ASRock 1600SLIX3-WiFi User Manual

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Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2008

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(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

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ContentsContents

Contents

ContentsContents

1 Introduction1 Introduction

1 Introduction

1 Introduction1 Introduction

1.1 Package Contents .......................................................... 5

1.2 Specifications ................................................................. 6

1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows

VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic Logo......................... 9

1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode .. 10

1.5 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-Way SLI

Mode .............................................................................. 11

1.6 Motherboard Layout ........................................................ 11

1.7 ASRock WiFi_eSATAII I/O Plus ...................................... 12

1.8 ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications ................. 13

2 Installation2 Installation

2 Installation

2 Installation2 Installation

2.1 Screw Holes ................................................................... 14

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ............................................ 14

2.3 CPU Installation .............................................................. 15

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan ............................... 17

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......................... 18

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) ..................... 20

2.7 SLITM and 3-Way SLITM Operation Guide......................... 21

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup ............................................. 21

2.7.1.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics

Cards ...................................................... 21

2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLITM-Ready Graphics

Cards ...................................................... 22

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup .................................. 23

2.8 Surround Display Feature ............................................... 26

2.9 Jumpers Setup ............................................................... 26

2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors .................................. 27

2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide ......................... 32

2.12 eSATAII Interface Introduction ......................................... 33

2.13 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........................................ 36

2.14 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks

Installation ...................................................................... 37

2.15 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII

HDDs and eSATAII Devices ........................................ 37

2.16 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation

Guide ...................................................................... 38

2.17 Driver Installation Guide ................................................... 40

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2.18 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions ........................... 40

2.19 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions ................................ 40

2.19.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With

RAID Functions ................................................... 41

2.19.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With

RAID Functions ................................................... 42

2.20 DTS Operation Guide ................................................. 43

2.21 Untied Overclocking Technology ................................... 45

3 BIOS S3 BIOS S

3 BIOS S

3 BIOS S3 BIOS S

4 Software Support4 Software Support

4 Software Support

4 Software Support4 Software Support

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 46

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ..................................................... 46

3.1.2 Navigation Keys .................................................... 47

3.2 Main Screen ................................................................... 47

3.3 Advanced Screen ............................................................ 48

3.3.1 CPU Configuration ................................................ 48

3.3.2 Chipset Configuration ............................................ 50

3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ................................................ 53

3.3.4 IDE Configuration .................................................. 54

3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ........................................... 56

3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ............................................. 57

3.3.7 Super IO Configuration .......................................... 57

3.3.8 USB Configuration ................................................ 59

3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ...................... 59

3.5 Boot Screen ................................................................... 60

3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ................................... 61

3.6 Security Screen .............................................................. 62

3.7 Exit Screen .................................................................... 63

4.1 Install Operating System ................................................ 64

4.2 Support CD Information ................................................... 64

4.2.1 Running Support CD ............................................. 64

4.2.2 Drivers Menu ......................................................... 64

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ........................................................ 64

4.2.4 Contact Information ............................................... 64

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi motherboard, a reliable

motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers

excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to qual-

ity and endurance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by-step

guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to

BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might

be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without

notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated

version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You

may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website

as well. ASRock website

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specific information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

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Motherboard Accessories

One ASRock SLI Bridge

One ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge

One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable

One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive

Four Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional)

One HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional)

One “ASRock WiFi_eSATAII I/O Plus” I/O Shield

WiFi Accessories

One ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module

One Antenna

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1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

1.2

Specifications

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design

CPU - LGA 775 for Intel

CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / Core

2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad

Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors

- Compatible with all FSB1600/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs (see CAUTION 1)

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3)

- Supports EM64T CPU

Chipset - NVIDIA

nForce 680i SLI

Memory - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 4)

- 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots

- Support DDR2 800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5)

Expansion Slot - 3 x PCI Express x16 slots

(white @ x16 mode, yellow @ x8 mode)

- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots

- 2 x PCI slots

- Supports NVIDIA® SLITM and 3-Way SLI

Audio - 7.1 CH Windows

VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio with

(see CAUTION 6)

Content Protection

- DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)

- DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support (see CAUTION 7)

LAN - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211B

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Wireless LAN - ASRock WiFi-802.11g module

- 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g / 11Mbps IEEE 802.11b

- Supports Software Access Point mode (AP mode) and

Station mode (Infrastructure mode and Ad-hoc mode)

Rear Panel I/O ASRock WiFi_eSATAII I/O Plus

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATAII Port

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

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- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port

- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8)

Connector - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5), NCQ and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 9)

- 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII

connector), supports NCQ and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 10)

- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x IEEE 1394 header

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 8 pin 12V power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11)

- 1 x WiFi/E header (see CAUTION 12)

BIOS Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13)

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 14)

- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 15)

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

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OS - Microsoft

Vista

64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 16)

Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

WA R NING

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting

the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third-

party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even

cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at

your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by

overclocking.

CAUTION!

1. FSB1600-CPU will operate in overclocking mode.

2. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page

50.

3. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read

“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 45 for details.

4. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before

you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read

the installation guide of memory modules on page 18 for proper

installation.

5. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be

less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP

and Windows

64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

6. This motherboard supports NVIDIA

you want to use SLI

cards on PCIE1 and PCIE3 slots. If you want to use 3-Way SLI

please install three identical 3-Way SLI

PCIE3 and PCIE5 slots. For the information of the compatible SLI

Way SLI

installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide

on page 20.

7. DTS (Digital Theater Systems) is a multi-channel digital surround sound

format. To enable DTS function, you need to adjust the settings after

audio driver installation. Please refer to “DTS Operation Guide” on page

43 for details.

8. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono

modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-

channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on

page 12 for proper connection.

9. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the

“SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 36 to adjust your SATAII hard

disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII

connector directly.

VistaTM. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® Vista

function, please install two identical SLITM graphics

PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to page 10. For the proper

SLITM and 3-Way SLITM technology. If

support graphics cards on PCIE1,

function,

and 3-

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10. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII

specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 33

for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.

11. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft

VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.

12. WiFi/E header supports WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or

WiFi-802.11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network

(WLAN) adapter. It allows you to create a wireless environment and

enjoy the convenience of wireless network connectivity.

13. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil

your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware

devices to get the best system performance under Windows

environment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of

ASRock OC Tuner. ASRock website:

14. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recom-

mended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recom-

mended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system

or damage the CPU.

15. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown.

Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the

motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it

back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal

grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC

system.

16. ASRock WiFi-802.11g module is not supported under Windows

OS.

http://www.asrock.com

Windows

2000

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

1.3

Minimum Hardware R

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

TMTM

VistaVista

Vista

VistaVista

Premium 2008 and Basic Logo Premium 2008 and Basic Logo

Premium 2008 and Basic Logo

Premium 2008 and Basic Logo Premium 2008 and Basic Logo

equirement Tequirement T

equirement T

equirement Tequirement T

able for Wable for W

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able for Wable for W

For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and

plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2008 and Basic logo, please

follow below table for minimum hardware requirements.

CPU Celeron 420

Memory 1GB system memory (Premium)

512MB Single Channel (Basic)

VGA DX10 with WDDM Driver

with 128bit VGA memory (Premium)

with 64bit VGA memory (Basic)

* After June 1, 2008, all Windows

minimum hardware requirements in order to qualify for Windows

2008 logo.

VistaTM systems are required to meet above

indowsindows

indows

indowsindows

VistaTM Premium

®®

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1.41.4

Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLISupported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI

1.4

Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI

1.41.4

Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLISupported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI

(for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit only)

Graphics Chip Model Name Chipset Name

Vendor

NVIDIA

* These two cards can only work under Windows

For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLI

please visit our website for details.

ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm

ASUS EN8800GTX

ASUS EN8600GT/2DHT

ASUS EN7950GX2 *

ASUS EN7900GT TOP

ASUS EN7800GT

ASUS EN7600GSSILENT

ASUS EN7600GT/2DHT

ASUS EN6800LE

ASUS Extreme N6800/TD

ALBATRON PC6600GT

GIGABYTE GV-NX66256DP2

LEADTEK PX7900GS TDH

LEADTEK PX7300GS TDH *

MSI 7300GT-TD256EH

XP / XP 64-bit OS.

TMTM

GeForce 8800GTX

GeForce 8600GT

GeForce 7950GX2

GeForce 7900GT

GeForce 7800GT

GeForce 7600GT

GeForce 7600GS

GeForce 6800LE

GeForce 6800

GeForce 6600GT

GeForce 6600

GeForce 7900GS

GeForce 7300GS

GeForce 7300GT

Mode Mode

Mode

Mode Mode

Mode,

1.51.5

1.5

1.51.5

SupporSuppor

Suppor

SupporSuppor

SLISLI

SLI

SLISLI

ted PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-ted PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-

ted PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-

ted PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-ted PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-

TMTM

Mode Mode

Mode

Mode Mode

(for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit only)

Graphics Chip Model Name Chipset Name

Vendor

NVIDIA ASUS GF8800GTX/768 GeForce 8800GTX

* Currently, only NVIDIA SLI-Ready GeForce 8800 Ultra and GeForce 8800 GTX

graphics cards support 3-Way SLI

supported PCI Express VGA card list for 3-Way SLI

website for details.

ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm

Mode. For the latest updates of the

1010

Mode, please visit our

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1.6 Motherboard Layout1.6 Motherboard Layout

1.6 Motherboard Layout

1.6 Motherboard Layout1.6 Motherboard Layout

24.4cm (9.6in)

Keyboard

Mouse

PS2

PS2_USB_PWR1

COM1

PARALLEL PORT

ATX12V1

ESATAII

USB2.0

Top: IEEE

T:U SB 2

1394

B:USB3

USB2.0

Top:

T:U SB 0

RJ-45

B:USB1

Top:

SIDESPK

Bottom:

CTRBASS

Center:

REARSPK

Bottom:

MICIN

Top:

LINEIN

Center:

FRONT

36 35 34

LAN PHY

Super

ATXPWR1

WIFI/E

PCIE2

Gigabit LAN

eSATAII

Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi

PCIE4

I/O

AUDIO CODEC

HDMI_SPDIF1

HD_AUDIO1

PCI1

RoHS

7.1CH HD

PCI2

CD1

FLOPPY1

PCIE1

PCIE3

PCIE5

1394a

IR1

SPEAKER1

CLRCMOS1

23 1718

NVIDIA

nForce 680i SLI Chipset

CMOS

Battery

FRONT_1394

USB4_5

PCI

EXPRESS

USB6_7

CPU_FAN1

Yorkfield

8Mb

BIOS

PANEL1

PLEDPWRBTN

HDLED RESET

FSB1600

Wolfdale

Dual Channel

SATAII_2

SATAII_1

Quad CoreCPU

DDRII_1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR2 800

NVIDIA

nForce 680i SLI Chipset

(PORT1.1)

SATAII_4 SATAII_6

(PORT1.0)

SATAII_3 SATAII_5

1516

DDRII_2 (64bit, 240-pin module)

(PORT2.1) (PORT3.1)

(PORT2.0) (PORT3.0)

DDRII_3 (64bit, 240-pin module)

RAID

SATAII

IDE1

DDRII_4 (64bit, 240-pin module)

CHA_FAN1

30.5cm (12.0in)

10 11

12 13

1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 20 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) (FRONT_1394) 3 775-Pin CPU Socket 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) 4 North Bridge Controller 22 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 23 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 6 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots 24 DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection Header

(Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow) (IR1)

7 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots 25 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)

(Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4; Orange) 26 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 8 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 9 South Bridge Controller 28 HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1) 10 SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT1.1)) 29 PCI Slots (PCI1- 2) 11 SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT2.1)) 30 PCI Express x8 Slot (PCIE5, Yellow) 12 SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (PORT3.1)) 31 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE4, White) 13 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 32 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE3, White) 14 SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (PORT3.0)) 33 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2, White) 15 SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2.0)) 34 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, White) 16 SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT1.0)) 35 WiFi/E Header (WIFI/E) 17 8Mb LPC Flash 36 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 18 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 37 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP) 19 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue)

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LAN Port

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) ** 9 Front Speaker (Lime) 2 Parallel Port 10 Microphone (Pink) 3 IEEE 1394 Port 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

* 4 LAN RJ-45 Port 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

5 Side Speaker (Gray) 13 eSATAII Port 6 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 COM Port 7 Central / Bass (Orange) 15 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) 8 Line In (Light Blue)

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED

indications.

SPEED LED Activity/Link LED

Status Description Status Description

Off 10Mbps connection Off No link

Orange 100Mbps connection Orange Linked

Green 1Gbps connection Blinking Data Activity

LAN Port LED Indications

** If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”.

See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use.

TABLE f or Audio Output Conne ction

Audio Output ChannelsFront Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker

(No. 9) (No. 6) (No. 7) (No. 5)

2 V -- -- --

4 V -- -- V

6V--VV

8VVVV

To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front

panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find “Mixer” tool on your system.

Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click

“ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA

Primary output” to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek

HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio.

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1.81.8

ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module SpecificationsASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications

1.8

ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications

1.81.8

ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module SpecificationsASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Specifications

ASRock WiFi-802.11g module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN)

adapter to support WiFi+AP function. With ASRock WiFi-802.11g module, you can

easily create a wireless environment and enjoy the convenience of wireless network

connectivity. Therefore, from anywhere within the signal range, you will be able to play

LAN games, connect to the internet, access and share printers, and make Internet

phone calls easily.

Standard - IEEE 802.11g Data Rate - 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps Security - Access Point mode (AP mode): WEP, WPA Network - Access Point mode (AP mode) Architecture Type s - Station mode: Infrastructure mode and Ad-Hoc mode Frequency Band - 2.4~2.5GHz Operating Range - Indoor: 80ft (30m)

Outdoor: 200ft (60m)

* The range varies in different environments

Number of - up to 16 stations Connected Devices (AP Mode) Antenna - ASRock WiFi-802.11g omni-directional antenna LED - Green data transmission (AIR) LED Support OS - Windows Compatibility - Full compatible with IEEE 802.11g standard products Software Support - ASRock WiFi-802.11g Wizard

XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

If you want to start to use ASRock WiFi-802.11g module on this motherboard, please carefully read “ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module Operation Guide” in the package for

the detailed introduction and operation procedures. You can also read the document in

the following path of ASRock motherboard support CD:

..\ ASRock WiFi-802.11g \ Vista64_Vista_XP64_XP

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Chapter 2 InstallationChapter 2 Installation

Chapter 2 Installation

Chapter 2 InstallationChapter 2 Installation

This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install

the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard

fits into it.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the

motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and

damages to motherboard components.

2.1 Screw Holes2.1 Screw Holes

2.1 Screw Holes

2.1 Screw Holes2.1 Screw Holes

Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the

chassis.

Do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component.

2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity, NEVER

place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like. Also remember to use

a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle

components.

3. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

4. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded antistatic pad or

in the bag that comes with the component.

Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power is

switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply.

Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals,

and/or components.

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2.3 CPU Installation2.3 CPU Installation

2.3 CPU Installation

2.3 CPU Installation2.3 CPU Installation

For the installation of Intel 775-LAND CPU,

please follow the steps below.

Before you insert the 775-LAND CPU into the socket, please check if

the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket.

Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is

found. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged.

Step 1. Open the socket:

Step 1-1. Disengaging the lever by depressing

down and out on the hook to clear

retention tab.

Step 1-2. Rotate the load lever to fully open po-

sition at approximately 135 degrees.

Step 1-3. Rotate the load plate to fully open po-

sition at approximately 100 degrees.

775-Pin Socket Overview

Step 2. Insert the 775-LAND CPU:

Step 2-1. Hold the CPU by the edges where are

marked with black lines.

Step 2-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated

Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two

orientation key notches.

Pin1

orientation

key notch

775-LAND CPU

orientation

key notch

1515

Pin1

alignment key

black line

775-Pin Socket

black line

alignment key

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For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key

notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket.

Step 2-3. Carefully place the CPU into the socket

by using a purely vertical motion.

Step 2-4. Verify that the CPU is within the socket

and properly mated to the orient keys.

Step 3. Remove PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap):

Use your left hand index finger and thumb to

support the load plate edge, engage PnP cap

with right hand thumb and peel the cap from the

socket while pressing on center of PnP cap to

assist in removal.

1. It is recommended to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking

off the PnP cap.

2. This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after

service.

Step 4. Close the socket:

Step 4-1. Rotate the load plate onto the IHS.

Step 4-2. While pressing down lightly on load

plate, engage the load lever.

Step 4-3. Secure load lever with load plate tab

under retention tab of load lever.

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2.42.4

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.4

Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.42.4

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

This motherboard is equipped with 775-Pin socket that supports Intel 775-LAND CPU.

Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 775-LAND CPU

to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal

interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation.

Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with

each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see

page 11, No. 5).

For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink.

Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the heatsink for 775-LAND CPU.

Step 1. Apply thermal interface material onto center

of IHS on the socket surface.

Step 2. Place the heatsink onto the socket. Ensure

fan cables are oriented on side closest to the

CPU fan connector on the motherboard

(CPU_FAN1, see page 11, No. 5).

Step 3. Align fasteners with the motherboard

throughholes.

Step 4. Rotate the fastener clockwise, then press

down on fastener caps with thumb to install

and lock. Repeat with remaining fasteners.

If you press down the fasteners without rotating them clockwise,

the heatsink cannot be secured on the motherboard.

Step 5. Connect fan header with the CPU fan

connector on the motherboard.

Step 6. Secure excess cable with tie-wrap to ensure

cable does not interfere with fan operation or

contact other components.

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2.5 Installation of Memor2.5 Installation of Memor

2.5 Installation of Memor

2.5 Installation of Memor2.5 Installation of Memor

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type)

DDR2 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR2 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDRII_1 and DDRII_3; Yellow slots; see p.11 No.6) or identical DDR2 DIMM pair in Dual Channel B (DDRII_2 and

DDRII_4; Orange slots; see p.11 No.7), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology

can be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR2 DIMMs for dual channel configuration, and please install identical DDR2 DIMMs in all four

slots. You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configuration Table below.

Dual Channel Memory Configurations

DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4

(Yellow Slot) (Orange Slot) (Yellow Slot) (Orange Slot)

(1) Populated - Populated -

(2) - Populated - Populated

(3)* Populated Populated Populated Populated

y Modules (DIMM)y Modules (DIMM)

y Modules (DIMM)

y Modules (DIMM)y Modules (DIMM)

* For the configuration (3), please install identical DDR2 DIMMs in all four slots.

1. If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal compatibil-

ity and reliability, it is recommended to install them in the slots of

the same color. In other words, install them either in the set of

yellow slots (DDRII_1 and DDRII_3), or in the set of orange slots

(DDRII_2 and DDRII_4).

2. If only one memory module or three memory modules are in-

stalled in the DDR2 DIMM slots on this motherboard, it is unable to

activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology.

3. If a pair of memory modules is NOT installed in the same Dual

Channel, for example, installing a pair of memory modules in

DDRII_1 and DDRII_2, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel

Memory Technology .

4. It is not allowed to install a DDR memory module into DDR2 slot;

otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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Installing a DIMMInstalling a DIMM

Installing a DIMM

Installing a DIMMInstalling a DIMM

Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or

removing DIMMs or the system components.

Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward.

Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break

on the slot.

notch

break

notch

break

The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent

damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the

slot at incorrect orientation.

Step 3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully

snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIE Slots:

PCIE1 / PCIE3 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x16

lane width graphics cards. For the information of the compatible SLITM or

3-Way SLI

Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the “Sup-

ported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode” and “Supported PCI

Express VGA Card List for 3-Way SLITM Mode” on page 10.

PCIE2 / PCIE4 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane

width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

PCIE5 (PCIE x8 slot) is used to install PCI Express expansion cards to

support 3-Way SLITM function. For the information of the compatible

3-Way SLITM Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the “Sup-

ported PCI Express VGA Card List for 3-Way SLITM Mode” on page 10.

1. This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and 3-Way SLITM technology. If

you want to use SLI

cards on PCIE1 and PCIE3 slots. If you want to use 3-Way SLI

please install three identical 3-Way SLI

PCIE3 and PCIE5 slots.

2. If you plan to install only one PCI Express VGA card on this motherboard,

please install it on PCIE1 slot.

3. If you want to use ASRock DeskExpress function on this motherboard,

please install ASRock PCIE_DE card on PCIE4 slot.

Installing an expansion cardInstalling an expansion card

Installing an expansion card

Installing an expansion cardInstalling an expansion card

function, please install two identical SLITM graphics

support graphics cards on PCIE1,

function,

Step 1. Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power

supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the

documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware

settings for the card before you start the installation.

Step 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is already installed in a

chassis).

Step 3. Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use. Keep the screws

for later use.

Step 4. Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is

completely seated on the slot.

Step 5. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws.

Step 6. Replace the system cover.

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TMTM

2.7 SLI2.7 SLI

2.7 SLI

2.7 SLI2.7 SLI

This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and 3-Way SLITM (Scalable Link Interface)

technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics

cards. Currently, NVIDIA® SLITM technology supports Windows® XP, XP 64-bit, Vista

and VistaTM 64-bit OS. NVIDIA® 3-Way SLITM technology supports Windows® Vista

and VistaTM 64-bit OS. Please follow the installation procedures in this section.

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.7.1.1 Installing T2.7.1.1 Installing T

2.7.1.1 Installing T

2.7.1.1 Installing T2.7.1.1 Installing T

Step 1. Install the identical SLITM-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified be-

TMTM

and 3- and 3-

and 3-

and 3- and 3-

Requirements

1. For SLITM technology, you should have two identical SLITM-ready graphics

cards that are NVIDIA

have three identical 3-Way SLI

certified.

2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA

technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA® website

(www.nvidia.com).

3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the

minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use

NVIDIA® certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA® website for details.

cause different types of graphics cards will not work together properly. (Even

the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card into PCIE1

slot and another graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are

properly seated on the slots.

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Operation Guide Operation Guide

Operation Guide

Operation Guide Operation Guide

certified. For 3-Way SLITM technology, you should

-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA

SLI

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Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics

cards.

Step3. Align and insert the SLI Bridge to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Make

sure that the SLI Bridge is firmly in place.

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Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI

connector of the graphics card that is in serted to PCIE1 slot.

TMTM

2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLI2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLI

2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLI

2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLI2.7.1.2 Installing Three SLI

Step 1. Install the identical 3-Way SLITM-ready gra phics cards that are NVIDIA® certi-

fied because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly. (Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Each graphics card should have two goldfingers for the 3-Way SLI Bridge connector . I nsert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot, another gra phics card to PCIE3 slot, a nd the other gra phics card to PCIE5 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

Two Goldfingers

Step2. Connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics card. Please

make sure that both power connectors on the PCI Express graphics card are connected. Repeat this step on the three graphics cards.

TMTM

-Ready Graphics Cards-Ready Graphics Cards

-Ready Graphics Cards

-Ready Graphics Cards-Ready Graphics Cards

Step3. Align and insert the 3-Way SLI Bridge to the goldfingers on each graphics

card. Make sure that the 3-W ay SLI Bridge is firmly in place.

Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI

connector of the graphics card that is in serted to PCIE1 slot.

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2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup

Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA

follow the below procedures to enable the multi-GPU feature.

For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: (For SLITM mode only)

nView system tray utility. Please

A. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows

B. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Ma n ager, and then click nView Properties.

C. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. D. Click Properties to display the Display Properties dialog box.

taskbar.

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E. From the Display Properties dialog box, select the Settings tab then click Advanced.

F. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab.

G. Click the slider to display the following screen, then select the SLI multi-GPU item.

H. Click the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box. I. Click OK when done.

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For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: (For SLITM and 3-way SLITM mode)

A. Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar. B. From the pop-up menu, select All Programs, and then click NVIDIA Corporation. C. Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab. D. Select Control Panel tab.

E. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI configuration, and click Apply. Then choose Enable SLI technology (recommended).

* SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA® Technologies Inc., and is used

only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe.

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2.8 Surround Display Feature2.8 Surround Display Feature

2.8 Surround Display Feature

2.8 Surround Display Feature2.8 Surround Display Feature

This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on

PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display

feature. For the detailed instruction, please refer to the document at the following

path in the Support CD:

..\ Surround Display Information

2.9 Jumpers Setup2.9 Jumpers Setup

2.9 Jumpers Setup

2.9 Jumpers Setup2.9 Jumpers Setup

The illustration shows how jumpers are setup.

When the jumper cap is placed on

pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is

placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The il-

lustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1

and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is

placed on these 2 pins.

Jumper Setting Description

PS2_USB_PWR1 Short pin2, pin3 to enable

(see p.11 No. 1) +5VSB (standby) for PS/2

1_2

+5V

2_3

+5VSB

or USB wake up events.

Note: To select +5VSB, it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by

power supply.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.11 No. 23)

1_2

Default

2_3

Clear CMOS

Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. The data in CMOS includes

system setup information such as system password, date, time, and system

setup parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup,

please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply.

After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1

for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the

BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you

must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-

CMOS action.

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2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors

2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors

2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place

jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps

over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the

motherboard!

FDD connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.11 No. 25)

Pin1

FLOPPY1

the red-striped side to Pin1

Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the

connector.

Primary IDE connector (Blue)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.11 No. 8)

connect the blue end

PIN1

to the motherboard

IDE1

connect the black end

to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable

Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details.

Serial ATAII Connectors These six Serial ATAII (SATAII)

(SATAII_1 (PORT1.0): connectors support SATA data

see p.11, No. 16) cables for internal storage

(SATAII_2 (PORT1.1): devices. The current SATAII

see p.11, No. 10) interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s

(SATAII_3 (PORT2.0): data transfer rate.

see p.11, No. 15)

(SATAII_4 (PORT2.1):

see p.11, No. 11)

(SATAII_5 (PORT3.0):

see p.11, No. 14)

(SATAII_6 (PORT3.1):

see p.11, No. 12)

SATAII_2(PORT1.1) SATAII_4(PORT2.1) SATAII_6(PORT3.1)

SATAII_1(PORT1.0) SATAII_3(PORT2.0) SATAII_5(PORT3.0)

SATAII_6 (PORT3.1) connector can be used for internal storage de-

vice or be connected to eSATAII connector to support eSATAII device.

Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 33 for details

about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.

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eSATAII Connector This eSATAII connector

(eSATAII_TOP: see p.11, No. 37) supports SATA data cable for

external SATAII function. The

current eSATAII interface

eSATAII_TOP

allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data

transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data cable

Data Cable can be connected to the SATA /

(Optional) SATAII hard disk or the SATAII

connector on this motherboard.

You can also use the SATA data

cable to connect SATAII_6

(PORT3.1) connector and eSATAII

connector.

Serial ATA (SATA) Please connect the black end of

Power Cable SATA power cable to the power

(Optional) connector on each drive. Then

connect to the SATA

HDD power connector

connect to

the power

supply

connect the white end of SATA

power cable to the power

connector of the power supply.

WiFi/E Header This header supports WiFi+AP

(15-pin WIFI/E) function with ASRock

(see p.11 No. 35) WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802.11n

USB+5V_2

USB+5V_1

TXN

TXP

GND2

PCIE_RST#

+3SVB

RXP

RXN

PexCLK

GND1

PexCLK#

D0+

D0-

Dummy

module, an easy-to-use wireless

local area network (WLAN)

adapter. It allows you to create a

wireless environment and enjoy the

convenience of wireless network

connectivity.

USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there are

(see p.11 No. 19) two USB 2.0 headers on this

USB_PWR

P-7

P-6

USB_PWR

P+7

P+6

GND

DUMMY

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motherboard. Each USB 2.0

header can support two USB

2.0 ports.

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CD-L

GND

CD-R

(9-pin USB4_5)

(see p.11 No. 21)

USB_PWR

P-5

P-4

USB_PWR

P+5

P+4

GND

DUMMY

DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection This header supports the Hot

Header Plug detection function for

(5-pin IR1) ASRock DeskExpress.

(see p.11 No. 24)

IRTX

+5VSB

Hotplug#

GND

IRRX

Internal Audio Connector This connector allows you

(4-pin CD1) to receive stereo audio input

(CD1: see p.11 No. 26) from sound sources such as

CD1

a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV

tuner card, or MPEG card.

Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows

(see p.11 No. 27) convenient connection and

1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on

the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the

instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio

header as below:

A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.

B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L.

C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).

D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t

need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel.

E. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select

Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from

[Auto] to [Enabled].

F. Enter Windows system. Click the icon on the lower right hand

taskbar to enter Realtek HD Audio Manager.

For Windows

Click “Audio I/O”, select “Connector Settings” , choose

GND

PRE SENCE#

MIC_R ET

OUT_R ET

2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS:

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

J_SENSE

OUT 2_R

OUT 2_L

control of audio devices.

“Disable front panel jack detection”, and save the change by

clicking “OK”.

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For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS:

Click the right-top “Folder” icon , choose “Disable front

panel jack detection”, and save the change by clicking “OK”.

PLED+

PLED-

HDLED -

HDLED +

DUMMY

+5V

PWRBTN#

GND

RES ET#

GND

SPEAKER

DUMMY

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel

(see p.11 No. 18) functions.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.

(see p.11 No. 22)

Chassis Fan Connector Please connect a chassis fan

(3-pin CHA_FAN1) cable to this connector and

(see p.11 No. 13) match the black wire to the

GND +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED

ground pin.

CPU Fan Connector Please connect a CPU fan cable

(4-pin CPU_FAN1) to this connector and match

(see p.11 No. 5) the black wire to the ground pin.

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

1 2 3 4

GND

+12V CPU _FAN_SPEED FAN_S PEED_C ONTROL

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

13241

(24-pin ATXPWR1) supply to this connector.

(see p.11, No. 36)

Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector,

it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

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ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

(8-pin ATX12V1) power supply to this connector.

(see p.11 No. 2)

4 8

1 5

Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5.

4 8

4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation

IEEE 1394 Header Besides one default IEEE 1394

(9-pin FRONT_1394) port on the I/O panel, there is one

(see p.11 No. 20) IEEE 1394 header

RXTPAM_0

RXTPAP_0

GND

RXTPBM_0

RXTPBP_0

GND

+12V

GND

(FRONT_1394) on this

motherboard. This IEEE 1394

header can support one IEEE

1 5

1394 port.

HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing

(3-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA

(see p.11 No. 28) card, allows the system to

GND

SPD IFOUT

+5V

connect HDMI Digital TV/

projector/LCD devices. Please

connect the HDMI_SPDIF

connector of HDMI VGA card to

this header.

HDMI_SPDIF Cable Please connect the black end (A)

(Optional) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the

HDMI_SPDIF header on the

motherboard. Then connect the

white end (B or C) of

HDMI_SPDIF cable to the

HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI

VGA card.

A. black end B. white end (2-pin) C. white end (3-pin)

SPD IFOUT

GND

+5V

blue black

SPD IFOU T

GND

3131

blue black

SPD IFOU T

GND

blue black

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2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide

2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide

2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide

HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is an all-digital audio/video

specification, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/

video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible

digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). A complete HDMI

system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a

HDMI_SPDIF header. This motherboard is equipped with a HDMI_SPDIF header,

which provides SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to

connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices. To use HDMI function on this

motherboard, please carefully follow the below steps.

Step 1. Install the HDMI VGA card to the PCI Express Graphics slot on this

•

motherboard. For the proper installation of HDMI VGA card, please refer

to the installation guide on page 20.

Step 2. Connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the

HDMI_SPDIF header (HDMI_SPDIF1, yellow, see page 11,

No. 28) on the motherboard.

Make sure to correctly connect the HDMI_SPDIF cable to the motherboard and the

HDMI VGA card according to the same pin definition. For the pin definition of

HDMI_SPDIF header and HDMI_SPDIF cable connectors, please refer to page 31.

For the pin definition of HDMI_SPDIF connectors on HDMI VGA card, please refer to

the user manual of HDMI VGA card vendor. Incorrect connection may cause

permanent damage to this motherboard and the HDMI VGA card.

Step 3. Connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF

connector of HDMI VGA card. (There are two white ends (2-pin and 3-pin)

on HDMI_SPDIF cable. Please choose the appropriate white end according

to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of the HDMI VGA card you install.

white end

(2-pin) (B)

Please do not connect the white end of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the wrong connector

of HDMI VGA card or other VGA card. Otherwise, the motherboard and the

VGA card may be damaged. For example, this picture shows the wrong

example of connecting HDMI_SPDIF cable to the fan connector of PCI

Express VGA card. Please refer to the VGA card user manual for

connector usage in advance.

white end

(3-pin) (C)

Step 4. Connect the HDMI output connector on HDMI VGA card to

HDMI device, such as HDTV. Please refer to the user manual

of HDTV and HDMI VGA card vendor for detailed connection

procedures.

Step 5. Install HDMI VGA card driver to your system.

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What is eSATAII?

This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification.

eSATAII allows you to enjoy the SATAII function provided by the I/O of your computer,

offering the high speed data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s, and the convenient mobility

like USB. eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that enables you to exchange

drives easily. For example, with eSATAII interface, you may simply plug your eSATAII

hard disk to the eSATAII ports instead of opening your chassis to exchange your

SATAII hard disk. Currently, on the market, the data transfer rate of USB 2.0 is up to

480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is up to 400Mb/s. However, eSATAII provides the data

transfer rate up to 3000Mb/s, which is much higher than USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394, and

still keeps the convenience of Hot Plug feature. Therefore, on the basis of the

advantageous transfer speed and the facilitating mobile capability, in the near future,

eSATAII will replace USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 to be a trend for external interface.

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NOTE:

1. If you set “SATA Operation Mode” option to RAID mode and enable the option

“eSATAII Support” in BIOS setup, Hot Plug function is supported with eSATAII

devices. Therefore, you can insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII

ports while the system is power-on and in working condition.

2. If you set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode, Hot Plug

function is not supported with eSATAII devices. If you still want to use eSATAII

function in non-RAID mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the

eSATAII ports only when the system is power-off.

3. If you want to use the eSATAII HDD as an OS disk, please set “SATA Operation

Mode” option in BIOS setup to non-RAID mode. If you want to use the eSATAII HDD

as a removable data disk, please set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS setup

to RAID mode and enable the option “eSATAII Support”. If you want to add the

eSATAII HDD as a RAID disk, please set “SATA Operation Mode” option in BIOS

setup to RAID mode and disable the option “eSATAII Support”.

4. Please refer to page 40 to 42 for detailed information of RAID mode and non-RAID

mode.

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How to install eSATAII?

SATAII connector

SATAII_6 (PORT3.1)

eSATAII connector

(eSATAII_TOP)

1. In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the

orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (PORT3.1); see p.11 No.12) and the eSATAII

connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p.11 No.37) with a SATA data cable first.

Connect the SATA data

cable to the orange

SATAII connector

(SATAII_6 (PORT3.1))

Connect the SATA

data cable to the

eSATAII connector

(eSATAII_TOP)

2. Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of

the I/O shield.

Connect one end of the eSATAII

device cable to eSATAII device

Connect the other end of the eSATAII

device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O

shield

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Comparison between eSATAII and other devices

IEEE 1394 400Mb/s

USB 2.0 480Mb/s

SATA 1.5Gb/s (1500Mb/s)

eSATAII/SATAII 3.0Gb/s (3000Mb/s)

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Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below

SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be

at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII

function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust

your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance; otherwise, your

SATAII hard disk may fail to run at SATAII mode.

Western Digital

If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted, SATA 1.5Gb/s will be enabled.

On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3.0Gb/s, please remove the jumpers

from pin 5 and pin 6.

SAMSUNG

If pin 3 and pin 4 are shorted, SATA 1.5Gb/s will be enabled.

On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3.0Gb/s, please remove the

jumpers from pin 3 and pin 4.

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Please use the Feature Tool, a DOS-bootable tool, for changing various ATA

features. Please visit HITACHI’s website for details:

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

The above examples are just for your reference. For different SATAII hard

disk products of different vendors, the jumper pin setting methods may

not be the same. Please visit the vendors’ website for the updates.

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InstallationInstallation

Installation

InstallationInstallation

This motherboard adopts NVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI chipset that supports Serial ATA

(SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA /

SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will

guide you to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII

connector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard

disk.

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If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD function, you need to install at

least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 5 function, you

need to install 3 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 0+1

function, you need to install 4 SATA / SATAII hard disks.

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This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII /

eSATAII Devices in RAID mode.

NOTE What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called

“Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs

while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been

installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 or RAID 5 then it is called “Hot

Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while

the system is still power-on and in working condition.

eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that enables you to

exchange drives easily. For example, with eSATAII interface, you may

simply plug your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports instead of opening

your chassis to exchange your SATAII hard disk.

Currently, the SATA RAID driver does not support Hot Plug and Hot Swap

functions under Windows® Vista

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This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII HDD in RAID mode.

Please read below operation guide of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully.

Before you process the SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable

accessories from the motherboard gift box pack.

A. 7-pin SATA data cable

B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface

A. SATA data cable (Red) B. SATA power cable

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The SATA 15-pin power

connector (Black) connect

to SATA / SATAII HDD

1x4-pin conventional

power connector (White)

connect to power supply

Caution

1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug

cannot be processed.

2. Even some SATA / SATAII HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector

and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin

conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot

Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss.

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which supports

SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug.

* The SATA / SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset

because of its limitation, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug support information of our

motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website:

www.asrock.com

2. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from your

dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATAII HDD, which cannot support Hot

Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.

3. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is installed into system properly. The

latest SATA / SATAII driver is available on our support website:

www.asrock.com

4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our

motherboard package.

5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash

or data loss.

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How to Hot Plug a SA TA / SA TAII HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper

procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end

(White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.

SATA power cable 1x4-pin

power connector (White)

Step 3

Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector

(Black) end to SATA / SATAII HDD.

Step 2

Connect SATA data cable to

the motherboard’s SATAII connector.

Step 4

Connect SATA data cable to

the SATA / SATAII HDD.

How to Hot Unplug a SATA / SATAII HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug:

Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper

procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII HDD side.

Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII HDD side.

Step 2

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Driver Installation GuideDriver Installation Guide

2.17

Driver Installation Guide

2.172.17

Driver Installation GuideDriver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive

first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on

the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install

those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.

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Installing WindowsInstalling Windows

2.18

Installing Windows

2.182.18

Installing WindowsInstalling Windows

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If you just want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit,

Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without

RAID functions, you don’t have to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Besides,

there is no need for you to change the BIOS setting. You can start to install Windows

2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® Vista

64-bit on your system directly.

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Installing WindowsInstalling Windows

2.19

Installing Windows

2.192.19

Installing WindowsInstalling Windows

/ Vista/ Vista

/ Vista

/ Vista/ Vista

If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows

VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID

functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

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Before installing Windows® 2000 to your system, your Windows® 2000 optical

disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please

visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay

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64-bit W 64-bit W

64-bit W

64-bit W 64-bit W

Before installing Windows® 2000 to your system, your Windows® 2000 optical

disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please

visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay

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2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

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RAID F RAID F

RAID F

RAID F RAID F

If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your

SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.

A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.

B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and

then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM

as the boot device.

C. When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver

diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.

D. Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.

E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII

drivers into the floppy diskette.

STEP 2: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.

B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.

Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation

guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID

installation guide in the following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on

your system.

After step1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP

64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a

third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette contain-

ing the NVIDIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented.

Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.

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Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key to start

2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With

2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With

2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With

NOTE. If you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE

HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions

on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in

BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID

installation guide in the following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

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RAID F RAID F

RAID F

RAID F RAID F

If you want to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA /

SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.

B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.

Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation

guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID

installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive

to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows

VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to install Windows?

” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the “Load

Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA® RAID drivers. NVIDIA® RAID

drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:

.. \ I386 \ Vista (For Windows .. \ AMD64 \ Vista64 (For Windows

After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into

the optical drive again to continue the installation.

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NOTE. If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to

manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs,

you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please

set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the

following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

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DTS Operation GuideDTS Operation Guide

2.20

DTS Operation Guide

2.202.20

DTS Operation GuideDTS Operation Guide

DTS (Digital Theater Systems) is a multi-channel digital surround sound format to

bring you a new class of entertainment experience by using home PCs. DTS makes

audio tracks more closely match the original master recording than other digitally

encoded soundtracks. Coupled with the multi-dimensional benefit of surround sound

technology, the audio quality of DTS-format soundtracks and music mixes

dramatically improves content.

Please follow below steps to enable DTS function:

1. Install the drivers to your system from ASRock support CD.

2. Reboot your system.

3. You will find the icon (Realtek HD Audio

Manager) on the Windows® task bar.

4. Double-click this icon to open Realtek HD Audio Manager.

5. On the bottom of Realtek HD Audio Manager. You can find that the DTS Connect contains 2 elements: DTS Neo: PC and DTS Interactive. Click the button to

enable or disable it.

DTS Neo: PC DTS Interactive

DTS Neo: PC

DTS Neo: PC turns your stereo audio (WMA, MP3, CD and more) into a

convincing 7.1-channel audio experience.

DTS Interactive

DTS Interactive provides a single cable connection to your DTS enabled

surround sound system. Your stereo or multi-channel (up to 5.1) audio

sources are re-encoded into a DTS audio signal and sent out from your PC to

any DTS enabled system such as, powered PC speakers, an A/V receiver or

any other DTS compatible surround sound system.

6. If you select DTS Neo: PC. You can click the icon (Detail Settings) to

access advanced controls.

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Music Mode Cinema Mode

Music Mode

The music mode is for use with any stereo music recordings, which

preserves the integrity of the stereo mix while augmenting it with a center

channel to anchor the image, and deriving enough surround content to

yield a spacious, three-dimensional listening experience. The Music

mode includes the control that allows the sound to be tailored to room

layout and personal preferences.

Cinema Mode

The Cinema mode is for use with stereo television shows and all programs

encoded in DTS Surround. The result is enhanced soundfield directionality

that approaches the quality of discrete 7.1-channel sound.

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Untied Overclocking T

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This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during

overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you

enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS

setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is

untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB

can operate under a more stable overclocking environment.

Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk

before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.

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Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITYChapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY

3.13.1

IntroductionIntroduction

3.1

Introduction

3.13.1

IntroductionIntroduction

This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system.

The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may

run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2>

during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise,

POST will continue with its test routines.

If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by

pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system

chassis. You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on.

Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the

following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for refer-

ence purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you

see on your screen.

3.1.13.1.1

BIOS Menu BarBIOS Menu Bar

3.1.1

BIOS Menu Bar

3.1.13.1.1

BIOS Menu BarBIOS Menu Bar

The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections:

Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the

Operating System

Security To set up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar,

and then press <Enter> to get into the sub screen.

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Navigation KeysNavigation Keys

3.1.2

Navigation Keys

3.1.23.1.2

Navigation KeysNavigation Keys

Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation

key.

Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - To change option for the selected items <Enter> To bring up the selected screen <F1> To display the General Help Screen <F9> To load optimal default values for all the settings <F10> To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY <ESC> To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen

3.23.2

Main ScreenMain Screen

3.2

Main Screen

3.23.2

Main ScreenMain Screen

When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display

the system overview.

Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit

Main

System Overview

System Time

System Date

BIOS Version Processor Type

Processor Speed Microcode Update Cache Size

Total Memory

DDRII 1 DDRII 2 DDRII 3 DDRII 4

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ :00:09]

: Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi P1.00 : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz

: 3400MHz : F64/4 : 4096KB

: 512MB

: 256MB/266MHz (DDRII533) :None : 512MB/266MHz (DDRII533) :None

[Tue02/05/2008]

(64bit)

Dual-Channel Memory Mode

System Time [Hour:Minute:Second]

Use this item to specify the system time.

System Date [Day Month/Date/Year]

Use this item to specify the system date.

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Use [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

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3.33.3

Advanced ScreenAdvanced Screen

3.3

Advanced Screen

3.33.3

Advanced ScreenAdvanced Screen

In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration,

Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration,

Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Main

Advanced Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

may cause system to malfunction.

CPU Configuration

Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration

H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit

Configure CPU

Select Screen

Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Setting wrong values in this section may cause

the system to malfunction.

3.3.13.3.1

CPU ConfigurationCPU Configuration

3.3.1

CPU Configuration

3.3.13.3.1

CPU ConfigurationCPU Configuration

Advanced

CPU Configuration

Overclock Mode

CPU Frequency (MHz)

PCIE Frequency (MHz)

Boot Failure Guard CPU Spread Spectrum PCIE

Spread Spectrum

SATA Spread Spectrum

Ratio Status Unlocked (Min:12, Max:17) Ratio Actual Value 17

Enhanced Halt State Max CPUID Value Limit Intel Virtualization tech. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Auto]

[200] [100]

[Enabled] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled]

[Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled]

Select the over clock mode.

Select Screen

Select Screen Select Item

Select Item

+- Change Option

+- Change Option F1 General Help

F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults

F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit

F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

ESC Exit

Overclock Mode

Use this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration

options: [Auto], [CPU, PCIE, Sync.] and [CPU, PCIE, Async.].

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CPU Frequency (MHz)

Use this option to adjust CPU frequency.

PCIE Frequency (MHz)

Use this option to adjust PCIE frequency.

Boot Failure Guard

Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard.

CPU Spread Spectrum

This feature will be set to [Auto] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled]

and [Auto].

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This feature will be set to [Enabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled]

and [Enabled].

SATA Spread Spectrum

This feature will be set to [Enabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled]

and [Enabled].

Ratio Actual Value

This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this

motherboard.

Enhance Halt State

All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported

through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no

hardware support from the chipset. In the C1 power state, the processor

maintains the context of the system caches.

Max CPUID Value Limit

For Prescott CPU only, some OSes (ex. NT4.0) cannot handle the function

with disable. This should be enabled in order to boot legacy OSes that

cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions.

Intel (R) Virtualization tech.

When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture)

can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool

Technology. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support

Intel (R) Virtualization Technology.

CPU Thermal Throttling

You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mecha-

nism to keep the CPU from overheated.

No-Excute Memory Protection

No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the

IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory

Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to

execute code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support

No-Excute Memory Protection.

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Hyper Threading Technology

To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium® 4

processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system

that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows

XP. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version

2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not sup-

port Hyper-Threading technology.

Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.

Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. is Intel’s new power saving technology. Proces-

sor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable power

savings. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled]

and [Disabled]. If you install Windows® XP and select [Auto], you need to set

the “Power Schemes” as “Portable/Laptop” to enable this function. If you

install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item

to [Enabled]. This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel

(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech..

Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system

stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies. Please set this item to

[Disable] if above issue occurs.

3.3.23.3.2

Chipset ConfigurationChipset Configuration

3.3.2

Chipset Configuration

3.3.23.3.2

Chipset ConfigurationChipset Configuration

Advanced

Chipset Configuration

DRAM Frequency

Flexibility Option Memory Timings

Memory Remap Feature Primary Graphics Adapter

Hyper Transport Link Speed Onboard LAN OnBoard 1394

OnBoard HD Audio

Front Panel

CPU Voltage DRAM Voltage NB Voltage SB Voltage

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Auto]

[Disabled] [Auto]

[Enabled] [PCI]

[1000 MHZ] [Enabled] [Enabled]

[Auto] [Auto]

[Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto]

Options

Auto: 266MHz (DDRII533) 333MHz (DDRII667) 400MHz (DDRII800) Manual

Select Screen

Select Item + - Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

DRAM Frequency

If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) in-

serted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. You may select

[266MHz (DDRII533)], [333MHz (DDRII667)], [400MHz (DDRII800)] or [Manual].

Flexibility Option

The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for

memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled].

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Memory Timings

Use this item to select the Memory Timings feature. Configuration options:

[Auto] and [Manual]. If [Manual] is selected, you can adjust the following memory

timings.

TCL (CAS Latency)

Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration

options are [3], [4], [5], [6] and [Auto].

TRCD

Use this item to adjust the TRCD value. Configuration options are [1], [2],

[3], [4], [5], [6], [7] and [Auto].

TRP

Use this item to adjust the TRP value. Configuration options are [1], [2],

[3], [4], [5], [6], [7] and [Auto].

TRAS

Use this item to adjust the TRAS value. Configuration options are [1] to

[31] and [Auto].

Command Per Clock (CMD)

Use this item to adjust the Command Per Clock (CMD) value. Configura-

tion options are [1T], [2T] and [Auto].

TRRD

Use this item to adjust the TRRD value. Configuration options are [1] to

[15] and [Auto].

TRC

Use this item to adjust the TRC value. Configuration options are [1] to [31]

and [Auto].

TWR

Use this item to adjust the TWR value. Configuration options are [2], [3],

[4], [5], [6] and [Auto].

TWTR

Use this item to adjust the TWTR value. Configuration options are [1] to

[15] and [Auto].

Memory Remap Feature

Use this item to enable or disable memory remap feature. Configuration options:

[Enabled] and [Disabled]. The default value is [Enabled].

Primary Graphics Ada pter

This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter

priority. The default value is [PCI].

Hyper Transport Link Speed

This allows you to select Hyper Transport Link Speed. Configuration options:

[200 MHz], [400 MHz], [600 MHz], [800 MHz] and [1000 MHz]. The default

value is [1000 MHz].

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Onboard LAN

This allows you to enable or disable the “Onboard LAN” feature.

OnBoard 1394

This allows you to enable or disable the “OnBoard 1394” feature.

OnBoard HD Audio

Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you

select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is

plugged.

Front Panel

Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel.

CPU Voltage

Use this to select CPU Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto] and [Manual].

The default value of this feature is [Auto].

DRAM V oltage

Use this to select DRAM Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.79V],

[1.85V], [1.90V], [1.96V], [2.02V], [2.08V], [2.14V], [2.20V], [2.31V], [2.37V],

[2.42V], [2.48V], [2.54V], [2.60V], [2.66V] and [2.72V]. The default value of

this feature is [Auto].

NB Voltage

Use this to select NB Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [Low], [Middle],

[High] and [Highest]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].

SB Voltage

Use this to select SB Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [Low], [Middle],

[High] and [Highest]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].

VTT Voltage

Use this to select VTT Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [Low], [Middle],

[High] and [Highest]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].

GTL Reference Level

Use this to select GTL Reference Level. Configuration options: [Auto], [Low],

[Middle] and [High]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].

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3.3.33.3.3

ACPI ConfigurationACPI Configuration

3.3.3

ACPI Configuration

3.3.33.3.3

ACPI ConfigurationACPI Configuration

Advanced

ACPI Configuration

Suspend To RAM

Repost Video on STR Resume

Restore on AC/Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS /2 Keyboard Power On RTC Alarm Power On

ACPI HPET Table

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Auto]

[No]

[Power Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled]

[Disabled]

Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Suspend to RAM

Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-

RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. If

you set this item to [Disabled], the function “Repost Video on STR Resume”

will be hidden.

Repost Video on STR Resume This feature allows you to repost video on STR resume. (STR refers to

suspend to RAM.)

Restore on AC/Power Loss

This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power

loss. If [Power Off] is selected, the AC/power remains off when the

power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the AC/power resumes

and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers.

Ring-In Power On

Use this item to enable or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from

the power-soft-off mode.

PCI Devices Power On

Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the

power-soft-off mode.

PS/2 Keyboard Power On

Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from

the power-soft-off mode.

RTC Alarm Power On

Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on the

system.

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ACPI HPET Table

Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is

[Disabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this

motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification.

3.3.43.3.4

IDE ConfigurationIDE Configuration

3.3.4

IDE Configuration

3.3.43.3.4

IDE ConfigurationIDE Configuration

Advanced

IDE Configuration

OnBoard IDE Controller

OnBoard SATA Controller

SATA Operation Mode

IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave SATAII_1 SATAII_2 SATAII_3 SATAII_4 SATAII_5 SATAII_6

OnBoard IDE Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the “OnBoard IDE Controller” feature.

OnBoard SA TA Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the “OnBoard SATA Controller” feature.

SATA Operation Mode

Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode. The default value of this option

is [non-RAID]. If you want to operate RAID function on SATA / SATAII HDDs,

please select [RAID].

* If you select [RAID] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish

configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility.

* If you install OS on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please do not change the setting of this

item after OS installation.

eSATAII Support

Use this item to enable or disable eSATAII support. This item appears only

when “SATA Operation Mode” is set to [RAID]. The default value is [Enabled].

Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you set this item to

[Enabled], eSATAII ports cannot support RAID functions. If you set this item

to [Disabled], eSATAII port can support RAID functions.

IDE Device Configuration

You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use

the “IDE1 Master” as the example in the following instruction, which can be

applied to the configurations of “IDE1 Slave” as well.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Enabled]

[Enabled] [non-RAID]

[Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected]

Options

Disabled Enabled

Select Screen

Select Screen Select Item

Select Item

+- Change Option

+- Change Option F1 General Help

F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults

F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit

F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

ESC Exit

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Advanced

Primary IDE Master

Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T.

Type

LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode S.M.A.R.T. 32Bit Data Transfer

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

:Hard Disk :ST340014A :40.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-5 :Supported

[Auto]

[Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

TYPE

Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify.

Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD].

[Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive.

After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk

utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard

disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read

data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the

Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.

[CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device),

such as MO.

LBA/Large Mode

Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under

DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to

disable the LBA/Large mode.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

The default value of this item is [Auto]. If this feature is enabled, it will

enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during

each transfer.

PIO Mode

Use this item to set the PIO mode to enhance hard disk performance by

optimizing the hard disk timing.

DMA Mode

DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for com-

patible IDE devices.

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S.M.A.R.T.

Use this item to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis,

and Reporting Technology) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto],

[Enabled].

32-Bit Data Transfer

Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data

transfer rate.

3.3.53.3.5

PCIPnP ConfigurationPCIPnP Configuration

3.3.5

PCIPnP Configuration

3.3.53.3.5

PCIPnP ConfigurationPCIPnP Configuration

Advanced

Advanced PCI / PnP Settings

PCI Latency Timer

PCI IDE BusMaster

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[32]

[Enabled]

Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

PCI Latency Timer

The default value is 32. It is recommended to keep the default value unless

the installed PCI expansion cards’ specifications require other settings.

PCI IDE BusMaster

Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature.

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3.3.63.3.6

Floppy ConfigurationFloppy Configuration

3.3.6

Floppy Configuration

3.3.63.3.6

Floppy ConfigurationFloppy Configuration

In this section, you may configure the type of your floppy drive.

Advanced

Floppy Configuration

Floppy A

3.3.73.3.7

Super IO ConfigurationSuper IO Configuration

3.3.7

Super IO Configuration

3.3.73.3.7

Super IO ConfigurationSuper IO Configuration

Advanced

Configure Super IO Chipset

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address Parallel Port Address

Parallel Port Mode

EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel

Parallel Port IRQ

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[1.44 MB 3 "]

[Enabled]

[3F8 /IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7]

Select the type of

floppy drive connected to the system.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller.

Serial Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it.

Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4],

[2E8 / IRQ3].

Infrared Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port or disable it.

Configuration options: [Disabled], [2F8 / IRQ3], and [2E8 / IRQ3]. If you plan to

use ASRock DeskExpress on this motherboard, please keep this item on

[Disabled] option.

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Parallel Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it.

Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278].

Parallel Port Mode

Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default

value is [ECP+EPP]. If this option is set to [ECP+EPP], it will show the EPP

version in the following item, “EPP Version”. Configuration options:

[Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP].

EPP Version

Use this item to set the EPP version. Configuration options: [1.9]

and [1.7].

ECP Mode DMA Channel

Use this item to set the ECP mode DMA channel. Configuration

options: [DMA0], [DMA1], and [DMA3].

Parallel Port IRQ

Use this item to set the IRQ for the parallel port. Configuration options:

[IRQ5] and [IRQ7].

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3.3.83.3.8

USB ConfigurationUSB Configuration

3.3.8

USB Configuration

3.3.83.3.8

USB ConfigurationUSB Configuration

Advanced

USB Configuration

USB Controller

USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Enabled]

[Enabled] [Disabled]

To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers.

Select Screen

Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

USB Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller.

USB 2.0 Support

Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support.

Legacy USB Support

Use this item to enable or disable the support to emulate legacy I/O

devices such as mouse, keyboard,... etc. Or you may select [Auto] so

that the system will start to auto-detect; if there is no USB device

connected, “Auto” option will disable the legacy USB support.

3.43.4

Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenHardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

3.4

Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

3.43.4

Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenHardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system,

including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan

speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage.

Main Advanced

Hardware Health Event Monitoring

CPU Temperature M /B Temperature

CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed

Vcore + 3.30V + 5.00V + 12.00V

CPU Quiet Fan [Disabled]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

H/W Monitor

: 37C/98F : 31C/87F

: 3400 RPM :N/A

: 1.629V : 3.306V : 5.067V : 11.890V

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Boot Security Exit

Enable/Disable CPU Quiet Fan Function.

Select Screen

Select Item F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

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CPU Quiet Fan

This item allows you to identify the temperature of CPU fan. If you set this option as [Disabled], the CPU fan will operate in full speed. If you set this option as [Enabled], you will find the items “Target CPU Temperature” and “Target Fan Speed” appear to allow you adjusting them. The default value is [Disabled]. You are allowed to enable this function only when you install 4-pin CPU fan.

Target CPU Temperature

The target temperature will be between 45 C/1 13 F a nd 65 C/149 F . The default value is [50 C/122 F].

Target Fan Speed

Use this option to set the target fan speed. You can freely adjust the target fan speed according to the target CPU temperature that you choose. Configuration options: [Level 1], [Level 2], [Level 3], [Level 4], [Level 5], [Level 6] [Level 7], [Level 8] and [Level 9].

3.53.5

Boot ScreenBoot Screen

3.5

Boot Screen

3.53.5

Boot ScreenBoot Screen

In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority.

Main Advanced H/W Monitor

Boot Settings

Boot Settings Configuration

1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device

Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[1st Floppy Device] [HDD: PM -HDS722580VL] [CD/DVD: 3S-CD-ROM C] [USB]

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Boot

Security Exit

Configure Settings

during System Boot.

Select Screen

Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

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3.5.13.5.1

3.5.1

3.5.13.5.1

Boot Settings ConfigurationBoot Settings Configuration

Boot Settings Configuration

Boot Settings ConfigurationBoot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot Settings Configuration

Full Screen Logo

AddOn ROM Display

Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN

Bootup Num-Lock

[Enabled]

[Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled]

[On]

Boot

Disabled: Displays normal POST messages. Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages.

+ - Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Select Screen Select Item

Full Screen Logo

Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled].

AddOn ROM Display

Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option

“Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the

system boots, please select [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and

[Disabled]. The default value is [Enabled].

Boot Logo

Use this option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when

you enable the option “Full Screen Logo”. Configuration options: [Auto],

[Aircraft], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. The default value is [Auto]. Currently, the

option [Auto] is set to Aircraft.

Boot From Onboard LAN

Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature.

Boot Up Num-Lock

If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock

function after boot-up.

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3.63.6

Security ScreenSecurity Screen

3.6

Security Screen

3.63.6

Security ScreenSecurity Screen

In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For

the user password, you may also clear it.

Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Password

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen

Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Exit

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3.73.7

Exit ScreenExit Screen

3.7

Exit Screen

3.73.7

Exit ScreenExit Screen

Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security

Exit Options

Save Changes and Exit

Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal Defaults

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Exit

Exit system setup after saving the changes.

F10 key can be used for this operation.

Select Screen

Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit

Save Changes and Exit

When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save

configuration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes

and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.

Discard Changes and Exit

When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis-

card changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY

without saving any changes.

Discard Changes

When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis-

card changes?” Select [OK] to discard all changes.

Load Optimal Defaults

When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Load

optimal defaults?” Select [OK] to load the default values for all the setup

configurations.

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Chapter 4 Software SupporChapter 4 Software Suppor

Chapter 4 Software Suppor

Chapter 4 Software SupporChapter 4 Software Suppor

4.14.1

Install Operating SystemInstall Operating System

4.1

Install Operating System

4.14.1

Install Operating SystemInstall Operating System

This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 /

XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / Vista

options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only.

Refer to your OS documentation for more information.

4.24.2

Support CD InformationSupport CD Information

4.2

Support CD Information

4.24.2

Support CD InformationSupport CD Information

The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and

useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features.

4.2.14.2.1

Running The Support CDRunning The Support CD

4.2.1

Running The Support CD

4.2.14.2.1

Running The Support CDRunning The Support CD

To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD

automatically displays the Main Menu if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer.

If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on the

file “ASSETUP.EXE” from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.

4.2.24.2.2

Drivers MenuDrivers Menu

4.2.2

Drivers Menu

4.2.24.2.2

Drivers MenuDrivers Menu

The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects

installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.

4.2.34.2.3

Utilities MenuUtilities Menu

4.2.3

Utilities Menu

4.2.34.2.3

Utilities MenuUtilities Menu

The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard

supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it.

64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware

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to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your

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