Biostar N4SIE-A7 Owner's Manual
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1. Please make good preservation of this bridgeforfuture use Step 7 To securely fix the connector between two graphics cards a retention bracket must be installed Step 7 1 Remove any of the bracket cover between the two graphics cards Step 7 2 Align and insert the retention bracket into the slot and then fix it with a screw Notice Make sure the retention bracket supports the SLI Bridge BRI 2 firmly 26 N4SIE A7 5 5 ENABLING MULTI GPU FEATURE IN WINDOWS After the graphics cards are installed enable the Multi GPU feature in NVIDIA nView properties Step 1 Click NVIDIA Settings icon on the Windows taskbar 333 2 16PM Step 2 Select NView Properties in nView Desktop Manager pop up menu Step 3 Click Properties icon in Desktop Management tab to display properties dialog box Step 4 Click Advanced icon in Settings tab 27 N4SIE A7 Step 5 Select NVIDIA GeForce tab and then click on Multi GPU item on the left dialog box Step 6 Check before Enable SLI multi GPU item and dick on Td OK to complete the setting EM 28 N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 6 NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 6 1 OPERATION SYSTEM E Supports Windows XP Home Professional Edition and Windows 2000 Professional 6 2 RAID ARRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many ap2. 1 2 Ground 3 Stereo MIC in L 4 5 Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in 12 Right line in 13 Left linein 14 Left linein N4SIE A7 J1394PWRI1 optional Power Source Header for 1394 Chip opu Pin 1 2 Close 3 3V for 1394 chipset default Eu Pin 2 3 Close 3 3V SB for 13 chipset J1394A1 optional Header for 1394A Firewire Port at Front Panel This connector allows user to connect thefront 1394 portfor digital image devices Y Assignment A A Ground Ground B B 12V 12V Key Ground OANDOARWHN o 16 N4SIE A7 JUSB1 JUSB3 Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment 1 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC OANDARWND o SB 1 PEN Beers USB2 B3 USB3 od JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard x oio Pin 1 2 close Normal Operation Default oa Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS data X Clear CMOS Procedures Remov e AC pow
3. Pr Enter TET gt CPU Feature Pr Enter Virus Warning Disabled Hyper Threading TechnologylEnabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0 2 Small LogoCEPA gt Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USB HDDI USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled N4SIE A7 Cache Setu These
4. Cable x 1 optional N4SIE A7 1 3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS NF4 SLESPP JUSBLAN1 S LE x16 1 559 um MM Ii promesa Ex 162 jo NF4 SLEMCP IEEE 1394 Chip optional JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 Note m represents the qe pin N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Spedal Noti ce RemovePin Cap beforeinstallation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged pin cap Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 8 N4SIE A7 Step 2 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then dose the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connectthe CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation N4SIE A7 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFAN1 CPU Fan Power Header gt JCFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPMrate sense 4 Smart Fan Cont
5. X For more detailed setup information please refer to the Driver CD or go to http www nvidia com page pg_20011106217193 htm to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 7 WARPSPEEDER 7 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder anew powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to powerup CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on ourmain panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpS peeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed thatis either the original system speed or a suitable one 7 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you us
6. area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Disabled default Enabled Video RAM C Cacheable The Choices Disabled default Enabled 16 N4SIE A7 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix fivardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Function Setup RAID Config k Onboard Device IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Enter Select F5 Previous IDE Function Setup Phoeni ti gt lt Move Va OnChip IDE Channel Primary Master y Primary Master Primary Slave OnChip IDE Channeli Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE DMA transfer acces Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 IDE Prefetch Mode Tiee Move Enter Select F5 Previous Va Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enter Ctr1 F1 1 Enabled 3F8 1RQ4 Disabled IrDA Half 378 IRQ71 SPP Integrated Peripherals Item Help gt Menu Level PU PD Value lues Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults x AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Function Setup Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto A
7. can be configured Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 11 N4SIE A7 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boot up Disabled No Small L
8. front audio header supports front panel audio out function E 1 chassis open header supports PC case opened warning function I 1 S PDIF out connector supports digital audio out function 1 S PDIF in connector supports digital audio in function optional L 1 1394A header supports 1 1394A Firewire port at front panel optional 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes L 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices E 3 USB headers support6 USB 2 0 ports I 4 serial ATA II connectors support 4 SATA I II devices N4SIE A7 Back Panel I O Connectors 1 Serial port 1 Parallel port 1RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse port 1 PS 2 Keyboard port 1 1394A Firewire port optional 4 USB 2 0 ports 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio out facilities Linen Line out 8 ea 0 0 MIC in B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS SupportsAPM1 2 SupportsACPI Supports USB Function Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER ho Se ee 2E NE NE NE NE M M EU lr N4SIE A7 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cable x 1 User s Manual x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 BRI 2 SLI Bridge x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case x 1 SLI NF4T Selector Card x 1 preinstalled SPDIF Cable x 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable x 1 optional Retention Bracket x 1 optional IEEE 1394A Cable x 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch
9. recommend you dick the option Yes go 1200 FM N4SIE A7 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overdock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure e Flecovery Uses Dy s 3 a mint Peston 5 B8 Reset Yo Syon Det Serios m 132 7 234 Hz Buton EI WD Ion MHz Sutton 3 4039 nem Overdock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1 MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or youcan just click Auto ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result fory ou Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user selecta restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Placa sleet arco y pto hal val decida weed krad of seo you sel lo de aer scien lacada obesse Opler Bicup 7 Bene to Hadees D elut CPLI Clock Vale N4SIE A7 C Auto overclock button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watch
10. s manufacturer The choices Auto default Addressing Mode Set memory timings to optimal to use the delay recommended value The choices Auto default Spread Spectrum Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Spread Spectrum Control CPU Spread Spectrum Center Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum Down Spread SATA Spread Spectrum Down Spread Menu Level br LDT Spread Spectrum Center Spread tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the CPU spread spectrum function The choices Center Spread default PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the PCIE spread spectrum function The choices Down Spread default SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the SATA spread spectrum function The choices Down Spread default LDT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the LDT spread spectrum function The choices Center Spread default SLI Broadcast Aperture The choices Auto default Disabled 15 N4SIE A7 LDT Frequency This item allows you to select the LDT Frequency The Choices 4 X default System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Disabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this
11. should always be connected to IDE1 39 1 IDE2 49009000p0o994400000008 141000000D00 Q0QOO0O000 4A00A000AbAA 1d AAADAAAM 9000D00 IDE1 Gog 11 N4SIE A7 PCI1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with three standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconned and itisa bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits PCI EX 16 1 P CI EX 16 2 PCFEX 1 1 PCI EX 1 2 PCI Express Slots PCI EX16 1 Normal M ode PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 4GB s per direction PCI EX1 1 PCI EX1 2 Normal M ode PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 250MB s per direction PCI EX16 1 PCI EX16 2 SLI M ode PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 2GB s per direction PCLEX 16 1 EC ERU peas N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumperis close if not that means the jumperis open 4 i E gT 1 Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWRI ATX Power Connector This connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 T5V a m 5 Ground elie 6 5V np 7 Ground oo 8 PW_OK oo 9 Standby Voltage 5V a D 10 12V Bp Qo oW a gt 1
12. the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum pay load size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 26 N4SIE A7 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Menu Level Ld Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up
13. 00Mb s and 1GB s auto negotiation L Half Full duplex capability I Supports personal Firewall setup Supports ACPI power management E On Board A C 97 Sound Codec L Chip ALC850 Supports 8 channels E Supports SPDIF Out and SPDIF In optional functions E Compliant wthAC 97 version 2 3 specification Super I O I Chip ITE IT8712F Low Pin Count Interface Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality I Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller IT E s Smart Guardian function IEEE 1394 Chip optional Chip VIAVT 6307 Supports two 1394A Firewire ports up to 400Mb s individually N4SIE A7 Serial ATA II I Controller integrated in NF4 SLI MCP L Supports RAID functions I Supports Se al ATA 2 0 specification L Supports 4 Serial ATA SATA devices Data transfer rate up to 1 5GB s or 3GB s RAID Controller Controller integrated in NF4 SLI MCP I NVIDIA RAID Technology RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application perfomance RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for both SATA and ATA 133 disk controller standards On Board IDE Two on board connectors support 4 devices L Supports Ultra DMA Modes 6 0 Ultra DMA 133 100 60 33 Supports standard PIO Modes 4 0 Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers L 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities L 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1
14. 0M Hz Core Clock 1066MT s 266MHz Core Clock I Supports Hyper Threading Technology HT E Supports Execute Disable Bit Technology XD L Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST E Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Intel EM64T Chipset E North Bridge NF4 SLI SPP I South Bridge NF4 SLIMCP Dimensions I ATX Form Factor 30 48m L x 24 38cm W Operating System Supporting I Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP System Memory I Supports dual channel DDR2 up to 8 banks I Supports un buffered non ECC DIMMs I Supports DDR2 400 200M Hz 533 266M Hz 667 333M Hz for a theoretical maxmum bandwidth of 10 6 GB s L Maximum DRAM space is up to 16GB DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Location Size DDR2 A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 1 DDR2_A2 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB Max is 16GB DDR2_B2 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 1 N4SIE A7 Expansion Slots Three 32bit PCI bus master slots L Normal Mode PCI Ex press slots One PCI Express x16 slot PCI EX16 1 Two PCI Express x1 slots PCI EX1 1 and PCI EX1 2 L SLI Mode PCI Express slots Two PCI Express x8 slots PCI EX16 1 and PCI EX16 2 Two PCI Express x1 slots PCI EX1 1 and PCI EX1 2 Notice Normal Mode and SLI Mode are switched by SLI NF4T selector card Please read Chapter 5 for detail information Gigabit Ethernet LAN NVIDIA Gigabit MAC VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201 Supports 10Mb s 1
15. 3 3 3V e e 14 12V elje 15 Ground op 16 PS_ON 4i a e 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground N4SIE A7 JATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment 1 12V 2 12V 3 Ground 4 Ground JAUXPWRI PCI Ex press x 16 Slot Power Source Connector When SLI mode is enabled please plug in this PEX power source Ground connector to make sure the system is Ground HN working under a stable env ironment Please read Chapter 5 for detail inf ormation JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio sourcef rom thev ariety dev ices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card ec D 5 Assignment Left channel input Ground Ground Right channel input AUN 14 N4SIE A7 JSPDIF OUT JSPDIF INI Digital Audio out Connectors JSPDIF INI is optional These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header JSPDIF OUT Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground JSPDIF_IN1 optional Pin Assignment JSPDIF IN1 1 5V optional JSPDIF OUT1 2 SPDIF IN 3 Ground 3 1 3 1 JAUDIO2 Front Panel Audio out Header This connector will allow user to connect with thefront audio out put headers on the PC case It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment MIC in Stereo MIC in R
16. BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU Feature Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to control the Thermal Management The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 Default Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Bus Ratio This option represents the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot Min 0 Max 255 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0 X Default TM2 Bus VID This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375V Default 0 8375 1 6000 Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 it should be Disabled for WinXP The Choices Disabled Default Enabled CIE Function CPU CIE Function select The Choices Auto Default Execute Disable Bit The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Virtualization Technology When enabled a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by vanderpool Te
17. Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled 25 N4SIE A7 Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IRO Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However
18. N4SIE A7 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here ands pecially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 IntrodUcHoh tr tette ar ds enns 1 11 M otherboard Features sees ener secan tnnt nontinc 1 12 Package Checklist o n oett t aeg 5 13 Lay
19. P gt Auto T lt RAS gt Auto Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 13 N4SIE A7 PCIE Frequency This item allows you to select the PCIE Frequency The Choices 100 default CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio The Choices 8X default Min 8 Max 50 CPU Core Unlock Default multiplier and CPU core frequency The choices Disabled default Enabled FSB Turbo Mode The choices Disabled default Enabled System Clock Mode Set FSB and memory speed automatically The choices Optimal default New FSB Speed lt QDR gt Type in a new FSB speed or use keys The choices 400 default Memory Timings Select Expert to enter timing manally The choices Optimal default T lt CAS gt Set memory timings to optimal to use the DIMM s manufacturer The choices Auto default T lt RCD gt Set memory timings to optimal to use the delay recommended by the DIMM s manufacturer The choices Auto default T lt RP gt Set memory timings to optimal to use the delay recommended by the DIMM s manufacturer The choices Auto default T lt RAS gt Set memory timings to optimal to use the delay recommended by the DIMM s manufacturer The choices Auto default 14 N4SIE A7 T lt RC gt Set memory timings to optimal to use the delay recommended by the DIMM
20. This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults V N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password N4SIE A7 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will b
21. ay RAID 1 provides a hot standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure RAID techniques can be applied for high availability solutions or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media Features and Benefits Drives Minimum 2 and maximum is 2 Uses RAID 1 is idealf or small databases or any other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity Benefits Provides 100 data redundancy Should one driv ef ail the controller switches to the other drive Drawbacks Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive Perf ormance is impaired during drive rebuilds A Fault Tolerance Yes Spanning JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus Li m PF adapter This is useful when a Single Logical single drive configuration is Drive NO 4 a Disk 1 408 needed but it offers no speed ot Disk2 806B 4 improvement or fault tolerance Features and Benefits Uses JBOD works best if y ou hav e odd sized drives andy ou want to combine them to make one big drive Benefits JBOD prov ides the ability to combine oddsize drives using all of the capacity of the drives Drawbacks Decreases performance because of the difficulty in using driv es concurrently Fault Tolerance Yes
22. battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is tumed off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code f
23. bled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min HDD Down In Suspend The Choices Disabled default Enabled Soft Off by PBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default WOL PMEZ From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 N4SIE A7 WOR RI From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On by Alarm When you select Enabled an alarm returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 24 N4SIE A7 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settin
24. chnology The Choices Enabled Default Disabled 10 N4SIE A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay
25. dog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Reoovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Reoovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make surey our display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required f or Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status infomation of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second 6 MELO 37 N4SIE A7 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the follo
26. downwerd Volice Make sure to inse e card into the slot completely 24 5 3 5 4 N4SIE A7 THINGS TO NOTICE Normal Mode Only PEX16 1 slot supports PCI Express x16 interface graphics card function PEX1 1 and PEX1 2 slots provide PCI Express x1 interface expansion card function SLI Mode Use BRI 2 connector to link two SLl ready PCI E x16 interface graphics cards Both PEX16 1 and PEX16 2 sots provide PCI E x8 data transfer rate PEX1 1 and PEX1 2 slots provide PCI Express x1 interface expansion card function Coordinate with graphics card driver to set Dual Video function INSTALLING SLI READY GRAPHICS CARDS Step 1 Make sure the SLI NF4T selector card is placed at SLI Mode Step 2 Prepare two graphics cards with PCI E x16 interface Step 3 Insert the first one graphics card into the yellow slot PCI EX16 1 And then insert the second graphics card into the white slot PCI EX16 2 TEEF 1 1 3 eS CPE Notice Make sure bath the graphics cards are seated into slots completely 25 N4SIE A7 Step 5 Connect a 4 pin AT X power cable to AUX power connector JAUXPWR1 this will ensure the stabilization of your system Notice When under SLI mode please make sure the power supply is at least 500W and above Step 6 Insert the SLI Bridge BRI 2 connector on the gold fingers of each graphics card Gold fingers on two graphics Po H EI j 7 Notice
27. e Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 31 7 3 N4SIE A7 INSTALLATION Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please dick Next button and followthe default procedure to install arcos le fee betel wina be aa ped Tip rila hih ee epg mall al a p eee ye Sy Townia h Head When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder T ray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you dick Finish button Vest ida Fed iced E corps Zaig ha rad rci aleng e ap odere m poa Copel E Lern dg el pp cee Es Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 32 N4SIE A7 7 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of WindowsTaskbar LOS 11 33 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same f
28. e displayed before proceeding SAVE to CHOS and EXIT V N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDRTE UTILITV V N N N4SIE A7 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item W Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date lt mm dd yy gt Item Help Time hh mm ss Menu Level IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None 1 Video TEGA UGA 1 Halt On All But Keyboard ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults N4SIE A7 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh
29. er line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Waitforfive seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Q 9r oes No Reset the desired password or clear the CMOS data 17 N4SIE A7 JCI1 Case Open Headers This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and showthe message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signa 2 Ground 12 JSATA1 JSATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a SATA Cortroller in NVIDIA Crush19 with 4 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 3 0Gb s D 5 Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX RX Ground NOJN AON gt SATA2SATA1 741741 SATA4SATA3 18 N4SIE A7 JPANEL1 Header for Front Panel Facilities This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 2 Sleep santol eani vr bution Ground Connector 6 INA si N A 8 PowerLED 9 _ HDDLED da SEHE Power LED Power LED HDD LED Power LED me an ie button Power on Resa coral AA button pun Reset control control 16 Ground 17 UE Ke 20 lkey e Ground IrDA Connecto 19 N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE BeepSoud Meaning One long beep followed by two
30. gs W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Disabled Reset Configuration Data Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto lt ESCD gt 1 PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 46961 ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA
31. he Choices Auto default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA 1 Enables support for Serial ATAI The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA 2 Enables support for Serial ATA2 The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled RAID Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Config RAID Enable Disabled Item Help Disabled IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Disabled Menu Level b IDE Secndry Master Disabled IDE Secndry Slave Disabled SATA 1 Primary Disabled SATA 1 Secondary Disabled SATA 2 Primary Disabled SATA 2 Secondary Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value its dd ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values timized Defaults RAID Enable The choices Disabled default enable 18 N4SIE A7 ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Memory Type SHADOW USB Keyboard Support Disabled Menu Level AC Audio Auto 1 MAC Lan Auto 1 MAC Media Interface Pin Strap Onboard Lan Boot ROM Enabled Ttiee Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance control
32. ler The Choices V1 1 V2 0 default Disabled V1 1 USB Memory Type The Choices SHADOW default USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled MAC LAN This option allows you to change the state of the onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto Default Disabled MAC Media Interface The Choices Pin Strap default Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled 19 N4SIE A7 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power on This option allows you to choose a hot key to power o
33. llel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 POWER After PW R Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts 21 N4SIE A7 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features W Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Pouer Management Setup Enabled 1 P0 gt User Define DPMS Support 1 Disabled Disabled Instant 0ff Disabled Disabled Disabled ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method HDD Power Down HDD Down In Suspend Soft Off by PBIN WOLCPME gt From Soft Off WORCRI gt From Soft Off Power On by Alarm Chassis Open Warnning Disabled Ti e Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F5 Previous Ualues ACPI function Fi Save F Optimized Defaults Menu Level gt ESC Exit Fi General Help This item displays the stat
34. mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 525 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO N4SIE A7 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system N4SIE A7 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Item Help gt Cache Setup
35. n The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default 20 N4SIE A7 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex Mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Para
36. ogo shows when system boots up Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Disabled default Enabled 12 N4SIE A7 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Performance Options Press Enter Item Help Spread Spectrum Control Press Enter SLI Broadcast Aperture LDT Frequency 4x System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Performance Options Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Performance Options PCIE Frequency lt MHz gt 100 0000 1 CPU Clock Ratio 8 X CPU Core Unlock Disabled Menu Level gt gt FSB Turbo Mode Disabled System Clock Mode Optimal New FSB Speed lt QDR gt 4001 New MEM Speed lt DDR gt 4661 Memory Timings Optimal T lt CAS gt Auto T lt RCD gt Auto T lt R
37. oler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fanis rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling wth the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plugin the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Poweron the system again 21 N4SIE A7 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on J Contact technical support Indicator light on key board does not turn on System inoperativ e Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of are on power indicator lights are lit the DIMM press down firmly urtil the and hard drive is spinning module snaps into place System does nat boat from hard disk Check cable running from disk to drive can be bootedf rom optical drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only bogs from optical drive Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications fies an be used but bo
38. or power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba N4SIE A7 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values f
39. oting from hard disk 2 Ref ormat the hard driv e is mpossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Cannot boot system after installing Set master slave jumpers econd hard driv e correctly Run SETUP program and select correct driv e types Callthe drive manufacturers f or compatibility with other drives N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 5 NVIDIA SLI FUNCTION 5 1 5 2 REQUIREMENTS Only Windows XP supports SLI Dual Video function Two identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified The graphics card driver should support NVIDIA SLI technology The power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power required by the system or the system will be unstable PLACING THE SLI NF4T SELECTOR CARD There is a pre installed SLI NFAT selector card on the motherboard The default setting is Normal Mode only supports single graphics card A To use two graphics cards firstly you have to set the selector card to SLI Mode to support dual video cards Step 1 Push the retention dips outward to release SLI NF4T selector card suo Nr NFAT 5 gems 2 pul out the selector card 1 about 45 degree lift N4SIE A7 Step 3 Invert the selector card and insert the edge labeled SLI MODE a SLI NF4 T aer i Li Step 4 Push down the selector card until the retention clips snap into place O Insert the card with a degree about 45 2 Push the selector card
40. out and Components eee tnnt nnt niit 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation cocer 7 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU sene 7 22 FAN Fenders nro t A ett atate 9 23 24 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup 31 32 Detail Settings Chapter 4 Useful Help 44 1c eere serrer esee eise aan nanus 41 Award BIOSBeep Code creer 20 42 Extra Infortmatl OP tet PR P e etaed 20 4 3 Troubleshooting tel rn eret eerte dtes 22 Chapter 5 NVIDIA SLI Function eere eeer eene tenen 23 51 Requirements assem deae ee e ni dee aes 52 Placing the SLI NFAT Selector Card sss 53 Things tO Notice sss 54 Installing SLI Ready Graphics Cards 5 5 Enabling M ulti GPU Featurein Windows s 27 Chapter 6 NVIDIA RAID Functions eere eren 29 6 1 Operati ON SYSH i cioinn ia 6 2 Raid Array Se tec ee at 6 3 How RAID Works ttr it eie Chapter 7 WarpSpeeder 71 72 System Requi rement 73 Installati Oh out Rte tte iit edo 74 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 33 N4SIE A7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU Li Supports LGA775 E Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor L Supports Dual Code CPU only for version 1 1 L Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges 533MT s 133M Hz Core Clock 800MT s 20
41. plications RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 Spanning JBOD JBOD provides amethod for combining drives of different sizes in to one large disk 6 3 How RAID WORKS RAID 0 The controller stripes data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel The size of each block is determined by the strip size parameter which you set during the creation ofthe D m RAID set based on the system environment This technique reduces E overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth Features and Benefits Drives Minimum 1 and maximum is up to 6 or 8 Depending on the platfom Uses Intendedfor non critical data requiring high data throughput or any environment that does not requiref ault tolerance S Block 7 Block 3 Block 5 Benefits provides increased data throughput especially f or large files No capacity loss penalty for parity Drawbacks Does not deliver any fault tolerance If any drive in the array fails all data is lost Fault Tolerance No N4SIE A7 RAID 1 Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives ina RAID 1 array system The mirrored backup copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on asecond redundant drive in the arr
42. rol Note The JCFAN 1supports system coolingf an with Smart Fan Control utility It supports 4 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positiv e and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND FANI North Bridge Fan Power Header JSFANI System Fan Power Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground FAN1 zo US 3 FAN RPM rate sense optional JSFAN1 N4SIE A7 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY DDR2 A2 DDR2 B2 1 Unlocka DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such thatthe notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot a TIT 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 10 N4SIE A7 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables Co IDE1 IDE2 Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has two 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 1 33 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to fourhard disk drives The first hard drive
43. rom CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit N4SIE A7 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features ofthe BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features N4SIE A7 Power Management Setup
44. short Video card nat found orv ideo card beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically ne Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST ong beeps every other second o DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 2 pe poem Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable diskinto floppy drive and press Enter System will boo up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been reoovered and will work properly N4SIE A7 B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after poweron system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is overheated the motherboard wil shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU oo
45. the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140F 65 C 149F 70 C 158F 75 C 167F CPU Veore 1 5V 3 3 V 5 0V 412 0 V Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature ofthe CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled 27
46. unction as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will dose Tray Icon utility if selected Lanuch Utility il Di fer Sere ers N4SIE A7 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory dock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons forinvoking respective panels C With a user friendly StatusAnimation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overdock percentage from 10096 110 96 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above E AGPCLOCK o CE T 66 5 CPU SPEED MHz A o 998 LE 333 chi LOK MHz PCICLOCK MHz MHz OVER CLOCK 4 pp of 132 7 NTAGE WEWORYCLOCK pa PERCE Hardware Monitor Button r4 E x Over clock percentage 100 En Overclock Bullion Voltage Button iO V 1146 AM N4SIE A7 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can dedde to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overdocking we
47. us of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default S3 STR S1 83 Power Management Power on Suspend Suspend to RAM POS STR This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min 22 N4SIE A7 Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC 4 Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend HDD Power Down When ena
48. uto 1 Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Menu Level E PU PD Value lues Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled 17 N4SIE A7 Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support T
49. wing figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility Wallace a Homia N4SIE A7 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but wil not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarmpSpeeder utility more robust 05 31 2005 NASIE A7 BIOS Setup AA t Mam Menu jede ite ts et bd d pec nee ibat des 3 2 Standard CMOS Featutes esie eere ene id e enean aa Pega ue 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features inei riadas 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features eene nennen nennen 13 gt Integrated Peripherals 6c eaeque tec e RR GST des er ias 17 6 Power Management Setup cccccccccccceeseecenneeteeeceeeeaececececseeeecenaauaeaeeeeeeeneeees 22 7 PnP PCI Configurations coneccion io inician a Lect ens eta de ee eR donee thesia e Feeds 25 SPC Health Status wi nios deant ade ta etis PO BE He 27 N4SIE A7 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in
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