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K8NF4X-AM2

nVIDIA

nForce4 4X

Supports Socket AM2

AMD

Athlon

64 FX/ Athlon

64 x2 Dual-Core/

Athlon

64/ Sempron

Processor

User Manual

Dimensions (Micro-ATX Form-Factor):

190 mm x 305 mm ( W x L )

Operating System:

Windows

XP/ 2000

Summary of Contents for K8NF4X-AM2

Page 1: ...ocument 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 an...

Page 2: ...IDIA nForce4 4X Supports Socket AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX AthlonTM 64 x2 Dual Core AthlonTM 64 SempronTM Processor User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor z 190 mm x 305 mm W x L Operating System z Windows XP 2000 ...

Page 3: ...ird party components and software versions 0 This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system 0 Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components 0 Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List K8NF4X AM2 mainboard IDE Cable I O Bracket Seria...

Page 4: ...nel Configuration 9 Connectors 10 Front Panel Headers JW_FP PWRLED SPEAK 11 Headers Jumpers 12 Audio Configuration 14 Slots 15 Power Supply Attachments 16 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 17 INTRODUCTION 17 KEY FUNCTION 17 MAIN MENU 18 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 20 SOFTWARE LIST 20 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 20 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 24 APPENDIX I SUPER 5 1 CHANNEL AUDIO EFFECT SETUP 27 APPENDIX II RAID 0 1 0 1 S...

Page 5: ...rive connector that can be used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drive It also has two IDE connectors for hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 133 100 66 33 IDE devices In addition the onboard Serial ATA comes with four SATA connectors which the interface can provide up to 1 5 Gb s transmit rates and also support RAID 0 1 0 1 mode See Appendix II The onboard AC 97 Audio CODEC ALC655 supports high ...

Page 6: ...hnology supported z Supports a total memory capacity of 4GB z Supports to use the 240 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 800 667 533 400 SDRAM Slots z Two PCI Express interface slots for graphics cards and expansion cards 1 PCI E x16 slot Supports up to x16 mode with 4 GB s one way bandwidth 2 PCI E x1 slot Supports up to x16 mode with 250 MB s one way bandwidth z Four PCI slots with 133 MB s one way b...

Page 7: ...mouse port and one PS 2 keyboard port z One COM1 connector Universal Serial Bus z Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports z Two front USB header comes with this mainboard supporting four additional USB ports to be set z Supports a maximum of eight USB 2 0 1 1 ports for compliant devices Onboard AC 97 Sound CODEC z High performance CODEC with high S N ratio 90 db z Compliant with AC 97 2 3 specification z S...

Page 8: ...ystem wake from power saving mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM z Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory z Supports flash memory functionality z Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function z Monitors CPU System Fan Speed z Monitors CPU System Temperature z Monitors CPU Memory Voltage ...

Page 9: ...Mainboard K8NF4X AM2 5 Configuration Layout of K8NF4X AM2 ...

Page 10: ... has the 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 Low...

Page 11: ...240 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 800 667 533 400 SDRAM and support to install a total memory capacity of 4 GB Attention You can avoid damaging your CPU due to high temperatures with proper cooling equipment It is recommended that attach a cooling fan on top of your CPU Use the CPUFAN header to attach the fan cord On most fan power cord the black wire of the fan cable is the ground and should be a...

Page 12: ...ll one 256 MB memory in DIMM1 and the other one in DIMM2 256MB x 2 512MB so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 4 If you only need to install one memory then the Dual Channel won t be enabled Memory Installation Steps 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This will ensure that t...

Page 13: ...andard 25 pin one and is used to connect a parallel printer The Serial Interface COM1 This mainboard provides a serial port COM1 on your back panel and is used to connect mice modem and other peripheral devices Through this port you can also transfer data from your computer hard disk drive to other computers USB LAN Ports USB1 USB2 USB LAN There are six USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These US...

Page 14: ...standard floppy disk drive connector FDD that supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88 MB floppy disk drives using a FDD ribbon cable Hard Disk Drive Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The mainboard provides two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA 133 100 66 33 IDE devices You can attach a maximum of four IDE devices such as hard disk drive HDD CD ROM DVD ROM etc using IDE ribbon cables Primary IDE Connector ID...

Page 15: ...2 VCC5 3 HDDLE Hard Drive LED HDLED 4 PWRLED 2 pin Power LED PWR LED 5 GND 6 PWRBTN 7 RSTSW 8 GND Power on Button PWRBTN 9 N A Reset Switch RESET 10 Key Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX SATA1 4 7 Ground This mainboard supports RAID 0 1 0 1 mode refer Appendix II for more information Attention The FDD IDE cable is designed and should be attached with a specific di...

Page 16: ...hen the power LED will illuminate while the system is powered on 3 pin Power LED Header PWRLED The mainboard also provides a 3 pin power LED header If there is a 3 pin power LED cord on your case front panel you can attach it to this 3 pin header instead of attach to the 2 pin one on the SW LED header Speaker Header SPEAK A speaker cable on your case front panel can be attached to this header When...

Page 17: ...ault 1 Pin 2 3 Closed 5VSB USB Power On Enabled Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins Keyboard Power On function Header JP1 USB devices attached to the back panel USB ports can awaken the system from sleep mode In order to enable this functionality you must adjust the jumper caps on JP1 header for 5V or 5VSB mode depending on which USB port that the USB device is attached...

Page 18: ...OFF 2 3 Closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set JBAT header to ON 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your new password Audio Configuration CD ROM Audio In Connector CDIN The CD IN connector is used to attach an audio cable to audio devices such as CD ROMs DVD ROMs etc Front Audio Connector AUDIO If your case front panel has audio ports you can connect them to the F...

Page 19: ...hich the PCI Express x1 interface compatible such as network card SCSI card etc to this PE1 slot PCI Express x16 Slot PE2 This mainboard is able to install a graphics card which the PCI Express x16 interface supporting one way bandwidth up to 4 GB s is compatible to this PE2 slot PCI Slots PCI1 2 3 4 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for installing expansion ca...

Page 20: ... instant power on function The connector pins are described below 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 5 Ground 2 12V 6 Ground 3 12V 7 Ground ATX_12V 4 12V 8 Groun...

Page 21: ... 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 D...

Page 22: ...ward special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Include all the adjustable items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Include all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup Include all the adjustable items of Green function features Miscellaneous Control It is for you to specify settings for Miscellaneous Control such as the CPU clock and frequency ratio ...

Page 23: ...ssword It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Load Optimized Defaults It can load the preset system parameter values to set the system in its best performance configurations Load Standard Defaults It can load the preset system parameter values to set the system in its stable performance configurations Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Witho...

Page 24: ...e screen as the picture below There are several driver buttons displayed in the Driver Menu screen and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform Microsoft DirectX 9 0c Windows 2000 XP nForce Chipset Driver Windows 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Windows 2000 XP The pictures shown below are for your reference only The version of the software you r...

Page 25: ...Mainboard K8NF4X AM2 21 For Windows XP Driver For Windows 2000 Driver ...

Page 26: ...ealtek Audio Driver provides the driver for being able to input output audio 2 Click on the Utility Menu button you can choose the software to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader program you can browse files with PDF styled Attention Please install Microsoft DirectX 9 0c or the latest version and then install the nForce Chipset Driver ...

Page 27: ...ser Manual button you can choose the manual to read 4 If you click the Browse CD button you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files ...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...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 31: ...ble to use standard line jacks for surround audio 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...

Page 32: ...nce Striping does not provide fault tolerance The minimum number of hard drives for RAID 0 is 2 Disk Mirroring RAID 1 With Disk Mirroring there are redundant disks that mirror the primary disks Data that is written to the primary disks are also written to the redundant disks This redundancy provides fault tolerant protection from a single disk failure If a read write failure occurs on one drive th...

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