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Hardware Installation

Serial ATA Connectors

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SATA speed up to 3Gb/s (INFINITY NF SLI-M2/G and INFIN-
ITY NF ULTRAII-M2 only)
SATA speed up to 1.5Gb/s (INFINITY NFII-M2 and INFINITY
NF4XII-M2 only)

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RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD

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NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA
and Parallel ATA

Connecting Serial ATA Cables

Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA connec-
tor and the other end to your Serial ATA device.

BIOS Setting

Configure Serial ATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu
(“OnChip IDE Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for
more information.

Configuring RAID

The system board allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives.
Refer to chapter 6 for steps in configuring RAID.

SATA 2

(J13)

SATA 1
(J11)

SATA 3
(J2)

SATA 4

(J10)

GND

TXP

TXN

GND

RXN

RXP

GND

TXP

TXN

GND

RXN

RXP

GND

Summary of Contents for Infinity NF series

Page 1: ...System Board User s Manual 935 NF4F05 300G 92440643 ...

Page 2: ...use of this manual and specifically disclaims any ex press or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par ticular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer re serves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or en tity of...

Page 3: ...rticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas ures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an...

Page 4: ...ter 2 Hardware Installation System Board Layout System Memory CPU Jumper Settings Rear Panel I O Ports Internal I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility NVRAID BIOS Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares Chapter 5 Cool n Quiet Technology Chapter 6 RAID Chapter 7 SLI Technology Appendix A System Error Message Appendix B Troubleshooting 5 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 10 12 17 19 21 23...

Page 5: ...nents and product specifica tions 2 The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi cal abuse improper installation modification accidents or unau thorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjust ments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be return...

Page 6: ...unts and or promotional offers and puts your licensing information on file so that we may efficiently assist you if in any case needed Please follow the steps below to access the product egistration page 1 Run Internet Explorer then type www dfi com tw in the Address bar On DFI s homepage click Global or the language of your choice 2 Click the Support menu then select Product Register Service ...

Page 7: ...ntroduction 7 3 The DFI Product Registration page will appear Click Next to continue 4 Select or fill in the necessary information to complete the registration 5 Thank you for registering your DFI product ...

Page 8: ...ant Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable estab lish and maintain contact wit...

Page 9: ...the package may not come similar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more infor mation about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Before Using the System Board Before using the system board prepare basic system components If you are installing the system board in a new...

Page 10: ... x8 bandwidth PCIE3 slot operates at x2 PCIE3 slot operates at x2 or x8 INFINITY NF SLI M2 G only 1 PCI Express x1 slot 3 PCI slots Use identical SLI ready PCI Express x16 graphics cards The bandwidth of each slot is x8 when the graphics cards are connected via the SLI bridge it runs at x16 bandwidth Award BIOS CPU DRAM overclocking CPU DRAM Chipset overvoltage 4Mbit flash memory ACPI and OS Direc...

Page 11: ...ts 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port 1 optical S PDIF out 1 RCA S PDIF out 1 parallel port 1 COM port 1 IEEE 1394 port 1 RJ45 LAN port 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports Center subwoofer rear R L and side R L jacks Line in line out front R L and mic in jacks 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port 1 front audio connector for ex...

Page 12: ...ively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and voltage subsequently decreasing its noise level The NVIDIA SLITM Scalable Link Interface technology connects two SLI ready PCI Express graphics cards in a single and scalable system The two identical graphics cards which are connected via the SLI bridge will pro vide extreme performance allowing you to enjoy games with the most visual ef...

Page 13: ...is twice the speed of the conven tional DDR without increasing its power consumption DDR2 SDRAM modules work at 1 8V supply compared to 2 6V memory voltage for DDR modules DDR2 also incorporates new innovations such as the On Die Termination ODT as well as larger 4 bit pre fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle The onboard Realtek ALC850 which is an AC 97 com patible audio codec an...

Page 14: ...of up to 3Gb s Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB s INFINITY NFII M2 and INFINITY NF4XII M2 support speed of up to 1 5Gb s The NVIDIA nForce4 chip supports NVIDIA RAID Re dundant Array of Independent Disk that allows RAID arrays spanning across 4 Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drives It supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 and...

Page 15: ...o calls coming from an external mo dem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 720mA This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN ...

Page 16: ... Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 2000 XP supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 2000 XP wit...

Page 17: ... PCIE3 fonctionnera avec une bande passante de x2 PCIE3 fonctionnera avec une bande passante de x2 ou x8 INFINITY NF SLI M2 G 1 slot PCI Express x1 3 slots PCI Utiliser les cartes graphiques PCI Express x16 de SLI prêtes identiques La bande passante de chaque encoche est x8 Lorsque les cartes graphiques sont connectées via le pont SLI la bande passante est de x16 Compatible avec Award BIOS Overclo...

Page 18: ...TA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 et JBOD VIA VT6307 Supporte 2 100 200 400 Mb sec ports 1 port souris PS 2 1 port clavier PS 2 1 port optique S PDIF 1 port RCA S PDIF 1 port parallèle DB 25 1 port de DB 9 série 1 port IEEE 1394 1 port RJ45 LAN 4 ports USB 2 0 1 1 Center subwoofer rear R L et side R L prises audio Line in line out front R L et mic in prises audio 3 connecteurs pour 6 ports USB 2 0 1 1 sup...

Page 19: ... INFINITY NF SLI M2 G 1 PCI Express x1 Einbauplätzen 3 PCI Einbauplätzen Benutzen Sie identische SLI bereite PCI ausdrückliche Karten der Graphiken x16 Die Bandbreite der Steckplätze beträgt jeweils x8 wenn die Grafikkarten per SLI Verbindung angeschlossen sind beträgt die Bandbreite x16 Kompatibilität mit Award BIOS Die Frequenzerhöhung CPU DRAM Spannungserhöhung CPU DRAM Chipset Flash Speicher 4...

Page 20: ...00 400 Mb sec porte 1 Mini DIN 6 Anschluß für eine PS 2 Maus 1 Mini DIN 6 Anschluß für eine PS 2 Tastatur 1 S PDIF optischen Anschlüsse 1 S PDIF RCA Anschlüsse 1 Parallel Anschlüsse 1 serieller DB 9 Anschlüsse 1 IEEE 1394 Anschlüsse 1 RJ45 LAN Anschlüsse 4 USB 2 0 1 1 Anschlüsse Center subwoofer rear R L und side R LAudio Anschlußbuchsen Line in line out front R L und mic in Audio Anschlußbuchsen ...

Page 21: ...a x2 PCIE3 correra en el ancho banda x2 x8 INFINITY NF SLI M2 G 1 slot PCI Express x1 3 slots PCI Utilice las tarjetas SLI listas idénticas de los gráficos x16 del PCI expresas El ancho de banda de cada slot es x8 cuando las tarjetas gfráficas están conectadas vía el puente de SLI funciona en el ancho de banda de x16 Award BIOS Subida de frecuencia de CPU DRAM Subida de voltaje de CPU DRAM Chipset...

Page 22: ...0 200 400 Mb sec 1 puerto de ratón PS 2 1 puerto de teclado PS 2 1 puerto de S PDIF óptico 1 puerto de S PDIF RCA 1 puerto paralelo de DB 25 1 puerto de serie DB 9 1 puerto de IEEE 1394 1 puerto de RJ45 LAN 4 puertos de USB 2 0 1 1 Center subwoofer rear R L y side R L enchufes de audio Line in line out front R L y mic in enchufes de audio 3 conectores para 6 puertos de USB 2 0 1 1 externo adiciona...

Page 23: ...ääåðæèâàåò äâóõêàíàëüíóþ ïàìÿòü 128 áèò Ïîääåðæèâàåò äî 4ÃÁ ñèñòåìíîé ïàìÿòè Ïîääåðæèâàåò òîëüêî non ECC x8 è x16 DIMM Ïîääåðæèâàåò íåáóôô DIMM 2 PCI Express x16 ñëîòîâ PCIE1 ðàáîòàåò ñ ïðîïóñêíîé ñïîñîáíîñòüþ x16 èëè x8 PCIE3 ðàáîòàåò ñ ïðîïóñêíîé ñïîñîáíîñòüþ x2 PCIE3 ðàáîòàåò ñ ïðîïóñêíîé ñïîñîáíîñòüþ x2 x8 INFINITY NF SLI M2 G 1 PCI Express x1 ñëîòîâ è 3 PCI ñëîòîâ 2 âèäåîêàðòû SLI ready èñïîë...

Page 24: ...NITY NF SLI M2 G and INFINITY NF ULTRAII M2 Ñêîðîñòü SATA äî 1 5 ÃÁ ñ INFINITY NFII M2 and INFIN ITY NF4XII M2 only NVIDIA RAID ïîçâîëÿåò ñîçäàâàòü ìàññèâû RAID åðåç Serial ATA è Parallel ATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 è JBOD VIA VT6307 Ïîääåðæèâàåò 2 100 200 400 Mb sec ïîðòà 1 ìèíè DIN 6 PS 2 ïîðò äëÿ ìûøè è 1 ìèíè DIN 6 PS 2 ïîðò äëÿ êëàâèàòóðû 1 S PDIF îïòè åñêîãî ïîðò 1 S PDIF RCA ïîðò 1 DB 25 ïàð...

Page 25: ...25 1 Introduction ...

Page 26: ...26 Introduction 1 ...

Page 27: ...Y NF ULTRAII M2 board which uses the NVIDIA nForce4TM Ultra chip The chip on the board will vary in accordance to the model you have purchased INFINITY NF SLI M2 G NVIDIA nForce4TM SLI chip INFINITY NF ULTRAII M2 NVIDIA nForce4TM Ultra chip INFINITY NFII M2 NVIDIA nForce4TM chip INFINITY NF4XII M2 NVIDIA nForce4 4XTM chip ...

Page 28: ...grade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board supports 240 pin...

Page 29: ...e highly recommend using identical DIMMs Not all slots need to be populated DIMMs of the same memory configura tion are on different channels Single Channel Dual Channel The table below shows the DIMM sockets that must be populated with DIMMs for single or dual channel interface We strongly recommend that you strictly follow the memory configurations below Installing DDR2 DIMMs other than the reco...

Page 30: ...00 3000 DDR2 400 DDR2 320 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 DDR2 400 Core Multiplier 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x 9x 10x 11x 12x 13x 14x 15x DDR2 533 DDR2 320 DDR2 400 DDR2 480 DDR2 466 DDR2 534 DDR2 514 DDR2 500 DDR2 488 DDR2 534 DDR2 520 DDR2 510 DDR2 500 DDR2 667 DDR2 320 DDR2 400 DDR2 480 DDR2 560 DDR2 640 DDR2 600 DDR2 666 DDR2 628 DDR2 600 DDR2 650 D...

Page 31: ...hich are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Pin 1 Notch Key Tab Tab BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu DRAM Configuration section of the BIO...

Page 32: ...s present on the CPU socket Power off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing or uninstalling the CPU Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the CPU system board and components Installing the CPU 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate Socket AM2 on the system board X DRAM Power L...

Page 33: ...ocket refer to the en larged image shown below Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins 4 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90o angle Make sure the lever is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly Gold mark Lever ...

Page 34: ... easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU 7 Once the CPU is in place push down the lever to lock the socket The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket Side tab ...

Page 35: ...ink The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and heat sink assembly and an installation guide If the installa tion procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package 1 Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purch...

Page 36: ... the retention clip onto the retention module base by fitting the hole s on the retention clip into the retaining tab s of the reten tion module base Retaining tab Retention module base 2 The system board comes with the retention module base already installed Retaining tab Retention clip ...

Page 37: ...ross the CPU fan and heat sink 6 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connec tor on the system board 5 Move the retention lever to its opposite side then push it down to lock the fan and heat sink assembly to the retention module base Retention lever 4 Hook the other side of the retention clip so that the hole s on the retention clip also fit into the retaining tab s of the retenti...

Page 38: ...ored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1 Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP2 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP2 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Now plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s rat...

Page 39: ...BIOS Setting submenu and press Enter 6 Set the processor s ratio clock to its default setting or an appro priate setting Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting section in chapter 3 for more information 7 Press Esc to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter 8 Type Y and press Enter ...

Page 40: ...use port Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to wake up the system BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 keyboard mouse wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA 3 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 41: ...cting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1 5A For 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 42: ...with a 3 pin or 4 pin cable connector Set JP11 according to the type of cable connector that you are using Important If JP11 is set incorrectly the system will not be able to appro priately detect the CPU fan CPU Fan Select X JP11 2 3 On 4 pin CPU fan 1 2 On 3 pin CPU fan 3 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 43: ... Express Lanes Select X 1 2 On 2 3 On PCIE 1 16x 8x 1 2 On 2 3 On PCIE 3 2x 8x The jumpers below are used to select the bandwidth of the PCI Express lanes PCIE 1 PCIE 3 The settings below is for the INFINITY NF SLI M2 G system board ...

Page 44: ...x2 slot PCIE 1 16x 8x 1 2 On 2 3 On PCIE 3 2x Important When the jumpers are set to 2 3 On the system board only support one graphics card Install the graphics card onto the PCIE 1 slot Do not install any card on PCIE 3 This is a chipset limitation therefore if there is a card installed on PCIE 3 the system might fail to boot The settings below are for INFINITY NF ULTRAII M2 INFINITY NFII M2 and I...

Page 45: ...rallel Port Optical S PDIF out jack RCA S PDIF out jack COM port 1394_1 port USB ports LAN port Line in port Front R L port Mic in port Center Subwoofer port Rear R L port Side R L port PS 2 K B Optical S PDIF COM USB 0 1 USB 2 3 RCA S PDIF Mic in Side R L Center Subwoofer Rear R L Line in Front R L Parallel IEEE 1394_1 LAN PS 2 Mouse ...

Page 46: ...your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function Jumper Setting JP7 must be set to 2 3 On 5VSB Refer to PS 2 Power Select in this chapter for more information BIOS Settin...

Page 47: ...he Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Function Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional p...

Page 48: ...in out port connection S PDIF ports are used to connect audio output devices Your coaxial RCA S PDIF ports may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J3 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J3 Important DO NOT use optical S PDIF and coaxial RC...

Page 49: ...ort is RS 232 asynchronous communication port with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with mo dems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial de vices BIOS Setting Configure the serial port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Su per IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information W ...

Page 50: ...onnecting an additional 1394 device The 1394 port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the 1394 port cable to J8 Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of the J8 IEEE 1394 W W 1394 2 1394 1 1 2 9 TPA TPA Ground Ground TPB TPB Key 12V fused 12V ...

Page 51: ...d J33 USB 8 9 connectors allow you to connect 6 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The USB ports may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J34 J18 or J33 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Device section ...

Page 52: ...ouse The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function Jumper Setting JP5 and or JP6 must be set to 2 3 On 5VSB Refer to USB Power Select in this chapter for more information Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of you...

Page 53: ...a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Configure the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the nVidia Chipset Drivers which already includes the NVIDIA Ethernet Driver Refer to chapter 4 for more information W ...

Page 54: ...to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system Mic in Jack Pink This jack is used to connect an external microphone Center Subwoofer Jack Orange This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speak ers of the audio system Audio W W Rear audio Front audio Rear R L Center Subwoofer Side R L Front R L Line in Mic in 1 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out GND AuD_...

Page 55: ...e rear right and rear left speak ers of the audio system Side Right Left Jack Gray This jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speak ers of the audio system Front Audio The front audio connector at location J4 allows you to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system Using this connector will disable the rear audio s line out and mic in func...

Page 56: ...stallation I O Connectors CD in Internal Audio Connector The CD in connector at location J1 is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card W 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground ...

Page 57: ...of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J23 on the system board and the other end most connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A If you are connecting another drive Drive B install the middle connector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be ...

Page 58: ...l ATA Cables Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA connec tor and the other end to your Serial ATA device BIOS Setting Configure Serial ATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Configuring RAID The system board allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives Refer to chapter 6 for steps in configuring R...

Page 59: ...der only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header Each IDE connector supports 2 devices a Master and a Slave Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive...

Page 60: ... ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM driv...

Page 61: ... system board Make sure to connect the cable connector to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more informati...

Page 62: ...ing fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans Refer to chapter 3 for more information X X X Chassis fan 2 CPU fan Chipset fan X 1 3 Sense Power Ground 1 3 Sense Power Ground 1 3 Ground Power N C Chassis fan 1 X System fa...

Page 63: ...he standby mode Warning When the DRAM Power LED and or Standby Power LED lit red it indicates that power is present on the DDR2 sockets and or PCI slots Power off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components Standby Power LED DRAM Power LED ...

Page 64: ...t must be inserted onto CN10 X 13 1 12 24 3 3VDC 3 3VDC COM 5VDC COM 5VDC COM PWR_OK 5VSB 12VDC 12VDC 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 12VDC COM PS_ON COM COM COM NC 5VDC 5VDC 5VDC COM Your power supply unit also comes with a 4 pin 12V power con nector The 12V power enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM Connect the 4 pin power connector to CN9 X 12V 1 2 4 3 Ground...

Page 65: ...uires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration CPU power amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt or greater power supply Important Insufficient power supplied to the system may result in instabil ity or the add in boards an...

Page 66: ... system s configuration such as the wattage of the power supply the sequence of the supplied power as well as the number of peripheral devices connected to the system Due to this reason we strongly recommend that you wait for the Standby Power LED refer to the LEDs section in this chapter for the location of the Standby Power LED to lit off 2 After the Standby Power LED has lit off wait for 6 seco...

Page 67: ...hus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 X J19 1 2 19 20 ...

Page 68: ...n it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 3 5 14 16 8 10 18 20 7 9 13 15 17 19 2 4 6 HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED Reserved ATX SW ATX power switch Reserved RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector PWR LED Power Standby LED Pin Assignment HDD LED Power HDD N C N C PWRBT PWRBT N C...

Page 69: ... power switch and reset switch on the system board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide convenience in powering on and or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board before it is installed into the system chassis Reset Switch Power Switch ...

Page 70: ... the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot The retaining clip of the slot will automatically hold the graphics card in place Refer to chapter 7 for information on configuring SLI PCI Express x1 Install PCI Express x1 cards such as network cards or other cards that comply to the PCI Express specifications into the PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express Slots PCI Express ...

Page 71: ...t is an auxiliary source of power when the main power is shut off Safety Measures Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Battery ...

Page 72: ...creen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by press ing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility X Genie BIOS Setting Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor...

Page 73: ...rd CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press Enter A screen similar to the one below will appear Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss X IDE Channel 0 Master X IDE Channel 0 Slave X IDE Channel 1 Master X IDE Channel 1 Slave X IDE Channel 2 Master X IDE Channel 3 Master X IDE Channel 4 Master X IDE Channel 5 Master Drive A Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory...

Page 74: ... Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master IDE Channel 5 Master Note The NVIDIA nForce4 chip supports RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA Enable the RAID function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Used to configure Parallel ATA drives Used to configure Serial ATA drives ...

Page 75: ...n operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Channel 0 Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master It...

Page 76: ...rite timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track Drive A This field identifies the type of floppy disk drive installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in AT type high density drive 1 2MB capacity ...

Page 77: ...iskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K f...

Page 78: ...ork Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate Chars Sec x Typematic Delay Msec Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM 64MB HDD S M A R T Capability Full Screen LOGO S...

Page 79: ... to move it down the list The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Removable Device Priority Item Help Menu Level XX Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Default...

Page 80: ...e it down the list The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Item Help Menu Level XX Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Opti...

Page 81: ...the list The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Network Boot Priority Item Help Menu Level XX Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Ex...

Page 82: ...sable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating sys tems like Windows 95 98 2000 or the operating system may not install nor work CPU Internal Cache and External Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default is Enabled which provides better performance by enabling cache Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST whe...

Page 83: ...e function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such...

Page 84: ...ult setting MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using OS Select for DRAM 64MB Select the OS2 option only if the system that is running an OS 2 operating system has greater than 64MB RAM HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction ...

Page 85: ... logo to appear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot up Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up ...

Page 86: ...e using your system SSE SSE2 SSE3 Instructions The options are Enabled and Disabled System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM ad dressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not b...

Page 87: ...y Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE DMA Transfer Access Serial ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard RAID Setting RAID Enable x IDE Primary Master RAID x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secndry Master RAID x IDE Secndry Slave RAID x SATA 1 Primary RAID x SATA 1 Secondary RAID x SATA 2 Primary RAID x SATA 2 Secondary RAID Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device ...

Page 88: ...uto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors Primary Master Slave UDMA and Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you ...

Page 89: ... the RAID function of Parallel ATA drives and Serial ATA drives IDE Primary Master RAID and IDE Primary Slave RAID These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of the primary IDE s master and slave channels IDE Secondary Master RAID and IDE Secondary Slave RAID These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of the secondary IDE s master and slave channels SATA 1 Prima...

Page 90: ...rt Due to the limited space of the BIOS ROM the support for legacy USB keyboard in DOS mode is by default set to Disabled With more BIOS ROM space available it will be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices If a PS 2 keyboard is not available and you need to use a USB keyboard to install Windows installation is per formed in ...

Page 91: ...ress for the IR device 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the IR device Disabled Disables the IR device Super IO Device The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Item Help Menu Level XX Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ES...

Page 92: ...nboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripheral s manual for the best option SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bid...

Page 93: ...e of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identi cal to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimi...

Page 94: ...wered down while all other devices remain active HDD Down In Suspend The default setting is Disabled When enabled the hard drive will be powered off once the system enters the Suspend mode Soft Off by PBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management func tion is enabled or disabled if the power button is pushed and r...

Page 95: ...set the time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Time dd hh mm of Alarm field However if the sys tem is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the time set in the field the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Day of Month Alarm 0 The system will power on everyday accordi...

Page 96: ...ould like to use to power on the system in the Hot Key Power On field Mouse Move Move the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system Mouse Click Click the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 Press the wake up key of the Windows 98 com patible keyboard to power on the system Hot Key Power On This field is used to select a function key that you would like ...

Page 97: ...IRQ Resources field The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identi cal to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Resources Controlled By x IRQ Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI Express...

Page 98: ...nce only Your version may not be identi cal to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Item Help Menu Level XX Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigne...

Page 99: ...hese options allow you to manually select the speed of the fan VCC3 Voltage to System Fan Speed These fields will show the output voltage temperature and fan speed of the monitored devices or components The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identi cal to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 Ge...

Page 100: ...read Spectrum ACPI XSDT Table Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Genie BIOS Setting Item Help Menu Level X DRAM timing and control Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Press Enter Auto Auto Auto 200MHz Auto 16 16 100MHz Default Auto 1 5V 1 2V 1 36V 1 96V 1 47V 1 20V 16X 2X PCIEx Master Disabled Disabled Dis...

Page 101: ...l DDRII Timing Item x TwTr Command Delay x Trfc0 for DIMM0 x Trfc1 for DIMM1 x Trfc2 for DIMM2 x Trfc3 for DIMM3 x Twr Write Recovery Time x Trtp Precharge Time x Trc Row Cycle Time x Trcd RAS to CAS R W Delay x Trrd RAS to RAS Delay x Trp Row Precharge Time x Tras Minimum RAS Active Time DRAM Output Driving DQS Training Control CKE Base Power Down Mode CKE Based Power Down Memclock Tri stating Me...

Page 102: ...le time Twr Write Recovery Time This field is used to select the write recovery time when the DRAM safely registers the last write data This is the time from the last write data to precharge Trtp Precharge Time This field is used to select the precharge time Trc Row Cycle Time This field is used to select the row cycle time RAS active or auto refresh of the same bank Trcd RAS to CAS R W Delay When...

Page 103: ...e DRAM refreshes refreshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data Tras Minimum RAS Active Time This field is used to select the minimum time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell DRAM Output Driving This field is used to select the DRAM output driving value DQS Training Control The options are Skip DQS and Perform DQS CKE Base Power Down Mode The options are Enabled and Di...

Page 104: ...and re cover from memory failure DRAM MCE Enable The options are Enabled and Disabled Chip Kill Mode Enable The options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM ECC Redirection The options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM Background Scrubber This field allows the DRAM scrubbing feature to correct memory errors L2 Cache Background Scrubber This field corrects the memory errors of the L2 data cache RAM DCache Bac...

Page 105: ... to select the bus ratio between the CPU and north bridge CPU Clock Setting This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processor s bus clock by 1MHz increment Important Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not gu...

Page 106: ...r voltage supplied to the south bridge chip Important Although the CPU DRAM Chip HT overvoltage is sup ported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage Current CPU Voltage This field will show the CPU s current voltage Current DRAM Voltage This field will show the DRAM s current voltage Current Chipset Voltage This...

Page 107: ...ots it will first initialize the PCI Express Slave graphics card PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI CPU Spread Spectrum The options are Disabled and Center Spread SATA Spread Spectrum The options are Disabled and Down Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum The options are Disabled and Down Spread ACPI XSDT Table The options are Enabled and Disabled ...

Page 108: ...s the process of opening the chassis to reset the Clear CMOS jumper 1 Power off the system 2 Press the Insert key and power button simultaneously until the system reboots This will load all BIOS settings back to their de fault values Loading the Default CPU Clock If overclocking the CPU clock caused the system to hang follow the steps below to reload the default CPU clock 1 Power off the system 2 ...

Page 109: ...ss Enter If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting Load Fail Safe...

Page 110: ...Setup default values Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Optimized Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Pas...

Page 111: ... Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press En ter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit ...

Page 112: ...s When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set User Password and press Enter in stead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Phoenix Awa...

Page 113: ...nges to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Save Data to CMOS X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting Load Fail Safe Defaults...

Page 114: ...Ctrl Alt Esc simulta neously or Del after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Abandon All Data X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...

Page 115: ...NVRAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the F10 key to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives Refer to chapter 6 for steps in configuring RAID Important Before creating RAID make sure you have installed the Serial Parallel ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won t be able to enter the RAID BIOS uti...

Page 116: ...he system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AWDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press Enter Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoen...

Page 117: ...IOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press N 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press Y to flash the new BIOS ...

Page 118: ...ystem board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup Chapter 4 Supported Software Important You must first install Microsoft DirectX 9 0C prior to installing any d...

Page 119: ...ert the CD the default menu that will appear is the Chipset Drivers menu If in any case it is not click the CHIPSET icon that is on the left side of the autorun screen 1 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 0C on the main menu 2 Click I accept the agreement then click Next ...

Page 120: ...120 4 Supported Software 4 Click Finish Reboot the system for DirectX to take effect 3 You are now ready to install DirectX Click Next ...

Page 121: ... your computer Click Next to continue 1 Click nVidia Chipset Drivers on the main menu 3 Select the drivers you want to install The drivers will be installed automatically Make sure you have selected NVIDIA IDE Driver because this driver will replace Windows ATA drivers enabling the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and efficient Click Next to continue ...

Page 122: ...Read the information about the NVIDIA IDE software driver then click Next 6 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new driver installation to take effect ...

Page 123: ...he left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 The installation wizard will extract the files needed to install AC97 audio 3 AC97 audio is intalling and configuring the new software installation 1 Click Realtek Audio Drivers on the main menu ...

Page 124: ...ted Software 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 125: ... Quiet Drivers On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 1 Click AMD CPU Cool n Quiet Drivers on the main menu 2 Setup is now ready to install and configure the driver Click Next 3 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 126: ...Next 5 Click Next to install to the designated folder or click Browse to select another folder 6 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect Note Refer to chapter 5 for more information about the Cool n Quiet Tech nology ...

Page 127: ...ing monitored If the settings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 1 Click ITE Smar t G...

Page 128: ...Click Next to add the program icon to the Program Folder 5 Click Finish Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 3 You are now ready to install Smart Guardian Click Next to install or click Browse to select another folder ...

Page 129: ...ll when you install the operating system If the CD does not include Service Pack 4 it is available for download at Microsoft s Windows Update website Installation Notes 1 Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directo...

Page 130: ...Chapter 5 Cool n QuietTechnology X DRAM Configuration AMD K8 Cool n Quiet Control Ratio Clock Setting CPU FSB Ratio Setting CPU n NB Bus Ratio Setting CPU Clock Setting DRAM Speed CPU n NB Bus Width PCIE Clock Setting Voltage Setting CPU Voltage Setting DRAM Voltage Setting Chip Voltage Setting HT Voltage Setting Current CPU Voltage Current DRAM Voltage Current Chipset Voltage Current HT Voltage M...

Page 131: ...ter 6 Reboot the system Install the Cool n QuietTM Driver 1 Insert the provided CD into a CD ROM drive 2 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 3 Click AMD CPU Cool n Quiet Drivers on the main menu 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation Note Refer to chapter 4 for details on installing the Cool n Quiet driver ...

Page 132: ...ower Management in Windows 1 On the Windows desktop click Start then select Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click the Power Options icon 3 In the Power Schemes tab select Minimal Power Management under the Power schemes section then click OK ...

Page 133: ...ith Fault Tolerance RAID 1 copies and maintains an identical image of the data from one drive to the other drive If a drive fails to function the disk array management software directs all applications to the other drive since it contains a complete copy of the drive s data This enhances data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or an existing drive and ...

Page 134: ...ils on connecting the serial parallel ATA drives Important 1 Make sure you have installed the Serial Parallel ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility 2 Treat the cables with extreme caution especially while cre ating RAID A damaged cable will ruin the entire installation process and operating system The system will not boot and you will l...

Page 135: ...MA OnChip IDE Channel 1 Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE DMA Transfer Access Serial ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard RAID Setting RAID Enable x IDE Primary Master RAID x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secndry Master RAID x IDE Secndry Slave RAID x SATA 1 Primary RAID x SATA 1 Secondary RAID x SATA 2 Primary RAID x SATA...

Page 136: ...in the provided CD Installing NVRAID Driver While in the Process of Installing Win dows XP or Windows 2000 The steps below will instruct you on installing the RAID driver while in the process of installing Windows XP or Windows 2000 on RAID configured drives 1 Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD 2 Press F6 when prompted at the beginning of Windows setup 3 Now the following step...

Page 137: ...oth files have been installed or the setup will fail 8 If you need to install other devices please do so at this time otherwise please proceed to the next step 9 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 10 After installing the operating system if in any case necessary create the hard drives partition ...

Page 138: ...timedia utilities Dual GPUs provide increased 3D graphics and doubles graphics performance System Requirements 1 Two identical NVIDIA SLI ready PCI Express x16 graphics cards 2 Install graphics driver that supports the NVIDIA SLI technology 3 Select the SLI mode in the BIOS 4 Use a minimum of 400 Watt power supply or higher when using devices that are more power consuming 5 Connect a power plug fr...

Page 139: ...e illustration below shows the bandwidth of the PCI Express slots when in SLI mode PCIE 1 x8 PCIE 2 x1 PCIE 3 x8 Normal Mode The illustration below shows the bandwidth of the PCI Express slots when in Normal mode PCIE 1 x16 or x8 PCIE 2 x1 PCIE 3 x8 or x2 ...

Page 140: ...phics cards 1 Power off the system and monitor then unplug the power cord 2 Remove the screw of the bracket that is opposite the PCIE 1 slot then remove the bracket 3 Align the graphics card above the PCIE 1 slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot PCIE 1 PCI Express x16 graphics card ...

Page 141: ...he screw of the bracket that is opposite the PCIE 3 slot then remove the bracket 6 Align the graphics card above the PCIE 3 slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot 7 Secure the graphics card with the screw you removed in step 5 PCI Express x16 graphics card PCIE 3 ...

Page 142: ...eady graphics card is the presence of the SLI connector contact fingers on the card 9 Align the SLI bridge included in the system board package above the SLI connector of the graphics cards then insert the bridge until it is properly seated in place SLI bridge ...

Page 143: ...in FDD type power cable from the power supply unit to the 5V 12V power connector that is on the system board 11 Power on the monitor first then restart the system so that Windows can detect the new hardware settings 5V 12V power connector ...

Page 144: ...de consists of a single long beep Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BIOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent ty...

Page 145: ...te fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely...

Page 146: ...t the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted prop erly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Mak...

Page 147: ...hing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access t...

Page 148: ...inter doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly 4 Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured corre...

Page 149: ... there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are prop erly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated secure...

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