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User Guide

TF650i Ultra-A7

Motherboard for
Intel Processor

Installation and Configuration

Summary of Contents for TF650i Ultra-A7

Page 1: ...User Guide TF650i Ultra A7 Motherboard for Intel Processor Installation and Configuration...

Page 2: ...locking Tools 1 NVIDIA nTune Utility 2 NV BIOS 2 True x16 PCI Express Support 2 DualDDR2 Memory Architecture 2 NVIDIA MediaShield Storage 2 Multiple Disk Setup 2 DiskAlert System 3 RAID Morphing 3 Boo...

Page 3: ...g Switches 14 Power Connections 15 24 pin ATX Power PWR1 15 4 pin ATX 12V Power PWR2 16 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 16 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 16 Connecting Internal Headers 18 Front Panel He...

Page 4: ...34 Hard Disk Boot Priority 34 Network Boot Priority 34 CPU Internal Cache 34 Quick Power On Self Test 35 First Second Third Boot Device 35 Boot Other Device 35 Boot Up NumLock Status 35 Security Opti...

Page 5: ...ig 52 USB Config 52 MAC Config 53 HD Audio 53 IDE HDD Block Mode 53 Onboard FDC Controller 53 Onboard Serial Port 1 53 Power Management Setup Menu 54 ACPI Function 54 ACPI Suspend Type 54 Soft Off by...

Page 6: ...Installing and Configuring the TF650i Ultra A7 Motherboard vi PCI VGA Palette Snoop 58 Maximum Payload Size 58 System Monitor Menu 59 Dynamic Fan Control 60 Index 62...

Page 7: ...u 26 Figure 6 Standard CMOS Features Menu 28 Figure 7 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 33 Figure 8 Advanced Chipset Features 37 Figure 9 System Clocks Menu 38 Figure 10 FSB Memory Config Menu 41 Figure 11...

Page 8: ...me Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Dual Pentium Cooling fan for the microprocessor System memory support Supports dual channel DDR2 533 667 800 Supports up to 8 GBs DDR2 memory Power Supply To calculat...

Page 9: ...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 replaci...

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Page 11: ...speeds the NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra MCPs were designed for overclocking Guaranteed FSB speeds Reach FSB speeds of 1333MHz with a CPU that supports this specification High speed Memory This board suppo...

Page 12: ...rmance for next generation GPUs and games DualDDR2 Memory Architecture A state of the art Dual DDR2 memory controller allows high bandwidth and low latency data access to the CPU and GPU Ensures data...

Page 13: ...etwork throughput at the lowest CPU utilization The manageable and stable NVIDIA networking solution results in better networking management and a lower total cost of ownership Only NVIDIA integrates...

Page 14: ...ings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels Using HDA systems can deliver 192 kHz 32 bit quality for eight channels supporting new audio form...

Page 15: ...s DDR2 memories USB 2 0 Ports Supports hot plug Eight USB 2 0 ports four rear panel ports four onboard USB headers Supports wake up from S1 and S3 mode Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmi...

Page 16: ...dwidth 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 t...

Page 17: ...ra A7 Motherboard The TF650i Ultra A7 motherboard with the NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra SPP and MCP processors is a PCI Express motherboard Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back pane...

Page 18: ...Floppy drive connector 17 PCI Express x1 slot 4 DDR DIMM slots 0 3 11 System fan connector 18 PCI Express x16 slot 5 24 pin ATX power connector 12 Motherboard battery 19 Backpanel connectors Figure 2...

Page 19: ...Light Up Blink 100 Mbps link Activity Green Light Up Blink 1000 Mbps Link Activity 5 USB 2 0 Ports two 6 Port 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...the load plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 3 Remove the protective socket cover from the load plate 4 Remove the processo...

Page 22: ...See Figure 1 on page 8 for the location of the memory slots on the card One DIMM Install into slot 0 You can install the DIMM into any slot however slot 0 is preferred Two DIMMs Install into either sl...

Page 23: ...d foreign objects and promotes correct airflow within the chassis Before installing the motherboard install the I O shield from the inside of the chassis Press the I O shield into place and make sure...

Page 24: ...tings necessary on the motherboard This will include Power Connections 24 pin ATX power PWR1 4 pin ATX 12V power PWR2 Internal Headers Front panel USB Headers Audio COM FDD IDE Serial ATA II Chassis F...

Page 25: ...he board next to the DIMM slots Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make...

Page 26: ...ct the gray connector to a slave device If you install two hard disk drives you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation...

Page 27: ...nectors on the motherboard that support RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 0 1 and JBOD configurations 1 Connect the locking cable end to the motherboard connector 2 Connect the end without the lock to the dri...

Page 28: ...positions 1 and 3 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 tw...

Page 29: ...Out Hard disk LED pull up to 5V HD_LED 3 HDA Out Hard disk active LED 2 HDR_BLNK_GRN Out Front panel green light PWRLED 4 HDR_BLNK_YEL Out Front panel yellow light 5 GND Ground RESET 7 FP_RESET In Res...

Page 30: ...d to connect an optional 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...

Page 31: ...rial 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 Connector The motherboard supports a stand...

Page 32: ...rboard go to www nvidia com estore Figure 4 Expansion Slots PCI Slots The three PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specif...

Page 33: ...cause a short across the pins Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover Jumper Settings The motherboard contains a 3 pin BIOS configuration...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...oenix 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 The main menu allows yo...

Page 36: ...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 system s Plug and...

Page 37: ...m settings Set Password Use this command to set change and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu Save Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Savin...

Page 38: ...ote that all 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...

Page 39: ...ls 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 Channel 3 Master None SAT...

Page 40: ...nders heads Precomp 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 Acces...

Page 41: ...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 to scroll through the...

Page 42: ...The system boot does 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 Bas...

Page 43: ...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 General Help F5 Previ...

Page 44: ...n in the list To go 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...

Page 45: ...nd 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 the option set to Ena...

Page 46: ...this function to enable 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...

Page 47: ...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 memory te...

Page 48: ...data in a red box 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...

Page 49: ...e Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the frequency options for the PCI Express Bus Slot 1 the black slot closest to the CPU Note that as you go higher in value PCIe Spread Spectrum SPP is di...

Page 50: ...hip to the SPP chip Values are 1 x through 5 x Spread Spectrum CPU Spread Spectrum Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the Spread Spectrum options for the CPU Option values are Disabl...

Page 51: ...speed can be entered manually As the FSB speed is changed CPU Freq MHz changes proportionally Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters...

Page 52: ...ot MEM DDR MHz Use the or keys to scroll through new values for the memory frequency or type in a new value Note that the Actual MEM DDR reflects the actual frequency that takes effect when the system...

Page 53: ...Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Value Memory Timing Setting Optimal x tCL CAS Latency Auto 5 5 x tRDC Auto 7 5 x tRP Auto 7 5 x tRAS Auto 23 18 x Command Per Clock CDM...

Page 54: ...tive time options are 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 1...

Page 55: ...he 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 Select PU PD Value F10 Sav...

Page 56: ...d it allows a VMM to utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Virtualization Technology CPU Core 1 This function allows you to enable or disable CPU Core System Voltages Select S...

Page 57: ...ory This function defines the voltage level for the DRAM Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage nForce SPP This function defines the cor...

Page 58: ...s 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 Save timing voltage set function There are four...

Page 59: ...m 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 time sensitive applicati...

Page 60: ...rated Peripherals Menu 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...

Page 61: ...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 and Slave UDMA or set it...

Page 62: ...Enable is set to Enabled 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...

Page 63: ...our IDE hard drive needs to support block mode Select Enabled to automatically detect the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support Select Disabled if your drive does not su...

Page 64: ...is function on the 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 Hel...

Page 65: ...t 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 number using the key...

Page 66: ...Setup Utility menu 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...

Page 67: ...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 Configuration menu allows y...

Page 68: ...te Snoop This function 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 s...

Page 69: ...ous 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 CPU Core 1 28V CPU...

Page 70: ...speed of the fans automatically controlled based on temperature To 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 Aux nForce a...

Page 71: ...Configuring the BIOS 61 This page is blank...

Page 72: ...tility menu 26 CPU Configuration 45 FSB Memory Config 41 Integrated Peripherals 50 Main Menu 25 Memory Timing Setting 42 PnP PCI Configuration 56 Power Management Setup 54 Standard CMOS Features 28 Sy...

Page 73: ...ront panel power LED 18 FSB Memory Config menu 41 FSB QDR 42 FSB and Memory Clock Mode 41 FSB Reference Clock 39 FSB speeds 1 full screen logo 36 Gigabit Ethernet 3 Halt On sub menu 31 hard disk audio...

Page 74: ...MEM DDR 42 memory support viii Memory Timing Setting 42 microprocessor viii motherboard install procedure 13 motherboard specifications 5 MPS 36 Multi Processor Specification 36 Network Boot Priority...

Page 75: ...0 SATA Spread Spectrum 40 Security Options 36 Serial ATA II connector 16 Serial ATA Controller 51 How to 38 Soft Off by PBNT 55 Spread Spectrum 40 Standard CMOS Features menu 28 System Clocks menu 38...

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