Gigabyte GA-K8NS Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-K8NS is an AMD Socket 754 motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 processors, DDR DIMM memory, and AGP 8X/4X graphics cards. It features two Serial ATA RAID channels, eight USB 2.0/1.1 ports, and an onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller. The motherboard also includes a variety of other features, such as Q-Flash BIOS update utility, @BIOS technology for easy BIOS updates, and EasyTune 5 utility for system tuning and overclocking.

Gigabyte GA-K8NS is an AMD Socket 754 motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 processors, DDR DIMM memory, and AGP 8X/4X graphics cards. It features two Serial ATA RAID channels, eight USB 2.0/1.1 ports, and an onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller. The motherboard also includes a variety of other features, such as Q-Flash BIOS update utility, @BIOS technology for easy BIOS updates, and EasyTune 5 utility for system tuning and overclocking.

GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0)
AMD Socket 754
Rev. 2002
12MC-K8NS-2002
Jun. 1, 2005
Motherboard
GA-K8NS(2.0)
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GA-K8NS(2.0)
Jun. 1, 2005
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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 ................................................................................................ 15
1-6 ................................................................................... 16
1-7 ....................................................................................... 17
BIOS ........................................................................................ 27
(BIOS F13) .................................................................. 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 ( ) ............................................. 37
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 39
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................ 40
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) .......................................... 41
2-8 Top Performance ( ) ...................................................................... 42
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ................................... 42
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) .................. 43
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 44
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) ......................... 44
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3-1 .............................................................................. 45
3-2 ............................................................................................ 46
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 46
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 47
3-5 ................................................................................................ 47
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 49
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 .................................................................................................. 49
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery ......................................................................................... 50
4-1-3 BIOS ........................................................................................... 53
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ...................................................... 62
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ........................................................................................... 67
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 75
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GA-K8NS (rev. 2.0)
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
CODEC
IT8712
nVIDIA®
nForceTM 3 250
BIOS
DDR1
F_USB2
F_USB1
DDR2
DDR3
BATTERY
ATX
IDE2
FDD
SYS_FAN
GA-K8NS
KB_MS
Socket 754
AUDIO1
COMB
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
CD_IN
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
IDE1
PCI1
PCI2
COMA
LPT
SATA0_SB
R_USB
PCI3
PCI4
PCI5
SPDIF_IO
SUR_CEN
ICS 1883
SATA1_SB
AGP
CLR_CMOS
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Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
AMD K8
Socket 754
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
nVIDIA®
nForce3 250
DDR 400/333MHz DIMM
24MHz
33MHz
IT8712
2 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
PCICLK
(33MHz)
5 PCI
PCI Bus
8 USB Ports
DDR RAM
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
AGP Slot
4X / 8X
LPC BUS
CODEC
RJ45
ICS 1883
BIOS
COM Ports
AGPCLK
(66MHz)
LAN
AC97 Link
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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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î‚ŠGA-K8NS rev. 2.0
î‚ŠAMD AthlonTM 64 K8 Socket 754
î‚Š1600MH/z
î‚Š2800+ CPU
nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 250
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
î‚Š3DDR DIMM 3GB
î‚ŠDDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
î‚ŠDDR DIMM
î‚Š1 AGP AGP 8X/4X(1.5V)
î‚Š5PCI
IDE î‚Š2IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4IDE
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
î‚Š1 2
SATA î‚Š2Serial ATA
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
î‚Š1Normal/EPP/ECP
î‚Š2(COMA COMB)
î‚Š8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
î‚Š1
î‚Š1PS/2
î‚Š1PS/2
î‚ŠICS 1883 (10/100 Mbit)
î‚Š1RJ 45
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
î‚ŠALC850 CODEC (UAJ)
î‚ŠJack Sensing
î‚Š2 / 4 / 6 / 8 (1)
î‚Š
î‚ŠSurround Back Speaker ( Audio Combo Kit )
î‚ŠSPDIF / SPDIF
î‚ŠCD
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
1-2
(1) 8Audio Combo Kit ( )
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I/O î‚ŠIT8712
î‚Š
î‚ŠCPU
î‚ŠCPU /
î‚ŠCPU
î‚ŠCPU /
î‚ŠCPU
SATA RAID nVIDIA® nForceTM 3 250 (SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB)
î‚Šstriping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1)
î‚Š150 MB
î‚Š2SATA
î‚ŠWin 2000/XP
BIOS î‚ŠAWARD BIOS
î‚ŠQ-Flash
î‚Š@BIOS
î‚ŠEasyTune 5(2)
î‚ŠBIOS (CPU/ DDR/ VDDQ(AGP))
î‚ŠBIOS (CPU/ AGP)
î‚ŠATX 29.4 x 23.7
(2) EasyTune 5
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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
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
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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 ( ) ( )
(USB)
USB
USB /USB USB USB
USB
A , B
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
2-/4-/6-/8-
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1 / IDE2
7) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SUR_CEN
14) SPDIF_IO
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) CLR_CMOS
12
15
10
6
5
9
11
13
8
7
14
12
43
16
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
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
21
43
20
11
10
1
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
+12V
(GND)
CPU
1
2 +12V
3
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
1
1
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
2
34
1
33
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6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave (IDE )
2
40
1
39
IDE1IDE2
17
7) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB (Serial ATA )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
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Gigabyte GA-K8NS Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-K8NS is an AMD Socket 754 motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 processors, DDR DIMM memory, and AGP 8X/4X graphics cards. It features two Serial ATA RAID channels, eight USB 2.0/1.1 ports, and an onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller. The motherboard also includes a variety of other features, such as Q-Flash BIOS update utility, @BIOS technology for easy BIOS updates, and EasyTune 5 utility for system tuning and overclocking.

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