gil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function 10 41 AM STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration Back Panel UAJ Automatic ECH Speaker so O O Rear Speaker Dut Headphone O Front Speaker Out D Centr Subwectr Speaker CH Speaker dCH Speaker jeaker ECH S Side Speaker Out o GA K8NE Motherboard 70 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out the Center Subwoofer channels to Center Subwoofer Speaker __ Rear Speaker Out Out
12. 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 rightarrow key 3 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 gt until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 3 Add lt Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate TJ Select ENTER Popup GA K8NE Motherboard 64 Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Srriping Block Optimal Free Disks j Loc Disk Model Name Jisk Model Name axtor 6Y080M0 lt Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate TJ Select ENTER Popup Press Y if you want to wipe out all the
13. S1 POS Item Help Soft Off by Power button Instant off Menu Level 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 0020 Power On By Mouse Disabled Power On By Keyboard Disabled AC BACK Function Soft Off Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults lt ACPI Suspend Type b gt S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 POS Power On Suspend Default value gt gt S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 STR Suspend To RAM Soft Off by Power button gt gt Instant off Press power button then Power off instantly Default value gt Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to Power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 seconds lt PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable PME as wake up event lt Modem Ring On An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state gt gt Disabled Disable Modem Ring on function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable Modem Ring on function 37 BIOS Setup USB Resume from Suspend gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value Enable Enable USB device wake up system from suspend type Power On by Ala
14. 818 854 9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA K8NE Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name ERIC LU Signature Date Apr 11 2005 Copyright 2005 GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD All rights reserved The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without Gigabyte s prior written permission Specifications and features are subject to change without prior notice Product Manual Classification In order to assist in the use of this product Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following m For quick installation please refer to the Hardware Installation Guide included with the product m For detailed product information and specifications please carefully read the Product User Manual m For detailed information related to Gigabyte s unique
15. 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 CAUTION Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type S126 vacscesccuschacsesausaestenbess SST 49LF003A 256K 1 file s found 8GE800 F4 256K BIOS file in the floppy disk Free size 1 14M DEL Delete Total size 1 39M Ey F5 Refresh Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Tupel ize nn SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Reading BIOS file from floppy Do not turn off power or a 0000000000000000000 reset your system at EI Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System br Off 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 CAUTION GA K8NE Motherboard 58 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 Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Updating BIOS Now Do not turn off power or SE reset your system EI Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System br Off at this stage 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Tupel ize SST 49LF0
16. 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 lt T gt KY KE 5c gt Move to select item lt Enter gt Select Item lt Esc gt 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 lt Page Up gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt Page Down gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F2 gt Item Help lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F7 gt Load the Optimized Defaults lt F8 gt Q Flash utility lt FQ gt System Information lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 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 lt F1 gt to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit
17. Exit and Restart 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD ROM you can Maa enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key 2 System storage capacity as well as drive reading writing speed will affect backup speed 3 Itis recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete 51 Appendix 1 Execute Backup Utility Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard drive Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer A power on If this is the case please use the boot from CD ROM method to enter Xpress CAUTION Recovery 2 Execute Restore Utility This program will recover your system to factory default Press R to restore your system back to factory default or press Esc to exit Restores backup image to original state 3 Remove Backup Image s Remove backup image Are you sure Y N Remove the backup image 4 Set Password Please input a 4 16 character long password a z or 0 9 or press Esc to exit You can set a password to enter Xpress Recovery to protect your hard disk data Once this is done password input will be required to enter Xpress Recovery during the next as well as subsequent system restarts If you wish to remove the need for password ent
18. Raid5 860 333 bytes exit O bytes free D gt cd bootdry D BOOTDRY gt menu 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 a Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD ROM From the CD ROM drive example D 1 double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig 2 67 Appendix ras eat 4 1 5 2 14 16 18 Channel Audio Function Introduction 8 AUDIO pa This motherboard provide 6 audio connector You are able to use 2 4 6 8 channnels audio feature by audio software selection 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 o o O o o kt fa ob TH vi In Rear Speaker Out A Out e cml root T S ER Connect microphone to Mic In S
19. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended S fl by the manufacturer i I st Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s KE j j instructions pa a HE If you want to erase CMOS am EE 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 make them short for one minute 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 25 Hardware Installation GA K8NE Motherboard gt 96 2 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 lt Del gt 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
20. abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press lt Enter gt 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 43 BIOS Setup 2 10 Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Mal Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y PnP PCI C PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit N ec Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the
21. and the side channels to Side Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect oS icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function 10 41 AM HE Ce STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration Back Panel F UAJ Automatic 8CH speaker OD 0 Head H hone T O Front Speaker Out o CENA Speaker ul CH Speaker j 1CH Speaker BCH Speaker OCH Speaker Sound Effect Configuration At the sound effect menu users can adjust sound option settings as desired 71 Appendix 4 1 6 Jack Sensing and UAJ Introduction Jack Sensing provides audio connectors error detection function Install Microsoft DirectX8 1 or later version before to enable Jack Sensing support for A Windows 98 98SE 2000 ME CAUTION Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Windows XP Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CDROM Walkman or others audio Ba Audio Connector input devices to Line In jack speakers earphone or others output devices to Line Out jack and micro aaa AN phone to MIC In jack Front Speaker a Mic In Auto detecting Please connect the devices to the
22. 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 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 RAID 0 1 Striping Mirroring RAID 0 1 combines the performa
23. collection of general asked questions To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model please log on to http www gigabyte com tw Question 1 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 clear CMOS Answer H 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 Re insert the battery to the battery holder Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail Safe Defaults or load Optimized Defaults Save changes and reboot the system NO O E Question 4 Why do still get a weak sound after turning u
24. errors 31 BIOS Setup 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features b Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Hard Disk CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floopy Seek Disabled Device Priority Password Check Init Display First Setup PEG Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults lt Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards SCSI RAID etc Use lt T gt or lt J gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu First Second Third Boot Device gt gt Floppy gt LS120 gt gt Hard Disk gt CDROM ZIP bp USB FDD gt gt USB ZIP bp USB CDROM bp USB HDD b gt Legacy LAN gt gt Disabled Select your boot device priority by Floppy Select your boot device priority by LS120 Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by CDROM Select your boot device priority by ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB HDD Select your boot device priority by Legacy LAN Disable this
25. features please go to Technology Guide section on Gigabyte s website to read or download the information you need For more product details please click onto Gigabyte s website at www gigabyte com tw Table of Contents GA K8NE Motherboard Layout aaa mua 6 ABA APA T Chapter 1 Hardware Installation amma 9 1 1 Considerations Prior to Installation aaa aaa 9 l2 Pear SUMMA ecus ste lee eege 10 1 3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink u s ananananasaananasasaananasnananans 12 t3 JESS 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Heatsink ccccseccsssssscscsssesssssscecsssssseseesessssssesseecessssssesees 13 14 Installation Ob We MON EE 14 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cana EE 15 6 O Back Panel Introduction sisanne 16 lef CONMECIONS INMOGUGUOM eene 17 chapter Eeer 21 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver DB 28 2 14 Standard CMOS Features u s aasam 30 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features ua ana aman 32 2 3 Integrated Peripherals aata eege Eed eegener 34 2 4 Power Management Setup EEN 37 29 EDERT eege 39 20 PG NA AN 40 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I 1 0 cc cesesscscssssessssssssssseessesessseesssessseesaees 41 2 8 Load Optimized Daanin ann nA Aa Gat 43 2 9 Set Supervisor User Password aaa 43 210 SWE Ce EMM OUD im naaa nan be aaa 44 2 11 Exit EE 44 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Xm naaa 45 ech Heeler Aere 45 SZ SO Wale eelere EE 46 5 97 SO OMW A
26. floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS CAUTION 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Dual BIOS Utility Boot E EE Main Bios Main ROM Tvpei ize SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Twvpeibize SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Copy BIOS completed Pass Please press any key to continue Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TU Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 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 Dual BIOS Utility Boot rom aa ANAN Main Bios Main ROM Tvpei ize SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Twpeibize SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TJ Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed The BIOS file becomes Fab after updating Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star All wat odular v n Energy Star Ally teg fi Copyrigh
27. gt 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 b gt 360K 5 25 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity b gt 1 2M 5 25 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled gt gt 720K 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity bb 1 44M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity Default value gt gt 2 88M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area gt Disabled Normal Floppy Drive Default value Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive gt Both Drive A amp B are 3 mode Floppy Drives Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up gt gt No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted b All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped gt gt All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value gt All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors gt gt All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other
28. is display only gt gt Month The month Jan Through Dec gt gt Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month H Year The year from 1999 through 2098 gt Time The times format in lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 o IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave gt IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection gt gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE devices setup You can use one of three methods e 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 e Manual User can manually input the correct settings gt Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto H Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk GA K8NE Motherboard 30 Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing Enter the appropriate option based on this information bp Cylinder Number of cylinders gt gt Head Number of heads gt gt Precomp Write precomp gt Landing Zone Landing zone gt gt Sector Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press lt Enter
29. 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 LA Cal E LI E 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 vy bai li E NINA pili 1 NAHIN INA LI GA K8NE Motherboard 14 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 Remov
30. user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility 2 11 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Mai PnP PCI C PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit N ec Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Abandon all Data Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility GA K8NE Motherboard 44 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP XN 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 nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 1 B5 0308 1 GIGABYTE mae hot installed see gt not installed eege gt not installed ma
31. 03A 256K Copy BIOS completed Pass 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 Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Tupel ize nn SST 49LF003A 256K Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort Off 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 Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Inc i Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS ffor 8GE800 F4 The B OS file Check System Health OK Main Processor Intel Pentium R 4 1 7GHz 100x17 0 becomes F4 after lt CPUID OFOA Patch ID 00095 Memory Testing 122880K OK 8192K Shared Memory updating Primary Master FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED 03 08 Primary Slave None Secondary Master CREATIVEDVD RM DVD 1242E BC101 Secondary Slave None Press DEL to enter SETUP Q Flash 03 18 2003 I845GE 6A69Y G0 1C 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 59 Appendix BIOS Method 2 BIOS Utility tm f you do not have a DOS startup disk we recommend that you use the paa HH new BIOS utility BIOS allows users to updat
32. 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 IRQ4 bp 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 7 Onboard Serial Port 2 gt Auto BIOS will automatically set up the Serial port 2 address bp 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 bp 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 Default value bp 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8 IRQ4 gt gt 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2 7 Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard LPT port bp 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value gt gt 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 gt gt 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode gt gt 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 gt gt ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode GA K8NE Motherboard 36 gt ECP Mode Use DMA gt 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default value gt 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 2 4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type
33. 4 15 PnP PCI Configurations Auto Auto Menu Level Auto Auto PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1 Default value Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 1 Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 On board Device IRQ Assign Auto assign IRQ to onboard device Default value Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to onboard device 39 BIOS Setup 2 6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software PC Health Status Vcore OK DDR25V OK Menu Level gt Be We NY OK OK Disabled 44 C Don t monitor pe 3183 RPM current temperature Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU Warning Temperature Disabled 60 C 90 C CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled Alarm when current CPU Smart FAN Control Enabled temperature over than the selected temperature Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Current Voltage V Vcore DDR25V 3 3V 12V gt Detect system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature bp Detect CPU temperature automatically Current CPU SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM gt gt Detect CPU SYSTEM fan speed status automatically gt CPU Warning Temperature gt gt 60 C 140 F M
34. ANCED MONG Moven Lr N CLOCICING A cia lt SMART E aie mis Button Display Description 1 Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page 2 C IA 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 amp Advance Mode Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode T 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 EasyTune 5 Help file 11 Exit or Minimize button Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards 49 Appendix 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition If the hard drive is not working properly the user can restore the drive to its original state Supports FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS formats Must be connected to the IDE1 Master Allows installation of only one OS Must be used with an IDE hard disk supporting HPA The first partition must be set as the boot partition When the boot partition is backed up please do not alter its size 6 Xpress Recovery is recommended when using Ghost to return boot man
35. CS IM ORATION NAA ANNA PAA AA 46 3 4 Hardware Information naaa anG ban NANG UUnGA 47 so COAL e ee 47 Chapter 4 ADOC NGINX EE 49 4 1 Unique Software Utilities aaa 49 414 Easy lune Tree le e EEN 49 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery Introduction aa eege 50 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction ENEE 53 4 1 4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction ua nnanananananawanawasawasasasasasasanan 62 4 1 5 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction u s 68 4 1 6 Jack Sensing and UA Introduction cccescssesesesesssessscssscsescscssssscststststststetsees 72 4 2 Troubleshooting aaa 74 GA K8NE Motherboard Layout ATX 12V N Marvel 88E1111 PCIE 1 PCIE 2 nVIDIA PCIE 16 nForce 4 4X mmm maman PCI2 CHEF USB3 CEE F_USB2 SYS_FAN ULI ep ven EE GELLEL COMB Block Diagram PCI ECLK 100MHZ2 PCI Express x 16 2 PCI Express x 1 Marvell 88E1111 CPUCLK 200MHz AMD K8 Socket 754 DDR 400 333 266 200MHz DIMM CPU DDR RAM Hyper Transport Bus ES 4 Serial ATA nVIDIA SEEK ATA33 66 100 133 nForce4 4X IDE Channels PCI ECLK 100MHZ2 LPC BUS PCI Express x 1 Bus IT8712 PCI Bus Gan Ports PS 2 KB Mouse 24MHz PADEL 33MHZ C ht 55055 E3 OOOSO o Lk O Ln dE eu 10USB 22o ATA ooo 2 oe Ports D DO E DAD 3PCI O O c2 O e 50 5 OO 3 PCICLK ca D 33MHz g O Note Because of CPU limitations if you want to insta
36. GA K8NE AMD Socket 754 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1001 12ME K8NE 1001 O EN 55011 O EN 85013 O EN 55014 1 O EN 55015 O EN 55020 6 EN 55022 O DIN VDE 0855 O part 10 O part 12 CE marking EN 60065 EN 60335 Stamp Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturee importer full address G B T Technology Trading GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41 1F 20537 Hamburg Germany declare that the product description of the apparatus system installation to which it refers Motherboard GA K8NE is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 68 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM high frequency equipment E EN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused E EN 61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appliances and sirnilar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Limits and methods of measurement E EN 55024 of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated Information Technology equipment Immunity characteristics Limets and methods of equpment measurement Limits and methods of measurement O EN 50062 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual commercial and light industry household electrical appliances portable tools and sirnilar electri
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38. NC 21 Hardware Installation 9 F AUDIO Front Audio Panel Connector connector to play sound 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 assignments for the cable are the same as the pin assignments for the front audio 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 Pin No Definition MIC GND MIC BIAS POWER FrontAudio R Rear Audio R Return R NC No Pin CO o NI OO oO By WwW N gt FrontAudio L CH Rear Audio L Return L 10 CD IN CD In Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector
39. S 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 NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 81 Copyright C 2004 NVIDIA Corp 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 Jan 12 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Si TPP TIA a Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 1 1 M Maxtor 6Y080M0 gt Add bad Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate TJ Select ENTER Popup 63 Appendix 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
40. S o Speaker Out Connect the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out N gH Men Ei A alo Connect the Center Subwoofer channels to Center es Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the side channels to Side Speaker Out 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 SI Line Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you finda Sound Effect Gil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function 10 41 AM eS To set up an 8 channel audio configuration you must use Audio Combo Kit optional device NOTE GA K8NE Motherboard 68 STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 2CH Speaker to complete 2 channel audio configuration 2CH speaker Back Panel UAJ Automatic ob 10 o Center Subwoofer Speaker OL 0 ES See BCH Speaker 8CH Speaker d pa 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out Front k the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out EIER Rear Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect Gil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function 10 41 AM
41. TION Dual BIOS Utility Boot E EE Main Bios Main ROM Tvpei ize SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Twpeibize SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Drot Tit 1 file s found SKNXPU Fba 512K BIOS file in the floppy disk Free size 911 50K DEL Delete Total size 1 39M F5 Refresh Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run TJ Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After pressing Enter you ll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk Dual BIOS Utility Boot From EE Main Bios Main ROM Twvpei ize SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Twvpeibize SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable CAUTION Do not turn off power or reset your system at this stage Reading BIOS file from floppy gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 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 55 Appendix 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
42. ager to NTFS format CAUTION ot ge Ee How to use the Xpress Recovery 1 Boot from CD ROM BMP Mode Enter the BIOS menu select Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive then save and exit the BIOS menu Once the computer has restarted the phrase Boot from CD will appear at the bottom left hand corner of the screen When Boot from CD appears press any key to enter Xpress Recovery Once you have completed this step subsequent access to Xpress Recovery can also function by pressing the F9 key during computer power on Veriiying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD Boot from CD GIGABYTE Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technology os td 1 Exeoute Backup Utility Sek e d 2 Execute Restore Utility d L 3 Remove Bagkup image 4 Set Password o 5 Exit and Restart Build 2011 GA K8NE Motherboard 50 2 Press F9 during powering on the computer Text Mode Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Inc Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK Press DEL to enter SETUP Q Flast F9 For Xpress Recovery F9 For Xpress Recovery 08 16 2002 I845GE 6A69Y G01C 00 GIGA BYTE Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technology CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Set Password 5
43. al Supply DDR voltage as DDR required Default value gt gt 0 1Vv Increase DDR voltage 0 1V gt 0 2v Increase DDR voltage 0 2V GA K8NE Motherboard 42 2 8 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Mai PnP PCI C PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Y N N ESC Quit N ec Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects 2 9 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Mai PnP PCI C PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit N ec Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup 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 lt Enter gt You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to
44. ary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID Serial ATA 1 SATA 1 Primary RAID SATA 1 Secondary RAID Serial ATA 2 SATA 2 Primary RAID SATA 2 Secondary RAID IDE Prefetch Mode On Chip USB USB Memory Type Enter Select Integrated Peripherals Enabled Enabled Menu Level Enabled Auto Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled V1 1 V2 0 SHADOW PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Disabled Disabled Menu Levelb Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 378 IRQ7 SPP Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults On Chip IDE Channel0 gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port On Chip IDE Channel gt gt 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 D
45. cal O EN 50082 2 Generic mmunity standard Part 2 apparatus Industral environment Limits and methods of measurement O EN 55014 2 immunity requirements for household of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries appliances tools and smilar apparatus Immunity from radio interference of O EN 50091 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible broadcast receivers and associated power systems UPS equpment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving andlor distribution from sound and television signals CE EC conformity marking The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73 23 EEC Safety requirements for mains operated EN 60950 electronic and related apparatus for household and simfar general use Safety for information technology equipment including electrical business equipment Safety of household and similar D EN 50091 1 General and Safety requirements for electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems UPS Manufacturer importer Signature Jimmy Huang Date Apr 11 2005 Name Timmy Huang DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a Responsible Party Name G B T INC U S A Address 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338
46. care when installing the CPU The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly Rather than applying force please change the positioning of the CPU CAUTION GA K8NE Motherboard 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Heatsink Fig 1 Before installing the heat sink please first add an even layer of heat sink paste on the surface of the CPU Install all the heat sink components Please refer to the heat sink manual for detailed installation instructions Fig 2 Please connect the heat sink power connector to the CPU_FAN connector located on the motherboard so that the heat sink can properly function to prevent CPU overheating a The heat sink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat sink paste To prevent w9 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 heat sink 13 Hardware Installation 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 CAUTION 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
47. data from the RAID array otherwise press N You must choose Yes 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 Jan 12 2005 Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name Yes 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 76 33G Ctrl X Exit TJ Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail 65 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 76 33G Array Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 1 1 Master 0 Maxtor 6Y080M0 76 33GB 1 0 Master 1 Maxtor 6Y080M0 76 33GB 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 nex
48. e their BIOS under Windows Just select the desired BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS Fig 1 Installing the BIOS utility 4 nVIDIA nForce4 Se Fig 2 Installation Complete and Run BIOS 8 SS d Select BIOS item Fig 3 The BIOS Utility X Gigabyte BIOS Writer for Win9x MEINT4 2000 XP BK Curerk Mainboard Info Flash Memory Type SST 49LFOOZA FWH 3 3 Gigabyte BIOS server 2 in Taiwan Gigabyte BIOS server in China s Gigabyte BIOS server in Japan c Intemet Update i po Gigabyte BIOS server in U S A ance F Clea DMI Data Pool F Clear PnP Dala Pool 1 Methods and steps 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 Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Donotclick 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 K8NE D6 e Complete update process following the instruction GA K8NE Motherboard 60 Il 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 beginni
49. e your computer s chassis cover screws and slot bracket from the computer Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card Replace your computer s chassis cover Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS Install related driver from the operating system 2 3 4 5 6 8 Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card CAUTION Please carefully pull out the small white drawable 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 15 Hardware Installation 1 6 1 0 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 e data to an external Dolby Di
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51. ected To prevent damage to the motherboard please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system components as well as physical harm to the user 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 Instances of Non Warranty Damage due to natural disaster accident or human cause Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual Damage due to improper installation Damage due to use of uncertified components Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product 9 Hardware Installation 1 2 Feature Summary CPU Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64 processor K8 e 1600MH z system bus Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000 and faster Chipset e NVIDIA nForce4 4X Chipset Supported on the Win 2000 XP operating systems Memory e 3DDR DIMM memory slots supports up to 3GB memory e Supports DDR 400 Note 9 333 266 200 DIMM Slots e 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots IDE Connection
52. function lt 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 gt gt Enabled bp Disabled GA K8NE Motherboard 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 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 790 2 lt Password Check b gt 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 gt gt 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 Default value gt gt PCI slot Set Init display first to PCI 33 BIOS Setup 2 3 T43 e Move Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software On Chip IDE Channel0 On Chip IDE Channel IDE DMA transfer access On Chip MAC Lan On Chip LAN BOOT ROM IDE SATA RAID function IDE Prim
53. gital Decoder COMA Serial Port Connects to serial based mouse or data processing devices 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 LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet providing data transfer speeds of 10 100 1000Mbps Line ln 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 Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center Subwoofer speakers to this connector Rear Speaker Out Connect the rear surround speakers to this connector GA K8NE Motherboard 16 Side Speaker Out Connect the side surround speakers to this connector KO You can use audio software to configure 2 4 6 8 channel audio functioning NOTE 1 7 Connectors Introduction
54. isable this function GA K8NE Motherboard 34 On Chip MAC Lan gt gt Auto Auto detect onboard LAN chip function Default value gt gt 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 gt gt Enabled Enable this function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function IDE SATA RAID function gt gt Enabled Enable IDE SATA RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Primary Master RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function gt Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Primary Slave RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function gt Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Secndry Master RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Secndry Slave RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 2nd slave channel IDE RAID function gt Disabled Disable this function Default value Serial ATA 1 Enabled Enable Serial ATA 1 supported Default value gt gt Disabled Disable Serial ATA 1 supported SATA 1 Primary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 1st SATA primary RAID function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function SATA 1 Secondary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 1st SATA secondary RAID function Default value gt Disabled Disable
55. le 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 ir agoooqgaon PLECE LELEYA EOD C3 IDE2 IDE 7 SATAIIO_1 SATAII2_3 Serial ATA Connector Serial ATA can provide up to150MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly Pin No Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND NN OD oy Bl ws N gt
56. ll DDR400 memory modules in your system please install either one double sided or two single sided DDR400 memory modules The DDR400 speed will drop down to DDR333 if you install two double sided or three single sided DDR400 memory modules Jie Chapter 1 Hardware 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 iP 2 3 Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord When handling the motherboard avoid touching any metal leads or connectors It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge ESD cuff when handling electronic components CPU RAM Prior to installing the electronic components please have these items on top of an antistatic pad or within a electrostatic shielding container 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 Prior to the installation of the motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are conn
57. ls Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T see n F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Step 2 Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Dual BIOS Q Flash utility Exploring the Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen The Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components Dual BIOS Utility Dual BIOS utility bar Task menu for Dual BIOS utility Boot From Main ROM Tvpei ize SST 49LF003A Backup ROM TYpE SIZE Lss SST 49LF003A Wide Range Protection Main Bios 512K 512K Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility title Task menu for Q Flash utility li Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy bar Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 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 pressi
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59. nce 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 Aspanning 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 GA K8NE Motherboard 62 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 our website at http www gigabyte com tw to read or download the information you need Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIO
60. ng 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 In method 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 ll In method Il be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot Il In method if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in BIOSTM server please go onto Gigabyte s web site for downloading and updating it according to method Il IV Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted 61 Appendix 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
61. ng 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 execu tion 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 GA K8NE Motherboard 54 Using the Q Flash 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 gt If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save Main NEL 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 CAU
62. o configuration you must use Audio Combo Kit optional device 10 Hardware Monitor System voltage detection e CPU temperature detection e CPU System fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU fan failure warning e CPU smart fan control Onboard SATA RAID Onboard nForce4 4X chipset SATAIIO_1 SATAII2_3 supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 function or striping mirroring RAID 041 supports data transfer rate of up to 150 MB s supports hot plugging function supports a maximum of 4 SATA connections Eeer on the Win 2000 XP operating systems Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q Flash Supports BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 Note 3 Over Voltage via BIOS CPU DDR HT Link PCIE ATX form factor 30 5cm x 24 4cm BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor i 8 Note 3 EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards 11 Hardware Installation 1 3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU CAUTION 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 heatsink 4 Please make sure the heatsink is ins
63. onitor CPU temperature at 60 C 140 F b gt 70 C 158 F Monitor CPU temperature at 70 C 158 F gt gt 80 C 176 F Monitor CPU temperature at 80 C 176 F b gt 90 C 194 F Monitor CPU temperature at 90 C 194 F bp Disabled Disable this function Default value gt CPU FAN Fail Warning gt gt Disabled Disable CPU fan fail warning function Default value gt Enabled Enable CPU fan fail warning function lt CPU Smart FAN Control gt Disabled Disable this function Enabled When this function is enabled CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements Default Value GA K8NE Motherboard 40 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CPU Frequency 200 CPU Spread Spectrum Center Spread Menu Levelb PCIE Clock 100MhZz K8 CPU Clock Ratio Default 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 Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken For power end user use only CAUTION CPU Frequency gt gt 200 456 Set CPU frequency from 200Mh
64. otherboard has single BIOS please refer to Part Two Part One Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards 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 Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Inc Intel i875P AGPset BIOS ffr 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 The BIOS file is Fa3 Check System Health OK Nee L 3250 e Main Processor Intel Pentium R 4 1 6GHz 133x12 before updating lt CPUID 0F27 Patch ID 00275 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 DVD 1242E BC101 Secondary Slave None Press DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recover 08 07 2003 1875 P 6A79BG03C 00 53 Appendix Entering the Q Flash utility Step1 To use Q Flash utility you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Periphera
65. p 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 Question 5 Sometimes 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 gt AWARD BIOS Beep Codes Computer gives 1 short beep when system boots successfully 1 short System boots successfully Except for beep code 8 these codes are always fatal 2 short CMOS setting error 1 beep Refresh failure 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure Ab Ti t Geen 1 long 3 short Keyboard error BA a 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 gate A20 failure SE long beeps DRAM error Continuous short beeps Power error 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card error 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 GA K8NE Motherboard 14 75 Appendix GA K8NE Motherboard 2762 Appendix GA K8NE Motherboard WR Contact Us e Taiwa
66. 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 Universal Audio Jack UAJ O Front Speaker Connector Universal Audio Jack UAJ GA K8NE Motherboard 12 If you set wrong with the connectors the warning message will come out as right picture Front Speaker Coen O GIGABYTE Manual setting If the device picture shows different from what you set please press Manual Selection to set l Universal Audio Jack UAJ O Universal Audio Zeen e Universal Audio Steeg Manual Selection Connect ted De evice Cor nected Device Connected Device This device should be recognized as Power aker C Microphone C Stereo Headphone Passive Speaker C Stereo Line In T Reset to automatic selection OK UAJ Introduction UAJ Universal Audio Jack has a very smart feature It will switch signal automatically when user plugs his audio device to the wrong jack Line in Line out That means users do not need to worry the audio device should be plug in Line in or Line out jack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated Enable UAJ function You can click UAJ Automatic button to enable UAJ function UAJ Automatic rear Speaker Out aaa NG Center Subwooter Speaker ER emm OY Speaker Out LP Not connected IUAI 73 Appendix 4 2 Troubleshooting Below is a
67. rm You can set Resume by Alarm item to enabled and key in Date Time to power on system gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If Power On by Alarm is Enabled gt Day of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 gt gt Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 lt Power On By Mouse bp Disabled Disabled this function Default value gt Double Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on the system lt Power On By Keyboard bp Disabled Disabled this function Default value bp Any KEY Press any key to power on the system gt gt Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on the system AC BACK Function gt gt Soft Off When AC power back to the system the system will be in Off state Default value gt gt Full On When AC power back to the system the system always in On state GA K8NE Motherboard 38 2 5 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment PCI 3 IRQ Assignment On board Device IRQ Assign T U ec Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PCI 1 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto b gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI 2 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto b gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI 3 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto b gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 gt gt Auto b gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 1
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69. ry please select Set Password and under New Password Confirm Password make sure there is no entry and then press Enter to remove password requirement 5 Exit and Restart Exit and restart your computer GA K8NE Motherboard 52 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 Q Flash Utility OHE Q Flash 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 Flash allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows Using Q Flash 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 CAUTION Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q Flash 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 m
70. s 2 2 IDE connection UDMA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 allows connection of 4 IDE devices Supported on the Win 2000 XP operating systems FDD Connections 1 FDD connection allows connection of 2 FDD devices Onboard SATA 4 Serial ATA ports from nVIDIA nForce4 4X controller SATAII0 1 SATAII2_3 Supported on the Win 2000 XP operating systems Peripherals 1 parallel port supporting Normal EPP ECP mode 1 serial port COMA onboard COMB connection 10 USB 2 0 1 1 ports rear x 4 front x 6 via cable 1 front audio connector 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 PS 2 mouse port Onboard LAN qo 0 0 8 Onboard Marvell 88E1111 chip 10 100 1000 Mbit 1 RJ 45 port Supported on the Win 2000 XP operating systems Onboard Audio ALC850 CODEC UAJ Supports Jack Sensing function Supports 2 4 6 8 channel audio Note 3 Supports Line In Line Out Front Speaker Out MIC Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out connection Supports SPDIF In Out connection CD In UO Control IT8712 Note 1 Because of CPU limitations if you want to install DDR400 memory modules in your system please install either one double sided or two single sided DDR400 memory modules The DDR400 speed will drop down to DDR333 if you install two double sided or three single sided DDR400 memory modules Note 2 GA K8NE Motherboard To set up an 8 channel audi
71. t C 1984 2003 Award Software Inc o Intel i875P AGPset BIOS f amp r 8KNXP Ultra Fba Check System Health OK VEese 2z L3250 Main Processor Intel Pentium R 4 1 6GHz 133x12 lt CPUID 0F27 Patch ID 00275 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 DVD 1242E BC101 Secondary Slave None Press DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 09 23 2003 1875 P 6A79BG03C 00 GA K8NE Motherboard 56 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Perinherals Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults T nad Nntimiz7adA Nafanlte Power Mana Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Y PnP PCI Cor PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults 7 Select Save amp Exit Setup i
72. t step is to configure and load drivers under Windows GA K8NE Motherboard 66 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 modeigel Prepare a startup disk that has CD ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk Step 1 Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD ROM in your system Boot from the startup disk Once at the A gt prompt change to the CD ROM drive example D gt At the D gt prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Fig 1 cd bootdrv menu 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 Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk Press 0 to exit when finished 1 gt IAA_RAID 2 gt GIGARAID 4 gt Sil RAID 5 gt scs 6 gt Promise 26276 ATA 7 Promise 20276 RAID 8 gt Promise 26265 ATA ise 20265 ATACKP gt Series ATACXP PInUIDIA Series ATAC2K gt G 8i13114 H gt il3114 Raid 7 828 11 128113114
73. talled 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 90 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 Fig 1 Socket lever Position lever at a 90 degree angle Fig 2 A gold colored triangle is marked one edge of the CPU Please align this edge with the socket edge closest to the CPU lever Gently place the CPU into position making sure that the CPU pins fit perfectly into their holes Once the CPU is positioned into it socket place one finger down on the middle of the CPU and gently press the metal lever back into its original position A Please use extra
74. tem to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu System will reboot after you exit the BIOS menu The procedure is completed CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Perinherale Power Mana PnP PCI Cor PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults T nad Nntimizad Nafanlte Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit Part Two Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Single BIOS Motherboards This part guides users of single BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T F8 Q Flash T57 Top Performance Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup m Time Date Hard Disk Type Appendix Exploring the Q Flash utility screen The Q FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components
75. the Help Window press lt Esc gt 21 BIOS Setup The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver D6 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit TLE Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type w If you can t find the setting you want please press Ctrl F 1 to search the advanced option hidden NOTE m Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS m Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features m Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals m Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features m PnP PCI Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources m PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan speed MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T This set
76. this function Serial ATA 2 gt gt Enabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported Default value Disabled Disable Serial ATA 2 supported SATA 2 Primary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 2nd SATA primary RAID function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function SATA 2 Secondary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable 2nd SATA secondary RAID function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function 35 BIOS Setup lt gt IDE Prefetch Mode gt gt Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch mode Default value gt Disabled Disable IDE Prefetch mode On Chip USB Disabled Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function b gt V1 1 V2 0 Enable USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 controller Default value gt V1 1 Enable only USB 1 1 controller lt USB Memory Type gt gt SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW Default value gt Base Memory 640K Set USB memory type to base memory 640K lt USB Keyboard Support gt gt Enabled Enable USB keyboard support gt Disabled Disable USB keyboard support Default value lt USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support bp Disabled Disable USB mouse support Default value 7 AC97 Audio gt gt Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function Onboard Serial Port 1 gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 1 address bp 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 Default value bp
77. up page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio m Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration GA K8NE Motherboard 28 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 4 Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 29 BIOS Setup 2 1 Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Mar 15 2005 Time hh mm ss 14 42 37 Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None Change the day month IDE Channel 0 Slave None year IDE Channel Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None lt Week gt Sun to Sat Drive A 1 44M 3 5 Drive B None lt Month gt Floppy 3 Mode Suport Disabled Jan to Dec Halt On All But Keyboard lt Day gt 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month lt Year gt 1999 to 2098 Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Date The date format is lt week gt lt month gt lt day gt lt year gt gt gt Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and
78. z to 456Mhz lt CPU Spread Spectrum bp Disabled Disable CPU Spread Spectrum H Center Spread Set CPU Spread Spectrum to Center Spread Default value PCIE Clock gt gt 100Mhz 150Mhz Set PCI E clock from 100Mhz to 150Mhz K8 CPU Clock Ratio bp Default Set K8 CPU Clock Ratio to CPU factory default Default value gt gt x4 800Mhz x10 2000Mhz Set K8 CPU Clock Ratio from x4 800Mhz to x10 2000Mhz lt Robust Graphics Booster Select the options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher performance gt gt Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to Auto Default value gt gt Fast Set Robust Graphics Booster to Fast gt gt Turbo Set Robust Graphics Booster to Turbo CPU Voltage Control bp Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0 800V to 1 750V Default value Normal lt Normal CPU Vcore gt gt Display your CPU Vcore voltage 41 BIOS Setup Chipset core PCI E voltage gt gt Normal Set Chipset core PCI E voltage as Chipset core PCI E required Default value gt 0 1Vv Increase Chipset core PCI E voltage 0 1V b gt 0 2v Increase Chipset core PCI E voltage 0 2V gt 0 3v Increase Chipset core PCI E voltage 0 3V lt HT Link voltage control gt gt Normal Supply HT Link voltage as HT Link required Default value b gt 0 1v Increase HT Link voltage 0 1V gt 0 2v Increase HT Link voltage 0 2V gt 0 3v Increase HT Link voltage 0 2V lt DDR voltage control gt gt Norm

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