Table of Contents Table of Contents 1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................3 1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4 1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4 Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5 2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5 2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................6 2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8 3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9 Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9 Installing Retention Module ........................................................................10 Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................10 Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11 Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13 Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................14 Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15 3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 16 Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16 Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................17 Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................18 Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................19 Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot..................................................................20 Connecting IrDA........................................................................................21 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported ...............................................................22 1 Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................23 Connecting 1394 .......................................................................................24 Connecting S/PDIF ....................................................................................25 Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects .................................................................26 Connecting Front Audio ..............................................................................27 Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................28 Connecting CD_IN .....................................................................................29 Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................30 Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................31 3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 32 Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 34 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ................................................... 34 RAID Configuration Utility...........................................................................34 Other Useful Features...................................................................................... 35 Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 36 Introduction .............................................................................................36 How To Use Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS Setup Program .......................................37 How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................37 Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 38 6.1 Installing Drivers....................................................................................... 39 6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 40 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 41 Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 42 Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................43 Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................43 2 1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products. Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products. This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to our website at http://www.aopen.com to download the updated file. Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers. The logos of Adobe and Acrobat are the registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. The logos of AMD, Athlon, and Duron are the registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. The logos of Intel, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, III and Pentium 4 are the registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. The logos of nVidia are the registered trademarks of nVidia Corporation. 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All rights reserved. 3 1.2 Features of This Manual To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently: Note This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips. Warning / Caution Warning Please be careful when you see this mark. highlights mistakes that occur often during It assembling, or something you need to pay attention to. Tip Warning This tip tells you some useful information that will make your installation smoothly. 1.3 Safety Information Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object that is of ground connection or with metal surface. Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting. Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard or other components. 4 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard 2.1 How does your motherboard look like? 12 14 16 13 15 17 18 19 20 22 6 7 24 25 27 29 1.PCI Express x 1 2.JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 3.LAN PHY 88E1111 4.CPUFAN Connector 5.SYSFAN1 Connector 6.939-pin CPU Socket Supports AMD Athlon 64 CPU 7.184-pin DIMMsx4 8. 3300 F Low ESR Capacitor 9. ATA133 Connectors x 2 10.ATX Power Connector 11.4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 12.PCI Express x 16 13.Onboard AC'97 CODEC 14.CD-IN Connector 15.S/PDIF Connector 16.Front Audio Connector 17.JP40 S/PDIF Source Jumper 18.Game Port Connector 19.32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 3 20.Case Open Connector 21.IrDA Connector 22.Sensor of System Temperature Connector 23.IEEE1394 Connectors X 2 24. SYSFAN2 Connector 25. Serial ATA II Ports x 2 (for nCK804Ua-LFS) Serial ATA Ports x 2 (for nCK804a-LFS) 26. Front Panel Connector 27. USB 2.0 Connector 28. FDD Connector 29. JP24 BIOS Rescue Jumper 26 28 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 1 2 3 21 18 23 5 2.2 Specification Here is the main function of your motherboard. Models CPU Chipset Main Memory Graphics nCK804a-LFS AMD Athlon 64 CPU Socket 939 nVIDIA nFORCE4 CK8-04 Dual Channel Mode Support:DDR400 [PC3200] DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type :256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory :4GB PCI Express x16 (PCIe x16) slot Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA Controller (Support Serial ATA RAID 0, 1 and 0+1) Max Disk:144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.] Integrated nVidia Gigabit LAN Controller Marvell PHY Realtek AC'97 CODEC on-board 7.1 Channel Integrated in chipset ,USB 2.0 x 10 Agere 1394 Control Chip PCI Express (PCIe x1) x 2 PCI Express x16 Graphics(PCIe x16)x 1 PCI x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 6, LAN Port x 1 COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1 Line_In x 1 MIC_In x 1 Rear Surround x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Side Surround x 1 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1 System FAN x 1 Chassis FAN x 1 Power FAN x 1 Power Temperature Connector x 1 CD_IN x 1 AUX_IN x 1 IrDA x 1 Game Connector x 1 S/PDIF x 1 IEEE 1394 x 2 USB Port x 2 Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Board Size : 305 mm x 215 mm nCK804Ua-LFS AMD Athlon 64 CPU Socket 939 nVIDIA nFORCE4 Ultra CK8-04 Dual Channel Mode Support:DDR400 [PC3200] DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type :256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory :4GB PCI Express x16 (PCIe x16) slot Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA II Controller (Support Serial ATA II RAID 0, 1 and 0+1) Max Disk:144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.] Integrated nVidia Gigabit LAN Controller Marvell PHY Realtek AC'97 CODEC on-board 7.1 Channel Integrated in chipset ,USB 2.0 x 10 Agere 1394 Control Chip PCI Express (PCIe x1) x 2 PCI Express x16 Graphics (PCIe x16) x 1 PCI x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 6, LAN Port x 1 COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1 Line_In x 1 MIC_In x 1 Rear Surround x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Side Surround x 1 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1 System FAN x 1 Chassis FAN x 1 Power FAN x 1 Power Temperature Connector x 1 CD_IN x 1 AUX_IN x 1 IrDA x 1 Game Connector x 1 S/PDIF x 1 IEEE 1394 x 2 USB Port x 2 Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Board Size : 305 mm x 215 mm IDE LAN Sound USB IEEE1394 Slots Back Panel I/O On Board Connector BIOS Board Size 6 2.3 Block Diagram 150MB/s AMD Athlon 64 CPU Socket 939 Serial ATA Ports x 4 (nCK804a-LFS) 300MB/s Serial ATA II Ports x 4 (nCK804Ua-LFS) ATA 66/100/133 PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x 3 PCI Express x 1 Slots x 2 NVIDIA nForce4 (nCK804a-LFS) nForce4 Ultra (nCK804Ua-LFS) RealTek AC97 CODEC IDE Drives x 2 DIMM Sockets x4 Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Up to 4GB Agere IEEE 1394 FW323 Realtek LAN Chip IEEE 1394 Ports 4Mbit Flash EEPROM x2 4Mbit Flash EEPROM LAN connect Component Floppy Disk Drive USB Ports x 10 Winbond Super IO Parallel Port Serial Ports x2 Keyboard / Mouse 7 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure 1. Installing CPU 12. Installing Drivers & Utilities 11. Installing Operating System (such as, Windows XP) 10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU Frequency 2. Installing CPU Fan & System Fan 3. Installing Memory Module 4. Installing HD, CD-ROM and SATA Disk, etc 9. Connecting Back Panel Ports (Keyboard, Mouse, etc) 8. Installing Other Devices (USB, Front Audio, etc) 5. Connecting Front Panel Cable 6. Connecting ATX Power Cable 7. Installing PCI Express x 16 Graphics Cards & PCI Express x 1 Cards & PCI Cards 8 3.2 Installation You Have to Know Installing CPU This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon 64 Socket 939 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection function implement ...