ASRock AD525PV User Manual

ASRock AD525PV Manual

ASRock AD525PV manual content summary:

  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 1
    AD525PV / AD425PV User Manual Version 1.0 Published August 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    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 USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 3
    Disks Installation 20 2.9 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATAII HDDs 20 2.10 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide 21 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 23 2.12 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 23 2.12.1 Installing
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    42 3.6 Boot Screen 43 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 43 3.7 Security Screen 44 3.8 Exit Screen 45 4 Software Support 46 4.1 Install Operating System 46 4.2 Support CD Information 46 4.2.1 Running Support CD 46 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 46 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 46 4.2.4 Contact Information 46 4
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 5
    Contents ASRock AD525PV / AD425PV Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm) One Bundled Intel® Dual-Core AtomTM Processor D525 (AD525PV) One Bundled Intel® AtomTM Processor D425 (AD425PV) ASRock AD525PV / AD425PV Quick Installation Guide ASRock AD525PV / AD425PV Support
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    Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O Connector - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - Intel® Dual-Core AtomTM Processor D525 (AD525PV) - Intel® AtomTM Processor D425 (AD425PV) - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION
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    "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - VCCM, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite and Creative Sound
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 8
    check page 33. 2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 19 to adjust your SATAII hard capable of. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by ASRock, provides a convenient way for the user to record the
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    you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP standard, an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required. According to Intel's suggestion, the
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 10
    1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 2 34 5 17.0cm (6.7 in) 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 CPU_FAN1 Super IO 6 ErP/EuP Ready 17.0cm (6.7 in) DDRII_2 (64 bit, 240-piFnSmBod8ul0e)0 Design in Taipei DDRII_1 (64
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    cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find "VIA HD Audio Deck" tool on your system. Please follow below instructions according to the OS you install. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon , and click "Speaker". Then you
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 12
    AD525PV / AD425PV is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard
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    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) AD525PV / AD425PV motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots. It is not allowed to install a DDR memory module into DDR2 slot;otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect
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    2.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Slot) There is 1 PCI slot on this motherboard. PCI slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Before installing the
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    2.5 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is "Short". If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is "Open". The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are "Short" when jumper cap is placed on these 2
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    connected to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on the motherboard. Besides four default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from
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    the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. 2. If you black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work
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    ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10, No. 6) 12 24 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 1 13 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, 12 24 it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-
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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 website for details: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm The above examples are just for your
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 20
    ) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® NM10 Express south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA
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    is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATAII driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our motherboard package. 5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or
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    cable to (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. the motherboard's SATAII connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White) Step attention, before you process the Hot Unplug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA
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    2.11 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 24
    2.12.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 25
    2.13 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI bus. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock
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    BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when F2> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 27
    Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Mon 08/23/2010] BIOS Version : AD525PV P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Atom (TM) CPU D525 @ 1.8GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 1666MHz Microcode Update : 106CA/107 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDRII1 DDRII2 : 2048MB
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 28
    Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Mon 08/23/2010] BIOS Version : AD425PV P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Atom (TM) CPU D425 @ 1.8GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 1666MHz Microcode Update : 106CA/107 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDRII1 DDRII2 : 2048MB with 8MB
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    ] [166] [100] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Would you like to save current setting as Overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard. It should be done at your own risk and expense. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 30
    DRAM Timing Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker DRAM Timing Control Standard Memory Info : 6-6-6-18-52-6-3-3-3 DRAM tCL [Auto] DRAM tRCD [Auto] DRAM tRP [Auto] DRAM tRAS [Auto] DRAM tRFC [Auto] DRAM tWR [Auto] DRAM tWTR [Auto] DRAM tRRD [Auto] DRAM tRTP [Auto] Specifies the
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 31
    VCORE Voltage Use this to select VCORE Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.107V] to [1.252V]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. VCCM(DRAM) Voltage Use this to select VCCM(DRAM) Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.794V] to [2.201V]. The default value of this feature is [Auto
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    other complicated flash utility. Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/ 12 file system. If you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility, the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information. Select the proper BIOS file to update your BIOS, and reboot
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 33
    a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal a computer system with an Intel Pentium® 4 processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 34
    Technology) is an architecture that offers breakthrough performance for the motherboard through efficient memory utilization. In Fixed mode, a fixed-size allocated to the graphics core. In DVMT mode, the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for running graphics applications and is cooperatively
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    Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. OnBoard Lan This allows you
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 36
    or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the system supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. Restore this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 36
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    The default value is [IDE]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but We will use the "SATAII_1" as the example in the following instruction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced SATAII_1 Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode
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    After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. [CD/DVD
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    3.4.5 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 device latency timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 40
    3.4.6 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 41
    ]. The default value is [Enabled]. Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options: [Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB. [Auto] - Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected. [Disabled] - USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and BIOS setup when
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 42
    In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit
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    option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". Configuration options: [Auto], [EuP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. The default value is [Auto]. 43
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    Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 45
    3.8 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load BIOS Defaults Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode Load Power Saving Setup Default Exit
  • ASRock AD525PV | User Manual - Page 46
    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 on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to
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AD525PV /
AD425PV
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published August 2010
Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.