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...; SLI Mode PCI-Express slots: - Notice: Normal Mode and SLI Mode are switched by SLI-NF4T selector card. (Please read Chapter 5 for detail information.) Gigabit Ethernet LAN λ NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. λ Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1GB/s auto-negotiation. λ Half/Full duplex capability. λ Supports personal Firewall setup. λ Supports ACPI power management. On Board AC'97 Sound Codec λ Chip: ALC850. λ Supports 8 channels. λ Supports SPDIF-Out and SPDIF-In (optional...
...; SLI Mode PCI-Express slots: - Notice: Normal Mode and SLI Mode are switched by SLI-NF4T selector card. (Please read Chapter 5 for detail information.) Gigabit Ethernet LAN λ NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. λ Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1GB/s auto-negotiation. λ Half/Full duplex capability. λ Supports personal Firewall setup. λ Supports ACPI power management. On Board AC'97 Sound Codec λ Chip: ALC850. λ Supports 8 channels. λ Supports SPDIF-Out and SPDIF-In (optional...
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...integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. λ Supports RAID functions. λ Supports Serial ATA 2.0 specification. λ Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) devices. λ Data transfer rate up to 1.5GB/s or 3GB/s. N4SIE-A7 Serial ATA II λ Controller integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. λ NVIDIA RAID Technology: - Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers λ 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities. λ 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. λ 1 front audio header supports front panel audio-out function. λ 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning...
...integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. λ Supports RAID functions. λ Supports Serial ATA 2.0 specification. λ Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) devices. λ Data transfer rate up to 1.5GB/s or 3GB/s. N4SIE-A7 Serial ATA II λ Controller integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. λ NVIDIA RAID Technology: - Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers λ 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities. λ 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. λ 1 front audio header supports front panel audio-out function. λ 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning...
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... Panel I/O Connectors λ 1 Serial port. λ 1 Parallel port. λ 1RJ-45 LAN jack. λ 1 PS/2 Mouse port. λ 1 PS/2 Keyboard port. λ 1 1394A Firewire port (optional). λ 4 USB 2.0 ports. λ 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities. Supports APM1.2. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 4 Supports USB Function. PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Parallel Parallel Port COM1 COM1 LAN USB x2 USB x2 Center/Left Rear Side Line-in Line-out MIC-in B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award...
... Panel I/O Connectors λ 1 Serial port. λ 1 Parallel port. λ 1RJ-45 LAN jack. λ 1 PS/2 Mouse port. λ 1 PS/2 Keyboard port. λ 1 1394A Firewire port (optional). λ 4 USB 2.0 ports. λ 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities. Supports APM1.2. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. 4 Supports USB Function. PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Parallel Parallel Port COM1 COM1 LAN USB x2 USB x2 Center/Left Rear Side Line-in Line-out MIC-in B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award...
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... first hard drive should always be connected to four hard disk drives. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 34 33 2 1 IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has two 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to IDE1. 39 1 IDE2 IDE1 40 2 11 N4SIE-A7 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus...
... first hard drive should always be connected to four hard disk drives. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 34 33 2 1 IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has two 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to IDE1. 39 1 IDE2 IDE1 40 2 11 N4SIE-A7 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus...
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...) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC JUSB3 1 9 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on the AC. 6. Set the jumper to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default). 13 Pin 2-3 close ". 3. Reset the desired password or clear the CMOS data. 17 Remove AC power line. 2. Set the jumper to connect additional USB cables at Front Panel This connector allows user to "Pin 2-3 close : Clear CMOS data. 13 ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. N4SIE-A7 JUSB1~JUSB3: Headers for five...
...) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC JUSB3 1 9 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on the AC. 6. Set the jumper to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default). 13 Pin 2-3 close ". 3. Reset the desired password or clear the CMOS data. 17 Remove AC power line. 2. Set the jumper to connect additional USB cables at Front Panel This connector allows user to "Pin 2-3 close : Clear CMOS data. 13 ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. N4SIE-A7 JUSB1~JUSB3: Headers for five...
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... short beeps High-low siren sound One Short beep when system boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted. BIOS Update After you fail to restore the BIOS: 1. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by virus, the Boot-Block function will work properly. 20 Copy "AWDFLASH.exe" and respectively BIOS into floppy drive and press Enter...
... short beeps High-low siren sound One Short beep when system boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted. BIOS Update After you fail to restore the BIOS: 1. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by virus, the Boot-Block function will work properly. 20 Copy "AWDFLASH.exe" and respectively BIOS into floppy drive and press Enter...
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... unstable. 5.2 PLACING THE SLI-NF4T SELECTOR CARD λThere is Normal Mode, only supports single graphics card. λTo use two graphics cards, firstly, you have to set the selector card to SLI Mode, to release SLI-NF4T selector card. Step 2: Pull the selector card out of the slot. ○2 pull out the selector card ○1 about 45O degree lift. 23 The default setting is a pre-installed SLI-NF4T selector card on the motherboard.
... unstable. 5.2 PLACING THE SLI-NF4T SELECTOR CARD λThere is Normal Mode, only supports single graphics card. λTo use two graphics cards, firstly, you have to set the selector card to SLI Mode, to release SLI-NF4T selector card. Step 2: Pull the selector card out of the slot. ○2 pull out the selector card ○1 about 45O degree lift. 23 The default setting is a pre-installed SLI-NF4T selector card on the motherboard.
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... storage space of one drive. Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one drive fail, the controller switches to the other application that eliminates tedious manual backups to more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html to combine odd size drives using drives...
... storage space of one drive. Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one drive fail, the controller switches to the other application that eliminates tedious manual backups to more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html to combine odd size drives using drives...
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...the basic system configuration. The Award BIOS™ installed in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is supported. N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are supported. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the chipset controlling the entire system. The Setup program allows users to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be...
...the basic system configuration. The Award BIOS™ installed in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is supported. N4SIE-A7 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are supported. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of the chipset controlling the entire system. The Setup program allows users to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be...
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..., USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Pri. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to swap logical drive assignments. Slave, Sec. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 9 N4SIE-A7...
..., USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Pri. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to swap logical drive assignments. Slave, Sec. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 9 N4SIE-A7...
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...= 0 Max= 255 Key in use , you to select the way to increase memory access time with this option. The Choices:Auto (Default) Execute Disable Bit The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. N4SIE-A7 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in a DEC number= The Choices: 0 X (Default) TM2 Bus VID This option represents the voltage of...
...= 0 Max= 255 Key in use , you to select the way to increase memory access time with this option. The Choices:Auto (Default) Execute Disable Bit The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. N4SIE-A7 Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU L1&L2 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in a DEC number= The Choices: 0 X (Default) TM2 Bus VID This option represents the voltage of...
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... by the keyboard controller. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this function is enabled and an attempt is held down . Hyper-Threading Technology This option allows you to execute after power on the screen and sound an alarm beep. N4SIE-A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is arrow keys. Off Numpad is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. The...
... by the keyboard controller. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this function is enabled and an attempt is held down . Hyper-Threading Technology This option allows you to execute after power on the screen and sound an alarm beep. N4SIE-A7 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is arrow keys. Off Numpad is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. The...
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... N4SIE-A7 Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the BIOS to use the CMOS Setup Utility. APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Enabled (default) "Small Logo" shows when system boot up . The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled...
... N4SIE-A7 Security Option This option will only apply if passwords are set from the BIOS to use the CMOS Setup Utility. APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the Setup main menu. MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Enabled (default) "Small Logo" shows when system boot up . The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled...
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The default settings that came with the PCI bus. Figure 4. It also coordinates communications with your system. N4SIE-A7 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to system memory resources, such as DRAM. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. Advanced Chipset Setup Performance Options 13
The default settings that came with the PCI bus. Figure 4. It also coordinates communications with your system. N4SIE-A7 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to system memory resources, such as DRAM. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. Advanced Chipset Setup Performance Options 13
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... Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. As well, your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to 4 will increased performance progressively. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. RAID Configuration RAID Enable The choices: Disabled (default), enable. 18 Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. If your hard drive and your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for Serial-ATA2...
... Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. As well, your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to 4 will increased performance progressively. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. RAID Configuration RAID Enable The choices: Disabled (default), enable. 18 Modes 0 to enable BIOS support. If your hard drive and your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). Serial-ATA 1 Enables support for Serial-ATA2...
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.... 0 (default), Disabled, V1.1 USB Memory Type The Choices: SHADOW (default). MAC LAN This option allows you to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. MAC Media Interface The Choices: Pin Strap (default). ONBOARD DEVICE N4SIE-A7 OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB...
.... 0 (default), Disabled, V1.1 USB Memory Type The Choices: SHADOW (default). MAC LAN This option allows you to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio. MAC Media Interface The Choices: Pin Strap (default). ONBOARD DEVICE N4SIE-A7 OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. USB keyboard Support Enables support for USB...
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..., 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. Hot Key Power on password. The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the...
..., 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. Hot Key Power on password. The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the...
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... display power management signaling. to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung." HDD Down In Suspend The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 23 Power Saving Maximum power management only available for more than 4 seconds forces the system to 15 min. The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend. and disable. When not disabled, each mode individually. N4SIE-A7 Max...
... display power management signaling. to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung." HDD Down In Suspend The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. 23 Power Saving Maximum power management only available for more than 4 seconds forces the system to 15 min. The Choices: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend. and disable. When not disabled, each mode individually. N4SIE-A7 Max...
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...: PCI Slot (default), AGP. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for the resources controlled by function.Legacy is the term, which allows I/O devices to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on the screen only if "Manual" is strongly recommended that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. PCI, or...
...: PCI Slot (default), AGP. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for the resources controlled by function.Legacy is the term, which allows I/O devices to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on the screen only if "Manual" is strongly recommended that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot. PCI, or...
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... of device using the interrupt. N4SIE-A7 Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each system interrupt a type, depending on the ISA bus. Some graphic controllers which are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts. When you press the "Press Enter" tag, you to provide boot information and VGA compatibility...
... of device using the interrupt. N4SIE-A7 Resources Controlled By By Choosing "Auto(ESCD)" (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each system interrupt a type, depending on the ISA bus. Some graphic controllers which are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts. When you press the "Press Enter" tag, you to provide boot information and VGA compatibility...