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... 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 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 38...
... 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 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 38...
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Software Support 54 4.1 Install Operating System 54 4.2 Support CD Information 54 4.2.1 Running Support CD 54 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 54 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 54 4.2.4 Contact Information 54 APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology ...... 55 4 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 44 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 45 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration 47 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 48 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 48 3.3.8 USB Configuration 49 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 50 3.5 Boot Screen 51 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 51 3.6 Security Screen 52 3.7 Exit Screen 53 4 .
Software Support 54 4.1 Install Operating System 54 4.2 Support CD Information 54 4.2.1 Running Support CD 54 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 54 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 54 4.2.4 Contact Information 54 APPENDIX: AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology ...... 55 4 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 44 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 45 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration 47 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 48 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 48 3.3.8 USB Configuration 49 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 50 3.5 Boot Screen 51 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 51 3.6 Security Screen 52 3.7 Exit Screen 53 4 .
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... (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11) - AMI Legal BIOS - Motherboard Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life - Chassis Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM...
... (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11) - AMI Legal BIOS - Motherboard Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 Supports "Plug and Play" - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life - Chassis Fan Tachometer - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM...
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...to the installation guide on page 55 to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. To improve heat dissipation, remember to SATAII connector directly. 9. PCIE4 slot is not supported with eSATAII interface.... Power Management for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. (Port Multiplier Technology is intended for proper installation. 4. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 While CPU overheat is detected, the system will update it is strongly recommended to SATAII connector, please read ...
...to the installation guide on page 55 to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. To improve heat dissipation, remember to SATAII connector directly. 9. PCIE4 slot is not supported with eSATAII interface.... Power Management for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. (Port Multiplier Technology is intended for proper installation. 4. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 While CPU overheat is detected, the system will update it is strongly recommended to SATAII connector, please read ...
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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. 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.
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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 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
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...Graphics XLI-ready graphics cards that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. You should have two identical Dual Graphics XLI-ready graphics cards that the cards are NVIDIA certified. 2....® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Step3. Dual Graphics XLI Technology Requirements 1. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Align and insert the Graphics Bridge to the PCI Express graphics cards...
...Graphics XLI-ready graphics cards that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. You should have two identical Dual Graphics XLI-ready graphics cards that the cards are NVIDIA certified. 2....® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Step3. Dual Graphics XLI Technology Requirements 1. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Align and insert the Graphics Bridge to the PCI Express graphics cards...
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...Properties dialog box. 20 Power on your system. B. D. Click Properties to SLI/XFIRE power connector. 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. Click...or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our support CD to your Windows taskbar. A. Install the graphics card drivers to your computer and boot into OS. Please follow the below procedures to PCIE2 slot. Then, reboot your system. Step5. Step6. Step7. ...
...Properties dialog box. 20 Power on your system. B. D. Click Properties to SLI/XFIRE power connector. 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. Click...or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our support CD to your Windows taskbar. A. Install the graphics card drivers to your computer and boot into OS. Please follow the below procedures to PCIE2 slot. Then, reboot your system. Step5. Step6. Step7. ...
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... motherboard with other VGA card. To use HDMI function on HDMI_SPDIF cable. For example, this motherboard and the HDMI VGA card. Install HDMI VGA card driver to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI_SPDIF cable to your system. 28 Incorrect connection may be damaged. Connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI VGA card...
... motherboard with other VGA card. To use HDMI function on HDMI_SPDIF cable. For example, this motherboard and the HDMI VGA card. Install HDMI VGA card driver to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI_SPDIF cable to your system. 28 Incorrect connection may be damaged. Connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI VGA card...
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If you plan to use RAID 0+1 function, you to install those required drivers. If you install 2 eSATAII devices, then only RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD functions will guide you... 3: Connect one end of your chassis. Please refer to page 44 for details. 2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the...to the motherboard's SATAII connector. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks...
If you plan to use RAID 0+1 function, you to install those required drivers. If you install 2 eSATAII devices, then only RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD functions will guide you... 3: Connect one end of your chassis. Please refer to page 44 for details. 2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the...to the motherboard's SATAII connector. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks...
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... Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices AM2XLI-eSATA2 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in working condition. AHCI requires appropriate software support (e.g., an AHCI driver, which is Hot Plug Function? eSATAII is still power-on and in... you may simply plug your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports instead of opening your SATAII hard disk. What is still power-on the driver by ULi RAID configuration tools to disk can enable eSATAII device write cache on and in RAID / AHCI mode. If SATA / SATAII...
... Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices AM2XLI-eSATA2 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in working condition. AHCI requires appropriate software support (e.g., an AHCI driver, which is Hot Plug Function? eSATAII is still power-on and in... you may simply plug your eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports instead of opening your SATAII hard disk. What is still power-on the driver by ULi RAID configuration tools to disk can enable eSATAII device write cache on and in RAID / AHCI mode. If SATA / SATAII...
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... When you install the OS. Formatting the floppy diskette will be presented. When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to install Windows...the OS you need to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you want to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press...
... When you install the OS. Formatting the floppy diskette will be presented. When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to install Windows...the OS you need to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you want to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive, and press...
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... on a specific item then follow the installation wizard 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. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from... 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. 4. Refer to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in...
... on a specific item then follow the installation wizard 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. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from... 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. 4. Refer to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in...
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..., it is strongly recommended to implement settings. 55 When using Windows® 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction below to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. If you are using this feature, please make sure to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. Switch to Classic View. (for...
..., it is strongly recommended to implement settings. 55 When using Windows® 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction below to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. If you are using this feature, please make sure to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. Switch to Classic View. (for...
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... - 4 pin 12V power connector - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Motherboard Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 9) - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Connector BIOS Feature...
... - 4 pin 12V power connector - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Motherboard Temperature Sensing - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 9) - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Connector BIOS Feature...
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... to perform over-clocking. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is not supported with eSATAII interface on page 3 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows system. Although this motherboard ...Overclocking Technology. While CPU overheat is intended for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. We will automatically shutdown. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Before you plan to install only one PCI Express VGA card to...
... to perform over-clocking. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is not supported with eSATAII interface on page 3 for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows system. Although this motherboard ...Overclocking Technology. While CPU overheat is intended for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. We will automatically shutdown. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English Before you plan to install only one PCI Express VGA card to...
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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. 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.
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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 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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... unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Adjust the jumpers...Step4. If required, connect an auxiliary power source to the previous section "Dual Graphics Feature" for proper jumper setting. English 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that the cards are...
... unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Adjust the jumpers...Step4. If required, connect an auxiliary power source to the previous section "Dual Graphics Feature" for proper jumper setting. English 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Make sure that the cards are...
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Please follow the below procedures to display the Display Properties dialog box. B. D. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step6. Install the graphics card drivers to your system. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our...SLI/XFIRE power connector. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. Step8. 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. ...
Please follow the below procedures to display the Display Properties dialog box. B. D. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step6. Install the graphics card drivers to your system. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of our...SLI/XFIRE power connector. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. Step8. 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. ...