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... for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 31 2.13 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 32 2.14 Driver Installation Guide 34 2.15 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 34 2.15.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 34 2.15.2 Installing... 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Playback Support 10 1.5 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Films Which Pass Our Lab Test . 11 1.6 Motherboard Layout 12 1.7 ASRock DVI_1394 I/O 13 2 . Contents 1 .
... for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 31 2.13 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 32 2.14 Driver Installation Guide 34 2.15 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 34 2.15.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 34 2.15.2 Installing... 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Playback Support 10 1.5 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD Films Which Pass Our Lab Test . 11 1.6 Motherboard Layout 12 1.7 ASRock DVI_1394 I/O 13 2 . Contents 1 .
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...ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree - CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing - ...connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP Media Center/XP 64-bit/ VistaTM/VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector...
...ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 12) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree - CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing - ...connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP Media Center/XP 64-bit/ VistaTM/VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector...
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...use external graphics card on this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic logo, please follow below table for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode...above minimum hardware requirements in the future. Please visit our website for minimum hardware requirements. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this ...
...use external graphics card on this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic logo, please follow below table for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode...above minimum hardware requirements in the future. Please visit our website for minimum hardware requirements. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this ...
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... port on the I /O panel of display icons determines how you have installed the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to another. 20 B. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this step are under Windows® XP environment. Repeat steps C through E for details. 2. Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and...
... port on the I /O panel of display icons determines how you have installed the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to another. 20 B. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this step are under Windows® XP environment. Repeat steps C through E for details. 2. Right click the desktop, choose "Properties", and...
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...Reboot your system. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS Step 1: Set up BIOS. Set the option "OnBoard HDMI HD Audio" to [Auto]. Click "Start" button, select "Settings", and then click "Control Panel". Install "Onboard HDMI HD Audio Driver" from ASRock Support CD to finish... the setting. After HDMI audio driver is available. A. After you install. 1. B. A. Click "OK" to your system. DVI to the OS ...
...Reboot your system. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS Step 1: Set up BIOS. Set the option "OnBoard HDMI HD Audio" to [Auto]. Click "Start" button, select "Settings", and then click "Control Panel". Install "Onboard HDMI HD Audio Driver" from ASRock Support CD to finish... the setting. After HDMI audio driver is available. A. After you install. 1. B. A. Click "OK" to your system. DVI to the OS ...
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... boot devices selection appears. Then, the drivers compatible to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in your disk, please visit the below procedures according to the OS you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on the screen...
... boot devices selection appears. Then, the drivers compatible to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in your disk, please visit the below procedures according to the OS you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on the screen...
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... a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you will be presented. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA® AHCI driver. B. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for Windows® XP 64-bit in AHCI mode. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system...
... a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you will be presented. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA® AHCI driver. B. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for Windows® XP 64-bit in AHCI mode. STEP 2: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system...
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...option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. NVIDIA® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box... pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ AHCI_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64\ AHCI_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM ...
...option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. NVIDIA® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box... pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ AHCI_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64\ AHCI_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM ...
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... you still need to check the RAID installation guide in the future. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation.... The drivers are two RAID drivers needed for Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS is not ready yet. Please specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for proper configuration. Then, please set RAID configuration. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 37...
... you still need to check the RAID installation guide in the future. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation.... The drivers are two RAID drivers needed for Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS is not ready yet. Please specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for proper configuration. Then, please set RAID configuration. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 37...
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... left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA® RAID drivers. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ RAID_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64\ RAID_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that FSB can operate... supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in the fixed mode so that , please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function,...
... left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA® RAID drivers. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ RAID_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64\ RAID_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that FSB can operate... supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in the fixed mode so that , please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function,...
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...install the necessary drivers to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in this chapter for general reference only. or you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to... 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and 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-...
...install the necessary drivers to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in this chapter for general reference only. or you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to... 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and 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-...
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Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - Chassis Fan Tachometer - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 ... 8 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 12) - CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP Media Center/XP 64-bit/ VistaTM/VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 11) - 4Mb AMI BIOS -
Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing - Chassis Fan Tachometer - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 ... 8 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 12) - CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP Media Center/XP 64-bit/ VistaTM/VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 11) - 4Mb AMI BIOS -
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...; VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 12. English 8 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. If you use external graphics card on this motherboard and plan to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup...
...; VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 12. English 8 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. If you use external graphics card on this motherboard and plan to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup...
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.... 2. Set up a surround display environment: 1. B. When you install other Windows® OS, the item names and operation procedures may be similar.) A. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this step are under Windows® XP environment. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if ... wish to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card driver already, there is less than the total capability of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to another. 17 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Install the NVIDIA® PCI Express VGA card to...
.... 2. Set up a surround display environment: 1. B. When you install other Windows® OS, the item names and operation procedures may be similar.) A. Click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this step are under Windows® XP environment. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if ... wish to display a large number on PCI Express VGA card driver already, there is less than the total capability of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to another. 17 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Install the NVIDIA® PCI Express VGA card to...
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DVI to HDMI adapter is available. 19 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS Step 1:Set up BIOS. After you reboot the system, the HDMI audio function is not bundled with this motherboard, ... the adapter vendor for the chipset adopted on this motherboard can support DVI/HDCP and HDMI format signal. After HDMI audio driver is available. A. Step 2: Enter Windows® to [Auto]. D. If you install. 1. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Chipset Configuration. Set the option "OnBoard HDMI HD Audio" to set up your...
DVI to HDMI adapter is available. 19 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS Step 1:Set up BIOS. After you reboot the system, the HDMI audio function is not bundled with this motherboard, ... the adapter vendor for the chipset adopted on this motherboard can support DVI/HDCP and HDMI format signal. After HDMI audio driver is available. A. Step 2: Enter Windows® to [Auto]. D. If you install. 1. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Chipset Configuration. Set the option "OnBoard HDMI HD Audio" to set up your...
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... ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 29 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. When you install. Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on your optical drive first. Before installing Windows® 2000 to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows®...
... ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 29 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. When you install. Therefore, the drivers you install can be auto-detected and listed on your optical drive first. Before installing Windows® 2000 to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows®...
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... NVIDIA® AHCI driver. A. English 30 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Then you can start to continue Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Then press any key to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to install Windows® 2000 / XP...
... NVIDIA® AHCI driver. A. English 30 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Then you can start to continue Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy diskette. Then press any key to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will start to install Windows® 2000 / XP...
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... / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you install. 31 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID]. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and ...HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. NVIDIA® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please ...
... / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you install. 31 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID]. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and ...HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. NVIDIA® AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please ...
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...://www.asrock.com 32 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Before installing Windows® 2000 to your system, your Windows® 2000optical disk is not ready yet. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 2.15.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to install a third-party RAID driver. B. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID...
...://www.asrock.com 32 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard English Before installing Windows® 2000 to your system, your Windows® 2000optical disk is not ready yet. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 2.15.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you need to install a third-party RAID driver. B. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by using the Windows RAID...
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... guide part of BIOS setup to set RAID configuration. NVIDIA® RAID drivers are in the following path in the Support CD for proper configuration. If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create,...choose the one for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 33 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system, and follow below steps. Then,...
... guide part of BIOS setup to set RAID configuration. NVIDIA® RAID drivers are in the following path in the Support CD for proper configuration. If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create,...choose the one for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 33 ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Motherboard Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into your system, and follow below steps. Then,...