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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplication 56 3-3 Software Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 73 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 79 4-2 Troubleshooting 85 - 7 -
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 55 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers 55 3-2 SoftwareApplication 56 3-3 Software Information 56 3-4 Hardware Information 57 3-5 Contact Us ...57 Chapter 4 Appendix 59 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 59 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction 59 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction 60 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 62 4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction 73 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 79 4-2 Troubleshooting 85 - 7 -
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...the metal contacts on the slot. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from the computer. 3. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 18 - Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from ... small white-drawable bar. Replace the screw to install/uninstall the VGA card. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the operating system. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end ...
...the metal contacts on the slot. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from the computer. 3. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 18 - Press the expansion card firmly into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from ... small white-drawable bar. Replace the screw to install/uninstall the VGA card. Make sure your computer's chassis cover. 7. Install related driver from the operating system. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end ...
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... PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display First in BIOS Setup to PEG; Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable... SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. Hardware ...
... PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display First in BIOS Setup to PEG; Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable... SLI multi-GPU checkbox in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. Hardware ...
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... can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. COMA (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. LAN Port 1 The provided Internet ...Out) Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port 2 The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet (PCI Express Gigabit), providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and ...
... can be connected to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. Line In Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. COMA (Serial Port) Connects to this connector. LAN Port 1 The provided Internet ...Out) Connect the stereo speakers, earphone or front surround speakers to serial-based mouse or data processing devices. Only for possible patch or driver upgrade. LAN Port 2 The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet (PCI Express Gigabit), providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and ...
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...rate while SATA provides up to 150MB/s transfer rate. English 9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce4 SLI) 10) SATA0/1/2/3_SII (SATA Connectors, Controlled by Sil3114) 11) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) If you want to...(L) Rear Audio (L)/ Return L Only for the Serial ATA controller(s)and install the proper driver in order to utilize the front audio header, your dealer. Hardware Installation In order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4...must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 27 -
...rate while SATA provides up to 150MB/s transfer rate. English 9) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce4 SLI) 10) SATA0/1/2/3_SII (SATA Connectors, Controlled by Sil3114) 11) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Panel Connector) If you want to...(L) Rear Audio (L)/ Return L Only for the Serial ATA controller(s)and install the proper driver in order to utilize the front audio header, your dealer. Hardware Installation In order to work properly. 7 1 S_ATA_SB (Controlled by nForce4...must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. Please refer to the BIOS setting for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 27 -
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... Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function. NV Serial-ATA 2 Enabled Disabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Default value) Disable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to 0104. - 41 - Enabled Disabled Enable this function. (Default value) Disable this function. (Default...
... Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function. NV Serial-ATA 2 Enabled Disabled Enable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Default value) Disable Serial ATA 2 supported. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to 0104. - 41 - Enabled Disabled Enable this function. (Default value) Disable this function. (Default...
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... whether to 0104. Enabled Enable onboard Serial ATA Chip.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard Serial ATA Chip. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. Enabled Enable this function. Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. English NV SATA 2 class code(Note) 0101 Set NV SATA 2 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104...-5 ATA Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to RAID mode.(Default value) Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to ATA mode. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to 0104. SATA controller Function (Controlled by Sil3114 chip) This option...
... whether to 0104. Enabled Enable onboard Serial ATA Chip.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard Serial ATA Chip. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. Enabled Enable this function. Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. English NV SATA 2 class code(Note) 0101 Set NV SATA 2 class code to 0101. (Default value) 0104...-5 ATA Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to RAID mode.(Default value) Set Sil3114 Serial ATA Chip to ATA mode. (Note) When using driver version 1.2, please enable "NV IDE/SATA RAID function" if you wish to 0104. SATA controller Function (Controlled by Sil3114 chip) This option...
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...icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). The "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 55 - System will auto start and show a question mark ..."?" in Windows XP. Only for you want then click the "GO" button. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". ...
...icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). The "Xpress Install" will execute the installation for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 55 - System will auto start and show a question mark ..."?" in Windows XP. Only for you want then click the "GO" button. Insert the driver CD-title that recommended to install. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". ...
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English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 1 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 56 -
English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 1 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title. Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 56 -
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Drivers Installation English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 57 -
Drivers Installation English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 57 -
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... storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in the bottom left corner of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2005, Award Software,...-ROM and subsequent access by booting from CD-ROM. If you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. GA-K8N Ultra-SLI F7b . . . . :BIOS Setup/Dual BIOS, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 03/03/2006-NF-CK804-6A61FG0DC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Press any ...
... storage capacity and the reading/writing speed of the hard disk will stay permanent in the bottom left corner of the screen. Insert the provided driver CD into your hard disk. Boot from CD/DVD: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2005, Award Software,...-ROM and subsequent access by booting from CD-ROM. If you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. GA-K8N Ultra-SLI F7b . . . . :BIOS Setup/Dual BIOS, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 03/03/2006-NF-CK804-6A61FG0DC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Press any ...
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... following motherboards (As this is required for the backup file must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 61 - Xpress Recovery2 supports only ...SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix For the use of backing up hard disks installed with the GPL regulations. 4. The Main Screen of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up ) 4. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver...
... following motherboards (As this is required for the backup file must be solved by BIOS update) GA-K8U GA-K8U-9 GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8NXP-9 GA-K8N Ultra-9 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NMF-9 - 61 - Xpress Recovery2 supports only ...SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix For the use of backing up hard disks installed with the GPL regulations. 4. The Main Screen of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk. BACKUP: Back up ) 4. Capable of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be backed up data from the driver...
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...Add [ ] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 74 - NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.76 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. Define a New Array - After rebooting ... 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 The ...to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Press F10. English Please follow the steps below ).
...Add [ ] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 74 - NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.76 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. Define a New Array - After rebooting ... 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 The ...to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Press F10. English Please follow the steps below ).
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... shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. - 77 - RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - English Press Enter to exit the RAID setup. At the prompt, press...
... shows various information about the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows. - 77 - RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1 Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - English Press Enter to exit the RAID setup. At the prompt, press...
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... hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for detailed information about how to install the RAID drivers. First of all, copy the driver for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. See the instructions below about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished...appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. After that, the driver will open similar to be recognized during OS installation. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. A command prompt window will not have to that has CD-ROM support...
... hard disk may not be installed under Windows once for detailed information about how to install the RAID drivers. First of all, copy the driver for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. See the instructions below about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to exit when finished...appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. After that, the driver will open similar to be recognized during OS installation. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. A command prompt window will not have to that has CD-ROM support...
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... audio input to Rear Speaker Out. Connect the rear channels to Line In. Connect the side channels to "Line Out". The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to Mic In. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Side Speaker Out. The front channels or earphone...
... audio input to Rear Speaker Out. Connect the rear channels to Line In. Connect the side channels to "Line Out". The installation of the audio driver, you use the speaker with amplifier to Mic In. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to Side Speaker Out. The front channels or earphone...
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...3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Click the icon to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right... hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio ...
...3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "4CH Speaker" to complete 4 channel audio configuration. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 80 - Click the icon to "Rear Speaker Out". STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right... hand taskbar. STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio ...
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Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out - 81 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. Appendix
Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out - 81 - STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to complete 6 channel audio configuration. English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "6CH Speaker" to select the function. Appendix
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... the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect... Speaker Out", and the side channels to select the function. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 82 -
... the sound effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. Click the icon to "Side Speaker Out". STEP 2 : Following installation of the audio driver, you find a Sound Effect icon on the left selection bar and select "8CH Speaker" to complete 8 channel audio configuration. English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect... Speaker Out", and the side channels to select the function. Front Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 82 -