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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction

Setting Up the BIOS

1. Start up the computer, then press 

<Delete> 

to enter the BIOS setup. Use the

arrow keys to select 

Integrated Peripherals

, then press 

<Enter>

.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the 

RAID Config

, then press 

<Enter>

.

3. From the 

RAID Config

 window, enable the 

RAID Enable

, the other items will be

activated, then you can enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks.

Note

: Make sure to enable the SATA drives if you are setting up a RAID 0+1

array.
4. Press 

<F10>

 to save the configuration and exit.

Summary of Contents for NF4K8MC

Page 1: ...s motherboard P N 91 181 NF4 KX 1E Symbol description Note refers to important information that can help you to use motherboard better Attention indicates that it may damage hardware or cause data loss and tells you how to avoid such problems Warning means that a potential risk of property damage or physical injury exists More information If you want more information about our products please visi...

Page 2: ...technology equipment EN 61000 3 2 A14 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase 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 EN 55024 A1 2001 Information techn...

Page 3: ...ubject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Tested to comply with FCC standards Signature Date 2005 ＮＦ４Ｋ８ＭＣ ＮＦ４ＸＫ８ＭＣ ｍａｎｕａｌ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｐｒｅｆａｃｅ ｐ６５ 2005 4 18 15 13 3 ...

Page 4: ...S Features 28 BIOSFeature 31 Advanced BIOS Features 32 Advanced Chipset Features 34 Integrated Peripherals 36 Power Management Setup 39 PnP PCIConfigurations 41 PCHealthStatus 42 Load Fail Safe Defaults 43 Load Optimized Defaults 43 Set Supervisor User Password 43 Save Exit Setup 44 Exit Without Saving 44 Table of Contents Chapter Chapter Chapter Product Introduction ＮＦ４Ｋ８ＭＣ ＮＦ４ＸＫ８ＭＣ ｍａｎｕａｌ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓ...

Page 5: ...Driver CD Introduction Utility CD content Start to install drivers Table of Contents Chapter NVIDIARAIDIntroduction NVIDIARAID Chapter ＮＦ４Ｋ８ＭＣ ＮＦ４ＸＫ８ＭＣ ｍａｎｕａｌ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｐｒｅｆａｃｅ ｐ６５ 2005 4 18 15 13 5 ...

Page 6: ...wer supply may result in serious damage to your system or memory module Warning We cannot guarantee that your system will operate normally while overclocked Normal operation depends on the overclock capacity of your device Warning Attention Since BIOS programs are upgraded from time to time the BIOS de scription in this manual is just for reference We do not guarantee that the content of this manu...

Page 7: ... 6 channel audio 8 with 8 channel audio E with 1394 function S with SATA 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 blue mark of the PPID label it means the motherboard supports 6 channel Audio 6 1394 port E onboard 10M 100M LAN L SATA function S ＮＦ４Ｋ８ＭＣ ＮＦ４ＸＫ８ＭＣ ｍａｎｕａｌ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｐｒｅｆａｃｅ ｐ６５ 2005 4 1...

Page 8: ...oducts and offers superior performance reliability and quality at a reasonable price This motherboard adopts the advanced nForce 4 chipset providing users a computer plat form with a high integration compatibility performance price ratio This chapter includes the following information Main Features Motherboard Layout 1 1 ...

Page 9: ...8 256 512 1024Mb technology up to 2GB USB 2 0 Port Supports hot plug Eight USB 2 0 ports four 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 optional 150MBps transfer rate Supports four S ATA devices Onboard 1394 optional Supports hot plug With rate of transmission...

Page 10: ...enix BIOS supports flash ROM Plug and Play Supports HDD Floppy CD ROM SCSI HDD or USB device boot up 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 ACPI state Expansion Slots Two PCI slots One PCI Express x1 slot One PCI Express x16 Graphics slot Advanced Features PCI ...

Page 11: ...r 21 24 pin ATX Power Connector 22 184 pin DIMM Slots 23 CPU_FAN Connector 24 Socket 939 25 PCI Express x16 Slot 26 PCI Express x1 Slot 27 4 pin Power Connector System Fan Connector 1 2 Front Audio Connector 3 CD_IN Connector 4 AUX_IN Connector 5 SPDIF_OUT Connector 6 Speaker Connector 7 PCI Expansion Slots 8 Chipset Fan Connector 9 Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 10 USB2 0 Connectors 11 Chassis Intruder C...

Page 12: ... connection of hard drive and floppy drive data cables and setting up various other feature of the motherboard Caution should be exercised during the in stallation process Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully This chapter includes the following information CPU Memory Power Supply Rear Panel Connectors Other Connectors Expa...

Page 13: ...ch as an attached power supply before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity 2 Unplug the power cord before opening your chassis or touching any components 3 Hold components by their edges to avoid touching any exposed integrated circuits ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall a component place it on a grounded anti static pad or into the anti static bag that it came in ...

Page 14: ...cket Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place 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 Gap in the base Attention The CPU pins must be...

Page 15: ...ration for example overheating 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 M...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...PU Qualified Vendor List The following table lists the CPUs that have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard Vendor Description AMD Athlon 64 3500 AMD Athlon 64 3800 AMD Athlon 64 4000 AMD Athlon 64 FX 55 AMD Athlon 64 FX 53 ...

Page 18: ... slot Memory This motherboard includes two 184 pin slots with 266 333 400 MHz Dual Chan nel DDR DRAM interface You must install at least one memory module to ensure normal operation and install to DIMM1 at first If you install two modules they must be the same speed Mixing memory modules from different manu factures are not recommended Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removin...

Page 19: ...00 512MB TWINMOS DDR400 1GB INFINEON DDR333 1GB K DATA DDR400 512MB SAMSUNG DDR400 128MB NANYA DDR266 128MB SAMSUNG DDR400 256MB SAMSUNG DDR333 512MB INFINEON DDR400 128MB INFINEON DDR333 128MB MT DDR333 256MB MT DDR333 128MB MT DDR333 512MB HYNIX DDR333 128MB HYNIX DDR400 128MB INFINEON DDR400 256MB SAMSUNG DDR333 256MB SAMSUNG DDR333 128MB CORSAIR DDR400 512MB CROTALUS DDR400 512MB KINGSTON DDR4...

Page 20: ...nector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the con nector and make sure it is secure The 4 pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU 24 pin ATX Power Connector 4 pin ATX 12V Power Connector 13 GND 1 12 24 5V 3 3V 12V RSVD 5V GND GND PSON GND GND 5V GND 12V GND 5V_AUX 5V PWROK 12V GND 5V 3 3V GND GND 1 2 V 1 2 V 4 pin ATX 12V Power Connector PWR2...

Page 21: ...USB 2 0 1 1 devices 1394 Port optional This digital interface supports electronic devices such as digital cameras scanners and printers LAN Port optional This port allows connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub 2 3 1 4 Serial Port COM1 USB 2 0 Ports PS 2Mouse Connector Parallel Port Printer Port LAN Port optional 1 2 4 5 7 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 3 Line in jack Line out jack 8...

Page 22: ...oofer Blue Green Red Line out Line in Microphone When using a 6 channel sound source connect the front speaker to the green audio output connect the surround sound speaker to the blue audio output connect the center speaker subwoofer to the red Microphone output as shown in the following figure ...

Page 23: ...33 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 Other Connectors Attention Front Panel Connector JFP1 Attach the power LED IDE LED reset switch and power switch connectors to the corre sponding pins Hard Disk LED Connector IDELED Attach the connector t...

Page 24: ...es of motherboards also have two 10 pin headers on board which may connect to the front panel USB cable to provide additional four USB ports IrDA Connector JIR1 The IrDA infrared transmission allows your com puter to send and receive data via an infrared ray The relevant parameters in the BIOS Integrated Peripherals should be set prior to using this function Connect the CPU cooling fan cable into ...

Page 25: ...ng the Front Audio then the Line Out Rear Audio on the rear panel will not work If you do not want to use the Front Audio pin 5 and 6 pin 9 and 10 must be short and then the signal will be sent to the rear audio port Front Audio Connector F_AUDIO1 CD_IN AUX_IN are Sony standard CD audio connectors These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as CD ROM Attach its...

Page 26: ...t the chas sis intrusion through the status of this connector If the connector has been closed once the system will send a message To utilize this function set the Intruder Detection in the Power Management Setup section of the CMOS Setup Save and exit then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect Chassis Intruder Connector INTRUDER optional SPDIF OUT 3 3V GND SPDIF_O...

Page 27: ... Low overhead Low latency PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins This re sults in a real bandwidth per pair of 250MB s A point to point connection allows each device to have a dedicated connec tion without sharing bandwidth Ability to comprehend different data structure Low power consumption and power management features PCI Express will take two forms x16 and x1 PCI Expre...

Page 28: ... until the card is completely seated on the slot 4 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier PCI Express x16 Graphics Cards Qualified Vendor List The following table lists the PCI Express x16 graphics cards that have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard Video Memory Type Vendor WINFAST NVIDAI GEFORCE X6600 128MB ATI REDION X300 SE 128MB NVIDIA GEFORCEX 57...

Page 29: ...r pin settings Users should refer to the table while adjusting jumper settings Clear CMOS Jumper JCMS1 This motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by removing the CMOS jumper 1 Turn off the AC power supply and short pins 1 and 2 on the jumper 2 Return the jumper to the normal setting locking pins 2 and 3 together with the jumper cap 3 Turn on the syst...

Page 30: ...BIOS is protected JWP1 EN WP 1 1 Normal Default The system cannot boot if the BIOS fails to be flashed in conventional flash BIOS process You will no such worry when you use the BIOS boot block jumper It is used to protect BIOS Top Boot Block The system still can boot by using this func tion and show some information to recover the BIOS even if flash BIOS fail To utilize this function you just set...

Page 31: ...beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check the jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance 5 After the POST routines are completed press the Del key to access the BIOS Setup Utility For detailed instructions please refer to Chapter 3 Po...

Page 32: ...en during the system POST process 2 You want to change the default CMOS settings This chapter includes the following information Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features BIOS Feature Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor User Passw...

Page 33: ...ow POST screen DEL to enter SETUP Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or go to the sub menu The items in the BIOS Setup main menu are explained below Standard CMOS Features The basic system configuration can be set up through this menu BIOS Feature The general syste...

Page 34: ...s menu PnP PCI Configurations The system s PnP PCI settings and parameters can be modified through this menu PC Health Status This will display the current status of your PC Load Fail Safe Defaults The default BIOS settings can be loaded through this menu Load Optimized Defaults The optimal performance settings can be loaded through this menu however the stable default values may be affected Set S...

Page 35: ...esired time usually as the current time with hour minute second format IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 3 4 5 Master These categories identify the HDD types of 6 IDE channels installed in the computer system There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS None Auto and Manual None means no HDD device is installed or set Auto indicates the system can automatically detect and co...

Page 36: ...rs CGA 40 Color Graphic Adapter powering up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphic Adapter powering up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter including high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error the system will stop and you will be prom...

Page 37: ...ined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The BIOS POST will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST Total Memory Total memory of the system ...

Page 38: ...key Default LSHIFT F12 SuperRecovery provides the users with an excellent data protection and HDD recovery function There are 12 optional hotkeys and the default hotkey is LSHIFT F12 SuperSpeed PCIE Clock Depending on the specification of the PCIE It is used to set PCI express clock CPU Frequency Depending on the specification of the CPU The conventional overclock method uses the jumpers on the mo...

Page 39: ...and change the HDD priority using or To exit this option press Esc CDROM Boot Priority This option is used to select the priority for CDROM start up After pressing Enter you can select the CDROM using the PageUp PageDn or Up Down arrow keys and change the CDROM priority using or To exit this option press Esc CPU Internal Cache Default Enabled This item is used to turn on or off the CPU internal ca...

Page 40: ... other devices if the first second third boot devices failed The available setting val ues are Disabled and Enabled Security Option Default Setup When it is set to Setup a password is required 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 ...

Page 41: ...pread Spectrum Default Down Speed If you enable PCI express spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the system SSE SSE2 Instructions Default Enabled It is used to set enable or disable SSE SSE2 instructions CPU Thermal Throttling Default 50 0 This item is used to specify the CPU speed at percentage to slow down the CPU when it reaches the pred...

Page 42: ... receiving it RAS to CAS delay Trcd Default Auto When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Min RAS active time Tras Default Auto This setting determines the time RAS takes to read from and...

Page 43: ...ng V1 1 V2 0 enables the system to support both USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 specification The available setting are Disabled V1 1 V2 0 V1 1 USB Keyboard Support Default Enabled This option is used to enable or disable USB keyboard under legacy OS AC97 Audio Default Auto This option is used to set whether onboard AC97 Audio is enabled Dis abled the controller if you want to use other controller cards to co...

Page 44: ...uto UItraDMA technology provides faster access to IDE devices If you install a device that supports UItraDMA change the appropriate items on this list to Auto The available setting values are Disabled and Auto IDE DMA transfer access Default Enabled This option is used to enable or disable IDE DMA transfer access Serial ATA 1 2 Default Enabled This option is used to enable or disable Serial ATA 1 ...

Page 45: ...vated IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave RAID Default Disabled This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for each IDE hard disk drive The setting values are Enabled and Disabled SATA 1 2 Primary Secondary RAID Default Disabled This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for each SATA hard disk drive The setting values are Enabled and Disabled ...

Page 46: ...will remain as it is in S1 mode the computer can beresumed 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 the previous status when the STR function wakes When you select S1 S3 mode the system will automatically select the delay time Soft Off by Powe...

Page 47: ...on is used to set the timing for the start up time The setting values contain hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Power Management Default User Define This option is used to set the power management scheme Available settings are User Define Min Saving and Max Saving Video Off Method Default V H SYNC Blank This option is used to define the video off method Blank Screen mode means that after the computer enters...

Page 48: ...s you use support PnP then select Auto ESCD and the BIOS will automati cally distribute interruption resources If the ISA cards you installed do not support PnP you will need to select Manual and manually adjust interrup tion resources in the event of hardware conflicts However since this motherboard has no ISA slot this option does not apply IRQ Resources Press the Enter key then manually set IRQ...

Page 49: ... 90o C 194o F This option is used to set the system temperature upper limit When the temperature exceeds the setting value the motherboard will automatically cut off power to the computer The available setting values are 80o C 176o F 85o C 185o F 90o C 194o F and 95o C 205o F ...

Page 50: ... Set Supervisor User Password on the main menu and press Enter The following password dialog box appears Enter Password Enter your password not exceeding 8 characters then press Enter you will be prompted to confirm the password type in the password again and press Enter If you are deleting a password that is already installed just press Enter when the password dialog box appears and the screen wi...

Page 51: ...reen Quit Without Saving Y N Press Y to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility press N ESC to return to the main menu Under the menu Advanced BIOS Features Setup if you select System in Security Option the screen will prompt you to enter password once the system is started or you want to enter CMOS setting program If the password is wrong it will ref...

Page 52: ...y CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the mother board features This chapter includes the following information Utility CD content Start to install drivers ...

Page 53: ...Chapter 4 Utility CD content This motherboard comes with one Utility CD To begin using the CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM driver The CD w i l l automatically display the main menu screen ...

Page 54: ...Chapter 4 Select Install Driver to enter the driver installation menu as following picture Click the relevant button to install nVIDIA nForce Chipset System DirectX 9 0b ...

Page 55: ... the common PC desktop This technol ogy uses multiple drivers to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection This chapter includes the following information Basic Configuration Setting up BIOS Entering the RAID BIOS Setup NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Initializing and Using the Disk Array Win2K Limitation with Bootable RAID 5 5 Chapter ...

Page 56: ...thod for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Array RAID 0 RAID 0 1 JBOD 100 data redundancy Drawbacks Hard Disks multiple 4 multiple Fault Tolerance None NVIDIA RAID Optimized for both 100 data redundancy and performance Allows spare disks Combines and uses the capacity of odd size drives Decreases perfor mance because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently or to opti m...

Page 57: ... Install 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 Stripe Mirroring RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD and create the desired RAID ...

Page 58: ...pherals then press Enter 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight the RAID Config then press Enter 3 From the RAID Config window enable the RAID Enable the other items will be activated then you can enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks Note Make sure to enable the SATA drives if you are setting up a RAID 0 1 array 4 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit ...

Page 59: ...fine 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 can have one or more channels In a typical system there is usually one adapter and multiple channels and each channel has a slave and a master The adapter channel master slave status of each hard disk is ...

Page 60: ...tween the drive and the controller Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary press the Tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning or Stripe Mirr...

Page 61: ...ight 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 disks appear in the Array Disks block Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears It shows that two disks have been ass...

Page 62: ...s where 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 return to the previous window and then press Ctrl X ...

Page 63: ...ted be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly created array Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows for Non bootable RAID Array This section describes how to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID driver 1 Start the nForce Setup program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page NVI...

Page 64: ...s Setup screen to appear 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Enter The Windows Setup screen appears as below 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller required and then press Enter The following Windows Setup screen ...

Page 65: ...l operating system During the GUI portion of the install 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 ...

Page 66: ...m puter Management The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated parti tion is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 7 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 on screen instru...

Page 67: ...g 5 Enable RAID for the selected drive the one containing the Windows 2000 operating system Then press F10 to exit and save settings in the system BIOS This action reboots the system 6 Press F10 as the system is rebooting to go into the RAID ROM The system directs you into the NVIDIA RAID Utility 7 Select Striping under RAID Mode Press Tab to go into the Free Disk menu then use the Right Arrow key...

Page 68: ...isk RAID array into a multi disk RAID array in a bootable format Note Conversion may take 1 2 hours depending on disk size II The user must create a combination installation CD that includes Win dows 2000 and SP3 or SP4 fixes integrated in To create the combination installation CD refer to the following website http www microsoft com windows2000 downloads servicepacks sp4 HFdeploy htm Note If the ...

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