Albatron K8SLI-AM2 User Manual

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K8SLI-AM2 Copyright All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, me...

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K8SLI-AM2 nVIDIA ® nForce4 SLI Supports Socket AM2 AMD ® Athlon TM 64 FX/ Athlon TM 64 x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon TM 64/ Sempron TM Processor User Manual Dimensions (ATX Form-F...

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Attention- Im p ortant Information Follow the procedures below… Troubleshooting Tips Refer to other sections in this manual… Things You Should Know The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary f...

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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ..................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1 SPECIFICA...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 1 Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction Congratulations on choosing the K8SLI-AM2 Mainboard. It is based on the nVIDIA ® nForce4 SLI chipset. The mainboard supports the AMD Athlon TM 64 FX/ Athlon TM ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 2 Specification CPU: Supports Socket AM2 Supports AMD Athlon TM 64 FX/ Athlon TM 64 x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon TM 64/ Sempron TM Processor Supports Hyper-Transport TM Link Technology Supports 1000 MH...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 3 Supports Ultra ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33 Supports high capacity hard disk drives Serial ATA II Connector: Four SATA II connectors that support up to four SATA II HDDs Supports SATA 2.0 specification wh...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 4 Supports 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Supports nVIDIA ® Active Armor TM , it provides advanced data packet inspection Supports nVIDIA ® Firewall TM , it protects your system from intruders BIOS: ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 5 Configuration Layout of K8SLI-AM2 ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 6 Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage your system components. CPU...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 7 CPUFAN CHAFAN/ SYSFAN1/ SYSFAN2 FAN Headers: CPUFAN, CHAFAN, SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 There are four fan headers available for cooling fans. The cooling fans play an important role in maintaining ambient temperatures...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 8 How to Enable Dual-Channel functionality: 1. This mainboard provides Dual-Channel functionality for the four DIMM sockets. Enabling Dual-Channel will significantly increase your data access rate than the befor...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 9 4. Repeat steps 1, 2 & 3 for the remaining RAM modules. Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Ports: KB/MS This ma...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 10 The Serial Interface: COM1 This mainboard provides a serial port COM1 on your back panel, and is used to connect mice, modem and other peripheral devices. Through this port, you can also transfer data from you...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 11 Mic-In(pink) This port is for connecting to a microphone. When the 8/6/4/2 channel audio system is enabled, this port will be the input of your microphone. Rear Surround-out(orange) This port is only...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 12 SATA II Connector: SATA 1/2/3/4 The four SATA II connectors support 3 Gbps transmission speeds and RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 mode. One SATA connector only can attach one SATA HDD of each time using SATA cables. ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 13 Hard Drive LED Header: HDLED If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable, attach it to this header. The LED will flicker when there is hard disk drive activity. Reset Switch Header: RESET This head...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 14 Headers & Jumpers Front USB Header: USB1/USB2/USB3 This mainboard provides four onboard USB 1.1/2.0 ports on the back panel of your case that attach to USB devices. There are three additional USB headers ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 15 JP2 Assignment Assignment Pin 1-2 Closed +5V USB Power On Disable (Default) Pin 2-3 Closed +5VSB USB Power On Enabled Note: Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins. ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 16 CDIN 1. Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable. 2. Set JBAT header to OFF (2-3 Closed). 3. Wait several seconds. 4. Set JBAT header to ON (1-2 closed). 5. Connect the AC power cable and ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 17 PCI-Express x8 Slots: PE2/ PE4 This mainboard provides two PCI-Express x8 slots which support one-way bandwidth up to 2 GB/s. They are also allowed to install two identical SLI-ready PCI-Express graphics cards...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 18 Power Supply Attachments PCIE Power Connector: J1 The 4-pin connector provides an extra +12V for the PCI-E x16 slot in order to increase the stability of your graphics card. You can attach the 4-pin connec...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 19 Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 20 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Include all the adjustable items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features Include all the adjustable items of Award special enhanced featur...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 21 Miscellaneous Control It is for you to specify settings for Miscellaneous Control, such as the CPU clock and frequency ratio. PC Health Status It is for monitori...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 22 Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Software Installation Place the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive and the Installation Utility will auto-run. You can ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 23 Microsoft DirectX 9.0c – provides the software of Microsoft DirectX 9.0c. nForce Chipset Driver – provides all the drivers nee...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 24 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 – Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader program, you can browse files with PDF styled. Trend PC-Cillin 2005 – It provides the software of Trend PC-Cillin 2005 (Anti-virus program). ...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 25 Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable i...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 26 Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted. Solutions: B...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 27 Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty M...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 28 Appendix I: 8/6/4/2 Channel Setup Channels Setup 1. After into the system, click the audio icon from the Windows screen. 2. Click Speaker Configuration button, you can see the screen like the picture b...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 29 Appendix II: RAID Setup Introduction to RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology is a sophisticated disk management system that manages multiple disk drives. It enhances I/O performance a...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 30 Appendix III: SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Introduction nVIDIA ® SLI(Scalable Link Interface)technology allows your computer to use two identical nVIDIA ® SLI-ready PCI Express™ graphics cards at...

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Mainboard K8SLI-AM2 31 2. On the next screen(below), select the “SLI multi-GPU” item which is on the left of the sub window. And s...