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... your place of American Megatrends Inc. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Visit the MSI website for P6N SLI Date January 2007 Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no guarantee is given as to make changes without notice. We... take every care in the United States and/or other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/ faq/esc_faq_list....
... your place of American Megatrends Inc. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Visit the MSI website for P6N SLI Date January 2007 Technical Support If a problem arises with your system and no guarantee is given as to make changes without notice. We... take every care in the United States and/or other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/ faq/esc_faq_list....
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Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The P6N SLI Series mainboards are based on nVidia® nForce 650i SLI chipsets for choosing the P6N SLI Series (MS-7350 v1.X) ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced Intel® Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium XE and Pentium D processor, the P6N SLI Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1
Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started Thank you for optimal system efficiency. The P6N SLI Series mainboards are based on nVidia® nForce 650i SLI chipsets for choosing the P6N SLI Series (MS-7350 v1.X) ATX mainboard. Designed to fit the advanced Intel® Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium XE and Pentium D processor, the P6N SLI Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. 1-1
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Supports Intel® SpeedStep Technology (EIST) (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi. php) Supported FSB - 1333/ 1066/ 800/ 533 MHz (FSB 1333MHz is t . Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by nForce 430i -...MB/s 1-2 Up to 400Mbps Audio - t w / p r ogr a m/ pr od uc t s / ma i n boa r d/ mb d / p r o_mb d _ c p u _ s u p p or t . North Bridge: nVidia® nForce 650i SLI (C55) - ph p) LAN - Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and PIO, Bus Master operation m ode - Supports Intel® EIST Technology - Supports Intel® Hyper...
Supports Intel® SpeedStep Technology (EIST) (For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi. php) Supported FSB - 1333/ 1066/ 800/ 533 MHz (FSB 1333MHz is t . Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by nForce 430i -...MB/s 1-2 Up to 400Mbps Audio - t w / p r ogr a m/ pr od uc t s / ma i n boa r d/ mb d / p r o_mb d _ c p u _ s u p p or t . North Bridge: nVidia® nForce 650i SLI (C55) - ph p) LAN - Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and PIO, Bus Master operation m ode - Supports Intel® EIST Technology - Supports Intel® Hyper...
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... only supports to install graphics card in connector - 1 front panel audio pinheader Slots - 2 PCI Express x16 slots a. these two slots can support SLI technology with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB Connectors Back panel - 1 PS/2 mouse port - 1 PS/2 keyboard port - 1 Parallel... pinheader - 1 Chassis Intrusion pinheader - 2 USB 2.0 pinheaders - 1 IEEE 1394 pinheader - 1 SPDIF-out pinheader (for HDMI only) - 1 serial port - 1 CD-in SLI mode - 1 PCI Express x1 slot - 3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface Form Factor - Supports 1 FDD with PCIE x8 mode c. SATA1~4 support RAID ...
... only supports to install graphics card in connector - 1 front panel audio pinheader Slots - 2 PCI Express x16 slots a. these two slots can support SLI technology with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB Connectors Back panel - 1 PS/2 mouse port - 1 PS/2 keyboard port - 1 Parallel... pinheader - 1 Chassis Intrusion pinheader - 2 USB 2.0 pinheaders - 1 IEEE 1394 pinheader - 1 SPDIF-out pinheader (for HDMI only) - 1 serial port - 1 CD-in SLI mode - 1 PCI Express x1 slot - 3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface Form Factor - Supports 1 FDD with PCIE x8 mode c. SATA1~4 support RAID ...
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Packing Checklist Getting Started MSI motherboard MSI Driver/Utility CD SLI Video Link Card Power Cable SATA Cable Standard Cable for IDE Device 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 Standard Cable for IDE Device 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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... graphics card. The PCI Express x 8 supports up to 2.0 GB/s transfer rate. The PCI Express x 1 supports up to non-SLI Mode by a Multi-GPU SLI Video Link card. Hardware Setup Slots PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card... two GPU cards must be connected by default (fig.1). Please refer to 250 MB/s transfer rate. non-SLI mode Fig.1 2-23 SLI Switch Card SLI Bridge Card You can find an SLI switch card on the mainboard configured to 4.0 GB/s transfer rate. The PCI Express x 16 supports up ...
... graphics card. The PCI Express x 8 supports up to 2.0 GB/s transfer rate. The PCI Express x 1 supports up to non-SLI Mode by a Multi-GPU SLI Video Link card. Hardware Setup Slots PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots The PCI Express slot supports the PCI Express interface expansion card... two GPU cards must be connected by default (fig.1). Please refer to 250 MB/s transfer rate. non-SLI mode Fig.1 2-23 SLI Switch Card SLI Bridge Card You can find an SLI switch card on the mainboard configured to 4.0 GB/s transfer rate. The PCI Express x 16 supports up ...
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...better graphics performance, please refer to fig.2). Pull the clasp. Important Fig.2 Make sure that you power off the system before removing the SLI switch card. 2. Pull the clasp. SLI mode Fig.3 3. Press down the card untill the clasps snap it slantwise (at 40-degree angle) into p l ac e. 2-24 ...Fig.4 Pull the clasps on the sides snap the card into place (fig.4). Remove the SLI switch card. Before installing or removing an NV SLI module, make sure that you unplug the power supply first. Flip it over to the other side...
...better graphics performance, please refer to fig.2). Pull the clasp. Important Fig.2 Make sure that you power off the system before removing the SLI switch card. 2. Pull the clasp. SLI mode Fig.3 3. Press down the card untill the clasps snap it slantwise (at 40-degree angle) into p l ac e. 2-24 ...Fig.4 Pull the clasps on the sides snap the card into place (fig.4). Remove the SLI switch card. Before installing or removing an NV SLI module, make sure that you unplug the power supply first. Flip it over to the other side...
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...make sure that: a. After configuring the switch card to SLI mode, you purchase. 2. these two graphics cards (fig. 5. the SLI switch card is set to non-SLI mode. 3. Hence, you intend to the first PCI Express card. Fig.5 SLI Bridge Card Important 1. The appearance of these two graphics ... x16 slots. b. b. The PCI_E4 slot can now install two graphics cards on the PCI_E2 slot; Hardware Setup 4. Mainboard photos shown in SLI mode. 2-25 If you only need to connect a monitor to install only ONE x16 graphics card, make sure that although you have installed...
...make sure that: a. After configuring the switch card to SLI mode, you purchase. 2. these two graphics cards (fig. 5. the SLI switch card is set to non-SLI mode. 3. Hence, you intend to the first PCI Express card. Fig.5 SLI Bridge Card Important 1. The appearance of these two graphics ... x16 slots. b. b. The PCI_E4 slot can now install two graphics cards on the PCI_E2 slot; Hardware Setup 4. Mainboard photos shown in SLI mode. 2-25 If you only need to connect a monitor to install only ONE x16 graphics card, make sure that although you have installed...
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... M ulti-GPU has been enabled. MS-7350 Mainboard 5. Check the Enable multi-GPU box to enable the SLI function for Multi-GPU control. Important If you reset the SLI switch card (SLI mode to your system and a pop-up message will be provided for the onboard graphics cards (concerning the... details of multi-GPU settings, please refer to non-SLI mode) and disable the "MultiGPU" function. 2-26 Check the ...
... M ulti-GPU has been enabled. MS-7350 Mainboard 5. Check the Enable multi-GPU box to enable the SLI function for Multi-GPU control. Important If you reset the SLI switch card (SLI mode to your system and a pop-up message will be provided for the onboard graphics cards (concerning the... details of multi-GPU settings, please refer to non-SLI mode) and disable the "MultiGPU" function. 2-26 Check the ...