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Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra

Power Supply Attachments

ATX Power Connector: ATXPWR, ATX12V

This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, a 24-pin ATXPWR connector and an

8-pin ATX12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors and

both connectors must be attached before the system is powered on. These power connectors
support several power management functions such as the instant power-on function. The

connector pins are described below.

Pin

Assignment

Pin

Assignment

1 +3.3V

+3.3V

2 +3.3V

-12V

3 GND 15

GND

4 +5V 16

PS_ON

5 GND 17

GND

6 +5V 18

GND

7 GND 19

GND

8 PWROK 20

RSVD

9 +5V_AUX 21

+5V

10 +12V 22

+5V

11 +12V 23

+5V

ATXPWR

12 +3.3V 24

GND

Pin

Assignment

Pin

Assignment

1 GND 3 +12V

ATX12V

2 GND 4 +12V

Attention

In general, power cords are designed and should be attached with a

specific direction. The black wire of the power cord is Ground and

should be attached onto the header location of Ground.

Summary of Contents for NForce 650i Ultra

Page 1: ...s document are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested...

Page 2: ...IA nForce 650i Ultra MCPs Support Socket 775 Intel CoreTM 2 Extreme CoreTM 2 Quad CoreTM 2 Duo Pentium Extreme Edition Pentium Processors User Manual Dimensions ATX form factor 244mm x 305mm W x L Operating System Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2000 ...

Page 3: ... hardware models third party components and software versions This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List nForce 650i Ultra Mainboard I O Shi...

Page 4: ... 6 Memory Installation DIMM0 1 2 3 7 Back Panel Configuration 9 Connectors 11 Front Panel Headers FRONTPNL 12 Headers Jumpers 13 Audio Configuration 14 Slots 15 Power Supply Attachments 16 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 17 INTRODUCTION 17 MAIN MENU 18 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 20 SOFTWARE LIST 20 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 20 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 24 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL SETUP 27 APPENDIX II RAID SETUP ...

Page 5: ...rovides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drives There is also one IDE connector for connecting two IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33 66 100 133 Moreover these mainboards come with Serial ATA II feature four SATA II connectors which the interfaces can provide the transmit rate up to 3 Gbps and also support RAID 0 1 0 1 5 JBOD mode See Appen...

Page 6: ...troller Marvell 88E1116 Memory Four DIMM sockets Supports unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAM Supports a total memory capacity of up to 8 GB Supports Dual Channel data bus Onboard HD Audio CODEC ALC885 High performance CODEC with high S N ratio 100 db Compatible with Azalia 1 0 specification Supports 8 6 4 2 channel playback capability Supports jack sensing and re tasking function Microphon...

Page 7: ...ves Serial ATA II Connectors Four SATA II connectors Supports SATA 2 0 specification with data transfer rate up to 3 Gbps One SATA II connector can only support one SATA II HDD Onboard LAN Chip Supports 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN I O facility Connectors Supports one PS 2 mouse port and one PS 2 keyboard port Supports one serial port COM1 header with external device connected Universal Serial Bu...

Page 8: ...Supports S0 normal S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 suspend to disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Shadow RAM Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Northbridge Chassis Fan Speed Monitors CPU temperature Monitors CPU Memory System ...

Page 9: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 5 Configuration Layout of nForce 650i Ultra ...

Page 10: ...lift up the iron cover B 2 There are 2 distinctive marks located near the corners of the socket on the same side as the lever as shown C Match these marks with the marks on the CPU and carefully lower the CPU down onto the socket D 3 Replace the iron cover and then lower the lever until it snaps back into position E This will lock down the CPU F 4 Smear thermal grease on the top of the CPU Lower t...

Page 11: ...Pin Assignment 1 Sense 2 12V 1 C55 FAN 3 GND Memory Installation DIMM0 1 2 3 The nForce 650i Ultra mainboard provides four DIMM Dual In Line Memory Modules sockets which allow you to install 240 pin unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAMs It also supports Dual Channel Technology and allow you to install a total memory capacity of 8 GB Attention It is recommended that to install memories which ...

Page 12: ... channel the Dual Channel will be enabled then For example if you install one 256 MB memory in DIMM0 and another in DIMM1 256MB x 2 512MB you must install a total of 512 MB memory in DIMM2 or DIMM3 so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 3 If you only need to install one memory it is recommended to install it in DIMM0 or DIMM1 Memory Installation Steps 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of...

Page 13: ...oard port USB Ports LAN Ports USB1 USB LAN1 There are four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These USB ports are used to attach with USB devices such as keyboard mice and other USB supported devices There is also one 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN ports available for you to attach an Internet cable The pictures above are for reference only Your actual installation may vary slightly from t...

Page 14: ...bled this port will output audio for the front speakers 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 Center Subwoofer orange This port connects with the center subwoofer speakers It will be functional when the 8 6 channel audio system is driven for center subwoofer output Rear Speaker Out bla...

Page 15: ...ou attach two IDE HDDs you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave In this case one optical device i e CD ROM DVD ROM etc should be attached to this connector as well SATA II Connector SATA A0 A1 B0 B1 The four SATA II connectors support 3 Gbps transmit rate and one SATA connector only can attach one SATA HDD of each time using SATA cables Pin Assignment Pin Assignmen...

Page 16: ...e RESET This header can be attached to a momentary SPST switch reset button cable on your case front panel The switch is normally left open When the switch closed it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self Test Power LED Header Green PWRLED These mainboards provide a 2 pin power LED header If there is a 2 pin power LED cord on your case front panel you can attach it to the...

Page 17: ...serial connector to attach with a mic modem or other peripheral device Front USB Headers USB0 1 USB2 3 The mainboard provides four onboard USB 1 1 2 0 ports on the back panel that attach to USB devices There are two additional USB headers that can be connected by cables to four more USB ports on the front panel of your case giving you a possible eight USB ports Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V_D...

Page 18: ... AC power cable 2 Set CLR_CMOS header to OFF 1 2 Closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set CLR_CMOS header to ON 2 3 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your new password Audio Configuration Front Audio Header FP AUDIO The audio header supports High Definition Audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices the Front Audio and the Rear Audio The front audio ...

Page 19: ...IE x16 slot PCI Express x1 Interface slots PCIE x1_1 PCIE x1_2 The PCIE x1_1 PCIE x1_2 slots are the PCI Express x1 interface slots which can be supported up to x1 mode You can insert expansion cards which are PCI E x1 compatible onto these slots PCI Interface Slots PCI1 2 3 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect which is a bus standard for installing expansion cards such as network card...

Page 20: ...l power management functions such as the instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 RSVD 9 5V_AUX 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V ATXPWR 12 3 3V 24 GND Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 GND 3 12V ATX12V 2 GND 4 12V Attention In general power cor...

Page 21: ... vary slightly with the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Down arrow Move to ...

Page 22: ... BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Include all the adjustable items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Include all the adjustable items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Include all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup Include all the adjustable items of Green function features ...

Page 23: ...erature voltage and fan speeds Load Defaults It can load the preset system parameter values to set the system in its stable performance configurations Set Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving All CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 24: ...to the CD ROM you ll see the screen as the picture below There are several driver buttons displayed in the Driver Menu screen and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform NVIDIA Chipset INF Windows Vista XP 2000 Realtek Audio Driver Windows Vista XP 2000 Microsoft DirectX9 0c Windows XP 2000 The screen and images are only for general reference The version of the screens you receiv...

Page 25: ...Ultra 21 Windows Vista Driver Windows XP 64bit Driver Attention Before you install the Realtek Audio Driver on Windows XP 64bit operating system please go to the Microsoft website to install the update for enabling HD Audio ...

Page 26: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 22 Windows XP 32bit Driver Windows 2000 Driver ...

Page 27: ...des the driver of Realtek HD Audio CODEC Microsoft DirectX 9 0c It provides the software of Microsoft DirectX9 0c 2 Click on the User Manual button you can choose the manual to read 3 If you click the Browse CD button you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files ...

Page 28: ...d drive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Da...

Page 29: ...e data Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check th...

Page 30: ...ot connected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with o...

Page 31: ... the Windows Vista screen 2 When your audio device is plugged the system will detect it and show the Speakers tab automatically You can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose Stereo Quadraphonic 5 1 Speaker or 7 1 Speaker by your speakers in the Speaker Configuration item 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices ...

Page 32: ...can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 7 1 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 7 1 Channel Audio Effect supoort ...

Page 33: ...rive the system can still read and write data using the other drive The minimum number of drives for a RAID 1 configuration is 2 You are required to use an even number of drives Disk Striped Mirroring RAID 0 1 This mode combines both the performance benefits of RAID 0 with the fault tolerance of RAID 1 The minimum number of drives for RAID 0 1 configuration is 4 drives This configuration also requ...

Page 34: ...ur RAID Array you have to enable the RAID option in the BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals RAID Config RAID Enable Save Exit Setup 1 When the screen below displays press Delete to enter the BIOS setup screen 2 Move the arrow keys to the Integrated Peripherals item and press Enter ...

Page 35: ...0i Ultra 31 3 After entering the sub menu arrow down to the RAID Config item Press Enter 4 Enable the RAID Enable item and then select the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID Press Esc to exit this screen ...

Page 36: ... Setup item Press Enter 6 Press Y and then press Enter to finish the setup NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration The NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility is used to configure RAID disk management into your hard disks This section will explain how to setup and maintain your RAID disk drives ...

Page 37: ...u with the following message Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility 2 Press the F10 key to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility note that you will only have a short window of time to press F10 before the system continues the next step of the boot process The NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility main screen will display as shown below In addition you will see all the SATA HDDs connected to your computer ...

Page 38: ...ed Mirror JBOD Spanned RAID 5 Your choice will depend on the RAID Mode that best fits your needs for either performance redundancy or both Attention The Port and Disk Model shown on these screens represent the disk drives installed on the PATA or SATA connectors and are sample data only The actual data that displays on your screen will likely vary ...

Page 39: ...rce 650i Ultra 35 á Stripe Block Stripe block size will directly affect performance when data is written to or read by your system 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K Optimal This item is not available for RAID 1 and JBOD arrays ...

Page 40: ...ording to your configuration requirements select Mirrored RAID 1 Striped RAID 0 Striped Mirror RAID 0 1 Spanned JBOD or RAID 5 in the drop down menu Then hit Enter The example here is RAID 0 Striped 2 Next Tab over to the Stripe Block item and press Enter You can select the stripe block size for your array which will affect performance It s recommended that you select Optimal Press Enter ...

Page 41: ...Disks selection box and use the up down arrow keys to select disks for your RAID array Use the right arrow key to move selected disks to the Array Disks section the selected drive will be highlighted You can use the left arrow key to reverse your selection ...

Page 42: ...e options are properly configured press F7 A confirmation box will display as shown below Hit Y to continue the RAID array creation 5 An alert box will appear as shown below Press Y to clear the Master Boot Record and complete the RAID array creation ...

Page 43: ...wn below You can press Enter to view the details 7 The Array Detail screen provides you all the information of the RAID array you created You can press Enter to go back to the previous page If you want to exit NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility press Enter and then hit Ctrl X to restart your computer ...

Page 44: ... below please confirm the information about the RAID arrays you have created If you select a RAID Mode with wrong hard disk numbers 1 For example if you select Mirrored configure four hard disks into your array disks and then you press F7 go to the next step ...

Page 45: ...t you selected an invalid number of disks In a mirrored array you can only configure two disks at one time You must press Enter to go back to the main screen to reconfigure your options again The RAID Introduction to this manual explains disk requirements for each RAID configuration ...

Page 46: ...nForce 650i Ultra 42 Deleting Array 1 If you want to delete an existing array go to the Array Detail screen as below Press D 2 An alert box will display for your confirmation to delete the array Press Y to delete ...

Page 47: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 43 3 After the array is deleted successfully you will return to the main screen where you can re create a new array as shown below ...

Page 48: ...down arrow keys to select an array Then press B to specify the selected array as a bootable array You will see a special symbol marked in the Boot item of the highlighted array When there is only one RAID array When there are two RAID arrays or more you can only select one ...

Page 49: ...our HDDs have already been attached to the SATA connectors and your RAID arrays have already been configured using the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration section Download the NVIDIA RAID driver from the Albatron website 1 Go to the Albatron website http www albatron com tw 2 Move your mouse pointer to the Product Info menu item and then click the Mainboard item in th...

Page 50: ... SLI mainboard 4 Click Driver as shown below on the left panel Click the download icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver You should download the RAID driver according to your operating system The picture below illustrates a selection for a system using a Windows XP 32 bit Operating System ...

Page 51: ...Force 650i Ultra 47 5 Press the Save button to download the RAID zip file You must unzip the file and save the files onto media that you can use on an existing storage device on your computer e g floppy disk drive ...

Page 52: ...ll Windows XP 1 During the Windows XP installation a Windows Setup screen will prompt you with Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver Press F6 2 Press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device ...

Page 53: ...Insert the media which includes the RAID Driver into your computer Press Enter to locate the appropriate OS device driver You will install two drivers 4 Select the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required and press Enter to locate this driver ...

Page 54: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 50 5 When you see the screen shown as below again press s to download the second RAID driver 6 Select the NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller required and also press Enter ...

Page 55: ...all the operating system files 9 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows XP installation folders and restart the system After the system reboots the setup program will continue with the installation all the way to completion 10 Wait until Windows XP finishes installing devices regional settings networking settings components and any other remaining tasks Reboot the system...

Page 56: ...your HDDs have already been attached to the SATA connectors and your RAID arrays have already been configured using the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration section Download the NVIDIA RAID driver from the Albatron website 1 Go to the Albatron website http www albatron com tw 2 Move your mouse pointer to the Product Info menu item and then click the Mainboard item in t...

Page 57: ...elow is NF 680i SLI mainboard 4 Click Driver as shown below on the left panel Click the download icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver You should download the RAID driver according to the operating system The picture below illustrates Windows Vista 32 bit Operating System ...

Page 58: ...50i Ultra 54 5 Press the Save button to download the RAID zip file You must unzip the file and save the files to media that you can use on an existing storage device on your computer floppy disk drive or USB Flash Drive ...

Page 59: ...ows Vista installation there will be an item Load Driver Click on it and then insert the media containing the RAID Driver files into your computer You will install two drivers 2 Click on Browse to browse into the folders of the media to locate the folder with the files ...

Page 60: ...hich includes the RAID Drivers 4 The example here is floppy disk drive Make sure you have inserted the floppy disk including the RAID Drivers Select Floppy Disk Drive A Click OK to load the RAID Drivers The system will scan for the drivers automatically ...

Page 61: ... Ultra 57 5 Select the NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller and click Next to locate this driver Please wait until finished 6 When you go back to the screen shown as below click Load Driver again to download the second RAID driver ...

Page 62: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 58 7 Click on Browse to browse into the folders of the media to locate the folder with the files 8 Select the media which includes the RAID Drivers ...

Page 63: ...a 59 9 Select Floppy Disk Drive A and click OK to load the RAID Drivers The system will rescan for the drivers automatically 10 Select the NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller and click Next to continue Please wait until finished ...

Page 64: ...em files 12 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows Vista installation folders and restart the system After the system is rebooted the setup program will continue with the installation all the way to completion 13 Wait until Windows Vista finishes installing devices regional settings networking settings components and any other remaining tasks Reboot the system if you are...

Page 65: ...y you must connect new hard disk s onto your computer 2 Power on your computer When the system boots up during the POST Power On Self Test you will be given an opportunity to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility when the screen prompts you with the following message Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility 3 Press F10 key to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility note that you will only have a short wind...

Page 66: ... nForce 650i Ultra 62 5 You should see the existing RAID array on your system Press R to rebuild the array 6 The next screen will display as below Use up down arrow keys to select a free disk Press A to continue ...

Page 67: ...orce 650i Ultra 63 7 An alert box will display for your confirmation to rebuild array Press Enter to go to the next step 8 A confirmation box will display as shown below Hit Y to continue rebuilding the RAID array ...

Page 68: ...u have successfully finished the setup of rebuilding an array in the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Press Ctrl X to restart your computer 10 During the boot process you will see the screen below Confirm the Rebuild information as shown below ...

Page 69: ...eck of the Rebuild in the following steps Go to to Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Control Panel Storage under Windows 12 A notification box will display to notify you rebuilding the array is started Rebuilding the array will take a while Please wait until finished ...

Page 70: ...Mainboard nForce 650i Ultra 66 13 When the rebuilding is finished make sure the Status item for your Rebuild Array shows Healthy You have now successfully rebuilt the RAID array ...

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