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Biostar N4SIE-A7 User Manual

Biostar n4sie-a7 motherboard: user guide
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N4SIE-A7
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
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  • Page 1 N4SIE-A7 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 Motherboard Features ...1 Package Checklist ...5 Layout and Components ...6 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ...7 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)...7 FAN Headers ...9 Installing System Memory ...10 Connectors and Slots...11 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup...13 How to Setup Jumpers...13...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Supports DDR2 400 (200MHz) / 533 (266MHz) / 667 (333MHz) for a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 10.6 GB/s. Maximum DRAM space is up to 16GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR2_A1 DDR2_A2 DDR2_B1 DDR2_B2 N4SIE-A7 EATURES DDR Module 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB*1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB*1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB*1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB*1 Total Memory Size...
  • Page 4 N4SIE-A7 Expansion Slots Three 32bit PCI bus master slots. Normal Mode PCI-Express slots: One PCI-Express x16 slot: PCI_EX16-1. Two PCI-Express x1 slots: PCI-EX1-1 and PCI-EX1-2. SLI Mode PCI-Express slots: Two PCI-Express x8 slots: PCI-EX16-1 and PCI-EX16-2. Two PCI-Express x1 slots. PCI-EX1-1 and PCI-EX1-2.
  • Page 5 N4SIE-A7 Serial ATA II Controller integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. Supports RAID functions. Supports Serial ATA 2.0 specification. Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) devices. Data transfer rate up to 1.5GB/s or 3GB/s. RAID Controller Controller integrated in NF4-SLI-MCP. NVIDIA RAID Technology: RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application...
  • Page 6 N4SIE-A7 Back Panel I/O Connectors 1 Serial port. 1 Parallel port. 1RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 PS/2 Mouse port. 1 PS/2 Keyboard port. 1 1394A Firewire port (optional). 4 USB 2.0 ports. 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out facilities. PS/2...

  • Page 7: Package Checklist

    N4SIE-A7 ACKAGE HECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cable x 1 User’s Manual x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 BRI-2 SLI Bridge x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case x 1 SLI-NF4T Selector Card x 1 (pre-installed) SPDIF Cable x 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable x 1 (optional)

  • Page 8: Layout And Components

    Giga EARPHONEJACK1 PCI-Ex16-1 PCI-Ex1_1 Codec PCI-Ex1_2 JCDIN1 PCI-Ex16-2 Super PCI1 BIOS PCI2 PCI3 JSPDIF_IN1 JSPDIF_OUT1 J1394A1 (optional) Note: ■ represents the 1 N4SIE-A7 JCFAN1 NF4-SLI-SPP FAN1 SLI1 NF4-SLI-MCP J1394PWR1 IEEE1394 Chip (optional) JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 pin. IDE2 IDE1 JSFAN1 BAT1...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    N4SIE-A7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) NSTALLING ENTRAL ROCESSING CPU1 Special Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the CPU is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged.
  • Page 10 N4SIE-A7 Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. Step 2-1: Step 2-2: Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation.

  • Page 11: Fan Headers

    Ground and should be connected to GND. FAN1: North Bridge Fan Power Header JSFAN1: System Fan Power Header N4SIE-A7 JCFAN1 Assignment Ground...

  • Page 12: Installing System Memory

    DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. N4SIE-A7 EMORY...

  • Page 13: Connectors And Slots

    This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has two 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
  • Page 14 N4SIE-A7 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with three standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. PCI-EX16-1/PCI-EX16-2/PCI-EX1-1/PCI-EX1-2: PCI-Express Slots PCI-EX16-1 (Normal Mode): PCI Express 1.0a compliant.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup

    “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened ETAIL ETTINGS JATXPWR1: ATX Power Connector This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. N4SIE-A7 Pin closed Pin1-2 closed Assignment +3.3V +3.3V Ground Ground...
  • Page 16 N4SIE-A7 JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. JAUXPWR1: PCI-Express x16 Slot Power Source Connector When SLI mode is enabled, please plug in this PEX power source connector to make sure the system is working under a stable environment.
  • Page 17 N4SIE-A7 JSPDIF_OUT/JSPDIF_IN1: Digital Audio-out Connectors (JSPDIF_IN1 is optional.) These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header. JSPDIF_IN1 JAUDIO2: Front Panel Audio-out Header This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case.
  • Page 18 N4SIE-A7 J1394PWR1 (optional): Power Source Header for 1394 Chip J1394A1 (optional): Header for 1394A Firewire Port at Front Panel This connector allows user to connect the front 1394 port for digital image devices. Pin 1-2 Close: +3.3V for 1394 chipset (default).
  • Page 19 N4SIE-A7 JUSB1~JUSB3: Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader. JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard.
  • Page 20 CMOS and show the message on next boot-up. JSATA1~JSATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a SATA Controller in NVIDIA Crush19 with 4 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s. Assignment...
  • Page 21 N4SIE-A7 JPANEL1: Header for Front Panel Facilities This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. Assignment Function Speaker Connector Speaker...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4: Useful Help

    BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: Make a bootable floppy disk. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website.
  • Page 23 If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting

    Screen message says “Invalid Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.” Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive. N4SIE-A7 Solution Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. Replace cable. Contact technical support.

  • Page 25: Chapter 5: Nvidia Sli Function

    SLI-NF4T S LACING THE There is a pre-installed SLI-NF4T selector card on the motherboard. The default setting is Normal Mode, only supports single graphics card. To use two graphics cards, firstly, you have to set the selector card to SLI Mode, to support dual video cards.
  • Page 26 N4SIE-A7 Step 3: Invert the selector card and insert the edge labeled “SLI MODE”. Step 4: Push down the selector card until the retention clips snap into place. Notice: Make sure to insert the card into the slot completely. ○...

  • Page 27: Things To Notice

    Step 3: Insert the first one graphics card into the yellow slot (PCI-EX16-1). And then insert the second graphics card into the white slot (PCI-EX16-2). Notice: Make sure both the graphics cards are seated into slots completely. N4SIE-A7 RAPHICS ARDS PEX16- PEX16-...
  • Page 28 N4SIE-A7 Step 5: Connect a 4-pin ATX power cable to AUX power connector (JAUXPWR1), this will ensure the stabilization of your system. Notice: When under SLI mode, please make sure the power supply is at least 500W (and above). Step 6: Insert the SLI Bridge (BRI-2) connector on the gold-fingers of each graphics card.

  • Page 29: Enabling Multi-Gpu Feature In Windows

    N4SIE-A7 -GPU F NABLING ULTI EATURE IN INDOWS After the graphics cards are installed, enable the Multi-GPU feature in NVIDIA nView properties. Step 1: Click NVIDIA Settings icon on the Windows taskbar. Step 2: Select “nView Properties” in nView Desktop Manager pop-up menu.
  • Page 30 N4SIE-A7 Step 5: Select “NVIDIA GeForce” tab, and then click on “Multi-GPU” item on the left dialog box. Step 6: Check before “Enable SLI multi-GPU” item, and click on OK to complete the setting.

  • Page 31: Chapter 6: Nvidia Raid Functions

    Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for large files. No capacity loss penalty for parity. Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array fails, all data is lost. Fault Tolerance: No. N4SIE-A7 Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2...
  • Page 32 Drawbacks: Decreases performance because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently. Fault Tolerance: Yes. ※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.html N4SIE-A7 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Single Logical Drive to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

  • Page 33: Chapter 7: Warpspeeder

    YSTEM EQUIREMENT OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.) N4SIE-A7...

  • Page 34: Installation

    Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish” button. Usage: The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand. N4SIE-A7...

  • Page 35: Warpspeeder™] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels

    N4SIE-A7 ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility.
  • Page 36 N4SIE-A7 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
  • Page 37 N4SIE-A7 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
  • Page 38 N4SIE-A7 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock...
  • Page 39 N4SIE-A7 “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default...
  • Page 40 N4SIE-A7 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
  • Page 41 N4SIE-A7 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...

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