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Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................3
1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4
1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5
2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................6
2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8
3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9
Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9
Installing Retention Module ........................................................................10
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................10
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11
Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13
Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................14
Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15
3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 16
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16
Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................17
Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................18
Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................19
Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot..................................................................20
Connecting IrDA........................................................................................21
10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported ...............................................................22
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ................... 1 1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start............3 1.2 Features of This Manual ................4 1.3 Safety Information ..................4 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ..........5 2.1 How does your motherboard look like?............5 2.2 Specification ....................6 2.3 Block Diagram ....................7 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .................8... - Page 2 Connecting USB2.0..................23 Connecting 1394 ..................24 Connecting S/PDIF ..................25 Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects ..............26 Connecting Front Audio ................27 Connecting Game Port ................28 Connecting CD_IN ..................29 Connecting Case Open ................30 Colored Coded Back Panel ................31 3.4 Jumper Settings ..................32 Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities........... 34 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ...........
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Page 3: A Thank-You Note Before You Get Start
We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related information. AOpen reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In case of any mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen makes no guarantee or commitments. -
Page 4: Features Of This Manual
1.2 Features of This Manual To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently: Note This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips. -
Page 5: Chapter 2 Introduction To This Motherboard
9. ATA133 Connectors x 2 24. SYSFAN2 Connector 25. Serial ATA II Ports x 2 (for nCK804Ua-LFS) 10.ATX Power Connector Serial ATA Ports x 2 (for nCK804a-LFS) 11.4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 26. Front Panel Connector 12.PCI Express x 16 27. -
Page 6: Specification
2.2 Specification Here is the main function of your motherboard. Models nCK804a-LFS nCK804Ua-LFS AMD Athlon 64 CPU AMD Athlon 64 CPU Socket 939 Socket 939 Chipset nVIDIA nFORCE4 CK8-04 nVIDIA nFORCE4 Ultra CK8-04 Dual Channel Mode Dual Channel Mode Support:DDR400 [PC3200]... -
Page 7: Block Diagram
2.3 Block Diagram 150MB/s Serial ATA Ports x 4 AMD Athlon (nCK804a-LFS) 64 CPU Socket 939 Serial ATA II Ports x 4 300MB/s (nCK804Ua-LFS) ATA 66/100/133 IDE Drives x 2 PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x 3... -
Page 8: Quick Installation Procedure
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure 12. Installing Drivers & 1. Installing CPU Utilities 11. Installing Operating System 2. Installing CPU (such as, Windows Fan & System Fan 10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU 3. -
Page 9: Installation You Have To Know
3.2 Installation You Have to Know Installing CPU ® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU reached 97 degree). -
Page 10: Installing Retention Module
Installing Retention Module 1. To paste the adhesive side on the motherboard, and the two-screw holder should be relative to the hole of the screw holder. 2. To alien the two-side hole of the RM and screw holder of the motherboard, then lock the two screws holder. -
Page 11: Installing Cpu And System Fans
Installing CPU and System Fans Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector. +12V SENSOR CPUFAN Connector +12V SENSOR +12V System Connector SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so... -
Page 12: Installing Memory Modules
Installing Memory Modules DIMM slots are designed in Navy Blue or Electronic Blue which are very easy to recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Pin 1 Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will clip to hold the... -
Page 13: Connecting Ide And Floppy Cables
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. FDD Connector Pin 1 Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1... -
Page 14: Connecting Atx Power Cables
Connecting ATX Power Cables This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector. +12V +12V Ground... -
Page 15: Connecting Front Panel Cable
Connecting Front Panel Cable Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing, which is a 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. -
Page 16: Other Installation For Your Reference
If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” reset the system in five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware... -
Page 17: Connecting Serial Ata
ATA ports, the one connected on Port1(SATA1) will be set as the first boot device automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function. SATA2.0 SATA2.0 Port1 Port2 SATA2.0 SATA2.0 Port3 Port4 For nCK804Ua-LFS SATA1.0 SATA1.0 Port1 Port2 SATA1.0 SATA1.0 Port3 Port4 For nCK804a-LFS... -
Page 18: Adjusting Your Hard Disk Setting
Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie in the BIOS setting. -
Page 19: Connecting Pci Express X16 Graphics Slot
Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot nCK804a-LFS/nCK804Ua-LFS provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a black slot having the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express x 16 is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. -
Page 20: Connecting Pci Express X 1 Slot
Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot This motherboard provides two PCI Express x 1 slots, which are located between the PCI Express x 16 and traditional PCI slot. In order to go with the step of today’s and tomorrow’s processors, PCI Express x 1 provides higher I/O bandwidth. -
Page 21: Connecting Irda
Connecting IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps). -
Page 22: 10/100/1000Mbps Lan Supported
10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported On the strength of Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode; it lights in orange when linking to network. The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring at 100Mbps (never lights while at 10Mbps), but will light in orange when transferring in Gigabit’s mode. -
Page 23: Connecting Usb2.0
Connecting USB2.0 This motherboard provides ten USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are six ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel. -
Page 24: Connecting 1394
Connecting 1394 This motherboard comes with AGERE 1394 Control Chip onboard, the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices. -
Page 25: Connecting S/Pdif
Connecting S/PDIF S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. -
Page 26: Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects
Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects This motherboard comes with an AC’97 (Realtek ALC850) CODEC, which supports the latest 7.1 Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports shown as below. Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7.1 Channel sound tracks. -
Page 27: Connecting Front Audio
Connecting Front Audio If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. -
Page 28: Connecting Game Port
Connecting Game Port This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Pin1 JAB2 MIDI_RXD... -
Page 29: Connecting Cd_In
Connecting CD_IN This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. -
Page 30: Connecting Case Open
Connecting Case Open The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you. -
Page 31: Colored Coded Back Panel
Colored Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, COM2 port, Printer, USB, AC’97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ45 USB 2.0 Rear SUR PS/2 Mouse SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port... -
Page 32: Jumper Settings
3.4 Jumper Settings JP14 Clear CMOS You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. - Page 33 This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up JP28 Keyboard/ function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this Mouse Wakeup Jumper function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
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Page 34: Chapter 4 Special Features And Utilities
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 functions. For more RAID introduction, please visit our website: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside/RAID.htm RAID Configuration Utility Nvidia nForce4 chipset support RAID 0, 1 and 1+0 functions. In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID Configuration Utility to do some settings. -
Page 35: Other Useful Features
Other Useful Features With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed to visit our technical website to learn more about those features. -
Page 36: Chapter 5 Setting Bios
AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide you and help you to configure some other settings. -
Page 37: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program
The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS. -
Page 38: Chapter 6 Installing Drivers
Click and done. Yes. EzInstall makes installation easy and even foolproof! After putting in the CD, you will be prompted with AOpen welcome page and our branches information. First, click on the install driver ICON at left side for necessary drivers. -
Page 39: Installing Drivers
6.1 Installing Drivers As you may see from the Installing driver page, EzInstall had picked up necessary for your motherboard. All you have to do is just click on the “GO”, and no more steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you cannot click them off. -
Page 40: Installing Utilities
6.2 Installing Utilities Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. You may find lots of fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, then it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps. -
Page 41: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Troubleshooting... -
Page 42: Chapter 8 Technical Support
Chapter 8 Technical Support Chapter 8 Technical Support Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at http://www.aopen.com to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help from our branches according to the region you buy the product. -
Page 43: Model Name And Bios Version
Gold member of Club AOpen, and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date.
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