GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal

Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal Owner's manual

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GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal
Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1002
12MC-8NSLIQU-1002R
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Motherboard
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal
Nov. 16, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal
Nov. 16, 2005
© 2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 /Cool-Plus( ) ..................................................... 14
1-5 ....................................................................................... 14
1-6 ................................................................................................. 16
1-7 SLI (Scalable Link Interface ) ................... 17
1-7-1 ............................................................................................ 17
1-7-2 SLI ..................................................................................... 20
1-7-3 .................................................................................. 20
1-8 Multi View ( ) .................................................... 22
1-8-1 ( Multi View ) .................................... 23
1-9 ................................................................................... 24
1-10 ....................................................................................... 25
BIOS ....................................................................................... 39
(BIOS Ver. : F1) .......................................................... 40
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 42
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 45
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 47
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 50
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 51
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 52
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 53
2-8 Select Language ( ) ........................................................................ 58
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 58
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 58
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2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 59
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 60
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 60
....................................................................................... 61
3-1 ............................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 62
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 63
3-5 ................................................................................................. 63
.......................................................................................................... 65
4-1 ............................................................................................ 65
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 66
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 67
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 70
4-1-4 Serial ATA (nVIDIA nForce4 SLI) .................... 81
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ....................................................................................... 96
4-2 ................................................................................................... 100
4-3 POST Error Code ........................................................................................ 101
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GA-8N- SLI QUAD Royal
NVIDIA C19
NVIDIA CK804
LGA775
CPU_FAN
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
MEN_FAN
RUSB_PSEL
ATXPWR
IDE2
IDE1
PWR_FAN
W83L951F
S_ATA2
S_ATA1
S_ATA3
S_ATA0
7_SEG_LED
FUSB_PSEL F_PANEL
PWR_LED
AUX_FAN
F_USB2
F_USB1
BATTERY
F_USB3
FDD
SYS_FAN
COMA
1394_CON
PCIEX8_2
PCI
TSB43AB23
IT8712 PCIEX16_2
IR
SPDIF_IN
ALC850
88E1111
CD_IN
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX16_1 Main
BIOS
Backup
BIOS
PCIEX1_1
SLI Switch Module Socket
PCIEX8_1
F_AUDIO
NB_FAN
ATX_12V
ET1310
KB_MS
AUDIO2
LPT
USB
LAN1
SPDIF_O
USB
LAN2
AUDIO1
1394_6P
SPDIF_RCA
CLR_CMOS
SB_FAN
RF_ID
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal
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LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(1066/800/533MHz)
Host
Interface
NBCLK (25MHz)
HCLK+/- (133/200/266MHz)
LPC BUS
IT8712F
PCI Express Bus
nVIDIA
C19
nVIDIA
CK804
DDRII 667/533MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
BIOS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
PCI Express x 16 Bus
33MHz
48MHz
25MHz
LAN 2
RJ45
Marvell
88E1111
2 PCIEx16
Slot1 / Slot2
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCICLK
(33MHz)
1PCI
ROMCLK33MHz
4 SATA 3Gb/s
PS/2KB
24 MHz
10 USB
Ports
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
24.576MHz
TSB43AB23
3 IEEE1394a
LAN 1
RJ45
ET1310I
x1
2 PCI Express x 1
x1 x1
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCI Bus
PCI Express x 16 Bus
2 PCIEx16
Slot3 / Slot4
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PS/2 Mouse
33 MHz
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal - 10 -
LGA775 Intel®Extreme Edition / Pentium® D /Pentium® 4
1066/800/533MHz FSB
L2 CPU
nVIDIA® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition (Crush 19)
nVIDIA® CK804
Win 2000/XP
4DDR II DIMM 4 GB
DDR II 667 /533 unbuffered DIMMs
1.8V DDR II DIMM
4 PCI Express x 16
2PCI Express x 1
1PCI
IDE 2IDE (IDE1/IDE2) nVIDIA® CK804 (UDMA 33/ATA
66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4IDE
-Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA® CK804 (SATA0,
SATA1, SATA2, SATA3)
-Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1COMA
10 USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 6- )
3IEEE1394a ( )
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
Agere ET1310 (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN1 )
Marvell 88E1111 Phy (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN2 )
-Win 2000/XP
2RJ45
1-2
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ALC850 CODEC
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF
SPDIF ( + )
CD
I/O IT8712F
CPU / NB / Power IC
CPU / / / Auxilliary / Memory
CPU
CPU / /
SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA® CK804
RAID -striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) striping + mir-
roring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5
-300MB
-
- 4 SATA 3Gb/s
-Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
DualBIOS/Q-Flash/ BIOS
@BIOS
EasyTune 5( )
BIOS (FSB/DIMM/PCIE/CPU/North Bridge/South Bridge)
BIOS (CPU/DIMM/PCIE)
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
() EasyTune 5
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal - 12 -
1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. CPU FAN 3000RPM.
HT
(Hyper-Threading
Technology)
- HT Intel Pentium 4
- HT
- BIOS BIOS HT
- HT
1-3-1
1.
2.
4.3.
(
)
(
)
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1-3-2
1.
6.
CPU
3.
2.
(
)
(Intel )
4.
(
)
5.
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal - 14 -
1-5
1.
2.
3.
DDR II BIOS
DDR II
1-4 /Cool-Plus( )
1.
Cool-Plus
Cool-Plus
Cool-Plus
2.
Cool-Plus
NB_FAN
3.
Cool-Plus Cool-Plus
Cool-Plus
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Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal (Dual Channel DDR
Technology) Memory Bus
1. DDR II
2. DDR II (
)
DDR II
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
2
4
DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II3 DDR II 4
DS/SS X DS/SS X
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
1.
2.
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal - 16 -
1-6
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x 16
/
PCI Express x 16
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1-7 SLI (Scalable Link Interface )
NVIDIA SLI NVIDIA SLI
SLI PCI Express NVIDIA GeForce
nVIDIA® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition SLI
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal SLI
1-7-1
I. :
SLI (GC-SLICON)
GC-SLICON SLI
SLI
SLI (GC-SLISW-C19)
GC-SLISW-C19
SLI
SLI (SLI Mode) (Normal
Mode)
SLI (GC-SLISW-3D1)
GV-3D1
GC-SLISW-3D1 "3D1 Mode"
(Normal Mode GC-SLISW-C19
)
GC-SLISW-C19
GC-SLICON
GC-SLISW-3D1
SLI (GC-SLISW-C19 GC-SLISW-3D1)
PCIEx16
II. :
5V 12V
20A 500W SLI
!!!
III. :
NVIDIA SLI Windows XP
GA-8N-SLI QUAD Royal SLI
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SLI
SLI
25
SLI
(
" " )
SLI
SLI SLI (GC-SLISW-C19)
SLI SLI
SLI
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:
"1-6 "
SLI PCIE x 16
PCIEX16_1(SLOT2)
PCIEX16_2 (SLOT3)
SLI
SLI (GC-SLICON)
:
NVIDIA
"NVIDIA "
GeForce
"SLI
(GPU)"
"SLI
(GPU)" " "
SLI
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1-7-2 SLI
1:
BIOS SLI
: SLI 2nVidia
(GV-NX66T128D)
: BIOS PCIex16 Slot Lanes Auto
(55 )
nVidia 2nVidia SLI
(Windows XP )
1-7-3
Graphics Chip Maker Model Name GPU
nVidia Gigabyte * GV-NX66T128D Geforce 6600GT (NV43GT)
Gigabyte * GV-NX68T256DH Geforce 6800GT (NV45GT)
Gigabyte * GV-NX68U256D Geforce 6800 Ultra (NV45 Ultra)
Gigabyte GV-3D1 Geforce 6600GT x 2
Gigabyte * GV-NX68256D Geforce 6800
Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B Geforce 7800GTX
Gigabyte * GV-NX78T256V-B Geforce 7800GT
1-1. 1 (2 PCIE )
GC-SLISW-C19 x16-x16 2
(Normal Mode) ( )
GC-SLISW-C19 x8-x8 2
(SLl Mode) ( )
x8-x8 2
( )
PCIEX8_1
(SLOT1)
PCIEX16_1
(SLOT2)
PCIEX16_2
(SLOT3)
PCIEX8_2
(SLOT4)
nVidia (x16) nVidia (x16)
nVidia (x8) nVidia (x8)
nVidia (x8) nVidia (x8)
SLI SLI Remark
SLI (1)
1
2
3
(http://chinese.giga-byte.com)
: *nVidia
S1
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