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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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Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 12 - For example, 4 GB of 2 FDD devices 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports from nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI controller (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB); 4 SATA ports from ...138; Supports Line In ; Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. MIC ; English 1-2 Feature Summary Motherboard CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or GA-K8N Pro-SLI or GA-K8N-SLI Socket 939 for system usage and ...
Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. K8 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 12 - For example, 4 GB of 2 FDD devices 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports from nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI controller (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB); 4 SATA ports from ...138; Supports Line In ; Only for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. MIC ; English 1-2 Feature Summary Motherboard CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Onboard Audio GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or GA-K8N Pro-SLI or GA-K8N-SLI Socket 939 for system usage and ...
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...- supports a maximum of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections Onboard Silicon Image SiI3114 chip (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) - supported on different motherboards. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. - 13 - supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) - supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), ...BIOS Supports Dual BIOS /Q-Flash Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 (Note 2) Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Chipset core PCI-E) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/ PCI-E) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm (Note 2) EasyTune 5 functions...
...- supports a maximum of 4 SATA 3Gb/s connections Onboard Silicon Image SiI3114 chip (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) - supported on different motherboards. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. - 13 - supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), or striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) - supports data striping (RAID 0), mirroring (RAID 1), ...BIOS Supports Dual BIOS /Q-Flash Supports @BIOS Supports EasyTune 5 (Note 2) Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Chipset core PCI-E) Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/ PCI-E) ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm (Note 2) EasyTune 5 functions...
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... two SLI-ready PCIE x 16 cards (Example: GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D) of the PCI ExpressTM bus architecture, features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU (graphics processing unit) and the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset. ...K8N Ulra-SLI/GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI motherboard. Together, the NVIDIA SLI technologies work and deliver heartpounding PC performance. Installing a device to operate in that can provide sufficient and stable power to provide enhanced performance. Hardware Installation This section introduces steps to PCIE x 8 mode. 1. Understanding the GIGABYTE SLI...
... two SLI-ready PCIE x 16 cards (Example: GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D) of the PCI ExpressTM bus architecture, features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU (graphics processing unit) and the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset. ...K8N Ulra-SLI/GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI motherboard. Together, the NVIDIA SLI technologies work and deliver heartpounding PC performance. Installing a device to operate in that can provide sufficient and stable power to provide enhanced performance. Hardware Installation This section introduces steps to PCIE x 8 mode. 1. Understanding the GIGABYTE SLI...
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... Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) x Read Preamble value x Async Latency value CPU Spread Spectrum PCIE Clock Robust Graphics Booster CPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore Chipset core PCI-E voltage HT-Link voltage control DDR voltage control 7ns 7ns [Center Spread] [100Mhz] [Auto] [Normal] 1.500V [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] Item Help Menu Level...
... Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) x Read Preamble value x Async Latency value CPU Spread Spectrum PCIE Clock Robust Graphics Booster CPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore Chipset core PCI-E voltage HT-Link voltage control DDR voltage control 7ns 7ns [Center Spread] [100Mhz] [Auto] [Normal] 1.500V [Normal] [Normal] [Normal] Item Help Menu Level...
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... to 150Mhz. DDR voltage control Normal Supply DDR voltage as Chipset core PCI-E required. +0.1v (Default value) Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.1V. +0.2v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.2V. +0.3v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.3V. Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to... Set Robust Graphics Booster to 1.750V. (Default value: Normal) Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU Vcore voltage. Chipset core PCI-E voltage Normal Set Chipset core PCI-E voltage as DDR required. (Default value) +0.1v +0.2v Increase DDR voltage +0.1V. Center Spread Set...
... to 150Mhz. DDR voltage control Normal Supply DDR voltage as Chipset core PCI-E required. +0.1v (Default value) Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.1V. +0.2v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.2V. +0.3v Increase Chipset core PCI-E voltage +0.3V. Auto Set Robust Graphics Booster to... Set Robust Graphics Booster to 1.750V. (Default value: Normal) Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU Vcore voltage. Chipset core PCI-E voltage Normal Set Chipset core PCI-E voltage as DDR required. (Default value) +0.1v +0.2v Increase DDR voltage +0.1V. Center Spread Set...
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"Top Performance" will effect the result. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. Disabled Disable this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. For example, the same H/W configuration might not run properly with Windows XP, but works smoothly with Windows NT. Therefore, ...
"Top Performance" will effect the result. Only for GA-K8N Pro-SLI. Disabled Disable this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. For example, the same H/W configuration might not run properly with Windows XP, but works smoothly with Windows NT. Therefore, ...
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... auto start and show a question mark "?" If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into... drivers automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will restart your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will execute the installation for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 55 - in Windows XP.
... auto start and show a question mark "?" If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.exe. 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers After insert the driver CD, "Xpress Install" will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that came with your motherboard into... drivers automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will restart your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will execute the installation for GA-K8N Ultra-SLI. - 55 - in Windows XP.
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GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. Display screen Display panel of both CPU cooling fan and North-Bridge Chipset cooling fan, 4) PC health for monitoring system status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display Description 1. for special ...-Fan control for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page 5. Appendix Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website 10. Smart-Fan Enters the Smart-Fan setting page 4. Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status 9. Overclocking Enters the Overclocking ...
GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. Display screen Display panel of both CPU cooling fan and North-Bridge Chipset cooling fan, 4) PC health for monitoring system status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display Description 1. for special ...-Fan control for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page 5. Appendix Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website 10. Smart-Fan Enters the Smart-Fan setting page 4. Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status 9. Overclocking Enters the Overclocking ...
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...supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update 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...-created backup files to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. PATA IDE secondary channel c . Limitations: 1. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is a BIOS-related issue,...
...supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on Nvidia chipsets, BIOS update 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...-created backup files to execute the EnableBigLba.exe program from hard disk. 3. PATA IDE secondary channel c . Limitations: 1. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2, a primary partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is a BIOS-related issue,...
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... each member is equal to as a member. The different methods are RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+RAID 1 and JBOD. The RAID levels which the nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI chipset supports are referred to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The disk array data capacity is recorded in the...
... each member is equal to as a member. The different methods are RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+RAID 1 and JBOD. The RAID levels which the nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI chipset supports are referred to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The disk array data capacity is recorded in the...