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TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. Manual Revision 1.0 July 05, 2004 nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nForce nForce nForce nForce nForce 2 2 2 2 2 Ultra 400 Ultra 400 Ultra 400 Ultra 400 Ultra 400 mainboard mainboa ...
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ii DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO W ARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE F ACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED W ARRANTY . THE MANUF ACTURER EXPRESSL Y EXCLUDES ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRI ...
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iii 80 P or t F r equently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix C in this manual. P O S T CODE P ro b l em S o lut i on FFh o r CFh 1 .BI O S c hip ins e rt e d inco rr e c tly 2. I n c orr ect B I OS u p d a t e v er si on 3 . M ...
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iv T able of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ............................................... 1 - 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ............................. ...
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v PNP/PCI Configuration .............................................. 4 - 1 6 PC Health Status ........................................................ 4 - 1 8 Power BIOS Features ................................................. 4- 19 Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4- 20 Supervisor/User Password Setting ...
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Introduction Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard B . User’ s manual C . Floppy drive cable D . HDD drive cable E . CD (drivers and utilities) F . I/O Shield G . S-A T A data and power cable Optional Items H . Game & COM bracket cable I . IEEE 1394 two ports bracket J . Extra USB2.0 port cable K . S/PDIF ...
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Introduction Page 1-2 1-2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction Athlon TM Processor The AMD Athlon TM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. For more information about all the ...
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Introduction Page 1-3 10/100 LAN This mainboard is mounted with an ethernet LAN PHY. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub. Serial A T A Support Serial A T A, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel A T A IDE storage interface .Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB/sec and allows future e ...
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Introduction Page 1-4 Special Features & 80 P or t An onboard LED-display trouble-shooting device, facilitating user to detect boot-up problems. & QuickSPDIF On board SPDIF-out connector for quick connection to multi-channel speakers. Not only removes cable cluttering but also delivers loss-free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and ...
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Specification Page 2-1 Section 2 SPECIFICA TION Mainboard Specification Processor Supports 462-pin SocketA for AMD Athlon XP and Barton processors with 266/333/400MHz Front Side Bus - Athlon XP (1500+ to 3000+) with 266/333MHz Front Side Bus, - Barton (2500+ to 3200+) with 333/400MHz Front Side Bus Chipset nV idia AGPset : nForce2 Ultra 400 ...
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Specification Page 2-2 Legacy IO Controller W inbond W83627THF LPC IO controller with floppy , printer, game, serial and SIR interface Supports Hardware Monitoring function Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655 AC’97 CODEC - AC’97 v2.3 compliant - Supports CD-In, AUX-IN and S/PDIF-in interface - ...
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Specification Page 2-3 Four extra USB2.0 ports T wo CD-IN connectors One S/PDIF in/out connector One IR connector One Game port connector One Serial Port (COM2) connector T wo S-A T A connectors Tw o 1394 connectors (Optional ) Three Fan connectors Front Panel Controller Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches ...
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Specification Page 2-4 - Supports complete Asynchronous FSB/Memory and Asynchronous FSB/ AGP, PCI scheme for overclocking CPU Overheating Protection P80P for system debugging Form Factor 305mm x 245 mm A TX size ...
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Installation Page 3-1 Mainboard Layout <Figure 1> Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components are optional and may not be available. Section 3 INST ALLA TION ...
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Installation Page 3-2 Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory Configuration 3-4. Expansion Slots 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation CPU Insertion: (use AMD Athlon TM as reference) Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actua ...
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Installation Page 3-3 Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. <Figure 4> <Figure 5> Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage. For more information about installing your CPU, please refer to the AMD website article “Socket A AMD processor and ...
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Installation Page 3-4 3-2 Jumper Settings 1 JCLK: JCMOS: Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. 1 CPU FSB Select Jumper This jumper is used ...
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Installation Page 3-5 NOTES: • DIMM#2 & #3 shared same memory bus and DIMM#1 is dedicated for 2 nd channel memory bus. W e recommend you to use DIMM socket of the same color to obtain the best memory performance. - For one DIMM memory configuration, the DIMM can be located on any of DIMM#1 to DIMM#3 in 64-bit mode - For two DIMMs memory confi ...
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Installation Page 3-6 AGP Card Installation Caution 3-4 Expansion Slots AGP Slot The mainboard is equipped with an AGP slot. Make sure you install a card that supports the 1.5V specification. PCI Slots The mainboard is equipped with 6 PCI slots. PCI Slots AGP Slot When installing the AGP card make sure the AGP card edge connector is inserted fully ...
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Installation Page 3-7 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. JCPU_F AN / JPWR_F AN / JSYS_F AN: CPU/Power/Chassis Fan Power Connectors JCPU_F AN: The CPU must be kept cool by using a heatsink with fan ass ...
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Installation Page 3-8 FDD : Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE1/IDE2: Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 A T A-133 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel. PW1 PW ...
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Installation Page 3-9 Settings: Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the onboard rear panel audio jack can be used. Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Open: Only front panel audio jack can be used. CFP A : Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio. The front panel phone jack should have ...
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Installation Page 3-10 GAME1: Game/MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick. COM2: Serial Port Connector The serial port can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial device. 1 9 2 10 NC CTS Ground TXD RI RTS RXD DTR DCD DSR SPDIF: Sony/Philips D ...
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Installation Page 3-11 C1394-1 / C1394-2 : (Optional) 400Mbps 1394a (FireW ire) Connectors C1394-1 and C1394-2 enable you to connect two IEEE 1394 ports for use with external devices that conform to the IEEE 1394a specification. 10 2 9 1 TP A+ TPB+ TP A- TPB- GND +1 2V ( F used ) +1 2V ( F used ) GND GND Key C1394-1 C1394-2 LED1: 80 Port Debug LED ...
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Installation Page 3-12 CUSB3/CUSB4: USB 2.0 ports USB2.0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps. This mainboard includes 4 additional USB2.0 ports, identified by two 10-pin connector. If you wish to use the additional USB ports, install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10-pin connector. CUSB3 CAUTION ! Pl ...
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Installation Page 3-13 CFP CIR CSPK CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed. PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolongin ...
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Installation Page 3-14 3-7 Exter nal Modem Ring-in Po wer ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) Modem-Ring Power ON Function The mainboard supports External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once you connect an external modem to COM1 or COM2, you can turn on the system through remote and host dial-up control. Keyboard Power ON Function The mainb ...
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Installation Page 3-15 3-8 ACPI S3 (Suspend T o RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend T o RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the DDR SDRAM interface signals. The power source to the DDR SDRAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides many Ene ...
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Installation Page 3-16 3-9 CPU Overheating Protection This mainboard is equipped with CPU Overheating Protection. It will automati- cally shutdown the system when CPU temperature reaches approximately 110°C to prevent long term damage to the CPU. When this happens, the speaker produces a sustained beep sound and the system will not be able to powe ...
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BIOS Page 4-1 Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will ...
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BIOS Page 4-2 The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provide ...
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BIOS Page 4-3 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADV ANCED BIOS FEA TURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer ’ s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item. Figure 3: ...
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BIOS Page 4-4 Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. Y ou don’t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. Th ...
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BIOS Page 4-5 System Performance This item will help you to configure your system performance, selecting higher performance may cause instability. Options: Optimal, Aggressive, Turbo, Expert. CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier to set the CPU frequency. See FSB Frequency item below for explanation. FSB Frequency Enables you to incr ...
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BIOS Page 4-6 Memory Timings For setting DRAM Timing. Options: Optimal, Aggressive, Turbo, Expert. T (RAS) This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a bank active command before a precharge can occur (sets the minimum RAS pulse width.). Options: 1 ~ 15. T (RCD) This item sets the timing parameters for the system memory such as the ...
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BIOS Page 4-7 AGP Aperture Size (MB) This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter. It refers to a section of the PCI memory address range used for graphics memory. Options: 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB. AGP Frequency This item allows you to select the AGP frequency. Options: Auto, 90MHz, 93MHz, 95MHz, 97MHz, 100MHz, 50M ...
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BIOS Page 4-8 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots. Options: PCI Slot, Onboard/AGP. IDE Function Setup Scroll to IDE Function Setup and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: ...
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BIOS Page 4-9 OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface and one channel of serial A T A interface. Select “Enabled” to activate each channel separately . Note: If you do not use the onboard IDE connector, set the Onboard Primary (Secondary) PCI IDE to “Disabled”. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA ...
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BIOS Page 4-10 Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onchip USB Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, V1.1+V2.0, V1.1. USB KB/Storage Support Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard/Storage under DOS. Options: Enabled, Disabled. USB Mouse Support Enable/Disable support for USB mouse ...
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BIOS Page 4-11 Onboard Debug LED Enables the onboard Debug LED feature. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard I/O Chip Setup Scroll to Onboard I/O Chip Setup and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by keyboard, mouse, or hotkey activity. Password: Requires you to enter a password when using t ...
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BIOS Page 4-12 Hot Key Power ON Enables you to set a hot key combination to be used for powering on the system. The default is Ctrl-F1. Options: Ctrl+F1 ~ Ctrl+F12. Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled ...
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BIOS Page 4-13 Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. Options: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP. EPP Mode Select This field allows the user to select the EPP mode for parallel port mode. Options: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode. Options: DMA1, DMA3. G ...
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BIOS Page 4-14 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’ s absolutely necessary . Figure 6: Power Management ACPI Fun ...
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BIOS Page 4-15 Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank V/H Sync + Blank : System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Support : Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power ...
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BIOS Page 4-16 PwerOn After Pwr-Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operat- ing status after power returns from a power failure. Off: The system stays off after a power failure. Former-Sts: The system returns to the state it was in just prior to the power failure. 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration This page l ...
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BIOS Page 4-17 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Interrupt requests are shared as shown below: IMPORT ANT! When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots, make sure its drivers support “Shared IRQ”, or that the cards do not need IRQ assignment ...
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BIOS Page 4-18 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self T est). Options: Enabled, Disabled. Shutdown T emperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating ...
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BIOS Page 4-19 Chipset V oltage The voltage level of the Chipset. Dimm V oltage The voltage level of the DRAM. Battery V oltage The voltage level of the battery. Power Supply + 5V, 5V Standby The voltage level of the switching power supply. 4-8 POWER BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overc ...
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BIOS Page 4-20 CPU V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the CPU Vcore voltage. Options: 1.400V to 2.200V in 0.025V increments. AGP V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the AGP slot voltage. Options: 1.5V to +1.8V in 1V increments. DIMM V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the DIMM slot voltage. Options: 2.50V, 2.63V, 2 ...
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BIOS Page 4-21 4-10 Super visor/User Pass wor d Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus. When you select ...
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BIOS Page 4-22 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-1 Section 5 S-A T A RAID CONFIGURA TION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one log ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-2 RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-3 nVidia S-A T A RAID F eatures The nV idia S-A T A RAID solution uses the nForce2 RAID MCP chip as a RAID controller , which is a 2-channel S-A T A and 1-channel A T A133 solution. Listed below are the main features and benefits of nV idia S-A T A RAID: • Support two S-A T A hard disk drives. • Supports hard d ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-4 Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller, the general procedure to setup a RAID system is shown below: Step 1: Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller ’ s BIOS utility . NVIDIA nForce2 MCP Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”F10” key to ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-5 Step 2: Prepare driver floppy When installing W indows XP/2000/NT4.0 into any RAID disk, the O/S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy. There are 2 methods to prepare this floppy: Method 1 1 . Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM dr ...
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S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-6 Step 4: Install Software utility for Windows After the O/S has been installed, you may install the RAID controller ’ s driver and software. The RAID software is a W indows-based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays. 1 ) Insert the bundled ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-1 Section 6 DRIVER INST ALLA TION Easy Driver Installation Insert the bundled CD-disk, the main menu screen will appear. The main menu displays buttons that link you to the supported drivers, utilities and software. Step 1 : Click “NVIDIA NFORCE Driver” to install chipset driver. Step 2 : Click “AC’97 AUDIO Drive ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-2 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed i ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-3 Equalizer: Speaker Configuration: <Figur e 3> 3 . There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. <Figur e 4> 4 . This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no. of speaker) is selected. Figure 4 above sho ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-4 <Figur e 5> 5 . For 6 channel mode, the audio combination is shown above. <Figure 6> 6 . T o test the speaker , select the “Speaker T est” page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen. Speaker T est: Speaker Configuration: ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-5 <Figure 7> SPDIF-In: 7 . This page shows S/PDIF IN function on your system. a. Click "Auto Lock" to detect S/PDIF input and display its information. b. Check "Real-time S/PDIF-In monitor" to listen to the S/PDIF IN signal through Line-out connector. <Figure 8> SPDIF-Out: 8 . This page le ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-6 This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection. <Figure 9> Connector Sensing: 9 . Push "Start" button to start the sensing. Please remember to terminate all audio applicati ...
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Drivers Installation Page 6-7 <Figur e 1 1> Connector Sensing: 1 1 . After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector status as above. <Figure 12> 1 2 . This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. T o remove "Sound Manager" icon from W indows T ask bar , uncheck "Show icon ...
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Appendix A-1 Appendix A A-1 Update Y our System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or o ...
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Appendix A-2 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. 6. T o confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. 7. The BIOS update is finished. xxxxx.bin F1 : Reset F10 : Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX ...
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Appendix B-1 Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. • Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this is set to Mirroring. T ...
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Appendix B-2 T o designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk, 1 ) T ab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected 2 ) Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key (-> ). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be move ...
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Appendix B-3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter. The Array Detail window appears. The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping W idth, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out ...
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Appendix C-1 Appendix C C-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CF h T est CMOS R/W functionality . C0h Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h Expand c ...
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Appendix C-2 1 8 h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. 1C h Reserved 1Dh Initial EARL Y_PM_INIT switch. 1 E h Reserve ...
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Appendix C-3 43 h T est 8259 functionality . 4 4 h Reserved 45-46h Reserved 4 7 h Initialize EISA slot 4 8 h Reserved 4 9 h 1 . Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2 . Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved 4E h 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 . Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program C ...
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Appendix C-4 6 E h Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller 2 . Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved 7 3 h (Optional Feature) Enter A WDFLASH.EXE if : -A WDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -AL T+F2 is pressed 7 4 h Reserved 7 5 h Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. 7 6 h Reserved 7 7h Detect ...
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