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- Page 2 Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Table of Contents Motherboard Specifications ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Safety Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Preparing the Motherboard -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Installing the CPU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Installing the CPU Fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Installing Memory DIMMs -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Installing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Installing the I/O Shield ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ------------------------------------------------ ... - Page 4 Table of Contents Power Management Setup Menu ------------------------------------------------------- 0 PnP/PCI Configuration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frequency/Voltage Control --------------------------------------------------------------- Load Optimized Defaults ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Set Supervisor/User Password ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 Save & Exit Setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Exit Without Saving ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Flash Update Procedure ------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Installing Drivers and Software -------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Drivers Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 HDMI SETUP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44...
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Page 5: Motherboard Specifications
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Specifications q Chipset v NVIDIA MCP7A Series q Size v mini ITX form factor of 6.7 inch x 6.7 inch q Microprocessor support v Intel LGA 775 Celeron ® , Pentium ® 4, Pentium ® D, Core 2 Series v Support for 400MT/s to 1333MT/s (100MHz to 333MHz FSB) q Operating systems:... - Page 6 Motherboard Specifications v Support Hybrid SLI to increase graphics performance with GeForce ® Boost v Integrated GeForce 9xxx Series GPU,Supports DX10 v VGA / DVI-D / HDMI output support(optional) q PCI Express Interface v PCI Express Generation 2.0 compatible v 5 GHz support, for a total bandwidth of 5 Gbps per direction per lane v Wake up function is supported v Clock spread spectrum capability.
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Page 7: Motherboard Layout
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors. 13 14 15 16 Chiset JP2(PCB Ver:03,04) C FAN1 SATA3(PCB Ver:03,04) SATA1 FP S1 SATA2 PCIEX16 (PCB Ver:00 only) SPK1 Figure 1. - Page 8 Rear Panel Figure 2: Backpanel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard connector 2. USB Connectors 3. HDMI Port 4. SPDIF Out(Coaxial / Optical) 5. DVI Connector(Support DVI-D) 6. eSATA Connector(For Motherboard PCB Ver00:AHCI mode only) 7. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel Blue Line-In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green...
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Page 9: Hardware Installation
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: q Preparing the motherboard v Installing the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions... -
Page 10: Preparing The Motherboard
Hardware Installation Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the box does not contain a CPU and memory. You need to purchase these to complete this installation. Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Make sure not to bend or break any pins on the back. -
Page 11: Installing The Cpu Fan
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard. Follow the instruction that came with your fan assembly. Be sure that the fan orientation is correct for your chassis type and your fan assembly. Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has two 1.8V 240-pin slots for DDR2 memory. -
Page 12: Installing The Motherboard
Hardware Installation Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs into the slots on the mother- board. Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot. This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is installed prop- erly. -
Page 13: Connecting Cables And Setting Switches
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This section takes you through all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboard. This will include: q Power Connections v 24-pin ATX power (PW) v 4-pin ATX 12V power (PW) q Internal Headers v SPK Header* v Serial Port Header - COM... - Page 14 Hardware Installation Connecting Internal Headers 24-pin ATX Power (PW1) PW is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard.
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Page 15: Serial Port Header - Com
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard SPK Header SPK - Pin Definition Assignment 1 VCC 2 NC 3 NC (PCB Ver:01， 03,04) 4 SPK- Serial Port Header - COM COM - Pin Definition Assignment 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI... -
Page 16: Front Panel Header
Hardware Installation Front panel header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables. q PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The Power LED indicates the system’s status. Front Panel Header Pin Definition RESET PWR_SW... -
Page 17: F_Audio Header
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard F_Audio Header The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function. F_Audio Pin Definition Assignment 1 MIC2(L) 2 GND 3 MIC(R) 4 -ACZ-DET 5 Front Audio(R) -
Page 18: Connecting Serial Ata Cables
Hardware Installation Connecting Serial ATA II Cables* The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3Gb/s data transfer rate. -
Page 19: Expansion Slots
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Expansion Slots The NVIDIA MCP7a motherboard contains one expansion slot, PCI Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard. PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x16 Slots There are one PCI Express x16 slot reserved for graphics or video cards. The band- width of the x16 slot is up to 8GB/sec complianting with PCIE 2.0 specification. -
Page 20: Jumper Settings
Hardware Installation Jumper Settings* This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before using your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt. JP-CMOS Clear Jumper Selection 1-2* Normal* CMOS Clear If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JP1 (Clear CMOS Jumper) to clear data. -
Page 21: Configuring The Bios
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. This section includes the following information: q Enter BIOS Setup q Main Menu q Standard CMOS Features q Advanced BIOS Features... -
Page 22: Main Menu
Configuring the BIOS Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the associated submenu. Use the # $ arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose. - Page 23 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus: q Load Optimized Defaults Load default system settings. q Set Supervisor and User Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used to access the system and the BIOS menu.
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Page 24: Standard Cmos Features Menu
Configuring the BIOS Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through dates and times. Note that the weekday (Sun through Sat) cannot be changed. This field changes to correspond to the date you enter. -
Page 25: Memory
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard q All, But Disk/Key These field are read-only and are determined by the BIOS POST. Memory These settings are display-only values that are determined by the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test). q Base Memory BIOS POST determines the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. -
Page 26: Cpu Features
Configuring the BIOS Note: Note that all data in white is for information only, data in yellow is changeable, data in blue is non-changeable, and data in a red box is highlighted for selection. CPU Feature Press Enter to display the CPU Feature menu. -
Page 27: Hard Disk Boot Priority
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard q PPM Mode Use this option to choose the mode of PPM. q Limit CPUID MaxVal Use this option to enable or disable the function of Limiting CPUID MaxVal q CE Function Select CPU C1E function. q Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0, defaults choose Enable. -
Page 28: Boot Other Device
Configuring the BIOS Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option allows the system to skip certain test while booting, which reduces the time needed to boot the system. First/Second/Third Boot Device Use this option to set the priority sequence of the devices booted at power on. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub-menu. -
Page 29: Advanced Chipset Features
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Advanced Chipset Features Select Advanced Chipset Features from the CMOS Setup Utiltiy menu and press Enter to display the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu. Spread Spectrum Control Use this option to set Spread Spectrum Onboard GPU Use this option to set Onboard GPU Frame Buffer Size... -
Page 30: Integrated Peripherals Menu
Configuring the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu. IDE Function Setup Use this option to set IDE function MCP Storage Config Use this option to set MCP Storage MCP Hardware Momitor Use this option to set MCP Hardware MCP Super io Config... -
Page 31: Power Management Setup Menu
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Power Management Setup Menu Select Power Management Setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Power Management Setup menu. ACPI Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function. -
Page 32: Pnp/Pci Configuration
Configuring the BIOS PowerOn Function Use this option to Power On Mode(by button only, keyboard 98, mouse left/right, hot key, password or any key. ) HPET Support Use this option to enable or disable HPET Support; if enable, HPET Mode display. -
Page 33: Resources Controlled By
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug-and-play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ, DMA, and memory base address fields. -
Page 34: Frequency/Voltage Control
Configuring the BIOS Frequency/Voltage Control Select Frequency/Voltage Control from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the system Monitor menu. System Clock Press “Enter“ to display System Clock status FSB&Memory config Use this option to change FSB&Memory setting MEM Voltage control Use this option to set Merry Voltage NB Voltage control... - Page 35 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard...
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Page 36: Load Optimized Defaults
Configuring the BIOS Load Optimized Defaults Press <Enter> on this item and then press the <Y> key to load the optimal BIOS default settings. The BIOS defaults settings helps the system to operate in optimum state. Always load the Optimized defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. -
Page 37: Set Supervisor/User Password
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Set Supervisor/User Password Press <Enter> on this item and type the password with up to 8 characters and then press <Enter>. You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords: v Supervisor Password When a system password is set and the Password Check item in Advanced... -
Page 38: Save & Exit Setup
Configuring the BIOS Save & Exit Setup Press <Enter> on this item and press the <Y> key. This saves the changes to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup program. Press <N> or <Esc> to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. Exit Without Saving Press <Enter>... -
Page 39: Flash Update Procedure
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard FLASH Update Procedure The program AWDFLASH.EXE is included on the driver CD (D:\Utility\ AWDFLASH.EXE). Please follow the recommended procedure to update the flash BIOS, as listed below. 1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained or downloaded) and the utility program AWDFLASH.EXE to the diskette. -
Page 40: Installing Drivers And Software
Installing Drivers and Software Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista-capable. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software. The CD that has been shipped with your NVIDIA MCP7A motherboard contains the following software and drivers: Nvidia chipset driver... -
Page 41: Drivers Installation
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Drivers Installation 1. Insert the driver CD after loading your operating system. Waiting for one menute you can see below interface. 2. Follow the below steps to install Nvidia shipset driver. - Page 42 Installing Drivers and Software...
- Page 43 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard 3. Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing.
- Page 44 Installing Drivers and Software At last, you can open below page that provides information about the hard- ware devices on this motherboard, and check whether finish your installa- tion.
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Page 45: Hdmi Setup
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard HDMI SETUP 1. You can connect HDMI device to the HDMI port directly, or connect to DVI port by a DVI - HDMI dongle. 2. Enter Control Panel, double click “Sounds and Auddio Devices”, select “NVIDIA HDMI Audio”... -
Page 46: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup
Installing Drivers and Software Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on- screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”... -
Page 47: Equalizer Selection
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equal- izer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. -
Page 48: Mixer
Installing Drivers and Software Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. -
Page 49: Recording Control
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. Recording control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute... -
Page 50: Audio I/O
Installing Drivers and Software Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input (i.e. -
Page 51: Speaker Configuration
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Speaker Configuration Step : Plug in the device in any available jack. Step : Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. * If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device. -
Page 52: Connector Settings
Installing Drivers and Software Connector Settings Click to access connector settings √ Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. √... -
Page 53: Speaker Calibration
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard √ Output Sampling Rate 44.1KHz: This is recommended while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. √ Output Source Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3, .midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out. -
Page 54: Microphone
Installing Drivers and Software Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and sup- press disturbing noise. -
Page 55: Audio Demo
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Audio Demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. Information This section provides information about your current system audio device. -
Page 56: Sata Raid User Manual
Installing Drivers and Software SATA RAID User Manual Setting up the BIOS Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter the Bios setup. The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears. Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals, then press Enter. TheIntegrated Peripherals window appears. - Page 57 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config, then press Enter. The RAID Config window appears. From the RAID Config window,enable RAID, then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks. Press F10 to save the configuration and exit.
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Page 58: Entering The Raid Bios Setup
Installing Drivers and Software Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software promptint you to press F10. The NVIDIA RAID Utility –Define a New Array window appears In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or Down ARROW key to select a RAID Mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0) and Stripe Mirroring (RAID 0+1), Spanning(JBOD) and RAID 5. - Page 59 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says “Clear disk data?” will appear. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) After that, then Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear.
- Page 60 Installing Drivers and Software To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen, where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. To delete the array, press D in the Array Detail screen. When the “Delete this array?”...
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Page 61: Installing The Raid Drives
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Installing the RAID Drivers After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the windowsXP CD. The Windows Setup program starts. Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear. - Page 62 Installing Drivers and Software Specify the NVIDIA drivers. (1). Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. (2). Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” and then press Enter.
- Page 63 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard (3). Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4). Select “NVDIA Nforce Storage Controller” and then press Enter. Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
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Page 64: Hybrid Sli Technology
Hybrid SLI Technology Reference Information Hybrid SLI Technology Built upon NVIDIA SLI ® technology, Hybrid SLI ® enables NVIDIA ® discrete GPUs and NVIDIA motherboard GPUs to work together to deliver multi-GPU benefits. Hybrid SLI provides significant performance scaling through GeForce ® Boost and compelling power and noise reduction benefits through HybridPower™. - Page 65 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Hybrid SLI Requirements q Hybrid SLI-enabled motherboard and discrete GPUs (go to www.nvidia.com/ hybridSLI for a full list.) q HybridPower-enabled power supply (go to www.nvidia.com/hybridSLI for a full list.) q Windows Vista operating system q At least 2GB of system memory q Latest NVIDIA Graphics Driver from www.nvidia.com q Systems BIOS programmed to enable Hybrid SLI (see next page)
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Page 66: Enabling Hybrid Sli
Hybrid SLI Technology Enabling Hybrid SLI Enabling HybridPower To enable HybridPower, the switches that control Hybrid SLI must be set to the appropriate values in the System BIOS settings. Go into the system BIOS and go to AdvancedChipset to ensure that the following settings are set to the values given: q Hybrid Support: ......Enabled This enables hybrid functionality in the BIOS. - Page 67 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Enabling GeForce Boost To enable GeForce Boost, the switches that control Hybrid SLI must be set to the appropriate values in the System BIOS settings. Go into the system BIOS and go to AdvancedChipset to ensure that the following settings are set to the values given: q Hybrid Enable: ......Enabled This enables hybrid functionality in the BIOS.
- Page 68 Hybrid SLI Technology Disabling Hybrid SLI Traditional dGPU Mode The Hybrid SLI feature can be disabled if desired by settings the appropriate Hybrid SLI switches in the System BIOS settings. The system can be put into the traditional operating mode where the discrete GPU performs all the graphics processing and drives the display.
- Page 69 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Multi-adapter Mode When Hybrid SLI is disabled, the system can be programmed to be in multi-adapter mode by enabling both the dGPU and mGPU. This will allow the user to connect displays to both the mGPU and the dGPU. The system can be put into multi-adapter mode by setting the appropriate Hybrid SLI switches in the System BIOS settings.
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Page 70: Performance Mode
Hybrid SLI Technology Hybrid SLI User Interface The Hybrid SLI icon is placed in the system tray when Hybrid SLI is enabled in the system BIOS (Figure 1). Figure . Hybrid SLI UI in System Tray Viewing the icon tells you which mode the system is currently in. q Performance mode The entire icon is green q Save Power mode... - Page 71 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Selecting a Hybrid Mode Another way to see the current Hybrid mode of the system, and to change that mode, is to click on the Hybrid SLI icon to display the Select a Hybrid SLI mode window. The options available on this window are: q Save Power mode This is the Hybrid SLI mode where the dGPU completely shuts off and the mGPU...
- Page 72 Hybrid SLI Technology HybridPower Settings Blocking Applications q Transitioning from Boost Performance mode to Save Power mode and vice versa is allowed only when there are no open 3D applications. The Hybrid SLI control panel prevents the transition when there are open 3D applications. q The Hybrid SLI control panel provides a list of applications that are blocking the Hybrid SLI transition and asks the user to close those applications to complete the transition (Figure 2).
- Page 73 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Settings to Enable Automatic Save Power Mode On a Hybrid SLI system that is capable of supporting HybridPower mode, the user can program the Hybrid API to automatically put the system into Save Power mode after four minutes of system idle.
- Page 74 Hybrid SLI Technology Connecting Displays to Hybrid SLI Systems There are three use case examples in this section of Hybrid SLI technology. Case : All Displays Connected to mGPU Connecting one or two displays to your mGPU (Figure 4) is the ideal way to experi- ence Hybrid SLI in most situations.
- Page 75 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Case : All Displays Connected to dGPU Connecting displays to the dGPU (Figure 5) disables Save Power mode but Per- formance mode will still be available (only with supported dGPUs) . Table 2 lists the benefits of the Hybrid SLI modes in this usage case Figure 5.
- Page 76 Hybrid SLI Technology Case : Displays Connected to Both the mGPU and the dGPU Multi-adapter mode allows you to activate displays connected to both the mGPU (up to two displays) and the dGPU (up to two displays). Multi-adapter mode can be enabled either through the System BIOS or through the Hybrid User Interface.
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Page 77: Precaution : Intel Cpu Cooling Fan Installation
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Precaution : Intel CPU Cooling Fan Installation Intel Core2Duo CPU may be bundled with Low Profile Cooling Fan which carries plastic hooks at the edges of the Cooling Fan.The plastic hooks help to arrange the connection wires in a tidy way If the CPU Cooling Fan is installed in a orien- tation in which one of the plastic hooks come...