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... the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF...
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...Safety information vii About this guide viii Typography ix K8N-DL specifications summary x
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome 1-1 1.2 Package contents 1-1 1.3 Special features 1-2
1.3.1 Product highlights 1-2 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-4
Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.1 Before you proceed 2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview 2-3
2.2.1 Placement direction 2-3 2.2.2 Screw holes...
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... power switch 3-2 3.3 ASUS POST Reporter 3-3 3.3.1 Vocal POST messages 3-3 3.3.2 Winbond Voice Editor 3-5
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4-1 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-1 4.1.2 Updating the BIOS 4-2 4.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file 4-4 4.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility 4-5 4.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility 4-7 4.1.6 ASUS Update utility 4-8
4.2 BIOS...
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... contains the information you need when installing and configuring the motherboard.
How this guide is organized
This manual contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction
This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform...
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...
Rear panel
BIOS features Power Requirement Form Factor Support CD contents
1 x Floppy disk drive connector 2 x IDE connectors 4 x Serial ATA connectors 4 x RAID Serial ATA connectors 2 x CPU fan connectors 2 x front fan connector 2 x rear fan connector 1 x Chipset fan connector 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12 V power connector 3 x USB 2.0 connectors for 6 additional USB 2.0 ports...
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... cover.
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card
After installing the expansion card, configure it by adjusting the software settings.
1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
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Chapter 2: Hardware...
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... Image Sil3114 SATA RAID controller.
® K8N-DL
SATA_RAID1 SATA_RAID2 SATA_RAID3 SATA_RAID4
K8N-DL SATA RAID connectors
• Before creating a RAID configuration, make sure that you have connected the Serial ATA cables to these connectors and have installed the Serial ATA hard disks drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the Silicon Image RAID utility and Serial ATA BIOS setup during POST...
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• Refer to section "2.4 System memory" for instructions on installing a DIMM.
• Install a PCI graphics card into one of the PCI slots, or a PCI Express VGA card into the PCI Express x16 slot.
• Make sure that your graphics card is not defective.
• Check your CPU overclocking settings in the BIOS setup and restore the default CPU parameters.
• Check if your keyboard...
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...software allows you to customize the vocal POST messages. You can install this application from the support CD.
To avoid conflicts, do not run the Winbond Voice Editor while running the ASUS PC Probe application.
Launching the Voice Editor
You can launch the program from the Windows® desktop... of the screen, then click the Play button.
The default language setting is English.
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... the Voice Editor main window.
Not all events on some languages have a corresponding message due to file size constraints.
3. Click the W r i t e button from the Voice Editor main window to update the EEPROM.
4. Click Y e s to confirm.
The next time you boot your computer, the ASUS Post Reporter announces the messages in the selected language.
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Chapter 3: Powering up
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... sampling rate.
• Create a separate folder for your wave files so you can locate them easily.
4. From the Voice Editor screen, click the A d d button to display the A d d W a v e F i l e window.
5. Copy the wave files that you recorded to the database, then close the window when done.
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... you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.
4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive. b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press . Windows® XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44...
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...D: is your optical drive. e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
4.1.2 Updating the BIOS
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility. Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility.
1. Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS web site...
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... this utility.
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. Turn on the system. 2. Insert the motherboard support CD to the optical drive. 3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the CD for the BIOS file.
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
When...
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...CD from the optical drive, then turn on the system. 2. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the
floppy disk drive. 3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks
the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file.
Award BootBlock BIOS v1.0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc.
BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device...
When no CD...
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... to the floppy disk drive then press . The following screen appears.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1.01 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For NF-KC804-K8N-DL-00
DATE: 02/01/2005
Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3.3V
File Name to Program:
Message: Please wait...
5. When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash performs the BIOS update process and...
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... a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The D r i v e r s menu appears. 2. Click the U t i l i t i e s tab, then click I n s t a l l A S U S U p d a t e
V X . X X . X X. See page 5-3 for the U t i l i t i e s screen menu. 3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
Quit all Windows®...
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... Windows® desktop by clicking S t a r t > P r o g r a m s > A S U S > A S U S U p d a t e > A S U S U p d a t e. The ASUS Update main window appears.
2. Select U p d a t e B I O S f r o m
3. Select the ASUS FTP site
t h e I n t e r n e t option from the
nearest you to avoid network
drop-down menu, then click
traffic, or click A u t o S e l e c t.
N e x t.
Click N e x t.
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... the BIOS version that you wish to download. Click Next.
5. Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process.
The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet. Always update the utility to avail all its features.
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:
1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by...
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... example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the LPC chip.
The LPC chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the...