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BIOS Setup

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Power On by Mouse

Disabled

Disabled this function. (Default value)

Double Click

Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on system.

Power On by Keyboard

Disabled

Disabled this function. (Default value)

Password

Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the keyboard power on password.

Keyboard 98

If there is a "POWER" button on your keyboard, you can press the key to
power on your system.

KB Power ON Password

When "Power On by Keyboard" set at Password, you can set the password here.

Enter

Input password(from 1 to 5 characters) and press Enter to set the password.

AC Back Function

Soft-Off

Always in off state when AC back.

 

(Default value)

Full-On

Always power on the system when AC back.

Summary of Contents for GA-K8NS Ultra-939

Page 1: ...BT Trademarks Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Notice Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this docume...

Page 2: ...Oct 7 2004 Mother Board GA K8NS Ultra 939 ...

Page 3: ...Motherboard Oct 7 2004 GA K8NSUltra 939 ...

Page 4: ...s fully understood and practiced If yourAGP card has AGP4X 8X 1 5V notch show below please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X 8X Caution AGP 2X card is not supported by nVIDIA nForce3 TM Ultra You might experience system unable to boot up normally Please insert an AGP 4X 8X card AGP 4X 8X notch Read Me First ...

Page 5: ...om the system 5 Ensure that theATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove theATX power connectoronthemotherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Just cut the bot...

Page 6: ...cessing Unit CPU 14 Step 2 Install Memory Modules 16 Step 3 Install Expansion Cards 18 Step 4 Install I O Peripherals Cables 19 Step 4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 19 Step 4 2 Connectors Introduction 21 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 35 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E1 36 Standard CMOS Features 38 Advanced BIOS Features 40 Integrated Peripherals 42 Power Management Setup 46 PnP PCI Configurations 48 P...

Page 7: ...d 52 Exit Without Saving 53 Save Exit Setup 53 Chapter 4 Technical Reference 55 BIOSTM Introduction 55 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 56 2 4 6 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction 63 Jack Sensing and UAJ Introduction 69 Xpress Recovery Introduction 71 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 74 Chapter 5 Appendix 81 ...

Page 8: ...m nVIDIA nForce3TM Ultra controller SATA0_SB SATA1_SB 2 ports from SiI3512 controller SATA0_SII SATA1_SII Peripherals y 1 parallel port supporting Normal EPP ECP mode y 2 Serial ports COMA COMB y 8 USB 2 0 1 1 ports rear x 4 front x 4 via cable y 3 IEEE1394b ports requires cable y 1frontaudioconnector y 1 IrDA connector for IR CIR y 1 PS 2 keyboard port y 1 PS 2 mouse port Onboard LAN y Onboard Ma...

Page 9: ... chipset SATA0_SII SATA1_SII y Supports data striping RAID 0 or mirroring RAID 1 function y Supports data transfer rate of up 150 MB y Supportshotpluggingfunction y Supports a maximum of 2 SATAconnections I O Control y IT8712 Hardware Monitor y CPU System Power fan speed detection y CPU System Power fan failure warning y CPUtemperaturedetection y CPU warning temperature y System voltage detection ...

Page 10: ...A PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB1 IT8712 MAIN BIOS CODEC PWR_FAN DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 GAME F_AUDIO BACKUP BIOS SiI3512 SATA1_SII RAM_LED ATX IR_CIR NB_FAN DDR1 SPDIF_IO SUR_CEN 2X_DET AUDIO F_PANEL F1_1394 INFO_LINK AGP USB LAN2 10 100 FDD SATA0_SII ICS1883 TSB82AA2 F2_1394 Marvell 8001 TSB81BA3 F_USB2 CLR_CMOS DDR4 SATA0_SB SATA1_SB SYS_FAN GA K8NS Ultra 939 Motherboard Layout ...

Page 11: ...3512 2 Serial ATA DDR400 DDR333 266 200 DIMM nVIDIA nForceTM 3 Ultra LPCBUS 8 USB Ports ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels IT8712 24MHz 33MHz Game Port Floppy LPT Port PS 2 KB Mouse 2 COM Ports BIOS IR_CIR AC97 Link MIC LINE IN LINE OUT AC97 CODEC 2 Serial ATA RJ45 Marvell 8001 LAN1 3 IEEE1394b TSB82AA2 TSB81BA3 Unbuffered DIMMs RJ45 ICS 1883 LAN2 ...

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Page 13: ... 2 Install Memory Modules Step 3 Install Expansion Cards Step 4 Install I O Peripherals Cables Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Step 2 Step 4 Step 3 Step 4 Step 1 Step 4 Congratulations You have accomplished the hardware installation Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet Continue with the BIOS softwareinstallation ...

Page 14: ...ifications We don t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU chipset and most of the peripherals Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Memory Cards etc Step1 1 First check the processor pin...

Page 15: ...the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan you might pull the processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan and might damage the processor To avoid this from happening we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste orremove the cooling fan with extreme caution Figure 3 Application of thermal grease t...

Page 16: ...l inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM socket The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary betweensockets 1 The DIMM socket has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into ...

Page 17: ...les are inserted into DDR 1 2 and another pair into DDR 3 4 Dual Channel DDR GA K8NS Ultra 939 supports Dual Channel Technology When Dual Channel Technology is activated the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original one with the fastest speed at 6 4GB s DDR400 or 5 3GB s DDR333 GA K8NS Ultra 939 includes four DIMM slots and each Channel has 2 DIMMs as following Channel A DDR 1 DDR 3 Chan...

Page 18: ...lace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Card Please carefully pull out the small white drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install uninstall the AGP card Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot Make sur...

Page 19: ...port Devices like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports This connector supports standard PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse PS 2 Mouse Connector 6pinFemale PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6pinFemale Parallel Port 25 pin Female COMA COMB Serial Port 9 pin Male PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector Parallel Port Serial Ports COMA COMB ...

Page 20: ...l information for 2 4 6 8 channel audio setup installation please refer to page 66 Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc Have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade...

Page 21: ...AN 5 PWR_FAN 6 NB_FAN 7 FDD 8 IDE1 IDE2 9 SATA0_SB SATA1_SB 10 SATA0_SII SATA1_SII 11 BATTERY 12 F_PANEL 13 PWR_LED 14 RAM_LED 15 2X_DET 16 F_AUDIO 17 SUR_CEN 18 SPDIF_IO 19 CD_IN 20 F_USB1 F_USB2 21 F1_1394 F2_1394 22 IR_CIR 23 GAME 24 INFO_LINK 25 CLR_CMOS 23 8 12 6 2 1 15 22 24 9 4 25 13 10 18 5 3 7 14 16 17 19 20 21 16 ...

Page 22: ...U If the ATX_12V power connector is not connected the system will not start Caution Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 300W or greater If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is un...

Page 23: ...sitive connection and requires a 12V power voltage The black connector wire is the ground wire GND Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure Caution Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent CPU overheating and failure Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 1 1 CPU_FAN PWR_FAN SYS_FAN 6 NB_FAN Chip Fan Connector If you installe...

Page 24: ... power connector wire to the pin1 position 8 IDE1 IDE2 IDE Connector An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices hard drive or optical drive If you wish to connect two IDE devices please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on sett...

Page 25: ... to erase CMOS 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery wait for 30 second 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 9 10 SATA0_SB SATA1_SB SATA0_SII SATA1_SII Serial ATA Connector Serial ATA can provide 150MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly 7 1 Pi...

Page 26: ... 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPK Speaker Connector Pin 1 VCC Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Operation Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Power Switch Open Normal Operation Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC 1 2 19 20 HD HD RES RES NC SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW SPEAK Message LED Power Sleep LED...

Page 27: ...will blink when the system enters suspend mode If you use dual color LED power LED will turn to another color _ 14 RAM_LED Do not remove memory modules while RAM_LED is on It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the stand by voltage Remove memory modules only when AC power cord is disconnected Pin No Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 ...

Page 28: ...e 5 6 9 10 Jumper In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header To find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer Please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear aud...

Page 29: ...sed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input and output function Use SPDIF in feature only when your device has digital output function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the SPDIF cable incorrect connection between the cable and connec tor will make the dev...

Page 30: ...tor Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USB Dx 4 USB Dy 5 USB Dx 6 USB Dy 7 GND 8 GND 9 No Pin 10 NC 2...

Page 31: ... Power 10 GND Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 TPA0 4 TPA0 5 GND 6 GND 7 TPB0 8 TPB0 9 Power 10 Power 11 TPA1 12 TPA1 13 GND 14 No Pin 15 TPB1 16 TPB1 1 15 2 16 1 9 2 10 F1_1394 F2_1394 22 IR_CIR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is aling with pin one the connector To enable the IR CIR function you are required to purchase an optional IR CIR module To use IR function only please connect IR m...

Page 32: ...n 1 VCC 2 GRX1_R 3 GND 4 GPSA2 5 VCC 6 GPX2_R 7 GPY2_R 8 MSI_R 9 GPSA1 10 GND 11 GPY1_R 12 VCC 13 GPSB1 14 MSO_R 15 GPSB2 16 No Pin 1 2 15 16 24 INFO_LINK This connector allows you to connect some external devices to provide you extra function Check the pin assignment while you connect the external device cable Please contact your nearest dealer for optional external device cable 1 10 2 9 Pin No D...

Page 33: ...33 25 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily short 1 2 pin Default doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper Close Clear CMOS Open Normal 1 1 ...

Page 34: ... 34 GA K8NS Ultra 939 Motherboard English ...

Page 35: ...r Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the file safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash utility F9 SystemInformation F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RA...

Page 36: ...ys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver E1 Once you enterAward BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu as figure below will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from eight setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the su...

Page 37: ...geisselectmulti language z z z z z Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in bestperformanceconfiguration z z z z z Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup z z z z z Set User Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit a...

Page 38: ...al User can manually input the correct settings Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing Enter the appropriate option based on this information Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number ...

Page 39: ...that may be detected and you will be prompted All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keybo...

Page 40: ... Select your boot device priority by Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks 720K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not...

Page 41: ...atically set AGP transfer rate according to AGP compatibility and stability Default value 8X Always set AGP transfer rate to 8X mode if the 8X mode supported by the AGP card 4X Set AGP transfer rate to 4X mode no matter what the AGP transfer rate the card is Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install an AGP card...

Page 42: ...abled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 KLJI Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F3 Language F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Save Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address Disabled x Midi Port IRQ 10 CIR Port Address Disable...

Page 43: ... function Disabled Disable this function Default value On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Default value Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port USB Host Controller Disabled Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB fun...

Page 44: ...3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 Default value 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and a...

Page 45: ...ess to 300 330 Set Midi Port Address to 330 Disabled Disable this function Default value Midi Port IRQ 5 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10 Default value CIR Port Address 310 Set CIR Port Address to 310 320 Set CIR Port Address to 320 Disabled Disable this function Default value CIR Port IRQ 5 Set CIR Port IRQ to 5 11 Set CIR Port IRQ to 11 Default value IDE DMA transfer access Enab...

Page 46: ...pe to S3 STR Suspend To RAM Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant off Press power button then power off instantly Default value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 seconds PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Disabled Disable this function Default value Enabled Enable PME as wa...

Page 47: ...o 5 characters to set the keyboard power on password Keyboard 98 If there is a POWER button on your keyboard you can press the key to power on your system KB Power ON Password When Power On by Keyboard set at Password you can set the password here Enter Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the password AC Back Function Soft Off Always in off state when AC back Default value...

Page 48: ...sing this INT RAID Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev12 Func 0 PnP PCI Configurations PCI 3 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 3 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 3 PCI 4 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 4 Default value 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 4 PCI 1 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1 5 Default value...

Page 49: ...EM FAN Speed RPM Detect CPU power system fan speed status automatically CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Don t monitor current temperature 60o C 140o F Monitor CPU temperature at 60o C 140o F 70o C 158o F Monitor CPU temperature at 70o C 158o F 80o C 176o F Monitor CPU temperature at 80o C 176o F 90o C 194o F Monitor CPU temperature at 90o C 194o F CPU POWER SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Fan wa...

Page 50: ...s HT Link required Default value 0 1v Increase HT Link voltage 0 1V 0 2v Increase HT Link voltage 0 2V 0 3v Increase HT Link voltage 0 3V DDR voltage control Normal Supply DDR voltage as DDR required Default value 0 1v Increase DDR voltage 0 1V 0 2v Increase DDR voltage 0 2V CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CPU OverClock in MHz 200 AGP OverClock ...

Page 51: ...lth Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit F3 Change Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Select Language Top Performance Select Language Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system set Top Performance as Enabled Disabled Disable this function Default ...

Page 52: ... allows you to specify two separate passwords SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu yo...

Page 53: ...4 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit F3 Change Language F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Top Performance Select Language Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Ty...

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Page 55: ...internetand update it Not like the other BIOS update software it s a Windows utility With the help of BIOS BIOS updating is no more than a click Besides no matter which mainboard you are using if it s a Gigabyte s product BIOS help you to maintain the BIOS This utility could detect your correct mainboard model and help you to choose the BIOS accordingly It then downloads the BIOS from the nearest ...

Page 56: ...ramming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1 33 Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 39SF040 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 39SF040 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Keep DMI Data Enable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Update Main BIOS from Floppy Update Backup BIOS from Floppy Sav...

Page 57: ...t to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS setting please press Del key when the boot screen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On Error set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait...

Page 58: ...n the A drive insert the BIOS diskette then Press Enter to Run Where XXXX XX is name of the BIOS file XXXX XX 512K Total Size 1 39M Free Size 911 50K F5 Refresh DEL Delete ESC Return Main 1 File s found COPY BIOS Completed Pass Please press any key to continue Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy In the A drive insert the floppy disk then Press Enter to Run Congratulate you have acc...

Page 59: ...orrupt or damaged for various reasons the backup BIOS will be automatically used when the system pow ered On Your PC will operate as before the main BIOS was damaged and is completely transparent to the user II Q Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOS technology Answer In today s systems there are more and more BIOS failures The most common reasons are virus attacks BIOS upgrade failures...

Page 60: ...t commercial products on the market do not have solutions to guard against this type of virus intrusion The DualBIOS technology will provide a state of the art solution to protect your PC Case I Vicious computer viruses may wipe out your entire system BIOS With a conventional single system BIOS PC the PC will not be functional until it is sent for repairs Case II If the Auto Recovery option is ena...

Page 61: ...board e System will automatically download and update the BIOS 2 Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file d Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as K8NSU939 E1 e Complete update process following the instruction 3 1 3 Click 3 4 2 1 ...

Page 62: ...pported Note a In method I if it shows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboard s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the system unbooted b In method II be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot c In method I if the BIOS file you need cannot be found i...

Page 63: ...the stereo speakers or earphone to Line Out STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function The installation of windows 98SE 2K ME XP is very simple Please follow next step to install the function Line Out STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and select 2CH...

Page 64: ...Line In STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration and select the UAJ Function Then click on the left selection bar and select 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuration STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function Line Out Line In ...

Page 65: ...bwoofer chan nels to MIC In 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 2 Following installation of the audio driver you find a icon a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration and select the UAJ Function Then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration Line Out Line In...

Page 66: ...t offers R L surround center subwoofer output and rear surround STEP 2 Connect the Surround Kit to the SUR_CEN connector located on the motherboard STEP 3 There are two methods of 8 channel audio configuration Method 1 Connect the front channels to the LINE OUT port located on the audio panel and the rear channels to the Surround Kit REAR R L port Connect the center subwoofer channels to the Surro...

Page 67: ...n the left selection bar and select 8CH Speaker to complete 8 channel audio configuration Sound Effect Configuration At the sound effect menu users can adjust sound option settings as desired Method 2 Connect the front channels to the LINE OUT port located on the audio panel and the rear channels to the LINE IN port Connect the center subwoofer channels to the MIC IN port located on the audio pane...

Page 68: ...t device to the rear bracket of PC and fix it with screw 2 Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard A SPDIF output device is available on the motherboard Cable with rear bracket is provided and could link to the SPDIF output connector As picture For the further linkage to decoder rear bracket pro vides coaxial cable and Fiber connecting port ...

Page 69: ...ne In jack speakers earphone or others output devices to Line Out jack and micro phone to MIC In jack Jack Sensing includes 2 parts AUTO and MANUAL Following is an example for 2 channels Windows XP Auto detecting Jack Sensing provides audio connectors error detection function Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices prope...

Page 70: ...ut as right picture UAJ Introduction UAJ Universal Audio Jack has a very smart feature It will switch signal automatically when user plugs his audio device to the wrong jack Line in Line out That means users do not need to worry the audio device should be plug in Line in or Line out jack the device will work perfectly after UAJ is activated You can click UAJ Automatic button to enable UAJ function...

Page 71: ...turn boot manager to NTFS format How to use the Xpress Recovery 1 Boot from CD ROM BMP Mode Enter the BIOS menu select Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive then save and exit the BIOS menu Once the computer has restarted the phrase Boot from CD will appear at the bottom left hand corner of the screen When Boot from CD appears press any ...

Page 72: ...01C 00 F9 For Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery V1 0 C Copy Right 2003 GIGABYTE Technology CO Ltd 1 Execute Backup Utility 2 Execute Restore Utility 3 Remove Backup Image 4 Set Password 5 Exit and Restart 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD ROM you can enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key 2 System storage capacity as well as drive reading writin...

Page 73: ...k to factory default or press Esc to exit Restores backup image to original state 3 Remove Backup Image Remove backup image Are you sure Y N Remove the backup image 4 Set Password Please input a 4 16 character long password a z or 0 9 or press Esc to exit You can set a password to enter Xpress Recovery to protect your hard disk data Once this is done password input will be required to enter Xpress...

Page 74: ...s it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure ...

Page 75: ...please visit our website at http www gigabyte com tw Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVRAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After rebooting your computer wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior ...

Page 76: ... values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array D...

Page 77: ...o view and verify details The Array Detail screen appears The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back ...

Page 78: ...ipsets should be listed on the screen Refer to Fig 2 please select the proper chipset model Fig 1 Fig 2 Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk After you complete the steps boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from HDDs in serial ATA controller press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up then supply ser...

Page 79: ...Technical Reference 79 English ...

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Page 81: ...s page shows the drivers that need to be installed for the system Click each item to install the driver manually or switch to the to install the drivers automatically The Xpress Install uses the Click and Go technology to install the drivers automatically Just select the drivers you want then click the GO button The will execute the installation for you automatically We recommend that you install ...

Page 82: ... Silicon Image RAID Driver Serial ATA RAID driver for Silicon Image nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver For nVIDIA USB 2 0 enhanced host controller Item Description Driver installation finished You have to reboot system For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack After install Windows Service Pack it will show a question mark in Universal Serial Bus controller und...

Page 83: ...g functions DMI Viewer Windows based utility which is used to browse the DMI SMBIOS information of the system Face Wizard New utility for adding BIOS logo BIOS Gigabyte windows flash BIOS utility Acrobat e Book Useful utility from Adobe Acrobat Reader Popular utility from Adobe for reading PDF file format documents Norton Internet Security NIS Integrated utility which includes anti virus ads etc D...

Page 84: ...board English SOFTWARE INFORMATION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title HARDWARE INFORMATION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard CONTACT US Please see the last page for details ...

Page 85: ...go through some rather different steps in the installation process Therefore we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual at our website Please download it at http tw giga byte com support user_pdf raid_manual pdf Question 5 How do I clear CMOS Answer If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual If your board doesn t have such j...

Page 86: ...ilure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad Question 11 For the M B which have RAID function how to set in the BIOS in order to bootup from IDE3 4 by either RAID or A...

Page 87: ...cy ratio voltage and etc are set properly Failure has been excluded Check if the CPU cooling fan attached to CPU properly ls CPU cooling fan power connected to CPU_FAN properly Plug the CPU cooling fan power in the CPU fan connector Plug in the AC power connector Check if the memory install properly into the DIMM slot Yes No Yes Insert and push t h e m e m o r y module vertically into the DIMM slo...

Page 88: ... com tw The appropriate response will be provided ASAP Is memory LED on and CPU fan running The problem could be caused by power s u p p l y C P U memory or CPU memory socket itself Check if there is display Perhaps your VGA card VGA slot or monitor is defective Turn off the system Reboot after keyboard and mouse have been plugged in Check if keyboard is working properly It is possible that your k...

Page 89: ...o Contact Person E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Model name Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device Problem Description ...

Page 90: ...NR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI Desktop Management Interface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM Dual Retention Mechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ESD Electrostatic Disch...

Page 91: ...e MHz Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MTH Memory Translator Hub MPT Memory Protocol Translator NIC Network Interface Card OS Operating System OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI Special Circumstance Instructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Sta...

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