ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA User Manual

K8NF6G-VSTA

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published July 2006

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

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ContentsContents

Contents

ContentsContents

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

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

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

1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® Vista

Basic Logo ................................................................................ 9

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

1.5 HD 8CH I/O ................................................................................ 11

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Installation

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Pre-installation Precautions ............................................................... 12

2.1 CPU Installation ......................................................................... 13

2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ....................................... 13

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) .................................... 14

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

2.5 Easy Multi Monitor Feature........................................................ 16

2.6 Jumpers Setup .......................................................................... 17

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors.......................................... 18

2.8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide .................................................. 22

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

Installation ................................................................................. 23

2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 23

2.11 Driver Installation Guide ............................................................ 23

2.12 HDMR Card and Driver Installation............................................ 24

2.13 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM Without RAID

Functions .................................................................................. 24

2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM With RAID

Functions. ................................................................................. 24

2.15 Untied Overclocking Technology .............................................. 25

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

BIOS S

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................... 26

3.2 Main Screen .............................................................................. 27

3.3 Advanced Screen .................................................................... 28

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 26

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ............................................................. 27

3.3.1 CPU Configuration .......................................................... 28

3.3.2 Chipset Configuration ..................................................... 31

3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ......................................................... 32

3.3.4 IDE Configuration ............................................................ 33

3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ...................................................... 35

3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ...................................................... 36

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3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ................................................... 36

3.3.8 USB Configuration .......................................................... 37

3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ............................. 38

3.5 Boot Screen.............................................................................. 39

3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........................................... 39

3.6 Security Screen........................................................................ 40

3.7 Exit Screen ............................................................................... 41

4.4.

Software SupportSoftware Support

Software Support

4.4.

Software SupportSoftware Support

4.1 Install Operating System ........................................................... 42

4.2 Support CD Information ............................................................. 42

4.2.1 Running Support CD ....................................................... 42

4.2.2 Drivers Menu .................................................................. 42

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ................................................................... 42

4.2.4 Contact Information ........................................................ 42

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

APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

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

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1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA motherboard, a reliable

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

livers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commit-

ment to quality and endurance.

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

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

guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be

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

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

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

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

as well. ASRock website

1.11.1

Package ContentsPackage Contents

1.1

Package Contents

1.11.1

Package ContentsPackage Contents

1 x ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA Motherboard

(Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm)

1 x ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA Support CD

1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor)

1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable

1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional)

1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional)

1 x HD 8CH I/O Shield

1 x COM Port Bracket

1 x HDMR Card (Optional)

http://www.asrock.com

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

1.2

Specifications

1.21.2

SpecificationsSpecifications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm CPU - Socket 754 for AMD Athlon

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology (see CAUTION 1)

- Chipset capable to FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Chipset - NVIDIA Memory - 2 x DDR DIMM slots

Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 3)

Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI slots

Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA

Audio - Realtek ALC861VD/ALC883 7.1 channel audio CODEC with

LAN - Realtek PHY RTL8201CL

Rear Panel I/O HD 8CH I/O

NF-6100-405

- Support DDR400/333/266

- Max. capacity: 2GB

- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 4)

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

- 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot (see CAUTION 5)

- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot

- 1 x HDMR slot

- Pixel Shader 3.0

- Max. shared memory 256MB

High Definition audio

- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x VGA Port

- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 Port

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

64 and Sempron Processors

GeForce6-class graphics DX9.0 VGA

Connector - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1, JBOD), NCQ, and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 7)

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

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x Game header

- 1 x COM port header

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 20 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 8)

BIOS Feature - 4Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

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

OS - Microsoft

Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant

(see CAUTION 9)

Certifications - FCC, CE, Microsoft

WHQL Certificated

CAUTION!

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

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

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

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

5. PCI Express Graphics slot (PCIE1) supports most of the ATi

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

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

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

9. Microsoft

Quiet

technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on page 43 to

enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

technology.

tied Overclocking Technology” on page 25 for details.

perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus

frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.

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

functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To

improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the

CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system.

and NVIDIA

graphics cards except some old version ATi® graphics cards, such as ATi

X300, X550, X700, and X800 series graphics cards.

For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel,

and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 11 for proper connection.

Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 22 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to

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

directly.

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

Windows® VistaTM driver is not ready yet. We will update it to our

website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft

Windows® Vista

driver and related information.

ASRock website

http://www.asrock.com

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

1.3

Minimum Hardware R

1.31.3

Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R

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VistaVista

Vista

VistaVista

For system integrators and users who purchase our motherboard and

plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please follow the below

table for minimum hardware requirement. Please adopt the CPU, memory,

and VGA that we suggest.

CPU Sempron 2500+

Memory 512MB Single Channel*

VGA DX9.0 with WDDM Driver

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onboard VGA to 64MB. If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size above

512MB and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please adjust the shared

memory size of onboard VGA to 128MB or above.

VistaTM Basic logo, please adjust the shared memory size of

1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout

1.4 Motherboard Layout

1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout

20.8cm (8.2-in)

PS2_USB_PW1

PS2

Mouse

Keyboard

PARALLEL PORT

PS2

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

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

FSB800

DDR400

FSB800

NF-6100-405

IR1

SPEAKER1

IDE1

ATA133

NVIDIA

Chipset

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

USB6_7

USB4_5

SATAII_2

CHA_FAN1

SATAII

SATAII_1

5 6

24.4cm (9.6-in)

28 27

VGA1

USB2.0 T:USB2 B:USB3

USB2.0 T:USB0 B:USB1

Bottom:

CTR BASS

Bottom:

MIC IN

Center:

SIDE SPK

Center:

FRONT

Top: RJ-45

Top:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

CD1

LAN PHY

Super

AUDIO CODEC

HD_AUDIO1

I/O

COM1

CPU_FAN1

ATXPWR1

7.1CH HD

ATX12V1

K8NF6G-VSTA

PCI1

PCI2

PCIE2

HDMR1

4Mb

GAME1

BIOS

PCIE1

CMOS

BATTERY

FLOPPY1

CLRCMOS1

Socket 754

RAID

RoHS

PCI

EXPRESS

USB2.0

1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 15 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 3 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1- 2) 17 Game Port Header (GAME1) 4 Primary SAT AII Connector (SA T AII_1, Red) 18 Flash Memory 5 Secondary SAT AII Conne ctor (SA TAII_2, Red) 1 9 HDMR Slot (HDMR1) 6 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 20 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 7 NVIDIA NF-6100-405 Single Chip 21 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2) 8 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 22 PCI Slots (PCI1- 2) 9 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 23 PCI Express Graphics Slot (PCIE1) 10 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) 24 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 11 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 25 ATX Power Connector (A TXPW R1) 12 System Panel Hea der (P ANEL1) 2 6 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 13 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 2 7 754-Pin CPU Socket 14 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 28 CPU Heatsink Retention Module

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1.5

1.51.5

HD 8CH I/OHD 8CH I/O

HD 8CH I/O

HD 8CH I/OHD 8CH I/O

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

*7 Front Speaker (Lime)

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

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

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

2 V -- -- --

4VV----

6VVV--

8VVVV

TABLE for Audio Output Connection

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

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2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Installation

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

K8NF6G-VSTA is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm)

motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your

chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.

Pre-installation PrecautionsPre-installation Precautions

Pre-installation Precautions

Pre-installation PrecautionsPre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard

components or change any motherboard settings.

Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the

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

power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the

motherboard, peripherals, and/or components.

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

component.

2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static

electricity, NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or

the like. Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a

safety grounded object before you handle components.

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

4. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded anti-

static pad or in the bag that comes with the component.

5. When placing screws into the screw holes to secure the motherboard

to the chassis, please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may

damage the motherboard.

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2.12.1

CPU InstallationCPU Installation

2.1

CPU Installation

2.12.1

CPU InstallationCPU Installation

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

angle.

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

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

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

The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU

into the socket to avoid bending of the pins.

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

down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab

to indicate that it is locked.

Socket Corner

CPU Golden Triangle

Lever 90° Up

STEP 1: Lift Up The Socket Lever

2.22.2

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.2

Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.22.2

Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkInstallation of CPU Fan and Heatsink

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

STEP 4: Push Down And Lock The Socket Lever

After you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is necessary to install a

larger heatsink and cooling fan to dissipate heat. You also need to spray

thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat

dissipation. Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fas-

tened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to

the CPU FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see Page 10, No. 2). For proper

installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan

and the heatsink.

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