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CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Introduction .................................................................... 1

Key Features .................................................................. 2

Chapter 2

Installation Instructions.........................................................4

External Connectors ............................................................5

PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connector ................................... 5

USB1, USB2,USB3 ,USB4 and LAN Connectors ............... 5

Parallel Port , Serial Port Connectors(COM1) and SPDIF OUT

Connector ...................................................................... 5

IEEE 1394 Port(optional) .................................................. 5

Line-in jack, Mic-in jack and Speaker-out jack ................... 6

6-Channel Audio(available on -6A mainboard) .................. 6

8-Channel Audio(available on -8A mainboard) .................. 6

Dual channel introduce.........................................................7

ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors & Power Switch ...... 9

Hard Disk LED Connector ( HD_LED ) ............................... 9

Reset Switch ( RESET ) .................................................. 9

Power LED Connector( PWR_LED ) ................................. 10

Fan Connectors( CPU_FAN , SYS_FAN and NF4_FAN) .... 10

USB5_6; USB7_8;USB9_10 ............................................. 11

Infrared Header ( IrDA ) ................................................... 11

Audio Connectors(CD_IN)(optional) ................................. 12

Front IEEE 1394 port(1394)(optional).................................. 12

Onboard SATA(SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) .............. 12

Wake_Up On LAN(WOL)(optional) ................................... 13

Wake_Up On Intelnal Modem(WOM)(optional) ................... 13

Audio Interface(F_AUDIO) ............................................... 14

Jumper Settings ..................................................................15

Clear CMOS(CLR_CMOS)....................................................15

BIOS-Protection Jumper(BIOS_WP).....................................16

Enable Front Panel USB Device Wake_up Function(JFUSB)

(optional)..............................................................................16

Summary of Contents for K8N4 Series

Page 1: ...ntial damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages All trademarks are the property of their respec tive owners If you need any further information please visit our web site www qd...

Page 2: ...2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3...

Page 3: ...ct Mainboard Manufacturer QDI TECHNOLOGY HK Inc Address 23Floor Lincoln House Taikoo Place 979 King s Road Quarry Bay HONG KONG Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC R...

Page 4: ...d 6 Dual channel introduce 7 ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors Power Switch 9 Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED 9 Reset Switch RESET 9 Power LED Connector PWR_LED 10 Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN and NF4_...

Page 5: ...CONTENTS Chapter 3 BIOSDescription 17 AWDFLASH EXE 18 AWARD BIOS Description 19 Appendix QDI UtilityCD 30 Using 4 6 ChannelAudio 40 Layout...

Page 6: ...n cards RAM or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged Note This manual is suitable for K8N4 K8N4U series of mainboards Each mainboard is carefully designe...

Page 7: ...es together withAC 97 audio 10 USB 2 0 4 SATA andATA133 100 66 33 give customers an advanced multimedia solution at reasonable price It provides HyperTransportTM tech nology to support AMD Socket 939...

Page 8: ...ble on L mainboard 1000M available on K mainboard LAN interface built in on board USB 2 0 USB 2 0 compliant operates at 480Mbps about 40X times faster than USB 1 1 Provides 10 USB 2 0 ports Onboard I...

Page 9: ...rtsIDECDROM USBbootup IEEE 1394 Port Optional Supports two IEEE 1394a port Green function optional Supports ACPI power status S0 full on S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 suspend to Disk depend...

Page 10: ...ut chart for locations of all jumpers external connectors slots and I O ports Furthermore this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments for your reference The par ticular state of the jum...

Page 11: ...connector Parallel Port Serial Port Connectors COM1 and SPDIF Connector The parallelport connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer The serial port COM1 connector can be connec...

Page 12: ...to the Front speskers the Back Left Right jack can be connected to the rear speakers and the Center Woofer jack can be connected to the center speaker and woofer Microphone function is offered by F_A...

Page 13: ...dual channel DDR DIMM1 DIMM2 is a combination DIMM3 DIMM4 is the other combination The following figure illustrates the dual channel DDR installation 1 two same memory DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM1 DI...

Page 14: ...InstallationInstructions K8N4 K8N4U 8 2 four same memory DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4...

Page 15: ...system powers down A Note POWER SW 1 12V Power Supply Connector 12V 12V GND GND ATXPowerSupplyConnector 1 PW OK 5V 5VSB 3 3V 3 3V GND 12V 12V PS ON 5V 3 3V ATX 12V Power Supply Connector Power Switch...

Page 16: ...an orientation Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN and NF4_FAN The fan speed of these three fans can be detected and viewed in PC Health section of theCMOSSETUP POWER LED HD LED HDD LED HDD LED G N D RESE...

Page 17: ...itional six USB ports Infrared Header IrDA This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device Before using this function configure the settings for IR Address IR Mode and IR IRQ from t...

Page 18: ...port on the back panel the mainboard also have one 10 pin headers on board to provide additional IEEE 1394 port 1394 Onboard SATA SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 The mainboard provides four Serial ATA connec...

Page 19: ...ystem once to make sure this function takes effect WOL optional Signal for waking up 5Vstandby GND 1 Wake Up On Internal Modem WOM optional Through this function the system which is in the suspend or...

Page 20: ...FrontAudio is available the RearAudio in case speakers will be cut off An onboard amplifier is provided for the earphone When the FrontAudio is absent Pin5 and Pin6 Pin9and Pin10 must be short connect...

Page 21: ...ll be shown as to represent pin1 pin2 1 2 closed and to represent pin2 pin3 2 3 closed Jumper Symbol Description Represent 1 2 set pin1 and pin2 closed 2 3 set pin2 and pin3 closed close set the pins...

Page 22: ...ng DMI information impossible Therefore set BIOS_WP as open when changing the system hardware configuration or the error message Unknown Flash Type will be displayed on the screen and DMI information...

Page 23: ...ARD BIOS Setup program that provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration The information is stored in CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information even if the power is t...

Page 24: ...8 60aq from the directory Utility located on QDI Utility CD to your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http www qdigrp com Please be sure to download the suitable...

Page 25: ...Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Setup The basic CMOS settings included in Standard CMOS Features a...

Page 26: ...OMP write pre compensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode QDI Innovation Features This section describes QDI innovation EASY technology Advanced BIOS Features This se...

Page 27: ...etup freely PASSWORD DISABLED If you have selected System in Security Option of BIOS Features Setup menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to ente...

Page 28: ...isabled PC boot in the legacy BIOS way LogoEasyII Setting Show Bootup Logo Enabled The EPA logo can be shown when system boots show up Disabled Close this function RecoveryEasyII Setting Menu language...

Page 29: ...mer Vid Control startup Set CPU voltage 1 550V 0 825V BIOS ProtectEasy Setting BIOS Protect Enabled This option is for protecting the system Disabled BIOS when enabled writing to BIOS area is to be di...

Page 30: ...ority Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Enter to set hard disk boot priority CD ROM Boot Priority Press Enter Enter to set CDROM boot priority First Second Third Disabled Select your boot device pri...

Page 31: ...em Option Description ACPI function Enabled Enable ACPI function Disabled Disable this function ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Select the ACPI suspend type S3 STR S1 S3 Power on by Alarm Enabled Enable powe...

Page 32: ...mode Auto The IDE PIO mode is defined by auto detection OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Enable onchip IDE channel1 Disabled Invalidate this feature Primary Secondary Auto Ultra DMA mode will be enabled i...

Page 33: ...ature IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Allow IDE HDD to read write several sectors once Disabled IDE HDD only reads writes a sector once Power On Function Password Power on with keyboard password Hotkey Pow...

Page 34: ...tocol with maxi SCR mum baudrate up to 57600bps UR2 Duplex Mode Half Full Default is recommended Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Define parallel port address and IRQ 278 IRQ5 channel 3BC IRQ7 Disabled...

Page 35: ...g Item Option Description Shutdown Temperature 600 C 1400 F The system will shut down automatically 650 C 1490 F under the ACPI OS when the CPU 700 C 1580 F temperature reaches the previous setting 75...

Page 36: ...and you need to restart your computer until all the drivers are installed A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Audio Driver optional D DirectX 2 Accessory A QFlashV1 0 optional 3 Browse CD Y...

Page 37: ...hics including DOS WINDOWS9X WINDOWSNT WINDOWSMEandWINDOWSXP BIOS provides you with a set of basic values for your processor selection instead of the jumper settings The processor speed can be manuall...

Page 38: ...kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot Prozess abschlie en Bei nderungen am System beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors muss deshalb zuvor die BootEasy Funktiondeaktiviert w...

Page 39: ...ocesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el conector de su placa base QDI K8N4 K8N4U marcado como CPUFAN 6 Inserte los m dulosde memoria en los bancosde memoria DIMMde suplaca b...

Page 40: ...ecuencia de inicio correcta para que el sistema operativo pueda iniciarse 5 Despu s de la instalaci n del sistema operativo aseg rese que no hay conflictos con ning n dispositivo de su sistema 6 Enton...

Page 41: ...ux vis fournies avec cette derni re lors de son achat 4 S assurer que la carte m re de la s rie QDI K8N4 K8N4U est mat riellement correctement configur e pour cela v rifier que les cavaliers ins r s s...

Page 42: ...ateur Installation du syst me 1 D marrer le syst me en pressant l interrupteur de fonctionnement de l unit centrale de l ordinateur 2 Presser la touche Suppr du clavier afin d entrer dans le menu de B...

Page 43: ...espectant l ordre pr d finit et de red marrer le syst me apr s avoir effectu l installation de tous les pilotes Applications contenues dans le dossier A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Aud...

Page 44: ...ssa sul cavo deve essere inserita nellapposito connettore in corispondezza del pin 1 9 Conettere la mainboard con il cavo di alimentazione proveniente dall alimentatore il connettore dell interuttore...

Page 45: ...lla Vs mainboard in modo facile e veloce Dovreste installare i driver nella seguente succesione finito cio bisogna far ripartire il personal computer A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Audi...

Page 46: ...nnel Audio Function You can start to use the 4 6 channel audio function After the driver is installed completely The first you can connect 4 or 6 speakers to the audio output connector Then open utili...

Page 47: ...N4U 41 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration Line Out Front channels Line Out Rear Channels Line Out Center Su...

Page 48: ...e audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 3 Click the Speaker Configura...

Page 49: ...fails to sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker The following window appears 1 Click the audio icon from...

Page 50: ...function is applied only for 2 channel audio opera tion so make sure channel mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window...

Page 51: ...isplaythe RealtekAudio ControlPanel Sound Effect Options The audio allows you to set your listening enviorment adjust the equlizer set the karaoke or select pre programmed equalizer settings for your...

Page 52: ...3 click the Exit button on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit Speaker Configuration The option allows you to set your speaker configuration To set the speaker configuration 1 from the R...

Page 53: ...on on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit General settings The option shows the audio settings and allows you to change the language setting or topple the SoundEffect icon display on the...

Page 54: ...microphone effect To start the microphone effect 1 from the Realtek Audio Control Panel click the microphone effect button 2 you can set microphone effect Noise Suppression or Stered Microphone 3 clic...

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