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... Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports Line In ; English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio I/O Control Socket 939 for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is reserved for AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64 FX processor (K8) 2000MT/s system bus Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra Chipset 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (Note) Supports dual channel DDR...
... Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports Line In ; English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio I/O Control Socket 939 for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is reserved for AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64 FX processor (K8) 2000MT/s system bus Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra Chipset 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (Note) Supports dual channel DDR...
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... 5 - supported on the Win 2003/2000/XP operating systems Use of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections Onboard Silicon Image SiI3114 chip (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) - Hardware Installation supports a maximum of up to 300 MB/s - English Hardware Monitor Onboard SATA RAID BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System/ Power fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU fan failure warning CPU smart fan control Onboard nForce4 Ultra chipset...
... 5 - supported on the Win 2003/2000/XP operating systems Use of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections Onboard Silicon Image SiI3114 chip (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) - Hardware Installation supports a maximum of up to 300 MB/s - English Hardware Monitor Onboard SATA RAID BIOS Additional Features Overclocking Form Factor System voltage detection CPU temperature detection CPU / System/ Power fan speed detection CPU warning temperature CPU fan failure warning CPU smart fan control Onboard nForce4 Ultra chipset...
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... speakers to the lower port (purple). GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 18 - Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS ven dor for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port 1 The provided Internet connection is capable of 10/100/1000Mbps. English 1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard...
... speakers to the lower port (purple). GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 18 - Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/100/ 1000Mbps. SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF In feature only when your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS ven dor for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port 1 The provided Internet connection is capable of 10/100/1000Mbps. English 1-7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard...
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... 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. If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on the IDE device). 40 39 2 1 GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 22 - Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position. 34 33 2 1 8) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the FDD drive. The types of the cable connects to...
... 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. If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on the IDE device). 40 39 2 1 GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 22 - Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position. 34 33 2 1 8) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the FDD drive. The types of the cable connects to...
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... BIOS setting for the SATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4 Ultra) 7 1 SATA_SII (Controlled by Sil3114) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate while SATA can have front audio connector. In order to use Front Audio connector, you must have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to 150MB/s transfer rate. Hardware Installation English 9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB (SATA...
... BIOS setting for the SATA and install the proper driver in order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4 Ultra) 7 1 SATA_SII (Controlled by Sil3114) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate while SATA can have front audio connector. In order to use Front Audio connector, you must have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to 150MB/s transfer rate. Hardware Installation English 9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB (SATA...
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... system reset to the default for your motherboard. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 30 - The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F2m) Once you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of PCI & PnP ISA resources. PC Health Status This setup page is about system autodetect temperature, voltage, fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup...
... system reset to the default for your motherboard. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 30 - The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F2m) Once you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Load Optimized Defaults Optimized Defaults indicates the value of PCI & PnP ISA resources. PC Health Status This setup page is about system autodetect temperature, voltage, fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup...
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.../Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 32 - IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; Access Mode Use this to select this information. For example, 1 p.m. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; You can manually input the correct settings. Hard drive information should be labeled on this option for faster system start up. to Sat. Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] Jan. Manual User can use one of three methods: Auto Allows BIOS to...
.../Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 32 - IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; Access Mode Use this to select this information. For example, 1 p.m. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave; You can manually input the correct settings. Hard drive information should be labeled on this option for faster system start up. to Sat. Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] Jan. Manual User can use one of three methods: Auto Allows BIOS to...
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... CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Password Check Init Display First [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Disabled] [Setup] [PEG] Item Help Menu Level` Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for floppy disk drive to determine it is 360K. (Default value) GA-K8NXP...
... CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features ` Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Password Check Init Display First [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Disabled] [Setup] [PEG] Item Help Menu Level` Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F5: Previous Values F10: Save ESC: Exit F7: Optimized Defaults F1: General Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for floppy disk drive to determine it is 360K. (Default value) GA-K8NXP...
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... onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE DMA transfer access On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM IDE/SATA RAID function IDE Primary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID Serial-ATA 1 SATA 1 Primary RAID SATA 1 Secondary RAID Serial-ATA 2 SATA 2 Primary RAID SATA 2 Secondary RAID IDE Prefetch Mode On-Chip USB USB Memory Type [Enabled...
... onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE DMA transfer access On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM IDE/SATA RAID function IDE Primary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID Serial-ATA 1 SATA 1 Primary RAID SATA 1 Secondary RAID Serial-ATA 2 SATA 2 Primary RAID SATA 2 Secondary RAID IDE Prefetch Mode On-Chip USB USB Memory Type [Enabled...
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... port 1 and address is 3F8/IRQ4. (Default value) Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8/IRQ3. If you have to enter the Sil3114 RAID BIOS utility. (Upon system reboot, press or key to invoke the boot ROM of the Sil3114 controller. English On-Chip USB V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. (Default Value) V1.1 Disabled Enable only USB 1.1 controller Disable onchip USB support. Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Enabled Disabled Enable this function. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard...
... port 1 and address is 3F8/IRQ4. (Default value) Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8/IRQ3. If you have to enter the Sil3114 RAID BIOS utility. (Upon system reboot, press or key to invoke the boot ROM of the Sil3114 controller. English On-Chip USB V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. (Default Value) V1.1 Disabled Enable only USB 1.1 controller Disable onchip USB support. Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Enabled Disabled Enable this function. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard...
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... Setup Utility. 2-11 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save to CMOS and EXITSa(Yve/N&)?EYxit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will boot and you are prompted to enter Setup Menu. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED...
... Setup Utility. 2-11 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save to CMOS and EXITSa(Yve/N&)?EYxit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will boot and you are prompted to enter Setup Menu. A message "PASSWORD DISABLED...
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... hard drive is backed up and restore an OS partition. Allows installation of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive, then save and exit the BIOS menu. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats 2. Xpress Recovery is Xpress Recovery ? Remove Backup Image 4. The first partition must be set to the IDE1 Master 3. How to its size. 6. Boot from CD-ROM (BMP Mode) Enter...
... hard drive is backed up and restore an OS partition. Allows installation of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD drive, then save and exit the BIOS menu. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS formats 2. Xpress Recovery is Xpress Recovery ? Remove Backup Image 4. The first partition must be set to the IDE1 Master 3. How to its size. 6. Boot from CD-ROM (BMP Mode) Enter...
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...CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1.33 Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size SST 49LF004A Backup ROM Type/Size...
...CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1.33 Boot From Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size SST 49LF004A Backup ROM Type/Size...
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... the BIOS ROM type. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... English...
... the BIOS ROM type. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... English...
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... Y button on your keyboard after you exit Q-Flash. Press any keys to return to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 60 - Halt On Error Disable CPopleyasMe apirneRssOaMnyDkaetya tto cBoanctkiunpue Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen...
... Y button on your keyboard after you exit Q-Flash. Press any keys to return to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 60 - Halt On Error Disable CPopleyasMe apirneRssOaMnyDkaetya tto cBoanctkiunpue Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off After system reboots, you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen...
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... Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Press Y on your keyboard to save the settings to update BIOS using the Q-FlashTM utility. The procedure is completed. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to CMOS...
... Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Exit Without Saving ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Press Y on your keyboard to save the settings to update BIOS using the Q-FlashTM utility. The procedure is completed. This part guides users of single-BIOS motherboards how to CMOS...
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Click Start/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS Fig 3. II. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. e. English Method 2 : @BIOSTM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to download the latest version of BIOS. Update BIOS through Internet: a. d. System will automatically download and update the BIOS. Do not click "Internet Update" icon. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 64 - Click "Internet Update" icon...
Click Start/ Programs/ GIGABYTE/@BIOS Fig 3. II. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. e. English Method 2 : @BIOSTM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to download the latest version of BIOS. Update BIOS through Internet: a. d. System will automatically download and update the BIOS. Do not click "Internet Update" icon. GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 64 - Click "Internet Update" icon...
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... RAID BIOS Setup 1. After rebooting your hard drives for RAID construction. RAID Mode: Mirroring NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004 - IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to select NVIDIA RAID; Note: To achieve best performance, it is provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit "Support\ Motherboard\ Technology Guide section" on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS...
... RAID BIOS Setup 1. After rebooting your hard drives for RAID construction. RAID Mode: Mirroring NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov 5 2004 - IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to select NVIDIA RAID; Note: To achieve best performance, it is provided. (For more detailed setup information, please visit "Support\ Motherboard\ Technology Guide section" on our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the Nvidia RAID BIOS...
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... the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Your system will open similar to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) function manual for detailed information about how to copy the driver in Fig. 2. (Note 2): If you wish to install operating system to SATA hard disks on -screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each...
... the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in your system. Your system will open similar to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) function manual for detailed information about how to copy the driver in Fig. 2. (Note 2): If you wish to install operating system to SATA hard disks on -screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each...
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...beeps Cache memory bad GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 78 - Turn off the on-board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS. Press Del to MB again and turn on power. 6. AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error Answer: Some advanced options are only for one minute). 4. Connect power cord to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load...
...beeps Cache memory bad GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard - 78 - Turn off the on-board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS. Press Del to MB again and turn on power. 6. AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error Answer: Some advanced options are only for one minute). 4. Connect power cord to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults(or load...