User`s Manual
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1. connector JSYS FAN Thechassis fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU JCPU FAN JPWR FAN JSYS FAN Control Sense Sense 12V 12V 12V Ground Ground S This mainboard is equipped with intelligent fan speed control Refer to the PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS Page 3 7 Installation 2 1 3 4 12 e 0 12v Ground Ground 1 2 PW12 Page 3 8 FDD Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive IDE1 IDE2 Ultra DMA 100 133 Primary Secondary IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 ATA 100 133 IDE drives It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB sec per channel I When using two IDE drives on the same connector one must be set to Master mode and the other to Slave mode Refer to your disk drive user s manual for details PW1 24 ATX Power Connector 12 4 pin ATX12V Power Connector The mainboard 15 equipped with a standard 24 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector2. USER S MANUAL Page 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction Athlon 64 Processor The AMD Athlon 64 processor family is designed to support performance desktop It provides a high performance HyperTransport link to I O as well as a single 64 bit high performance DDR memory controller For more information about all the new features Athlon 64 Processor deliver check out the AMD website at http www amd com Chipset The board is designed with NVIDIA nForce4 4X chipset featuring performance and stability with the most innovative technology and features including the world s first and only native Gigabit Ethernet interface and hardware optimized Firewall security solution For more details about the NVIDIA nForce4 please visit the NVIDIA Web site at http www PCI Express PCI E Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade With smaller slot size and 250MB sec PCI E 1 or 4GB sec PCI E 16 maximum transfer PCI Express overcomes PCI bus bottleneck Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status This includes CPU temperature voltage and fan speed in RPMs 10 100 LAN This mainboard is mounted with a ethernet LAN PHY It allows the mainboard to connect t
3. HDD S M B R T Capability Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show Enabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup gt Removable Device Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Options Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 USB FDD0 USB FDD1 USB ZIPO USB ZIP1 gt Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Options Pri Master Sec Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDD1 USBHDD2 Bootable Add in card ROM Boot Priority This item allows you to select the CD ROM boot priority Options Pri Master Sec Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB CDROMO USB CDROMI Page 4 3 5 Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the PCI E or PCI first when the system boots Options PCI Slot PCIEx Virus Warning During and after system boot up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive halts the system and an error message appears You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message appears
4. Speaker Test page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability If an audio device 18 plugged into the wrong connector a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection AC97 Audio Configuration E Connector Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone Se nsin g Line Out Connector Of Line In Connector OA Mic In Connector Device Type Device Type Device Type Figure gt Unknown Unknown Unknown Lorrectior Lorrectior B dali Please stop other audio applications before starting i 6 Push Start button to start the sensing Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing Page 6 4 Driver Installation Realtek Connector Sensing 2 Channel Mode Audio Connector Current Connection Figure 77 Front Speaker The audio devices may not be connected properly Please refer to the correct connection and check below connectors Mic In 7 EZ Connection shows the result of the detection Audio Connector column reflects the settings used in the Speaker Configuration page Current Connection column shows the type of device detected If the results do not match an exclamation mark will appear on the right side AC97 Audio Configuration E 2 5 x
5. 7 The BIOS update is finished XXXX W83627 6A69LPA9C DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type xxxxx E82802AB 3 3V Checksum 7FEQ Q OK B H ail F1 Reset F10 Exit A 2 Appendix B 1 NVIDIA RAID BIOS Utility Power on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen Press the F10 key to enter its BIOS configuration utility NVIDIA RAID Utility Define aNew Array Mirroring Striping Block Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 1 1 M ST380023AS E gt Add f Del F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate gp Select ENTER Popup Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field 15 highlighted e Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning or Stripe Mirroring e Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping block size is given in kilobytes and affects how data 15 arranged on the disk It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal which is 32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB e 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 R
6. ALCB58 ALC655 Language The setting will not be activated until you restart this program 11 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon from Windows Task bar uncheck Show icon in system tray Page 6 7 Driver Installation Page 6 8 Appendix A 1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy Run the downloaded xxxxx EXE file and it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk Note The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press lt Enter gt Key 2 You will see the following setup screen 3 Please key in the xxxxx bin BIOS file name 4 If you want to save the previous BIOS data to the diskette please key in Y otherwise please key in N xxxxx bin Do You Want To Save Bios Y N 5 Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file For XXXX W 83627 6A69LPA9C 0 DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type XXXXX 82802 73 3V xxxxx bin XXXxx bin 6 To confirm and proceed please key in Y to start the programming For Xxxx H83627 6A69LPA9C OQ DATE 05 11 2000 Flash Type xxxxx E82802AB 3 3V Checksum you sure to program y n
7. Auto Gain Control avoids saturation when adjusting the equalizer Page 6 2 Driver Installation AC97 Audio Configuration Equalizer Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIFIn Figure 37 12 dB Hz Bass Treble Vocal Powerful Pop Dance Club Soft Rock Party ON Load Save Delete 3 There are 10 bands of equalizer control check ON when you want to adjust the equalizer 97 Audio Configuration m Speaker Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Co nfi g u rati n Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Number of Speakers Phonejack Switch Headphone Line Out lt Figure 4 gt 4 channel mode for 4 speaker output e Line In C 6 channel mode for 5 1 speaker output Synchronize the phonejack switch with the speaker setting 4 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode no of speaker 1s selected Figure 4 above shows the phone jack setup for 2 channel mode Page 6 3 Driver Installation AC97 Audio Configuration Fo Speaker Test Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIFIn Figure 57 Click on the speaker to test it 5 To test the speaker select the
8. Control the Fan by Duty Cycle directly By Temperature calculates the fan speed according to different temperature range To use By Temperature setting refer to the example below to set the temperature and duty cycle Current CPU Temperature Fan Speed Display the current CPU Temperature Fan speed Page 4 18 5 TN Smart Fan example Full Fan Threshold Duty MH Temp MH s0 c oux MEM RE Li ee ee Fast FAN Duty Quiet Thr shold Temp 2 shold 0020 Duty LM Temp LM AO Quiet FAN Duty Temp L Start Stop Fan Stop FAN Duty Only need to set the items in gray The system will automatically calculate intermediate temperature Temp LM and Temp MH and the corresponding Duty LM and Duty MH How effective Smart CPU Fan is will depend on fan design Most fans have built in thermistor and may self adjust its speed Some fans have very limited duty cycle range open to fan control For best results use the bundled USDM Software to tune your fan 7 4 19 5 4 8 POWER BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking Warning 5 Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper
9. Display the current MAC NV address Page 4 12 5 Legacy Devices Scroll to Legacy Devices and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Legacy Devices a te oh Enabled nboard Serial Port Infrared Port Select Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller FDC If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled this field Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Infrared Port Select Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the Infrared Port Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode Options SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP EPP Mode Select This field allows the user to select the EPP mode for parallel port mode Options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode Options 1 3 Page 4 13 5 4 5 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MAN
10. NV LAN activity awakens the system from soft off state Options Enabled Disabled Power On by Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume you can set the date of month and time hh mm ss that will awaken a system which has been powered down Options Enabled Disabled POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by the keypress activity Options Disabled Any key Mouse Both Any key Mouse 4 6 PNP PCI PCI E Configuration This page lets the user to modify the PCI PCI E IRQ signals when various PCI PCI E cards are inserted WARNING Conflicting IRQ s may cause system unable to locate certain devices Phoenix AwardBI0 S CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI PCI E Configurations Resources Controlled By Item Help x IRQ Resources ress Enter PCI YGA Palette Snoop Disabled Menu Level gt BIOS can automatically x PCI Express relative items configure all the Maximum Payload Size 4096 boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose futo you cannot select IRQ DHA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 7 PNP PCI PCI E Configuration Setup Page 4 15 5 Resources Controlled Determines what controls system PNP PCI PCI E resources The default is Auto ESCD Manual PNP Card s resources are controlled manually
11. One IR connector Four S ATA connectors Three Fan connectors Front Panel Controller Supports Reset amp Soft Off switches Supports HDD amp Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Supports Front Panel Audio connector Special Features Support KBPO function Keyboard power on turn on the computer from keyboard Support Wake On LAN by PME PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking capabilities through Programmable FSB and PCI E Clock output frequency with IMHz fine tuning Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage Chipset voltage DIMM frequency and voltage settings Q Form Factor 305mm x 210 mm ATX size Page 2 3 Specification A gt Page 2 4 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Layout PWR_FAN DIMM2 VOLTLI SPDIF out Coaxial Jack m DIMMI RU UO VITE Parallel Port Top JCPU_FAN COM1 6 6 1242065 PW12 2 IDE1 12V Power Conn ETN 2 9 Line in Light Blue BE ATX Power Conn 4 Si Mion Pink E 00000000000 1 1 saa Sy eg SATA SATA1 AC 97 Audio EMS Clear CMOS
12. The IRQ Resources field becomes available and you can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI PCI E and onboard devices Auto BIOS assigns the interrupt resource automatically PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards Options Enabled Disabled PCI Express related items Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit 1s byte Options 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 Interrupt requests are shared as shown below INT A INTB INTC INT D V PCI V PE V PEI x1 V PE2 x1 16 V IMPORTANT When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots make sure its drivers support Shared IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments IRQ conflicts between the two PCI groups will make the system unstable or cards inoperable Page 4 16 BIOS 4 7 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBLOS CHOS Setup Utility PC Health Status gt SmartFan Function Press Enter Item Help Show PC Health in POST Enabled Current CPU Temperature Henu Level Current System Temp Current CPU Fan Speed Current Power Fan Speed Current Chassis Fan Speed DIMM V 5VSB 12 Chipset CPU V 58 Battery ACPI Shutdown Temperature Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values
13. to Save amp Exit RAID Configuration gt Step 2 Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller s BIOS Boot ROM utility gt NVIDIA nForce4 4X Power on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen Press the F10 key to enter its BIOS configuration utility NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array 9 Mirroring Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate ayy Select ENTER Popup Refer to Appendix B 1 for details about creating RAID array using this utility After the RAID array 18 created press F10 to exit KF Step 3 Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 into any RAID disk the O S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy There are 2 methods to prepare this floppy gt Method 1 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Boot the system from the CD ROM 3 menu of driver for various RAID controllers will appear 4 Insert a blank floppy into the A drive 5 Select the appropriate RAID controller to begin copy into the floppy gt Method 2 1 Locate another computer and insert the bundled CD into its CD ROM drive Page 5 5 RAID Configuration 2 A menu screen will appear Autorun feature 3 Select the page RAID floppy 4 Inse
14. BIOS menus supervisor password full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus user password only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to key in each time you enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You can determine when the password 1s required within the Advanced BIOS Features Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both
15. Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave None Drive fl 1 44M 3 5 in Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 654 72K Total Memory 1024 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Notes e Ifthe hard disk Primary Master Slave and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto the hard disk size and model will be auto detected The Halt On field is used to determine when the BIOS will halt the system if an error occurs Page 4 2 BIOS 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key displays a help message for the selected item Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Removable Device Priority Press Enter Item Help gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter CD ROM Boot Priority Press Enter Menu Level 4 Init Display First 1 Virus Warning Disabled First Boot Device Removable Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled
16. Co n nector Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In S PDIF Qut Connector Sensing General Sensing O amp Line Out Connector Of Line In Connector 2 Mic In Connector Device Device Type Device Type Figure 8 gt Stereo Headphone Passive Speaker Correction Correction 8 After closing EZ Connector this page will show the latest connector status as above Page 6 5 Driver Installation AC97 Audio Configuration HRTF Demo Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General 3D Positional Audio Sound LOOPY MUSIC Path E Figure 97 Horizontal Environment None 97 Audio Configuration it Microphone Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Figure 107 10 The Noise Suppression feature uses software to reduce background delay microphone recording Page 6 6 Driver Installation 97 Audio Configuration General Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Information Audio Driver Version 5 10 0 5720 DirectX Version Direct 9 0 Figure 117 Audio Controller nv idia O084 ACS Codec
17. JSYS FAN Finktek IO Chip CUSB3 CUSB4 CUSB5 ES Hp LE CFP PW ON PWR LED Page 3 1 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 CPU Installation 3 Jumper Settings 3 3 System Memory 34 Expansion Slots 3 5 Device Connectors 3 1 CPU Installation Step 1 Step 2 Open the socket by raising the actuation Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on lever the CPU socket and gently insert the CPU The CPU is keyed to prevent incorrect insertion Do not force the processor into the socket If it does not go in easily check for mis orientation and reinsert the CPU Make sure the processor 15 fully inserted into the socket Note Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage Page 3 2 25 E i X Figure 3 gt Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Apply thermal compound to the top of the CPU lt Figure 5 gt Step 5 Installation Step 4 Insert the heatsink as shown above Press the clips in the direction of the arrows shown in Figure 4 to secure the assembly to the CPU socket Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard s CPU fan connector The installation is complete Page 3 3 Install
18. LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system PW ON This 1s connected to the power button on the case To use the Soft Off by PWR BTTN feature refer to the Power Management Setup in the BIOS setup section of this manual CIR IR connector Connect the IrDA cable if available to this IR connector CSPK Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping Page 3 11 Installation 3 6 Power On Off Remote This board has a 24 pin ATX and a 4 ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On Off feature The 4 pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header You can turn off the system in two ways by pressing the front panel power On Off button or using the Soft Off function that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows XP ME 2000 98 Note The board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate Your system configura tion amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed this minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power use a 350 Watt or higher power supply INE x 12V 4 pin 1 E 24 pin Case chassis Power ON OFF button PW ON 1 Figure 8 Simple power ON
19. R Front Line out L CD IN AUX IN CD Audio IN Connector The CD IN and AUX IN connectors are used to receive audio form a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card CD IN AUX IN CD IN Right AUX IN Right CD Reference GND 1 CD IN Left 1 AUX IN Left SATA1 SATA4 Four Serial ATA Connectors These connectors enable you to connect Serial ATA HDDs or optical drives type 1 GND B B A A GND GND Page 3 9 Installation CUSB3 CUSB4 CUSBS Six USB 2 0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2 0 ports identified by 10 pin connector If you wish to use the additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10 pin connector VCC VCC DATAO DATA1 GND GND Key NC CAUTION If you purchased a separate USB cable make sure it has the same pin assignment A different pin assignment may damage the system If you need the USB cable please contact our retailer Page 3 10 PWR_LED HD LED RST PW ON CIR avcc NC IRRX GND IRTX CSPK 1 GND Speaker Installation CFP Front Panel Connector HD LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed PWR
20. ST380023AS Master 1 ST380023AS 74 56GB R Rebuid D Delete C Clear Disk Enter Return The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press F10 to exit the RAID setup B 3 Appendix B 4
21. at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup Page 4 23 5 4 11 Exiting BIOS Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system 15 restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer Page 4 24 RAID Configuration Section 5 RAID CONFIGURATION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array The advantage of RAID is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance Fault tolerance 1s achieved through data redundant operation where if one drives fails a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive This
22. can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs Below is an example of a RAID array with 2 drives C Drive So aS aaa The individual disk drives in an array are called members All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The table below briefly introduced these RAID levels RAID Level No of Drives Capacity Benefits Highest performance without RAID 0 Striping 3 2 drivers Smallest size dati gt No oa protection and JBOD Spanning 2 Sum of All drivers performance improving but disk capacity fully used Page 5 1 RAID Configuration RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond the remaining dr
23. is prevented from running faster than this frequency Example 200 will set to DDR400 speed Options 100Mhz 133Mhz 166Mhz 200Mhz CPU Voltage This item allows you to adjust the CPU Vcore voltage Options Auto 0 025 V to 0 35V in 0 025V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value DIMM Voltage This item allows you to adjust the DIMM slot voltage Options Auto 2 5V to 3 1V in 0 1V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value Chipset Voltage This item allows you to adjust the chipset voltage Options 1 5V 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V We recommend that you leave this at the default value Page 4 21 5 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are de scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations Page 4 22 BIOS 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password or both to prevent unauthorized changes to
24. operation J Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power BIOS Features PCIE Clock AMD Cool n Quiet Disable Menu Level 4 Memory Frequency Mhz Auto CPU Voltage Auto DIMM Voltage Auto Chipset Voltage BEN Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Frequency Enables you to increment the CPU s clock generator at 1 MHz step This works together with CPU Clock Ratio below to set the CPU operating frequency CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio CPU Frequency For example if you have a processor that is rated at 2 4GHz and the clock generator is 200MHz then 200MHz x 12 2 4GHz Options 200 to 400 in 1MHz increments Overclocking failure will cause no display on the monitor To overcome this switch off the power supply and switch on again Restart the system press and hold nsert key This will revert the BIOS to default or initial setting Page 4 20 BIOS PCIE Clock Enables you to subtle tune the PCIE frequency at increments of 1MHz step Options 100 to 145 in 1MHz increments AMD K8 Cool n Quiet Reduce the noise and heat from you PC when AMD s Cool n Quiet technology is enabled Options Enabled Disabled Memory Frequency Mhz This item sets the memory clock By placing an artificial memory clock limit on the system memory
25. 4x gt 800MHz 5 21000 2 CPU Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated by the CPU Options Disabled Center Spread SATA Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI generated by the S ATA Options Disabled Down Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI generated by the PCI E Options Disabled Down Spread System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution Options Disabled Enabled Page 4 6 5 gt DRAM Configuration Scroll to DRAM Configuration and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration 27274 Memory Timing Auto 2T CASH latency Tcl RASH to CASH delay Min RASH active time Tras Row precharge Time Row Cycle Time Row Refresh Cycle RASH to RASH Delay YUrite Recovery Time Write To Read Delay Read To Write Delay Refresh Rate Write CAS Latency Twcl DOS Skew Contrl Max Async Latency Read Preamble Time IdleCycle Limit Dynamic IdleCycle Counter Queue Bypass Count Bypass Max Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults 1T 2T Memory Timing For setting DRAM command rate timing Options Auto 1T 2T CAS Latency Tcl Enables you to select the CAS latency time The value 18 set at the factory
26. AGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Soft Off by PBIN Instant Of Ff PWRON After PWR Fail Off Menu Level WOL PME From Soft Off Disabled Power On by Alarm Disabled POWER ON Function Disabled fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 6 Power Management HDD Power Down Powers down the hard disk drive after a preset period of system inactivity Options Disabled 1 min 15min Soft Off by PBTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Instant Off Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the power button again to make system back to work PwerOn After Pwr Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operating status after power returns from a power failure Off The system stays off after a power failure Former Sts The system returns to the state 1t was in just prior to the power failure Page 4 14 BIOS WOL PME From Soft Off When enabled
27. AID array disks B 1 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 Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key gt The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved 3 Continue pressing the right arrow key gt until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears NVIDIA RAID Utility Define New Array RAI Mode TTT NE Sig Bock Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name k Model Name Clear disk data MYES N NO Del F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Mvp Select ENTER Popup Press Y if you want to wipe out all the data from the RAID array otherwise press N You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as RAID drives The Array List window appears where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears Array 2 NVIDIA MIRROR 74 56G Array Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 32K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity Master 0
28. F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST Power On Self Test Options Enabled Disabled Current CPU System Temperature Displays the current CPU system temperature Current CPU Power Chassis FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU chassis and power fan speed in RPMs DIMM V The voltage level of the DRAM 5VSB The voltage level of the switching power supply CPU V The voltage level of the CPU Vcore Chipset V The voltage level of the Chipset Page 4 17 5 5V 12V The voltage level of the power supply 3VSB The voltage level of 3V Standyby Battery V The voltage level of the battery ACPI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options available are 60 C 140 F to 95 C 203 F in increments of 5 C SmartFan Function Scroll to SmartFan Function and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBI0 CHOS Setup Utility SmartFan Function Smart CPUFan Function Full Speed Item Help Smart CPU FAN Function This item selects how the fan speed should be set Full speed fixes fan speed at100 duty cycle
29. OFF controller Page 3 12 BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data is stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail causing CMOS data loss If this happens you will need install a new CMOS battery and reconfigure your BIOS settings BIOS setup screen and description are for reference only and may not exactly match what you see on your screen The contents of BIOS are subject to change without notice Please visit our website for BIOS updates To enter the Setup Program Power on the computer and press the lt Del gt key during the POST Power On Self Test The BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY opens Figure 1 Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility gt Standard CHOS Features gt Power BIOS Features gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI PCI E Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC H
30. User s Manual nVIDIA nForced 4X mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor TRADEMARK products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 0 April 29 2005 O0LZdN8c000009 DISCLAIMER WARRANTIES THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES SHALL APPLY TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LOCAL LAWS IN THE COUNTRY PURCHASED IN WHICH LOCAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW OR LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents i nes Mainboard Features System Block Diagram Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout Easy Installation Procedure CPU Jumper Settings alieno System Memory Configuration Expansion SIGs iii Device Connectors ooi mae Power On Off Remote Section 4 BIOS S
31. ails A free disk can be used by any available mirrored array while a dedicated disk can be used only by the array to which it is assigned Bootable RAID NVRAID can be configured a way to make it bootable For example two hard drives can be configured as a bootable mirrored RAID array RAID on Multiple Disk Controllers Unlike other RAID solutions that limits the user to a dedicated RAID controller NVRAID software can use a drive on one RAID controller and another drive on a second RAID controller Disk Alert system Disk Alert system informs user when a disk fails indicating the location of failed port Page 5 3 RAID Configuration Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller the general procedure to enable RAID function are shown below 2 Sr 1 va stem n BIOS Step 2 Create RAIDA RAID BootR Step 3 Prepare driver flopp Step 4 Install O S into RAID disk ill RAID 2 p i gt Step 1 Enable RAID ROM The system BIOS may disable all RAID function by default To enable any RAID controller you must enable its RAID Boot ROM Enter the BIOS CMOS Setup and jump to Integrated Peripherals Page Page 5 4 Optional for installing WinXP 2000 NT4 only Note If you are not installing O S into the RAID disks you may skip Step 3 amp Step 4 RAID Boot ROM Enabled Select the controller s Boot ROM and set it to Enabled Press F10
32. ation 3 2 Jumper Settings 4 Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS 1 Settings n 1 2 Normal Default LI 2 3 Clear CMOS To CMOS Clear data please follow the steps below 1 Turn off the system 2 Change the jumper from 1 2 to 2 3 position for a few seconds 3 Replace the jumper back to the 1 2 position 4 Turn on the system and hold down the lt Del gt key to enter BIOS setup Page 3 4 Installation 3 3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The mainboard accommodates two PC2100 PC2700 PC3200 184 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Modules e Supports up to 2 0GB of 266 333 400MHz DDR SDRAM e Supports unbuffered DIMM configurations defined in JEDEC DDR DIMM specification DDR DIMM 1 i Figure gt DDR DIMM 2 Memory configurations supported Slot No 1 DIMM 2 DIMMs DIMM 1 DS SS 05 55 DIMM 2 05 55 05 55 DS Double sided DIMM SS Single sided DIMM NOTES Using non compliant memory with higher bus speeds overclocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Memory Installation To install align the notch on the DIMM module with the conne
33. ctor O Press straight down as shown in the figure below until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket Page 3 5 Installation 3 4 Expansion Slots PCI E Slots The mainboard 15 equipped with two PCI E 1 compliant with PCI Express 1 0a PCI E VGA Slots The elongated PCI E 16 is intended for PCI E VGA card installation PCI E Slots PCI E VGA Slot PCI Slots The mainboard is equipped with three persius PCI slots VGA Card Installation Caution 1 Remove the bracket on the PC case for the slot you intend to use 2 Firmly press down the card into the slot until it is completely seated Ensure the VGA slot clicker is locked as shown in the picture below 3 Secure the card s bracket to the PC case with a screw Page 3 6 Installation 3 5 Device Connectors The I O back panel for this mainboard is shown below When installing the mainboard into the computer case use the bundled I O shield to protect this back panel Parallel Port RJ45 LAN Line in Rear out Light Blue S PDIF out COMI USB2 0 x 4 ports Coaxial Jack Figure 7 I O Ports JCPU FAN JPWR FAN JSYS FAN CPU Power Chassis Fan Power Connectors JCPU FAN The CPU must be kept cool by using a heatsink with fan assembly JPWR FAN If you are installing an additional fan in the unit connect to this fan
34. depend ing on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM Options Auto 2 0 2 5 3 0 RAS to CAS delay Tred This field specifies the RAS to CAS delay to read write command to the same bank Options Auto 2T 7T Min RAS active time Tras This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Options Auto 5T 15T Row precharge Time Trp This field specifies the Row Precharge Time Precharge to active or Auto refresh of the same bank Options Auto 2T 7T Page 4 7 5 Row cycle time This field specifies the Row Cycle Time RAS active to RAS active or auto refresh of the same bank Options Auto 7T 21T Row refresh cyc time Trfc This field specifies the Row Refresh Cycle Time Auto refresh active to RAS or RASF to auto refresh Options Auto 9T 23T Row to Row delay Trrd This field specifies the Row to Row delay of different banks Options Auto 2T 4T Write recovery time Twr This bits specifies the Write Recovery Time Called 1 by Samsung measures when the last write datum is safely registered by the DRAM It measures from the last data to precharge Options Auto 2 3 Write to Read delay Twtr This bits specifies the Write to Read delay Samsung Calls this Tcd1r last data in to read command It is measured from the rising edge following the last non masked data strobe to the rising
35. e This item allows you to enable APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality Options Enabled Disabled HDD S M A R T Capability The S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system 15 a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T Software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer If a device failure is predicted the host software through the Client WORKS S M A R T applet warns the user of the impending condition and advises appropriate action to protect the data Options Enabled Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show This item allows you determine Full Screen LOGO display during POST Options Enabled Disabled Page 4 5 5 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup HT Frequency This item allows you select the Hyper Transport Frequency Options 2x 3x 4x Sx 1x gt 200MHZz 2x gt 400MHz 3x gt 600MHz
36. ealth Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F19 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 5 The main menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction arrow key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the lt Enter gt key to select the entries in the field be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard 05 Features Date un dd Thu Mar 10 2005 Time hh mm 1 VERE Menu Level gt IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 80 Slave None
37. edge of the next Read Command Jedec spec this as exactly one clock Options Auto 1 2 Read to Write delay Trwt This field specifies the Read to write delay This is nota DRAM specified timing parameter but must be considered due to routing latencies on the clock forwarded bus It is counted from first address but slot which was not associated with part of the read burst Options Auto 6 Refresh Rate Tref This field specifies the number of clock cycles between refresh Options Auto 15 6us 7 8us 3 9us DQS Skew Control Options Auto Increase Decrease Page 4 8 Async Latency Options Auto Ins 1515 Read Preamble Time Options Auto 2 5ns to 9 5ns in 0 5ns increments IdleCycle Limit Options Auto 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Dynamic IdleCycle Counter Options Auto Disabled Enabled R W Queue Bypass Count Options Auto 2 4 8 16 Bypass Max Options Auto 0 7 BIOS Page 4 9 5 4 4 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Disabled gt Chipset IDE Devices gt Onboard Devices Lagecy Devices nVidia RAID Boot ROM nVidia Lan Boot ROM Item Help Menu Level Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals nVid
38. electively Step1 Click nVIDIA nForce Driver to install chipset driver Step2 Click USB 2 0 Driver to install USB 2 0 driver Step3 Click AUDIO Driver to install audio driver Step4 Click AMD Athlon 64 AMD Sempron Series Processor Driver to install AMD series processor driver Page 6 1 Driver Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system run the Sound Manager utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user guide to setup Sound Manager For more detailed information refer to Sound Manager manual the CD Figure 17 Sound Manager 7 Multimedia Sound Effect 1 Right click Sound Effect button on the task bar and select Sound Manager AC97 Audio Configuration m Sou nd Effect Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone General Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Environment lt Figure 2 gt Voice Cancellation Auto Gain Control KEY 0 Reset Equalizer 2 Select Sound Effect page to set the desired audio environment from the pull down menu There are total 23 kinds of sound effect a For Karaoke function Voice Cancellation only for 2 channels mode removes the human voice Key lets you adjusts the key pitch b
39. etup Mait MU Standard CMOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP PCI PCI E Configuration Health Status iet att Power BIOS Features eres Section 5 Section 6 Appendix Supervisor User Password Setting 4 23 EF Seles lilla 4 24 RAID Configuration 5 1 NVidia RAID Features 5 3 Enable RAID 4 4 E 5 4 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation eite 6 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide 6 2 Appendix A Update Your System BIOS iii A 1 Appendix B NVidia RAID BIOS Utility B 1 1 1 Package Contents Contents A Mainboard B User s manual C Floppy drive cable D HDD drive cable E CD drivers and utilities F I O Shield Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Optional Items H Extra USB2 0 port cable If you need the optional item please contact your dealer for assistance G S ATA data and power cable
40. for connecting an ATX12V power supply The plugs of the power cables are designed to fit in only one orientation Insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place Caution The PW1 and PW12 Power Connector must be used simultaneously The board requires minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed this minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power use a 350 Watt or greater power supply Installation CFPA Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio The front panel phone jack should have normal close switch Without phone plug inserted the rear panel audio 18 enabled With phone plug inserted the rear panel audio will be disabled Settings Pins 5 6 amp 9 10 Short default Only the onboard rear panel audio Rear Line out FR jack can be used Key Pins 5 6 amp 9 10 Open Rear Line out FL front panel audio jack can be 9 10 used MIC_In NC Front Line out
41. ia RAID Boot ROM Set this to enabled to setup RAID for drives connected to nVidia chipset Options Enabled Disabled nVidia Lan PXE Boot ROM Enables disable the onboard nVidia Lan PXE Boot ROM for booting from LAN Options Enabled Disabled Chipset IDE Devices Scroll to Chipset IDE Devices and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Chipset IDE Devices Delay For HDD Secs OnChip IDE 10 Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA OnChip IDE 11 Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA SATA 3 4 SATA RAID X SATA X SATA SATA x SATA 01 Enabled Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt gt BIOS Delay For HDD Secs This item allows you to set longer time stand by before system Scan HDD at post screen Some HDD may need a longer stand by time before it can be detected Options 0 15 OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface and one channel of serial ATA interface Select Enabled to activate each channel separately 2 If you do not use the onboard IDE connector set the Onboard Primary Secondary PCI IDE to Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive Ultra DMA 100 133 implementation is possible only if y
42. ive will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array 18 the capacity of the smallest drive Under a 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array Due to the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any disk member fails the failure affects the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance Others Other RAID derivatives are RAID 10 and RAID 5 These RAID levels require more than 2 drives to operate combining the benefits of RAID 0 and RAID 1 Page 5 2 RAID Configuration nVidia RAID Features The nVidia RAID solution uses the nForce4 series chip as a RAID controller which is a 4 channel S ATA solution Listed below are the main features and benefits of nVidia RAID Support four S ATA hard disk drives Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB 48 bits LBA Supports RAID 0 1 JBOD 0 1 Free Disk and Dedicated Spare Disk A Free Disk or Dedicated Disk can be automatically used case one drive of a mirrored array f
43. ng via BIOS Various adjustable feature include FSB Chipset Memory voltage tweaking H W Features lt QuickSPDIF On board SPDIF out connector for quick connection to multi channel speakers Not only removes cable cluttering but also delivers loss free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear sound Page 1 4 Introduction 1 3 System Block Diagram Express x16 gt SPDIF Out graphics CD In AUX In Line Out or Front R L Line In or Rear R L Mic In 1 or Center amp Subwoffer Mic In 2 for Front om 4 H W Monitoring gt PCI Express 1x2 PCIx3 Page 1 5 Introduction Page 1 6 Specification Section 2 SPECIFICATION Mainboard Specification Processor e Support Socket 754 based AMD Athlon 64 Sempron processor up to 3700 with 1 6GTs Hyper Transport 9 Chipset e nVidia nForce4 4X Chipset 9 Main Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets e Support single sided or double sided 2 5v DDR 266 333 400 DIMMs in 128 256 512Mb technologies e Supports up to 2GB memory size Q Expansion Slots Three PCI connectors compliant with PCT v2 3 Two PCI E x1 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a One PCT E x16 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a USB Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2 0 from embedded USB controller 4 connectors at rear panel P ATA IDE T
44. o a local area network by means of a network hub Serial ATA Support Serial ATA an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB sec and allows future enhancements to the computing platform Page 1 2 Introduction S ATA RAID RAID function available on chipset S ATA ports USB2 0 A popular USB standard for plugging peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer speed while maintaining backward compatibility with older USB1 1 device 6ch Mainboard is equipped with 6 channel of audio to support Dolby Digital 5 1 audio for DVD playback The onboard audio jacks can be configured for normal 2 channel mode or 6 channel mode AMD Cool n Quiet Technology AMD s Cool n Quiet Technology lowers CPU operating voltage when the system is in idle mode This helps to reduce heat dissipation and in effect lowers the fan speed to noise from your PC Page 1 3 Introduction Special Features BIOS Features Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot up to help detect faults early Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature CPU Memory Chipset voltage fan RPM speed for chassis fan CPU fan amp Power supply fan amp EZ Boot Simply press ESC to select your bootable device No more hassle to search the BIOS menu change and re start PowerBIOS Supporting a full range of overclocking setti
45. our IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 133 select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS Options Auto Disabled SATA 3 4 This item enables disables the S ATA3 4 ports SATA 1 2 This item enables disables the S ATA 1 2 ports RAID Enable This item allows you to select the RAID mode When set to Enabled the four fields become available to set RAID for each SATA Options Enabled Disabled Page 4 11 5 Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Onboard Devices OnChip USB TERTI USB Memory Type USB Mouse Support ACI Audio nVidia LAN Control nVidia LAN MAC Addr Onchip USB Enables the USB controller Options Disabled V1 1 V2 0 V1 1 USB Memory Select used memory space to record USB device information Options Base memory Shadow memory USB Mouse Support Enable Disable support for USB mouse under DOS Options Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio This item allows you disable the chipset on chip AC97 Audio Options Auto Disabled NV Lan Control Enables the onboard Gigabit LAN feature Options Auto Disabled NV Lan MAC Address Machine MAC NV address selection Options Enabled Disabled NV Lan Address Input Allows you to input the MAC NV address Current NV Lan MAC Address
46. rt a blank floppy into the A drive 5 Click on the required driver to begin copy into the floppy Proceed to install Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 When installing the O S from CD press lt F6 gt so that it will request for RAID driver Insert the floppy created earlier in Step 3 IS Step 4 Install O S into RAID disk Step 5 Install Software utility for Windows After the O S has been installed you may install the RAID driver and software The RAID software is a Windows based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive 2 When the main menu appears click on the RAID driver corresponding to the RAID controller you have configured in Step 2 See driver installation in section 6 for more details Note For information on using the software utility refer to the user guide in the bundled CD Page 5 6 Driver Installation Section 6 DRIVER INSTALLATION Easy Driver Installation Once the operating system has been installed you need to install the drivers for the mainboard Driver Raid Floppy Utility Manual Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM and the main menu screen will appear The main menu displays links to the supported drivers utilities and software gt Method 1 This item can installs all drivers automatically Method 2 This item can allows you to install the drivers s
47. when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Options Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled Boot Other Device When enabled the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first second and third boot devices Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item 1s enabled it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like cursor keys Page 4 4 BIOS Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt APIC Mod
48. wo IDE interface up to 4 IDE devices with UDMA 33 ATA 66 100 133 support from embedded IDE controller Q S ATA RAID Four S ATA ports with up to 150MB s bandwidth support RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD Page 2 1 Specification LAN 10 100Mbps Ethernet from Realtek RTL8201 LAN PHY Q9 Audio 6 channel audio from onboard ALC655 AC 97 v2 3 compliant CODEC Support Aux In CD In Coaxial S PDIF out available on rear panel Support Jack detection for fool proof audio device installation Rear panel audio jacks configuration 9 yo Onboard Fintek LPC bus I O controller Legacy peripheral interface for PS 2 keyboard amp mouse FDD Parallel Serial and IrDA v1 0 compliant Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring CPU System temperature ntelligent fan speed control for quiet operation BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award Plug amp Play BIOS Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot up Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel 5 2 keyboard and mouse ports One Parallel printer port One S PDIF Out Coaxial jack Page 2 2 Specification One Serial port One RJ45 LAN connector Four USB2 0 ports Three Audio jacks Onboard connector and pin header One floppy drive connector Two ATA 100 133 IDE connector Six extra USB2 0 ports One CD IN and AUX IN connector
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