Biostar TForce4 U AM2 Owner's Manual

TForce4 U AM2 Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................ 1

1.1 Before You Start ................................................................................ 1

1.2 Package Checklist............................................................................. 1

1.3 Motherboard Features...................................................................... 2

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors ..................................................................... 3

1.5 Motherboard Layout......................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation........................... 5

2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)...................................... 5

2.2 FAN Headers...................................................................................... 7

2.3 Installing System Memory ................................................................ 8

Connectors and Slots............................................................................................ 10

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup ................... 12

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers .................................................................... 12

3.2 Detail Settings.................................................................................. 12

Chapter 4: NVIDIA RAID Functions...................... 20

4.1 Operation System............................................................................ 20

4.2 Raid Arrays ...................................................................................... 20

4.3 How RAID Works............................................................................. 20

CHAPTER 5: OverClock Quick Guide ..................... 24

5.1: T-Power Introduction...................................................................... 24

5.2: T-Power BIOS Feature.................................................................... 25

5.3 T-Power Windows Feature ............................................................ 33

Chapter 6: Useful Help......................................... 42

6.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 42

6.2 Award BIOS Beep Code .................................................................. 43

6.3 Extra Information............................................................................ 43

6.4 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 45

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language .............. 46

German.................................................................................................................. 46

France .................................................................................................................... 48

Italian..................................................................................................................... 50

Spanish ................................................................................................................... 52

Port ugue se ............................................................................................................ 54

Polish...................................................................................................................... 56

RUSSIAN ................................................................................................................. 58

ARABIC.................................................................................................................. 60

JAPANESE.............................................................................................................. 62

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

sufficient lighting.

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

before operation.

 Before you take the motherboard out from anti-static

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge.

 Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the

rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

 Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air and water.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

SPEC

Socket AM2

CPU

FSB Support HyperTransport Supports up to 1000 MHz Bandwidth

Chipset

Super I/O

Main Memory

IDE

SATA

LAN Realtek 8201CL PHY 10 / 100 Mb/s Auto-Negotiation

Sound ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

Slots

On Board Connector

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Althlon 64X2 / Sempron processors

nV ID IA nFo rce4 Ultra

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Prov ides the most commonly us ed leg acy Super I/O functionality.

Low Pin Count Interface

DIMM Slots x 4

Each DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 4GB

Int egr at ed ID E Contro ller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mod e

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

PCI slot x4 Supports PCI expansion cards

PCI Express x16 slot x1 Supports PCI Express x16 expansion cards

PCI Express x 1 slot x2 Supports PCI Express x1 expansion cards

Floppy connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives

Printer Port connector x1 Each conne ctor s upports 1 Printer po rt

IDE Conn ector x2 Each conne ctor s upports 2 IDE dev ice

SATA Connector x4 Each conne ctor s upports 1 SATA devices

Front Panel Connector x1 Supports front panel facilities

Front Audio Connector x1 Supports front panel audio function

CD-in Connector x1 Supports CD audio-in function

S/PDIF out connector x1 Supports digital audio out function

CPU Fan header x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function)

System Fan head er x3 Syst em Fan Po wer supply

Chassis open header (opt ional) x1 For chassis intruder detection funct ion

CMOS clear header x1 Restore CMOS data to factory default

AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing

Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

En v ironm ent Contr o l in it iatives ,

H/W Mon ito r

Fan Sp eed Controller

ITE's "S mart Guardian " funct ion

Dual Channel Mode DDR2 me mory mod u le

Supports DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Registered DIMM and Non-ECC DIMM is not supported

supports PIO Mode 0~4,

SATA Vers ion 2.0 s pecif ic at ion co mpliant .

6 chan nels audio out

AC 97 Version 2.3

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SPEC

USB connector x3 Each conne ctor s upports 2 front panel USB po rts

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mous e x1

Back Panel I/O

Board Size 218 x 293 (mm)

Special Features

OS Support Windows 2K / XP

Serial Port x1

LAN port x1

USB Port x4

Audio Jack x3

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support

Connects to PS/2 Keyboard

Connects to PS/2 Mouse

Provide RS-232 Serial connection

Connects t o RJ-45 ethern et cab le

Connects to USB devices

Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice.

1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

COM1 COM2

(optional)

LAN

Lin e In

Lin e Out

Mic In

USBX2USBX2

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

JCFAN1

JKBMS1

JCOM1

JCOM2

(optio nal)

JU SB4

JUSBLAN1

JAUDI O1

JAUDIO1

Codec

JPRNT1

JCDIN1

JUSBV1

JKBMSV1

LAN

JATXPWR 2

PCI-EX 1_1

PCI-EX 1_2

JATXPWR1

PCI-EX16

nVI DIA

nFo rc e4

DDR2 A1

JNFA N1

DDR2 B1

DDR2 B2

DDR2 A2

JDDRII_2.3V

IDE2

IDE1

LED_D1 LED_D2

Super I/O

BIOS

Note: represents the 1■

JSPDI F_OU T1

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

pin.

JUSB2

JUSBV2

RSTSW2 PWRSW1

JUSB3

BAT1

JUSB4

JSATA2JSATA1

FDD1

JSATA4JSATA3

JCMOS 1

JPANEL1

JSFAN1

JSFAN2

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on

CPU should point towards this white triangle. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

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Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct

B to complete the installation.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

JCFAN1

JSFAN1/ JSFAN2: System Fan Header

JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Header

1133

JNFAN1

Assignment

1 Ground 2 Smart Fan

Control

3 FAN RPM rate

sense

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate

sense

JSFAN2

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1、JSFAN1/JSFAN2 and JNFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be co nnected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Modules

DDR2A1

DDR2B1

DDR2A2

DDR2B2

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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B. Memory Capacity

DIMM Socket

Location

DDR2A1 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2B1 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2A2 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2B2 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR Module

C. Dual Channel Memory installation

To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements:

Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the following table.

Dual Channel Status

Enabled O O X X

Enabled X X O O

Enabled O O O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or x16)

DDR2A1

DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2

Total Mem ory

Size

Max is 4GB.

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CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.

3940

IDE2 IDE1

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PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

PCI-Ex1_1/PCI-Ex1_2: PCI-Express x1 slots

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.

- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

PCI-EX16

PCI-EX1_1

PCI-EX1_2

PCI1~PCI4: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 H

OW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

1516

On/Off

PWR_ LED

SLP

RST

HLED

SPK

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 Sleep control 2 N/A 10 Ground 3 N/ A 1 1 N/ A N/A 4 Speaker 5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+) 6 HDD LED (-) 7 Ground 15 Power button 8 Reset control

Speaker Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

12 Power LED (+)

14 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

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JATXPW R1: AT X Power Source Connector

This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply.

113

1224

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V 14 -12V 2 +3.3V 15 Gro und 3 Gro und 16 PS_ON 4 +5V 17 Gro und 5 Gro und 18 Ground 6 +5V 19 Gro und 7 Gro und 20 NC 8 PW_OK 21 +5V 9 Standby Voltage+5V 22 +5V 10 +12V 23 +5V 11 +12V 24 Ground 12 +3.3V

JATXPW R2: AT X Power Source Connector

By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.

Assignment

1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 4 Ground

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JKBMSV1: Power Source Selection Headers for Keyboard/Mouse

Pin 1-2 Close:

JKBMSV1: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse。

Pin 2-3 Close:

JKBMSV1: PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered with +5V standby

voltage.

JUSB2/JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+

JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4

2 1

7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key

10 NC

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Assignment

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JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Power Source Headers for USB Ports

Pin 1-2 Close:

JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1.

JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3).

Pin 2-3 Close:

JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby voltage. JUSBV2: USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by

+5V standby voltage.

Pin 1-2 close

JUSBV1

113

JUSBV2

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-On system via USB device,” “JUSBV1/ JUSBV2” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually.

JFAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

6 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

10 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

11 Right line in/

Rear speaker Right

12 Right line in/

Rear speaker Right

13 Left line in/

Rear speaker Left

14 Left line in/

Rear speaker Left

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JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc..

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard.

Assignment

1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground

3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

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JSATA1~JSAT A4: Serial AT A Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s.

Assignment

1 Ground

JSATA1 JSATA2 JSATA3 JSATA4

JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

2 TX+ 3 TX4 Ground 5 RX6 RX+ 7 Ground

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 -Strobe 14 Ground 2 -ALF 15 Data 6 3 Data 0 16 Ground 4 -Error 17 Data 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 -Init 19 -ACK 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 -Scltin 21 Busy

9 Data 3 22 Ground 10 Ground 23 PE 11 Data 4 24 Ground 12 Ground 25 SCLT 13 Data 5

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Header for Memory Voltage Overclocking: JDDRII_2.3V

When processing Memory Voltage Overclocking, please place the jumper to pin1-2 Closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed.

Pin 1-2 Close: Memory voltage 2.3V.

Pin 2-3 Close: Normal status (default).

Note:

1. When “JDDRII_2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 2-3, memory voltage can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup.

2. When “JDDRII_2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 1-2, memory voltage will be fixed at 2.3V automatically, and can’t be adjusted under COMS setup.

Before setting memory voltage overclocking, please ensure that your DDR supports up to 2.3V. (Consulting your DDR supplier)

On-Board LED Indicators

There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status.

LED_D1 and LED_D2:

These 2 LED indicate system power on diagnostics. Please refer to the table below for different messages:

LED_D1 LED_D2 Message

ON ON Norm al

ON OFF Memory Error OFF ON VGA Error OFF OFF Abnormal: CPU / Chipset error.

LED_D1

LED

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On-Board Buttons (optional)

There are 2 on-board buttons.

PWRSW RSTSW

(Optional)

PWRSW1:

This is an on-board Power Switch button.

RSTSW2:

This is an on-board Reset button.

JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Connector

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

Assignment

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground

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CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS

4.1 O

z Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional.

PERATION SYSTEM

4.2 RAID ARRAYS

NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and 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.

Spanning (JBOD): JBOD provides a method for combin ing drives of different sizes in to

RAID 5: RAID 5 provides fault to lerance and better utilizat ion of disk capacity.

one large disk.

4.3 HOW RAID WORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large f ile into sma ller b lock s and per for ms dis k re ads and writ es acros s mu ltip le drives in parallel. The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter, which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment. This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the

platform.

 Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any

environment that does not require fault tolerance.

 Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for large files. No

capacity loss penalty for parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array

fails, all data is lost.

 Fault Tolerance: No.

Block 1 Block 3 Block 5

Blo ck 2 Bl ock 4 Bl ock 6

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RAID 1:

Every read and write is actually carried out in para llel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solut ions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.  Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that

requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.

 Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive fail, the

controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive.

Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored usin g RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency.

Features and Benefits

- Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.

- Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for

automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array, and allows for spare disks.

- Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Blo ck 1 Block 3 Block 5

Block 2 Block 4 Block 6

Block 1 Blo ck 3 Blo ck 5

Block 2 Block 4 Block 6

Spanning (JBOD):

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance.

Features and Benefits

- Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one big drive.

- Benefits: JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size drives using all of the capacity of the drives.

- Drawbacks: Decreases performance because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Single Logical

Drive

Disk 1: 40GB

Disk 2: 80GB Disk 3: 40GB

Disk 4: 120GB

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RAID 5:

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity informat ion across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different drive from those used to store the data itself.

Features and Benefits

- Drives: Minimum 3.

- Uses: RAID 5 is recommended for transaction processing and

general purpose service.

- Benefits: An ideal combination of good performance, good fault tolerance, and high capacity and storage efficiency.

- Drawbacks: Individual block data transfer rate same as a single disk. Write performance can be CPU intensive.

- Fault Tolerance: Yes.

Disk 1

DATA 1

DATA 3 PARITY

DATA 7 DATA 9 PARITY

Disk 2

Cbipset name

DATA 2

PAR I TY

DATA 5

DATA 8 PAR I TY DATA 11

Disk 3

PAR I TY

DATA 4

DATA 6

PAR I TY DATA 10 DATA 12

※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to

http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

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CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE

5.1: T-P

Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is desig ned for overclock users. Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this ultimate overclock engine to raise system performance. No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface, T-Power is able to present the best system state according to users’ overclock setting.

OWER INTRODUCTION

T-Power BIOS Features:

Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.) CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.) Memory Integration Test (M.I.T., under Overclock Navigator Engine) Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.) Smart Fan Function (under PC Health Status) Self Recovery System (S.R.S)

T-Power Windows Feature:

Hardware Monitor Overclock Engine Smart Fan Function Life Update

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5.2: T-POWER BIOS FEATURE

A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.):

ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for both Elite and Casual overclockers.

Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.)

MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock settings.

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CPU Overclock Setting:

CPU Voltage:

This function will increase CPU stability when overclocking. However, the CPU temperature will increase when CPU voltage is increased.

Choices: The adjustable range is from 0.800V to 2.310V.

CPU Frequency:

CPU Frequency is directly in proportion to system performance. To maintain the system stability, CPU voltage needs to be increased also when raising CPU frequency.

Choices: This range is from 200 to 450, with an interval of 1MHz.

Memory Overclock Setting:

Memory Voltage :

This function will increase memory stability when overclocking. Choices: The range is from 1.800V to 2.100V, with an interval of 0.100 V.

Me mc lock Fre que ncy:

To get better system performance, sometimes downgrading the memory frequency is necessary when CPU frequency is adjusted over the upper limit.

Choices: DDR2 400, DDR2 533, DDR2 667, DDR2 800 (MHz).

PCI-Express Overclock Setting:

PCIE Clock:

It helps to increase VGA card performance.

Choices: The range is from 100 to 145, with an interval of 1MHz.

Chipset Overclock Setting:

Chipset Voltage Regulator:

This function will increase chipset stability when overclocking. Choices: 1.550V, 1.600V, 1.650 V, 1.700 V.

HT Fre que ncy:

We recommend users to set this item at “x4” when overclocking. Choices: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, Auto.

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Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.)

For beginners in overclock field, BET had developed an easy, fast, and powerful feature to increase the system performance, named A.O.S.

Based on many tests and experiments, A.O.S. provides 3 ideal overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance in a single step.

V6 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 10%~15% of whole system performance.

V8 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 15%~25% of whole system performance.

V12 Tech Engine:

This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance.

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Notices:

1. Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected CPU model.

2. From BET experiments, the Atholon64 FX CPU is not suitable for this A.O.S. feature.

B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.):

It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. Users are able to reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during overclock operation. There are 50 sets of record addresses in total, and users are able to name the CMOS data according to personal preference.

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