Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH User Manual

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RHAMD Socket 939 Processor MotherboardUser's ManualRev. 100112ME-51GMF9R-1001R* The WEEE marking on the product indicates this prod

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 10 -English1-2 Feature SummaryCPU  Socket 939 for AMD SempronTM / AthlonTM 64 / AthlonTM 64 FX /AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Co

Hardware Installation- 11 -English(Note 1) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usageand therefore the a

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 12 -English1-3 Installation of the CPU and Fan Heat SinkBefore installing the CPU, please comply with the following con

Hardware Installation- 13 -English1-3-2 Installation of the Fan Heat SinkThe heat sink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat sink

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 14 -EnglishBefore installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that t

Hardware Installation- 15 -EnglishDual Channel Memory ConfigurationThe GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual Channel Te

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 16 -English1-5 Installation of Expansion CardsYou can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below

Hardware Installation- 17 -English1-6 I/O Back Panel IntroductionPS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse ConnectorTo install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 18 -English1-7 Connectors IntroductionCenter/Subwoofer Speaker OutThe default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Center

Hardware Installation- 19 -EnglishPin No. Definition1 GND2 GND3 +12V4 +12VPin No. Definition13 3.3V14 -12V15 GND16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)17 GND18 GND19 GN

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GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 20 -English3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector)The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power volt

Hardware Installation- 21 -English6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE Connector)An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can con

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 22 -English129108) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector)This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front pan

Hardware Installation- 23 -English9) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper)Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 24 -English10) CD_IN (CD In Connector)Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.Pin No. Definition1 CD-L2 GN

Hardware Installation- 25 -English12) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 (Front USB Connector)Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin ass

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 26 -English14) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In/Out)The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or co

Hardware Installation- 27 -English16) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS)You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. To clear CMOS, temporaril

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 28 -English18) BATTERYDanger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.Replace only with the same or equivalent t

BIOS Setup- 29 -EnglishBIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activa

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GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 30 -EnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software` Standard CMOS Features` Advanced BIOS Features` I

BIOS Setup- 31 -English Standard CMOS FeaturesThis setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS FeaturesThis

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 32 -English2-1 Standard CMOS FeaturesDateThe date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.Week

BIOS Setup- 33 -EnglishAccess Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:Large/Auto(default:Auto)Capacity Capacity o

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 34 -English2-2 Advanced BIOS FeaturesHard Disk Boot PrioritySelect boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAI

BIOS Setup- 35 -EnglishPassword CheckSystem The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if thecorrect password is not ente

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 36 -English2-3 Integrated PeripheralsSATAII RAID ConfigSATA-II RAID functionEnabled Enable SATAII RAID function.Disable

BIOS Setup- 37 -EnglishSATA-II 2 Primary RAIDEnabled Enable SATAII 2 1st SATA RAID function.Disabled Disable this function. (Default value)SATA-II 2 S

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 38 -EnglishOnboard LAN FunctionAuto Auto-detect onboard LAN chip function.(Default value)Disabled Disable onboard LAN

BIOS Setup- 39 -English2-4 Power Management SetupACPI Suspend TypeS1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value)S3(STR) Se

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GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 40 -EnglishPower On By KeyboardDisabled Disabled this function. (Default value)Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "

BIOS Setup- 41 -English2-5 PnP/PCI ConfigurationsCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award SoftwarePnP/PCI ConfigurationsPCI 1 IRQ Assignment [

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 42 -English2-6 PC Health StatusReset Case Open StatusDisabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value)Enabled

BIOS Setup- 43 -English2-7 Frequency/Voltage ControlIncorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only.CPU Frequ

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 44 -English2-8 Load Fail-Safe DefaultsFail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters t

BIOS Setup- 45 -English2-10 Set Supervisor/User PasswordWhen you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen t

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 46 -English2-11 Save & Exit SetupType "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RT

Drivers Installation- 47 -EnglishPictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM dr

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 48 -English3-2 Software ApplicationThis page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you

Drivers Installation- 49 -English3-4 Hardware InformationThis page lists all device you have for this motherboard.3-5 Contact UsPlease see the last pa

- 5 -Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ... 473-1 Install Chipset Drive

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Appendix- 51 -EnglishChapter 4 Appendix4-1 Unique Software UtilitiesM.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker)Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) a

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 52 -English4-1-1 EasyTune 5 IntroductionEasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhanc

Appendix- 53 -English4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 IntroductionXpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Suppo

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 54 -English1. RESTORE:Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfi

Appendix- 55 -English4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method IntroductionMethod 1 : Q-FlashTM UtilityQ-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With thi

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 56 -EnglishEntering the Q-FlashTM utility:CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Feat

Appendix- 57 -EnglishDual BIOS UtilityBoot From... Main BiosMain ROM Type/Size...SST 4

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 58 -English3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS.

Appendix- 59 -EnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals

- 6 -Item ChecklistIDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1SATA 3Gb/s Cable x 1I/O Shield* The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 60 -EnglishExploring the Q-FlashTM utility screenThe Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key component

Appendix- 61 -English3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 62 -EnglishMethod 2 : @BIOSTM UtilityIf you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS util

Appendix- 63 -EnglishIII. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 64 -English"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.To configure SAT

Appendix- 65 -EnglishFigure 1In the SATAII RAID Config submenu, enable SATA-II RAID function. Then enable the SATA portswith hard disks that you want

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 66 -EnglishStep 2:If you do not create RAID, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Featuresmenu. In th

Appendix- 67 -EnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award SoftwareAdvanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]First Boot

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 68 -English(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOSEnter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this

Appendix- 69 -EnglishStep 6:Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear(Figure 9). I

- 7 -GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard LayoutKB_MSATX_12VCPU_FANAUDIO2nVIDIA®GeForce 6100SPDIF_IOCODECVGALPTUSBLANVIA VT6307F_PANELBIOSPCI1PCI2F_AUDIOF_USB

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 70 -EnglishTo read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure11), wher

Appendix- 71 -English(4) Making a SATA Driver DiskTo install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 72 -EnglishFigure 15Windows SetupPress F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.Figure 16Windows Setu

Appendix- 73 -EnglishStep 3:If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 belowwill appear. Use

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 74 -EnglishAfter the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XPinstalla

Appendix- 75 -English(6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 76 -EnglishStep 3:After system restarts, press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Select Striping in the RAID

Appendix- 77 -EnglishStep 5:Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Co

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 78 -English4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio FunctionIntroductionSTEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, yo

Appendix- 79 -EnglishSTEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equ

- 8 -Block DiagramPCICLK(33MHz)AMD K8Socket 939CPUCPUCLK+/-(200MHz)Hyper TransportBus2PCIPCI Bus1 PCI Express x 1PCI Express BusnVIDIA®GeForce 6100nVI

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 80 -English6 Channel Audio SetupSTEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager ico

Appendix- 81 -EnglishSTEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/Otab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker.STEP 3:After plugging in 8-c

GA-K8N51GMF-9-RH Motherboard - 82 -EnglishSound Effect Configuration:At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust soundoption settings as desired.AC&apo

Appendix- 83 -English4-2 TroubleshootingBelow is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherbo

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Appendix- 87 -EnglishContact Us     Taiwan (Headquarters)GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231,Taiw

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Hardware Installation- 9 -English1-1 Considerations Prior to InstallationPreparing Your ComputerThe motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic