Mainboard K8NF4X–754
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on the choosing K8NF4X-754 Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA
®
nForce4-4X chipset and supports the AMD
®
Athlon
TM
64/ Athlon
TM
64 FX Processor with
800 MHz of FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies.
The K8NF4X-754 provides two 184-pin DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets which
support to insert DDR400 (PC3200)/ DDR333 (PC2700)/ DDR266 (PC2100)/ DDR200
(PC1600) SDRAMs, and support a total memory capacity of 2 GB.
The K8NF4X-754 provides two PCI-E x16 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 (up
to four separated monitors are able to be used at once). In addition, via the Bridge Card
setup (
See Appendix III
), the improved PCI-Express bandwidth can enhance its
performance and efficiency. Two PCI slots are also provided with this mainboard for
expansion cards use.
This mainboard provides one floppy disk drive connector with 360Kb/ 720Kb/ 1.2Mb/
1.44Mb/ 2.88Mb specification, and provides two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA
33/66/100/133 for hard disk 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 supports the
Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF) function (including a SPDIF out port provided on the
back panel).
The K8NF4X-754 comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There is a LAN
port on the back panel that you can directly plug an Internet cable into.
In addition, this mainboard supports the ABS (Albatron BIOS Security) function, which
provides a backup BIOS while inserting an ABS Card (optional) onto the mainboard header.
When your system cannot be powered on due to the onboard BIOS has damaged, then you
can utilize the rescue BIOS of the ABS Card to recover the damaged BIOS. The installation
of ABS Card is really easy and convenient to follow and use (
See Appendix IV)
.
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual
are for reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The
company will not assume any mistake that user caused.
