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Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo 9 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices 34 2.15 Using SATA...Disk Setup Guide 32 2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 33 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 33 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Dual Graphics XLI Mode 10 1.5 Motherboard Layout 11 1.6 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O 12 2 . Contents 1 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37...
Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo 9 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices 34 2.15 Using SATA...Disk Setup Guide 32 2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 33 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 33 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Dual Graphics XLI Mode 10 1.5 Motherboard Layout 11 1.6 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O 12 2 . Contents 1 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37...
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... (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11) - AMI Legal BIOS - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - CPU Temperature Sensing - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - SLI/XFIRE power connector - Supports jumperfree - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD.../Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life - CPU Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) -
... (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11) - AMI Legal BIOS - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - CPU Temperature Sensing - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - SLI/XFIRE power connector - Supports jumperfree - Connector BIOS Feature Support CD.../Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life - CPU Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) -
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... on page 12 for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 10. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is strongly recommended to PCIE2 slot. For power-saving's sake, it back again. See APPENDIX on page 32 to adjust ... mode. For microphone input, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. We will automatically shutdown. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you implement Dual Channel ...
... on page 12 for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 10. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is strongly recommended to PCIE2 slot. For power-saving's sake, it back again. See APPENDIX on page 32 to adjust ... mode. For microphone input, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. We will automatically shutdown. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you implement Dual Channel ...
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CPU Memory VGA Sempron 2800+ 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic) 9 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement. Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest.
CPU Memory VGA Sempron 2800+ 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic) 9 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement. Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest.
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ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 10 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit only) Graphics Chip Model Name Vendor NVIDIA ASUS EN6600 ASUS EN6600GT Series ASUS EN6800LE ASUS EN6800GT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV Chipset Name Driver GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6800LE GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for Dual Graphics XLI Mode, please visit our website for details.
ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 10 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit only) Graphics Chip Model Name Vendor NVIDIA ASUS EN6600 ASUS EN6600GT Series ASUS EN6800LE ASUS EN6800GT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV Chipset Name Driver GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6800LE GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for Dual Graphics XLI Mode, please visit our website for details.
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...PCIE x8). Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Step4. Make sure that are NVIDIA certified because different types of Dual Graphics XLI Step 1. Dual... Graphics XLI Technology Requirements 1. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that are NVIDIA certified. 2. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website...
...PCIE x8). Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Step4. Make sure that are NVIDIA certified because different types of Dual Graphics XLI Step 1. Dual... Graphics XLI Technology Requirements 1. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that are NVIDIA certified. 2. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website...
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Step8. Install the graphics card drivers to display the Display Properties dialog box. 20 B. C. A. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager, and then click nView Properties. After that is inserted to your system. Click Properties to your Windows taskbar. Connect a 4-pin ATX ... the below procedures to SLI/XFIRE power connector. Then, reboot your computer and boot into OS. Install the "Dual Graphics XLI Enabled" driver of the graphics card that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. ...
Step8. Install the graphics card drivers to display the Display Properties dialog box. 20 B. C. A. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager, and then click nView Properties. After that is inserted to your system. Click Properties to your Windows taskbar. Connect a 4-pin ATX ... the below procedures to SLI/XFIRE power connector. Then, reboot your computer and boot into OS. Install the "Dual Graphics XLI Enabled" driver of the graphics card that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. ...
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...OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you may start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you...prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. 2.15 Using SATA / SATAII HDDs With RAID Functions The installation procedures for Windows VistaTM are subject to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy ...
...OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you may start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you...prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. 2.15 Using SATA / SATAII HDDs With RAID Functions The installation procedures for Windows VistaTM are subject to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy ...
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...CD into your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers including ASRock Express GbL PCI Express LAN card driver if the system detects the installed devices. ...ASRock or want to your CD-ROM drive. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. Refer to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers...
...CD into your OS documentation for more about ASRock, welcome to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers including ASRock Express GbL PCI Express LAN card driver if the system detects the installed devices. ...ASRock or want to your CD-ROM drive. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. Refer to know more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers...
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...'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to Classic View. (for Windows® XP only) 3. Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. Switch to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows® system. The following dialog box appears. 5. If you are using this feature, ...please make sure to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. From the Windows® 2000/XP operating system, click the Start button. Double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel ...
...'n' QuietTM Technology For power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to Classic View. (for Windows® XP only) 3. Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. Switch to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows® system. The following dialog box appears. 5. If you are using this feature, ...please make sure to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. From the Windows® 2000/XP operating system, click the Start button. Double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel ...
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...) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - SLI/XFIRE power connector - CPU Temperature Sensing - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Chassis Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 11) - Motherboard Temperature...
...) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - SLI/XFIRE power connector - CPU Temperature Sensing - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Chassis Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 11) - Motherboard Temperature...
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...motherboard, please install it is intended for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. Power Management for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 32 for details. 3. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is detected, the system will update it is not supported... control, it to perform over-clocking. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 11 for jumper settings. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English See APPENDIX on page 55 of memory modules on page 25 for proper connection. 8. We will ...
...motherboard, please install it is intended for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. Power Management for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 32 for details. 3. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is detected, the system will update it is not supported... control, it to perform over-clocking. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 11 for jumper settings. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English See APPENDIX on page 55 of memory modules on page 25 for proper connection. 8. We will ...
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CPU Memory VGA Sempron 2800+ 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic) English 8 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest. 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement.
CPU Memory VGA Sempron 2800+ 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic) English 8 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest. 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement.
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1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit only) Graphics Chip Model Name Vendor NVIDIA ASUS EN6600 ASUS EN6600GT Series ASUS EN6800LE ASUS EN6800GT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV Chipset Name Driver GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6800LE GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for Dual Graphics XLI Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm English 9 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard
1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit only) Graphics Chip Model Name Vendor NVIDIA ASUS EN6600 ASUS EN6600GT Series ASUS EN6800LE ASUS EN6800GT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV Chipset Name Driver GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6800LE GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 81.98 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for Dual Graphics XLI Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm English 9 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard
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... the goldfingers on this section. English 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Make sure that the Graphics Bridge is firmly in this motherboard to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Adjust the...PCIE2 slot and another graphics card to enable PCIE2 slot (PCIE x8) and PCIE4 slot (PCIE x8). Step3. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA certified. 2.
... the goldfingers on this section. English 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Make sure that the Graphics Bridge is firmly in this motherboard to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Adjust the...PCIE2 slot and another graphics card to enable PCIE2 slot (PCIE x8) and PCIE4 slot (PCIE x8). Step3. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA certified. 2.
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...Dual Graphics XLI Enabled" driver of the graphics card that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. Please follow the below procedures to display the Display Properties dialog box. B. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step6. Connect a... VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our support CD to your Windows taskbar. Power on your system. From the pop-up ...
...Dual Graphics XLI Enabled" driver of the graphics card that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. Please follow the below procedures to display the Display Properties dialog box. B. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step6. Connect a... VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our support CD to your Windows taskbar. Power on your system. From the pop-up ...
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...select CDROM as the boot device. STEP 5: The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you install. 31 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, you may start to configure the RAID function, you need to boot your system, or you may start the OS... on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to the mode you choose and the OS you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Before...
...select CDROM as the boot device. STEP 5: The system will see the message on the screen, "Do you install. 31 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, you may start to configure the RAID function, you need to boot your system, or you may start the OS... on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to the mode you choose and the OS you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Before...
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otherwise, POST continues with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its test routines. ... you start up the computer, please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to display the menus. 33 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Software Support CD information This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to...
otherwise, POST continues with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its test routines. ... you start up the computer, please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to display the menus. 33 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Software Support CD information This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to...
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...driver and utility are installed correctly, you can create RAID arrays in either the RAID BIOS setup menu as previously described or under Windows You can find ULi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on 'Configuration' at task bar. The Configuration dialog box appears. 3. Using ULi Windows... RAID Utility 3.1 How to Create RAID under Windows Utility. ULi RAID Utility The ...
...driver and utility are installed correctly, you can create RAID arrays in either the RAID BIOS setup menu as previously described or under Windows You can find ULi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on 'Configuration' at task bar. The Configuration dialog box appears. 3. Using ULi Windows... RAID Utility 3.1 How to Create RAID under Windows Utility. ULi RAID Utility The ...
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3.2 How to Delete RAID under Windows If you that you have changed the RAID settings. 14 Click on the RAID from 'Available RAID' list, then move the selected RAID to confirm ... wants to delete existing or newly created RAID, click on 'Delete RAID' tab on 'Yes'. Click 'OK' after the array is no longer in selected drivers is selected. Then, click 'Yes' to restart your system when a dialog box appears to 'Selected RAID' list by clicking the right arrow key.
3.2 How to Delete RAID under Windows If you that you have changed the RAID settings. 14 Click on the RAID from 'Available RAID' list, then move the selected RAID to confirm ... wants to delete existing or newly created RAID, click on 'Delete RAID' tab on 'Yes'. Click 'OK' after the array is no longer in selected drivers is selected. Then, click 'Yes' to restart your system when a dialog box appears to 'Selected RAID' list by clicking the right arrow key.