User manual ABIT KN8

[. . . ] Introduction KN8 Ultra-SOTES KN8 Ultra KN8 Motherboard AMD Socket 939 Hardware Setup User's Manual BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD 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 OTESTM Technology 7. 1 Channel Audio * See the "Features & Specifications" of each model in this manual for details. Appendix About this Manual: This user's manual contains all the information you may need for setting 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 Manager, and double click the "AUTORUN" file. KN8 Ultra-SOTES, KN8 Ultra, KN8 User's Manual English, 2nd Edition May, 2006 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory: This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. KN8 Ultra-SOTES, KN8 Ultra, KN8 3-7 Total Memory: This item displays the total memory available in the system. 3-8 KN8 Ultra-SOTES, KN8 Ultra, KN8 3. 3 Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix ­ Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Quick Power on Self Test Enabled Item Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Security Option Setup MPS Version Ctrl For OS 1. 4 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB None-OS2 Delay For HDD (Secs) 0 Full Screen Logo Show Enabled :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults BIOS Setup Quick Power On Self Test: When set to [Enabled], this item speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST) after powering on the system. The BIOS shorten or skip some check during the POST. Hard Disk Boot Priority: This item selects the hard disks booting priority. By pressing <Enter> key, you can enter its submenu where the hard disks detected can be selected for the booting sequence to boot up system. This item functions only when there is the option of [Hard Disk] in any one of the First/Second/Third Boot Device items. First Boot Device / Second Boot Device / Third Boot Device / Boot Other Device: Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the [First Boot Device], [Second Boot Device], and [Third Boot Device] items respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected. Set [Boot Other Device] to [Enabled] if you wish to boot from another device other than these three items. Boot Up Floppy Seek: When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not. When this item is set to Enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. Boot Up NumLock Status: This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. KN8 Ultra-SOTES, KN8 Ultra, KN8 3-9 [On]: The numeric keypad functions as number keys. [Off]: The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys. Security Option: This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when it enters the BIOS setup. [Setup]: The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup. [System]: The password is required each time the computer boots up. To disable security, select Set Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter the password. Do not type anything and just press the <Enter> key and it will disable security. Once security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But by doing this, you will have to reset all previously set options. [. . . ] Example: 512M* 4PCS Memory configuration: Type in the memory configuration in BIOS setting. Example: Memory Timing: 2. 5-3-3-7 @533MHz Graphics information: Note Graphics card's brand, model and driver version Graphics card: Type in the brand and model name of your graphics card. Example: ATI RADEON X850 XT PE Graphics driver version: Type in the driver version of your graphics card Example: Catalyst 5. 12V Power supply maker: Type in the brand and model name of your power supply unit. Power supply wattage: Type in the power wattage of your power supply unit. [. . . ]