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Mainboard nF orce 68 0i SLI/ Mainboard nF or ce 680i L T SLI nForce 680i SLI/ nForce 680i LT SLI nVIDIA ® nForce 680i SLI MCPs/ nForce 680i LT SLI M CPs Support Socket 775 Intel ® Core TM 2 Extreme .
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI Attention - Im p ortant Informa tion Follow the procedures below… T roubleshooting T ips Refer to other sections in this manual… Things Y.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED .......... ............................... ........... 1 I NTRODUCTION .................. ................... ................... .................
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 1 Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction Thanks for choosing nForce 680i SLI/ nFo rce 680i LT SLI mainboards. They are based o n nVIDIA ® nForce 680i SLI/ 680i LT SLI Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 2 Specification CPU Support Socket 775 Support Intel ® Core TM 2 Extreme/ Core TM 2 Quad/ Core TM 2 Duo/ Pentium ® Extreme Edition/ Pentium.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 3 Slots Five PCI-Express interface slots for graphics cards and expansion cards 1. Two PCI-E x16 slots: supports x16 mode fo r t rue dual-graphics SLI configurations 2. One PCI-E x8 slot: supports x8 mode for future GPU phys ics applications nForce 680i SLI only 3.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 4 Universal Serial Bus Six onboard USB 2. 0/ 1.1 ports nForce 680i SLI only Two front USB headers come with this ma inboa.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 5 Configuration Layout of nForce 680i SLI.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 6 Layout of nForce 680i LT SLI.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 7 Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly instal ling yo ur syst em ha rdwar e. W ear a wr ist g round strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage the sy stem’s components.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 8 FAN Headers: CPU FAN, NFORCE FAN There are several fan headers available for cooling fans on the mainboard. Here describes the two important ones only. The cooling fans play an important role in maintaining ambient temperatures in your system.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 9 DIMM on the nForce 680i LT SLI How to enable Dual-Channel DDRII: 1. These mainboards provide Dual-Channel functionality for the four DIMM sockets. Enabling Dual-Channel will signif icantly increase your data access rate than the before.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 10 3. Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot a nd press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place. 4. Repeat steps 1, 2 & 3 for the remaining RAM modules. Back Pane l Configu ration Back Panel of the nForce 680i SLI The pictures above are for reference only.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 11 Back Panel of the nForce 680i LT SLI PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboar d Ports: KB /MS These mainboards provide a standard PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard port.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 12 Audio Ports: SOUND This mainboard provides six HD Audio ports for 8 /6/4/2 channel playback capability. With jack sensing, auto detecting and adjusting, th e device will make it easier to Plug and Play for you.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 13 Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FL OPPY These mainboards provide a standard floppy disk dr ive connector (FDD) that supports 360KB/ 720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88 MB floppy disk drives using a FDD ribbon cable.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 14 Front Panel Headers: FRONT PNL FRONTPNL Pin Assign ment Functio n Pin Assignment Function 1 HD_PWR (+) 2 HDR_BLNK_GRN 3 HAD# Hard Disk LED.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 15 CASE OPEN COM1 EZ Control Button Onboard Bu ttons: POWER, RES ET These mainboard provide one Power Switch and one Reset Switch buttons for your convenience to turn on or restart your syste m.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 16 IEEE1394 Header: IEEE1394 These mainboards provide one onboard IEEE13 94 port on the back panel of your case. One additional IEEE1394 header on the mainboard for one more port on the front pa nel is allowed.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 17 Audio Configuration Front Audi o Header: FP AUDIO The audio header supports High Definition Audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices, the Front Audio and the Rear Audio.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 18 PCI-Express x1 Interface slots: PCIE x1_1/ PCIE x1_2 The PCIE x1_1/ PCIE x1_2 slots are the PCI-Exp ress x1 interface slots which can be supported up to x1 mode. Y ou can insert expansi on cards which are PCI-E x1 compatible onto these slots.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 19 ATX Power Connector: ATXPWR, ATX12V This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, a 24 -pin ATXPWR connector and an 8-pin ATX12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors and both connectors must be attached before the system is powered on.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 20 Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setu p program which resides in the BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 21 Main Menu Standard CMOS F eatures Include all the adjustable items in standard compatib le BIOS. Advanced BIOS F eatures Include all the adjustable items of Award special enhanced features.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 22 PnP/PCI Configurations Include all configurations of PCI and PnP ISA resources. System Monitor It is for monitoring the sy stem status such as tempe rature, voltage, and fan speeds.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 23 Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Software In stallation Place the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive and t he Installation Utility will auto-run. You can also launch the Driver CD Installation Utilit y manually by executing the Intel.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 24 Windo ws ® Vista Driver Windo ws ® XP (64bit) Driver Att en t io n Before you install the Realtek Audio Driver on Windows ® XP (64bit) operating system, please g o to the Microsoft ® website to install the update for enabling HD Audio.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 25 Windo ws ® XP (32bit) Driver NVIDIA Chip set INF – It p rovides all drivers for the functions whic h built in both the Northbridge/ Southbridge. Realtek Audio Driver – It provides the driver of Realtek HD Audio CODEC.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 26 2. Click on the “User Manual” button, you can choose the manual to read. 3. If y ou click the “Browse CD” button, you can browse all the files in the Driver CD. Attent ion: Before you read manuals, you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 27 Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does no t illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 28 Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 29 Problem 10: Keyboa rd failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboa rd if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 30 Appendix I: 8/6/4/2 Channel Audio Effect Setup Channels Setup f or Windows Vi sta 1. After enterin g the system, click the audi o icon from the Windows V ista screen. 2. When your audio device is plugged, the system will detect it and show the “S peakers” tab automatically.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 31 Channels Se tup for Window s XP 1. After into the system, click the audi o ic on from the Windows XP screen. 2. Click “Audio I/O” butto n, you can see the screen like the picture below.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 32 Appendix II: RAID Setu p Introducti on to RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Di sks) technology is a sophisticated disk management system that manages multiple disk drives.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 33 Before you crea te a RAID Arra y Before you configure your RAID Array, you ha ve to enable the “RAID” option in the BIOS Setup Utility. Integrated Per ipherals >> RA ID Config >> RAID En able >> Save & Ex it Setup 1.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 34 3. After entering the sub -menu, arrow dow n to the "RAID Config" item. Press <Ent er> . 4. Enable th e “RA ID Enable” item and then select the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 35 5. At th e main screen arrow over to the "Sav e & Exit S etup" item. Press <Enter> .
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 36 1. When the s ystem boots up during the POS T (Power-On Self T est), you will be give n an opportunit y to enter the NVID IA RAID Setup Utilit y when t he scree n prompts you wit h the following message.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 37 Item Des cription á RAID Mode Choose the RAID Mode you wish to configure. • RAID 0 (Stri ped) • RAID 1 (Mi rrored) • RAID 0+1 (Stri.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 38 á Stripe Block Stripe block siz e will directly affect performance when data is written to or read by you r system. • 4K • 8K • 16K • 32K • 64K • 128K • Optimal This item is not available for RAID 1 and JBOD arrays.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 39 Creating a New Array 1. The screen you will see upon initial configuration is the “Define a New Array” screen.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 40 3. <Tab> over to the “Free Disks” selection b ox, and use the up/down arr ow keys to select disks for your RAID array. Use the right-arrow key to mo ve selected disks to the “Array Disks” section (the selected drive will be highlig hted).
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 41 4. After all of the op tions are properly configured, press <F7> . A con firmation box will display as shown below. Hit <Y> to conti nue the RAID array creation. 5. An alert box will appear as shown below.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 42 6. In the next page, you will se e the “Arra y List” screen as shown below. You can press <Ent er> to view the details. 7. The “Array Detail” screen provides you all th e informatio n of the RAID array you created.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 43 8. When you see the screen below, please conf irm the information about the RAID arrays you have created.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 44 2. Then you will see an alert box to notify you that y ou selected an invalid number of disks. In a mirrored array, you can only configur e two disks at one time. You must p ress <Enter> to go back to the main screen to reconfigure your options again.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 45 Deleting Array 1. If you want to delete an existing array, go to th e “Array Detail screen as below. Press <D> . 2. An alert box will disp lay for your co nfirmation to delete the array.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 46 3. Aft er the array is deleted successf ully, you will ret urn to the main screen where you can re-create a new array as shown below.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 47 Configurin g a Boot able Array Use the up/down arrow keys to select an array. Then pre ss <B> to specify the selected array as a bootable ar ray. You will see a special s ymbol, “ √ ”, marked in the Boot item of the highlighted array.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 48 Install Win dows ® XP OS onto your RAID HDDs This section will explain how to install the Windows ® XP operating system on to your RAID drives.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 49 3. Select your mainboard. The example used below is “NF 680i SLI” mainboard. 4. Click “Driver” as sh own below on the left panel. Click the d ownload icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver (You should download the RAID driv er according to your operating system).
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 50 5. Press the “Save” button to download the RAID zip file . You must unzip the file and save the files onto media that yo u can use on an existing storage device on your computer (e.g. floppy di sk drive).
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 51 Install Windows ® XP 1. During the Windows ® XP installati on, a “Windows Setu p” screen will prompt you with “Press F6 if you need t o install third pa rty SCSI or RAID driver”. P ress <F6> .
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 52 3. Insert the media which in cludes the “RAID Driver” into your computer. Press <Enter> to locate the appropr iate OS dev ice driver. You will install t wo drivers. 4. Select the “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)” and press <Enter> to locate this driver.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 53 5. When you see the screen shown as below again, press <s> to download the second RAID driver. 6. Select the “NVI DIA nForce Storage Controller (re quired)” and also, press <Enter> .
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 54 7. Y ou have finished RAID drivers installa tion. Press <Enter> to continue the Windows ® XP setup process. 8. Follow the setup instructions and select the partition and file system where you want to install the oper ating system files.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 55 Install Win dows ® Vis ta OS onto your RAID HDDs This section will explain how to install Windows ® Vista o perat ing s ystem onto yo ur RAI D drives.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 56 3. Select your mainboard. The example used below is “NF 680i SLI” mainboard. 4. Click “Driver” as sh own below on the left panel. Click the d ownload icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver (You should download the RAID driver according to the operating system).
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 57 5. Press the “Save” button to download the RAID zip file . You must unzip the file and save the files to media that you can use on an exis ting storage d evice on your computer (floppy disk drive, or USB Flash Drive).
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 58 Install Windows ® Vist a 1. During a Windows ® Vista inst allation, there will be an item “Load Driver” . Click on it and then insert the media containing the RAID Driver files into your compute r.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 59 3. Select the media whic h includes the RAID Drivers. 4. The example here is “floppy disk drive”. Make sure you hav e inserted the floppy disk including the RAID Drivers. S elect “Floppy Disk Drive(A:)” .
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 60 5. Select the “NVIDIA nForce RA ID Controll er” and click “Next” to locate this driver. Please wait until finished. 6. When you go back to the screen shown as below, click “Loa d Driv er” again to download the second RAID d river.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 61 7. Click on “Browse” to browse into the folders of the med ia to locate the fol der with the files.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 62 9. Select “F loppy Disk Dri ve(A:)” and click “OK” to load the RAID Drivers. The system will rescan for the drivers automatically. 10. Select the “NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller” and click “Next” to continue.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 63 11. You will return t o the “Install Windows” screen to continue with the installat ion. Follow the setup instructions and select the part ition wh ere you w ant to install the operating system files.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 64 Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array This section will illustrate how to replace a fa iled drive with a new one, and rebuild the array to restore lost data on the newl y installed drive. Rebuilding on ly applies to fault-tolerant arrays which are RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 arrays.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 65 5. You should see the existing RAID array on your system. Press <R> to rebuild the array. 6. The next screen will display as below. Use up/down arrow keys to select a free disk. Press <A > to continue.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 66 7. An alert box will display for your confir mation to r ebuild ar ray. Press <Ent er> to go to the next step. 8. A confirmation box will display as shown below. Hit <Y> to continue r ebuilding the RA ID array.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 67 9. You have succ essfully finished the setup of rebuilding an array in the “NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility”. Press <Ctrl-X> to resta rt your computer. 10. During the boot process, you will see the screen below.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 68 11. The Rebuild process is automatic. You can che ck of the Rebuild in the following step s. Go to to “ St art → All Programs → NVIDIA Corporation → NVIDIA Control Pa nel → Storage ” under Windows.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 69 13. When the rebuilding is finished, make sure the “Status” item for your Rebuild Array shows “Healthy”.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 70 Appendix III: SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Setup Introducti on NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is a revo lutionary technology that allows two NVIDIA SLI graphics cards to work together to de liver incredible 3D graphics performance.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 71 Express auxiliary connector (6-pin connector), please contact your graphics board partner for an HDD-to-PCI Express power adaptor.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 72 Use the following p rocedure to build your NVIDIA SLI-Ready PC system: 1. Install two SLI- Ready graphic cards into th e two o uter black PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard. Be sure to seat the grap hic cards into the connectors.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 73 2. Connect the PCI Express supplementary power connectors from the system power supply to each of the graph ic cards: From Power Supply Three PCI Express graphics cards installed. Only the two outer cards will be SLI’ed using the SLI Connector shipped in your motherbo ard kit.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 74 3. Install the NVIDIA SLI connector across the two outer graphics cards as shown below. Each SLI-Ready graphics card has an SLI finger o n the upper side o f the card.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 75 Go to http://www.slizone.com/cont ent/slizone/drivers.html and down load the latest SLI graphics drivers.
Mainboard nF orce 680i SLI/ Mainboard nF orce 680i L T SLI 76 Select Set SLI configuration from under Performance. Click Enable SLI technology (recommended) and click Apply. The system reboots to apply the setting and display the following me ssage upon reboot: Congratulati ons on your new NVID IA SLI-Ready PC system.
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