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1. Pin No Definition 1 Tells 1 GND e i 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V L Pin No Definition 12 a o 24 3 3v SE 2 3 3V JE 3 GND o e 4 VCC o 0 5 GND Ic 6 VCC JE 7 GND a G 8 Power Good 9 5V SB stand by 5V B 10 H 1 HAN JE 12 3 3V Only for 24pins ATX 1 Ce 13 13 3 3v C45 14 12V 15 GND 16 PS_ON soft On Off 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 5V 21 VCC 22 VCC 23 VCC 24 GND 23 Hardware Installation possesses a foolproof connection design ground wire GND Caution 6 NB FAN Chip Fan Power Connector If you installed wrong direction the chip fan will not work Sometimes will damage the chip fan Usually black cable is GND
2. o n OD ol El wl rm o E MIS 16 F USB1 F_USB2 F_USB3 Front USB Connector Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition 2 10 1 Power Ad 2 Power 3 USB DX 1 9 4 USB Dy 5 USB DX 6 USB Dy 7 GND 8 GND 9 No Pin 10 NC 29 Hardware Installation 17 F1 1394 F2 1394 IEEE 1394 Connectors Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like high speed high bandwidth and hot plug Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IEEE 1394 cable incorre
3. 14 PWR_LED PWR LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off It will blink when the system enters suspend mode Pin No Definition 1 MPD H 2 MPD 1 3 MPD GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 28 15 IR CIR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is align with pin one the connector To enable the IR CIR function you are required to purchase an optional IR CIR module To use IR function only please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pins Be careful with the polarity of the IR CIR connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IR CIR cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional IR CIR cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX NC CIRRX 5VSB CIRTX NC
4. GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 24 3 415 CPU FAN SYS FAN PWR_FAN Cooler Fan Power Connector The cooler fan power connector supplies a 412V power voltage via a 3 pin power connector and 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 Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent CPU overheating and failure Pin No Definition 1 1 GND 2 12V CPU_FAN 3 Sense PWR_FAN i Ge Pin No Definition H El JM 1 HAN NA ATHLETE B 2 GND fi UO a 8 J O 7 FDD FDD Connector The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive The types of FDD drives supported are 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position 34 33 8 IDE1 IDE2 IDE Connector An IDE d
5. 59 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 power A on If this is the case please use the boot from CD ROM method to enter Xpress Recovery CAUTION 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 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 entry 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 K8NXP SLI Motherboard 60 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction A What is Dual BIOS Technology Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS ROM on the TM motherbo
6. 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 65 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 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 5 Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 512K SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type Size 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 T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off you exit Q Flash Dual BIOS Utility Boot Pr ANAN Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type Size 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 Flop
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8. DS SS DS SS X DS SS 15 Hardware Installation 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 Remove 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 7 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 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 16 1 6 Installation of K8DPS Dual Power System What is K8DPS K8DPS Dual Power System is a daughter card which can provide you the Dual Power System function A cool stylish neon blue K8DPS that supplies a total 6 phase power circuit design delivers a high durable power de
9. 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 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 Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Periphera Set Supervisor Password Power Ma Dual BIO 0 re amp Exit Setup Save E Exit Setup Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the 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 E res Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Periph Set Supervisor Password SAN vviwvut Jav ung Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 50 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation gt Pictures below are shown in Windows XP n 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
10. The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only The month Jan Through Dec The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month The year from 1999 through 2098 The times format in lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave b IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave devices setup You can use one of three methods Auto None Manual Access Mode Capacity Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST Default value Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up User can manually input the correct settings Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto Capacity of currently installed hard drive Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing Enter the appropriate option based on this information gt gt Cylinder b Head Precomp b Landing Zone Number of cylinders Number of heads Write precomp Landing zone GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 36 Pe Pe Sector Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and
11. 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 Verifying DMLPool Data Boot from CD Boot from CD GIGABYTE Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technol 1 Exeeute Backup Ukit 2 Execute Restore Utili VA 3 Remove Bagkup image 4 Set Pas word i p 5 Exit and Restart Say e a Build 2011 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 58 2 Press F9 during powering on the computer Text Mode Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Al ly Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Inc Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK Press DEL to enter SETUP Q Flast F9 For Xpress Recovery F9 For Xpress Recovery 08 16 2002 1845GE 6A69YG01C 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 Exit and Restart SN 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD ROM you can enter NOTE 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 It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately installed after OS and all required driver and software installations are complete
12. hereby declares that the product Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA K8NXP SLI 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 ofthe 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 Eric Lu Date Dec 14 2004 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 u
13. 9 S_ATA0 1 2 3_SB 19 BATTERY 10 SATA0 1 2 3_SII GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 22 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 Ifthe 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
14. 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 0 B4 1116 1 SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS OFTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION CONTACT US ED Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting your system the Xpress Nove 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 51 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 0B4 1116 1 INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS 4 SOFTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION y CONTA
15. Align the small notch at the top edge of the module with the key in the socket Step 3 Insert the top edge of the module into the socket Make sure the gold edge connectors are fully inserted Step 4 Gently press down on the two ends of the module until it is locked in place by the socket clips You should hear a click when the module is attached Connecting Two Graphics Cards Step 1 Observe the steps in 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards on page 16 and install two SLI ready graphics cards of the same model to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots 19 Hardware Installation Step 2 Insert the SLI bridge the GC SLICON to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards Make sure the two mini female slots on the bridge connector se curely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards Gold edge connector on the top of graphics card Female slots on the bridge connector Step 3 Plug the display cable into either one of the two graphics cards for display output If you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_1 slot make sure to set Init Display First in BIOS Setup to PEG if you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_2 slot set Init Display First to PEG Slot2 Graphics Card Driver Setting Step 1 After installing graphics card driver in operating system right click the NVIDIA icon in your sys tem tray and then select NVIDIA Display The NVIDIA control panel will appear
16. 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 s ATACXP ATA ZK H Si13114 Raid 198113114 Raid5 Dexit 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 SN Note 1 For users without a startup disk Ha Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD ROM From the CD ROM drive example D double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig 2 Note 2 If you wish to instal
17. Defaults Set Supervisor Password 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 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 abort the 49 BIOS Setup selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at
18. Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Floppy Menu Level gt Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Device Priority Password Check Setup Init Display First PEG F1 General Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards SCSI RAID etc Use lt P gt or lt 4 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 gt First Second Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120 Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD gt USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP H USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD Legacy LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled 7 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 H Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIO
19. TXP Controlled by nForce4 SLI 3 TXN 4 GND 7 EP 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 1e SATA Sil Controlled by Sil3114 11 F AUDIO Front Audio Panel Connector If you want to use Front Audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound H Pin No Definition IA 1 MIC ts 2 GND a 3 MIC_BIAS i ak 4 Power d Fe 5 Front Audio R 6 Rear Audio R Return R 7 NC 8 No Pin gt 9 Front Audio L g bak A 10 Rear Audio L Return L GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 26 12 F PANEL Front Panel Jumper Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis frontpanel to the F PANEL
20. 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 Perinh Power Me PnP PCI Cor PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Quit Dual BIOS Select Languag Load Fail Safe Defaults T nad Ontimized Nefaulte Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 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 In ated Peripherals Power Management Setup Pn Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I Top Performance Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Pass Set User Appendix Exploring the Q Flash utility screen The Q FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components Q Flash Utility V 1 30 Q Flash utility bar Flash Type SiZO coccion SST 49LF003A 256K Task menu for Keep DMI Data Enable a Update BIOS from Floppy Q Flash utility Save BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Action bar Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the na
21. 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 the Help Window press lt Esc gt 33 BIOS Setup The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F2g 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 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervis ssword Power Management Setup Set User P d PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving SF If you can t find the setting you want please press Ctrl F1 to search the advanced option hidden NOTE Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features E Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals m Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features H PnP PCI Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources m PC He
22. function Default value Enable Enable USB device wake up system from suspend mode Power On by Alarm You can set Power On by Alarm item to enabled and key in Date Time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If Power On by Alarm is Enabled Day of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 b Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 44 Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function Default value b Double Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on the system Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disabled this function Default value Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on the system H Any KEY Press any keys on your keyboard 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 45 BIOS Setup 2 3 PnPIPCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Co ght C 1984 2004 Award Software PnP Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level On board Device IRQ Assign Auto Device s using this INT Display Cntrlr Bus 5 Dev 0 Func 0 Ne Move 2 a F1 General Help 5 F7 Optimized PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assig
23. steps Update BIOS through Internet a pagod Click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever Select the exact model name on your motherboard System will automatically download and update the BIOS Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet a b c d Do not click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as K8NS939 D2 Complete update process following the instruction GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 70 Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM In the very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported 2 Note L 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 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 In method if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s website for d
24. A 2 2nd SATA RAID function Default value Disabled Disable this function IDE Prefetch Mode H Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch Mode Default value H Disabled 41 Disable IDE Prefetch Mode BIOS Setup q Log On Chip USB V1 1 V2 0 Enable USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 controllers Default Value V1 1 Enable only USB 1 1 controller Disabled Disable onchip USB support USB Memory Type H SHADOW Set USB Memory Type to SHADOW Default value Base Memory 640K Set USB Memory Type to Base Memory 640K USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB keyboard support Disabled Disable USB keyboard support Default value USB Mouse Support H Enabled Enable USB mouse support Disabled Disable USB mouse support Default value AC97 Audio Auto Enable onboard AC 97 audio function Default value Disabled Disable this function Onboard 1394 H Enabled Enable onboard IEEE 1394 function Default value Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function Onboard LAN control LAN1 Enabled Enable onboard LAN chip function Default value Disabled Disable onboard LAN chip function Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Enabled Enable this function Disabled Disable this function Default value SATA RAID 5 Function Controlled by Sil3114 chip This option is to enable or disable the Serial ATA function of the Sil3114 controller
25. CT 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 0B4 1116 1 DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION gt README TAT gt BootDiv INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS J SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Seno Luna can mme HARDWARE INFORMATION gt EnableUSBSIXP ys CONTACT US lt GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 52 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 0B4 1116 1 G GIGABYTE _ CPU AMD AuthenticAMD Identifier x86 Famdy 15 Model 15 Stepping 0 oiName5trng AMD Athlon tm 64 Processor 3400 INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS S SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS A SOrTWARE INFORMATION ARA 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details nVIDIA nForce4 Series Utilities CD Ver 1 0B4 1116 1 G GIGABYTE INSTALL CHIPSET DRIVERS JL SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS L sortware INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION 53 Drivers Installation 3 6 Install IEEE 1394 Driver Only for Windows XP SP2 If you are using a Windows XP SP2 based computer you need to install the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver from the motherboard driver CD when you want to connect IEEE 1394 devices to your system The steps below explain how to manually install the IEEE 1394 driver Step 1 After entering operating system insert the motherboard dr
26. ECLK LAN 1 4 Serial ATA II OWAI RJ45 AVIDIA ATA33 66 100 133 q IDE Channels nForce4 Marvell SLI sing kl IR_CIR PCI Express x 1 Bus Floppy 212 VITESSE IT8712F LPT Port sH 8201 phy PCI Bus m COM Port PL TSB82AA2 l PS 2 KB Mouse d TSB81BA3 e 4 Serial ATA 33MHz 1 2 1 3 H 333233523 m 8 Se 10 USB 4 xxx EJO e Ges 3 wf Ports 222 bd 2PC DD Zog 330 S5 PCICLK os 33MHz 5 O Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1 41 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge ESD Thus prior to installation please follow the instructions below 1 Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord 2 When handling the motherboard avoid touching any metal leads or connectors 3 Itis best to wear an electrostatic discharge ESD cuff when handling electronic components CPU RAM 4 Prior to installing the electronic components please have these items on top of an antistatic pad or within a electrostatic shielding container 5 Please verify that the power supply is switched off before unplugging the power supply connector from the motherboard Installation Notices 1 Prior to installation please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard These stickers are required for warranty validation 2 Prior to the installation of the motherboard or a
27. Flash Utility Update Main BIOS from Floppy Update Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy PgDn PgUp Modify T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 61 Appendix c Dual BIOS Item explanation Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 If any failure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on and that the Wide Range Protection is set to Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex SCSI Cards LAN Cards emits signals torequest restart of the system after the user make any alteration on it the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS Status 2 If one of the main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails this item Boot From Main BIOS Default will become gray and will not be changed by user Auto Recovery Enable Default Disable When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automati cally recover the BIOS of checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting if ACPI Suspend Type is set to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS setting please press De
28. GA K8NXP SLI AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1003 12ME K8NXPSLI 1003 DEN 55011 DEN 55013 O EN 55014 1 DEN 55015 O EN 55020 E EN 55022 O DIN VDE 0855 O part 10 D part 12 El CE marking O EN 60065 O EN 60335 Stamp Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer 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 K8NXP SLI is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement El EN 61000 3 2 Disturbances in supply systems caused of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM BEN 61000 3 3 Disturbances in supply systems caused high frequency equipment by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Limits and methods of measurement El EN 55024 Information Technology of radio disturbance characteristics of equipment Immunity broadcast receivers and associated characteristics Limits and methods of equipment measurement Limits and methods of measurement DEN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual commercial and light industry household electrical portable tools and sit DEN 50082 2 Gener
29. IR Port Address gt gt 310 Set CIR Port Address to 310 320 Set CIR Port Address to 320 Disabled Disable this function Default value CIR Port IRQ 5 Set CIR Port IRQ to 5 11 Set CIR Port IRQ to 11 Default value T43 BIOS Setup 2 4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Soft Off by Power button Instant Off Menu Level gt PME Event Wake Up Disabled Modem Ring On Disabled USB Resume from Suspend Disabled 4 isabled On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard Disabled AC BACK Function Soft Off F1 General Help ACPI Suspend Type H S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 POS Power On Suspend Default value S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 STR Suspend To RAM Soft Off by Power button H Instant Off Press power button then Power off instantly Default value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 sec to Power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec lt gt PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Disabled Disable this function Default value H Enabled Enable PME as wake up event lt Modem Ring On An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state b Disabled Disable this function Default value H Enabled Enable Modem Ring On function USB Resume from Suspend H Disabled Disable this
30. In O S PDIF Out Sound Effect Configuration ama At the sound effect menu users can adjust ana sound option settings as desired Environment 81 Appendix Jack Sensing Introduction Jack Sensing provides audio connectors error detection function Kan Install Microsoft DirectX8 1 or later version before to enable Jack Sensing support for Windows nor 98 98SE 2000 ME Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Following pictures are in Windows XP Introduction of audio connectors A You may connect CDROM Walkman or others audio input devices to Line In jack speakers earphone or Lins In A others output devices to Line Out jack and micro phone to MIC In jack Front Speaker n7 Mic In Auto detecting Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 82 If you set wrong with the connectors the warning message will come out as right picture GIGABYTE channel Mode caer Correction as Barilin ES E Spee Speaker Manual setting If the device picture shows different from what you set please press Manual Selection to set Manual Selection This device should be recognized as C Power Speake
31. N cere N a EN a E OO OO O KB MS L ET e ATX 12V 77 Socket 939 ok bata o 5 z Sr e E x S lt S o Ge co a S 3 3 RH See 2 3 AUDIO1 CPU FAN Uy Auno VITESSE 8201 ph E Cl ES CH EJ F_AUDIO PCIE_1 Backup Main z BIOS BIOS 805 a Z CLR_CMOS 3 PCIE_16_1 Cm S ATM SB NVIDIA EG S_ATAO_SB SLI Switch Module Socket nForce4 SLI EE ATA3 SB E saw s PCIE_16_2 o aL F_PANEL E Oo z HI e SCH 8 an ma min TSB82AA2 RT EEE TTT e pwr Leo BE pag Sil3114 ra TSB8 BA3 SEEN HEH AAA SC E gt ED Ep ER F usp2 EI 1394 o Ee F2 1394 Sa C TT Cp CCITT AN AN chet d l para RE ar SATAO SII H Block Diagram 1PCIEx16 2PC PCI ECLK AMD K8 100MHz or Socket 939 gt CPU Normal Mod Mode ef Is SLI Switch PCI Express x 16 Bu CPUCLK 200MHz DDR 400 333 266 200MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory Hyper Transport Bus BIOS 2 PCI Express x 1 Ports PCI
32. S can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K Default value GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 38 lt Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard H PCI slot Set Init Display First to PCI VGA card PEG Set Init Display First to PCI Express VGA card Slot1 Default value PEG Slot2 Set Init Display First to PCI Express VGA card Slot2 card 39 BIOS Setup 2 3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Integrated Periphera On Chip IDE Channel Enabled Item Help On Chip IDE Channell Enabled Menu Level gt IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip MAC Lan Auto On Chip LAN BOOT ROM Disabled E SATA RAID function Master RAID Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID isa Serial ATA 1 Enabled SATA 1 Prima Enabled SATA 1S y RA Enabled S
33. SET Enter to continure or Esc to abort Award Modular BIO Copyright C 1984 The BIOS file Intel Pentium R 4 1 7GHz 100x17 0 becomes F4 after BAR JID OFOA Patch ID 00095 updating emory x 122880K OK 8192K Shared Memory FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED 03 08 Press DEL to enter SETUP Q Flash 03 18 2003 1845GE 6A69YG01C 00 6 Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and Load BIOS Fail Safe Defaults See how to Load BIOS Fail Safe Defaults please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One Congratulation You have updated BIOS successfully 69 Appendix DISCS Method 2 BIOS Utility tm f you do not have a DOS startup disk we recommend that you use the new BIOS utility BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Fig 3 The BIOS utility 2 Gigabyte BIOS Writer for Windx ME NT4 2000 XP tal Current Mainboard Info F Internet Update I Clear DMI Data Pool I Clear PnP Data Pool About this program Exit Fig 1 Installing the BIOS utility St Windows Just select the desired BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS Fig 2 Installation complete and run BIOS o 0 Se SE gt Select BIOS item PMC PM49L PD04 FWH 337 el Click Update New BIOS ANE Gigabyte BIOS server 2 in Taiwan Gigabyte BI0S server in China Gigabyte BIOS server in Japan Gigabyte BIOS server in U S A Cancel 1 Methods and
34. Step 2 Select SLI multi GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi GPU checkbox in the SLI multi GPU dialog box System will restart after you click Apply Then the SLI configuration is completed GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 20 1 8 1 0 Back Panel Introduction O e o o o a P O TI faa TI eli ME O o HAPEE elek Oo 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 SPDIF In Use SPDIF In feature only when your device has digital output function SPDIF O SPDIF Out The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder COMA Serial Port Connects to serial based mouse or data processing devices LAN Port 2 The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet providing data transfer speeds of 10 100 1000Mbps LAN Port 1 The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Gigabit providing data transfer speeds of 10 100 1000Mbps USB port Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB
35. To set either RAID or non RAID mode you have to enter the Sil3114 RAID BIOS utility Upon system reboot press lt Ctrl S gt or lt F4 gt key to enter Sil3114 RAID BIOS If you wish to set up a non RAID configuration please select JBOD mode from the RAID BIOS H Enabled Enable onboard Serial ATA Chip Default value b Disabled Disable onboard Serial ATA Chip Onboard Serial Port 1 b Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 Default value H 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 H 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 IRQ3 H Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 42 oP GP Onboard Parallel Port Disable onboard LPT port Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port Default value Disabled gt 378 IRQ7 gt 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port SPP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 C
36. alth Status This setup page is about system autodetect temperature voltage fan speed etc m MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T This setup page is to 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 m Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 34 m Set User Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system m Save 8 Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup m Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 35 BIOS Setup 2 1 Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On MN Move Date Thu Jun 17 2004 22 31 24 None None None None 1 44M 3 5 Disabled All But Keyboard Item Help Menu Level Change the day month year lt Week gt Sun to Sat lt Month gt Jan to Dec lt Day gt 1 to 31 or maximum allowed in the month lt Year gt 1999 to 2098 General Help The date format is lt week gt lt month gt lt day gt lt year gt Week Month Day b Year gt Time
37. ar Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect eil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function E 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 Headphone bd Headphone 2CH Speaker FEIEREN O acres Beck Paret Line In Center Subwoofer Speaker o O O Front Specker Out o Rear Speaker Out O Mic In a Lei S PDIF In S PDIF Out GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 80 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out the Cen ter Subwoofer channels to Center Subwoofer Speaker Out and the side channels to Side Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect vil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 8CH Speaker to complete 8 channel audio configuration Headphone a Headphone 2CH Speaker 4CH Speaker 6CH Speaker z O autotest Beck Panel Line In Cel i Subwoofer Speaker Out o Front Speaker Out o Fleer Speaker Out o O Lei S PDIF
38. ard one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS Under the normal circumstances the system works on the Main BIOS If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS B How to use Dual BIOS and Q Flash Utility a After power on the computer pressing lt Del gt immediately during POST Power On Self Test it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP then press lt F8 gt to enter Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fa fe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Qui F8 Dual BIO Flash Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Ni Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type b Dual BIOS Q Flash Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1 33 Boot From Main ROM Type Size e Backup ROM Type Size ccceeeeeee Wide Range Protection Boot From Auto Recovery Halt On Error Keep DMI Data Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Main Bios SST 49LFO04A 512K SST 49LFO04A 512K Disable Main Bios Enable Disable Enable Q
39. ars The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity Array 2 NVIDIA MIRROR 111 79G Array Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111 79GB 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111 79GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 76 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 modeVote 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
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41. ckup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Q Flash utility title Load Main BIOS from Floppy Task menu for Load Backup BIOS from Floppy bar Q Flash utility Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Action bar utility Task menu for Dual BIOS utility Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the names of four tasks Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable 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 K8NXP SLI Motherboard 64 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 Ente
42. connector according to the pin assignment below Speaker Connector 20 19 NG E64 Power Switch RES Reset Switch Si H Message LED HD IDE Hard Disk Power Active LED Sleep LED HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPEAK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Power Switch Open Normal Operation Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC a Hardware Installation 13 CD IN CD In Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector Pin No Definition 1 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND A 4 CD R
43. ct connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional IEEE 1394 cable please contact your local dealer F1_1394 2 16 2 aa AAABRANA 1 15 Pin No Definition TPAO TPAO GND GND TPBO TPBO No Pin Power 18 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS o ula a El wl rm Power o GND Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 TPA1 4 TPA1 5 GND 6 GND 7 TPB1 8 TPB1 9 Power 10 Power 11 TPA2 12 TPA2 13 GND 14 No Pin 15 TPB2 16 TPB2 You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header To clear CMOS temporarily short 1 2 pin Default doesn t include GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard he jumper to p
44. e RAID array 1 Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction Note To achieve best performance it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity 2 Please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie IDE SCSI or SATA 3 Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup Please refer to the section on Integrated Peripherals 4 Enter RAID setup in the BIOS and select the RAID type For instance enter F10 to select NVIDIA RAID Ctrl S to select Silicon Image 5 Complete driver installation 6 Complete RAID utility installation More information on steps 4 and 5 is provided For more detailed setup information please visit Support Motherboard Technology Guide section on our website at http www gigabyte com tw to read or download the information you need Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After rebooting your computer wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS You have a few seconds to press F10 before the window disappears RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 76 ht C 2004 NVIDIA Corp Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility Press F10 The NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array windo
45. e installation process Therefore we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual at our website Question 5 How do clear CMOS Answer If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual If your board doesn t have such jumper you can take off the on board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS Please refer to the steps below Steps 1 Tum 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 Save changes and reboot the system et Gus Question 6 Why does system seem unstable after updating BIOS Answer Please remember to load Fail Safe Defaults Or Load BIOS Defaults after flashing BIOS However if the system instability still remains please clear CMOS to solve the problem Question 7 Why do still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume Answer Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier If not please change another speaker with power amplifier and try again later Question 8 How do disable onboard VGA card in order to add an external VGA card Answer Gi
46. egister read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card error Question 11 For the M B which have RAID function how to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from IDE3 4 by either RAID or ATA mode Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features gt SATA RAID SCSI boot order SATA 2 Advanced BIOS features gt First boot device SCSI 3 Integrated Peripherals gt Onboard H W ATA RAID enable Then it depends on the RAID mode that you need to set RAID to RAID mode or ATA to normal ATA mode in the item named RAID controller function Question 12 How to set in the BIOS to bootup from the IDE SCSI RAID card Answer Please set in the BIOS as follow 1 Advanced BIOS features gt SATA RAID SCSI boot order SCSI 2 Advanced BIOS features gt First boot device SCSI Then it depends on the mode RAID or ATA that you need to set in RAID SCSI BIOS 85 Appendix GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 86 Contact Us e Taiwan Headquarters GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Address No 6 Bau Chiang Road Hsin Tien Taipei Hsien Taiwan TEL 886 2 8912 4888 FAX 886 2 8912 4003 Tech Support http tw giga byte com TechSupport ServiceCenter htm Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw nontech asp WEB address English http www giga
47. ements will depend on your overall system configurations You need a power supply that can provide sufficient and stable power to your system and the two SLI graphics cards Please refer to the table below to check recommended power for different systems System configurations Processors PCIE x 16 video cards DDR memory modules Hard drives Optical drives Expansion cards System A AMD Athlon 64 FX 53 System B AMD Athlon 64 4000 2 NVIDIA 6800 Ultra cards 2 NVIDIA 6600 GT cards 4 DIMMs 2 DIMMs 4 hard drives 2 optical drives 1 hard drives 1 optical drives 1 PCIE x1 card 2 PCI cards O USB devices 10 4 1EEE1394 devices 1 0 Required 12V current 25A or above 20A or above Power supply requirement 500W or above 350W or above GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 18 lll Supported Operating Systems Only Windows XP operating system is currrently supported by the NVIDIA SLI technology Enabling SLI Mode Follow the steps below to enable SLI Mode Note that as the switch module is inserted in the socket in the Normal Mode direction by factory default the first step to enable SLI mode on your system is to take out the module from the socket and insert it in the SLI Mode direction Step 1 Gently spread the retaining clips of the socket and the module may then be removed from the socket Hold the module by the edges and lift it away from the socket Step 2 Position the SLI Mode side of the module above the socket at a 25 angle
48. erial ATA 2 Enabled SATA 2 Prima Enabled SATA 2 Sec y R Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled On Chip USB V1 1 V2 0 USB Memory Type SHADOW Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults ight C 1984 2004 Award Software ated Peripherals Disabled se Support Disabled Menu Level gt AC97 Audio Auto Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN control Enabled LAN Boot ROM Disabled SATA RAID 5 Function Enabled Onboard S Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Use DMA CIR Port Address Disabled CIR Port IRQ 11 Ni Move Enter Select PU PD Value 0 S ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values H imized Defaults On Chip IDE Channel0 H Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port On Chip IDE Channel1 Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port lt IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Enable IDE DMA transfer access Default Value Disabled Disable IDE DMA transfer access GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 40 q 9 Pe Pe Pe gt On Chip MAC Lan LAN 2 gt gt Auto Disabled Enable on chip LAN function Default value Disable on chip LAN function On Chip LAN BOOT ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chi
49. essing 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 Nov 5 2004 Array RAID Mode Striping Block Opti Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name gt Add E 1 M Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 74 Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 10 2004 Define a New Ar RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks i Loc Disk Model Name Jisk Model Name T3120026AS Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Naviga 14 Select ENTER Popup Press Y if you want to wipe out all the 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 Nov 5 2004 Array List Id Status Vendor Array Model Name Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 111 79G Exit 14 Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail 75 Appendix Press Enter to view and verify details The Array Detail screen appe
50. evice connects to the computer via an IDE connector One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices hard drive or optical drive If you wish to connect two IDE devices please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on settings please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device 40 39 25 Hardware Installation 9 S ATA0 1 2 3 SB Serial ATA Il Connectors Controlled by nForce4 SLI 10 SATA0 1 2 3 SII Serial ATA Connectors Controlled by Sil3114 Serial ATA II can provide up to 300MB s transfer rate while Serial ATA provides up to 150MB s ransfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA II and install the proper driver in order to work properly A 7 TATE 7 4 Pin No Definition S ATA SB 2
51. g 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 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 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 everse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 14 Dual Channel Memory Configurat
52. gabyte motherboards will auto detect the external VGA card after it is plugged in so you don t need to change any setting manually to disable the onboard VGA GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 84 Question 9 Why cannot use the IDE 2 Answer Please refer to the user manual and check whether you have connected any cable that is not provided with the motherboard package to the USB Over Current pin in the Front USB Panel If the cable is your own cable please remove it from this pin and do not connect any of your own cables to it Question 10 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 2 beeps Parity error 3 a SE ersch 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 5 beeps P 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error ps Processor error h 6 beeps 8042 gate A20 failure Continuous long beeps DRAM error 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error Continuous short beeps Power error 8 beeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown r
53. he latest version For example from Fa3 to Fba Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Inc The BIOS file is Fa3 before updating Memory Fr Primary Mi REATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 None TUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 79BG03C 00 63 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 Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User ord Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Leer F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash 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 Main Bios SST 49LF003A 512K SST 49LF003A 512K Boot From Main ROM Type Size Backup ROM Type Size Task menu for Wide Range Protection Disable Dual BIOS Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Ba
54. herboard 78 Line Out STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 2CH Speaker to complete 2 channel audio configuration x CO autotest Back Pane Line In Center Subwoofer Speaker Du O Line Out o Rea Speeker Out Side Speaker Dut O Mech o pe Lei S POIF n S PDIFO Ut Headphone z er 4CH Speaker DCH Speaker 8CH Speaker 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the front channels to Front Speaker Out the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out 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 GS ACT MORE STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuration Headphone bd Headphone 7 O AutoTest p Back Panel Line In CCenter Subwoofer Speaker Out O Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Dut O Mic In O Side Speaker Dut 6CH Speaker Ze j senen 8CH Speaker ees S PDIF Out 79 Appendix 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP1 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 Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Speaker Out Re
55. ic immunity standard Part 2 apparatus Industrial environment Limits and methods of measurement DEN 55014 2 Immunity requirements for household of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of O EN 50091 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible broadcast receivers and associated power systems UPS equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving and or distribution from sound and television signals 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 DEN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment household and similar general use Safety of household and similar DEN 50091 1 General and Safety requirements for electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems UPS Manufacturer Importer pa e Signature Timmy Huang Date Dec 14 2004 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 818 854 9339
56. ion cccccccsecsceeseseseesesesceeeseeeeceneeeecensaeetscsnsteatsnsesesetaees 1 Install Chipset Drivers nn cio 51 32 Software Application aaa a a 52 33 Software Information iii a 52 34 Hardware Information A 53 35 Contact Us Aas 36 Install IEEE 1394 Driver Only for Windows XP GP 54 Chapterd Ad oia 57 4 1 Unique Software Utilities E 57 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction ulunan nnanwnnwnawaawsnawnawaawsawnnsnawsansansnaasansansanssassansanaa 57 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery Introduction nnanannwnanaawunasananawsansananasnawsanaaassassansawaa 58 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction ulam annannannnanaawsannwwnawnansananawsansansnassassawsawaa 61 4 1 4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction ooo annannanannwnawsawsawsnasaawsawaa 72 4 1 5 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction s s s 78 42 TroubleshootiNg ENN 84 SPDIF SPDIF O GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard Layout a VRM_CON
57. ion The GA K8NXP SLI supports the Dual Channel Technology After operating the Dual Channel Technology the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double Due to CPU limitation if you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology please follow the guidelines below for Dual Channel memory configuration 1 Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one DDR memory module is installed 2 To enable Dual Channel mode with 2 memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed you must install them into DIMM sockets of the same color 3 To enable Dual Channel mode with 4 memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed The following is a Dual Channel Memory configuration table DS Double Side SS Single Side DDR 1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 2 memory modules DS SS DS SS X X X X DS SS DS SS 4 memory modules DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS Z If two memory modules are to be used to achieve Dual Channel mode we recommend ie installing them in DDR1 and DDR2 DIMM sockets All of the memory configurations below will cause system unable to boot DS Double Side SS Single Side CAUTION DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 1 memory module X DS SS X X X X X DS SS 2 memory modules X DS SS DS SS X DS SS X X DS SS X DS SS X DS SS 3 memory modules DS SS DS SS DS SS X X DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS X DS SS DS SS
58. iver CD in the CD ROM drive Go to My Computer and right click the CD ROM drive icon to select Open Go to the Other folder and select the 1394B folder Double click SETUP exe Figure 1 to begin the IEEE 1394 driver installation Step 2 InstallShield Wizard Follow the on screen instructions to continue the Welcome to the Insti Wizard for ubCore driver installation Figure 2 The Inst Wead tl bot on your Bee Figure 2 Step 3 InstallShield Wizard Restart your computer when the installation is com Install Wizard Complete pleted Figure 3 Beie asean uree pogan mats Yes want to restart my computer now No I vel restart my computer later Remove any disks from their dives and then click Finish to Figure 3 Step 4 After system restarts go to Device Manager and check whether the IEEE 1394 driver has been correctly installed Under IEEE 1394 Bus host RE ives controllers you should see Gigabyte 1394b Host Controller Figure 4 If you see a yellow exclamation or question mark reinstall the driver for the IEEE 1394 controller Figure 4 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 54 Switch the IEEE 1394 Driver If you want to connect a DV camcorder or web camera to the 1394 port of your system you must use Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver To switch from the Unibrain driver to Microsoft driver you can simply run the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver switch utility from the motherboard driver CD or
59. ize 1 39M Ef F5 Refresh Free size 1 14M DEL Delete Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash TY TEE SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Reading BIOS file from floppy Do not trun off power or PR REA T PE R reset your system at r Off this stage Ef Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System 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 K8NXP SLI Motherboard 68 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 Tvpei ze een SST 49LF003A 256K CAUTION Updating BIOS Now Do not trun off power or AAA gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt reset your system r Off at this stage Ef Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash TSn SST 49LF003A 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 Type SIZE naanakan SST 49LF003A 256K Are you sure to RE
60. keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors Line In Devices like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Line Out Front Speaker Out Connect the stereo speakers earphone or front surround speakers to this connector MIC In Microphone can be connected to MIC In jack Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center Subwoofer speakers to this connector 21 Hardware Installation Rear Speaker Out Connect the rear surround speakers to this connector Side Speaker Out Connect the side surround speakers to this connector K You can use audio software to configure 2 4 6 8 channel audio functioning 1 9 Connectors Introduction 439 F erences TI EH 15 17 10 16 1 ATX_12V 11 F_AUDIO 2 ATX Power Connector 12 F_PANEL 3 CPU_FAN 13 CD_IN 4 SYS_FAN 14 PWR_LED 5 PWR_FAN 15 IR CIR 6 NB_FAN 16 F_USB1 F_USB2 F_USB3 7 FDD 17 F1_1394 F2_1394 8 IDE1 IDE2 18 CLR_CMOS
61. l key when the boot screen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On Error set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show lt or the other key to continue gt If Auto Recovery Enable it will show lt or the other key to Auto Recover gt Keep DMI Data Enable Default Disable Enable The DMI data won t be replaced by flashing new BIOS recommend Disable The DMI data will be replaced by flashing new BIOS Copy Main ROM Data to Backup If you boot from Backup ROM this item will change to Copy Backup ROM Data to Main Auto recovery message BIOS Recovery Main to Backup The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS BIOS Recovery Backup to Main The means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can t be changed by user Load Default Settings Load dual BIOS default value Save Settings to CMOS Save revised setting GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 62 Method 1 Q Flash Utility 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 wi
62. l operating system to SATA hard disks on the Sil3114 controller you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID RAID 5 function manual for detailed information about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration 17 Appendix hs 4 15 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Leen Introduction Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CD ROM DVD ROM walkman D or others audio input to Line In ma e The front channels or earphone can be connected B HA 0 Line Wo to Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Connect microphone to Mic In A uH Connect the Center Subwoofer channels to Cen amp ter Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the rear channels to Rear Speaker Out Connect the side channels to Side Speaker Out Speaker Out rk Mic In O KO 49 e Center Subwoofer Speaker Out O D Il gei ag The installation of audio software is very simple Please follow the steps to install the function Following pictures are in Windows XP Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied STEP 1 Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a Sound Effect vil icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function S220 co GA K8NXP SLI Mot
63. lation options Dart search vell choose the diver to instal Choose tis opino selet the device diver om ais Windows doss nat guarantee that the driver you choose wil Be the best mach far pour hardware aag een Figure 12 e Update Wizard Select the device driver you want to instal for this hardware king estira manufacturer and modelat your hardware device and hen clok Net Ifyou SA have a dok that contains the diver you want lo install lok Have Disk show compatible hardware Figure 13 56 Chapter 4 Appendix 4 1 Unique Software Utilities 4 14 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 Note User Interface Overview Button Display Description 1 Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page 2 C 1 A C 1 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 M
64. le 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 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 K8NXP SLI Motherboard 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink Fig 1 Before installing the CPU fan heat sink please first add an even layer of heat sink paste on the surface of the CPU Install all the fan heat sink components Please refer to the fan heat sink manual for detailed instal lation instructions Fig 2 Please connect the fan heat sink power connector to the CPU_FAN connector located on the motherboard so that the fan heat sink can properly function to prevent CPU overheating The fan heat sink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat sink paste To We prevent such an occurrence it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat sink paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the fan heat sink 13 Hardware Installation 1 4 Installation of Memory Before installing the memory modules please comply with the followin
65. manually switch the driver from Device Manager Method A Switch IEEE 1394 driver via Unibrain driver switch utility Note Step 1 After entering operating system insert the mo avi SE motherboard driver CD in the CD ROM drive Go 1 to My Computer and right click the CD ROM drive gt icon to select Open Go to the Other folder and select the 1394B folder Double click the ubSwitch icon Figure 5 and you should see an ubSwitch 1394 driver switch utility icon in system tray Figure 6 Figure 5 EE 12 24PM Figure 6 Step 2 Right click the ubSwitch 1394 driver switch util ity icon and select Microsoft 1394 Drivers Figure 7 Then the utility will switch the IEEE 1394 driver automatically When the MS 1394 drivers success fully installed message appears it means the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver has been interchanged with Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver Figure 7 Step 3 Go to Device Manager to make sure the driver for Ee the IEEE 1394 controller is correctly installed Figure HIS lt R 8 When you are not using DV camcorder or web 8 coro d ang Dis d camera remember to revert back to the Unibrain 2 1 E Floppy disk controler iH Jb Floppy disk drives driver Hina race Doves ga TEEE 1394 Bus D Figure 8 Note Everytime you need to run this utility after system restarts you need to repeat steps 1 3 55 Drivers Installation Method B Switch IEEE 1394 driver fr
66. members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB 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 performance of data striping RAID 0 and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring RAID 1 Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any disk member fails the failure affects the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 12 Please follow the steps below to construct a complet
67. mes 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 SN If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save BIOS Ba to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file 8GE800 F4 is listed Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard CAUTION Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash TYpe S1ZE EE SST 49LF003A 256K 1 file s found 8GE800 F4 256K BIOS file in the floppy disk Total s
68. mory Not Supports dual channel DDR 400 333 266 200 DIMM Slots 2 PCI Express x 16 slots 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 2 PCI slots IDE Connections 2 IDE connection UDMA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 allows connection of 4 IDE devices FDD Connections 1 FDD connection allows connection of 2 FDD devices Onboard SATA 4 SATA II ports from nVIDIA nForce4 SLI controller S_ATAO_SB S_ATA1_SB S_ATA2_SB S_ATA3_SB 4 SATA ports from Sil3114 controller SATAO_SII SATA1_SIl SATA2 SI SATA3 SI Peripherals 1 parallel port supporting Normal EPP ECP mode 1 serial port COMA 10 USB 2 0 1 1 ports rear x 4 front x 6 via cable 3 IEEE1394b ports requires cable 1 front audio connector 1 IR CIR connector 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 PS 2 mouse port Onboard LAN Onboard Marvell 8053 chip 10 100 1000 Mbit LAN1 Onboard VITESSE 8201 phy 10 100 1000 Mbit LAN2 2 RJ45 ports Onboard Audio ALC850 CODEC Supports Jack Sensing function Supports 2 4 6 8 channel audio Supports Line In Line Out Front Speaker Out MIC Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out connection SPDIF In Out connection CD In connection 1 0 Control IT8712F Note Due to standard PC architecture a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount For example 4 GB of memory size will instead be show
69. n IRQ to PCI 1 Default value p gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 1 PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value p gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 On board Device IRQ Assign H Auto Auto assign IRQ to onboard device Default value p gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to onboard device GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 46 2 6 PC Health Status gt o CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software PC Health Status Menu Level Disabled Don t monitor 3 N current temperature RPM RPM 60 C 90 C Disabled Alarm when current Disabled temperature over than CPU FAN Fail ing CPU Smart FAN Control Enabled the selected temperature F1 General Help Current Voltage V Vcore DDR25V 3 3V 12V Detect system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature H Detect CPU temperature automatically Current CPU POWER SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM Detect CPU Power System fan speed status automatically CPU Warning Temperature H 60 C 140 F onitor CPU temperature at 60 C 140 F 70 C 158 F Monitor CPU temperature at 70 C 158 F H 80 C 176 F Monitor CPU temperature at 80 C 176 F M D 90 C 194 F onitor CPU temperature at 90 C 194 F Disabled isable this function Default value CPU FAN Fail War
70. n as 3 xxGB memory during system startup GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 10 Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU System Power fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU fan failure warning CPU smart fan control Onboard SATA RAID Onboard nForce4 SLI chipset S_ATAO_SB S_ATA1_SB S ATA2 SB S ATA3 SB supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 or striping mirroring RAID 0 1 supports data transfer rate of up to 300 MB s supports hot plugging function supports a maximum of 4 SATA II connections Onboard Silicon Image Sil3114 chip SATAO_SII SATA1_SII SATA2_SII SATA3_SIl supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 striping mirroring RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 supports data transfer rate of up to 150 MB s supports hot plugging function supports a maximum of 4 SATA connections supported on the Win 2003 2000 XP operating systems BIOS Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Dual BIOS Q Flash Additional Features Supports BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 Note Overclocking Over Voltage via BIOS CPU DDR Core Power HT Link Form Factor ATX form factor 30 5cm x 24 4cm Note EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards 11 Hardware Installation 1 3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink Before installing the CPU please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the mothe
71. nd second PCIE x 16 slots The SLI switch module has gold edge connectors on the top and bottom of it One connec tor is SLI Mode and the other is Normal Mode Normal Mode Only the first PCIE x 16 slot is available and can operate at up to x 16 in Normal Mode SLI Mode In SLI Mode the two PCIE x 16 slots can run in two modes You can either use them as two individual x 8 slots or install two SLI ready PCIE x 16 cards Example GIGABYTE GV NX66T128D of the same model and link them together with an SLI bridge connector to enable SLI function to provide enhanced performance To change to a mode you need to insert the swtich module into the switch socket with the gold edge SLI Mode Normal Mode connector on the top As not all PCIE slots are available while in SLI or Normal Mode please refer to the table below to check PCIE slots available in SLI or Normal Mode before installation PCIE_1 PCIE_16_1 PCIE_2 PCIE_16_2 SLI Mode Available Available Not available Available Normal Mode Available Available Available Not available can run at up to PCIE x 8 mode 1 Installing a device to a PCIE slot when it s not available might damage the system camon 2 We do not recommend removing the SLI switch module from the motherboard because in that case all PCIE slots will not be available except for the PCIE_16_1 slot and the slot can be used only as a PCIE x 8 slot Il Power Requirements The exact power requir
72. ning Disabled Disable CPU fan fail warning function Default value H Enabled Enable CPU fan fail warning function CPU Smart FAN Control Disabled Disable this function H Enabled Enable CPU Smart Fan control function Default value a When the CPU temperature is higher than 60 degrees Celsius CPU fan will run at full speed b The speed of CPU fan will increase linearly depend on the temperature if the temperature is more than 50 degree and less than 59 degree c When the CPU temperature is lower than 50 degrees Celsius CPU fan will run at low speed 47 BIOS Setup 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CMOS Setup Utility C CPU Frequency CPU Spr Spectrum PCIE Clock K8 CPU Clock Ratio 3 ics Booster Menu Level Default Auto al DDR voltage control PU P F1 General Help Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken For power end user use only CAUTION CPU Frequency 200 0 400 0MHz CPU Spread Spectrum b Disabled Center Spread PCIE Clock 100 150MHz Set CPU Frequency from 200MHz to 400MHz Disable CPU Spread Spectrum Set CPU Spread Spectrum to Center Spread Default value Set PCIE Clock from 100MHz to 150MHz lt K8 CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection The option will display Locked and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable Robust Graphics Booster Select the
73. nique features please go to the 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 K8NXP SLI Motherboard Layout ENNEN 6 Block Dia rA eara a a ai EEN 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation AA 9 1 1 Considerations Prior to Installation ANEN 9 t2 Feature SUTIN AY EE 10 13 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat nk 12 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU nna mana 12 1 3 2 Installation of the Fan Heat SINK AE 13 14 Installation O En NEE 14 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards AAA 16 16 Installation of K8DPS Dual Power System uu anna naaa anana wanna wanawaanawaa 17 1 7 Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface Configuration um nanaanannanaawnnaa 18 1 8 WO Back Panel Introduction AAA 21 1 9 Connectors Introduction Chapter 2 BIOS SETUP naa Nad as The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver Eil 34 A1 Standard CMOS Features EEN 36 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features EENEG 38 23 Integrated Peripherals AAA 40 24 Power Management Setup A 44 25 PnP PCl Contigurations iia NAA 46 2 6 PC Health Status ee EE 47 2 7 MB Intelligent TwezkerlM IT ANE 48 A8 Load Optimized Defaults ccoo conan dani aendaniadanianeds 49 29 Set Supervisor User Password ul anna nanana annaaannawawnanawaannasawsanawsansasana 49 2 10 Save 8 Exit Setup 2 11 Exit Without Saving Chapter 3 Drivers Installat
74. ny hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To prevent damage to the motherboard please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components 5 Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing 6 Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface 7 Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system components as well as physical harm to the user 8 If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product please consult a certified computer technician 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 DOT P Eu Na 9 Hardware Installation 1 2 Feature Summary CPU Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 64FX processor K8 2000MT s system bus Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000 and faster Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset Memory 4 DDR DIMM memory slots supports up to 4GB me
75. ode amp Advance Mode Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode E 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 Note EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards 57 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 manager to NTFS format CAUTION Sir Ze So Nee 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
76. om Device Manager Step 1 Access Device Manager through Control Panel System Hardware and you should see Gigabyte IEEE 1394b Host Controller under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers as seen in Figure 9 Step 2 Right click Gigabyte 1394b Host Controller and select Update Driver Figure 10 Step 3 When the Hardware Update Wizard appears se lect Install from a list or specific location and click Next Figure 11 Step 4 When prompted to choose your search and instal lation options select Don t search will choose the driver to install and click Next Figure 12 Step 5 In the next window select the Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller and click Next Figure 13 Then system will begin to load the Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver When it s done remember to go back to Device Manager to check whether the driver has been changed correctly You may refer to Step 3 in Method A GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 2 Device Manager Fle Action View Hap masa mal Figure 9 Fie Adin Wew Hep agagsas ra E DE ATAJATAPI contralers Gy ERE 1394 Bus host controlers b gt Keyboards Mice ard other painti Monitors ork adapters A Figure 10 Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update an installation CD or floppy disk What do you wantthe zaito do Dick Nextto continue Figure 11 Please choose your search and instal
77. options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher performance H Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to Auto Default value Fast Set Robust Graphics Booster to Fast Turbo Set Robust Graphics Booster to Turbo lt CPU Voltage Control b Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0 800V to 1 750V by 0 025V step Default value Normal Warning CPU may be damaged or CPU life cycle may be reduced when CPU is over voltage lt Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU normal voltage Core Power voltage control Normal Set core power voltage as required Default value 0 1v Increase core power voltage 0 1V 0 2v Increase core power voltage 0 2V gt gt 0 3v Increase core power voltage 0 3V GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 48 HT Link voltage control Normal Supply HT Link voltage as HT Link required Default value 0 1V Increase HT Link voltage 0 1V 0 2V Increase HT Link voltage 0 2V gt 0 3V Increase HT Link voltage 0 3V lt DDR voltage control Please note that by overclocking your system through the increase of the DDR voltage damage to the memory may occur Normal Supply DDR voltage as DDR required Default value gt 0 1V Increase DDR voltage 0 1V 0 2V Increase DDR voltage 0 2V 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
78. ou to the CMOS SETUP screen You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing Ctrl F1 When setting up BIOS for the first time it is recommended that you save the current BIOS to a disk in the event that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS either Gigabyte s Q Flash or BIOS utility can be used Q Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system BIOS is a Windows based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS lt P gt lt gt lt gt lt gt 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 Dual BIOS Q Flash utility lt F9 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
79. ownloading and updating it according to method Il Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted 11 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 are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The RAID levels which the nVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset supports are RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive
80. p H Enabled Enable this function Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE SATA RAID function Enabled Enable IDE SATA function Default value Disabled Disable IDE SATA function IDE Primary Master RAID Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Primary Slave RAID Enabled Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Secndry Master RAID Enabled Enable 2nd master channel IDE RAID function b Disabled Disable this function Default value IDE Secndry Slave RAID Enabled Enable 2nd slave channel IDE RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value Serial ATA 1 Onboard nVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset H Enabled Enable Serial ATA 1 support Default Value H Disabled Disable Serial ATA 1 support SATA 1 Primary RAID H Enabled Enable SATA 1 1st SATA RAID function Default value Disabled Disable this function SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable SATA 1 2nd SATA RAID function Default value Disabled Disable this function Serial ATA 2 Onboard nVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset H Enabled Enable Serial ATA 2 support Default Value Disabled Disable Serial ATA 2 support SATA 2 Primary RAID H Enabled Enable SATA 2 1st SATA RAID function Default value Disabled Disable this function SATA 2 Secondary RAID H Enabled Enable SAT
81. press lt Enter gt Drive A The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer None gt gt 360K 5 25 1 2M 5 25 720K 3 5 gt gt 1 44M 3 5 2 88M 3 5 No floppy drive installed 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area Disabled Drive A Halt on Normal Floppy Drive Default value Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up No Errors b All Errors b All But Keyboard b All But Diskette All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all 37 BIOS Setup 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features b
82. py Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off You can repeat Step 1 to 4 to flash the backup BIOS too Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q Flash utility The computer will restart automatically after After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed The BIOS file becomes Fba after updating BIOS f 8KNXP Ultra Fba Ith OK VE tel Pentium R 4 1 6GHz Memory Te Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Primary M TSU MP REATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 None DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 6A79BG03C 00 GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 66 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 PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T F8 Dual BIO Time Date Hard Dis Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults Load CH ized Defanlte Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults 7 Select Save amp Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS
83. r Microphone Stereo Headphone Passive Speaker C Stereo Line In IT Reset to automatic selection ox 83 Appendix 4 2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model please go to the FAQ section on GIGABYTE s website 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 Why cannot use all functions in EasyTune 4 Answer The availability of the listed functions in EasyTune 4 depends on the MB chipset If the chipset doesn t support certain functions in EasyTune 4 these functions will be locked automatically and you will not be able to use them Question 4 Why do fail to install RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and XP on boards that support RAID function after connect the boot HDD to IDE3 or IDE4 Answer First of all you need to save some files in the CD ROM to a floppy disk before installing drivers You also need to go through some rather different steps in th
84. r button Later you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk SN If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save Main nang 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 CAUTION Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type Si SST 49LF003A 512K a Tal Wide Range Prot 1 file s found Ban 8KNXPU Fba 512K BIOS file in the floppy disk Total size 1 39M Free size 911 50K F5 Refresh DEL Delete 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 pressing Enter you ll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk Dual BIOS Utility Boot From BY Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Reading BIOS file from floppy DDDDDDDDDDDDIDD CAUTION a Do not trun off power or ei reset your system at this stage Don t Turn Off Power or Reset System
85. rboard 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 fan heat sink 4 Please make sure the fan heat sink is installed on the CPU prior to system use otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur 5 Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the processor specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifica tions 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 hard ware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc 1 34 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 Position lever at a 90 degree angle Socket lever e Fig 2 A gold colored triang
86. revent from improper use of this header E 1 1 30 Open Normal Hl Short Clear CMOS 19 BATTERY d Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s E instructions 8 RE If you want to erase CMOS Fl 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 31 Hardware Installation GA K8NXP SLI Motherboard 32 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 y
87. sign for the new generation motherboard The K8DPS can work in a Dual Power System Parallel Mode K8DPS and motherboard CPU power can work simultaneously providing a total of 6 phase power circuit How to install K8 DPS 1 The K8DPS socket VRM CONN has a notch so the K8DPS can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the K8DPS vertically into the socket and then push it down 3 Fix the K8DPS on the motherbard with the clip 4 Reverse the installation steps if you want to remove the K8DPS K8DPS VRD INA 3 Phase 3 Phase DS CA 17 Hardware Installation 1 7 Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface Configuration NVIDIA nForce4 SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI ready PCI Express graphics cards The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU graphics processing unit and the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset Together the NVIDIA SLI technologies work seamlessly to allow two graphics cards to operate in parallel and share the work and deliver heart pounding PC performance This section introduces steps to configure an SLI system on the GA K8NXP SLI motherboard Before You Begin Understanding the GIGABYTE SLI switch module You can find an SLI switch module socket inserted with an SLI switch module between the first a
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89. thout 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 A Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk please do it with caution We are CA sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end users Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q 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 BlOS please refer to Part One If your motherboard 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 t
90. w appears as Figure below NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004 Define a New Array RAID Mode Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loe Disk Model Name gt Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate tJ Select ENTER Popup 73 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 leave this value at the default Optimal which is 64KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key gt The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 Continue pr

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