Mainboard K8NF4X-AM2
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the K8NF4X-AM2 Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA
®
nForce4
4X chipset. The mainboard supports the AMD Athlon
TM
64 FX/ Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/
Athlon
TM
64/ Sempron
TM
Processor with FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies of 800 MHz/ 1000
MHz (by overclocking).
The K8NF4X-AM2 provides two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets and which with
Dual Channel Technology supported. The sockets allow you to install 240-pin, non-ECC &
unbuffered DDR II 800/ 667/ 533/ 400 SDRAM, and support a total memory capacity of 4 GB.
This mainboard provides one PCI-E x16 slot for use with a graphics card, and four PCI slots for
expansion cards which the PCI interface compatible. In addition, one PCI-E x1 slot is provided
by the mainboard for use with an expansion card which the PCI-E x1 interface compatible.
The K8NF4X-AM2 provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB/
720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB drive. It also has two IDE connectors for hard drives
supporting Ultra ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33 IDE devices. In addition, the onboard Serial ATA comes
with four SATA connectors, which the interface can provide up to 1.5 Gb/s transmit rates and
also support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 mode
(See Appendix II)
.
The onboard AC’ 97 Audio CODEC (ALC655) supports high quality performance 6-channel
audio play (Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect)
<See Appendix I>
. The mainboard also supports
the Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF) output/input function (Optional).
The K8NF4X-AM2 also comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There is a
LAN port on the back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an internet cable.
In addition, there are maximal eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports which can be set up on this mainboard.
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual are
for reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The company
will not assume any responsibility for any errors or mistakes within.
