ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 User Manual

ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 Manual

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    939SLI-eSATA2 User Manual Version 1.1 Published February 2006 Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for
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    Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode 9 1.4 Motherboard Layout 10 1.5 ASRock eSATAII I/O 11 2 . Installation 12 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.1 CPU Installation 13 2.2 Installation of CPU Interface Introduction 27 2.10 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 30 2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) /
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    3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 49 3.6 Security Screen 50 3.7 Exit Screen 51 4 . Software Support 52 4.1 Install Operating System 52 4.2 Support CD Information 52 4.2.1 Running Support CD 52 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 52 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 52 4.2.4 Contact Information 52 APPENDIX: AMD's Cool
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    of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 Motherboard (ATX Form
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    ULi® M1697 - Dual Channel DDR Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 4 x DDR DIMM slots - Support DDR400/333/266 - Max. capacity: 4GB - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - 1 x Future CPU Port (Supports CPU upgrade from AMD K8 939
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    AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software - CPU Temperature Sensing - Motherboard Temperature Sensing - CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life - CPU Fan Tachometer
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    'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on page 53 to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. Since not all K8 939-pin CPU can support AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology, please check AMD's website for details. 2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please
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    EN6800GT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV Chipset Name GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6800LE GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLITM Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 9
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    1 J13 ATA133 1 J19 CLRTC1 1 2Mb BIOS CMOS Battery IDE2 IDE1 1 J14 1 J15 1 J16 1 J17 1 J18 PCIE3 939SLI-eSATA2 CD1 AUDIO CODEC HD_AUDIO1 GAME1 1 1 5.1CH HD PCI1 PCI2 IR1 1 PCI3 FLOPPY1 SATAII_BLUE SATAII_BLACK ` USB2.0 USB45 ULi M1697 Chipset 1 USB67 SATAII_RED SATAII_ORANGE
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    1.5 ASRock eSATAII I/O 1 2 3 4 5 11 10 9 87 6 1 Parallel Port 2 RJ-45 Port 3 Line In (Light Blue) 4 Line Out (Lime) 5 Microphone (Pink) 6 eSATAII Ports 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) 11 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 11
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    2. Installation 939SLI-eSATA2 is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before
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    ° Up STEP 1: Lift Up The Socket Lever CPU Golden Triangle Socket Corner STEP 2 / STEP 3: STEP 4: Match The CPU Golden Triangle Push Down And Lock To The Socket Corner The Socket Lever 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink After you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is necessary to
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    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR DIMM pair
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    matches the break on the slot. notch break notch break The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation. Step 3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining
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    slots on 939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard. Future CPU Port (Yellow-Colored Port): Future CPU Port allows you to upgrade your AMD K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2 940-Pin CPU by installing an add-on ASRock AM2CPU Board into this future CPU Port on 939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard. Before you upgrade the K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2
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    x 1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. PCIE3 (PCIE x 1 / x 8 Ex press VGA cards, please refer to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode" on only one PCI Express VGA card to this motherboard, please install it to PCIE1 slot. Installing an
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    2.5 Dual Graphics Feature This motherboard supports Dual Graphics Technology. When installing the add-on VGA cards to this motherboard, you are allowed to choose two different ways to decide the function of PCIE1 slot and PCIE3 slot. The default value of this feature is
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    Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install two identical NVIDIA SLITM enabled PCI Express x 16 graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA SLITM technology supports Windows driver supports the NVIDIA SLITM technology. Download the latest driver
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    OS. Install the "SLI Enabled" driver of our support CD to your system. Then, reboot your system. Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After Windows taskbar. B. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager, and then click nView Properties. C. From the nView Desktop Manager window,
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    tab then click Advanced. F. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab. G. Click the slider to display the following screen, then select the SLI multi-GPU item. H. Click the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box. I. Click OK when done. * SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Technologies Inc., and is
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    . Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! • Floppy Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.10 No. 24) Pin1 FLOPPY1 the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped
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    one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor ATA (SATA) Data Cable eSATAII_TOP eSATAII_BOTTOM These two eSATA II connectors support SATA data cables for external SATAII function. The current eSATA II interface
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    see p.10 No. 22) USB_PWR P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+6 P-6 USB_PWR ASRock eSATAII I/O accommodates 4 default USB 2.0 ports. If those USB 2.0 ports on this USB 2.0 header is available to support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports. This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared
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    support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual 97 audio panel. D. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Advanced Settings, ]. E. Enter Windows system. Click CPU Fan Connector (3-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.10 No. 3) GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED Please connect a CPU
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    /XFIRE Power Connector (4-pin SLI/XFIRE_POWER1) (see p.10 No. 35) SLI/XFIRE_POWER1 It is not necessary to use this connector, but please connect it with a hard disk power connecor when two graphics cards are plugged to this motherboard at the same time. Game Port Header (15-pin GAME1) (see p.10 No
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    eSATAII Interface Introduction What is eSATAII? This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. eSATAII and eSATAII_BOTTOM 1. If you just plan to install one eSATAII device to this motherboard, it is recommended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield.
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    2. If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to enable both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to enable the top and the bottom eSATAII
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    Comparison between eSATAII and other devices IEEE 1394 USB 2.0 SATA eSATAII/SATAII 400Mb/s 480Mb/s 1.5Gb/s (1500Mb/s) 3.0Gb/s (3000Mb/s) 29
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    guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction 's website for details: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm The above examples are just for your
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    This motherboard adopts ULi M1697 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, and RAID 5) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you
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    939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in RAID / AHCI mode. ULi M1697 chipset provides hardware support , you can enable eSATAII device write cache on the driver by ULi RAID configuration tools to enhance the eSATAII performance. While
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    With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot
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    Mode" in BIOS setup to set the option from [RAID] to [AHCI]. 2. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following the proper steps of section 2.13 on page 33. 3. Start Windows 2000, windows XP, or Windows XP 64-bit OS installation. 2.15 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied
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    the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP off and then back on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose
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    System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Thu 01/05/2006] BIOS Version : 939SLI-eSATA2 BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ (64 bit supported) Processor Speed : 2200 MHz Microcode Update : 10FF0/41 L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDR
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    may upgrade your AMD 939-Pin CPU to AMD 940-Pin (AM2) CPU by installing an add-on ASRock AM2CPU Board into future CPU Port on this motherboard 3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration
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    3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE ] [Auto] If AUTO, multiplier and voltage will be left at the rated frequency/voltage. If Manual, multiplier and voltage will be set based on User Selection in Setup. +F1 F9 F10 ESC
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    Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Processor Multiplier This item will show when "Multiplier/Voltage Change" is set to [Manual]; otherwise, it will be hidden.
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    . The default value is [Disabled]. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Advanced Chipset Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY OnBoard LAN OnBoard HD Audio Front Panel Control [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] Primary Graphics Adapter CPU - NB Link Speed CPU - NB Link Width VCCM Voltage Chipset Core Voltage [PCI] [Auto
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    VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI]. Configuration options: [PCI] and [PCIE]. CPU - NB Link Speed This feature allows you selecting CPU to NB link frequency. Configuration options: [Auto], [200 MHz], [400 MHz], [600 MHz], [800 MHz], and [1000 MHz
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    3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Repost Video on to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-toRAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. If you set this item to [Disabled], the function "Repost Video on STR Resume" will be
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    or disable eSATAII support. The default value of this option is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the "Primary IDE Master" as the example in the following instruction, which
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    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. :Hard Disk :MAXTOR 6L080J4 :80.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-6 :Supported disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select
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    ], [Enabled]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI
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    Channel Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and
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    Parallel Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP]. If this option is set to [ECP+EPP
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    controller. USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support. Legacy USB Support Use this item to enable or disable the support to emulate legacy of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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    General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC 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 network
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    you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password
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    and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option
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    available devices drivers including ASRock Express GbL PCI Express LAN card driver if the system detects the installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click
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    feature, please make sure to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. If you are using Windows 2000 / XP/ XP 64-bit operating system, please follow the instruction below to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology: 1. From the Windows 2000 / XP/ XP 64-bit operating system, click
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939SLI-eSATA2
User Manual
Version 1.1
Published February 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.