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...cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with the European Union's Restriction on the environment. 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. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16 slots with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in a single system. HyperTransport™ 3.0 support HyperTransport...
...cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with the European Union's Restriction on the environment. 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. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16 slots with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in a single system. HyperTransport™ 3.0 support HyperTransport...
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... you with an HDMI-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. IEEE 1394a support The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital...
... you with an HDMI-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. IEEE 1394a support The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital...
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NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A����c... limitation, when 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 set to SATA 5-6 connectors. right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you set , refer to avoid mechanical...
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ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Driver Installs the NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: ...
ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver. Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Driver Installs the NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: ...
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... 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 menu contains items to create �a�n�N��V�I�D�I�A��S�A�... 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/RAID driver disk.
... 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 menu contains items to create �a�n�N��V�I�D�I�A��S�A�... 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/RAID driver disk.
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... tolerance to the entire system. 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 this setup. Use two new drives or...
... tolerance to the entire system. 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 this setup. Use two new drives or...
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... ATA channels. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support DVD for details. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset...
... ATA channels. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support DVD for details. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset...
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...Technology with max. R���e�f�e�r��t�o� www.asus.com for the supported CPU models and the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA Expansion slots Storage AMD® Socket...; Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor AMD® Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI Up to 1920 x 1440 @75Hz HDMI/DVI/RGB support Supports Microsoft® DirectX® 10, O��p�en�G�...
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... and AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard consumers' health while minimizing the impact... efficiency to 10 USB 2.0 ports. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction See page 2-6 for details. 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 ...
... and AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard consumers' health while minimizing the impact... efficiency to 10 USB 2.0 ports. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction See page 2-6 for details. 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 ...
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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 details. See page 2-36 for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. See pages 2-25...
...) 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 details. See page 2-36 for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. See pages 2-25...
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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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... the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. 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... These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. 3. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A���...
... the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. 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... These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. 3. NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI�S���e��r��i�a���l��A���T��A���...
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Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed ...; chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll -
Installation Wizard for the NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed ...; chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll -
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...support CD/DVD or a USB device. Find RAID driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below : Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP AHCI Driver Allows you to create �a�n�N��V�I�D��IA�...;fo��r�W��in��d�o�w�s�®XP�. Due 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 Make Disk...
...support CD/DVD or a USB device. Find RAID driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below : Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP AHCI Driver Allows you to create �a�n�N��V�I�D��IA�...;fo��r�W��in��d�o�w�s�®XP�. Due 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 Make Disk...
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... this setup. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-41 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with one drive to a second drive. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as a single disk on multiple disks that appear as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge...
... this setup. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-41 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with one drive to a second drive. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as a single disk on multiple disks that appear as RAID sets. • The NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI Southbridge...
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... to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for detailed information on each drive. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Enable the RAID Enabled item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. See section "4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration > Serial-ATA Configuration" for a RAID configuration: 1.
... to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for detailed information on each drive. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Enable the RAID Enabled item in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. See section "4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration > Serial-ATA Configuration" for a RAID configuration: 1.