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Installing and Configuring the XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard

USB 2.0.........................................................................................................4

Motherboard Specifications ................................................................................5

Unpacking and Parts Descriptions ...............................................................7

Unpacking.........................................................................................................7

Equipment ........................................................................................................7

XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard ....................................................................8

Hardware Installation .................................................................................11

Safety Instructions ..........................................................................................11

Preparing the Motherboard ..............................................................................12

Installing the CPU ........................................................................................12

Installing the CPU Fan..................................................................................13

Installing Memory DIMMs.............................................................................13

Installing the Motherboard ...............................................................................14

Installing the I/O Shield ...............................................................................14

Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis....................................................14

Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ...........................................................15

Power Connections ......................................................................................16

24-pin ATX Power (PWR1) ........................................................................16

8-pin ATX 12V Power (PWR2) ...................................................................17

Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives ..................................................................17

Connecting Serial ATA Cables .......................................................................18

Connecting Internal Headers ........................................................................19

Front Panel Header ..................................................................................19

USB Headers ...........................................................................................21

Fan Connections ..........................................................................................22

COM1 .........................................................................................................22

FDD Connector ............................................................................................22

Expansion Slots ...........................................................................................23

Summary of Contents for nForce 650I

Page 1: ...User Guide XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard Installation and Configuration ...

Page 2: ...Installing and Configuring the XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard ii ...

Page 3: ...d Memory 1 Comprehensive Overclocking 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 Bootable Multidisk Array 3 Networking with NVIDIA nForce 3 NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet 3 NVIDIA FirstPacket Technology 3 High Definition Audio HDA 4 ...

Page 4: ...ling the CPU 12 Installing the CPU Fan 13 Installing Memory DIMMs 13 Installing the Motherboard 14 Installing the I O Shield 14 Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis 14 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches 15 Power Connections 16 24 pin ATX Power PWR1 16 8 pin ATX 12V Power PWR2 17 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 17 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 18 Connecting Internal Headers 19 Front Panel H...

Page 5: ...te and Time 30 IDE Channel and SATA Channel 30 Drive A 32 Halt On 32 Memory 33 Advanced BIOS Features 34 Removable Device Priority 35 Hard Disk Boot Priority 35 Network Boot Priority 35 CPU Internal Cache 35 Quick Power On Self Test 36 First Second Third Boot Device 36 Boot Other Device 36 Boot Up NumLock Status 36 Security Option 37 APIC Mode 37 MPS Version Control For OS 37 Full Screen LOGO Show...

Page 6: ...47 NVMEM Memory Test 48 Load Timing Voltage Set 48 Save Timing Voltage Set 50 System BIOS Cacheable 50 HPET Function 50 NVIDIA GPU Ex 50 Integrated Peripherals Menu 51 IDE Function Setup 52 RAID Config 53 USB Config 53 MAC Config 54 HD Audio 54 IDE HDD Block Mode 54 Onboard FDC Controller 54 Onboard Serial Port 1 54 Power Management Setup Menu 55 ACPI Function 55 ACPI Suspend Type 55 Soft Off by P...

Page 7: ...oad Size 59 System Monitor Menu 60 Dynamic Fan Control 61 Software Installation 62 Windows XP Drivers Install 63 Using the NVIDIA Software 64 NVIDIA Monitor 65 NVIDIA nTune 5 0 66 Manual Tuning 67 Adjust Motherboard Settings 67 System Voltages 69 System Fans 69 Memory Timing 70 Adjust GPU Settings 72 Dynamic BIOS Access 73 Available BIOS Pages 74 General Settings 74 Advanced Settings 74 Boot up Se...

Page 8: ...tability 81 Perform Stability Test 81 Storage 82 Health 83 View Storage Configuration 83 Management 84 Delete Array 84 Rebuild Array 86 Migrating Array 88 Synchronize Array 90 NVIDIA Networking 92 Performance 93 First Packet 93 TCP IP Acceleration 95 System Update 97 Motherboard Updates 98 Manage Your System BIOS 99 BIOS Backup 99 BIOS Flash Options 99 Index 100 ...

Page 9: ... System Clocks Menu 39 Figure 10 FSB Memory Config Menu 42 Figure 11 CPU Configuration Menu 46 Figure 12 System Voltages Menu 47 Figure 13 Integrated Peripherals Menu 51 Figure 14 Power Management Setup Menu 55 Figure 15 PnP PCI Configuration Menu 57 Figure 16 System Monitor Menu 60 Figure 17 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Category 64 Figure 18 Performance Control Panel Categories nTune 66 Figure 1...

Page 10: ...Custom Rules nTune 80 Figure 25 Perform Stability Test 81 Figure 26 Storage Control Panel Categories MediaShield 82 Figure 27 View Storage Configuration MediaShield 83 Figure 28 Networking Control Panel Categories 93 Figure 29 System Update Application on the NVIDIA Control Panel 97 Figure 30 Managing Your System Bios Screen 98 ...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Drivers for Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit Onboard Audio Drivers Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 0 Raid Setup Floppy Disk Creator Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit NVIDIA Software NVIDIA MediaShield Storage NVIDIA nTune 5 0 ...

Page 12: ...processor Intel Core 2 Extreme 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 calculate the power you are going to require for your specific configuration go to www slizone com These instructions tell you how to install each of the parts listed so you can ha...

Page 13: ... 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 replacing a motherboard in a PC cabinet you will need to reinstall an operating system even though the current drives have an operating system ...

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Page 15: ...ory 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 supports high speed memory up to DDR2 800 to keep pace with overclocked system components Comprehensive Overclocking Tools Award winning NVIDIA overclocking tools provide a complete kit of tools giving...

Page 16: ...erformance 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 and information are relayed through the system as quickly as possible for incredible performance NVIDIA MediaShield Storage NVIDIA MediaShield is a suite of features that safeguards your most impo...

Page 17: ...network 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 this level of networking features to allow you to take your online experience to the next level NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet The industry s fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network b...

Page 18: ...o brings 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 formats USB 2 0 USB 2 0 is standard plug and play interface that provides easy to use connectivity for USB devices ...

Page 19: ... 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 transmission rate Onboard Serial ATA II 300MBps data transfer rate Four Serial ATA II connectors NVIDIA MediaShield RAID with support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD Supports hot plug and NCQ Native Command Queuing On...

Page 20: ... 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 Expansion Slots Three PCI slots Two PCI Express x1 slot One PCI Express x16 Graphics slot ...

Page 21: ...r reseller All parts shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following equipment is included in the XFX nForce 650i Ultra motherboard box XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard This PCI Express motherboard contains the NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra SPP and MCP I O Shield Installs in the chassis to block radio frequency transmissions protect internet components from dust and fore...

Page 22: ...A protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard IDE ATA 133 HDD Cable XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard The XFX nForce 650i Ultra 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 panel connectors ...

Page 23: ...nnector 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 6 IDE connector 13 USB headers 20 8 pin ATX_12V power connector 7 NVIDIA MCP 14 Serial connector Figure 1 XFX nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard Layout 2 1 4 3 5 7 9 6 10 15 15 15 18 17 19 20 8 12 17 13 11 16 14 ...

Page 24: ...k Activity Yellow and Green 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 Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Grey Figure 2 Chassis Backpanel Connectors 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 25: ...CPU 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 basic safety precautions Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from to the computer chassis ...

Page 26: ...from the socket 2 Lift 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 processor from its protective cover making sure you hold it only by the edges It is a good idea to save the cover so that whenever you remove the CPU you have a safe place to store it 5 ...

Page 27: ...ge 9 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 slots 0 and 1 or 2 and 3 The idea is to not have the DIMMs in adjacent slots Four DIMMS Install into slots 0 1 2 and 3 Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs into the slots on the motherboard Note that there...

Page 28: ...components from dust and 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 it fits securely If the I O shield does not fit into the chassis you would need to obtain the proper size from the chassis supplier Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis Mos...

Page 29: ...n the motherboard This will include Power Connections 24 pin ATX power PWR1 8 pin ATX 12V power PWR2 Internal Headers Front panel USB Headers Audio COM FDD IDE Serial ATA II Chassis Fans Rear panel USB 2 0 Adapter Expansion slots CMOS jumper settings See Figure 1 on page 9 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the following procedure ...

Page 30: ...ted along the edge of the 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 sure it is secure Figure 3 PWR1 Motherboard Connector Table 1 PWR1 Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND...

Page 31: ...h a single connector to the motherboard 2 Connect the black connector the cable with the two closely spaced black and gray connectors to the Ultra ATA master device 3 Connect 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 for the jumper settings Not...

Page 32: ...he thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate There are four serial ATA connectors 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 drive SATA 4 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 GND GND...

Page 33: ... 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 PWRSW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the power button on the front panel turns the system on off rather than using the power supply button HD_LED Attach the hard...

Page 34: ...t Description 1 HD_PWR 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 Reset switch 6 SWITCH_ON In Power switch PWRSW 8 GND Ground No Connect 9 No Connect Empty 10 Empty ...

Page 35: ...ptional 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 the two ends of the cables to the USB 2 0 headers on the motherboard Table 3 USB 2 0 Header Pins Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V_DUAL 2 5V_DUAL 3 D 4 D 5 D 6 D 7 GND 8 GND 9 Empty 10 No Connect U...

Page 36: ...vides 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 Connector The motherboard supports a standard 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44m and a 2 88M floppy disk drive FDD Note that the CPU fan cable can be either a 3 pin or a 4 pin connector Connect a 3 pin connector to pins 1 2 and 3 on t...

Page 37: ... www xfxforce com 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 specifications When installing a card into the PCI slot be sure that it is fully seated Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover 1 2 1 PCI slots 2 x1 PCIe slots 4...

Page 38: ...ated 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 blank cover Jumper Settings The motherboard contains a 3 pin BIOS configuration jumper that enables all board configurations to be done in the BIOS Setup program The silk screen on the motherboard shows a next to pin 1 Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherb...

Page 39: ...up 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 Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations System Monitor ...

Page 40: ...Del 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 The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the associated subme...

Page 41: ...N 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 Play and PCI configurations System Monitor Use this menu to monitor the real time system status of your PC including temperature voltages and fan speed Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility System Monitor Load Defaults ...

Page 42: ...ults Load default system 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 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 43: ...nu Note Note 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 ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults IDE Channel Master None IDE Channel Slave None SATA Channel 1 Master None SATA Channel 2 Master None SATA Channel 3 Master None SATA C...

Page 44: ...t and configure the individual 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 Channel 3 Master None SATA Channel 4 Master None Date mm dd yy Sat Jul 01 2006 Time hh mm ss 14 48 43 IDE Auto Detect Press Enter Extended IDE Drive None Access Mode Auto Capa...

Page 45: ...p 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 less than 528 MB LBA For HDD greater than 528 MB and supporting LBA Logical Block Addressing Large For HDD greater than 528 MB but not supporting LBA Auto Recommended mode IDE HDD Auto Detect Press ...

Page 46: ... accept 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 to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the Halt On sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose Press Enter to accept the changes and return to the ...

Page 47: ...oes 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 determines the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST Total Memory This value represents the...

Page 48: ...l 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 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Removable Device Priority Press Enter Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Network Boot Priority Press Enter CPU Internal Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self...

Page 49: ...o 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 arrow keys to go to the various devices Then use the or keys to move the device priority up or down in the list To go back to the previous menu press Esc CPU Internal Cache Use this option to enable or...

Page 50: ...er 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 the option set to Enable the system boots from some other device if the first second third boot devices fail Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to select the power on state of NumLock Sel...

Page 51: ...nable 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 select the Multi Processor Specification MPS version that BIOS passes to the operating system Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options Full Screen LOGO Show This option allows y...

Page 52: ...ove Enter Select PU 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 memory test Disable Load timing voltage set Press Enter Save timing voltage set Press Enter System BIOS Cacheable Disabled HPET Function Enable NVIDIA GPY Ex Enable Item Help Main Level ...

Page 53: ...ble and 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 Val e Frequency Settings CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933 3 FSB Reference Clock MHz 1066 7 1066 7 CPU Multiplier 11 X 11X PCIe x16_1 MHz Auto 100 SPP MCP Ref Clock MHz Auto 100 HT Multiplier nForce SPP nForce MCP 5 x nForce SPP nF...

Page 54: ...U Frequency value depending on the value you choose Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options The options are from 6 X through 60 X PCIe x16_1 MHz Use the 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 disabled and cannot be cha...

Page 55: ...p 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 Disabled UP Spread and Center Spread HT Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIe Spread Spectrum SPP Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the Spread Spectrum options for the SPP PCIe Option values are Disabled UP Spread...

Page 56: ...lues F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Value CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933 3 CPU Multiplier 11X 11X FSB Memory Clock Mode Auto x FSB QDR MHz Auto 1066 7 Actual FSB QDR MHz 1066 7 x MEM DDR MHz Auto 800 6 Actual MEM DDR MHz 800 0 Memory Timing Setting Press Enter Item Help Main Level CPUOC MAX realizes the complete optimized memory settings when SLI Ready memory is installed Optimized memory setti...

Page 57: ...SB speed is changed CPU Freq MHz changes proportionally FSB QDR MHz Use the or keys to scroll through new values for the CPU FSB frequency or type in a new value Note that the Actual FSB QDR reflects the actual frequency that takes effect on a reboot 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 ac...

Page 58: ...ming is set for optimal performance Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General 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 Auto 2T 1T Advanced Memory Settings x tRRD Auto 4 3 x tRC Auto 28 22 x tWR Auto 7 5 x tWTR Auto 10 9 x tR...

Page 59: ...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 15 tRC RAS to RAS or auto refresh time of the same bank options are 1 through 31 tWR The Write recovery time options are 2 through 7 tWTR This is the minimum write to read delay with the same chip selected options are 1...

Page 60: ...M1 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 Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled x Intel SpeedStep Disabled CPU Thermal Control Disabled C1E Enhanced Halt State Enabled Execu...

Page 61: ... 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 System Voltages from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press Enter to display the System Voltages menu Figure 12 System Voltages Menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defa...

Page 62: ...1 40V 1 50V or select Auto to automatically set the voltage CPU FSB This function defines the CPU front side bus FSB voltage level 1 20V to 1 40V Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage NVMEM Memory Test This function defines whether you run the NVIDIA memory testing module during POST The options are Fast Medium Slow and Disable Load ...

Page 63: ...Configuring the BIOS 49 Load timing voltage set Press Enter to Exit Select Profile 1 Select Profile 2 Select Profile 3 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort ...

Page 64: ...sable 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 time sensitive application When HPET is Disabled the APIC timer is used NVIDIA GPU Ex To enable or disable this function you need to have the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver with NVIDIA EX support Whe...

Page 65: ...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 Config Press Enter IEEE1394 controller Auto HD Audio Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3FB IRQ4 Item Help Main Level Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Pe...

Page 66: ...n 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 and Slave UDMA or set it to Auto IDE DMA transfer access Use this function to enable or disable IDE DMA transfer access Serial ATA Controller This function allows you to enable specific SATA controller...

Page 67: ...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 or disable the onchip USB When the onchip USB is set to Disabled the keyboard and mouse support functions are set to Enabled and cannot be changed Versions that can be selected are V1 1 V2 0 or V1 1 USB Keyboard Mouse...

Page 68: ...ripherals menu allows your 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 support block mode Onboard FDC Controller This function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to enable or disable the onboard FDC controller function Onboard Serial Port ...

Page 69: ... 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 Values F7 Defaults ACPI function Enabled APCI Suspend Type S1 S3 Soft Off by PBTN Instant Off WOL PME From Soft Off Disabled Power on by Alarm Disabled x Day of Month Alarm 0 x Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 P...

Page 70: ...wer 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 number using the keyboard number or the and keys POWER ON Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to define the power on function Options for this function are BUTTON O...

Page 71: ...u 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 Display First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 4096 Item Help Main Level POWER ON F...

Page 72: ...ed 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 Configuration menu allows you to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug and play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Selec...

Page 73: ...tion 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 payload size in bytes for the PCI Express devices Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through sizes or enter the number using the keyboard numbers or use the and keys to go up and down the l...

Page 74: ...nd voltages 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 47ºC 117ºF CPU Core 1 28V CPU FSB 1 19V Memory 1 81V 3 3V 3 16V 3 3V Dual 3 16V 12V 11 92V 5V 4 99V Vbat 3 00V CPU Fan Speed 4272 RPM Aux Fan Speed 4891 RPM nForce Fan Speed 0 RPM Chassis Fan Speed 0 RPM Ch...

Page 75: ... 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 and Chassis fans from 0 to 100 The system defaults to 100 CPU Fan Speed Control SmartFan If temp 70ºC Set Fan Speed 100 If temp 30ºC Set Fan Speed 0 x Manual Fan Speed 100 AUX Fan Speed Control 100 nForce Fan Speed Cont...

Page 76: ... 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 XFX motherboard contains the following software and drivers NVIDIA nForce drivers RealTek Audio drivers Microsoft DirectX 9 0C NVIDIA nTune Adobe Acrobat Reader NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Manager NVIDIA Networking FirstPacket Norton Internet Secur...

Page 77: ...ingly 1 Insert the XFX nForce 650i Ultra installation CD for the graphics drivers included in the kit Note If you have multiple graphics cards installed you will be asked multiple times for all events once the drivers are installed 2 Run setup exe Depending on your system setup the install disk may automatically run the install setup exe If it does not run go to My Computer and click on the CD to ...

Page 78: ...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 NVIDIA FirstPacket System Update Figure 17 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Category ...

Page 79: ...s 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 performance usage of the CPU disk memory and network It also monitors the Bus speeds and voltages To view temperatures and fans click the button ...

Page 80: ...ck 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 the following procedure to access nTune 1 From the desktop select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Control Panel 2 Select Performance to display Performance Control Panel Categories Figur...

Page 81: ...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 the mouse to drag the slider All changes take effect immediately after selecting Apply however these setting only remain active for the current Windows session This allows you to safely return to Windows if a crash o...

Page 82: ...ions 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 adjust the reference clocks for the FSB the SPP PCI Express and the MCP PCI Express Note that as you change the slider for the FSB reference clock the CPU core frequency the FSB Frequency and the memo...

Page 83: ...e 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 in the safe range If the indicator square is red you are possible overvoltaging the component and could be causing damage System Fans This section of the Adjust Motherboard Settings menu allows you to control the CPU Sy...

Page 84: ...ite 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 Write to Read time is the number of clock cycles between the last write data pair and the subsequent READ command to the same physical block Adjustable from 1 to 15 RAS to CAS access The RAS to CAS acce...

Page 85: ...e 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 tRAS tRP If this value is set too short it can cause corruption of data If this value is set too high it causes a loss in performance but an increase in stability Adjustable from 1 to 63 cycles W to R Command Delay The Wri...

Page 86: ... 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 shipped clock frequencies of your GPU and GPU memory and set the GPU fan speed Increasing the clock speeds increases your GPU performance and may require adjusting cooling to maintain the same level of reliability Figure 20 Adjust GPU Setti...

Page 87: ... 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 active until you change them again or restore the CMOS to the default settings Figure 21 Dynamic BIOS Access nTune ...

Page 88: ...down 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 section of the Dynamic BIOS Access menu allows you to Enable or Disable the CPU Internal Cache and the Quick Power on Self Test POST Advanced Settings This section of the Dynamic BIOS Access menu allow...

Page 89: ...namic 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 Floppy Seek Enable Disable Boot UP NumLock Status On Off Gate A20 Option Normal Fast ...

Page 90: ...nce 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 tuning options are available on the Tune System menu Course tuning takes approximately 20 minutes to run while it adjusts system bus speeds and parameters It first saves current bus speeds as two profiles...

Page 91: ...Using NVIDIA Software 77 Figure 22 Tune System Menu nTune ...

Page 92: ...ftware 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 provides hardware software and system information that you can save to a log file to assist customer support or for your own uses Figure 23 View System Information nTune ...

Page 93: ...stem 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 memory information is displayed when you double click on a processor or DIMM listed under Hardware information Double click a DIMM to display information Double click a processor to display information ...

Page 94: ...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 ...

Page 95: ...em Stability Perform Stability Test Use Perform Stability Test to quickly diagnose potential system performance issues and to gather troubleshooting data Stability Test performs a series of stress test to identify probable causes of performance issues creates a list of the results and provides recommendations for improvements You can test the entire system check All system components or check indi...

Page 96: ...to 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 the NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Manager technology to configure and control NVIDIA storage hardware integrated into the NVIDIA MCP NVIDIA RAID technology can protect data from hardware failure and prov...

Page 97: ...on View Storage Configuration The View Storage Configuration screendisplays the current configuration of your storage devices Check this screen prior to doing any management function The View Storage Configuration screen provides status and capacity for all the storage disks on your system Figure 27 View Storage Configuration MediaShield ...

Page 98: ...rage menu provides you with the ability to delete rebuild migrate and synchronize arrays Delete Array Use the following procedure to delete an array 1 Click on Delete Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard 2 Click Next to continue with the wizard and display the RAID Array Selection menu ...

Page 99: ...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 this array The data may be permanently destroyed in the process If you do not want to delete this array click Cancel 4 Click Finish to delete the selected array ...

Page 100: ...u need to shutdown the rebuild operation continues upon restart Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 1 Identify the affect disk in the array and replace it 2 Click on Rebuild Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard 3 Click Next to continue with the wizard and display the RAID Array Selection menu 4 Select the array with that had the affected disk and click Next ...

Page 101: ...eds to be rebuilt 6 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen displays to verify that you still want to rebuild the array selected 7 Click Finish to begin the rebuild of the selected disk in the array Remember that rebuilding a disk can take up to a full day ...

Page 102: ...to 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 to a Strip Mirroring array Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 1 Click on Migrate Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Migrate Array Wizard 2 Click Next to continue with the wiza...

Page 103: ...ode 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 that this migration is not reversible Be sure you want to migrate this array before continuing 5 Click Finish to begin the migration of the selected array ...

Page 104: ...Array This option is used to synchronize a selected array Use the following procedure to rebuild an array 1 Click on Synchronize Array under Management to launch the NVIDIA Synchronize Array Wizard 2 Click Next to continue with the wizard and display the RAID Array Selection window ...

Page 105: ...3 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 4 Click Finish to begin synchronizing the array ...

Page 106: ...s several key features that are accessed using the NVIDIA control panel FirstPacket 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 When TCP IP acceleration is enabled it lowers the CPU utilization and provides overall better system performance when the net...

Page 107: ...fectively 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 additional transmit queue in the network driver so that network applications can share a limited resource Based on user preference FirstPacket can expedite transmission for user approved network applications For example...

Page 108: ... to display the Configure FirstPacket Settings screen 2 Click the Settings tab 3 Click Enable FirstPacket recommended to enable the options that define the speed of the broadband connection This information is needed by the FirstPacket software to appropriately prioritize network traffic Select the appropriate speed for your network For example if your broadband connection is a cable connection cl...

Page 109: ...te 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 NVIDIA TCP IP Acceleration technology is a networking solution that moves the processing of TCP IP network traffic from your computer s CPU to its nForce hardware resulting in greatly improved system performance NVIDIA TCP ...

Page 110: ...etects 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 select Set TCP IP Acceleration configuration from the Networking screen Note that by default TCP IP acceleration is turned off the Not be hardware accelerated radio button is checked Click the Use hardwa...

Page 111: ...e NVIDIA Control Panel and is used to manage the system BIOS without having to go into the BIOS To launch the NVIDIA Control Panel select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Control Panel Click on the System Update icon Figure 29 System Update Application on the NVIDIA Control Panel ...

Page 112: ...oard Updates Currently there is one selection under Motherboard updates Selecting Manage your system BIOS displays a screen that allows you to backup the existing settings stored in the ROM file or load a new ROM file onto your system Figure 30 Managing Your System Bios Screen ...

Page 113: ... a location on your drive BIOS Flash Options This section of the screen has three options Update boot block Select this option to overwrite the BIOS boot block during flash It is not recommended to use this option unless specified by the provider of the BIOS Update Clear CMOS Select this option to clear the CMOS on the next reboot Use this option when BIOS updates require that the CMOS be cleared ...

Page 114: ...atures menu 34 Advanced Chipset Features 38 CMOS Setup Utility menu 27 CPU Configuration 46 FSB Memory Config 42 Integrated Peripherals 51 Main Menu 26 Memory Timing Setting 44 PnP PCI Configuration 57 Power Management Setup 55 Standard CMOS Features 29 System Clocks 39 System Monitor menu 60 System Voltages 47 BIOS configuring 25 block mode IDE HDD 54 boot device priority 36 Boot up settings 75 C...

Page 115: ...equipment list 7 ESCD 58 Execute Disable Bit 47 expansion slots 23 Extended Memory 33 FDC controller function 54 features motherboard 1 FirstPacket 92 93 94 FirstPacket technology 3 Floppy Cable 7 Frequency Settings 40 front panel header 19 Front Panel Header Pins 20 front panel power LED 19 FSB Memory Config menu 42 FSB QDR 43 FSB and Memory Clock Mode 43 FSB Reference Clock 40 FSB speeds 1 full ...

Page 116: ... BIOS 52 set network boot priority 35 set power management functions in BIOS 55 set system voltages in BIOS 47 set TCP IP Acceleration configuration 96 synchronize an array 90 HPET 50 HT Multiplier 41 HT Spread Spectrum 41 I O shield 14 I O Shield 7 IDE connector 17 IDE DMA transfer access 52 IDE Function Setup menu 52 IDE Prefetch Mode 52 IDE SATA sub menu 30 IDE ATA 133 HDD Cable 8 installing CP...

Page 117: ...rce 680i SE Motherboard Layout 9 NVPerformance Benchmark 82 onboard serial port 1 function 54 OnChip IDE Channel0 52 OnChip USB 53 overclocking tools 1 Palette Snoop function 59 paring the motherboard 12 PCI Express x1 slot 24 PCI Express x16 slots 24 PCI slots 23 PCIe Spread Spectrum 41 PCIe x16 40 Performance category 66 Performance Control Panel Categories 66 Performance option 93 PnP PCI Confi...

Page 118: ...ntroller 52 How to 39 Soft Off by PBNT 56 software installation instructions 62 Spread Spectrum 41 Standard CMOS Features menu 29 Storage application 82 System Clocks 68 System Clocks menu 39 system fan 22 System Monitor menu 60 System Stability menu 81 System Updater 97 System Voltages 69 system voltages and timing settings 50 System Voltages menu 47 tCL 45 71 TCP IP acceleration 92 TCP IP Accele...

Page 119: ...ics Cards in an SLI Configuration 105 View Storage Configuration screen 83 View System Information screen 78 Virtualization Technology 47 W to R Termination Turnaround 70 Write Recovery Time 70 Write to Write timing 71 ...

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