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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.
Motherboard GA-8N-SLI Royal May 6, 2005 May 6, 2005 Motherboard GA-8N-SLI Royal.
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- 6 - T able of Contents GA-8N-SLI Royal / GA-8N-SLI Pro / GA-8N-SLI Motherboard Layout .......................... 8 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 9 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation .
- 7 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 57 3 - 1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 5 7 3 -2 Software Application .
- 8 - GA-8N-SLI Royal / GA-8N-SLI Pro / GA-8N-SLI Motherboard Layout Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. ATX_12V CPU_FAN NB_FAN CODEC IT8712F nVIDIA ® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition Main BI.
- 9 - Block Diagram Only for GA-8N-SLI Royal. Only for GA-8N-SLI Pro. LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(1066/800/533MHz) Host Interface NBCLK (25MHz) HCLK+/- (133/200/266MHz) 24 MHz 33 MHz LPC BUS IT8712F PC.
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Hardware Installation - 11 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Y our Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD).
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 1 2 - English Motherboard GA-8N-SLI Royal or GA-8N-SLI Pro or GA-8N-SLI CPU Supports LGA775 Intel ® Pentium ® Processor Extreme Edition/ Pentium ® D / Pe.
Hardware Installation - 13 - English Onboard Audio ALC850 CODEC Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports Line In ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; MIC ; Surround Speaker Out (Rear Spea.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 1 4 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU.
Hardware Installation - 15 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heatsink paste.T o prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat sink paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the heatsink.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 1 6 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions: 1 . Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 2 memory modules 4 memory modules DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II 3 DDR II 4 DS/SS X DS/SS X X DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 1 8 - English 1 -6 Installation of Expansion Cards Y ou 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.
Hardware Installation - 19 - English 1 - 7 Installation of U-Plus DPS (Universal Plus Dual Power System) The U-Plus Dual Power System (U-Plus D.P.S.) is a revolutionary eight-phase power circuit built for ultimate system protection.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 2 0 - English 1 -8 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration The nVIDIA ® nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition chipset offers blistering graphics performance with.
Hardware Installation - 21 - English Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-6 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.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 2 2 - English Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your sys- tem tray and then select NVIDIA Display . The NVIDIA control panel will appear.
Hardware Installation - 23 - English PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector T o 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.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 2 4 - English 1-10 Connectors Introduction Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Connect the Center/Subwoofer speakers to this connector. Side Speaker Out Connect the side surround speakers to this connector. Y ou can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning.
Hardware Installation - 25 - English Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 13 1 24 12 1/2) A TX_12V/A TX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 2 6 - English 3/4/5) CPU_F AN / SYS_F AN/ PWR_F AN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via a 3-pin/4-pin (only for CPU_FAN)power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design.
Hardware Installation - 27 - English 8 ) IDE1/IDE2/IDE3 (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optical drive).
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 2 8 - English 17 Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 71 9 ) SA T AII0/1/2/3 (SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by MCP-04) 1 0 ) ESA T AII0/1 ( SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by PDC20779) SA T A 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate.
Hardware Installation - 29 - English 1 2 F_P ANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment below .
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 3 0 - English 1 3 ) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) If you want to use Front Audio connector , you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper . In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have front audio connector .
Hardware Installation - 31 - English 1 5 ) SPDIF_IN (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function. Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IN connector.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 3 2 - English 1 7) 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.
Hardware Installation - 33 - English 1 1 9 ) CI (Chassis Intrusion, Case Open) This 2-pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 3 4 - English 2 1) BA T(Battery) Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.
BIOS Setup - 35 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 3 6 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS V er . : GA-8N-SLI Royal F3l) 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.
BIOS Setup - 37 - English Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 3 8 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan.
BIOS Setup - 39 - English Sector Number of sectors Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. None No floppy drive installed. 360K, 5.25" 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 4 0 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features "#" : This option is available only when the processor you install supports Intel ® Hyper- Threading T echnology. Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.
BIOS Setup - 41 - English 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.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 4 2 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals IDE/SA T AII RAID Config IDE/SA T AII RAID function Enabled Enable IDE/SA TAII RAID function. (Default value) Disabled Disable IDE/SA T AII RAID function. IDE Primary Master RAID Enabled Enable 1st master channel IDE RAID function.
BIOS Setup - 43 - English IDE Secndry Slave RAID Enabled Enable 2nd slave channel IDE RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SA T AII 1 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SA T AII 1 1st SA T A RAID function.(Default value) Disabled Disable this function.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 4 4 - English USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB keyboard support. Disabled Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Disabled Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) AC97 Audio Auto Autodetect onboard AC'97 audio function.
BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Power Ma nagement Setup ACPI Suspend T ype [S1(POS)] Soft-Off by Power button [Insta nt-O.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 4 6 - English Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system.
BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] KLJI : Mov.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 4 8 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, Case Opened will show "No.
BIOS Setup - 49 - English CPU Smart F AN Control Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 5 0 - English Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only. C.A.M. (Note) High Set clock ratio for frequency-locked CPU to High. (Default value) Lo w Set clock ratio for frequency-locked CPU to Low.
BIOS Setup - 51 - English FSB T urbo Mode Disabled Disable FSB Turbo Mode. (Default value) Enabled Enable FSB Turbo Mode. System Clock Mode Optimal Set FSB and memory speed automatically. (Default value) Linked Allows FSB and memory speed to be overclocked proportionally.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 5 2 - English FSB OverV oltage Control Normal Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to Normal. (Default value) +0.1V Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to +0.1V. +0.2V Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to +0.2V. +0.3V Set FSB OverVoltrage Control to +0.
BIOS Setup - 53 - English 2-10 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software ` Sta ndard CMOS Features ` Adva nced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Ma nagement Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` MB Intelligent T weaker(M.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 5 4 - English 2 -1 1 Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>.
BIOS Setup - 55 - English 2-12 Save & Exit Setup T ype "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to R TC CMOS. T ype "N" will return to Setup Utility . 2-13 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.
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Drivers Installation - 57 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Setup.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 5 8 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
Drivers Installation - 59 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
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Appendix - 61 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T . (Motherboard Intelligent T weaker) Motherboard Intelligent T weaker (M.I.T .) allows user to access and change BIOS feature settings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 6 2 - English 4-1-1 EasyT une 5 Introduction EasyT une 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.
Appendix - 63 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora- tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including W.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 6 4 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space.
Appendix - 65 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software Sta ndard CMOS Features Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Ma nagement Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent T weaker(M.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 6 6 - English c. Dual BIOS Item explanation: Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), Enable Status 1: If any failure (ex.
Appendix - 67 - English Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM 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-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 6 8 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M anage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.
Appendix - 69 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From...................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size...................... SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM T ype/Size.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 7 0 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From....................
Appendix - 71 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M anage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 7 2 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. T ask menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.
Appendix - 73 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash T ype/Size......................
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 7 4 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS.
Appendix - 75 - English III. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 7 6 - English 4-1-4 Serial A T A BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance.
Appendix - 77 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array: 1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: T o achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 7 8 - English Using the "Define a New Array" Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this is set to Mirroring.
Appendix - 79 - English Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear disk data prompt appears. MediaShield RAID Utility Feb 8 2005 - Define a New Array - R.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 8 0 - English Press Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity.
Appendix - 81 - English B. Configuring the Promise PDC20779 RAID BIOS The Promise PDC20779 RAID BIOS setup lets you choose the RAID array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press Ctrl + F.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 8 2 - English Create Arrays Automatically T o create a new array automatically , press <1> to enter the Auto Setup window . The Auto Setup selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array.
Appendix - 83 - English Create Arrays Manually T o create a new array manually , press <3> to enter the Define Array window. The Define Array selection from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to the Promise PDC20779 controller.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 8 4 - English Stripe Block: For striped (RAID 0) arrays, you can manually select the stripe block size. Press the Space bar to scroll through choices from 32 to 128KB.
Appendix - 85 - English Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments. 1 . T o delete an array , highlight the array you wish to delete and press the <Del> key . 2 . The View Array Definition Menu will appear (as shown below) showing which drives are assigned to this array.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 8 6 - English Installing the RAID drivers T o install operating system onto a serial A T A hard disk successfully, you need to install the SA T A controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
Appendix - 87 - English 4-1-5 2 - / 4 - / 6 - / 8 - C hannel Audio Function Introduction Line Out Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 8 8 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration.
Appendix - 89 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out".
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 9 0 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/ Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to "Side Speaker Out".
Appendix - 91 - English 4 -2 T roubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS.
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Appendix - 95 - English Contact Us T aiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei 231, T aiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 T ech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.
P4 nForce4 SLI Series Motherboard - 9 6 - English China NINGBO G.B.T . TECH. TRADING CO., L TD. T ech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter .htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.
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