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Biostar K8NHA Grand User Manual

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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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation.
The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the
contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any purpose. Further the vendor reserves the
right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here
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  • Page 1 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.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction ... 3 K8NHA GRAND Features...3 Package Checklist ...6 Layout of K8NHA GRAND...7 Components of K8NHA GRAND...8 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ... 9 Central Processing Unit (CPU)...9 Fan Headers ...9 Memory Modules Installation...10 Connectors, & Slots...11 Chapter 3: Headers &...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION K8NHA GRAND F A. Hardware Supports Socket 754. Supports the AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 processor Supports AMD Sempron Socket 754 processor Chipset NVIDIA NF3 250Gb. Hyper Transport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU. Supports AGP 3.0 8x interface.
  • Page 4 Slots 5 x 32-bit PCI bus master slots. 1 x AGP 8x slot On Board IDE Supports 2 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. 10/100 LAN (optional) PHY: RTL8201BLC Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation. Half/Full duplex capability.
  • Page 5 IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. On Board AC’97 Sound Codec Chip: ALC655 Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification. Supports S/PDIF Out (optional function). Supports 6 channels. On Board Peripherals a. Rear side 1 parallel port.

  • Page 6: Package Checklist

    b. Front Side 4 USB2.0 ports. 1 Line-in port. 1 Line-out port. 1 IEEE1394 port. 1 S/PDIF out connector 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 21.5x29.3cm (W x L) B.

  • Page 7: Layout Of K8Nha Grand

    K8NHA GRAND AYOUT OF Note: ● represents the 1 pin. : JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional, and only one of them can be chosen.

  • Page 8: Components Of K8Nha Grand

    PCI1~5: Peripheral Component Interconnect slots. J1394A1: Front 1394 header. K. J1394V1: Power source for J1394A1. K8NHA GRAND JPANEL1: Front panel connector. M. IDE1~2: Hard disk connectors. N. JSFAN1: System fan connector. O. JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header. JCI1: Case open Header.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point fowards this black cut edge.

  • Page 10: Memory Modules Installation

    EMORY ODULES 2.2.1 DDR Module installation 1. 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. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

  • Page 11: Connectors, & Slots

    IDE1. Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~5 This motherboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup

    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”. Pin opened ETAIL ETTINGS Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/PATXPWR2...
  • Page 13 Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3 JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Pin 1-2 close +5V standby Voltage Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB device,” “JUSBV1/JUSBV3” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually. Power Source Selection for Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1 JKBMSV1 Assignment Pin 1-2 close...
  • Page 14 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 1 Mic in/center 3 Mic power/Bass Right line out/Speaker out Right 7 Reserved...
  • Page 15 Close CMOS Jumper: 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. JCMOS1 Pin 1-2 close Pin 2-3 close ※...
  • Page 16 5. Power on the AC. 6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data. Case Open Connector: 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.

  • Page 17: Chapter 4: Useful Help

    CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP BIOS B WARD Beep Sound One long beep followed by two short beeps High-low siren sound One Short beep when system boot-up Long beeps every other second ROUBLESHOOTING Probable No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on.

  • Page 18: Chapter 5: Nvidia Raid Function

    CHAPTER 5: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTION PERATION YSTEM Windows XP home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2000 Professional RRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many applications.

  • Page 19: How Raid Works

    RAID W ORKS RAID 0: The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel. The size of each block is determined by the strip size parameter, which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment.
  • Page 20 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array.
  • Page 21 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored suing RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for automatic redundancy.
  • Page 22 Spanning (JBOD): JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance.

  • Page 23: Chapter 6: Warpspeeder

    WARPSPEEDER™ CHAPTER 6: 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 24: Installation

    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. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is checked, the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish”...
  • Page 25 Usage: The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand. [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 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.
  • Page 26 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: Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
  • Page 27 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 28 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.
  • Page 29 Overclock Panel contains the these features: “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button.
  • Page 30 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 setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
  • Page 31 following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of [WarpSpeeder™] utility. Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels.
  • Page 32 07/26, 2004...

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