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... II 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Music Alarm 5-16 5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap 5-19 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 Audio Setup Wizard 5-23 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support...
... II 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Music Alarm 5-16 5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap 5-19 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 Audio Setup Wizard 5-23 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support...
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... new technology it supports. • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that may have to the ASUS contact information. 2. Where to find more information Refer to the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes... the features of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology support This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Optional documentation Your product package...
... new technology it supports. • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that may have to the ASUS contact information. 2. Where to find more information Refer to the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes... the features of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology support This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Optional documentation Your product package...
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... across Serial ATA drives via the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller JMicron® JMB363 Serial ATA controller supports: - 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s - 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s on the next page) xi M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ...x8 mode) 2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots 3 x PCI 2.2 slots Supports two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics card ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports: - 1 x IDE connector for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 /AMD Athlon...
... across Serial ATA drives via the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller JMicron® JMB363 Serial ATA controller supports: - 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s - 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s on the next page) xi M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ...x8 mode) 2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots 3 x PCI 2.2 slots Supports two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics card ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports: - 1 x IDE connector for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 /AMD Athlon...
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xiii M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary Rear panel Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Power requirements Support CD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x Serial (COM1) port 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x External Serial ATA port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out ... Chassis intrusion, PXE ATX power supply with 24-pin and 4-pin 12V plugs ATX 12V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (...
xiii M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary Rear panel Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Power requirements Support CD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x Serial (COM1) port 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x External Serial ATA port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out ... Chassis intrusion, PXE ATX power supply with 24-pin and 4-pin 12V plugs ATX 12V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (...
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...rates of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of up the PCI bus. The NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for details. 1- Chapter 1: Product introduction... See pages 2-25. NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) The NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in packets. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the...
...rates of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of up the PCI bus. The NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for details. 1- Chapter 1: Product introduction... See pages 2-25. NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) The NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in packets. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the...
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... connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on the rear panel) to 400 Mbps transfer rates through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset. Dual Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with a host of peripherals and devices compliant to provide the total solution for details... wired or wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. These network controllers provide faster data bandwidth for details. See page 2-21 for your networking needs. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 1-
... connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on the rear panel) to 400 Mbps transfer rates through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset. Dual Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with a host of peripherals and devices compliant to provide the total solution for details... wired or wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. These network controllers provide faster data bandwidth for details. See page 2-21 for your networking needs. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 1-
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... Marvell 88E1116 USB910 PCIEX1_1 JMicron JMB363 SATA_RAID1 PCIEX16_1 PRI_IDE M2N -SLI DELUX E PCIEX1_2 R nVIDIA NF570-SLI SATA5 SATA6 Marvell 88E1116 PCI1 SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 PCIEX16_2 ADI 1988B AAFP SB_PWR CD ADH PCI2 PCI3 TSB43AB22A IE1394_2 USB78 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 4Mb BIOS CLRTC CHASSIS USB56 PANEL CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4 30.5cm (12.0in) ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-
... Marvell 88E1116 USB910 PCIEX1_1 JMicron JMB363 SATA_RAID1 PCIEX16_1 PRI_IDE M2N -SLI DELUX E PCIEX1_2 R nVIDIA NF570-SLI SATA5 SATA6 Marvell 88E1116 PCI1 SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 PCIEX16_2 ADI 1988B AAFP SB_PWR CD ADH PCI2 PCI3 TSB43AB22A IE1394_2 USB78 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 4Mb BIOS CLRTC CHASSIS USB56 PANEL CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4 30.5cm (12.0in) ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-
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See page 2-28 for details. • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. See pages 2-29 and 2-30 for the location of the slots. Refer to the figure below for better thermal environment. Refer to the ...
See page 2-28 for details. • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode. See pages 2-29 and 2-30 for the location of the slots. Refer to the figure below for better thermal environment. Refer to the ...
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Recommended PCI Express x16 configurations Mode Non-SLI mode Dual graphics card in SLI Mode PCIEX16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE16_2 (Black) slot Card type Speed Card type Speed PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA PCIe x16 graphics card x16 PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe x16 graphics card x16 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19
Recommended PCI Express x16 configurations Mode Non-SLI mode Dual graphics card in SLI Mode PCIEX16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE16_2 (Black) slot Card type Speed Card type Speed PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA PCIe x16 graphics card x16 PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe x16 graphics card x16 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19
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M2N-SLI DELUXE R PRI_IDE M2N-SLI DELUXE IDE Connector 3. NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI MCP Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [red], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red]) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for details. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA... RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND M2N-SLI DELUXE SATA Connectors ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-25 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend ...
M2N-SLI DELUXE R PRI_IDE M2N-SLI DELUXE IDE Connector 3. NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI MCP Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [red], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red]) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for details. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA... RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND M2N-SLI DELUXE SATA Connectors ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-25 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend ...
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... Configuration Advanced Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup Serial-ATA Configuration USB Configuration Onboard 1394 Controller Onboard 1st nVidia LAN Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Primary Display Adapter HD Audio Front Panel Support Type JMicron SATAII Controller Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address... sub-menu contains IDE function-related items. Select an item then press to enable or disable the onchip IDE channel 0 controller . Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-29
... Configuration Advanced Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup Serial-ATA Configuration USB Configuration Onboard 1394 Controller Onboard 1st nVidia LAN Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Primary Display Adapter HD Audio Front Panel Support Type JMicron SATAII Controller Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address... sub-menu contains IDE function-related items. Select an item then press to enable or disable the onchip IDE channel 0 controller . Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-29
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... options: [AC97] [HD Audio] JMicron SATAII Controller [IDE] Allows you to select the Parallel Port mode. Configuration options: [1] [3] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-31 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard 1st/2nd Nvidia LAN [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard NVIDIA® LAN controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] [Auto] Parallel Port...
... options: [AC97] [HD Audio] JMicron SATAII Controller [IDE] Allows you to select the Parallel Port mode. Configuration options: [1] [3] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-31 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard 1st/2nd Nvidia LAN [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard NVIDIA® LAN controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] [Auto] Parallel Port...
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... Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ technology driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI chipset.
... Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ technology driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI chipset.
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... Alarm allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS Screen Saver Bring life to your computer screen by installing the ASUS screen saver. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items ...and removes computer viruses. View the online help for your computing needs. ASUS AI Nap The ASUS AI Nap application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in Windows® environment. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to minimize the power consumption of your computer...
... Alarm allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS Screen Saver Bring life to your computer screen by installing the ASUS screen saver. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items ...and removes computer viruses. View the online help for your computing needs. ASUS AI Nap The ASUS AI Nap application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in Windows® environment. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to minimize the power consumption of your computer...
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...manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5- Make JMicron JMB363 RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32-bit/64-bit system. Most user manual files are in... Portable Document Format (PDF). Make nVidia 32bit SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 RAID driver disk. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a...
...manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5- Make JMicron JMB363 RAID Driver Disk Allows you to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32-bit/64-bit system. Most user manual files are in... Portable Document Format (PDF). Make nVidia 32bit SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 RAID driver disk. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a...
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...as RAID sets. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI MultiShield™ and JMicro® JMB363 RAID controllers that are supported by the NVIDIA nForce™ 570 SLI Multishield™ chipset. This RAID configuration provides data protection and... disks that of Disks and refers to hard disk drives that allow you get all applications to a selected hard disk drive. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-27 RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as it contains ...
...as RAID sets. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI MultiShield™ and JMicro® JMB363 RAID controllers that are supported by the NVIDIA nForce™ 570 SLI Multishield™ chipset. This RAID configuration provides data protection and... disks that of Disks and refers to hard disk drives that allow you get all applications to a selected hard disk drive. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-27 RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as it contains ...
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... using Windows 2000 operating system, make sure to Enabled. 3. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-29 See section "4.4.7 IDE Configuration" for six independent Serial ATA channels. otherwise, the system will not recognize your RAID setup. • For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID User's Manual" found in the BIOS...
... using Windows 2000 operating system, make sure to Enabled. 3. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-29 See section "4.4.7 IDE Configuration" for six independent Serial ATA channels. otherwise, the system will not recognize your RAID setup. • For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID User's Manual" found in the BIOS...
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... up or down arrow keys to select a RAID mode then press . From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Entering the NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. During POST, press to move through and select menu options...allow you to display the main menu of the screen are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your computer. 2. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block:...
... up or down arrow keys to select a RAID mode then press . From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Entering the NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. During POST, press to move through and select menu options...allow you to display the main menu of the screen are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your computer. 2. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block:...
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From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set Boot [N]New Array [ENTER]Detail A new set of navigation keys is displayed on ... Chapter 5: Software support The RAID Array details appear. Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array List - Press to select a RAID array then press . Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 -
From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set Boot [N]New Array [ENTER]Detail A new set of navigation keys is displayed on ... Chapter 5: Software support The RAID Array details appear. Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array List - Press to select a RAID array then press . Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 -
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A new set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Select Disk Inside Array - RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 ...XXX.XXGB [↑↓] Select [F6] Back [F7] Finish 3. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild a RAID array. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-33 Press to rebuild, then press . After the rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. The following ...
A new set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Select Disk Inside Array - RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 ...XXX.XXGB [↑↓] Select [F6] Back [F7] Finish 3. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild a RAID array. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-33 Press to rebuild, then press . After the rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. The following ...