Intel GA-8N-SLI ROYAL, GA-8N-SLI PRO instruction

GA-8N-SLI Royal/

GA-8N-SLI Pro/

GA-8N-SLI

Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775 Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 1004 12ME-8NSLIRO-1004

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Intel GA-8N-SLI ROYAL, GA-8N-SLI PRO user manual

Contents

GA-8N-SLI Motherboard GA-8N-SLI Pro June 2 GA-8N-SLI Product Manual Classification Copyright Table of Contents Drivers Installation DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4 8N-SLI Royal Pro/GA-8N-SLI LAN PCI-ECLKTSB82AA2 TSB81BA3 Codec 2PCI PciclkPage Installation Notices Considerations Prior to InstallationInstances of Non-Warranty Preparing Your Computer CPU Feature Summary ALC850 Codec BiosRAID Installation of the CPU Installation of the CPU and HeatsinkHT functionality requirement content Installation of the Heatsink Installation of Memory Installing/Removing Cool-Plus Northbridge Cooling Fan Dual Channel DDR Installation of Expansion Cards How to install U-Plus DPS? Installation of U-Plus DPS Universal Plus Dual Power System SLI bridge connector GC-SLICON Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface ConfigurationSLI switch module GC-SLISW-C19 SLI switch module GC-SLISW-3D1 English Graphics card I/O Back Panel Introduction Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Connectors IntroductionSide Speaker Out ATX12V/ATX Power Connector Nbfan Chip Fan Power Connector 5 Cpufan / SYSFAN/ Pwrfan Cooler Fan Power Connector IDE1/IDE2/IDE3 IDE Connector FDD Floppy Connector Pwrled Fpanel Front Panel Jumper Cdin CD Faudio Front Audio Connector Spdifin Spdif USB1 / FUSB2 / FUSB3 Front USB Connector Clrcmos Clear Cmos 17 F11394/F21394 Ieee 1394 Connectors CI Chassis Intrusion, Case Open PCIE12V Power Connector Rfid BATBattery Main Menu Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Main Menu For example Bios Ver. GA-8N-SLI Royal F3l „ Load Optimized Defaults „ Load Fail-Safe Defaults„ Set Supervisor Password „ Set User Password Time Standard Cmos FeaturesIDE Channel 0 Master/Slave IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave Drive a / Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan AreaHalt on Memory Hard Disk Boot Priority Advanced Bios FeaturesFirst / Second / Third Boot Device ROM Boot Priority CPU Hyper-Threading Password CheckLimit Cpuid Max. to No-Execute Memory Protect Note Base Integrated Peripherals Sataii 1 Primary RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAIDSataii 1 Secondary RAID Sataii 2 Primary RAID Parallel Port Mode Onboard SATAII/IDE3 ModeUSB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Power-On by Alarm Power Management SetupPME Event Wake Up Modem Ring On Power On By Keyboard Power On By MouseKB Power on Password AC Back Function PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status CPU Smart FAN Control CPU Smart FAN ModePWM M. Note MB Intelligent TweakerM.I.TCPU Clock RatioNote A.2 System Clock Mode FSB Turbo ModeNew FSB Speed QDR Current FSB Speed QDR Sataii OverVoltage Control FSB OverVoltage ControlCPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore Load Optimized Defaults Load Fail-Safe DefaultsSelect Language Set Supervisor/User Password Exit Without Saving Save & Exit Setup P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard Install Chipset Drivers Drivers Installation Software Information Software Application Contact Us Hardware Information English Unique Software Utilities User Interface Overview EasyTune 5 Introduction How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 IntroductionSystem requirements Precautions Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2Limitations What is Dual Bios Technology? Flash Bios Method IntroductionHow to use Dual Bios and Q-Flash Utility? Boot From Main BIOSDefault, Backup Bios Wide Range Protection DisableDefault, EnableAuto Recovery EnableDefault, Disable Halt On Error DisableDefault, Enable Before You Begin Method 1 Q-FlashTMUtility Task menu for Dual Bios utility Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual Bios utility screenEntering the Q-FlashTMutility Task menu for Q-Flash utility Steps Using the Q-FlashTMutility You can repeat to Part Two English Exploring the Q-FlashTMutility screen Bios file becomes F4 after updating Congratulation!! You have updated Bios successfully Methods and steps Method 2 @BIOSTM Utility English RAID Levels Serial ATA Bios Setting Utility Introduction Entering the RAID Bios Setup Configuring the Nvidia RAID Bios Selecting the RAID Mode Using the Define a New Array WindowSelecting the Striping Block Size Assigning the Disks Completing the RAID Bios Setup English Main Menu Configuring the Promise PDC20779 RAID Bios Create Arrays Automatically Define Array Menu Create Arrays Manually View/Change Drives Assignments View Drive Assignments Delete Array Menu Delete an Array Cd bootdrv Menu Installing the RAID drivers Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings Introduction of audio connectors5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Step Channel Audio Setup English Step AMI Bios Beep Codes Troubleshooting English Appendix English Taiwan Headquarters Contact Us China Shanghai