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... 1 slots 3 PCI slots 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), allows connection of 4 IDE devices Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices 4 Serial ATA ports from nVIDIA® nForce4(-...Mbit) 1 RJ 45 port Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems (Note 1) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Surround Speaker Out (Rear ...
... 1 slots 3 PCI slots 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), allows connection of 4 IDE devices Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems 1 FDD connection, allows connection of 2 FDD devices 4 Serial ATA ports from nVIDIA® nForce4(-...Mbit) 1 RJ 45 port Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems (Note 1) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xxGB memory during system startup. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 10 - Surround Speaker Out (Rear ...
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... the Win 2000/XP operating systems Use of up to 150 MB/s - supports hot plugging function - supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) function or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) - Hardware Installation English I/O Control Hardware Monitor ... / System fan failure warning CPU smart fan control Onboard nForce4(-4X) chipset (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB) - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune (Note 2) Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Core Power) ATX form factor; 30.5cm...
... the Win 2000/XP operating systems Use of up to 150 MB/s - supports hot plugging function - supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) function or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) - Hardware Installation English I/O Control Hardware Monitor ... / System fan failure warning CPU smart fan control Onboard nForce4(-4X) chipset (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB) - supports data transfer rate of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports Q-Flash Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune (Note 2) Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Core Power) ATX form factor; 30.5cm...
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Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown in the wrong direction, the CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly. Socket ... with the socket edge closest to the CPU lever. Align the processor to a triangle on the middle of the motherboard) prior to inserting the processor. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - Please take note of the one edge of the CPU. Fig.2 A gold-colored triangle is not recommended that the CPU pins fit perfectly...
Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown in the wrong direction, the CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly. Socket ... with the socket edge closest to the CPU lever. Align the processor to a triangle on the middle of the motherboard) prior to inserting the processor. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 12 - Please take note of the one edge of the CPU. Fig.2 A gold-colored triangle is not recommended that the CPU pins fit perfectly...
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.... Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to remove the DIMM module. The motherboard supports DDR memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - Please make sure that the computer power is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand...
.... Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to remove the DIMM module. The motherboard supports DDR memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 14 - Please make sure that the computer power is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand...
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English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. Dual channel memory cannot be used if one must be added to a Channel A slot and the other in a Channel B slot in ... X DS/SS DDR 2 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 dual channel memory. 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...
English Dual Channel DDR GA-K8NF-9 supports the Dual Channel Technology. Dual channel memory cannot be used if one must be added to a Channel A slot and the other in a Channel B slot in ... X DS/SS DDR 2 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 dual channel memory. 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...
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... Out Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your device has digital output function. For more information ...mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Hardware Installation USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Rear Speaker Out Connect...
... Out Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your device has digital output function. For more information ...mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Hardware Installation USB port Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your OS supports USB controller. Also make sure your OS or device(s) vendors. can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Rear Speaker Out Connect...
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... located on one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Hardware Installation
... located on one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can connect to one IDE device as Master and the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Hardware Installation
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In order to utilize the front audio header, your dealer. Definition 1 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 24 - To find out if the chassis you are the same as the pin assignments for the front audio header. Please note, you must ... to use Front Audio connector, you can have front audio connector. Pin No. Also please make sure the pin assignments for the cable are buying support front audio connector, please contact your chassis must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) If you want to the connector...
In order to utilize the front audio header, your dealer. Definition 1 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 24 - To find out if the chassis you are the same as the pin assignments for the front audio header. Please note, you must ... to use Front Audio connector, you can have front audio connector. Pin No. Also please make sure the pin assignments for the cable are buying support front audio connector, please contact your chassis must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. English 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) If you want to the connector...
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... will not stop if an error is detected during power up. All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a disk error; Floppy 3 Mode Support (for the hard drive. Drive B Both Drive B is Enabled). 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity 1.44M, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. 2.88M...
... will not stop if an error is detected during power up. All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a disk error; Floppy 3 Mode Support (for the hard drive. Drive B Both Drive B is Enabled). 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity 1.44M, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. 2.88M...
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... value) NV Serial-ATA 2 Enabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 2 supported. Disable this function. (Default value) NV Serial-ATA 1 Enabled Enable Serial ATA 1 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 1 supported. NV SATA 2 class code (Note) 0101 Set NV ...SATA 2 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104 Set NV SATA 2 class code to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard -...
... value) NV Serial-ATA 2 Enabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 2 supported. Disable this function. (Default value) NV Serial-ATA 1 Enabled Enable Serial ATA 1 supported. (Default value) Disabled Disable Serial ATA 1 supported. NV SATA 2 class code (Note) 0101 Set NV ...SATA 2 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104 Set NV SATA 2 class code to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard -...
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...Port Address to 1. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Legacy (DOS) USB Mouse Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support in the MS-DOS environment. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 38 - ECP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities...(Default value) Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function. Legacy USB Keyboard/Storage Enabled Enable USB keyboard support in the MS-DOS environment. English Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP ...
...Port Address to 1. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Legacy (DOS) USB Mouse Enabled Disabled Enable USB mouse support in the MS-DOS environment. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 38 - ECP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities...(Default value) Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function. Legacy USB Keyboard/Storage Enabled Enable USB keyboard support in the MS-DOS environment. English Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP ...
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...temperature. BIOS Setup Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/SYSTEM fan speed status automatically. Disabled Disable this function is supported will run at full speed when both CPU Smart FAN Control and CPU FAN Manual Control are disabled. Current CPU Temperature Detect... automatically. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements. (Note) The CPU fan runs at different speed depending on GIGABYTE's website. - 41 - CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled When this function. (Default value)...
...temperature. BIOS Setup Current CPU/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/SYSTEM fan speed status automatically. Disabled Disable this function is supported will run at full speed when both CPU Smart FAN Control and CPU FAN Manual Control are disabled. Current CPU Temperature Detect... automatically. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements. (Note) The CPU fan runs at different speed depending on GIGABYTE's website. - 41 - CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled When this function. (Default value)...
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... to Turbo. Set Robust Graphics Booster to get higher performance. BIOS Setup CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled Center Spread Disable CPU Spread Spectrum. CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0.800V to 1.750V by CPU detection. (Default value: Auto) CPU Frequency 200.0 ~ 400.0 Set CPU frequency from 200Mhz to 150Mhz. Auto...
... to Turbo. Set Robust Graphics Booster to get higher performance. BIOS Setup CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled Center Spread Disable CPU Spread Spectrum. CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0.800V to 1.750V by CPU detection. (Default value: Auto) CPU Frequency 200.0 ~ 400.0 Set CPU frequency from 200Mhz to 150Mhz. Auto...
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... system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install the drivers automatically. Some device drivers will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager".
... system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install the drivers automatically. Some device drivers will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager".
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...without the CD-ROM. At least 64M bytes of the screen. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - After Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . Intel x86 platforms 2. Boot from CD... E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. System requirements: 1. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear...
...without the CD-ROM. At least 64M bytes of the screen. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data backup speed. 3. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 52 - After Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on . . . Intel x86 platforms 2. Boot from CD... E7 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 11/07/2005-I945-6A79HG0GC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. System requirements: 1. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD-ROM and subsequent access by booting from CD/DVD:" will appear...
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...with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. Xpress Recovery2 is as follows: a. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to your motherboard manufacturer. 5. Please contact... than 128G under Windows 2000, be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 - 53 - PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE...
...with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP/2000/NT/9x/Me. 5. Xpress Recovery2 is as follows: a. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the hard disk for Xpress Recovery2 to your motherboard manufacturer. 5. Please contact... than 128G under Windows 2000, be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8NXP-9 GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-K8U-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-8N-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 - 53 - PATA IDE primary channel b. SATA IDE...
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... BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - Reboot your motherboard has single-BIOS, please refer to Part... please do it is in DOS or Windows. Please note that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is not responsible for your motherboard has dual...GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to avoid any utility in the BIOS menu. English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility Q-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in the same screen. Part One: Updating BIOS with dual BIOS. Some of the motherboards supporting...
... BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 54 - Reboot your motherboard has single-BIOS, please refer to Part... please do it is in DOS or Windows. Please note that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is not responsible for your motherboard has dual...GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to avoid any utility in the BIOS menu. English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility Q-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in the same screen. Part One: Updating BIOS with dual BIOS. Some of the motherboards supporting...
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...box. Note: I. Save BIOS: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in @BIOSTM server, please go onto Gigabyte's website for downloading and updating it shows two or more motherboard's model names to save the current BIOS version. II. III. IV. IV....there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in BIOS unzip file are supported. 2. English III. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time. Selecting wrong model name will cause system unbooted. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 62 - It means to be sure that any interruption ...
...box. Note: I. Save BIOS: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in @BIOSTM server, please go onto Gigabyte's website for downloading and updating it shows two or more motherboard's model names to save the current BIOS version. II. III. IV. IV....there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in BIOS unzip file are supported. 2. English III. Do not use @BIOS and C.O.M. (Corporate Online Management) at the same time. Selecting wrong model name will cause system unbooted. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 62 - It means to be sure that any interruption ...
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...methods are having different capacities. All disk members in the array. The RAID levels which the nVIDIA® nForce4(-4X) chipset supports are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system. Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set ...from 4KB to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Appendix RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. English 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of ...
...methods are having different capacities. All disk members in the array. The RAID levels which the nVIDIA® nForce4(-4X) chipset supports are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system. Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set ...from 4KB to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Appendix RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. English 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of ...
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... from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. English Installing the RAID drivers To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard...Fig. 2. (Note2) In the menu list, Intel IAA_RAID is Intel ICH5R chipset. After that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. A command prompt window will not have to that hard drive. Select the ...to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 68 -
... from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. English Installing the RAID drivers To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard...Fig. 2. (Note2) In the menu list, Intel IAA_RAID is Intel ICH5R chipset. After that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. A command prompt window will not have to that hard drive. Select the ...to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard - 68 -