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Gigabyte GA-K8NF9 Ultra Owner's manual

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GA-K8NF9 Ultra
AMD Socket 939
Rev. 2002
12MC-K8NF9U-2002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Sep. 30, 2005
Motherboard
GA-K8NF9 Ultra (1.0)
Motherboard
GA-K8NF9 Ultra (1.0)
Sep. 30, 2005
Mar. 15, 2006
Motherboard
GA-K8NF9 Ultra (2.0)
Motherboard
GA-K8NF9 Ultra (2.0)
Mar. 15, 2006
© 2006 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 ....................................................................................... 27
(BIOS GA-K8NF9 Ultra(1.0) : F1a) ............................ 28
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 30
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 32
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 34
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 38
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 40
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 41
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 44
2-8 Top Performance ( ) ....................................................................... 46
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 46
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 47
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 48
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 48
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3-1 ............................................................................... 49
3-2 ............................................................................................ 50
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 50
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 51
3-5 ................................................................................................. 51
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 54
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery 2 .................................................................................. 55
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 57
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 68
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ....................................................................................... 73
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 77
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GA-K8NF9 Ultra
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
CODEC
IR_CIR
IT8712
nVIDIA®
nForce4 Ultra/
SLI*
MAIN
BIOS
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
DDR1
F_USB2
F_USB1
DDR2
DDR3
BATTERY
ATX
IDE2
FDD
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
GA-K8NF9 Ultra
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
SNO82AA2
SNO81BA3
F_USB3
F2_1394
F1_1394
S_ATA2_SB
S_ATA3_SB
S_ATA0_SB
S_ATA1_SB
VITESSE
8201 phy
PWR_FAN
BACKUP
BIOS
"*" GA-K8NF9 Ultra(2.0)
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"*" GA-K8NF9 Ultra(2.0)
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 Ultra/
SLI*
DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM
24MHz
33MHz
IT8712
4 SATA 3Gb/s
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
SNO82AA2
SNO81BA3
2 PCI Express x 1 Ports
RJ45
PCI Express x 1 Bus
VITESSE
8201
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCI Express x 16
BIOS
LAN
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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
2000MHz
3000+ CPU
nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra/SLI*
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
1 2
SATA 4 SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra/SLI*
(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
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
1-2
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I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU
CPU
SATA RAID nForce4 Ultra/SLI*
(S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB)
-striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)
-300MB
-
- 4 SATA
Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
BIOS/Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune ( )
BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ HT-Link/ Core Power)
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
() 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
GA-K8NF9 Ultra - 14 -
1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR ( )
GA-K8NF9 Ultra (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDR
2. DDR (
)DDR
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
1
2
3
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
X DS/SS X X
X X X DS/SS
X DS/SS DS/SS X
DS/SS X X DS/SS
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X
X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS
(SS DS )
2DDR DDR1 DDR2
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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 ( )
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) PWR_FAN
6) FDD
7) IDE1 / IDE2
8) S_ATA0/1/2/3_SB
9) PWR_LED
10) BATTERY
11) F_PANEL
12) F_AUDIO
13) CD_IN
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3
15) F1_1394 / F2_1394
16) IR_CIR
17) CLR_CMOS
13
11
14
6
2
10
12
13
17
7
8
9
16
4
15
5
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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
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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3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
+12V
(GND)
CPU
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN
1
CPU_FAN
1
PWR_FAN
1
6) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
2
34
1
33
/