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.../133 Bus Master Mode. - Supports 10 USB 2.0 ports. - Supports 1 PCI-Express x16 interface graphics slot. - Supports NVIDIA Secure Networking Processor. - Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PCI-Express Version 1.a specification. Note: Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME. λ Supports SCO UNIX. 1 Supports Gigabit Ethernet. - Supports 4 SATA ports, each channel up to 3Gb/s. - Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility. - Compliant with AC'97 version2.3 specification. - NF4UL-A9 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 939. • Supports AMD Athlon...
.../133 Bus Master Mode. - Supports 10 USB 2.0 ports. - Supports 1 PCI-Express x16 interface graphics slot. - Supports NVIDIA Secure Networking Processor. - Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PCI-Express Version 1.a specification. Note: Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME. λ Supports SCO UNIX. 1 Supports Gigabit Ethernet. - Supports 4 SATA ports, each channel up to 3Gb/s. - Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility. - Compliant with AC'97 version2.3 specification. - NF4UL-A9 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 939. • Supports AMD Athlon...
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... x16 slot. - Low Pin Count Interface. Supports 8 channels audio output - Slots λ Three 32bit PCI bus master slots. λ Two PCI-Express x1 slots: - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s totally. λ One Xtreme Graphics Port slot. (See p.12 for detail information) Super I /O functionality. H/W Monitor - ITE's "Smart Guardian" function On-board AC'97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850: Compliant with AC'97 version2.3 specification. Supports 6 channels audio output. 3 NF4UL-A9 Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Fan Speed...
... x16 slot. - Low Pin Count Interface. Supports 8 channels audio output - Slots λ Three 32bit PCI bus master slots. λ Two PCI-Express x1 slots: - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s totally. λ One Xtreme Graphics Port slot. (See p.12 for detail information) Super I /O functionality. H/W Monitor - ITE's "Smart Guardian" function On-board AC'97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850: Compliant with AC'97 version2.3 specification. Supports 6 channels audio output. 3 NF4UL-A9 Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Fan Speed...
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Supports personal Firewall setup. Remote access, configuration, monitoring - NVIDIA Active Armor - RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest performance with Hyper Transport results in fastest networking performance Security NVIDIA Networking Processor. Storage NVIDIA RAID Technology - Supports ACPI power management. Half/Full duplex capability. NVIDIA Firewall technology - Advanced features - WMI scripts. Gigabit Ethernet LAN NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. Isochronous controller paired with fault tolerance 4 RAID 0 disk striping for both ...
Supports personal Firewall setup. Remote access, configuration, monitoring - NVIDIA Active Armor - RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest performance with Hyper Transport results in fastest networking performance Security NVIDIA Networking Processor. Storage NVIDIA RAID Technology - Supports ACPI power management. Half/Full duplex capability. NVIDIA Firewall technology - Advanced features - WMI scripts. Gigabit Ethernet LAN NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. Isochronous controller paired with fault tolerance 4 RAID 0 disk striping for both ...
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... header supports 1 1394 Firewire port (optional). • 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with ALC850). Rear (Back Panel) Side Connectors 1 PS/2 Mouse Port. 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port. 1 Printer Port. 1 Serial Port. (COM2 is optional.) 1 1394 Firewire Port (optional). 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. • 4 USB 2.0 Ports. • 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities (with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. • 2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives. 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2.0 ports at front panel. 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices...
... header supports 1 1394 Firewire port (optional). • 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with ALC850). Rear (Back Panel) Side Connectors 1 PS/2 Mouse Port. 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port. 1 Printer Port. 1 Serial Port. (COM2 is optional.) 1 1394 Firewire Port (optional). 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. • 4 USB 2.0 Ports. • 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities (with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. • 2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives. 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2.0 ports at front panel. 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices...
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... (optional) USB *2 USB *2 MIC-in/ Center/ Left B. Supports APM1.2. Bundled Software Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cable x 1 User's Manual x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case x 1 S/PDIF Cable x 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable x 1 (optional) IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Switch Cable x 1 (optional) 6 NF4UL-A9 • 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out facilities (with ALC655, optional). BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports ACPI.
... (optional) USB *2 USB *2 MIC-in/ Center/ Left B. Supports APM1.2. Bundled Software Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cable x 1 User's Manual x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case x 1 S/PDIF Cable x 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable x 1 (optional) IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Switch Cable x 1 (optional) 6 NF4UL-A9 • 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out facilities (with ALC655, optional). BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports ACPI.
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... cards. 12 To install the system with 3 standard PCI slot. For the onboard VGA driver can be used. Re-install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can 't be connected to "http://www.biostar.com.tw" for expansion cards. After PC restarts, the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the primary graphics adapter. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2 The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards...
... cards. 12 To install the system with 3 standard PCI slot. For the onboard VGA driver can be used. Re-install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can 't be connected to "http://www.biostar.com.tw" for expansion cards. After PC restarts, the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the primary graphics adapter. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2 The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards...
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... powered with +5V standby voltage. Note: In order to support this function "Power-on system via USB device," "J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1" jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3. Note: In order to connect the audio source from the variety devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. 4 1 JCDIN1 Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input 14 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1 This connector allows user to support this function "Power...
... powered with +5V standby voltage. Note: In order to support this function "Power-on system via USB device," "J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1" jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3. Note: In order to connect the audio source from the variety devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. 4 1 JCDIN1 Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input 14 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1 This connector allows user to support this function "Power...
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...5V 23 IRTX Function Speaker Connector Hard drive LED Reset button IrDA Connector 23 JPANEL1 Pin Assignment 2 Sleep control 4 Ground 6 N/A 8 Power LED (+) 10 Power LED (+) 12 Power LED (-) 14 Power button 16 Ground 18 Key 20 Key 22 Ground 24 IRRX Function Sleep button N/A Power LED Power-on button IrDA Connector Headers for Front Panel Facilities: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. NF4UL-A9 Header for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB1~JUSB3 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC...
...5V 23 IRTX Function Speaker Connector Hard drive LED Reset button IrDA Connector 23 JPANEL1 Pin Assignment 2 Sleep control 4 Ground 6 N/A 8 Power LED (+) 10 Power LED (+) 12 Power LED (-) 14 Power button 16 Ground 18 Key 20 Key 22 Ground 24 IRRX Function Sleep button N/A Power LED Power-on button IrDA Connector Headers for Front Panel Facilities: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. NF4UL-A9 Header for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB1~JUSB3 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC...
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.... Set master/slave jumpers correctly. Using even pressure on keyboard does not turn 2. Screen message says "Invalid Configuration" or "CMOS Failure." Make sure both ends of breaking down at all 1. check the drive type in ; Indicator light on both ends are lit, and hard drive is extremely important. Back up the hard drive is spinning. disks. Contact technical support. 2. Keyboard lights are on . 3. NF4UL-A9 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card...
.... Set master/slave jumpers correctly. Using even pressure on keyboard does not turn 2. Screen message says "Invalid Configuration" or "CMOS Failure." Make sure both ends of breaking down at all 1. check the drive type in ; Indicator light on both ends are lit, and hard drive is extremely important. Back up the hard drive is spinning. disks. Contact technical support. 2. Keyboard lights are on . 3. NF4UL-A9 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card...
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...AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of this AWARD BIOS. The Award BIOS™ installed in your system using Setup. This means that it supports Intel Pentium ® 4 processor input/output system. ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write is a custom version of the chipset controlling the entire system. Power management features are supported. NF4UL-A9 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The rest of Advanced Configuration and Power...
...AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of this AWARD BIOS. The Award BIOS™ installed in your system using Setup. This means that it supports Intel Pentium ® 4 processor input/output system. ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write is a custom version of the chipset controlling the entire system. Power management features are supported. NF4UL-A9 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The rest of Advanced Configuration and Power...
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... number keys. Disabled Normal POST. On (default) Numpad is disabled. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. 9 NF4UL-A9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. If this option will display a warning message on . Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this function is enabled and an attempt is activated. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. Enabled...
... number keys. Disabled Normal POST. On (default) Numpad is disabled. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. 9 NF4UL-A9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. If this option will display a warning message on . Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this function is enabled and an attempt is activated. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. Enabled...
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...and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. Select version supported by the keyboard controller. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 10 Setup (default) A password is also required to access the Setup Utility only. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is only used for the system to boot and is required to access the Setup Utility. Security Option This option will enable only individuals with memory exceeding 64MB. APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. Disabled (default) Enabled Typematic Rate...
...and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. Select version supported by the keyboard controller. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 10 Setup (default) A password is also required to access the Setup Utility only. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is only used for the system to boot and is required to access the Setup Utility. Security Option This option will enable only individuals with memory exceeding 64MB. APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. Disabled (default) Enabled Typematic Rate...
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..., HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. External Cache This option enables or disables "Level 2" secondary cache on the CPU/chipset in use, you to boot-up. Slave, Sec. NF4UL-A9 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU, which Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to increase memory access time with two floppy drives...
..., HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. External Cache This option enables or disables "Level 2" secondary cache on the CPU/chipset in use, you to boot-up. Slave, Sec. NF4UL-A9 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU, which Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to increase memory access time with two floppy drives...
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... default settings that the settings have been changed unless you to select the CPU Frequency. The choices: Disabled (default), enable. 12 HT Frequency This item allows you to enable/disable the "sequential Prufetch Feature" of K8 CPU. It also coordinates communications with your system. The Choices: 4x (default). Advanced Chipset Setup CPU Frequency This item allows you to system memory resources, such as DRAM. Figure 4. The Choices: 200 (default). This chipset manage bus speeds...
... default settings that the settings have been changed unless you to select the CPU Frequency. The choices: Disabled (default), enable. 12 HT Frequency This item allows you to enable/disable the "sequential Prufetch Feature" of K8 CPU. It also coordinates communications with your system. The Choices: 4x (default). Advanced Chipset Setup CPU Frequency This item allows you to system memory resources, such as DRAM. Figure 4. The Choices: 200 (default). This chipset manage bus speeds...
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... "Enabled" to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. Select "Disabled" to deactivate an interface if you a submenu with the following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. NF4UL-A9 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 15 Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal "Press Enter" next to the "IDE Function Setup" label and then press the enter key...
... "Enabled" to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. Select "Disabled" to deactivate an interface if you a submenu with the following options: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. NF4UL-A9 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 15 Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal "Press Enter" next to the "IDE Function Setup" label and then press the enter key...
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...a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled SATA2 DMA transfer The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to 4 will increased performance progressively. Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for Serial-ATA2. IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 16 NF4UL-A9...
...a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled SATA2 DMA transfer The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to 4 will increased performance progressively. Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for Serial-ATA2. IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 16 NF4UL-A9...
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...: Pin Strap (default). MAC LAN (nVIDIA) This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled. Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. ONBOARD IO/Address 18 The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. NF4UL-A9 USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This...
...: Pin Strap (default). MAC LAN (nVIDIA) This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled. Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. ONBOARD IO/Address 18 The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. NF4UL-A9 USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This...
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... Capabilities Port. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the first and second serial ports. Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. The Choices: 3 (default), 1. 19 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine which I /O chip. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. NF4UL-A9 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to the IR port. The Choices: Disabled...
... Capabilities Port. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the first and second serial ports. Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. The Choices: 3 (default), 1. 19 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine which I /O chip. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. NF4UL-A9 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to the IR port. The Choices: Disabled...
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... Pressing the power button for sl CPU's. and disable. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 22 NF4UL-A9 HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for more than 4 seconds forces the system to 1 hr. All other devices remain active. Suspend Mode = 1 min. to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung." DPMS Initial display power management signaling...
... Pressing the power button for sl CPU's. and disable. WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 22 NF4UL-A9 HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for more than 4 seconds forces the system to 1 hr. All other devices remain active. Suspend Mode = 1 min. to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung." DPMS Initial display power management signaling...
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... boot information and VGA compatibility. To do this option. However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from a VGA controller and map it should disable this , the non-VGA graphic controller watches for Transaction packets (TLP). Unless you have the above situation, you should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled. NF4UL-A9...
... boot information and VGA compatibility. To do this option. However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from a VGA controller and map it should disable this , the non-VGA graphic controller watches for Transaction packets (TLP). Unless you have the above situation, you should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled. NF4UL-A9...