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NF4 Ultra-A9

3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out facilities (with
ALC655, optional).

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

Printer Port

COM1

COM2

(optional)

1394 Port

(optional)

USB *2

LAN

Connector

USB *2

Line-in/Rear

Line-out

MIC-in/
Center/

Left

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award

legal

BIOS.

Supports

APM1.2.

Supports

ACPI.

Supports USB Function.

Bundled Software

Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™.

1.2 P

ACKAGE

HECKLIST

FDD Cable x 1

HDD Cable x 1

User’s Manual x 1

Serial ATA Cable x 1

Fully Setup Driver CD x 1

Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case x 1

S/PDIF Cable x 1 (optional)

USB 2.0 Cable x 1 (optional)

IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 (optional)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable x 1 (optional)

Summary of Contents for NF4 Ultra-A9

Page 1: ...will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fit...

Page 2: ...ion 11 2 4 Connectors Slots 12 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 13 3 1 How to setup Jumpers 13 3 2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help 19 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 19 4 2 Troubleshooting 19 Chapter...

Page 3: ...Gigabit Ethernet Supports 10 USB 2 0 ports Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility Supports NVIDIA Secure Networking Processor Supports 4 SATAports each channel up to 3Gb s Supports 1 PCI Express x16 interface...

Page 4: ...ow the table below to install your DDR memory module or the system may not boot up or may not function properly SS represents Single Side DDR memory module DS represents Double Side DDR memory module...

Page 5: ...for detail information Super I O Chip ITE IT8712F Low Pin Count Interface Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controll...

Page 6: ...irewall technology Native firewall solution protects the PC from intruders by filtering unauthorized traffic Advanced features Remote access configuration monitoring Command line interface CLI WMI scr...

Page 7: ...supports 2 FDD devices with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA...

Page 8: ...e r Le ft B BIOS Software BIOS Award legal BIOS SupportsAPM1 2 SupportsACPI Supports USB Function Bundled Software Supports 9thTouch WINFLASHER and FLASHER 1 2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cabl...

Page 9: ...XPWR2 JATXPWR1 PCI EX16 XGP1 PCI1 PCI3 PCI2 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM4 D IMM1 DIMM3 IDE2 IDE1 JSA TA1 JSA TA2 JSAT A3 JSAT A4 FDD1 JCM OS1 JUSBV1 JCI1 JCFAN1 JNBF AN1 PCI EXx1 P EX1 2 PCI EXx1 P EX1 1 JUSB 3 JU...

Page 10: ...A9 8 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Remove the socket protection cap Step 2 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 deg...

Page 11: ...int forwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 4 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 5 Put the CPU Fan on the CP...

Page 12: ...North Bridge Fan Power Header JNBFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 1 3 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 JSFAN1and JNBFAN1 support system coolingf an with Smart Fan Control utility It supports 3 p...

Page 13: ...1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmlyinto the slo...

Page 14: ...is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits Xtreme Graphics Port Slot XGP1 This XGP Xtreme Graphics Port slot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA...

Page 15: ...PWR2 JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin Ass...

Page 16: ...device J1394_USBV1 JUSBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse JKBMSV1 Assignment Description 1 3 Pin 1 2 close 5V 5V f or key board and mou...

Page 17: ...ght 7 Reserv ed 8 Key 9 Lef t line out Speaker out Left 10 Lef t line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in 12 Right line in 13 Lef t line in 14 Lef t line in With ALC655 Audio Sound Codec optional 1...

Page 18: ...F output header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF In 1 3 JSPDIF_IN1 3 Ground Power Source Header for 1394 Chip J1394PWR1 optional Assignment Description 1 3 Pin 1 2 close 3 3V 3 3V f or 1394 chipset Def aul...

Page 19: ...Connector 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED 10 Power LED 11 HDD LED Hard driv e LED 12 Power LED Power LED 13 Ground 14 Power button 15 Reset control Reset button 16 Ground Power on button 17 N A 18 Key 19 N A 20...

Page 20: ...nds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close 5 Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data Case Open Header JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the si...

Page 21: ...of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place System does not boot from hard disk driv e can be booted from optical drive 1 Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Mak...

Page 22: ...D supports the following types of RAID arrays RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many applications RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring...

Page 23: ...technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth nVIDIA nForce 4 CK8 04 Ultra Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Features and Benefits Drives Minimum 1 and maximum is...

Page 24: ...ailability solutions or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media nVIDIA nForce 4 CK8 04 Ultra Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 1 Bloc...

Page 25: ...ock 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Features and Benefits Drives Minimum 4 and maximum is 6 or 8 depending on the platform Benefits Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance allowin...

Page 26: ...120GB Single Logical Drive Features and Benefits Uses JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one big drive Benefits JBOD provides the ability to combine odd...

Page 27: ...formation Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically s...

Page 28: ...e following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked theTray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and...

Page 29: ...sponsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the l...

Page 30: ...ows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a u...

Page 31: ...be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you...

Page 32: ...ser the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you v erify ev e...

Page 33: ...If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to t...

Page 34: ...ighlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You...

Page 35: ...controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere...

Page 36: ...1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 12 5 Integrated Peripherals 15 6 Power Management Setup 21 7 PnP PCI Configurations 24 8 PC Health Stat...

Page 37: ...chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the P...

Page 38: ...the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Ent...

Page 39: ...u contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configu...

Page 40: ...is function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the s...

Page 41: ...he User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed...

Page 42: ...dard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the...

Page 43: ...menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the...

Page 44: ...Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays...

Page 45: ...protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up...

Page 46: ...System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if pas...

Page 47: ...uence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDD0 USB HDD1 USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load...

Page 48: ...nd therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Freque...

Page 49: ...CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS 7 BUS CLOCKS Row precharge Time tRP This field s...

Page 50: ...le SSE SSE2 Instructions The choices Enabled default Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Disabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system perfor...

Page 51: ...er key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate th...

Page 52: ...y the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both su...

Page 53: ...Disabled default enable ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher perform...

Page 54: ...onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled MAC LAN nVIDIA This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto Default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item a...

Page 55: ...rupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard IR Function The Choices Disabled default Enabled UART Mode Select This item all...

Page 56: ...ple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do s...

Page 57: ...es Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS...

Page 58: ...nd write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend HDD Power Down...

Page 59: ...state The Choices Disabled default Enabled POWER After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off...

Page 60: ...determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system reso...

Page 61: ...d the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop da...

Page 62: ...effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 140F 65 149F 70 158F 75 167F Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status...

Page 63: ...NF4 Ultra A9 27 Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan...

Page 64: ...rent CPU frequency The Choices StartUp default and other choices from 800Mhz to 5000Mhz Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to set different CPU voltage The Choices StartUp default and other choic...

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