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  • Page 1

    When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has "AGP 4X/8X (1.5V) notch"(show below), please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X/8X. Caution: AGP 2X card is not supported by nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 2 Ultra 400. Y ou might experience system unable to boot up normally . [...]

  • Page 2

    The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard. [...]

  • Page 3

    Declaration of Conformity We, Manufacturer/Importer (full address) G.B.T . T echnology Träding GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F , 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance[...]

  • Page 4

    FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109(a), Class B Digital Device DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a) Responsible Party Name: Addre ss: Phone/Fax No: hereby declares that the product Pr oduct Name: Motherboard Conforms to the following specifications: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. [...]

  • Page 5

    USER'S MANUAL GA-7N400 Pro2 / GA-7N400 / GA-7N400-L AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard AMD Athlon ™ / Athlon ™ XP / Duron ™ Socket A Processor Motherboard Rev. 2002 12ME-7N400P2-2002 ¥¼©R¦W-1 2005/5/5, ¤W¤È 11:34 1[...]

  • Page 6

    - 2 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English T able of Content Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................ 5 Features Summary ........................................................[...]

  • Page 7

    T able of Content English - 3 - Advanced BIOS Features .......................................................................... 4 4 Advanced Chipset Features ...................................................................... 4 7 Integrated Peripherals .............................................................................. 4 9 Power Man[...]

  • Page 8

    - 4 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Item Checklist Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect them against damage from static electricity , you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside. 2. Use a [...]

  • Page 9

    Introduction English - 5 - Form Factor  30.5cm x 24.4cm A TX size form factor , 4 layers PCB Motherboard  N400 Pro2/N400 Series: GA-7N400 Pro2 / GA-7N400 / GA-7N400-L CPU  Socket A processor for AMD Athlon ™ / Athlon ™ XP / Duron ™ (K7) 128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die  400/333/266/200 MHz FSB  Supports 1.4GHz and faster [...]

  • Page 10

    - 6 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English On-Board Peripherals  1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M bytes  1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode  2 Serial ports (COM1 & COM2)  6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 x Rear, 2 x Front by cable)  3 IEEE1394 ports (by cable) ( 1 )  1 IrDA connector fo[...]

  • Page 11

    Introduction English - 7 - On-Board SA T A RAID ( 1 )  Onboard Silicon Image SiI3512  Supports Disk striping (RAID0) or DISK Mirroring (RAID1)  Supports UDMA up to 150 MB/sec  Up to 2 SA T A Device  Supports hot plug function On-Board IEEE1394 ( 1 )  Built-in TI TSB43AB23 PS/2 Connector  PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse i[...]

  • Page 12

    - 8 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English CD_IN GA-7N400 Pro2 KB_MS COM A LPT USB LAN ATX_12V SOCKET A CPU_FAN IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 COM B PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB IT8712F MAIN BIOS CODEC nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 2 MCP DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 GAME F_AUDIO AUX_IN IR IDE3 GigaRAID IT8212 BACKUP BIOS SiI3512 SATA0 DDR4 RAM_LED ATX SYS_FAN CI NB_FAN IDE4 D[...]

  • Page 13

    Introduction English - 9 - GA-7N400 Motherboard Layout CD_IN GA-7N400 KB_MS COM A LPT USB ATX_12V SOCKET A CPU_FAN IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 COM B PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB IT8712F MAIN BIOS CODEC nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 2 MCP DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 GAME F_AUDIO AUX_IN IR DDR4 RAM_LED ATX SYS_FAN CI DDR1 SPDIF_IO SUR_CEN 2X_DET AUDIO F_PANEL Dual Channel DDR INFO[...]

  • Page 14

    - 10 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English CD_IN GA-7N400-L KB_MS COM A LPT USB LAN ATX_12V SOCKET A CPU_FAN IDE1 IDE2 DDR2 COM B PWR_LED BAT PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 F_USB IT8712F MAIN BIOS CODEC nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 2 MCP DDR3 PCI4 PCI5 GAME F_AUDIO AUX_IN IR DDR4 RAM_LED ATX SYS_FAN CI DDR1 SPDIF_IO SUR_CEN 2X_DET AUDIO F_PANEL Dual Channel DDR IN[...]

  • Page 15

    Introduction English - 11 - nVIDIA ® nForce ™ 2 Ultra 400 CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz) System Bus 400/333/266/200MHz 12 MHz 14.318 MHz AGP 4X/8X AGPCLK (66MHz) 5 PCI PCICLK (33MHz) AC97 Link MIC LINE-IN LINE-OUT AMD-K7 ™ CPU AC97 CODEC IDE3 1 1 1 1 1 SiI3512 1 1 1 1 1 2 Serial ATA 1 1 1 1 1 IDE4 1 1 1 1 1 GigaRAID IT8212 1 1 1 1 1 400/333/26[...]

  • Page 16

    - 12 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English ¥¼©R¦W-1 2005/5/5, ¤W¤È 11:35 12[...]

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    Hardware Installation Process English - 13 - T o set up your computer , you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Set system jumper (CLK_SW)& (CLK_RA TIO) Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 3- Install memory modules Step 4- Install expansion cards Step 5- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Chapter 2 [...]

  • Page 18

    - 14 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Step 1: Set System Jumper (CLK_SW) & (CLK_RA TIO) The clock ratio can be switched by CLK_RA TIO and refer to below table.The system bus frequency can be switched at 100MHz and auto by adjusting CLK_SW. Default Setting : Auto (X X X X X X) 0 Note: In order to BIOS can auto detecting when your CP[...]

  • Page 19

    Hardware Installation Process English - 15 - Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning: 1. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. 2. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation. CPU T op Vie w CPU Bottom View [...]

  • Page 20

    - 16 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation Before installing the CPU cooling fan, adhere to the following warning: 1. Please use AMD approved cooling fan. 2 . We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and cooling fan. 3 . Make sure the CPU fan power c[...]

  • Page 21

    Hardware Installation Process English - 17 - Before installing the memory modules, adhere to the following warning: 1. When DIMM LED is ON, do not install / remove DIMM from socket. 2. Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notch. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the insert ori[...]

  • Page 22

    - 18 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English DDR Introduction Established on the existing SDRAM industry infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs and system integrators. DDR memory is a sensible evolutionary solution for the PC industry t[...]

  • Page 23

    Hardware Installation Process English - 19 - 1 memory module 2 memory modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 DS/SS X X X X DS/SS X X X X DS/SS X XXXD S DS/SS DS/SS X X XXS S S S z Figure 2: Non Dual Channel Technology (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side) 2 memory modules 3 memory modules 4 memory modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 DS/SS X DS/SS X X DS/[...]

  • Page 24

    - 20 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English When an AGP 2X (3.3V) card is installed the 2X_DETwill light up, indicating a non-supported graphics card is inserted. Informing users that system might not boot up normally due to AGP 2X (3.3V) is not supported by the chipset. Step 4: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card&apos[...]

  • Page 25

    Hardware Installation Process English - 21 - Step 5: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires and power supply Step 5-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction           1 For GA-7N400 Pro2 only. 3 For GA-7N400-L only. GA-7N400 Pro2 / GA-7N400-L GA-7N400      PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector This connector suppor[...]

  • Page 26

    - 22 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Line In (Rear Speaker) MIC In (Center and Subwoofer) Line Out (Front Speaker)  Audio Connectors After install onboard audio driver, you may con- nect speaker to Line Out jack, microphone to MIC In jack. Device like CD-ROM,walkman etc. can be connected to Line-In jack. Please note: Y ou are able [...]

  • Page 27

    Hardware Installation Process English - 23 - Step 5-2: Connectors Introduction 1 ) A TX_12V 2) A TX 3 ) CPU_F AN 4 ) SYS_F AN 5 ) PWR_FA N ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 6 ) NB_FAN ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 7 ) FDD 8 ) IDE1 / IDE2 9 ) IDE3 ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) / IDE4 ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 10) S ATA 0 ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) / SA T A1 ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) 1 1 ) F_P ANEL 12) BAT 1 3 ) PWR_LED 1 4 ) RAM_LED 15)[...]

  • Page 28

    - 24 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 1) A TX_12V (+12V Power Connector) This connector (A TX_12V) supplies the CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this "A TX_12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot. Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 2) A TX (A TX Power) AC power cord should only be connected to your powe[...]

  • Page 29

    Hardware Installation Process English - 25 - 3) CPU_F AN (CPU Fan Connector) Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating. The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 600 mA. Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Sense 4) SYS_F AN (System Fan C[...]

  • Page 30

    - 26 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 1 For GA-7N400 Pro2 only. 2 For GA-7N400 only. 3 For GA-7N400-L only. 5) PWR_F AN (Power Fan Connector) ( 1 ) This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature. Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Sense 6) NB_F AN (Chip Fan Connector) ( 1 ) If y[...]

  • Page 31

    Hardware Installation Process English - 27 - 7) FDD (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.44M and 2.88M bytes floppy disk types. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. 8) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE1 / IDE2 Connector) Important Notice: Please connect first hard[...]

  • Page 32

    - 28 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Silicon Image Sil3512 chip supports Serial A T A connectors hot plug function. 1 For GA-7N400 Pro2 only. 2 For GA-7N400 only. 3 For GA-7N400-L only. 9) IDE3 / IDE4 (RAID/AT A133, Green Connector) ( 1 ) Important Notice: The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. If you [...]

  • Page 33

    Introduction English - 29 - 1 1 ) F_P ANEL (2 x 10 pins Connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc. of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment above. HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+) (Blue) Pin 2: LED cathode(-) SPK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC[...]

  • Page 34

    - 30 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 1 2 ) BATTER Y CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. + If you want to erase CMOS... 1. Turn OFF the computer and unpl[...]

  • Page 35

    Hardware Installation Process English - 31 - + _ 14 ) RAM_LED Do not remove memory modules while RAM_LED is on. It might cause short or other unexpected damages due to the stand by voltage. Remove memory modules only when AC power cord is disconnected. + _ 1 5) 2X_DET When an AGP 2X (3.3V) card is installed the 4X_AGP will light up, indicating a no[...]

  • Page 36

    - 32 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Pin No. Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 REF 4 Power 5 Front Audio (R) 6 Rear Audio (R) 7 Reserved 8 No Pin 9 Front Audio (L) 1 0 Rear Audio (L) 1 10 9 2 16) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) If you want to use Front Audio connector, you must remove 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio heade[...]

  • Page 37

    Hardware Installation Process English - 33 - 18) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In / Out Connector) The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function. Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF_IO connector[...]

  • Page 38

    - 34 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 20) AUX_IN (AUX In Connector) Connect other device (such as PCI TV Tunner audio out) to the connector. Pin No. Definition 1 AUX-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 AUX-R 1 21) F_USB (Front USB Connector , Y ellow) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you con[...]

  • Page 39

    Hardware Installation Process English - 35 - Pin No. Definition 1 TP A2+ 2 TP A2- 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB2+ 6 TPB2- 7 Power 8 Power 9 No Pin 10 GND 22) F1_1394 / F2_1394 (Front IEEE1394 Connector) ( 1 ) Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has features like high speed, highbandwidth and hot plug. Be ca[...]

  • Page 40

    - 36 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Pin No. Definition 1 VCC 2 GRX1_R 3 GND 4 GPSA2 5 VCC 6 GPX2_R 7 GPY2_R 8 MSI_R 9 GPSA1 10 GND 1 1 GPY1_R 12 VCC 1 3 GPSB1 14 MSO_R 1 5 GPSB2 1 6 No Pin 24) GAME (Game Connector) This connector supports joystick, MIDI keyboard and other relate audio devices. Check the pin assignment while you conne[...]

  • Page 41

    Hardware Installation Process English - 37 - 1 1 27) CLR_CMOS Y ou may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper . Default doesn't include the “Shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper . T o clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. Open: Normal 1-2 close: Clear CMOS 26) CI (CASE OPEN) This 2-pin connector allows your [...]

  • Page 42

    - 38 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English ¥¼©R¦W-1 2005/5/5, ¤W¤È 11:52 38[...]

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    - 3 9 - BIOS Setup English < Ç > Move to previous item < È > Move to next item < Å > Move to the item in the left hand < Æ > Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select item <Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to [...]

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    - 40 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English z z z z z Sta ndard CMOS Feature s This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. z z z z z Adva nced BIOS Feature s This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to searc[...]

  • Page 45

    - 4 1 - BIOS Setup English z z z z z Adva nced Chi pset Feature s This setup page includes all the items of Chipset special enhanced features. z Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. z z z z z Power M a nage ment Setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. z z z z z PnP/PCI Configurati[...]

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    - 42 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Sta ndard CMOS Feature s CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue , May 20 2003 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24 Menu Level X Change the day, month, ` IDE Primary Master [None] year ` IDE Primary Slave [None] ` IDE Secondary Master [None[...]

  • Page 47

    - 4 3 - BIOS Setup English Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. IDE Pri mary Ma ster , Slave / IDE Secondary Ma ster , Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the [...]

  • Page 48

    - 44 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Ja pa n Ar ea) Disabled Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value) Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drives. Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detect[...]

  • Page 49

    - 4 5 - BIOS Setup English Adva nced BIOS Featur es SCSI/RAID Cntlr Boot Order This feature allows you to select the boot order Serial A T A, RAID or SCSI device. Select boot Sequence for onboard (or add-on cards)SCSI,RAID,etc. 1.ITE RAID Controller 2.Silicon Image RAID Controller First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device pr[...]

  • Page 50

    - 46 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. USB-CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB-CDROM. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD. LAN Select your boot device priority by LAN. Disabled Select your boot device priority by Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIO[...]

  • Page 51

    - 4 7 - BIOS Setup English System Perf orma nce Normal Set system at the most stable settings. (Default V alue) Turbo Use over colocked settings for higher performance but with higher risk of instability. Manual Allows full customization of performance options. Incorrect using it may cause your system to fail. For power End-User use only! FSB Frequ[...]

  • Page 52

    - 48 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Memory Frequency By SPD Set memory frequency by SPD. (Default V alue) 50%~200% Set the memory frequency manually. Auto Set the best memory frequency for system. Incorrect using it may cause your system to fail. For power End-User use only! Resulting Frequency The value depends on FSB/Memory Frequen[...]

  • Page 53

    - 4 9 - BIOS Setup English Integrated Peri pherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] USB Host Controller [V1.1+V2.0] USB Keyboard Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] AC97 Audio [Auto] Onboard LAN Chip ( 13 ) [Enabled] Onboard H/W 1394 ( 1 ) [Enabled] Onboard H/W Serial A T A ( 1 ) [Enabled] Serial A T[...]

  • Page 54

    - 50 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. On-Chi p Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. USB Host Controller Disabled Dis[...]

  • Page 55

    - 5 1 - BIOS Setup English Onboard H/W 1394 ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) Enabled Auto detect on-chip 1394 function. (Default Value) Disabled Disable this function. Onboard H/W Seri al A T A ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) Enabled Enable onboard H/W Serial A T A chip function. (Default V alue) Disabled Disable this function. Serial A T A Function ( 1 1 1 1 1 ) RAID Select onboard s[...]

  • Page 56

    - 52 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8, using IRQ4. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8, using IRQ3. (Default value) 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8, using IRQ4. 2E8/IRQ3 En[...]

  • Page 57

    - 5 3 - BIOS Setup English ECP Mode Use DMA This feature allows you to select Direct Memory Access(DMA) channel if the ECP mode selected. This function will available when "Parallel Port Mode" set at ECP or ECP+EPP. 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default V alue) 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1. Ga me Port Addr ess Disabled Disable this functio[...]

  • Page 58

    - 54 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Power M a nage ment Setup ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1. (Default V alue) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3. Soft-Off by PWR-BTT N Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value) Delay 4 Sec. Press power button 4 sec. to Power off. Enter suspend i[...]

  • Page 59

    - 5 5 - BIOS Setup English PME Event W ake Up Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable PME Event W ake up. (Default V alue) ModemRingOn An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state . Disabled Disable Modem Ring on function. Enabled Enable Modem Ring on function. (Default V alue) S3 Resume by USB Y ou can resume the s[...]

  • Page 60

    - 56 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English KB Power ON Password When "Power On by Keyboard" set at Password, you can set the password here. Enter Input password (from 1 to 5 characters) and press Enter to set the Keyboard Power On password. AC BACK Function Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off[...]

  • Page 61

    - 5 7 - BIOS Setup English PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1/PCI 5 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1/PCI 5. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 1/PCI 5. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9[...]

  • Page 62

    - 58 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No". If the case have been opened, "Case Opened" will show "Y es". If y[...]

  • Page 63

    - 5 9 - BIOS Setup English Current V oltage (V) Vcore / DD R25V / +3.3V / +5V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current Syste m T e mperature Detect System temperature automatically. Current CPU T emperatur e Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/POWER 1 /SYSTEM F AN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fan speed [...]

  • Page 64

    - 60 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Fr equency/V oltage Control Figure 9: Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control VCORE OverV oltage Control Increase VCORE voltage may get stable for Over_Clock. But it may damage to CPU when enable this feature. Normal Supply volta[...]

  • Page 65

    - 6 1 - BIOS Setup English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Pa[...]

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    - 62 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized De[...]

  • Page 67

    - 6 3 - BIOS Setup English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Pa[...]

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    - 64 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized De[...]

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    - 6 5 - BIOS Setup English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Pa[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 67 - English @BIOS ™ Introduction Have you ever updated BIOS by yourself? Or like many other people, you just know what BIOS is, but always hesitate to update it? Because you think updating newest BIOS is unnecessary and actually you don't know how to update it. Maybe not like others, you are very experienced in BIOS u[...]

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    - 68 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2003 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Advanced Chipset Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` Frequency/V oltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized D[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 69 - English 2.) Award Dual BIOS Flash ROM Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1.30 Boot From....................................................... Main Bios Main ROM T ype/Size...................................... SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM T ype/Size.................................. SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Prot[...]

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    - 70 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English • Auto Recovery : Enable(Default), Disable When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure, the working BIOS will automatically recover the BIOS of checksum failure. (In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting, if ACPI Suspend T ype is set to Suspend to RAM, the Auto Recov[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 71 - English D. How to use Q-Flash? Update Main BIOS from Floppy / Update Backup BIOS from Floppy C. What is Q-Flash Utility? Q-Flash utility is a pre-O.S. BIOS flash utility enables users to update its BIOS within BIOS mode, no more fooling around any OS. Congratulation! Y ou have completed the flashed and now can restart sy[...]

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    - 72 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Save Main BIOS to Floppy / Save Backup BIOS to Floppy  In the A:drive, insert the floppy disk, then Press Enter to Run. File name: XXXX.XX Total Size: 1.39M Free Size: 1.39M F5: Refresh DEL: Delete TAB: Switch TYPE FILE NAME T o name the file. Congratulate you have accomplished the saving. <P[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 73 - English I. Q: What is DualBIOS ™ technology? Answer: DualBIOS technology is a patented technology from Giga-Byte T echnology . The concept of this technology is based on the redundancy and fault tolerance theory. DualBIOS ™ technology simply means there are two system BIOSes (ROM) integrated onto the motherboard. One[...]

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    - 74 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English II. Q: Why does anyone need a motherboard with DualBIOS ™ technology? Answer: In today's systems there are more and more BIOS failures. The most common reasons are virus attacks, BIOS upgrade failures, and/or deterioration of the BIOS (ROM) chip itself. 1. New computer viruses are being foun[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 75 - English IV. Q: Who Needs DualBIOS ™ technology? Answer: This new technology will eliminate valuable system down time and costly repair bills cause by BIOS failures. 1. Every user should have DualBIOS ™ technology due to the advancement of computer viruses. Everyday, there are new BIOS-type viruses discovered that wil[...]

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    - 76 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English If you don't have DOS boot disk, we recommend that you used Gigabyte @BIOS ™ program to flash BIOS. Method 2 : @BIOS ™ Utility Methods and steps: I. Update BIOS through Internet a. Click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" icon c. Select @BIOS ™ sever d.[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 77 - English II. Update BIOS NOT through Internet: a. Do not click "Internet Update" icon b. Click "Update New BIOS" c. Please select "All Files" in dialog box while opening the old file. d. Please search for BIOS unzip file, downloading from internet or any other methods. (such as: 7N400P2.F1). [...]

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    - 78 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 2- / 4- / 6-Channel Audio Function Introuction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: STEP 3: Select "Speaker Configuration", and choose the "2 channel for stereo speaker output". We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acqiire the best sound ef fect if the ste[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 79 - English 4 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Line Out", the rear channels to "Line In". STEP 3 : Select "Speaker Configuration", and choose the "4 channel for 4 speakers output". Disable "Only SURROUND-KIT", and press "OK". [...]

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    - 80 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English STEP 3 : Select "Speaker Configuration", and choose the "6 channel for 5.1 speaker output". Disable "Only SUR- ROUND-KIT" and pess "OK". Use the back audio panel to connect the audio output without any additional module. STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 81 - English STEP 1 : Insert the "Audio Combo Kit" in the back of the case, and fix it with the screw. Advanced 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Mode (using Audio Combo Kit, Optional Device): (Audio Combo Kit provides SPDIF output port : optical & coaxis and SURROUND-KIT : Rear R/L & Center/subwoofer) SURROUND-[...]

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    - 82 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English STEP 4 : Click the audio icon "Sound Effect" from the windows tray at the bottom of the screen. STEP 3 : Connect the front channels to back audio panel's "Line Out", the rear channels to SURROUND-KIT's REAR R/L, and the Center/Subwoofer channels to SURROUND-KIT's [...]

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    T echnical Reference - 83 - English S PDIF Output Device (Optional Device) 3. Connect co-axial or optical output to the AC3 decoder. 1. Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear bracket of PC, and fix it with screw. 2. Connect SPDIF wire to the motherboard. A "S/PDIF output" device is available on the motherboard. Cable with rear bracke[...]

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    - 84 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery? Xpress Recovery utility is an utility for backing up and restoring O.S. partition . If the hard drive can not work properly, you can restore it to the original state. 1. It supports FAT16 ¡B FAT32 ¡B NTFS format . 2. It must be connected to ID[...]

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    T echnical Reference - 85 - English Y ou can highlight the item by using the arrows keys on your keyboard and enter key to enter the menu. If you ever entered Xpress Recovery by booting from CD-ROM, you'll still be directed to BMP mode by pressing F9 in the bootup screen. BMP Mode: Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE T echnilogy[...]

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    - 86 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English 1.Execute Backup Utility:  Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The Backup utility will scan the system automatically and back up it. The backed up data will be saved as an hidden image . 2.Execute Restore Utility:  This program will recover your system to factory default. Press R to [...]

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    Appendix - 89 - English Revision History Chapter 5 Appendix Pictures below are shown in Windows XP Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setu[...]

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    - 90 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English  Nvidia System Driver nVIDIA Chipset Driver  USB Patch for WinXP This patch driver can help you to resolve the USB device wake up S3 hang up issue in XP.  Realtek 8110S Lan Driver ( 1 ) / RealTek LAN Drive ( 3 ) Realtek Giga Lan Driver ( 1 ) RealTek 10/100 LAN driver for 81xx series chips [...]

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    Appendix - 91 - English SOFTW ARE APPLICA TION This page reveals the value-added software developed by Gigabyte and its worldwide partners.  Gigabyte Windows Utilities Manager (GWUM) This utility can integrate the Gigabyte's applications in the system tray  Gigabyte Management T ool (GMT) A useful tool which can manage the computer via t[...]

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    - 92 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English SOFTW ARE INFORMA TION This page list the contects of softwares and drivers in this CD title. HARDW ARE INFORMA TION This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. CONT ACT US Please see the last page for details.[...]

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    Appendix - 93 - English Face-W izard Utilities Installation What is Face-Wizard ™ ? Face-Wizard TM is a windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to change the boot-up logo with picture from Gigabyte Logo Gallery on web site or other compatible picture you have. How does it work? Face-Wizard ™ allows user to select BI[...]

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    - 94 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English F AQ Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check generally asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please go to the FAQ section at GIGABYTE’s website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why? Answer: Some ad[...]

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    Appendix - 95 - English Answer: Gigabyte motherboards will auto-detect the external VGA card after it is plugged in, so you don't need to change any setting manually to disable the onboard VGA. Question 9: Why cannot I use the IDE 2? Answer: Please refer to the user manual and check whether you have connected any cable that is not provided wit[...]

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    - 96 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English T roubleshooting If you encounter any trouble during boot up, please follow the troubleshooting procedures. Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables from motherboard. START Failure has been excluded. Ye s Please make sure motherboard & cha[...]

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    Appendix - 97 - English A Failure has been excluded. Ye s No Ye s No Failure has been excluded. Failure has been excluded. Ye s Reinstall Windows OS, and reinstall add-on cards and cables. Then try to reboot the system. Failure has been excluded. Ye s END If the above procedure unable to solve your problem, please contact with your local retailer o[...]

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    - 98 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English T echnical Support/RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revision: BIOS version: O.S./A.S.: Hardware Mfs. Model name Size: Driver/Utility: Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Modem Network AMR /[...]

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    Appendix - 99 - English Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Management AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Basic Input / Output System CPU Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM CNR Communication[...]

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    - 100 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English Acronyms Meaning IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller ISA Industry Standard Architecture LAN Local Area Network I/O Input / Output LBA Logical Block Addressing LED Light Emitting Diode MHz Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MTH Memory T ranslator Hub MPT Memo[...]

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    Appendix - 107 - English      T aiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei Hsien, T aiwan. TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 FAX: +886 (2) 8912-4003 T ech. Support : http://tw .giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter .htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.co[...]

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    - 108 - N400 Pro2 / N400 Series Motherboard English      China NINGBO G.B.T . TECH. TRADING CO., L TD. T ech. Support : http://cn.giga-byte.com/T echSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-T ech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/nontech.asp WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.com.cn Shanghai TEL: +86-021-63410999 FAX: +86-0[...]