User`s manual

Biostar T-Series TForce4 SLI
Us e r’s M anual
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PACKAGE CHECKLI ST ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 CPU ASSEMBLY.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
A. Centr al Pr ocessi ng U nit (CPU) ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
B. About FAN Headers .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
2.2 SYSTEM MEMORY...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
A. DDR Modules........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
B. Memory Space......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
C. DDR Installation Notice .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
D. Know yo ur CP U Vers ion ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
2.3 PERIPHERALS...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5
A. Card and I/O Slots:.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5
B. Connecto rs and Hea de rs: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA SLI FUNCTION..............................................................................................................................................12
3.1 REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
3.2 PLACING THE SLI-NF4 SELECTOR CARD.............................................................................................................................................................................................................12
3.3 THINGS TO NOTICE...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
3.4 INSTALLING SLI-READY GRAPHICS CARDS..........................................................................................................................................................................................................13
3.5 ENABLING MULTI -GPU FEATURE IN WINDOWS..................................................................................................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................................................................15
4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.2 RAID ARRAYS...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.3 HOW RAID WORKS...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15