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... 23 3.1 Introduction 23 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 23 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 24 3.2 Main Screen 24 3.3 Advanced Screen 24 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 25 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 26 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 28 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration 31 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 31 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 32 3.3.8 USB Configuration 33 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus 9 TM 2. Installation 10...
... 23 3.1 Introduction 23 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 23 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 24 3.2 Main Screen 24 3.3 Advanced Screen 24 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 25 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 26 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 28 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 29 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration 31 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 31 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 32 3.3.8 USB Configuration 33 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus 9 TM 2. Installation 10...
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... 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website as well. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to change without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 775VM8 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in...
... 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website as well. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to change without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 775VM8 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in...
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.... Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 4. It may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. 7 ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 VGA port, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to spray thermal... control, it back again. Do NOT use USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ 45 port, Audio Jack: Line In / Line Out / Microphone BIOS: AMI BIOS Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works ...
.... Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 4. It may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. 7 ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 VGA port, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to spray thermal... control, it back again. Do NOT use USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ 45 port, Audio Jack: Line In / Line Out / Microphone BIOS: AMI BIOS Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU frequency stepless control (only for USB 2.0 works ...
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... USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 Top: RJ-45 USB 2.0 T: USB4 B: USB5 1 IR1 USB4_5 ATXPWR1 AGP 8X VPIMACh80ip0set IDE2 Super I/O LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS AUX1 CD1 Audio CODEC 1 AUDIO1 JR1 JL1 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 ` 775VM8 PCI 2 USB2.0 PCI 3 5.1CH FLOPPY1 AMR1 CLRCMOS1 CMOS Battery VIA VT8237R 1 USB67 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 1 SPEAKER1 HDLED RESET SATA2 IDE1 SATA...
... USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 Top: RJ-45 USB 2.0 T: USB4 B: USB5 1 IR1 USB4_5 ATXPWR1 AGP 8X VPIMACh80ip0set IDE2 Super I/O LAN PHY 4Mb BIOS AUX1 CD1 Audio CODEC 1 AUDIO1 JR1 JL1 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 ` 775VM8 PCI 2 USB2.0 PCI 3 5.1CH FLOPPY1 AMR1 CLRCMOS1 CMOS Battery VIA VT8237R 1 USB67 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 1 SPEAKER1 HDLED RESET SATA2 IDE1 SATA...
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..., both the front panel and the rear panel audio connectors can work. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you to remove the jumper cap after clearing the CMOS. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. JR1(see p.8, No. 20...
..., both the front panel and the rear panel audio connectors can work. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you to remove the jumper cap after clearing the CMOS. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. JR1(see p.8, No. 20...
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... CDROM as the boot device. D. The system will lose ALL data in the Support CD for proper configuration. B. C. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 2.11.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID ...XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID functions, please refer to the below methods for boot devices selection appears. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Before you start to format the floppy diskette and ...
... CDROM as the boot device. D. The system will lose ALL data in the Support CD for proper configuration. B. C. STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. 2.11.2 Installing Windows XP 64-bit With RAID ...XP / Windows XP-64bit OS on your system with RAID functions, please refer to the below methods for boot devices selection appears. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Before you start to format the floppy diskette and ...
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... the SATA 64-bit drivers to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. A. Insert the floppy diskette into your floppy diskette. Please refer ...is no need to install Windows XP 64bit on your system. After the installation of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed to your system as well. ...
... the SATA 64-bit drivers to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS and the document in the folder at the following path: .. \ VIA RAID Tool 1. A. Insert the floppy diskette into your floppy diskette. Please refer ...is no need to install Windows XP 64bit on your system. After the installation of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed to your system as well. ...
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... is constantly being updated, the following selections: 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 locate and load the Operating System ...If you start up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may also restart by...
... is constantly being updated, the following selections: 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 locate and load the Operating System ...If you start up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may also restart by...
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... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Thu 04/28/2005] BIOS Version : 775VM8 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.20 GHz Processor Speed : 3200 MHz Cache Size : 1024KB Microcode Update : 0F34/0E Total Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 : 256MB...up the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help ...
... UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Thu 04/28/2005] BIOS Version : 775VM8 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.20 GHz Processor Speed : 3200 MHz Cache Size : 1024KB Microcode Update : 0F34/0E Total Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 : 256MB...up the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to configure system Time. +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help ...
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...Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause the system... to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value CPU Thermal ...
...Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause the system... to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value CPU Thermal ...
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... cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Voltage AGP Voltage Primary Graphics Adapter AGP Aperture Size...
... cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Voltage AGP Voltage Primary Graphics Adapter AGP Aperture Size...
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... ISA cards that are not PCI 2.1 compliant. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled], or [Disabled] for the onboard MC'97 Modem feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off when the power recovers. Enable PCI Delay Transaction...
... ISA cards that are not PCI 2.1 compliant. OnBoard AC'97 Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled], or [Disabled] for the onboard MC'97 Modem feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off when the power recovers. Enable PCI Delay Transaction...
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...may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. SATA Operation Mode Use this option is [RAID]. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave ...1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 IDE Device Configuration You may enable either the primary IDE channel or the secondary IDE channel. 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. BOTH: enables both ...
...may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. SATA Operation Mode Use this option is [RAID]. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller SATA Operation Mode Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave ...1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 IDE Device Configuration You may enable either the primary IDE channel or the secondary IDE channel. 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. BOTH: enables both ...
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... of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for compatible IDE devices.
... of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for compatible IDE devices.
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PCI Latency Timer The default value is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of floppy drive connected to enable... Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of your floppy drive.
PCI Latency Timer The default value is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of floppy drive connected to enable... Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI / PnP Configuration PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of your floppy drive.
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... Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to set the ECP mode DMA channel. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. ECP Mode DMA Channel Use this item to Enable or Disable Floppy...
... Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to set the ECP mode DMA channel. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. ECP Mode DMA Channel Use this item to Enable or Disable Floppy...
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... device connected, "Auto" option will start to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB Controller Use this item to auto-detect; 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 the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9...
... device connected, "Auto" option will start to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB Controller Use this item to auto-detect; 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 the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9...
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...and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 34 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Removable Drives Configure Settings during System Boot.... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed ...
...and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 34 Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Removable Drives Configure Settings during System Boot.... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed ...
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...the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority In this section, you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] [CD...Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 35 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network VIA SATA RAID Utility Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [Enabled] [On] To enable or ...
...the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority In this section, you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] [CD...Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 35 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network VIA SATA RAID Utility Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [Enabled] [On] To enable or ...
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... Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Install...
... Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Install...