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- Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 1
K8NHA Grand FCC Information and and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is vendor's approval in writing. The content of this user's manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 2
K8NHA Grand TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction 3 1.1 K8NHA GRAND Features 3 1.2 Package Checklist 6 1.3 Layout of K8NHA GRAND 7 1.3 Components 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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 3
- Fast ATA/133 IDE controllers. Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devices. Supports 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR devices. Certified DDR400+ List - Please check the website: http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.ph p3?name=K8NHA%20Grand Maximum memory size is 2GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 4
K8NHA Grand Slots 5 x 32-bit PCI bus master slots. 1 x AGP 8x slot On Board IDE Supports 2 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. 10/100 LAN (optional) PHY: RTL8201BLC Supports disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for both SATA and - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 5
K8NHA Grand IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. On Board AC'97 Sound Codec Chip: ALC655 Compliant with AC'97 Version 2.3 specification. Supports S/PDIF Out (optional function). Supports 6 channels. On Board Peripherals a. Rear side 1 parallel port. 1RJ-45 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 6
. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc. 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User's Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 7
K8NHA Grand 1.3 LAYOUT OF K8NHA GRAND Note: 1. ● represents the 1st pin. 2. *: JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional, and only one of them can be chosen. 7 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 8
K8NHA Grand 1.3 COMPONENTS OF K8NHA GRAND A. JATXPWR1~2: ATX power connectors. B. JUSBV1: Power source for J1394_USB1. C. JKBMSV1: Power source for JKBMS1. D. JUSB1~2. S. JSATA4~5: Serial ATA connectors. T. FDD1: Floppy disk connector. U. DDR1~2: DDR memory modules. V. JCFAN1: CPU fan connector. 8 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 9
K8NHA Grand CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull rate sense Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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 slot such that the notch on the - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 11
K8NHA Grand 2.4 CONNECTORS, & SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1~2 The - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 12
K8NHA Grand CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration 3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/PATXPWR2 JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 13
K8NHA Grand Power Source Selection for powered with standby voltage of 55V Note: In order to support this function "Power-on system via USB device," "JUSBV1 placed on Pin 2-3. COM2 Header: JCOM2 (Optional) This header allows user to connect additional serial cable on the PC back panel. It can - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 14
K8NHA Grand Front Panel Audio Out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out ROM Audio-in Header: JCDIN1 This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. Pin - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 15
K8NHA Grand Power Source for 1394: J1394V1 J1394V1 1 3 Pin 1-2 close Assignment +3.3V SB 1 3 Pin 2-3 close +3.3V Description +3.3V SB for 1394 chipset. +3.3V for 1394 chipset. (Default) Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 16
K8NHA Grand 5. Power on the AC. 6. Reset your desired password or clear the up. 1 JCI1 Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground Front USB Header: JUSB1~2 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables on the PC front panel. Also can be connected with internal USB devices, like - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 17
K8NHA Grand CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High-low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot-up No error found - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 19
K8NHA Grand 5.3 HOW RAID WORKS RAID 0: The controller "stripes" data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 20
K8NHA Grand RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 21
K8NHA Grand RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored suing RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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 performance because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently. Fault Tolerance: Yes. ※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD. 22 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 23
, 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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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. - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | 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, - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 27
K8NHA Grand 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The default setting is "No". If you want to - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 28
K8NHA Grand 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. 28 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 29
K8NHA Grand Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. "-3MHz button", "-1MHz button", "+1MHz button", and "+3MHz button": provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 30
K8NHA Grand and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog's setting. d. "Verify button": User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 31
K8NHA Grand following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard's BIOS model and the Version number of [WarpSpeeder™] utility. Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and - Biostar K8NHA GRAND | K8NHA Grand user's manual - Page 32
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