MSI Media Live, User Manual

Page 1: ...Media Live MS 6421 V1 X Media Center G52 64211X2 ...

Page 2: ... communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Incr...

Page 3: ...rican Megatrends Inc AMD is a registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc NVIDIA is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation U S Patent Numbers 4 631 603 4 819 098 4 907 093 5 315 448 and 6 516 132 This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual property rights Use of this copyright protection technol ogy must be authoriz...

Page 4: ...s on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment does not work well or you can not get it work according...

Page 5: ... 0 75mm2 2 Internal part is hazardous moving parts please keep fingers and other body parts away 3 For pluggable equipment the socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible 4 Do not disable the protective earth pin from the plug the equipment must be connected to an earthed mains socket outlet ...

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Page 9: ...Setup 2 1 Mainboard Layout 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 4 Dual Channel Memory Population Rules 2 4 Power Supply 2 5 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector JPWR1 2 5 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 6 Important Notification about Power Issue 2 7 Front Panel 2 8 Back Panel 2 10 Connectors 2 12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 12 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 2 12 Serial ATA II Connectors...

Page 10: ...ws 3 2 Packing Checklist 3 3 Installation Procedures 3 4 Removing Top Cover 3 4 Installing Hard Disk Driver 3 6 Installing Optical Disk Driver 3 8 Installing PCI Card 3 11 Installing CPU 3 13 Installing CPU Cooler 3 14 Installing Memory Modules 3 15 Restoring Top Cover 3 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 3 Getting Help 4 3 General Help 4 3 The Main Menu 4 4 Standard CMO...

Page 11: ...ing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A 2 Installation for Windows 2000 XP A 2 Software Configuration A 4 Sound Effect A 5 Mixer A 8 Audio I O A 12 Microphone A 16 3D Audio Demo A 17 Information A 18 Hardware Setup A 19 Appendix B TV Out Function B 1 Display Setup B 2 Appendix C nVidia RAID C 1 Introduction C 2 System Requirement C 2 RAID Arrays C 2 Summary of RAID Configurations C 2 RAID Configuration ...

Page 12: ...Array Configurations C 12 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk C 13 Morphing From One RAID Array to Another C 17 Hot Plug Array C 18 Initializing a RAID Array C 19 Rebuilding a RAID Array C 22 Synchronizing a RAID Array C 25 Appendix D nVidia System Driver D 1 NVIDIA System Driver Installation D 2 NVIDIA System Driver D 2 NVIDIA Utility Installation D 5 ...

Page 13: ...rchasing Media Live MS 6421 Media Center This Media Live is your best Media Center choice With the fantastic appearance and small form factor it can easily be set anywhere The feature packed platform also gives you an exciting Media Center experience ...

Page 14: ...Supports 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet LAN by Vitesse VSC8601 IEEE 1394 Chip integrated by VIA VT 6308P Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC883 Flexible 8 channel high definition audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia V1 0 Spec IDE Supports 2 IDE ports by nVidia MCP51 Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode Supports PIO Bus Master operation mode SATA Supports 4 SATA II...

Page 15: ... LAN Jack RJ45 1 Digital Audio Out Coaxial 1 Digital Audio Out Optical Front Panel 1 Headphone Green 1 Microphone Pink 1 IEEE 1394 Port 2 USB 2 0 Ports 4 Slots 3 5 Memory Card Reader On Board Pinheaders 2 USB 2 0 Pinheaders 1 CD In Pinheader 1 TV Out Pinheader 2 SPDIF Out In Pinheaders 1 VGA Pinheader Slots 1 PCI slot Supports 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface Form Factor Standard Micro ATX 24 4 cm X 24 4...

Page 16: ... 0 Port 10 Fwd Button 3 IEEE 1394 Port 11 Skip Button 4 USB 2 0 Port 12 On Standby 5 Headphone Green 13 Eject Button for ODD 6 Stop Button 14 Slim Slot In Optical Disk Drive 7 Play Button 15 Memory Card Reader Drive 8 Replay Button 16 Integrated VFD Module System Configuration ...

Page 17: ...Switch 10 S Video Out 3 Power Jack AC In 11 SCART Out 4 Component Video Out 12 VGA Out D Sub 5 Audio RCA Out 13 LAN Jack RJ45 6 Digital Video Audio Out HDMI 14 PCI Expansion Slot 7 USB 2 0 Ports 15 Digital Audio Out Coaxial 8 IEEE 1394 Port 16 Digital Audio Out Optical ...

Page 18: ...CF MD CompactFlash I II Micro drive SD MMC SM SmartMedia Minimized screw structure Detachable bay housing Multiple ventilation holes 1 System Ventilation Hole for ODD 4 System Ventilation Hole for HDD 2 Power Supply Fan Ventilation Hole 5 System Ventilation Hole for HDD 3 CPU Fan Ventilation Hole 6 System Ventilation Hole for HDD Back Side Bottom ...

Page 19: ...Getting Started 1 7 System Picture Front Panel Back Panel Power Supply CPU Socket Driver Bay x1 for ODD Driver Bay x2 for HDD Memory Expansion slots ...

Page 20: ...on is completed please keep other objects away from the ventilation hole at least 2 5cm and above Do not block the ventila tion hole Ventilation Hole for Power Supply Fan Ventilation Hole for CPU Fan Ventilation Hole for ODD Ventilation Hole for HDD Front Panel Back Panel ...

Page 21: ...reen yellow blue area at the bottom of screen The information provided varies based on your area and television network Away Media Center Pause CH PG Stop Play Rec Rew Replay Back Arrow M ore OK Mute Recorded TV Guide Live TV DVD Menu Fwd Volume 0 9 A Z Clear Enter Teletext LED Skip Remote Control ...

Page 22: ...6421 Media Center Remote Control Buttons for USA users Away Media Center Pause CH PG Stop Play Rec Rew Replay Back Arrow M ore OK Mute Recorded TV Guide Live TV DVD Menu Fwd Volume 0 9 A Z Clear Enter LED Skip ...

Page 23: ... the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components Chapter 2 Hardware Setup Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add on card or module ONLY FOR SERVICE PERSONEL ...

Page 24: ... IM M4 Winbond W83627EHG PCI _E2 PCI _E1 PCI1 BATT BIOS JCD1 JAUD1 JPCI JSPDO1 JXPC1 VIA VT6308P JSPDI1 J1394_1 JB AT 1 JUSB1 JUSB2 JFP1 JF P 2 S YS FA N 1 S ATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 O p tio n a l S ATA4 O p t io na l JPW1 CPU_FAN1 JTV1 ALC883 VSC8601XKN T LAN jack B USB ports T 1394 port B USB ports HDMI1 JRCA3 JRCA1 nVidia nVidia MCP51 C51PVG JVGA2 ...

Page 25: ...act your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer CPU Central Processing Unit 1 Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heat sink to enhance heat dissipation 3 While replacin...

Page 26: ...2 128 pins The mainboard provides 4 slots for 240 pin non ECC DDR2 400 533 667 800 DIMMs which supports the memory size up to 4GB Since DDR2 modules are not inter changeable with DDR and the DDR2 standard is not backward compatible you should always install DDR2 memory module in the DDR2 slot DIMM1 DIMM4 Otherwise you are not able to boot up your system and your mainboard might be damaged ...

Page 27: ... proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply as you like If you d like to use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with pin 1 pin 13 refer to the image at the right hand There is also a foolproof design on pin 11 12 23 24 to avoid wrong installation Power Supply pin12 pin13 ...

Page 28: ...ovide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Pin Definition 4 2 3 1 JPW1 1 Make sure that all the connectors are connected to proper ATX power supplies to ensure stable operation of the mainboard 2 Power supply of 350 watts and above is highly recommended for system stability Important ...

Page 29: ...modules Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Unplug the AC power cable shown in figure 1 or unplug the JPWR1 JPW1 power connectors shown in figure 2 figure 3 before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure Figure 1 Unplug the AC p...

Page 30: ...d Reader MS MS Pro CF MD CompactFlash I II Micro drive SD MMC SM SmartMedia Microphone In 1 8 inch mini jack Pink Two 4 pin USB 2 0 ports High Speed USB 2 0 IEEE1394 FireWire 4 pin input output for Digital Video Stop Button Play Button Replay Button Stops the selected media Plays the selected media Rewinds live or recorded TV for 8 seconds or beginning of music track or DVD chapter Headphone Out 1...

Page 31: ... Button and LED Press and hold button for seconds to turn off Push for Away Mode Rew Button Skip Button Fwd Button Rewind Moves the media backward Fast forward Moves media forward Moves media forward These illustrations are for your reference only Your model might not have all features ...

Page 32: ...t AC 110 240V 50 60 Hz Left side On Right side Off Expansion Slot 3 RCA jacks interlaced or progressive scan supports 720p 1080i HDTV Red colour Pr Green colour Y Blue colour Pb not all modes support DVD playback due to content protection 15 pin D sub 8 RCA jacks Audio 7 1 Pre Out 1 SIDESURROUND 2 FRONT 3 REAR SURROUND 4 CENTER SUBWOOFER For expansion use only For Europe Specification supports 480...

Page 33: ...n supports 480i SDTV Digital Audio Out Digital Audio Out HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Support supports 720p 1080i 1080p HDTV Four 4 pin USB 2 0 ports High Speed Ethernet 10 100 100 1000 6 pin DV input output for Digital Video or other device For PCI expansion use only 1 Media Live provides five different types of Video Output which includes 1 SCART Out 2 Component Video Out 3 VGA Out ...

Page 34: ...ector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices The Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive...

Page 35: ...use of the ME assembly status Serial ATA cable Blue Colour SATA1 SATA4 SATA2 4 are optional If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions Important ConnecttoSATA1 SATA4 Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherw...

Page 36: ...must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 The JAUD1 front panel audio connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 FRONT MIC_L 2 GND 3 FRONT MIC_R 4 FRONT IO 5 LINE OUT R 6 MIC JD 7 AZ FRONT JD 8 NO PIN 9 LINE OU...

Page 37: ...B2 The mainboard provides USB 2 0 pinheaders optional USB 2 0 bracket available that are compliant with Intel I O Connectivity Design Guide USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the lik...

Page 38: ...e able to display PC s information Pin Description Pin Description 1 GND 2 COMP 3 Yout 4 GND 5 Cout Pin Definition JTV1 1 5 2 6 JSPDI1 VCC SPDIF GND JSPDO1 VCC SPDIF GND Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP1 is compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Con nectivity Design Guide PIN SIGN...

Page 39: ...2 SPK Speaker 3 SLED SuspendLED 4 BUZ Buzzer 5 PLED PowerLED 6 BUZ Buzzer 7 NC Noconnection 8 SPK Speaker Pin Definition JFP2 Power LED Speaker 2 1 8 7 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VGA_R 2 GND 3 GND 4 NC 5 DDC_DATA 6 VGA_G 7 VGA_B 8 GND 9 VCC 10 HSYNC 11 VSYNC 12 NC 13 DDC_CLK 14 GND 15 GND 16 NC Pin Definition JVGA2 15 1 2 ...

Page 40: ...configuration set the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data JBAT1 Keep Data Clear Data 3 1 3 1 3 1 Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard SCART Out Jumper CN1 CN2 for SCART Out board The CN1 Jumper determines the aspect ratio of TV display You can display ex...

Page 41: ...other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastruc ture for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x designs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB s Slots PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot When adding or remo...

Page 42: ...bits and 33 MHz it yields a throughput rate of 133 MBps PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows 32 bit PCI Slot Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTE INT F INTG INT H ...

Page 43: ...ocedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add on card or module ONLY FOR SERVICE PERSONEL ...

Page 44: ...stallation Choose one with a magnetic head would be better Pliers can be used as an auxiliary tool to connect some connec tors or cables Forceps can be used to pick up tiny screws or set up the jumpers Rubber gloves can prevent yourself from being incised and suffering the static charge The built in mainboard is designed for Media Live only Except the mainboard the built in components of the bareb...

Page 45: ... below for basic system operation Packing Checklist CPU Cooler Hard Disk Drive Optional PCI Card Optional These pictures are for your reference only Your packing contents may vary depending on the model you purchased CPU Optional Optical Disk Drive Optional Memory Module Optional ...

Page 46: ...nlock the four screws screw type 1 on the back panel with a screwdriver Follow the direction arrows to slide the top cover off and then remove it by lift it up carefully with hands After disassembly 1 Removing Top Cover 1 2 3 4 Pull forward Back Panel ...

Page 47: ...cages 1 Always be careful when you handle with the three hooks on the front panel Remember to pull them open gently with fingers or the damages can be made easily Important Important After disassembly Front Panel 2 Always avoid touching the Integrated VFD Module when you remove the front panel because it can be broken easily ...

Page 48: ...ock the two screws screw type 1 on the front panel with a screwdriver Follow the direction arrow to take out the HDD holder carefully with hands Important 2 1 Always keep your fingers away from these two sharp edges of the HDD holder or you may get hurt easily 1 2 ...

Page 49: ... holder carefully and then lock up the two screws screw type 1 with a screwdriver Install the HDD holder with HDD onto the chassis carefully and connect the power cable 1 2 Connect the SATA cable and lock back the two screws screw type 1 on the front panel with a screwdriver 1 2 ...

Page 50: ...ew type 1 on the front panel with a screwdriver Follow the direction arrow to push the ODD tray forward carefully with hands Important Insert the ODD interface board into the slim slot in ODD and please avoid touch ing the pinheader on the board because the damages can be made easily 1 2 ...

Page 51: ...driver Match the orientation of ODD and ODD tray and then follow the direction ar row to install the ODD onto the ODD tray carefully Please make sure the ODD is properly and completely fixed to the ODD tray 1 2 Follow the direction arrow to install the ODD tray with ODD onto the chassis carefully ...

Page 52: ...3 10 MS 6421 Media Center 1 Connect the power cable 2 Connect the IDE cable Lock back the two screws screw type 1 on the front panel with a screwdriver 1 2 ...

Page 53: ...4 Installing PCI Card Unlock the screw screw type 1 on the lock bracket with a screwdriver Remove the iron shield to release the PCI expansion slot Follow the direction arrow to open the lock bracket with fingers carefully ...

Page 54: ...421 Media Center Insert the PCI card vertically into the PCI slot Follow the direction arrow to close the lock bracket with fingers carefully Lock back the screw screw type 1 on the back panel with a screwdriver ...

Page 55: ...close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly make sure the CPU is properly and completely embed ded into the socket Important Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard Important Find the gold arrow on the AMD AM2 CPU before installation remember the CPU can only fit in the correct orientation Gold arrow ...

Page 56: ...n frame by press ing the black holder down firmly with a screwdriver and then close the silver hook with your fingers pressing tightly In order to protect your fingers from hurting by the silver hook putting on the rubber gloves is necessary and recommended Important Please make sure the CPU Cooler is properly and completely fixed to the mainboard retention module Important Black holder here Silve...

Page 57: ...lot The plastic clip at each side of the slot will automatically close Notch Golden finger 1 DDR2 modules are not interchangeable with DDR and the DDR2 standard is not backwards compatible You should always install DDR2 memory mod ules in the DDR2 DIMMs and DDR memory modules in the DDR DIMMs 2 In dual channel mode make sure that you install memory modules of the same type and density in different...

Page 58: ...ection arrows to restore the top cover Push forward Lock back the four screws screw type 1 on the back panel with a screwdriver 1 2 3 4 Important The ventilation holes on the chassis are for air convection to protect the machine from overheating Do not cover the ventilation holes with equipments such as LCD monitor LCD TV CRT monitor and so on Important ...

Page 59: ...e BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for opti mum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for customized features ...

Page 60: ...fers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 09 28 06 refers to the date this BIOS was released Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key to enter S...

Page 61: ...tion of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol as shown in the right view appears to the left of certain fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then you c...

Page 62: ...ecial enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Features Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI ...

Page 63: ...his menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 64: ... is day month date year Day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only Month The month from Jan through Dec Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys Year The year can be adjusted by users Time HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second ...

Page 65: ...ormatted size of the storage device Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Press Enter to enter the sub menu Type This item allows you to select the hard disk type Available setting options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD or ARMD LBA Large Mode This item allows you to enable or disabl...

Page 66: ...ume its operation Available options are No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error System Information Press Enter to enter the sub menu BIOS Version This item shows the BIOS version of your system read only Physical Usage Memory These items show the memory size of your system You cannot change any values in the these field...

Page 67: ...Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB But it is possible if you choose OS2 IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to complia...

Page 68: ...ive A floppy disk so IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C hard disk However modern computers usually load the operating system from the hard drive and may even load it from a CD ROM drive Press Enter to enter the sub menu 1st 2nd Boot Device These items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load...

Page 69: ... the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press key to move it up down in this hard disk drives list CD DVD Boot Priority Press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press key to move it up down in this CD DVD boot priority list PLEASE NOTE Back panel s USB 2 0 ports will be the first priority to boot up ...

Page 70: ... of system memory allocated for video memory TV Mode support Select the TV standard which is used as the video signal format of your TV if you have connected a TV to the system Available setting options are NTSC_M This format is used in United States Canada and Taiwan NTSC_J This format is used in Japan PAL_M This format is used in Brazil PAL_BDGHI This format is used in Singapore and Asia PAL_N T...

Page 71: ...ve any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix Set to Disabled only if you want to use any USB device other than the USB mouse Onboard GigaBit LAN This setting controls the onboard GigaBit LAN controller GigaBit LAN Option ROM The item enables or disables the GigaBit LAN Option ROM during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboar...

Page 72: ... Chip IDE Controller The integrated peripheral controller contains a IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Available setting options are Disabled Disables the integrated IDE Controller Primary Enables only the Primary IDE Controller Secondary Enables only the Secondary IDE Controller Both Enables both IDE Controllers Serial ATA 0 1 This allows you to enable or disable onchip Serial ATA c...

Page 73: ...er the sub menu OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field ...

Page 74: ... Windows 2000 you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Setting options S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is...

Page 75: ...ower off state Power On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Wakeup Event Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu Resume By PCI Device PME When setting to Enabled this setting allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PME Power Management Event Resume By PC...

Page 76: ...card is not available it will initialize the PCI Express card PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to higher values every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth For better PCI performance you should set the item to higher values PCI Slot 1 IRQ This item specifies...

Page 77: ...esource Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu IRQ 3 15 These fields specify whether the system will be awakened from power sav ing modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected DMA Channel 0 7 These items specify the bus that the system DMA Direct Memory Access channel is using The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the avai...

Page 78: ...ve the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI select the value of Spread Spectrum for EMI reduction 2 The greater the Spread Spectrum value is the greater the EMI is reduced and the system will become less stable For the most suitable Spread Spectrum value please consult your local EMI regulation 3 Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you a...

Page 79: ...Spread Spectrum feature When overclocking the CPU always set it to Disabled Setting options Disabled Down Spread CPU LDT Spread Specturm This setting is used to enable or disable the CPU LDT Spread Spectrum feature When overclocking the CPU always set it to Disabled Setting options Disabled Center Spread and Down Spread SATA Spread Specturm This setting is used to enable or disable the SATA Spread...

Page 80: ...s the upper limit preset in this setting the system will be shut down automatically This helps you to prevent the CPU overheating problem This item is available only when your OS supports this function such as Windows ME XP Smart FAN Target The mainboard provides the Smart Fan system which can control the fan speed automatically depending on the current temperature to keep it with in a specific ra...

Page 81: ...ults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance ...

Page 82: ...ord and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to en...

Page 83: ...Setup This chapter provides you with the software information about Media Live MS 6421 Media Center With a full range of easy to use digital entertainment features experience TV movies music and photos with Media Live are like never before ...

Page 84: ...5 2 MS 6421 Media Center Microsoft Windows XP Media Center ...

Page 85: ... If there are steps you still need to complete you can go to the Settings Menu by following the procedure below Completing the Setup Wizard Steps 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select Settings You may need to use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll down to see all the menu items 3 Select General Media Center Setup and then select Run Media Center ...

Page 86: ...ettings such as brightness contrast RGB colour and centering Set up the speaker Select how many speakers you have and test them Important You can change the Media Center s settings in the Setting Menu Configure the TV signal source and TV Program Guide This item makes sure your Media Center receive the TV signal and TV Program Guide correctly If you have a satellite receiver or a cable box the set...

Page 87: ...is set up correctly The remote control has two AA 1 5V alkaline batteries installed The Media Live has a properly configured and working Internet connection The Media Live is properly connected to your TV signal source Opening the Media Center 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control Or 2 Click Start on the taskbar and then click Media Center Click here ...

Page 88: ... put the Media Live into standby mode or to switch users Here you can open the Media Center Start menu Here you can go back to the previous screen Here you can find Media Center Help Here you can minimize the Media Center window Here you can resize the Media Center window Here you can close the Media Center window Media Center Start Menu Overview ...

Page 89: ...y Pictures Here you can view digital pictures play a slide show and print photos My Music Here you can play music CDs or music files creat and edit playlists and record music files to CDs Other menu items not shown More Programs Here you can link to the Media Center official website for more utilities and programs Please go to http www microsoft com windowsxp mediacenter using otherprograms mspx f...

Page 90: ...te control will not be able to use 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select Play DVD on the main menu to start Click here In Play DVD you can Play and stop DVD movies Change DVD movie language and DVD audio settings Important Simply press the More Information Buttons on the remote control to view more informaion about the DVD that you are watching ...

Page 91: ...ght you can Music This item includes links to music service providers such as Napster and Live365 Movies This item includes links to movie service providers such as MovieLink and Cinema Now You can find information about popular films view trailers download movies and more News Sports This item lists top stories from news and sports broadcasters such as MSNBC and ESPN Downloads This item includes ...

Page 92: ...play the video details such as the name and date that your video file was modified View small image and title of video file My Videos In the Media Center My Videos window you can play your home video files you created and video files you downloaded from the Internet 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select My Videos on the main menu to start Click here ...

Page 93: ...directory of Windows Explorer In fact My Pictures is a folder on your hard disk drive HDD in the My Documents folder It is also a Media Center menu item that allows you to view and to search for your digital images by using the remote control or the keyboard and mouse In My Pictures you can View organize edit print share and protect your digital images My Picture for Windows Explorer ...

Page 94: ...c in Media Center are copied into the Windows Media Player Library and are accessible from Media Center 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select My Music on the main menu to start In My Music you can Play CDs or music tracks from your created Windows Media Player Library Select and edit a personalized queue of songs from your library Delete songs from a library an...

Page 95: ...ssenger This item opens an instant message log on window Sync to Device This item allows you to automatically transfer your music photo video and recorded TV files from MediaLive to a portable device More Programs contains links to programs services and common tasks 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select More Programs on the main menu to start Click here ...

Page 96: ...the remote control 2 Select Settings on the main menu to start 3 Select a category 3 Select one of the settings listed Then use the arrow buttons to select an option or follow the onscreen instructions In Settings you can TV Here you can set up TV signal audio and closed captioning You can also download and edit the TV Program Guide view and clear recording history set hard disk drive recorder sto...

Page 97: ...a Center and set up notifications for caller ID Radio Here you can organize or delete pre set radio stations General Startup and Window behavior Visual and Sound Effects Here you can set up transition animations and sounds when navigating in Media Center More Programs Options Here you can change settings for other pro grams on the MediaLive Media Center Setup Here you can configure your Internet c...

Page 98: ...ons Here you can get media information about CDs DVDs and movies from the Internet and to select HOW to down load the TV Program Guide Help Here you can find help about HOW to use Media Center and your hardware Important Best resolution settings are 1 640 x 480 for standard definition TVs smaller than 32 2 800 x 600 for standard definition TVs larger than 32 3 1024 x 768 for high definition TVs ...

Page 99: ...ur favorithe TV shows You can watch recorded TV shows while recording another show Use the More Information button on the remote control to display TV show informaion Recorded TV Here you can view a list of recorded programs by date or title view a list of programs scheduled to be recorded play a recorded program and add a TV recording manually Search Here you can quickly find a TV program to watc...

Page 100: ... play FM radio stations by using your rmote control 1 Press the Media Center Green Start Button on the remote control 2 Select Radio on the main menu to start In Radio you can Listen to all FM radio stations Set up your favorite radio stations Organize your radio station presets Use the time shifting features such as pause rewind and fast forward Radio ...

Page 101: ...5 19 Software Setup Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center ...

Page 102: ...ternet radio stations or access content from online services You can also use it to make your own music CDs To open Windows Vista Media Center click the Start button click All Programs and then click Windows Media Center Important 1 An optional FM tuner is required to play FM radio stations in Windows Media Center 2 If your computer has no TV tuner an optional analog or digital TV tuner is require...

Page 103: ...TV Page 5 22 Record TV Page 5 23 Play video and watch pictures Page 5 24 Listen to music Page 5 25 Play your digital media anywhere in the home Page 5 26 5 27 Listen to radio Page 5 28 Play a CD or DVD Page 5 29 Burn a CD or DVD Page 5 29 Browse stream and download digital media from Online Media Page 5 30 Play games Page 5 30 ...

Page 104: ...up to the current part of the program When watching live TV one of the most popular ways to find the TV show that you are looking for is to use the Guide in Windows Media Center The Guide lets you see what is on TV and lets you search for TV shows in a variety of ways When you want to watch a movie you can search the movies you recorded in the Movies Guide If you want to control Windows Media Cent...

Page 105: ...ellectual property rights of others and do not copy or otherwise use copyrighted materials without authorization Examples of materials that may be copyrighted include documentation graphics lyrics photographs clipart animations movie and video clips as well as sound and music including when MP3 encoded Unauthorized use of copyrighted materials may violate U S and international copyright laws and s...

Page 106: ... such as movies videos music pictures or recorded TV shows These files are stored in libraries on your Windows Media Center computer You can scroll through your pictures and video libraries automatically by using the left and right arrow buttons The title Pictures Videos includes three items picture library play all and video library The following image shows picture library selected in Pictures V...

Page 107: ...p to play or create playlists of your favorite music If you want you can also choose to play music while viewing your favorite pictures that appear in a slide show The title Music includes four items music library play all radio and search The following image shows music library selected in Music ...

Page 108: ...hat has built in Media Center Extender functionality that you can connect to your home network These types of Media Center Extender devices will be available in the future You can also use your Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center Extender This lets you go beyond gaming by using Xbox 360 to enjoy TV shows live or recorded digital music pictures and other digital media content that is stored on your ...

Page 109: ... Extender A Windows Media Center Extender can be a networked device such as a networked TV or DVD player that has Media Center Extender functionality built in Your Xbox 360 can function as a Windows Media Center Extender as well Therefore you can use your Xbox 360 and set up a Media Center Extender so that you can play digital media content that is stored on your Windows Media Center computer by u...

Page 110: ... to FM and Internet radio stations available in your area and you can create presets for your favorite radio stations Use the on screen transport controls in the bottom right of the screen to control playback including changing channels adjusting volume and pausing or stopping playback ...

Page 111: ...on your computer A compatible DVD decoder is already installed on computers that include Windows Media Center Burn a CD or DVD You can burn many different types of CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Center This lets you decide what type of DVD or CD you want to create based on how and what you want to use to play the content after it is burned to a disc The title Tasks includes six items settings shutd...

Page 112: ...os over the Internet Some of these programs will be pre installed on your Win dows Media Center computer some require installation and others will work over the Internet without installation The following image shows program library selected in Online Media Play games Windows Vista together with its media partners offer on demand online games that you can play on your Windows Media Center computer...

Page 113: ... you can Navigate and control all MediaLive windows Control the video or live TV display Make the computer in and out of standby mode Shut down or restart the MediaLive Log off from MediaLive and switch users With this Remote Control you cannot Navigate the Windows desktop or control other computer programs outside of MediaLive Be used as a VCR DVD player or stereo remote control Turn on of off a ...

Page 114: ...edia Center Remote Control Buttons Overview Description and location may vary Function will shown in the red green yellow blue area at the bottom of screen The information provided varies based on your area and television network ...

Page 115: ...ograms Rew Rewind Moves the media backward press button for 3 speeds Fwd Fast forward Moves media forward press button for 3 speeds Replay Rewinds live or recorded TV for 8 seconds or beginning of music track or DVD chapter Skip Moves media forward for example 30 seconds in videos and live TV or one music track or one DVD chapter Back Returns to the previous window within Media Center More Informa...

Page 116: ...s the play DVD window in Media Center or opens the main menu of a DVD movie if available Guide Opens the TV Program Guide to display available TV channels and programs to watch and record Live TV A shortcut to the fullscreen view of Live TV It also moves to the current point in a Live TV program after pausing Live TV 0 9 A Z The numeric keypad buttons to change channels or enter text into the Medi...

Page 117: ...e If available in your area Teletex is a free service that provides varied information such as news weather sports results and other items of interest Press the Teletext button and follow the on screen prompts to navigate through the available services The four coloured buttons are for Media Center navigation You can either access subcapters by clicking on the buttons or enter the page number by t...

Page 118: ...2 Insert two AA 1 5V alkaline batteries provided 3 Replace the battery cover 4 Test the remote control by pressing any key The indicator light should blink Back View Open up the battery cover this direction 1 2 Battery Con tainer IECR06 AA UM 3 1 5V Important Make sure the battery positive and negative ends are inserted correctly ...

Page 119: ...Realtek ALC883 Audio The Realtek ALC883 provides 10 channel DAC that simul taneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 channels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels ...

Page 120: ... XP Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Click here Important The...

Page 121: ...Realtek ALC883 Audio A 3 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here Select this option ...

Page 122: ...annel audio feature now Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect Manager from the Control Panel Software Configuration Double click ...

Page 123: ...Corridor Bathroom Sewer pipe Arena and Audio Corridor for quick enjoyment You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting...

Page 124: ...e T h e s ett in gs ar e saved permanently for future use Reset 10 bands of equalizer would go back to the default setting Enable Disable To disable you can temporarily stop the sound effect without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from...

Page 125: ...the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song would be eliminated while the background music is ...

Page 126: ...y and let them output respectively from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important You have to plug the device into the jacks on the rear and front panel fi...

Page 127: ...r panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio 2nd output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel Click here Select this option ...

Page 128: ...able playback multi streaming 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 in play At any given period you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously Playbackdevice This function is to let you freely decide which portsto outputthesound And thisisessential whenmulti stream...

Page 129: ...ls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming Important ALC883 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record ...

Page 130: ...6CH Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you have plugged 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 If not...

Page 131: ...jack detection option Jack detection function only works with HD audio front panel Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would not automatically pop up when device plugged in ...

Page 132: ...degrading when it is converted to analog Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio 192KHz This is recommended while playing High quality Audio Output Source No S PDIF out There will no S PDIF out Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc w...

Page 133: ... up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Side Left Side Right ...

Page 134: ... from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With A...

Page 135: ...Audio A 17 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Page 136: ...on Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 137: ...Channel Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 1 Line Out Side surround channels Right 2 Line Out Side surround channels Left 3 Line Out Front channels Right 4 Line Out Front channels Left 5 Line Out Rear surround channels Right 6 Line Out Rear surround channels ...

Page 138: ...rs to the Rear channel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Side surround channels Right 2 Line Out Side surround channels Left 3 Line Out Front channels Right 4 Line Out Front channels Left 5 Line Out Rear surround channels Right 6 Line Out Rear surround channels Left 7 Line Out Center channel 8 Line Out Subwoofer channel 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 ...

Page 139: ...ctor and two speakers to the Center Subwoofer channel Line Out connector 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Side surround channels Right 2 Line Out Side surround channels Left 3 Line Out Front channels Right 4 Line Out Front channels Left 5 Line Out Rear surround channels Right 6 Line Out Rear surround channels Left 7 Line Out Center channel 8 Line Out Subwoofer channel 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 ...

Page 140: ...enter Subwoofer channel Line Out con nector and two speakers to the Side channel Line Out connector 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line Out Side surround channels Right 2 Line Out Side surround channels Left 3 Line Out Front channels Right 4 Line Out Front channels Left 5 Line Out Rear surround channels Right 6 Line Out Rear surround channels Left 7 Line Out Center channel 8 Line ...

Page 141: ...1 TV OutFunction You need to install the TV Out bracket before you can get access to the TV out function Follow the procedures de scribed later to configure the display settings Appendix B TV Out Function ...

Page 142: ... Properties 2 In the Display Properties dialog box click the Settings tab The following procedures describe display setup using Windows XP Windows 2000 screens are slightly different but the procedures are the same as described To enable the TV Out function follow this procedure 3 Click Advanced to continue Click here Display Setup Click here ...

Page 143: ...B 3 TV OutFunction 4 In the nView Display Settings field choose the current display and display mode 5 In the Device Settings select the TV format ...

Page 144: ...ing detected you can check the Force TV detection box in the Tools field Important Please note that the TV out function can not work with the onboard D Sub out function that is to say you can not use the TV out function and the onboard D Sub out function simultaneously ...

Page 145: ...leading businesses to the common PC desktop This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource Appendix C nVidia RAID ...

Page 146: ...AID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data Spanning JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Summary of RAID Configurations ...

Page 147: ...ng RAID 0 1 RAID 5 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software Check p C 7 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel in On Chip ATA Device of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the...

Page 148: ...tatus of each hard disk is given in the Loc location columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 2 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Serial ATA 1 0 M Controller 1 Channel 0 Master SATA1 1 1 M Controller 1 Channel 1 Master SATA2 2 0 M Controller 2 Channel 0 Maste...

Page 149: ...ich is 32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks b...

Page 150: ...e set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup has...

Page 151: ...lect NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers Important Please follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Click the Brow...

Page 152: ...ion is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed ...

Page 153: ...the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page 2 Select the modules that you want to install Make sure that the NVIDIA IDE Driver is selected 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly c...

Page 154: ...ings Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured 4 Click Next The Select Disks to Convert window appears ...

Page 155: ...The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 7 Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use ...

Page 156: ...Rebuild a broken mirrored array Watch the progress of rebuilding an array Only applies to RAID 1 RAID 0 1 and RAID 5 arrays Synchronizing a RAID Array Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 arrays copy the data to the redundant disk the same operation as rebuilding Rebuild the parity in RAID 5 arrays Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NV...

Page 157: ...mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by any other array unlike a free disk whi...

Page 158: ... free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the following 1 Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu...

Page 159: ... be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two WD360GD drives to fail the ST380011A hard drive will take over and be used in the newly formed mirrored array ...

Page 160: ... been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right click on the ST380011A drive and select Remove Disk as shown in the screen shot below ...

Page 161: ...General Requirements and Limitations The new array capacity must be equal to or greater than the previous array For example it is possible to morph from a RAID 1 array to a RAID 0 array as long as the RAID 0 array is the same size as or larger than the RAID 1 array You can t morph To or from a JBOD Spanning array From RAID 1 to RAID 1 From RAID 0 1 to RAID 1 From RAID 5 to 1 Specific Morphing Requ...

Page 162: ...instructs the user as to when a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to add or remove an entire array without degrading the array in the process NVRAIDMAN can be used to hot plug a RAID disk To hot plug a disk simply do the following 1 Launch N...

Page 163: ...ray and writes all zeros to the disks Initialization of newly configured RAID arrays is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such asRAID 5 RAID 0 and RAID 0 1 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out all the data on that array Initialization of a fault tolerant array can only be done when the array is bei...

Page 164: ...te Array Wizard Welcome screen click Next 4 At the RAID Array Selection page make sure that RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the following screen shot will appear 7 Check Intialize Array and then click Next The Initial...

Page 165: ...IA Create Array Wizard screen The NVRAIDMAN windows shows the created RAID array as shown below The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time As soon as the Initialization process starts a popup window similar to the following will appear followed by the following pop up window ...

Page 166: ... 5 array and one of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility The picture below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array and two free disks 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears 3 Fr...

Page 167: ...st then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the figure below When the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure below ...

Page 168: ... 5 Arrays Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or RAID 5 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34 48 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large To u...

Page 169: ...an array do the following This example assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below 2 The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears 3 Click on Next and then click Finish at the Wizard Completion screen The NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is synchronizing as shown in Figure bel...

Page 170: ...MS 6421 Media Center C 26 ...

Page 171: ...tem Driver We provide a setup CD along with your mainboard which contains the required drivers for your system and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best ex perience for your office professional working and for your home leisure entertainment ...

Page 172: ...ailable for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating system Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly 1 Click on the NVIDIA C51 MCP51 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for your Windows OS Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue nVidia System Driver Installation ...

Page 173: ...ts to install All the components shown here will be selected to be installed by default Then click Next 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically 4 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation Click Next to continue ...

Page 174: ...nd ForceWare Network Access Manager It is a software firewall to protect the softwares from hacking However it is strongly suggested that you do not install this component Please follow the instruction below to make a software firewall CD for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Ignore the Setup screen and use Explorer to browse the CD 3 In the nVidia Firewall double clicking the N...

Page 175: ...ty tab and the screen below will display 2 Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display 3 Click the nTune Utility icon to install it NVIDIA nTune Utility provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance nVidia Utility Installation ...