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Adjust Custom Rules

The Adjust Custom Rules selection provides you with the ability to create a rule
to define when the system should use a particular profile (

.nsu

files or

.npe

files) that was created from a manual or automatic tuning session.
With custom rules, you can make your system run faster when you are playing
games or make it run quieter when you are surfing the Internet.

Figure 24. Adjust Custom Rules (nTune)

Summary of Contents for 122-CK-NF63-TR

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Page 2: ...122 CK NF68 XX November 2006 User Guide EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard With Intel Processor Installation and Configuration...

Page 3: ...Installing and Configuring the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard ii...

Page 4: ...me FSB speeds 2 Extreme DDR2 Speeds 2 Comprehensive Overclocking Tools 2 Designed for NVIDIA SLI Technology 3 True 2 x16 PCI Express SLI Support 3 NVIDIA SLI Ready Memory 3 NVIDIA SLI Certified Compon...

Page 5: ...680i SLI Motherboard 10 Hardware Installation 13 Safety Instructions 13 Preparing the Motherboard 14 Installing the CPU 14 Installing the CPU Fan 15 Installing Memory DIMMs 15 Installing the Motherbo...

Page 6: ...s 27 PCI Slots 27 PCI Express x1 Slot 28 PCI Express x16 Slots 28 Jumper Settings 28 Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS 28 Configuring the BIOS 29 Enter BIOS Setup 30 Main Menu 30 Standard CMOS Features Menu...

Page 7: ...IC Mode 41 MPS Version Control For OS 41 Full Screen LOGO Show 41 Advanced Chipset Features 42 System Clocks 43 Frequency Settings 44 HT Multiplier 45 Spread Spectrum 45 FSB Memory Config 46 CPU Confi...

Page 8: ...Suspend Type 59 Soft Off by PBNT 60 WOL PME From Soft Off 60 Power On by Alarm 60 POWER ON Function 60 PnP PCI Configuration Menu 61 Init Display First 62 Reset Configuration Data 62 Resources Contro...

Page 9: ...GPU Settings 77 Dynamic BIOS Access 78 Available BIOS Pages 79 General Settings 79 Advanced Settings 79 Boot up Setting 80 Automatic Tuning 81 Management 83 View System Information 83 Adjust Custom R...

Page 10: ...102 Installing Graphics Cards in an SLI Configuration 105 Building an SLI System 105 Determine Component and Operating System Needs 105 Install Your NVIDIA SLI Ready Parts 105 Install NVIDIA SLI Soft...

Page 11: ...board is capable of using the NVIDIA SLI technology To utilize this technology requires an SLI Kit from NVIDIA and two SLI capable graphics cards When ordering a graphics card be sure it is a PCI Expr...

Page 12: ...11 Adobe Acrobat Reader NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Manager NVIDIA Networking FirstPacket...

Page 13: ...o the lowest setting typically 800 x 600 making your display very large Adjust accordingly 1 Insert the EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i installation CD for the graphics drivers included in the kit 2 Run setup...

Page 14: ...figure the following NVIDIA software that is included on the CD in the kit from the NVIDIA Control Panel NVIDIA Monitor Performance NVIDIA nTune Storage NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Manager Networking NVID...

Page 15: ...with any applications to view the real time status of various system components To display the NVIDIA Monitor select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Monitor This display shows the perform...

Page 16: ...on All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows interface enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system Use the following procedure to acces...

Page 17: ...er the various adjustments notes display at the bottom of the screen to explain each setting The number to the right of the slider is the new bus speed that will be applied Make adjustments by using t...

Page 18: ...damage that may occur when component tolerances are exceeded System Clocks This section of the Adjust Motherboard Settings allows you to adjust the reference clocks for the FSB the SPP PCI Express and...

Page 19: ...are to the right of each slider Green indicates the voltage is within range and will not damage any components Yellow means to proceed with caution you are no longer in the safe range If the indicator...

Page 20: ...can cause data corruption by deactivating the row to soon Adjustable from 1 to 63 Write Recovery Time Memory timing that determines the delay between a write command and a Precharge command is set to...

Page 21: ...t READ command to the same physical bank Adjustable from 1 to 15 Row Cycle Time The Row Cycle Time is the minimum time in cycles it take a row to complete a full cycle This can be determined by tRC tR...

Page 22: ...cy This value is filled in by the system and can not be changed by the user Adjust GPU Settings Use this interface to adjust the graphics processing unit GPU on your video card s You can override the...

Page 23: ...ws you to change some of your system BIOS settings The changes do not go into effect until you reboot your system Since these changes are made to actual BIOS settings in the CMOS the settings remain a...

Page 24: ...h each item When finished making your changes click OK or Apply Note This feature is available only with BIOS support from the motherboard manufacturer General Settings This section of the Dynamic BIO...

Page 25: ...his section of the Dynamic BIOS Access menu allows you to set the following options First Second Third Boot Device Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disable Swap Floppy Drive Enable Disable Boot Up...

Page 26: ...TION Make sure to save and close all work prior to running the Tune System function Close all applications and do not perform other tasks during the tuning session Three tuning options are available o...

Page 27: ...Installing and Configuring the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard xxvi Figure 22 Tune System Menu nTune...

Page 28: ...tion and adjust profiles View System Information This screen is for information purposes only you cannot make any changes to the information The View System Information screen provides hardware softwa...

Page 29: ...e The status of the system including current system clock speeds system temperatures memory timings and system voltages can be logged Versions of NVIDIA software and other system software are listed u...

Page 30: ...le to define when the system should use a particular profile nsu files or npe files that was created from a manual or automatic tuning session With custom rules you can make your system run faster whe...

Page 31: ...anel and select System Stability Perform Stability Test Use Perform Stability Test to quickly diagnose potential system performance issues and to gather troubleshooting data Stability Test performs a...

Page 32: ...ing Stop does not immediately stop the action in the NVPerformance Benchmark window The cycle completes before the test is actually stopped Storage The Storage application uses the NVIDIA MediaShield...

Page 33: ...nt storage configuration View Storage Configuration The View Storage Configuration screendisplays the current configuration of your storage devices Check this screen prior to doing any management func...

Page 34: ...th the ability to delete rebuild migrate and synchronize arrays Delete Array Use the following procedure to delete an array 5 Click on Delete Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Delete Array W...

Page 35: ...izard screen displays to verify that you still want to delete the array selected CAUTION Be sure you are deleting the correct array Once you click Finish you no longer have access to any of the data o...

Page 36: ...ld operation continues upon restart Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 9 Identify the affect disk in the array and replace it 10 Click on Rebuild Array under Management to launch the NVID...

Page 37: ...t was replaced and needs to be rebuilt 14 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to rebuild the array selected 15 Click Finish to begin...

Page 38: ...An example would be to change a 2 disk Striping array to a 3 disk Striping array Changing a RAID array to a different array type An example would be to change a Mirroring array to a Strip Mirroring ar...

Page 39: ...ow 19 Select the RAID mode you want to migrate to and click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Migrate Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to migrate the array selected CAUTION Note...

Page 40: ...o synchronize a selected array Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 21 Click on Synchronize Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard 22 Click Next to continue wi...

Page 41: ...SLI Motherboard xl 23 Select the array to synchronize and click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to synchronize the array selected...

Page 42: ...es a better gaming experience over a broadband connection when multiple applications on the same PC are simultaneously transmitting data to the Internet TCP IP Acceleration When TCP IP acceleration is...

Page 43: ...lowing you to more effectively manage and improve the performance of networked games and other applications that are sensitive to network delay latency such as Voice over IP VoIP FirstPacket creates a...

Page 44: ...ket Settings under Performance on the Networking Control Panel Categories screen to display the Configure FirstPacket Settings screen 26 Click the Settings tab 27 Click Enable FirstPacket recommended...

Page 45: ...TCP IP Acceleration Note Enabling TCP IP acceleration enhances your network performance but can cause your network traffic to bypass the firewall because all processes are off loaded to the hardware...

Page 46: ...od packets take an express lane and bypass the traditional network stack process improving overall throughput and lowering CPU utilization T configure TCP IP acceleration select Set TCP IP Acceleratio...

Page 47: ...a network failure because network connection is bound to the logical interface rather than to a single physical interface By utilizing the multiple interfaces on an NVIDIA nForce system and load balan...

Page 48: ...the Networking Control Panel Categories 33 Select Adjust Teaming configuration to display the teaming configuration window Note that by default Teaming is disabled 34 Select Combine my network adapter...

Page 49: ...350 W power supply If you have two GPUs in an SLI configuration you will need a minimum of a 500 W power supply To calculate the power you are going to require for your specific configuration go to ww...

Page 50: ...motherboard into a PC cabinet If you are building a PC you will use most of the cables provided in the kit If however you are replacing a motherboard you will not need many of the cables When replacin...

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Page 52: ...SLI Technology for enhanced system performance Features Engineered for Enthusiasts NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI media and communications processors MCPs deliver the tools and performance PC enthusiasts dem...

Page 53: ...r future FSB speeds Extreme DDR2 Speeds NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCPs support high speed SLI Ready memory of DDR2 1200 and beyond to keep pace with overclocked system components Comprehensive Overclocki...

Page 54: ...when select SLI Certified memory modules are detected NVIDIA SLI Certified Components Look for other components including NVIDIA GeForce GPUs and system memory that have been certified by NVIDIA to d...

Page 55: ...hich disk has failed to make it easier to identify replace and recover RAID Morphing MediaShield allows users to change their current RAID set up to another configuration in a one step process called...

Page 56: ...e crystal clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data VoIP conversations and large file transfers are delivered according to...

Page 57: ...PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels Using HDA systems can deliver 192 kHz 32 bit quality for eight channels supporting new audio formats USB 2 0 A standard plug and play interface...

Page 58: ...B 2 0 Ports Supports hot plug Ten USB 2 0 ports six rear panel ports two onboard USB headers providing four extra ports Supports wake up from S1 and S3 mode Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mbps tra...

Page 59: ...GB sec concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features Green Function Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Supports S0 normal S1 power on suspend S3 suspen...

Page 60: ...issing or damaged contact your reseller All parts shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following equipment is included in the EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard box EVGA...

Page 61: ...each one connects a single drive to the motherboard Comm2 Bracket Cable IDE ATA 133 HDD Cable SLI Connector Used to connect two graphic cards installed in the x16 PCI Express slots in an SLI configura...

Page 62: ...nectors Figure 2 5 24 pin ATX Power Connector 16 LPC connector debug 27 8 pin ATX_12V power connector 6 FDD Connector 17 Clear CMOS 28 Front panel audio connections 7 Front panel connector 18 Fan Head...

Page 63: ...Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Grey 7 USB 2 0 Ports 8 Lan Ports with LEDs...

Page 64: ...PU Installing the CPU fan Installing the memory Installing the motherboard Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury always follow...

Page 65: ...ad plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 38 Remove the protective socket cover from the load plate 39 Remove the processor fro...

Page 66: ...stalling memory One DIMM Install into slot 0 You can install the DIMM into any slot however slot 0 is preferred Two DIMMs Install into either slots 0 and 1 or 2 and 3 The idea is to not have the DIMMs...

Page 67: ...an I O shield that is used to block radio frequency transmissions protects internal components from dust and foreign objects and promotes correct airflow within the chassis Before installing the mothe...

Page 68: ...rough all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboard This will include Power Connections 24 pin ATX power PWR1 8 pin ATX 12V power PWR2 Auxiliary power for graphics PWR3 Internal...

Page 69: ...o www SLIzone com 24 pin ATX Power PWR1 PWR1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly a...

Page 70: ...hat you use an 8 pin ATX 12V power supply however if you have a four pin power supply plug the connector to pins 1 2 5 and 6 as shown Auxiliary Power for Graphics PWR3 The PWR3 connector is an auxilia...

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Page 72: ...If your chassis has a three pin connector you will need to remove pin 3 and put it into position 2 or you can use a pair of scissors to cut out position 2 Most chassis come with a two pin connector PW...

Page 73: ...WRSW 8 GND Ground No Connect 9 Empty 10 IEEE 1394a Optional The IEEE 1394 expansion cable bracket is provided in the box but if you do not require the additional external connection you do not need to...

Page 74: ...tional external bracket containing four 4 more USB 2 0 ports 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option 2 Connect t...

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Page 76: ...be either a 3 pin or a 4 pin connector Connect a 3 pin connector to pins 1 2 and 3 on the motherboard connector CPU Fan Connector 4 3 2 1 GND SENSE PWR CONTROL The nForce SPP and MCP have a passive he...

Page 77: ...oard kit provides an additional serial COM header for your machine Connect one side of a switching cable to the header and then attach the serial COM device to the other side of the cable FDD Connecto...

Page 78: ...4 Expansion Slots PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications When installing a card into the PCI...

Page 79: ...snaps and locks the card into place If the card is not seated properly it could cause a short across the pins Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the...

Page 80: ...p menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided This section includes the following information Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced...

Page 81: ...el takes you to the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Note It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings Changing some settings could damage your computer Main Menu T...

Page 82: ...ripherals such as IDE RAID USB LAN and MAC control Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure power management power on and sleep features PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to modify the sys...

Page 83: ...ave settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Use this command to abandon all setting changes and exit setup The following two items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are status indicators...

Page 84: ...n white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Genera...

Page 85: ...al IDE and SATA channels Select a channel and press Enter to display the IDE SATA sub menu IDE Channel Master None IDE Channel Slave None SATA Channel 1 Master None SATA Channel 2 Master None SATA Cha...

Page 86: ...landing zone and sector You can manually enter the values or you can press Enter to display a window that tells you the min and max values The BIOS supports the following HDD Access Modes CHS For HDD...

Page 87: ...ccept the changes and return to the Standard CMOS Features menu Halt On Halt On determines whether or not the computer stops if an error is detected during power on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys...

Page 88: ...es not stop for a keyboard or disk error but will stop for all other errors Memory These settings are display only values that are determined by the BIOS POST Power On Self Test Base Memory BIOS POST...

Page 89: ...data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1...

Page 90: ...back to the previous menu press Esc Network Boot Priority Use this option to select the priority for network startup Select Network Boot Priority and press Enter to view available networks Use the ar...

Page 91: ...r on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose Boot Other Device With...

Page 92: ...able or disable the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC If you disable this option you also disable the MPS Version Control for OS option MPS Version Control For OS Use this function to se...

Page 93: ...U PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults System Clocks Press Enter FSB Memory Config Press Enter CPU Configuration Press Enter System Voltages Press Enter NVMEM memo...

Page 94: ...ox is highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Valce Frequency Settings CPU Freq MHz 2933 3...

Page 95: ...I Express Bus Slot 1 the black slot closest to the CPU Note that as you go higher in value PCIe Spread Spectrum SPP is disabled and cannot be changed from this status PCIe x16_3 MHz Use the Page Up an...

Page 96: ...e HyperTransport Option values are Disabled UP Spread and Center Spread This option reverts to Disabled and cannot be changed when the value for SPP MCP Ref Clock exceeds 200 MHz PCIe Spread Spectrum...

Page 97: ...C MAX Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Value SLI Ready Memory Disabled Disabled CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933 3 CPU...

Page 98: ...hen Unlink is selected FSB QDR MHz and MEM DDR MHz are changed to editable and the FSB and memory speeds can be entered manually As the FSB speed is changed CPU Freq MHz changes proportionally FSB QDR...

Page 99: ...Optimal prohibits you from manually setting any timing All timing is set for optimal performance Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Paramete...

Page 100: ...re 1 through 31 Command Per Clock This is the command timing setting on a per clock unit basis options are 1T and 2T tRRD RAS to RAS delay of different banks options are 1 through 15 tRC RAS to RAS or...

Page 101: ...TM1 and TM2 TM1 Only The CPU is thermally throttled by cutting active processor clock cycles TM2 Only Thermal throttling is achieved by reducing the CPU multiplier and CPU core voltage Move Enter Sele...

Page 102: ...ovided by Intel Virtualization Technology CPU Core 1 This function allows you to enable or disable CPU Core System Voltages Select System Voltages from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press Ent...

Page 103: ...rce SPP This function defines the core voltage level for the NVIDIA nForce SPP chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage 1 25V 1 30V 1 35V 1 40V 1 45V 1 50V or 1 55V or select Auto t...

Page 104: ...y enabled disabled Load Timing Voltage Set This function loads the system voltages and timing settings that were defined in the System Voltages menu You can set up to four profile settings using the S...

Page 105: ...ble caching the system BIOS HPET Function This function allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Even Timer HPET When Enabled HPET is used as the timing hardware for multimedia and other tim...

Page 106: ...enu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter USB Config Press Enter MAC Config Press Enter...

Page 107: ...select a mode for the primary Master and Slave PIO Select from Auto or Mode 1 through Mode 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA When OnChip IDE Channel0 is set to Enabled you can disable the primary Master an...

Page 108: ...nabled you can enable or disable the various SATA functions USB Config Press Enter to display the USB Config menu OnChip USB Use this function to enable specific versions of the USB or disable the onc...

Page 109: ...function IDE HDD Block Mode Using this function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows your IDE hard drive needs to support block mode Select Enabled to automatically detect the optimal number of b...

Page 110: ...Power Management Setup menu allows you to select an ACPI Suspend Type Types to select from are S1 S3 S1 POS and S3 STR Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Value...

Page 111: ...r on by alarm When set to Enable you can manually put in the day of the month and the time of the alarm To enter a day or time use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through numbers or enter the...

Page 112: ...and press Enter to display the PnP PCI Configuration menu Figure 15 PnP PCI Configuration Menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Init Disp...

Page 113: ...d a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from booting The default setting is Disabled Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP PCI Confi...

Page 114: ...ion on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the Palette Snoop function Maximum Payload Size This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the maximum TLP...

Page 115: ...of the various components change with system usage Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Dynamic Fan Control Press Enter CPU 47 C 117 F Board 5...

Page 116: ...set the fan speed to a constant rate select Manual and then enter the speed from 0 to 100 Set the desired speed for the MCP SPP and memory fans from 0 to 100 The system defaults to 100 CPU Fan Speed...

Page 117: ...Installing and Configuring the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard 66...

Page 118: ...s XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional NVIDIA software The CD that has been shipped with your NVIDIA motherboard contains the fo...

Page 119: ...o the lowest setting typically 800 x 600 making your display very large Adjust accordingly 3 Insert the EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i installation CD for the graphics drivers included in the kit 4 Run setup...

Page 120: ...igure the following NVIDIA software that is included on the CD in the kit from the NVIDIA Control Panel NVIDIA Monitor Performance NVIDIA nTune Storage NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Manager Networking NVIDI...

Page 121: ...with any applications to view the real time status of various system components To display the NVIDIA Monitor select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Monitor This display shows the perform...

Page 122: ...it for a nearly silent operation All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows interface enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system Use t...

Page 123: ...or over the various adjustments notes display at the bottom of the screen to explain each setting The number to the right of the slider is the new bus speed that will be applied Make adjustments by us...

Page 124: ...ns NVIDIA and the board manufacturer are not responsible for damage that may occur when component tolerances are exceeded System Clocks This section of the Adjust Motherboard Settings allows you to ad...

Page 125: ...note the color of the indicator square to the right of each slider Green indicates the voltage is within range and will not damage any components Yellow means to proceed with caution you are no longer...

Page 126: ...te Recovery Time Memory timing that determines the delay between a write command and a Precharge command is set to the same bank of memory Adjustable from 1 to 15 W to R Termination Turnaround The Wri...

Page 127: ...t READ command to the same physical bank Adjustable from 1 to 15 Row Cycle Time The Row Cycle Time is the minimum time in cycles it take a row to complete a full cycle This can be determined by tRC tR...

Page 128: ...nd can not be changed by the user Adjust GPU Settings Use this interface to adjust the graphics processing unit GPU on your video card s You can override the shipped clock frequencies of your GPU and...

Page 129: ...s you to change some of your system BIOS settings The changes do not go into effect until you reboot your system Since these changes are made to actual BIOS settings in the CMOS the settings remain ac...

Page 130: ...own menus associated with each item When finished making your changes click OK or Apply Note This feature is available only with BIOS support from the motherboard manufacturer General Settings This se...

Page 131: ...is section of the Dynamic BIOS Access menu allows you to set the following options First Second Third Boot Device Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disable Swap Floppy Drive Enable Disable Boot Up...

Page 132: ...ce profiles and rules CAUTION Make sure to save and close all work prior to running the Tune System function Close all applications and do not perform other tasks during the tuning session Three tunin...

Page 133: ...Installing and Configuring the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard 82 Figure 22 Tune System Menu nTune...

Page 134: ...tware and system information and adjust profiles View System Information This screen is for information purposes only you cannot make any changes to the information The View System Information screen...

Page 135: ...stem clock speeds system temperatures memory timings and system voltages can be logged Versions of NVIDIA software and other system software are listed under Software information Detailed CPU and memo...

Page 136: ...e ability to create a rule to define when the system should use a particular profile nsu files or npe files that was created from a manual or automatic tuning session With custom rules you can make yo...

Page 137: ...anel and select System Stability Perform Stability Test Use Perform Stability Test to quickly diagnose potential system performance issues and to gather troubleshooting data Stability Test performs a...

Page 138: ...begin the testing Clicking Stop does not immediately stop the action in the NVPerformance Benchmark window The cycle completes before the test is actually stopped Storage The Storage application uses...

Page 139: ...storage configuration View Storage Configuration The View Storage Configuration screendisplays the current configuration of your storage devices Check this screen prior to doing any management functi...

Page 140: ...age menu provides you with the ability to delete rebuild migrate and synchronize arrays Delete Array Use the following procedure to delete an array 7 Click on Delete Array under Management to launch t...

Page 141: ...ard screen displays to verify that you still want to delete the array selected CAUTION Be sure you are deleting the correct array Once you click Finish you no longer have access to any of the data on...

Page 142: ...continues upon restart Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 11 Identify the affect disk in the array and replace it 12 Click on Rebuild Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Rebuild A...

Page 143: ...16 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to rebuild the array selected 17 Click Finish to begin the rebuild of the selected disk in t...

Page 144: ...an existing RAID array An example would be to change a 2 disk Striping array to a 3 disk Striping array Changing a RAID array to a different array type An example would be to change a Mirroring array...

Page 145: ...21 Select the RAID mode you want to migrate to and click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Migrate Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to migrate the array selected CAUTION Note t...

Page 146: ...ay This option is used to synchronize a selected array Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 23 Click on Synchronize Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard 24 C...

Page 147: ...SLI Motherboard 96 25 Select the array to synchronize and click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to synchronize the array selected...

Page 148: ...Packet FirstPacket provides a better gaming experience over a broadband connection when multiple applications on the same PC are simultaneously transmitting data to the Internet TCP IP Acceleration Wh...

Page 149: ...owing you to more effectively manage and improve the performance of networked games and other applications that are sensitive to network delay latency such as Voice over IP VoIP FirstPacket creates an...

Page 150: ...o display the Configure FirstPacket Settings screen 28 Click the Settings tab 29 Click Enable FirstPacket recommended to enable the options that define the speed of the broadband connection This infor...

Page 151: ...TCP IP Acceleration Note Enabling TCP IP acceleration enhances your network performance but can cause your network traffic to bypass the firewall because all processes are off loaded to the hardware N...

Page 152: ...tects them In addition good packets take an express lane and bypass the traditional network stack process improving overall throughput and lowering CPU utilization T configure TCP IP acceleration sele...

Page 153: ...a network failure because network connection is bound to the logical interface rather than to a single physical interface By utilizing the multiple interfaces on an NVIDIA nForce system and load balan...

Page 154: ...Control Panel to display the NVIDIA Control Panel 34 Click on the networking icon to display the Networking Control Panel Categories 35 Select Adjust Teaming configuration to display the teaming conf...

Page 155: ...Express graphics cards two linked using SLI and one dedicated to CPU physics Building an SLI System Determine Component and Operating System Needs To build an NVIDIA SLI system you are going to need t...

Page 156: ...nst the specifications described above For systems with the 8800 GTX or 8800 GT please make sure the power supply also contains PCI Express auxiliary power supply connectors If your power supply does...

Page 157: ...tall Your NVIDIA SLI Ready Parts Now that you have obtained the necessary NVIDIA SLI Ready parts it is time to configure the system This procedure assumes you have already installed the motherboard Th...

Page 158: ...two outer black PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard Be sure to seat the graphic cards into the connectors Two SLI graphics cards installed in the outer two block PCI Express slots on the motherb...

Page 159: ...power connectors from the system power supply to each of the graphic cards 3 Install the NVIDIA SLI connector across the two outer graphics cards as shown below Each SLI Ready graphics card has an SL...

Page 160: ...vers are installed reboot your system As part of the NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture NVIDIA drivers include a full set of controls for SLI systems Go to http www slizone com content slizone drivers...

Page 161: ...o this either by clicking on the SLI capable system balloon or by going to the NVIDIA Control Panel To launch the NVIDIA Control Panel select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Control Panel...

Page 162: ...alling and Configuring the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard 111 The system reboots to apply the setting and display the following message upon reboot Congratulations on your new NVIDIA SLI Ready PC sy...

Page 163: ...d 07 Init KBC Keyboard controller init 08 KB test Test the Keyboard 09 Reserved 0A Mouse Init Initialized the mouse 0B Reserved 0C Reserved 0D Reserved 0E CheckSum Check Check the integrity of the ROM...

Page 164: ...wer Management HPM 22 Reserved 23 Program chipset Early Programming of chipset registers 24 Init PNP Init PNP 25 Shadow VBIOS Shadow system video BIOS 26 Clock Gen Init onboard clock generator and sen...

Page 165: ...upt Turn off interrupts then verify no 8259 s Interrupt mask register is on Test 8259 Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred 44 Reserved 45 Reinit serial port Reinitialize Preboot agent...

Page 166: ...ed 60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup functions 61 Reserved 62 Reserved 63 Initialize Mouse Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors 64 Reserved 65 PS2...

Page 167: ...d 82 Security Check Ask password security 83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen 84 Display PNP Display PNP devices 85 USB Final Init Final USB initialization 86 Reserved 87...

Page 168: ...Early SLAM table Early SLAM table F3 Init Com Port COM port initialization 00 HW Init Initialize hardware devices 01 Override Parameters Override input parameters etc before QUERY 04 Process SPD Read...

Page 169: ...der and wallclock algorithms 20 Init PCI Express PCI Express Initialization 23 Init PCI Express Release XReset 30 Init Spread Spectrum Load Spread Spectrum tables 31 Init Spread Spectrum Set CPUPLL Ov...

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