Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI (rev. 1.0) Руководство пользователя онлайн
GA-8N-SLI Royal/
GA-8N-SLI Pro/
GA-8N-SLI
Intel
®
Pentium
®
Processor Extreme Edition
Intel
®
Pentium
®
D / Pentium
®
4 LGA775 Processor Motherboard
User's Manual
Rev. 1004
12ME-8NSLIRO-1004
Содержание
- Ga 8n sli royal ga 8n sli pro ga 8n sli 1
- User s manual 1
- Copyright 5
- Notice 5
- Product manual classification 5
- Block diagram 9 6
- Chapter 1 hardware installation 1 6
- Chapter 2 bios setup 35 6
- Ga 8n sli royal ga 8n sli pro ga 8n sli motherboard layout 8 6
- Table of contents 6
- Chapter 3 drivers installation 57 7
- Chapter 4 appendix 61 7
- Ga 8n sli royal ga 8n sli pro ga 8n sli motherboard layout 8
- Ga 8n sli royal pro ga 8n sli 8
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 8
- Block diagram 9
- 1 considerations prior to installation 11
- Chapter 1 hardware installation 11
- English 11
- Installation notices 11
- Instances of non warranty 11
- Preparing your computer 11
- 2 feature summary 12
- English 12
- English 13
- 3 1 installation of the cpu 14
- 3 installation of the cpu and heatsink 14
- English 14
- 3 2 installation of the heatsink 15
- English 15
- 4 installing removing cool plus northbridge cooling fan 16
- 5 installation of memory 16
- English 16
- Dual channel ddr ii 17
- English 17
- 6 installation of expansion cards 18
- English 18
- 7 installation of u plus dps universal plus dual power system 19
- English 19
- 8 setup of sli scalable link interface configuration 20
- Before you begin 20
- English 20
- Enabling sli mode 21
- English 21
- English 22
- 9 i o back panel introduction 23
- Coaxial spdif_o 23
- Coma serial port 23
- English 23
- Lan port 1 23
- Lan port 2 23
- Line in 23
- Line out front speaker out 23
- Mic in 23
- Optical spdif_o 23
- Parallel port 23
- Ps 2 keyboard and ps 2 mouse connector 23
- Rear speaker out 23
- Usb port 23
- 10 connectors introduction 24
- Center subwoofer speaker out 24
- English 24
- Side speaker out 24
- 2 atx_12v atx power connector 25
- English 25
- Hardware installation 25 25
- 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 the atx_12v power connector mainly supplies power to the cpu if the atx_12v power connector is not connected the system will not start caution please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements it is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 300w or greater if a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is unable to start if you use a 24 pin atx power supply please remove the small cover on the power connector on the motherboard before plugging in the power cord otherwise please do not remove it 25
- 4 5 cpu_fan sys_fan pwr_fan cooler fan power connector 26
- English 26
- If you installed wrong direction the chip fan will not work sometimes will damage the chip fan usually black cable is gnd 26
- Nb_fan chip fan power connector 26
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 26
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 26 26
- The cooler fan power connector supplies a 12v power voltage via a 3 pin 4 pin only for cpu_fan power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design most coolers are designed with color coded power connector wires a red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a 12v power voltage the black connector wire is the ground wire gnd please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent system overheating and failure caution please remember to connect the power to the cpu fan to prevent cpu overheating and failure 26
- English 27
- Fdd floppy connector 27
- Ide1 ide2 ide3 ide connector 27
- English 28
- Esataii0 1 sata 3gb s connectors controlled by pdc20779 28
- Only for ga 8n sli royal 28
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 28 28
- Pwr_led 28
- Pwr_led is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off it will blink when the system enters suspend mode 28
- Sata 3gb s can provide up to 300mb s transfer rate please refer to the bios setting for the sata 3gb s and install the proper driver in order to work properly 28
- Sataii0 1 2 3 sata 3gb s connectors controlled by mcp 04 28
- English 29
- F_panel front panel jumper 29
- Hardware installation 29 29
- 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 29
- Cd_in cd in 30
- Connect cd rom or dvd rom audio out to the connector 30
- English 30
- F_audio front audio connector 30
- If you want to use front audio connector you must remove 5 6 9 10 jumper in order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector also please make sure the pin assigments on the cable are the same as the pin assigments on the mb header to find out if the chassis you are buying support front audio connector please contact your dealer please note you can have the alternative of using front audio connector or of using rear audio connector to play sound 30
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 30 30
- 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 for optional front usb cable please contact your local dealer 31
- English 31
- F_ usb1 f_usb2 f_usb3 front usb connector 31
- Hardware installation 31 31
- Spdif_in spdif in 31
- Use spdif in feature only when your device has digital output function be careful with the polarity of the spdif_in connector check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the spdif cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it for optional spdif cable please contact your local dealer 31
- Clr_cmos clear cmos 32
- English 32
- F1_1394 f2_1394 ieee 1394 connectors 32
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 32
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 32 32
- Serial interface standard set by institute of electrical and electronics engineers which has features like high speed high bandwidth and hot plug be careful with the polarity of the ieee1394 connector check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the ieee1394 cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it for optional ieee1394 cable please contact your local dealer ieee1394b can approach the maximum speed to 800mb s but the speed can be achieved only when you use particular ieee1394b cable 32
- 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 of this header 32
- Ci chassis intrusion case open 33
- English 33
- Hardware installation 33 33
- Pcie_12v power connector 33
- The pcie_12v power connector supplies extra power to the pci exress 16 slots connect this connector depending on your system requirements 33
- This 2 pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed you can check the case opened status in bios setup 33
- Bat battery 34
- English 34
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 34 34
- This connector allows you to connect external devices to use extra function check the pin assignments before you connect the external device cable please contact your nearest dealer for the optional gigabyte external device 34
- Chapter 2 bios setup 35
- Control keys 35
- English 35
- Main menu 35
- Status page setup menu option page setup menu 35
- Advanced bios features 36
- English 36
- If you can t find the setting you want please press ctrl f1 to search the advanced option hidden 36
- Integrated peripherals 36
- Mb intelligent tweaker m i t 36
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 36
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 36 36
- Pc health status 36
- Pnp pci configuration 36
- Power management setup 36
- Select language 36
- Standard cmos features 36
- The bios setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard 36
- The main menu for example bios ver ga 8n sli royal f3l 36
- This setup page includes all onboard peripherals 36
- This setup page includes all the configurations of pci pnp isa resources 36
- This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible bios 36
- This setup page includes all the items of award special enhanced features 36
- This setup page includes all the items of green function features 36
- This setup page is control cpu clock and frequency ratio 36
- This setup page is the system auto detect temperature voltage fan speed 36
- This setup page is to select multilanguages 36
- To accept or enter the sub menu 36
- English 37
- 1 standard cmos features 38
- Access mode use this to set the access mode for the hard drive the four options are chs lba large auto default auto 38
- 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 38
- Cylinder number of cylinders 38
- Day the day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month 38
- English 38
- Head number of heads 38
- Ide channel 0 master slave ide channel 1 master slave 38
- Ide hdd auto detection press enter to select this option for automatic device detection ide channel 0 master slave ide channel 1 master slave devices setup you can use one of three methods auto allows bios to automatically detect ide devices during post default value 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 manual user can manually input the correct settings 38
- Landing zone landing zone 38
- Month the month jan through dec 38
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 38
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 38 38
- Precomp write precomp 38
- The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock for example 1 p m is 13 00 00 38
- Week the week from sun to sat determined by the bios and is display only 38
- Year the year from 1999 through 2098 38
- Base memory 39
- Drive a drive b 39
- English 39
- Extended memory 39
- Floppy 3 mode support for japan area 39
- Halt on 39
- Memory 39
- Total memory 39
- 2 advanced bios features 40
- Boot up floppy seek 40
- Cdrom select your boot device priority by cdrom 40
- Disabled disable this function 40
- During post bios will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360k type is 40 tracks 720k 1 m and 1 4m are all 80 tracks 40
- English 40
- First second third boot device 40
- Floppy select your boot device priority by floppy 40
- Hard disk boot priority 40
- Hard disk select your boot device priority by hard disk 40
- Hyper threading technology 40
- Legacy lan select your boot device priority by lan 40
- Ls120 select your boot device priority by ls120 40
- Note this item will show up when you install a processor that supports this function 40
- Nvidia raid set boot rom order to devices on the nvidia raid controller 40
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 40
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 40 40
- Promise set boot rom order to devices on the promise controller default 40
- Rom boot priority 40
- Scsi set boot rom order to scsi devices 40
- Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards scsi raid etc 40
- This option is available only when the processor you install supports inte 40
- To exit this menu 40
- Usb cdrom select your boot device priority by usb cdrom 40
- Usb fdd select your boot device priority by usb fdd 40
- Usb hdd select your boot device priority by usb hdd 40
- Usb zip select your boot device priority by usb zip 40
- Use this function to select onboard raid or pci scsi boot rom order if the boot rom of your device cannot be auto initiated 40
- Zip select your boot device priority by zip 40
- Cpu eist function 41
- Cpu enhanced halt c1e 41
- Cpu hyper threading 41
- Cpu thermal monitor 2 tm2 41
- English 41
- Full screen logo show 41
- Init display first 41
- Intel onscreen branding 41
- Limit cpuid max to 3 41
- No execute memory protec 41
- Password check 41
- 3 integrated peripherals 42
- Disabled disable ide sataii raid function 42
- Disabled disable this function default value 42
- Enabled enable 1st master channel ide raid function 42
- Enabled enable 1st slave channel ide raid function 42
- Enabled enable 2nd master channel ide raid function 42
- Enabled enable ide sataii raid function default value 42
- English 42
- Ide primary master raid 42
- Ide primary slave raid 42
- Ide sataii raid config 42
- Ide sataii raid function 42
- Ide secndry master raid 42
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 42
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 42 42
- English 43
- Ide secndry slave raid 43
- Ide1 conductor cable 43
- Ide2 conductor cable 43
- On chip ide channel0 43
- On chip ide channel1 43
- On chip usb 43
- Sataii 1 primary raid 43
- Sataii 1 secondary raid 43
- Sataii 2 primary raid 43
- Sataii 2 secondary raid 43
- Serial ataii 1 onboard nvidia chipset 43
- Serial ataii 2 onboard nvidia chipset 43
- Ac97 audio 44
- English 44
- I lock 44
- Onboard 1394b function 44
- Onboard lan function marvell 8053 44
- Onboard lan2 function marvell 88e1111 88e1115 44
- Onboard parallel port 44
- Onboard sataii ide3 44
- Onboard sataii ide3 mode 44
- Onboard serial port 1 44
- Parallel port mode 44
- Usb keyboard support 44
- Usb mouse support 44
- 4 power management setup 45
- Acpi suspend type 45
- An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state 45
- Bios setup 45 45
- Day of month alarm everyday 1 31 45
- Delay 4 sec press power button 4 sec to power off enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 sec 45
- Disabled disable this function 45
- Disabled disable this function default value 45
- Enable enable usb device wake up system from suspend mode default value 45
- Enabled enable alarm function to power on system if power on by alarm is enabled 45
- Enabled enable modem ring on function default value 45
- Enabled enable pme as wake up event default value 45
- English 45
- Instant off press power button then power off instantly default value 45
- Modem ring on 45
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 45
- Pme event wake up 45
- Power on by alarm 45
- S1 pos set acpi suspend type to s1 pos power on suspend default value 45
- S3 str set acpi suspend type to s3 str suspend to ram 45
- Soft off by power button 45
- This feature requires an atx power supply that provides at least 1a on the 5vsb lead 45
- Time hh mm ss alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 45
- Usb resume from suspend 45
- You can set power on by alarm item to enabled and key in date time to power on system 45
- Ac back function 46
- English 46
- Kb power on password 46
- Power on by keyboard 46
- Power on by mouse 46
- 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 set irq 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to pci 1 47
- 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 set irq 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to pci 2 47
- 5 pnp pci configurations 47
- Auto auto assign irq to pci 1 default value 47
- Auto auto assign irq to pci 2 default value 47
- Bios setup 47 47
- English 47
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 47
- Pci 1 irq assignment 47
- Pci 2 irq assignment 47
- 6 pc health status 48
- Case opened 48
- Cpu power system fan fail warning 48
- Cpu warning temperature 48
- Current cpu power system fan speed rpm 48
- Current cpu temperature 48
- Current voltage v vcore ddr18v 3 v 12v vbat 48
- Detect cpu power system fan speed status automatically 48
- Detect cpu temperature automatically 48
- Detect system s voltage status automatically 48
- Disabled disable cpu power system fan fail warning function default value 48
- Disabled disable this function default value 48
- Disabled don t reset case open status default value 48
- Enabled clear case open status at next boot 48
- Enabled enable cpu power system fan fail warning function 48
- English 48
- F monitor cpu temperature at 6 48
- F monitor cpu temperature at 7 48
- F monitor cpu temperature at 8 48
- F monitor cpu temperature at 9 48
- If the case is closed case opened will show no if the case is opened case opened will show yes if you want to reset case opened value enable reset case open status and save the change 48
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 48
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 48 48
- Reset case open status 48
- To cmos and then your computer will restart 48
- Cpu smart fan control 49
- Cpu smart fan mode 49
- English 49
- 7 mb intelligent tweaker m i t 50
- C i a cpu intelligent accelerator 2 is designed to detect cpu loading during software program executing and automatically adjust cpu computing power to maximize system performance 50
- Cpu clock rati 50
- Cruise set c i a to cruise automatically increase cpu frequency 5 7 by cpu loading 50
- Disabled disable this function default value 50
- English 50
- Full thrust set c i a to full thrust automatically increase cpu frequency 17 19 by cpu loading warning stability is highly dependent on system components 50
- High set clock ratio for frequency locked cpu to high default value 50
- Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken for power end user use only 50
- Low set clock ratio for frequency locked cpu to low 50
- Note this item will show up when you install a processor that supports this function 50
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 50
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 50 50
- Racing set c i a to racing automatically increase cpu frequency 9 11 by cpu loading 50
- Sports set c i a to sports automatically increase cpu frequency 7 9 by cpu loading 50
- This setup option will automatically assign by cpu detection the option will display locked and read only or will not show up if the cpu ratio is not changeable 50
- Turbo set c i a to turbo automatically increase cpu frequency 15 17 by cpu loading 50
- Current fsb speed qdr 51
- Current mem speed ddr 51
- Dimm overvoltage control 51
- English 51
- Fsb turbo mode 51
- Ldt frequency 51
- New fsb speed qdr 51
- New mem speed ddr 51
- Pci e overvoltage control 51
- Pcie frequency mhz 51
- Sli broadcast aperture 51
- System clock mode 51
- Target fsb speed qdr 51
- Target mem speed ddr 51
- Cpu voltage control 52
- English 52
- Fsb overvoltage control 52
- Normal cpu vcore 52
- Robust graphics booster 52
- Sataii overvoltage control 52
- 10 load optimized defaults 53
- 8 select language 53
- 9 load fail safe defaults 53
- Bios setup 53 53
- English 53
- Fail safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance 53
- Multi language supports 7 languages there are english french german spanish traditional chinese simplified chinese and japanese 53
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 53
- Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for bios and chipset features which the system automati cally detects 53
- 11 set supervisor user password 54
- English 54
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 54
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 54 54
- To abort the 54
- When you are prompted to enter password a message password disabled will appear to confirm the password being disabled once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter setup freely the bios setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords supervisor password and a user password when disabled anyone may access all bios setup program function when enabled the supervisor password is required for entering the bios setup program and having full configuration fields the user password is required to access only basic items if you select system at password check in advance bios features menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter setup menu if you select setup at password check in advance bios features menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter setup 54
- 12 save exit setup 55
- 13 exit without saving 55
- Bios setup 55 55
- English 55
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 55
- Type y will quit the setup utility and save the user setup value to rtc cmos type n will return to setup utility 55
- Type y will quit the setup utility without saving to rtc cmos type n will return to setup utility 55
- English 56
- 1 install chipset drivers 57
- Chapter 3drivers installation 57
- English 57
- 2 software application 58
- 3 software information 58
- English 58
- 4 hardware information 59
- 5 contact us 59
- English 59
- English 60
- 1 unique software utilities 61
- C i a cpu intelligent accelerator 2 61
- C o m corporate online management 61
- Chapter 4 appendix 61
- Download center 61
- English 61
- M i b memory intelligent booster 2 61
- M i t motherboard intelligent tweaker 61
- S o s system overclock saver 61
- U plus d p s universal plus dual power system 61
- 1 1 easytune 5 introduction 62
- English 62
- User interface overview 62
- 1 2 xpress recovery2 introduction 63
- Boot from cd dvd 63
- English 63
- How to use the xpress recovery2 63
- System requirements 63
- Xpress recovery2 63
- Backup 64
- English 64
- Limitations 64
- Precautions 64
- Reboot 64
- Remove 64
- Restore 64
- The main screen of xpress recovery2 64
- 1 3 flash bios method introduction 65
- A what is dual bios technology 65
- Appendix 65 65
- B dual bios q flash programming utility 65
- B how to use dual bios and q flash utility 65
- Dual bios means that there are two system bios rom on the motherboard one is the main bios and the other is backup bios 65
- English 65
- Only for ga 8n sli royal only for ga 8n sli pro 65
- To enter flash utility 65
- Under the normal circumstances the system works on the main bios if the main bios is corrupted or damaged the backup bios can take over while the system is powered on this means that your pc will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your bios 65
- Auto recovery enable default disable 66
- Bios recovery backup to main 66
- Bios recovery main to backup 66
- Boot from main bios default backup bios 66
- Copy main rom data to backup 66
- English 66
- Halt on error disable default enable 66
- Keep dmi data enable default disable 66
- Load default settings 66
- Save settings to cmos 66
- Wide range protection disable default enable 66
- Before you begin 67
- English 67
- Method 1 q flas 67
- Part one updating bios with q flas 67
- Utility 67
- Utility on dual bios motherboards 67
- Action bar 68
- Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the bios rom type blocking a task and pressing enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task 68
- 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 68
- Contains the names of four tasks blocking a task and pressing enter key on your keyboard to enable execu tion of the task 68
- Dual bios 68
- Dual bios utility bar 68
- Dual bios utility screen 68
- English 68
- Entering the q flas 68
- Exploring the q flas 68
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 68 68
- Q flas 68
- Step 2 press f8 button on your keyboard and then y button to enter the dual bios q flash utility 68
- Step1 to use q flash utility you must press del in the boot screen to enter bios menu 68
- Task menu for 68
- Task menu for dual bios utility 68
- Task menu for q flash utility 68
- The q flash dual bios utility screen consists of the following key components 68
- Utility 68
- Utility title 68
- After bios file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you are you sure to update bios 69
- After pressing enter you ll then see the progress of reading the bios file from the floppy disk 69
- Appendix 69 69
- Bios file in the floppy 69
- Do not trun off power or 69
- English 69
- If you want to save the current bios for backup purpose you can begin step 1 with save main bios to floppy item 69
- In this example we only download one bios file to the floppy disk so only one bios file 69
- Knxpu fba is listed 69
- Move to the bios file you want to flash and press enter 69
- Please confirm again you have the correct bios file for your motherboard 69
- Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to load main bios from floppy item in the q flash menu and press enter button later you will see a box pop up showing the bios files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk 69
- Reset your system at this 69
- 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 if you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the q flash utility please follow the steps below to flash bios 69
- Using the q flas 69
- Utility 69
- After system reboots you may find the bios version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed 70
- Becomes fba after 70
- Bios too 70
- English 70
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 70 70
- Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing bios 70
- Press any keys to return to the q flash menu when the bios updating procedure is completed 70
- Press esc and then y button to exit the q flash utility the computer will restart automatically after you exit q flash 70
- 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 displayed 70
- The bios file 70
- To flash the backup 70
- Updating 70
- You can repeat step 1 to 70
- Appendix 71 71
- English 71
- Part two updating bios with q flas 71
- 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 71
- Press y on your keyboard to load defaults 71
- Press y on your keyboard to save and exit 71
- Select save exit setup item to save the settings to cmos and exit the bios menu system will reboot after you exit the bios menu the procedure is completed 71
- This part guides users of single bios motherboards how to update bios using the q flas 71
- Utility 71
- Utility on single bios motherboards 71
- Action bar 72
- After bios file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you are you sure to update bios 72
- Bios file in the floppy disk 72
- Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the q flash utility pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions 72
- Contains the names of three tasks blocking a task and pressing enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task 72
- Do not trun off power or reset your system at 72
- English 72
- Exploring the q flas 72
- If you want to save the current bios for backup purpose you can begin step 1 with save bios to floppy item 72
- Move to the bios file you want to flash and press enter in this example we only download one bios file to the floppy disk so only one bios file 8ge800 f4 is listed 72
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 72 72
- Please confirm again you have the correct bios file for your motherboard 72
- Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing bios 72
- Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to update bios from floppy item in the q flash menu and press enter button later you will see a box pop up showing the bios files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk 72
- Q flas 72
- Task menu for 72
- Task menu for q flash utility 72
- The q flashbios utility screen consists of the following key components 72
- 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 if you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the q flash utility please follow the steps below to flash bios 72
- This stage 72
- Using the q flas 72
- Utility 72
- Utility bar 72
- Utility screen 72
- After system reboots you may find the bios version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed 73
- Appendix 73 73
- Congratulation you have updated bios successfully 73
- Do not trun off power or 73
- English 73
- Press any keys to return to the q flash menu when the bios updating procedure is completed 73
- Press del to enter bios menu after system reboots and load bios fail safe defaults see how to load bios fail safe defaults please kindly refer to step 6 to 7 in part one 73
- Press esc and then y button to exit the q flash utility the computer will restart automatically after you exit q flash 73
- 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 73
- Reset your system at this stage 73
- The bios file becomes f4 after updating 73
- English 74
- Method 2 bio 74
- Methods and steps 74
- Utility 74
- English 75
- 1 4 serial ata bios setting utility introduction 76
- English 76
- Raid levels 76
- Appendix 77 77
- Configuring the nvidia raid bios 77
- English 77
- Please follow the steps below to construct a complete raid array 1 have ready your hard drives for raid construction note to achieve best performance it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar make and storage capacity 2 please attach the hard drive connectors to their appropriate location on the motherboard ie ide scsi or sata 3 enter the motherboard bios and locate raid setup please refer to the section on integrated peripherals 4 enter raid setup in the bios and select the raid type for instance enter f10 to select nvidia raid ctrl s to select silicon image 5 complete driver installation 6 complete raid utility installation more information on steps 4 and 5 is provided for more detailed setup information please visit support motherboard technology guide section on our website at http www gigabyte com tw to read or download the information you need 77
- Press f10 the nvidia raid utility define a new array window appears as figure below 77
- The nvraid bios setup lets you choose the raid array type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array entering the raid bios setup 1 after rebooting your computer wait until you see the raid software prompting you to press f10 the raid prompt appears as part of the system post and boot process prior to loading the os you have a few seconds to press f10 before the window disappears 77
- Assigning the disks 78
- By default this is set to mirroring to change to a different raid mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the raid mode box either mirroring striping spanning stripe mirroring or raid 5 78
- English 78
- If necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted 78
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 78 78
- Selecting the raid mode 78
- Selecting the striping block size 78
- Striping block size is given in kilobytes and affects how data is arranged on the disk it is recom mended to leave this value at the default optimal which is 64kb but the values can be between 4 kb and 128 kb 78
- The disks that you enabled from the raid config bios setup page appear in the free disks block these are the drives that are available for use as raid array disks to designate a free disk to be used as a raid array disk 1 tab to the free disks section the first disk in the list is selected 2 move it from the free disks block to the array disks block by pressing the right arrow key the first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 continue pressing the right arrow key until all the disks that you want to use as raid array disks appear in the array disks block 78
- Using the define a new array window 78
- After assigning your raid array disks press f7 the clear disk data prompt appears 79
- Appendix 79 79
- Completing the raid bios setup 79
- English 79
- Press y if you want to wipe out all the data from the raid array otherwise press n you must choose yes if the drives were previously used as raid drives the array list window appears where you can review the raid arrays that you have set up you can select a disk array as boot device if you want to boot operating system from an array use the arrow keys to select the array then press b to specify the array as bootable 79
- English 80
- B configuring the promise pdc20779 raid bios 81
- English 81
- English 82
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 82 82
- Performance under the performance setting raid 0 fasttrak assigns two drives to a single striped array if you want a one drive array or you want to specify block size please go to the define array window 82
- Security under the security setting raid 1 fasttrak assigns two drives to a single mirrored array 82
- To enter the auto setup window the auto setup selection from the main menu can intuitively help create your disk array it will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating 82
- To save the configuration 82
- Appendix 83 83
- English 83
- Raid mode use space key to change your selection between stripe raid 0 or mirror raid 1 83
- To continue booting when disabled the fasttrak bios will appear and show the critical array but the computer will continue booting if you take no action 83
- To enter the define array window the define array selection from the main menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and raid levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to the promise pdc20779 controller 83
- Use arrow keys to move to a logical disk set and press enter to enter the define array menu 83
- English 84
- Appendix 85 85
- Delete an array the delete array menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments 85
- Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion 85
- English 85
- If you are sure to delete the array or other keys to abort 85
- To confirm yes to the following warning message and continue array deletion 85
- To return to main menu 85
- English 86
- Installing the raid drivers 86
- 1 5 2 4 6 8 channel audio function introduction 87
- English 87
- Introduction of audio connectors 87
- Stereo speakers connection and settings 87
- Channel audio setup 88
- English 88
- Channel audio setup 89
- English 89
- Channel audio setup 90
- English 90
- 2 troubleshooting 91
- English 91
- English 92
- English 93
- English 94
- Appendix 95 95
- Contact us 95
- English 95
- English 96
- P4 nforce4 sli series motherboard 96 96
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