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... 38 3.3 Advanced Screen 39 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 40 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 42 3 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 / SATAII ...SATAII Hard 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...
... 38 3.3 Advanced Screen 39 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 40 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 42 3 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 / SATAII ...SATAII Hard 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...
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... NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" function (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CD in header - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 11) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - CPU Overheat...
... NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" function (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - CD in header - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated 7 Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 11) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - CPU Overheat...
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... it to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 12 for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. For the proper installation of the compatible Dual Graphics XLI Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to...refer to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 11. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is intended for proper installation. 4. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 See APPENDIX on page 17. 7. Frequencies other than ...
... it to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for Dual Graphics XLI Mode" on page 12 for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. For the proper installation of the compatible Dual Graphics XLI Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to...refer to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 11. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is intended for proper installation. 4. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 See APPENDIX on page 17. 7. Frequencies other than ...
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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 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) 9 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 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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... unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Please refer to PCIE4 slot. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Step3. Make sure that allows you...this motherboard to install two identical Dual Graphics XLI enabled PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Step4. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA certified because...
... unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your graphics card driver supports Dual Graphics XLI technology. Please refer to PCIE4 slot. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Step3. Make sure that allows you...this motherboard to install two identical Dual Graphics XLI enabled PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version 81.98 which supports Dual Graphics XLI technology from NVIDIA website. Step4. Make sure that the cards are NVIDIA certified because...
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...that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. Install the graphics card drivers to SLI/XFIRE power connector. A. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager, and then click nView Properties. Power on ...your system. C. After that is inserted to your Windows taskbar. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your system. B. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. Step5. D. Then, reboot your computer and boot into OS....
...that , you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility. Install the graphics card drivers to SLI/XFIRE power connector. A. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager, and then click nView Properties. Power on ...your system. C. After that is inserted to your Windows taskbar. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your system. B. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop Management tab. Step5. D. Then, reboot your computer and boot into OS....
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Please select CDROM as the boot device. Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, 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 may start to use "RAID...want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on the screen, "Do you install. 35 Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD ...
Please select CDROM as the boot device. Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, 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 may start to use "RAID...want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on the screen, "Do you install. 35 Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD ...
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... various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for general reference only. Please install the necessary drivers to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers including ASRock Express GbL PCI Express...
... various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for general reference only. Please install the necessary drivers to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers including ASRock Express GbL PCI Express...
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Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. button. When using Windows® 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction below to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. Double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel then select the Screen Saver tab. 4. The following dialog box appears. 5. ...
Select Settings, then Control Panel. 2. button. When using Windows® 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction below to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. Double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel then select the Screen Saver tab. 4. The following dialog box appears. 5. ...
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... Compliance Wake Up Events - CPU Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Supports jumperfree - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB... 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 - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard
... Compliance Wake Up Events - CPU Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Supports jumperfree - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB... 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 - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated English 6 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard
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.... 6. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. If you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on page 11 for details. 3. Please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 32 for proper installation. 4. Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver...
.... 6. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. If you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on page 11 for details. 3. Please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 32 for proper installation. 4. Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver...
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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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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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...Step 2. 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. Step3. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on each graphics card. You should have ... 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard 2.5 Dual Graphics XLI Operation Guide This motherboard supports Dual Graphics XLI technology that allows you to PCIE4 slot. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version ...
...Step 2. 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. Step3. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on each graphics card. You should have ... 15 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard 2.5 Dual Graphics XLI Operation Guide This motherboard supports Dual Graphics XLI technology that allows you to PCIE4 slot. Currently, Dual Graphics XLI technology supports Windows® XP and XP 64-bit operating system. Please download and use NVIDIA graphics card driver version ...
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... 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 SLI/XFIRE power connector. A. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop... Management tab. Power on your Windows taskbar. After that is inserted to your system. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step7. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager,...
... 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 SLI/XFIRE power connector. A. From the nView Desktop Manager window, select the Desktop... Management tab. Power on your Windows taskbar. After that is inserted to your system. English 16 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard Step7. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager,...
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...CDROM as the boot device. WARNING! At the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for Windows VistaTM are subject to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you start to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Start to install...the floppy drive. Before you start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system, or you install. 31 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on the screen...
...CDROM as the boot device. WARNING! At the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for Windows VistaTM are subject to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you start to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Start to install...the floppy drive. Before you start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system, or you install. 31 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard English If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on the screen...
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...174; Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. The Support CD that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its test routines. When you wish to display the menus. 33 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard ... BIOS Setup Utility. EXE" from the "BIN" folder in the Support CD. 4. otherwise, POST continues with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that came with its various sub-menus and to be user-friendly. BIOS Information The Flash Memory on the file "ASSETUP...
...174; Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM. The Support CD that will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its test routines. When you wish to display the menus. 33 ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 Motherboard ... BIOS Setup Utility. EXE" from the "BIN" folder in the Support CD. 4. otherwise, POST continues with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that came with its various sub-menus and to be user-friendly. BIOS Information The Flash Memory on the file "ASSETUP...
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... find ULi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on 'Configuration' at task bar. 3. ULi RAID Utility The information of the connected drives is displayed. (RAID 0x2 indicates RAID 0 with two drives, RAID 0x4 indicates RAID 0 with four drives.) 11 After the driver and utility are installed correctly,... you can create RAID arrays in either the RAID BIOS setup menu as shown below, or find ULi RAID Utility at task bar. The Configuration dialog box appears. Using ULi Windows RAID Utility 3.1 How to Create RAID...
... find ULi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on 'Configuration' at task bar. 3. ULi RAID Utility The information of the connected drives is displayed. (RAID 0x2 indicates RAID 0 with two drives, RAID 0x4 indicates RAID 0 with four drives.) 11 After the driver and utility are installed correctly,... you can create RAID arrays in either the RAID BIOS setup menu as shown below, or find ULi RAID Utility at task bar. The Configuration dialog box appears. Using ULi Windows RAID Utility 3.1 How to Create RAID...
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... right arrow key. Then, click 'Yes' to restart your system when a dialog box appears to confirm that the next action will destroy information in selected drivers is selected. Make sure the information in the drives. A dialog box appears to warn you that you wants to delete existing or newly created RAID..., click on 'Delete RAID' tab on the main Configuration menu. Click on 'Yes'. 3.2 How to Delete RAID under Windows If you have changed the RAID settings. 14
... right arrow key. Then, click 'Yes' to restart your system when a dialog box appears to confirm that the next action will destroy information in selected drivers is selected. Make sure the information in the drives. A dialog box appears to warn you that you wants to delete existing or newly created RAID..., click on 'Delete RAID' tab on the main Configuration menu. Click on 'Yes'. 3.2 How to Delete RAID under Windows If you have changed the RAID settings. 14