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CONTENTS

Copyright Notice .............................................................................................................. ii

Trademarks ....................................................................................................................... ii

Revision History .............................................................................................................. ii

Technical Support ........................................................................................................... ii

Safety Instructions ......................................................................................................... iii

FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ........................................................ iv

W EEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement .................................... v

Chapter 1 Getting Started ..................................................................................... 1-1

Mainboard Specifications ................................................................................... 1-2

Mainboard Layout ................................................................................................ 1-4

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup .................................................................................... 2-1

Quick Components Guide .................................................................................... 2-2

CPU (Central Processing Unit) ............................................................................ 2-3

AMD

Opteron CPU in 1207-Pin Package ................................................... 2-3

Precautions for thermal issues .................................................................. 2-4

Socket 1207 CPU & Cooler Installation ...................................................... 2-6

Memory ................................................................................................................. 2-8

Dual-Channel Mode Population Rule .......................................................... 2-8

Memory Frequency vs. Core Multiplier ...................................................... 2-9

Installing DDR2 Modules .............................................................................. 2-9

Power Supply .................................................................................................... 2-10

24-Pin System Power Connector: JPWR1 ............................................... 2-10

8-Pin CPU Power Connector: JPWR2 ....................................................... 2-10

Back Panel ........................................................................................................... 2-11

Connectors ........................................................................................................ 2-12

Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FLOPPY1 .................................................. 2-12

IDE Connector: IDE1 ................................................................................... 2-12

Serial ATA Connector: SATA_1 ~ SATA_6 .............................................. 2-13

LAN LED Connectors: LAN_LINK1, LAN_LINK2 ...................................... 2-14

Fan Power Connectors: CPU0 / CPU1_FAN1, SYS_FAN 1 / 2 / 3 / 4,

CHA_FAN1 ................................................................................................. 2-14

Serial Port Connector: COM 2 ................................................................... 2-15

Front USB Connector: JUSB1, JUSB2 ..................................................... 2-15

Front Panel Connectors: JFP1, JFP2 ....................................................... 2-16

Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector: J1 ................................................. 2-17

Front Audio Connector: J3 ........................................................................ 2-17

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Страница 1: ...i K9ND Speedster MS 9652 V1 X Server Board G52 96521X1 ...

Страница 2: ...or other countries PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date V1 0 ...

Страница 3: ...Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by ...

Страница 4: ...e interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved...

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Страница 8: ...207 CPU Cooler Installation 2 6 Memory 2 8 Dual Channel Mode Population Rule 2 8 Memory Frequency vs Core Multiplier 2 9 Installing DDR2 Modules 2 9 Power Supply 2 10 24 Pin System Power Connector JPWR1 2 10 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR2 2 10 Back Panel 2 11 Connectors 2 12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FLOPPY1 2 12 IDE Connector IDE1 2 12 Serial ATA Connector SATA_1 SATA_6 2 13 LAN LED Connectors...

Страница 9: ... Exit 3 24 Appendix A nVIDIA SATA RAID A 1 Introduction A 2 System Requirement A 2 RAID Arrays A 2 Summary of RAID Configurations A 2 RAID Configuration A 3 Basic Configuration Instructions A 3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS A 3 Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAID Array A 7 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation A 8 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows A 9 Initializing and Using the Di...

Страница 10: ...isk Alert A 26 Appendix B Realtek ALC888 Audio B 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver B 2 Installation for Windows 2000 XP B 2 Software Configuration B 4 Sound Effect B 5 Mixer B 8 Audio I O B 12 Microphone B 16 3D Audio Demo B 17 Information B 18 Hardware Setup B 18 ...

Страница 11: ...tem efficiency the K9ND Speedster ac commodates the latest AMD Opteron processor in 1207 pin package and supports up to 8 Registered ECC DDR2 400 533 667 DIMM slots to provide the maximum of 16GB memory capacity In the entry level and mid range market segment the K9ND Speedster can provide a high performance so lution for today s front end and general purpose server workstation as well as in the f...

Страница 12: ...CC Registered DDR2 400 533 667 DIMMs 8 DDR2 DIMM slots up to 16GB memory IDE 1 channel bus master IDE port Supports ATA133 100 66 SATA 6 SATA II ports support 6 SATA II devices Storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB s Floppy 1 floppy port IEEE 1394 VIA VT6308 IEEE 1394 controller LAN 2 Gigabit Ethernet controllers bundled into Marvell 88E1116 MCP55 Pro Audio Realtek ALC888 7 1 channel HDA code...

Страница 13: ...rs 1 x serial port connector 1 x proprietary front audio connector Slots 1 PCI Express x16 slot PCI_E3 supports x8 SLI or x16 signal 1 PCI Express x16 slot PCI_E1 supports x8 signal 1 PCI Express x8 slot PCI_E2 supports x4 signal 2 PCI slots Form Factor ATX form factor 12 x 10 2 Mounting 9 mounting holes For more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw program product...

Страница 14: ..._FAN2 CPU1_FAN1 SYS_FAN1 JPWR1 JPWR2 SYS_FAN3 J1394_1 J1394_2 JUSB2 JUSB1 J2 J1 SATA_ 1 SATA_2 SATA_ 3 SATA_4 SATA_5 SATA_6 CPU0_FAN1 CHA_FAN1 I DE 1 JBAT1 COM2 JFP2 JFP1 FLOPPY1 Top LAN Jack Bottom USB Ports Top LAN Jack Bottom USB Ports Top Mouse Bottom Keyboard Top VGA Port Bottom Serial Port T M B Line In Line Out Mic T RS Out M CS B SPDIF Out Out nVIDIA nForce MCP55 Pro CPU1 CPU0 L A N_L INK ...

Страница 15: ...edures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Страница 16: ...C I C l a s s Slots p 2 19 CPU p 2 3 CPU1_FAN1 p 2 14 IDE1 p 2 12 J1 p 2 17 DIMM Slots p 2 8 CHA_FAN1 p 2 14 JBAT1 p 2 18 J3 p 2 17 SYS_FAN3 p 2 14 JPWR2 p 2 10 Back Panel I O p 2 11 SYS_FAN4 p 2 14 FLOPPY1 p 2 12 DIMM Slots p 2 8 SYS_FAN2 p 2 14 SATA_1 6 p 2 13 LAN_LINK1 LAN_LINK2 p 2 14 SYS_FAN1 p 2 14 CPU0_FAN1 p 2 14 J4 p 2 18 ...

Страница 17: ...will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation 3 While replacing the CPU always turn off the power supply or unplug the power supply s power cord from the grounded outlet first to en...

Страница 18: ...tually eliminate thermal issues users are advised to take proper precautions 1 Users are recommended to use AVC Z7UB408 series cooler when installing 120W AMD Opteron CPU 2 Users are recommended to use AVC Z8UB009 series cooler when installing 95W AMD Opteron CPU ...

Страница 19: ...IMM4 P1_DIMM2 P0_DIMM3 P1_DIMM3 P0_DIMM2 P1_DIMM4 P0_DIMM1 PCI_E2 ALC888 VIA VT6308P PCI_E1 PCI2 PCI1 SYS_FAN4 SYS_FAN2 CPU1_FAN1 SYS_FAN1 JPWR1 JPWR2 SYS_FAN3 J1394_1 J1394_2 JUSB2 JUSB1 J2 J1 S ATA_1 S ATA _2 SATA_3 SATA _4 SATA _5 SATA_6 CPU0_FAN1 CHA_FAN1 IDE 1 JBAT1 COM2 JFP2 JFP1 FLOPPY1 Top LAN Jack Bottom USB Ports Top LAN Jack Bottom USB Ports Top Mouse Bottom Keyboard Top VGA Port Bottom...

Страница 20: ...emove the plastic cap from the load plate The pins of the socket reveal 5 After confirming the CPU direction indicated below with red circles for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket housing frame Be sure to grasp on the edge of the CPU base Note that the alignment keys are matched 6 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not take out the CPU with pure vertical moti...

Страница 21: ... under the retention tab 9 Place the cooler set on top of the reten tion mechanism Secure the metal clips on the cooler set to the hooks on the retention mechanism 10 Connect the cooler power cord to the onboard CPU fan power connector Mainboard photos shown in this sec tion are for demonstration only and may differ from the actual look of your mainboard ...

Страница 22: ...Mode Population Rule In Dual Channel mode the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two data bus lines simultaneously Enabling Dual Channel mode can enhance the system performance Please refer to the following tables for population rules under Dual Channel mode CPU0 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Rule 1 Single Channel V V Rule 2 Dual Channel V V Rule 3 Dual Channel V V Rule 4 Dual Channel V V...

Страница 23: ...inger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch v NOTE You can barely see the golden finger if the memory module is properly inserted in the DIMM slot Memory Frequency vs Core Multiplier The DDR2 DIMM operates different frequency when using different CPU For example when using 2 4GHz CPU the DDR2 66...

Страница 24: ...Powe r supply of 600 watts and above is highly recommended for system stability 24 Pin System Power Connector JPWR1 This connector allows you to connect to an SSI power supply To connect to the power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR2 T...

Страница 25: ...g USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices LAN Port The standard RJ 45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it Keyboard USB Ports Mouse VGA Port Serial Port LAN1 LAN2 USB Ports Line In Line Out MIC RS Out CS Out SPDIF Out LED Color LED State Condition Off LAN link is not established Left Orange On steady state LAN link...

Страница 26: ...CI IDE and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices Important If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions IDE...

Страница 27: ...upport SATA II data rates of 300MB s Each SATA II connector can connect to 1 hard disk device and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 2 0 specifications Important Please do not fold the SATA accessory cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission SATA_1 SATA_2 SATA_3 SATA_4 SATA_5 SATA_6 ...

Страница 28: ...designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Important Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD official website or consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan SYS_FAN3 SENSOR 12V GND CONTROL CPU0_FAN1 CPU1_FAN1 SYS_FAN4 SENSOR 1 2V GND CONTROL LAN LED Connectors LAN_LINK1 LAN_LINK2 The LAN LED connectors are used to connect to LAN LEDs which show the activity ...

Страница 29: ... 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC Pin Definition Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage Serial Port Connector COM 2 The mainboard provides one 9 pin header as serial port COM 2 The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devi...

Страница 30: ...itchhigh reference pull up 7 RST_SW Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW PowerSwitch lowreferencepull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 GND Ground 2 SPK Speaker 3 SLED SuspendLED 4 BUZ Buzzer 5 PLED PowerLED 6 BUZ Buzzer 7 NC Noconnection 8 SPK Speaker JFP2 Pin Definition Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 These connectors are for electric...

Страница 31: ... audio bracket that provides extra front panel audio IO jacks Note that this connector is of proprietary design not a standard front audio connector PIN SIGNAL 5 LINE_L 6 MIC_L 7 KEY 8 GND PIN SIGNAL 1 LINE_R 2 MIC_R 3 LINE_JD 4 MIC_JD Pin Definition IEEE 1394 Connectors J1394_1 J1394_2 Optional The mainboard provides IEEE1394 pinheaders that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports via an external IE...

Страница 32: ...learing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard BIOS Recovery Jumper J4 A boot block program is included as part of the system BIOS to recover the system from a situation when the BIOS code is incorrect corrupted or needs to be updated When the BIOS code is corrupted or needs to be updated you have to at first enable the boot block by short connecting pin 2 3 of the J4 jumper ...

Страница 33: ...ers and general pur pose I O Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI E...

Страница 34: ...t into place 3 To remove the graphics card first release the locking mechanism with a screw driver as indicated below and simultaneously pull up the graphics card NOTE Avoid forcibly pulling up the graphics card Use the screwdriver to press open the locking mechanism while pulling up the graphics card Once the locking mechanism is kept in open state the graphics card will be easily removed ...

Страница 35: ...BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for cus tomized features ...

Страница 36: ...der each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the descrip tion may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held for reference only 2 Upon boot up the 1st line appearing after the memory count is the BIOS version It is usually in the format P9652NMS V1 0 011507 where 1st digit refers to BIOS maker as A AMI W AWA...

Страница 37: ...ol keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press Esc to exit the Help screen ...

Страница 38: ...s and make changes to the settings Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features available on your system s chipset Power Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or...

Страница 39: ...t is MM DD YYYY Local Bus IDE Adapter This setting controls the onboard IDE adapter Primary Master Primary Slave Type Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can us...

Страница 40: ...g the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Boot time Diagnostic Screen Select Enabled if you want to view the system diagnostic screen during boot time Summary Screen Select Enabled if you want to view the system summary screen Extended Memory Testing This setting determines which type of tests will be performed on extended memory above 1M ...

Страница 41: ...ter the BIOS Setup Utility to change this setting BIOS Write Protect This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempt ing to update the BIOS with a Flash utility To successfully update the BIOS you ll need to disable this BIOS Write Protect function You should enable this function at all t...

Страница 42: ...ter leave is disabled the memory controller maps the local memory of each pro cessor to a single contiguous range of physical addresses This allows the operating system to map user data to local memory whenever possible to allow programs to access data the most rapidly When node interleave is enabled physical addresses are partitioned into 4KB blocks and alternated among the processors The operati...

Страница 43: ...lowing threads and memory to be grouped in an optimal manner ECC Options ECC Mode If all memory in the system supports ECC enabling this will initial scrub DRAM and enable system requests to DRAM to be checked and or corrected ECC Error Checking This setting enables disables ECC Error Correction Code checking a method of checking the integrity of data in DRAM ECC provides more elaborate error dete...

Страница 44: ...ls the time allotted for the L1 memory cache to be corrected when in an idle state L2 ECC Scrub Control The L2 ECC Scrub option controls the time allotted for the L2 memory cache to be corrected when in an idle state Online Spare Online Spare Memory mode provides a higher level of memory protection than Standard Memory mode It protects against single bit errors and is beneficial to businesses with...

Страница 45: ...em Health These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds CPU and System Voltage This field shows the CPU and system voltages ...

Страница 46: ...n excellent feature which will adjust the CPU system fan speed automatically depending on the current CPU system temperature avoiding system damage caused by overheating CPU0_FAN1 CPU1_FAN1 Speed SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 SYS_FAN3 SYS_FAN4 Speed You can select a fan value here If the current temperature reaches to the minimum threshold you set here the fan will slow down to keep the tempera ture stable ...

Страница 47: ... Audio interface integrated in the Southbridge SATA0 Controller SATA1 Controller SATA2 Controller These settings allow you to enable disable the onchip Serial ATA controllers Interrupt Mode This BIOS feature is used to enable or disable the motherboard s APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller The APIC provides multiprocessor support more IRQs and faster interrupt handling However it is on...

Страница 48: ...3 14 MS 9652 Server BoardB NV RAID Configuration NV RAID Configuration This setting enables disables the nVIDIA software RAID configuration ...

Страница 49: ...change the screen language for your FirstWare applications FirstWare Authentication Level This setting allows you to select the authentication level for your FirstWare applications FirstWare Video Mode This setting allows you to change the video resolution for your FirstWare applications ...

Страница 50: ...n set to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to higher values every PCI device can conduct trans actions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth For better PCI performance you should set the item to higher values ...

Страница 51: ...iskette A This setting allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Floppy Check This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When enabled the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process ...

Страница 52: ...ble disable the onboard Serial Port A B Base I O Address These settings specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port A B Interrupt These settings specify IRQs for the Serial Port A B Floppy Disk Controller This setting enables disables the onboard floppy disk controller ...

Страница 53: ...ate bits per second of Console Redirection Console Type This setting specifies the console type Flow Control This feature allows you to enable flow control Console Connection This feature indicates whether the console is connected directly to the system or a modem is used for connection Continue C R after POST Selecting On will enable Console Redirection after OS has loaded ...

Страница 54: ...n this setting is set to Yes the DMI event log will be cleared at next POST stage Then the BIOS will automatically set this option to No Event Logging This setting disables enables the BIOS to log DMI Desktop Management Interface events Mark DMI Events as Read d Press Enter and a screen pops up asking users to confirm whether or not to clear all DMI event logs immediately Press Y and Enter the BIO...

Страница 55: ... an on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred C State Configuration C state performance indicates the ability to run the processor in lower power states when the PC is idle This setting enables disables the C State Configuration for power saving purposes Enable Multimedia Timer This setting enables the Multimedia Timer to achieve bett...

Страница 56: ...me Time The time format is HH MM SS Resume Date The date format is MM DD YYYY ACPI Suspend Support This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field ...

Страница 57: ...l attempt to boot the Operating System Boot Priority Order This setting allows users to set the boot priority of the specified devices Refer to the Item Specific Help on the right pane for instructions Excluded from Boot Order This setting allows users to exclude the specified devices from the Boot Order list ...

Страница 58: ...he BIOS settings to the Optimal Defaults The Setup Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimized performance of the mainboard Discard Changes The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to previous values Save Changes The option allows users to save the changes without exiting Setup The following sections describe each of the optio...

Страница 59: ...ch is used by the world s lead ing businesses to the common PC desktop This tech nology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource ...

Страница 60: ...t tolerance 100 data redundancy Requires 2 drives for the storage space of 1 drive 2 Yes System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems Windows XP Windows 2003 x64 Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that ...

Страница 61: ...AID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the nVidia RAID Function in nVidia RAID Setup of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS After that press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC will reboot ri...

Страница 62: ...he Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Parallel ATA 0 0 M Channel 0 controller 0 Master 0 0 S Channel 0 controller 0 Slave 0 1 M Channel 0 controller 1 Master 0 1 S Channel 0 controller 1 Slave Serial ATA 1 0 M Channel 1 controller 0...

Страница 63: ... the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the Arr...

Страница 64: ...have set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup ...

Страница 65: ...DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers Important Please follow the instructions below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver diskette for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Click the Browse CD on the ...

Страница 66: ...ion is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed ...

Страница 67: ...l the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA C19 System Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page 2 Select the modules that you want to install Make sure that the NVIDIA IDE Driver is selected 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the P...

Страница 68: ...ings Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured 4 Click Next The Select Disks to Convert window appears ...

Страница 69: ...h The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 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 ...

Страница 70: ...irrored Array Rebuild a broken mirrored array Watch the progress of rebuilding an array Only applies to RAID 1 arrays Synchronizing a RAID Array Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays copy the data to the redundant disk the same operation as rebuilding Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management utility by double clicking NvRaidMan e...

Страница 71: ...o the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by any other array unlike a free disk which can be use...

Страница 72: ... free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the following 1 Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu...

Страница 73: ...ll be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two WD360GD drives to fail the ST380011A hard drive will take over and be used in the newly formed mirrored array ...

Страница 74: ... been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right click on the ST380011A drive and select Remove Disk as shown in the screen shot below ...

Страница 75: ...ciples NVIDIA RAID includes extensive support for morphing a process of converting from one RAID mode to another RAID mode General Requirements and Limitations The new array capacity must be equal to or greater than the previous array For example it is possible to morph from a RAID 1 array to a RAID 0 array as long as the RAID 0 array is the same size as or larger than the RAID 1 array You can t m...

Страница 76: ...en a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to add or remove an entire array without degrading the array in the process NVRAIDMAN can be used to hot plug a RAID disk To hot plug a disk simply do the following 1 Launch NVRAIDMAN and click on Hot P...

Страница 77: ...RAID arrays is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such as RAID 0 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out all the data on that array Initialization of a fault tolerant array can only be done when the array is being created To initialize an array perform the following steps Note In this example a mirror ...

Страница 78: ...roring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the following screen shot will appear 7 Check Intialize Array and then click Next The Initialization Warning dialog appears 8 Click OK The Clearing System Data screen appears again with the Initialize Array c...

Страница 79: ...ws the created RAID array as shown below The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time As soon as the Initialization process starts a popup window similar to the following will appear followed by the following pop up window ...

Страница 80: ...e of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility The picture below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array and two free disks 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears 3 From the popup me...

Страница 81: ...list then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the figure below When the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure below ...

Страница 82: ... Only to RAID 1 Array Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34 48 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large To use one of these availab...

Страница 83: ...le assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below 2 The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears 3 Click on Next and then click Finish at the Wizard Completion screen The NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is synchronizing as shown in Figure below As you can see from the screen sh...

Страница 84: ...system motherboard The image shows the hard drive connector ports and provides a visual indication of the location and status of the drives as follows Red rectangle A red rectangle will flash around the port connector that is attached to the failed drive Green rectangle Ports that have a drive attached and are in a healthy state are indicated with a green rectangle around the port connector Yellow...

Страница 85: ...888 Audio Appendix B The Realtek ALC888 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels ...

Страница 86: ...s X P Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Important The HD Audi...

Страница 87: ...B 3 Realtek ALC888 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here ...

Страница 88: ...8 channel audio feature now Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Realtek HD Audio Manager from the Control Panel Double click Software Configuration ...

Страница 89: ... rena and A udio Corridor for quick enjoyment You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the L oad EQ Setting and S ave Preset button click R eset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click D elete EQ Set ting button to remove a pres...

Страница 90: ...fect without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from ...

Страница 91: ... Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song...

Страница 92: ...tput respectively from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important Before set up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the r...

Страница 93: ...d from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel ...

Страница 94: ...ute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back pa...

Страница 95: ... completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming Tool Mute Important ALC888 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record ...

Страница 96: ... 6CH Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you have plugged in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If no...

Страница 97: ...jacks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in ...

Страница 98: ... of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio 192KHz This is recommended while playing High quality Audio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out throug...

Страница 99: ... up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Side Left Side Right ...

Страница 100: ...d from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With ...

Страница 101: ...C888 Audio 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Страница 102: ...ion Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Страница 103: ...kers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility n 2 Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels but not functioning in this mode 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but not functioning in this mode 6 S PDIF Out Optical Hardware Setup Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Страница 104: ... back panel s Line Out connector and two speakers to the real chan nel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but not functioning in this mode 6 S PDIF Out Optical Back Panel 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Страница 105: ... Out connector two speakers to the rear channel Line out connector and two s peaker s to the c enter subwoofer channel Line Out connector 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 S PDIF Out Optical 1 2 6 4 5 3 Back Panel ...

Страница 106: ...ector and two speakers to the side chan nel Line Out connector 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Side Surround Out Side channels 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 S PDIF Out Optical Important To enable 7 1 channel audio out function on Vista operating system you have to install the Realtek Audio Driver Or the mainboard will support 5 1...

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