ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 User Manual

ConRoe1333-eSATA2

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published April 2007

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

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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 2007 and Basic Logo......................... 9

1.4 Motherboard Layout ...................................................... 10

1.5 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O .............................................. 11

2 Installation2 Installation

2 Installation

2 Installation2 Installation

2.1 Screw Holes ................................................................. 12

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions........................................... 1 2

2.3 CPU Installation .............................................................. 13

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan ............................. 15

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)......................... 16

2.6 Expansion Slots............................................................. 18

2.7 CrossFireTM Operation Guide......................................... 19

2.8 Surround Display Feature ............................................. 23

2.9 Jumpers Setup .............................................................. 23

2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors .............................. 23

2.11 HDMI_SPDIF He ader Connection Guide......................... 29

2.12 eSATAII Interface Introduction....................................... 3 0

2.13 SATAII Hard Dis k Setup Guide ....................................... 33

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

Installation ...................................................................... 34

2.15 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII ...

HDDs and eSATAII Devices ........................................... 35

2.16 SA TA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation

Guide.............................................................................. 36

2.17 Driver Installation Guide ............................................... 38

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

VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions ............................... 3 8

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

RAID Functions .................................................. 38

2.18.2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System...................... 39

2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

RAID 1 or RAID 5 ................................................ 40

2.18.4 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With

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

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

VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions .......................... 42

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

Without RAID Functions ..................................... 42

2.19.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

Without RAID Functions ..................................... 43

2.20 Untied Overclocking Technology ................................... 44

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 .................................................................... 45

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar .................................................... 45

3.1.2 Navigation Keys................................................... 46

3.2 Main Screen................................................................... 46

3.3 Advanced Screen ......................................................... 46

3.3.1 CPU Configuration................................................ 47

3.3.2 Chipset Configuration .......................................... 49

3.3.3 ACPI Configuration............................................... 51

3.3.4 IDE Configuration ................................................. 52

3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ........................................... 5 4

3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........................................... 55

3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........................................ 55

3.3.8 USB Configuration ............................................... 5 7

3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen .................. 57

3.5 Boot Screen................................................................... 58

3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration.................................. 59

3.6 Security Screen ............................................................ 59

3.7 Exit Screen .................................................................... 60

4.1 Install Operating System ............................................... 61

4.2 Support CD Information ................................................. 61

4.2.1 Running Support CD ............................................ 61

4.2.2 Drivers Menu........................................................ 61

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ........................................................ 6 1

4.2.4 Contact Information.............................................. 61

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 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 VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website

1.1 Package Contents1.1 Package Contents

1.1 Package Contents

1.1 Package Contents1.1 Package Contents

ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 Motherboard

(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Four Serial AT A (SAT A) Data Cables (Optional) Two Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables (Optional) One HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) One ASRock 8CH_eSA TAII I/O Panel Shield One USB+1394 Bracket

http://www.asrock.com

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

1.2

Specifications

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm

CPU - LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo

/ Pentium® D / Pentium® Dual Core / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® / Celeron® D

- Compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs except Quad Core (see CAUTION 1)

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3)

- Supports EM64T CPU

Chipset - Northbridge: Intel® 945P/945G

- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7R

Memory - Dual Channel DDRII Memory T echnology (see CAUTION 4)

- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots

- Support DDRII667/533 (see CAUTION 5)

- Max. capacity: 4GB (see CAUTION 6)

Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 7)

- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 8)

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

Expansion Slot - Supports ATI

- 3 x PCI slots

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

- 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4)

- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot

Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio

(ALC888 Audio Codec)

LAN - PCIE x1 Giga bit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111B

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 2 x eSATAII Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 Port

- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 9)

CrossFire

Free Bundle: USB+1394 bracket, providing 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and 1 IEEE 1394 port

Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 10)

- 2 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII connectors), support “Hot Plug” function (see CAUTION 11)

- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x Game header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 2 x IEEE 1394 headers

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 20 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- SLI/XFIRE power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 12)

BIOS Feature - 4Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compli ance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) 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 OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM/

VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 13)

Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

WARNING

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 thirdparty 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. FSB1333-CPU will operate in overclocking mode. Under this situation, PCIE frequency will also be overclocked to 115MHz.

2. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 48.

3. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 44 for details.

4. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory T echnology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 16 for proper installation.

5. Please check the table below for the CPU FSB frequency and its corresponding memory support frequency.

CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency

1333 DDRII533*, DDRII667 1066 DDRII533, DDRII667

800 DDRII400, DDRII533, DDRII667 533 DDRII400, DDRII533

* When you use a FSB1333-CPU on this motherboard, it will run at

DDRII500 if you adopt a DDRII533 memory module.

6. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 2000, Win-

XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM and Windows® Vista

dows 64-bit.

7. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.

8. 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.

9. 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 11 for proper connection.

10. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 33 to a djust your SA TAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.

11. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 30 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.

12. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.

13. Microsoft

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

1.3

Minimum Hardware R

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

VistaVista

Vista

VistaVista

Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

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TMTM

Premium 2007 and Basic Logo Premium 2007 and Basic Logo

Premium 2007 and Basic Logo

Premium 2007 and Basic Logo Premium 2007 and Basic Logo

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 2007 and Basic logo, please follow below table for minimum hardware requirements.

CPU Celeron D 326 Memory 1GB system memory (Premium)

512MB Single Channel (Ba sic)

VGA DX9.0 with WDDM Driver

with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic)

Windows

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indows

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* After June 1, 2007, all Windows minimum hardware requirements in order to qualify for Windows 2007 logo.

VistaTM systems are required to meet above

VistaTM Premium

1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout

1.4 Motherboard Layout

1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout

21.8cm (8.6in)

PS2_USB_PWR1

PS2

Mouse

Keyboard

PARALLEL PORT

PS2

ATX12V1

COM1

eSATAII_12 T:eS ATA II _1 B:eSATAII_2

eSATAII_TOP

USB2.0 T:USB0 B:USB1

CTR BASS

MIC IN

Bottom:

Super

BACK_1394

HD_AUDIO1

eSATAII_BOTTOM

Top: RJ-45

Top:

REAR SPK

Center:

SIDE SPK

eSATAII

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

ATXPWR1

LAN PHY

Gigabit LAN

PCIE2

I/O

AGI_EXPRESS1

PCI 1

1394a

HDMI_SPDIF1

AUDIO CODEC

CD1

GAME1

SLI/XFIRE_PWR1

PCIE1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FLOPPY1

CMOS Battery

USB2.0

Intel

945P/945G

Chipset

IR1

CLRCMOS1

PCI

EXPRESS

7.1CH HD

RoHS

CPU_FAN1

DDRII667

Dual Channel

DDR_IIDIMM2 (64/72 bit,240-pin module)

DDR_IIDIMM1 (64/72 bit,240-pin module)

DDR_IIDIMM3 (64/72 bit,240-pin module)

Presler

FSB1333

Dual CoreCPU

Conroe

ConRoe1333-eSATA2

BIOS

4Mb

SPEAKER1

SATAII

USB67

SATAII_ORANGE(PORT3)

SATAII_RED(PORT2)

SATAII_BLACK(PORT1)

SATAII_BLUE(PORT0)

RAID

FRONT_1394

Intel

ICH7R

USB23

USB45

DDR_IIDIMM4 (64/72 bit,240-pin module)

CHA_FAN1

PANEL1

PLED PWRBTN

HDLED RESET

30.5cm (12.0in)

10 11 12 13

IDE1

14 15

1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 19 SA T AII Conne ctor (SA T AII_BLUE (PORT0)) 2 ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) 20 USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue) 3 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector 21 SA T AII Conne ctor (SA TAII_RED (PORT2)) 4 775-Pin CPU Socket 22 South Bridge Controller 5 North Bridge Controller 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue) 6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 2 4 USB 2.0 Header (USB23, Blue) 7 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 25 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394)

(Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow) 2 6 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)

8 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 27 Game Port Header (GAME1)

(Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4; Orange) 28 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 9 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1) 29 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 10 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 30 HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1) 11 Infrared Module Connector (IR1) 31 Back Panel IEEE 1394 Header (BACK_1394) 12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 32 PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) 13 BIOS FWH Chip 33 AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) 14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 34 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2) 15 SA T AII Connector (SA T AII_ORANGE (PORT3)) 35 ATX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 16 IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) 36 eSATAII Connector (eSA T AII_BOTTOM) 17 SATAII Connector (SATAII_BLACK (PORT1)) 37 eSATAII Connector (eSAT AII_TOP) 18 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

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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 eSAT AII Ports 4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 COM 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 spe aker’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

(No. 7) (No. 4) (No. 5) (No. 3)

* 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.

Free Bundle

ASRock provides you with one USB+1394 bracket, which can support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and 1 IEEE 1394 port.

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Chapter 2 InstallationChapter 2 Installation

Chapter 2 Installation

Chapter 2 InstallationChapter 2 Installation

ConRoe1333-eSATA2 is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 8.6", 30.5 x 21.8 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

1313

Pin1

alignment key

black line

775-Pin Socket

black line

alignment key

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 Ca p (Pick and Place Ca p):

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 se curely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 10, No. 6).

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 10, No. 6).

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

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

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

ConRoe1333-eSATA2 motherboard provides four 240-pin DDRII (Double Data Rate II) 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) DD RII DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDRII DIMM pair in Dual Cha nnel A (DDRII_1 and DDRII_3; Yellow slots; see p.10 No.7) or identical DDRII DIMM pair in Dual Channel B (DDRII_2 and DDRII_4; Orange slots; see p.10 No.8), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four DDRII DIMMs for dual channel configuration, and please install identical DDRII 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

* For the configuration (3), plea se in stall identical DD RII DIMM s in all four 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 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 installed in the DDRII 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 D DRII_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 DDRII slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

5. If you plan to use ATITM PCI Express VGA card on this motherboard, the total system memory size should be above 512MB.

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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 cli ps at both ends fully

snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express

Slots) Slots)

Slots)

Slots) Slots)

There are 3 PCI slots, 2 PCI Express slots, and 1 AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) on this motherboard.

PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIE Slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x16 lane

width graphics cards. PCIE2 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4):

AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) is used to install PCI Express expan-

sion cards.

If you plan to install only one PCI Express card on this motherboard, please

install it on PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot).

Installing an expansion cardInstalling an expansion card

Installing an expansion card

Installing an expansion cardInstalling an expansion card

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

for later use.

Step 3. Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is

completely seated on the slot.

Step 4. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws.

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TMTM

2.7 CrossFire2.7 CrossFire

2.7 CrossFire

2.7 CrossFire2.7 CrossFire

TMTM

Operation Guide Operation Guide

Operation Guide

Operation Guide Operation Guide

This motherboard supports CrossFireTM feature. CrossFireTM technology offers the most advantageous means available of combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing Units (GPU) in a single PC. Combining a range of different operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFireTM enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently CrossFireTM feature is supported with Windows® XP with Service Pack 2. Please check ATITM website for driver updates.

What graphics cards work with CrossFireTM?

A complete CrossFireTM system requires a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard, a CrossFire Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFireTM Ready cards if they are software enabled. This applies to cards from ATI

Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire

or any of its partners.

Cards For AGI Express Slot Cards For PCIE1 Slot

Radeon X1950Pro Series Radeon X1950Pro Series Radeon X1950XTX Series Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire Radeon X1950 Series Radeon X1950 CrossFire Radeon X1900 Series Radeon X1900 CrossFire Radeon X1800 Series Radeon X1800 CrossFire

Edition

Radeon X1650Pro Series Radeon X1650Pro Series Radeon X1600 Series Radeon X1600 Series Radeon X1300 Series Radeon X1300 Series Radeon X850 Series Radeon X850 CrossFireTM Edition

1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFire

CrossFire CrossFire

Ready graphics card, a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard and a

Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to

benefit from the CrossFire

2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFire operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFire

Enjoy the benefit of CrossFireEnjoy the benefit of CrossFire

Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire

Enjoy the benefit of CrossFireEnjoy the benefit of CrossFire

Currently, A TI

has released Radeon X850XT , X1800XT, X1900XT, X1950XT, X1950Pro, X1950XTX, X1300, X1650 and X1600 CrossFire methods to enable CrossFire X850XT as the example graphics card. For other CrossFire released or will release in the future, please refer to ATI

. All three CrossFireTM components, a

multi-GPU platform.

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will

feature. In the below procedures, we use Radeon

mode.

TMTM

cards, which require different

graphics card manuals for

cards that ATITM has

detailed installation guide.

Step 1. Connect to the system power supply. Please connect a hard disk power

connector to SLI/XFIRE Power connector on this motherboard.

It is recommended to use 500-Watt power supply or greater to perform the benefit of CrossFire X850XT, X1900 and X1950 series.

feature for Radeon

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Step 2. Install the standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics card to AGI Ex-

press slot (PCI Express x4). For the proper installation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.

Standard Radeon (CrossFire graphics card

Ready)

Step 3. Install the Radeon CrossFireTM Edition graphics card to PCIE1 slot. For the

proper installation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.

Radeon CrossFire

Edition graphics card

Standard Radeon

(CrossFire

Ready)

graphics card

1. You are allowed to install two CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards to both slots, or you may use one CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards and a compatible standard Radeon

(CrossFire

2. For A TI

Ready) graphics card from the same series.

Radeon X1300, X1600, X1650 and X1950Pro series, there are no CrossFire Edition graphics cards. You can still install two regular graphics cards from the sa me series on PCIE1 slot and AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) to support CrossFire

Besides, please connect the monitor cable to the graphics card on PCIE1 slot.

Step 4. Correctly connect the DVI-DMS cable to the monitor connector and two

graphics cards that you install. (If you install two standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics cards to this motherboard, please skip this step.)

DVI-DMS cabl e DMS connector

Standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics card

DVI connector

D VI connector

Connect the DVI-DMS cable to DVI connector of the compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire

Ready) graphics card.

There are two DVI connectors on the

standard Radeon (CrossFire

Ready) graphics card. Please connect the DVI-DMS cable to the correct DVI connector; otherwise , the graphics card will not work.

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Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics card

DMS connector

Connect the DVI-DMS cable to DMS connector of the CrossFire graphics card.

If you install two CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards to this motherboard, please connect one end of DVI-DMS cable to the monitor, another end to DMS of one of the CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards to PCIE1 slot, and the other end to DVI of another CrossFire Express x4). If you install one CrossFire compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire motherboard, please connect one end of DVI-DMS cable to the monitor, another end to DMS of the CrossFireTM Edition graphics card, a nd the other end to DVI of the compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire

Edition

Edition graphics card to AGI Express slot (PCI

Connect the DVI-DMS cable to the monitor connector.

Edition graphics card and one Ready) graphics card to this

Ready) graphics card.

Step 5. Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 6. Remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system .

The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please visit this website for the driver:

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/DLRedirect.asp? fileIDExt=050553d40196ef109fff37cbb40aaf28&accountID=737&deptID=894

Step 7. Install the required drivers to your system. Please visit the websites below

for installing the drivers that ATITM recommends: A. ATITM recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system, there is no need to download it again):

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

B. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?

FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en

Step 8. Restart your computer.

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Step 9. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer.

Then you will find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your desktop.

You will find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your desktop.

Step 10. Double-click “ATI Catalyst Control Center”. Click “View”, and select “Ad-

vanced View”. Click “CrossFireTM”, and then set the option “Enable CrossFireTM” to “Yes”.

View

CrossFire

If you install one Radeon CrossFireTM Edition graphics card and one compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire not two Radeon CrossFire above steps. However, although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFireTM”, the CrossFireTM function can not work actually. Your computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer , please confirm whether the option “Enable CrossFireTM” in “ATI Catalyst Control Center” is selected or not; if not, please select it again, and then you are able to enjoy the benefit of CrossFire

feature.

Ready) graphics card to this motherboard but

Edition graphics cards, please as well follow the

Enable CrossFire

Step 11. You can freely enjoy the benefit of CrossFireTM feature.

* CrossFireTM appearing here is a registered trademark of ATITM 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 illustration 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.10 No. 1) +5VSB (standby) for PS/2

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

power supply.

Clear CMOS

(CLRCMOS1, 2-pin jumper) (see p.10 No. 10)

1_2

+5V

2-pin jumper

2_3

+5VSB

or USB wake up events.

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 2 pins on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds.

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!

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FDD connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.10 No. 26)

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.10 No. 16)

PIN1

connect the blue end

to the motherboard

IDE1

connect the black end to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable

Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATA II Connectors These four Serial ATA II

(SAT AII_BLUE (PORT0): (SATAII) connectors support see p.10, No. 19) SATA data cables for internal (SAT AII_BLACK (PORT1): storage devices. The current see p.10, No. 17) SATA II interface allows up to (SAT AII_RED (PORT2): 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. see p.10, No. 21)

(SAT AII_ORANGE (PORT3): see p.10, No. 15)

SATAII_RED (PORT2) and SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3) connectors can be used for internal storage devices or be connected to eSATAII_BOTTOM and eSATAII_TOP connectors with corresponding color to support eSATAII devices. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 30 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedure s .

SAT AII_ORANGE (PORT3)

SAT AII_RED (PORT2)

SAT AII_BLACK (PORT1)

SAT AII_BLUE (PORT0)

eSATA II Connectors These two eSATA II

(eSAT AII_TOP: see p.10, No. 37) connectors support SATA (eSAT AII_BOTTOM: see p.10, No. 36) data cables for external

SATAII function. The current eSATA II interface allows up to

eSATAII_BOTTOM

eSATAII_TOP

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SA TA) Either end of the SA T A data cable Data Cable can be connected to the SATA /

(Optional) SATAII hard disk or the SATAII

connector on the motherboard. You can also use the SATA data cable to connect SATAII connectors and eSATAII connectors with corresponding color.

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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 SAT A HDD

power connector

connect to the power supply

connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply.

USB 2.0 Headers Besides two default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB67) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.10 No. 20) three USB 2.0 headers on this

(9-pin USB45) (see p.10 No. 23)

(9-pin USB23) (see p.10 No. 24)

Infrared Module Header This header supports an

(5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.10 No. 1 1) and receiving infrared module.

USB_PW R

P-7

P-6

USB_PW R

USB_PWR

P-5

P-4

USB_PWR

P-3

P-2

USB_PWR

IRTX

IRRX

P+7

P+6

P+5

P+4

P+3

P+2

+5VSB

GND

DUMMY

motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB

2.0 ports.

DUMMY

Internal Audio Connectors This connector allows you

CD1

CD-L GND GND CD- R

a CD-ROM, D V D-ROM, TV

(4-pin CD1) to receive stereo audio input (CD1: see p.10 No. 28) from sound sources such as

tuner card, or MPEG card.

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GND

PRESENCE#

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

control of audio devices.

Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.10 No. 29) 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. Click “Audio I/O”, select “Connector Settings” , choose “Disable front panel jack

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

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.10 No. 18) functions.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header. (see p.10 No. 14)

Chassis Fan Connector Please connect a chassis fan

(3-pin CHA_FAN1) cable to this connector and (see p.10 No. 12) match the black wire to the

PLED+

HDLED+

+5V

GND

+12V

CHA_FAN_SPEED

PLED-

PWRBTN#

GND

HDLED-

DUMMY

GND

DUMMY

RESET#

SPEAKER

ground pin.

CPU Fan Connector Please connect a CPU fan cable

(4-pin CPU_FAN1) to this connector and match (see p.11 No. 6) the black wire to the ground pin.

+12V

GND

1 2 3 4

CPU_FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

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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.

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

(20-pin ATXPWR1) supply to this connector. (see p.10 No. 35)

ATX 12V Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

(4-pin A TX12V1) power supply to this connector. (see p.10 No. 2)

SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this

(4-pin SLI/XFIRE_POWER1) connector, but please connect it (see p.10 No. 3) with a hard disk power connecor

when two graphics cards are

SLI/XFIRE_POWER1

plugged to this motherboard at the same time.

RXTPAM_0

RXTPAP_0

+5V

JBB1

JAB1

GND

JBX

MIDI_OUT

GND

JAX

RXTPBM_0

+12V

RXTPBP_0

JBY

GND

JBB2

JAY

MIDI_IN

+5V

JAB2

1394 header (FRONT_1394) and one back pa nel IEEE 1394 header (BACK_1394). Each IEEE 1394

Game Port Hea der Connect a Game cable to this

(15-pin GAME1) header if the Game port bracket (see p.10 No. 27) is installed.

IEEE 1394 Headers There are two IEEE 1394

(9-pin FRONT_1394) headers on this motherboard, (see p.10 No. 25) including one front panel IEEE

header cansupport one IEEE

(9-pin BACK_1394) 1394 port. (see p.10 No. 31)

RXTPAM_0

RXTPAP_0

GND

RXTPBM_0

RXTPBP_0

GND

+12V

GND

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HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing

(3-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI V GA (see p.10 No. 30) card, allows the system to

GND

SPDIFOUT

+5V

connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Pleas e 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)

+5V

SPDIFOUT

GND

blue black

SPDIFOUT

GND

blue black

SPDIFOUT

GND

blue black

USB+1394 Bracket This USB+1394 bracket can

support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and 1 IEEE 1394 port. Please conne ct the blue connector on the cable of this USB+1394 bracket to the USB 2.0 header (USB23, USB45, or USB67), and connect the red connector on the cable of this USB+1394 bracket to the IEEE 1394 header (BACK_1394). Then fasten the USB+1394 bracket to the chassis with screws.

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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 18.

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

HDMI_SPDIF header (HDMI_SPDIF1, yellow, see page 10, No.

30) 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 conne ctors, please refer to page 28. 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. Plea se choose the appropriate white end according to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of the HDMI V GA 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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2.12 eSA

2.12 eSA2.12 eSA

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.

AII InterAII Inter

AII Inter

AII InterAII Inter

NOTE:

1. If you set “Configure SATA as” option in BIOS setup to AHCI or RAID mode, 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 “Configure SATA as” option in BIOS setup to IDE mode, Hot Plug function is not supported with eSATAII devices. If you still want to use eSATAII function in IDE mode, please insert or remove your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports only when the system is power-off.

3. Please refer to page 38 to 43 for detailed information of RAID mode, IDE mode, and AHCI mode.

face Introductionface Introduction

face Introduction

face Introductionface Introduction

How to install eSATAII?

SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3) and SATAII_RED (POR T2)

1. If you just plan to install one eSATAII device to this motherboard, it is recommended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield. In order to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the red SATAII connector (SA TAII_RED (POR T2); see p.10 No.21) and the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; see p.10 No.36) with a SATA data cable first. Then the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield is enabled.

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eSAT AII_T OP a nd eSAT AII_BOTT OM

Connect the SATA data cable to the red SATAII connector (SATAII_RED (PORT2))

Connect the SATA data cable to the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM)

2. If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to enable both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to enable the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield, you have to connect the red SATAII connector (SATAII_RED (PORT2); see p.10 No.21) and the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM; see p.10 No.36) with a SATA data cable first, and then connect the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3); see p.10 No.15) and the orange eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p.10 No.37) with another SATA data cable. After that, both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield are enabled.

Connect the SATA data cables to both red SATAII connector (SATAII_RED (PORT2)) and orange SATAII connector (SATAII_ ORANGE (PORT3))

Please make sure to correctly connect the SATAII and eSATAII connectors with corresponding color so that the eSATAII function will work successfully.

Connect the SATA data cables to both red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM) and orange eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP)

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3. Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you connect the SATA data cable.

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

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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2.13 SA

2.13 SA2.13 SA

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.

AII Hard Disk Setup GuideAII Hard Disk Setup Guide

AII Hard Disk Setup Guide

AII Hard Disk Setup GuideAII Hard Disk Setup Guide

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HIT ACHI

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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Serial ASerial A

2.14

Serial A

2.142.14

Serial ASerial A

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This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH7R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) 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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1. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1, or Intel Matrix Storage function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 5 function, you need to install at least 3 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 10 function, you need to install at least 4 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you install 2 eSATAII devices, then only RAID 0,

RAID 1, or Intel Matrix Storage functions will be enabled.

2. It is not recommended to switch the “Configure SATA as” setting between AHCI, RAID, and IDE mode after OS installation.

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This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® ICH7R south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. AHCI also provides usability enhancements such as Hot Plug.

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 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.

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

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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 / SATAII 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 conne ct SATA power cable 1x4-pin end (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.

SAT A power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White)

Step 3

Connect SATA 15-pin power cable conne ctor (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 / SAT AII 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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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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If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / 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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RAID Functions RAID Functions

RAID Functions

RAID Functions RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 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 “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option “Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.

A. Insert the 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, “Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>. D. Then you will see these messages,

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

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Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it! Start to format and copy files [YN]?

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>.

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

Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and using “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit 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 containing the Intel® 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. You may select: “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)” for Windows® XP/2000 or “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)” for Windows® XP 64-bit.

After the installation of Windows to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information” for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information

If you want to use “Intel Matrix Storage Manager” in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that “Intel Matrix Storage Manager” will be installed to your system as well.

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2.18.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System2.18.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System

You can also set up a “RAID Ready” system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. A “RAID Ready” system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later date by using RAID migration feature of Intel Matrix Storage. The following steps outline how to build an Intel “RAID Ready” system.

1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive.

2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 38. When done, exit Setup.

3. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 38. Begin Windows

setup by booting from the installation CD.

4. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented.

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Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You may select: “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)” for Windows® XP/2000 or “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)” for Windows® XP 64-bit.

5. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers.

6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included

with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID configuration.

7. After setting up a “RAID Ready” system as the above steps, you can follow the

procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID

2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,2.18.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

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If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use the following steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. To prepare for this, you will need another SATA / SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive.

1. Physically attach one additional SATA / SATAII hard drive to the SATAII port not

being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system; you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating the migration.

2. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not

already installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM or from the Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links.

3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select “Create RAID

volume from Existing Hard Drive” from the Actions menu. This will activate the Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Click through the dialogs as prompted. It’s important to understand what will occur during the migration process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost.

4. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. If you migrated to a RAID 0

volume, use Disk Management from within Windows® in order to partition and format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are combined. You may also use third-party software to extend any existing partitions within the RAID volume.

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If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / 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 “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option “Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [RAID].

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

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

Insert the Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / 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 Intel® RAID drivers. Intel® RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:

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

OS)

64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation.

After the installation of Windows functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information” for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Conf iguration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information

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If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option

“Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.

Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.18.1 step 2 on page 38.

If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on IDE HDD, please skip step 2.

STEP 3: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® AHCI 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. Y ou may select: “Intel(R) 82801G R/GH SAT A AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)” for Windows® XP/2000 or “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)” for Windows® XP 64-bit.

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Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option

“Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [IDE].

STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option

“Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

After setting up BIOS, you can start to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your system.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option

“Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [IDE].

STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

After setting up BIOS, you can start to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your system.

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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 7 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.

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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 reference purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

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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 sele ctions on the menu bar , and then press <Enter> to get into the sub screen.

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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

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

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System Time

System Date

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Total Memory

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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

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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In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Conf iguration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration.

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WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

CPU Configuration

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

Advanced

may cause system to malfunction.

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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.

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CPU Configuration

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Advanced

CPU Configuration

Overclock Mode

CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz)

Boot FailureGuard Spread Spectrum

Ratio Status Unlocked (Max :17, Min : 14) Ratio Actual Value 17

Enhance HaltState Max CPUIDValue Limit Intel (R) Virtualization tech. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute MemoryProtection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R)SpeedStep(tm) tech.

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

Select the over clock mode.

Select Screen

Select Screen Select Item

Select Item

+- Change Option

+- Change Option F1 General Help

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Overclock Mode

Use this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [CPU, PCIE, Sync.] and [CPU, PCIE, Async.].

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.

Spread Spectrum

This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability.

Ratio Status

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motherboard is “Locked” or “Unlocked”. If it shows “Unlocked”, you will find an item Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard.

Ratio Actual Value

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

Ratio CMOS Setting

If the ratio status is unlocked, you will find this item appear to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard. If the CPU you adopt supports EIST (Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.), and you plan to adjust the ratio value, please disable the option “ Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.” in advance.

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

Y ou may select [En abled] to en able P4 CPU intern al thermal control mechanism 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.

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 support Hyper-Threading technology.

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Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.

Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. is Intel’s new power saving technology. Processor 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 Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

DRAM CAS# Latency

Primary Graphics Adapter

OnBoard HD Audio

Front Panel Control

CD-In OnBoard LAN OnBoard 1394

PCI Fix Function

VCCM (DRAM) Voltage +1.5V Voltage

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Auto]

[Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto]

[PCI]

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

[Enabled]

[Auto] [Normal]

Options

Auto 200MHz (DDRII400) 266MHz (DDRII533) 333

MHz (DDRII667)

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) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. You may also select other value as operating frequency: [200MHz (DDRII 400)], [266MHz (DDRII 533)], [333MHz (DDRII 667)].

Flexibility Option

The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled].

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

Select [Enabled] will configure the following items by the contents in the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device. If you select [Disabled], you will find the items “DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay”, “DRAM RAS# Precharge”, and “DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge” appe ar to allow you adjusting them.

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DRAM CAS# Latency

Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options are [6], [5], [4], [3], and [Auto].

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read / write command. Configuration option s: [2 D RAM Clocks], [3 D RAM Clocks], [4 D RAM Clock s], [5 DRAM Clocks], and [6 DRAM Clocks].

DRAM RAS# Precharge

This controls the idle clocks after a precharge command is issued. Configuration options: [2 DRAM Clocks], [3 DRAM Clocks], [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 D RAM Clocks], and [6 DRAM Clocks].

DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge

This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS. Configuration options: [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], [6 DRAM Clocks], [7 DRAM Clocks], [8 DRAM Clocks], [9 DRAM Clocks], [10 DRAM Clocks], [1 1 DRAM Clocks], [12 DRAM Clocks], [13 D RAM Clocks], [14 DRAM Clocks], and [15 DRAM Clocks].

Primary Graphics Adapter

This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] a s the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI].

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 Control

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

CD-In

Use this item to enable or disable CD-In of OnBoard HD Audio.

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.

PCI Fix Function

This allows you to enable or disable PCI Fix Function. The default value is [Enabled]. If this item is set to [Enabled], PCI frequency can be fixed at

33.3 MHz. If this item is set to [Disabled], PCI clock can be synchronized to PCIE clock.

VCCM (DRAM) Voltage

Use this to select VCCM (DRAM) Voltage. Configuration options: [High], [Normal], [Low], and [Auto]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].

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+1.5V Voltage

Configuration options: [High] and [Normal]. The default value of this feature is [Normal].

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

Restore onAC/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

[Disabled]

[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

This field allows you to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Sus pend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the system supports it.

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.

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.

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3.3.43.3.4

IDE ConfigurationIDE Configuration

3.3.4

IDE Configuration

3.3.43.3.4

IDE ConfigurationIDE Configuration

Advanced

IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration

Configure SATA as

SATAII_BLUE (PORT0) SATAII_BLACK (PORT1) SATAII_RED (PORT2) SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3) IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[Enhanced]

[AHCI]

[Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [ATAPI CDROM] [Not Detected]

Set [Compatible] when Legacy OS (MS-DOS, WinNT) is used.

Set [Enhanced] when Native OS (Win2000 /XP) is used.

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

ATA/IDE Configuration

Please select [Compatible] when you install legacy OS (Windows NT). If native OS (Windows 2000 / XP) is installed, please select [Enhanced]. Then in the option “Configure SA TA as”, you are allowed to set the selection from [AHCI] to [RAID] if you plan to enable RAID function. Configuration options: [AHCI], [IDE], and [RAID]. The default value is [AHCI].

1. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports Hot Plug, NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages.

2. Only AHCI and RAID modes support Hot Plug function.

When [Compatible] is selected

Combined Option

It allows you to select between [SATA0, 1, 2, 3], [IDE1, SATA1, SATA3], and [SATA0, SATA2, IDE1]. If it is set to [SATA0, SATA2, IDE1], then SATAII_BLACK (PORT1), SA T AII_ORANGE (PORT3) will not work. Likewise, if it is set to [IDE1, SAT A1, SAT A3], then SA T AII_BLUE (PORT0), SA T AII_RED (PORT2) will not work.

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Because Intel

ICH7R south bridge only supports four IDE devices under legacy OS (Windows NT), you have to choose [SAT A0, 1, 2, 3], [IDE1, SATA1, SATA3], and [SATA0, SA TA2, IDE1] when the installed device is used with legacy OS.

[SATA0, 1, 2, 3] [SATA0, SAT A2, IDE1] [IDE1, SATA1, SA TA3]

SATAII_BLUE (PORT0)

Master

SATAII_BLUE (PORT0), SATAII_BLACK (PORT1)

Slave

SATAII_RED (PORT2),

SATAII_RED

(PORT2) SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3)

SATAII_BLACK (PORT1)

SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3)

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.

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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 compatible IDE devices.

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 BusM aster 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 Win627EHF 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 OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[1.44 MB 3 "]

[Enabled]

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

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].

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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].

OnBoard Game Port

Use this item to enable the Game Port or disable it. The default value is [Auto].

OnBoard MIDI Port

Use this itme to select the address for the MIDI Port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [300], and [330].

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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 te mperature, 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 [Enabled]

Target CPU Temperature ( C) [50]

Tolerance ( C) [02]

Target Fan Speed [Fast]

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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Target Fan Speed

Fast Middle Slow

Select Screen

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

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

( C)”, “Tolerance ( C)”, and “Minimun 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 and 65 C. The default value is [50].

Tolerance (

The default value of tolerance is [2], which means the error of the target CPU temperature will be within 2 C.

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. The default value is [Fa st]. Configuration options: [Fa st], [M iddle] and [Slow].

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

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

Boot From Onboard LAN

Bootup Num-Lock

[Disabled]

[On]

Boot

To enable or disable the boot from onboard LAN feature.

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

Select Screen Select Item

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.

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.

Exit

Select Screen

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

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

4.2.44.2.4

Contact InformationContact Information

4.2.4

Contact Information

4.2.44.2.4

Contact InformationContact Information

If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your dealer for further information.

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