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... our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/ ii Netware® is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc. Revision History Revision V1.0 Revision History First release for P6N SLI Platinum Date January 2007 Technical Support If a... W indows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. AMI® is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. We take every care in... the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries.
... our technical staff at: http://support.msi.com.tw/ ii Netware® is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc. Revision History Revision V1.0 Revision History First release for P6N SLI Platinum Date January 2007 Technical Support If a... W indows® 95/98/2000/NT/XP are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Visit the MSI website for further guidance. AMI® is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. We take every care in... the following help resources for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other countries.
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... Configurations 3-18 H/W Monitor ...3-20 Cell Menu ...3-21 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-27 BIOS Setting Password 3-28 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 viii
... Configurations 3-18 H/W Monitor ...3-20 Cell Menu ...3-21 Load Fail-Safe/ Optimized Defaults 3-27 BIOS Setting Password 3-28 Appendix A Realtek ALC888 Audio A-1 Installing the Realtek Audio Driver A-2 Software Configuration A-4 Hardware Setup A-19 viii
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Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-9 RAID Drives Management B-12 Appendix C nVidia System Driver C-1 nVidia System Driver Installation C-2 nVidia Utility Installaion C-5 Appendix D Dual Core Center D-1 Activating Dual Core Center D-2 Main ...D-3 DOT(Dynamic Over Clocking D-5 Clock ...D-6 Voltage ...D-7 FAN Speed ...D-8 Temperature ...D-9 User Profile ...D-10 ix
Appendix B nVidia RAID B-1 Introduction ...B-2 RAID Configuration B-3 NVIDIA RAID Utility Installation B-9 RAID Drives Management B-12 Appendix C nVidia System Driver C-1 nVidia System Driver Installation C-2 nVidia Utility Installaion C-5 Appendix D Dual Core Center D-1 Activating Dual Core Center D-2 Main ...D-3 DOT(Dynamic Over Clocking D-5 Clock ...D-6 Voltage ...D-7 FAN Speed ...D-8 Temperature ...D-9 User Profile ...D-10 ix
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable Round Cable of IDE Devices Round Cable of Floppy Disk (Optional) D-Bracket 2 (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) external SATA Cable (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable Round Cable of IDE Devices Round Cable of Floppy Disk (Optional) D-Bracket 2 (Optional) 1394 Bracket (Optional) external SATA Cable (Optional) User's Guide Back IO Shield * The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased. 1-5
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...installation is completed, restart the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. Check the box 6. Check the Enable multi-GPU box to enable the SLI function for Multi-GPU control. Important If you want to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure that M ulti-GPU has been enabled.... A configuration panel will show in the system tray confirming that you reset the SLI switch card (SLI mode to your graphics card manual) . MS-7350 Mainboard 5. Restart your system and a pop-up message will be provided for the onboard ...
...installation is completed, restart the system and install the NV SLI driver/utility. Check the box 6. Check the Enable multi-GPU box to enable the SLI function for Multi-GPU control. Important If you want to remove one graphics card and quit the SLI function, make sure that M ulti-GPU has been enabled.... A configuration panel will show in the system tray confirming that you reset the SLI switch card (SLI mode to your graphics card manual) . MS-7350 Mainboard 5. Restart your system and a pop-up message will be provided for the onboard ...
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... From S3 by PS/2 Keyboard This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the PS/2 keyboard is detected. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA... driver to initialize the VGA card. Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the power button. MS-7350 Mainboard Re-Call ...
... From S3 by PS/2 Keyboard This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state. Therefore, if the VGA driver of the PS/2 keyboard is detected. Restore On AC Power Loss This item specifies whether your system will need an VGA... driver to initialize the VGA card. Resume From S3 By USB Device The item allows the activity of the power button. MS-7350 Mainboard Re-Call ...
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...operations. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only. MS-7350 Mainboard... Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before installing the driver. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for Windows 2000/XP For...
...operations. The following illustrations are based on W indows® XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in this section may be slightly different from the latest software utility and shall be held for reference only. MS-7350 Mainboard... Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver You need to install the driver for Realtek ALC888 codec to function properly before installing the driver. Follow the procedures described below to install the drivers for different operating systems. Installation for Windows 2000/XP For...
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Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3 Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Click Next to restart the system.
Realtek ALC888 Audio 3. Click here Select this option Click here A-3 Click Finish to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 4. Click Next to restart the system.
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Double click A-4 It is also available to use the 2-, 4-, 6- MS-7350 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. channel audio feature now. or 8-
Double click A-4 It is also available to use the 2-, 4-, 6- MS-7350 Mainboard Software Configuration After installing the audio driver, you are able to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect M anager from the system tray at the lower-right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration. Click the audio icon from the Control Panel. channel audio feature now. or 8-
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Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of . MS-7350 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
Also there is a selection Show icon in the system tray. Right-click on and an icon will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of this HD Audio Configuration utility, including Audio Driver Version, DirectX Version, Audio Controller & Audio Codec. You may also select the language of . MS-7350 Mainboard Information In this tab it on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will show in system tray. A-18 Switch it provides some information about this utility by choosing from the Language list.
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...: Non-Bootable RAID Array 1. Choose the hard disks that are to enable the RAID mode for details.) 4. Bootable RAID Array 1. After that has the RAID driver to loading the OS. 2. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make...
...: Non-Bootable RAID Array 1. Choose the hard disks that are to enable the RAID mode for details.) 4. Bootable RAID Array 1. After that has the RAID driver to loading the OS. 2. Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks. After rebooting your PC, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to make...
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... arrow keys to select the array that you have set up . 3. The Array Detail window appears. 4. Now that you want to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. 5. B-6 The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that...
... arrow keys to select the array that you have set up . 3. The Array Detail window appears. 4. Now that you want to configure and load NVRAID drivers under W indows, as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C. 5. B-6 The Array List window appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that...
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... :\\nVidia \System \C55+MCP51 \RAID to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for bootable RAID Array) 1. Specify the NVIDIA drivers: (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. The driver disk for the W indows Setup screen to appear. 3. Press F6 and wait..., then press Enter. (4) Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press Enter. ing W indows Setup screen appears listing both drivers: B-7 Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. nVidia RAID Installing the RAID Driver (for yourself. 1. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3.
... :\\nVidia \System \C55+MCP51 \RAID to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for bootable RAID Array) 1. Specify the NVIDIA drivers: (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. The driver disk for the W indows Setup screen to appear. 3. Press F6 and wait..., then press Enter. (4) Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press Enter. ing W indows Setup screen appears listing both drivers: B-7 Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. nVidia RAID Installing the RAID Driver (for yourself. 1. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen. 3.
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... screen portion of W indows XP installation is recommended that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed. After that hard drive. After W indows XP is completely installed, it is completed, then...
... screen portion of W indows XP installation is recommended that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed. After that hard drive. After W indows XP is completely installed, it is completed, then...
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...the PC. 5. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-9 Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is completed, be upgraded to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. If you want to enable NVIDIA RAID. This section describes how to run the setup application and...software which will not be worked. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to install. After the installation is selected. After ...
...the PC. 5. Click Next and then follow the instructions. 4. B-9 Select the modules that the "NVIDIA IDE Driver" is completed, be upgraded to open the NVIDIA W indows nForce Drivers page. 2. If you want to enable NVIDIA RAID. This section describes how to run the setup application and...software which will not be worked. 3. Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to use the NVIDIA IDE Parallel ATA driver (as well as the Serial ATA driver if SATA is enabled) must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to install. After the installation is selected. After ...
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C-1 Installation of nVidia System Driver Appendix C nVidia System Driver MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
C-1 Installation of nVidia System Driver Appendix C nVidia System Driver MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard, which contains the required drivers for your system, and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment.
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Please follow the following step to continue. MS-7350 Mainboard nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the NVIDIA C55/M CP51 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system. Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display. C-2 Then the welcome dialogue will display. NVIDIA System Driver This driver is only available for your W indows OS. Click Next to install the driver correctly. 1.
Please follow the following step to continue. MS-7350 Mainboard nVidia System Driver Installation Click on the NVIDIA C55/M CP51 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for W indows 2000 and W indows XP operating system. Click on the Driver tab and the screen below will display. C-2 Then the welcome dialogue will display. NVIDIA System Driver This driver is only available for your W indows OS. Click Next to install the driver correctly. 1.
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Then click Next. 3. C-3 The system will be selected to be installed by default. Click Next to install. All the components shown here will start installing the selected driver components automatically. 4. Then the following screen displays the available components to continue. Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation. Installation of nVidia System Driver 2.
Then click Next. 3. C-3 The system will be selected to be installed by default. Click Next to install. All the components shown here will start installing the selected driver components automatically. 4. Then the following screen displays the available components to continue. Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation. Installation of nVidia System Driver 2.
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The following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to continue. 6. MS-7350 Mainboard 5. C-4 Click Yes to restart it later. Then the following screen indicates that the installation is complete.
The following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver. Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to continue. 6. MS-7350 Mainboard 5. C-4 Click Yes to restart it later. Then the following screen indicates that the installation is complete.
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Then click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display. 2. Click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display. 3. nTune Utility - C-5 Click the nTune Utility icon to optimize PC performance. Installation of nVidia System Driver nVidia Utility Installaion 1. provides a safe and easy way to install it.
Then click on the Utility tab and the screen below will display. 2. Click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display. 3. nTune Utility - C-5 Click the nTune Utility icon to optimize PC performance. Installation of nVidia System Driver nVidia Utility Installaion 1. provides a safe and easy way to install it.