Msi K9n Neo V3 Bios Update

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• Page i K9N Neo V2/ V3 Serial MS-7369 (V1.X) Mainboard G52-73691X1...

• Page 2: Copyright Notice

  Alternatively, please endeavor the following assist resources for further guidance. Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, an d ot h er i n f orm at i on: h t t p: / / g 50 o ba l .

• Page 3: Safety Instructions

  Safe Instructions Always read the safety instructions carefully. Continue this User'due south Manual for futurity reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Lay this equipment on a reliable apartment surface before setting information technology up. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equip- ment from overheating.

• Page four: Fcc-B Radio Frequency Interference Argument

  FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement T h is eq uip men t h every bit been tested and constitute to c omply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

• Page 5: Weee (Waste Electric And Electronic Equipment) Argument

  WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Argument...

• Page 8: Table Of Contents

  CONTENTS Copyright Find ......................ii Trademarks ........................ii Revision History ......................ii Technical Support ......................two Safety Instructions ......................iii FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ............four Westward EEE (Waste product Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement ........v Chapter ane Getting Started ..................ane-i Mainboard Specifications ...................
• Folio 9 Appendix B nVidia RAID ..................B-1 Introduction ......................B-two RAID Configuration ....................B-iii NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation ................B-nine RAID Drives Direction .................. B-12 Appendix C nVidia System Driver ..............C-1 nVidia Organisation Driver Installation ................ C-2 nVidia Utility Installaion ..................C-5 Appendix D Dual Cadre Centre ................

• Page 10: Chapter 1 Getting Started

  Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for choosing the K9N Neo V2/ V3 Series (MS-7369 v1.Ten) ATX mainboard. The K9N Neo V2/ V3 ® Serial mainboards are based on nVidia nForce 520/ nForce 560 single chipset for optimal organization efficiency. ®...

• Folio 11: Mainboard Specifications

  Mainboard Specifications Processor Support ® - AMD Athlon 64/ 64X2 & Sempron in the socket AM2 package (For the latest information virtually CPU, please visit http://global.msi. com.tw/alphabetize.php?func=cpuform) Supported FSB - HyperTransport supporting speed upward to 1 GHz (2000MT/s) Chipset ®...
• Page 12 Getting Started Floppy - 1 floppy port - Supports one FDD with 360KB, 720KB, one.2MB, one.44MB and 2.88MB Connectors Back panel - i PS/ii mouse port - 1 PS/two keyboard port - one Serial port - ane Parallel port support SPP/EPP/ECP style - 4 USB 2.0 Ports - one LAN jack - 6 audio jacks...

• Page 13: Mainboard Layout

  M S-7369 M ainboard Mainboard Layout CPUFAN1 Top : mouse Bottom: SYSFAN2 JPW1 keyboard Top : Parallel Port Bottom: COM portA USB ports Top: LAN Jack Bottom: USB ports Line-In Line-Out SYSFAN1 T:RS-Out M:CS-Out B:SS-Out nForce 520/ nForce 560 Chip PCI_E2 PCI_E1 JCI1...

• Folio 14: Packing Checklist

  Getting Started Packing Checklist Standard Cablevision for MSI Commuter/Utility CD IDE Devices (Optional) MSI motherboard Dorsum IO Shield SATA Cablevision Ability Cable User'southward Guide * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the...

• Folio 15: Affiliate 2 Hardware Setup

  Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup This chapter provides y'all with the information about hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the components volition non work properly.

• Page 16: Quick Components Guide

  Thousand S-7369 M ainboard Quick Components Guide SYSFAN2, CPU, p.2-3 p.2-fourteen DDR2 DIMMs, p.2-six JPW1, CPUFAN1, p.2-8 p.2-14 SYSFAN1, p.2-xiv Back Panel I/O, p.two-10 ATX1, p.2-viii IDE1, p.2-12 PCIE x1 slot, p.2-19 JCI1, p.2-xiv PCIE x16 slot, JBAT1, p.ii-xviii p.2-19 SATA1~4, p.ii-xiii JFP1, p.ii-17...

• Folio 17: Cpu (Central Processing Unit)

  If you do not take the heat sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer. For the latest information about CPU, delight visit http://global.msi.com.tw/alphabetize.php? func=cpuform Of import Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system.

• Folio 18: Cpu Installation Procedures For Socket Am2

  M S-7369 M ainboard CPU Installation Procedures for Socket AM2 1. Delight turn off the power and unplug the ability string before Open up Lever installing the CPU. Sliding 2. Pull the lever s ideways away 90 degree Plate from the socket. Brand certain to raise the lever up to a 90-de- gree bending.

• Folio nineteen: Installing Amd Socket Am2 Cpu Cooler Fix

  Hardware Setup Installing AMD Socket AM2 CPU Cooler Fix Due west hen you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a oestrus sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to forestall overheating. If you do not have the heat sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer.

• Page 20: Retentiveness

  M S-7369 M ainboard Retentiveness These DIMM slots are used for installing retentivity modules. For more than data on compatible components, delight visit http://global.msi.com. tw/index.php?func=testreport DDR2 240-pin, 1.8V 56x2=112 pin 64x2=128 pivot Dual-Channel mode Population Rule In Dual-Channel mode, the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two information bus lines simultaneously.

• Folio 21: Installing Memory Modules

  Hardware Setup Installing Memory Modules 1. The memory module has only one notch on the centre and volition simply fit in the right orientation. 2. Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then button it in until the gilt finger on the retentiveness module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot.

• Page 22: Power Supply

  G Southward-7369 Thou ainboard Power Supply ATX 24-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 This connector allows yous to connect an ATX 24-pin power supply. pin xiii To connect the ATX 24-pin power supply, make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned.

• Page 23: Important Notification Near Ability Issue

  Hardware Setup Important Notification about Power Issue NForce chipset is very sensitive to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this issue more often than not happens while the users intensively swap memory modules under S5 (power-off) states, and the ability code is plugged while installing modules. Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD, and so this kind of memory-replacement actions might crusade organisation chipset unable to kicking.

• Page 24: Back Panel

  K S-7369 M ainboard Back Panel Parallel Port Mouse Line-In RS-Out Line-Out CS-Out SS-Out USB Port USB Port Keyboard Series Port M ouse/Keyboard Connector ® ® The standard PS/2 mouse/keyboard DIN connector is for a PS/two mouse/keyboard. Parallel Port Connector A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.
• Page 25 Hardware Setup USB Port The USB (Universal Series Motorcoach) port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other USB-uniform devices. Audio Ports These audio connectors are used for sound devices. You lot tin differentiate the color of the audio jacks for different audio sound furnishings. Line-In (Blue) - Line In, is used for external CD histrion, tapeplayer or other audio devices.

• Page 26: Floppy Deejay Drive Connector

  Chiliad Due south-7369 Thou ainboard Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 This connector supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk bulldoze. FDD1 IDE Connector: IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard deejay drives, optical disk drives and other IDE devices. IDE1 Of import If you install two IDE devices on the aforementioned cable, you must configure the...
• Page 27 Hardware Setup Serial ATA Connector: SATA1/ SATA2/ SATA3/ SATA4 This connector is a high-speed Serial ATA interface port. Each connector can con- nect to one Serial ATA device. SATA2 SATA4 SATA1 SATA3 Important Delight do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. Otherwise, data loss may occur during manual.
• Page 28 One thousand South-7369 M ainboard Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 The fan power connectors support organisation cooling fan with +12V. W hen connecting the wire to the connectors, e'er note that the ruby wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V; the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on-lath, you must utilise a especially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control.
• Folio 29 Hardware Setup Front end Panel Audio Connector: JAUD1 This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with ® Intel Front end Panel I/O Connectivity Blueprint Guide. JAUD1 HD Audio Pin Definition SIGNAL DESCRIPTION MIC_L Microphone - Left channel Ground MIC_R Microphone - Correct aqueduct...

• Folio 30: Front end Usb Connector

  Grand S-7369 M ainboard Front USB Connector: JUSB1 / JUSB2 / JUSB3 ® This connector, compliant with Intel I/O Connectivity Pattern Guide, is ideal for con- necting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, M P3 players, printers, modems and the like. Pivot Definition Signal Betoken...

• Page 31: Front Panel Connectors

  Hardware Setup Forepart Panel Connectors: JFP1, JFP2 These connectors are for electric connection to the front console switches and LEDs. ® The JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. Power Power Switch JFP1 Reset Switch JFP1 Pin Definition SIGNAL Clarification HD_LED +...

• Page 32: Jumper

  1000 S-7369 M ainboard Jumper Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the information of arrangement configuration. W ith the CMOS RAM, the system can motorcar- matically kick Bone every time information technology is turned on.

• Page 33: Slots

  Hardware Setup Slots PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slot The PCI Limited slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion carte du jour. The PCI Express x sixteen supports up to four.0 GB/due south transfer rate. The PCI Limited 10 viii supports up to 2.0 GB/s transfer rate. The PCI Limited x iv supports up to 1.0 GB/s transfer rate.

• Folio 34: Chapter three Bios Setup

  BIOS Setup Chapter iii BIOS Setup This chapter provides data on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup plan when: ² An fault message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.

• Page 35: Entering Setup

  M S-7369 Yard ainboard Entering Setup Ability on the figurer and the system will start POST (Power On Cocky Test) process. W hen the message beneath appears on the screen, press <DEL> central to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you answer and y'all notwithstanding wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET push button.

• Page 36: Control Keys

  BIOS Setup Control Keys < ↑> Move to the previous item < ↓> Movement to the adjacent item < ←> Move to the item in the left hand < →> Motion to the item in the right hand <Enter> Select the item <Esc>...

• Folio 37: The Master Menu

  M S-7369 Yard ainboard The Principal Menu Standard CM OS Features Use this menu for basic organisation configurations, such equally fourth dimension, date etc. Advanced BIOS Features ® Use this menu to setup the items of AMI special enhanced features. Integrated Peripherals Use this bill of fare to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.
• Folio 38 BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults Apply this carte du jour to load the default values set up by the mainboard manufacturer specifi- cally for optimal functioning of the mainboard. BIOS Setting Countersign Utilize this bill of fare to set the password for BIOS. Save & Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and go out setup.

• Page 39: Standard Cmos Features

  M South-7369 M ainboard Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features Menu includes some basic setup items. Utilise the arrow keys to highlight the detail and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you lot want in each item. Date (MM:DD:YY) This allows y'all to set the system to the engagement that yous want (ordinarily the electric current date).
• Page twoscore BIOS Setup Device/ Vendor/ Size It will showing the device information that yous continued to the IDE/SATA connectors. LBA/Large Chiliad ode This allows y'all to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the devices is non already formatted with LBA mode disabled.

• Page 41: Advanced Bios Features

  M S-7369 Thousand ainboard Advanced BIOS Features Kicking Sector Protection This part protects the BIOS from adventitious corruption by unauthorized users or figurer viruses. West hen enabled, the BIOS' data cannot be changed when attempt- ing to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you lot'll demand to disable this Wink BIOS Protection function.
• Page 42 BIOS Setup MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. You lot need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system.

• Page 43: Integrated Peripherals

  M S-7369 K ainboard Integrated Peripherals USB Controller This setting allows you to enable/disable the onboard USB controller. USB Device Legacy Support Select [Enabled] if you demand to use a USB-interfaced device in the operating system. Onboard LAN Controller This item is used to enable/disable the onboard LAN controller. LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN controller.
• Page 44 BIOS Setup On-Scrap IDE Controller This detail allows y'all to enable/ disable the IDE controller. PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. On-Chip SATA Controller This item allows you to enable/ disable the SATA controller. RAID way Select [RAID] will enable RAID office.

• Page 45: Power Management Setup

  M S-7369 Chiliad ainboard Power Management Setup Important S3-related functions described in this section are bachelor only when your BIOS supports S3 sleep style. ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as West indows 2000/ XP, select [Enabled].
• Page 46 BIOS Setup Ability Button Role This characteristic sets the role of the power push button. Settings are: [Ability Off] The power push functions as normal power off button. [Suspend] W hen yous press the power button, the computer enters the append/sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the calculator is turned off.

• Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configurations

  M S-7369 M ainboard PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus organisation and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components.
• Page 48 BIOS Setup IRQ Resource Setup Press <Enter> to enter the sub-carte and the following screen appears. IRQ three/four/v/vii/ix/ten/11/14/xv These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used. The settings make up one's mind if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of avail- able IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS.

• Folio 49: H/W Monitor

  M Due south-7369 G ainboard H/W Monitor Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a alarm message if the chassis is one time opened. To clear the warning message, set the field to [Reset]. The setting of the field will automatically return to [Enabled] later.

• Page 50: Frequency/Voltage Control

  BIOS Setup Frequency/Voltage Control Current CPU/ DRAM Frequency These items bear witness the current clocks of CPU and Memory speed. Read-simply. AMD Cool'north'Quiet The Cool'n' Quiet technology can effectively and dynamically lower CPU speed and power consumption. Important To ensure that Cool'due north'Quiet function is ac- tivated and will be working properly, information technology is required to double confirm that: i.
• Page 51 Thousand S-7369 M ainboard Important Modify these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Adapt CPU FSB Frequency This detail allows you lot to select the CPU Front Side Bus clock frequency (in MHz). Adjust CPU Ratio This particular allows yous to set the CPU ratio. Accelerate DRAM Configuration Press <Enter>...
• Page 52 BIOS Setup ROW to ROW Delay (TRRD) W hen the MCT Timing Style sets to [Manual], the field is adaptable. Specifies the agile-to-active filibuster of different banks. ROW Cycle Time (TRC) W hen the MCT Timing Mode sets to [Manual], the field is adjustable. The row bike fourth dimension determines the minimum number of clock cycles a memory row takes to consummate a full bicycle, from row activation upward to the precharging of the active r ow.

• Page 53: Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults

  1000 S-7369 K ainboard Load Neglect-Condom/ Optimized Defaults The 2 options on the main carte allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set past the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard.

• Page 54: Bios Setting Countersign

  BIOS Setup BIOS Setting Password Due west hen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to six characters in length, and printing <Enter>. The password typed now will supersede any previously set password from CMOS memory. You volition be prompted to confirm the countersign.

• Folio 55: Appendix A Realtek Alc888 Sound

  Realtek ALC888 Sound Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Sound The Realtek ALC888 provides ten-channel DAC that si- multaneously supports seven.i sound playback and 2 chan- nels of independent s tereo due south ound output (multiple streaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Front end-Out- Right channels.

• Page 56: Installing The Realtek Hd Sound Driver

  Chiliad Due south-7369 K ainboard Installing the Realtek Hard disk Audio Commuter Yous need to install the driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before yous tin get access to 2-, 4-, half-dozen-, 8- aqueduct or 7.i+ii channel audio operations. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for dissimilar operating systems.
• Page 57 Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. Click here 4. Click Stop to restart the organization. S el ec t t hi south choice Click here...

• Page 58: Software Configuration

  M Due south-7369 M ainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you lot are able to apply the 2-, 4-, 6- or 8- channel sound characteristic now. Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower-correct corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration. It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia Hard disk Sound Result Grand anager from the Command Panel.

• Page 59: Sound Effect

  Realtek ALC888 Audio Audio Effect Here you can select a sound effect yous similar from the Environment list. Environment Simulation You volition be able to savor different sound feel by pulling down the arrow, totally 23 kinds of audio effect will be shown for choice. Realtek Hard disk Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings "Stone Corridor", "Bathroom", "Sewer pipe", "Arena"...
• Folio 60 Thou South-7369 1000 ainboard Equalizer Choice Equalizer frees users from default settings; users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool. 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz. Salvage Reset The settings are saved 10 bands of equalizer permanently for future would get dorsum to the de- error setting...
• Folio 61 Realtek ALC888 Audio Frequently Used Blaster Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek Hard disk Audio Sound Managing director provides yous certain optimized equal- izer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. [How to Use Information technology] Other than the buttons "Pop"...
• Folio 62 G S-7369 M ainboard Mixer In the Mixer part, you lot may suit the volumes of the rear and front end panels individually. 1. Adjust Volume Y'all can adjust the volume of the speakers that you pluged in front or rear console. Important Earlier set up, please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear or front console.
• Page 63 Realtek ALC888 Sound W hen you lot are playing the commencement audio source (for example: use W indows Media Thespian to play DVD/VCD), the output will be played from the rear panel, which is the default setting. And then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio 2d output from the curl listing first, and use a unlike program to play the second audio source (for case: use Winamp to play MP3 files).
• Page 64 M Southward-7369 M ainboard 3. Playback control Playback device Tool Mute This role is to let you freely decide which ports to output the sound. And this is essential when multi- streaming playback enabled. - Realtek Hd Sound Output - Realtek Hard disk Audio 2nd Output M u te You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute audio output.
• Page 65 Realtek ALC888 Audio 4. Recording command Tool Mute Recording device -Realtek HDA Primary input -Mic in at front panel (Green) One thousand u te You may choose to mute unmarried or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input. Tool - Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely determine which volume command items to be displayed.
• Page 66 1000 South-7369 M ainboard Audio I/O In this tab, you can easily configure your multi-aqueduct audio function and speakers. Yous can choose a desired multi-channel operation here. a. Headphone for the common headphone b. 2CH Speaker for Stereo-Speaker Output c. 4CH Speaker for 4-Speaker Output d.
• Folio 67 Realtek ALC888 Sound Connector Settings Click to admission connector settings. Disable front end console jack detection (option) Jack detection function only works with HD audio front end panel. M ute rear console output when front headphone plugged in. Enable motorcar popup dialogue, when device has been plugged in Once this detail checked, the dialog "Continued device"...
• Folio 68 M Southward-7369 1000 ainboard Due south/PDIF (optional, for HDMI graphics card only) Brusque for Sony/Philips Digital Interface, a standard audio file transfer format. South/PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format. Maintaining the viability of a digital point prevents the quality of the indicate from degrading when it is converted to analog.
• Page 69 Realtek ALC888 Sound Examination Speakers Yous can select the speaker by clicking it to test its functionality. The one y'all select will calorie-free up and make testing sound. If any speaker fails to brand sound, then bank check whether the cablevision is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with expert ones.
• Page 70 M S-7369 M ainboard Microphone In this tab you lot may gear up the office of the microphone. Select the Dissonance Suppres- sion to remove the possible noise during recording, or select Audio-visual Repeat Cancelltion to cancel the acoustic repeat druing recording. Audio-visual Repeat Cancelltion prevents playback sound from being recorded by mi- crophone together with your sound.

• Folio 71: D Audio Demo

  Realtek ALC888 Audio 3D Sound Demo In this tab you may conform your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica- tions like gaming. Y'all may likewise select different environment to choose the most suitable surround you lot like. A-17...
• Page 72 M S-7369 G ainboard Information In this tab it provides some information about this HD Sound Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may likewise select the linguistic communication of this utility by choosing from the Linguistic communication listing. Also at that place is a selection Show icon in system tray.

• Page 73: Hardware Setup

  Realtek ALC888 Sound Hardware Setup Connecting the Speakers W hen yous have set the Multi-Channel Audio Function manner properly in the software utility, connect your speakers to the correct phone jacks in accordance with the setting in software utility. due north two-Aqueduct Chiliad ode for Stereo-Speaker Output Line In Line Out (Front channels) No office...
• Page 74 Chiliad Southward-7369 M ainboard n 4-Channel M ode for four-Speaker Output Line In Line Out (Front end channels) Line Out (Rear channels) No function No office A-20...
• Folio 75 Realtek ALC888 Audio n 6-Channel M ode for 6-Speaker Output Line In Line Out (Front channels) Line Out (Rear channels) Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) No function A-21...
• Page 76 M South-7369 G ainboard northward 8-Channel Yard ode for 8-Speaker Output Line In Line Out (Front channels) Line Out (Rear channels) Line Out (Center and Subwoofer channel) Line Out (Side channels) A-22...

• Folio 77: Appendix B Nvidia Raid

  nVidia RAID Appendix B nVidia RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Contained Disks (RAID) technology—which is used by the world's atomic number 82- ing businesses—to the mutual PC desktop. This tech- nology uses multiple drives to either increment total disk infinite or to offering data protection. For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a unmarried storage resource.

• Page 78: Introduction

  M Southward-7369 M ainboard Introduction System Requirement Operating System Back up NVRAID supports the following operating systems: W indows XP/2000 & Vista RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications.

• Page 79: Raid Configuration

  nVidia RAID RAID Configuration Bones Configuration Instructions The following are the basic steps for configuring NVRAID: Non-Bootable RAID Array i. Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the organization BIOS. (Refer the bios section for details.) ii.
• Page 80 M S-7369 M ainboard Understanding the "Define a New Array" Window Use the Ascertain a New Array window to • Select the RAID Mode • Set up the Striping Block • Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on the platform used, the system can take 1 or more channels.
• Page 81 nVidia RAID Using the Ascertain a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the advisable field is highlighted. • Selecting the RAID Style By default, this is prepare to [Mirroring]. To change to a dissimilar RAID fashion, printing the down pointer key until the mode that you lot want appears in the RAID Mode box—either [Mirroring], [Striping], [RAID5], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring].
• Folio 82 M Southward-7369 M ainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup i. Afterward assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear deejay data prompt appears. ii. Press Y if you desire to wipe out all the data from the RAID array, otherwise press N.

• Page 83: Installing The Raid Driver (For Bootable Raid Assortment)

  Delight follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself. 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM bulldoze. 2. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3. Re-create all the contents in the :\\Nvidia \Organisation \MCP65 \IDE \WinXP \sataraid to a formatted floppy deejay.
• Page 84 M S-7369 M ainboard 4. Press Enter to proceed with W indows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy deejay inserted in the floppy bulldoze until the blue screen portion of W indows XP installation is completed, and so take out the floppy. 5.

• Page 85: Nvidia Raid Utility Installation

  nVidia RAID NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Nether Windows (for Not-bootable RAID Assortment) The existing Due west indows IDE Parallel ATA commuter (every bit well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (besides as the NV Serial ATA commuter if SATA is enabled).

• Page 86: Initializing And Using The Deejay Array

  Yard S-7369 M ainboard Initializing and Using the Deejay Assortment The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under W indows. ane. Launch Computer Management by clicking "Kickoff" --> "Settings" --> "Control Panel" then open the "Administrative Tools" folder and double click on "Computer Direction".
• Page 87 nVidia RAID 5. Bank check the disk in the list if you desire to make the assortment a dynamic disk, and so click Next. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Deejay W izard window appears. vi. Click Finish. The "Computer Management" window appears. The actual disks listed will depend on your organization, and the unallocated partition is the full combined storage of two hard disks.

• Page 88: Raid Drives Management

  M S-7369 M ainboard RAID Drives Management There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following tasks of nVDIA RAID. • Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration (mirrored, striped, mirror-striped, JBOD, or any sup- ported combination) •...

• Folio 89: Setting Up A Spare Raid Deejay

  nVidia RAID Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk Y'all tin can designate a hard bulldoze to be used equally a spare drive for a RAID 1, RAID 0+one or RAID 5 array. The spare drive can take over for a failed disk. NVRAID supports two types of spare drives: •...
• Page 90 G S-7369 M ainboard Assigning a Defended Disk To mark a disk as defended, or reserve information technology for use past a specific array, Step one: Mark the Disk as a Complimentary Disk 1. Enter the arrangement BIOS setup and brand sure that the drive that you desire to marking as gratis is RAID enabled.
• Folio 91 nVidia RAID 3. Click Next. The RAID Assortment Selection page appears. four. From the Gratuitous Disk Selection page, select 1 of the two gratis disks available. This would be the disk that will exist designated to the mirror array. 5. Click Side by side. The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allotment page appears.
• Page 92 One thousand S-7369 M ainboard Removing a Dedicated Disk Once a dedicated deejay has been assigned to a detail array, it can be removed at whatsoever time. To remove the disk, right click on the dedicated disk and select "Remove Disk..." to remove it. In the previous instance, simply correct click on the ST380011A bulldoze and select "Remove Deejay...".

• Folio 93: Morphing From Ane Raid Array To Another

  nVidia RAID Morphing From 1 RAID Assortment to Another In a traditional RAID environs, when a user wants to change the current state of a disk or a electric current array to a new RAID configuration, the process of reconfiguring the new array involves multiple steps. The user must back upwards the data, delete the array, re-kick the PC, and so reconfigure the new array.

• Page 94: Hot Plug Array

  M S-7369 M ainboard From New Array Deejay Requirements g >= n2 m > northward RAID 0 Number of RAID 0 disks must be equal to or greater than one-half the number of RAID 0+one disks. RAID i ** Not a valid combination ** RAID 0+one RAID 0+i ** Non a valid combination **...

• Page 95: Initializing A Raid Array

  nVidia RAID 2 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear: 3 Connect the RAID disk that you want to apply with any given RAID assortment. 4 Click Next and the following screen shot volition announced: five Click Terminate. Initializing a RAID Array Initializing a RAID array erases all the data that is stored on that assortment, and writes all zeros to the disks.
• Page 96 M South-7369 M ainboard one From the NVRAIDMAN window, right click on whatever available free disk and select Create Array as bear witness in Figure below. ii The Create Assortment W izard opens. Follow the W izard to create a Mirror array. three At the Create Array W izard Welcome screen, click Next.
• Page 97 nVidia RAID 8 Click OK. The Immigration System Data screen appears once again with the Initialize Array bank check box checked every bit shown below. ix Click Next, and then click Finish at the Completing the NVIDIA Create Assortment W izard screen. The NVRAIDMAN windows shows the created RAID array as shown below. The Initialization Process As you can run into from the screen shot to a higher place, the initialization process has started and it volition be completed in a short menses of fourth dimension.

• Folio 98: Rebuilding A Raid Assortment

  One thousand Due south-7369 M ainboard Rebuilding a RAID Assortment Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a difficult drive from other drives in the assortment. This applies but to fault tolerant arrays such every bit RAID one, RAID 0+1, too as a RAID five.
• Page 99 nVidia RAID iv. Click Next. The Disk Option page appears. v. Select the drive that you lot want to rebuild past clicking information technology from the list, and so click Next. The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears. vi. Click End. The array rebuilding starts afterward a few seconds, and a small-scale pop-upwards message appears towards the lesser right corner of the screen as shown in the figure beneath.
• Page 100 M S-7369 K ainboard During the rebuilding process, the NVRAID Direction utility screen shows the status under the System Tasks and Details sections. M ore Nearly Rebuilding Arrays • Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process is very slow (it can take upward to a mean solar day) and occurs in the background so equally not to impact the functioning of the system.

• Page 101: Synchronizing A Raid Array

  nVidia RAID Synchronizing a RAID Array Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of back-up or parity. The performance is applicable to any fault tolerant array such as RAID one, 0+1 and RAID 5. • For RAID1 and RAID 0+1, "sync" results in copying the data to the redundancy deejay, •...

• Page 102: Appendix C Nvidia System Driver

  Arrangement Driver Appendix C nVidia System Commuter MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring y'all the all-time experience for your office professional work-...

• Page 103: Nvidia Organisation Commuter Installation

  M S-7369 Thousand ainboard nVidia Arrangement Driver Installation Click on the Commuter tab and the screen below will display. NVIDIA System Driver This driver is merely available for Due west indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system. Please follow the following step to install the commuter correctly. i.
• Page 104 nVidia System Commuter ii. So the following screen displays the available components to install. All the components shown here will be selected to exist installed past default. Then click Adjacent. 3. The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically. four.
• Folio 105 G S-7369 Thou ainboard 5. And then the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click Yes to continue. 6. The following screen indicates that the installation is complete. Click Aye to restart your estimator or click No to restart information technology later.

• Page 106: Nvidia Utility Installaion

  nVidia System Driver nVidia Utility Installaion 1. Click on the Utility tab and the screen below will brandish. 2. Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will brandish. 3. Click the nTune Utility icon to install information technology. nTune Utility - provides a safe and piece of cake manner to optimize PC performance.

• Folio 107: Appendix D Dual Core Eye

  Dual Core Center Dual Cadre Centre, the near useful and powerful utility that MSI has spent muc h researc h and ef forts to develop, helps users to monitor or configure the difficult- ware status of MSI Mainboard & MSI Graphics carte in windows, such as CPU/GPU clock, voltage, fan speed and temperature.

• Page 108: Activating Dual Core Heart

  Activating Dual Core Center In one case you lot take your Dual Cadre Center installed (locate the setup source file in the setup CD accompanying with your mainboard, path: Utility --> MSI Utility --> Dual Cadre Heart), it will have an icon in the system tray, a short cutting icon on the desktop, and a brusque cut path in your "Start-up"...

• Page 109: Main

  Dual Core Center Main Before using this utility, we have to remind you: only when installing the MSI V044 (V044 has to install with the version 8.26 or newer driver)/ V046 or V060 graphics card can activate the total office of this utility. If yous install a graphics card of other brand, only hardware status of the MSI mainboard would exist bachelor.
• Page 110 M S-7369 Thou ainboard AV/ Game/ Role/ Silence/ Absurd MSI provides five common settings for different environments. The settings had been set up to optimal values to reac h meliorate performanc east in eac h environment. Click the button you demand.

• Folio 111: Dot(Dynamic Over Clocking

  Dynamic Overclocking Applied science is an automatic overclocking part, included in 'south newly developed Dual CoreCenter Technology. It is designed to find the the MSI loading of CPU/ GPU while running programs, and to over-clock automatically. When the motherboard detects that the loading of CPU is exceed the default threshold for a time, it volition speed upwards the CPU and fan automatically to make the system run smoother and faster.

• Folio 112: Clock

  Chiliad S-7369 Chiliad ainboard Clock In the Clock sub-menu, you lot can see clock status (including FSB/ CPU clock of mainboard and GPU/ retentiveness clock of graphics card) of your system. And you can select desired value for overclocking. There will exist several items for you to select for overclocking later you click push.

• Page 113: Voltage

  Dual Cadre Center Voltage In the Voltage sub-bill of fare, you tin meet voltage status (including Vcore, memory, GPU voltage... etc.) of your system, and you can select desired value for overclocking. It will show several items to select for overclocking after you click the push button.

• Page 114: Fan Speed

  Thousand S-7369 M ainboard FAN Speed In the FAN Speed sub-bill of fare, you tin can read fan status of your organization. Select higher speed for ameliorate cooling effect. There are several sections for you to change the fan speed to a section after clicking push.

• Page 115: Temperature

  Dual Cadre Center Temperature In the Temperature sub-menu, you tin can see temperature status of your system. On the underside, it shows the graphs of the temperatures. Only the curves of the item which the button is lit upwardly with blood-red colour volition exist shown.

• Page 116: User Profile

  Thou S-7369 Yard ainboard User Profile In the User Contour sub-menu, click the setting button that besides the user profile bar, and the next screen will appear. Here you tin can define the clock/ fan speed/ voltage by your demand, click the button to choose a value quickly, or click the plus / minus sign button to...
• Page 117 Dual Core Center Use the draw bar to ready the max system temperature. W hen the organization temperature exceeds the threshold yous defined, the system volition pop upwards a warning bulletin and shut down the system. Employ the draw bar to set the minimal fan speed. When the fan speed is lower than the threshold you defined, the system will pop upwards a warning message.

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