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USER'S MANUAL
Of
NVIDIA
nForce 550 MCP
Platform Processor Chipset
M/B For Socket AM2 64-bit Dual Core
AMD Processor
NO. G03M25G6-SG--F
Rev: 1.0
Release date: Feb 2007
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* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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  • Page 1 USER'S MANUAL NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP Platform Processor Chipset M/B For Socket AM2 64-bit Dual Core AMD Processor NO. G03M25G6-SG--F Rev: 1.0 Release date: Feb 2007 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are...
  • Page 2 Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY ....42 4-7 RAIDDISk INSTALL MCP55 WINXP RAID DRIVER DISK........42 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ..................... 43 4-9 NFORCE 550 MCP PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ......45 4-10 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION............50 APPENDIX: Debug Port Post Code..................i1...

  • Page 4: User's Notice

    SLI Supported Bridge Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port □ SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP Chipset User’s Manual AMD K8 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction Of Nforce 550 Mcp Motherboard Series

    Introduction of nForce 550 MCP Motherboard Series Features of motherboard The NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP Chipset motherboard series are based on the latest revolutionary NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP (Media Communication Processor) single chip technology which supports the new generation innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64...

  • Page 6: 1-1.1 Special Features Of Motherboard

    Some special features---CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift/ CPU Smart Fan/ Debug Port/DIY COOL Function) in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking may cause the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing.

  • Page 7: Specification

    Specification Spec Description ∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 21.0*29.5cm Design ∗ NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP(MCP55S) single chip Chipset ∗ Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip CPU Socket AM2 Pin Grid Array package processor ∗ Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual–Core Athlon 64...

  • Page 8: Performance List

    Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.) Performance Test Report AMD K8 Sempron 2800+ ( AM2 / 512K L2 cache)

  • Page 9: Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

    USB Port/ Gigabit (IDE1) LAN Connector Floppy Connector Audio Connector 1st PCI EXPRESS x16 for SLI SYSFAN2 MCP55S NVIDIA Chip RTL8111B Gigabit LAN Chip Serial-ATA Connector (SATA1, 2, 3, 4) PCI EXPRESSx1 4MBit Flash ROM BIOS PCI EXPRESS x8 for SLI...
  • Page 10 Jumper Name Description Page JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.14 ATXPWR ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.14 PS/2 Mouse &...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jumper setting 2. Install CPU and Fan 3. Install System Memory (DIMM) 4. Install Expansion cards 5. Connect IDE, Front Panel /Back Panel cable 6.

  • Page 12: Install Cpu

    (3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2 1-2 closed USB Power On Disable 2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled (Default) USB Power On Setting Install CPU 2-3-1 Glossary Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.

  • Page 13: About Amd Athlon64 940-Pin Cpu

    establish the relationship between the various components. Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer" Front Side Bus Frequency - the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

  • Page 14: Install Memory

    Install Memory The motherboards provide four 240-pin DDRII DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) sites for DDRII memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 128MB to maximum memory size of 8.0GB DDRII SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 240-Pin DIMM Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 128MB∼2.0GB Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800...

  • Page 15: Expansion Card

    Expansion Cards WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

  • Page 16: Pci-Express Slot

    PCI-Express x16 graphics slots in light yellow deliver up to 2Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA SLI Technology. Two PCI-Express x16 graphics slot offers 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction.), and two x1 PCI Express Slot.

  • Page 17: Sli Bridge For Nvidia Sli Tech. Supported Vga Cards

    2-5-5 SLI Bridge for NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards In order to activate the NVIDIA SLI technology, you have to install the embedded SLI Bridge for your NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards before you activating the advance multi-GPUs functions.

  • Page 18: Connectors, Headers

    Connectors, Headers 2-6-1 Connectors Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard.
  • Page 19 (5) LAN Port connector: UL1 This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network The USBLAN1 support 10M/100Mb/1G b/s data transfer rate Audio Line-In, Lin -Out, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/LEF Connector : CN1/CN2 This Connector are 6 phone Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/LEF Line-in : (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip...

  • Page 20: Headers

    (9) Serial-ATAII Port connector:SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4/SATA5/SATA6 This connector supports the provided Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connect the motherboard and serial ATAII hard disk. SATA7 is not for SATA harddrive ,it is only for connecting to SATA 1~6 to let the ESATA port work.
  • Page 21 (2) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. Without installing the cable, this header default setting is 5-6 short, 9-10 short. When you install the cable， you should take off these jumpers. AUDIO Pin 1 Line-Out, MIC Headers...
  • Page 22 (8) Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system. PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections (9) FAN Headers (3-pin) : CHAFAN, SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2，CPUFAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different.
  • Page 23 (11) SPDIF In/Out Header: SPDIF In/SPDIF Out The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function. Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function (12) Serial COM Port: COM1 COM1 are the 9-pin block pin-header.

  • Page 24: Starting Up Your Computer

    Starting Up Your Computer 1. After all connection is made, close your computer case cover. 2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used.

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Introducing Bios

    Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program gains control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.

  • Page 26: The Main Menu

    The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

  • Page 27: Standard Cmos Features

    Password Settings This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use. Load Fail-safe Defaults This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way.that are factory settings for normal use.

  • Page 28: Advanced Bios Features

    IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.
  • Page 29 Hard Disk Boot Priority The selection is for you to choose the hard disk drives priorities to boot from. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.

  • Page 30: Advanced Chipset Features

    > K8<->NB HT Speed Auto > K8<->NB HT Width Auto Menu Level > > System BIOS Cacheable Disabled NVIDIA GPU Ex Disabled SSE /SEE2 Instruction Enabled ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults HyperTransport Frequency The default setting is “Auto”...

  • Page 31: Dram Configurations

    Please refer to section 3-6-1 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled. 3-6-1 DRAM Configuration Phoenix –...

  • Page 32: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals > IDE Function Setup Press Enter Item Help > Onboard Device Press Enter > Super IO Function Setup Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults...

  • Page 33: Onboard Device

    Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

  • Page 34: Super Io Function Setup

    3-7-3 Super IO Function Setup Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Super IO Function Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 2F8/IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Menu Level >> ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR-Fail ↑↓→←...

  • Page 35: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help...

  • Page 36: Miscellaneous Control

    Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up. Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work. 3-9 Miscellaneous Control This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control.

  • Page 37: Pc Health Status

    3-10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Show H/W Health in Post Enabled Item Help Shutdown Temperature...

  • Page 38: Power User Overclock Settings

    3-12 Power User Overclock Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings * Current FSB Frequency 200MHz Item Help * Current DRAM Frequency 533MHz CPU Voltage at next Boot Default PCIE Clock 100MHZ Menu Level > CPU Voltage at next Boot Default CPU at next boot is Auto...

  • Page 39: Password Settings

    3-13 Password Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Password Settings Item Help Set Supervisor Password Press Enter Set User Password Press Enter Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them.

  • Page 40: Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation

    Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly.

  • Page 41: Nforce

    Integrated driver pack include following device driver: NVIDIA GART driver : If you are using an AGP VGA Card, please install NVIDIA AGP GART driver which provides service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to the hardware for speedy graphic access.

  • Page 42: Sound

    5. Select Finish and restart your computer The path of the file is X:\NFORCE4\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE ALC880E 8-Channel SOUND install HD Audio Driver 1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click NEXT When Realtek AC97Audio driver MENU appears windows appears 3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4.

  • Page 43: Lan Install Realtek Gigabit Ethernet Nic Driver

    5. Speaker configuration setting 6. SPDIF N/OUT setting LAN RealTek Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click Next to install RealTek LAN driver 3. Please Accept the license agreement and read 4. Click Install to install driver and Click Finish the “Readme”...

  • Page 44: Usb2.0

    USB2.0 Install Intel USB2.0 DRIVER Windows 2000 OS Please install Windows 2000 service pack 4 or later . Windows XP OS Please install Windows XP service pack 2 or later . 4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2006 Anti-virus program Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL Please select “Install program”...
  • Page 45 Click INSTALL, Start to install the software 6.Setup Complete and click FINISH Note : Please install ACROBAT READER for reading PC-CILLIN 2006 User Manual which locates at the path “X:\acrobat\adberdr6_enu_full.exe”. PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL 2.

  • Page 46: Pc-Health Install Myguard Hardware Monitor Utility

    4-7 RAIDDISk Install MCP55 WINXP RAID DRIVER DISK 1.Click RAIDDISK when MAGIC INSTALL 2.Select Install to begin the installation. MENU appears NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NFORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE HOW TO UPDATE BIOS Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in “Miscellaneous Control”...

  • Page 47: Nforce 550 Mcp Platform Raid Function Installation

    F7:Standard Defaults Step 2. After the System boot up in the second page , you can find the NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS windows appear. It will ask you to “Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility …“ ? Please press “F10” key to RAID utility now , then you can select the RAID functions on your own with the optional RAID functions as below, 1.
  • Page 48 At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP or Windows 2000 for the proper installation. Execute Start programs NVIDIA corporation RAID manager , you can view RAID function status or rebuild RAID function from Windows OS...

  • Page 49: Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

    4-10 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction What’s Pro Magic Plus? Tired of reinstalling OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash down or unable to work after installing new software? Have you had great loses and troubles because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies lots of HD space? Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for you.
  • Page 50 NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function descriptions of each version. System Requirements ◇ First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP ◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux) ◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported ◇...

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