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...60Hz Supports D-Sub 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 &#...Maximum shared memory of 512MB Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up to 5200 MT/s; M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA Expansion slots Storage AMD® Socket AM2+ ...® Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI Up to 8 GB system memory *DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPUs only.
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... for details. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16 slots with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on the environment. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with...core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with SLI technology support. NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics...
... for details. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16 slots with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on the environment. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with...core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with SLI technology support. NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics...
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..., and other PC portable devices. See page 2-32 for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. 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 details. Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go This motherboard...
..., and other PC portable devices. See page 2-32 for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. 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 details. Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go This motherboard...
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right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A����... feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if 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 using Serial ATA hard disk drives. 3. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to...
right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A����... feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if 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 using Serial ATA hard disk drives. 3. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to...
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Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Install the ... the NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll -
Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Install the ... the NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll -
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...;d�i�s�k�f�o�r�W��i�n�d�o�w�s�® Vista�. • Due to create the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI SATA/RAID driver disk. Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID/AHCI Driver... 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
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... data from one RAID controller that allows you get all applications to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is required...
... data from one RAID controller that allows you get all applications to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is required...
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... a floppy disk before setting your changes and Exit Setup. Set the SATA Operation Mode item to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to [RAID]. See section 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration... cables. 3. For Windows® XP, if you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Connect a SATA power cable to chipset limitation, when you install an operating system to section...
... a floppy disk before setting your changes and Exit Setup. Set the SATA Operation Mode item to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to [RAID]. See section 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration... cables. 3. For Windows® XP, if you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Connect a SATA power cable to chipset limitation, when you install an operating system to section...
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... FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) ...in the world. This is in line with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in a single system. See page 2-6 for ...
... FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) ...in the world. This is in line with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in a single system. See page 2-6 for ...
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.... You can now talk to analog format, and therefore well preserves signal quality. 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 details. S/PDIF digital sound ready This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external...
.... You can now talk to analog format, and therefore well preserves signal quality. 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 details. S/PDIF digital sound ready This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external...
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...pin module) DDR DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) SOCKET AM2+ VGA_HDMI LAN1_USB12 ESATA AUDIO nVidia® nForce 780a SLI EATXPWR PRI_IDE Attansic F1 PCIEX16_1 M3N-HT DELUXE PCI1 88SE6111 CHA_FAN2 PCIEX16_2 PCI2 CD AD1988B AAFP PCIEX16_3 PCIEX1_1 SPDIF_OUT FLOPPY COM1 SF200 Lithium Cell CMOS Power SATA1 SATA2 agere L-FW3227...SATA4 CLRTC CHASSIS Super I/O CHA_FAN1 SATA5 SATA6 PWR_FAN USB78 USB910 SB_PWR PANEL Refer to 2.7 Connectors for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-3
...pin module) DDR DIMM_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module) DDR DIMM_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module) SOCKET AM2+ VGA_HDMI LAN1_USB12 ESATA AUDIO nVidia® nForce 780a SLI EATXPWR PRI_IDE Attansic F1 PCIEX16_1 M3N-HT DELUXE PCI1 88SE6111 CHA_FAN2 PCIEX16_2 PCI2 CD AD1988B AAFP PCIEX16_3 PCIEX1_1 SPDIF_OUT FLOPPY COM1 SF200 Lithium Cell CMOS Power SATA1 SATA2 agere L-FW3227...SATA4 CLRTC CHASSIS Super I/O CHA_FAN1 SATA5 SATA6 PWR_FAN USB78 USB910 SB_PWR PANEL Refer to 2.7 Connectors for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-3
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...connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A&#... drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you are set , refer to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. M3N-HT DELUXE M3N-HT DELUXE SATA connectors SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA3 GND...
...connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A&#... drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you are set , refer to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. M3N-HT DELUXE M3N-HT DELUXE SATA connectors SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA3 GND...
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... 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Program �D�r�iv��e�r Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers... Installs the AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ technology driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll -
... 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA Chipset Program �D�r�iv��e�r Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers... Installs the AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ technology driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll -
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...when creating a RAID configuration under Windows® Vista, install the AHCI/RAID driver through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 Due to create �a�n�N��V�I�D�I�A��S�A�T��A�R��... support CD/DVD or a USB device. NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI SATA/RAID driver disk. Corel Snapfire Plus SE Installs the Corel Snapfire Plus SE software. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The ...
...when creating a RAID configuration under Windows® Vista, install the AHCI/RAID driver through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 Due to create �a�n�N��V�I�D�I�A��S�A�T��A�R��... support CD/DVD or a USB device. NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI SATA/RAID driver disk. Corel Snapfire Plus SE Installs the Corel Snapfire Plus SE software. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The ...
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...data protection and increases fault tolerance to read and write data in the other drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-41 Two hard disks perform the same work as a single disk on multiple disks that appear as a single drive but at a... for this setup. With the RAID 10* configuration you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for six independent Serial ATA ...
...data protection and increases fault tolerance to read and write data in the other drive. RAID 5 stripes both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-41 Two hard disks perform the same work as a single disk on multiple disks that appear as a single drive but at a... for this setup. With the RAID 10* configuration you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for six independent Serial ATA ...
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... channels. To install the SATA hard disks for details. 3. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. 5.4.2 NVIDIA...
... channels. To install the SATA hard disks for details. 3. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. 5.4.2 NVIDIA...
