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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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...; 1 RJ 45 port Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 1 FDD connection, allows connection of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; MIC ; Side Speaker Out connection SPDIF In/Out connection ...
...; 1 RJ 45 port Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 1 FDD connection, allows connection of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; MIC ; Side Speaker Out connection SPDIF In/Out connection ...
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... into their holes. Once the CPU is marked one finger down on the middle of the CPU Check the processor pins to the CPU lever. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - If you wish to set beyond the proper specifications, please do so according to inserting the processor. Please make sure that...edge of the CPU. Please take note of the one indented corner of the motherboard) 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 its original position. Move the socket lever to ...
... into their holes. Once the CPU is marked one finger down on the middle of the CPU Check the processor pins to the CPU lever. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - If you wish to set beyond the proper specifications, please do so according to inserting the processor. Please make sure that...edge of the CPU. Please take note of the one indented corner of the motherboard) 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 its original position. Move the socket lever to ...
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.... 3. Reverse the installation steps when you are designed so that the memory used can be inserted only in one direction. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - The motherboard supports DDR memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. Please make sure that memory of the DIMM sockets to insert the module, please switch the direction...
.... 3. Reverse the installation steps when you are designed so that the memory used can be inserted only in one direction. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - The motherboard supports DDR memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. Please make sure that memory of the DIMM sockets to insert the module, please switch the direction...
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... slot in order to detect all the DDR memory modules. If four DDR memory modules are installed (same storage capacity), one must be used if one DDR memory module is for BIOS to use dual channel memory. English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating ... DS/SS X DS/SS DDR 3 X DS/SS DS/SS DDR 4 X DS/SS DS/SS The GA-K8NF-9 doesn't support 3 memory modules. If two DDR memory modules are installed, please use memory of Memory Bus will not boot. - 15 - The following explanations due to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please note ...
... slot in order to detect all the DDR memory modules. If four DDR memory modules are installed (same storage capacity), one must be used if one DDR memory module is for BIOS to use dual channel memory. English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating ... DS/SS X DS/SS DDR 3 X DS/SS DS/SS DDR 4 X DS/SS DS/SS The GA-K8NF-9 doesn't support 3 memory modules. If two DDR memory modules are installed, please use memory of Memory Bus will not boot. - 15 - The following explanations due to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please note ...
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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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...code" to create RAID data drive or install O.S. If your SATA hard drive is 2E8/IRQ3. USB Memory Type SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value) Base Memory(640K)Set USB memory type to 0104. Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 3F8/IRQ4. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard IrDA port...IrDA port and address is connected to the SATA0 or SATA1 connector , please set "NV SATA1/NV SATA 2 class code" from 0101 to base memory(640K). BIOS Setup English NV SATA 2 Primary RAID Enabled Enable 2nd SATA primary RAID function. If your SATA hard drive is 2F8/IRQ3. Disabled ...
...code" to create RAID data drive or install O.S. If your SATA hard drive is 2E8/IRQ3. USB Memory Type SHADOW Set USB memory type to SHADOW. (Default value) Base Memory(640K)Set USB memory type to 0104. Enable onboard IrDA port and address is 3F8/IRQ4. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard IrDA port...IrDA port and address is connected to the SATA0 or SATA1 connector , please set "NV SATA1/NV SATA 2 class code" from 0101 to base memory(640K). BIOS Setup English NV SATA 2 Primary RAID Enabled Enable 2nd SATA primary RAID function. If your SATA hard drive is 2F8/IRQ3. Disabled ...
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Overclocking 2. GO 6. GIGABYTE Logo 10. Appendix and M.I .B.2 3. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" 7. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of CPU frequency Shows the current functions ... health for monitoring system status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display 1. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I .B. Smart-Fan 4. 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 depending on different motherboards. - 51 - PC...
Overclocking 2. GO 6. GIGABYTE Logo 10. Appendix and M.I .B.2 3. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" 7. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of CPU frequency Shows the current functions ... health for monitoring system status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display 1. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I .B. Smart-Fan 4. 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 depending on different motherboards. - 51 - PC...
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...to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. VESA-supported...key to back up data on hard disks on . . . Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD:" will appear in the bottom left corner of the ...
...to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD-ROM. English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restoration of system memory 3. If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later, you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. VESA-supported...key to back up data on hard disks on . . . Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD:" will appear in the bottom left corner of the ...
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... : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in the BIOS menu. In the following sections, we take GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to Fba. Extract... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc. For example, from Gigabyte's website. 2. Before You Begin: Before you how to use Q-Flash utility. This section only deals ... SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - The BIOS file is in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED...
... : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in the BIOS menu. In the following sections, we take GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to Fba. Extract... v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc. For example, from Gigabyte's website. 2. Before You Begin: Before you how to use Q-Flash utility. This section only deals ... SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - The BIOS file is in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED...
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...-6A79BG03C-00 - 57 - 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...
...-6A79BG03C-00 - 57 - 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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...". The computer will be shown at this stage!! 4. Press Del to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 60 - Press any kEeySCto:Rceosnettinue F10:Power Off 5. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size SST 49LF003A 256K Keep ...00 6. 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 : ...
...". The computer will be shown at this stage!! 4. Press Del to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 60 - Press any kEeySCto:Rceosnettinue F10:Power Off 5. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size SST 49LF003A 256K Keep ...00 6. 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 : ...
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... successfully. *Except for about 10 minutes (Or you will be able to MB again and turn on . Appendix Please refer to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I clear CMOS? To check general asked questions. If not, please change another speaker with an internal amplifier. Answer:... such jumper, you identify the possible computer problems. However, they are always fatal. 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - Take out the battery gently and put it aside for beep code 8, ...
... successfully. *Except for about 10 minutes (Or you will be able to MB again and turn on . Appendix Please refer to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I clear CMOS? To check general asked questions. If not, please change another speaker with an internal amplifier. Answer:... such jumper, you identify the possible computer problems. However, they are always fatal. 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - Take out the battery gently and put it aside for beep code 8, ...