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...PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Power on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Hardware Installation Be sure the metal contacts on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Replace your VGA...into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot.
...PCI Express x 16 slot when you try to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Power on the card are indeed seated in motherboard. 4. Hardware Installation Be sure the metal contacts on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Replace your VGA...into expansion slot in the slot. 5. Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the computer. 3. Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x 16 slot and press firmly down on the slot.
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.... For optional IEEE1394 cable, please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your local dealer. can be connected to MIC In jack. USB port Before you connect the IEEE1394 cable, incorrect...). Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 16 - Line In Devices like high speed, highbandwidth and hot plug. COM A (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. LAN Port...
.... For optional IEEE1394 cable, please contact your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your local dealer. can be connected to MIC In jack. USB port Before you connect the IEEE1394 cable, incorrect...). Line Out (Front Speaker Out) Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 16 - Line In Devices like high speed, highbandwidth and hot plug. COM A (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. LAN Port...
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... the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 300MB/s transfer rate. One IDE connector can provide up to work properly. 1 7 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 20 - English 6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to two...
... the other as Slave (for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to 300MB/s transfer rate. One IDE connector can provide up to work properly. 1 7 7 1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 20 - English 6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to two...
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... auto start and show a question mark "?" After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install...
... auto start and show a question mark "?" After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into your system automatically. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install...
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GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Application 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 contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Application 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 contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
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Drivers Installation 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. - 49 -
Drivers Installation 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. - 49 -
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...drivers with the latest LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor as well as future Intel® processors. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to factory default settings. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) Built on the U-Plus D.P.S. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE... short-circuit the "Clear CMOS" pins or the battery on the motherboard to reset the system back to optimize memory performance by the user. Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is returned to withstand varying current levels and changes...
...drivers with the latest LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor as well as future Intel® processors. As well, 4 blue LED's are able to factory default settings. M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I .B.2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) Built on the U-Plus D.P.S. C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE... short-circuit the "Clear CMOS" pins or the battery on the motherboard to reset the system back to optimize memory performance by the user. Through GIGABYTE M.I .B. 2) is returned to withstand varying current levels and changes...
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... of backing up ) 4. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 54 - PATA IDE secondary channel c . REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to execute the.... (This button will store the backup file at the end of the data to Xpress Recovery. 2. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2.
... of backing up ) 4. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 54 - PATA IDE secondary channel c . REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to execute the.... (This button will store the backup file at the end of the data to Xpress Recovery. 2. RESTORE: English Restore the backed-up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2.
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... Configure RAID set BIOS boot sequence for the connector. Step 1: Turn on your motherboard, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk ... begin Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 64 - Before you do not want to create RAID, you wish to enter the submenu . In the example in system BIOS...
... Configure RAID set BIOS boot sequence for the connector. Step 1: Turn on your motherboard, you may prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk ... begin Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to identify the SATA controller for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 64 - Before you do not want to create RAID, you wish to enter the submenu . In the example in system BIOS...
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.... GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard Figure 14 - 72 - See the instructions below about how to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to install Windows XP. First of all, copy the driver for...driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you wish to a floppy disk. Figure 12 Figure 13 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver...
.... GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard Figure 14 - 72 - See the instructions below about how to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). For example, from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to install Windows XP. First of all, copy the driver for...driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the startup disk. English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you wish to a floppy disk. Figure 12 Figure 13 (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver...
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...) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 17 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 74 - Use the ARROW keys to create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes...
...) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 17 Windows Setup Setup will appear. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 74 - Use the ARROW keys to create RAID, select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER. English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes...
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Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA ...-II 1 Secondary RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard Figure 22 - 76 - English (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions...
Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a bootable RAID volume. Under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA ...-II 1 Secondary RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard Figure 22 - 76 - English (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions...
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...Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on Windows 2000. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to the bootable RAID array. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 78 - Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4... NVRAID will not be able to START> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that was created from the boot disk. Go to create a...
...Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on Windows 2000. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to the bootable RAID array. GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 78 - Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4... NVRAID will not be able to START> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in . Solutions 2: Users must create a combination installation CD that was created from the boot disk. Go to create a...
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... connect CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, walkman or others audio input to Line In. Line Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. The front channels or earphone can be connected to Side Speaker Out. ...software is applied. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to Rear Speaker Out. Click the icon to Mic In. Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Connect microphone to select the function. - 79 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to acquire the...
... connect CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, walkman or others audio input to Line In. Line Out STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you use 2-/ 4-/6-/8-channnels audio feature by audio software selection. The front channels or earphone can be connected to Side Speaker Out. ...software is applied. Connect the Center/Subwoofer channels to Rear Speaker Out. Click the icon to Mic In. Channel Audio Function Introduction This motherboard provide 6 audio connector. Connect microphone to select the function. - 79 - STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to acquire the...
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.... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 80 - Click the icon to select the function. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker...
.... 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out". Front Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 80 - Click the icon to select the function. English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker...
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... channels to select the function. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 82 - Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel...
... channels to select the function. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out GA-K8N51GMF(-RH) Motherboard - 82 - Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to complete 6 channel...