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... hard disks 5-23 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-24 5.4.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations 5-31 5.5 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk 5-38 5.5.1 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS 5-38 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows® ...... 5-38 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 6-2 6.2.1 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards 6-2 6.2.2 Installing the...
... hard disks 5-23 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-24 5.4.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations 5-31 5.5 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk 5-38 5.5.1 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS 5-38 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows® ...... 5-38 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 6-2 6.2.1 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards 6-2 6.2.2 Installing the...
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... page) xii AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) - ASUS PEG Link (automatic performance tuning for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration - Core voltage: Adjustable CPU voltage at 1 MHz increment Overclocking protection: - P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe specifications summary Storage Dual Gigabit LAN USB IEEE 1394 ASUS Exclusive Overclocking features NVIDIA® nForce™ SLI supports: - 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33...
... page) xii AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) - ASUS PEG Link (automatic performance tuning for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration - Core voltage: Adjustable CPU voltage at 1 MHz increment Overclocking protection: - P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe specifications summary Storage Dual Gigabit LAN USB IEEE 1394 ASUS Exclusive Overclocking features NVIDIA® nForce™ SLI supports: - 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33...
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P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe specifications summary Power Requirement Support CD contents Form Factor ATX power supply (with 24-pin and 8-pin 12 V plugs) ATX 12 V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Booster NVIDIA® NV Firewall NVIDIA® NV RAID NVIDIA® NV RIS (Remote Installation Service) Anti-Virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xiv
P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe specifications summary Power Requirement Support CD contents Form Factor ATX power supply (with 24-pin and 8-pin 12 V plugs) ATX 12 V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Booster NVIDIA® NV Firewall NVIDIA® NV RAID NVIDIA® NV RIS (Remote Installation Service) Anti-Virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. xiv
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... Chapter 1: Product introduction PCI Express features point-to provide faster data bandwidth for details. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID functionality that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express™ interface The motherboard fully supports PCI ... supports the S/PDIF technology through the internal and external Serial ATA ports. The NVIDIA® nForce4® SLI™ allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for details. CPU Lock Free This feature allows you to 14x. These network controllers use...
... Chapter 1: Product introduction PCI Express features point-to provide faster data bandwidth for details. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID functionality that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express™ interface The motherboard fully supports PCI ... supports the S/PDIF technology through the internal and external Serial ATA ports. The NVIDIA® nForce4® SLI™ allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for details. CPU Lock Free This feature allows you to 14x. These network controllers use...
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... SPEAKER) • ATX power button/soft-off button (Yellow 2-pin PWR) • Reset button (Blue 2-pin RESET) 2-40 2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information Silicon Image® SATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red]) 2-33 6. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V) 2-38 16. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 2. CPU, Chassis, Northbridge...
... SPEAKER) • ATX power button/soft-off button (Yellow 2-pin PWR) • Reset button (Blue 2-pin RESET) 2-40 2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information Silicon Image® SATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red]) 2-33 6. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V) 2-38 16. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 2. CPU, Chassis, Northbridge...
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IRQ assignments for ISA or PCI devices. PCI Express x1 slot shared - - -- - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard USB 1.0 controller shared - - -- - - - shared - - - - - Onboard PCI SATA RAID (SI) -- - shared - - - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard SATA controller shared - - -- - - - ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 2-23 PCI Express x1 slot shared - - -- - - - PCI slot 2 - Onboard USB 1.0 controller - Onboard LAN2 -- - shared - - - Onboard LAN1 shared - - -- - - - Onboard 1394a -- - - shared - - - - Onboard Audio controller...
IRQ assignments for ISA or PCI devices. PCI Express x1 slot shared - - -- - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard USB 1.0 controller shared - - -- - - - shared - - - - - Onboard PCI SATA RAID (SI) -- - shared - - - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard SATA controller shared - - -- - - - ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 2-23 PCI Express x1 slot shared - - -- - - - PCI slot 2 - Onboard USB 1.0 controller - Onboard LAN2 -- - shared - - - Onboard LAN1 shared - - -- - - - Onboard 1394a -- - - shared - - - - Onboard Audio controller...
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... RSATA_TXP1 GND GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe SATA connectors These connectors support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, Hot Swap and smart setup. 2-32...hard disk and optical disk drives. Refer to section "5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations" for details on how to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification...
... RSATA_TXP1 GND GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe SATA connectors These connectors support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, Hot Swap and smart setup. 2-32...hard disk and optical disk drives. Refer to section "5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations" for details on how to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification...
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... a Serial ATA signal cable. ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 2-33 It supports a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you have connected the Serial ATA signal cable and installed Serial ATA hard disk drives; Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set up Serial ATA RAID configurations. I I m a g e® Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1) This...
... a Serial ATA signal cable. ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 2-33 It supports a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you have connected the Serial ATA signal cable and installed Serial ATA hard disk drives; Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set up Serial ATA RAID configurations. I I m a g e® Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1) This...
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...ATA ports 3 and 4. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Onboard PCI IDE Controller Serial-ATA 0 Serial-ATA 1 [Both] [Enabled] [Enabled] nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time out (Sec.) [35] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host] DISABLED: .... Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both] Allows you to enable. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the NVIDIA RAID function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Allows you to enable or...
...ATA ports 3 and 4. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Onboard PCI IDE Controller Serial-ATA 0 Serial-ATA 1 [Both] [Enabled] [Enabled] nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time out (Sec.) [35] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host] DISABLED: .... Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both] Allows you to enable. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the NVIDIA RAID function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Allows you to enable or...
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...Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled] This item allows you to disable system support for RAID mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard GbE LAN2 [Enabled] Allows you to disable the legacy AC97 audio CODEC, or lets... Boot ROM [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the MAC boot ROM. Configuration options: [SATA2 Mode] [RAID Mode] [Disabled] ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 4-29 Onboard AC97 AUDIO [Auto] Allows you to [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard SATA-II Controller [...
...Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard LAN1 Boot ROM [Disabled] This item allows you to disable system support for RAID mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard GbE LAN2 [Enabled] Allows you to disable the legacy AC97 audio CODEC, or lets... Boot ROM [Disabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the MAC boot ROM. Configuration options: [SATA2 Mode] [RAID Mode] [Disabled] ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 4-29 Onboard AC97 AUDIO [Auto] Allows you to [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard SATA-II Controller [...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-10 5.4 RAID configurations 5-22 5.5 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk 5-38 ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-10 5.4 RAID configurations 5-22 5.5 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk 5-38 ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
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...-bit system. Silicon Image 32bit RAID Driver Silicon Image 32bit SATA Driver Allows you to create a Silicon Image® RAID/Serial ATA driver disk for a 32-bit system. ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-5 Make nVidia 32bit SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the... NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 or Silicon Image SATA/PATA RAID driver disk. 5.2.4 Make ...
...-bit system. Silicon Image 32bit RAID Driver Silicon Image 32bit SATA Driver Allows you to create a Silicon Image® RAID/Serial ATA driver disk for a 32-bit system. ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-5 Make nVidia 32bit SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the... NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 or Silicon Image SATA/PATA RAID driver disk. 5.2.4 Make ...
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... open the folder of supplementary user manuals. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Sil3132 SATA RAID User's Manual Allows you to open the Silicon Image Sil3132 SATA RAID user's manual. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe®...
... open the folder of supplementary user manuals. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Sil3132 SATA RAID User's Manual Allows you to open the Silicon Image Sil3132 SATA RAID user's manual. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe®...
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... of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with the Silicon Image Sil3132 and the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that appear as a single disk on multiple disks that allow you get all applications to the surviving drive as it contains...performance than the existing drive. R A I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with each stripe a RAID 1 array of drives. R A I D 1 0 is required for this setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. ...
... of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with the Silicon Image Sil3132 and the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that appear as a single disk on multiple disks that allow you get all applications to the surviving drive as it contains...performance than the existing drive. R A I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with each stripe a RAID 1 array of drives. R A I D 1 0 is required for this setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. ...
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...install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in a RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in the motherboard support CD for ...detailed information on each drive. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to section "5.6 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk" for a RAID configuration: 1. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe...
...install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in a RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in the motherboard support CD for ...detailed information on each drive. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to section "5.6 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk" for a RAID configuration: 1. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe...
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...NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the BIOS RAID items: 1. To set the n V i d i a R A I D E C o n f i g u r a t i o n menu item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI southbridge chipset.... Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to configure as RAID. From the M a i n > I D F u n c t i o n item to install the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later versions....
...NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the BIOS RAID items: 1. To set the n V i d i a R A I D E C o n f i g u r a t i o n menu item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI southbridge chipset.... Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to configure as RAID. From the M a i n > I D F u n c t i o n item to install the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later versions....
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...: 1. The following submenu appears. Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-25 Use the up your screen. Boot up or down arrow keys to move through and select menu options. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - Entering the NVIDIA® RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. During POST, press to display the main...
...: 1. The following submenu appears. Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-25 Use the up your screen. Boot up or down arrow keys to move through and select menu options. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - Entering the NVIDIA® RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. During POST, press to display the main...
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... screen appears. Press to clear the selected disks or to select the Free Disks area. Use the left or right arrow keys to create RAID set. The following message box appears. The default selection is 128 KB. Press select the Striping Block then press . low disk usage •...; 64 KB - performance disk usage T I P : For server systems, we recommend a higher array block size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. Press to assign the array disks. 4. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. The following...
... screen appears. Press to clear the selected disks or to select the Free Disks area. Use the left or right arrow keys to create RAID set. The following message box appears. The default selection is 128 KB. Press select the Striping Block then press . low disk usage •...; 64 KB - performance disk usage T I P : For server systems, we recommend a higher array block size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. Press to assign the array disks. 4. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. The following...
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...: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-27 Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set Boot [N]New Array...
...: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 5-27 Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set Boot [N]New Array...
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... rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. 5-28 Chapter 5: Software support The following confirmation message appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Press to cancel. 5. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB [↑↓] Select...] Back [F7] Finish 3. A new set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild, then press .
... rebuild process, the Array list menu appears. 5-28 Chapter 5: Software support The following confirmation message appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Press to cancel. 5. RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Width: 1 Striping Block: 64K Adapt Channel M/S 2 1 1 0 Master Master Index Disk Model Name 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB [↑↓] Select...] Back [F7] Finish 3. A new set of navigation keys is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 2. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array to rebuild, then press .