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Page 1: ...ease visit Foxconn s website http www foxconnchannel com This product and its accessories are produced after 13th Aug 2005 and comply with the WEEE2002 96EC directive Version Trademark User s Manual V1 1b for C51XEM2AA motherboard P N 91 181C51M51E 00 G Symbol description Note refers to important information that can help you to use motherboard better Attention indicates that it may damage hardwar...

Page 2: ...haracteristics of information technology equipment þ EN 61000 3 2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase þ EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current 16A þ EN...

Page 3: ...acturer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C SupplementaryInformation This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the follow ing two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause ...

Page 4: ...1 Jumpers 22 BIOS Description Enter BIOS Setup 24 Main menu 24 Standard CMOS Features 27 Advanced BIOS Features 29 Advanced Chipset Features 31 Integrated Peripherals 38 Power Management Setup 39 PnP PCIConfigurations 41 System Monitor 42 Load Defaults 44 Set Password 44 Set User Name 44 Save Exit Setup 44 Exit Without Saving 45 Table of Contents Chapter 1 1 Chapter 2 2 Chapter 3 3 ...

Page 5: ...ies 48 Directions for Bundled Software NVIDIA nTune4 0 50 Fox LiveUpdate 60 Media Shield RAID Manager 67 Network Access Manager 75 Appendix NVIDIA SLITM Technology 82 NVIDIA RAID 85 Audio Configuration 97 On board LED Code Table 101 Table of Contents 4 4 Chapter 6 6 Chapter 5 5 Chapter ...

Page 6: ...ure to switch off the DC power supply may result in serious damage to your system or memory module Attention We cannot guarantee that your system will operate normally while over clocked Normal operation depends on the over clock capacity of your device Attention Attention Since BIOS programs are upgraded from time to time the BIOS description in this manual is just for reference We do not guarant...

Page 7: ...bit LAN 6 with 6 Channel audio Default is omitted 8 with 8 Channel audio E with 1394 function S with SATA function 2 with DDR2 function R with RAID function You can find PPID label on the motherboard It indicates the functions that the motherboard has For example On the black mark of the PPID label it means the mother board supports 6 Channel Audio 6 1394 port E onboard 10 100M LAN L SATA function...

Page 8: ... motherboard This series of motherboard is one of our new products offers superior performance and uses the advanced NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP This chapter includes the following information v Main Features v Highlight Features v Layout v Rear I O Ports 1 1 ...

Page 9: ...0 Supports up to 8GB DDR2 memory USB 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 transmission rate Onboard Serial ATA II 300MBps data transfer rate Six Serial ATA II connectors NVIDIA MediaShieldTM RAID with support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5...

Page 10: ...function Dual PCI Express x16 Support Supports 4 GB sec 8 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 suspend to RAM S4 Suspend to disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Supports AMD Cool n QuietTM technology Expansion Slots Two PCI slots One PCI Express...

Page 11: ...eady for overclocking Designed for NVIDIA SLITM Technology NVIDIA SLI Technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows users to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI MCP 2x16 PCI E SLI Support Two full bandwidth 16 lane PCI Express links ensure maximum graphics perfor mance for next generat...

Page 12: ... throughput or Dual RAID 5 arrays Take advantage of the latest SATA 2 3Gb s hard disk drives with full support for native and tagged command queuing and hot plug Native command queuing provides higher disk performance in a multi threaded environment by performing out of order disk accesses Networking with NVIDIA nForce NVIDIA networking delivers the highest network throughput at the lowest CPU uti...

Page 13: ...P Acceleration Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster NVIDIA nTune 4 0 Utility Now with access to more settings from this Windows based utility NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance and the ability to customize Once configured nT...

Page 14: ...ED optional 25 CPU FAN Connector 26 Socket AM2 1 8 pin ATX_12V Power Connector 2 C51XE 3 PCI Express x16 Slots 4 PCI Express x1 Slot 5 PCI Express x4 Slot 6 PCI Slots 7 IEEE1394a Connector 8 AUX PEX PWR Connector 9 Speaker Connector 10 Front Audio Connector 11 FDD Connector 12 COM1 Connector 13 SYS Fan Connector Note The above motherboard layout is provided for reference only please refer to the p...

Page 15: ...his port is used to connect a 1394b device 4 USB2 0 Ports The six ports are used to connect USB2 0 devices 5 LAN Ports The left LED is no function always off The right LED function sees below table 1 2 4 3 7 5 6 Link Active Speed LED Status Description Yellow Light Up Blink 10Mbps Link Activity Yellow and Green Light Up Blink 100Mbps Link Activity Green Light Up Blink 1000Mbps Link Activity Off Li...

Page 16: ...tput device via a optical S PDIF cable 7 IEEE1394a Port This port is used to connect a 1394a device Port 2 channel 4 channel 6 channel 8 channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out ...

Page 17: ...d pin headers and the mounting of jumpers Cau tion should be exercised during the installation of these modules Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully This chapter includes the following information v CPU v Memory v Power supply v Other Connectors v Expansion Slots v Jumpers Chapter2 2 ...

Page 18: ...he socket until it fits in place 3 When the CPU is in place press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked Installation of CPU Follow these steps to install the CPU Push down the socket lever to secure the CPU Cut edge Attention The CPU pins must be properly aligned with the holes in the socket oth...

Page 19: ...ration for example overheat ing you need to install the proper fan The following procedure is provided for reference only please refer to your CPU fan user guide for the actual procedure 2 If required apply a light coating of silica gel to the top of the CPU NOTE The CPU heatsink may have a pre applied thermal compound In that case the silica gel is not required CPU Fan CPU Heatsink CPU Retention ...

Page 20: ... fan to module base 6 Connect the fan s power cable to the appropriate 3 pin terminal on the motherboard 4 Align the other end of the reten tion bracket to fasten the cooling set on the top of the retention mechanism 3 Place the cooling set onto the re tention mechanism Attach one end of the retention bracket to retention mechanism ...

Page 21: ...urations Please install the memory according to the list Installation of DDR2 Memory 1 There is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot and the memory module can be fixed in one direction only Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward 2 Align the memory module to the DIMM slot and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot...

Page 22: ... before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals especially the memory devices otherwise your motherboard or the system memory might be seriously damaged For the detailed memory support list on this motherboard please visit the website http www foxconnchannel com ...

Page 23: ...mly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure 8 pin ATX_12 V Power Connector PWR2 The 8 pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU Exclusive Graphics Power Connector PWR3 This connector is a auxiliary power for graphics card Exclusive power for graphics card is for bet ter graphics performance and for future upgrade usage 24 pin ATX Powe...

Page 24: ... IDE hard disk drives Con nect the cable s blue connector to the IDE connector then connect the gray connector to the slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to the Ultra ATA master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings Attention Ribbon ca...

Page 25: ... the front panel of the case The Power LED indicates the system s status When the system is in S0 status the LED is on When the system is in S1 S3 S4 S5 status the LED is off Power Switch Connector PWRSW Attach the connector to the power button of the case Pushing this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button 1 FP1 NC HD LED RESET PW RLED PW RSW Em...

Page 26: ...y turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5 mode Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN FAN SYS FAN FAN 1 SATA II Connector GND GND GND RX RX TX TX USB Headers F_USB1 F_USB2 Besides six USB ports on the rear panel the series of motherboards also have two 10 pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable optional to provide additional four USB ports F_USB 1 2 1 5V_DUAL D D D GND GND ...

Page 27: ...nnected to either the front provided that the front panel of your chassis is equipped with the appropriate interface or real panel of the chassis 1 2 GND 12V TPB GND TPA 12V TPB GND TPA Empty F_1394_1 9 10 Speaker Connector J1E1 The speaker connector is used to connect speaker of the chassis J1E1 1 3 3V SPKR GND ...

Page 28: ...rd PCI Express x4 Slot This motherboard has one PCI Express x4 slot that designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN card PCI Express x16 Slots This motherboard has two PCI Express x16 slots that reserved for graphics or video cards The difference in bandwidth between the x16 and x1 slots is no table to be sure with the x16 slot pushing 4GB sec 8GB sec concurrent ...

Page 29: ...settings User should refer to this when adjusting jumper settings Jumper Diagram Definition Description 1 2 Set pin1 and pin2 closed 2 3 Set pin2 and pin3 closed Closed Set the pin closed Open Set the pin opened 1 1 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by removing the CMOS jumper How to clear CMOS 1 Turn off th...

Page 30: ...also provided This chapter includes the following information v Enter BIOS Setup v Main Menu v Standard CMOS Features v Advanced BIOS Features v Advanced Chipset Features v Integrated Peripherals v Power Management Setup v PnP PCI Configurations v System Monitor v Load Defaults v Set Password v Set User name v Save Exit Setup v Exit Without Saving Chapter3 3 ...

Page 31: ...ix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Press F1 to continue DEL to enter Setup Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices User the arrow keys to select among the items and press ENTER to accept or go to the sub menu The items in the main menu are Standard CMOS Features The basic system configuration can be setup through this menu Main Menu Note It ...

Page 32: ...power on and sleep features through this menu PnP PCI Configurations The system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations can be modified through this menu System Monitor Monitor the real time system status of your PC including temperature voltage and fan speed Load Defaults Load the NVIDIA LinkBoostTM Technology settings for LinkBoostTM enabled systems Load default system settings for standard syste...

Page 33: ...d System detects an LinkBoost capable components Not Detected The LinkBoost components are not detected SLI Ready Memory STATUS This status appears at the bottom of the BIOS screen STATUS can be Enabled SLI Ready memory detected and enabled Disabled SLI Ready memory detected but disabled Not Detected SLI Ready memory not detected ...

Page 34: ...on allows you to set up the desired time usually as the current time with hour minute second format IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 Master These categories identify the HDD types of 1 IDE channel installed in the com puter system There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS None Auto and Manual None means no HDD is installed or set Auto means the system can auto d...

Page 35: ...the system will stop and you will be prompted No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors that may be detected All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error but it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a diskette error but it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or d...

Page 36: ...riority using or you can exit this menu by pressing Esc vNetwork Boot Priority This option is used to select the priority for network startup After pressing Enter you can select the network using the PageUp PageDn or Up Down arrow keys and change the network boot priority using or you can exit this menu by pressing Esc vCPU Internal Cache This option is used to enable or disable the CPU internal c...

Page 37: ...quired to enter the CMOS Setup screen When it is set to System a password is required not only to enter CMOS Setup but also to start up your PC vAPIC Mode This option is used to enable or disable APIC function vMPS Version Control For OS This option is used to set up the version of MPS Table used in NT4 0 OS vFull Screen LOGO Show This option allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo ...

Page 38: ...ion Use this menu to control memory settings see Memory Configuration section below vPCI Clocks Use this menu to turn off the PCI clock on the unused PCI slot vLPC P2P P2P Decoding mode for LPC and P2P vSSE SSE2 Instructions Enable or disable Stream SIMD Extensions vSystem BIOS Cacheable Enable the memory cache function for BIOS Advanced Chipset Features Menu Use this section to control chipset fe...

Page 39: ...k HTT Reference clock frequency vCPU Multiplier The value of the CPU multiplier vPCIe Bus Slot 1 The frequency of the PCI Express Bus Slot 1 vPCIe Bus Slot 2 The frequency of the PCI Express Bus Slot 2 vSPP ßà MCP Ref Clock The frequency of the reference clock between SPP and MCP chips HT Multiplier vCPU ßà nForce SPP The HT multiplier between the CPU and the SPP vnForce SPP à nForce MCP The HT mu...

Page 40: ...Force MCP The HT width between the SPP and the MCP System Voltages menu vCPU Voltage to the CPU vMemory Voltage to the DRAM vHT CPUßà nForce SPP Voltage of the HT link between the CPU and the SPP vHT nForce SPP ßà MCP Voltage of the HT link between the SPP and the MCP vnForce SPP Voltage of the nForce SPP vnForce MCP Voltage of the nForce MCP vAuxiliary Voltage of the SPP auxiliary ...

Page 41: ...menu to control drive strength settings see Drive Strength set tings section below vDram on die termination Resistance of the on die termination resistors vRead Write queue bypass Number of times to bypass the read write queue vBypass Maximum Max number of times that the oldest memory access request can be bypassed v32 Byte Granularity 32 64 byte DRAM access granularity vNVMEM memory test Run NVID...

Page 42: ...and Alt VID vMemory Hole remapping Enable or disable memory hole remapping vAuto Optimize Bottom IO Auto optimize maximum DRAM size when kernel assigns PCI resources done Memory Timings menu Standard Memory Settings vTiming mode Select automatic or manual set memory timing vtCL CAS Latency CAS Latency CAS to read data valid vtRCD RAS to CAS delay for a RD WR command to the same bank vtRP Row Prech...

Page 43: ... trip latency from the CPU to the DRAM vtRC RAS to RAS or auto refresh time of the same bank vtWR Write recovery time vtRWT Minimum read to write turnaround time vtWTR Minimum write to read delay with same chip select vtREF DRAM refresh rate vRead DQS Skew Read DQS delayed with respect to the data 1 96 MEMCLK per unit vRead delay from Rx FIFO Delay from DQS receiver enable to first data read from ...

Page 44: ...trength Drive strength of the CKE pins vCS drive strength Drive strength of the CS and ODT pins vMA drive strength Drive strength of the Address RAS CAS WE and parity pins vMCLK drive strength Drive strength of the MEMCLK pins vMD drive strength Drive strength of the Data pins vDQS drive strength Drive strength of the DQS pins ...

Page 45: ...interface vMAC Config Use this menu to turn off MAC vIEEE1394 controller Use this setting to set whether the IEEE 1394 function is enabled vHD Audio Use this setting to configure HD Audio vIDE HDD Block Mode Use this setting to configure HDD Block Mode vOnboard FDC Controller This option is used to set whether the Onboard FDC Controller is enabled vOnboard Serial Port 1 This option is used to assi...

Page 46: ... the supply status will remain as it is in S1 mode the computer can be resumed at any time When you select S3 STR mode the power will be cut off after a delay period The status of the computer before it enters STR will be saved in memory and the computer can quickly return to previous status when the STR function wakes When you select S1 S3 mode the system will automatically select the delay time ...

Page 47: ... From Soft Off This item is used to set the system to wake up on ring vAMD Cool n Quiet tm Use this option to enable or disable AMD Cool n QuietTM Technology vPower on by Alarm This item is used to set the timing of the power on function vPOWER ON Function This option is used to set the power on method for your PC ...

Page 48: ...ime the machine is turned on vResources Controlled by Use this option to determine if IRQ resources are automatically assigned or manually assigned vIRQ Resources Press Enter to manually assign IRQ resources vPCI VGA Pallette Snoop If you use a non standard VGA card use this option to solve graphic accelera tion card or MPEG audio card problems e g colors not accurately displayed vMaximum Payload ...

Page 49: ...System The temperature of the system vCPU The temperature of the CPU vBoard The temperature of the motherboard Voltage values vCPU The voltage of the CPU vMemory The voltage of the Memory v 3 3V The voltage of the 3 3V v 3 3V Dual The voltage of the 3 3V Dual v 5V The voltage of the 5V ...

Page 50: ...ip vnForce SPP The voltage of the nForce SPP chip vHT CPU nForce SPP The voltage of the HT between the CPU and the nForce SPP chip v Vbat The voltage of Vbat Fan Speed values vCPU Fan Speed The CPU fan speed vMCP Fan Speed The MCP fan speed vSys Fan Speed The system fan speed ...

Page 51: ...ceeding 8 characters then press Enter The password you enter will replace any previous password When prompted key in the new password and press Enter If you do not want to set a password just press Enter when prompted to enter a password and in the screen the following message will appear If no password is keyed in any user can enter the system and view modify the CMOS settings Password Disabled P...

Page 52: ...select this option and press Enter the following message will appear in the center of the screen Quit Without Saving Y N N Press Y to exit CMOS without saving your modifications press N or ESC to return to the main menu Exit Without Saving ...

Page 53: ...utility CD that came with the motherboard contains use ful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features This chapter includes the following information v Utility CD content v Start to install drivers 4 4 Chapter ...

Page 54: ...herboard You should install the drivers in order and you need to restart your computer after the drivers all installed A NVIDIA nForce Driver B Microsoft DirectX 9 0C C Realtek Audio Driver 2 Software Use this option to install additional software programs A NVIDIA nTune B Foxconn LiveUpdate C Adobe Acrobat Reader D Norton Internet Security 3 User Manuals Click here to browse all user manuals cont...

Page 55: ...troduction 48 Installing Divers Click the drivers that you want to install and begin the setup steps Installing Utilities You can select the utilities that you want to install and begin the setup steps Click here Click here ...

Page 56: ... Introduction 49 This chapter will introduce how to use attached software This chapter provides the following information v NVIDIA nTune 4 0 v Fox LiveUpdate v MediaShield RAID Manager v Network Access Manager 5 5 Chapter ...

Page 57: ...r highest performance or underclock it for near 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 nTune Category To start NVIDIA nTune from the Desktop select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation nTune nTune Once nTune is launched the category view will be available To a...

Page 58: ...le back to previous task pages by selecting them from the Recent Tasks menu in the left pane Related Tasks Tasks that are related to the page being viewed are listed in the Related Tasks menu From here you may quickly jump to a related task by selecting them from the Related Tasks menu in the left pane Pending Changes When any changes have been made on a page they can be applied or can celled here...

Page 59: ...Performance tuning wizard v Manage profile rules v Adjust speeds and timings v Diagnose system performance v Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings v Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Performance Tuning Wizard The NVIDIA nTuneTM performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance and the ability to customize Once configured nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the applica...

Page 60: ... the bus speeds runs micro benchmark and optimizes the system saving those settings as a best system npe file The Complete method takes approximately 60 minutes to perform a more thorough performance analysis It will create default silent and best system files much in the same way as the quick process Due to the additional complexity additional passes may be required The Expert method allows users...

Page 61: ... it from the list and pressing the Delete key Select Start rules after applying changes to begin using them Adjust Clock Speeds and Timings These controls allow the bus speeds to be adjusted manually to increase perfor mance for gaming or lower performance to conserve power and create a quieter user environment The number to the right of the slider is the new bus speed that will be applied Adjustm...

Page 62: ...nd relay valuable troubleshooting data to technical support nTune performs a series of quick checks to identify probably causes of performance issues and then creates a list of the results providing recommendations for improvements The Save button is used to save the system information details in a log file that can then be provided to tech support ...

Page 63: ...s System Stability related features select the System Stability category System Stability Task View After selecting the System Stability category a task list is presented Under the Diagnostics heading the tasks available include View the system status and Perform a stability test ...

Page 64: ...v CPU speed and multiplier v HyperTransport link multiplier v PCI Express bus speed v Front side bus speed FSB v GPU memory bus speed v GPU core bus speeds for 2D and 3D v Memory bus speeds v CPU GPU and system temperatures and fan speeds v Voltage settings for CPU PCI Express Memory and GPU Core Perform Stability Test Once system settings have been modified using NVIDIA nTune it is important to p...

Page 65: ...n be tested using a selected profile or current system settings Once the components and settings are selected the stress test can be set to run for a duration of 10 30 60 minutes or 2 6 12 24 48 hours nTune 4 0 NVMonitor NVMonitor lets you monitor system performance bus speeds temperature and voltages using dynamic graphs To start NVMonitor from the Desktop select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corpora...

Page 66: ... NVIDIAMonitor Settings The settings window allows a number of adjustments to be made to NVMonitor The following can be specified the temperature reading interval the transparency level of the NVMonitor so that background information may be viewed through it the ability to keep NVMonitor always on top so it cannot be hidden by other tasks temperature tracking by components showing temperature in C...

Page 67: ...he system BIOS drivers and utilities by local or online Supported Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Using Fox LiveUpdate 1 1 Local Update BIOS Info This page lets you know your system BIOS information Exit Toolbar Minimum Show current BIOS information Link to website ...

Page 68: ...name Click here 1 3 Local Update Update This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet After click Update there will show warning message please read it carefully If you still want to continue click Yes Then load a local BIOS file and follow the wizard to finish the operation Note Fox LiveUpdate will auto backup BIOS before update because we have enabled this function in Configure option...

Page 69: ...s you update your system BIOS from Internet Click start it will search the new BIOS from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search new BIOS from Internet Browse detail information Update BIOS Close the window Select BIOS to update ...

Page 70: ...ur system drivers from Internet Click start it will search the new drivers from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search new drivers from Internet Browse detail information Install the selected drivers Close the window Select the drivers to update ...

Page 71: ...rnet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet 2 3 Online Update Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet Click start it will search the new utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search new utilities from Inter...

Page 72: ...tart searching and related information will show on the task bar Click here Set auto search options Select search which kind of versions Apply the changes Reset to default value Note When enable auto search function Fox LiveUpdate will appear search ing result on task bar Double click the icon you can see the detail information Double click here ...

Page 73: ...out Fox LiveUpdate 3 2 Configure System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the utility Click here Set the location of download files or auto backup BIOS Determine if the Fox LiveUpdate can auto run when the system starts up Select different skin of the software Apply the changes Reset to default value ...

Page 74: ...ay and how to set up a spare RAID disk Morphing RAID arrays and Hot Plugging arrays are advanced user functions that are explained in detail in the MediaShield User Guide available for download on www nvidia com Create RAID Arrays This section covers use of the MediaShield Creation Wizard This wizard will step through configuration of your available storage As shown in Figure 1 the Wizard s Welcom...

Page 75: ...rives and with the criteria that if a drive fails you will not lose your data Selecting the Capacity option will automatically configure the best RAID option based on the number of drives and the desire for maximum capacity This array will NOT be fault tolerant so choose this option only if your data is non critical or is being backed up Select the Custom option to create a custom RAID array that ...

Page 76: ... select a Striped Mirror Array select Stripe Mirroring as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default To select a Spanning Array select Spanning as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default To select a RAID 5 Array select RAID 5 as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default After selecting RAID Mode click Next and the following screen will appear Figure 4 Selecting Disks ...

Page 77: ...he MediaShield RAID Man agement utility by double clicking MediaShield The RAID configuration information appears in the right side pane as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Viewing RAID Arrays Delete RAID Arrays To delete an Array do the following 1 Launch the MediaShield application and right click on the RAID array that you want to delete assuming that you have a RAID array already created as shown in...

Page 78: ...ree disk is a disk that is not part of any RAID array but can be used by any available RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array that requires a particular disk when one of its disks crashes or becomes unusable The process is automatic and doesn t require any userinteraction Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array and that disk is used by that arr...

Page 79: ...e sure that the drive is not part of any array if one exists 3 Boot into Windows and run the MediaShield program The drive appears under the Free Disk section Figure 8 Free Disks Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated or reserve it for use by a specific array you must have at least one free disk and you must also have at least two RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 arrays created 1 To dedic...

Page 80: ...r Bundled Software 73 Figure 9 Dedicating a Disk to an Array 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard Figure 10 Disk Allocation Wizard 3 Click Next The Free Disk Selection page appears ...

Page 81: ...Chapter 5 Directions for Bundled Software 74 Figure 9 Dedicating a Disk to an Array 4 From the Free Disk Selection page select a free disk This disk will be designated to the array ...

Page 82: ...hen you launch NAM for the first time the following GUI appears Settings for Network Access Manager As shown in the previous screenshot these entries are available in NMA vEthernet This entry controls the configuration of the Ethernet interface such as Ethernet speed whether the connection is full duplex or half duplex and so on Note Two Ethernet settings appear if your hardware supports two Ether...

Page 83: ...m performance when the networking traffic is mainly TCP IP vFirstPacket FirstPacket enables disables traffic prioritization and bandwidth control This capability provides a better gaming experience over a broadband connection when multiple applications on the same PC are simultaneously transmitting data to the Internet vAdministration Administration located at the top of the page controls various ...

Page 84: ...alance and Failover When load balancing is configured over a collection of Ethernet interfaces the collection is commonly known as a team or bundle vWithin a team there is a primary Ethernet interface that has special responsibilities For example it receives all multicast and broadcast traffic and it transmits all outbound unicast traffic not destined for the subnet to which the team is attached t...

Page 85: ...y know one MAC address for this machine s IP address so all its connections have to be sent to the MAC address it knows for this machine s IP address Transmit Only Load Balance and Failover In a TX only configuration all the incoming RX traffic is received into one Ethernet interface and the outgoing TX traffic is balanced across the available Ethernet interfaces Logs When logging is enabled and p...

Page 86: ...er system performance since the CPU has more free cycles to focus on other tasks FirstPacket FirstPacketTM provides an advanced level of outbound network traffic prioritization for broadband network connections such as DSL and cable modem When this feature is enabled and configured properly you can among other capabilities assign all gaming VOIP Voice Over IP traffic to have a higher priority than...

Page 87: ...b GUI manage remote access reset the software to its default setting and more Summary Network Access Manager is an easy to use Web interface that provides all the networking configuration monitoring and logging that users demand For more information about NAM please read the ForceWare Networking and Firewall Administrator s Guide ...

Page 88: ...pendix 81 This chapter will introduce how to use attached software This chapter provides the following information v NVIDIA SLITM technology v NVIDIA RAID v Audio Configuration v On board LED Code Table 6 6 Chapter ...

Page 89: ...rmance in a multi NVIDIA GPU solution NVIDIA nForceTM 5 SLI MCPs media and communications processors offer blister ing graphics performance and overall PC performance for both AMD and Intel platforms With the power of SLITM technology you get the ability to connect two NVIDIA SLI Ready PCI ExpressTM graphics cards for mind blowing game play with brilliant and intensive 3D graphics 2 Using SLITM Te...

Page 90: ...oard to the goldfingers on each graphics card Make sure that the connector is firmly in place Step 4 Connect the 4 pin ATX power cable to the Auxiliary power connector to secure the system is stable Step 5 Power on your computer and boot into Operating System Step 6 Install the NVIDIA graphics card drivers and restart your computer Power Extension cable ...

Page 91: ...Chapter 6 Appendix 84 Step 7 Right click the mouse Select Properties Select Setting Click Advanced Select GeForce xxxx xxx Click SLI multi GPU Click Enable SLI multi GPU ...

Page 92: ...nt sizes into one large disk Array RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 JBOD Advantages High data throughput 100 data redund ancy Optimized for both 100 data redun d a n c y a n d p e r f or manc e A ll ow s spare disks Fault tolerance and better utilization of disk space ombines and uses the capacity of odd size drives Drawbacks No fault tolerance Requires two drives for the storage space of one drive R...

Page 93: ...storage easily vHot Plug Array A nice flexibility feature is the ability to move MediaShield RAID arrays from one nForce system to another Since most nForce systems support SATA hot plug capability you can add remove a RAID array even while the system is running This is done using the Hot Plug Array wizard Features and Benefits Summary Features Spare Drive and Dedicated Drive Support Bootable RAID...

Page 94: ...the operating system on one hard disk then reboot the computer 4 Run the Windows nForce Setup application and install the RAID driver 5 Initialize the NVRAID Array Bootable RAID Array 1 Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Mirrored Striping RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 ...

Page 95: ...rrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals then press Enter 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config then press Enter 3 From the RAID Config window enabled the RAID Enable the other items would be light then you can enable the disk that you want to use as RAID disks 4 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit ...

Page 96: ...al Understanding the Define a New Array Window Use the Define a New Array window to Select the RAID Mode Set up the Striping Block Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on the platform used the system have one or more adapters In a typical system there are usually one channel and multiple adapters and each adapter have a slave and a master The adapter channel master slave status ...

Page 97: ...to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and the channel Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is high lighted Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring Change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow keys until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box...

Page 98: ... Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 Continue pressing the right arrow key until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array appear in the Array Disks block Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array mode press F7 Th...

Page 99: ... you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press F10 to exit t...

Page 100: ...l not be enabled 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly created array Installing theNVIDIARAIDSoftware Under Windows for Non bootableRAID Array This section describes how to setup the application and install the RAID software 1 Start the nForce Setup program to open the NVIDIA Windows nFor...

Page 101: ... the Windows CD and the Windows Setup program starts 2 Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to appear 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S The Windows Setup screen appears as below 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and ...

Page 102: ...system During the GUI portion of the installation you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the installation This will not be an issue with a signed driver Note Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not hav...

Page 103: ... Management The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 3 Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use 2 Follow screen instructions to i...

Page 104: ... functions provide a complete integrated audio solu tion for next generation multimedia PCs Now we will tell you how to install audio driver and use Realtek HD Audio Man ager 1 Click Audio Driver button and follow the installation wizard to install Realtek audio diver from Driver CD 2 After the driver is correctly installed you will find the icon on the task bar Double click it to display the Real...

Page 105: ...g environment adjust the equalizer set the Karaoke or select pre programmed equalizer settings 5 Mixer Introduction Allows you to set audio output and audio input volume 2 Set playback 4 Click OK 1 Click here 3 Set record 2 Select environment 4 Click OK 1 Click here 3 Set equalizer ...

Page 106: ...igure your input output settings 2 Select channel configuration 4 Click OK 1 Click here 3 Test 7 Microphone Introduction Allows you to configure your input output settings and to check if your audio devices are connected properly 3 Click OK 1 Click here 2 Click here ...

Page 107: ...Chapter 6 Appendix 100 8 3D Audio Demo Introduction This option gives you a demostration of the 3D audio feature 4 Click OK 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Test your setting ...

Page 108: ... 0D Reserved 0E CheckSum Check Check the integrity of the ROM BIOS and message 0F Reserved 10 Autodetect EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash write erase routines 11 Reserved 12 Test CMOS Test and Reset CMOS 13 Reserved 14 Load Chipset Load Chipset Defaults 15 Reserved 16 Init Clock Initialize onboard clock generator 17 Reserved 18 Init CPU CPU ID and initialize L1 L2 cache 19 Reserved 1A Reserv...

Page 109: ... clock generator and sensor 27 Setup BDA Setup BIOS DATAAREA BDA 28 Reserved 29 CPU Speed detect Chipset programming and CPU Speed detect 2A Reserved 2B Init video Initialize Video 2C Reserved 2D Video memory test Test Video Memory and display Logos 2E Reserved 2F Reserved 30 Reserved 31 Reserved 32 Reserved 33 Early keyboard reset Early Keyboard Reset 34 Reserved 35 Test DMA Controller 0 Test DMA...

Page 110: ... interrupts then verify no 8259 s Interrupt interrupt mask register is on Test 8259 Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred 44 Reserved 45 Reinit serial port Reinitialize Preboot agent serial port 46 Reserved 47 EISA Test If EISA non volatile memory checksum is good execute EISA initialization If not execute ISA tests and clear EISA mode flag 48 Reserved 49 Size Memory Size base memor...

Page 111: ...to protect setup 5A Reserved 5B Awdflash Load If required will auto load Awdflash exe in POST 5C Reserved 5D Onboard I O Init Initializing onboard superIO 5E Reserved 5F Reserved 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 Mouse special Special t...

Page 112: ...ct parallel ports Initialize parallel ports 7B Reserved 7C HDD Write Protect HDD check for write protection 7D Reserved 7E Reserved 7F POST error check Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention 80 Reserved 81 Reserved 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 Fi...

Page 113: ...he initialization C4 Special Display First display initialization C5 Early Shadow Early shadow enable for fast boot C6 Cache presence External cache size detection CF CMOS Check CMOS checkup F0 HW Ident Identify HW in the system F1 SLAM Table Register the slam tables F2 Early SLAM table Early SLAM table F3 Init Com Port COM port initialization 00 HW Init Initialize hardware devices 01 Override Par...

Page 114: ...t Top Of Memory registers 44 Late SLAM table Late SLAM table 48 Previous Power State Previous Power State SLAM SLAM table table 4C Hardware Workarounds Hardware Workarounds 50 NVMM Restore and exit NVMM 54 NV Memory Test NV Memory Test FE ERROR handler ERROR handler FF Boot ...

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