Gigabyte GA-K8NS user manual Installation of Expansion Cards

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1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards

You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:

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.

3.Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4.Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5.Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6.Replace your computer's chassis cover.

7.Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8.Install related driver from the operating system.

Installing a AGP VGA card:

Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/uninstall the VGA card. Please align the VGA card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot. Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-drawable bar.

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Contents GA-K8NSrev Motherboard Product Manual Classification CopyrightTable of Contents Drivers Installation GA-K8NSrev .0 Motherboard Layout Block Diagram Page Preparing Your Computer Considerations Prior to InstallationInstallation Notices Instances of Non-WarrantyCPU Feature SummaryUse of licensed Award Bios Installation of the CPU Installation of the CPU and HeatsinkInstallation of the Heatsink Installation of Memory Installation of Expansion Cards I/O Back Panel Introduction Connectors Introduction ATX12V / ATX Power Connector FDD Floppy Connector Cpufan / Sysfan Cooler Fan Power ConnectorSATA0SB / SATA1SB Serial ATA Connector IDE1 / IDE2 IDE ConnectorBattery Fpanel Front Panel Jumper Cdin CD In Connector Faudio Front Audio Panel ConnectorSpdifio Spdif In / Out Connector Surcen Surround Center ConnectorClrcmos Clear Cmos USB1 / FUSB2 Front USB ConnectorEnglish Main Menu Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup MenuMain Menu For example Bios Ver. F13 „ Save & Exit Setup „ Load Optimized Defaults„ Set Supervisor Password „ Set User PasswordIDE Channel 2/3 Master Standard Cmos FeaturesTime IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave IDE Channel 1 Master/SlaveFloppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area Drive a / Drive BHalt on Boot Up Floppy Seek Advanced Bios FeaturesHard Disk Boot Priority First / Second / Third Boot DeviceInit Display First Password CheckSPP Integrated PeripheralsSata Secndry Master RAID On-Chip LAN Boot ROMIDE Channel 1 Slave RAID Sata Primary Master RAIDOnboard Parallel Port Parallel Port ModeECP Mode Use DMA Onboard Serial PortModem Ring On Power Management SetupResume by Alarm PME Event Wake UpAC Back Function Power On by MousePower On by Keyboard KB Power on PasswordPCI 3 IRQ Assignment PnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Top Performance Load Optimized DefaultsSet Supervisor/User Password Exit Without Saving Save & Exit SetupInstall Chipset Drivers Drivers InstallationSoftware Information Software ApplicationContact Us Hardware InformationEnglish Unique Software Utilities EasyTune 5 IntroductionUser Interface Overview Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ?How to use the Xpress Recovery Press F9 during powering on the computer. Text Mode F9 For Xpress RecoveryExit and Restart Remove Backup Image Remove backup image. Are you sure? Y/NFlash Bios Method Introduction Method 1 Q-FlashTMUtilityBefore You Begin Task menu for Q-Flash utility Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual Bios utility screenTask menu for Dual Bios utility Entering the Q-FlashTMutilitySteps Using the Q-FlashTMutilityYou can repeat to Part Two English Exploring the Q-FlashTMutility screenBios file becomes F4 after updating Congratulation!! You have updated Bios successfullyMethods and steps Method 2 @BIOSTM UtilityEnglish RAID Levels Serial ATA Bios Setting Utility IntroductionEntering the RAID Bios Setup Configuring the Nvidia RAID BiosAssigning the Disks Using the Define a New Array WindowSelecting the RAID Mode Selecting the Striping Block SizeCompleting the RAID Bios Setup Array 2 Nvidia Mirror 111.79G Cd bootdrv Menu Installing the RAID drivers5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Stereo Speakers Connection and SettingsChannel Audio Setup English English English Spdif Output Device Optional Device Introduction of audio connectors Jack-Sensing and UAJ IntroductionAuto-detecting Manual setting Enable UAJ functionUAJ Introduction Troubleshooting English English Taiwan Headquarters Contact UsChina Shanghai