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GA-K8NS Pro User's Manual AMD Socket 754 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1002 12ME-K8NSP-1002 Copyright © 2005 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT .
Apr. 2, 2004 Mother Board GA-K8NS Pro.
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- 4 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 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.
Read Me First! English - 5 - Prepare your computer... Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.
- 6 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English T able of Content Read Me First ! ........................................................................................ 4 Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................
T able of Content English - 7 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................. 5 0 Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................... 5 1 Set Supervisor/User Password .
- 8 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English CPU y Socket 754 for AMD Althlon ™ 64 processor (K8) y 1600MHz system bus y Supports core frequencies in excess of 1.6GHz(2800+) and faster Chipset y nVIDIA ® nForce3 TM 250 Memory y 3 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets, support up to 3GB DRAM (Max.
Introduction English - 9 - On-Board SA T A RAID y Built-in nVIDIA ® nForce3 TM 250 (SA T A0_SB, SA T A1_SB) y Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk mirroring (RAID 1) y Supports JBOD function y Sup.
- 10 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 3 250 CD_IN GA-K8NS Pro KB_MS COMB LPT USB LAN1 ATX_12V SOCKET 754 CPU_FAN IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 COMA PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB1 IT8712 MAIN.
Introduction English - 11 - Block Diagram CPUCLK+/- (200MHz) AGP Slot 4X/8X AGPCLK (66MHz) 5 PCI PCICLK (33MHz) AMD K8 Socket 754 CPU SiI3512 2 Serial A T A DDR400/DDR333/266 DIMM nVIDIA nForce TM 3 2.
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Hardware Installation Process Englis h - 13 - T o set up your computer , you must complete the following steps: Step 1 - Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2 - Install Memory Modules Step .
- 14 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard Englis h Step 1: Ins tall the Central Process in g Unit (CPU) The installation of the processor and cooling fan is performed in four main steps: Before installing the processor and cooling fan, adhere to the following warning: 1.
Hardware Installation Process Englis h - 15 - Step1-2. When the processor is installed in the socket, apply thermal grease to the processor(as shown in Figure 3) prior to installing the heatsink. Phase change materials develop strong adhesive forces between the heatsink and processor.
- 16 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard Englis h Befo re ins talli ng the mem ory m odul e s, adhe re to t he follo wi ng warnin g: 1. Wh en RAM LED i s ON , do not inst al l / rem ove DIMM from socket . 2. Pleas e not e th at the D IM M m odul e c an only f it i n o ne di rect i on d ue t o the notch.
Hardware Installation Process Englis h - 17 - Step 3: Instal l Expan sion Cards 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.
- 18 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Step 4: Install I/O Peripherals Cables Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector This connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.
Hardware Installation Process English - 19 - Line In MIC In Line Out Audio Connectors After install onboard audio driver, you may connect speaker to Line Out jack, microphone to MIC In jack. Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. can be connected to Line-In jack.
- 20 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction 1 ) A TX_12V 2 ) A TX (Power Connector) 3 ) CPU_FAN 4 ) SYS_F AN 5 ) PWR_F A N 6 ) NB_F AN 7 ) FDD 8 ) IDE1 / IDE2 9 ) IDE3 / I.
Hardware Installation Process English - 21 - 1) A TX_12V (+12V Power Connector) This connector (A TX_12V) supplies the CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this "A TX_12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot.
- 22 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 3) CPU_F AN (CPU Fan Connector) Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating. The CPU fan connector supports Max.
Hardware Installation Process English - 23 - 5) PWR_F AN (Power Fan Connector) This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature. 6) NB_F AN (Chip Fan Connector) If you installed wrong direction, the chip fan will not work.
- 24 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 1 33 2 34 7) FDD (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.44M and 2.88M bytes floppy disk types. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1.
Hardware Installation Process English - 25 - 1 7 SA T A0_SB / SA T A1_SB SA T A0_SII / SA T A1_SII 10/1 1) SA T A0_SB / SA T A1_SB; SA T A0_SII / SA T A1_SII (Serial A T A Connector) Y ou can connect the Serial A T A device to this connector .
- 26 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 12) F_P ANEL (2 x 10 pins Connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc.
Hardware Installation Process English - 27 - 13) PWR_LED PWR_LED is connect with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode. If you use dual color LED, power LED will turn to another color.
- 28 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 1 6 ) BA TTER Y CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Hardware Installation Process English - 29 - 17) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) If you want to use Front Audio connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper.
- 30 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 19 ) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In / Out Connector) The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input and output function.
Hardware Installation Process English - 31 - 21) F_USB1 / F_USB2 (Front USB Connector) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it.
- 32 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 2 3 ) IR_CIR Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is aling with pin one the connector . T o enable the IR/CIR function, you are required to purchase an optional IR/CIR module. T o use IR function only , please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5.
Hardware Installation Process English - 33 - 2 5 ) INFO_LINK This connector allows you to connect some external devices to provide you extra function. Check the pin assignment while you connect the external device cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional external device cable.
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BIOS Setup English - 35 - < > Move to previous item < > Move to next item < > Move to the item in the left hand < > Move to the item in the right hand <Enter> Select Item.
- 36 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English z z z z z Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. z z z z z Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. z z z z z Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.
BIOS Setup English - 37 - z z z z z PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect T emperature, voltage, fan, speed. z z z z z Frequency/V oltage Control This setup page is control CPU’s clock and frequency ratio.
- 38 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is displayed only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec.
BIOS Setup English - 39 - Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are: Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of currectly installed hard drive. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing.
- 40 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.
BIOS Setup English - 41 - Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
- 42 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Integrated Peripherals KLJI : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: V alue F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Hel.
BIOS Setup English - 43 - IDE Channel 0 Master RAID Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) IDE Channel 0 Slave RAID Enabled Enable 1st slave channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function.
- 44 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Serial ATA Function RAID Select onboard Serial ATA chip function as RAID. (Default value) BASE Select onboard Serial ATA chip function as base. Onboard Giga-RAID Enabled Enable onboard GigaRAID chip function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard GigaRAID chip function.
BIOS Setup English - 45 - Midi Port Address 30 0 Set Midi Port Address to 300. 33 0 Set Midi Port Address to 330. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Midi Port IRQ 5 Set Midi Port IRQ to 5. 10 Set Midi Port IRQ to 10. (Default value) CIR Port Address 31 0 Set CIR Port Address to 310.
- 46 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Power M a nagement Setup ACPI Suspend T yp e [S1(POS)] Soft-Off by PW R-BTT N [Insta nt-Off] PME Event.
BIOS Setup English - 47 - Power On by Mouse Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on system. Power On by Keyboard Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the keyboard power on password.
- 48 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 3 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI 4 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI 1/5 IRQ Assignment .
BIOS Setup English - 49 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software PC Health Status Vcore OK DDR25V OK +3.3V O K +12V OK Current CPU T e mperature 51°C Current CPU F AN Speed 3125 R.
- 50 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Frequency/V oltage Control CPU OverClock in MHz 200MHz ~ 300MHz Increase CPU frequency as user selected. AGP OverClock in MHz 66MHz ~ 100MHz Increase AGP frequency as user selected. CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0.
BIOS Setup English - 51 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software ` Sta ndard CMOS Features ` Adva nced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power M a nagement Setup ` PnP/PCI C.
- 52 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software ` Sta ndard CMOS Features ` Adva nced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power M a nagement Setu.
BIOS Setup English - 53 - CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software ` Sta ndard CMOS Features ` Adva nced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power M a nagement Setup ` PnP/PCI C.
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T echnical Reference - 55 - English @BIOS TM Introduction Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating new- est BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don't know how to update it.
- 56 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English A. What is Dual BIOS T echnology? Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on the motherboard, one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS. Under the normal circumstances, the system works on the Main BIOS.
T echnical Reference - 57 - English 3.) Dual BIOS Item explanation: • Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1: If any failure (ex. Update ESCD failure, checksum error or reset…) o.
- 58 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English D. How to use Q-Flash? Update Main BIOS from Floppy / Update Backup BIOS from Floppy C. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS.
T echnical Reference - 59 - English DualBIOS ™ T echnology F AQ GIGABYTE T echnology is pleased to introduce DualBIOS technology , a hot spare for your system BIOS. This newest "V alue-added" feature, in a long series of innovations from GIGABYTE, is available on this motherboard.
- 60 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English III. Q: How does DualBIOS ™ technology work? Answer: This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause by BIOS failures. 1. DualBIOS ™ technology provides a wide range of protection during the boot up procedure.
T echnical Reference - 61 - English If you don't have DOS boot disk, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS ™ program to flash BIOS. Method 2 : @BIOS ™ Utility Methods and steps: 1. Update BIOS through Internet: a. Click "Internet Update" icon b.
- 62 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 3. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. 4. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box.
T echnical Reference - 63 - English 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound ef fect if the stereo output is applied. STEP 1: Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "Line Out".
- 64 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rear channels to "Line In". STEP 3 : Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJ Function".
T echnical Reference - 65 - English Use the back audio panel to connect the audio output without any additional module. STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Line Out",the rear channels to "Line In", and the Center/Subwoofer chan- nels to "MIC In".
- 66 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English STEP 1 : Secure the Audio Combo Kit at the panel on the back of the case. 8 Channel Audio Setup (requires Audio Combo Kit, optional device) : Audio Combo Kit includes a Surround-Kit and a SPDIF output cable (an optical and coaxial cable).
T echnical Reference - 67 - English STEP 4 : Following installation of the audio driver, you'll find an icon a Sound Ef fect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function. STEP 5 : Click "Speaker Configuration" and select both the "UAJ Function" and "Only Surround-Kit".
- 68 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English SPDIF Output Device (Optional Device) 3. Connect SPDIF to the SPDIF decoder. 1. Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw. 2. Connect SPDIF device to the motherboard. A "SPDIF output" connector is available on the motherboard.
T echnical Reference - 69 - English Jack-Sensing and UAJ Introduction Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 2000.
- 70 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Manual setting: If the device picture shows different from what you set, please press "Manual Selection" to set. If you set wrong with the connectors, the warning message will come out as right picture.
T echnical Reference - 71 - English Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ? Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition. If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive to its original state.
- 72 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English 2. Press F9 during powering on the computer . (T ext Mode) Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Al ly Copyright (C) 1984-2002, Award Software, Inc. Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK .
T echnical Reference - 73 - English 1. Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard drive. Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer power on.
- 74 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Serial A T A BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance.
T echnical Reference - 75 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array: 1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: T o achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity.
- 76 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English N N N N N V V V V V DIA DIA DIA DIA DIA RAID RAID RAID RAID RAID Utility Feb 13 2004 Utility Feb 13 2004 Utility Feb 13 2004 Utility Feb 13 2004 Utility Feb 13 2.
T echnical Reference - 77 - English Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array , otherwise press N . Y ou must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as RAID drives. The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up.
- 78 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Installing the RAID drivers T o install operating system onto a serial A T A hard disk successfully , you need to install the SA T A controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
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Appendix - 81 - English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Pictures below are shown in Windows XP Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide.
- 82 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English nVIDIA System Driver (Note) For nVIDIA chipset driver. USB Patch for WinXP This patch driver can help you to resolve the USB device wake up S3 hang up issue in XP. Marvell 10/100/1000 Base LAN Driver Marvell 10/100/1000 LAN chip driver.
Appendix - 83 - English SOFTW ARE APPLICA TION This page reveals the value-added software developed by Gigabyte and its worldwide partners. Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager (GWUM) This utility can integrate the Gigabyte's applications in the system tray.
- 84 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English SOFTW ARE INFORMA TION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title. HARDW ARE INFORMA TION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. CONT ACT US Please see the last page for details.
Appendix - 85 - English F AQ Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS.
- 86 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English T roubleshooting If you encounter any trouble during boot up, please follow the troubleshooting procedures. Turn of f the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables from motherboard.
Appendix - 87 - English A Failure has been excluded. Ye s No Ye s No Failure has been excluded. Failure has been excluded. Ye s Reinstall Windows OS, and reinstall add-on cards and cables.
- 88 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English T echnical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.
Appendix - 89 - English Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Management AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Advanced Communications R.
- 90 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English Acronyms Meaning IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller ISA Industry Standard Architecture LAN Local Area Network I/O Input / Output LBA Logi.
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Appendix - 95 - English Contact Us T aiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-T ien, T aipei 231, T aiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 F AX: +886-2-8912-4003 T ech. Support : http://tw .giga-byte.
- 96 - GA-K8NS Pro Motherboard English China NINGBO G.B.T . TECH. TRADING CO., L TD. T ech. Support : http://tw .giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter .htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.
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