ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Owner's Manual

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Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published April 2011

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Fatal1ty Story

Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I actually played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or five games off guys who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career of it, but at that young age situations change rapidly. Because I’ve been blessed with great hand-eye coordination and a grasp of mathematics (an important element in video gaming) I gravitated to that activity.

GOING PRO

I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one of the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me ﬂ ew me to Sweden to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games, lost none, and took ﬁ rst place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the world in the process. Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending my title as the world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand prize. From there I entered competitions all over the world, including Singapore, Korea, Germany, Australia, Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York and St. Louis.

WINNING STREAK

I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally different first person shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition and walked away with a new car. The next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament 2003, becoming the only three-time CPL champion of the year. And I did it playing a different game each year, something no one else has ever done and a feat of which I am extremely proud.

At QuakeCon 2002, I faced off against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly anticipated matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at Quakecon 2004, I became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a series of very challenging matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.

Since then Fatal1ty has traveled the globe to compete against the best in the world, winning prizes and acclaim, including the 2005 CPL World Tour Championship in New York City for a $150,000 ﬁ rst place triumph. In August 2007, Johnathan was awarded the ﬁ rst ever Lifetime Achievement Award in the four year history of the eSports-Award for “showing exceptional sportsmanship, taking part in shaping eSports into what it is today and for being the prime representative of this young sport. He has become the ﬁ gurehead for eSports worldwide”.

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LIVIN’ LARGE

Since my ﬁ rst big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling the world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as MTV, ESPN and a 60 Minutes segment on CBS to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy. I’m living a dream by playing video games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and took sports like hockey and football very seriously, working out and training hard. This discipline helps me become a better gamer and my drive to be the best has opened the doors necessary to become a professional.

A DREAM

Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made up of the best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in competitions…a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It’s all about getting the computer processing faster and allowing more ﬂ uid movement around the maps.

My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to worry about my equipment. I want to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on the game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty Brand products represent.

Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel

The Fatal1ty name, Fatal1ty logos and the Fatal1ty likeness are registered trademarks of Fatal1ty, Inc., and are used under license. © 2011 Fatal1ty, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identiﬁ cation or explanation and to the owners’ beneﬁ t, without intent to infringe.

Disclaimer:

Speciﬁ cations and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa- tional use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by us. We assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. With respect to the contents of this manual, We do not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or ﬁ tness for a particular purpose. In no event shall we, its directors, ofﬁ cers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of proﬁ ts, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product.

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.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance. “Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

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Contents

1 Introduction ......................................................... 7

1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 7

1.2 Speciﬁ cations ................................................................. 8

1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 13

1.4 I/O

Panel ...................................................................... 14

2 Installation ........................................................... 16

2.1 Screw Holes ................................................................... 16

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ......................................... 16

2.3 CPU Installation ............................................................. 17

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan ............................. 19

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ........................ 20

2.6 Expansion Slots

2.7 Jumpers Setup .......................................................... 23

2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors ............................ 24

2.9 Smart Switches .......................................................... 29

2.10 Dr. Debug ................................................................... 30

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

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

2.12 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation ............. 34

2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII

HDDs ............................................................................ 35

2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs .... 35

2.15 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and

Operation Guide ........................................................ 36

2.16 Driver Installation Guide ............................................ 38

2.17 Installing Windows

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions .............. 38

2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID

Functions............................................................. 38

2.17.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System ................... 39

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

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

2.17.4 Installing Windows Vista

2.18 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ................... 42

2.18.1 Installing Windows

Functions............................................................ 42

2.18.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM /

VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions ............... 43

(PCI and PCI Express Slots)

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

64-bit With RAID Functions .................... 41

7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM /

XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

.................... 22

/ VistaTM

/ VistaTM 64-bit

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3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 44

3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 44

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 44

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 45

3.2 Main Screen ................................................................... 45

3.3 OC Tweaker Screen ...................................................... 46

3.4 Advanced Screen ........................................................... 50

3.4.1 CPU Conﬁ guration ............................................... 51

3.4.2 North Bridge Conﬁ guration................................... 53

3.4.3 South Bridge Conﬁ guration .................................. 54

3.4.4 Storage Conﬁ guration .......................................... 56

3.4.5 Super IO Conﬁ guration ........................................ 57

3.4.6 ACPI Conﬁ guration............................................... 58

3.4.7 USB Conﬁ guration ............................................... 59

3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ................... 60

3.6 Boot Screen ................................................................... 61

3.7 Security Screen ............................................................. 62

3.8 Exit Screen .................................................................... 63

4 Software Support ................................................. 64

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under our consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to our commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and stepby-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the conﬁ guration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard speciﬁ cations and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modiﬁ cations of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on our website without further notice. If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for speciﬁ c information about the model you are using.

1.1 Package Contents

Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series Quick Installation Guide Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series Support CD

1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield

We Remind You...

To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Conﬁ guration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User Manual” in our support CD for details.

/ VistaTM 64-

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1.2 Specifications

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

- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) CPU - Supports 2nd Generation Intel LGA1155 Package

- Advanced V8 Power Phase Design

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports K-Series unlocked CPU

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) Chipset - Intel

P67

Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 3)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB (see CAUTION 4)

- Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Proﬁ le (XMP)

Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

- 3 x PCI slots Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- Supports Energy Efﬁ cient Ethernet 802.3az Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 5 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)

- 1 x eSATA3 Connector

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports

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

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in

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- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5) SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (SATA3_1 connector is shared with eSATA3 port) USB3.0 - 2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

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

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x Power LED header

- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 8 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) Smart Switch - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- 1 x Power Switch with LED

- 1 x Reset Switch with LED BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial) Unique Feature - F-Stream (see CAUTION 6)

- ASRock Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 7)

- 2 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors

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- ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 8)

- SmartView (see CAUTION 9)

- ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 10)

- ASRock On/Off Play Technology (see CAUTION 11)

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 12)

- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 13)

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

- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) (see CAUTION 14)

- Good Night LED Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

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

Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant Certiﬁ cations - FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 15)

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 third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

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CAUTION!

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

51.

2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 20 for proper installation.

3. DDR3 frequency options may depend on the processor. Only K-Series CPU can support DDR3 overclock to 2133 and 1866.

4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows VistaTM / XP. For Windows® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

5. 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 14 for proper connection.

6. F-Stream is an all-in-one tool to ﬁ ne-tune different system functions in a user-friendly interface, which currently includes Hardware Monitor, Fan Control, Overclocking, OC DNA, Mouse Polling and IES. In the Hardware Monitor mode, F-Stream shows the major readings of your system. In Fan Control mode, F-Stream shows the fan speed and temperature for you to adjust. In Overclocking Control mode, F-Stream allows you to overclock the CPU frequency for optimal system performance. In OC DNA mode, you can save your OC settings as a proﬁ le and share them with your friends. Your friends can then load the OC proﬁ le in to their own system to get the same OC settings. In Mouse Polling mode, F-Stream allows you to adjust the mouse polling rate of the Fatal1ty Mouse port to add a professional level mouse conﬁ guration. In IES (Intelligent Energy Saver) mode, the voltage regulator can reduce the number of output phases to improve efﬁ ciency when the CPU cores are idle without sacri- ﬁ cing computing performance.

7. Instant Flash is a BIOS ﬂ ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This con- venient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems ﬁ rst like MS-DOS or Windows ity, you can press <F6> key during the POST or press <F2> key to BIOS setup menu to access Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS ﬁ le to your USB ﬂ ash drive, ﬂ oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional ﬂ oppy diskette or other complicated ﬂ ash utility. Please be noted that the USB ﬂ ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 ﬁ le system.

. With this util-

7 /

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8. If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPod/iPad Touch, we have prepared a wonderful solution for you - APP Charger. Simply installing the APP Charger driver, it makes your iPhone charged much quickly from your computer and up to 40% faster than before. APP Charger allows you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5). With APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever.

SmartView, a new function of internet browser, is the smart start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites, your history, your Facebook friends and your real-time newsfeed into an enhanced view for a more personal Internet experience. Our motherboards are exclusively equipped with the SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends onthe-go. To use SmartView feature, please make sure your OS version is

Windows

7 / 7 64 bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, and your browser version

is IE8.

10. XFast USB can boost USB storage device performance. The performance may depend on the property of the device.

11. On/Off Play Technology allows users to enjoy the great audio experience from the portable audio devices, such like MP3 player or mobile phone to your PC, even when the PC is turned off (or in ACPI S5 mode)! This motherboard also provides a free 3.5mm audio cable (optional) that ensures users the most convenient computing environment.

12. 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.

13. When it is detected that the CPU is overheating, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you re-start 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 sys tem.

14. Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) provides the ﬂ exible option to adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA 1155 and LGA 1156. Please be noticed that not all the 775 and 1156 CPU Fan can be used.

15. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to deﬁ ne the power consumption for the completed system. According to EuP, the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP standard, an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required. According to Intel’s suggestion, the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efﬁ ciency is higher than 50% under 100 mA current consumption. For EuP ready power supply selection, we recommend you checking with the power supply manufacturer for more details.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

24.4cm (9.6in)

Keyboard

Mouse

PS2

Clr

CMOS

SPDIF

Optical

SPDIF

eSATA

USB2.0 T: US B6 B:USB7

USB2.0 T: US B4 B:USB5

USB3.0 T: US B2 B:USB3

USB2.0

Top:

T:USB0

RJ-45

B:USB1

Bottom:

CTR BASS

Center:

REAR SPK

Bottom:

MIC IN

Center:

FRONT

USB 3.0

Designed inTaipei

Super

AUDIO CODEC

HD_AUDIO1

Coaxial

Top:

SIDE SPK

Top:

LINE IN

I/O

HDMI_SPDIF1

ATX12V1

LAN PHY

PWR_FAN1

CHA_FAN3

PCIE1

Fatal1ty

P67 Performance

PCIE2

PCI Express2.0

PCIE3

PCIE4

PCI1

ErP/EuP Ready

RoHS

PCI2

PCI3

FLOPPY1

COM1

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

DDR3 2133

30.5cm (12.0in)

ATXPWR1

DDR3_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_A2 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_B2 (64bit, 240-pin module)

Dual Channel

IDE1

CHA_FAN2

64Mb

SATA3_1 SATA3_0

SATA2_3 SATA2_2

SATA2_5 SATA2_4

BIOS

PLED1

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

SPEAKER1

PLEDPWRBTN

PWRBTN

RSTBTN

18 19

20 21

CMOS

Battery

CLRCMOS1

SATA36Gb/s

CHA_FAN1

USB8_9

IR1

Intel

P67

Dr.

USB10_11

USB12_13

Debug

2526272829

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 21 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2, Black) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 22 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_4, Black) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 23 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_5, Black) 4 1155-Pin CPU Socket 24 Dr. Debug 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 25 USB 2.0 Header (USB12_13, Black) (Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Red) 26 USB 2.0 Header (USB10_11, Black) 6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 27 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Black) (Dual Channel: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, Black) 28 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 29 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 8 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Black) 30 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 31 COM Port Header (COM1) 10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2) 32 Front Panel Audio Header 11 64Mb SPI Flash (HD_AUDIO1, Black) 12 Power LED Header (PLED1) 33 HDMI_SPDIF Header 13 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Black) (HDMI_SPDIF1, Black) 14 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Black) 34 PCI Slots (PCI1-3) 15 Intel P67 Chipset 35 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE4, Black) 16 Power Switch (PWRBTN) 36 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3, Black) 17 Reset Switch (RSTBTN) 37 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, Red) 18 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1, Red) 38 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1, Black) 19 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0, Red) 39 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3) 20 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_3, Black) 40 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

LAN Port LED Indications

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) ** 10 Front Speaker (Lime) 2 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 11 Microphone (Pink) 3 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB6) 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 4 USB 2.0 Port (USB7) 13 USB 3.0 Ports (USB23) * 5 LAN RJ-45 Port 14 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 6 Side Speaker (Gray) *** 15 eSATA3 Connector (eSATA3) 7 Rear Speaker (Black) 16 Optical SPDIF Out Port 8 Central / Bass (Orange) 17 Clear CMOS Switch (CLRCBTN) 9 Line In (Light Blue) 18 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

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

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection

LAN Port

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

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

TABLE for Audio Output Connection

Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker (No. 10) (No. 7) (No. 8) (No. 6)

2 V -- -- -4 V V -- -6 V V V -8 V V V V

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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 ﬁ nd “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.

*** eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M.

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Chapter 2: Installation

This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conﬁ guration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ﬁ ts into it.

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

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

2.1 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 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 Installation

For the installation of Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below.

LoadPlate

LoadLever

Before you insert the 1155-Pin 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.

Step 2. Remove PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap).

ContactArray

SocketBody

1155-Pin Socket Overview

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.

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Step 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU:

Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is

marked with black line.

Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated

Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches.

orientation key notch

Pin1

orientation key notch

1155-Pin CPU

For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket.

Step 3-3. Carefully place the CPU into the

socket by using a purely vertical motion.

Step 3-4. Verify that the CPU is within the sock-

et and properly mated to the orient keys.

black line

alignment key

Pin1

alignment key

1155-Pin Socket

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.

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2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1155Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation. Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 13, No. 3).

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 1155-Pin CPU. Step 1. Apply thermal interface material onto center of

IHS on the socket surface.

Apply Thermal Interface Material

Step 2. Place the heatsink onto the socket. Ensure

fan cables are oriented on side closest to the

Fan cableson side closest toMB header

CPU fan connector on the motherboard (CPU_ FAN1, see page 13, No. 3).

Step 3. Align fasteners with the motherboard through-

Fastener slots pointing straightout

holes.

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.

Press Down (4 Places)

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.

Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.), which provides the ﬂ exible option to adopt three dif- ferent CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA 1155 and LGA 1156. The white throughholes are for Socket LGA 1155/1156 CPU fan.

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2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel conﬁ guration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1; Red slots; see p.13 No.5) or identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel B (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2; Black slots; see p.13 No.6), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel conﬁ guration, and please in- stall identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots. You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Conﬁ guration Table below.

Dual Channel Memory Conﬁ gurations

DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2 (Red Slot) (Black Slot) (Red Slot) (Black Slot) (1) Populated - Populated (2) - Populated - Populated (3)* Populated Populated Populated Populated

For the conﬁ guration (3), please install identical DDR3 DIMMs 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 red slots (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1), or in the set of black slots (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2).

2. If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 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 DDR3_A1 and DDR3_A2, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory T echnology .

4. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

5. Some DDR3 1GB double-sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work on this motherboard. It is not recommended to install them on this motherboard.

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Installing 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

damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation.

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

Step 3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There are 3 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface.

PCIE slots: PCIE1 / PCIE3 / PCIE4 (PCIE x1 slot; Black) is used for PCI Express

cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot; Red) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width

graphics cards.

Installing 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 system unit cover (if your motherboard is already installed

in a chassis). Step 3. Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use. Keep the

screws for later use. Step 4. Align the card connector with the slot and press ﬁ rmly until the card is

completely seated on the slot. Step 5. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws. Step 6. Replace the system cover.

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2.7 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

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1) (see p.13, No. 9)

Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug

the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just ﬁ nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system ﬁ rst, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS ac- tion. Please be noted that the password, date, time, user default proﬁ le, 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed.

The Clear CMOS Switch has the same function as the Clear CMOS jumper.

Clear CMOSDefault

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2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard!

FDD connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.13 No. 30)

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

Primary IDE connector (Black)

(39-pin IDE1, see p.13 No. 8)

the red-striped side to Pin1

connect the blue end

to the motherboard

connect the black end to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable

Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATAII Connectors These four Serial ATAII (SATAII)

(SATA2_2: see p.13, No. 21) (SATA2_3: see p.13, No. 20) (SATA2_4: see p.13, No. 22) (SATA2_5: see p.13, No. 23)

data transfer rate.

SATA2_3 SATA2_2

connectors support SATA data

cables for internal storage

devices. The current SATAII

SATA2_5 SATA2_4

interface allows up to 3.0 Gb/s

Serial ATA3 Connectors These two Serial ATA3 (SATA3)

(SATA3_0: see p.13, No. 19) (SATA3_1: see p.13, No. 18)

SATA3_1 SATA3_0

connectors support SATA data

cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. If you install the HDD on the eSATA port on the rear I/O, the internal SATA3_1 will not function.

Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data Data Cable cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard disk or the SATAII / SATA3 connector on this motherboard.

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3.5mm Audio Cable Either end of the 3.5mm audio

(Optional)

cable can be connected to the portable audio devices, such as MP3 player and mobile phone or the Line-in port of your PC.

USB_PWR

P-9

P-8

USB_PWR

USB_PW R

P-11

P-10

USB_PW R

USB_PWR

P-13

P-12

IRTX

IRRX

GND

MIC2_L

P+9

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+8

P+11

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+10

P+13

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+12

+5VSB

DUMMY

GND

PRESENCE#

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

USB 2.0 Headers Besides six default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB8_9) (see p.13 No. 27)

ports on the I/O panel, there

are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB10_11) (see p.13 No. 26)

(9-pin USB12_13) (see p.13 No. 25)

Infrared Module Header This header supports an

(5-pin IR1)

optional wireless transmitting

(see p.13 No. 29)

and receiving infrared module.

Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.13 No. 32)

panel audio cable that allows

convenient connection and control of audio devices.

1. High Deﬁ nition 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.

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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. To activate the front mic. For Windows

Select “Mixer”. Select “Recorder”. Then click “FrontMic”.

For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust

“Recording Volume”.

XP / XP 64-bit OS:

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1) (see p.13 No. 14)

several system front panel

functions.

Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the

chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. Note the

positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.

PWRBTN (Power Switch): Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may conﬁ gure

the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset

switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a

normal restart. PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED

is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-

tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep

state or powered off (S5). HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The LED

is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly

consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED,

speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this

header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are

matched correctly.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p.13 No. 13)

speaker to this header.

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Power LED Header Please connect the chassis

(3-pin PLED1) (see p.13 No. 12)

power LED to this header to

indicate system power status.

PLED+

PLED-

The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking in S1 state. The LED is off in S3/S4 state or S5 state (power off).

Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables

(4-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p.13 No. 28)

ground pin.

(3-pin CHA_FAN2) (see p.13 No. 10)

(3-pin CHA_FAN3) (see p.13 No. 39)

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to the

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CHA_FAN_SPEED

GND

+12V

GND CHA_FAN2_PWR CHA_FAN_SPEED

(3-pin PWR_FAN1) (see p.13 No. 40)

CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.13 No. 3)

cable to the connector and

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

PWR_FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CPU_FAN_SPEED

+12V

GND

1 2 3 4

+12V

GND

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

(3-pin CPU_FAN2) (see p.13 No. 2)

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

(24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.13 No. 7)

supply to this connector.

GND

+12V

12 124

CPU_FAN_SPEED

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Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

(8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.13 No. 1)

power supply to this connector.

8 5

4 1

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

8 5

4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation

4 1

Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1) (see p.13 No. 31)

serial port module.

HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing

(2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) (see p.13 No. 33)

SPDIF audio output to HDMI

VGA card, allows the system to

GND

SPDIFOUT

connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Please connect the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header.

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2.9 Smart Switches

The motherboard has three smart switches: power switch, reset switch and clear CMOS switch, allowing users to quickly turn on/off or reset the sytem clear the CMOS values.

Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch,

(PWRBTN)

allowing users to quickly turn

(see p.13 No. 16)

on/off the system.

Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch,

(RSTBTN)

allowing users to quickly reset

(see p.13 No. 17)

the system.

Clear CMOS Switch Clear CMOS Switch is a smart

(CLRCBTN) (see p.14 No. 17)

switch, allowing users to quickly

clear the CMOS values.

Power

Reset

clr

CMOS

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2.10 Dr. Debug

Dr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. Please see the diagrams below for reading the Dr. Debug codes.

Status Code Description 0x00 Not used 0x01 Power on. Reset type detection (soft/hard) 0x02 AP initialization before microcode loading 0x03 North Bridge initialization before microcode loading 0x04 South Bridge initialization before microcode loading 0x05 OEM initialization before microcode loading 0x06 Microcode loading 0x07 AP initialization after microcode loading 0x08 North Bridge initialization after microcode loading 0x09 South Bridge initialization after microcode loading 0x0A OEM initialization after microcode loading 0x0B Cache initialization 0x0C – 0x0D Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes 0x0E Microcode not found 0x0F Microcode not loaded 0x10 PEI Core is started 0x11 Pre-memory CPU initialization is started 0x12 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x13 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x14 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x15 Pre-memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x16 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x17 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x18 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x19 Pre-memory South Bridge initialization is started 0x1A Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x1B Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x1C Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x1D – 0x2A OEM pre-memory initialization codes 0x2B Memory initialization. Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data reading 0x2C Memory initialization. Memory presence detection 0x2D Memory initialization. Programming memory timing information 0x2E Memory initialization. Conﬁ guring memory 0x2F Memory initialization (other) 0x30 Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) 0x31 Memory Installed 0x32 CPU post-memory initialization is started 0x33 CPU post-memory initialization. Cache initialization 0x34 CPU post-memory initialization. Application Processor(s) (AP) initialization 0x35 CPU post-memory initialization. Boot Strap Processor (BSP) selection 0x36 CPU post-memory initialization. System Management Mode (SMM) initialization

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0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x39 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x3A Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x3B Post-Memory South Bridge initialization is started 0x3C Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x3D Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x3E Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x3F-0x4E OEM post memory initialization codes 0x4F DXE IPL is started 0x50 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed 0x51 Memory initialization error. SPD reading has failed 0x52 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory size or memory modules do not match 0x53 Memory initialization error. No usable memory detected 0x54 Unspeciﬁ ed memory initialization error 0x55 Memory not installed 0x56 Invalid CPU type or Speed 0x57 CPU mismatch 0x58 CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error 0x59 CPU micro-code is not found or micro-code update is failed 0x5A Internal CPU error 0x5B reset PPI is not available 0x5C-0x5F Reserved for future AMI error codes 0xE0 S3 Resume is stared (S3 Resume PPI is called by the DXE IPL) 0xE1 S3 Boot Script execution 0xE2 Video repost 0xE3 OS S3 wake vector call 0xE4-0xE7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes 0xE8 S3 Resume Failed 0xE9 S3 Resume PPI not Found 0xEA S3 Resume Boot Script Error 0xEB S3 OS Wake Error 0xEC-0xEF Reserved for future AMI error codes 0xF0 Recovery condition triggered by ﬁ rmware (Auto recovery) 0xF1 Recovery condition triggered by user (Forced recovery) 0xF2 Recovery process started 0xF3 Recovery ﬁ rmware image is found 0xF4 Recovery ﬁ rmware image is loaded 0xF5-0xF7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes 0xF8 Recovery PPI is not available 0xF9 Recovery capsule is not found 0xFA Invalid recovery capsule 0xFB – 0xFF Reserved for future AMI error codes 0x60 DXE Core is started 0x61 NVRAM initialization

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0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x65 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x66 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x67 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speciﬁ c) 0x68 PCI host bridge initialization 0x69 North Bridge DXE initialization is started 0x6A North Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started 0x6B North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x6C North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x6D North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x6E North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x6F North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x70 South Bridge DXE initialization is started 0x71 South Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started 0x72 South Bridge devices initialization 0x73 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x74 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x75 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x76 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x77 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module speciﬁ c) 0x78 ACPI module initialization 0x79 CSM initialization 0x7A – 0x7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes 0x80 – 0x8F OEM DXE initialization codes 0x90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started 0x91 Driver connecting is started 0x92 PCI Bus initialization is started 0x93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization 0x94 PCI Bus Enumeration 0x95 PCI Bus Request Resources 0x96 PCI Bus Assign Resources 0x97 Console Output devices connect 0x98 Console input devices connect 0x99 Super IO Initialization 0x9A USB initialization is started 0x9B USB Reset 0x9C USB Detect 0x9D USB Enable 0x9E – 0x9F Reserved for future AMI codes 0xA0 IDE initialization is started 0xA1 IDE Reset 0xA2 IDE Detect 0xA3 IDE Enable 0xA4 SCSI initialization is started 0xA5 SCSI Reset

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0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) 0xAB Setup Input Wait 0xAC Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) 0xAD Ready To Boot event 0xAE Legacy Boot event 0xAF Exit Boot Services event 0xB0 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin 0xB1 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End 0xB2 Legacy Option ROM Initialization 0xB3 System Reset 0xB4 USB hot plug 0xB5 PCI bus hot plug 0xB6 Clean-up of NVRAM 0xB7 Conﬁ guration Reset (reset of NVRAM settings) 0xB8 – 0xBF Reserved for future AMI codes 0xC0 – 0xCF OEM BDS initialization codes 0xD0 CPU initialization error 0xD1 North Bridge initialization error 0xD2 South Bridge initialization error 0xD3 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available 0xD4 PCI resource allocation error. Out of Resources 0xD5 No Space for Legacy Option ROM 0xD6 No Console Output Devices are found 0xD7 No Console Input Devices are found 0xD8 Invalid password 0xD9 Error loading Boot Option (LoadImage returned error) 0xDA Boot Option is failed (StartImage returned error) 0xDB Flash update is failed 0xDC Reset protocol is not available

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2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel® P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid 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 con-

nector.

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

disk.

2.12 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel® P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3 con-

nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

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2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® P67 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort.

NOTE What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID conﬁ guration, 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 RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort.

P67 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host

NOTE What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID conﬁ guration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 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 SATA3 HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

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2.15 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation

Guide

This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface

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

SATA 7-pin connector

The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD

1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply

Caution

1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.

2. Even some SATA / SATAII / SATA3 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 deﬁ nitely 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 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug. * The SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website.

2. Make sure your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.

3. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our support website.

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 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 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 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.

SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White)

Step 2

Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII / SATA3 connector.

Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector

Step 3

(Black) end to SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD.

Step 4

Connect SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD.

How to Hot Unplug a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 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 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD side.

Step 2

Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD side.

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2.16 Driver Installation Guide

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

2.17 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP

/ XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

2.17.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 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, Please insert a diskette into the ﬂ oppy drive.

WARNING! Formatting the ﬂ oppy diskette will lose ALL data in it! Start to format and copy ﬁ les [YN]?

Please insert a ﬂ oppy diskette into the ﬂ oppy drive, and press <Y>. E. The system will start to format the ﬂ oppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII / SATA3 drivers into the ﬂ oppy diskette.

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

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

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 4: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After making a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette and using “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID conﬁ guration, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a thirdparty RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel

RAID driver. After reading the ﬂ oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.

After the installation of Windows® XP / XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Rapid Storage Information” for RAID conﬁ guration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Conﬁ guration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Rapid Storage”, which is located in the folder at the following path:

.. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information

If you want to use “Intel Rapid Storage” in Windows® environment, install

“SATAII driver” from the Support CD again so that “Intel Rapid Storage” will be installed to your system as well.

2.17.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System

You can also set up a “RAID Ready” system with a single SATA / SATAII / SATA3 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 Rapid Storage. The following steps outline how to build an Intel “RAID Ready” system.

1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard drive.

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

3. Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette as step 2 of page 38. Begin Windows

4. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.

setup by booting from the installation CD.

RAID driver. After reading the ﬂ oppy disk, the driver will be presented.

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5. Finish the Windows

installation and install all necessary drivers.

6. Install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID conﬁ guration.

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

2.17.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or

RAID 5

If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use the following steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID conﬁ guration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 conﬁ guration or three drive RAID 5 conﬁ guration. 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 / SATA3 hard drive to the SATAII / SATA3 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 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 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.

, install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software, if not already

in order to partition and

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2.17.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / Vista

64-bit With

RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [RAID].

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

.. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

After the installation of Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Rapid Storage Information” for RAID conﬁ guration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Conﬁ guration”, which is lo- cated in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Rapid Storage”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information

If you want to use “Intel Rapid Storage” in Windows® environment, install

“SATAII driver” from the Support CD again so that “Intel Rapid Storage” will be installed to your system as well.

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2.18 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP

/ XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

2.18.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

Functions

If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function

STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette.

Please make a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.17.1 step 2 on page 38.

STEP 3: Install Windows

After making a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette, you can start to install Win-

dows

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 / SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel® AHCI driver. After reading the ﬂ oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].

STEP 2: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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2.18.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit

Without RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function

STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Install Windows system.

Using SATA / SATAII / STA3 HDDs without NCQ function

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conﬁ guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].

STEP 2: Install Windows system.

7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your

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Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY

3.1 Introduction

This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to conﬁ gure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the UEFI 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 UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar

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

Main To set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI 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 UEFI SETUP UTILITY

Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and then press <Enter> to get into the sub screen. You can also use the mouse to click your required item.

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3.1.2 Navigation Keys

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

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

3.2 Main Screen

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

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3.3 OC Tweaker Screen

In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.

CPU Control CPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology. Pro-

cessor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable power savings. The default value is [Enabled]. Conﬁ guration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you install Windows [Auto], you need to set the “Power Schemes” as “Portable/Laptop” to enable this function. If you install Windows

VistaTM / 7 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 SpeedStep technology.

XP and select

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.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Technology. Turbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speciﬁ c condition. The default value is [Enabled].

Turbo Boost Power Limit

Use this item to adjust Turbo Boost power limit. Conﬁ guration options: [Auto]

and [Manual]. The default value is [Auto].

Additional Turbo Voltage

Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode.

Core Current Limit

Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode.

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Host Clock Override (BCLK)

Use this to adjust the host clock (BCLK) frequency. Min: 95MHz, Max:

110MHz.

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

DRAM Timing Control DRAM Conﬁ guration

Load XMP Setting

Use this to load XMP setting. Conﬁ guration options: [Auto], [Proﬁ le 1] and [Proﬁ le 2]. The default value is [Auto].

DRAM Frequency

If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically.

CAS# Latency (tCL)

Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)

Use this item to change RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Row Precharge Time (tRP)

Use this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

RAS# Active Time (tRAS)

Use this item to change RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Command Rate (CR)

Use this item to change Command Rate (CR) Auto/Manual setting. Min: 1N. Max: 2N. The default is [Auto].

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Write Recovery Time (tWR)

Use this item to change Write Recovery Time (tWR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Refresh Cyle Time (tRFC)

Use this item to change Refresh Cyle Time (tRFC) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD)

Use this item to change RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Write to Read Delay (tWTR)

Use this item to change Write to Read Delay (tWTR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Read to Precharge (tRTP)

Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Four Activate Window (tFAW)

Use this item to change Four Activate Window (tFAW) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Memory Fast Boot

Use this item to adjust DDR fast boot mode. The default value is [Auto].

Memory Power Down Mode

Use this item to adjust DDR power down mode. Configuration options: [Auto], [Slow] and [Fast]. The default value is [Auto].

ODT WR (CHA)

Use this item to change ODT WR (CHA) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

ODT NOM (CHA)

Use this item to change ODT NOM (CHA) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

ODT WR (CHB)

Use this item to change ODT WR (CHB) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

ODT NOM (CHB)

Use this item to change ODT NOM (CHB) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].

Voltage Control Power Saving Mode

Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode. The default value is [Disabled].

CPU Core Voltage

Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. The default value is [Auto].

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CPU Load-Line Calibration

CPU Load-Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load.

DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. PCH Voltage Use this to select PCH Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU PLL Voltage Use this to select CPU PLL Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. VTT Voltage Use this to select VTT Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. VCCSA Voltage Use this to select VCCSA Voltage. The default value is [Auto].

User Default

In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements.

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3.4 Advanced Screen

In this section, you may set the conﬁ gurations for the following items: CPU Conﬁ gu- ration, North Bridge Conﬁ guration, South Bridge Conﬁ guration, Storage Conﬁ gura- tion, Super IO Conﬁ guration, ACPI Conﬁ guration and USB Conﬁ guration.

Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.

Instant Flash

Instant Flash is a UEFI ﬂ ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This conve- nient UEFI update tool allows you to update system UEFI without entering operating systems ﬁ rst like MS-DOS or Windows and save the new UEFI ﬁ le to your USB ﬂ ash drive, ﬂ oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional ﬂ oppy diskette or other complicated ﬂ ash utility. Please be noted that the USB ﬂ ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 ﬁ le system. If you execute Instant Flash utility, the utility will show the UEFI ﬁ les and their respective information. Select the proper UEFI ﬁ le to update your UEFI, and reboot your system after UEFI update process completes.

. Just launch this tool

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3.4.1 CPU Configuration

Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel

processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating

system that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology.

Active Processor Cores Use this item to select the number of cores to enable in each processor

package. Conﬁ guration options: [All], [1] and [2]. The default value is [All].

Hardware Prefetcher Use this item to turn on/off the MLC streamer prefetcher. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Use this item to turn on/off prefetching of adjacent cache lines. Enhance Halt State (C1E) 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.

CPU C3 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C3 (ACPI C2) report to OS. CPU C6 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C6 (ACPI C3) report to OS. Package C State Support

Selected option will program into C State package limit register. The default value is [Auto].

, 7, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be

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CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable CPU internal thermal control

mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated.

Intel Virtualization Technology 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 Virtualization Technology.

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.

Local x2APIC Use this to enable or disable Local x2APIC. The default value is [Disabled].

Please be noted that some OS do not support this function.

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3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration

Low MMIO Align

Low MMIO resources align at 64MB/1024MB. The default value is [64MB].

VT-d

Use this to enable or disable Intel® VT-d technology (Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disabled].

Primary Graphics Adapter

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

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3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration

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.

Deep Sx

Mobile platforms support Deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4/S5 in AC only. Conﬁ guration options: [Disabled], [Enabled in S5] and [S4 and S5]. The default value is [Disabled].

Onboard LAN

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

Onboard HD Audio

Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged.

Front Panel

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

On/Off Play

Use this item to enable or disable On/Off Play Technology. The default val-

ue is [Enabled]. When On/Off Play is enabled, Deep Sx will be disabled. If you want to enable Deep Sx, please disable On/Off Play ﬁ rst.

ACPI HPET Table

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

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

motherboard to submit Windows

PCI Legacy Mode This allows you to enable or disable PCI legacy mode. The default value is

[Enabled].

VistaTM certiﬁ cation.

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Good Night LED

Enable this option to turn off Power LED, Lan LED and Port80 LED when

the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned off in S1, S3 and S4 state. The default value is [Auto].

Onboard Debug Code LED

Use this to enable or disable onboard Debug Code LED.

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3.4.4 Storage Configuration

SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode. Conﬁ guration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI

Mode], [RAID Mode] and [Disabled]. The default value is [IDE Mode].

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

SATA Controller 0 Please select [Compatible] when you install legacy OS. If native OS (Win-

SATA Controller 1 Use this item to enable or disable SATA Controller 1. Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.

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

dows

XP / VistaTM / 7) is installed, please select [Enhanced].

sis, and Reporting Technology) feature. Conﬁ guration options: [Disabled] and [Enabled].

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3.4.5 Super IO Configuration

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Use this item to enable or disable ﬂ oppy drive controller.

Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conﬁ guration

options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4].

Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port. Infrared Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port.

Conﬁ guration options: [2F8 / IRQ3] and [2E8 / IRQ3].

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3.4.6 ACPI Configuration

Suspend to RAM

Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-toRAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it.

Check Ready Bit

Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit.

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.

PCI Devices Power On

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

the power-soft-off mode.

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.

RTC Alarm Power On

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

system.

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3.4.7 USB Configuration

USB 2.0 Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller.

USB 3.0 Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller.

Legacy USB Support

Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four conﬁ guration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is [Enabled]. Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options: [Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB. [Auto] - Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected. [Disabled] - USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and UEFI setup when [Disabled] is selected. If you have USB compatibility issue, it is recommended to select [Disabled] to enter OS. [UEFI Setup Only] - USB devices are allowed to use only under UEFI setup and Windows / Linux OS.

Legacy USB 3.0 Support

Use this option to enable or disable legacy support for USB 3.0 devices. The default value is [Disabled].

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3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage.

CPU Fan 1 & 2 Setting

This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 & 2 speed. Conﬁ guration options: [Full

On] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On].

Chassis Fan 1 Setting

This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed. Conﬁ guration options: [Full On], [Automatic Mode] and [Manual Mode]. The default is value [Full

On].

Chassis Fan 2 Setting

This allows you to set the chassis fan 2 speed. Conﬁ guration options: [Level 1] to [Level 4]. The default is value [Level 4].

Chassis Fan 3 Setting

This allows you to set the chassis fan 3 speed. Conﬁ guration options: [Full On] and [Manual Mode]. The default is value [Full On].

Over Temperature Protection

Use this to enable or disable Over Temperature Protection. The default

value is [Enabled].

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3.6 Boot Screen

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

Setup Prompt Timeout

This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means indeﬁ nite waiting.

Bootup Num-Lock

If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up.

Full Screen Logo

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

AddOn ROM Display

Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option “Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled]. Conﬁ guration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. The default value is [Enabled].

Boot From Onboard LAN

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

Boot Failure Guard

Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard.

Boot Failure Guard Count

Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count.

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3.7 Security 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.

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3.8 Exit Screen

Save Changes and Exit

When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save conﬁ guration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI 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 UEFI 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 UEFI Defaults

Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation.

Launch EFI Shell from ﬁ lesystem device

Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shell64.efi) from one of the available ﬁ lesystem devices.

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Chapter 4: Software Support

4.1 Install Operating System

This motherboard supports various Microsoft 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information.

4.2 Support CD Information

The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features.

4.2.1 Running 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 ﬁ le “ASSETUP.EXE” from the BIN folder in the Support CD to dis- play the menus.

4.2.2 Drivers Menu

The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.

4.2.3 Utilities Menu

The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a speciﬁ c item then follow the installation wizard to install it.

Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7

4.2.4 Contact Information

If you need to contact us or want to know more about us, welcome to visit our website; or you may contact your dealer for further information.

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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system.

1. Please make sure to use Windows Windows® 7 64-bit.

2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility > Advanced > Storage Conﬁ guration > SATA Mode.

3. Choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1. (“xxx” is the device which contains your Windows an optical drive.) You can also press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot.

4. Start Windows

installation.

VistaTM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or

installation ﬁ les. Normally it is