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Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 Installation 10 Pre-installation Precautions 10 2.1 CPU Installation 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 11 2.3 Installation... 14 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 15 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 18 2.8 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 19 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 20 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 21 3.2 Main Screen 21 3.3 Advanced Screen 22 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 22 3.3.2 IDE Configuration 23 3.3.3 ...
Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 Installation 10 Pre-installation Precautions 10 2.1 CPU Installation 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 11 2.3 Installation... 14 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 15 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 18 2.8 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 19 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 20 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 21 3.2 Main Screen 21 3.3 Advanced Screen 22 3.3.1 CPU Configuration 22 3.3.2 IDE Configuration 23 3.3.3 ...
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... ASRock's commitment to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. In case any modifications of this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of this manual will be subject to the hardware installation. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock K8S8X Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.5-in, 30.5 cm x 21.6 cm) ASRock K8S8X Quick Installation Guide ASRock K8S8X...
... ASRock's commitment to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. In case any modifications of this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of this manual will be subject to the hardware installation. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock K8S8X Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.5-in, 30.5 cm x 21.6 cm) ASRock K8S8X Quick Installation Guide ASRock K8S8X...
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... put those official 64 bit drivers onto our support web site http://www.asrock.com/ without notice. 7 Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 3. BIOS: OS: AMI legal BIOS; Please refer to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when... you resume the system. When the official 64 bit drivers are not formally released yet, the 64 bit drivers included in the ASRock support CD-ROM ...
... put those official 64 bit drivers onto our support web site http://www.asrock.com/ without notice. 7 Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 3. BIOS: OS: AMI legal BIOS; Please refer to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when... you resume the system. When the official 64 bit drivers are not formally released yet, the 64 bit drivers included in the ASRock support CD-ROM ...
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... 1 B: USB5 USB45H CD1 Top: Line In Center: Line Out Bottom: Mic In AUX1 JR1 JL1 1 AUDIO1 PCI LAN AUDIO CODEC Super I/O 2MB BIOS 1 GAME1 SOCKET 754 SiS 755 Chipset U74 IDE2 IDE1 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 PCI 2 CMOS Battery SiS 964 Chipset CLRCMOS2 1 SATA2 PCI 3 PCI 4 5.1 CH PCI... 5 K8S8X USB 2.0 DDR400 AGP8X ATA133 FSB800+ SATA SATA1 FLOPPY1 CHA_FAN1 USB67 1 IR1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN SPEAKER1 PWRLED1 1 1 1 HDLED RESET 20 19 18 17 16 15 4 5 6...
... 1 B: USB5 USB45H CD1 Top: Line In Center: Line Out Bottom: Mic In AUX1 JR1 JL1 1 AUDIO1 PCI LAN AUDIO CODEC Super I/O 2MB BIOS 1 GAME1 SOCKET 754 SiS 755 Chipset U74 IDE2 IDE1 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 PCI 2 CMOS Battery SiS 964 Chipset CLRCMOS2 1 SATA2 PCI 3 PCI 4 5.1 CH PCI... 5 K8S8X USB 2.0 DDR400 AGP8X ATA133 FSB800+ SATA SATA1 FLOPPY1 CHA_FAN1 USB67 1 IR1 1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN SPEAKER1 PWRLED1 1 1 1 HDLED RESET 20 19 18 17 16 15 4 5 6...
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... (CLRCMOS2) (see p.8, No. 9) Note: CLRCMOS2 allows you do the clear-CMOS action. 14 Please remember to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up events. Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PWR1 1_2 2_3 Short pin2, pin3 to enable (see p.8, No. 26) JR1 JL1 Note: If the jumpers JL1...
... (CLRCMOS2) (see p.8, No. 9) Note: CLRCMOS2 allows you do the clear-CMOS action. 14 Please remember to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up events. Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PWR1 1_2 2_3 Short pin2, pin3 to enable (see p.8, No. 26) JR1 JL1 Note: If the jumpers JL1...
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...key, and then a window for Windows" in it! Start to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows 19 STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Please refer to... to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID BIOS Setting Utility You may start to use "SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility" to make an SATA driver diskette before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into...
...key, and then a window for Windows" in it! Start to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows 19 STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Please refer to... to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID BIOS Setting Utility You may start to use "SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility" to make an SATA driver diskette before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into...
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... UTILITY when you start up the chipset features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on . Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To... set up the advanced BIOS features PCIPnP To set up the PCI features Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To...
... UTILITY when you start up the chipset features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on . Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced To... set up the advanced BIOS features PCIPnP To set up the PCI features Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To...
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... the following table for the selected items To bring up the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 11/25/2003] BIOS Version : K8S8X BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3200+ Processor Speed : 2000 MHz L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 : ...
... the following table for the selected items To bring up the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the... UTILITY Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 11/25/2003] BIOS Version : K8S8X BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3200+ Processor Speed : 2000 MHz L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DIMM 1 DIMM 2 : ...
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... Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Speed Spectrum [Auto] [200] [Disabled] AMD POWERNOW Configuration AMD Cool 'N Quiet Configuration Select how to...
... Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Speed Spectrum [Auto] [200] [Disabled] AMD POWERNOW Configuration AMD Cool 'N Quiet Configuration Select how to...
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...set the IDE configuration for the device that you may enable either the primary IDE channel or the secondary IDE channel. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. Type LBA... Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [Secondary], [Both]. 3.3.2 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] ...
...set the IDE configuration for the device that you may enable either the primary IDE channel or the secondary IDE channel. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. Type LBA... Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Primary], [Secondary], [Both]. 3.3.2 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave [Both] ...
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After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; If this item ...
After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; If this item ...
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...General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.4 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode ...address for the onboard infrared port or disable it . 3.3.3 Floppy Configuration In this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of your floppy drive. Infrared Port ...
...General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.4 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode ...address for the onboard infrared port or disable it . 3.3.3 Floppy Configuration In this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1.44 MB 312"] [Disabled] Select the type of your floppy drive. Infrared Port ...
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... Mode DMA Channel Use this item to set to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the parallel port. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Vcore + 3.30V + 5.00V + 12.00V : 54 C / 129 F : 35 C / 95...
... Mode DMA Channel Use this item to set to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the parallel port. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Vcore + 3.30V + 5.00V + 12.00V : 54 C / 129 F : 35 C / 95...
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... Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.6 ACPI Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Select [Auto] will enable this item to select...
... Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.3.6 ACPI Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. Select [Auto] will enable this item to select...
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3.3.7 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard ...
3.3.7 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard ...
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Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced PCI / PnP Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. Setting ...-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD / DVD Drives...
Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced PCI / PnP Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. Setting ...-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD / DVD Drives...
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...Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] [CD / DVD] Specifies the boot sequence from network feature. +F1 F9...Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from the available ...
...Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] [CD / DVD] Specifies the boot sequence from network feature. +F1 F9...Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot From Network Bootup Num-Lock [Disabled] [On] To enable or disable the boot from the available ...
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... Password Clear User Password Install or Change the password. 3.6 Security Screen In this section. For the user password, you may also clear it. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Chipset Settings Memory Controller Configuration SouthBridge Configuration AGP Configuration HyperTransport Configuration Options for the memory controller, south bridge...
... Password Clear User Password Install or Change the password. 3.6 Security Screen In this section. For the user password, you may also clear it. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Chipset Settings Memory Controller Configuration SouthBridge Configuration AGP Configuration HyperTransport Configuration Options for the memory controller, south bridge...
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...display the status of the standard values as listed: [100 MHz (DDR200)], [133 MHz (DDR266)], [166 MHz (DDR333)], [200 MHz (DDR400)]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Controller Configuration Memory Configuration Memory CLK CAS Latency TRCD TRAS TRP : 166 MHz : 3.0 : 4 CLK : 7 CLK : 4 CLK...F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.7.1.1 Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Configuration Memory Clock Bank Interleaving Node Interleaving Burst Length CAS Latency (CL) TRCD TRAS TRP [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [8...
...display the status of the standard values as listed: [100 MHz (DDR200)], [133 MHz (DDR266)], [166 MHz (DDR333)], [200 MHz (DDR400)]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Controller Configuration Memory Configuration Memory CLK CAS Latency TRCD TRAS TRP : 166 MHz : 3.0 : 4 CLK : 7 CLK : 4 CLK...F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.7.1.1 Memory Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Configuration Memory Clock Bank Interleaving Node Interleaving Burst Length CAS Latency (CL) TRCD TRAS TRP [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [8...
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... Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. TRP Use this to adjust TRP values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK], [3CLK], [4CLK], [5CLK], and [6CLK]. 3.7.2 South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Onboard Ac97 Audio Onboard LAN [Auto] [Enabled] Chipset Enable / Disable onboard Audio device. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select...
... Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. TRP Use this to adjust TRP values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK], [3CLK], [4CLK], [5CLK], and [6CLK]. 3.7.2 South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Onboard Ac97 Audio Onboard LAN [Auto] [Enabled] Chipset Enable / Disable onboard Audio device. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select...