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... 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-14 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-23 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-29 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-31 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-32 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-33 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 2 5-34 5.3.10 ASUS Express Gate SSD 5-35 5.4 RAID configurations 5-44 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-44 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-45 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-52 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-52...
... 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-14 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-23 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-29 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-31 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-32 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-33 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 2 5-34 5.3.10 ASUS Express Gate SSD 5-35 5.4 RAID configurations 5-44 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-44 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-45 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-52 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-52...
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...60Hz Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 5200 MT/s; M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA Expansion slots Storage... Supports DVI with max. R���e�f�e�r��t�o� www.asus.com for AM2 CPU Dual-channel memory architecture - 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred...only) Maximum shared memory of 512MB Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 Marvell® 6111 SATA ...
...60Hz Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 5200 MT/s; M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA Expansion slots Storage... Supports DVI with max. R���e�f�e�r��t�o� www.asus.com for AM2 CPU Dual-channel memory architecture - 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred...only) Maximum shared memory of 512MB Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. NVIDIA® MediaShield RAID supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD - 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 Marvell® 6111 SATA ...
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...) 3Gb/s storage specifications, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for details. The NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for audio/video appliances such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, HDMI provides you with...
...) 3Gb/s storage specifications, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for details. The NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for audio/video appliances such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, HDMI provides you with...
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Or you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI controller. • SATA1-4 connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 NVIDIA®... limitation, when you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by default. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Windows® XP or later version. Make sure to SATA 5-6 connectors. If you...
Or you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI controller. • SATA1-4 connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 NVIDIA®... limitation, when you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by default. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using Windows® XP or later version. Make sure to SATA 5-6 connectors. If you...
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... a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Configuration options: [Large] [Auto] Before attempting to [AHCI] or [RAID]. Refer to the system. F1:Help ESC: Exit ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value →←: Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F5: Setup Defaults F10...
... a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Configuration options: [Large] [Auto] Before attempting to [AHCI] or [RAID]. Refer to the system. F1:Help ESC: Exit ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value →←: Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F5: Setup Defaults F10...
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... or set any of commands. If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to SATA 5-6 connectors. Configuration options: �[D��is �a��b�le��d�] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-29 Otherwise, the devices will not work. • Due...
... or set any of commands. If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to SATA 5-6 connectors. Configuration options: �[D��is �a��b�le��d�] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-29 Otherwise, the devices will not work. • Due...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-44 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-52 ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-44 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-52 ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series
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NVIDIA 32bit/64bit Vista SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create �a�n��N�V��ID�...DVD or a USB device. • Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk...Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID/AHCI Driver (Disk 1/2) Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI SATA...
NVIDIA 32bit/64bit Vista SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create �a�n��N�V��ID�...DVD or a USB device. • Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk...Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID/AHCI Driver (Disk 1/2) Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI SATA...
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...use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 0+1 (RAID 10) is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (...are not yet configured as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to the entire system. ...
...use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 0+1 (RAID 10) is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (...are not yet configured as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for this setup. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to the entire system. ...
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... 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to [RAID]. Save your RAID configuration. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode simultaneously. 3. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for detailed information on each drive...
... 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to [RAID]. Save your RAID configuration. Connect a SATA power cable to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode simultaneously. 3. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for detailed information on each drive...
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...: 1. These keys allow you to install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions�. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in your computer. 2. Make sure to display the main menu of the screen are for ...reference only, and may not exactly match the items on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® RAID User Guide" found in this section are the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 1.0.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.1.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2.0.M...
...: 1. These keys allow you to install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions�. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in your computer. 2. Make sure to display the main menu of the screen are for ...reference only, and may not exactly match the items on the NVIDIA® RAID configuration, refer to the "NVIDIA® RAID User Guide" found in this section are the navigation keys. RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name 1.0.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.1.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2.0.M...
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... disks. The following message box appears. The default selection is 128 KB. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-47 Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 2. performance disk usage TIP: For server systems, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance. 3.` Press to select a RAID mode then press . The following submenu appears. The following screen appears. Press...
... disks. The following message box appears. The default selection is 128 KB. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-47 Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning 2. performance disk usage TIP: For server systems, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance. 3.` Press to select a RAID mode then press . The following submenu appears. The following screen appears. Press...
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... 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB 5-48 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Chapter 5: Software support NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - The RAID Array details appear. Array List - Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑... the bottom of the screen. 6. From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Press to select a RAID array then press .
... 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Capacity XXX.XXGB XXX.XXGB 5-48 [R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return Chapter 5: Software support NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR XXX.XXG - The RAID Array details appear. Array List - Boot No Id Status 4 Healthy Vendor NVIDIA Array Model Name MIRROR XXX.XXG [Ctrl-X]Exit [↑... the bottom of the screen. 6. From the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to save settings and exit. Rebuilding a RAID array To rebuild a RAID array: 1. Press to select a RAID array then press .
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... XXX.XXG - After the rebuild process, the Array list menu 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. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-49 The following confirmation message appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER...
... XXX.XXG - After the rebuild process, the Array list menu 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. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-49 The following confirmation message appears. Rebuild array? [ENTER...
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... MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - Press to cancel. Deleting a RAID array To delete a RAID array: 1. Delete this option. Press to delete array or press to delete a RAID array. All data on the bottom of navigation keys is displayed on the RAID drives will be lost! 4. From the Array List menu, use the... up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array then press . If you selected Yes, ...
... MIRROR XXX.XXG - Array Detail - Press to cancel. Deleting a RAID array To delete a RAID array: 1. Delete this option. Press to delete array or press to delete a RAID array. All data on the bottom of navigation keys is displayed on the RAID drives will be lost! 4. From the Array List menu, use the... up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array then press . If you selected Yes, ...
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... 3. All data on the bottom of navigation keys is displayed on the RAID drives will be lost! The following confirmation message appears. Press to clear the disk data or press to clear disk. Press to cancel. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-51 Clearing a disk data To clear disk data: 1. From ...the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array then press . Take caution in using this option. Array 1...
... 3. All data on the bottom of navigation keys is displayed on the RAID drives will be lost! The following confirmation message appears. Press to clear the disk data or press to clear disk. Press to cancel. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-51 Clearing a disk data To clear disk data: 1. From ...the Array List menu, use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array then press . Take caution in using this option. Array 1...
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...to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. Insert the support DVD into the floppy disk ... Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to complete the process. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows® XP: 1. ...
...to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. Insert the support DVD into the floppy disk ... Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to complete the process. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows® XP: 1. ...
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...supported by the NVIDIA chipset doesn't support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-53 Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. Due to complete the installation. To ...install the RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI 2. Insert the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the...
...supported by the NVIDIA chipset doesn't support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-53 Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. Due to complete the installation. To ...install the RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI 2. Insert the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the...
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... 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-13 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-22 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-28 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-30 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-31 5.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-32 5.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 2 5-33 5.3.12 ASUS Express Gate 5-34 5.4 RAID configurations 5-41 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-41 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-42 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-49...
... 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-13 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 5-22 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-28 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-30 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-31 5.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-32 5.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 2 5-33 5.3.12 ASUS Express Gate 5-34 5.4 RAID configurations 5-41 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-41 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations 5-42 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-49...
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