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Mainboard K8NF4X–754

Power Supply Attachments

ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR, ATX_12V

Attach power cords on these connectors and make sure they are set in secure before

applying the power. Then the system is able to support several functions such as the instant
power-on and so on. In addition, a 20-pin power cord can attach onto the ATX_PWR

connector as well.

Pin

Assignment

Pin

Assignment

1 +3.3V

+3.3V

2 +3.3V

-12V

3 Ground 15

Ground

4 +5V 16

PS_ON

5 Ground 17

Ground

6 +5V 18

Ground

7 Ground 19

Ground

8 PW_ON 20

-5V

+5V standby voltage

+5V

10 +12V 22

+5V

11 +12V 23

+5V

ATX_PWR

12 +3.3V 24

Ground

Pin

Assignment

Pin

Assignment

1 +12V 3 Ground

ATX_12V

2 +12V 4 Ground

Attention

In general, power cords are designed and should be attached with

a specific direction. The black wire of the power cord is Ground

and should be attached onto the header location of Ground.

Summary of Contents for K8NF4X-754

Page 1: ...ument are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and ...

Page 2: ...K8NF4X 754 nVIDIA nForce4 4X Support Socket 754 AMD AthlonTM 64 AthlonTM 64 FX Processor User Manual Dimensions ATX form factor z 244mm x 202mm W x L Operating System z Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 3: ...g with the system 0 Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components 0 Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Packing List K8NF4X 754 mainboard FDD Cable HDD Cable I O Bracket Bridge Card SATA Power Cord Optional SATA Cable Optional K8NF4X 754 User Manual K8NF4X 754 Setup Driver CD K8NF4X 754 Quick Installation Guide Symbols The following list explain...

Page 4: ...iguration 14 Slots 15 Power Supply Attachments 16 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 17 INTRODUCTION 17 KEY FUNCTION 17 MAIN MENU 18 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 20 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 25 POWER MANAGEMENT 28 HARDWARE MONITOR 30 LOAD DEFAULTS EXIT MENU 31 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 32 SOFTWARE LIST 32 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 32 CHAPTER 3 TROUBLESHOOTING 34 APPENDIX I SUPER 5 1 CHANNEL AUDIO EFFECT SETUP 37 APPENDIX II ...

Page 5: ... drives The onboard Serial ATA function four SATA connectors are able to support SATA RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD mode see Appendix II and with transfer rate up to 150 Mbps There is a maximum of eight USB2 0 1 1 ports that can be set up on this mainboard The onboard AC 97 sound codec supports high quality performance 6 channel audio play Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect See Appendix I The mainboard also suppo...

Page 6: ...ty of 2GB z Support DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM Slots z Two PCI E x16 slots support x16 and x4 mode in individual z Two PCI slots Onboard FDC z One floppy drive disk connector supports a maximum of two FDDs to be set up z Support 360Kb 720Kb 1 2Mb 1 44Mb 2 88Mb Onboard IDE z Two IDE connectors support a maximum of four IDE devices to be set up z Support Ultra ATA ...

Page 7: ...Port capable of supporting the following specifications 1 Standard Bi direction Parallel Port 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP z One serial port z One SPDIF out port z One PS 2 mouse port and one PS 2 keyboard port Universal Serial Bus z Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports z Two front USB headers come with this mainboard support a maximum of four additional USB ports to be ...

Page 8: ...use Hardware Monitor Function z Monitor CPU Chassis Fan Speed z Monitor CPU and system temperature z Monitor system voltages Watch Dog Timer z This function is for detecting the system when it is unable to handle over clocking configurations during the POST stage Once the problem is detected the system will reset the configurations and reboot the system within five seconds ...

Page 9: ...Mainboard K8NF4X 754 5 Configuration Layout of K8NF4X 754 ...

Page 10: ... diagonally cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pinholes see diagram below left Match that corner with the gold triangle on the CPU see diagram below right and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU Lower the C...

Page 11: ... support to insert DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 SDRAMs and a total memory capacity of 2 GB Memory Setup Steps The following instructions explain how to set memories onto the DIMM sockets for this mainboard 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the socket away Attention We strongly recommend you that attach a cooling fan on top of the CPU and also attach the fan p...

Page 12: ...cket 3 Lower the memory vertically into the socket and press firmly by using both thumbs until the memory snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 3 for the remaining memory and DIMM sockets setup Back Panel Configuration The pictures shown above are for reference only The actual installation may vary depending on models ...

Page 13: ...Interface is a recent audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals The SPDIF out port on your PC back panel is used to output the audio format files so you can just attach a cord which with this interface supported into this SPDIF out port for use USB LAN Ports USB LAN There are four USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These USB ports are use...

Page 14: ...ipments will be enabled Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector FDC that supports to attach a maximum of two floppy disk drives with 360Kb 720Kb 1 2Mb 1 44Mb 2 88 Mb specifications by a FDD ribbon cable Hard disk drive Connectors The mainboard provides two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA 66 100 133 specifications You can attach...

Page 15: ...set Control Reset Switch RST_SW 8 Power Switch Power on Switch PWR_SW 9 N C 10 N C Hard Drive LED Header Red HD_LED This header can be attached with a PC front panel LED cord The LED will flicker during the hard disk drive HDD activity Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 1 7 JSATA1 4 7 Ground This mainboard supports SATA RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD mode refer Appendix II for ...

Page 16: ...nt panel speaker cord can attach onto this header When you reboot the system the speaker will sound a short beep If there is something wrong during the Power On Self Test the speaker otherwise will sound irregular beep to let you know Headers Jumpers Front USB Headers USB1 2 There are four USB 1 1 2 0 ports have provided on this mainboard and it also provides two front USB headers which allowing y...

Page 17: ...e the system wake up function Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 The Clear CMOS function is used when you cannot boot your system due to some CMOS problems such as forget a password Configuring the jumper caps on this header will allow you to reset the CMOS configurations JP1 Assignment Pin 1 2 Close Normal Defult Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS Data Not...

Page 18: ... using optical fiber and digital signals This mainboard is capable to deliver audio output and receive audio input through the SPDIF header One way you would use this header is by using an SPDIF bracket optional and attaching its cord onto this SPDIF header The RCA or TOS Link connectors will be provided on the bracket and which are convenient you to output or input audio format files between your...

Page 19: ...C 8 Key 9 Front out_L 10 Rear out_L Slots This mainboard provides two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards used and two PCI slots for expansion cards used PCI Express slots PCI E4 PCI E5 The PCI E4 and PCI E5 are two PCI Express x16 interface slots which are able to support x16 and x4 mode in individual and also support users to insert two dual graphics cards for multiple display Via the Bridg...

Page 20: ...he ATX_PWR connector as well Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_ON 20 5V 9 5V standby voltage 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V ATX_PWR 12 3 3V 24 Ground Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 12V 3 Ground ATX_12V 2 12V 4 Ground Attention In general power cords are designed and should be attac...

Page 21: ...n this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option ...

Page 22: ...y the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Page 23: ... Channel 2 3 4 5 Master Options contained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation ...

Page 24: ...isk default for third boot device Disabled Boot Other Device Set to Enabled allows the system trying to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot devices Options Enabled default Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks Drives with 720KB 1 2...

Page 25: ...oot process Options Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice versa Options Disabled default Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select the power on state for NumLock Options On default Numpad keys are number keys Off Numpad keys are arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting When Enabled the typematic rat...

Page 26: ...items below Options Auto default Manual Memclock index value Mhz This item allows you to select the memory clock When it set to auto the system will automatically detect the memory clock Options 200 100 133 166 CAS latency Tcl This item determines CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the def...

Page 27: ...fault depends on your CPU frequency The default for this field depends on the CPU installed CPU Spread Spectrum The Spread Spectrum function can reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated Options Enabled default Disabled DDR Speed strobe sec This item display the current DDR speed CPU Host frequency Max Memclock 100 Hammer Fid control This item displays the CPU ratio information detecte...

Page 28: ...PU Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust your CPU core voltage Options range from 15 10 5 Default DDR Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust the RAM voltage Options 2 7 default 2 8 2 9 3 0 Chipset Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust the North South bridge chipsets voltage Options 1 5v default 1 8v 1 7v 1 6v Attention Before overclocking please make sure your system components ar...

Page 29: ... primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Options Enabled default Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance incrementally In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Options Auto de...

Page 30: ... disable the RAID function for the SATA1 2 Primary Secondary device Options Enabled Disabled default Serial ATA 1 2 This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA1 2 device Options Enabled default Disabled SATA Spread Spectrum When you installed a SATA device this item will allow you to enable disable the SATA speed spread spectrum We recommend you to enabled this item to decrease EMI noise Op...

Page 31: ...able when Power On Function is set to Hot Key Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for ...

Page 32: ...ystem will boot after restoring power after a power failure If you select On the system will boot whether or not the system was on before power failure If you select Former Sts the system will be restored to the status before the power failure Options Off default On Former Sts Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation featur...

Page 33: ...zontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support default Initial display power management signaling HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down after a certain configurable period of system inactivity All other devices remain active Options Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Mi...

Page 34: ... mode Options Enabled Disabled default Day of Month Alarm You can choose which date of the month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled Min 0 Max 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled K8 Cool n Quiet Control When set to Auto the s...

Page 35: ...rom flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries Exit Menu Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before ...

Page 36: ...displayed in the main screen as shown below z Microsoft DirectX9 0c It provides the software of Microsoft DirectX9 0c z nForce Chipset Driver It provides all the drivers needed for the chipset It also includes the audio driver Category Platform Microsoft DirectX9 0c Windows 98 ME 2000 XP nForce Chipset Driver Windows 2000 XP Trend PC Cillin 2005 Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 Windows...

Page 37: ...ides the software of Microsoft DirectX9 0c z Adobe Acrobat Reader5 Install this software you can browse files with pdf format z Dr Speed Install this software you can make the mainboard to provide higher efficiency of overclock function and more stable of voltages 3 If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD 4 Click Exit button to exit...

Page 38: ...rive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damag...

Page 39: ...ta Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the po...

Page 40: ...onnected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other...

Page 41: ...dio output without connecting to any auxiliary external modules To use this function you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel audio effects See the audio Port Connectors in the Hardware Installation section for a description of the output connectors Speaker Test Make sure the cable is firmly into the connector 1 Click the audi...

Page 42: ...en to the redundant disks This redundancy provides fault tolerant protection from a single disk failure If a read write failure occurs on one drive the system can still read and write data using the other drive The minimum number of drives for a RAID 1 configuration is 2 You are required to use an even number of drives Disk Striping Mirroring RAID 0 1 This mode combines both the performance benefi...

Page 43: ...es on the Board This section explains how to associate the drives listed on the Define a New Array screen with the physical drives attached to the connectors on the mainboard This becomes important when identifying drives that need to be replaced or changed Channel Controller Master Slave Located here are 3 identifiers separated by periods These identifiers represent the Channel Controller and Mas...

Page 44: ... RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping Mirroring RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD Then press Enter Next Tab over to the Striping Block option and press Enter A pop menu will display as shown below With this option you can manually select the striping block size for your array This option will affect data access performance We recommend that you to select Optimal option for automatic configuration Press Enter A...

Page 45: ...r to the Array Disks section You can use the left arrow key to reverse your selection After you finish selecting all your disks Press F7 A confirmation message will display as shown below Then press Y to complete the RAID array creation After the array has been successfully created the Array List screen will display as shown below left You can press the Enter key to view the RAID details in the Ar...

Page 46: ...Array You can delete an existing array on the Array Detail screen Press the D key A warning confirmation message will display as shown below Press Y to confirm After the array is successfully deleted the screen will display as shown below ...

Page 47: ...ored Array you must copy the NvRaidMan exe file from the bundled CD Driver to your C drive CD File Location Path D Driver nForce 6 53 IDE WIN2K or WINXP NvRaidMan exe To rebuild a mirrored array bring up the NVIDIA RAID Utility From the Array List screen select the array with the newly installed drive Then go to the Array Detail screen press Enter Then press the R key and use the up down arrow key...

Page 48: ...ion the Windows Setup screen will prompt you with Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver Press F6 2 Press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device Insert the floppy disk which includes the RAID Driver into the floppy drive Press Enter and select the appropriate OS device driver 3 Press Enter again to continue the setup process 4 Follow the setup instru...

Page 49: ...ual 2 Insert two end slots of the Bridge Card onto the golden fingers of two dual graphics cards top edge the Bridge Card then will be settled done At mean while we recommend you to attach the monitor cable to the D Sub or DVI connector of your first inserted graphics card for monitor display Attention 1 Window XP is the recommended operating system 2 It is recommended that use two identical dual ...

Page 50: ...ver your onboard BIOS Setup Steps 1 First make a boot floppy disk from your operating system WIN 98 ME XP Then visit our website and download the latest version of BIOS files for the mainboard that you are going to install and save it into the floppy disk you made 2 Remove the jumper caps from the mainboard BIOSCN1 header Refer Figure1 and insert an ABS Card instead of Remember to set the jumper c...

Page 51: ...en the system entering into the DOS mode the system is able to be powered on at this time due to the rescue BIOS that the ABS Card provided remember to set the jumper caps which are on the ABS_JP1 header of the ABS Card to the location of Onboard BIOS Refer the Figure 2 so that the new BIOS data can be stored into the chip of onboard BIOS on the mainboard for recuperation 5 Under the DOS mode type...

Page 52: ... your onboard BIOS has damaged then you should type N The next screen will show a message Press Y to Progress or N to Exit type Y so that the flash BIOS procedures can be processed After the flash BIOS procedures have completed press F1 to reboot the system Type N Type Y As the flash BIOS finished press F1 Attention While processing the flash BIOS procedures DO NOT power off or restart your system...

Page 53: ...he system get into the BIOS setting and make your system saved with the default mode then all processes of the flash BIOS procedures will be done BIOS setting path Defaults Load System Default Settings Y BIOS setting path Exit Save Exit Setup Y ...

Page 54: ... location of Onboard BIOS Refer the Figure2 to reduce the opportunity of causing damages on Rescue BIOS of the ABS Card Recommendation If both of your onboard BIOS and rescue BIOS unfortunately have damaged the ABS Card will lose the function of recovering the BIOS Hence it is recommended that to recover your onboard BIOS by the ABS Card first and then use the ABS Card as emergency happened Attent...

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