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NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A
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- Page 1 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction............. 1 Motherboard Features............1 Package Checklist............. 4 Layout & Components............5 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ........6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ......... 6 Fan Headers ..............8 Memory Modules Installation ..........9 Connectors & Slots ............11 Chapter 3: Headers &... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OTHERBOARD EATURES A. Hardware Supports Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /Sempron processors. Supports Dual Core CPU. Supports Maximum Front Side Bus up to 2G HT. AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing. - Page 4 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A On-board IDE 2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 0~4. Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA) ports. nForce4 Ultra supports SATA 2.0 specification, with data transfer rates up to 3Gb/s.
- Page 5 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Security NVIDIA Firewall technology Native firewall solution Advanced features Remote access, configuration, monitoring Command line interface (CLI) WMI scripts. Internal On-board Connectors and Headers 1 audio-out header supports audio-out facilities. 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities.
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Page 6: Package Checklist
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Bundled Software Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. ACKAGE HECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1... -
Page 7: Layout & Components
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A & C AYOUT OMPONENTS JKBMSV1 JCFAN1 JKBMS1 JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 JUSB1 JUSBV1 JUSBLAN1 JAUDIO1 BAT1 JAUDIO2 PEX16 JNBFAN1 PEX1_1 Codec nForce4 nForce4 Ultra PEX1_2 JCDIN1 PCI1 JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4 Super I/O PCI2 JSATA1 JSATA3 JSPDIF_OUT JCI1 JUSBV2... -
Page 8: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. - Page 9 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation.
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Page 10: Fan Headers
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A EADERS CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header: JNBFAN1 Assignment JCFAN1 Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense (Only for JCFAN1 and JSFAN1.) JNBFAN1 JSFAN1 Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 reserve system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head connector. -
Page 11: Memory Modules Installation
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A EMORY ODULES NSTALLATION 2.3.1 DDR Module installation Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. - Page 12 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 2.3.2 DDR Installation Notice: For AMD K8 939 CPU launched before Rev. E, please follow the table below to install DDR memory module, or the system may not boot up or may not function properly. (Please refer to Table 1 for CPU Revision) “SS”...
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Page 13: Connectors & Slots
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A & S ONNECTORS LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. - Page 14 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.
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Page 15: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO SETUP UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. - Page 16 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Pin 2-3 Close: PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered with +5V standby voltage. Pin 1-2 Close (Default) Pin 2-3 Close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”,...
- Page 17 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. Assignment MIC-in/ Stereo MIC-in R...
- Page 18 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Case Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up. Assignment Case open signal...
- Page 19 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Power Source Headers for USB Ports: JUSBV1/JUSBV2 Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2: +5V for front USB headers (JUSB2/JUSB3/JUSB4). Pin 2-3 Close: JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 are powered with +5V standby voltage.
- Page 20 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (Default).
- Page 21 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Header for Front Panel Facilities: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. optional Assignment...
- Page 22 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra with 4 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec with transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s and SATA 2.0 spec with transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s.
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Page 23: Chapter 4: Useful Help
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP BIOS B WARD Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High-low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically... - Page 24 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
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Page 25: Troubleshooting
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is securely Power light don’t illuminate, fan plugged in. inside power supply does not Replace cable. turn on. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. -
Page 26: Chapter 5: Warpspeeder
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A WARPSPEEDER™ CHAPTER 5: NTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. -
Page 27: Installation
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. -
Page 28: Warpspeeder™] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. - Page 29 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a.
- Page 30 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
- Page 31 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
- Page 32 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default...
- Page 33 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
- Page 34 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...
- Page 35 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A BIOS Setup BIOS Setup ....................1 1 Main Menu........................3 2 Standard CMOS Features .....................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features ....................9 4 Advanced Chipset Features................... 13 5 Integrated Peripherals....................16 6 Power Management Setup .................... 21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations....................24 8 PC Health Status......................
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Page 36: Bios Setup
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. - Page 37 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
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Page 38: Main Menu
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. - Page 39 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.
- Page 40 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to configurations but will not be able to change them.
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Page 41: Standard Cmos Features
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. - Page 42 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
- Page 43 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to All, but stop Keyboard POST process All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Base Memory Displays the amount...
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Page 44: Advanced Bios Features
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. - Page 45 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec, Slave, USBHDD0, USB HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.
- Page 46 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
- Page 47 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.
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Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. - Page 49 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A DRAM Configuration Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM. The Choices: Auto (default), Manual. Max Memclock (MHz) Places an artificial memory clock limit on the system prevented from running faster than this frequency. The Choices: 200 (default), 166, 133, and 100.
- Page 50 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices: Center Spread (default), Disabled. SATA Spread Spectrum SATA This item allows you to disable \ enable the spread spectrum function. The Choices: Disabled (default), Down Spread. PCIE Spread Spectrum SATA This item allows you to disable \ enable the spread spectrum function.
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Page 51: Integrated Peripherals
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:... - Page 52 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively.
- Page 53 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A SATA A/B Secondary RAID The choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Onboard Device OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller.
- Page 54 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Onboard IO/Address Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
- Page 55 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
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Page 56: Power Management Setup
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). - Page 57 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: HDD Power Down. Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min.
- Page 58 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. USB Resume from S3 The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Power-On by Alarm When you select Enabled, an alarm returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
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Page 59: Pnp/Pci Configurations
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. - Page 60 NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts.
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Page 61: Pc Health Status
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. -
Page 62: Frequency/Voltage Control
NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 9 Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/Voltage Control Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to select Hammer Fid Control. The Choices: StartUp (default), X4 800MHz, X5 1000MHz, X6 1200MHz, X7 1400MHz, X8 1600MHz, X9 1800MHz, etc.
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