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Table of Contents GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink 12 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU 12 1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink 13 1-4 Installation of Memory 14 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 Connectors...
Table of Contents GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink 12 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU 12 1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink 13 1-4 Installation of Memory 14 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 Connectors...
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.... MIC ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio ...
.... MIC ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio ...
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...supports the CPU. 2. Once the CPU is positioned into it socket, place one edge of heat sink paste between the CPU and heatsink. 4. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - If you wish to the socket and gently lower it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals. If you ... the processor into place. Fig.2 A gold-colored triangle is installed on the CPU prior to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU and gently press the metal lever back into their holes. The CPU will not insert properly....
...supports the CPU. 2. Once the CPU is positioned into it socket, place one edge of heat sink paste between the CPU and heatsink. 4. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - If you wish to the socket and gently lower it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals. If you ... the processor into place. Fig.2 A gold-colored triangle is installed on the CPU prior to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU and gently press the metal lever back into their holes. The CPU will not insert properly....
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... the motherboard. Notch DDR Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can be inserted only in one direction. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - Please make sure that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used is recommended that the computer power...
... the motherboard. Notch DDR Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can be inserted only in one direction. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM socket. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - Please make sure that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used is recommended that the computer power...
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... X DS/SS DS/SS DDR 4 X DS/SS DS/SS The GA-K8NF-9 doesn't support 3 memory modules. If four DDR memory modules are installed (same storage capacity), one DDR memory module is for BIOS to the limitation of Memory Bus will not boot. - 15 - The following explanations due to detect ...all the DDR memory modules. English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. GA-K8NF-9 includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR 1, DDR 3 Channel B : DDR 2, ...
... X DS/SS DS/SS DDR 4 X DS/SS DS/SS The GA-K8NF-9 doesn't support 3 memory modules. If four DDR memory modules are installed (same storage capacity), one DDR memory module is for BIOS to the limitation of Memory Bus will not boot. - 15 - The following explanations due to detect ...all the DDR memory modules. English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. GA-K8NF-9 includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR 1, DDR 3 Channel B : DDR 2, ...
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...: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals USB Memory Type AC97 Audio Onboard 1394 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA CIR Port Address x CIR...
...: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals USB Memory Type AC97 Audio Onboard 1394 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IrDA Port Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA CIR Port Address x CIR...
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... port and address is 3BC/IRQ7. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to base memory(640K). If your SATA hard drive is connected to the SATA0 or SATA1 connector , please set "NV SATA1/NV SATA 2 class code" from ...0101 to 0104. USB Memory Type SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value) Base Memory(640K)Set USB memory type to create RAID data drive or install O.S. Disable onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard...
... port and address is 3BC/IRQ7. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to base memory(640K). If your SATA hard drive is connected to the SATA0 or SATA1 connector , please set "NV SATA1/NV SATA 2 class code" from ...0101 to 0104. USB Memory Type SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value) Base Memory(640K)Set USB memory type to create RAID data drive or install O.S. Disable onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Parallel Port Disabled Disable onboard...
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... convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Display screen 8. Help button 11. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of CPU frequency Shows the current functions status Log on different motherboards. ...- 51 - Smart-Fan 4. GO 6. Appendix PC Health 5. Overclocking 2. GIGABYTE Logo 10. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website Display EasyTuneTM 5 Help file Quit or Minimize EasyTuneTM 5 software (Note) EasyTune 5 functions may vary...
... convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Display screen 8. Help button 11. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of CPU frequency Shows the current functions status Log on different motherboards. ...- 51 - Smart-Fan 4. GO 6. Appendix PC Health 5. Overclocking 2. GIGABYTE Logo 10. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website Display EasyTuneTM 5 Help file Quit or Minimize EasyTuneTM 5 software (Note) EasyTune 5 functions may vary...
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... enter Xpress Recovery2. Intel x86 platforms 2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - It is executed from CD/DVD: Press any key to boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally...
... enter Xpress Recovery2. Intel x86 platforms 2. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. System storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of system memory 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - It is executed from CD/DVD: Press any key to boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally...
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...motherboard has dual-BIOS, please refer to enter BIOS menu. In the BIOS menu of Gigabyte motherboards are combined in the BIOS menu. Download the latest BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 ... OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in DOS or Windows. Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the ... to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility Q-FlashTM is a...
...motherboard has dual-BIOS, please refer to enter BIOS menu. In the BIOS menu of Gigabyte motherboards are combined in the BIOS menu. Download the latest BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 ... OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in DOS or Windows. Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the ... to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility Q-FlashTM is a...
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... will be displayed. Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave...
... will be displayed. Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave...
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... !! Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4 Check System Health OK Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0) Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave :...BIOS. Congratulation!! The computer will restart automatically after you may find the BIOS version on your system at the same time. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 60 - Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable AUrepdyaotue sBuIrOeStofrRomESFEloTpp?y Save ...
... !! Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4 Check System Health OK Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0) Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave :...BIOS. Congratulation!! The computer will restart automatically after you may find the BIOS version on your system at the same time. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 60 - Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable AUrepdyaotue sBuIrOeStofrRomESFEloTpp?y Save ...
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... below : Steps: 1. gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1.... English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see these beeps usually stand for? Re-insert the battery to case. Questions 2: Why is equipped ...
... below : Steps: 1. gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read/write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1.... English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see these beeps usually stand for? Re-insert the battery to case. Questions 2: Why is equipped ...