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K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 1
K8NHA Grand
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation...writing.
The content of this user's manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not ...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 2
... of K8NHA GRAND 8
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 9
2.1
Central Processing Unit (CPU 9
2.2
Fan Headers 9
2.3
Memory Modules Installation 10
2.4
Connectors, & Slots 11
Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 12
3.1
How to setup Jumpers 12
3.2
Detail Settings 12
Chapter 4: Useful Help 17
4.1
Award BIOS Beep Code 17
4.2
Troubleshooting 17
Chapter 5: NVIDIA RAID Function...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 6
K8NHA Grand
b. Front Side
4 USB2.0 ports. 1 Line-in port. 1 Line-out port. 1 IEEE1394 port. 1 S/PDIF out connector 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
Dimensions
ATX Form Factor: 21.5x29.3cm (W x L)
B. BIOS & Software BIOS
Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function.
Software
Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 9
.... Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.
2.2 FAN HEADERS
CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1
Pin
1
1
JCFAN1
2
3
Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense
System Fan Header: JSFAN1
1
JSFAN1
Pin
Assignment
1
Ground
2
+12V
3
FAN RPM rate sense
Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 10
K8NHA Grand 2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION
2.2.1 DDR Module installation
1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the... if you need to change DDR modules, firstly, please unplug the 20-pin power cable with the power connector, and then you can change the modules. Afterwards, plug in the cable the power connector again, and finally you can boot up the system.
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K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 17
... on, power indicator lights are lit, the DIMM, press down firmly until the
and hard drive is spinning.
module snaps into place.
System does not boot from hard disk 1. drive, can be booted from optical drive.
Check cable running from disk to disk controller board. Make sure both ends are securely plugged in; check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup.
2. Backing...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 18
K8NHA Grand
CHAPTER 5: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTION
5.1 OPERATION SYSTEM
Windows XP home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2000 Professional
5.2 RAID ARRAYS
NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:
RAID 0:
RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many applications.
RAID 1:
RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
RAID 0+1:
RAID 0+1 ...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 22
K8NHA Grand
Spanning (JBOD): JBOD stands for "Just a Bunch of Disks". Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance.
Features and Benefits
Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 23
.... Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 24
K8NHA Grand 6.3 INSTALLATION
1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click "Next" button and follow the default procedure to install.
2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the "Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility" checkbox is checked, the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 25
K8NHA Grand
Usage: The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.
[WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels:
1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.
This utility...
K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 26
K8NHA Grand
2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility's first window you will see is Main Panel.
Main Panel contains features as follows:
a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 2
...-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system's ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Nvidia CK8 processor input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 4
... Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu.
WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figure 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS installed on board, for update information.
Figure 1. Main Menu
Standard CMOS Features...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 6
Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.
Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.
Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.
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K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 8
....
IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press to enter the
menu.
sub menu of detailed
options.
Drive A
360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Drive B
1.44M, 3.5 in
2.88M, 3.5 in
None
Video
EGA/VGA CGA 40
Select the default video device.
CGA 80
MONO
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K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 13
... the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.
Figure 4. Advanced Chipset Setup
DRAM...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 17
... mode for each device. The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 18
... installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. The Choices: V1. 1+V2. 0 (default), Disabled, V1.1
USB Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB legacy. The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.
USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Serial-ATA Enables support...
K8NHA Grand BIOS setup guide - Page 21
... operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
Init Display First
With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot...