Asrock N68-GE User Manual

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NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

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Detail Specification

Platform

CPU

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

- Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM
FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon
X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor

- Support for AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X4 / X3 / X2
and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors

- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Ready

EuP

EuP

Product Brief

- Supports 4 x DDR2 1200

- Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 graphics,

DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared

memory 256MB

- EuP Ready

- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,

OC DNA, Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner,

Intelligent Energy Saver

- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD

Audio (VIA® 1708S Audio Codec with QSound)

Chipset

Memory

Expansion Slot

Graphics

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

Connector

BIOS Feature

Support CD

Unique Feature

Hardware Monitor

- NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

- Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology

- 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR2 1200(OC)/1066/800/667/533 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot

- 2 x PCI slots

- Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 graphics

- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0

- Max. shared memory 256MB

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1440 @ 60Hz

- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio
(VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec)

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211CL

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

I/O Panel

- 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 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central /
Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD), NCQ and "Hot Plug"
functions

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

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x COM Port header

- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

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

- 4Mb AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Supports Smart BIOS

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)

- ASRock OC Tuner

- Intelligent Energy Saver

- Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock OC DNA

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

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

- ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to
boost memory performance up to 12.5%

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

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

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

OS

Certifications

Accessories

- Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit compliant

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- ATA 133 cable

- 1 x SATA data cable (optional)

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NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

Ready

EuP

EuP

What is EuP?

EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power

consumption for the completed system. With the great quantity and the popularly using of the electrical products

nowadays and the continuously increasing of the electrical products categories in the following 20 to 30 years,

European Union decided to establish an effective strategy to solve the energy consumption problem. That is,

EuP Ready Motherboard EuP Ready Power Supply EuP System

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according to EuP, the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition.

How to setup an EuP system?

To meet EuP standard, the EuP ready motherboard and the EuP ready power supply are required. As a mother-

board vendor with eco-awareness, ASRock is the pioneer to develop “EuP Ready” motherboards based on the

great efforts of our exceptional hardware design.

According to Intel, the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efficiency is higher

than 50% under 100 mA current consumption. For EuP ready power supply selection, please check with the

power supply manufacturer for more details.

ASRock, Worldwide First EuP Ready Motherboard Manufacturer!

ASRock hereby proudly announced that we are the Worldwide First motherboard manufacturer to release “EuP

Ready” motherboard to the market! With ASRock “EuP Ready” motherboard, you are confident to setup a system

to pass the EuP standard.

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NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

OC DNA

Save your OC settings as a profile and share with
friends. Try OC DNA now!

OC DNA Instruction

Step 1 Step 2

Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC
Tweaker menu. (For example: we name this User Default setting
as “CPU_OC3.8GHz”)

Execute ASRock OC DNA under OS, you will find
“CPU_OC3.8GHz” as User Profile 1.

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Step 3 Step 4

Press “Save” button to save the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” OC settings as
a profile.

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Send the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile to other friends.

Step 5 Step 6

When the friend receives your “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile, he can
press “Load” to load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile in OC DNA.

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After that, the friend can enter into BIOS OC Tweaker menu to
load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile as his BIOS OC settings.

Now, you have successfully share your OC setting profile with your friends.

*The OC DNA works only when users use the same motherboard and BIOS version.

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ASRock Instant Boot

ASRock Instant Boot is a new feature invented exclusively by ASRock.
It can boot up system in an amazing speed,
which is 10 times faster than traditional boot up. For home users or office
PC users, ASRock Instant Boot can also
guarantee a clean Windows OS, and consumed less power! For details:

http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.asp

* This function is applicable ONLY to single user that does not secure ID and Password to their
systems.
* The boot up time depends on the hardware configuration.

10 Times Faster, Only 4 Secs to Boot Up to Windows!

ASRock YouTube

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=BucIjXZVxXo

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ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is an exclusive and the most user­friendly BIOS flash utility developed by ASRock. It is embed­ded in Flash ROM which is used to update the system BIOS
without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or
Windows.

Features

Once executing ASRock Instant Flash, the utility will automatically detect all devices such as USB, hard
disk or even floppy drive to find the exact BIOS for your system. Instead of giving you all BIOS in your
devices, the Instant Flash just list BIOS versions that apply to your motherboard model only. For
example, if you have many different BIOS of different motherboards saved in your devices, but you just
need to flash your P45 motherboard, the Instant Flash will just list the P45 BIOS versions for you. This
unique function allows you to easily select the suitable BIOS version instead of browsing through all data.

Instant Flash just list
BIOS versions that
apply to your
motherboard model.

Click and start
Flashing!

Simple!Simple! Quick!Quick!