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Contents 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-22 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-23 5.3.7 AI Remote 5-24 5.4 Windows® Vista feature 5-32 5.4.1 ASAP (ASUS Accelerated Propeller 5-32 5.5 RAID configurations 5-33 5.5.1 Installing hard disks 5-34 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-35 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 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 device drivers 6-5 6.2.3 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows 6-5 vi
Contents 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-22 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-23 5.3.7 AI Remote 5-24 5.4 Windows® Vista feature 5-32 5.4.1 ASAP (ASUS Accelerated Propeller 5-32 5.5 RAID configurations 5-33 5.5.1 Installing hard disks 5-34 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-35 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 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 device drivers 6-5 6.2.3 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows 6-5 vi
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...ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may have to perform when installing system components. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI...™ technology support This chapter tells how to install SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards. About this guide is organized This guide contains the following...
...ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may have to perform when installing system components. These documents are also provided. • Chapter 5: Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI...™ technology support This chapter tells how to install SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards. About this guide is organized This guide contains the following...
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M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394a USB 2.0 Socket AM2 for four Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 devices - 4 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors support four Serial ATA devices - Supports TCP/IP Acceleration C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 channel CODEC (Vista...supports 2 x 1394a ports Supports up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (four at x8 mode ASUS two-slot thermal design NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP supports: - 2 x IDE connectors for AMD Athlon™ 64 FX /...
M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394a USB 2.0 Socket AM2 for four Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 devices - 4 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors support four Serial ATA devices - Supports TCP/IP Acceleration C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 channel CODEC (Vista...supports 2 x 1394a ports Supports up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (four at x8 mode ASUS two-slot thermal design NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP supports: - 2 x IDE connectors for AMD Athlon™ 64 FX /...
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M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support CD Form factor 4 Mb BIOS ROM, AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3 WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis intrusion, PXE 1 x SLI bridge 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 2 x SATA cables 1 x SATA power cable for 2 devices 1 x I/O shield 1 x ASUS Q-Connector kit (USB, system panel; xiii Retail version...
M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition specifications summary BIOS features Manageability Accessories Support CD Form factor 4 Mb BIOS ROM, AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3 WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis intrusion, PXE 1 x SLI bridge 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 2 x SATA cables 1 x SATA power cable for 2 devices 1 x I/O shield 1 x ASUS Q-Connector kit (USB, system panel; xiii Retail version...
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... 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The onboard NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD. NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ media and communication processors (MCPs) deliver a ...complete range of solutions for AMD-based discrete platforms. Performance enhancing features include NVIDIA® LinkBoost™ technology to automatically increase the bus speed and NVIDIA® SLI™ technology for your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with...
... 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The onboard NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ MCP allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD. NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ media and communication processors (MCPs) deliver a ...complete range of solutions for AMD-based discrete platforms. Performance enhancing features include NVIDIA® LinkBoost™ technology to automatically increase the bus speed and NVIDIA® SLI™ technology for your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with...
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...-cost, high-bandwidth asynchronous (real-time) data interfacing between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 1- PCI Express™ interface The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up to 400...networking needs. See page 2-22 for details. PCI Express features point‑to meet your computer into the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 SLI™ chipset to ‑point serial interconnections between computers, peripherals, and consumer electronic devices such as...
...-cost, high-bandwidth asynchronous (real-time) data interfacing between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 1- PCI Express™ interface The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up to 400...networking needs. See page 2-22 for details. PCI Express features point‑to meet your computer into the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 SLI™ chipset to ‑point serial interconnections between computers, peripherals, and consumer electronic devices such as...
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...slot Card type Speed NA - PCIe x16 graphics card x8 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-19 Refer to the chassis (CHA_FAN1) connector when using two graphics cards for the location of the slots....x16_2 slot (black) • Connect a rear chassis fan to the figure below for better thermal environment. See page 2-26 for details on the NVIDIA SLI™ technology feature. See pages 2-28 and 2-29 for details. • See chapter 6 for details. • Due to chipset limitation,...
...slot Card type Speed NA - PCIe x16 graphics card x8 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-19 Refer to the chassis (CHA_FAN1) connector when using two graphics cards for the location of the slots....x16_2 slot (black) • Connect a rear chassis fan to the figure below for better thermal environment. See page 2-26 for details on the NVIDIA SLI™ technology feature. See pages 2-28 and 2-29 for details. • See chapter 6 for details. • Due to chipset limitation,...
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.... Side Speaker Out port (gray). This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other devices. 3. This port connects a headphone or a speaker. Supported by the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY, this port becomes Front Speaker Out. 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information Rear Speaker Out port (black...
.... Side Speaker Out port (gray). This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other devices. 3. This port connects a headphone or a speaker. Supported by the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500 Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY, this port becomes Front Speaker Out. 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information Rear Speaker Out port (black...
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... RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RGSNRGASNDTADTAA__TRXXPN33 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND M2N-PLUS SLI M2N-PLUS SLI ® ® SATA2 SATA4 SATA2 SATA4 GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RGSNADTA_RXRGNSN4ADTA_TXP4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RRGSSNAADTTAA__RRXXRRRGPNSSSN22AAADTTTAAA___TTRXXXPNP222 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND GND M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-25 M2N-PLUS SLI ® NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the...
... RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RGSNRGASNDTADTAA__TRXXPN33 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND M2N-PLUS SLI M2N-PLUS SLI ® ® SATA2 SATA4 SATA2 SATA4 GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RGSNADTA_RXRGNSN4ADTA_TXP4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RRGSSNAADTTAA__RRXXRRRGPNSSSN22AAADTTTAAA___TTRXXXPNP222 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND GND M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors M2N-PLUS SLI SATA connectors ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-25 M2N-PLUS SLI ® NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the...
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...] [PCI-E] 4.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup NVRAID Configuration USB Configuration Onboard nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard USB Audio ASUS ASAP Onboard 1394 Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled...
...] [PCI-E] 4.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup NVRAID Configuration USB Configuration Onboard nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard USB Audio ASUS ASAP Onboard 1394 Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled...
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...SATA 1 RAID x SATA 2 RAID x SATA 3 RAID x SATA 4 RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Select Menu Item Specific Help Disable.Enable nVIDIA RAID feture. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] NVRAID Configuration This item in this device as RAID set up RAID feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [... [Enabled] SATA 3 RAID [Disabled] Selects this device as RAID set . IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] Allows to disable or enable nVIDIA RAID feature. When prefetch is enabled, either 16-bit or 32-bit are user-configurable only when the RAID Enable item is set ....
...SATA 1 RAID x SATA 2 RAID x SATA 3 RAID x SATA 4 RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Select Menu Item Specific Help Disable.Enable nVIDIA RAID feture. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] NVRAID Configuration This item in this device as RAID set up RAID feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [... [Enabled] SATA 3 RAID [Disabled] Selects this device as RAID set . IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] Allows to disable or enable nVIDIA RAID feature. When prefetch is enabled, either 16-bit or 32-bit are user-configurable only when the RAID Enable item is set ....
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...display the configuration options. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] When USB 2.0 Controller is set to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard nVidia LAN [Enabled] Enable or Disable Onboard NV LAN Interface. USB Configuration The items in this menu allows you to [Disabled], audio function will be disabled... to enable or disable the onchip USB controller. USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the USB 2.0 controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 4-27
...display the configuration options. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] When USB 2.0 Controller is set to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard nVidia LAN [Enabled] Enable or Disable Onboard NV LAN Interface. USB Configuration The items in this menu allows you to [Disabled], audio function will be disabled... to enable or disable the onchip USB controller. USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the USB 2.0 controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 4-27
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.... USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll-Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI chipset. driver and application. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Install the necessary... the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. ASUS AI Remote Installs the ASUS AI Remote driver and application.
.... USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll-Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce® 500 SLI chipset. driver and application. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Driver Installs the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Install the necessary... the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. ASUS AI Remote Installs the ASUS AI Remote driver and application.
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ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit 2000/ XP/Vista system. NVIDIA 32/64bit 2000/XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500-SLI SATA RAID driver disk.
ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit 2000/ XP/Vista system. NVIDIA 32/64bit 2000/XP/Vista SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 500-SLI SATA RAID driver disk.
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... benefits. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is a striped configuration with the NVIDIA® SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID 1+0 is required for this setup. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-33 This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to hard disk drives...
... benefits. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is a striped configuration with the NVIDIA® SLI Southbridge RAID controllers that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID 1+0 is required for this setup. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-33 This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to hard disk drives...
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... your RAID configuration. Save your changes and Exit Setup. • For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide" found in the BIOS before setting your motherboard support CD. •...menu item in the NVIDIA® SLI southbridge chipset. 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the RAID Enabled item to Enabled. The succeeding items become user‑configurable. 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-35 It supports RAID...
... your RAID configuration. Save your changes and Exit Setup. • For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide" found in the BIOS before setting your motherboard support CD. •...menu item in the NVIDIA® SLI southbridge chipset. 5.5.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the RAID Enabled item to Enabled. The succeeding items become user‑configurable. 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-35 It supports RAID...
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...; RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - These keys allow you to display the main menu of the screen are for reference only, and may not exactly match ... Model Name [→] Add [←] Del [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup At the bottom of the utility. From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Define a New Array - Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support During...
...; RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - These keys allow you to display the main menu of the screen are for reference only, and may not exactly match ... Model Name [→] Add [←] Del [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup At the bottom of the utility. From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Define a New Array - Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support During...
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...RAID array then press . Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. The RAID Array details appear. 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... the bottom of the screen. 6. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Array Detail - RAID Mode: ...
...RAID array then press . Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. The RAID Array details appear. 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... the bottom of the screen. 6. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Array Detail - RAID Mode: ...
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... press . Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - 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 [F6] Back [F7] Finish 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-39 Press to rebuild a RAID array. The following confirmation...
... press . Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - 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 [F6] Back [F7] Finish 3. ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 5-39 Press to rebuild a RAID array. The following confirmation...
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Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Delete this option. If you selected Yes, the Define a New Array menu appears. 5-40 Chapter 5: Software support The following confirmation message appears. ...
Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - Delete this option. If you selected Yes, the Define a New Array menu appears. 5-40 Chapter 5: Software support The following confirmation message appears. ...