TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to nForce Motherboards

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1-1

Motherboard Features

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1-1.1 Special Features of the Motherboard

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1-2

Specifications

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1-3

Layout Diagram and Jumper Settings

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1-3.1 Jumpers, Connectors, Headers, and Sockets

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CHAPTER 2 - Hardware Installation

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2-1

Hardware Installation Steps

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2-2

Checking The Motherboard Jumper Settings

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Clearing the CMOS RAM

10

 

Keyboard Power On Function

11

 

USB Power On Function

11

2-3

Installing The CPU

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Glossary of Terms

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2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 939-pin CPUs

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2-4

Installing Memory

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Memory Installation Diagrams

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2-5

Expansion Cards

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2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

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2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards

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2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table

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2-5-4 PCI-Express Slots

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Diagram of PCI-Express Slot Locations and Functions

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Table of Standard IRQ Assignments

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2-5-5 SLI Bridge Installation For NVIDIA SLI Cards (SLI Version Only)

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2-6

Connectors and Headers

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2-6-1 Connector Locations

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2-7

Starting Up Your Computer

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Beep Code Table

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CHAPTER 3 - BIOS

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3-0

Introducting BIOS

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3-1

Entering BIOS Setup

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CHAPTER 4 - DRIVER INSTALLATION

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4-0

Driver Installation

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4-1

RAID Installation

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APPENDIX 1

- POST CODES

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Quick Debug POST Codes

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Boot Block POST Codes

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APPENDIX 2

- TRADEMARKS AND NOTICES

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Copyrights, Trademarks, and Notices

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FCC Compliance Statement

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APPENDIX 3

- WARRANTY INFORMATION

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APPENDIX 4

- CONTACTING SUPPORT AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

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