Gigabyte
GA-K8N-SLI, GA-K8NULTRA-SLI
user manual
Motherboard
Troubleshooting
Install
Block Diagram
Password
Load Default Settings
RAS# to CAS# delay Trcd
Warranty
PnP/PCI Configurations
Power Management Setup
Connectors Introduction
Page 2
Motherboard
GA-K8N
Ultra-SLI
Motherboard
GA-K8N
Ultra-SLI
Jan. 12, 2005
Jan. 12, 2005
Page 1
Page 3
Image 2
Page 1
Page 3
Contents
GA-K8N-SLI
Motherboard
GA-K8N Pro-SLI Feb
GA-K8N-SLI
Copyright
Product Manual Classification
Table of Contents
Drivers Installation
GA-K8NUltra-SLI/GA-K8NPro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLIMotherboardLayout
GA-K8N Ultra-SLI or GA-K8N Pro-SLI/GA-K8N-SLI
Block Diagram
Page
Instances of Non-Warranty
Considerations Prior to Installation
Installation Notices
Preparing Your Computer
Feature Summary
SATA3SII
Bios
Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink
Installation of the CPU
Installation of the Fan Heat Sink
Installation of Memory
Dual Channel Memory Configuration
Installation of Expansion Cards
Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface Configuration
Before You Begin
Enabling SLI Mode
Graphics card
I/O Back Panel Introduction
Rear Speaker Out
Connectors Introduction
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Side Speaker Out
ATX12V/ATX Power Connector
5 Cpufan / SYSFAN/ Pwrfan Cooler Fan Power Connector
Nbfan Chip Fan Power Connector
FDD FDD Connector
IDE1 / IDE2 IDE Connector
Faudio Front Audio Panel Connector
Fpanel Front Panel Jumper
Cdin CD In Connector
Pwrled
USB1 / FUSB2/FUSB3 Front USB Connector
Ircir
17 F11394/F21394 Ieee 1394 Connectors
Clrcmos Clear Cmos
Battery
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
Main Menu
Main Menu For example Bios Ver. F6a
„ Save & Exit Setup
„ Set Supervisor Password
„ Set User Password
„ Exit Without Saving
IDE Channel 2/3/4/5 Master
Time
IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master, Slave
Halt on
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Drive a / Drive B
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Hard Disk Boot Priority
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Password Check
Init Display First
Integrated Peripherals
NV IDE/SATA RAID function Note
On-Chip LAN Boot ROM
On-Chip MAC Lan
IDE Primary Master RAID
NV Sata 2 class codeNote
IDE Prefetch Mode
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM
NV Sata 2 Primary RAID
Onboard Serial Port
Parallel Port Mode
ECP Mode Use DMA
Onboard IrDA Port
Power Management Setup
Legacy USB Storage detect
PnP/PCI Configurations
PC Health Status
DDR25V
CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temperature
Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM
Current VoltageV Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V
Temp Limit of Mid Speed Default temperature 50oC
Temp of FAN turn off Default temperature 0oC
Temp Limit of Low Speed Default temperature 20oC
Temp Limit of High Speed Default temperature 60oC
CPU Frequency
MB Intelligent TweakerM.I.T
HT Frequency ratio
K8 CPU Clock Ratio
Row to Row delay Trrd
DDR clock/Timing Mode
RAS# to CAS# delay Trcd
Write Recovery Time Twr
Async Latency value
Refresh Rate Tref
Read Preamble value
CPU Spread Spectrum
Top Performance
Set Supervisor/User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
Drivers Installation
Install Chipset Drivers
Software Application
Software Information
Hardware Information
Contact Us
English
User Interface Overview
Unique Software Utilities
EasyTune 5 Introduction
System requirements
Xpress Recovery2 Introduction
How to use the Xpress Recovery2
Limitations
Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2
Precautions
How to use Dual Bios and Q-Flash Utility?
Flash Bios Method Introduction
What is Dual Bios Technology?
Auto Recovery EnableDefault, Disable
Wide Range Protection DisableDefault, Enable
Boot From Main BIOSDefault, Backup Bios
Halt On Error DisableDefault, Enable
Method 1 Q-FlashTMUtility
Before You Begin
Entering the Q-FlashTMutility
Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual Bios utility screen
Task menu for Dual Bios utility
Task menu for Q-Flash utility
Using the Q-FlashTMutility
Steps
You can repeat to
Part Two
Exploring the Q-FlashTMutility screen
FlashTMutility bar
Congratulation!! You have updated Bios successfully
Method 2 @BIOSTM Utility
Methods and steps
English
Serial ATA Bios Setting Utility Introduction
RAID Levels
Configuring the Nvidia RAID Bios
Entering the RAID Bios Setup
Selecting the Striping Block Size
Using the Define a New Array Window
Selecting the RAID Mode
Assigning the Disks
Completing the RAID Bios Setup
Array 2 Nvidia Mirror 111.79G
Installing the RAID drivers
Cd bootdrv Menu
5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction
Introduction of audio connectors
Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings
Channel Audio Setup
English
English
Jack-Sensing Introduction
Auto-detecting
Manual setting
Troubleshooting
AMI Bios Beep Codes
English
Contact Us
Taiwan Headquarters
China Shanghai
Top
Page
Image
Contents
