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... II 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Music Alarm 5-16 5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap 5-19 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 Audio Setup Wizard 5-23 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support...
... II 5-10 5.3.3 ASUS Music Alarm 5-16 5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap 5-19 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 Audio Setup Wizard 5-23 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-42 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support...
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... information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that may have to the ASUS contact information. 2. ix Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are not part of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology support This chapter tells how to change system settings through...
... information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that may have to the ASUS contact information. 2. ix Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are not part of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology support This chapter tells how to change system settings through...
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...x8 mode) 2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots 3 x PCI 2.2 slots Supports two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics card ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports: - 1 x IDE connector for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 /AMD Athlon... across Serial ATA drives via the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller JMicron® JMB363 Serial ATA controller supports: - 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s - 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s on the next page) xi M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ...
...x8 mode) 2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots 3 x PCI 2.2 slots Supports two identical NVIDIA® SLI™-ready graphics card ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports: - 1 x IDE connector for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 /AMD Athlon... across Serial ATA drives via the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller JMicron® JMB363 Serial ATA controller supports: - 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s - 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s on the next page) xi M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory ...
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xiii M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary Rear panel Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Power requirements Support CD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x Serial (COM1) port 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x External Serial ATA port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out ... Chassis intrusion, PXE ATX power supply with 24-pin and 4-pin 12V plugs ATX 12V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (...
xiii M2N-SLI Deluxe specifications summary Rear panel Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Power requirements Support CD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x Serial (COM1) port 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x External Serial ATA port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out ... Chassis intrusion, PXE ATX power supply with 24-pin and 4-pin 12V plugs ATX 12V 2.0 compliant Device drivers ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (...
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...features intelligent hardware and software solutions that features data transfer rates of up the PCI bus. NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) The NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in packets. DDR2 memory support The ...AMD Athlon™ 64/AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/AMD Sempron™ processors. See page 2-18 for details. The NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for your system memory to boost system performance...
...features intelligent hardware and software solutions that features data transfer rates of up the PCI bus. NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) The NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in packets. DDR2 memory support The ...AMD Athlon™ 64/AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/AMD Sempron™ processors. See page 2-18 for details. The NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration for your system memory to boost system performance...
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...ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 1- Leveraging these Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s features is backward compatible with lower pin count and reduced voltage required. S/PDIF digital sound ready The motherboard supports the S/PDIF technology through the S/PDIF interfaces on USB 1.1 to 400 Mbps transfer rates through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA...® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset. Dual Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to powerful audio ...
...ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 1- Leveraging these Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s features is backward compatible with lower pin count and reduced voltage required. S/PDIF digital sound ready The motherboard supports the S/PDIF technology through the S/PDIF interfaces on USB 1.1 to 400 Mbps transfer rates through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA...® nForce® 570 SLI™ chipset. Dual Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to powerful audio ...
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... Marvell 88E1116 USB910 PCIEX1_1 JMicron JMB363 SATA_RAID1 PCIEX16_1 PRI_IDE M2N -SLI DELUX E PCIEX1_2 R nVIDIA NF570-SLI SATA5 SATA6 Marvell 88E1116 PCI1 SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 PCIEX16_2 ADI 1988B AAFP SB_PWR CD ADH PCI2 PCI3 TSB43AB22A IE1394_2 USB78 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 4Mb BIOS CLRTC CHASSIS USB56 PANEL CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4 30.5cm (12.0in) ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-
... Marvell 88E1116 USB910 PCIEX1_1 JMicron JMB363 SATA_RAID1 PCIEX16_1 PRI_IDE M2N -SLI DELUX E PCIEX1_2 R nVIDIA NF570-SLI SATA5 SATA6 Marvell 88E1116 PCI1 SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 PCIEX16_2 ADI 1988B AAFP SB_PWR CD ADH PCI2 PCI3 TSB43AB22A IE1394_2 USB78 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 4Mb BIOS CLRTC CHASSIS USB56 PANEL CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4 30.5cm (12.0in) ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-
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... figure below for details. 2-18 Chapter 2: Hardware information Refer to the figure below for details. • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode.
... figure below for details. 2-18 Chapter 2: Hardware information Refer to the figure below for details. • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA® SLI™ mode.
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Recommended PCI Express x16 configurations Mode Non-SLI mode Dual graphics card in SLI Mode PCIEX16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE16_2 (Black) slot Card type Speed Card type Speed PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA PCIe x16 graphics card x16 PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe x16 graphics card x16 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19
Recommended PCI Express x16 configurations Mode Non-SLI mode Dual graphics card in SLI Mode PCIEX16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE16_2 (Black) slot Card type Speed Card type Speed PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA PCIe x16 graphics card x16 PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe x16 graphics card x16 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1 Two identical NVIDIA® SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19
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... the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ controller. SATA5 SATA6 GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5 GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5 GND GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND M2N-SLI DELUXE R SATA1 SATA2...M2N-SLI DELUXE SATA Connectors ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-25 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to [Disabled] by default. See section "4.4.7 Onboard Device Configuration" for Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. If any device jumper is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s specification. NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI...
... the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ controller. SATA5 SATA6 GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5 GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5 GND GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND M2N-SLI DELUXE R SATA1 SATA2...M2N-SLI DELUXE SATA Connectors ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-25 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to [Disabled] by default. See section "4.4.7 Onboard Device Configuration" for Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. If any device jumper is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s specification. NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI...
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... the IDE PIO read prefetch mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-29 4.4.7 Onboard Device Configuration Advanced Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup Serial-ATA Configuration USB Configuration Onboard 1394 Controller Onboard 1st nVidia LAN Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Primary Display Adapter HD Audio...
... the IDE PIO read prefetch mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-29 4.4.7 Onboard Device Configuration Advanced Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Configuration IDE Function Setup Serial-ATA Configuration USB Configuration Onboard 1394 Controller Onboard 1st nVidia LAN Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Primary Display Adapter HD Audio...
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... Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Allows you to disable or set the front panel audio support type. Configuration options: [1] [3] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-31 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard 1st/2nd Nvidia LAN [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard NVIDIA® LAN controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Allows you to set the...
... Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Allows you to disable or set the front panel audio support type. Configuration options: [1] [3] ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-31 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard 1st/2nd Nvidia LAN [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard NVIDIA® LAN controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Allows you to set the...
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... menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI chipset.
... menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. Nvidia Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® Chipset drivers for the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI chipset.
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...-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS AI Gear The ASUS AI Gear application provides system performance options that allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS Music Alarm ASUS Music Alarm allows you to overclock the CPU speed...
...-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. ASUS AI Gear The ASUS AI Gear application provides system performance options that allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI or JMicron® JMB363 SATA RAID driver disk. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS Music Alarm ASUS Music Alarm allows you to overclock the CPU speed...
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... SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 RAID driver disk. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5- Install the Adobe®... Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. Click an item to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32-bit/64-bit...
... SATA RAID Driver Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB363 RAID driver disk. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5- Install the Adobe®... Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. Click an item to create an NVIDIA® Serial ATA RAID driver disk for a 32-bit/64-bit...
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...new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI MultiShield™ and JMicro® JMB363 RAID controllers that allow you to configure Serial ATA ...and RAID 0+1 are not yet configured as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that are supported by the NVIDIA nForce™ 570 SLI Multishield™ chipset. Refer to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for Just a Bunch of data from the support CD to ...
...new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI MultiShield™ and JMicro® JMB363 RAID controllers that allow you to configure Serial ATA ...and RAID 0+1 are not yet configured as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that are supported by the NVIDIA nForce™ 570 SLI Multishield™ chipset. Refer to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for Just a Bunch of data from the support CD to ...
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See section "4.4.7 IDE Configuration" for six independent Serial ATA channels. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-29 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the nVidia RAID Function item to set the BIOS RAID items: 1. Save your NVRAID..., make sure to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2. From the Main > IDE Configuration menu item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI southbridge chipset. Make sure to configure as RAID. Select and enable the SATA drive(s) that you want to re...
See section "4.4.7 IDE Configuration" for six independent Serial ATA channels. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-29 5.4.2 NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the BIOS set the nVidia RAID Function item to set the BIOS RAID items: 1. Save your NVRAID..., make sure to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2. From the Main > IDE Configuration menu item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 570 SLI southbridge chipset. Make sure to configure as RAID. Select and enable the SATA drive(s) that you want to re...
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... Oct 5 2004 - From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support During POST, press to ... Model Name [→] Add [←] Del [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup At the bottom of the utility. Entering the NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. Define a New Array - These keys allow you to select a RAID mode then press .
... Oct 5 2004 - From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press . Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support During POST, press to ... Model Name [→] Add [←] Del [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup At the bottom of the utility. Entering the NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID utility To enter the NVIDIA® RAID utility: 1. Define a New Array - These keys allow you to select a RAID mode then press .
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... XXX.XXG - 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 ... 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB 5-32 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Chapter 5: Software support Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array List - NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 -
... XXX.XXG - 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 ... 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB 5-32 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Chapter 5: Software support Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Array List - NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 -
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... Array list menu appears. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-33 The following screen appears. 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. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - A new...
... Array list menu appears. ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-33 The following screen appears. 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. Rebuild array? [ENTER] OK [ESC] Cancel 4. Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - A new...