Nvidia N61S manual

User’s Manual nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V Socket AM2 Processor Mainboard nVIDIA N61 Series Rev: 1.00, July 2007 P/N: 88ENN61PV0[...]

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................ 3 1.1 Package Checklist ............................................................................................... 3 1.2 Specications ..............................................................................................[...]

- 3 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Package Checklist Thank you for choosing our product. Please check the following packing and accessories, if there is any br oken or part missing, please contact with your franchiser . • HDD Cable X 1 • Serial A T A Cable X 1 • Rear I/O P anel X 1 • User's Manua[...]

- 4 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 1.2 Specications CPU - Socket AM2 for AMD ® Athlon TM 64/Ahtlon TM 64 FX/A thlon TM 64 X2/ Sempron TM Processor - AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing - Supports up to 1GHz Bandwidth - Supports Hyper T ransport - Supports AMD CPU Cool 'n' Quiet T echnology Chipset - Based [...]

- 5 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 1.3 Mainboard Layout 1.3.1 nVIDIA N61(V1.0) (This picture is only for reference)[...]

- 6 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 1.3.2 nVIDIA N61(V2.0) (This picture is only for reference)[...]

- 7 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 1.4 Connecting Rear Panel I/O Devices The rear I/O part of this mainboard provides the f ollowing I/O ports: • PS/2 Mouse: Connect to PS/2 mouse. • PS/2 Keyboard: Connect to PS/2 keyboard. • LPT: Connect to printer or other devices that support this communication protocol. • COM: Connect to ex[...]

- 8 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis • Choose a chassis big enough to install this mainboard. • As some features for this mainboard ar e implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure y our chassis supports all[...]

- 9 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 2.3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the mainboard supports the CPU . 2. Please tak e note of the one indente d corner of the CPU. If you install the C PU in the wrong direction, the CPU will not ins[...]

- 10 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Ejector T ab N o t c h K e y M o u n t i n g N o t c h R i b 2.3.2 Installation of the CPU Cooler For pr oper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU Cooler . 2.4 Installation of Memory Modules This mainboard provides four 240-pin DDRII (Double Data R ate) DIMM slots,[...]

- 1 1 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 2.5 Connecting Peripheral Devices 2.5.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors The FDD connector connects up to two oppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector oppy cable.Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the FDD on the board, the two connectors on the other end to the ?[...]

- 12 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Chapter 3 Jumpers & Headers Setup 3.1 Checking Jumper Settings • For a 2-pin jumper , plug the jumper cap on both pins will make it CLOSE (SHOR T ). Remove the jumper cap, or plug it on either pin (reserved f or future use) will leave it at OPEN position. • For 3-pin jumper , pin 1~2 or pin 2[...]

- 13 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 3.4 FAN Power Connectors These connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in y our system. CPU_F AN1: CPU F an Power Connector SYS_F AN1: System F an Power Connector (Options) SYS_F AN2: System F an Power Connector 3.5 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers HDD_LED (Hard Drive[...]

- 14 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 3.6 Additional USB Port Headers 3.7 Front Panel Audio Connection Header This header provides the connection to audio connector at front panel. Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data 0- 4 Data 1- 5 Data 0+ 6 Data 1+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 NC HD Audio: Pin No. Denition 1 MIC2_L 2 GND[...]

- 15 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 3.8 Internal Audio Connectors Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector . 3.9 IR Connection Header (Optional) Connect the IrDA cable (if av ailable) to this IR connector . C D I N _ 1 Pin No. Denition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R Pin No. Denition 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX[...]

- 16 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 3.10 ATX Power Input Connectors This mainboard provides two power connectors to connect power supplier . GND GND + + 12V 12V 1 2 3 4 + . + + + + + . . 3 3 V 12V 12V 5VSB P W R O K C O M 5 V C O M 5 V C O M 3 3 V + 3 3 V C O M 5 V 5 V 5 V 5 V C O M C O M C O M P S O N C O M 12V 3 3 V + + + - _ - + . 1[...]

- 17 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Utility BIOS stands for B asic Input and Output System. It was once called ROM BIOS when it was sto red i n a Rea d- Onl y Memo ry (ROM ) chip. No w manu fact ure rs w oul d like to s to re BIOS in EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory . BIOS used in this s[...]

- 18 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ► Standard CMOS Features ► Advanced BIOS Features ► Advanced Chipset Features ► Integrated Peripherals ► Power Management Setup ► PnP/PCI Configurations ► PC Health Status ► Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Default[...]

- 19 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual • PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect temper ature, voltage, fan, speed. • Frequency/Voltage Control This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency r atio. • Load Fail-Safe Defaults F ail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system par ameters which the system wou[...]

- 20 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.3 Standard CMOS Features ・ Date (mm:dd:yy) This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the f ormat of [Month], [Date],and [Y ear]. ・ Time (hh:mm:ss) This item sets the time you specify (usually the current time) in the f ormat of [Hour], [Minute],and [Second]. ► IDE Ch[...]

- 21 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the par ameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key . The parameters will be shown on the screen automatically . IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4 When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE or SA T A h[...]

- 22 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ► Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate[...]

- 23 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual ・ Swap Floppy Drive If you have 2 opp y drives, you can change A to B, or change B to A. ・ Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST , BIOS will determine if the oppy disk drive installed if choose [Enable]. ・ Boot Up NumLock Status This item denes if the keyboard Num Lock key is activ e when yo[...]

- 24 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.5 Advanced Chipset Features ・ Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to choose the fr ame buffer size of on-chip VGA. ・ GPU Bank Flip W e suggest you to keep the def ault. ・ PMU W e suggest you to keep the def ault. ・ PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select the PCIE Spread Spe[...]

- 25 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.6 Integrated Peripherals ► IDE Function Setup Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals ► IDE Function Setup ► RAID Config Onboard Lan Chip OnChip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HD Audio MAC Lan MA[...]

- 26 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual OnChip IDE Channel 0 The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the rst and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interf ace if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE inter[...]

- 27 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual ・ OnChip USB This option allows you to disabled the USB function or select the mode of USB . ・ USB Memory Type Av ailable options: [Base Memory (640K)] [Shadow]. ・ USB Keyboard Support This item allows yo u to select [BIOS] f or using USB keyb oard in D OS envir onment, o r [OS] in OS environme[...]

- 28 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual ・ IR Transmission Delay Av ailable options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ・ UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows user choose IR mode. Av ailable options: [Full], [Half ] ・ Use IR Pins Av ailable options: [IR -Rx2Tx2] [RxD2,TxD2] ・ Onboard Parallel Port This item species the I/O address used by the para[...]

- 29 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.7 Power Management Setup ・ ACPI Function This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Adv anced Conguration and P ower Management (ACPI). ・ ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend T ype. ・ Power Management This option is for choose ACPI mode (or gr ade) etc. Min Sav[...]

- 30 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.8 PnP PCI Conguration ・ Init Display First This feature allows you to select the rst initiation of the monitor displa y from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the mainboar d. ・ Reset conguration data Usually you'd better keep this set ting [Dis[...]

- 31 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual 4.5.9 PC Health Status ・ Post Show Health Status Show the system status when post. ・ All Voltages, Fans Speed and Thermal Monitoring These unchangeable items list the current status of the CPU and environment temperatures, f an speeds, and system power voltage. ・ Shutdown Temperature Y ou can s[...]

- 32 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Incorrectly using these features may result in system instability or corruption. Doing a overclock or overvoltage on CPU, chipsets and memory modules may result in damages or shortened life expectancy to these components. Please be aware that the menu items are for power users only. ► CPU Feature C[...]

- 33 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N 4.5.11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option opens a dialog box that lets you install f ail-safe defaults for all appr opriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and the <Enter> to install the defaults. Pr ess <N> and then <Enter> to not insta[...]

- 34 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? Y T o disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message will conrm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup freely . PASSWORD D[...]

- 35 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual Chapter 5 Driver Installation Check your package and there is Driver CD included. This CD consists of all drivers you need. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which drivers needed so that your system can function pr operly . I[...]

- 36 - nVIDIA N61P/N61S/N61V User's /Manual When you choose Mainboard Driver installation Utility , the drivers menu should appear as below: (This picture is only for r eference) From the Drivers MENU you ma y make 4 selections: 1. nForce Chipset Installation Utility 2. Nvidia VGA Graphics Driver 3. LAN Driver 4. Audio Driver Back <- nForce[...]