Users Manual
GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH
AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard
Motherboard
GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Mar. 1
Motherboard
GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH
Copyright
Product Manual Classification
Table of Contents
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation
Chapter 4 Appendix
GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard Layout
GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH
Block Diagram
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Chapter 1Hardware Installation
1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation
Installation Notices
Instances of Non-Warranty
Feature Summary
2 IDE connectors IDE1, IDE2 with UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA
4 SATA 3Gb/s connectors SATAII01, SATAII23, allowing connection
Internal Connectors
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Rear Panel I/O
1-3-1 Installation of the CPU
1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler
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1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler
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1-4 Installation of Memory
Notch DDR
Dual Channel Memory Configuration
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1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards
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PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction
Parallel Port
TV Out Port Note
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HDTV Component
Pb/AV Pr TV Out Port Y S-Video Output Video Adapter
HDTV NTSC/PAL TV Projector
1-7 Connectors Introduction
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1/2 ATX12V / ATX Power Connector
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Pin No
PSONsoft On/Off
5 FDD FDD Connector
3/4 CPUFAN / SYSFAN Cooler Fan Power Connector
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7 SATAII0/1/2/3 SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce
6 IDE1 / IDE2 IDE Connector
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8 PWRLED
9 BATTERY
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10 FPANEL Front Panel Jumper
MSG Message LED/Power/Sleep LED
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MSG+ MSG- PW+ PW
11 FAUDIO Front Audio Panel Connector
12 CDIN CD In Connector
Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector
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14 F11394 IEEE 1394 Connector
13 F USB1 / FUSB2 Front USB Connector
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15 SPDIFIO SPDIF In/Out
16 COMA COMA Connector
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17 CLRCMOS Clear CMOS
18 CI Chassis Intrusion, Case Open
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Open Normal
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
CONTROL KEYS
Main Menu
The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver. F3a
F12 For Boot Menu
F12 For Boot Menu
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Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configuration
Standard CMOS Features
Date
Time
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Drive A
Memory
Base Memory
Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Password Check
Init Display First
Frame Buffer Size
Onboard GPU
SATAII RAID Config
Integrated Peripherals
SATA-II RAID function
Enabled
Enabled
Enable SATAII 2 1st SATA RAID function
SATA-II 2 Primary RAID
SATA-II 2 Secondary RAID
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Parallel Port Mode
Onboard Audio Function
Onboard LAN Function
Power Management Setup
Power-On by Alarm
ACPI Suspend Type
PME Event Wake Up
Power On By Keyboard
KB Power ON Password
Power On By Mouse
AC BACK Function
PnP/PCI Configurations
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment
Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. Default value
Current VoltageV VCORE / DDR Power / +3.3V / +12V
System/CPU Temperature
PC Health Status
Case Opened
CPU Smart FAN Control Note
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TV Mode Support
Frequency/Voltage Control
CPU Frequency
PCIE Clock
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
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2-10
Set Supervisor/User Password
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2-11 Save & Exit Setup
2-12 Exit Without Saving
Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS
Type N will return to Setup Utility
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GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard
3-1 Install Chipset Drivers
Chapter 3Drivers Installation
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3-3 Software Information
3-2 Software Application
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3-4 Hardware Information
3-5 Contact Us
Drivers Installation
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3-6 Connecting the Video Output Devices
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Chapter
Appendix
4-1 Unique Software Utilities
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction
How to use the Xpress Recovery2
System requirements
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1. RESTORE
2. BACKUP
4. REBOOT
Precautions
4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction
Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards
Method 1 Q-FlashTM Utility
Before You Begin
Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual BIOS utility screen
Task menu for Dual BIOS utility
Entering the Q-FlashTM utility
Task menu for Q-Flash utility
Steps
Using the Q-FlashTM utility
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3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS
Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS
You can repeat Step 1 to 4 to flash the backup BIOS, too
The BIOS file becomes Fab after updating
Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards
Part Two
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Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit
Exploring the Q-FlashTM utility screen
Using the Q-FlashTM utility
Task menu for Q-Flash utility
Action bar
Congratulation!! You have updated BIOS successfully
Copy BIOS completed - Pass
Are you sure to RESET ?
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1. Methods and steps
Method 2 @BIOSTM Utility
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2. Note
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4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drives
To configure SATA hard drives, follow the steps below
1 Installing SATA hard drives in your computer
2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
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If you do not create RAID, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP. You should see a screen similar to Figure 3 below
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Step Save and exit BIOS Setup
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3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS
MediaShield IDE ROM BIOS Copyright C 2005 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array
Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility
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Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section Figure
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N New Array ENTER Detail
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R Rebuild
cd bootdrv menu
4 Making a SATA Driver Disk
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5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver
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S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* Figure 17 and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. The screen will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 17. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER
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6 Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
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4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction
Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings
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4 Channel Audio Setup
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6 Channel Audio Setup
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8 Channel Audio Setup
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AC97 Audio Configuration
Sound Effect Configuration
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4-2 Troubleshooting
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Appendix
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GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard
Contact Us
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y GIGABYTE Global Service System
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