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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2

4

Supports 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN
Supports

nVIDIA

®

Active Armor

TM

, it provides advanced data packet inspection

Supports

nVIDIA

®

Firewall

TM

, it protects your system from intruders

BIOS:

Phoenix-Award™

BIOS

Supports APM 1.2
Supports ACPI 2.0 power management

Green Function:

Supports Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management function
Supports system-wake-from-power-saving-mode by keyboard or mouse touching

Shadow RAM:

Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM

BIOS

Flash Memory:

Supports flash memory functionality
Supports ESCD functionality

Hardware Monitor Function:

  Monitors CPU/ Chassis Fan Speed
  Monitors CPU and system temperatures
  Monitors system voltages

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Summary of Contents for K8SLI-AM2

Page 1: ...cument 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: ...2 nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Supports Socket AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX AthlonTM 64 x2 Dual Core AthlonTM 64 SempronTM Processor User Manual Dimensions ATX Form Factor 244 mm x 305 mm W x L Operating System Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 3: ...s and software versions This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List K8SLI AM2 mainboard FDC Cable HDD Cable I O Bracket Serial ATA Cable K8SL...

Page 4: ...guration 9 Connectors 11 Front Panel Headers JW_FP PWRLED SPEAK 12 Headers Jumpers 14 Audio Configuration 16 Slots 16 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 19 INTRODUCTION 19 KEY FUNCTION 19 MAIN MENU 20 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 22 SOFTWARE LIST 22 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 22 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 25 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL SETUP 28 APPENDIX II RAID SETUP 29 APPENDIX III SLI SCALABL...

Page 5: ...sion card Three standard PCI slots for use with standard PCI expansion cards are also allowed The K8SLI AM2 provides one floppy disk drive 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 II comes with four SATA II connectors which the interface can ...

Page 6: ...rts to use the 240 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 800 PC2 6400 DDR II 667 PC2 5300 DDR II 533 PC2 4300 DDR II 400 PC2 3200 SDRAM Slots Four PCI Express interface slots for graphics cards and expansion cards 1 One PCI E x16 slot supports up to x16 mode with 4 GB s one way bandwidth 2 Two PCI E x8 slots supports up to x8 mode with 2 GB s one way bandwidth 3 One PCI E x1 slot supports up to x16 mode w...

Page 7: ...eyboard port Supports one serial port COM1 on back panel Supports one SPDIF IN port and one SPDIF OUT port on back panel Supports one IrDA IR header with external device connected Universal Serial Bus Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports Three front USB headers come with this mainboard supporting six additional USB ports to be set Supports a maximum of ten USB 2 0 1 1 ports for compliant devices Onboard...

Page 8: ...PI 2 0 power management Green Function Supports Phoenix Award BIOS power management function Supports system wake from power saving mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Chassis Fan Speed Mon...

Page 9: ...Mainboard K8SLI AM2 5 Configuration Layout of K8SLI 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 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU Lower t...

Page 11: ...nbuffered DDR II 800 PC2 6400 DDR II 667 PC2 5300 DDR II 533 PC2 4300 DDR II 400 PC2 3200 SDRAM and support to install a total memory capacity of 8GB 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 ...

Page 12: ...r channel the Dual Channel will be enabled then For example if you install one 256 MB memory in DIMM1 and another in DIMM2 256MB x 2 512MB you must install a total of 512 MB memory in DIMM3 or DIMM4 so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 3 If you only need to install one memory it is recommended to install it in DIMM1 or DIMM3 Memory Installation Steps 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends o...

Page 13: ...oard port The pin assignments are described below Serial and Parallel Interface Ports The mainboard provides one serial port and one parallel port on the back panel Parallel Interface Port PARALLEL The parallel port on your mainboard is a standard 25 pin one and is used to connect a parallel printer The pictures above are for reference only Your actual installation may vary slightly from the pictu...

Page 14: ... back panel These USB ports are used to attach with USB devices such as keyboard mice and other USB supported devices There is also a 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN port available for you to attach an Internet cable Audio Ports SOUND This mainboard provides six AC 97 Audio ports for 8 6 4 2 channel playback capability With jack sensing auto detecting and adjusting the device will make it easier to ...

Page 15: ...KB 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 IDE1 In general two IDE devices can be attached onto one IDE...

Page 16: ...ent Function Pin Assignment Function 1 VCC5 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 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 direction One edge of the cable will usuall...

Page 17: ...ainboard provides a 2 pin power LED header If there is a 2 pin power LED cord on your case front panel you can attach it to the 2 pin power LED header Then 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 i...

Page 18: ...u can transfer data connectionless to or from the portable device i e laptop PDA etc which with this header attached USB USB Power On function Header JP2 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 JP2 header for 5V or 5VSB mode depending on which USB port that the USB device is atta...

Page 19: ... 1 Pin 1 2 Closed KB MS USB Power ON Disable Default 1 Pin 2 3 Closed KB MS USB Power ON Enabled Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT The Clear CMOS function is used when you are unable boot your system and need to reset the BIOS settings CMOS settings back to the manufacturer s original settings This is also a way to reset the system password if y...

Page 20: ...der of this mainboard First you must remove the jumper caps on this header and then attach the cables from the front panel to the pins on this header You can use both the front audio panel and back panel audio simultaneously If you are not using front panel audio ports leave the jumper caps on the header pins Note pins 5 6 and 9 10 to avoid problems with the back panel audio ports AUDIO Pin Assign...

Page 21: ...nboard is able to install an expansion card which the PCI Express x1 interface compatible such as network card SCSI card etc to this PE1 slot PCI Slots PCI1 2 3 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect a standard bus for installing expansion cards such as network card SCSI card etc to these PCI slots Attention When you are installing two graphics cards please attach VGA D Sub connector ont...

Page 22: ...e the system is powered on These power connectors support several power management functions such as the 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 ATXPWR 12 3 3V 24 ...

Page 23: ...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 Do...

Page 24: ...S Advanced BIOS Features Include all the adjustable items of Award 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 ...

Page 25: ...r overclock demand Password Settings Set change or disable password 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 Set...

Page 26: ...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 nVIDIA Firewall Windows 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Windows 2000 XP Trend PC Cillin 2005 Windows 2000 XP Drive Clone Windows 2000 XP Restore IT Windows 2000 XP The pictures shown below ...

Page 27: ...e chipset nVIDIA Firewall provides firewall to protect your system from hackers and viruses Realtek 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 Attention Please install Microsoft DirectX 9 0c or the latest version and then install the nForce Chipset Driver ...

Page 28: ...the software of Drive Clone which is used to back up or clone hard drives or partitions Restore IT It provides the software of Restore IT to help you recover lost data or restore files 3 Click on the User 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 ...

Page 29: ...ive 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 Damage...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...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 32: ...you can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choice 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices Attention To take advantage of 8 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 8 Channel Audio Effect supoort ...

Page 33: ...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 the sy...

Page 34: ... graphic card driver from http www nvidia com 3 The nVIDIA SLI technology supports only the Windows XP operating system Installation When installing two identical SLI ready graphics cards they are needed to be connected by the golden fingers between two graphics cards with the bridge PCB You can only connect the monitor with the graphics card which is in the PE4 slot Make sure that you have alread...

Page 35: ...31 2 On the next screen below select the SLI multi GPU item which is on the left of the sub window And select the checkbox of Enable SLI multi GPU in the main screen Click on the Apply button to complete the configuration ...

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