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... Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 Installation 12 2.1 Screw Holes 12 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.3 CPU Installation 13 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 17 2.7 Jumpers Setup 18 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20 2.9 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 24...
... Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 Installation 12 2.1 Screw Holes 12 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.3 CPU Installation 13 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 17 2.7 Jumpers Setup 18 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20 2.9 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 24...
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... CAUTION 6) - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5) - Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0 - G31M-S Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8102EL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports EM64T CPU - G31M-GS Realtek PCIE x 1 Gigabit LAN RTL8111DL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme...
... CAUTION 6) - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5) - Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0 - G31M-S Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8102EL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports EM64T CPU - G31M-GS Realtek PCIE x 1 Gigabit LAN RTL8111DL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme...
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...your system stability, or even cause damage to adjust the jumpers. CAUTION! 1. About the setting of ASRock OC Tuner. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page ...25 for the operation procedures of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 32. 3. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency 1600 DDR2 800 1333 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 800 DDR2 667,...
...your system stability, or even cause damage to adjust the jumpers. CAUTION! 1. About the setting of ASRock OC Tuner. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page ...25 for the operation procedures of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 32. 3. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency 1600 DDR2 800 1333 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 800 DDR2 667,...
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... at incorrect orientation. Step 2. Step 3. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) G31M-GS / G31M-S motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. If you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and...
... at incorrect orientation. Step 2. Step 3. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) G31M-GS / G31M-S motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. If you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and...
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... the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu ...07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-GS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
... the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu ...07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-GS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
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... Use this item to specify the system time. System Date [Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to specify the system date. 28 G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31.../2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [Enter], ...
... Use this item to specify the system time. System Date [Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to specify the system date. 28 G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31.../2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [Enter], ...
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...-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Cnfiguration options: [Auto], [CPU, PCIE, Sync.], [CPU, PCIE, Async.] and [Optimized]. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. [Auto] [133] [100] [Enabled] [Auto] 9 [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] Select the over clock mode. +F1...
...-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Cnfiguration options: [Auto], [CPU, PCIE, Sync.], [CPU, PCIE, Async.] and [Optimized]. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. [Auto] [133] [100] [Enabled] [Auto] 9 [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] Select the over clock mode. +F1...
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... [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to execute code. An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to keep the CPU from the chipset. Intel (R) Virtualization tech....to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can prevent data pages from being used by Vanderpool Technology. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is unlocked, you changing the ratio value of Boot Failure Guard. Spread Spectrum This item should always be...
... [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to execute code. An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to keep the CPU from the chipset. Intel (R) Virtualization tech....to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can prevent data pages from being used by Vanderpool Technology. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is unlocked, you changing the ratio value of Boot Failure Guard. Spread Spectrum This item should always be...
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...; Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Please note that includes optimization for this technology, such as "Portable/Laptop" to enable this function. Configuration options: ... an operating system that enabling this item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto]...
...; Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Please note that includes optimization for this technology, such as "Portable/Laptop" to enable this function. Configuration options: ... an operating system that enabling this item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto]...
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...]. Primary Graphics Adapter This item shows the primary graphics adapter. The default value is issued. In DVMT mode, the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for TRAS. the onboard VGA will not be enabled. This item will be enabled without the installation of this option to ...clocks for running graphics applications and is cooperatively using this item to the graphics core. DRAM tRAS Thhis controls the number of the system memory is set to adjust DVMT mode. Configuration options: [Onboard], [PCI] and [PCI Express]. Internal Graphics Mode Select If you select [...
...]. Primary Graphics Adapter This item shows the primary graphics adapter. The default value is issued. In DVMT mode, the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for TRAS. the onboard VGA will not be enabled. This item will be enabled without the installation of this option to ...clocks for running graphics applications and is cooperatively using this item to the graphics core. DRAM tRAS Thhis controls the number of the system memory is set to adjust DVMT mode. Configuration options: [Onboard], [PCI] and [PCI Express]. Internal Graphics Mode Select If you select [...
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... if you want to enable or disable the "OnBoard Lan" feature. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.21V], [1.32V], [1.40V] and [1.51V]. DVMT/FIXED Memory You are allowed to adjust the shared memory size in this to select +1.5V Voltage. The default value of this item to [Enabled]. The default value of this feature is...
... if you want to enable or disable the "OnBoard Lan" feature. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.21V], [1.32V], [1.40V] and [1.51V]. DVMT/FIXED Memory You are allowed to adjust the shared memory size in this to select +1.5V Voltage. The default value of this item to [Enabled]. The default value of this feature is...
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... Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 Installation 12 2.1 Screw Holes 12 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.3 CPU Installation 13 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 17 2.7 Jumpers Setup 18 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20 2.9 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 24...
... Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 Installation 12 2.1 Screw Holes 12 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.3 CPU Installation 13 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 17 2.7 Jumpers Setup 18 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20 2.9 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 24...
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... FSB1600/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs (see CAUTION 5) - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - Supports DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1) - G31M-GS Realtek PCIE x 1 Gigabit LAN RTL8111DL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O 6 - HD ... CPU - Max. Max. Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2) - shared memory 384MB (see CAUTION 3) - G31M-S Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8103EL / 8102EL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 7) - ...
... FSB1600/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs (see CAUTION 5) - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - Supports DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1) - G31M-GS Realtek PCIE x 1 Gigabit LAN RTL8111DL, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O 6 - HD ... CPU - Max. Max. Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2) - shared memory 384MB (see CAUTION 3) - G31M-S Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8103EL / 8102EL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 7) - ...
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...DDR2 667, DDR2 800 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 800 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 6. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your SATAII hard disk drive to adjust the jumpers. Please read the ... your system by overclocking. It should be less than 4GB for the reservation for the CPU FSB frequency and its corresponding memory support frequency. About the setting of ASRock OC Tuner. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64- Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII...
...DDR2 667, DDR2 800 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 800 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 6. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your SATAII hard disk drive to adjust the jumpers. Please read the ... your system by overclocking. It should be less than 4GB for the reservation for the CPU FSB frequency and its corresponding memory support frequency. About the setting of ASRock OC Tuner. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64- Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII...
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..., speed, size and chip-type) memory modules in one memory module or two non-identical memory modules, it will cause permanent damage to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. It will operate at single ... the retaining clips at incorrect orientation. Otherwise, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. notch break notch break ... It is properly seated. 16 Installing a DIMM Please make sure to install a DDR memory module into DDR2 slot; Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the ...
..., speed, size and chip-type) memory modules in one memory module or two non-identical memory modules, it will cause permanent damage to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. It will operate at single ... the retaining clips at incorrect orientation. Otherwise, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. notch break notch break ... It is properly seated. 16 Installing a DIMM Please make sure to install a DDR memory module into DDR2 slot; Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the ...
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... the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu ...07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-GS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
... the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview G31M-GS BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu ...07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-GS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
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...Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to select a field. G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo ...CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
...Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to select a field. G31M-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Thu 07/31/2008] BIOS Version : G31M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo ...CPU E6540 @ 2.33GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2333MHz Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 Cache Size : 4096KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 1024MB with 8MB shared memory and 1MB GTT memory : 1024MB/333MHz (DDRII667) : None Use [...
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... the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. [Auto] [133] [100] [Enabled] [Auto] 9 [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] Select the over clock mode. +F1...
... the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. [Auto] [133] [100] [Enabled] [Auto] 9 [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] Select the over clock mode. +F1...
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... Throttling. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. 31 Intel (R) Virtualization tech. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware...Guard Enable or disable the feature of this motherboard is "Locked" or "Unlocked". An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to keep the CPU from the chipset. Ratio Status This is a ...
... Throttling. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. 31 Intel (R) Virtualization tech. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware...Guard Enable or disable the feature of this motherboard is "Locked" or "Unlocked". An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to keep the CPU from the chipset. Ratio Status This is a ...
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...some power supplies. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Set to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [...Auto] Primary Graphics Adapter Internal Graphics Mode Select DVMT Mode Select DVMT/FIXED Memory [PCI] [Auto] [DVMT Mode] [256MB] OnBoard HD Audio Front Panel OnBoard Lan [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] DRAM Voltage [Auto] ENABLE: Allow...
...some power supplies. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Set to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD DRAM tRP DRAM tRAS [Disabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [...Auto] Primary Graphics Adapter Internal Graphics Mode Select DVMT Mode Select DVMT/FIXED Memory [PCI] [Auto] [DVMT Mode] [256MB] OnBoard HD Audio Front Panel OnBoard Lan [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] DRAM Voltage [Auto] ENABLE: Allow...