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  • Page 1 NF-M2 NVIDIA 6150/NF430 nView 2GHz HT Dual DDR2 800 Motherboard NV nView AMD Socket AM2 GeForce 6150 Graphics DVI/VGA Out NV GbE 4x SATA 3Gb/s User’s Manual 7.1 HD Audio...
  • Page 2 NF-M2 nView User’s Manual English, 1 Edition August, 2006 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.7 Onboard Status Display .............. 2-18 2.7.1 Power Source Indicators ............ 2-18 2.8 Connecting I/O Devices.............. 2-19 3. BIOS Setup............... 3-1 3.1 SoftMenu Setup ................3-2 3.2 Standard CMOS Features..............3-4 3.3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............3-7 3.4 Advanced Chipset Features............3-9 3.5 Integrated Peripherals..............3-12 NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 4 4.2 nVidia Graphics Driver..............4-3 4.3 Realtek HD Audio Driver...............4-4 4.4 Cool’n’Quiet Driver ...............4-5 4.5 USB 2.0 Driver................4-6 4.6 ABIT EQ (The Hardware Doctor Utility)..........4-7 4.7 NVRaid Floppy Disk..............4-9 5. Appendix ................5-1 5.1 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?) ......5-1 5.1.1 Q &...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    • 1x PCI Express x16 slot • 1x PCI Express x1 slot • 2x PCI slots Internal I/O Connectors • 1x Floppy port • 2x ATA 133/100/66/33 IDE connectors • 4x SATA 3Gb/s connectors • 2x USB 2.0 headers • 1x IEEE1394a header NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 6 • 4x USB 2.0 ports ABIT Engineered ™ • ABIT SoftMenu Technology ™ • ABIT Silent OTES Technology RoHS Compliancy • 100% Lead-free process and RoHS compliancy Miscellaneous • Micro ATX form factor (245mm x 245mm) ※ Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 7: Motherboard Layout

    1.2 Motherboard Layout NF-M2 nView...
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  • Page 9: Hardware Setup

    After doing this to all the slots, you can slide the board into position aligned with slots. After the board has been positioned, check to make sure everything is OK before putting the chassis back on. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 10: Checking Jumper Settings

    (reserved for future use) will leave it at OPEN position. SHORT OPEN OPEN For 3-pin jumper, pin 1~2 or pin 2~3 can be shorted by plugging the jumper cap in. Pin 1~2 SHORT Pin 2~3 SHORT NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 11: Cmos Memory Clearing Header And Backup Battery

    4. For incorrect CPU ratio/clock settings in the BIOS, press <Del> key to enter the BIOS setup menu right after powering on system. 5. Set the CPU operating speed back to its default or an appropriate value. 6. Save and exit the BIOS setup menu. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 12 CAUTION: ※ Danger of explosion may arise if the battery is incorrectly renewed. ※ Renew only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the battery manufacturer. ※ Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 13: Connecting Chassis Components

    A minimum power of 300W or higher is recommended. ATX 12V 4-Pin Power Connector: This connector supplies power to CPU. The system will not start without connecting power to this one. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 14: Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers

    Connects to the Suspend LED cable (if there is one) of chassis front panel. • PWR (Pin 6, 8): Connects to the Power Switch cable of chassis front panel. • PLED (Pin 16, 18, 20): Connects to the Power LED cable of chassis front panel. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 15: Fan Power Connectors

    1. Plug the 3-pin CPU fan assembly to “SYSFAN1” fan power connector. 2. In the “PC Health Status” of the BIOS Setup Menu, set the “SYS FanEQ Reference Temp.” from the default “System” to “CPU”. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 16: Installing Hardware

    CPU. The lever clicks when it’s locked into position. 3. The heatsink for CPU may have thermal interface material attached bottom. If not, applying a few squeeze of thermal paste to the CPU die will help to increase the contact. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 17 ※ A higher fan speed will be helpful for better airflow and heat-dissipation. Nevertheless, stay alert to touch any heatsink since the high temperature generated by the working system is still possible. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 18: Ddr2 Memory Slots

    [DIMM3] and [DIMM4] are made of another same color. Usually there is no hardware or BIOS setup required after adding or removing memory modules, but you will have to clear the CMOS memory first if any memory module related problem occurs. 2-10 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 19: Pci Express X16 Add-On Slot (For Add-On Graphics Card)

    2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slot (For add-on graphics card) This slot supports one PCI-Express X16 graphics card that complies with PCI Express specifications. Insert your PCI-Express X16 graphics card into this slot. NF-M2 nView 2-11...

  • Page 20: Connecting Peripheral Devices

    ※ Make sure to configure the “Master” and “Slave” relation before connecting two drives by one single ribbon cable. The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the IDE port and the hard-drive connector. 2-12 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 21: Serial Ata Connectors

    SATA device and connect the other end from the power supply. ※ The motherboard in this illustration is served for DEMO only, may not be the same type or model as the one described in this user’s manual. NF-M2 nView 2-13...

  • Page 22: Additional Usb 2.0 Port Headers

    I/O panel or the front-mounted IEEE1394 port of your chassis. Pin Assignment Pin Assignment TPA0 + TPA0 - Ground Ground TPB0 + TPB0 - +12V +12V Ground ※ Make sure the connecting cable bears the same pin assignment. 2-14 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 23: Internal Audio Connectors

    Pin 4 “AVCC” of this header. Pin Assignment Pin Assignment (HD AUDIO) (AC’97 AUDIO) MIC2 L MIC In AGND MIC2 R MIC Power AVCC FRO-R Line Out (R) MIC2_JD F_IO_SEN FRO-L Line Out (L) LINE2_JD NF-M2 nView 2-15...
  • Page 24 The audio driver is originally configured to support HD Audio. For AC’97 audio connection, you may: 1. Right-click the “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon in system tray. 2. Click “Audio I/O” tab, and then click “Connector Settings”. 3. Click “Disabled front panel jack detection”, and then click “OK” to confirm. 2-16 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 25: Pci Express X1 Add-On Slot

    2.6.7 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slot This slot provides the connection of add-on cards that comply with PCI Express specifications. 2.6.8 PCI Add-on Slots These slots provide the connection of add-on cards that comply with PCI specifications. NF-M2 nView 2-17...

  • Page 26: Onboard Status Display

    Lights Off: Your ATX power supplier is not connected with power source, or connected with power source but its power switch is off. • VCC: Lights On: The system power is on. Lights Off: The system power is off. 2-18 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 27: Connecting I/O Devices

    Mic-In: Connects to the plug from external microphone. • IEEE1394: Connects to devices of IEEE1394 protocol • LAN1: Connects to Local Area Network. • USB1/USB2: Connects to USB devices such as scanner, digital speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, joystick etc. NF-M2 nView 2-19...
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  • Page 29: Bios Setup

    ※ In order to increase system stability and performance, our engineering staff is constantly improving the BIOS menu. The BIOS setup screens and descriptions illustrated in this manual are for your reference only, and may not completely match with what you see on your screen. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 30: Softmenu Setup

    3.1 SoftMenu Setup The SoftMenu utility is ABIT’s exclusive and ultimate solution in programming the CPU operating speed. All the parameters regarding CPU FSB speed, multiplier factor, the AGP & PCI clock, and even the CPU core voltage are all available at your fingertips.
  • Page 31 Chipset Core Voltage SB Core AUX Voltage Hyper-Transport Voltage ※ A wrong voltage setting may cause the system unstable or even damage the CPU. Please leave it to default settings unless you are fully aware of its consequences. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 32: Standard Cmos Features

    This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the format of [Month], [Date], and [Year]. Time (hh:mm:ss) This item sets the time you specify (usually the current time) in the format of [Hour], [Minute], and [Second]. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 33 HDD automatically. Capacity This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. Cylinder This item configures the number of cylinders. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 34 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. Total Memory This item displays the total memory available in the system. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 35: Advanced Bios Features

    Enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. The default setting is Disabled. Boot Up NumLock Status This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 36 This item allows the BIOS to support some old or special IDE devices by prolonging this delay time. A larger value will give more delay time to the device for which to initialize and to prepare for activation. Full Screen LOGO Show This item determines if the full screen logo is shown when booting. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 37: Advanced Chipset Features

    This item selects the LDT Bus Width between CPU and NB. NB<->SB HT Speed This item selects the LDT Bus Frequency between NB and SB. NB<->SB HT Width This item selects the LDT Bus Width between NB and SB. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 38 Interference) generated by the system. SSE/SSE2 Instructions This item allows you to Enable or Disable the SSE/SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions) instruction set. System BIOS Cacheable This item enables or disables caching the system BIOS for faster execution. 3-10 NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 39 BIOS utility itself. For example: In a 256M selection with 256M total system memory size configuration, the BIOS utility will force it down to 128M automatically. NF-M2 nView 3-11...

  • Page 40: Integrated Peripherals

    Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE/RAID Function ► IDE Function Setup Press Enter Item Help ► RAID Configuration Press Enter ↓↑→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults 3-12 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 41: Ide Function Setup

    This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE2 controller. IDE DMA Transfer access This item selects the DMA mode for devices connected through IDE channels. OnChip SATA Controllers This item enables or disables the onchip SATA controllers. NF-M2 nView 3-13...

  • Page 42: Raid Configuration

    The default setting is V1.1+V2.0. If you choose to disable this item, the “USB Keyboard Support” and “USB Mouse Support” items will not be available to select in Integrated Peripherals menu. USB Keyboard Support Select [BIOS] for the legacy operating system (such as DOS) that does not support USB keyboard. 3-14 NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 43 This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly. Onboard 1394 Controller This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller. Onboard FDD Controller This option enables or disables the FDD controller. NF-M2 nView 3-15...

  • Page 44: Power Management Setup

    Wake up by PME# of PCI When set to [Enabled], access through the add-on PCI card can remotely wake up the system that was in Soft-Off condition. The PCI card must support the wake up function. 3-16 NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 45 COM port or USB type. Some PS/2 mice cannot wake up the system because of compatible problems. If the specs of your keyboard are too old, it may fail to power on. KB Power ON Password This item sets the password required in order to power on your computer. NF-M2 nView 3-17...
  • Page 46 If the system’s power is off when AC power failure occurs, it will remain off when power returns. If the system’s power is on when AC power failure occurs, the system will power-on when power returns. 3-18 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices. [Auto(ESCD)]: The system will automatically detect the settings. [Manual]: Choose the specific IRQ resources in the “IRQ Resources” menu. NF-M2 nView 3-19...
  • Page 48 This item determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. [Disabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI/VGA. [Enabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards work with PCI/VGA. Maximum Payload Size This item sets the maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. 3-20 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 49: Pc Health Status

    CPU FanEQ Control This item allows you to control the CPUFAN speed. When set to [Enabled], the following items become selectable. CPU FanEQ Target Temp. This item sets the temperature mark for the “CPU FanEQ” function to take effect. NF-M2 nView 3-21...
  • Page 50 This item sets the lowest speed ratio for the 3-pin fan assembly connected at “SYSFAN1” fan power connector to run at when the temperature of “SYS FanEQ Reference Temp.” detected is lower than the value of item “SYS FanEQ Target Temp.” plus the value of item “SYS FanEQ Temp. Tolerance”. 3-22 NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 51: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself. 3.12 Save & Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu. 3.13 Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any changes. NF-M2 nView 3-23...
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  • Page 53: Driver & Utility Cd

    • [Utility]: Click to enter the utilities installation menu. • [ABIT Utility]: Click on this tab to enter the menu for installing utilities exclusively developed by ABIT. • Browse CD]: Click to browse the contents of this “Driver & Utility CD”.

  • Page 54: Nvidia Nforce Chipset Driver

    Click the [nVidia nForce Chipset Driver]. The following screen appears: Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. Restart the system for the driver to take effect. ※ Please install this nVidia nForce Chipset Driver first after having installed the Windows operating system. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 55: Nvidia Graphics Driver

    Click on the [Drivers] tab in the installation menu screen. Click the [nVidia Graphics Driver] item. The installation screen appears: Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. Restart the system for the driver to take effect. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 56: Realtek Hd Audio Driver

    Click on the [Drivers] tab in the installation menu screen. Click the [Realtek HD Audio Driver] item. The following screen appears: Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. Restart the system for the driver to take effect. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 57: Cool'n'quiet Driver

    To install this driver: Click on the [Drivers] tab in the installation menu screen. Click the [Cool’n’Quiet Driver] item. The following screen appears: Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. Restart the system for the driver to take effect. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 58: Usb 2.0 Driver

    This must be set to “Automatic Mode” for Cool ‘n’ Quiet to be enabled. 4.5 USB 2.0 Driver ※ There is no need to install this driver for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows XP with Service Pack 1, or their later version. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 59: Abit Eq (The Hardware Doctor Utility)

    ABIT EQ is a self-diagnostic system for PC based on motherboards designed and manufactured by Universal ABIT. It will protect PC Hardware by monitoring critical items of Power Supply Voltage, CPU & System Fans Speed, and CPU & System Temperature.
  • Page 60 Execute the ABIT EQ by entering the Windows Menu [Start] [All Programs] [ABIT] [ABIT EQ]. ABIT EQ shows you the status of Voltage, Fan Speed, and Temperature readings as well. NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 61: Nvraid Floppy Disk

    Floppy Disk to create another one. To create a driver disk: Click on the [ABIT Utility] tab in the installation menu screen. Click the [Generate NVRaid Floppy Disk[32bit]]. The following screen appears: Insert one blank floppy disk to the selected floppy drive and click [Build].
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  • Page 63: Appendix

    Close the chassis and switch on the power supply unit or plug in the power cord. Press the power-on button to boot up system. If it works, hit <Del> key to enter the BIOS setup page to do the correct settings. If the situation remains the same, try Step 3. NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 64 Motherboard: Type in the model name and revision number of your motherboard. Example: AA8XE REV: 1.00 • BIOS Version: Type in the BIOS version of your motherboard. (You can find it on the screen during the POST sequence.) NF-M2 nView...
  • Page 65 See the next page for a blank Technical Support Form, or visit our website to fill in the form on line (http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/contact/technical.php). Q. Is the motherboard dead? Do I need to return it to where I bought from or go...

  • Page 66: Technical Support Form

    Region: E-mail: First name: Last Name: Subject: Motherboard: BIOS Version: CPU: Memory brand: Memory size: Memory configuration: Graphics card: Graphics driver version: Power supply maker: Power supply wattage: Storage devices: Optical devices: Other devices: Operating system: Problem description: NF-M2 nView...

  • Page 67: Universal Abit Contact Information

    5.1.3 Universal ABIT Contact Information Taiwan Head Office Austria, Czech, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Universal ABIT Co., Ltd. Macedonia, Slovenia No. 323, Yang Guang St., Neihu, Universal ABIT Austria Computer Taipei, 114, Taiwan GmbH Tel: 886-2-8751-3380 Schmalbachstrasse 5, A-2201 Gerasdorf /...
  • Page 68 P/N: 4310-0000-27 Rev. 1.00...

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