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... 40 3.1 Introduction 40 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 40 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 41 3.2 Main Screen 41 3.3 Advanced Screen 41 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 42 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 44 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 46 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 47 3.3.5 PCIPnP ...
... 40 3.1 Introduction 40 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 40 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 41 3.2 Main Screen 41 3.3 Advanced Screen 41 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 42 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 44 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 46 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 47 3.3.5 PCIPnP ...
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... manual will be subject to change without further notice. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this motherboard, please visit our website for purchasing ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. In case any modifications of this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction...
... manual will be subject to change without further notice. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this motherboard, please visit our website for purchasing ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. In case any modifications of this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction...
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... "Plug and Play" - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 4 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ and ...AHCI functions (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port) (see CAUTION 13) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Quiet Fan - Supports jumperfree - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore -
... "Plug and Play" - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 4 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ and ...AHCI functions (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port) (see CAUTION 13) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Quiet Fan - Supports jumperfree - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore -
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... DDRII667, DDRII800 6. Due to perform over-clocking. bit 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. For audio output, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. Please check the table...
... DDRII667, DDRII800 6. Due to perform over-clocking. bit 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. For audio output, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. Please check the table...
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... in our manual and chassis manual to MIC2_L. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to install your system. 2. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for ASRock DeskExpress. Enter Windows system. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the lower right hand taskbar to OUT2_L.... If you to Ground (GND). Enter BIOS Setup Utility. F. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.10 No. 25) 1 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L convenient connection and control of...
... in our manual and chassis manual to MIC2_L. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to install your system. 2. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for ASRock DeskExpress. Enter Windows system. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the lower right hand taskbar to OUT2_L.... If you to Ground (GND). Enter BIOS Setup Utility. F. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.10 No. 25) 1 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L convenient connection and control of...
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..., please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. B. A. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Then you will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into your optical drive to boot your optical drive first. ...Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in it! D. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Please select CD-ROM as ", please set the option to [RAID]. The system will see the message on the...
..., please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. B. A. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Then you will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into your optical drive to boot your optical drive first. ...Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in it! D. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Please select CD-ROM as ", please set the option to [RAID]. The system will see the message on the...
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... Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration, you can also set RAID configuration. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to set up system BIOS as step 2 of Windows setup, press F6 to build an Intel "RAID Ready" system. 1. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel...
... Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration, you can also set RAID configuration. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to set up system BIOS as step 2 of Windows setup, press F6 to build an Intel "RAID Ready" system. 1. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel...
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... document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the same time under BIOS environment. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in our Support CD: .. \ I386 (For Windows®...instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks...
... document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the same time under BIOS environment. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in our Support CD: .. \ I386 (For Windows®...instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks...
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...[AHCI]. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure SATA as ", please set the option to [IDE]. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start... driver to install according to install a third-party AHCI driver. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.16.1 step 2 on page 34. When prompted, insert the SATA / ...
...[AHCI]. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure SATA as ", please set the option to [IDE]. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start... driver to install according to install a third-party AHCI driver. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. B. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.16.1 step 2 on page 34. When prompted, insert the SATA / ...
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... B. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: Set up BIOS, you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 39 Before you can start to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your system. 2.18 Untied... 64-bit OS on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. A. After setting up BIOS. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then...
... B. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: Set up BIOS, you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 39 Before you can start to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your system. 2.18 Untied... 64-bit OS on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. A. After setting up BIOS. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then...
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...Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by... the reset button on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose ...
...Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by... the reset button on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose ...
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.../Date/Year] Use this section, you may set the configurations for the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Fri 07/20/2007] BIOS Version : 4Core1333-eSATA2 P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 2160 @ 1.80GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 1800MHz Microcode Update : 6F2/56 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 DDRII 3 DDRII 4 :...
.../Date/Year] Use this section, you may set the configurations for the following table for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Fri 07/20/2007] BIOS Version : 4Core1333-eSATA2 P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 2160 @ 1.80GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 1800MHz Microcode Update : 6F2/56 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 DDRII 3 DDRII 4 :...
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...) Use this option to adjust PCIE frequency. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability. 42 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Ratio Actual...
...) Use this option to adjust PCIE frequency. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability. 42 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Ratio Actual...
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...], [3 DRAM Clocks], [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], and [6 DRAM Clocks]. 44 Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Please set to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Flexibility Option [Disabled] Configure DRAM Timing by the contents in the SPD (Serial...
...], [3 DRAM Clocks], [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], and [6 DRAM Clocks]. 44 Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Please set to [Disable] if above issue occurs. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Flexibility Option [Disabled] Configure DRAM Timing by the contents in the SPD (Serial...
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... to [Disabled], the function "Repost Video on AC/Power Loss This allows you set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Repost Video on STR Resume Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Select [Auto...
... to [Disabled], the function "Repost Video on AC/Power Loss This allows you set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Repost Video on STR Resume Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Select [Auto...
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... Native OS (Win 2000/XP) is used . When [Compatible] is selected Combined Option It allows you plan to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration Configure SATA as ", you are allowed to set this motherboard to enable RAID function. Likewise, if it...
... Native OS (Win 2000/XP) is used . When [Compatible] is selected Combined Option It allows you plan to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration Configure SATA as ", you are allowed to set this motherboard to enable RAID function. Likewise, if it...
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...[SATA0, 1, 2, 3] [SATA0, SATA2, IDE1] SATAII_BLUE (Port0), SATAII_BLACK (Port1) SATAII_BLUE (Port0) SATAII_RED (Port2), SATAII_ORANGE (Port3) SATAII_RED (Port2) [IDE1, SATA1, SATA3] SATAII_BLACK (Port1) SATAII_ORANGE (Port3) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD... installed device is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of the IDE device that you specify.
...[SATA0, 1, 2, 3] [SATA0, SATA2, IDE1] SATAII_BLUE (Port0), SATAII_BLACK (Port1) SATAII_BLUE (Port0) SATAII_RED (Port2), SATAII_ORANGE (Port3) SATAII_RED (Port2) [IDE1, SATA1, SATA3] SATAII_BLACK (Port1) SATAII_ORANGE (Port3) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD... installed device is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of the IDE device that you specify.
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... cards' specifications require other settings. PCI Latency Timer The default value is recommended to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 50 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency...
... cards' specifications require other settings. PCI Latency Timer The default value is recommended to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 50 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency...
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...or disable floppy drive controller. OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A [1.44 MB 312"] Select the type of your floppy drive. 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration In this... General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP...
...or disable floppy drive controller. OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A [1.44 MB 312"] Select the type of your floppy drive. 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration In this... General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP...
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... of USB controller. Legacy USB Support Use this item to emulate legacy I/O devices such as mouse, keyboard,... 3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable...ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature : 37 C / 98 F :...
... of USB controller. Legacy USB Support Use this item to emulate legacy I/O devices such as mouse, keyboard,... 3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable...ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature : 37 C / 98 F :...