NVIDIA nForce4 SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLIready PCI ExpressTM graphics cards! The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express TM bus architecture, features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU (graphics processing unit) and the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset. Together, the NVIDIA SLI technologies work seamlessly to allow two graphics cards to operate in parallel and share the work and deliver heartpounding PC performance. This section introduces steps to configure an SLI system on the GAK8NXP-SLI motherboard. Before You Begin-I. Understanding the GIGABYTE SLI switch module: SLI Mode You can find an SLI switch module socket inserted with an SLI switch module between the first and second PCIE x 16 slots. The SLI switch module has gold edge connectors on the top and bottom of it. One connecNormal Mode tor is SLI Mode and the other is Normal Mode. Normal Mode: Only the first PCIE x 16 slot is available and can operate at up to x 16 in Normal Mode. SLI Mode: In SLI Mode, the two PCIE x 16 slots can run in two modes. You can either use them as two individual x 8 slots or install two SLI-ready PCIE x 16 cards (Example: GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D) of the same model and link them together with an SLI bridge connector to enable SLI function to provide enhanced performance. To change to a mode, you need to insert the swtich module into the switch socket with the gold edge connector on the top. As not all PCIE slots are available while in SLI or Normal Mode, please refer to the table below to check PCIE slots available in SLI or Normal Mode before installation.
PCIE_1 SLI Mode Normal Mode
"*" can run at up to PCIE x 8 mode.
PCIE_16_1 Available* Available
PCIE_2 Not available Available
PCIE_16_2 Available* Not available

Available Available

1. Installing a device to a PCIE slot when it's not available might damage the system. 2. We do not recommend removing the SLI switch module from the motherboard because in that case, all PCIE slots will not be available except for the PCIE_16_1 slot, and the slot can be used only as a PCIE x 8 slot. II. Power Requirements: The exact power requirements will depend on your overall system configurations. You need a power supply that can provide sufficient and stable power to your system and the two SLI graphics cards. Please refer to the table below to check recommended power for different systems.

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III. Supported Operating Systems: Only Windows XP operating system is currrently supported by the NVIDIA SLI technology. Enabling SLI Mode-Follow the steps below to enable SLI Mode. Note that as the switch module is inserted in the socket in the Normal Mode direction by factory default, the first step to enable SLI mode on your system is to take out the module from the socket and insert it in the SLI Mode direction. Step 1: Gently spread the retaining clips of the socket and the module may then be removed from the socket. Hold the module by the edges and lift it away from the socket.

Step 2: Position the SLI Mode side of the module above the socket at a 25o angle. Align the small notch at the top edge of the module with the key in the socket.
Step 3: Insert the top edge of the module into the socket. Make sure the gold edge connectors are fully inserted.
Step 4: Gently press down on the two ends of the module until it is locked in place by the socket clips. (You should hear a "click" when the module is attached.)
Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards" on page 16 and install two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots.

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Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards. Make sure the two mini female slots on the bridge connector securely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both Gold edge connector on the top of cards.
graphics card Female slots on the bridge connector
Step 3: Plug the display cable into either one of the two graphics cards for display output. If you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_1 slot, make sure to set Init Display First in BIOS Setup to PEG; if you plug the display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display First to PEG(Slot2). Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display. The NVIDIA control panel will appear.
Step 2: Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox in the SLI multi-GPU dialog box. System will restart after you click Apply. Then the SLI configuration is completed.

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I/O Back Panel Introduction
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple).

Parallel Port

The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices.

SPDIF_I (SPDIF In)

Use SPDIF In feature only when your device has digital output function.

SPDIF_O (SPDIF Out)

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder.

COMA (Serial Port)

Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.

LAN Port 2

The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of 10/100/ 1000Mbps.

Pin No. Definition MIC GND MIC_BIAS Power Front Audio (R) Rear Audio (R)/ Return R NC No Pin Front Audio (L) Rear Audio (L)/ Return L

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12) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper)
Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis frontpanel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below.

SPEAKSpeaker Connector

SPEAK+
Power Switch Message LED/ Power/ Sleep LED

MSGMSG+ 2 1

NC RES+ RESHDHD+
Reset Switch IDE Hard Disk Active LED
HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) (Blue) SPEAK (Speaker Connector) (Amber) RES (Reset Switch) (Green) PW (Power Switch) (Red) MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) (Yellow) NC (Purple)
Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) Pin 1: VCC(+) Pin 2- Pin 3: NC Pin 4: Data(-) Open: Normal Operation Close: Reset Hardware System Open: Normal Operation Close: Power On/Off Pin 1: LED anode(+) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) NC

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13) CD_IN (CD In Connector)
Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.

Pin No. 3 4

Definition CD-L GND GND CD-R

14) 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.

Definition MPD+ MPDMPD-

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15) IR_CIR

Make sure the pin 1 on the IR device is align with pin one the connector. To enable the IR/CIR function, you are required to purchase an optional IR/CIR module. To use IR function only, please connect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5. Be careful with the polarity of the IR/CIR connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IR/CIR cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional IR/CIR cable, please contact your local dealer.
Pin No. Definition VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX NC CIRRX +5VSB CIRTX NC
16) F_ USB1 / F_USB2/F_USB3 (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. For optional front USB cable, please contact your local dealer.

Pin No. 3

Definition Power Power USB DXUSB DyUSB DX+ USB Dy+ GND GND No Pin NC

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17) F1_1394/F2_1394 (IEEE 1394 Connectors)
Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has features like high speed, high bandwidth and hot plug. Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IEEE1394 cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For optional IEEE1394 cable, please contact your local dealer.

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
Press <F1> to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.

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BIOS Setup
The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F2g)
Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Esc: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.
If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to search the advanced option hidden.

Standard CMOS Features

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

Advanced BIOS Features

This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.

Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

Power Management Setup

This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

PnP/PCI Configuration

This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.

PC Health Status

This setup page is about system autodetect temperature, voltage, fan speed, etc.
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
This setup page is to control CPU clock and frequency ratio.

Load Optimized Defaults

Optimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance configuration.

Set Supervisor Password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

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CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Password Check Init Display First [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Disabled] [Setup] [PEG] Item Help Menu Level Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority

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. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Legacy LAN Disabled Select your boot device priority by Floppy. Select your boot device priority by LS120. Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. Select your boot device priority by CDROM. Select your boot device priority by ZIP. Select your boot device priority by USB-FDD. Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. Select your boot device priority by USB-CDROM. Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. Select your boot device priority by LAN. Select your boot device priority by Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. (Default value)

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Password Check
System Setup 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. The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value)

Init Display First

This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard. PCI slot Set Init Display First to PCI VGA card. PEG Set Init Display First to PCI Express VGA card (Slot1). (Default value) PEG (Slot2) Set Init Display First to PCI Express VGA card (Slot2) card.

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CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE DMA transfer access On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM IDE/SATA RAID function IDE Primary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID Serial-ATA 1 SATA 1 Primary RAID SATA 1 Secondary RAID Serial-ATA 2 SATA 2 Primary RAID SATA 2 Secondary RAID IDE Prefetch Mode On-Chip USB USB Memory Type : Move [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [V1.1+V2.0] [SHADOW] Item Help Menu Level

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Onboard Parallel Port
Disabled 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 3BC/IRQ7 SPP EPP ECP ECP+EPP Disabled Disable onboard LPT port. Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7. (Default value) Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278/IRQ5. Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7. Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode. Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default value) Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1. Set CIR Port Address to 310. Set CIR Port Address to 320. Disable this function. (Default value) Set CIR Port IRQ to 5. Set CIR Port IRQ to 11. (Default value)

Parallel Port Mode

ECP Mode Use DMA

CIR Port Address

CIR Port IRQ

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CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Power Management Setup [S1(POS)] [Instant-Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Everyday 0:0:0 [Disabled] [Disabled] [Soft-Off] Item Help Menu Level
ACPI Suspend Type Soft-Off by Power button PME Event Wake Up Modem Ring On USB Resume from Suspend Power-On by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Power On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard AC BACK Function

ACPI Suspend Type

S1(POS) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM).

Soft-Off by Power button

Instant-Off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Delay 4 Sec. Press power button 4 sec. to Power off. Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec.

PME Event Wake Up

This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead. Disabled Disable this function.(Default value) Enabled Enable PME as wake up event.

Modem Ring On

An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable Modem Ring On function.

USB Resume from Suspend

Disabled Enable Disable this function. (Default value) Enable USB device wake up system from suspend mode.

Power-On by Alarm

Hardware Information
This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.

Contact Us

Please see the last page for details.

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Install IEEE 1394 Driver (Only for Windows XP SP2)
If you are using a Windows XP SP2-based computer, you need to install the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver from the motherboard driver CD when you want to connect IEEE 1394 devices to your system. The steps below explain how to manually install the IEEE 1394 driver. Step 1: After entering operating system, insert the motherboard driver CD in the CD-ROM drive. Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon to select Open. Go to the Other folder and select the 1394B folder. Double-click SETUP.exe (Figure 1) to begin the IEEE 1394 driver installation.

Figure 1

Step 2: Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the driver installation (Figure 2).

Figure 2

Step 3: Restart your computer when the installation is completed (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Step 4: After system restarts, go to Device Manager and check whether the IEEE 1394 driver has been correctly installed. Under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers, you should see Gigabyte 1394b Host Controller (Figure 4). If you see a yellow exclamation or question mark, reinstall the driver for the IEEE 1394 controller.

Figure 4

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Switch the IEEE 1394 Driver
If you want to connect a DV camcorder or web camera to the 1394 port of your system, you must use Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver. To switch from the Unibrain driver to Microsoft driver, you can simply run the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver switch utility from the motherboard driver CD or manually switch the driver from Device Manager. Method A: Switch IEEE 1394 driver via Unibrain driver switch utility Step 1: After entering operating system, insert the motherboard driver CD in the CD-ROM drive. Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon to select Open. Go to the Other folder and select the 1394B folder. Double-click the ubSwitch icon (Figure 5) and you should see an ubSwitch 1394 driver switch utility icon in system tray (Figure 6).

Figure 5

Figure 6
Step 2: Right-click the ubSwitch 1394 driver switch utility icon and select Microsoft 1394 Drivers (Figure 7). Then the utility will switch the IEEE 1394 driver automatically. When the "MS 1394 drivers successfully installed" message appears, it means the Unibrain IEEE 1394 driver has been interchanged with Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver.

Figure 7

Step 3: Go to Device Manager to make sure the driver for the IEEE 1394 controller is correctly installed (Figure 8). (When you are not using DV camcorder or web camera, remember to revert back to the Unibrain driver.)

Figure 8

(Note) Everytime you need to run this utility after system restarts, you need to repeat steps 1~3.

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Method B: Switch IEEE 1394 driver from Device Manager Step 1: Access Device Manager through Control Panel\System\Hardware and you should see Gigabyte IEEE 1394b Host Controller under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers, as seen in Figure 9.

Figure 9

Step 2: Right-click Gigabyte 1394b Host Controller and select Update Driver (Figure 10).

Figure 10

Step 3: When the Hardware Update Wizard appears, select Install from a list or specific location and click Next (Figure 11).
Step 4: When prompted to choose your search and installation options, select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next (Figure 12).

Figure 11

Step 5: In the next window, select the Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver--Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller and click Next (Figure 13). Then system will begin to load the Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver. When it's done, remember to go back to Device Manager to check whether the driver has been changed correctly. You may refer to Step 3 in Method A.

Figure 12

Figure 13

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Chapter 4 Appendix
4-1 Unique Software Utilities
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction
EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. and M.I.B. for special enhancement for CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for managing fan speed control of both CPU cooling fan and North-Bridge Chipset cooling fan, 4) PC health for monitoring system status.(Note)

User Interface Overview

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Button / Display Overclocking C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 Smart-Fan PC Health GO "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" Display screen Function display LEDs GIGABYTE Logo Help button Exit or Minimize button
Description Enters the Overclocking setting page Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I.B./2 setting page Enters the Smart-Fan setting page Enters the PC Health setting page Confirmation and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Display panel of CPU frequency Shows the current functions status Log on to GIGABYTE website Display EasyTune TM 5 Help file Quit or Minimize EasyTune TM 5 software

BIOS Recovery: Main to Backup
The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS.
BIOS Recovery: Backup to Main
The means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS. (This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and cant be changed by user.)

Load Default Settings

Load dual BIOS default value.

Save Settings to CMOS

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Method 1 : Q-FlashTM Utility
Q-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS. Q-FlashTM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or TM Windows. Using Q-Flash indicating no more fooling around with any complicated instructions and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu. Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk, please do it with caution!! We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end-users.

Before You Begin:

Before you start updating BIOS with the Q-FlashTM utility, please follow the steps below first. 1. 2. 3. Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte's website. Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file (the one with model name.Fxx. For example, 8KNXPU.Fba) to a floppy disk. Reboot your PC and press Del to enter BIOS menu.
The BIOS upgrading guides below are separated into two parts. If your motherboard has dual-BIOS, please refer to Part One. If your motherboard has single-BIOS, please refer to Part Two.
Part One: Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS. In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q-Flash and Dual BIOS, the Q-Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen. This section only deals with how to use Q-Flash utility. In the following sections, we take GA-8KNXP Ultra as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an older version to the latest version. For example, from Fa3 to Fba.

Adapt 2 2

Channel 0 1

M/S Master Master

Index 0 1

Disk Model Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS
Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB

[R] Rebuild

[D] Delete

[C] Clear Disk

[ENTER] Return
If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents, press C. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press Ctrl + X to exit the RAID setup. Now that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID BIOS, the next step is to configure and load drivers under Windows.

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Installing the RAID drivers
To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu(Note2). Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press 0 to exit when finished.
Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to install the RAID drivers. Press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. (Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)
(Note 1): For users without a startup disk. Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A command prompt window will open similar to that in Fig. 2. (Note 2): If you wish to install operating system to SATA hard disks on the Sil3114 controller, you must select the Sil3114 Raid5 item. Please refer to the provided Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) function manual for detailed information about Sil3114 SATA RAID configuration. - 77 Appendix

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Jack-Sensing Introduction
Jack-Sensing provides audio connectors error-detection function. Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows 98/ 98SE/ 2000/ ME. Jack-Sensing includes 2 parts: AUTO and MANUAL. Following is an example for 2 channels (Following pictures are in Windows XP):
Introduction of audio connectors
You may connect CDROM, Walkman or others audio input devices to Line In jack, speakers, earphone or others output devices to Line Out jack, and microphone to MIC In jack.

Auto-detecting:

Please connect the devices to the right jacks as above. A window will appear as right picture if you setup the devices properly. Please note that 3D audio function will only appear when 3D audio inputs.

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If you set wrong with the connectors, the warning message will come out as right picture.

Manual setting:

If the device picture shows different from what you set, please press "Manual Selection" to set.

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Troubleshooting
Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please go to the FAQ section on GIGABYTEs website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why? Answer: Some advanced options are hidden in new BIOS version. Please press Ctrl and F1 keys after entering BIOS menu and you will be able to see these options. Questions 2: Why is the light of my keyboard/optical mouse still on after computer shuts down? Answer: In some boards, a small amount of electricity is kept on standby after computer shuts down and that's why the light is still on. Question 3: Why cannot I use all functions in EasyTune 4? Answer: The availability of the listed functions in EasyTune 4 depends on the MB chipset. If the chipset doesn't support certain functions in EasyTune 4, these functions will be locked automatically and you will not be able to use them. Question 4: Why do I fail to install RAID and ATA drivers under Win 2000 and XP on boards that support RAID function after I connect the boot HDD to IDE3 or IDE4 ? Answer: First of all, you need to save some files in the CD-ROM to a floppy disk before installing drivers. You also need to go through some rather different steps in the installation process. Therefore, we suggest that you refer to the installation steps in the RAID manual at our website. Question 5: How do I clear CMOS? Answer: If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper, please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual. If your board doesn't have such jumper, you can take off the on-board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS. Please refer to the steps below: Steps: 1. Turn off power. 2. Disconnect the power cord from MB. 3. Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 10 minutes (Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for one minute). 4. Re-insert the battery to the battery holder. 5. Connect power cord to MB again and turn on power. 6. Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail-Safe Defaults. 7. Save changes and reboot the system. Question 6: Why does system seem unstable after updating BIOS? Answer: Please remember to load Fail-Safe Defaults (Or Load BIOS Defaults) after flashing BIOS. However, if the system instability still remains, please clear CMOS to solve the problem. Question 7: Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume? Answer: Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier. If not, please change another speaker with power/amplifier and try again later. Question 8: How do I disable onboard VGA card in order to add an external VGA card? Answer: Gigabyte motherboards will auto-detect the external VGA card after it is plugged in, so you don't need to change any setting manually to disable the onboard VGA.

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Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan. TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 FAX: +886 (2) 8912-4003 Tech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address (English): http://www.gigabyte.com.tw WEB address (Chinese): http://chinese.giga-byte.com U.S.A. G.B.T. INC. Address: 17358 Railroad St, City of Industry, CA 91748. TEL: +1 (626) 854-9338 FAX: +1 (626) 854-9339 Tech. Support : http://www.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.com Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH Address: Friedrich-Ebert-Damm Hamburg Deutschland TEL: +49-40-2533040 (Sales) +49-1803-428468 (Tech.) FAX: +49-40-25492343 (Sales) +49-1803-428329 (Tech.) Tech. Support : http://de.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de Japan NIPPON GIGA-BYTE CORPORATION WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.co.jp Singapore GIGA-BYTE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Tech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD. Address: GUnit 13 Avant Business Centre 3 Third Avenue, Denbigh West Bletchley Milton Keynes, MK1 1DR, UK, England TEL: +44-1908-362700 FAX: +44-1908-362709 Tech. Support : http://uk.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://uk.giga-byte.com The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V. TEL: +NL Tech.Support: 0900-GIGABYTE (0900-44422983) BE Tech.Support: 0900-84034 FAX: +Tech. Support : http://nz.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl

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China NINGBO G.B.T. TECH. TRADING CO., LTD. Tech. Support : http://cn.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.cn Shanghai TEL: +86-021-63410999 FAX: +86-021-63410100 Beijing TEL: +86-010-82886651 FAX: +86-010-82888013 Wuhan TEL: +86-027-87851061 FAX: +86-027-87851330 GuangZhou TEL: +86-020-87586074 FAX: +86-020-85517843 Chengdu TEL: +86-028-85236930 FAX: +86-028-85256822 Xian TEL: +86-029-85531943 FAX: +86-029-85539821 Shenyang TEL: +86-024-23960918 FAX: +86-024-23960918-809

GA-K8NXP-SLI

AMD Socket 939

Rev. 1004 12MC-K8NXPSLI-1004

Motherboard GA-K8NXP-SLI

Motherboard

Dec. 14, 2004

2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

... 6.... 7.... 9

1-1 1-2 1-3

1-3-1 1-3-2

... 9.... 10... 12

.... 12.... 13

1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9
.... 14.... 16 K8DPS (Dual Power System).. 17 SLI (Scalable Link Interface ). 18... 21.... 22
2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-10 2-11

.... 33

(BIOS F2g)... 34 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ).. 36 Advanced BIOS Features ( Integrated Peripherals ( Power Management Setup ( PnP/PCI Configurations ( BIOS ).. 38 ).. 40 ).. 44 PCI ).. 46
)... 47 PC Health Status ( MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ).. 48 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ).. 49 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ). 49 Save & Exit Setup ( Exit Without Saving ( SETUP SETUP ).. 50 ). 50

.... 51

3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5... 51.... 52.... 52.... 53.... 53

.... 55

4-1-1 4-1-2 4-1-3 4-1-4 4-1-5
EasyTune 5.... 55 Xpress Recovery... 56 BIOS.... 59 Serial ATA RAID BIOS.. 70 2/4/6/8.... 75

.... 81

DDR1 DDR2 DDR3
VRM_CONN KB_MS SPDIF_I SPDIF_O

ATX_12V Socket 939 ATX

AUDIO1 AUDIO2
CPU_FAN VITESSE 8201 phy IDE1 FDD

F_AUDIO Marvell 8053

NB_FAN

PCIE_1

Backup BIOS
Main BIOS PCIE_16_1 nVIDIA

BATTERY

PWR_FAN
CLR_CMOS S_ATA1_SB S_ATA0_SB S_ATA3_SB S_ATA2_SB

PCIE_2

SLI Switch Module Socket

nForce4 SLI

PCIE_16_2

F_PANEL

PCI1 TSB82AA2 PCI2 Sil3114 TSB81BA3
SYS_FAN SATA0_SII SATA1_SII SATA2_SII SATA3_SII
PWR_LED F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1

IT8712F

F1_1394 IR_CIR

F2_1394

1 PCIE x 16

2 PCIE x 8

PCI-ECLK (100MHz)

AMD K8 Socket 939 CPU

CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory

Normal Mode SLI Switch

SLI Mode PCI Express x 16 Bus

Hyper Transport Bus

BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA nForce4 SLI LPC BUS IT8712F ATA33/66/100/133 IDE Channels IR_CIR Floppy LPT Port COM Port
2 PCI Express x 1 Ports PCI-ECLK (100MHz) LAN 1 RJ45 Marvell 8053 PCI Express x 1 Bus VITESSE 8201 phy

LAN 2 RJ45

PCI Bus Sil3114 TSB82AA2 TSB81BASATA CODEC

3 IEEE1394b

PS/2 KB/Mouse 24MHz 33MHz
Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out

10 USB Ports

PCICLK (33MHz)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (CPU RAM)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
AMD Athlon TM 64 / 64 FX K8 Socket 939 2000MT/s 3000+ CPU nVIDIA nForce4 SLI 4 DDR DIMM 4GB ( ) DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM 2 PCI Express x PCI Express x PCI 2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133)
4 SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA nForce4 SLI (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB) 4 SATA SiI3114 (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) 1 Normal/EPP/ECP 1 (COMA) 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 6) IEEE1394b ( ) 1 / 1 PS/PS/2 Marvell 8053 (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN1 ) VITESSE 8201 (10/100/1000 Mbit)(LAN2 ) 2 RJ45 ALC850 CODEC Jack Sensing 2/4/6/8 ( ) / SPDIF / SPDIF CD

4GB 4GB

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IT8712F CPU CPU / CPU CPU CPU SATA RAID -
nForce4 SLI (S_ATA0_SB, S_ATA1_SB, S_ATA2_SB, S_ATA3_SB) striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) 300MB 4 SATA 3Gb/s Silicon Image SiI3114 (SATA0_SII, SATA1_SII, SATA2_SII, SATA3_SII) striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1) striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5 150MB 4 SATA Win 2003/2000/XP AWARD BIOS Dual BIOS/Q-Flash @BIOS EasyTune 5 BIOS (CPU/ DDR/ Core Power/ HT-Link) ATX 30.5 x 24.4

) EasyTune 5

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(CPU) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

90 1) ( ) ( 2) (

2. ( )

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1. ( )

2. CPU_FAN

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1. 2. 3.

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Dual Channel DDR (
GA-K8NXP-SLI Memory Bus CPU 1. 2. DDR DDR ) DDR ) Dual Channel Technology

Drive A (

None 360K, 5.25" 1.2M, 5.25" 720K, 3.5" 1.44M, 3.5" 2.88M, 3.5" Disabled Drive A

5.25 5.3 3

None 360KB 1.2MB 720KB 1.44MB 2.88MB

Floppy 3 Mode Support (

A: 3 Mode 3 Mode

3 Mode

Halt on (
POST No Errors All Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key

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Advanced BIOS Features (
Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Password Check Init Display First
Item Help Menu Level Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features [Press Enter] [Floppy] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Disabled] [Setup] [PEG]
Hard Disk Boot Priority (
< > < > <ESC>

<+> <->

First / Second / Third Boot Device (
Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Legacy LAN Disabled PC Enabled Disabled

ZIP USB USB-ZIP USB USB

Boot Up Floppy Seek (

POST Seek Seek

( Seek )

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Password Check (
System Setup <Enter>
CMOS SETUP CMOS SETUP SETUP ( )

Init Display First (

PCI Express PCI slot PEG PEG(Slot2)
PCI PCI PCI Express PCI Express

(PCIE_16_1 (PCIE_16_2

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On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE DMA transfer access On-Chip MAC Lan On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM IDE/SATA RAID function IDE Primary Master RAID IDE Primary Slave RAID IDE Secndry Master RAID IDE Secndry Slave RAID Serial-ATA 1 SATA 1 Primary RAID SATA 1 Secondary RAID Serial-ATA 2 SATA 2 Primary RAID SATA 2 Secondary RAID IDE Prefetch Mode On-Chip USB USB Memory Type : Move [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [V1.1+V2.0] [SHADOW]

Item Help Menu Level

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Integrated Peripherals USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN control Onboard LAN Boot ROM SATA RAID-5 Function Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA CIR Port Address x CIR Port IRQ [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [378/IRQ7] [SPP] 3 [Disabled] 11 Item Help Menu Level

On-Chip IDE Channel0 (

Enabled Disabled

channel

channel IDE

On-Chip IDE Channel1 (

IDE DMA transfer access
Enabled Disabled GA-K8NXP-SLI IDE DMA transfer access - 40 ( )

On-Chip MAC Lan (

Auto Disabled

LAN 2 )

VITESSE 8201 Phy ( )

On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM (

IDE/SATA RAID function (
Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled RAID

IDE Primary Master RAID

( IDE RAID ) IDE RAID ) IDE RAID ) IDE RAID )

IDE Primary Slave RAID

Enabled Disabled (

IDE Secndry Master RAID

IDE Secndry Slave RAID

Serial-ATA 1 (

Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled

nForce 4 SLI

Serial ATA 1 (

SATA 1 Primary RAID

SATA RAID ( )

SATA 1 Secondary RAID

Enabled Disabled SATA RAID ( )

Serial-ATA 2 (

Serial ATA 2 (

SATA 2 Primary RAID

SATA 2 Secondary RAID

IDE Prefetch Mode

Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch ( - 41 ) BIOS

On-Chip USB

Disabled V1.1+V2.0 V1.1 USB1.1 USB1.1 USB USB2.0 ( )

USB Memory Type

SHADOW USB Memory Type SHADOW ( ) Base Memory (640K) USB Memory Type Base Memory (640K)

USB Keyboard Support (

Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled USB USB USB

USB Enabled) ( )

USB Mouse Support (

USB Enabled) ( ) ( )

USB USB USB AC97 AC97

AC97 Audio

Onboard 1394 (

1394 1394

Onboard LAN Control (
Enabled Disabled Marvell 8053

LAN 1 )

Onboard LAN Boot ROM (

) RAID RAID

SATA RAID-5 Function
/ Sil3114 SATA Sil3114 RAID BIOS <Ctrl + S > or F4 Sil3114 RAID BIOS RAID RAID BIOS JBOD Enabled Sil3114 SATA ( Disabled Sil3114 SATA

Onboard Serial Port 1 (

Auto 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled BIOS 1
COM1 COM 2 COM 3 COM 4 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 /IRQ4 /IRQ3 /IRQ4 /IRQ3 ( )

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Onboard Parallel port (
378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 3BC/IRQ7 Disabled
378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 3BC/IRQ7 ( )

Parallel Port Mode (

SPP EPP ECP ECP+EPP
( EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) EPP ECP )

ECP Mode Use DMA

Disabled Parallel Port Mode "ECP" ECP Mode use DMA 3 ECP Mode use DMA 1 CIR Port CIR Port CIR Port CIR Port IRQ CIR Port IRQ ( "ECP+EPP" ( )

CIR Port Address

CIR Port IRQ

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Power Management Setup (
[S1(POS)] [Instant-Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Everyday 0:0:0 [Disabled] [Disabled] [Soft-Off]
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Soft-Off by Power button PME Event Wake Up Modem Ring On USB Resume from Suspend Power-On by Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Power On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard AC BACK Function

ACPI Suspend Type (

S1(POS) S3(STR) Instant-Off Delay 4 Sec. ACPI ACPI

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
CPU Frequency ( CPU Spread Spectrum

Center Spread Disabled

200MHz ~ 400Mhz CPU Spread Spectrum Center Spread ( )

PCIE Clock (PCI Express

PCI Express

100MHz ~ 150Mhz ( CPU

K8 CPU Clock Ratio

Robust Graphics Booster

Auto Fast Turbo Robust Graphics Booster Robust Graphics Booster Robust Graphics Booster Auto ( Fast Turbo )

CPU Voltage Control (

Normal).

0.800V ~ 1.750V (

Normal CPU Vcore ( Core Power voltage control (
Normal +0.1V GA-K8NXP-SLI

( +0.1V )

core power core power - 48 -
+0.2V +0.3V Normal +0.1V +0.2V +0.3V

core power core power

+0.2V +0.3V
HT-Link voltage control (HT-Link
HT-Link HT-Link HT-Link HT-Link

( +0.1V +0.2V +0.3V )

DDR voltage control
DDR Normal +0.1V +0.2V DDR DDR DDR +0.1V +0.2V ( )
Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status

Optimized

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Optimized Defaults
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software
Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N Setup Save & Exit Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults

<Y> <Enter>

Set Supervisor/User Password (
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Enter Password: PC Health Status Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup Change/Set/Disable Password
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

8 Enter BIOS

BIOS PASSWORD DISABLED

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Supervisor Supervisor "Setup" User User SYSTEM CMOS SETUP Supervisor Advanced BIOS Features Password Check User Supervisor USER Password BIOS CMOS SETUP Advanced BIOS Features Password Check CMOS SETUP Supervisor
2-10 Save & Exit Setup (
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password
Save & Y Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup

<Y>

<Enter> <N> <Esc>

Setup Utility

2-11 Exit Without Saving (
Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? NExit Setup Save & Exit Without Saving : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data

<N>

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Windows XP ( Setup.exe )

Xpress Install Xpress Install

Xpress Install

Windows XP \ (

USB2.0 \ USB 2.0 )

Windows Service Pack "?"

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Install

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4-1-1 EasyTune 5
EasyTune5 1) M.I.B. 3) 4) Microsoft Windows 2) C.I.A.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
/ Overclocking C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I.B.2 Smart-Fan PC Health GO "Easy Mode" "Advance Mode" LEDs GIGABYTE Logo Help

C.I.A./2

M.I.B./2
EasyTune TM 5 EasyTune T M 5

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4-1-2 Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ghost
FAT16 IDE1 HPA Master IDE (Partition) (Partition) NTFS

Xpress Recovery

1. CD-ROM ( BIOS "Advanced BIOS Feature" Xpress Rcovery F9
. Verifying DMI Pool Data Boot from CD:
) CD-ROM "Boot from CD:" CD-ROM

Boot from CD:

Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd.
1. Execute Backup Utility 2. Execute Restore Utility 3. Remove Backup Image 4. Set Password 5. Exit and Restart

Build 2011

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(POST)

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Al ly Copyright (C) 1984-2004, Award Software, Inc. Intel 865PE AGPSet BIOS for 8IPE1000MT F1 Check System Health OK. Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash, F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/16/2002-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

F9 For Xpress Recovery

CD-ROM F9

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1.Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit " " CD-ROM " (POST) F9"
2.Execute Restore Utility: This program will recover your system to factory default. Press R to restore your system back to factory default or press Esc to exit
3.Remove Backup Image: Remove backup image. Are you sure? (Y/N)

4.Set Password: Please input a 4-16 character long password (a-z or 0-9) or press Esc to exit Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery Set Password Enter 5. Exit and Restart: New Password Confirm Password

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4-1-3 B I O S

" BIOS BIOS

BIOS (Dual BIOS) ?
BIOS BIOS (Backup BIOS)" BIOS " BIOS(Main BIOS)" BIOS

Del Utility

Q-Flash
BIOS POST Power On Self Test Award BIOS CMOS SETUP <F8> Flash
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving

Dual BIOS

Dual BIOS Utility V1.33 Boot From.. Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size. Backup ROM Type/Size.. Wide Range Protection Boot From Auto Recovery Halt On Error SST 49LF004A SST 49LF004A Disable Main Bios Enable Disable 512K 512K
Keep DMI Data Enable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Update Main BIOS from Floppy Update Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy PgDn/PgUp: Modify Save Backup BIOS to Floppy : Move ESC: Reset F10: Power Off

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c. Dual BIOS Wide Range Protection: Disable( 1 BIOS ESCD Failure Checksum Error BIOS 2 ( :SCSI BIOS
Enable Failure Wide Range Protection ( :Update Enabled

Reset)

ROM BIOS ROM BIOS ,
Boot From : Main BIOS( BIOS

Backup BIOS BIOS BIOS ,

Auto Recovery : Enable( ) Disable BIOS BIOS Checksum Failure BIOS Checksum Failure BIOS ( BIOS Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Suspend Auto Recovery Enable ) to RAM Halt On Error : Disable( ) Enable Halt On Error Enable CHECKSUM ERROR MAIN BIOS IS WIDE RANGE PROTECTION ERROR ; Auto Recovery Disabled <or the other key to continue.> Auto Recovery Enabled <or the other key to Auto Recover.> Keep DMI Data : Enable( ) Disable Enable BIOS DMI ( Enable) Disable BIOS DMI Copy Main ROM Data to Backup BIOS "Copy Backup ROM Data to Main" BIOS Recovery Main to Backup BIOS BIOS Recovery Backup to Main BIOS Load Default Settings Dual BIOS Save Settings to CMOS CMOS Main BIOS Backup BIOS Backup Main

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Q-Flash TM BIOS Q-Flash TM DOS Q - F l a s h TM BIOS BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS BIOS Windows

Q-Flash TM

Q-FlashTM

Q-Flash TM 1. 2. 3.

BIOS BIOS BIOS Del BIOS

8KNXPU.Fba)

BIOS F1 F12 F1 F4 F4

BIOS F8

BIOS BIOS

BIOS Ultra Q-Flash BIOS

BIOS Fa3

GA-8KNXP
Q-Flash Dual BIOS Q-Flash Fba
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.
Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3 Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) <CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027> Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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1 Del BIOS Q-Flash
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS Utility Boot From... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Backup ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A

512K 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off
BIOS BIOS ROM Q-Flash Enter Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Enter

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Q-Flash BIOS BIOS " " BIOS
"Load Main BIOS from Floppy" BIOS BIOS to Floppy"

Enter "Save Main

Enter BIOS

8KNXPU.Fba BIOS

Dual BIOS Utility Boot From... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Backup ROM Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Wide Range Protection Disable 1 file(s) found Boot From Main Bios 8KNXPU.Fba 512K Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error Disable Total size Copy Main ROM Data to Backup : 1.39M Free size : 911.50K F5 : Refresh DEL : Load Default SettingsDelete

Enter : Run

Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off
Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Reading BIOS file from floppy. Auto Recovery Enable >>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

"

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Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable !! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !! Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to continue Please press any key to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

1~4 BIOS (Backup BIOS)

Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Are you sure to RESET ? Halt On Error Disable Copy Main ROM Data to Backup [Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort. Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q-Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

BIOS Fba

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) <CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027> Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

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6. BIOS

Del BIOS BIOS BIOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? Y Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.
Y 7. Save & Exit Setup CMOS BIOS BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.
PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash Top Performance Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F3: Change Language F10: Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

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Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size..SST 49LF003A
Keep DMI Data Enable Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy :Move ESC:Reset

F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Enter Q-Flash
1. BIOS Floppy" 2. BIOS BIOS
"Update BIOS from Floppy" 8GE800.F4 BIOS

"Save BIOS to

1 file(s) found 8GE800.F4Keep DMI Data Enable 256K Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS toFree size : 1.14M Floppy Total size : 1.39M Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F5 : Refresh DEL : Delete F10:Power Off
Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size..SST 49LF003A Keep DMI Data Enable Reading BIOS file from floppy. Update BIOS from >>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

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Keep DMI Data BIOS Now Updating Enable Update BIOS from Floppy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.. Save BIOS to Floppy Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size..SST 49LF003A 256K
Keep DMI Data Enable !! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !! Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy Please press any key to continue :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off
Keep DMI Data Enable Are you sure to RESET ? Update BIOS from Floppy Save BIOS to Floppy [Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort. Enter : Run :Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

BIOS BIOS F4

Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4 Check System Health OK Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0) <CPUID : 0F0A Patch ID : 0009> Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None
Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash 03/18/2003-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

BIOS 6 7

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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DOS @BIOS
@BIOS BIOS @BIOS BIOS @BIOS

BIOS 1. @BIOS 2.

/ @BIOS

/GIGABYTE/@BIOS

3. @BIOS

" "

"Update New BIOS"
I. a. b. c. d. e. II. a. b. c. d. e. Internet BIOS "Internet Update" "Update New BIOS" @BIOS BIOS Internet BIOS "Internet Update" "Update New BIOS" " D2) "All Files (*.*)" BIOS ( K8NXPSLI.

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BIOS "Save Current BIOS" BIOS
Flash ROM "About this program" Flash ROM
I. II. III. I II I BIOS IV. V. BIOS C.O.M. ( ) BIOS BIOS @BIOS BIOS BIOS II

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4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS

/ ( Mirroring )

nVIDIA nForce TM 4 SLI Mirroring (RAID 1)

Striping

Striping Mirroring

(RAID 0+1)

(RAID 0) Spanning

RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 1 (Mirroring)
ATA RAID 1 ( ) Mirroring Mirroring Mirroring

1GB 2GB 1GB

RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)
Striping Mirroring / RAID 0+1 RAID 0 RAID 1

JBOD (Spanning)

Spanning Spanning ( JBOD - Just a Bunch of Drives)

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1) ) 2) 3) 4) 5) BIOS RAID BIOS Ctrl + S ) RAID 3 \ \
(RAID) ( IDE SCSI SATA ( RAID ( BIOS Integrated Peripherals ) RAID ( NVIDIA RAID F10 Silicon Image
http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw

NVIDIA RAID BIOS

NVRAID BIOS RAID BIOS 1. NVIDIA RAID BIOS
NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4.76 Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corp. Detecting array. Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility.

F10 NVIDIA RAID

Define a New Array
NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov - Define a New Array RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal
Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 2.0.M 2.1.M ST3120026AS ST3120026AS
Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name

[ ] Add

[ ] Del [ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup

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Mirroring Mirroring Striping Block KB 4K SATA < > 128K Free Disk Array Disk Tab ( ) Free Disk RAID Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning Optimal( 64K)

Striping Block

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name
Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name 2.0.M 2.1.M ST3120026AS ST3120026AS

RAID BIOS

F7 Y Yes N ) Clear disk data (
Array Clear disk data ? Disks Loc Disk Model Name 1.0.M [Y] YES [N] NO 1.1.M [ ] Add ST3120026AS ST3120026AS

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Array List B
NVIDIA RAID Utility Nov - Array List Boot No Id 2 Status Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR 111.79G

[Ctrl-X] Exit

] Select

[B] Set Boot

[N] New Array

[ENTER] Detail

Array Deatil
Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111.79G - Array Detail RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width : 1

Striping Block: 64K

Adapt 2 2

Channel 0 1

M/S Master Master

Index 0 1

Disk Model Name ST3120026AS ST3120026AS
Capacity 111.79GB 111.79GB

[R] Rebuild

[D] Delete

[C] Clear Disk

[ENTER] Return
C Enter Array List Ctrl + X

N NVRAID BIOS

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SATA SATA MSDOS 1 MS-DOS D:\> cd bootdrv menu ENTER ( D:\> 1)
3 Microsoft Windows RAID Windows 2000/Windows XP SATA Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver ( )
): BootDrv 2 MENU.exe MS-DOS
): Sil3114 Sil3114 Raid5 Sil3114 SATA RAID (RAID 5) - 74 -

SATA RAID

4-1-/ 4 / 6 / 8

Windows XP)

2. Sound E f f e c t

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3. 2CH

2. Sound Effect

3. 4CH

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1. / / /

3. 6CH

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3. 8CH sli

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Jack-Sensing

Jack-Sensing Windows 2000 DirectX 8.1
Jack-Sensing ( Windows XP)

2-channel

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BIOS BIOS "Ctrl + F1" /

"Del"

CMOS Clear CMOS CMOS CMOS ( ( ) ) CMOS CMOS

Del Defaults) BIOS

"Load Fail-Safe Defaults"( BIOS

Load Optimized

Award AMI BIOS: * ECC 3 64k CPU 6 Gate ACPU ROM 10 CMOS 11
AMI BIOS AWARD BIOS: CMOS 3 9

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