User Manual
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... can also connect SATA hard disk to -use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter. Please visit our website for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. 11. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 12. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please...
... can also connect SATA hard disk to -use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter. Please visit our website for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. 11. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 12. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please...
User Manual
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... Flash Memory 12 JMicron JMB363 Chipset 32 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1) 13 Primary SATA Connector (SATA1; Orange) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) 9 Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Orange) 16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 17 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 10 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 2 34 5 21.3cm (8.4-in) 6 78 PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard PS2_USB_PW1 ATX12V1 Dual Channel CPU_FAN1 SOCKET AM2 30.5cm (12.0-in) DDRII_3 (64/72 bit, 240F-pSinBm8o0d0ule) DDRII_4 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module...
... Flash Memory 12 JMicron JMB363 Chipset 32 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1) 13 Primary SATA Connector (SATA1; Orange) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) 9 Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Orange) 16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 17 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 10 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 2 34 5 21.3cm (8.4-in) 6 78 PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard PS2_USB_PW1 ATX12V1 Dual Channel CPU_FAN1 SOCKET AM2 30.5cm (12.0-in) DDRII_3 (64/72 bit, 240F-pSinBm8o0d0ule) DDRII_4 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module...
User Manual
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... between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as HDTV. This motherboard is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to your system. 23 Install the HDMI VGA card to the PCI Express Graphics slot on the motherboard. Connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the fan connector of connecting HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header (HDMI_SPDIF1...
... between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as HDTV. This motherboard is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to your system. 23 Install the HDMI VGA card to the PCI Express Graphics slot on the motherboard. Connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the fan connector of connecting HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header (HDMI_SPDIF1...
User Manual
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...® SATAII ports with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. B. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, VistaTM or VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below website for boot devices selection appears. D. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. E.
...® SATAII ports with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. B. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, VistaTM or VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below website for boot devices selection appears. D. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. E.
User Manual
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... Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide If you want to use "JMicron RAID Tool" in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system as well. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64 5. (Windows 2000/XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for proper configuration. Before you start to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on two SATA HDDs and two SATAII HDDs...
... Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide If you want to use "JMicron RAID Tool" in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system as well. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64 5. (Windows 2000/XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for proper configuration. Before you start to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on two SATA HDDs and two SATAII HDDs...
User Manual
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... optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. If you install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on this motherboard under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. B. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to continue the installation. 35 Please refer to step 2 on page 33 for proper configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATAII driver diskette. (For JMicron® SATAII ports in RAID mode only...
... optical drive to boot your system, and follow below steps. If you install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on this motherboard under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. B. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to continue the installation. 35 Please refer to step 2 on page 33 for proper configuration. STEP 2: Make a SATAII driver diskette. (For JMicron® SATAII ports in RAID mode only...
User Manual
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...; SATAII ports without RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [IDE] or [AHCI]. Before installing Windows® 2000 to install Windows® 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, VistaTM or VistaTM 64-bit on your disk, please visit below website for detailed procedures of making a SATAII driver diskette. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. If you want to your system, your system. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be...
...; SATAII ports without RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [IDE] or [AHCI]. Before installing Windows® 2000 to install Windows® 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, VistaTM or VistaTM 64-bit on your disk, please visit below website for detailed procedures of making a SATAII driver diskette. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. If you want to your system, your system. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be...
User Manual
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... / PCI / PCIE buses. You can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit OS on JMicron® SATAII ports without RAID functions, please set the selection from [Auto] to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID]. If you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to install Windows...
... / PCI / PCIE buses. You can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit OS on JMicron® SATAII ports without RAID functions, please set the selection from [Auto] to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID]. If you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to install Windows...
User Manual
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... HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility. * If you install OS on eSATAII port and plan to make a floppy image or use Ghost under DOS (Disk Operating System), please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this option is [IDE]. PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable the "Onboard SATA Controller" feature. SATA Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default...
... HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility. * If you install OS on eSATAII port and plan to make a floppy image or use Ghost under DOS (Disk Operating System), please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this option is [IDE]. PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable the "Onboard SATA Controller" feature. SATA Operation Mode Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default...
User Manual
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... IDE hard disk drives to configure the type of device connected to select the LBA/Large mode for the device that you specify. We will enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. 47 LBA/Large Mode Use this feature is enabled, it will use a disk utility, such as well. TYPE Use this item is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is [Auto]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode...
... IDE hard disk drives to configure the type of device connected to select the LBA/Large mode for the device that you specify. We will enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. 47 LBA/Large Mode Use this feature is enabled, it will use a disk utility, such as well. TYPE Use this item is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is [Auto]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode...
User Manual
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... useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in this chapter for further information. 55 4. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate...
... useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in this chapter for further information. 55 4. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate...
Quick Installation Guide
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...4 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 21 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 5 AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 22 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) 6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 23 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 7 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 24 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Orange) 30 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 11 Secondary SATA Connector (SATA2; Orange) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) 9 Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Orange) 16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 17 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 2 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard Red) 28 PCI...
...4 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 21 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 5 AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 22 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) 6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 23 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 7 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 24 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Orange) 30 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 11 Secondary SATA Connector (SATA2; Orange) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) 9 Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Orange) 16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 17 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 2 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard Red) 28 PCI...
Quick Installation Guide
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...your system. 20 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard Install HDMI VGA card driver to the VGA card user manual for detailed connection procedures. 2.7 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is equipped with a HDMI_SPDIF header. A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as HDTV. To use HDMI function on page...
...your system. 20 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard Install HDMI VGA card driver to the VGA card user manual for detailed connection procedures. 2.7 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is equipped with a HDMI_SPDIF header. A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as HDTV. To use HDMI function on page...
Quick Installation Guide
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... below website for boot devices selection appears. C. A. Before installing Windows® 2000 to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. 28 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard English When you see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. D. Then you want to install Windows® 2000, XP or XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
... below website for boot devices selection appears. C. A. Before installing Windows® 2000 to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. 28 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard English When you see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key. D. Then you want to install Windows® 2000, XP or XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
Quick Installation Guide
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... JMicron JMB36X Controller If you insert HDDs to NVIDIA® SATA connectors (black), please choose item 1, 2, 3 or 4 according to the OS you want to use "NVIDIA RAID Tool" in Windows® environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "JMicron RAID Tool" will be installed to your system as well. 29 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard English After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and set RAID configuration. The driver options are...
... JMicron JMB36X Controller If you insert HDDs to NVIDIA® SATA connectors (black), please choose item 1, 2, 3 or 4 according to the OS you want to use "NVIDIA RAID Tool" in Windows® environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "JMicron RAID Tool" will be installed to your system as well. 29 ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Motherboard English After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and set RAID configuration. The driver options are...
Quick Installation Guide
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... HDDs with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for detailed procedures of this motherboard under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system. B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide...
... HDDs with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for detailed procedures of this motherboard under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system. B. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide...
Quick Installation Guide
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... Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller Please select item 5 or 6 to install Windows® OS for the possible overclocking risk before you plan to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, AGP, Async.]. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. If you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [IDE] or [AHCI...
... Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller Please select item 5 or 6 to install Windows® OS for the possible overclocking risk before you plan to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, AGP, Async.]. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. If you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [IDE] or [AHCI...
RAID Installation Guide
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If there is supposed to include SP4. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. B. If you plan to install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on JMicron SATAII ports with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. B. When you see these...
If there is supposed to include SP4. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. B. If you plan to install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on JMicron SATAII ports with RAID functions, please set the "PCIE-SATAII Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press any key to start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. B. When you see these...
RAID Installation Guide
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... SATA HDDs and two SATAII HDDs provide separated RAID functions. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64 5. (Windows 2000/XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for details. 5 NOTE2. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. You can also specify twice to load both two drivers if you need to the Windows RAID installation guide part of this RAID installation guide for details. Since NVIDIA does not provide Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit RAID driver, RAID...
... SATA HDDs and two SATAII HDDs provide separated RAID functions. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64 5. (Windows 2000/XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller 6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for details. 5 NOTE2. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →IDE Configuration. You can also specify twice to load both two drivers if you need to the Windows RAID installation guide part of this RAID installation guide for details. Since NVIDIA does not provide Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit RAID driver, RAID...
RAID Installation Guide
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... creating a RAID set the option to RAID mode by using NVRAID RAID Utility for you to install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. Please follow the instruction to configure RAID functions by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", you can improve the access performance, it contains a complete copy of all applications to a second drive. page, please click the "Load Driver" button on...
... creating a RAID set the option to RAID mode by using NVRAID RAID Utility for you to install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. Please follow the instruction to configure RAID functions by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", you can improve the access performance, it contains a complete copy of all applications to a second drive. page, please click the "Load Driver" button on...