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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – i i
  • Page 3 – i i i; Contents; Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • Page 4 – i v; Chapter 3: Powering up
  • Page 5 – Chapter 5: RAID configuration
  • Page 6 – v i; Appendix: Reference information
  • Page 7 – v i i; Notices; F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t; interference that may cause undesired operation.; C a n a d i a n D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n s S t a t e m e n t; or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
  • Page 8 – v i i i; Safety information; E l e c t r i c a l s a f e t y
  • Page 9 – i x; About this guide; H o w t h i s g u i d e i s o r g a n i z e d
  • Page 10 – C o n v e n t i o n s u s e d i n t h i s g u i d e; Typography; Command
  • Page 11 – K8N-LR specifications summary
  • Page 12 – I n t e r n a l
  • Page 13 – This chapter describes the motherboard
  • Page 14 – A S U S K 8 N - L R; Chapter summary
  • Page 15 – Package contents
  • Page 16 – C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n; Special features; . 3 . 1 P r o d u c t h i g h l i g h t s; L a t e s t p r o c e s s o r a n d 6 4 - b i t c o m p u t i n g t e c h n o l o g y
  • Page 17 – T e m p e r a t u r e , f a n , a n d v o l t a g e m o n i t o r i n g; The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (Winbond W83792) to; . 3 . 2 I n n o v a t i v e A S U S f e a t u r e s; C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2
  • Page 19 – This chapter lists the hardware setup
  • Page 21 – Before you proceed; O n b o a r d L E D s; K8N-LR Standby Power LED
  • Page 22 – Chapter 2: Hardware information; Motherboard overview; to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.; . 2 . 1 P l a c e m e n t d i r e c t i o n; rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below.; Do not overtighten the screws! Doing so can damage the motherboard.
  • Page 23 – . 2 . 3 M o t h e r b o a r d l a y o u t
  • Page 24 – . 2 . 5 L a y o u t C o n t e n t s
  • Page 26 – . 3 . 2 I n s t a l l i n g t h e C P U; Before installing the CPU, make sure that the socket box is facing; Notched corner; Gold Arrow
  • Page 27 – the CPU does not fit in completely.
  • Page 28 – . 3 . 3 I n s t a l l i n g t h e h e a t s i n k a n d f a n; Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan.
  • Page 29 – Make sure that the fan and
  • Page 30 – When the fan and heatsink assembly is in place, connect the CPU fan; errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector.; K8N-LR CPU Fan Connectors
  • Page 31 – System memory; The motherboard comes with four 184-pin Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual; . 4 . 2 M e m o r y C o n f i g u r a t i o n s
  • Page 32 – . 4 . 4 R e m o v i n g a D I M M; to both the motherboard and the components.
  • Page 33 – Expansion slots; . 5 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d; Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing
  • Page 34 – . 5 . 3 I n t e r r u p t a s s i g n m e n t s; S t a n d a r d i n t e r r u p t a s s i g n m e n t s; . 5 . 4 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 6 s l o t
  • Page 35 – P C I - X F r e q u e n c y
  • Page 36 – Jumpers; This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in; Except when clearing the RTC RAM, never remove the cap on CLRTC
  • Page 37 – K8N-LR Keyboard Power Setting; video graphics controller.
  • Page 38 – These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard Broadcom
  • Page 39 – K8N-LR BIOS Recovery Setting; RECOVERY1
  • Page 40 – Connectors; . 7 . 1 R e a r p a n e l c o n n e c t o r s; LAN port; L A N p o r t L E D i n d i c a t i o n s
  • Page 41 – . 7 . 2 I n t e r n a l c o n n e c t o r s; . F l o p p y d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t o r ( 3 4 - 1 p i n F L O P P Y 1 ); • The Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered; K8N-LR Floppy Disk Drive Connector
  • Page 42 – . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s; K8N-LR SATA Connectors
  • Page 43 – K8N-LR Fan Connectors; K8N-LR SMBus Connector
  • Page 44 – These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. These connectors comply
  • Page 45 – • Use of a PSU with a higher power output is recommended when; K8N-LR ATX Power Connectors
  • Page 46 – . P o w e r S u p p l y S M B u s c o n n e c t o r ( 5 - p i n P S U S M B 1 ); K8N-LR Power Supply SMBus Connector; 0 . B M C a n d M i n i P C I c o n n e c t o r s; K8N-LR BMCSOCKET Connector
  • Page 47 – K8N-LR A uxiliary Panel Connector
  • Page 48 – K8N-LR System Panel Connector
  • Page 49 – Powering up; This chapter describes the power up
  • Page 51 – Starting up for the first time
  • Page 52 – Powering off the computer; . 2 . 1 U s i n g t h e O S s h u t d o w n f u n c t i o n; If you are using Windows; . 2 . 2 U s i n g t h e d u a l f u n c t i o n p o w e r s w i t c h; While the system is ON, pressing the power switch for less than four
  • Page 53 – BIOS setup; This chapter tells how to change
  • Page 55 – Managing and updating your BIOS; . 1 . 1 C r e a t i n g a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k; motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
  • Page 56 – C h a p t e r 4 : B I O S s e t u p; C o p y i n g t h e c u r r e n t B I O S; • Make sure that the floppy disk is not write-protected and has at
  • Page 57 – CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.; U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:; Write the BIOS filename on a piece of paper. You need to type the exact
  • Page 58 – completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.; The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS.
  • Page 59 – . 1 . 3 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 u t i l i t y; process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m a f l o p p y d i s k; To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
  • Page 60 – R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m t h e s u p p o r t C D; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:; DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing; When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the
  • Page 61 – I n s t a l l i n g A S U S U p d a t e; . 1 . 4 A S U S U p d a t e u t i l i t y; Quit all Windows
  • Page 62 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h t h e I n t e r n e t
  • Page 63 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h a B I O S f i l e; The ASUS Update utility is
  • Page 64 – BIOS setup program; reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This section
  • Page 65 – . 2 . 3 N a v i g a t i o n k e y s; Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.
  • Page 66 – . 2 . 6 C o n f i g u r a t i o n f i e l d s
  • Page 67 – Main menu; When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,; Refer to section “4.2.1 BIOS menu screen” for information on the menu
  • Page 68 – F o u r t h , F i f t h , a n d S i x t h I D E M a s t e r; These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
  • Page 69 – . 3 . 5 I D E C o n f i g u r a t i o n
  • Page 70 – I D E D e t e c t T i m e O u t [ 3 5 ]; The following items appear when the RAID Option ROM is Enabled.
  • Page 71 – . 3 . 6 S y s t e m I n f o r m a t i o n; BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu.; A M I B I O S; Displays the auto-detected BIOS information; P r o c e s s o r; Displays the auto-detected CPU specification; S y s t e m M e m o r y; Displays the auto-detected system memory
  • Page 72 – Advanced menu; and other system devices.; Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction.; . 4 . 1 C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n; automatically detects.; G A R T E r r o r R e p o r t i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; Enables or disables the GART Error reporting feature.
  • Page 73 – M T R R M a p p i n g [ C o n t i n u o u s ]; Sets the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4GB or more; N o r t h B r i d g e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
  • Page 74 – M e m o r y C o n f i g u r a t i o n; The memory configuration menu allows you to change the memory; Sets the memory clock mode limit. This item appears only when the; The following items appear when the Memclock Mode is set to Limit.
  • Page 75 – E C C C o n f i g u r a t i o n
  • Page 76 – S o u t h B r i d g e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
  • Page 77 – . 4 . 3 O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; P C I - E x p r e s s S p r e a d S p e c t r u m [ D i s a b l e d ]
  • Page 78 – P a r a l l e l P o r t A d d r e s s [ 3 7 8 ]
  • Page 79 – for legacy ISA devices.; Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items.; system configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.; P C I L a t e n c y T i m e r [ 6 4 ]; When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card; P a l e t t e S n o o p i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI
  • Page 80 – I R Q - x x a s s i g n e d t o [ P C I D e v i c e ]; . 4 . 5 M P S C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to select the multi-processor system revision.; . 4 . 6 R e m o t e A c c e s s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; The items in this menu allows you to configure the Remote Access; R e m o t e A c c e s s [ E n a b l e d ]; Enables or disables the remote access feature.
  • Page 81 – S e r i a l p o r t n u m b e r [ C O M 1 ]
  • Page 82 – Sets or disables the USB controller support.; L e g a c y U S B S u p p o r t [ E n a b l e d ]; to [Auto] allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at; U S B 2 . 0 C o n t r o l l e r M o d e [ H i S p e e d ]; Allows you to set the USB 2.0 controller mode to HiSpeed (480 Mbps) or; . 4 . 7 U S B C o n f i g u r a t i o n
  • Page 83 – A M D C o o l ʼ N ʼ Q u i e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n; C o o l ʻ N ʼ Q u i e t [ E n a b l e d ]; C P U H T L i n k S p e e d [ A u t o ]
  • Page 84 – Power menu; Advanced Power Management (APM) features. Select an item then press; Do not change the ACPI APIC support after you have installed the
  • Page 85 – . 5 . 4 A P M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; V i d e o P o w e r D o w n M o d e [ S u s p e n d ]
  • Page 86 – P o w e r O n B y P S / 2 K e y b o a r d [ D i s a b l e d ]; provides at least 1A on the +5VSB lead.; R T C R e s u m e [ D i s a b l e d ]; Alarm Minute, and RTC Alarm Second appear with set values.; R e s t o r e o n A C P o w e r L o s s [ P o w e r O f f ]; loss. When set to Power On, the system goes on after an AC power loss.
  • Page 87 – . 5 . 5 H a r d w a r e M o n i t o r; display the detected temperatures.; S m a r t F a n C o n t r o l [ E n a b l e d ]; when you enable the Smart Fan Control feature.; C P U T a r g e t T e m p e r a t u r e [ X X X ]; Smart Fan Control is disabled.
  • Page 88 – V C O R E 1 V o l t a g e , 3 . 3 V V o l t a g e , 5 V V o l t a g e , 5 V S B; through the onboard voltage regulators.; Boot menu; . 6 . 1 B o o t D e v i c e P r i o r i t y; s t ~ x x t h B o o t D e v i c e [ 1 s t F l o p p y D r i v e ]; on the number of devices installed in the system.
  • Page 89 – . 6 . 2 B o o t S e t t i n g s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; F u l l S c r e e n L o g o [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to select the power-on state for the NumLock.; W a i t f o r ʻ F 1 ʼ I f E r r o r [ E n a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap
  • Page 90 – C h a n g e S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d; on how to erase the RTC RAM.
  • Page 91 – U s e r A c c e s s L e v e l [ F u l l A c c e s s ]; you to change other security settings.
  • Page 92 – C l e a r U s e r P a s s w o r d; Pressing does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the; Exit menu; E x i t & S a v e C h a n g e s; the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save
  • Page 93 – E x i t & D i s c a r d C h a n g e s
  • Page 95 – This chapter provides instructions for
  • Page 97 – Setting up RAID; . 1 . 1 R A I D d e f i n i t i o n s; If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a
  • Page 98 – C h a p t e r 5 : R A I D c o n f i g u r a t i o n; . 1 . 2 I n s t a l l i n g h a r d d i s k d r i v e s
  • Page 99 – integrated in the NVIDIA; . 2 . 1 S e t t i n g t h e B I O S R A I D i t e m s; master and slave drive list appears.; • Refer to Chapter 4 for details on entering and navigating through
  • Page 100 – . 2 . 2 E n t e r i n g t h e N V I D I A; To enter the NVIDIA; allow you to move through and select menu options.; The navigation keys vary depending on the menu level or option.
  • Page 101 – TIP. For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block
  • Page 102 – After selecting the hard disk drives, press; You will lose all data on the drives if you clear the disk data!; your settings and exit the utility.
  • Page 104 – . 2 . 5 R e b u i l d i n g a R A I D s e t; displays the RAID set after rebuilding.
  • Page 105 – . 2 . 6 D e l e t i n g a R A I D a r r a y; confirmation message appears.; You will lose all data on the drives if you delete a disk array!
  • Page 106 – . 2 . 7 C l e a r i n g t h e d i s k d a t a; You will lose all data when you clear a disk!; following confirmation message appears.
  • Page 109 – RAID driver installation; C r e a t i n g a R A I D d r i v e r d i s k; the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
  • Page 110 – Chapter 6: Driver installation
  • Page 111 – LAN driver installation; • Windows; Click the Broadcom 5721 Driver option to begin installation.
  • Page 112 – Support CD information; motherboard features.; . 3 . 1 R u n n i n g t h e s u p p o r t C D; Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.; support CD to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. Double-
  • Page 113 – Installs the driver for the NVIDIA CK8-04 SLI chip.; A T I R a g e X L D i s p l a y D r i v e r; Installs the driver for the ATI Rage XL display controller.; B r o a d c o m 5 7 2 1 D r i v e r; application help file for details.; The ATI Rage XL Display Driver appears only under; Windows
  • Page 114 – . 3 . 3 M a n a g e m e n t S o f t w a r e; software applications.; I n s t a l l A S U S N e t w o r k U t i l i t y
  • Page 117 – Reference information; This appendix includes additional
  • Page 118 – Appendix summary
  • Page 120 – Appendix A: Reference information
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i i E 2 3 6 0F i r s t E d i t i o n J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any languag...

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i i i Contents Notices ............................................................................................... viiSafety information ............................................................................. viiiAbout this guide ...............................................................

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i v Contents 2.6 Jumpers .............................................................................. 2-162.7 Connectors ......................................................................... 2-20 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors .......................................... 2-202.7.2 Internal connecto...

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