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... ...2-15 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 2-15 Fan Power Connectors: C_FAN1/S_FAN1/S_FAN2/NB_FAN1 2-15 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 2-16 Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by nForce3 250Gb: SATA1~SATA4 2-17 Front Panel Connectors: JFP1 & JFP2 2-18 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice ...iii Revision...
... ...2-15 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 2-15 Fan Power Connectors: C_FAN1/S_FAN1/S_FAN2/NB_FAN1 2-15 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 2-16 Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID Connectors controlled by nForce3 250Gb: SATA1~SATA4 2-17 Front Panel Connectors: JFP1 & JFP2 2-18 v CONTENTS FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ii Copyright Notice ...iii Revision...
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... 4-10 Non-Unicode programs supported 4-12 Core Center (for bootable RAID Array 5-8 Initializing and Using the Disk Array 5-10 RAID Drives Management 5-12 Viewing RAID Array Configurations 5-12 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk 5-14 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array 5-20 Chapter 6. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5-1 Introduction ...5-2 System Requirement 5-2 RAID Configuration ...5-3 Basic Configuration Instructions 5-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS 5-3 NVIDIA...
... 4-10 Non-Unicode programs supported 4-12 Core Center (for bootable RAID Array 5-8 Initializing and Using the Disk Array 5-10 RAID Drives Management 5-12 Viewing RAID Array Configurations 5-12 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk 5-14 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array 5-20 Chapter 6. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5-1 Introduction ...5-2 System Requirement 5-2 RAID Configuration ...5-3 Basic Configuration Instructions 5-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS 5-3 NVIDIA...
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Integrated Serial ATA interface: dual channel 4 S-ATA RAID controller and dual channel ATA 133/100/66/33 master mode EIDE controller. - h Supports DDR 400/333/266. (For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.) ...- Integrated nVIDIA MAC for DDR333/266) / 2GB (For DDR400) . Supports single memory channels, DDR 400/333/266 without ECC support. - 7030 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket-754 for AMD K8 Athlon™ processor up to 4 ports h One SATA controller, supporting 4 ...
Integrated Serial ATA interface: dual channel 4 S-ATA RAID controller and dual channel ATA 133/100/66/33 master mode EIDE controller. - h Supports DDR 400/333/266. (For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/ program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.) ...- Integrated nVIDIA MAC for DDR333/266) / 2GB (For DDR400) . Supports single memory channels, DDR 400/333/266 without ECC support. - 7030 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU h Supports Socket-754 for AMD K8 Athlon™ processor up to 4 ports h One SATA controller, supporting 4 ...
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...x 30.5 cm (W) h 9 mounting holes MSI Reminds You... 1. Please note that users cannot install OS, either WinME or Win98, in one chip. - Audio h Realtek ALC850 7.1-channel audio codec IEEE 1394 h VIA PCI IEEE 1394 controller (3 ports supported) NV RAID (Software) h Supports 2 serial ATA plus ...mainboard specifications. As the end user cannot boot without SP4, a combination installation CD must be used as a normal storage device. 2. RAID 1, or 1, o+1, JBOD is required. h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and...
...x 30.5 cm (W) h 9 mounting holes MSI Reminds You... 1. Please note that users cannot install OS, either WinME or Win98, in one chip. - Audio h Realtek ALC850 7.1-channel audio codec IEEE 1394 h VIA PCI IEEE 1394 controller (3 ports supported) NV RAID (Software) h Supports 2 serial ATA plus ...mainboard specifications. As the end user cannot boot without SP4, a combination installation CD must be used as a normal storage device. 2. RAID 1, or 1, o+1, JBOD is required. h The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which detects the peripheral devices and...
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... data rates of data during the transmission. 2-17 Both connectors are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Please refer to the hard disk devices MSI Reminds You... SATA4 SATA3 1 7 SATA2 SATA1 1 7 SATA1~ SATA4 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 3 TXN 5 RXN 7 GND PIN SIGNAL 2 TXP ...4 GND 6 RXP Serial ATA cable Connect to serial ATA ports Take out the dust cover and connect to the Chapter 5: nVIDIA RAID Introduction for detail software installation procedure. Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which supports four serial ATA...
... data rates of data during the transmission. 2-17 Both connectors are dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports. Please refer to the hard disk devices MSI Reminds You... SATA4 SATA3 1 7 SATA2 SATA1 1 7 SATA1~ SATA4 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 3 TXN 5 RXN 7 GND PIN SIGNAL 2 TXP ...4 GND 6 RXP Serial ATA cable Connect to serial ATA ports Take out the dust cover and connect to the Chapter 5: nVIDIA RAID Introduction for detail software installation procedure. Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which supports four serial ATA...
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...do), select [Enabled] for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE Hard Drive. SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4 RAID This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to [Disabled] if... Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Onboard Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: RAID Config Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: IDE RAID This item is available for each SATA hard disk drive. When you to enable or disable the DMA transfer...
...do), select [Enabled] for automatic detection of the optimal number of the IDE Hard Drive. SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4 RAID This feature allows users to enable or disable the RAID function for you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to [Disabled] if... Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled]. Onboard Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: RAID Config Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: IDE RAID This item is available for each SATA hard disk drive. When you to enable or disable the DMA transfer...
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This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop. For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Chapter 5. nVidia RAID Introduction nVidia RAID Introduction NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource. 5-1
This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop. For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Chapter 5. nVidia RAID Introduction nVidia RAID Introduction NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource. 5-1
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7030 ATX Mainboard Introduction System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems: Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2000 Professional RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of different s i z e s into one large disk. RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used as RAID...Yes No MSI Reminds You... Critical data requiring high performance. No fault tolerance. # Hard Disks m ultiple 100% data redundancy. Requires 2 drives for combining drives of RAID arrays described in this section: RAID 0: RAID 0 ...
7030 ATX Mainboard Introduction System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems: Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2000 Professional RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of different s i z e s into one large disk. RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used as RAID...Yes No MSI Reminds You... Critical data requiring high performance. No fault tolerance. # Hard Disks m ultiple 100% data redundancy. Requires 2 drives for combining drives of RAID arrays described in this section: RAID 0: RAID 0 ...
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... in BIOS (refer to press F10. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. Press F10, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- The default RAID Mode is set up the NVRAID BIOS. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (RAID 0+1), or Spanning (JBOD) and create the desired RAID array. 3. Bootable RAID Array 1. Define a New Array window will reboot...
... in BIOS (refer to press F10. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. Press F10, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- The default RAID Mode is set up the NVRAID BIOS. Specify the RAID level, either Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0), Striping and Mirroring (RAID 0+1), or Spanning (JBOD) and create the desired RAID array. 3. Bootable RAID Array 1. Define a New Array window will reboot...
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... 0.1.S Channel 0, controller 1, Slave Serial ATA 1.0.M Channel 1, controller 0, Master 1.1.M Channel 1, controller 1, Slave MSI Reminds You... In a typical system there is a list of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists. 7030 ATX Mainboard Understanding the "Define a New Array" Window Use the Define a New Array window to • ...Select the RAID Mode • Set up the Striping Block • Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on...
... 0.1.S Channel 0, controller 1, Slave Serial ATA 1.0.M Channel 1, controller 0, Master 1.1.M Channel 1, controller 1, Slave MSI Reminds You... In a typical system there is a list of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists. 7030 ATX Mainboard Understanding the "Define a New Array" Window Use the Define a New Array window to • ...Select the RAID Mode • Set up the Striping Block • Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on...
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... set to the Free Disks section. Tab to [Mirroring]. The first disk in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the mode that you enabled... which is 32KB, but the values can be between [4 KB] and [128 KB]. • Assigning the Disks The disks that you want appears in the RAID Mode box-either [Mirroring], [Striping], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring]. • Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block size is given in the list is selected...
... set to the Free Disks section. Tab to [Mirroring]. The first disk in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the mode that you enabled... which is 32KB, but the values can be between [4 KB] and [128 KB]. • Assigning the Disks The disks that you want appears in the RAID Mode box-either [Mirroring], [Striping], [Spanning], or [Stripe Mirroring]. • Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block size is given in the list is selected...
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... go back to the previous window and then press F10 to select the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, otherwise press N. After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as explained... in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows" on p5-7. 5-6 7030 ATX Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1. The Clear disk ...
... go back to the previous window and then press F10 to select the array that the RAID setup has been configured from the RAID array, otherwise press N. After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as explained... in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows" on p5-7. 5-6 7030 ATX Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1. The Clear disk ...
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...Array" on p5-10. 5-7 Start the nForce Setup program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (... created array. This section describes how to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page. 2. nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing Windows IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if ...
...Array" on p5-10. 5-7 Start the nForce Setup program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software. 1. After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (... created array. This section describes how to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page. 2. nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows (for Non-bootable RAID Array) The existing Windows IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if ...
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...) 1. Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself. 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The Windows Setup screen appears as below to appear. 3. Copy all the contents (including the...and use "Explorer" to a formatted floppy disk. 4. The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers: 5-8 7030 ATX Mainboard Installing the RAID Driver (for nVIDIA Serial ATA driver is done. (2) Select "NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER" and then press Enter. (3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. ...
...) 1. Press F6 and wait for the Windows Setup screen to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself. 1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The Windows Setup screen appears as below to appear. 3. Copy all the contents (including the...and use "Explorer" to a formatted floppy disk. 4. The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers: 5-8 7030 ATX Mainboard Installing the RAID Driver (for nVIDIA Serial ATA driver is done. (2) Select "NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER" and then press Enter. (3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. ...
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MSI Reminds You... This will not be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to be prompted to click Yes to be an ... Yes as many times as needed in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of the install you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to install the RAID driver. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 4. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in order to install Windows XP.
MSI Reminds You... This will not be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to be prompted to click Yes to be an ... Yes as many times as needed in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of the install you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to install the RAID driver. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 4. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in order to install Windows XP.
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... and Convert Disk Wizards appears. 3. Click "Disk Management" (under Windows. 1. The disks listed depend on "Computer Management". 2. The Select Disks to Convert window appears. 5-10 7030 ATX Mainboard Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under the "Storage" section).
... and Convert Disk Wizards appears. 3. Click "Disk Management" (under Windows. 1. The disks listed depend on "Computer Management". 2. The Select Disks to Convert window appears. 5-10 7030 ATX Mainboard Initializing and Using the Disk Array The RAID array is now ready to be initialized under the "Storage" section).
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... unallocated disk space. Check the disk in order to make the array a dynamic disk, then click Next. Right click "Unallocated space", select "New Partition..." nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5. and follow the wizard. The "Computer Management" window appears. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears. 6. After the drive has been...
... unallocated disk space. Check the disk in order to make the array a dynamic disk, then click Next. Right click "Unallocated space", select "New Partition..." nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5. and follow the wizard. The "Computer Management" window appears. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears. 6. After the drive has been...
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MSI Reminds You... The total hard disk space used is configured as shown below. 7030 ATX Mainboard RAID Drives Management There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following tasks of nVDIA RAID. • Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration (mirrored, striped, mirror-striped, JBOD, or any supported combination) • Setting...
MSI Reminds You... The total hard disk space used is configured as shown below. 7030 ATX Mainboard RAID Drives Management There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following tasks of nVDIA RAID. • Viewing RAID Array Configurations View an array configuration (mirrored, striped, mirror-striped, JBOD, or any supported combination) • Setting...
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... disk space used is configured as Master and the other drive is 111.80 GB. The total disk space used is 111.80 GB. nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVRAID Striped Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard drive spanning array. The total disk space used is 111.80 GB...
... disk space used is configured as Master and the other drive is 111.80 GB. The total disk space used is 111.80 GB. nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVRAID Striped Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard drive spanning array. The total disk space used is 111.80 GB...
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...drives: • Free Disk A free disk is a disk that it is RAID enabled. 2. Enter the RAID BIOS and make sure that the drive that you have a mirror array and one exists). 3. 7030 ATX Mainboard Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk You can designate a hard drive to be used by that array only when... needed, for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken. NVRAID supports two types of the NVRAIDMAN ...
...drives: • Free Disk A free disk is a disk that it is RAID enabled. 2. Enter the RAID BIOS and make sure that the drive that you have a mirror array and one exists). 3. 7030 ATX Mainboard Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk You can designate a hard drive to be used by that array only when... needed, for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken. NVRAID supports two types of the NVRAIDMAN ...