ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2 User Manual

939NF4G-SATA2

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published August 2005

Copyright©2005 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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ContentsContents

Contents

ContentsContents

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

1.

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

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

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

1.3 Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 9

1.4 ASRock 8CH I/O........................................................................ 10

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

2.

Installation

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Pre-installation Precautions ............................................................... 1 1

2.1 CPU Installation ......................................................................... 12

2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ....................................... 12

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM).................................... 13

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AMR Slots) ....................... 15

2.5 Easy Multi Monitor Feature........................................................ 15

2.6 Jumpers Setup.......................................................................... 16

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors .......................................... 17

2.8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide .................................................. 21

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

Installation ................................................................................. 22

2.10 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

Functions ................................................................................. 23

2.11 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions. 23

2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology .............................................. 23

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

3.

BIOS S

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................... 24

3.2 Main Screen.............................................................................. 25

3.3 Advanced Screen.................................................................... 26

3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ............................. 36

3.5 Boot Screen.............................................................................. 37

3.6 Security Screen........................................................................ 38

3.7 Exit Screen ............................................................................... 3 9

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 24

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ............................................................. 25

3.3.1 CPU Configuration .......................................................... 27

3.3.2 Chipset Configuration ..................................................... 29

3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ......................................................... 30

3.3.4 IDE Configuration ............................................................ 31

3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ...................................................... 33

3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ...................................................... 34

3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ................................................... 34

3.3.8 USB Configuration .......................................................... 36

3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........................................... 37

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Software SupportSoftware Support

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Software Support

4.4.

Software SupportSoftware Support

4.1 Install Operating System........................................................... 40

4.2 Support CD Information............................................................. 40

4.2.1 Running Support CD ....................................................... 40

4.2.2 Drivers Menu .................................................................. 40

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ................................................................... 40

4.2.4 Contact Information ........................................................ 40

APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietAPPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietAPPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

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1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

1.

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2 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 quality and endurance.
In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by­step 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 memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as

well. ASRock website

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Package ContentsPackage Contents

1.1

Package Contents

1.11.1

Package ContentsPackage Contents

1 x ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2 Motherboard

(Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.8-in, 24.4 cm x 22.4 cm)
1 x ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2 Quick Installation Guide
1 x ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2 Support CD
1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor)
1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable
1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional)
1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional)
1 x ASRock 8CH I/O Shield
1 x COM Port Bracket

http://www.asrock.com

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1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

1.2

Specifications

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.8-in, 24.4 cm x 22.4 cm

CPU - 939-Pin Socket Supporting AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64FX / 64X2

Processor

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM T e chnology
(see CAUTION 1)

- FSB 1 GHz (2.0 GT/s)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Chipset - Northbridge: nVidia® GeForce 6100

- Southbridge: nVidia® nForce 410 MCP

Memory - Dual Channel DDR Memory T echnology

(see CAUTION 3)

- 4 x DDR DIMM slots

- Support DDR400 / 333 / 266

- Max. capacity: 4GB

Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4)

- CPU Voltage

- CPU Multiplier

- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5)

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

Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI slots

- 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot

- 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot

- 1 x AMR slot

Graphics - Integrated NV44 graphics D X9.0 VGA

- Pixel Shader 3.0

- Max. shared memory 128MB

Audio - Realtek ALC850 7.1 channel AC’97 audio codec

LAN - Realtek PHY RTL8201CL

- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH I/O

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x VGA Port

- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 Port

- Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central Bass/Line
in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6)

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Connector - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors,

support RAID 0, 1, JBOD
(Not Support “Hot Plug” function) (see CAUTION 7)

- 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 20 pin ATX power connector

- 4 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 8)

BIOS Feature - 4Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compli ance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software
Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing
Monitor - Motherboard Temperature Sensing

- CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

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

OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated

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CAUTION!

1. For power-saving’s sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’

2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-

3. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you

4. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to

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

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

7. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please re a d the “SATA II

8. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP

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technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on page 41 to

Quiet
enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet
support AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet
details.

tied Overclocking Technology” on page 23 for details.

implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the
installation guide of memory modules on page 13 for proper installation.

perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus
frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.

Before you resume the system, plea se check if the CPU fa n 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.

For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel,
and 8-cha nnel modes. Plea se check the ta ble on page 10 f or proper connection.

Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 20 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to
SATAII mode. Besides, you are allowed to downgrade the SATAII hard disk to
SATA hard disk (from SATAII 3Gb/s down to SATA 1.5Gb/s), and connect it to
the SATAII connector. You can also connect SAT A hard disk to SATAII connec ­tor directly.

SP1 / 2000 SP4.

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technology. Since not all K8 939-pin CPU can

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1.3 Motherboard Layout1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.3 Motherboard Layout1.3 Motherboard Layout

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PS2

Mouse

Keyboard

VGA1

USB2.0
T: US B2
B:USB3

USB2.0
T: US B0
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CTR BASS

MIC IN

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Center:

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PCI 2

GAME1

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BIOS

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USB2.0

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FSB1GHz

SOCKET 939

Dual Channel

PCI

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nVidia

Chipset

FLOPPY1

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BATTERY

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SATAII

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Dual coreCPU

FSB800

DDR2 (64/72bit, 184-pin module)

DDR1 (64/72bit, 184-pin module)

FSB800

DDR4 (64/72bit, 184-pin module)

DDR3 (64/72bit, 184-pin module)

IDE1

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1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 16 System Panel Hea der (P ANEL1)
2 A TX 12V Power Connect or (A TX12V1) 17 USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue)
3 North Bridge Controller 18 USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue)
4 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 19 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
5 939-Pin CPU Socket 20 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
6 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots 21 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)

(Dual Channel A: DDR1, DDR2; Blue) 22 Flash Memory

7 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots 23 Game Port Header (GAME1)

(Dual Channel B: DDR3, DDR4; Black) 24 PCI Express x 1 Slot (PCIE2)
8 Secondary IDE Connector (IDE2, Black) 25 AMR Slot (AMR1)
9 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 26 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1)
10 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 27 JR1 JL1 Jumper
11 South Bridge Controller 28 2 x PCI Slots (PCI1- 2)
12 Secondary Serial A T AII Connector (SA T AII_2, red) 29 PCI Express x 16 Slot (PCIE1)
13 Primary Serial ATAII Connector (SA T AII_1, red) 30 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)
14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 31 ATX Power Conne ctor (ATXPWR1)
15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 32 Serial Port Connector (COM1)

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1 Parallel Port 8 Microphone (Pink)
2 RJ-45 Port 9 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
3 Side Speaker (Gray) 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 VG A Port
5 Central / Bass (Orange) 12 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)

*7 Front Speaker (Lime)

* 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 for Audio Output Connection

Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker

2 V -- -- -­4VV---­6VVV-­8VVVV

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2.2.

InstallationInstallation

2.

Installation

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

939NF4G-SATA2 is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 8.8-in, 24.4 cm x 22.4 cm)
motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your
chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.

Pre-installation PrecautionsPre-installation Precautions

Pre-installation Precautions

Pre-installation PrecautionsPre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard
components or change any motherboard settings.

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.

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.

5. When placing screws into the screw holes to se cure the motherboard
to the chassis, please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may
damage the motherboard.

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2.12.1

CPU InstallationCPU Installation

2.1

CPU Installation

2.12.1

CPU InstallationCPU Installation

Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90

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angle.

Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that the CPU corner with

the golden triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle.

Step 3. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place.

The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU
into the socket to avoid bending of the pins.

Step 4. When the CPU is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push

down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab
to indicate that it is locked.

Lever 90° Up

STEP 1:
Lift Up The Socket Lever

2.22.2

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.2

Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.22.2

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

CPU Golden Triangle

Socket Corner

STEP 2 / STEP 3:
Match The CPU Golden Triangle
To The Socket Corner

STEP 4:
Push Down And Lock
The Socket Lever

After you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is necessary to install a
larger heatsink and cooling fan to dissipate heat. You also need to spray
thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat
dissipation. Make sure 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 9, No. 10). For proper
installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan
and the heatsink.

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2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

939NF4G-SATA2 motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate)
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) DDR DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words,
you have to install identical DDR DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDR1 and
DDR2; Blue slots; see p.9 No.6) or identical DDR DIMM pair in Dual Channel B
(DDR3 and DDR4; Black slots; see p.9 No.7), so that Dual Channel Memory
Technology can be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four
DDR DIMMs for dual channel configuration, and please install identical DDR
DIMMs in all four slots. You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configuration
Table below.

Dual Channel Memory Configurations

DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 DDR4

(Blue Slot) (Blue Slot) (Black Slot) (Black Slot)
(1) Populated Populated - ­(2) - - Populated Populated
(3)* Populated Populated Populated Populated

* For the configuration (3), plea se in stall identical DDR DIMM s in all f our slots.

1. If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal compatibility
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 blue slots
(DDR1 and DDR2), or in the set of black slots (DDR3 and DDR4).

2. If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed
in the DDR 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 DDR1
and DDR3, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Tech­nology .

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