Introduction KN9 SLI KN9 Ultra KN9S Motherboard AMD Socket AM2 Hardware Setup User's Manual BIOS Setup AMD Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard NVIDIA Chipset: MCP55P/MCP55Ultra/MCP55S Driver & Utility CD 2GHz HT Dual DDR2 800 DIMM Slots NVIDIA SLI Technology Dual PCI-E X16 Slots Dual GbE LAN IEEE 1394a 6x SATA 3Gb/s with RAID 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD ABIT Silent OTESTM Technology 7.1 Channel HD 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. KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S User's Manual English, 2nd Edition July, 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. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. If you do not properly set the motherboard settings, causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail, we cannot guarantee any responsibility. ii KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S Introduction Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Features & Specifications .............................................................1-1 1.1.1 KN9 SLI..............................................................................1-1 1.1.2 KN9 Ultra............................................................................1-2 1.1.3 KN9S..................................................................................1-3 1.2 Motherboard Layout.....................................................................1-4 1.2.1 KN9 SLI..............................................................................1-4 1.2.2 KN9 Ultra............................................................................1-5 1.2.3 KN9S..................................................................................1-6 Hardware Setup BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix 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 AM2 .................................................................2-9 2.5.2 DDR2 Memory Slots .......................................................... 2-11 2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots (Install Graphics Card) .......... 2-13 2.6 Connecting Peripheral Devices .................................................... 2-16 2.6.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors ................................ 2-16 2.6.2 Serial ATA Connectors ....................................................... 2-17 2.6.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers......................................... 2-18 2.6.4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers ...................................... 2-18 2.6.5 Internal Audio Connectors.................................................. 2-19 2.6.6 Front Panel Audio Connection Header ................................. 2-19 2.6.7 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slots .............................................. 2-21 2.6.8 PCI Add-on Slots ............................................................... 2-22 2.7 Onboard Status Display .............................................................. 2-22 2.7.1 Power Source Indicators .................................................... 2-22 2.8 Connecting I/O Devices.............................................................. 2-23 KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S iii 3. BIOS Setup....................................................................... 3-1 3.1 SoftMenu Setup ...........................................................................3-2 3.2 Standard CMOS Features..............................................................3-4 3.3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............................................................3-7 3.4 Advanced Chipset Features...........................................................3-9 3.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 3-11 3.6 Power Management Setup.......................................................... 3-15 3.7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................. 3-18 3.8 PC Health Status........................................................................ 3-20 3.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults .............................................................. 3-21 3.10 Load Optimized Defaults........................................................... 3-21 3.11 Set Password........................................................................... 3-21 3.12 Save & Exit Setup .................................................................... 3-21 3.13 Exit Without Saving.................................................................. 3-21 4. Driver & Utility CD............................................................ 4-1 4.1 nVidia nForce Chipset Driver.........................................................4-2 4.2 Realtek HD 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 iv KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1 Features & Specifications 1.1.1 KN9 SLI CPU Supports Socket AM2 940 Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper TransportTM Technology Supports AMD CPU Cool `n' Quiet Technology NVIDIA® nForce 570 SLI 4x 240-pin DIMM slots supports memory capacity up to 8GB Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC/Non-ECC memory Two PCI-Express X16 slots support NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface 6x SATA 3Gb/s Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb/s transfer rate Dual NV Gigabit LAN Onboard 7.1-Channel HD Audio CODEC Supports auto jack sensing 2x PCI-E X16 slots 2x PCI-E X1 slots 2x PCI slots 1x 1x 6x 3x 2x Floppy port UDMA 133/100/66/33 IDE connector SATA 3Gb/s connectors USB 2.0 headers IEEE 1394a headers Chipset Memory NVIDIA SLI Technology Serial ATA IEEE 1394a LAN Audio Expansion Slots Internal I/O Rear Panel I/O 1x PS/2 Keyboard connector 1x PS/2 Mouse connector 1x S/PDIF Out connector 1x Audio Connector (Surround-Left / Surround-Right, Rear-Left / Rear-Right, Center / Subwoofer, Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out) 2x RJ-45 LAN ports 4x USB 2.0 ports SoftMenuTM Technology Silent OTESTM Technology ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm) ABIT Engineered Miscellaneous KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S 1-1 1.1.2 KN9 Ultra CPU Supports Socket AM2 940 Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper TransportTM Technology Supports AMD CPU Cool `n' Quiet Technology NVIDIA® nForce 570 Ultra 4x 240-pin DIMM slots supports memory capacity up to 8GB Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC/Non-ECC memory 6x SATA 3Gb/s Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb/s transfer rate Dual NV Gigabit LAN Onboard 7.1-Channel HD Audio CODEC Supports auto jack sensing 1x PCI-E X16 slot 3x PCI-E X1 slots 2x PCI slots 1x 1x 6x 3x 2x Floppy port UDMA 133/100/66/33 IDE connector SATA 3Gb/s connectors USB 2.0 headers IEEE 1394a headers Chipset Memory Serial ATA IEEE 1394a LAN Audio Expansion Slots Internal I/O Rear Panel I/O 1x PS/2 Keyboard connector 1x PS/2 Mouse connector 1x S/PDIF Out connector 1x Audio Connector (Surround-Left / Surround-Right, Rear-Left / Rear-Right, Center / Subwoofer, Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out) 2x RJ-45 LAN ports 4x USB 2.0 ports SoftMenuTM Technology Silent OTESTM Technology ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm) ABIT Engineered Miscellaneous 1-2 KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S Introduction 1.1.3 KN9S CPU Supports Socket AM2 940 Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper TransportTM Technology Supports AMD CPU Cool `n' Quiet Technology NVIDIA® nForce 550 4x 240-pin DIMM slots supports memory capacity up to 8GB Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC/Non-ECC memory 4x SATA 3Gb/s Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 NV Gigabit LAN Onboard 7.1-Channel HD Audio CODEC Supports auto jack sensing 1x PCI-E X16 slot 3x PCI-E X1 slots 2x PCI slots 1x 1x 4x 3x Floppy port UDMA 133/100/66/33 IDE connector SATA 3Gb/s connectors USB 2.0 headers Chipset Memory Serial ATA LAN Audio Expansion Slots Internal I/O Rear Panel I/O 1x PS/2 Keyboard connector 1x PS/2 Mouse connector 1x Audio Connector (Surround-Left / Surround-Right, Rear-Left / Rear-Right, Center / Subwoofer, Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out) 1x RJ-45 LAN port 4x USB 2.0 ports SoftMenuTM Technology Silent OTESTM Technology ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm) ABIT Engineered Miscellaneous Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice. KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S 1-3 1.2 Motherboard Layout 1.2.1 KN9 SLI 1-4 KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S Introduction 1.2.2 KN9 Ultra KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S 1-5 1.2.3 KN9S 1-6 KN9 SLI, KN9 Ultra, KN9S 2. Hardware Setup In this chapter we will elaborate all the information you need upon installing this motherboard to your computer system. Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component. Failing to so may cause severe damage to your motherboard and/or peripherals. Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything. Hardware Setup The motherboard and its component layouts illustrated in this chapter were based mainly on model "KN9 SLI", unless specifically stated. 2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis · · This motherboard carries an ATX form factor of 305 x 245 mm. Choose a chassis big enough to install this motherboard. As some features for this motherboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the motherboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure your chassis supports all the features required. If there is possibility of adopting some more hard drives, make sure your chassis has sufficient power and space for them. Most chassis have alternatives for I/O shield located at the rear panel. Make sure the I/O shield of the chassis matches the I/O port configuration of this motherboard. You can find an I/O shield specifically designed for this motherboard in its package. · · 2.2 Installing Motherboard Most computer ch ...