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1. Attention Since BIOS programs are upgraded from time to time the BIOS description in this manual is just for reference We do not guarantee that the content of this manual will remain consistent with the actual BIOS version at any given time in the future Attention The pictures of objects used in this manual are just for your reference Please refer to the physical motherboard This manual is suitable for motherboard of C51XEM2AA Each motherboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants diverse features L with onboard 10 100M LAN Default is omitted K with onboard Gigabit LAN 6 with 6 Channel audio Default is omitted 8 with 8 Channel audio E with 1394 function S with SATA function 2 with DDR2 function R with RAID function You can find PPID label on the motherboard It indicates the functions that the motherboard has For example QUINCE OU ORONI UNUU ONANI UUN ON UNUU UIT ULBA4160000B PC XXXXXXX ES On the black mark of the PPID label it means the mother board supports 6 Channel Audio 6 1394 port E onboard 10 100M LAN L SATA function S fe Thank you for buying Foxconn s C51XEM2AA series motherboard This series of motherboard is one of our new products offers superior performance and uses the advanced NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP This chapter includes the following information Main Features Highlight Features Layout Rear I O Ports
2. 2 Ze KL 2 Ze Ze Chapter1 Product Introduction Main Features Size e ATX form factor of 12 inch x 9 6 inch Microprocessor e Supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 and Sempron processor e Supports HyperTransport up to 2000MT s MCP e NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP System Memory e Four 240 pin DIMM slots e Supports Dual Channel DDR2 533 66 7 800 e Supports up to 8GB DDR2 memory USB 2 0 Ports e Supports hot plug e Ten USB 2 0 ports six rear panel ports two onboard USB headers providing four extra ports e Supports wake up from S1 and S3 mode e Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate Onboard Serial ATA Il e 300MBps data transfer rate e Six Serial ATA II connectors e NVIDIA MediaShield RAID with support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD e Supports hot plug and NCQ Native Command Queuing Dual Onboard LAN K e Two LAN interface built in onboard e Supports 10 100 1000 Mbit sec Ethernet Chapter1 Product Introduction Onboard 1394 E optional e Support hot plug e Two 1394a port with rate of transmission at 400 Mbps e One 1394b port with rate of transmission at 800 Mbps Onboard Audio 8 e Supports 8 channel audio e Supports S PDIF output e Supports Jack Sensing function Dual PCI Express x16 Support e Supports 4 GB sec 8 GB sec concurrent bandwidth e Low power consumption and power management f
3. Maximum Payload Size 4696 Maximum ASPM Disabled Tixe Move Enter Select PU 7PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F s ues L Defaults PnP PCI Configurations Menu Init Display First This option is used to set which display device will be used first when your PC starts up Reset Configuration Data This option is used to set whether the system is permitted to automatically distribute IRQ DMA and I O addresses each time the machine is turned on Resources Controlled by Use this option to determine if IRQ resources are automatically assigned or manually assigned IRQ Resources Press lt Enter gt to manually assign IRQ resources PCI VGA Pallette Snoop If you use a non standard VGA card use this option to solve graphic accelera tion card or MPEG audio card problems e g colors not accurately displayed Maximum Payload Size This option is ued to set maximum TLP payload size for PCI Express devices Maximum ASPM Enable Disable Advance State Power Management Chapter3 BIOS Description System Monitor F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F efaults System Monitor Menu Temperature values System The temperature of the system CPU The temperature of the CPU Board The temperature of the motherboard Voltage values lt CPU The voltage of the CPU lt Memory The voltage of the Memory 3 3V The voltage of the 3 3V 3 3V Dual The voltage of the
4. s power cable to the appropriate 3 pin terminal on the motherboard Chapter Z Installation Instructions Memory This motherboard includes four 240 pin slots with 1 8V for DDR2 These slots support 256 Mb 512 Mb and 1 Gb DDR2 technologies for x8 and x16 devices and support dual channel DDR2 memory technology up to 10 7GB s You must install at least one memory bank to ensure normal operation Recommended Memory Configurations The following table list is the recommended memory configurations Please install the memory according to the list Populated 1 ET Populated ooo ingie anne i o Populated repute Populated Populated Dual Channel Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated Installation of DDR2 Memory 1 There is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot and the memory module can be fixed in one direction only Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward 2 Align the memory module to the DIMM slot and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slot ite tiie dite d ir t miinaan ninna 128 Pins 112 Pins 3 The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot will lock automatically Chapter Z Installation Instructions Warning Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals especially the memory devices otherwise your motherboard or the system memory might be seriously damag
5. 11 FDD Connector 24 12 COM1 Connector 25 13 SYS Fan Connector 26 A AG 22 MCP Fan Connector Front Panel Connector Clear CMOS Jumper Serial ATA II Connectors USB Connectors MCP55P XE Serial ATA II Connectors ATA 133 100 66 IDE Connector 24 pin ATX Power Connector DDR2 DIMM Slots Debug LED optional CPU FAN Connector Socket AM2 Note The above motherboard layout is provided for reference only please refer to the physical motherboard Chapter1 Product Introduction Rear I O Ports This motherboard provides the ports as below 1 PS 2 Mouse Port This port is used to connect a PS 2 mouse 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port This port is used to connect a PS 2 keyboard 3 IEEE1394b Port This port is used to connect a 1394b device 4 USB2 0 Ports The six ports are used to connect USB2 0 devices 5 LAN Ports The left LED is no function always off The right LED function sees below table Link Active Off Speed LED Yellow Light Up Blink 10Mbps Link Activity E r LAN Port Yellow and Green Light Up Blink 100Mbps Link Activity Green Light Up Blink 1000Mbps Link Activity Chapter1 Product Introduction 6 Line in Line out Microphone Rear LEF CEN Jacks amp Optical S PDIF Out Port Cron zemo zt channel z ng orcs arena Joore Back _ Rw siuterou Rew Spner Ot Rear Sree Ou Optical S PDIF Out Port Ki This port is used to connect an exter
6. 3 3V Dual 5V The voltage of the 5V Chapter3 BIOS Description nForce MCP The voltage of the nForce MCP chip nForce SPP The voltage of the nForce SPP chip lt HT CPU lt gt nForce SPP The voltage of the HT between the CPU and the nForce SPP chip lt Vbat The voltage of Vbat Fan Speed values CPU Fan Speed The CPU fan speed MCP Fan Speed The MCP fan speed Sys Fan Speed The system fan speed Chapter3 BIOS Description Load Defaults The BIOS defaults sets the basic system functions that ensure system stability If the system is NVIDIA LinkBoost enabled the default settings are the LinkBoost settings If your computer cannot POST properly you should load the Defaults to restore the original settings Set Password The password can be used to start the system or modify the CMOS settings When you select the Set Password option the following message will appear in the center of the screen Enter Password Enter your password not exceeding 8 characters then press lt Enter gt The password you enter will replace any previous password When prompted key in the new password and press lt Enter gt If you do not want to set a password just press lt Enter gt when prompted to enter a password and in the screen the following message will appear If no password is keyed in any user can enter the system and view modify the CMOS settings Password Disabled Press any k
7. All system components press Perform Stability Test View System Status Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings using the current settings or a selected profile Use current settings for this specified duration E e 10 Minutes ih For Help press Fi The following system components can be verified for stability CPU Memory PCI E bus Disk Network and GPU Each of these or all of these depending on what components are selected can be tested using a selected profile or current system settings Once the components and settings are selected the stress test can be set to run for a duration of 10 30 60 minutes or 2 6 12 24 48 hours nTune 4 0 NVMonitor NVMonitor lets you monitor system performance bus speeds temperature and voltages using dynamic graphs To start NVMonitor from the Desktop select Start gt All Programs gt NVIDIA Corporation gt nTune gt NVIDIA Monitor GI NVIDIA Performance in usage Bus Speeds fin MHz Temperatures in degrees Voltages in volts m cpu 6 Per om 1220F RB cpu Lamy E Network 0 S System 111 F E Core 1 5304 Disk 0 GPU 131 F BR Mem 2 6400 V E Memory 25 Messages and alerts Current profile None SMART status Healthy Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software NVMonitor displays performance for individual components including CPU Network Disk and Memory Bus speeds for CP
8. TCP IP Acceleration When TCP IP acceleration is enabled and configured properly most of the TCP IP traffic is processed in hardware by the media and communications MCP chip The advantage this technology offers is that it lowers the CPU utilization which leads to overall better system performance since the CPU has more free cycles to focus on other tasks Forceware Network Access Manager HOME ETHERNET ADMINISTRATION HELP TEE SE EES E efor pare diss ple for i e J be ection aeie is A Ihere are no rules In this table sagte 1 rumge lable J 2003 2006 by NVIDIA Corporation All rights reserved End User License Agreement FirstPacket FirstPacket provides an advanced level of outbound network traffic prioritization for broadband network connections such as DSL and cable modem When this feature is enabled and configured properly you can among other capabilities assign all gaming VOIP Voice Over IP traffic to have a higher priority than file transfer or peer to peer traffic leading to faster throughput and lower latency for the higher priority applications Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software eS Wee Network Access Manager ETHERNET ADMINISTRATION HELP FirstPacket SS Dont Accelerate v Apply 2003 2006 by NVIDIA Corporation All rights reserved End User License Agreement Administration In the Administration area you can change various
9. a list of the results providing recommendations for improvements The Save button is used to save the system information details in a log file that can then be provided to tech support ENVIDIA Control Panel Fie Edit View Profle Support Help ER EN d Gi siiven Diagnose System Performance Re Tun Control Panel Categories nTune Help Contents Use this powerful tool to determine and diagnose system performance issues nTune performs a quick check to identify Index probably causes for lower performance A log file can be generated to save important diagnostic information for pc technical support Contact NVIDIA Select a topic to learn more Recent Tasks e Diagnosis results Diagnose system performance Topic Value Adjust clock speeds and timinas Memory speed 400 Mhz Manage profile rules Current CPU dock multiplier 12 Current memory bus mode 128 Bit mode Current IDE channel mode Click for more detailed information Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Related Tasks Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings View system information L Create a tech support log file Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software System Stability Category To access System Stability related features select the System Stability category A NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Help Bach Gd A Standard View on Select a Category Contents Index Search Contact NVIDIA
10. so all its connections have to be sent to the MAC address it knows for this machine s IP address Transmit Only Load Balance and Failover In a TX only configuration all the incoming RX traffic is received into one Ethernet interface and the outgoing TX traffic is balanced across the available Ethernet interfaces Logs When logging is enabled and properly configured you can log various information about the networking configuration for example you can track whether an Ethernet interface is enabled and working properly or whether teaming is enabled ForceWare Network Access Manager fit HOME ETHERNET ADMINISTRATION HELP Logging Messages Network S NVIDIA net work Resource Interface 8 36 47 k State 3 28 2006 interface was AM enabled Interface AAE 8 36 47 ee net work State AM 8 36 41 Firewall was J AM turned off Firewall State 3 28 2006 Cas Promiscuous zem mode was allowed Firewall State 2 20 2000 are Firewall was turned off Promiscuous 8 36 41 Mode ADRIANNA AN mode was allowed The NYIDIA application fitter service is started NVIDIA network interface was LSP Service 8 36 49 Status 3 28 2006 AM Network m Resource Mterface sos 3231 M State AM a auer EIER Network NVIDIA net work Interface EIZA ee Resource State 3 28 2008 any interface was Refresh Now Clear All Logs D 2 D D gt D D D lt Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software
11. 17 18 19 TA 1B Chapter6 Appendix On board LED Code Table Name Reserved Jumps to E000 segment Early Superio Reserved Blank video Reserved Init KBC KB test Reserved Mouse Init Reserved Reserved Reserved CheckSum Check Reserved Autodetect EEPROM Reserved Test CMOS Reserved Load Chipset Reserved Init Clock Reserved Init CPU Reserved Reserved Setup Interrupt Vector Table CMOS Battery Check Description Execution of POST routines in E000 Init Early Initialized the super IO Reset Video controller Keyboard controller init Test the Keyboard Initialized the mouse Check the integrity of the ROM BIOS and message Check Flash type and copy flash write erase routines Test and Reset CMOS Load Chipset Defaults Initialize onboard clock generator CPU ID and initialize L1 L2 cache Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and initialize INT OOh 1Fh according to INT_TBL Test CMOS and check Battery Fail Code hex 1D 1E 1F 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 SA 3B Name Early PM Reserved Re initial KB Reserved HPM init Reserved Program chipset Init PNP Shadow VBIOS Clock Gen Setup BDA Reserved CPU Speed detect Reserved Init video Reserved Video memory test Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Early keyboard reset Reserved Test DMA Control
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13. HDD modes CHS LBA and Large or Auto mode CHS For HDD lt 528MB For HDD gt 528MB amp supporting LBA Logical Block Addressing Large For HDD gt 528MB but not supporting LBA Recommended mode Drive A This option allows you to select the kind of FDD to be installed including None B60K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in and 2 88 M 3 5 in Halt On This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up will stop and you will be prompted be detected it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a diskette error but it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk kedenere error but it will stop for all other errors Memory This is a Display Only Category determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The BIOS POST will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST Total Memory Total memory of the system Chapter3 BIOS Description Advanced BIOS Features nix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help y Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Enabled On Security Option Setup I i MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 Full Screen LO
14. MCP 2x16 PCI E SLI Support Two full bandwidth 16 lane PCI Express links ensure maximum graphics perfor mance for next generation GPUs and games Offers twice the PCI Express band width of X8 SLI solutions NVIDIA MediaShield Storage Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets always reliable scalable and accessible Includes RAID and SATA drive support Multiple Disk Setup Through a simple wizard based interface you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection faster disk access or maximum storage capacity MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0 1 0 1 or 5 configuration according to your needs Advanced users can access RAID options directly Chapter1 Product Introduction DiskAlert System The event of a disk failure MediaShield users see an image that highlights which disk has failed to make it easier to identify replace and recover RAID Morphing MediaShield allows users to change their current RAID set up to another configuration in a one step process called morphing This eliminates the need to back up data and follow multiple steps in the process Bootable Multidisk Array MediaShield storage fully supports the use of multi disk array for loading the operating system at power up Six SATA 3Gb s Drives Combine up to 6 SATA drives into one volume for bigger faster RAID More drives mean more configuration options such as 6 RAID 0 striped drives for maxi
15. NVIDIA MediaShield ee Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device Se Mirroring Healthy 34 48 GB e WDC WD360GD O0FNAO Healthy 34 48GB SATA Secondary Master Sa WDC WO360GD 00FNA0 Healthy 29 48 CR SATA Primary Master S Striping Healthy 138 50 GB Ss WDC WDP40GD 00FLA2 Healthy 69 2568 SATA Secondary Master er WD WO 40GD O0FLA2 Healthy 69 2568 SATA Primary Moser Details Figure 5 Viewing RAID Arrays Delete RAID Arrays To delete an Array do the following 1 Launch the MediaShield application and right click on the RAID array that you want to delete assuming that you have a RAID array already created as shown in the following screen shot OY NVIDIA MediaShield Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device amp Mirroring Healthy 76 69 GB cose Heath 76 5968 SOTA Primary Master zeen Hot Plug Array e De Den etn Rebuild array Free pi _ Create Array eeng Convert Array GB SATA Primary Master ey HoS72m Synchronize Array GB SATA Secondary Master Details Chapter 5 Directions for Bundled Software Follow the next couple of screens to complete Deleting the Array As shown in Figure 7 the array has been deleted and we see only free disks OI NVIDIA MediaShield Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device Hot Plug Array Free Disk ac eate Array e HDS728080PL5480 Healthy 76 69GB SATA Primary Master er HDS728080PL5A80 Hea
16. Recent Tasks Adjust NVIDIA logging settings nTune System Stabi lity Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Tune and manage system View system status or perform a Diagnose system performance performance system stability test Adjust dock speeds and timings For Help press F1 System Stability Task View After selecting the System Stability category a task list is presented Under the Diagnostics heading the tasks available include View the system status and Perform a stability test A NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Help O sa Q OD E Standard Ven System Stability Control Panel Categories Contents Index i Search Pr Diagnostics Contact NVIDIA View System Status Perform Stability Test Recent Tasks Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Diagnose system performance Adjust clock speeds and timings For Help press F1 Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software View System Status The status of the system including current system clock speeds system tempera tures memory timings and system voltages is presented with View System Status ENVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Help E Back gt Gd Le Standard View View System Status Help Control Panel Categories System Stability Contents View the status of the system by selecting an appropriate tab Index Search Contact NVIDIA Review current speeds temperatures voltages and memory
17. Spare from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard Welcome to the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard This wizard will guide you through the configuration and assignment of an array spare disk RAID 1 techniques allow you to designate spare disks ta be configured into an array in the event of a disk Failure To continue click Next Figure 10 Disk Allocation Wizard 3 Click Next The Free Disk Selection page appears Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation Wizard Free Disk Selection Select an unused disk to allocate as a spare disk Select an unused disk From the list Name Channel Device er ST3800114 Secondary Master Se ST3800114 Secondary Slave e Designating a free disk as a spare disk removes it From the free disk pool The I contents of the spare disk will be erased and replaced with content From the RAID array in the event of a disk Failure Figure 9 Dedicating a Disk to an Array 4 From the Free Disk Selection page select a free disk This disk will be designated to the array Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Network Access Manager The NVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager NAM application helps you easily configure and control NVIDIA networking hardware and software gather statistics and monitor logs When you launch NAM for the first time the following GUI appears 2 ForceW
18. Totd capacity 69 25 GB Disk failu e protection FULL More information O Capacity Have your disks work together to provide maximum storage capacity Total capacity 138 50 G6 Disk Failure protection NONE More information C Custom 4ddtional options for advanced users Specify settings such as RAID type and stripe size Figure 2 MediaShield Select Configuration Screen Note You will only see this screen if you have less than 4 free disks in the system If there are 4 or more free disks available you will proceed to directly to custom setup Selecting the Protection option will automatically configure the best RAID option based on the number of drives and with the criteria that if a drive fails you will not lose your data Selecting the Capacity option will automatically configure the best RAID option based on the number of drives and the desire for maximum capacity This array will NOT be fault tolerant so choose this option only if your data is non critical or is being backed up Select the Custom option to create a custom RAID array that can be a Striped Array Mirrored Array Stripe Mirrored Array Spanning Array RAID 5 Array To set up a Striped Array select Striping as RAID Mode and leave Stripe ize with its default value as shown in Figure 3 Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software NVIDIA Create Array Wizard RAID Array Selection Please select the type
19. any time When you select S3 STR mode the power will be cut off after a delay period The status of the computer before it enters STR will be saved in memory and the computer can quickly return to previous status when the STR function wakes When you select S1 amp S3 mode the system will automatically select the delay time C States Support CPU power state selection Soft Off by PBTN This option is used to set the power down method This function is only valid for system using an ATX power supply When Instant Off is selected press the power switch to immediately turn off power When Delay 4 Sec is selected press and hold the power button for four seconds to turn off power Chapter3 BIOS Description WOL PME From Soft Off This item is used to set the system to wake up on LAN WOR RI From Soft Off This item is used to set the system to wake up on ring AMD Cool n Quiet tm Use this option to enable or disable AMD Cool n Quiet Technology Power on by Alarm This item is used to set the timing of the power on function POWER ON Function This option is used to set the power on method for your PC Chapter3 BIOS Description PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnPvPCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD PCI VUGA Palette Snoop Disabled
20. hidden by other tasks temperature tracking by components showing temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit and the ability to set over temperature conditions using audio message or visual signals S M A R T messages for hard drives can also be monitored by NVMonitor Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Fox LiveUpdate Fox LiveUpdate is a useful utility for backuping and updating the system BIOS drivers and utilities by local or online Supported Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Using Fox LiveUpdate 1 1 Local Update BIOS Info This page lets you know your system BIOS information Link to website Minimum E Tee Exit Pa E l Local Update Current BIOS information ZS BIOS Info MainBoard Type 8 Backup BIOS A Update BIOS Bios version ZE emp TO Se Online Update 221 Configure weg PE About amp Help Show current BIOS information Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 1 2 Local Update Backup This page lets you backup your system BIOS Click Backup then give a name Click Save to finish the backup operation Key in a BIOS name a k A BEE File name Click here rz n E P J About amp Help 1 3 Local Update Update This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet After click Update there will show warning message please read it carefully If you sti
21. it will search the new drivers from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Ge wer and More Powerful es E Br Loqal Update Current System Information A Operating System QA Onfne Update ele Uplate BIOS L Uplate Driver Le Update Utility Update All Search new driver from server Start Select the drivers to update reene SSS Hriver to be updated Intel Chipset Driver Version 7 03 O CN Silicon Image 3132 SATALink Driver Version 2108 O ir Marvell Yukon Ethernet Driver Version 8 20 110 1243 KC the latest driver only list the latest driver rotncubate SSS K a_ LiveUpdate SI Current information Search new drivers from Internet Browse detail information Install the selected drivers Close the window Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 2 3 Online Update Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet Click start it will search the new utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here S eres Ma Onjine Update SCH EES Current information D Update Driver Le Update Utility Update All Search new utility from server C Sms SE Gees Zi rom Intern r i women A 2 4 Online Update Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search all new BlOS drive
22. parameters of the Web GUI manage remote access reset the software to its default setting and more eS Wee Network Access Manager ETHERNET l ADMINISTRATION HELP Display Settings Apply 2003 2006 by NVIDIA Corporation All rights reserved End User License Agreement Summary Network Access Manager is an easy to use Web interface that provides all the networking configuration monitoring and logging that users demand For more information about NAM please read the ForceWare Networking and Firewall Administrator s Guide Ref This chapter will introduce how to use attached software This chapter provides the following information NVIDIA SLI technology NVIDIA RAID Audio Configuration On board LED Code Table Chapter6 Appendix NVIDIA SLI Technology 1 Introduction NVIDIA SLI Scalable Link Interface technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software solutions to deliver earth shattering PC performance in a multi NVIDIA GPU solution NVIDIA nForce 5 SLIMCPs media and communications processors offer blister ing graphics performance and overall PC performance for both AMD and Intel platforms With the power of SLI technology you get the ability to connect two NVIDIA SLI Ready PCI Express graphics cards for mind blowing game play with brilliant an
23. provide up to twice the Ethernet bandwidth for transferring large amounts of data from home file servers to other PCs It also provides network redundancy through fail over capability TCP IP Acceleration Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster NVIDIA nTune 4 0 Utility Now with access to more settings from this Windows based utility NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance and the ability to customize Once configured nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules High Definition Audio HDA High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels Using HDA systems can deliver 192 kHz 32 bit quality for eight channels supporting new audio formats USB 2 0 A standard plug and play interface that provides easy to use connectivity for USB devices Chapter 7 Product Introduction Layout G 6 00000 TECO CHD A 1 8 pin ATX_12V Power Connector 14 2 C51XE 15 3 PCI Express x16 Slots 16 4 PCI Express x1 Slot 17 5 PCI Express x4 Slot 18 6 PCI Slots 19 7 IEEE1394a Connector 20 8 AUX PEX PWR Connector 21 9 Speaker Connector 22 10 Front Audio Connector 23
24. selected as ex plained in the following topics Network Access Manager ETHERNET ADMINISTRATION ermet 04 4b 60 60 80 03 04 4b 60 80 80 04 Create Tearn Purge Table amp 2003 2006 by NVIDIA Corporation Al rights resenred End User License Agreement Its Modes of Operation Load Balance and Failover When load balancing is configured over a collection of Ethernet interfaces the collection is commonly known as a team or bundle Within a team there is a primary Ethernet interface that has special responsibilities For example it receives all multicast and broadcast traffic and it transmits all outbound unicast traffic not destined for the subnet to which the team is attached this traffic will later be referred to as non local unicast traffic The secondary Ethernet interfaces are available for load balancing of traffic to and from local machines other machines within the same IP subnet to which the team is attached Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Failover Only Load balancing LB is frequently used in conjunction with failover FO although it is possible to use failover alone For instance one Ethernet interface might be dedicated as a hot standby in the event that the primary Ethernet interface fails Team Mode IEEE 802 3ad In 802 3ad all the team members share a common MAC address Other machines only Know one MAC address for this machine s IP address
25. set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Parallel ATA 0 0 M Adapter 0 Channel 0 Master 0 0 S Adapter 0 Channel 0 Slave Serial ATA 1 0 M Adapter 1 Channel 0 Master 1 1 M Adapter 1 Channel 1 Master 2 0 M Adapter 2 Channel 0 Master 2 1 M Adapter 2 Channel 1 Master 3 0 M Adapter 3 Channel 0 Master 3 1 M Adapter 3 Channel 1 Master Note There is no such thing as Slave drive in Serial ATA All drives are considered to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and the channel Using the Define a New Array Window H necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is high lighted e Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring Change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow keys until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning Stripe Mirroring or RAID 5 i Note Not all RAID levels are supported on all platforms e Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block size is given in kilobytes and affects how data is 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 Chapter6 Appendix 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
26. the socket until it fits in place Push down the socket lever to secure the CPU Cut edge 3 When the CPU is in place press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked Chapter Z Installation Instructions Installation of CPU Fan New technology allows processors to run at higher and higher frequencies To avoid problems arising from high speed operation for example overheat ing you need to install the proper fan The following procedure is provided for reference only please refer to your CPU fan user guide for the actual procedure CPU Fan CPU Heatsink CPU Retention Mechanism CPU Retention Bracket CPU Retention Lock 1 Locate the CPU retention mecha AH required apply a light coating of nism base surrounds the CPU silica gel to the top of the CPU socket NOTE The CPU heatsink may have a pre applied thermal compound In that case the silica gel is not required Chapter Z Installation Instructions 3 Place the cooling set onto the re 4 Align the other end of the reten tention mechanism Attach one end tion bracket to fasten the cooling of the retention bracket to retention set on the top of the retention mechanism mechanism r ins SOF SE N NO 5 Push down the retention bracket lock on the retention mechanism to secure the heatsink and fan to module base 6 Connect the fan
27. the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 3 Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use Chapter6 Appendix Audio Configuration The ALC882 provide 10 channels of DAC that simultaneously support 7 1 sound playback plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output multiple stream ing through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels Flexible mixing mute and fine gain control functions provide a complete integrated audio solu tion for next generation multimedia PCs Now we will tell you how to install audio driver and use Realtek HD Audio Man ager 1 Click Audio Driver button and follow the installation wizard to install Realtek audio diver from Driver CD 2 After the driver is correctly installed you will find the icon Eon the task bar Double click it to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager 3 Main Menu Introduction Configuration options Environment lt None gt Preset Karaoke e Ki DI PN th SE Ka Equalizer Information button Tool button Chapter 6 Appendix 4 Sound Effect Introduction Allows you to set your listening environment adjust the equalizer set the Karaoke or select pre programmed equalizer
28. via INT 19h Read Write CPU registers Base memory detect Board Initialization Turn on extended memory cache initialization First display initialization Early shadow enable for fast boot External cache size detection CMOS checkup NVIDIA Added POST Codes HW Ident SLAM Table Early SLAM table Init Com Port HW Init Override Parameters Process SPD Query HW Load ROM Table Init Memory Controller Init PCI Express Init Spread Spectrum Identify HW in the system Register the slam tables Early SLAM table COM port initialization Initialize hardware devices Override input parameters etc before QUERY Read SPD amp fill in arrays Query the hardware devices ROM table pointer Initialize the Memory Controller PCI Express Initialization Load Spread Spectrum tables Code hex 40 44 48 4C 50 54 FE Name Set Top Of Memory Late SLAM table Previous Power State SLAM table Hardware Workarounds NVMM NV Memory Test ERROR handler Chapter6 Appendix Description Set Top Of Memory registers Late SLAM table Previous Power State SLAM table Hardware Workarounds Restore and exit NVMM NV Memory Test ERROR handler
29. 2 Return the jumper setting to normal pins 2 and 3 together with the jumper cap 3 Turn the AC power supply back on Q Warning 1 Disconnect the power cable before adjusting the jumper settings 2 Do not clear the CMOS while the system is turned on ele This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS pa rameters are also provided This chapter includes the following information do Ze 2 Ze Ze Ze Ze Zei Zei Zei Ze Zei Zei Ze Zei 2 Zei Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations System Monitor Load Defaults Set Password Set User name Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Chapter3 BIOS Description Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance Power on the computer when the following message briefly appears at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press lt Del gt key to enter the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Press F1 to continue DEL to enter Setup i Note It is recommended that the default settings in the BIOS are not changed The user accepts all responsibility for any damage that results from cha
30. 5 Master SATA ell 6 Master Drive A Ci 44M 3 5 in All But Keyboard Tls Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1i General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Standard CMOS Features Menu Date This option allows you to set the desired date usually as the current day with the lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt format Day weekday from Sun to Sat defined by BIOS read only Month month from Jan to Dec Date date from 1 to 31 can be changed using the keyboard Year year set up by users Time This option allows you to set up the desired time usually as the current time with lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt format IDE Channel 0 Master Slave amp SATA Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 Master These categories identify the HDD types of 1 IDE channel installed in the com puter system There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS None Auto and Manual None means no HDD is installed or set Auto means the system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up by choosing Manual and changing Access Mode to CHS the related information should be entered manually Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt Cylinder number of cylinders number of heads write pre compensation Landing Zone Sear numberofsectors TI Chapter3 BIOS Description Award Phoenix BIOS can support 3
31. 88M FDDs IDE Connector PIDE The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133 100 66 IDE hard disk drives Con nect the cable s blue connector to the IDE connector then connect the gray connector to the slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to the Ultra ATA master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings Attention Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the cable on the same side as pin 1 of the PIDE or FLOPPY connector on the motherboard Chapter Z Installation Instructions Front Panel Connector FP1 PWRSW PWRLED This motherboard includes one connector for con necting the front panel switch and LED indicators HD LED C RESET HDD LED Connector HDD LED FP1 The connector connects to the case s HDD indicator LED indicating the activity status of hard disks Reset Switch RESET Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front panel of the case the system will restart when the switch is pressed Power LED Connector PWRLED Attach the connector to the power LED on the front panel of the case The Power LED indicates the system s status When the system is in SO status the LED is on When the system is in S1 S3 S4 S5 status the LED is off Power Switch Connector PWRSW Attach the connector to the powe
32. DE driver NVIDIA RAID will not be enabled 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly created array Chapter6 Appendix Installing the RAID Driver for bootable RAID Array 1 Create an F6 install floppy by using the x option then copy all files in IDE WinXP sataraid to a floppy disk For Windows 2000 substitute Win2K in the path After you complete the RAID BIOS setup boot from the Windows CD and the Windows Setup program starts 2 Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to appear Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s lt none gt To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufaturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Devices ENTER Continue F3 Exit 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S The Windows Setup scree
33. DIA From here you can access help screens search help or go to the NVIDIA website for Recent Tasks assistance Adjust clock speeds and timings Manage profile rules Perform Stability Test Re cent Tas ks View System Status Quickly toggle back to previous task pages by Related Tasks selecting them from the Recent Tasks menu Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings in the left pane Pending Changes Related Tasks Adjust dock speeds and timings i desis Tasks that are related to the page being viewed Cancel are listed in the Related Tasks menu From here you may quickly jump to a related task by selecting them from the Related Tasks menu in the left pane Pending Changes When any changes have been made on a page they can be applied or can celled here by selecting Apply or Cancel Load or Save Profile By selecting Profile the user may then select to either Load a profile directly or Save the current changes to a new profile NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Ke Support Help lt Standard View S nTune R Control Panel Categories Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software nTune Task View After selecting the nTune category the task list is presented Each of the tasks are grouped into two categories System Performance and System Diagnostics The tasks available under these categories include Performance tuning wizard we Manage profile rules e Adjust speeds and timings
34. DSR Empty This motherboard provides an additional serial COM header for your machine Connect one side of a switching cable to the 1 header then attach the serial COM device to the RLSD GND R other side of the cable SOUT RTS COM1 Chapter Z Installation Instructions IEEE 1394a Connector F_1394_1 optional The 1394 expansion cable can be connected to either the front provided that the front panel of your chassis is equipped with the appropriate interface or real panel of the chassis Speaker Connector J1E1 The speaker connector is used to connect speaker of the chassis F 1394 1 1 GND SPKR 3 3V J1E1 Chapter Z Installation Instructions Expansion Slots This motherboard includes two 32 bit master PCI bus slots one PCI Express x 1 slot one PCI Express x4 slot and two PCI Express x 16 slots PCI Slots The expansion cards can be installed in the two PCI slots PCI slots support cards such as aLAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications PCI Express x1 Slot This motherboard has one PCI Express x1 slot that designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN card PCI Express x4 Slot This motherboard has one PCI Express x4 slot that designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN card PCI Express x16 Slots This motherboard has two PCI Express x16 slots that reserved for graphics or vi
35. GO Show Disabled tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Menu Removable Device Priority This option is used to select the priority for removable device startup After pressing lt Enter gt you can select the removable device using the lt PageUp gt lt PageDn gt or Up Down arrow keys and change the removable device priority using lt gt or lt gt you can exit this menu by pressing lt Esc gt Hard Disk Boot Priority This option is used to select the priority for HDD startup After pressing lt Enter gt you can select the HDD using the lt PageUp gt lt PageDn gt or Up Down arrow keys and change the HDD priority using lt gt or lt gt you can exit this menu by pressing lt Esc gt lt Network Boot Priority This option is used to select the priority for network startup After pressing lt Enter gt you can select the network using the lt PageUp gt lt PageDn gt or Up Down arrow keys and change the network boot priority using lt gt or lt gt you can exit this menu by pressing lt Esc gt CPU Internal Cache This option is used to enable or disable the CPU internal cache Quick Power On Self Test Enable to reduce the time for power on self test First Second Third Boot Device This option allows you to set the boot device s sequence lt Boot Other Device With this function set to enab
36. ID disks 4 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit Chapter6 Appendix Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After rebooting your PC wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading OS 2 Press lt N gt and the NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window will appear The default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and the default Striping Block is set to Optimal NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array PA Weg Mirroring Striping Biock Free Di Array Disk sks s Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name eS ee F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate A Select ENTER Popup Understanding the Define a New Array Window Use the Define a New Array window to e Select the RAID Mode e Set up the Striping Block e Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on the platform used the system have one or more adapters In a typical system there are usually one channel and multiple adapters and each adapter have a slave and a master The adapter channel master slave status of each hard disk is given in the Loc location columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists 1 0 M M Master S Slave 0 Channel Adapter 0 is used for PATA drives Adapter 1 is used for SATA drives Chapter6 Appendix In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Adapter 1 Channel 0 and the drive is
37. Maximum 32 Byte Granularity Disabled Skip DQS Enable per Channel NUMEM memory test DOS Training Control CKE base power down mode CKE power down control Memc lock tri stating Disable Mcmory Hole Remapping Enable Auto Optimize Bottom I0 Enabled PU PD Value F10 5ave ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F Defaults Memory Configuration menu EA Move SLI Ready Memory Enable memory settings that are SLI Ready only functional with DRAM that is SLI Ready Memory Timings Use this menu to control memory timings see Memory Timings section below Drive Strength setting Use this menu to control drive strength settings see Drive Strength set tings section below Dram on die termination Resistance of the on die termination resistors Read Write queue bypass Number of times to bypass the read write queue Bypass Maximum Max number of times that the oldest memory access request can be bypassed 32 Byte Granularity 32 64 byte DRAM access granularity NVMEM memory test Run NVIDIA memory testing module during POST DQS Training Control Perform Skip DQS training Chapter3 BIOS Description CKE base power down mode Enable or disable CKE base power down mode CKE power down control CKE power down mode selection It should be set to per channel for non mobile systems Memclock tri stating Memclock tri stating during C3 and Alt VID Memory Hole rema
38. Settings Enable SLI multi GP SLI mult GPU Your Graphies tarde features NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface SLI Color Correction technology for significant improvements in rendering performance Video Overlay Settings Tools C Show GPU load balancing NVRotate Load balancing will be shown in DirectX and OpenGL applications Temperature Settings Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates Desktop Management Menu Editing To learn more click here Restore Defaults E Chapter6 Appendix NVIDIARAID RAID Arrays This section describes the following types of RAID arrays that NVIDIA RAID supports RAID O RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications 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 arrays RAID 5 RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and better utilization of disk capacity Spanning JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations Arra Hard Disks Fault Tolerance RAID 0 High data throughput No fault tolerance wate RAID 1 100 data redund Requires two drives Yes for the storage space of one drive RAID Optimized for both Requires two drives 0 1 100 data redun for the storage space dancy and per of one drive the same formance Allows as RAID level 1 Spare d
39. Statement This manual is the intellectual property of Foxconn Inc Although the information in this manual may be changed or modified at any time Foxconn does not obligate itself to inform the user of these changes Trademark All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Version Users Manual V1 1b for C51XEM2AA motherboard P N 91 181C51M51E 00 G Symbol description i Note refers to important information that can help you to use motherboard better Attention indicates that it may damage hardware or cause data loss and tells you how to avoid such problems Q Warning means that a potential risk of property damage or physical injury exists More information If you want more information about our products please visit Foxconn s website http www foxconnchannel com This product and its accessories are produced after 13th Aug 2005 and comply with the WEEE2002 96EC directive Declaration of conformity LE HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C declares that the product Motherboard C51XEM2AA is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89 336 EEC EMC Directive lV EN 55022 1998 A2 2003 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance VV EN 61000 3 2 2000 VV EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 VV EN 55024 A2 2003 characteristics
40. U Memory HyperTransport HT and PCI Express PCX can be monitored along with temperature and voltages The current profile is displayed alongside the SMART hard drive status if that has been enabled in the system BIOS Adjust NVIDIA Monitor Settings The settings window allows a number of adjustments to be made to NVMonitor KI NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Profile Support Help Q Bach Gd A Standard View L Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Control Panel Categories nTune Contents Modify the settings for tracking your system performance Index Search Contact NVIDIA Use these settings when monitoring my system R t Task Seed NVIDIA Monitor appearance Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Update every A v GE Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Perform Stability Test Transparency level 0 J View System Status C Always on top Related Tasks Track temperatures Manage profile rules Adjust NVIDIA logging settings cPU GPU System Pending Changes Se Teg Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings O Celsius Fahrenheit Apply Cancel Use this alert type on overtemp conditions C Audio C Message C Visual V Enable SMART messages Launch NVIDIA Monitor For Help press F1 The following can be specified the temperature reading interval the transparency level of the NVMonitor so that background information may be viewed through it the ability to keep NVMonitor always on top so it cannot be
41. are Network Access Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer CER Fie Ecit View Favorites Tools Help Q rx EA EN El Le JO earch fg ravorres Kaal B da ha S Address http slocalhost 3476 cai bin ncair exe menufindex html v Eco Links Forceware Network Access Manager HOME ETHERNET ADMINISTRATION alll Ethernet Information View Ethernet interface statistics in a graphical view Ts FirstPacket Zonfigure Teaming to alow multiple Ethernet Configure FistPacket to privde low letency transmission nterfaces to team up znd provide twice the for specific programs pandwidth or back aach other up and provide natwok i edundancy Logs Help Li View information or erro messages Get help with the parameters and the usage of this web interface 2003 2006 by NADIA Corporation All rights reserved End User License Agreement si Local intranet Settings for Network Access Manager As shown in the previous screenshot these entries are available in NMA Ethernet This entry controls the configuration of the Ethernet interface such as Ethernet speed whether the connection is full duplex or half duplex and so on Note Two Ethernet settings appear if your hardware supports two Ethernet ports otherwise only one setting appears Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Teaming Teaming controls load balancing and fail over between two Ethernet ports Logs This setting enables disable
42. arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 32K Adapt Channel MIS Index Disk Model Name Capacity ST380023AS ST380023AS 74 56GB R Rebuid D Delete C Clear Disk Enter Return 4 lf you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press F10 to exit the RAID setup Chapter6 Appendix NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows for Non bootable RAID Array This section describes how to setup the application and install the RAID software 1 Start the nForce Setup program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers Select Components Cheose the components Setup wil install Select the companents you want lo install dea the components you do not wart to install Descripton wi NVIDIA SMBus Driver A NVIDIA Ethernet Driver wi NVIDIA IDE Driver 7 NVIDIA Audio Diver Space Required on C 3131 K Space Available on C 605230 K lt Back Next gt Cancel 2 Select the modules that you want to install Make sure that the NVIDIA IDE Driver is selected You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA RAID If you do not install the NVIDIA I
43. as RAID array To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array 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 right arrow 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 until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array appear in the Array Disks block NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array GELOSS Mirroring Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Ai Select ENTER Popup It shows that two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks in the figure above Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array mode press F7 The Clear disk data windows prompt appears NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array GLUI sl Mirroring Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Al Select ENTER Popup Chapter6 Appendix 2 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 No 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 7453G Ctr X Exit Wei Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail 3 Use the
44. be made by using the mouse to drag the slider All changes will take effect immediately after selecting Apply however these setting will only remain active for the current Windows session This will allow a user to safely return to Windows in the event of a crash without any possibility of boot issues since the changes are not made directly to the BIOS settings Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software A NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Profile Support Help ER si EN d Gi seet fl Adjust Clock Speeds and Timings KC Cc e Help ontrol Panel Categories nTun Contents Modify the system bus speeds NVIDIA GPU bus speeds and memory controller timings Index Search Contact NVIDIA Use these settings for clock speeds and memory controller timings Recent Tasks Adjust clock speeds and timings System bus speeds GPU bus speeds I Memory controller timing Manage profile rules Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Diagnose system performance S Hypertransport 1 005 MHz link Related Tasks e 2 PCI express bus 2 500 MHz Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Memory bus frequency HT Multiplier For Help press F1 Diagnose System Performance This task is used to quickly diagnose potential system performance issues and relay valuable troubleshooting data to technical support nTune performs a series of quick checks to identify probably causes of performance issues and then creates
45. d intensive 3D graphics 2 Using SLI Technology Step1 Install two SLI Ready Graphic cards on the two PCI Express x16 slots Chapter6 Appendix Step2 Connect power extension cable to the graphics card power connector and power supply connector d WW am gt Ben Dem Den d j Kal j 5 Ss Lal j dE d st Jm H ke Za KL P A a Le he Zoe A cable a i Power Extension f EAA ETA Step 3 Install the SLI Bridge Board to the goldfingers on each graphics card Make sure that the connector is firmly in place MEZZE TPIT TT EE EE EH Step 4 Connect the 4 pin ATX power cable to the Auxiliary power connector to secure the system is stable Step 5 Power on your computer and boot into Operating System Step 6 Install the NVIDIA graphics card drivers and restart your computer Chapter6 Appendix Step 7 Right click the mouse gt Select Properties gt Select Setting gt Click Advanced gt Select GeForce xxxx xxx gt Click SLI multitGPU gt Click Enable SLI multi G PU Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 G TS General Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management GeForce 7900 GTX al GeForce 7900 GTX SL eg Screen Adjustment Peer n Display Mode Timing SLI multi GPU Performance amp Quality
46. deo cards The difference in bandwidth between the x16 and x71 slots is no table to be sure with the x16 slot pushing 4GB sec 8GB sec concurrent of bandwidth and the PCI Express x1 slot offering 250MB sec This motherboard design enables the support of dual PCI Express graphics cards technology such as SLI technology and multiple display For the detailed PCI Express x16 graphics cards support list on this motherboard please visit the website hitp www foxconnchannel com Chapter Z Installation Instructions Jumpers The users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard if needed This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by chang ing the jumper settings Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper settings Description of Jumpers 1 For the jumpers on this motherboard pin 1 can be identified by the silk screen printed A next to it However in this manual pin 1 is simply labeled as 1 2 The following table provides some explanation of the jumper pin settings User should refer to this when adjusting jumper settings Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all DEET es the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by Default 1 2 3 removing the CMOS jumper How to clear CMOS CLEAR ao 1 Turn off the AC power supply and connect pins 1 12 3 and 2 together using the jumper cap CLR_CMOS
47. e this menu to control system clocks see System Clocks section below System Voltages Use this menu to control system voltages see System Voltages section below Memory Configuration Use this menu to control memory settings see Memory Configuration section below PCI Clocks Use this menu to turn off the PCI clock on the unused PCI slot LPC P2P P2P Decoding mode for LPC and P2P SSE SSE2 Instructions Enable or disable Stream SIMD Extensions lt System BIOS Cacheable Enable the memory cache function for BIOS Chapter3 BIOS Description Load timing voltage settings Load timing and voltage settings from a profile Save timing voltage settings Save timing and voltage settings to a profile x Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility System Clocks Ref Clock HTT MHz CAutol CPU Multiplier Auto PCle Bus Slot 1 MHz Auto PCle Bus Slot 2 MHz Auto SPP lt gt MCP Ref Clock MHz Auto CPU lt gt nForce Autol F SPP ce SPP gt nForce MCP 5x nForce SPP lt nForce MCP 5x 416 Tipi 416 116 Tis Move Enter Select PU PD UValue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Genera 1 Help FS Previous Values F Defaults System Clocks menu Frequency Settings Ref Clock HTT Reference clock frequency CPU Multiplier The value of the CPU multiplier lt PCle Bus Slot 1 The frequency of the PCI Express Bus Slot 1 lt PCle Bus Slot 2 The frequency of the PCI Ex
48. eatures Green Function e Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface e Supports SO normal S1 power on suspend S3 Suspend to RAM S4 Suspend to disk depends on OS and S5 soft off e Supports AMD Cool n Quiet technology Expansion Slots e Two PCI slots e One PCI Express x1 slot e One PCI Express x4 slot e Two PCI Express vip Graphics slots Chapter1 Product Introduction Hightlight Features Engineered for Enthusiasts NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI media and communication processors MCPs deliver the tools and performance enthusiasts demand When combined with select NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards and other system components you get automatic access to faster bus speeds Ready for system overclocking and greater data throughput NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology NVIDIA nForce 590 MCP automatically increases bandwidth when selected NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards are detected NVIDIA SLI Ready components Look for other components including memory modules that are optimized for use with NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP motherboards for maximum performance These components automatically run at faster bus speeds and are ready for overclocking Designed for NVIDIA SLI Technology NVIDIA SLI Technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows users to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI
49. ed For the detailed memory support list on this motherboard please visit the website http www foxconnchannel com Chapter Z Installation Instructions Power Supply This motherboard uses an ATX power supply In order to avoid damaging any devices make sure that they have been installed properly prior to connecting the power supply 24 pin ATX Power Connector 24 pin ATX power connector PWR1 Rove PRON PWR1 is the ATX power supply connector Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable e into the connector and make sure it is secure 8 pin AT X_12 V Power Connector PWR2 The 8 pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU Exclusive Graphics Power Connector PWR3 This connector is a auxiliary power for graphics card Exclusive power for graphics card is for bet ter graphics performance and for future upgrade usage Note Connect a 4 pin power plug here We strongly recommend that you use 8 pin ATX 12V power supply If you want to use 4 pin power supply connect the 4 pin power con nector as shown Chapter Z Installation Instructions Other Connectors This motherboard includes connectors for FDD devices IDE devices Serial ATA devices USB devices and others FDD Connector FLOPPY This motherboard includes a standard FDD connector supporting 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2
50. enable or disable SATA RAID USB Config Use this menu to setup USB interface MAC Config Use this menu to turn off MAC lt IEEE1394 controller Use this setting to set whether the IEEE 1394 function is enabled lt HD Audio Use this setting to configure HD Audio IDE HDD Block Mode Use this setting to configure HDD Block Mode lt Onboard FDC Controller This option is used to set whether the Onboard FDC Controller is enabled lt Onboard Serial Port 1 This option is used to assign the I O address and IRQ for onboard serial port 1 Chapter3 BIOS Description Power Management Setup Power On by Alarm Disabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1i Ge ies F7 Defaults Power Management Setup Menu lt ACPI function ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI is a standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces be tween an operating system and the BIOS In other words it is a standard that describes how computer components work together to manage system hardware In order to use this function the ACPI specification must be sup ported by the OS for example Windows2000 or WindowsXP lt ACPI Suspend Type This option is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function When you select S1 POS mode the power will not shut off and the supply status will remain as it is in S1 mode the computer can be resumed at
51. experts only C Automatically continue at reboot if tuning process is interrupted The Quick method takes approximately 20 minutes to run while it adjusts system bus speeds and parameters It first saves current bus speeds as the Default npe file After performing a CPU intensive micro benchmark to ensure the system tem perature stays low while fan noise is reduced it saves a second file named Silent npe Finally it ratchets up the bus speeds runs micro benchmark and optimizes the system saving those settings as a best system npe file The Complete method takes approximately 60 minutes to perform a more thorough performance analysis It will create default silent and best system files much in the same way as the quick process Due to the additional complexity additional passes may be required The Expert method allows users to manually select a test or group of tests using the run button to start the tests A progress bar will appear when the benchmarks are being executed The user may cancel the tests at any time Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Manage Profile Rules This task is used to assign specific applications to specific profiles Each time the application is launched the assigned profile will go into effect EJ NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Profile Support Help Manage profile Rules Control Panel Categories nTune Help Contents Load a performance profile automatically when a specif
52. ey to continue Set User Name Set the name that will appear on the POST welcome screen Save amp Exit Setup When you select this option and press lt Enter gt the following message will appear in the center of the screen SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Press lt Y gt to save your changes in CMOS and exit the program press lt N gt or ESC gt to return to the main menu Chapter3 BIOS Description Exit Without Saving If you select this option and press lt Enter gt the following message will appear in the center of the screen Quit Without Saving Y N N Press lt Y gt to exit CMOS without saving your modifications press lt N gt or lt ESC gt to return to the main menu my Chapter The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains use ful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features This chapter includes the following information Utility CD content A Start to install drivers Chapter 4 Driver CD Introduction Utility CD content This motherboard comes with one Utility CD To begin using the CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD will automatically displays the main menu screen Foxconn POWERED BY NVIDIA rsen Driver gt erter e Jee Manuals SJerouse cD J Foxconn Website EXIT EXIT 1 Install Driver Using this choice you can install all the drivers for your motherboard You shou
53. ic application is launched Index Note First create a profile by running the Performance Tuning Wizard Search Contact NVIDIA Use these performance profiles Recent Tasks Default Business Performance Gaming Silent Relaxed Manage profile rules al Le DN Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Ey Diagnose system performance Scan for these applications Adjust clock speeds and timings Power optimized Performance optimized Quiet on the set MS Outlook Quake iTunes Related Tasks x MS Explorer Doom 3 WinAmp New application Half Life 2 New application Performance tuning wizard New application Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings For Help press F1 The profile menu may be pulled down to select a different profile The list will be built from profiles currently existing in the profile directory Choose profile may also be selected and will launch an explorer window New applications may be added to the action list by selecting New application from the list window Actions may be removed by selecting it from the list and pressing the lt Delete gt key Select Start rules after applying changes to begin using them Adjust Clock Speeds and Timings These controls allow the bus speeds to be adjusted manually to increase perfor mance for gaming or lower performance to conserve power and create a quieter user environment The number to the right of the slider is the new bus speed that will be applied Adjustments can
54. iption Read DQS delayed with respect to the data 1 96 MEMCLK per unit Read delay from Rx FIFO Delay from DQS receiver enable to first data read from Rx FIFO Chapter3 BIOS Description Item Help CS drive strength rive strength MCLK drive strength MD drive strength rive strength Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help 2 Lous i B aults Drive Strength settings menu DRAM driver weak mode DRAM data drive strength on DRAM lt CKE drive strength Drive strength of the CKE pins CS drive strength Drive strength of the CS and ODT pins MA drive strength Drive strength of the Address RAS CAS WE and parity pins MCLK drive strength Drive strength of the MEMCLK pins MD drive strength Drive strength of the Data pins lt DQS drive strength Drive strength of the DQS pins Chapter3 BIOS Description Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup utility Integrated Peripherals gt IDE Function Setup gt RAID Config gt USB Config b MAC Confi IEEE1394 controller HD Audio IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1RQ41 ti lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help S Previous Values F7 Defaults Integrated Peripherals Menu IDE Function Setup Use this menu to setup the data flow control for IDE RAID Config Use this menu to
55. isks RAID 5 Fault tolerance and Decreased write per 3 Yes better utilization of disk formance due to parity space calculations JBOD jombines and uses the Decreases perfor multiple No capacity of odd size mance because of the drives difficulty in using drives concurrently or to op timize drives for differ ent uses Chapter6 Appendix Additional RAID Features NVIDIA RAID offers the following additional features Free Disk and Dedicated Spare Disk A Free Disk or Dedicated Disk can be automatically used in case one drive of a fault tolerant array fails NVIDIA RAID defines a fault tolerant array as either RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 A free disk can be used by any available fault tolerant array while a dedicated disk can be used only by the array to which it is assigned Bootable RAID This allows you to install the operating system onto the RAID volume Morphing Morphing is the ability to convert from one RAID mode to another RAID mode This allows the user to upgrade their current disk or array for better performance higher security and increased capacity More importantly this is accomplished withouthaving to go through multiple steps The morphing feature gives the user an upgradeable option to manage storage easily Hot Plug Array A nice flexibility feature is the ability to move MediaShield RAID arrays from one nForce system to another Since most nForce systems support SATA hot plug capabilit
56. ization If not execute ISA tests and clear EISA mode flag Size base memory from 256K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB Initialize APIC and set MTRR Initialize USB controller Code hex 52 Name Memory Test Reserved Reserved CPU display Reserved PnP Init Display Reserved Setup Virus Reserved Awdflash Load Reserved Onboard I O Reserved Reserved Setup enable Reserved Reserved Initialize Mouse Reserved PS2 Mouse special Reserved ACPI init Reserved Init Cache Reserved Setup Reserved Chapter6 Appendix Description Test all memory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 8086 mode page mode and clear the memory Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific version string and turn on all necessary CPU features PnP logo and PnP early init Setup virus protect according to protect setup If required will auto load Awdflash exe in POST Init Initializing onboard superlO Display setup message and enable setup functions Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port ACPI sub system initializing Initialize cache controller Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up Code hex 6D 6E 6F 70 71 72 13 74 195 76 TT 78 19 TA 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D Name Initialize Floppy Reserved FDD install Reserved Reserved Reserved Initial
57. ize Hard Drive Reserved Detect HDD Reserved Detect serial ports Reserved Reserved Detect parallel ports Reserved HDD Write Protect Reserved Reserved POST error check Reserved Reserved Security Check Write CMOS Display PNP USB Final Init Reserved Reserved Reserved Setup ACPI tables Reserved Option ROM Detect Reserved Enable Parity Check Chapter6 Appendix Description Initialize floppy disk drive Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Initialize hard drive controller IDE device detection Initialize serial ports Initialize parallel ports HDD check for write protection Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Ask password security Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen Display PNP devices Final USB initialization Setup ACPI tables Scan for Option ROMs Enable Parity Check Code hex 8E 8F 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 CO C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 CF Name Reserved IRQ12 Enable Reserved Reserved Reserved Boot Medium Read Final Init NumLock Boot Attempt Base CPU test Memory Presence Early Memory Extend Memory Special Display Early Shadow Cache presence CMOS Check Chapter6 Appendix Description Enable IRQ12 if mouse present Detect and store boot partition head and cylinders values in RAM Final init for last micro details before boot Set NumLock status according to Setup Set low stack Boot
58. ld install the drivers in order and you need to restart your computer after the drivers all installed A NVIDIA nForce Driver B Microsoft DirectX 9 0C C Realtek Audio Driver 2 Software Use this option to install additional software programs A NVIDIA nTune B Foxconn LiveUpdate C Adobe Acrobat Reader D Norton Internet Security 3 User Manuals Click here to browse all user manuals content 4 Browse CD Click here to browse CD content 5 Foxconn Website Click here to visit Foxconn website Chapter4 Driver CD Introduction Installing Divers Click the drivers that you want to install and begin the setup steps Foxconn POWERED BY NVIDIA Install these drivers sequentially from top te botton Ta Vote h gDrivers Click here Microsoft ch DirectX 9 ot SY Realtek fhudio EXIT EXIT Installing Utilities You can select the utilities that you want to install and begin the setup steps Foxconn POWERED BY NVIDIA Install these drivers sequentially from D botton gees S Click here Microsoft DS DirectX o oC EXIT EXIT Reif This chapter will introduce how to use attached software This chapter provides the following information NVIDIA nTune 4 0 Fox LiveUpdate MediaShield RAID Manager Network Access Manager 2 Zei Zei Ze Zei Chapter A Directions for Bu
59. le the system will boot from some other devices if the first second thrist boot devices failed Chapter3 BIOS Description lt Boot Up NumLock Status This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started Security Option When it is set to Setup a password is required to enter the CMOS Setup screen When it is set to System a password is required not only to enter CMOS Setup but also to start up your PC lt APIC Mode This option is used to enable or disable APIC function MPS Version Control For OS This option is used to set up the version of MPS Table used in NT4 0 OS Full Screen LOGO Show This option allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo Chapter3 BIOS Description Advanced Chipset Features Use this section to control chipset features specifically clocks voltages and memory timings Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt Sustem Clocks Press Enter Item Help gt System Voltages Press Enter gt Memory Configuration Press Enter PCI Clocks Enable LPC PZP P2PT z 7 SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled Load timingzvoltage set Press Enter Save timingrvoltage sct Press Enter System BIOS Cacheable Disabled tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1i0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F FS Previous Values 7 Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Menu System Clocks Us
60. ler 0 Reserved Test DMA Controller 1 Reserved Test DMA Page Registers Reserved Reserved Chapter6 Appendix Description Early PM initialization Load keyboard matrix Init Heuristic Power Management HPM Early Programming of chipset registers Init PNP Shadow system video BIOS Init onboard clock generator and sensor Setup BIOS DATAAREA BDA Chipset programming and CPU Speed detect Initialize Video Test Video Memory and display Logos Early Keyboard Reset Test DMA channel 0 Test DMA channel 1 Test DMA Page Registers Code hex 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 Name Test Timer Reserved Test 8259 1 Mask Reserved Test 8259 2 Mask Reserved Reserved Test Stuck Interrupt Reserved Reinit serial port Reserved EISA Test Reserved Size Memory Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Init APIC Reserved USB init Reserved Chapter6 Appendix Description Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Turn off interrupts then verify no 8259 s Interrupt interrupt mask register is on Test 8259 Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred Reinitialize Preboot agent serial port If EISA non volatile memory checksum is good execute EISA initial
61. ll want to continue click Yes Then load a local BIOS file and follow the wizard to finish the operation Fox LiveUpdate of LSA More Power Updating may cause some problems eg the computer restarting may be failed which are not guaranteed by Foxconn s product warranty Are you sure to continue Yes No Advance lt r omme opuate 22 Configure K About amp Help ET Note Fox LiveUpdate will auto backup BIOS before update because we have enabled this function in Configure option Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 2 1 Online Update Update BIOS This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet Click start it will search the new BIOS from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here a Ff Fox LiveUpdate L mger Fas nd More Powerful e P mmm R Current information f BIOS Information l O Update Driver POS Le Update Utility Update All Search new BIOS PB on Sat from Internet PO avonne Select BIOS to update Upd te BIOS List of BIOS to be updated A8 Sek P07 i Browse detail Release Date 060725 j a f f S a aaiae a E information Update BIOS Close the window New Version OY curent version Ww Old Version Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 2 2 Online Update Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start
62. lthy 76 6968 SATA Secondary Master EE EE Healthy 76 69GB SATA Primary Master om HOSF2G080PL5480 Healthy 76 6968 SATA Secondary Master Details Figure 7 RAID Array deleted Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk You can designate a hard drive to be used as a Spare drive for a RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array2 The spare drive can take over for a failed disk MediaShield RAID supports two types of spare drives Free Disk A free disk is a disk that is not part of any RAID array but can be used by any available RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array that requires a particular disk when one of its disks crashes or becomes unusable The process is automatic and doesn t require any userinteraction Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by any other array Note You must have at least two RAID arrays to use this feature Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Assigning a Free Disk To mark a disk as free or not a part of any array do the following 1 Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free is RAID enabled 2 Enter the RAID BIOS and make sure that the drive is not part of any array if one exists 3 Boot into Wi
63. mum throughput or Dual RAID 5 arrays Take advantage of the latest SATA 2 3Gb s hard disk drives with full support for native and tagged command queuing and hot plug Native command queuing provides higher disk performance in a multi threaded environment by performing out of order disk accesses Networking with NVIDIA nForce NVIDIA networking delivers the highest network throughput at the lowest CPU utiliization The manageable and stable NVIDIA networking solution results in better networking management and a lower total cost of ownership Only NVIDIA integrates this level of networking features to allow you to take your Online experience to the next level NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet The industry s fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance NVIDIA FirstPacket technology Be the King of Ping with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology Get the crystal Chapter1 Product Introduction clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data VoIP conversations and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard NVIDIA DualNet technology Get Double Barrel Gigabit Ethernet with two integrated networking connections on your NVIDIA nForce 500 series MCP Dual Gigabit Ethernet with Teaming Teaming allows the two connection to work together to
64. n appears as below Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adaptar manufacturar Salect the SCSI Adaptar you want from the following list or press ESC to resutrn to the previous screen NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA NFo e Storage ontro 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers Chapter6 Appendix Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mss storage device NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller To specify additional SCS adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows Including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S if you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufaturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Devices ENTER Continue F3 Exit 4 Press Enter to continue with operating system Installation Be sure to copy the files from the floppy is complete then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install operating system During the GUI portion of the installation y
65. nal audio output device via a optical S PDIF cable 7 IEEE1394a Port This port is used to connect a 1394a device Chapter This chapter introduces the hardware installation process in cluding the installation of the CPU memory power supply slots and pin headers and the mounting of jumpers Cau tion should be exercised during the installation of these modules Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully This chapter includes the following information CPU Memory 2 Zei Ze Zei Power supply Other Connectors Zei Si Ze Expansion Slots Si Ze Jumpers Chapter Z Installation Instructions CPU This motherboard supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 and Sempron processor with Hyper Transport Technology Attention The CPU pins must be properly aligned with the holes in the socket otherwise the CPU may be damaged For the detailed CPU vendor list qualified on this motherboard please visit the website http Awww foxconnchannel com Installation of CPU Follow these steps to install the CPU 90 1 Unlock the socket by pressing the le ver sideways then lift it up to a 90 P SCH e angle e p Gap in the base vaa lt i me ct LAN vive D TAS 2 Align the cut edge to the gap in the base of the socket Carefully insert the CPU into
66. ndled Software NVIDIA nTune 4 0 NVIDIA nTune is a utility for accessing monitoring and adjusting your system components including temperature and voltages with clear user friendly con trol panels Overclock your system for highest performance or underclock it for near silent operation All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows interface enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system nTune Category To start NVIDIA nTune from the Desktop select Start gt All Programs gt NVIDIA Corporation gt nTune gt nTune Once nTune is launched the category view will be available To access nTune related features select the nTune category EA NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Help Q Back d Standard View on Select a Category Contents Index Search Contact NVIDIA Recent Ta a senate nTune System Stability eo syst Tune and manage system View system status or performa Adjust clocks system stability test Manage profil For Help press F1 Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Side Panel The nTune 4 0 Side Panel is located to the left of every screen in nTune and provides access to help recently used tasks related tasks and Ox CH Of E pending changes Each of these are explained more below NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Profile Support Help Contents Index Help Search Contact NVI
67. ndows and run the MediaShield program The drive appears under the Free Disk section MediaShield system Tasks Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device Hot Plug Array g Mirroring Healthy 34 48 GB dt Create Array e WDC WD360GD O0FNAO Healthy 34 48GB SATA Secondary Master er WDC WOS60GD OOFNAO Healthy 34 48GB SATA Primary Master Free Disk e WDC WD740GD 00FLA2 Healthy 69 25GB8 SATA Secondary Master zer WDC WD740GD 00FLA2 Healthy 69 2568 SATA Primary Master Details Figure 8 Free Disks Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated or reserve it for use by a specific array you must have at least one free disk and you must also have at least two RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 arrays created 1 To dedicate a free disk to an array right click the array as shown in Figure 9 Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software OA NVIDIA MediaShield Name Status Capacity Interface Channel Device Se Mirroring Healthy 34 48 GB ta Hot Plug Array 48GB SATA Primary Master s WDC WO36 Rebuild array 68GB SATA Secondary Master meng Be 5 GB oF Syrichri nize Array Delete Array i e WDC WA Convert Array SGB SATA Primary Master e WOC WD74 BGR SATA Secondary Master Synchronize Array Free Disk Details sA ST3800L1A Heathy 74 53GB PATA Secondary Master Se ST3B00114 Healthy 7453GB PATA Secondary Slave Figure 9 Dedicating a Disk to an Array 2 Select Designate
68. nging the default settings Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices User the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt ENTER gt to accept or go to the sub menu oenix Award WorkstationBIOS CHOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Systen Monitor gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Set Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Name gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Ese Qu oe z Select Item F1 it 0 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type NUIDIA LinkBoost TM Not Detected Optimized for nForce Mem Not Detected Main Menu The items in the main menu are Standard CMOS Features The basic system configuration can be setup through this menu Chapter3 BIOS Description Advanced BIOS Features The advanced system features and boot sequence can be setup through this menu Advanced Chipset Features Optimize system performance through this menu Configure clocks voltages memory timings and more Integrated Peripherals Onboard peripherals such as RAID USB and MAC control can be setup through this menu Power Management Setup Configure power management power on and sleep features through this menu PnP PCI Configurations The system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations can be modified through thi
69. of RAID array to create Select the type of RAID array to create RAID Mode Striping Stripe Size E lt Back Cancel Figure 3 Creating a Striped Array To select a Mirrored Array select Mirroring as RAID mode and leave Stripe Size as default To select a Striped Mirror Array select Stripe Mirroring as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default To select a Spanning Array select Spanning as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default To select a RAID 5 Array select RAID 5 as RAID Mode and leave Stripe Size as default After selecting RAID Mode click Next and the following screen will appear NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Free Disk Selection Select the disks to add to the new RAID array Free Disks Mame ORR woe wD360GD 00FNA0 OR WDC WD36060 00FNA0 ORA WOC WD740GD 00FLAO Chal WOC WD7406D 00FLA0 Channel Device Primary Master Secondary Master Primary Master Secondary Master A Striping array requires 1 or more free hard disks Figure 4 Selecting Disks Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Select the disks you want to include in the Stripe set Follow the next couple to complete creating the Array View RAID Arrays To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the MediaShield RAID Man agement utility by double clicking MediaShield The RAID configuration information appears in the right side pane as shown in Figure 5 GA
70. of information technology equipment Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current lt 16A per phase Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current lt 16A Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics limits and methods of measurement Signature j ANS Gei Place Date TAIPEIU 2006 Printed Name James Liang Position Title Assistant President Declaration of conformity Trade Name Foxconn Model Name C51XEM2AA Responsible Party PCE Industry Inc Address 458 E Lambert Rd Fullerton CA 92835 Telephone 714 738 8868 Facsimile 714 738 8838 Equipment Classification FCC Class B Subassembly Type of Product Motherboard Manufacturer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the follow ing two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Tested to comply with FCC standards A Signature A Gei Date 2006 Table of Contents Chapter Product Introduction Main
71. ou might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the installation This will not be an issue with a signed driver Note Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed Chapter6 Appendix Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under Windows 1 Launch Computer Management by clicking Start gt Settings gt Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management Initialize and Convert Dick Wizard Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Ths vazerd helps wou to neice mew dike andio comet erigly basc Gsketo desme dske Youcan ure dnant dakrtoctees collwerebesed HAD voimas thet can be mrercted 0 they canbe shipped a woerned ecioss maple daks Touren ako eat Soge dck ard spanned waune eather hyi to restat the computer Site you covert a dick to cence you ean ahy use Verte 2000 av liter vein 0 Wee on ary vols of thet dick To cote cick Nest 2 Follow screen instructions to install While finished the Computer Manage ment window appears E Computer Managernent E Unstocated E Airey patton BH Coemie pation IB Lopes dive The actual disks listed will depend on your system and
72. pping Enable or disable memory hole remapping lt Auto Optimize Bottom IO Auto optimize maximum DRAM size when kernel assigns PCI resources done Phoenix Award WorkstationBI0S CMOS Setup Utility Memory Timings Item Help Timing Mode Auto oe tCL CAS Latency tAutol tRCD CAuto tRP Auto tRAS utol ta Command Per Clock CMD Auto tRRD Auto AsyncLat Auto tRC tAutol tWR Auto tRWT Auto tWTR Auto tREF Auto Read DQS Skew Auto Read delay from Rx FIFO Auto ti lt Move Enter Select 7 7 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previous Values F Defaults Memory Timings menu Standard Memory Settings Timing mode Select automatic or manual set memory timing tCL CAS Latency CAS Latency CAS to read data valid tRCD RAS to CAS delay for a RD WR command to the same bank tRP Row Precharge time Precharge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank Chapter 3 tRAS Minimum RAS active time Command Per Clock CMD Command timing setting per clock unit Advance Memory Settings tRRD RAS to RAS delay of different banks lt AsyncLat Max round trip latency from the CPU to the DRAM tRC RAS to RAS or auto refresh time of the same bank s tWR Write recovery time lt tRWT Minimum read to write turnaround time tWTR Minimum write to read delay with same chip select stREF DRAM refresh rate Read DOS Skew BIOS Descr
73. press Bus Slot 2 SPP lt gt MCP Ref Clock The frequency of the reference clock between SPP and MCP chips HT Multiplier CPU gt nForce SPP The HT multiplier between the CPU and the SPP s nForce SPP gt nForce MCP The HT multiplier from the SPP to the MCP Chapter3 BIOS Description lt nForce SPP nForce MCP The HT multiplier from the MCP to the SPP HT Width CPU gt nForce SPP The HT width between the CPU and the SPP nForce SPP gt nForce MCP The HT width between the SPP and the MCP ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility System Voltages Item Help fuxiliary Auto The Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values EZ Defaults System Voltages menu CPU Voltage to the CPU Memory Voltage to the DRAM HT CPU 7 gt nForce SPP Voltage of the HT link between the CPU and the SPP HT nForce SPP gt MCP Voltage of the HT link between the SPP and the MCP nForce SPP Voltage of the nForce SPP nForce MCP Voltage of the nForce MCP Auxiliary Voltage of the SPP auxiliary Phoenix SLEReady Memory gt Memory Timings gt Drive Strength setting Chapter 3 Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Memory Configuration Item Help Disabled Press Enter Press Enter BIOS Description Auto Auto Auto Autol Dram on die Termination Read Write Queue bypass Bypass
74. r button of the case Pushing this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button Audio Connector F_AUDIO The audio connector supports HD au AUD_GND PRESENCE_J dio standard It provides two kinds of SENSE1 RETURN audio output choices the Front Audio Empty the Rear Audio Front Audio supports re tasking function F AUDIO Chapter Z Installation Instructions Serial ATA Il Connectors SATA_1 SATA_2 SATA_3 SATA_4 SATA_5 SATA_6 The Serial ATA Il connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA Il interface allows up to 300MB s data trans fer rate These six serial ATA connectors support RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 0 1 and JBOD SATA II Connector v GND 12V SENSE Fan Connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FAN FAN SYS FAN The fan speed can be detected and viewed in 1 SCH PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup These fans will be automatically turned off after an aie the system enters S3 S4 and S5 mode 1 CPU FAN POWER CONTROL USB Headers F_USB1 F_USB2 Besides six USB ports on the rear panel the series of motherboards also have two 10 pin headers on board which may connect to front panel USB cable optional to provide additional four USB ports F_USB 1 2 Additional COM Connector COM1 optional DIR CTS E SIN
75. re Auto Search BIOS D option Auto Search Driver Auto Search Utility system OSearch for all available versions S Search for new versions only M Search for the latest version only i Fox LiveUpdate x gt Q About amp Help There are new BIOS drivers utilities to update Double click here Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 3 2 Configure System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the utility Click here EE _ LiveUpdate TETA PD iren Download files Set the location of pe download files or E Auto backup BIOS before updating BIOS auto backu p BIOS D LiveUpdate_Temp Browse oe Select different skin of the software P D About amp Help Determine if the Fox LiveUpdate Apply the changes Reset to default value can auto run when the system starts up 4 About amp Help This page shows some information about Fox LiveUpdate Click here flstrongon r Geng k a ef A _ LiveUpdate a gt ve Cohfigure Foxconn Fox LiveUpdate Version 1 0 0 0 Show information Home Page htto www foxconnchannel com about Fox LiveU pd ate Contact Us technical Support re Abqut amp Help Copyright C 2005 by FoxconnTechnology Group All Rights Reserved R Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software MediaShield RAID Manager MediaShield RAID Manager allows a user to Create RAID Arrays View RAID A
76. rrays Delete RAID Arrays Set up a spare RAID disk Morph RAID Arrays Hot Plug Array Zei k Ze Zei Si Ze Ze Ze The following sections give an overview of how to create view delete an array and how to set up a spare RAID disk Morphing RAID arrays and Hot Plugging arrays are advanced user functions that are explained in detail in the MediaShield User Guide available for download on www nvidia com Create RAID Arrays This section covers use of the MediaShield Creation Wizard This wizard will step through configuration of your available storage As shown in Figure 1 the Wizard s Welcome screen lists the disks that are available for configuration NVIDIA MediaShield Setup Wizard Welcome to the NVIDIA MediaShield Setup Wizard This wizard will help you optimize the storage configuration of your new disks MediaShield allows you to configure your disks to best meet your storage needs You have the Following disks available Hard Drive 1 69 25 GB Hard Drive 2 69 25 GB To continue click Next Figure 1 MediaShield Creation Wizard Welcome Screen Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 1 Click Next to go to the following screen NVIDIA MediaSiield Setup Wizard N IDIA MediaShield Select 2 configuration that best suits your storage needs Select one of the following configurations Protection Ideal For storing music video pictures snd other digital assets
77. rs utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here rape vi More Powerful 5 a Stronger oe gt BP Lodal Update UG SL e Online Update uplate SC Current information BIOS Information O Up late Driver POS l Q Up jate Utility Driver Information Search new bios driver utility from server S earc h al new P configure Start BlOS drivers utilities P D stamen from Internet Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software 3 1 Configure option This page lets you set auto search options After your setting the utility will start searching and related information will show on the task bar Click here Fox LiveUpdate I Pe e e LiveUpdate Enable auto search function O Auto Search All S et au to Auto Search BIOS e Auto Search Driver search options Auto Search Utility A Search for all available versions M Search for new versions only S el ect searc h g Search for the latest version only wh ic h ki n d of Default gt versions K About amp Help Apply the changes Reset to default value RI Note When enable auto search function Fox LiveUpdate will appear search ing result on task bar Double click the icon you can see the detail information e Ee e LiveUpdate M er 5 gt Local Update e TP Online Update E Enable auto search function O Auto Search All fH Configu
78. s logging of various setting such as Ethernet and teaming TCP IP Acceleration This entry enables or disables TCP IP acceleration and configuration When TCP IP acceleration is enabled it lowers the CPU utilization and provides overall better system performance when the networking traffic is mainly TCP IP FirstPacket FirstPacket enables disables traffic prioritization and bandwidth control This capability provides a better gaming experience over a broadband connection when multiple applications on the same PC are simultaneously transmitting data to the Internet Administration Administration located at the top of the page controls various system settings such as font font size and whether remote administration is turned on or off Ethernet You can change various Ethernet settings on this page such as Speed Remote Wakeup Checksum Offload and more HELP Full Auvoneyotiction recammended y J v 1000Mb Disable x Disable wl Disable 2902 2006 sy NY DIA Corporation Alrigits reserved End User license Ageemeit Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software Teaming What It Does Teaming is the ability to provide load balancing and fail over between two Ethernet ports When this feature is enabled and configured properly one IP address is visible on the network and all networking traffic is distributed between the two Ethernet ports depending on the Teaming mode of operation
79. s menu System Monitor Monitor the real time system status of your PC including temperature voltage and fan speed Load Defaults Load the NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology settings for LinkBoost enabled systems Load default system settings for standard systems Set Password Set the password to access the BIOS menu Set User Name Set the BIOS Welcome screen name Save amp Exit Setup Save settings and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all setting changes and exit setup Chapter3 BIOS Description NVIDIA LinkBoost lt STATUS gt This status appears at the bottom of the BIOS screen lt STATUS gt can be Detected System detects an LinkBoost capable components Not Detected The LinkBoost components are not detected SLI Ready Memory lt STATUS gt This status appears at the bottom of the BIOS screen lt STATUS gt can be Enabled SLI Ready memory detected and enabled Disabled SLI Ready memory detected but disabled Not Detected SLI Ready memory not detected Chapter3 BIOS Description Standard CMOS Features This sub menu is used to set up the standard CMOS features such as the date time HDD model and so on Use the arrow keys select the item to set up and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to choose the setting values Date ren dd Ou Sat Nov ZO 1999 Time Chh mm ss Boni JL Le De Channel Master k Chamel Slave b BH chanel 1 Master P SATA Cha e nnel 4 Master amel
80. se the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Mirrored Striping RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD then press F6 when the Windows Setup appears 4 Insert the RAID driver floppy to Install the nForce RAID driver 5 Initialize the NVRAID Array Chapter6 Appendix Setting Up the BIOS 1 Start up the computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals then press Enter Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup utility Integrated Peripherals PeecsEnter Press Enter F USi Goeatig LPvece Enter gt MAC Config Press Enter IEEE1394 controller Auto HD Audio Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 th Move Enter Select 7 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config then press Enter orks tation ov A RAID Conf ig RAID Enable Disabled 9 UL zakAeg RAID Disabled RAID Disabled nde RAID Disabled A 2 Primary RAID sabled 2 Secondary RAID Disabled PU PD Ualue Pi Sau ESC Exit Fi General He F7 Default 3 From the RAID Config window enabled the RAID Enable the other items would be light then you can enable the disk that you want to use as RA
81. settings 1 Click here Environment lt None gt 2 Select A fa La f j OR SX S ka EN environment Equalizer A Ze AER 3 Set equalizer Gim Gece au Geico 4 Click OK 5 Mixer Introduction Allows you to set audio output and audio input volume 1 Click here Realtek HD Audio output SW Synth Front Rear pn Berg 2 Set playback Record Realtek HD Audio input Line Volume CD Volume Mic Volume Stereo Mix m vu 11 3 Set record 4 Click OK Chapter6 Appendix 6 Audio I O Introduction Allows you to configure your input output settings 1 Click here 2 Select channel configuration DIGITAL vi SC 3 Test 4 Click OK 7 Microphone Introduction Allows you to configure your input output settings and to check if your audio devices are connected properly Get weg g 1 Click here r Noise Suppression Acoustic Echo Cancellation h ER A e SE WER s 3 Click OK Chapter6 Appendix 8 3D Audio Demo Introduction This option gives you a demostration of the 3D audio feature 1 Click here Sound s Loopy Music Buzzing Bee Moving Path 4 Horizontal 2 Click here Yertical Insect Motion Manual Horizontal Manual Vertical Environment i lt Mone gt Bathroom Stone Corridor 3 Test your setting 4 Click OK Code hex 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA OB OC OD OE OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
82. teedececeandaceesnadscetnecss 44 Save amp Exit Getunp EE 44 Exit le SAVING WEE 45 Table of Contents Chapter O Driver CD Introduction Utility CD content cece ceeecceeeeceeeeceeeeceeeceueecseecsasesseessueesseeesseeesseeeseas 47 NS COMMING GIN GUS E 48 STOIC SIGS ge 48 Chapter Directions for Bundled Software EE Oe ane nee tee teem teen eee een ete eee a eee eee ee ere 50 Eeer 60 Media Shield RAID Manager a nnnennennnnneeenennererrerrrrrrrrerrrrrrrnrrrnrrrrreerrnn 67 Network Access Manager ccccscccsecssecssecseeeseetseetseeteesteessenseenseenseenes 15 Chapter 6 Appendix NVIDIA HR Ma viele Ta e VE 82 a At ee E 85 Audio Beie e EE 97 On board LED Code Table 101 Attention 1 Attach the CPU and heatsink using silica gel to ensure full contact 2 It is suggested to select high quality certified fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due high temperatures 3 Never turn on the machine if the CPU fan is not properly installed 4 Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before inserting or removing expansion cards or other peripherals especially when you insert or remove a memory module Failure to switch off the DC power supply may result in serious damage to your system or memory module Attention We cannot guarantee that your system will operate normally while over clocked Normal operation depends on the over clock capacity of your device
83. timings Recent Tasks View System Status System Clock Speeds System Temperature Memory SPD System Voltage Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings a CPU 0 PCI E bus 2500 000 MHz Diagnose system performance CPU speed 2411 423 MHz CPU multiplier 12 0x HT Link 5x 8 Front Side bus 1004 760 MHz G GPU GPU memory bus 700 000 MHz GPU core bus 2D 390 000 MHz GPU core bus 3D 390 000 MHz a Memory bus 401 904 DDR MHz For Help press F1 Specific settings that can be checked include CPU speed and multiplier HyperTransport link multiplier PCI Express bus speed Front side bus speed FSB GPU memory bus speed GPU core bus speeds for 2D and 3D Memory bus speeds CPU GPU and system temperatures and fan speeds Voltage settings for CPU PCI Express Memory and GPU Core Perform Stability Test Once system settings have been modified using NVIDIA nTune it is important to perform a stress test of the entire system to ensure system stability Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software EA NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Help Ox ON Ga Standard View gt Perform Stability Test Control Panel Categories System Stability Contents Select a specific system component to stress or perform a stress test upon the entire system Index Search Contact NVIDIA Verify the stability of the following Recent Tasks
84. we Diagnose system performance Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Ki Ze Ki Ze KA NVIDIA Control Panel File Edit View Profile Support Help Q Back gt E L Standard View e nTune RE Control Panel Categories Contents Index 3 Search System Performance Contact NVIDIA Performance tuning wizard Manage profile rules Adjust clock speeds and timings Recent Tasks Perform Stability Test System Diagnostics ZS View System Status Adjust NVIDIA logging settings Diagnose system performance Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Adjust NVIDIA Monitor settings Adjust NVIDIA logging settings For Help press Fi Performance Tuning Wizard The NVIDIA nTuneTM performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance and the ability to customize Once configured nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules Chapter A Directions for Bundled Software i Performance Tuning Wizard NVIDIA nTune Performance Tuning Options Select a method for tuning your system Quick Automatically adjusts essential performance parameters in approximately 20 minutes Complete A more thorough performance analysis and tuning pass Automatically adjusts all available parameters in approximately 1 hour Expert Complete manual access to all performance tuning parameters Suggested for
85. y you can add remove a RAID array even while the system is running This is done using the Hot Plug Array wizard Features and Benefits Summary Features Benefits Spare Drive and Allows the user to dedicate a spare disk as a hot standby Dedicated Drive in the event of a array failure Offers additional protection in case of a failure in a mirrored array Supports the use of a RAID drive for loading the operating Allows the user to upgrade for more performance security and capacity Allows the user to change the current state of a disk array tc another array with a one step process called morphing without losing any data during the configuration change Disk Failure Identificay Notifies the user when a disk fails and indicates which one tc tion replace Hot Plug Array Allows the user to safely add a drive to the array when needed Chapter6 Appendix Basic Configuration Instructions The following are the basic steps for configuring NVIDIA RAID Non Bootable RAID Array 1 Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS 2 Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Stripe Mirroring RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Install the operating system on one hard disk then reboot the computer 4 Run the Windows nForce Setup application and install the RAID driver 5 Initialize the NVRAID Array Bootable RAID Array 1 Choo

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