GA-K8NF-9

Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Owner's manual

  • Hello! I've reviewed the user manual for the GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 motherboard. This document provides comprehensive details about the board's features, including its support for AMD Socket 939 processors, DDR memory, PCI Express slots, and various input/output ports. It also covers BIOS settings and the use of utilities like EasyTune 5 and Xpress Recovery2. I'm ready to answer any questions you have about the motherboard.
  • What type of CPU does the GA-K8NF-9 motherboard support?
    What type of memory does this motherboard support?
    How many serial ATA ports are available on this motherboard?
    What is the purpose of EasyTune 5?
    What is the purpose of Xpress Recovery2?
    How can i get into BIOS setup?
GA-K8NF-9
AMD Socket 939
Rev. 1005
12MC-K8NF9-1005
Dec. 24, 2004
Motherboard
GA-K8NF-9
Motherboard
GA-K8NF-9
Dec. 24, 2004
© 2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5 ................................................................................................. 16
1-6 ................................................................................... 17
1-7 ....................................................................................... 18
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
(BIOS F9) ................................................................... 30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 32
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 34
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 35
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 39
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 40
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 41
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 43
2-8 Top Performance ( ) ....................................................................... 44
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 45
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 45
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 46
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 46
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3-1 ............................................................................... 47
3-2 ............................................................................................ 48
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 48
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 49
3-5 ................................................................................................. 49
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 51
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 51
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 52
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 54
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 63
4-1-5 /// .............................................................................. 68
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 74
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GA-K8NF-9
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
CODEC
IR_CIR
IT8712
nVIDIA®
nForceTM 4 (- 4X)
BIOS
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
DDR1
F_USB2
F_USB1
DDR2
DDR3
BATTERY
ATX
IDE2
FDD
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
GA-K8NF-9
KB_MS
Socket 939
AUDIO1
USB USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
CD_IN
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
DDR4
IDE1
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
PCIE_16
SPDIF_O
COMA
LPT
SPDIF_I
AUDIO2
TSB82AA2
TSB81BA3
F_USB3
F2_1394
F1_1394
S_ATA2_SB
S_ATA3_SB
S_ATA0_SB
S_ATA1_SB
VITESSE
8201
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Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
AMD K8
Socket 939
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
nVIDIA®
nForce4(-4X)
DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM
24MHz
33MHz
IT8712
4 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
PCICLK
(33MHz)
3PCI
PCI Bus
10 USB
Ports
Dual Channel Memory
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
LPC BUS
COM Port
IR_CIR
CODEC
3 IEEE1394b
TSB82AA2
TSB81BA3
2 PCI Express x 1 Ports
RJ45
PCI Express x 1 Bus
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
BIOS
VITESSE
8201
PCI Express x 16
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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AMD SempronTM / AlthlonTM 64 / AlthlonTM 64 FX /
AlthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Socket 939
1600MHz
3000+ CPU
nVIDIA® nForce4(-4X)
Win 2000/XP
4DDR DIMM 4GB ( )
DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
2PCI Express x 1
3PCI
IDE 2IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4IDE
Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 4Serial ATA nVIDIA® nForce4(-4X) (S_ATA0_SB,
S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB)
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1(COMA)
10 USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 6- )
3IEEE1394b ( )
1
1 /
1PS/2
1PS/2
VITESSE 8201 phy (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
ALC850 CODEC
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
1-2
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
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I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU/
CPU
CPU /
CPU
SATA RAID nForce4(-4X) (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB)
-striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)
-150MB
-
- 4 SATA
Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune ( )
BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Core Power)
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
90 (
1) ( )
(2)
1.
90
2.
( )
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR ( )
GA-K8NF-9 (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
GA-K8NF-9 4(DIMM) Channel 2
Channel A DDR 1 DDR 3 ( 13)
Channel B DDR 2 DDR 4 ( 24)
1. DDR
2. DDR ( )
Channel A Channel B ( )
DDR1 DDR2 DDR
Channel
3. DDR
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
2
4
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
DS/SS DS/SS X X
X X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
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1-5
1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x 16
/
PCI Express x 16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
SPDIF_I (SPDIF )
SPDIF
(SPDIF Out)
SPDIF_O (SPDIF )
PDIF AC-3 AC-3
(SPDIF In)
A
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
(USB)
USB
USB /USB USB USB
USB
( )
/
/
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1-7
2-/4-/6-/8-
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1 / IDE2
7) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB
8) PWR_LED
9) F_PANEL
10) F_AUDIO
11) CD_IN
12) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3
13) F1_1394 / F2_1394
14) IR_CIR
15) CLR_CMOS
16) BATTERY
13
9
12
5
2
16
10
11
15
6
7
8
14
4
13
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB (stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V( 24
)
12 3.3V( 24
)
13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V( 24
)
24 (24
)
113
24
12
1
2
3
4
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
+12V
(GND)
CPU
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN
1
CPU_FAN
1
/