Biostar T-Series
TForce4/ TForce4 U
User’s Manual
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P
ACKAGE
C
HECKLIST
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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1.1
M
OTHERBOARD
F
EATURES
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1.2
L
AYOUT AND
C
OMPONENTS
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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS
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2.1
CPU
A
SSEMBLY
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A. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
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B. About FAN Headers
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2.2
S
YSTEM
M
EMORY
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A. DDR Modules
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B. Memory Space
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C. DDR Installation Notice
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D. Know your CPU version
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2.3
P
ERIPHERALS
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A. Card and I/O Slots:
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B. Connectors and Headers:
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CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS
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3.1
O
PERATION
S
YSTEM
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3.2
R
AID
A
RRAYS
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3.3
H
OW
RAID
W
ORKS
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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP
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4.1
A
WARD
BIOS
B
EEP
C
ODE
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4.2
E
XTRA
I
NFORMATION
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A.
BIOS Update
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B.
CPU Overheated
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4.3
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
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GERMAN
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FRENCH
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ITALIAN
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SPANISH
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PORTUGUESE
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POLAND
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RUSSIAN
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ARABIC
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JAPANESE
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