Biostar TForce 590 SLI Deluxe Owner's Manual
TForce 590 SLI Deluxe Setup Manual
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Table of Conten ts
Cha p t e r 1: Intr oduction ........................................ 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: Har dwa re Ins t allation........................... 5
2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 5
2.2 FAN Headers......................................................................................6
2.3 Installing System Memory................................................................ 8
2.4 Connectors and Slots.......................................................................10
Chapter 3: Hea ders & Jumpers Setu p................... 12
3.1 How to Setup Jumpers.................................................................... 12
3.2 Detail Settings..................................................................................12
Cha p t e r 4: NV IDIA RAID Functi ons...................... 23
4.1 Operation System............................................................................23
4.2 Raid Arrays...................................................................................... 23
4.3 How RAID Works............................................................................. 23
CHAPTER 5: OverClock Quick Guide..................... 27
5.1: T-Power Introduction......................................................................27
5.2: T-Power BIOS Feature.................................................................... 28
5.3 T-Power Windows Feature............................................................36
Chapter 6: Useful Help......................................... 45
6.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 45
6.2 Award BIOS Beep Code.................................................................. 46
6.3 Extra Information............................................................................46
6.4 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 48
6.5 BIOS Post Code List......................................................................... 49
Appenden cies: S PEC In Othe r Language .............. 52
German..................................................................................................................52
France .................................................................................................................... 54
Italian..................................................................................................................... 56
Spanish................................................................................................................... 58
Portuguese ............................................................................................................60
Polish......................................................................................................................62
RUSSIAN................................................................................................................. 64
ARABIC .................................................................................................................. 66
JAPANESE.............................................................................................................. 68
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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 Round Cable X 1
Serial ATA Cable X 4
Serial ATA Power Cable X 4
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
SLI Bridge X1
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 1.3 GHz Bandwidth (by overclocking)
Chipset
Super I/O
Main
Memory
IDE
SATA II
LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY x 2 10 / 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s Auto-Negotiation
Sound Realtek ALC882 / ALC883 8 channels audio out
1394
Slots
On Board
Connector
AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX
x2/ Sempron pro cessors
nForce SPP190 nForce 590 SLI
ITE 8712F / 8716F
Prov ides the most co mmon ly used legacy
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 IDE Co n t ro lle r
Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master
Mod e
Integrated Serial ATA Controller
Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s.
VIA VT6307 / VT6308 Supports IEEE 1394a with Transf er rate up to 400 Mbps
PCI slot x2 Supports PCI expansion cards
PCI Express x16 slot x2 Supports PCI express x16 expansion cards
PCI Express x4 slot x1 Supports PCI express x4 expansion cards
PCI Express x 1 slot x1 Supports PCI express x1 expansion cards
Floppy connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives
Ser ial Port connecto r x 1 Each connector supports 1 Serial port
Printer Port conne ctor x1 Each connector support s 1 Printer port
IDE Conn ector x1 Each connector supports 2 IDE device
SATA Connector x5 Each connector support s 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 in connector x1 Supports digital 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)
Athlon 64
2
AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing
Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet
En v ironment Co n t rol in itiatives ,
H/W Mon itor
Fan Sp eed Contro ller
ITE's "S mart Guardian " funct ion
Dual Channel Mod e DDR2 memory mo du le
Supports DDR2 533 / 667 / 800 / 800+
Registered D IMM and ECC D IMM is not supported
supports PIO Mode 0~4,
SATA Ver s io n 2.0 s pe c if icat ion co mpl iant .
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SPEC
System Fan head er x3 System Fan Power supply
CMOS clear header x1 Restore CMOS data to factory default
USB connector x2 Each conne ctor suppo rts 2 front panel USB ports
1394 Connector x1 Each Connector supports 1 1394 Port
Power Connector (24pin) x1 Connects to Power supp ly
Power Connector (8pin) x1 Connects to Power supply
PS/2 Ke yboard x1
PS/2 Mous e x1
Back Panel
I/O
Board Size 244 x 305 (mm) ATX Size Board
Special
Features
OS Support Windows 2000 / XP
External SATA Connector x1
LAN port x2
USB Port x6
1394 Port x1
Audio Jack x6
NVIDIA nTunes
RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support
Connects to PS/2 Keyboard
Connects to PS/2 Mouse
Connects t o SATA device
Connects to RJ- 45 ethernet cab le
Connects to USB devices
Connects to 1394 devices
Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection
Tuning and monitoring system performance
Supports Raid 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 through SATA connector.
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
1394
USBX2
EXT. SA T AX1
Center
Rear
Side
LAN
Line In
Line Out
Mic In
LAN
USBX2USBX2
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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT
JKBMS1
JKBMSV1
JCOM1
JUSBV1
J1394_USB1
JDDRII_OV_2.3V
IDE1
FDD1
Socket A M2
ESATAX1
JUSBLAN2
JUSBLAN1
JAUDIO1
Codec
LAN
PHY
J1394B1
JAUDIOF1
JCDIN1
1394
JSPDIF_IN
J1394V1
Note: represents the 1■
LAN
PHY
PEX1-1
PEX4-1
JSP DIF_OUT
JA TXPWR2
JNFAN1
PCI1
PCI2
JPRNT1
PEX16-1
PEX16-2
nForce
SPP 190
JSBFAN
st
pin.
DDR2A1
DDR2B1
DDR2B2
JCFAN1
DDR2A2
JATXPWR1
BAT1
JCMOS1
JSFAN1
nForce
590 SLI
Super I/O
LED_5SB
LED_DIMM
DEBUG LED
JUSB1
BIOS
JUSBV2
JSATA1
JUSB2
JSATA2
JSATA3
JPANEL1
JSATA4
JSATA5
PWRSW1
(optional)
RSTSW2
(optional)
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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 I
NSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Step 1: Remove the socket prot ection 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 s ho uld po int towar d s this w hit e tria ngl e . The CP U will fit o nl y
in the correct or ientation.
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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.
2.2 FAN HEADERS
These fan headers support cooli ng-fans b uilt i n the comp uter. The fan
cable and connector may be diff er ent accor ding to the fan manufacturer.
Connect the fan cable to t he connector while matc hing the black wire t o
pin#1.
JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header
JCFAN1
14
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
3
FAN RPM rate
sense
4 Smart Fan
Control
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JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Header
Pin
31
JNFAN1
JSBFAN/ JSFAN1: System Fan Header
31
JSBFAN
31
Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
3 NIL
Pin
Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate
sense
JSFAN1
Note:
The JSBF AN / JSFAN1 an d JN FAN1 support 3-pin head connector . When connecting with
wires ont o connect ors, please not e that the red wire is the positive and should be
connect ed 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 Mo d ul es
DDR2A1
DDR2B1
DDR2A2
DDR2B2
1. Unlock a DIMM s lot by pressing the retaining clips outw ar d. 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 retai ning
chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seat ed.
B. Memory Capacity
DIMM Socket
Location
DDR2A1 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2B1 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2A2 256MB/512MB/1024MB
DDR2B2 256MB/512MB/1024MB
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Total Memory Size
Max is 4GB.
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C. Dual Channel Memory installatio n
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 i nstalled.)
The DRAM bus widt h of the memory module must be t he same (x8 or x16)
DDR2A1
DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2
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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS
FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the
provided floppy drive ribbon cables.
IDE1: 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.
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.
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10
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PEx16-1/ PEx16-2: 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.
PEx1-1: PCI-Express x1 slots
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
PEx4-1: PCI-Express x4 slots
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
- Data transfer bandwidth up to 1.0GB/s per direction; 2.0GB/s in total.
PEX16-1
PEX1-1
PEX4-1
PEX16-2
PCI1~P CI2 : Periphe ral Co mpone nt I nte rco nne c t Slo ts
This motherboard is equipped with 2 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.
PCI 1
PCI 2
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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 24-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.
PWR_LED
SLP
9
1
SPK
++
HLED
+
On/Off
-
RST
16
8
12
Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function
1 +5V 9 Sleep control
2 N/A 10 Ground
3 N/A 11 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 (+) Power LED
14 Power LED (-)
16 Ground
Sleep button
Power-on button
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JATXPWR1: ATX Po wer S o urc e Co n ne ct or
JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power
supply.
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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment
13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V
14 -12V 2 +3.3V
15 Ground 3 Ground
16 PS_ON 4 +5V
17 Ground 5 Ground
18 Ground 6 +5V
19 Ground 7 Ground
20 NC 8 PW_OK
21 +5V 9 Standby Voltage+5V
22 +5V 10 +12V
23 +5V 11 +12V
24 Ground 12 +3.3V
JAT XPWR2 : ATX Po wer S o urce Co n ne ct or
By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.
Pin Assignment
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14
1 +12V
2 +12V
3 +12V
4 +12V
5 Ground
6 Ground
7 Ground
8 Ground
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JK B MSV1: Pow e r Source Se le c tio n He ade rs for K e yboard/ Mous e
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.
13
13
Pin 1-2 close
1
Pin 2-3 close
JUSB1/JUSB2: 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.
3
14
1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB4 USB5 USB+
6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground
2
1
10
9
9 Key
10 NC
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JUSBV1/JU SB V2: Po w e r Source He a de rs fo r USB P o rts
Pin 1-2 Close:
JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1.
JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2).
Pin 2-3 Close:
JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby voltage.
JUSBV2: USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2) are powered by +5V
standby voltage.
3
13
JUSBV1
JUSBV2
13
Note:
In order to support this fun ction “Power -On sys t em via USB device,” “ JUSBV1/ JU SBV2”
jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually.
J1394B1: Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel
This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV, D8, or V8,
etc.
1
Pin Assignment
Pin 1-2 close
1
3
Pin 2-3 close
1 A+
2 A3 Ground
4 Ground
5 B+
6 B7 +12V
2
1
8 +12V
10
9 Key
9
10 Ground
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J1394PWR1: Power Source for 1394 Firewire Port
Pin 1-2 Close:
J1394PWR1: +12V for 1394 Port at J1394B1.
Pin 2-3 Close:
J1394PWR1: 1394 header at J1394PWR1 are powered by +12V standby
voltage.
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JAUDIOF1: 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.
2
10
1
9
10 Left line out/
1
3
Pin 1-2 Close
+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)
13
Pin 2-3 close
+3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.
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
Speaker out 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..
Pin
Assignment
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.
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.
14
13
1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right Channel
Input
13
Pin 1-2 Close:
Normal Operation (default).
Pin 2-3 Close:
Clear CMOS data.
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JS ATA1~ JSATA5: Se ri al ATA C onn ect o r s
The motherboard has 5 SATA connectors and an external SATA connector,
which satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec with transfer rate of 3GB/s.
JSATA1
JSATA 2
7
4
1
JSPDIF _OUT: Digital Audio-out Connecto r
This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.
J SATA3
JSATA4
13
Pin
JSATA5
Assignment
1 Ground
2 TX+
3 TX4 Ground
5 RX6 RX+
7 Ground
Pin
Assignment
1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground
JSPDIF _IN: Digital Audio-in Connector
This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header.
18
13
Pin
Assignment
1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground
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JDDRII_OV>2.3V: Header for Memory Voltage Overclocking
When processing Memory Voltage Overclocking, please place the jumper to
pin1-2 Closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed.
Note:
1. When “JDDRII_OV>2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 1-2, memory
voltage can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup.
2. When “JDDRII_OV>2.3V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 2-3, memory
voltage will be fixed at 2.3V, and can’t be adjusted under COMS setup.
Before setting memory voltage overclocking, please ensure that your DDR
supports up to 2.3V. (Consult your DDR2 supplier to make sure)
On-Boa rd LE D I ndicators
There are 2 LED indicators on the motherboard to show system status.
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13
Pin 1-2 Cl ose:
Normal statu s (default ).
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Pin 2-3 Cl ose:
Memory voltage Overclocking.
LED_5SB
LED_DIMM
LED_DIMM:
This LED indicates the voltage of memory is activated normally.
LED_5SB:
This LED indicates the system is ready for Power-on.
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Debug L E D
The Debug LED is used to display BIOS POST Code, which helps you to
identify the problem occurred.
The explanations for the most frequently seen codes are provided below, for a
full code reference list please see Chapter 6.5 BIOS Post Code list.
Code Explanation
C0 Please Check Memory
C1 Please Check Memory
2B I nitial Video Device error
52 Memory Module Error
75 Please Check HDD
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On-Boa rd Buttons
There are 2 on-board buttons.
PWRSW1
RSTSW2
PWRSW1:
This is an on-board Power Switch button.
RSTSW2 :
This is an on-board Reset button.
JCOM1: Seria l po rt Conne c tors
The motherboard has a Serial Port Connector for connecting RS-232 Port.
2
1
JCOM1
Pin
9
Assignment
1 Carrier detect
2 Received data
3 Transmitted data
4 Data terminal ready
5 Signal ground
6 Data set ready
7 Request to send
8 Clear to send
9 Ring indicator
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JPRNT 1 : P rinte r P ort Co nne c tor
This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.
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1
2
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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CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS
4.1 O
Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional.
PERATION SYSTEM
4.2 RAI D 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 s malle r bloc ks an d per form s disk read s and wr ites a cros s mult ip 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
Block 2
Block 4
Block 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.
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Block 2
Block 3
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.
Block 1
Block 3
Block 5
Block 2
Block 4
Block 6
Block 1
Block 3
Block 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
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 d es ign e d for o ver c lo c k users.
Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has
developed this ultimate overclock engi ne to raise system perf or mance.
No matter w hether under BIO S or Windows interfac e, 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-Po w er Windo ws Feature:
Hardware Monitor
Overclock Engine
Smart Fan Function
Life Update
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5.2: T-POWER BIOS FEATURE
A. Overcloc k ing Navigat o r Engine (O.N.E.):
ONE provides two pow erful overclocking engines: M OS and AOS for both
Elite and Casual overclockers .
Manual Ov e rcloc k Syste m ( M. O.S.)
MOS is designed for experienced overclock users.
It allows users to customize personal overclock settings.
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