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...://www.asrock.com 4. For Windows® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. FCC, CE, WHQL - This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may affect your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII connector directly. 7. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII mode. Voltage Monitoring: +12V...
...://www.asrock.com 4. For Windows® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. FCC, CE, WHQL - This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may affect your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII connector directly. 7. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII mode. Voltage Monitoring: +12V...
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... what it is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your overclocking record under Windows® environment. Just launch this utility, you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the same motherboard. 12. Please be noticed that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use Intelligent Energy Saver function, please enable Cool 'n' Quiet option in the BIOS setup in Flash ROM. To improve heat...
... what it is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your overclocking record under Windows® environment. Just launch this utility, you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the same motherboard. 12. Please be noticed that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use Intelligent Energy Saver function, please enable Cool 'n' Quiet option in the BIOS setup in Flash ROM. To improve heat...
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... 32 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1; White) (SPEAKER 1, White) 33 Northbridge Controller 16 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 2)) 18 Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 1)) 11 Blue) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) 6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 24 USB 2.0 Header (USB10_11, Blue) 7 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 25 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 26 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 27 Print Port Header (LPT1, White) 10 Primary IDE Connector...
... 32 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1; White) (SPEAKER 1, White) 33 Northbridge Controller 16 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 2)) 18 Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 1)) 11 Blue) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) 6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 24 USB 2.0 Header (USB10_11, Blue) 7 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 25 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 26 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 27 Print Port Header (LPT1, White) 10 Primary IDE Connector...
User Manual
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... floppy drive A: press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into your optical drive to boot your system. Please select CD- ROM as the boot device. Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. The system will see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Then, the drivers compatible...
... floppy drive A: press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into your optical drive to boot your system. Please select CD- ROM as the boot device. Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. The system will see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . Then, the drivers compatible...
User Manual
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... Mode" option to [RAID] first. Before you start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. After step 1, 2, 3, you install. (Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controllerx86 platform" for Windows® XP, or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for proper configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. Then, please set RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set...
... Mode" option to [RAID] first. Before you start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. After step 1, 2, 3, you install. (Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controllerx86 platform" for Windows® XP, or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for proper configuration. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. Then, please set RAID configuration. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set...
User Manual
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... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting [Press Enter] Load Optimized mGPU OC Setting [Press Enter] CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Advanced Clock Calibration CPU Active Core Control [Auto] [200] [100] [Auto] [Enabled] [3] [Disabled] [All Cores] Processor Maximum Frequency x10.5 2100 MHZ North Bridge Maximum Frequency x9.0 1800 MHz Processor Maximum Voltage 1.2500 V Multiplier/Voltage Change [Manual...
... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting [Press Enter] Load Optimized mGPU OC Setting [Press Enter] CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Advanced Clock Calibration CPU Active Core Control [Auto] [200] [100] [Auto] [Enabled] [3] [Disabled] [All Cores] Processor Maximum Frequency x10.5 2100 MHZ North Bridge Maximum Frequency x9.0 1800 MHz Processor Maximum Voltage 1.2500 V Multiplier/Voltage Change [Manual...
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... Advanced CPU Configuration Cool 'n' Quiet Secure Virtual Machine Enhanced Halt State L3 Cache Allocation CPU Thermal Throttle BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto] Enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. CPU Thermal Throttle Use this item to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to enable or disable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. Enhance Halt State All processors support...
... Advanced CPU Configuration Cool 'n' Quiet Secure Virtual Machine Enhanced Halt State L3 Cache Allocation CPU Thermal Throttle BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto] Enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. CPU Thermal Throttle Use this item to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to enable or disable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. Enhance Halt State All processors support...
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.... 3.4.4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Storage Configuration Onboard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave SATAII_1 SATAII_2 SATAII_3 SATAII_4 SATAII_5 SATAII_6 [Enabled] [IDE] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Configure onboard serial ATA controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. SATA Operation Mode Use this motherboard...
.... 3.4.4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Storage Configuration Onboard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave SATAII_1 SATAII_2 SATAII_3 SATAII_4 SATAII_5 SATAII_6 [Enabled] [IDE] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Configure onboard serial ATA controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. SATA Operation Mode Use this motherboard...
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... this feature is used for compatible IDE devices. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. This is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32Bit Data Transfer...
... this feature is used for compatible IDE devices. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as FDISK, to enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use a disk utility, such as MO. This is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32Bit Data Transfer...
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...enable or disable USB Keyboard/Remote Power On on the system. 55 Please refer to select legacy support for legacy USB. [Auto] - USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Use this option to below descriptions for the details of USB controller. 3.4.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] USB Keyboard/Remote Power On [Disabled] USB Mouse Power On [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults...
...enable or disable USB Keyboard/Remote Power On on the system. 55 Please refer to select legacy support for legacy USB. [Auto] - USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Use this option to below descriptions for the details of USB controller. 3.4.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] USB Keyboard/Remote Power On [Disabled] USB Mouse Power On [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults...
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... Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 58 The default value is set to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. This option only appears when you may set to select logo in POST screen. Currently, the option [Auto] is set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. Configuration options: [Auto], [EuP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. Boot From Onboard LAN Use...
... Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 58 The default value is set to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. This option only appears when you may set to select logo in POST screen. Currently, the option [Auto] is set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. Configuration options: [Auto], [EuP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. Boot From Onboard LAN Use...
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Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your CD-ROM drive. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if...
Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your CD-ROM drive. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if...
Quick Installation Guide
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... Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 2)) 18 Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 1)) 2 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard Motherboard Layout English 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 19 Primary SATAII Connector 2 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper (SATAII_1 (PORT 0)) 3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 4 AM3 CPU Socket 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 22 SPI Flash Memory (8Mb) (Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Blue) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) 6 CPU Fan...
... Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 34 Serial Port Connector (COM1) 17 Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 2)) 18 Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 1)) 2 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard Motherboard Layout English 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 19 Primary SATAII Connector 2 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper (SATAII_1 (PORT 0)) 3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 4 AM3 CPU Socket 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 22 SPI Flash Memory (8Mb) (Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Blue) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) 6 CPU Fan...
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... Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Print port header - 1 x COM port header - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - HD Audio Jack: Line in header - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power...
... Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Print port header - 1 x COM port header - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - HD Audio Jack: Line in header - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power...
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.../Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 11 for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit / 7 / VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 7 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English - It should be less than 4GB for the reservation for proper installation. 3. CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - CPU Quiet Fan - This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Whether 1800/1600MHz memory speed...
.../Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 11 for system usage under Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit / 7 / VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 7 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English - It should be less than 4GB for the reservation for proper installation. 3. CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - CPU Quiet Fan - This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Whether 1800/1600MHz memory speed...
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... grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you can reduce the number of Intelligent Energy Saver. To use FAT32/16/12 file system. 11. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 9. It is able to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you install the PC system. 8 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English In other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of overclocking settings. Just launch this...
... grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you can reduce the number of Intelligent Energy Saver. To use FAT32/16/12 file system. 11. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 9. It is able to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you install the PC system. 8 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English In other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of overclocking settings. Just launch this...
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.../O panel. Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. Install the ATITM PCI Express VGA card on VGA card to use dual monitor function on the I /O panel. Then you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to the VGA/D-Sub port on PCIE2 slot. 13 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English 2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. VGA/D-Sub port VGA/DVI-D port 2. And connect the D-Sub monitor cable to your system and restart your system boots. With the internal dual VGA...
.../O panel. Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. Install the ATITM PCI Express VGA card on VGA card to use dual monitor function on the I /O panel. Then you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to the VGA/D-Sub port on PCIE2 slot. 13 ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard English 2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. VGA/D-Sub port VGA/DVI-D port 2. And connect the D-Sub monitor cable to your system and restart your system boots. With the internal dual VGA...
RAID Installation Guide
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... this RAID installation guide for proper configuration. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. A. B. During POST at the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to [RAID]. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Then you will see the message on the screen, "Do you install Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in...
... this RAID installation guide for proper configuration. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. A. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. A. B. During POST at the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to [RAID]. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. Then you will see the message on the screen, "Do you install Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in...
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... device used, please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] first. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on the bottom to load the AMD RAID drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard BIOS...
... device used, please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] first. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on the bottom to load the AMD RAID drivers. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard BIOS...
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.... 2.2 Browser Support On the Host PC with any other JREs that exist anywhere on a network. Then install RAIDXpert. 2. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to install RAIDXpert on the PC with AMD SB710 SATA RAID controllers. Boot the PC or server, launch Windows, and log in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to configure and manage RAID functions...
.... 2.2 Browser Support On the Host PC with any other JREs that exist anywhere on a network. Then install RAIDXpert. 2. RAIDXpert uses this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to install RAIDXpert on the PC with AMD SB710 SATA RAID controllers. Boot the PC or server, launch Windows, and log in order to access RAIDXpert over the network. 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to configure and manage RAID functions...