EVGA 122-M2-NF59-AX manual Driver Installation, RAID Installation

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DRIVER INSTALLATION

After your computer’s Operating System is installed, you will need to install drivers for your motherboard in order to gain full operation. Insert the Driver Installation CD into your computer’s CD or DVD ROM drive and allow the autorun function to bring up the installation menu.

If the autorun function is disabled on your computer, simply navigate to the CD or DVD ROM drive that the Driver Installation CD is located in and double-click the autorun.exe file.

From the installation menu choose the following options that will install the following drivers:

•NVIDIA Motherboard Drivers

•Audio Driver

After your computer finishes this installation, it will need to reboot in order for the new drivers to take effect.

NOTE: If you are installing drivers under the Windows XP x64 operating system, please explore the Driver CD and navigate to \Drivers\NFORCE 64Bit\Chipset and run setup.exe.

RAID INSTALLATION

The drivers for the NVIDIA RAID controller are located on the included RAID DRIVER floppy disk. They can be installed either at the time of Operating System installation or after the operating system has already been installed on a conventional IDE drive.

It is important to note that before you install and configure a RAID system, either after OS installation or during, you will need to enable RAID in your motherboard BIOS. To do this, reboot the computer and press the <Delete> key as it starts, this will take you to the BIOS configuration screens. From there you will need to make changes as indicated in the BIOS PDF that you can find in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD.

If you wish to install the SATA/RAID drivers at the same time you are installing the Operating System, simply wait for the Windows Installer to display “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….” - and press

F6 at that time. Then insert the floppy disk and follow all of the on-screen instructions.

NOTE: The included floppy disk with RAID drivers supports Windows XP (32 bit version) and Windows 2000 only. If you are installing RAID under Windows XP x64, you will need to make a RAID driver disk. We have made this very easy to do, simply follow the instructions listed below:

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Contents Page CPU Support Evga Nforce 590 SLI MotherboardTable of Contents Table of Contents Introduction of nForce 590 Motherboards Motherboard Features CPU Smart Fan CPU Socket AM2 SpecificationsLayout Diagram & Jumper Settings JUMPERS, CONNECTORS, HEADERS, and Sockets Cmos RAM Clear Setting Hardware Installation Hardware Installation StepsAbout AMD Athlon64 AM2 CPUs Install CPU GlossaryValid Memory Configurations Install MemoryFor Dual Channel Memory Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Expansion Cards Procedure For Expansion Card InstallationFrom TOP to Bottom Interrupt Request Table For This MotherboardPCI-Express Slots IRQ Standard Interrupt AssignmentsSLI Bridge for Nvidia SLI Supported VGA Cards Page PIN ROW1 ROW2 Connectors and Headers Power Connector 24-pin block AtxpwrLAN Port connector UL1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin block ATX12VPS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector KB CEN/LEF Blackness MIC PinkPin Floppy drive Connector 34-pin block FDDPrimary IDE Connector 40-pin block IDE1 Serial-ATA Port SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3/ SATA4/ SATA5 /SATA Serial-ATA Port ConnectorsUSB Port Headers 9-pin USB1/USB2/USB3 Headers Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel 9-pin AudioAudio JW FP PwrledSpeak CD Audio-In Headers 4-pin Cdin FAN Headers 3-pin CPUFAN, SYSFAN1Supplemental SLI Power J2 Firewire Connectors 1394A~BBeep Meaning Starting Up Your ComputerAdvanced Chipset Features Bios Description Enter Bios SetupStandard Cmos Features Advanced Bios FeaturesSet User Name Load DefaultsSet Password Save & Exit SetupMemory Floppy Drive aHalt On Quick Power On Self Test Advanced Bios Features Removable Device PriorityHard Disk Boot Priority Network Boot PriorityLPC P2P P2P SPP MCP Ref Clock Frequency Settings Ref Clock HTTCPU Multiplier PCIe Bus, SlotCPU CKE power down control Memory Configuration Optimized for nForce MemDrive Strength setting CKE base power down modeRead delay from Rx Fifo Memory Timings Standard Memory Settings Timing modeCommand Per Clock CMD Advance Memory Settings tRRDMA drive strength Dram driver weak modeCKE drive strength CS drive strengthMAC Config IDE Function SetupRAID Config USB ConfigStates Support Power-on by AlarmPower on Function Acpi Suspend TypeIRQ Resources Reset Configuration DataInit Display First Resources Controlled byBoard Temperature ValuesPassword Disabled Press any key to continue… SystemNvidia Networking Guide Launching Nvidia Networking Save to Cmos and Exit Y/N?Quit Without Saving Y/N? Enabling FirstPacket Configuring FirstPacketConfiguring TCP/IP Acceleration MediaShield RAID Manager Configuring TeamingCreate RAID Arrays Setting Up a Custom Array Configuration OptionsCreating a Mirrored Array View RAID Arrays RAID configuration information appears, as shown in FigureDelete Array Wizard Delete RAID ArraysAssigning a Free Disk Setting Up a Spare RAID DiskFree Disk Dedicated DiskStarting nTune Nvidia nTunrePerformance Category Adjust Motherboard SettingsAdjust GPU Settings Tune System Dynamic Bios AccessView System Information Adjust Custom RulesNvidia Monitor Perform Stability TestRAID Installation Driver InstallationPage Quick Debug Port Post Codes AppendixPage Page Page FCC Compliance Information COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS, NoticesInformation to Keep Handy Before Calling Contacting Customer ServiceUseful Information