Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP-940 Owner's manual

GA-K8NNXP-940

User's Manual

AMD Socket 940 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1001

12ME-K8NN940-1001

Copyright

Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from

without the expressed, written permission of GBT.

Trademarks

Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

Notice

Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard.

Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a

commitment to update the information ontained herein.

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When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and

practiced. If your AGP card has "AGP 4X/8X(1.5V) notch" (show below), please make sure your

AGP card is AGP 4X/8X(1.5V).

AGP 2X(3.3V) card is not supported by nVIDIA® nForce™ 3 150 chipset. You might experience

system unable to boot up normally. Please insert an AGP 4X/8X(1.5V) card.

Although Gigabyte's AG32S(G) graphics card is based on ATi Rage 128 Pro chip, the design of

AG32S(G) is compliance with AGP 4X(1.5V) specification. Therefore, AG32S(G) will work fine

with nVIDIA® nForce™ 3 150 based motherboards.

Before you install PCI cards, please remove the Dual BIOS label from PCI slots if there is one.

Read Me First !

AGP 4X/8X notch

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Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don't line up with the holes on the base and there

are no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the

mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off,

so be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without

worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the

screw from the motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be

careful, don't let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the

fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

Preparing Your Computer

Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To

protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever

you work on your computer.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have

one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as

the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or

other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX

power connector on the motherboard.

The manufacturer assumes no liability for any damage, caused directly or indirectly, by improper

installation of any comfortable performing the installation, consult a qualified computer technician.

Damage to system components, and injury to yourself may result if power is applied during

installation.

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Table of Content

Read Me First !.......................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................8

1-1 Check List ....................................................................................8

1-2 Features Summary................................................................................ 8

1-3 GA-K8NNXP-940 Motherboard Layout............................................... 11

1-4 Block Diagram - GA-K8NNXP-940.....................................................12

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process.............................................15

Step 1: Installing Processor and CPU Cooling Fan..................................16

Step 2: Installing Memory Modules...........................................................18

Step 3: Installing expansion cards ............................................................21

Step 3-1: AGP Card Installation.....................................................................................21

Step 3-2: K8DPS (Dual Power System) Installation....................................................22

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires and power supply ............23

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction...........................................................................23

Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction.................................................................................25

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .........................................................................41

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : E08)...................................... 42

Standard CMOS Features......................................................................... 44

Advanced BIOS Features ..........................................................................47

Integrated Peripherals ..............................................................................49

Power Management Setup .......................................................................54

PnP/PCI Configurations.............................................................................57

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PC Health Status........................................................................................58

Frequency/Voltage Control........................................................................60

Load Fail-Safe Defaults............................................................................. 62

Load Optimized Defaults...........................................................................63

Set Supervisor/User Password.................................................................. 64

Save & Exit Setup.......................................................................................65

Exit Without Saving ...................................................................................66

Chapter 4 Technical Reference ...........................................................69

@BIOS™ Introduction.................................................................................69

EasyTune™ 4 Introduction .........................................................................70

K8DPS (Dual Power System) Introduction................................................71

Flash BIOS Method Introduction...............................................................72

2- / 4- / 6-Channel Audio Function Introduction ........................................ 82

Jack-Sensing Introduction......................................................................... 88

UAJ Introduction ........................................................................................90

Xpress Recovery Introduction ...................................................................92

Chapter 5 Appendix.............................................................................97

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1-1 Item Checklist

The GA-K8NNXP-940 motherboard

CD for motherboard driver & utility

GA-K8NNXP-940 user's manual

Quick PC Installation Guide

GigaRAID manual

SATA RAID manual

GC-SATA card (Optional)

(Manual; SATA cable x 1; Power cable x 1)

IDE cable x 3 / Floppy cable x 1

Serial ATA cable x 1

Serial ATA power cable x 1

USB & IEEE 1394 cable x 1

USB cable x1

Audio Combo Kit x 1

(SURROUND-Kit + SPDIF Out Kit)

I/O Shield

K8DPS x 1

Motherboard Settings Label

Chapter 1 Introduction

Form Factor 30.5cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 6 layers PCB

CPU Socket 940 for AMD AlthlonTM 64 FX / Opteron processor (K8)

128K L1& 1-Mbyte 16-Way Associative ECC-Protected L2 Cache

Chipset  nVIDIA® nForce™ 3 150

Memory 4 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

Supports Dual Channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266/DDR200 DIMM

Only supports Registered DIMMs with a 64-bit /128-bit data bus

with 8-bit /16-bits of Error Correcting Code (ECC)

Supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB DRAM

Supports up to 8GB DRAM (Max)

I/O Control IT8712F

Slots 1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode,

AGP3.0 8X interface at 533MT/S

5 PCI slots support 33MHz & PCI 2.3 compliant

1-2 Features Summary

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On-Board IDE 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with

PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133) operation

modes

IDE3 and IDE4 compatible with RAID, Ultra ATA133/100, IDE

Built-in GigaRAID IT8212F

Hardware Monitor CPU/System/Power fan revolution detect

CPU temperature detect

CPU warning temperature

System voltage detect

CPU/System/Power fan fail warning

CPU Smart Fan control

Thermal shutdown function

On-Board Peripherals 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes

1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode

2 Serial ports (COMA & COMB)

6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 x Front by cable)

3 IEEE1394 ports (by cable),IEEE1394b can approach the

maximum speed to 800Mb/S, but the speed can be achieved only

when you use particular IEEE1394b cable.

1 IrDA connector for IR

1 Front Audio connector

On-Board LAN Dual LAN (Gigabit Ethernet RTL8110S)+(10/100 Ethernet RTL8201)

2 RJ45 ports

On-Board Sound Realtek ALC658 CODEC (UAJ)

Supports Jack Sensing function

Line Out / 2 front speaker

Line In / 2 rear speaker (by s/w switch)

Mic In / center & subwoofer (by s/w switch)

SPDIF In / Out

CD In / AUX In / Game port

On-Board SATA RAID Onboard Silicon Image SiI3512

Supports Disk striping (RAID0) or DISK Mirroring (RAID1)

Supports UDMA up to 150 MB/sec

Up to 2 SATA Device

Supports hot plug function

to be continued......

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On-Board IDE RAID Onboard GigaRAID IT8212F chipset

Supports data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1) or

striping+mirroring (RAID 0 + RAID 1)

Supports JBOD function

Supports concurrent dual ATA133 IDE controller operation

Support ATAPI mode for HDD

Supports IDE bus master operation

Support ATA133/RAID mode switch by BIOS

Displays status and error checking messages during boot-up

Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds

Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in

controller onboard BIOS

On-Board IEEE1394 Built-in Ti TSB82AA2

PS/2 Connector PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface

BIOS Licensed AWARD BIOS

Supports Dual BIOS

Supports Face Wizard

Supports Q-Flash

Additional Features Supports CPU Dual Power System (DPS)

PS/2 Keyboard power on

PS/2 Mouse power on

External Modem ring on

STR(Suspend-To-RAM)

Wake on LAN (WOL)

AC Recovery

Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection

USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3

Supports Easy Tune 4

Supports @BIOS

Overclocking Over Voltage (CPU/DDR/AGP) by BIOS

Over Clock (CPU/DDR/AGP) by BIOS

Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor's specifications.

We don't recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU's specification because

these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, chipset and most of the

peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will

depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU, Chipsets, SDRAM, Cards…etc.

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nVIDIA®

nForce™ 3

150

CD_IN

GA-K8NNXP-940

KB_MS

COMB

LPT

USB

LAN1

(Gigabit

Ethernet)

ATX_12V

SOCKET 940

CPU_FAN

IDE1

IDE2

DDR2

COMA

PWR_LED

BAT

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

F_USB1

IT8712F

MAIN

BIOS

CODEC

PWR_FAN

DDR3

PCI4

PCI5

GAME

F_AUDIO

AUX_IN

IR

IDE3

GigaRAID

IT8212

BACKUP

BIOS

SiI3512

SATA1_SII

RAM_LED

ATX

SYS_FAN

VRM_CONN

NB_FAN

IDE4

DDR1

SPDIF_IO

SUR_CEN

2X_DET

AUDIO

F_PANEL

1-3 GA-K8NNXP-940 Motherboard Layout

F1_1394

INFO_LINK

AGP

LAN2

(10/100)

FDD

SATA0_SII

RTL8201

TSB82AA2

F2_1394

RTL8110S

TSB81BA3

F_USB2

CLR_CMOS

DDR4

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1-4 Block Diagram - GA-K8NNXP-940

CPUCLK+/- (200MHz)

HyperTransport

Bus

AGP Slot

4X/8X

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

5 PCI

PCICLK

(33MHz)

RJ45

RTL8110S

AMD

AlthlonTM 64 FX

/Opteron

processor (K8)

IDE3

SiI3512

2 Serial ATA

IDE4

GigaRAID

IT8212

DDR400/DDR333/266/200 DIMM

Registered DIMMs

nVIDIA

nForce™ 3 150

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

LAN1

RTL8201 RJ45

LAN2

Ti1394b

AC97 Link

MIC

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

AC97

CODEC

3 IEEE1394

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To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

Step 1- Installing Processor and CPU Cooling Fan

Step 2- Installing Memory Modules

Step 3- Installing Expansion Cards

Step 4- Connect ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, And Power Supply

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

Step 2

Step 4

Step 3

Step 4

Step 1

Step 4

Congratulations! You have accomplished the hardware installation!

Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet. Continue with the

BIOS/software installation.

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Socket

Actuation Lever

Step 1: Installing Processor and CPU Cooling Fan

The installation of the processor and cooling fan is performed in four main steps:

Step 1-1. Processor insertion

Step 1-2. Applying thermal grease

Step 1-3. Cooling fan attachment

Step 1-4. Connecting processor fan power

Before installing the processor and cooling fan, adhere to the following warning:

1. The processor will overheat without the heatsink and/or fan, resulting in permanent

irreparable damage.

2. Never force the processor into the socket.

3. Apply thermal grease between the processor and cooling fan.

4. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

5. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper

installation. Please change the insert orientation. Please use AMD approved cooling

fan.

Step1-1. First, check the processor pins to see that none are bent. Move the socket lever to the

unlocked position as shown in Figure 1 & Figure 2.(90o to the plane of the motherboard) prior

to inserting the processor. The A1 pin location is designated on the processor by a copper

triangle that matches up to a triangle on the socket as shown in Figure 3. Align the processor

to the socket and gently lower it into place. Do not force the processor into the socket.

Figure 1.Angling the rod to 65-degree maybe

feel a kind of tight , and then continue pull the rod

to 90-degree when a noise “cough” made.

Figure 2.Pull the rod to the 90-degree directly.

Angling the

rod to 650

Figure 3. A1 pin location on the Socket and

Processor.Move the socket lever to the

locked position while holding pressure on

the center of the processor.

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Step1-2. When the processor is installed in the socket, apply thermal grease to the processor(as

shown in Figure 4) prior to installing the heatsink. AMD recommends using a high thermal

conductivity grease for the thermal interface material rather than a phase change material.

Phase change materials develop strong adhesive forces between the heatsink and

processor.

Removing the heatsink under such conditions can cause the processor to be

removed from the socket without moving the socket lever to the unlocked

position and then damage the processor pins or socket contacts.

** We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your

CPU and heatsink. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the

thermal paste. During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan, you might pull the

processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan, and might damage the processor.

To avoid this from happening, we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal

paste, or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution.)

Figure 4. Application of Thermal Grease to the processor.

Step 1-4. Connect the fan power wires to the header on the motherboard as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. Connecting the Fan Power Wires

Step 1-3.Once the thermal grease has been applied to the processor, the heatsink can be attached to

the processor. Align the heatsink assembly with the support frame mating with the backer

plate standoffs as shown in Figure 5&6.

Figure 5&6 Alignment of Heatsink

Assembly with Standoffs

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Before installing the memory modules, adhere to the following warning:

1.When DIMM LED is ON, do not install / remove DIMM from socket.

2.Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to

the one notch. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation.

Please change the insert orientation.

Step 2: Installing Memory Modules

The motherboard has 4 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will automatically

detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM

socket. The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary

between sockets.(*The GA-K8NNXP-940 only support registered DIMM!)

DDR

Notch

Total Memory Size Per Chip Select

Device Used on DIMMs Size Per CS

64 Mbit (4Mx4-bitsx4 banks) 128 Mbyte

64 Mbit (2Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 64 Mbyte

64 Mbit (1Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 32 Mbyte

128 Mbit(8Mx4-bitsx4 banks) 256 Mbyte

128 Mbit(4Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 128 Mbyte

128 Mbit(2Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 64 Mbyte

256 Mbit(16Mx4-bitsx4 banks) 512 Mbyte

256 Mbit(8Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 256 Mbyte

256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks) 128 Mbyte

512 Mbit(32Mx4-bitsx4 banks) 1 Gbyte

512 Mbit(16Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 512 Mbyte

512 Mbit(8Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 256 Mbyte

1 Gbit(64Mx4-bitsx4 banks) 2 Gbyte

1 Gbit(32Mx8-bitsx4 banks) 1 Gbyte

1 Gbit(16Mx16-bitsx4 banks) 512 Mbyte

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Below are the explanations:

1. One,DDR memory module is installed: The Dual Channel Technology will not operate

when one, DDR memory modules is installed and it will only work as Single Channel.

2. Two DDR memory modules are installed (the same memory size and type): The Dual

Channel Technology will operate when two DDR memory modules are inserted indi-

vidually into Channel A and Channel B (DIMM 1 pairs up with DIMM 2 and DIMM 3, 4).

However, if the two DDR memory modules are inserted into the same Channel (DIMM

1,3 or DIMM 2,4) then Dual Channel Technology will not operate.

3. If four DDR memory modules are installed (two pairs of DDR memory modules with the

same memory size and type): The Dual Channel Technology will operate when a pair

of DDR memory modules are inserted into DIMM1, 2 and another pair into DIMM 3,4.

Dual Channel DDR:

GA-K8NNXP-940 supports Dual Channel Technology.

When Dual Channel Technology is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original

one,with the fastest speed at 6.4GB/s DDR400.

GA-K8NNXP-940 includes four DIMM slots, and each Channel has 2 DIMMs as following:

Channel A : DIMM 1, 3

Channel B : DIMM 2, 4

The following tables include all memory-installed combination types:

(Please note that those types not in the tables will not boot up.)

2 memory modules

4 memory modules

DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM4

DS/SS DS/SS X X

X X DS/SS DS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

l Figure 1: Dual Channel Technology (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)

1 memory module

2 memory module

DIMM 1 DIMM 3

DS/SS X

X DS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS

l Figure 2: Don't operate Dual Channel Technology (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)

*The K8NNXP-940 don’t support 3 memory modules. If 3 memory modules are inserted, the system will

not boot.

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DDR Introduction

Established on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high

performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs, and

system integrators.

DDR memory is a great evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing SDRAM

architecture, yet make the awesome advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling

the memory bandwidth. Nowadays, with the highest bandwidth of 3.2GB/s of DDR400 memory and

complete line of DDR400/333/266/200 memory solutions, DDR memory is the best choice for building

high performance and low latency DRAM subsystem that are suitable for servers, workstations, and full

range of desktop PCs.

1. The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory

module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM

socket. Then push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets

to lock the DIMM module.

Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove

the DIMM module.

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