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TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. Manual Revision 1.0 August 30, 2005 nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nForce nForce nForce nForce nForce 4 SLi 4 SLi 4 SLi 4 SLi 4 SLi / nForce4 4X / nForce4 4X / nForce4 4X / nFor[...]

ii DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO W ARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE F ACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED W ARRANTY . THE MANUF ACTURER EXPRESSL Y EXCLUDES ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRI[...]

iii P ost P or t F r equently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix C in this manual. P O S T CO DE P ro b l em S o l u tio n FFh o r C Fh 1 .BIOS c hi p inse r te d inco rre ctly 2. I n c orrect BI OS up d a te v er si on 3 . M ai[...]

iv T able of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ............................................... 1- 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ..............................[...]

v Supervisor/User Password Setting ........................... 4-23 Exit Selecting .............................................................. 4 - 2 4 Section 5 RAID Configuration Introduction ............................................................... 5- 1 NV idia RAID Features ................................................. 5- 3 Enable R[...]

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Introduction Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard B. User ’ s manual C. Floppy drive cable D. HDD drive cable E . CD (drivers and utilities) B A C D USER’S MANUAL E F G I H F . I/O Shield G. S-A T A data and power cable H. SLI bridge I . Extra USB2.0 port cable[...]

Introduction Page 1-2 1-2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction Athlon TM 64 Processor The AMD Athlon TM 64 processor family is designed to support performance desktop. It provides a high performance HyperT ransport TM link to I/O, as well as a single 64-bit high-performance DDR memory controller. For more information about all the new features Ath[...]

Introduction Page 1-3 Serial A T A (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce 4 4X chipset) Support Serial A T A, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel A T A IDE storage interface. Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB/sec and allows future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial A T A II (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI chipset) S[...]

Introduction Page 1-4 Special Features & Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/ Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan. & EZ-Boot Simply press “ESC” to select your bootable devic[...]

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Specification Page 2-1 Section 2 SPECIFICA TION Mainboard Specification Processor  Support Socket-754 based AMD Athlon 64/Sempron up to 3700+ with 1.6GT s Hyper T ransport processors Chipset  nV idia nForce4 SLi / nForce4 4X Chipset Main Memory  T wo 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets  Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-266/333/ [...]

Specification Page 2-2 LAN  1Gbps Fast Ethernet with onboard V itesse VSC8201 LAN chip - nV idia Fireware - nV idia ActiveArmor Secure Network Engine (Optional) Audio  Onboard Realtek ALC-655 selectable 2 or 6-CH audio CODEC (AC97 v2.3 compliant) - Support CD-In, AUX-In - Coaxial S/PDIF-out available on rear panel - Support Jack detection for[...]

Specification Page 2-3  One S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack  One Serial port  One RJ45 LAN connector  Four USB2.0 ports  Three Audio jacks ) ) ) ) ) Onboard connector and pin-header  One floppy drive connector  T wo A T A-100/133 IDE connector  Six extra USB2.0 ports  One CD-IN and AUX-IN connector  One IR connector  Four S[...]

Specification Page 2-4 - Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage, Chipset voltage , DIMM voltage settings Form Factor  305mm x 225 mm A TX size[...]

Installation Page 3-1 Mainboard Layout Section 3 INST ALLA TION[...]

Installation Page 3-2 Step 2 Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on the CPU socket and gently insert the CPU. The CPU is keyed to prevent incorrect insertion. Do not force the processor into the socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and reinsert the CPU. Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket. <Figure 2&[...]

Installation Page 3-3 <Figure 3> Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Apply thermal compound to the top of the CPU. <Figure 4> Step 4 Insert the heatsink as shown above. Press the clips in the direction of the arrows shown in Figure 4 to secure the assembly to the CPU socket. Step 5 Plug the CPU fan power[...]

Installation Page 3-4 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS: Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. T o CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below [...]

Installation Page 3-5 NOTES: • Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may severely compromise the integrity of the system. 3-3 System Memor y Configur ation Memory Layout The mainboard accommodates two PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules): • Supports up to 2.0GB of 266/333/400MHz DDR SDRAM. [...]

Installation Page 3-6 3-4 V GA Car d Installation  T o install a single VGA card in Single Mode, insert the VGA into the "Primary" VGA slot. (labeled on the board)  In Single mode the “Secondary” VGA slot will become inactive. <Figur e 7>  T o install the dual VGA card in SLI Mode mode, insert into both "Primary&qu[...]

Installation Page 3-7  After installing VGA driver, enable the Multi-Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nV iew properties as shown below .  For SLI Mode, as "SLi Bridge" card (D) must be installed to the golden fingers (E) on the top of both VGA cards in order to link the cards together.  For a single VGA in Sing[...]

Installation Page 3-8 JCPU_F AN / JPWR_F AN / JSYS_F AN: CPU/Power/Chassis Fan Power Connectors JCPU_F AN: The CPU must be kept cool by using a heatsink with fan assembly. JPWR_F AN: I f you are installing an additional fan in the unit, connect to this fan connector. JSYS_F AN: The chassis fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to[...]

Installation Page 3-9 FDD : Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE1/IDE2: Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 A T A-100/133 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel. PW[...]

Installation Page 3-10 CD-IN AUX-IN CD-IN/AUX-IN: CD Audio_IN Connector The CD-IN and AUX-IN connectors are used to receive audio form a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card. CD-IN AUX-IN CFP A : Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio. The front panel phone jack should have “normal[...]

Installation Page 3-11 CUSB3 CUSB4 CUSB3/CUSB4/CUSB5: Six USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2.0 ports, identified by 10-pin connector. If you wish to use the additional USB ports, install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10-pin connector. CUSB5 CP80P: Post Port Debug LED Provides two-digit[...]

Installation Page 3-12 CFP: Front Panel Connector      HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed.      PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis      RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of[...]

Installation Page 3-13 3-6 Power-On/Off (Remote) This board has a 24-pin A TX and a 4-pin A TX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On/Off feature. The 4-pin A TX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely. The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header. Y ou c[...]

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BIOS Page 4-1 Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will [...]

BIOS Page 4-2 The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter ’ key . An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provi[...]

BIOS Page 4-3 4-2 Advanced BIOS Fe atur es Selecting the “ADV ANCED BIOS FEA TURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer ’ s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item. Figur e[...]

BIOS Page 4-4 Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the PCI-E or PCI first when the system boots. Options: PCI Slot, PCIEx. Virus W arning During and after system boot up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive halts the system and an error message appears. Y ou should then r[...]

BIOS Page 4-5 Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. System : The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt. Setup : The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the pr[...]

BIOS Page 4-6 4-3 Advanced Chipset F eatures Choose the “ADV ANCED CHIPSET FEA TURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Featur es Setup HT Frequency This item allows you select the Hyper T ransport Frequency . Options: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x. (1x-->200MHz, 2x-->400MHz, 3x-->600MHz, 4x--> [...]

BIOS Page 4-7 DRAM Configuration Scroll to DRAM Configuration and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: 1T/2T Memory Timing For setting DRAM command rate timing. Options: Auto, 1T, 2T. CAS# Latency (T cl) Enables you to select the CAS latency time. The value is set at the factory depend- ing on the DRAM installed. Do not change the val[...]

BIOS Page 4-8 Row cycle time (T rc) This field specifies the Row Cycle T ime. RAS# active to RAS# active or auto refresh of the same bank. Options: Auto, 7T ~ 21T. Row refresh cyc time (T rfc) This fie ld specifies the Row Refresh Cycle T ime. Auto-refresh active to RAS# or RAS# to auto refresh. Options: Auto, 9T ~ 23T. Row to Row delay (T rrd) Thi[...]

BIOS Page 4-9 Async Latency V alue Options: Auto, 1ns ~ 15ns. IdleCycle Limit Options: Auto, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256. Dynamic IdleCycle Counter Options: Auto, Disabled, Enabled. R/W Queue Bypass Count Options: Auto, 2, 4, 8, 16. Bypass Max Options: Auto, 0 ~ 7. DQS Skew Control Options: Auto, Increase, Decrease.[...]

BIOS Page 4-10 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figur e 5: Integrated Peripherals nVidia RAID Boot ROM Set this to enabled to setup RAID for drives connected to nV idia chipset. Options: Enabled, Disabled. nVidia Lan PXE Boot ROM Enables/disable the onboard nV idia Lan PXE Boot ROM for booting from LAN. Options: Enabled, Disabled.[...]

BIOS Page 4-11 Chipset IDE Devices Scroll to Chipset IDE Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Delay For HDD (Secs) This item allows you to set longer time stand by before system Scan HDD at post screen. Some HDD may need a longer stand by time before it can be detected. Options: 0 ~ 15. OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The mainboard[...]

BIOS Page 4-12 Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onchip USB Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, V1.1+V2.0, V1.1. USB Memory Select used memory space to record USB device information Options: Base memory, Shadow memory. USB Mouse Support Enable/Disable support for USB mouse unde[...]

BIOS Page 4-13 Legacy Devices Scroll to Legacy Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled “in this field. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard [...]

BIOS Page 4-14 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’ s absolutely necessary . Figur e 6: Power Management HDD Pow[...]

BIOS Page 4-15 WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off When enabled, NV LAN activity awakens the system from soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Power-On by Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume, you can set the date (of month) and time (hh: mm:ss), that will awaken a system which has been powered down. Options: Enabled, Disabled. POWER ON Function Enable[...]

BIOS Page 4-16 Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto (ESCD). Manual : PNP Card’ s resources are controlled manually . The “IRQ Resources” field becomes available and you can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI and onboard devices. Auto : BIOS assigns the interrupt resource aut[...]

BIOS Page 4-17 4-7 PC Health Status Figur e 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self T est). Options: Enabled, Disabled. Current System /CPU T emperature Displays the current system /CPU temperature. Current CPU/Chassis/Power F AN Speed Displays th[...]

BIOS Page 4-18 5VSB The voltage level of the 5V Standby. 3VSB The voltage level of the 3V Standby. Battery (V) The voltage level of the battery. ACPI Shutdown T emperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system. (requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage- ment BIOS and ACPI[...]

BIOS Page 4-19 Smart Fan example:  Only need to set the items in gray. The system will automatically calculate intermediate temperature T emp LM and T emp MH and the corresponding Duty LM and Duty MH.  How effective Smart CPU Fan is will depend on fan design. Most fans have built-in thermistor and may self adjust its speed. Some fans have ver[...]

BIOS Page 4-20 4-8 POWER BIOS F eatur es This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. W arning : Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. W e recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. Figur e 9: Frequency/V oltage[...]

BIOS Page 4-21 PCIE Clock Enables you to subtle tune the PCIE frequency at increments of 1MHz step. Options: 100 to 145 in 1MHz increments. AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet Reduce the noise and heat from you PC when AMD’ s Cool’n’Quiet TM technology is enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled. CPU Ratio Control This item allows you to enable the CPU clock [...]

BIOS Page 4-22 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-perfor- mance [...]

BIOS Page 4-23 4-10 Super visor/User Passw or d Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus. When you select [...]

BIOS Page 4-24 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your[...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-1 Section 5 RAID CONFIGURA TION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known [...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-2 RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB. RAID 0 [...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-3 nVidia RAID Features The nV idia RAID solution uses the nForce4 series chip as a RAID controller , which is a 4-channel S-A T A solution. Listed below are the main features and benefits of nV idia RAID: • Support four S-A T A hard disk drives. • Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA). • Supports [...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-4 Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller, the general procedure to enable RAID function are shown below: Step 1: Enable RAID ROM The system BIOS may disable all RAID function by default. T o enable any RAID controller you must enable its RAID Boot ROM. Enter the BIOS CMOS Setup and jump to Integrated Peripherals Page[...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-5 Step 2: Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller ’ s BIOS Boot ROM utility . NVIDIA nForce4 SLi / nForce4 4X Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Refer to Appendix B-1 for details[...]

RAID Configuration Page 5-6 2. A main menu screen will appear (Autorun feature) 3 . Select the page “RAID floppy” 4 . Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5 . Click on the required driver to begin copy into the floppy Step 4: Install O/S into RAID disk Proceed to install W indows XP/2000/NT4.0. When installing the O/S from CD, press < F6 &[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-1 Section 6 DRIVER INST ALLA TION Easy Driver Installation Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM and the main menu screen will appear. The main menu displays links to the supported drivers, utilities and software. Method 1 This item can installs all drivers automatically. Method 2 This item can allows you to install the d[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-2 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide  Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed in[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-3 Equalizer: Speaker Configuration: <Figur e 3> 3 . There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. <Figur e 4> 4 . This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no. of speaker) is selected. Figure 4 above show[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-4 This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection. <Figure 6> Connector Sensing: 6 . Push "Start" button to start the sensing. Please remember to terminate all audio applicatio[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-5 7 . EZ-Connection shows the result of the detection. “Audio Connector” column reflects the settings used in the "Speaker Configuration" page. “Current Connection” column shows the type of device detected. If the results do not match, an exclamation mark will appear on the right side. <Figure 7> C[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-6 <Figure 9> 9 . This page lets you test the HR TF 3D Positional Audio features. HRTF Demo: <Figure 10> Microphone: 1 0 . The “Noise Suppression” feature uses software to reduce background delay microphone recording.[...]

Driver Installation Page 6-7 <Figur e 1 1> 1 1 . This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. T o remove "Sound Manager" icon from W indows T ask bar , uncheck "Show icon in system tray". General: ALC655[...]

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Appendix A-1 Appendix A A-1 Update Y our System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or o[...]

Appendix A-2 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. 6. T o confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. 7. The BIOS update is finished. xxxxx.bin F1 : Reset F10 : Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX[...]

Appendix B-1 Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. • Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this i[...]

Appendix B-2 T o designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk, 1 ) T ab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected 2 ) Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key (-> ). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be move[...]

Appendix B-3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter. The Array Detail window appears. The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping W idth, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out [...]

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Appendix C-1 Appendix C C-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CF h T est CMOS R/W functionality . C0h Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h Expand c[...]

Appendix C-2 1 8 h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. 1C h Reserved 1Dh Initial EARL Y_PM_INIT switch. 1 E h Reserve[...]

Appendix C-3 43 h T est 8259 functionality . 4 4 h Reserved 45-46h Reserved 4 7 h Initialize EISA slot 4 8 h Reserved 4 9 h 1 . Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2 . Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved 4E h 1 . Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 . Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program [...]

Appendix C-4 6 E h Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller 2 . Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved 7 3 h (Optional Feature) Enter A WDFLASH.EXE if : -A WDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -AL T+F2 is pressed 7 4 h Reserved 7 5 h Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. 7 6 h Reserved 7 7 h Detect[...]