GA-K8N

Gigabyte GA-K8N Owner's manual

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GA-K8N
AMD Socket 754
Rev. 1003
12MC-K8N-1003
© 2004 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT") .GBT ,
.
Mother Board
GA-K8N
August 29, 2003
Motherboard
GA-K8N
August 29 ,2003
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AGP 4X/8X AGP 2X
AGP AGP 4X/8X ( ) AGP 4X/8X
(1.5V)
AGP 2X nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 150 AGP 2X(3.3V)
AGP 2X(3.3V) AGP 4X/
8X(1.5V)
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1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5. ATX
PCB
,
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1-1 .............................................................................................. 8
1-2 .............................................................................................. 8
1-3 GA-K8N Layout ................................................................. 11
1-4 - GA-K8N ........................................................12
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1...........................................14
2...................................................................16
3............................................................................18
3-1 AGP ..........................................................................................18
419
4-1 I/O ..........................................................................19
4-2 .....................................................................................21
BIOS .................................................. 33
(For Example BIOS Verson: F1f)........................................34
CMOS .....................................................................................36
BIOS ..............................................................................39
.........................................................................................41
.........................................................................................46
PCI ...................................................................49
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/......................................................................................52
Fail-Safe .............................................................................54
Optimized ...........................................................................55
(Supervisor) / (User) .....................................56
SETUP ............................................................57
SETUP .......................................................58
......................................... 59
@BIOS ............................................................................................59
EasyTune 4....................................................................................60
BIOS ...............................................................................61
/ / ..................................................65
Jack-Sensing ...........................................................................71
UAJ ...........................................................................................73
Xpress Recovery ................................................................................75
..................................................................... 79
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GA-K8N
GA-K8N
GigaRAID
SATA RAID
GC-SATA ( )
(SATA x 1 x 1)
IDE x 1 / x 1
SATA x 2
IEEE1394 & USB x 1
Audio Combo Kit x 1
(SURROUND-Kit + SPDIF Out Kit)
USB 1
I/O
Motherboard Settings
1-1
1-2
y ATX 30.5 x 23.2
yAMD Athlon 64 K8 Socket 754
(L1)128K (L2)1M/512K/
256K CPU
y 1.6 GHz(2800+) CPU
y nVIDIA® nForce 3 150
y3 184-pin DDR DIMM
yDDR400/DDR333/DDR266 DIMM
y64-bit data bus 8bits Error
Correcting Code (ECC) unbuffered DIMMs
y128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB DRAM
y3GB
I/O yIT8712F
y1 AGP AGP 8X/4X AGP3.0
y5PCI 33MHz PCI 2.3 compliant
.......
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IDE y2 IDE bus master (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) IDE
4ATAPI
yCPU /
yCPU
yCPU
y
yCPU /
yCPU
y1 (360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M
2.88M bytes)
y1Normal/EPP/ECP
y2(COMA COMB)
y6USB 2.0/1.1 , x 4 ( )
y1
y1
yRealtek RTL8100c
y1RJ 45
yRealtek ALC658 CODEC (UAJ)
y Jack Sensing
yLine Out : 2
yLine In : 2 ( )
yMic In : / ( )
ySPDIF In / Out
yCD In / AUX In / Game Port
PS/2 yPS/2 PS/2
BIOS yAWARD BIOS
yQ-Flash
.......
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yPS/2
yPS/2
y
ySTR (Suspend-To-RAM)
y
yAC Recovery
y
yUSB / S3
yThermal shutdown
yEasy Tune 4
y@BIOS
yBIOS (CPU/DDR/AGP/Vcc12_HT)
yBIOS (CPU/DDR/AGP)
CPU CPU
CPU
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GA-K8N Layout
nVIDIA®
nForce 3
150
CD_IN
GA-K8N
KB_MS
COMB
LPT
USB
LAN
ATX_12V
SOCKET 754
CPU_FAN
IDE1
IDE2
DDR2
COMA
PWR_LED
BAT
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
F_USB1
IT8712F
BIOS
CODEC
DDR3
PCI4
PCI5
GAME
F_AUDIO
AUX_IN
IR_CIR
RAM_LED
ATX
SYS_FAN
DDR1
SPDIF_IO
SUR_CEN
2X_DET
AUDIO
F_PANEL
INFO_LINK
AGP
FDD
RTL8100C
F_USB2
CLR_PWD
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CPUCLK+/- (200MHz)
AGP Slot
4X/8X
AGPCLK
(66MHz)
5 PCI
PCICLK
(33MHz)
RJ45
RTL8100C
AMD
AlthlonTM 64
processor (K8)
DDR400/333/266 DIMM
DDR RAM
nVIDIA®
nForce3 150
LPC BUS
6 USB
Ports
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
IT8712
24 MHz
33 MHz
Game Port
Floppy
LPT Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
2 COM Ports
BIOS IR/CIR
LAN
AC97 Link
MIC
LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
AC97
CODEC
HyperTransport
Bus
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1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
BIOS
12
3
4
4
4
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1
1. .
2. .
3. .
4.
5. CPU
(CPU)
4 :
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-1 Pin ,90
( 1 2) pin A1
(3) .
CPU
1. 65 ,
,
90 ,
65
2. 90
3. pin A1
,
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1-2 ,
(4) AMD (Shin-Etsu G751 G749
), CPU
CPU ,pin
, )
4.
7. CPU
CPU FAN
1-4 CPU CPU FAN (7)
1-3 ,CPU
(5&6)(
)
5&6
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2
3(DIMM) BIOS
1. RAM_LED
2.
DDR
Total Memory Size Per Chip Select
Device Used on DIMMs Size Per CS Comments
64 Mbit (2Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 64 Mbyte
64 Mbit (1Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 32 Mbyte
128 Mbit(4Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 128 Mbyte
128 Mbit(2Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 64 Mbyte
256 Mbit(8Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 256 Mbyte
256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks) 128 Mbyte
512 Mbit(16Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 512 Mbyte
512 Mbit(8Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 256 Mbyte
1 Gbit(32Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 1 Gbyte
1 Gbit(16Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 512 Mbyte
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1.
2.
3. DIMM
DDR
DDR(Double Data Rate) PC SDRAM SDRAM
DDR OEM
DDR SDRAM
SDRAM DDR SDRAM
DDR 3.2GB/s(DDR400)
DDR DRAM
PC
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1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
/AGP ,. AGP AGP
. AGP
2X(3.3V) , AGP_LED ,
2X (3.3V) .
3
3-1 AGP
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4
4-1 I/O \
PS/2
(6 pin Female)
PS/2
(6 pin Female)
XX
XX
X PS/2 PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
XYZ
[
Y A / B /
A (9 pin Male) B
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[
2-/4-/6-
6-channel
2
"Line Out"
"Line In" "Mic In"
28
SUR_CEN
2-/4-/6- 65
Line In ( )
MIC In ( / )
Line Out ( )
Z /
USB USB
USB USB ZIP USB
USB
USB (5)
USB (4)
LAN
(1)
/