Biostar TFORCE4 SLI TForce4 SLI user's manual - Page 2

Introduction, Hardware Installations, Nvidia Sli Function, - motherboard

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Biostar T-Series TForce4 SLI PACKAGE CHECKLIST ...I CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...1 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES ...1 1.2 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS ...2 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS ...3 2.1 CPU ASSEMBLY ...3 A. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...3 B. About FAN Headers ...3 2.2 SYSTEM MEMORY...4 A. DDR Modules ...4 B. Memory Space...4 C. DDR Installation Notice...4 D. Know your CPU Version ...4 2.3 PERIPHERALS ...5 A. Card and I/O Slots:...5 B. Connectors and Headers:...6 CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA SLI FUNCTION ...12 3.1 REQUIREMENTS...12 3.2 PLACING THE SLI-NF4 SELECTOR CARD ...12 3.3 THINGS TO NOTICE...13 3.4 INSTALLING SLI-READY GRAPHICS CARDS ...13 3.5 ENABLING MULTI-GPU FEATURE IN WINDOWS ...14 CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS ...15 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM ...15 4.2 RAID ARRAYS ...15 4.3 HOW RAID WORKS ...15 ii User's Manual

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Biostar T-Series
TForce4 SLI
User’s Manual
ii
P
ACKAGE
C
HECKLIST
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
I
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
......................................................................................................................................................................................
1
1.1
M
OTHERBOARD
F
EATURES
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
1
1.2
L
AYOUT AND
C
OMPONENTS
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS
.............................................................................................................................................................
3
2.1
CPU
A
SSEMBLY
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3
A. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3
B. About FAN Headers
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3
2.2
S
YSTEM
M
EMORY
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4
A. DDR Modules
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4
B. Memory Space
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4
C. DDR Installation Notice
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4
D. Know your CPU Version
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4
2.3
P
ERIPHERALS
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5
A. Card and I/O Slots:
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5
B. Connectors and Headers:
.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6
CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA SLI FUNCTION
........................................................................................................................................................................
12
3.1
R
EQUIREMENTS
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
12
3.2
P
LACING THE
SLI-NF4
S
ELECTOR
C
ARD
...................................................................................................................................................................................
12
3.3
T
HINGS TO
N
OTICE
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
13
3.4
I
NSTALLING
SLI-R
EADY
G
RAPHICS
C
ARDS
.................................................................................................................................................................................
13
3.5
E
NABLING
M
ULTI
-GPU
F
EATURE IN
W
INDOWS
.........................................................................................................................................................................
14
CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS
..................................................................................................................................................................
15
4.1
O
PERATION
S
YSTEM
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................
15
4.2
R
AID
A
RRAYS
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
15
4.3
H
OW
RAID
W
ORKS
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15