Abit KN8 ULTRA User manual

Introduction
KN8 Ultra-SOTES
KN8 Ultra
KN8
Motherboard
AMD Socket 939
User’s Manual
Hardware Setup
BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix
About this Manual:
This user’s manual contains all the information you may
need for settin
g
up this motherboard. To read the user’s
manual of PDF format (readable by Adobe Reader), place
the “Driver & Utility CD” into the CD-ROM drive in your
system. The auto-run screen will appear, click the
“Manual” tab to enter its submenu. If not, browse the
root directory of the CD-ROM via the File Mana
g
er, and
double click the “AUTORUN” file.
 AMD Socket 939 K8 Dual Core
ATX Motherboard
 NVIDIA Chipset:
NF4 Ultra/NF4 Single Chip
 2GHz HT
 Dual DDR 400 DIMM Slots
 GbE LAN w/Firewall
 4x SATA 3Gb/s with
RAID 0/1/0+1
 ABIT Silent OTES™ Technology
 7.1 Channel Audio
* See the “Features & Specifications” of each model in
this manual for details.

KN8 Ultra-SOTES, KN8 Ultra, KN8
User’s Manual
English, 2nd Edition
May, 2006
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If you do not properly set the motherboard settings, causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail,
we cannot guarantee any responsibility.
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Introduction
Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................... 1-1
Hardware Setup
BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix
1.1 Features & Specifications .............................................................1-1
1.2 Motherboard Layout.....................................................................1-3
1.2.1 KN8 Ultra-SOTES.................................................................1-3
1.2.2 KN8 Ultra/KN8 ....................................................................1-4
2. Hardware Setup ............................................................... 2-1
2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis.......................................................2-1
2.2 Installing Motherboard .................................................................2-1
2.3 Checking Jumper Settings ............................................................2-2
2.3.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery ..............2-3
2.3.2 Wake-up Headers................................................................2-5
2.4 Connecting Chassis Components...................................................2-6
2.4.1 ATX Power Connectors ........................................................2-6
2.4.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers............................2-7
2.4.3 FAN Power Connectors ........................................................2-8
2.5 Installing Hardware......................................................................2-9
2.5.1 CPU Socket 939 ..................................................................2-9
2.5.2 DDR Memory Slots ............................................................2-12
2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slot (Install Graphics Card) ............2-13
2.6 Connecting Peripheral Devices ....................................................2-14
2.6.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors ................................ 2-14
2.6.2 Serial ATA Connectors .......................................................2-15
2.6.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers.........................................2-16
2.6.4 Internal Audio Connectors..................................................2-16
2.6.5 Front Panel Audio Connection Header .................................2-17
2.6.6 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slots ..............................................2-18
2.6.7 PCI Add-on Slots ...............................................................2-18
2.7 Onboard Status Display.............................................................. 2-19
2.7.1 Power Source Indicators .................................................... 2-19
2.8 Connecting I/O Devices..............................................................2-20
3. BIOS Setup....................................................................... 3-1
3.1 SoftMenu Setup...........................................................................3-3
3.2 Standard CMOS Features..............................................................3-5
3.3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............................................................3-9
3.4 Advanced Chipset Features......................................................... 3-11
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3.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................3-14
3.6 Power Management Setup..........................................................3-18
3.7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................. 3-21
3.8 PC Health Status........................................................................3-23
3.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ..............................................................3-25
3.10 Load Optimized Defaults...........................................................3-25
3.11 Set Password...........................................................................3-25
3.12 Save & Exit Setup .................................................................... 3-25
3.13 Exit Without Saving..................................................................3-25
4. Driver & Utility CD............................................................ 4-1
4.1 nVidia nForce Chipset Driver.........................................................4-2
4.2 Realtek Audio Driver ....................................................................4-3
4.3 Cool’n’Quiet Driver.......................................................................4-4
4.4 USB 2.0 Driver.............................................................................4-5
4.5 ABIT EQ (The Hardware Doctor Utility)..........................................4-6
4.6 FlashMenu (BIOS Update Utility)...................................................4-8
4.7 NVRaid Floppy Disk....................................................................4-10
5. Appendix .......................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?)..........................5-1
5.1.1 Q & A.................................................................................5-1
5.1.2 Technical Support Form ......................................................5-4
5.1.3 UNIVERSAL ABIT Contact Information ..................................5-5
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Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1 Features & Specifications
CPU
• Supports AMD Athlon 64/64FX Dual Core 939-pin K8 CPU with 2GHz system bus
using Hyper Transport Technology
• Supports AMD K8 CPU Cool ‘n’Quiet Technology
Chipset
• NVIDIA NF4 Ultra single chip (For model “KN8 Ultra-SOTES” and “KN8 Ultra” only)
• NVIDIA NF4 single chip (For model “KN8” only)
Memory
• Supports 4 DIMM Dual DDR 400 non-ECC un-buffered memory
• Supports maximum memory capacity up to 4GB
NV SATA RAID
• Supports SATA RAID 0/1/0+1
• Support SATA 1.5Gb/s data transfer rate. (For model “KN8” only)
• Support SATA 3Gb/s data transfer rate. (For model “KN8 Ultra-SOTES” and “KN8
Ultra” only)
NV GbE LAN
• NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet with NV Firewall ActiveArmor (For model “KN8
Ultra-SOTES” and “KN8 Ultra” only)
• NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet (For model “KN8” only)
Audio
• Onboard 7.1 CH Audio CODEC
• Supports auto jack sensing
• Supports optical S/PDIF Out (For model “KN8 Ultra-SOTES” and “KN8 Ultra” only)
ABIT Engineered
• ABIT SoftMenu™Technology
• ABIT CPU ThermalGuard™Technology
• ABIT Silent OTES™Technology (For model “KN8 Ultra-SOTES” only)
Expansion Slots
• 1x PCI-E X16 slot
• 3x PCI-E X1 slots
• 3x PCI slots
Internal I/O Connectors
• 1x Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB
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