ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 User Manual
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ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 User Manual Version 2.3 Published January 2007 Copyright©2007 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 2
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 ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 3
Table for Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic Logo 9 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4 10 1.5 Motherboard Layout 11 1.6 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O 12 2 Installation 13 2.1 Screw Holes 13 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 13 2.3 CPU Installation 14 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 4
RAID Functions 40 2.18.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 40 2.18.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 41 2.19 Untied Overclocking Technology 42 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 43 3.1.2 Navigation - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 5
lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 Support CD (including LGA 775 CPU - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 6
- LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D processors - FSB 1066/800/533 MHz - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® 945P/945G - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 7
jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 8
. CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency 1066 DDRII533, DDRII667 800 DDRII400, DDRII533, DDRII667 533 DDRII400, DDRII533 5. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 2000, Win- dows® XP, Windows® XP 64 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 9
VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 10
Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) (for Windows® 2000/XP/XP Radeon X700 Pro ASUS EAX700PRO/TVD/256M R1.00 Radeon X700 Pro Gecube Radeon X850XT 256M Radeon X1600XT For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for AGI Express slot (PCI - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 11
FSB1066 Intel 945P/945G Chipset ATXPWR1 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN Gigabit LAN Presler Conroe Dual Core CPU LAN PHY PCIE1 Super I/O C o n R o e X F i r e - e S ATA 2 ` PCIE2 PCI RAID IDE1 EXPRESS AGI_EXPRESS1 PCI 1 CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 1 SATAII 4Mb BIOS BACK_1394 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 12
1.6 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O 1 2 3 6 4 7 5 8 13 12 11 10 9 1 Parallel Port 2 RJ-45 Port 3 Side Speaker (Gray) 4 Rear Speaker (Black) 5 Central / Bass (Orange) 6 Line In (Light Blue) *7 Front Speaker ( - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 13
Installation ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 8.6", 30.5 x 21.8 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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 14
the installation of Intel 775-LAND CPU, please follow the steps below. 775-Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 775-LAND CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 15
to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking off the PnP cap. 2. This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service. Step 4. Close the socket: Step 4-1. Rotate the load plate onto the IHS. Step 4-2. While pressing down lightly on load plate, engage the load lever. Step - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 16
Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 775-Pin socket that supports Intel 775-LAND CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 775-LAND CPU to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 17
2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 motherboard provides four 240-pin DDRII (Double Data Rate II) 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) DDRII - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 18
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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 19
, 2 PCI Express slots, and 1 AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit compatible PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4)" on page - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 20
feature is only supported with Windows® XP with Service Pack 2; it may be supported with other OS in the future, such as Windows® VistaTM. Please check ATITM website for driver updates. What graphics cards work with CrossFireTM? A complete CrossFireTM system requires a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 21
series on PCIE1 slot and AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) to support CrossFireTM. Besides, please connect the monitor cable to the graphics card on you install two standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics cards to this motherboard, please skip this step.) DVI-DMS cable Connect the DVI-DMS - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 22
two CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards to this motherboard, please connect one end of DVI- drivers that ATITM recommends: A. ATITM recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system, there is no need to download - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 23
Step 9. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Edition graphics card and one compatible standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics card to this motherboard but not two Radeon CrossFireTM Edition graphics cards, please as well follow the above - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 24
Display Feature This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display feature. For the detailed instruction, please refer to the document at the following path in the Support CD: ..\ Surround Display - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 25
the black end to the motherboard to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor p.11, No. 38) eSATAII_TOP eSATAII_BOTTOM These two eSATA II connectors support SATA data cables for external SATAII function. The current eSATA II - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 26
P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+6 P-6 USB_PWR Besides two default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. (9-pin USB45) (see p.11 No. 23) (9-pin USB23) (see p.11 No. 24) USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY 1 GND - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 27
allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. 1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but 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 use AC'97 audio - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 28
Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 29
the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header on the motherboard. Then connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the C. white end (3-pin) SPDIFOUT GND blue black This USB+1394 bracket can support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and 1 IEEE 1394 port. Please connect the blue - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 30
motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header. This motherboard motherboard. For the proper installation of HDMI VGA card, please refer to the installation guide manual of HDMI VGA card vendor. Incorrect connection may cause permanent damage to this motherboard Otherwise, the motherboard and the user manual for - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 31
If you set "Configure SATA as" option in BIOS setup to IDE mode, Hot Plug function is not supported with eSATAII devices. If you still want to this motherboard, it is recommended to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield. In order to enable the bottom eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 32
(PORT2)) Connect the SATA data cable to the red eSATAII connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM) 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 ports of the - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 33
connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you connect the SATA the other end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O shield Comparison between eSATAII and other devices IEEE 1394 USB 2.0 SATA eSATAII/SATAII 400Mb/s 480Mb - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 34
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 ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 35
south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 36
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 required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2.17 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 37
the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and using - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 38
/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 5. Finish the Windows® installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 39
2. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 40
the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. Intel - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 41
. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You may select: "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)" for Windows® XP/2000 or "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP 64-bit - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 42
start to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your system. 2.19 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI bus. You may set "CPU Host Frequency" option of BIOS setup to - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 43
the 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 off and then back on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 44
Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Wed 05/10/2006] BIOS Version : ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400 MHz Microcode Update : F34/17 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 45
State Max CPUID Value Limit Intel (R) Virtualization tech. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. . CPU Host Frequency While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the present CPU host frequency of this motherboard. The actual CPU host - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 46
will find this item appear to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard. If the CPU you adopt supports EIST (Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.), and you plan to adjust the ratio value, please disable the option " Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech." in advance. Enhance Halt State All processors - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 47
Windows® XP and select [Auto], you need to set the "Power Schemes" as "Portable/Laptop" to enable this function. If you install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel the motherboard will - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 48
DRAM CAS# Latency Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options are [6], [5], [4], [3], and [Auto]. DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read / write command. Configuration options: [2 DRAM Clocks], [3 DRAM Clocks], - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 49
ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Restore on auto-detect or disable the Sus pend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the system supports it. Restore on AC/Power Loss This motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 49 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 50
IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Compatible] when you install legacy OS (Windows NT). If native OS (Windows 2000 / XP) is installed, please select [Enhanced]. value is [AHCI]. 1. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports Hot Plug, NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 51
Because Intel® ICH7R south bridge only supports four IDE devices under legacy OS (Windows NT), you have to choose [SATA0, 1, 2, 3], [ to automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 52
LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 53
Channel Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Auto] [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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 54
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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 55
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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 56
( C) The default value of tolerance is [2], which means the error of the target CPU temperature will be within 2 C. Target Fan Speed Use this option to set the target the boot settings and the boot priority. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 57
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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 58
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 - ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 | User Manual - Page 59
This motherboard is equipped with Intel LGA 775 socket, which is a new CPU socket interface that Intel has released. Since it has several tiny pins, whcih are easily to be damaged by improper handling, ASRock sincerely presents you a clear installation guide through this "LGA 775 CPU Installation
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ConRoeXFire-eSATA2
User Manual
Version 2.3
Published January 2007
Copyright©2007 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.