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... C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 channel CODEC (Vista-ready) - Supports S/PDIF Out interface VIA 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports Supports up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (four at x8 mode ASUS two-slot thermal design NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP supports: - 2 x IDE connectors... two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics cards, both at mid-board, four on the rear panel) (continued on the next page) xi Supports up to 8 GB system memory 2 x PCI Express™ x16 slots with external Attansic PHY - M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary CPU...
... C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 channel CODEC (Vista-ready) - Supports S/PDIF Out interface VIA 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports Supports up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (four at x8 mode ASUS two-slot thermal design NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP supports: - 2 x IDE connectors... two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics cards, both at mid-board, four on the rear panel) (continued on the next page) xi Supports up to 8 GB system memory 2 x PCI Express™ x16 slots with external Attansic PHY - M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary CPU...
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... version only) AI Remote (Retail version only) User's manual Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 8.6 in (30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support CD Form factor...
... version only) AI Remote (Retail version only) User's manual Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 8.6 in (30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support CD Form factor...
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... S/PDIF technology turns your computer into a high-end entertainment system with a Gigabit LAN controller built into the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 SLI™ chipset to meet your Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. This high speed interface is software compatible... panel. See page 5-13 to 5-15 for details. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 1- See page 2-22 and 2-27 for your growing networking needs. This function can only work under C-Media official driver. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically...
... S/PDIF technology turns your computer into a high-end entertainment system with a Gigabit LAN controller built into the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 SLI™ chipset to meet your Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. This high speed interface is software compatible... panel. See page 5-13 to 5-15 for details. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 1- See page 2-22 and 2-27 for your growing networking needs. This function can only work under C-Media official driver. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically...
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...Express specifications. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard supports two NVIDIA® SLI™-ready PCI Express x16 graphic cards that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. Mode Non-SLI mode Dual-graphics card in SLI mode PCIE x16_1 (Blue) slot Card Type ...Card type Speed NA - PCIe x16 graphics card x8 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-19 PCI Express x16_1 slot (blue) PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express x1 slot PCI slot PCI slot...
...Express specifications. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard supports two NVIDIA® SLI™-ready PCI Express x16 graphic cards that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. Mode Non-SLI mode Dual-graphics card in SLI mode PCIE x16_1 (Blue) slot Card Type ...Card type Speed NA - PCIe x16 graphics card x8 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-19 PCI Express x16_1 slot (blue) PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express x1 slot PCI slot PCI slot...
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SEC_IDE PRI_IDE PIN 1 M2N-PLUS SLI IDE connectors 3. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set to PIN 1. See section 4.4.4... GND GND GND M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-25 M2N-PLUS SLI ® NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to [Disabled] by default. The RAID function of these connectors is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s specification. NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI Southbridge Serial ATA connectors...
SEC_IDE PRI_IDE PIN 1 M2N-PLUS SLI IDE connectors 3. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set to PIN 1. See section 4.4.4... GND GND GND M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-25 M2N-PLUS SLI ® NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to [Disabled] by default. The RAID function of these connectors is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s specification. NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI Southbridge Serial ATA connectors...
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... or Disable the bootrom of the onboard LAN. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard nVidia LAN [Enabled] Enable or Disable Onboard NV LAN Interface. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 4-27 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] When USB Controller is set to [Disabled], both...). USB Configuration The items in this menu allows you to enable or disable support for the ASUS ASAP feature that supports Windows® Vista ReadyBoost™ function. USB Legacy Support [Enabled] Allows you to display the configuration options. ...
... or Disable the bootrom of the onboard LAN. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard nVidia LAN [Enabled] Enable or Disable Onboard NV LAN Interface. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 4-27 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] When USB Controller is set to [Disabled], both...). USB Configuration The items in this menu allows you to enable or disable support for the ASUS ASAP feature that supports Windows® Vista ReadyBoost™ function. USB Legacy Support [Enabled] Allows you to display the configuration options. ...
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ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit 2000/ XP/Vista system. NVIDIA 32/64bit 2000/XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500-SLI SATA RAID driver disk.
ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit 2000/ XP/Vista system. NVIDIA 32/64bit 2000/XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500-SLI SATA RAID driver disk.
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... two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup. 5.5 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with each stripe a RAID 1 array of drives. If one drive to a ...alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 1 and RAID 0. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-33 RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system...in the other drive. The RAID 5 configuration is a striped configuration with the NVIDIA® SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that of the same size or larger than a RAID 1 configuration...
... two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup. 5.5 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with each stripe a RAID 1 array of drives. If one drive to a ...alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 1 and RAID 0. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-33 RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system...in the other drive. The RAID 5 configuration is a striped configuration with the NVIDIA® SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that of the same size or larger than a RAID 1 configuration...
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The succeeding items become user‑configurable. 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-35 From the Advanced > Onboard Devices Configuration > NVRAID Configuration menu item in your RAID configuration. Select and enable the IDE ... to set the BIOS RAID items: 1. See section "5.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration" for details. 4. 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting your motherboard support CD. • When using Windows 2000 operating system, make sure to enter the BIOS Setup Utility...
The succeeding items become user‑configurable. 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-35 From the Advanced > Onboard Devices Configuration > NVRAID Configuration menu item in your RAID configuration. Select and enable the IDE ... to set the BIOS RAID items: 1. See section "5.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration" for details. 4. 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting your motherboard support CD. • When using Windows 2000 operating system, make sure to enter the BIOS Setup Utility...
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... to rebuild a RAID array. After the rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Select Disk Inside Array - Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild, then press . ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-39 The following confirmation message appears. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K...
... to rebuild a RAID array. After the rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Select Disk Inside Array - Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild, then press . ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-39 The following confirmation message appears. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K...
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... screen. 2. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-41 Press to clear the disk data or press to select a RAID array then press . The RAID Array details appear. Take caution in using this option. The following confirmation message appears. Clearing a disk data To clear disk data: 1. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - Press...
... screen. 2. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-41 Press to clear the disk data or press to select a RAID array then press . The RAID Array details appear. Take caution in using this option. The following confirmation message appears. Clearing a disk data To clear disk data: 1. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - Press...
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... 2-28 for the latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 6- Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)‑Intel® Edition technology that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least...
... 2-28 for the latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 6- Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia. Follow the installation procedures in this section. 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)‑Intel® Edition technology that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least...
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From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. 4. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 6- 6.2.2 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your graphics card package to display the Display Properties dialog box. ... nView Desktop Manager then click nView Properties. Make sure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. NVIDIA Settings icon 3. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the Multi‑Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in...
From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. 4. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 6- 6.2.2 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your graphics card package to display the Display Properties dialog box. ... nView Desktop Manager then click nView Properties. Make sure that came with your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. NVIDIA Settings icon 3. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the Multi‑Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in...