GA-K8U-939

Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 Owner's manual

  • Hello! I've reviewed the user manual for the GIGABYTE GA-K8U-939 motherboard. This manual covers everything from CPU and memory installation to BIOS settings and software utilities like EasyTune 5. The motherboard supports various AMD Socket 939 processors and offers multiple expansion slots and ports, including AGP, PCI, IDE, and SATA. I'm ready to help you with any questions you may have about using this hardware.
  • What type of processors are supported by this motherboard?
    How much memory can this motherboard support?
    What kind of graphics card can i use?
    What types of storage interfaces are available?
GA-K8U-939
AMD Socket 939
Rev. 1001
12MC-K8U939-1001
Jun. 15, 2005
Motherboard
GA-K8U-939
Motherboard
GA-K8U-939
Jun. 15, 2005
© 2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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1-3-1 .............................................................................................11
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 12
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1-5 ................................................................................................. 15
1-6 ................................................................................... 16
1-7 ....................................................................................... 17
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
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(BIOS GA-K8U-939 / F1) .............................................................. 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 ( )............................................... 38
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 40
2-6 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 41
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 42
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 43
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 43
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 44
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP )................................ 45
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 45
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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 Recovery .................................................................................... 52
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 55
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 64
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ....................................................................................... 72
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 80
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GA-K8U-939
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
PWR_FAN
CODEC
IR
SMSC
LPC47M997-NR ULi M1689
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
DDR3
F_USB2F_USB1
DDR2
DDR1
SATA0
SATA1
BAT
ATX
IDE2
FDD
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
GA-K8U-939
MS/KB
Socket 939
AUDIO
COMB
LPT
R_USB
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
CD_IN
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
COMA
IDE1
PCI3
PCI4
RTL
8100C
SUR_CEN
SPDIF_IO
PCI5
AGP
GAME
DDR4
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Line-Out
MIC
AMD K8
Socket 939
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(1000MHz)
AGPCLK
(66MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
ULi M1689
DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM
24MHz
33MHz
SMSC
LPC47M997-
NR
2 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
CODEC
Line-In
PCICLK
(33MHz)
5 PCI
PCI Bus
RTL
8100C
RJ45
8 USB
Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
AGP Slot
4X/8X
LPC BUS
COM Port
IR
LAN
BIOS
DDR RAM
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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 / AthlonTM 64 / AthlonTM 64 FX /
AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core K8 Socket 939
2000MT/s
3000+ CPU
ULi M1689
Win 2000/XP
4DDR DIMM 4GB(1)
DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
1 AGP AGP 8X/4X(1.5V)
5PCI
IDE 2IDE (UDMA 33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133) 4IDE
1 2
SATA 2Serial ATA ULi M1689 (SATA0, SATA1)
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
2(COMA COMB)
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
RTL8100C (10/100 Mbit)
1RJ 45
ALC850 CODEC (UAJ)
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 6 / 8 (2)
Surround Back Speaker ( Audio Combo Kit )
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
I/O SMSC LPC47M997-NR
CPU /
CPU /
SATA RAID ULi M1689 (SATA0, SATA1)
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) JBOD
150 MB
4 SATA
Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
1-2
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(1) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
(2) 8Audio Combo Kit ( )
(3) EasyTune 5
@BIOS
EasyTune 5 ( 3)
BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ VCC18/ VCC12/ AGP)
BIOS (CPU/ PCI)
ATX 29.4 x 21.0
1-3-1
90
(1) ( ) (
2)
1. 90
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2. CPU_FAN
2. ( )
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
1.
2.
DDR
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Dual Channel DDR ( )
GA-K8U-939 (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
2DDR DDR1 DDR2
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 )
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
AGP
/
AGP
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
A , B
(USB) USB
USB /USB USB USB
USB
Ethernet 10/100Mbps
2-/4-/6-/8-
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) PWR_FAN
6) FDD
7) IDE1 / IDE2
8) SATA0 / SATA1
9) PWR_LED
10) BAT
11) F_PANEL
12) F_AUDIO
13) CD_IN
14) SUR_CEN
15) SPDIF_IO
16) F_USB1 / F_USB2
17) IR
18) GAME
19) CLR_CMOS
13
8
4
16
6
2
7
12
15
13
11
19
9
17
14 5
18
10
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x10 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
21
43
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 3.3V
12 -12V
13
14 PS_ON(soft on/off)
15
16
17
18 -5V
19 +5V
20 +5V
1
10
11
20
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3/45/) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin +12V
(GND)
CPU
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN
CPU_FAN
1
1
6) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
2
34
1
33
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7) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave (IDE )
2
40
1
39
17
8) SATA0 / SATA1 (Serial ATA )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5RXN
6 RXP
7
IDE1 IDE2
/