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... information 5-6 5.3 Software information 5-8 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-8 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Instant Music 5-11 5.3.4 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 5-14 5.3.5 Audio configurations 5-17 5.3.6 Using the NVIDIA® Firewall 5-24 5.3.7 Using the NVIDIA® nTune™ utility 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-32 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-33 5.4.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations 5-40 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50...
... information 5-6 5.3 Software information 5-8 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-8 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Instant Music 5-11 5.3.4 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 5-14 5.3.5 Audio configurations 5-17 5.3.6 Using the NVIDIA® Firewall 5-24 5.3.7 Using the NVIDIA® nTune™ utility 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-32 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-33 5.4.3 Silicon Image RAID configurations 5-40 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50...
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... 2.3, WfM2.0 AI NET 2 (continued on the next page) xi K8N4-E Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Storage AI Audio IEEE 1394a USB LAN BIOS features ASUS AI Proactive Feature Socket 754 for discrete graphics card 3 x PCI Express... 133/100/66/33 hard disks - 4 x Serial ATA hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations Silicon Image Sil3114 RAID controller supports: - 4 x Serial ATA 1 hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configurations Realtek® ALC850 High Definition Audio solution with 8-channel CODEC Audio Sensing...
... 2.3, WfM2.0 AI NET 2 (continued on the next page) xi K8N4-E Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Storage AI Audio IEEE 1394a USB LAN BIOS features ASUS AI Proactive Feature Socket 754 for discrete graphics card 3 x PCI Express... 133/100/66/33 hard disks - 4 x Serial ATA hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations Silicon Image Sil3114 RAID controller supports: - 4 x Serial ATA 1 hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configurations Realtek® ALC850 High Definition Audio solution with 8-channel CODEC Audio Sensing...
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... 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 1 x Secondary IDE connector 4 x Serial ATA connectors 4 x Serial ATA RAID connectors 1 x CPU fan connector 1 x Chipset fan connector 2 x Chassis fan connectors 1 x Power fan connector 3 x USB 2.0 ...K8N4-E Deluxe specifications summary Special features Overclocking features Internal connectors ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS Instant Music ASUS Q-Fan 2 ASUS POST Reporter ASUS Multi-language BIOS ASUS MyLogo™ 2 NVIDIA® Firewall ASUS AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) ASUS PEG Link for single graphics card ASUS...
... 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 1 x Secondary IDE connector 4 x Serial ATA connectors 4 x Serial ATA RAID connectors 1 x CPU fan connector 1 x Chipset fan connector 2 x Chassis fan connectors 1 x Power fan connector 3 x USB 2.0 ...K8N4-E Deluxe specifications summary Special features Overclocking features Internal connectors ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 ASUS Instant Music ASUS Q-Fan 2 ASUS POST Reporter ASUS Multi-language BIOS ASUS MyLogo™ 2 NVIDIA® Firewall ASUS AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) ASUS PEG Link for single graphics card ASUS...
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... protects your diverse computing needs, increased office productivity, and enhanced digital media experience. Integrated into the NVIDIA® nForce4®-4X chipset with NVIDIA® RAID technology for faster and more reliable computing. See page 5-24 for your system from intruders. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard comes...
... protects your diverse computing needs, increased office productivity, and enhanced digital media experience. Integrated into the NVIDIA® nForce4®-4X chipset with NVIDIA® RAID technology for faster and more reliable computing. See page 5-24 for your system from intruders. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard comes...
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...to IEEE 1394a standards. See pages 2-19 and 2-25 for details. See section "5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations" for details The Silicon Image Sil3114 RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 configurations for details. See page 2-18 for four Serial ATA hard disks. USB 2.0 is backward...Mbps on USB 2.0. The IEEE 1394a interface allows up to meet your Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with USB 1.1. The NVIDIA® nForce™4-4X chipset allows four Serial ATA hard disks ...
...to IEEE 1394a standards. See pages 2-19 and 2-25 for details. See section "5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations" for details The Silicon Image Sil3114 RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 configurations for details. See page 2-18 for four Serial ATA hard disks. USB 2.0 is backward...Mbps on USB 2.0. The IEEE 1394a interface allows up to meet your Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. Dual RAID solution Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with USB 1.1. The NVIDIA® nForce™4-4X chipset allows four Serial ATA hard disks ...
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...) - Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red], SATA_RAID2 [red], SATA_RAID3 [red], SATA_RAID4 [red]) 5. Chipset fan connector (3-pin CHIP_FAN) 8. GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1 pin GAME) 13. Reset switch (Blue 2-pin RESET) Page 2-20 2-21 2-22 2-23 2-24 2-24 2-24 2-24 2-25 2-26 2-27 2-27 2-28 2-28 2-29 2-30 ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 2-5 Floppy disk drive...
...) - Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red], SATA_RAID2 [red], SATA_RAID3 [red], SATA_RAID4 [red]) 5. Chipset fan connector (3-pin CHIP_FAN) 8. GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1 pin GAME) 13. Reset switch (Blue 2-pin RESET) Page 2-20 2-21 2-22 2-23 2-24 2-24 2-24 2-24 2-25 2-26 2-27 2-27 2-28 2-28 2-29 2-30 ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 2-5 Floppy disk drive...
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... Mouse Port Numeric Data Processor Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCI slot 1 shared - - -- - - - Onboard PCI SATA RAID (SI) -- - Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable. 2-14 Chapter 2: Hardware information shared - - - - PCI slot...
... Mouse Port Numeric Data Processor Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCI slot 1 shared - - -- - - - Onboard PCI SATA RAID (SI) -- - Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable. 2-14 Chapter 2: Hardware information shared - - - - PCI slot...
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... Serial ATA signal cables for details on how to create a Serial ATA RAID set to install the Serial ATA extension module. See section "4.4.3 Onboard device configuration" for instructions on the speed of data transfer rate. SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 K8N4-E ® K8N4-E DELUXE SATA connectors Important notes on Serial ATA • The actual data... to 3Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. • See the Appendix for details. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, or JBOD configuration that allow up...
... Serial ATA signal cables for details on how to create a Serial ATA RAID set to install the Serial ATA extension module. See section "4.4.3 Onboard device configuration" for instructions on the speed of data transfer rate. SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 K8N4-E ® K8N4-E DELUXE SATA connectors Important notes on Serial ATA • The actual data... to 3Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. • See the Appendix for details. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, or JBOD configuration that allow up...
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... GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 2-23 These connectors support up Serial ATA RAID configurations. otherwise, you want to connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set up to [Disabled]. See...
... GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 2-23 These connectors support up Serial ATA RAID configurations. otherwise, you want to connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set up to [Disabled]. See...
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...set to edit. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup IDE Primary and Secondary Master/Slave RAID [Disabled] Enables or disables the RAID function of the first, second, third, or fourth SATA master drive. NVRAID Configuration This sub-menu contains NVRAID function-...[Enabled]. NVRAID Configuration RAID Enable x IDE Primary Master RAID x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secondary Master RAID x IDE Secondary Slave RAID x First SATA Master RAID x Second SATA Master RAID x Third SATA Master RAID x Fourth SATA Master RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled ...
...set to edit. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup IDE Primary and Secondary Master/Slave RAID [Disabled] Enables or disables the RAID function of the first, second, third, or fourth SATA master drive. NVRAID Configuration This sub-menu contains NVRAID function-...[Enabled]. NVRAID Configuration RAID Enable x IDE Primary Master RAID x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secondary Master RAID x IDE Secondary Slave RAID x First SATA Master RAID x Second SATA Master RAID x Third SATA Master RAID x Fourth SATA Master RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled ...
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... mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [378/IRQ7] [278/IRQ5] [3BC/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] Allows you to enable or disable the onboard Silicon Image RAID controller. Configuration options: [1] [3] 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Allows you...
... mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [378/IRQ7] [278/IRQ5] [3BC/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] Allows you to enable or disable the onboard Silicon Image RAID controller. Configuration options: [1] [3] 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Allows you...
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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 5-8 5.4 RAID configurations 5-31 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-8 5.4 RAID configurations 5-31 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe
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...nForce™4-4X chipset. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology driver. Make Silicon SATA/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to activate the devices. Realtek ALC850 Driver Allows you to dynamically and automatically select the CPU speed, ...Install the necessary drivers to create the NVIDIA® driver disk for details. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Silicon Image RAID Driver Installs the Silicon Image RAID Driver. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for details. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu ...
...nForce™4-4X chipset. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology driver. Make Silicon SATA/RAID Driver Disk Allows you to activate the devices. Realtek ALC850 Driver Allows you to dynamically and automatically select the CPU speed, ...Install the necessary drivers to create the NVIDIA® driver disk for details. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Silicon Image RAID Driver Installs the Silicon Image RAID Driver. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for details. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu ...
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... in this menu may not be applicable for this motherboard model. NVIDIA RAID User's Guide Allows you to open the Silicon Image SATARaid™ Serial ATA RAID Management Software user's manual. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 5-5 Sil3114 User's Manual Allows you to open the NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide. NvRAID Disk Alert User's Guide Allows you to open...
... in this menu may not be applicable for this motherboard model. NVIDIA RAID User's Guide Allows you to open the Silicon Image SATARaid™ Serial ATA RAID Management Software user's manual. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 5-5 Sil3114 User's Manual Allows you to open the NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide. NvRAID Disk Alert User's Guide Allows you to open...
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... a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allow you get all applications to the surviving drive as RAID sets. R A I D 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 5-31 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are not yet configured as mirroring alone. A minimum of two new identical hard disk drives is...
... a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allow you get all applications to the surviving drive as RAID sets. R A I D 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 5-31 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with RAID 1 segments whose segments are not yet configured as mirroring alone. A minimum of two new identical hard disk drives is...
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... performance, install identical drives of four disk drives is recommended. 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support Connect a SATA power cable to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. 5.4.1 Installing hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to the...or use either Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before creating RAID configurations. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disks for very high ...
... performance, install identical drives of four disk drives is recommended. 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support Connect a SATA power cable to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. 5.4.1 Installing hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to the...or use either Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before creating RAID configurations. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disks for very high ...
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... as RAID. The chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations. From the A d v a n c e d > O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n > N V R A I D C o n f i g u r a t i o n menu item in your motherboard support CD. To set the necessary RAID items in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4-4X chipset. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting your changes and Exit Setup. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe...
... as RAID. The chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations. From the A d v a n c e d > O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n > N V R A I D C o n f i g u r a t i o n menu item in your motherboard support CD. To set the necessary RAID items in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 4-4X chipset. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS before setting your changes and Exit Setup. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe...
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.... These keys allow you to select a RAID mode then press . The following submenu appears. Creating a RAID Volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are... the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc ...
.... These keys allow you to select a RAID mode then press . The following submenu appears. Creating a RAID Volume To create a RAID volume: 1. Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are... the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc ...
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... audio and video editing, a higher array block size is 128 KB. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. The default selection is recommended for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to proceed without clearing the disks. performance disk usage T I P : For server systems... RAID set. Press to assign the array disks. 4. The following submenu appears: 8K ↑ 16K 32K 64K 128K Optim↓ If you selected Striping or Stripe Mirroring, use of a lower array block size is recommended. Press to clear the selected disks or to 128 KB. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe...
... audio and video editing, a higher array block size is 128 KB. Clear disk data? [Y] YES [N] 5. The default selection is recommended for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to proceed without clearing the disks. performance disk usage T I P : For server systems... RAID set. Press to assign the array disks. 4. The following submenu appears: 8K ↑ 16K 32K 64K 128K Optim↓ If you selected Striping or Stripe Mirroring, use of a lower array block size is recommended. Press to clear the selected disks or to 128 KB. ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe...
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Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set ... is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 6. From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. 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 5-36 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete...
Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑↓]Select [B]Set ... is displayed on the bottom of the screen. 6. From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. 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 5-36 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete...