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You have to know !!! The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary slightly from actual product installation depending on specific hardware models, third party components and software versions. Unplug your computer when installing components and configuring switches and pins. This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips. Use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system. Do not touch the IC chips, leads, connectors or other components. Unplug th
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K8SLI ® nVIDIA nForce4 SLI ® TM Supports Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 Processor ® TM AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor USER Manual Dimensions (ATX form-factor): 194mm x 295mm (WxL) Operating System: ® Supports most popular operating systems: Windows 2000/XP etc.
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Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............................................................1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1 SPECIFICATION.......................................................................................................... 2 CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................... 5 Layout of K8SLI...
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INSTALLATION NOTE This mainboard complies with the ATX standard, which means the ACPI connector on this board is 2-pin. If the Power LED cable of your case uses a 3-pin adapter, you must use the 2-pin to 3-pin adapter (contained in the packaging). 本主機版之電路設計遵循標準 ATX 規格，標準 ATX 規格的 ACPI 針腳為 2 pin ； 若機殼面板的 Power LED 連接線為 3 pin 時，請利用隨產品包裝所附的 2 pin 轉 3 pin 連接線來連接。 本メインボードの電路は ATX 規格に基づいて、設計されたものだから、ACPI コネク タは 2-ピンです。ケースの Power LED ケーブルが 3-ピンである場合は、パッケージ の中での 2-3 ピンアダプタを使って、LED をこのコネクタに接
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Locate the Power LED cable attached to the case. If the Power LED cable has a 3-pin adapter, you must use the 2-pin to 3-pin adapter which comes with the packaging. The heads of the power cables usually have a triangular mark which indicates the positive electrode(+). Connect the 3-pin end of the adapter to the Power LED cable, matching up the positive electrodes(+). Finally, attach the 2-pin end of the adapter to the ACPI pins on the mainboard,
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K8SLI Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction ® Congratulations on choosing the K8SLI mainboard! It based on nVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset. It ® TM ® TM also supports AMD Athlon 64 / AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor. The K8SLI mainboard provides 4 sockets using 184 pin DDR SDRAM (Dual channel). You can install DDR400/ 333/ 266 (PC3200/ 2700/ 2100) SDRAM. It supports install up to 4GB memory size. The K8SLI mainboard provides two 8-lane (x8) PCI-Express slots which we can use
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K8SLI Specification CPU: Supports Socket 939 ® TM ® TM Supports AMD Athlon 64 / AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor TM HyperTransport Link - supports 16-bit to be capable of operating up to 1GHz (2000 MT/s) with a bandwidth of up to 2 Gbytes/s in each direction Chipset: ® Single Chip – nVIDIA nForce4 SLI I/O Controller – Winbond Super I/O W83627HF-AW AC’97 Codec – Realtek ALC655 GB LAN PHY – Vitesse CIS8201 DRAM Memory: Supports DDR400 ( DDR333 (PC2700)/ DDR266 (P
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K8SLI LAN PHY Chip (Vitesse CIS8201): 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbps Ethernet support Universal Serial Bus: Supports up to eight USB ports for USB interface devices Supports USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and dual USB 1.1 Open Host Controller Interface (OHC1) IDE Facilities: Supports Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100, Ultra ATA 133 Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports installation of up to 4 drives, with separate ID
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K8SLI ABS (Albatron BIOS Security): Supports ABS (Albatron BIOS Security) card (optional) Provides BIOS backup function Green Functionality: Supports Phoenix-Award BIOS ™ power management functionality Contains an inactivity power down timer that can be set from 1 to 15 minutes Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity Shadow RAM: This mainboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS Flash Mem
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K8SLI Configuration Layout of K8SLI 5
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K8SLI 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 Processor Installation ® TM This mainboard supports AMD Athlon 64/ 64FX processor using a Socket 939. Before building your system, we suggest you visit the AMD website and review the processor installation procedures. http://www.amd.com CPU Socket 939 Configu
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K8SLI FAN Headers Three power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an important role in maintaining the ambient temperature in your system. Attention We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan sink with your CPU. You can attach the CPU fan to the CPUFAN header. Memory Installation The K8SLI mainboard contain 4 sockets, which use 184- pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity of up to 4 GB. You can install unbuffered DDR400/
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K8SLI To Enable Dual-Channel DDR, the following conditions must be met: 1.You must use either DIMM1 & DIMM2 together or DIMM3 & DIMM4 together or all four DIMM slots together. If you want to use only one DIMM, you must use DIMM1 or DIMM3. 2.You must use matching DIMM configurations between DIMM1 & DIMM2. You must use matching DIMM configurations between DIMM3 & DIMM4. Same Density (128MB, 256MB, 512MB, etc.) Same DRAM technology (128Mb, 256Mb, or 512Mb) Same DRAM bus wi
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K8SLI RAM Module Installation: The following instructions explains memory module installation for these mainboards: 1. Before install your RAM module, please make sure that the power supply is UNPLUGGED. Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot. 2. Match the notch on the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot. This will ensure that the module will be inserted with the proper orientation. Attentio
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K8SLI Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assignments are described below: PS/2 Mouse Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 +5 V (fused) 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect PS/2 Keyboard Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This mainboard comes equipped with one serial port, one parallel port and one SPDIF out
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K8SLI SPDIF out connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is an audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals. This mainboard is capable of a delivering audio output through this SPDIF connector. USB & GBLAN Connectors: USB/ GBLAN There are four USB connectors on the back panel. These USB connectors are used to attach to USB devices such as: keyboards, mice and other USB devices. You can plug the USB devices dir
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K8SLI Audio Port Connectors: Sound The K8SLI comes equipped with three Audio Ports. The three ports, Mic-in, Line-in and Front Speaker-out are standard audio ports that provide basic audio functionality. After you install the 5.1 Channel drivers for K8SLI and setup 5.1 channel Audio effect, the three audio ports are enabled for 5.1 channel and supporting two speakers each. Line In Connects to an external audio device such as a CD player, tape player or other audi
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K8SLI Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED 、SPEAKER HD LED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case. The LED will flicker during disk activity. This disk activity only applies to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board. RST SW (Reset Switch Connector) This connector can be attached to a momentary SPST switch. This switch is normally left open. When closed it will cause the
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K8SLI Connectors Floppy Disk Connector: FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2、SATA1/ 2/ 3/ 4 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100 and Ultra ATA 133. It has two HDD connectors, IDE1 and IDE2. The mainboard also
