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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Before You Start 1 1.2 Package Checklist 1 1.3 Motherboard Features 2 1.4 Rear Panel Connectors 3 1.5 Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 5 2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU 5 2.2 FAN Headers 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers ...
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Before You Start 1 1.2 Package Checklist 1 1.3 Motherboard Features 2 1.4 Rear Panel Connectors 3 1.5 Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 5 2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU 5 2.2 FAN Headers 7 2.3 Installing System Memory 8 2.4 Connectors and Slots 10 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers ...
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...Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s. SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC Socket AM3 AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing CPU AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II processors Supports Hyper... Support HyperTransport 2.0 FSB Supports up to 2.0 GT/s Bandwidth Chipset GeForce 6150 SE/nForce 430 (MCP6P3) GeForce 7025/nForce 630a (N68S3) ITE 8718F Environment Control initiatives, Provides the most commonly used legacy H/W Monitor Super I/O Super I/O functionality. LAN Realtek RTL 8201CL ...
...Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s. SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC Socket AM3 AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing CPU AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II processors Supports Hyper... Support HyperTransport 2.0 FSB Supports up to 2.0 GT/s Bandwidth Chipset GeForce 6150 SE/nForce 430 (MCP6P3) GeForce 7025/nForce 630a (N68S3) ITE 8718F Environment Control initiatives, Provides the most commonly used legacy H/W Monitor Super I/O Super I/O functionality. LAN Realtek RTL 8201CL ...
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... Panel I/O VGA port Serial Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Board Size 190 mm(W) x 244 mm(L) Special Features RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support OS Support Windows XP / Vista / 7 MCP6P3/N68S3 SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports digital audio out function x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan... RS-232 Serial connection x1 Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cable x4 Connect to USB devices x3 Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection BIOSTAR reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice. 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard...
... Panel I/O VGA port Serial Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Board Size 190 mm(W) x 244 mm(L) Special Features RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 / 5 support OS Support Windows XP / Vista / 7 MCP6P3/N68S3 SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports digital audio out function x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan... RS-232 Serial connection x1 Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cable x4 Connect to USB devices x3 Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection BIOSTAR reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice. 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard...
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... 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 19 RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data. It breaks up to 6 or 8. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is lost. Fault Tolerance: No. CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS MCP6P3/N68S3 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS RAID supports the following types of...
... 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 19 RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data. It breaks up to 6 or 8. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is lost. Fault Tolerance: No. CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS MCP6P3/N68S3 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS RAID supports the following types of...
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... drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of the data can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of a hardware failure. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2. Uses: RAID 1 is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in the array. Should one...
... drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of the data can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of a hardware failure. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2. Uses: RAID 1 is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in the array. Should one...
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... 430 / 630a Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 21 MCP6P3/N68S3 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for automatic redundancy. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: Optimizes for...
... 430 / 630a Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 21 MCP6P3/N68S3 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for automatic redundancy. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: Optimizes for...
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... / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Disk 2 DATA 2 PARITY DATA 5 DATA 8 PARITY DATA 11 Disk 3 PARITY DATA 4 DATA 6 PARITY DATA 10 DATA 12 ※ For more drives. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 3. Uses: RAID 5 is placed on a different drive from those used to download the NVIDIA RAID User's Guide. 22 Write...
... / 7025 nForce 430 / 630a Disk 2 DATA 2 PARITY DATA 5 DATA 8 PARITY DATA 11 Disk 3 PARITY DATA 4 DATA 6 PARITY DATA 10 DATA 12 ※ For more drives. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 3. Uses: RAID 5 is placed on a different drive from those used to download the NVIDIA RAID User's Guide. 22 Write...
Bios Manual
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MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of this AMI BIOS. Power management features are supported. Power to describe the settings in ... the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. T he power of the Advanced Power Management (APM) speci fication. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to guide you...
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of this AMI BIOS. Power management features are supported. Power to describe the settings in ... the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. T he power of the Advanced Power Management (APM) speci fication. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to guide you...
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...: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Ring USB R esume From S3 /S4 [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] S elect Screen S elect Item +- MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to select the version of ACPI. Power Management/A PM Power Button Mode [ Enabled...# Resum e On PCIE Wak e# Resum e On LAN(MAC) Resum e on Suspend S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR ACPI Version Features T he item allows you to the set value, the CPU/System fan will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI...
...: S1 (POS) (Default) Power on Ring USB R esume From S3 /S4 [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] S elect Screen S elect Item +- MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl Start Value When CPU/System temperature arriv es to select the version of ACPI. Power Management/A PM Power Button Mode [ Enabled...# Resum e On PCIE Wak e# Resum e On LAN(MAC) Resum e on Suspend S3 (ST R) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR ACPI Version Features T he item allows you to the set value, the CPU/System fan will raise the speed of CPU/System fan. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI...
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A headless server is a server-speci fic feature. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on LAN function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AMI OEMB table Set this function to an OEMB table in .... Options: On/O ff (Default) / Suspend Resume On PCI PME# When you to enable or disable MCP61 ACPI HPET T ABLE. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to Full ON state.
A headless server is a server-speci fic feature. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on LAN function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AMI OEMB table Set this function to an OEMB table in .... Options: On/O ff (Default) / Suspend Resume On PCI PME# When you to enable or disable MCP61 ACPI HPET T ABLE. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual ACPI APIC support T his item is used to Full ON state.
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... item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using USB device information. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Legacy USB1.1 HC Support T his item allows you to enable to select the... Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to support USB1.1 HC. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB ...
... item determines if the BIOS should provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. T his is a useful feature when using USB device information. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Legacy USB1.1 HC Support T his item allows you to enable to select the... Options: HiSpeed (Default) USB 2.0-480Mbps FullSpeed USB 1.1-12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand-Off T his item allows you to support USB1.1 HC. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB ...
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... 1 Configurat ion > Hyp er Transport Configuratio n Opti ons for NB S elect Screen S elect Item En terG o to configure the speci fic features of the chipset installed on your system. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. T his submenu allows...
... 1 Configurat ion > Hyp er Transport Configuratio n Opti ons for NB S elect Screen S elect Item En terG o to configure the speci fic features of the chipset installed on your system. MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual 5 Chipset Menu T his chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. T his submenu allows...
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MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Boot Sector Virus Protection T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is made to write to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. If this fun ction is enabled and an attempt is used to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 36
MCP6P3/N68S3 BIOS Manual Boot Sector Virus Protection T his option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is made to write to protect the IDE H ard Disk boot sector. If this fun ction is enabled and an attempt is used to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 36