Gigabyte Technology GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH - Manuals

Page 4 - Table of Contents

- 4 - Table of Contents GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 6Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ..............

Page 7 - Block Diagram

- 7 - Block Diagram AMD K8 Socket 939 C P U CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) Hyper Transport Bus PCICLK (33MHz) 2 PCI PCI Bus 1 PCI Express x 1 PCI Express Bus nVIDIA ® GeForce 6150 nVIDIA ® nForce 430 2 IEEE1394 VT6307 DDR 400/333/266/ 200MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory 4 SATA 3Gb/s 8 USB Ports Line-Out MIC CODEC Li...

Page 9 - Hardware Installation; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...

Page 10 - Feature Summary

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U Socket 939 for AMD Sempron TM / Althlon TM 64 / Althlon TM 64 FX / Althlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor (K8) Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster System Bus 2000MHz Chipset Northbridge: nVIDIA ® GeForce...

Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler; Socket lever

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Check the CPU pins to see that none are bent. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shownin Fig. 1 (90 o to the plane of the motherboard) prior to inserting the CPU. The ...

Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 14 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before inst...

Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration

Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual Channel Technol-ogy is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original one. Due to CPU limitation, if you want to operate the Dual Chann...

Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card:

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis ...

Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Monitor can be connected to VGA port.

Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 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 thekeyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, ...

Page 18 - Pr

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 18 - English (Note 2) You can only use either the TV out port or the VGA port as the vedio output port, not both together. (Note 3) You can use audio software to configure 2-/4-/6-/8-channel audio functioning. Y SVID OUT(S-Video Output) (HDTV Component) Pr Pb/AV TV Ou...

Page 19 - Connectors Introduction

Hardware Installation - 19 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_F AN5) F D D6) IDE1 / IDE27) SATAII0_1 / SATAII2_38) P W R _ L E D9) BATTERY 10) F _ PA N E L11) F _ A U D I O12) C D _ I N13) F_USB1 / F_USB214) F1_139415) SPDIF_IO16) C O M A17) C L ...

Page 29 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned off, the battery on ...

Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maxi...

Page 33 - Drive A; Halt on; Memory

BIOS Setup - 33 - English 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 optionbased on this ...

Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.Press <ESC> ...

Page 35 - Password Check

BIOS Setup - 35 - English Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will bedenied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correctpassword is not entered at the prompt. (Default va...

Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; SATAII RAID Config

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals SATAII RAID Config SATA-II RAID function Enabled Enable SATAII RAID function. Disabled Disable SATAII RAID function. (Default value) SATA-II 1 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SATAII 1 1st SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable this fu...

Page 39 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type

BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-Off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value)...

Page 40 - Power On By Keyboard

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 40 - English Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "POWER Key" button, you can press the key to power on the system. Any KEY Press any keys on your keyboard to power on the system. Password Ente...

Page 41 - BIOS Setup; PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto

BIOS Setup - 41 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment [Auto] PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto] KLJI : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-S...

Page 42 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status; Case Opened; System/CPU Temperature

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 42 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, Case Opened will show "No." If the case is opened, Case Opened will ...

Page 43 - CPU Smart FAN Control; Disabled

BIOS Setup - 43 - English CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending onCPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based ontheir requirements. (Note) Whether the ...

Page 44 - Frequency/Voltage Control

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 44 - English 2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control 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. PCIE Clock 100~145MHz Set PCIE Clock from 100MHz to 145MHz. K8 CP...

Page 45 - Load Optimized Defaults; Load Fail-Safe Defaults

BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-9 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Esc: Quit KLJI :...

Page 47 - -12 Exit Without Saving

BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type "N"...

Page 49 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers

Drivers Installation - 49 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROMdevice icon in "My computer"...

Page 50 - Software Application

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 50 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that GIGABYTE developed and some free software. You can click anitem to install it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.

Page 51 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.

Drivers Installation - 51 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.

Page 52 - Connecting the Video Output Devices

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 52 - English 3-6 Connecting the Video Output Devices Step 1:(The following procedure uses HDTV setup as anexample)After installation of the motherboard driver, right-click on Desktop and select Properties . When Display Properties dialog box appears, select the Settin...

Page 53 - User Interface Overview; Chapter 4; Unique Software Utilities

Appendix - 53 - English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking for enhancingsystem performance, 2) C.I.A. and M.I.B. for spec...

Page 54 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems includingWindows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems includingFAT16, FAT32, and NTFS...

Page 55 - The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2

Appendix - 55 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfile.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files tor e l e a s e d i s k s p a c e . ( T h i s b u t t o n w i l l n o ta...

Page 56 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 56 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to updateBIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS wi...

Page 57 - Appendix; button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen

Appendix - 57 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS FeaturesAdvanced BIOS FeaturesIntegrated PeripheralsPower Management SetupPnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health StatusMB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Select LanguageLoad Fail-Saf...

Page 58 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 58 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bio...

Page 59 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

Appendix - 59 - English 3. 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. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size............................

Page 61 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

Appendix - 61 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enableexecution of the task. Action ba...

Page 62 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in; Part One

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 62 - English 3. 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. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K ...

Page 64 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 64 - English III. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this program" ic...

Page 65 - Before you begin; erals

Appendix - 65 - English (Note) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.(3) Configure RAID s...

Page 68 - First Boot Device; under the; Advanced BIOS; menu to; CDROM; Figure 5

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 68 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] First Boot Device [CDROM] Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] Third Boot Device [CDROM] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Password Check [Setup]...

Page 69 - key to enter the RAID BIOS

Appendix - 69 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 ifyou do not want to create RAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a messag...

Page 70 - Figure 9

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 70 - English Step 6:Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear(Figure 9). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drivescontain previously created RAID array,...

Page 71 - Boot; section will show; Yes

Appendix - 71 - English To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure11), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name,and disk capacity, etc. Figure 11 Figure 10 After that, the Array List screen di...

Page 72 - c d b o o t d r v; BootDrv; A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 13.

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 72 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATAcontroller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized duringthe Windows setup proce...

Page 73 - (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation; as soon as

Appendix - 73 - English Figure 15 Figure 16 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to installWindows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example o...

Page 74 - If you want to create RAID, select both

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 74 - English Step 3:If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 belowwill appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appe...

Page 76 - (6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000; one containing the Windows 2000) is; Enabled

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 76 - English (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 to...

Page 77 - Clear Disk Data

Appendix - 77 - English Step 3:After system restarts, press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Select Striping in the RAID Modefiled (Figure 23). Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key. Select the desired disk and use theRIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu. Figure 23 Step...

Page 79 - Introduction; H D A u d i o; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:

Appendix - 79 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (youcan also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. Note that ...

Page 80 - Headphone; or; Line Out; depending on; OK; nel audio setup is completed.; Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 80 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio setup ...

Page 81 - Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker; . T h e 4 - c h a n n e l a u d i o s e t u p i s

Appendix - 81 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (youcan 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 Aud...

Page 82 - CH Speaker; . T h e 8 - c h a n n e l a u d i o s e t u p i s; Channel Audio Setup

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 82 - English STEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3:After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rearspeaker jacks, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose ...

Page 83 - Sound Effect Configuration:

Appendix - 83 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: To enable the front panel audio connector to sup-port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio ControlPanel and click the Audio I/O tab. In the ANA- LOG...

Page 84 - Troubleshooting; AWARD BIOS Beep Codes

GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH Motherboard - 84 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous B...

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