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GA-K8NSC-939

AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 1003
12ME-K8NSC939-1003

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Page 1: ...GA K8NSC 939 AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1003 12ME K8NSC939 1003...

Page 2: ...Feb 23 2005 Motherboard GA K8NSC 939 Motherboard GA K8NSC 939 Feb 23 2005...

Page 3: ...ct to change without prior notice Product Manual Classification In order to assist in the use of this product Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following For quick installation please re...

Page 4: ...5 Installation of Expansion Cards 16 1 6 I O Back Panel Introduction 17 1 7 ConnectorsIntroduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 29 The Main Menu Example BIOS Version E1 30 2 1 Standard CMOS Features 32 2 2...

Page 5: ...ion 48 3 4 HardwareInformation 49 3 5 Contact Us 49 Chapter 4 Appendix 51 4 1 Unique Software Utilities 51 4 1 1 Xpress Recovery Introduction 51 4 1 2 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 54 4 1 3 Serial AT...

Page 6: ...EC IR_CIR IT8712 nVIDIA nForceTM 3 250Gb 250 Ultra BIOS PCI1 PCI2 F_USB2 F_USB1 SATA1_SB SATA0_SB BATTERY ATX IDE2 FDD CLR_CMOS SYS_FAN GA K8NSC 939 KB_MS Socket 939 AUDIO COMB LPT USB USB LAN F_AUDIO...

Page 7: ...us nVIDIA nForceTM 3 250Gb 250 Ultra DDR 400 333 266 200MHz DIMM 24MHz 33MHz IT8712 2 Serial ATA ATA33 66 100 133 IDE Channels CODEC Line In PCICLK 33MHz 5 PCI PCI Bus Marvell 8001 RJ45 8 USB Ports Du...

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Page 9: ...motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To prevent...

Page 10: ...upporting Normal EPP ECP mode 2 serial ports COMA COMB 8 USB 2 0 1 1 ports rear x 4 front x 4 via cable 1 front audio connector 1 IR CIR connector 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 PS 2 mouse port Onboard LAN On...

Page 11: ...SATA1_SB Supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 or striping mirroring RAID 0 1 function Supports data transfer rate of up to 150 MB s Supports a maximum of 2 SATA connections BIOS Use of licen...

Page 12: ...specifications please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU Check the processor pins to see that none are...

Page 13: ...at dissipation or using extreme care when removing the heat sink Fig 1 Before installing the heat sink please first add an even layer of heat sink paste on the surface of the CPU Install all the heat...

Page 14: ...one direction If you are unable to insert the module please switch the direction 1 4 Installation of Memory The motherboard supports DDR memory modules whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory c...

Page 15: ...o DIMM sockets of the same color 3 To enable Dual Channel mode with 4 memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed The following is a Dual Channel Mem...

Page 16: ...e the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if n...

Page 17: ...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 fo...

Page 18: ...on 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX Power Connector 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN 5 NB_FAN 6 FDD 7 IDE1 IDE2 8 SATA0_SB SATA1_SB 9 PWR_LED 10 F_PANEL 11 F_AUDIO 12 CD_IN 13 SUR_CEN 14 SPDIF_IO 15 F_USB1 F_USB2 16 IR_CIR 17 CLR_...

Page 19: ...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 t...

Page 20: ...on 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...

Page 21: ...t two IDE devices please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on settings please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device 6 FDD FDD Connector Th...

Page 22: ...l blink when the system enters suspend mode Pin No Definition 1 MPD 2 MPD 3 MPD 1 8 SATA0_SB SATA1_SB Serial ATA Connector Serial ATA can provide up to 150MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS s...

Page 23: ...SPEAK MSG MSG PW PW SPEAK Message LED Power Sleep LED Power Switch Speaker Connector IDE Hard Disk Active LED Reset Switch HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPEAK Spea...

Page 24: ...nts for the front audio 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 connecto...

Page 25: ...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 caref...

Page 26: ...9 No Pin 10 NC 1 2 9 10 16 IR_CIR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is align with pin one the connector To enable the IR CIR function you are required to purchase an optional IR CIR module To use...

Page 27: ...Open Normal Short Clear CMOS 1 1 18 BATTERY Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batter...

Page 28: ...GA K8NSC 939 Motherboard 28 English...

Page 29: ...ting system BIOS is a Windows based utility that does not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS Move to select item En...

Page 30: ...his setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage fan speed MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio Top Performance If you wish to maximize the...

Page 31: ...s you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Set User Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to...

Page 32: ...orrect settings Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto IDE Channel 2 3 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select...

Page 33: ...is Enabled 720K 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity 1 44M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Su...

Page 34: ...Disabled Disable this function 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 Enabl...

Page 35: ...cally 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 is supported by the AGP card 4X Set AGP transfer rate t...

Page 36: ...CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Press Enter On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Host Controller V1 1...

Page 37: ...Default value SATA Secndry Master RAID Enabled Enable 2nd SATA RAID function Disabled Disable this function Default value On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default va...

Page 38: ...will automatically setup the port 2 address 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 Default value 3E8 IRQ4 Enable o...

Page 39: ...IOS Setup 39 English CIR Port IRQ 5 Set CIR Port IRQ to 5 11 Set CIR Port IRQ to 11 Default value IDE DMA transfer Enabled Detect the IDE UDMA automatically Default value Disabled Disable this functio...

Page 40: ...e Enable USB device wake up system from S3 suspend type Resume by Alarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to enabled and key in Date Time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default value...

Page 41: ...P 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 PC...

Page 42: ...Disable this function Default value CPU SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning Disabled Disable CPU SYSTEM fan fail warning function Default value Enabled Enable CPU SYSTEM fan fail warning function CMOS Setup Utili...

Page 43: ...25V step Default value Normal Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU normal Vcore voltage AGP voltage control Normal Set AGP voltage as AGP required Default value 0 1v Increase AGP voltage 0 1V 0 2v Increa...

Page 44: ...ures Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit KLJI Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults...

Page 45: ...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 a...

Page 46: ...Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit KLJI Select Item F8 Q Flash F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Data Top Performance Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup E...

Page 47: ...o technology to install the drivers automatically Just select the drivers you want then click the GO button The Xpress Install will execute the installation for you automatically Some device drivers w...

Page 48: ...pplication This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software you can choose anyone you want and press install to install them 3 3 Software Information This page lists the...

Page 49: ...Drivers Installation 49 English 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details...

Page 50: ...GA K8NSC 939 Motherboard 50 English...

Page 51: ...hen using Ghost to return 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...

Page 52: ...r Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key 2 System storage capacity as well as drive reading writing speed will affect backup speed 3 It is recommended that Xpress Recovery be immediately...

Page 53: ...actory 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 charac...

Page 54: ...elow are separated into two parts If your motherboard has dual BIOS please refer to Part One If your motherboard has single BIOS please refer to Part Two Part One Updating BIOS with Q FlashTM Utility...

Page 55: ...he names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Task menu for Q Flash utility C...

Page 56: ...previously downloaded to the floppy disk If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save Main BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and p...

Page 57: ...F004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Load Ma...

Page 58: ...grated 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 Time Date Hard Disk...

Page 59: ...to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file...

Page 60: ...atically after you exit Q Flash Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Are you...

Page 61: ...ame on your motherboard e System will automatically download and update the BIOS II Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All Fil...

Page 62: ...d 2 Note I 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 I...

Page 63: ...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 128KB RAID 0 d...

Page 64: ...rd Technology Guide section on our website at http www gigabyte com tw to read or download the information you need Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID...

Page 65: ...ks 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 RAI...

Page 66: ...data Y YES N NO NVIDIA RAID Utility May 10 2004 Array List Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name BBS 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 111 79G Press Y if...

Page 67: ...Striping Block Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 1 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111 79GB 1 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111 79GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return If you want to mark th...

Page 68: ...r and right click the CD ROM icon This procedure assumes Drive D and select Open Then you will see folders and files contained in the driver CD Double click the BootDrv folder icon and select MENU exe...

Page 69: ...o driver you ll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function Line Out STEP 3 Click Speaker Configuration then click on the left selection bar and sele...

Page 70: ...lick 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 4CH Speaker to complete 4 channel audio configuratio...

Page 71: ...k Speaker Configuration and select the UAJ Function Then click on the left selection bar and select 6CH Speaker to complete 6 channel audio configuration 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 Connect the Front...

Page 72: ...e rear channels to the Surround Kit REAR R L port Connect the center subwoofer channels to the Surround Kit SUB CENTER and the R L channels to the Surround Kit SUR BACK port 8 Channel Audio Setup requ...

Page 73: ...rt This method requires UAJ function STEP 4 Following installation of the audio driver you ll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar Click the icon to select the function STEP 5 Clic...

Page 74: ...e SPDIF decoder Note If you want to use both of the 8 channel audio function and SPDIF out function you may buy the Audio Combo Kit refer to the 8 channel Audio Setup section A SPDIF_IO connector is a...

Page 75: ...and MANUAL Following pictures are in Windows XP Introduction of audio connectors You may connect CDROM Walkman or others audio input devices to Line In jack speakers earphone or others output devices...

Page 76: ...election to set 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 us...

Page 77: ...again and turn on power 6 Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail Safe Defaults or load Optimized Defaults 7 Save changes and reboot the system Question 4 Why do I still get a weak sound after turning u...

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