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NI8 SLI Series

 

Intel Pentium 4 System Board   

Socket 775 

 

User’s Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

4200-0460-05 

Rev. 1.02 

 

Содержание NI8 SLI Series

Страница 1: ...NI8 SLI Series Intel Pentium 4 System Board Socket 775 User s Manual 4200 0460 05 Rev 1 02 ...

Страница 2: ... or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual ...

Страница 3: ...der 2 12 6 AudioMAX Slot 2 13 7 Front Panel Audio Connection Header 2 15 8 Internal Audio Connector 2 15 9 Front Panel Switches Indicators Headers 2 16 10 Additional USB Port Headers 2 17 11 Status Indicator 2 17 12 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 18 13 POST Code Display 2 19 14 Serial ATA Connectors 2 20 15 PCI Express x16 Slot 2 20 16 PCI Express x1 Slots 2 21 17 SLI Switchboard Slot 2 21...

Страница 4: ...nstall Silicon Image 3132 SATA Driver NI8 SLI C 1 Appendix D Install Silicon Image 3132 RAID Driver NI8 SLI D 1 Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver E 1 Appendix F Install uGuru Utility F 1 Appendix G Generate NVRaid Floppy Disk 32 bit 64 bit G 1 Appendix H Generate SIL3132Raid Floppy Disk 32 bit 64 bit NI8 SLI H 1 Appendix I POST Code Definition I 1 Appendix J Troubleshooting Need Assistance J 1 App...

Страница 5: ...f the PCI Express bus providing 60x the bandwidth of PCI 4 Memory Four 240 pin DIMM slots Un buffered Non ECC DIMM Supports dual channel DDR2 667 Max 8GB 5 ABIT Engineered ABIT uGuru Technology ABIT AudioMAX Technology ABIT CPU ThermalGuard Technology ABIT Q OTES Technology For model NI8 SLI only 6 NV SATA RAID Serial ATA 3Gb s data transfer rate Supports SATA AHCI providing native command queuing...

Страница 6: ...dioMAX slot 1x Floppy port supports up to 2 88MB 2x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 connectors 4x SATA connectors 2x SATA connectors For model NI8 SLI only 3x USB headers 12 Back Panel I O ABIT Silent OTES Technology For model NI8 SLI only 1x PS 2 keyboard 1x PS 2 mouse 4x USB connectors 1x RJ 45 LAN connector 13 Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Specifications and information contained herein a...

Страница 7: ...Introduction 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram User s Manual ...

Страница 8: ...1 4 Chapter 1 NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 9: ...le the best way to attach the board is to use studs Only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Line up the holes on the board with the mounting holes on the chassis If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert th...

Страница 10: ...ever to fully open position 3 Use your right thumb on the bottom right side of the load plate and lift it up to fully open position NOTE Intel 2 8G Dual Core CPU is not supported by NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition processors 4 Use your right thumb and forefinger to grasp the CPU package Be sure to grasp on the edge of the substrate and face the Pin 1 indicator toward the bottom left side Aim at t...

Страница 11: ...an assembly onto the socket Align the four fasteners toward the four mounting holes on the motherboard For detailed information on how to install your heatsink and fan assembly please refer to the instruction manual came packed with the heatsink and fan assembly you bought 10 Press each of the four fasteners down into the mounting holes 11 Rotate the fastener clock wise to lock the heatsink and fa...

Страница 12: ... memory modules from the same vendor Due to chipset resource allocation the system may detect less than 4GB of system memory in the installation of four 1GB DDR2 memory modules Due to chipset limitation 128MB DIMM modules or double sided x16 memory chips are not supported There are several methods of different DDR2 configurations depending on how the DIMMs are populated on each system memory chann...

Страница 13: ...B 512MB 256MB 10 256MB 512MB 256MB 512MB Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules 1 Locate the DIMM slot on the board 2 Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully keep away of touching its connectors 3 Align the notch key on the module with the rib on the slot 4 Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at both sides of t...

Страница 14: ...the SLI ready graphics cards into PCIEXP1 and PCIEXP2 slots NOTE When PCIEXP2 slot functions as a PCIE x1 slot under Normal mode insert the PCIE x1 card into the marked area of PCIEXP2 slot This motherboard is factory pre installed with an ABIT SLI switchboard By the default Normal mode this motherboard is set for one single graphics card operation To operate two graphics cards on this motherboard...

Страница 15: ...hboard Carefully pull the switchboard out of the slot 2 Flip the switchboard over to the side labeled with SLI Carefully insert the switchboard into the slot 3 Slightly push down the switchboard until the retention clip snap into places Make sure the switchboard is completely inserted into the slot 4 Insert the two graphics cards into PCIEXP1 and PCIEXP2 slots on the motherboard 5 There are goldfi...

Страница 16: ...I bracket and the graphics cards to the chassis with screws NOTE The OTES SLIpstream that packed in the package is optional Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide of the OTES SLIpstream if you wish to install it IMPORTANT Please disable the following items in BIOS setup while running under SLI mode All the FanEQ controls CPU NB SYS OTES and AUX FanEQ Control The system may be unstable withou...

Страница 17: ...therboard and or peripherals Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything 1 ATX Power Input Connectors This motherboard provides two power connectors to connect ATX12V power supplier NOTE This 24 pin power connector ATXPWR1 is compliant to the former 20 pin type Pay attention to the orientation when doing so Pin 11 12 23 and 24 should be left un connected NOTE For a h...

Страница 18: ...lled in your system CPUFAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector NBFAN1 Chipset Fan Power Connector SYSFAN1 System Fan Power Connector AUXFAN1 Auxiliary Fan Power Connector OTESFAN1 2 OTES Fan Power Connector WARNING These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 19: ...Normal operation Pin 2 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory WARNING Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before clearing the CMOS memory Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction 4 GURU Clock Connection Header This header is reserved for connecting ABIT s exclusive GURU Clock User s Manual ...

Страница 20: ...ort at USB port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB port USB PWR3 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB port USB PWR4 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB port USB PWR5 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up...

Страница 21: ... digital multimedia devices Line In Connects to the line out from external audio sources Mic In Connects to the plug from external microphone Line Out Connects to the front left and front right channel in the 7 1 channel or regular 2 channel audio system Cen Sub Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 7 1 channel audio system R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and r...

Страница 22: ...put 2 Remove the rubber protection cap at the other end Plug it into the Digital Out SPDIF Out jack on your digital multimedia device S PDIF Output Connection 1 Pull out the 3 5mm adapter at one end Keep this adapter with its protection cap covered in save place Plug the rest of this end into the SPDIF Out jack on this daughter card 2 Remove the rubber protection cap at the other end Plug it into ...

Страница 23: ...in Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 Audio Mic 2 Ground 3 Audio Mic Bias 4 VCC 5 Speaker Out Right Channel 6 Speaker Out Right Channel Return 7 X 8 NC 9 Speaker Out Left Channel 10 Speaker Out Left Channel Return 8 Internal Audio Connector This connector connects to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card User s Manual ...

Страница 24: ...on will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPKR Pin 13 15 17 19 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front panel...

Страница 25: ...gh an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications FP USB1 FP USB2 FP USB3 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 10 Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 NC 11 Status Indicator LED11 5VSB This LED lights up when the power supply is connected with power source User s Manual ...

Страница 26: ...DC1 port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your hard d...

Страница 27: ...e memory presence test is an important checkpoint and its POST Code is C1 When the BIOS execute any POST item it will write the corresponding POST Code into the address 80h If the POST passes the BIOS will process the next POST item and write the next POST Code into the address 80h If the POST fails we can check the POST Code in address 80h to find out where the problem lies This LED device also d...

Страница 28: ...RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 configuration for Serial ATA hard drives through the NVIDIA MCP 04 chipset For model NI8 SLI SATA5 and SATA6 provide through the Silicon Image 3132 SATA chipset you may configure a disk array by the Sil3132 SATA RAID Driver option ROM utility 15 PCI Express x16 Slot This slot is used to attach the next generation of graphics architecture NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 29: ...CI Express x1 Slots These slots are used to attach the next generation of I O architecture 17 SLI Switchboard Slot This slot and the pre installed ABIT SLI Switch set the graphic mode to either Normal or SLI mode User s Manual ...

Страница 30: ... NI8 SLI GR Mouse Connects to PS 2 mouse Keyboard Connects to PS 2 keyboard LAN1 Connects to Local Area Network USB1 USB2 Connects to USB devices such as scanner digital speakers monitor mouse keyboard hub digital camera joystick etc NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 31: ...Reset button on computer chassis Only when it failed by these two methods can you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility µGuru Utility PnP PCI Configurations Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Inte...

Страница 32: ...xternal Clock Auto Current External Clock Target External Clock X MEM Clock Auto Current MEM Clock Target MEM Clock X PCIE Clock Voltages Control Auto Detect X CPU Core Voltage 1 350V X DDR SDRAM Voltage 2 60V Power Cycle Statistics Press Enter Move Enter Select PU PD Value F8 On The Fly F10 Save ESC Exit Brand Name This item displays the CPU model name installed on this motherboard Frequency This...

Страница 33: ...ranty for the settings beyond specification any damage of any component on this motherboard or peripherals result therein is not our responsibility Multiplier Factor This item displays the multiplier factor for the CPU you installed External Clock This item selects the external clock frequency Due to the specification limit of the CPU you installed the speed you set over its standard bus speed is ...

Страница 34: ...F8 On The Fly F10 Save ESC Exit These items display the power cycle statistics for each element ABIT EQ Click right arrow key to switch from OC Guru setup menu to ABIT EQ setup menu µGuru Utility V0 09 OC Guru ABIT EQ Item Help ABIT EQ Beep Control Enabled Temperature Monitoring Press Enter Voltage Monitoring Press Enter Fan Speed Monitoring Press Enter FanEQ Control Press Enter Move Enter Select ...

Страница 35: ...re of CPU System and Power Module Shutdown Enable Use Space key to enable system shutdown function If the CPU System PWM s temperature exceeds the shutdown temperature limit the system would shutdown automatically Shutdown Temp This items sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function...

Страница 36: ...TX 5V 5 03V 6 00V 4 00V ATX 3 3V 3 39V 3 95V 2 65V ATX 5VSB 5 06V 6 00V 4 00V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit All Voltages These items display the voltage of each element Shutdown Enable Use Space key to enable system shutdown function If the voltage of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit the system would automatically shutdown Beep Enable Use Space key to...

Страница 37: ...ESC Exit CPU NB SYS AUX OTES FAN Speed These items display the speed of the fans connected to CPU NB SYS AUX and OTES FAN headers Shutdown Enable Use Space key to enable system shutdown function Once the system has detected that the fan speed is lower than the low limit value system will shutdown automatically Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the fan speed is lower tha...

Страница 38: ...s Enter OTES FanEQ Control Press Enter Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Click Enter key to enter its submenu µGuru Utility V0 09 OC Guru ABIT EQ CPU FanEQ Control CPU FanEQ Control Enabled Item Help Reference Temperature CPU Temperature Control Temperature High 65 C 149 F Control Temperature Low 35 C 95 F Fan PWM Duty Cycle High 100 Fan PWM Duty Cycle Low 30 Move Enter Select PU PD ...

Страница 39: ...ure High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control Fan PWM Duty Cycle High Low These items set the high and low limit of PWM duty cycle that you want to provide the fan with NOTE The value of high limit must be set above the one of low limit Click Enter key to enter its submenu µGuru Utility V0 09 OC Guru ABIT EQ NB FanEQ Control NB FanEQ Cont...

Страница 40: ... F DC Fan Voltage High 12 0V DC Fan Voltage Low 8 0V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Click Enter key to enter its submenu µGuru Utility V0 09 OC Guru ABIT EQ AUX FanEQ Control AUX1 FanEQ Control Enabled Item Help Reference Temperature SY Temper S ature Control Temperature High 65 C 149 F Control Temperature Low 35 C 95 F DC Fan Voltage High 12 0V DC Fan Voltage Low 8 0V Move Enter ...

Страница 41: ...EQ Control When set to Enabled these items control the NB SYS AUX OTES fan speed by the following setting combinations NOTE Please disable all the FanEQ control items NB SYS OTES and AUX FanEQ Control while running under SLI mode Reference Temperature This item selects the reference point for taking temperature among the available options of CPU SYS and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Te...

Страница 42: ...lave None IDE Channel 2 Master None IDE Channel 3 Master None IDE Channel 4 Master None IDE Channel 5 Master None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Halt On All But keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1046520K Total Memory 1047552K Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Date mm dd yy This item sets the date you specify...

Страница 43: ...ly IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave Extended IDE Drive When set to Auto the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using If you want to define your own drive by yourself set it to Manual and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters Please refer to the instruction manual provided by the device s manufacturer to get the setting right Acc...

Страница 44: ...ver the BIOS detect a non fatal error No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error detected All But Keyboard The system boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error All But Diskette The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error All But Disk Key The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or keyboard error Base Memory This item displays the amount...

Страница 45: ...ol For OS 1 4 Delay For HDD Secs 0 Full Screen LOGO Show Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Feature Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Thermal Management Thermal Monitor1 Item Help Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled C1E Function Enabled Execute Disabl...

Страница 46: ...mize the power and performance balance of the processor and system based on demand Back to Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Hyper Threading Technology This item is used to enable the functionality of the processor with Hyper Threading Technology and will appear only when using such processor The Hyper Threading Technology helps your PC work more efficiently by maximizing processor resources and e...

Страница 47: ... number keys Off The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys Security Option This item determines when the system will prompt for password every time the system boots or only when enters the BIOS setup Setup The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup System The password is required each time the computer boots up NOTE Don t forget your password If you forget the password you will h...

Страница 48: ...cast Aperture Auto LDT Frequency 4X Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Memory Timings Two options are available Optimal Expert The default setting is Optimal Choose Optimal for better memory compatibility choose Expert for user define SLI Broadcast Aperture This item allows you to control the SLI Broadcast ...

Страница 49: ...eral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Device Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onchip IDE Device RAID Config Press Enter Item Help OnChip IDE 1 Controller Enabled OnChip IDE 2 Controller Enabled IDE Bus Master Enabled Serial ATA 1 2 Enabled Serial ATA 3 4 Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1...

Страница 50: ...6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RAID Enable This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE RAID function IDE1 2 Master Slave RAID Serial ATA 1 2 RAID Select the disks that you want to use as RAID disks OnChip IDE 1 Controller This item selects whether to enable or disable the IDE 1 controller OnChip IDE 2 Controller This item selects whether to enable or disable the IDE 2 controller ...

Страница 51: ...ues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip USB This option enables or disables the USB controller USB Keyboard Support Via This item allows you to select BIOS for using USB keyboard in DOS environment or OS in OS environment OnChip Audio Controller This item allows you to control the audio controller OnChip Lan Controller This item allows you to control the Lan controller LAN Boot ROM ...

Страница 52: ...revious Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnBoard SATA Controller This option enables or disables the SATA controller SATA Mode This item determines the mode for SATA IDE The onboard SATA served as IDE Mode RAID The onboard SATA served as RAID Mode Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Onboard FDC Controller Two options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is...

Страница 53: ... to Enabled this item allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state This item can be configured only if the item ACPI Suspend Type is set to S3 STR NOTE To enable this Resume by USB From S3 function the wake up header of USB PWR1 USB PWR2 USB PWR3 USB PWR4 and USB PWR5 must be set to Enabled position Please refer to the configuration of Wake up Heade...

Страница 54: ... this option then press Enter Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm and then press Enter Hot KEY Use any of the function keys between F1 to F12 to power on the system Mouse Left Double click the mouse left button to power on the system Mouse Right Double click the mouse right button to power on the system Any KEY Use any keyboard keys to ...

Страница 55: ... You must press the Power button to power on the system Power On When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power will be powered on automatically Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If ...

Страница 56: ...1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Init Display First This item selects which display slot to be initialized first when the system boots PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI PCIEx When the system boots it will first initialize PCIE Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto...

Страница 57: ...ned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI VGA Maximum P...

Страница 58: ...s the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 10 Set Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself 3 11 Save Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu 3 12 Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any changes NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 59: ...creen shots in this section are based on Windows XP operating system For those of other OS please follow its on screen instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Driv...

Страница 60: ...A 2 Appendix A 6 Click Next 7 Click Next 8 Click Next 9 Click Next 10 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 61: ... program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Realtek Audio Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup 3 After the system restarted a shortcut icon appears a...

Страница 62: ...nsmitted from the real time digital audio signal in play mode only ex mp3 wav Output digital and analog The signal will be transmitted via both the digital audio signal ex mp3 wav and the analog signal ex CD in simultaneously Enable Real time S PDIF In Monitor option under this mode will transmit the signals from S PDIF In in real time with other signals S PDIF In to S PDIF Out pass through mode T...

Страница 63: ...instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Silicon Image 3132 SATA Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Choose Yes I want to restart m...

Страница 64: ...C 2 Appendix C NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 65: ...er Utility CD into CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Silicon Image 3132 RAID Driver The following screen appears NOTE To install this program you have to enable the item RAID first in th...

Страница 66: ...D 2 Appendix D 5 Click Finish 6 Check the item I accept the license agreement Click Next to go on next step 7 Click Next 8 Click Finish 9 Click Finish NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 67: ...Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver NOTE To install the USB 2 0 Driver for Windows XP Windows 2000 you have to download the latest SP2 service pack 2 SP4 service pack 4 or later version first from Microsoft s web site User s Manual ...

Страница 68: ...E 2 Appendix E NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 69: ...iver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Abit Utility tab Click uGuru Utility The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next 3 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click ...

Страница 70: ...F 2 Appendix F NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 71: ... other OS please follow its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Abit Utility tab Click Generate NVRaid Floppy Disk The following screen appears 1 Inse...

Страница 72: ...G 2 Appendix G NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 73: ... For those of other OS please follow its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Abit Utility tab Click Generate SIL3132Raid Floppy Disk The following scr...

Страница 74: ...H 2 Appendix H NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 75: ...terface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0E Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10 Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 12 Use walking 1 s algorit...

Страница 76: ...according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 2B Invoke Video BIOS 2D 1 Initialize double byte language font Optional 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed full screen logo 33 Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e g Winbond 977 series Super I O chips See also POST 63 35 Test DMA Channel 0 37 Test DMA Channel 1 39 Test DMA ...

Страница 77: ...ard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6F 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75 Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76 Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77 Detect serial ports parallel ports 7A Detect install co processor 7C Init HDD write protect 7F Switch bac...

Страница 78: ...nable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen display summary table 7 Program K6 write allocation 8 Program P6 class write combining 95 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ ...

Страница 79: ...D VDDA 2 5V voltage ready 8 D GMCHVTT voltage ready 8 E Check CPU fan speed 8 F Assert all power ready 9 0 Complete µGuru initial process AWARD BIOS take over booting job Power Off Sequence 9 1 Start power off sequence 9 2 De Assert all power 9 3 Se Assert power on 9 4 De Assert LDT Bus power 9 5 De Assert PWM for CPU core voltage 9 6 De Assert CPU core voltage 9 7 Check CPU core voltage 9 8 De As...

Страница 80: ...I 6 Appendix I I 6 Appendix I NI8 SLI Series NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 81: ...st the following three troubleshooting methods to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then making the motherboard work again There is no need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought it from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If there is no power switch on the power supply unit dis...

Страница 82: ...time you insert a card until the system will not start Keep the VGA card and the interface card that caused the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other cards or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS identification number CPU refer ...

Страница 83: ...r Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi ...

Страница 84: ... Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory ADD ON CARD Problem Description NI8 SLI Series ...

Страница 85: ... need service or technical support please understand the constraints that we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT customers 1 Check the Manual It sounds simple bu...

Страница 86: ... integrated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem They should have reasonable return or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 6 Contacting ABIT If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department First please contact the support team ...

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Страница 88: ...tly it is likely that you have a defective component Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product You should be able to get RMA service there 8 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is ...

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