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...Revision History Revision V1.0 V1.1 Revision History Date First release for PCB 1.X December 2004 with nVidia nForce4 Ultra First release for PCB 1.X January 2005 with nVidia nForce4 Ultra/Standard iii Trademarks All trademarks are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a registered...notice. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Kensington and MicroSaver are under continual improvement and we reserve the ...
...Revision History Revision V1.0 V1.1 Revision History Date First release for PCB 1.X December 2004 with nVidia nForce4 Ultra First release for PCB 1.X January 2005 with nVidia nForce4 Ultra/Standard iii Trademarks All trademarks are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a registered...notice. AMD, Athlon™, Athlon™ XP, Thoroughbred™, and Duron™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Kensington and MicroSaver are under continual improvement and we reserve the ...
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... Configuration 5-3 Basic Configuration Instructions 5-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS 5-3 NVIDIA RAID Untility Installation 5-7 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array 5-7 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows (for Non-bootable RAID Array 5-9 Initializing...Spare RAID Disk 5-14 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array 5-20 Chapter 6. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5-1 Introduction ...5-2 System Requirement 5-2 RAID Arrays 5-2 Summary of Driver & Utility 6-1 Driver Installation 6-2 NVIDIA nForce4 System Driver 6-2 Realtek AC97 Audio Driver 6-5 Utility Installation 6-6 vii...
... Configuration 5-3 Basic Configuration Instructions 5-3 Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS 5-3 NVIDIA RAID Untility Installation 5-7 Installing the RAID Driver (for bootable RAID Array 5-7 Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under W indows (for Non-bootable RAID Array 5-9 Initializing...Spare RAID Disk 5-14 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array 5-20 Chapter 6. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5-1 Introduction ...5-2 System Requirement 5-2 RAID Arrays 5-2 Summary of Driver & Utility 6-1 Driver Installation 6-2 NVIDIA nForce4 System Driver 6-2 Realtek AC97 Audio Driver 6-5 Utility Installation 6-6 vii...
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X ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced AM D® K8 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 processor, the K8N Neo4 series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1 The K8N Neo4 series mainboard is based on nVIDIA® nForce™4 Ultra/Standard chipset for choosing the K8N Neo4 series (MS-7125) v1. Getting Started Chapter 1. Getting Started Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency.
X ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced AM D® K8 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 processor, the K8N Neo4 series mainboard delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1 The K8N Neo4 series mainboard is based on nVIDIA® nForce™4 Ultra/Standard chipset for choosing the K8N Neo4 series (MS-7125) v1. Getting Started Chapter 1. Getting Started Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency.
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...+, or higher CPU (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/ products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php) Chipset † nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/Standard - Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s. 1-2 M S-7125 ATX M ainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports Socket-939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64... is reserved as a communication slot. † Support 3.3V/5V PCI bus Interface On-Board IDE † An IDE controller on the nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra/Standard chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes †...
...+, or higher CPU (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/ products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php) Chipset † nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra/Standard - Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s. 1-2 M S-7125 ATX M ainboard Mainboard Specifications CPU † Supports Socket-939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64... is reserved as a communication slot. † Support 3.3V/5V PCI bus Interface On-Board IDE † An IDE controller on the nVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra/Standard chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes †...
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To create a bootable RAID volume for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 2. Dimension † ATX Form Factor (30.4 cm X 24.4 cm) Mounting † 9 mounting holes MSI Reminds You... 1. To create the combination installation CD, please refer to install the operating ...the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/ servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm 1-4 M S-7125 ATX M ainboard † Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD. Now the nVidia nForce4 system driver is only available for a Windows 2000 environment, Microsoft's Windows 2000 Service Pack ...
To create a bootable RAID volume for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 2. Dimension † ATX Form Factor (30.4 cm X 24.4 cm) Mounting † 9 mounting holes MSI Reminds You... 1. To create the combination installation CD, please refer to install the operating ...the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/ servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm 1-4 M S-7125 ATX M ainboard † Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD. Now the nVidia nForce4 system driver is only available for a Windows 2000 environment, Microsoft's Windows 2000 Service Pack ...
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... connect to the hard disk devices MSI Reminds You... M S-7125 ATX M ainboard Seri al ATA/ Seri al ATA RAID Con n ecto rs co ntro ll ed b y nForce4 Ultra: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4 The Southbridge of this mainboard is for detailed software installation procedure. Please refer to the nVidia RAID Introduction for CD-ROM...
... connect to the hard disk devices MSI Reminds You... M S-7125 ATX M ainboard Seri al ATA/ Seri al ATA RAID Con n ecto rs co ntro ll ed b y nForce4 Ultra: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4 The Southbridge of this mainboard is for detailed software installation procedure. Please refer to the nVidia RAID Introduction for CD-ROM...
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MSI Reminds You... 1. V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 061704 refers to the date this chapter are under each BIOS category described in the format: example: ... need to run SETUP. You want to BIOS maker as A=AMI(R); W=AWARD(R) 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers to nVIDIA chipset. 7th - 8th digit refers to configure the system for customized features. It is shown in the 1st line appearing after the memory counting. BIOS...
MSI Reminds You... 1. V1.0 refers to the BIOS version. 061704 refers to the date this chapter are under each BIOS category described in the format: example: ... need to run SETUP. You want to BIOS maker as A=AMI(R); W=AWARD(R) 2nd - 5th digit refers to the model number. 6th digit refers to nVIDIA chipset. 7th - 8th digit refers to configure the system for customized features. It is shown in the 1st line appearing after the memory counting. BIOS...
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For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Chapter 5. nVidia RAID Introduction nVidia RAID Introduction NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource. 5-1 This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop.
For all levels, RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by the world's leading businesses-to offer data protection. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Chapter 5. nVidia RAID Introduction nVidia RAID Introduction NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology-which is used by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource. 5-1 This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to the common PC desktop.
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...NVRAID Array Disks. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make part of the array. nVIDIA RAID Introduction RAID Configuration Basic Configuration Instructions The following are to be RAID enabled in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Choose the ...NVRAID: Non-Bootable RAID Array 1. After that has the RAID driver to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS. 2. Press F10, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- The RAID prompt appears as part of Integrated Peripherals in the system BIOS. 2. Define a New Array window will reboot right away....
...NVRAID Array Disks. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make part of the array. nVIDIA RAID Introduction RAID Configuration Basic Configuration Instructions The following are to be RAID enabled in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID BIOS. Choose the ...NVRAID: Non-Bootable RAID Array 1. After that has the RAID driver to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS. 2. Press F10, and the NVIDIA RAID Utility --- The RAID prompt appears as part of Integrated Peripherals in the system BIOS. 2. Define a New Array window will reboot right away....
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...], or [Stripe Mirroring]. • Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the mode that are...
...], or [Stripe Mirroring]. • Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping Block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the mode that are...
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... as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. 5. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows" on p5-9. 5-6 The Clear disk data prompt appears. 2. Now that you want to wipe out all the data, otherwise press... N. 6. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1. The Array Detail window appears. 4. If you want to set up , then press Enter. Press Y if you have...
... as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. 5. You must choose Yes if the drives were previously used as explained in "Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows" on p5-9. 5-6 The Clear disk data prompt appears. 2. Now that you want to wipe out all the data, otherwise press... N. 6. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1. The Array Detail window appears. 4. If you want to set up , then press Enter. Press Y if you have...
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...then pressEnter. (3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4) Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then pressEnter. Please follow the instruction below : MSI Reminds You... Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Ignore the Setup screen and use "Explorer" to a... formatted floppy disk. 4. Specify the NVIDIA drivers: (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver,...
...then pressEnter. (3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4) Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then pressEnter. Please follow the instruction below : MSI Reminds You... Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Ignore the Setup screen and use "Explorer" to a... formatted floppy disk. 4. Specify the NVIDIA drivers: (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver,...
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...selected. 3. Make sure that you want to reboot the PC. 5. Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is enabled). After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must be... Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array. 5-9 This section describes how to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the nForce Setup program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows ...
...selected. 3. Make sure that you want to reboot the PC. 5. Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is enabled). After the installation is completed, be upgraded to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must be... Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. After the reboot, initialize the newly created array. 5-9 This section describes how to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page. 2. Start the nForce Setup program to run the setup application and install the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows ...
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... in order to make the array a dynamic disk, then click Next. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears. 6. and follow the wizard. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5. The "Computer Management" window appears. You must format the unallocated disk space in the list if you want to use . 5-11 After the...
... in order to make the array a dynamic disk, then click Next. The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears. 6. and follow the wizard. nVIDIA RAID Introduction 5. The "Computer Management" window appears. You must format the unallocated disk space in the list if you want to use . 5-11 After the...
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The RAID configuration information appears in \\nVidia\System\CK804\IDE\WinXP\raidtool or \\nVidia\System\CK804\ide\win2k\raidtool of the setup CD accompanied with your system. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard RAID Drives Management There is an application called...the figures in this part may very from Windows, launch the NVRAID Management utility by clicking Start-->Programs-->NVIDIA Corporation-->RAID Manager-->RAID Manager (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in the right-side pane,... 55.90 GB. (1.1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes) 5-12 MSI Reminds You... NVRAID Mirrored Array The figure below .
The RAID configuration information appears in \\nVidia\System\CK804\IDE\WinXP\raidtool or \\nVidia\System\CK804\ide\win2k\raidtool of the setup CD accompanied with your system. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard RAID Drives Management There is an application called...the figures in this part may very from Windows, launch the NVRAID Management utility by clicking Start-->Programs-->NVIDIA Corporation-->RAID Manager-->RAID Manager (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in the right-side pane,... 55.90 GB. (1.1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes) 5-12 MSI Reminds You... NVRAID Mirrored Array The figure below .
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nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVRAID Striped Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard drive mirrored array as well as a two hard drive striped array. 5-...
nVIDIA RAID Introduction NVRAID Striped Array The figure below shows an example of a two hard drive mirrored array as well as a two hard drive striped array. 5-...
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... following two methods: • Method 1: Select a free disk and then assign it . The drive appears under the Free Disk section. The pop-up menu appears. 2. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard. 5-15 Both methods are equally...
... following two methods: • Method 1: Select a free disk and then assign it . The drive appears under the Free Disk section. The pop-up menu appears. 2. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Assigning a Dedicated Disk To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard. 5-15 Both methods are equally...
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Click Next. Click Next. Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array, it . 5-16 The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears. 6. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard 3. From the RAID Array Selection page, select one of the two ST360015A drives to allocate the dedicated free disk. 5. This is now a dedicated free ...
Click Next. Click Next. Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to a particular array, it . 5-16 The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears. 6. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard 3. From the RAID Array Selection page, select one of the two ST360015A drives to allocate the dedicated free disk. 5. This is now a dedicated free ...
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The Free Disk Selection page appears. 4. Right click on the array to which you want to it. 1. Click Next. From the Free Disk Selection page, select one disk to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard. 3. Please note that there can be more than one of the disks from the menu to choose from. 5-17 Select Designate Spare from the list. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Method 2: Select an array and then assign a free disk to assign a dedicated free disk. up menu appears. 2. The pop-
The Free Disk Selection page appears. 4. Right click on the array to which you want to it. 1. Click Next. From the Free Disk Selection page, select one disk to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard. 3. Please note that there can be more than one of the disks from the menu to choose from. 5-17 Select Designate Spare from the list. nVIDIA RAID Introduction Method 2: Select an array and then assign a free disk to assign a dedicated free disk. up menu appears. 2. The pop-
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The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears. 6. To remove the disk, right click on the dedicated disk and select the option to a particular array, it . 5-18 Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to remove it can be removed at any time. Click Next. Click Finish. You have now assigned a dedicated free disk to a mirrored array. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard 5.
The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears. 6. To remove the disk, right click on the dedicated disk and select the option to a particular array, it . 5-18 Once a dedicated disk has been assigned to remove it can be removed at any time. Click Next. Click Finish. You have now assigned a dedicated free disk to a mirrored array. MS-7125 ATX Mainboard 5.