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Contents 4.3.4 ASUS EPU 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate 4-7 4.3.6 Audio configurations 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ...Windows® OS installation....... 4-18 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-18 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support 5.1 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-1 5.1.3 Installing the device drivers 5-2 5.1.4 Enabling the NVIDIA®...
Contents 4.3.4 ASUS EPU 4-6 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate 4-7 4.3.6 Audio configurations 4-8 4.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 4-9 4.3.8 ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks ...Windows® OS installation....... 4-18 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive 4-18 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support 5.1 NVIDIA® SLI™ technology 5-1 5.1.1 Requirements 5-1 5.1.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards 5-1 5.1.3 Installing the device drivers 5-2 5.1.4 Enabling the NVIDIA®...
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... setup procedures that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support This chapter describes the NVIDIA® SLI™ feature and shows the graphics card installation procedures. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how...
... setup procedures that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support This chapter describes the NVIDIA® SLI™ feature and shows the graphics card installation procedures. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: BIOS setup This chapter tells how...
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...VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filter VIA® VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard; 6 ports at midboard; M4N98TD EVO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Multi-GPU support...dual at back I/O - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at x16) Supports NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI™ Technology 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (dual @ x16) 2 X PCI Express x1 slots 2 x PCI 2.2 slots NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI® chipset - 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 port - 5 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ...
...VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filter VIA® VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard; 6 ports at midboard; M4N98TD EVO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Multi-GPU support...dual at back I/O - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at x16) Supports NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI™ Technology 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (dual @ x16) 2 X PCI Express x1 slots 2 x PCI 2.2 slots NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI® chipset - 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 port - 5 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ...
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... list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your retailer. • The illustrated items above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for the following items. ASUS M4N98TD EVO motherboard 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 cable 4 x Serial ATA cables 1 x ASUS SLI™ bridge connector 1 x 2-in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Product introduction 1.1 Welcome!
... list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your retailer. • The illustrated items above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for the following items. ASUS M4N98TD EVO motherboard 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 cable 4 x Serial ATA cables 1 x ASUS SLI™ bridge connector 1 x 2-in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Product introduction 1.1 Welcome!
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...deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. This enhances system performance in the new 45nm manufacturing process. NVIDIA® SLI® Technology support NVIDIA SLI® (Scalable Link Interface) makes use of NVIDIA discrete graphics cards when combined with this translates into... faster data transfer rate and more information. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction For some applications, this series motherboard GPUs. Hybrid SLI™ turbo-charges performance of the PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture´s increased bandwidth and features intelligent hardware and software that...
...deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. This enhances system performance in the new 45nm manufacturing process. NVIDIA® SLI® Technology support NVIDIA SLI® (Scalable Link Interface) makes use of NVIDIA discrete graphics cards when combined with this translates into... faster data transfer rate and more information. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction For some applications, this series motherboard GPUs. Hybrid SLI™ turbo-charges performance of the PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture´s increased bandwidth and features intelligent hardware and software that...
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...) PCI_2 slot PCI_1 slot PCI Express 2.0 x16_1 slot (at x16 mode) PCI Express x1_1 slot • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running SLI™ mode. See page 2-31 for details. • Connect a chassis fan to the figure below for better thermal environment. Refer to the motherboard connector labeled.... 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-17
...) PCI_2 slot PCI_1 slot PCI Express 2.0 x16_1 slot (at x16 mode) PCI Express x1_1 slot • We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running SLI™ mode. See page 2-31 for details. • Connect a chassis fan to the figure below for better thermal environment. Refer to the motherboard connector labeled.... 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-17
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... select item in the bundled support DVD before using these connectors, set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard nForce® 980a SLI controller. Ensure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the BIOS to RAID mode, all...
... select item in the bundled support DVD before using these connectors, set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard nForce® 980a SLI controller. Ensure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the BIOS to RAID mode, all...
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...] [Good] [Super] [Max] [User] Disables the DRAM ECC mode. SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings Hybrid SLI support Hybrid SLI Frame buffer size Primary Graphics Adapter SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Disabled] [Disabled] [PCIE VGA Card Firs] [Enabled] 1 Memory have ...set the Hybrid SLI support item to [Enabled] and allows you to use as the primary boot device. Configuration options: [PCI VGA Card First] [PCIE VGA Card First] SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-19 ECC Configuration...
...] [Good] [Super] [Max] [User] Disables the DRAM ECC mode. SouthBridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings Hybrid SLI support Hybrid SLI Frame buffer size Primary Graphics Adapter SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Disabled] [Disabled] [PCIE VGA Card Firs] [Enabled] 1 Memory have ...set the Hybrid SLI support item to [Enabled] and allows you to use as the primary boot device. Configuration options: [PCI VGA Card First] [PCIE VGA Card First] SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-19 ECC Configuration...
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... drive. Connect a SATA power cable to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI® chipset that allows you to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk...
... drive. Connect a SATA power cable to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI® chipset that allows you to Windows® XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk...
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...pictures are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots ...1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that allows you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that the cards are properly seated on the slots. Ensure that are for multi-graphics card installation. 3. Insert ...
...pictures are NVIDIA® certified. • Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 5-1 Follow the installation procedures in this section. 5.1.1 Requirements • In SLI mode, you to Chapter 2 in this user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots ...1. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). • Ensure that allows you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that the cards are properly seated on the slots. Ensure that are for multi-graphics card installation. 3. Insert ...
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... sources from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 5.1.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the goldfingers on...Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). 5-2 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to install the device drivers. A. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.1.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your graphics cards and ...
... sources from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 5.1.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology After installing your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Download the latest driver from the power supply to the goldfingers on...Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step B5). 5-2 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to install the device drivers. A. SLI bridge Goldfingers 5.1.3 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that your graphics cards and ...
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Chapter 5 B5. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears. B4. Enabling SLI settings From the NVIDIA Control Panel window, select Set SLI Configuration. When done, click Apply. 5-4 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Click Enable SLI and set the display for viewing SLI rendered content. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab, and then click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Chapter 5 B5. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears. B4. Enabling SLI settings From the NVIDIA Control Panel window, select Set SLI Configuration. When done, click Apply. 5-4 Chapter 5: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Click Enable SLI and set the display for viewing SLI rendered content. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab, and then click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel.
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...and set of dGPUs. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings Hybrid SLI support Hybrid SLI Frame buffer size Primary Graphics Adapter SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Disabled] [Disabled] [PCIE VGA Card Firs] [Enabled] ASUS M4N98TD EVO 5-5 nvidia.com/hybridsli to both connected to either the mGPU or ...the dGPU). • When two or more displays are supported by certain set the Hybrid SLI support item to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2....
...and set of dGPUs. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings Hybrid SLI support Hybrid SLI Frame buffer size Primary Graphics Adapter SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE [Disabled] [Disabled] [PCIE VGA Card Firs] [Enabled] ASUS M4N98TD EVO 5-5 nvidia.com/hybridsli to both connected to either the mGPU or ...the dGPU). • When two or more displays are supported by certain set the Hybrid SLI support item to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2....
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... motherboard support DVD into the optical drive, and go to the Drivers menu to complete the hardware and driver installation. 2. Restart the system. 6. The Hybrid SLI icon indicates that the system is in Performance mode and that rendering is being used only to indicate that the system is in Power Saving... mode, which means that GeForce Boost is enabled. Visit www.asus.com for the latest chipset driver. The Hybrid SLI icon indicates that the system is in Performance mode and that the dGPU is turned off and does not appear in...
... motherboard support DVD into the optical drive, and go to the Drivers menu to complete the hardware and driver installation. 2. Restart the system. 6. The Hybrid SLI icon indicates that the system is in Performance mode and that rendering is being used only to indicate that the system is in Power Saving... mode, which means that GeForce Boost is enabled. Visit www.asus.com for the latest chipset driver. The Hybrid SLI icon indicates that the system is in Performance mode and that the dGPU is turned off and does not appear in...