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Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH User Manual

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GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH
AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard
User's Manual
Rev. 1001
12ME-51GMF9R-1001R
* The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste
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  • Page 1 GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH AMD Socket 939 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-51GMF9R-1001R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!
  • Page 3 Gigabyte's prior written permission. Specifications and features are subject to change without prior notice. Product Manual Classification In order to assist in the use of this product, Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following: For detailed product information and specifications, please carefully read the "Product User Manual".

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Item Checklist ... 6 Optional Accessories ... 6 GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Layout ... 7 Block Diagram ... 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ... 9 Considerations Prior to Installation ... 9 Feature Summary ... 10 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat Sink ... 12 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU ...
  • Page 5 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ... 47 Install Chipset Drivers ... 47 Software Application ... 48 Software Information ... 48 Hardware Information ... 49 Contact Us ... 49 Chapter 4 Appendix ... 51 Unique Software Utilities ... 51 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction ... 52 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction ...

  • Page 6: Item Checklist

    Item Checklist IDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1 SATA 3Gb/s Cable x 1 I/O Shield * The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice. Optional Accessories 2 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-51/R) 4 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-21/R) SPDIF In and Out Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R) COM Port Cable (Part Number: 12CF1-1CM001-31/R)

  • Page 7: Ga-K8N51Gmf-9-Rh Motherboard Layout

    GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Layout KB_MS ATX_12V AUDIO1 AUDIO2 F_AUDIO PCIE_1 CD_IN COMA CODEC SPDIF_IO CPU_FAN Socket 939 nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100 PCIE_16 BIOS PCI1 VIA VT6307 PCI2 F1_1394 SYS_FAN - 7 - nVIDIA ® nForce 430 F_USB1 F_PANEL F_USB2 SATAII2 SATAII3...

  • Page 8: Block Diagram

    Block Diagram CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) PCI-ECLK AMD K8 (100MHz) DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM Socket 939 Dual Channel Memory Hyper Transport PCI Express x 16 nVIDIA ® PCI Express Bus GeForce 6100 PCI-ECLK (100MHz) Hyper Transport 1 PCI Express x 1 4 SATA 3Gb/s nVIDIA ®...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

    2. Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual. 3. Damage due to improper installation. 4. Damage due to use of uncertified components. 5. Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters. 6. Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product. - 9 - Hardware Installation...

  • Page 10: Feature Summary

    2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables 1 COM connector (COMA) 1 IEEE1394 connector for additional 1 port by cable 1 SPDIF In/Out connector 1 power LED connector GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard / Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor (K8) GeForce 6100 ®...
  • Page 11 (Note 2) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install. For more detailed information please check at the FAQ section on GIGABYTE's website. (Note 3) EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards.

  • Page 12: Installation Of The Cpu And Fan Heat Sink

    CPU and gently press the metal lever back into its original position. Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly. Rather than applying force, please change the positioning of the CPU. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 12 -...

  • Page 13: Installation Of The Fan Heat Sink

    1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat Sink Fig.1 Before installing the fan heat sink, please first add an even layer of heat sink paste on the surface of the CPU. Install all the fan heat sink components (Please refer to the heat sink manual for detailed installation instructions).

  • Page 14: Installation Of Memory

    DIMM socket. Then push it down. Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Notch - 14 -...
  • Page 15 Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual Channel Technology is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original one. Due to CPU limitation, if you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please follow the guidelines below for Dual Channel memory configuration.

  • Page 16: Installation Of Expansion Cards

    Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. Install related driver from the operating system. Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card: GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the PCI Ex- press x 16 slot when you try to install/ uninstall the VGA card.

  • Page 17: I/O Back Panel Introduction

    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. VGA Port Monitor can be connected to VGA port.

  • Page 18: Connectors Introduction

    2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_FAN 4) SYS_FAN 5) FDD 6) IDE1 / IDE2 7) SATAII0/1/2/3 8) F_AUDIO 9) F_PANEL GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard audio jacks can be reconfigured to 10) CD_IN 11) PWR_LED 12) F_USB1 / F_USB2 13) F1_1394 14) SPDIF_IO 15) COMA...
  • Page 19 1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make sure that all components and devices are properly installed. Align the power connector with its proper location on the motherboard and connect tightly.
  • Page 20 The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive. The types of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Pin No. Definition...
  • Page 21 6) IDE1 / IDE2 (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). If you wish to connect two IDE devices, please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave (for information on settings, please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device).

  • Page 22: Front Audio Connector

    By default, the audio driver is configured to support HD Audio. To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector, please refer to the instructions on Page 82 about the software settings. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard AC'97 Audio: Pin No.
  • Page 23 F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below. HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) SPEAK (Speaker Connector) RES (Reset Switch) PW (Power Switch) MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED)
  • Page 24 Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. 11) 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. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Pin No. Definition CD-L CD-R Pin No.

  • Page 25: Front Usb Connectors

    12) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 (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.
  • Page 26 15) COMA (COMA Connector) Be careful with the polarity of the COMA connector. Check the pin assignments while you connect the COMA cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional COMA cable. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Pin No. Definition Power No Pin...
  • Page 27 16) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS) You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. To clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. Default doesn't include the jumper to prevent from improper use this header. 17) CI (Chassis Intrusion, Case Open) This 2-pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed.
  • Page 28 18) BATTERY GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard 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. If you want to erase CMOS... 1. Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord.

  • Page 29: Chapter 2 Bios Setup

    BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings. If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS, either Gigabyte's Q-Flash or @BIOS utility can be used. Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system.

  • Page 30: The Main Menu (For Example: Bios Ver. : F3A)

    Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2005, Award Software, Inc. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH F3a <DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: Xpress Recovery2, <F12>For Boot Menu 01/16/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0BC-00 Use < > or < > to select a device, then press enter to accept . Press <ESC> to exit this menu.
  • Page 31 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.

  • Page 32: Standard Cmos Features

    Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST(default) None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Standard CMOS Features Thu, Jun 17 2005 22:31:24...
  • Page 33 Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are: Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard drive. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate option based on this information.

  • Page 34: Advanced Bios Features

    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) GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features [Press Enter] [Floppy]...
  • Page 35 Password Check System 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. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 36: Integrated Peripherals

    Enable SATAII 1 1st SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SATA-II 1 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 1 2nd SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Integrated Peripherals [Press Enter] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [V1.1+V2.0]...
  • Page 37 SATA-II 2 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 2 1st SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SATA-II 2 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 2 2nd SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) On-Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port.
  • Page 38 Parallel Port Mode Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 38 -...

  • Page 39: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software 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 Keyboard x KB Power ON Password Power On By Mouse...
  • Page 40 Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. AC BACK Function Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off" state. (Default value) Full-On When AC-power back to the system, the system always in "On" state. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 40 -...

  • Page 41: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software PCI 1 IRQ Assignment PCI 2 IRQ Assignment : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PnP/PCI Configurations [Auto] [Auto] +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit...

  • Page 42: Pc Health Status

    CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements. (Note) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install. For more detailed information please check at the FAQ section on GIGABYTE's website. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard PC Health Status...

  • Page 43: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software CPU Frequency PCIE Clock K8 CPU Clock Ratio Robust Graphics Booster : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only. CPU Frequency 200.0~300.0MHz Set CPU Frequency from 200MHz to 300MHz.

  • Page 44: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Frequency/Voltage Control Esc: Quit F8: Q-Flash Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automati- cally detects. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N Save &...

  • Page 45: Set Supervisor/User Password

    2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Enter Password: PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Esc: Quit F8: Q-Flash When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

  • Page 46: Save & Exit Setup

    Esc: Quit F8: Q-Flash Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Set User Password Save &...

  • Page 47: Chapter 3 Drivers Installation

    Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 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.exe.

  • Page 48: Software Application

    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. Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.

  • Page 49: Hardware Information

    Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. Contact Us Please see the last page for details. - 49 - Drivers Installation...
  • Page 50 GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 50 -...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Appendix

    Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS feature settings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.I.T. feature the user is no longer required to switch into different modes within BIOS setup in order to change system settings such as the CPU system bus, memory timings or to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A.

  • Page 52: Easytune 5 Introduction

    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 5 Help file Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software...

  • Page 53: Xpress Recovery2 Introduction

    Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2... Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2005, Award Software, Inc. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH F3a <DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: Xpress Recovery2, <F12>For Boot Menu 01/16/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0BC-00 1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the <F9>...
  • Page 54 GA-K8NF-9 (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8NXP-SLI GA-K8NE (PCB Ver. 1.0) GA-K8N Ultra-SLI GA-K8NMF-9 GA-K8N Pro-SLI GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard 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.

  • Page 55: Flash Bios Method Introduction

    Updating BIOS with Q-Flash 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.
  • Page 56 Action bar: Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q-Flash/Dual BIOS utility. Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Select Language Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
  • Page 57 Using the Q-Flash utility: This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q-Flash utility. As described in the "Before you begin" section above, you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer.
  • Page 58 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 GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Dual BIOS Utility Main Bios Disable Boot From Main Bios...

  • Page 59: Updating Bios With Q-Flash Utility On Single-Bios Motherboards

    Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to Load Fail-Safe Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded. Therefore, we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded.
  • Page 60 After BIOS file is read, you'll see a confirmation dialog box asking you "Are you sure to update BIOS?" Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Keep DMI Data...
  • Page 61 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. Flash Type/Size...SST 49LF003A >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... Enter : Run Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System Press any keys to return to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed.
  • Page 62 Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods (such as: K8N51GMF-9-RH.D1). Complete update process following the instruction. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Utility Fig 2. Installation Complete and Run @BIOS Click Start/ Programs/ Gigabyte/ BIOS/ @BIOS Fig 4. Select the desired @BIOS server - 62 -...
  • Page 63 Otherwise, your system won't boot. III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS Gigabyte's web site for downloading and updating it according to method II. IV. Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted.

  • Page 64: Configuring Sata Hard Drive(S)

    SATAII2/3 connectors). If you wish to create RAID array, press ENTER on the SATAII RAID Config item to enter the submenu . "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 64 -...
  • Page 65 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software SATAII RAID Config On-Chip IDE Channel0 On-Chip IDE Channel1 IDE1 Conductor Cable IDE2 Conductor Cable Serial-ATA-II 1 Serial-ATA-II 2 On-Chip USB USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard Audio Function Onboard LAN Function Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard 1394 Function Onboard Serial Port 1...
  • Page 66 RAID array onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 4). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software 1. SCSI-0: NVIDIA MIRROR 111.7 2. Bootable Add-in Cards : Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority ST3120026AS ST3120026AS F10: Save Figure 3 Hard Disk Boot Priority...
  • Page 67 Step 3: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 5). CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Password Check Init Display First...
  • Page 68 Disk Model Capacity 2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB 2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB [ESC] Quit [F6] Back GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Figure 6 - Define a New Array - Striping Block: Optimal Array Disks Disk Model [ ] Add [ ] Del [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate...
  • Page 69 Step 5: Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section (Figure 8).
  • Page 70 Y to confirm or N to cancel. Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array List screen. Now, you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - Array List - Status...
  • Page 71 Figure 12 (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 folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 14). A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 13.
  • Page 72 * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Figure 15 Figure 16 - 72 -...
  • Page 73 Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver.
  • Page 74 (Note: 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.) GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard Figure 19...
  • Page 75 (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable RAID volume. There are two solutions to resolve this issue. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a RAID array. Here are the detailed step-by-step instructions: Step 1: Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive.
  • Page 76 Windows 2000. MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005 RAID Mode: Striping Free Disks Disk Model Capacity [ESC] Quit [F6] Back GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - Define a New Array - Striping Block: Optimal Array Disks Disk Model 2.0.M ST3120026AS [ ] Add 2.1.M...
  • Page 77 Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to START> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.

  • Page 78: 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction

    (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Line In...
  • Page 79 STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 2CH Speaker. STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected.
  • Page 80 Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected (6-channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out (Line Out), Rear Speaker Out, and Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out) then click OK. The 6-channel audio setup is completed. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 80 -...
  • Page 81 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab.
  • Page 82 AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANA- LOG area, click the Tool icon and then select the Disable front panel jack detection check box. This action completes the AC'97 Audio configuration. GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 82 -...

  • Page 83: Troubleshooting

    Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw 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.
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  • Page 87 Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231, 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. TEL: +1-626-854-9338 FAX: +1-626-854-9339 Tech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech.
  • Page 88 China NINGBO G.B.T. TECH. TRADING CO., LTD. Tech. Support : http://tw.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: +86-10-62102838 FAX: +86-10-62102848 Wuhan TEL: +86-27-87851061 FAX: +86-27-87851330 GuangZhou TEL: +86-20-87586074 FAX: +86-20-85517843 Chengdu...

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