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Designed to fit the advanced AM D® Phenom/Athlon/ Sempron series in Socket AM2/ AM2+, the K9N2 SLI Platinum Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The K9N2 SLI Platinum Series mainboards are based on NVIDIA® nForce750a SLI single chipset for choosing the K9N2 SLI Platinum Series (MS-7374 v1.X) ATX mainboard.
Designed to fit the advanced AM D® Phenom/Athlon/ Sempron series in Socket AM2/ AM2+, the K9N2 SLI Platinum Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The K9N2 SLI Platinum Series mainboards are based on NVIDIA® nForce750a SLI single chipset for choosing the K9N2 SLI Platinum Series (MS-7374 v1.X) ATX mainboard.
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... . ms i. Compliant with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB 1-2 Supports 1 FDD with Azalia 1.0 spec IDE - 2 IDE ports (one by nForce 750a SLI, one by JMB363) - MS-7374 Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Processor Support - t w / i ndex . SATA1~6 support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode - 2 ESATA... = c puf orm) Supported FSB - Controlled by Realtek® ALC888 - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA - 6 SATAII ports by nForce 750a SLI - 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports (back panel) by Realtek 8211BL 1394 (optional) - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with jack sensing - t...
... . ms i. Compliant with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB 1-2 Supports 1 FDD with Azalia 1.0 spec IDE - 2 IDE ports (one by nForce 750a SLI, one by JMB363) - MS-7374 Mainboard Mainboard Specifications Processor Support - t w / i ndex . SATA1~6 support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode - 2 ESATA... = c puf orm) Supported FSB - Controlled by Realtek® ALC888 - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode SATA - 6 SATAII ports by nForce 750a SLI - 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports (back panel) by Realtek 8211BL 1394 (optional) - Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with jack sensing - t...
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...1 Chassis Intrusion pinheader TPM (optional) - if you intend to use both PCIE x16 slots, please use them with PCIE 2.0 specification, supports SLI mode a. Getting Started Connectors Back panel - 1 PS/2 mouse port - 1 PS/2 keyboard port - 1 1394 port (optional) - 1... audio jacks On-Board Pinheaders - 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders - 1 1394 pinheader (optional) - 1 Front Panel Audio pinheader - 1 CD-in SLI mode and these two PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8/ x8 - 1 PCI Express x 1 slot - 2 PCI... to PCIE 2.0 x8 speed c. ATX (30.5cm X 24.4 cm) Mounting - 9 mounting holes 1-3
...1 Chassis Intrusion pinheader TPM (optional) - if you intend to use both PCIE x16 slots, please use them with PCIE 2.0 specification, supports SLI mode a. Getting Started Connectors Back panel - 1 PS/2 mouse port - 1 PS/2 keyboard port - 1 1394 port (optional) - 1... audio jacks On-Board Pinheaders - 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders - 1 1394 pinheader (optional) - 1 Front Panel Audio pinheader - 1 CD-in SLI mode and these two PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8/ x8 - 1 PCI Express x 1 slot - 2 PCI... to PCIE 2.0 x8 speed c. ATX (30.5cm X 24.4 cm) Mounting - 9 mounting holes 1-3
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...ti on a l) RESET PWR_BTN B AT T + JMicron J MB 36 3 ( Optional) JTPM1 JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 FDD1 JFP1 JFP2 J1394_1(Opti onal) IDE2 SYSFAN4 K9N2 SLI Platinum Series (MS-7374 v1.X) ATX Mainboard 1-4 MS-7374 Mainboard Mainboard Layout JP W 3 C PUFAN 1 Top : mouse Bo t tom: ke y b oa rd Top: DVI ports Bottom: ...1394 port (optional) Optical SPDIF-out IDE 1 ATX 1 Socket AM2 USB ports Top: LAN Jack Bottom: USB ports eSATA ports JPW2 SY SFAN 1 ...
...ti on a l) RESET PWR_BTN B AT T + JMicron J MB 36 3 ( Optional) JTPM1 JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 FDD1 JFP1 JFP2 J1394_1(Opti onal) IDE2 SYSFAN4 K9N2 SLI Platinum Series (MS-7374 v1.X) ATX Mainboard 1-4 MS-7374 Mainboard Mainboard Layout JP W 3 C PUFAN 1 Top : mouse Bo t tom: ke y b oa rd Top: DVI ports Bottom: ...1394 port (optional) Optical SPDIF-out IDE 1 ATX 1 Socket AM2 USB ports Top: LAN Jack Bottom: USB ports eSATA ports JPW2 SY SFAN 1 ...
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable Floppy Cable external SATA Cable (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable IDE Cable Floppy Cable external SATA Cable (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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Hardware Setup Important 1. Make sure that all the connectors are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of SLI technology in figure 2) before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure. Please follow the following solution to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this ... system chipset unable to ensure stable operation of 450 watts (and above) is plugged while installing modules. Due to several pins are connected to proper ATX power supplies to boot. Unplug the AC power cable (shown in figure 1) or unplug all the power connectors 2-9 Figure 1: Unplug the AC power...
Hardware Setup Important 1. Make sure that all the connectors are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of SLI technology in figure 2) before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure. Please follow the following solution to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this ... system chipset unable to ensure stable operation of 450 watts (and above) is plugged while installing modules. Due to several pins are connected to proper ATX power supplies to boot. Unplug the AC power cable (shown in figure 1) or unplug all the power connectors 2-9 Figure 1: Unplug the AC power...
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...instructions. 1.Install two graphics cards on the mazarine PCIE x16 (PCI_E1) slot. 2-21 SLI Video Link Card Important 1. If you intend to use the SLI mode for demonstration only. W ith two cards installed, an SLI Video Link Card is Installed on PCI Express x16 slots. Make sure that these two ... card is required to connect the golden fingers on the graphics card) to the picture below). Hence, you purchase. 2. Hardware Setup NV SLI Technology NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology allows two GPUs to run in this technology, the two GPU cards must be connected by an...
...instructions. 1.Install two graphics cards on the mazarine PCIE x16 (PCI_E1) slot. 2-21 SLI Video Link Card Important 1. If you intend to use the SLI mode for demonstration only. W ith two cards installed, an SLI Video Link Card is Installed on PCI Express x16 slots. Make sure that these two ... card is required to connect the golden fingers on the graphics card) to the picture below). Hence, you purchase. 2. Hardware Setup NV SLI Technology NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology allows two GPUs to run in this technology, the two GPU cards must be connected by an...
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...-7374 Mainboard 2. Important If you want to enable the SLI function for SLI control. Select "Enable SLI technology (recommended)" 3. After the hardware installation is disabled. 2-22 Select the Enable SLI technology (recommended) item to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure the "SLI" function is completed, restart the system and install the...
...-7374 Mainboard 2. Important If you want to enable the SLI function for SLI control. Select "Enable SLI technology (recommended)" 3. After the hardware installation is disabled. 2-22 Select the Enable SLI technology (recommended) item to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure the "SLI" function is completed, restart the system and install the...
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...Graphic's Adapter" of Advanced BIOS Features in back panel of the graphic card. Important 1. Hardware Setup NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology Hybrid SLI technology, based on NVIDIA's industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU benefits when an NVIDIA mainboard GPU is enabled. The chipset will work. After then,... card and boost the performance of mainboard) will share the rendering load with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. Please note that supports Hybrid SLI technology. The hybrid mode where the discrete GPU (dGPU) and mainboard GPU (mGPU) are listed below. The Hybrid modes are...
...Graphic's Adapter" of Advanced BIOS Features in back panel of the graphic card. Important 1. Hardware Setup NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology Hybrid SLI technology, based on NVIDIA's industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU benefits when an NVIDIA mainboard GPU is enabled. The chipset will work. After then,... card and boost the performance of mainboard) will share the rendering load with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. Please note that supports Hybrid SLI technology. The hybrid mode where the discrete GPU (dGPU) and mainboard GPU (mGPU) are listed below. The Hybrid modes are...