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  • ASRock N73V-S | User Manual - Page 1
    N73PV-S / N73V-S User Manual Version 1.0 Published December 2008 Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate
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    1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout (N73PV-S 9 1.4 Motherboard Layout (N73V-S 10 1.5 I/O Panel 11 2 Installation 12 2.1 Screw Holes 12 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12 2.3 CPU Installation 13 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16
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    BIOS Menu Bar 33 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 34 3.2 Main Screen 34 3.3 Smart Screen 36 3.4 Advanced Screen 37 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 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
  • ASRock N73V-S | User Manual - Page 5
    Contents ASRock N73PV-S / N73V-S Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm) ASRock N73PV-S / N73V-S Quick Installation Guide ASRock N73PV-S / N73V-S Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional
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    (N73PV-S) - Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 (N73V-S) - DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0 - Max. shared memory 256MB (see CAUTION 4) - 5.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC662 Audio Codec) - Realtek PHY RTL8201EL - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - Supports Wake-On-LAN I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
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    Supports Smart BIOS Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 7) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 8) - Instant Boot - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 9) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 10
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    motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 32 for details. 3. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® VistaTM. For Windows
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    ) 19 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 7 IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) 20 PCI Slots (PCI1- 2) 8 Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Red) 21 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE2) 9 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 22 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1) 10 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 23 BIOS SPI Chip 11
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    USB0 B: USB1 Top: RJ-45 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN LAN PHY USB4_5 USB6_7 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i Chipset N73V-S RoHS PCIE1 4Mb BIOS CMOS Battery Super I/O CD1 AUDIO CODEC HD_AUDIO1 1 FLOPPY1 17 PCIE2 PCI1 PCI2 LPT1 1 16 RAID SATAII_1 SATAII_3 SATAII_2
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    Ports (USB01) 8 VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming. For Windows® XP: After restarting your
  • ASRock N73V-S | User Manual - Page 12
    N73PV-S / N73V-S is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 7.0", 24.4 x 17.8 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. Failure to
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    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 is found. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged. Step 1. Open the socket: Step 1-1. Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear
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    CPU is within the socket and properly mated to the orient keys. Step 3. Remove PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap): Use your left hand index finger and thumb to support 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
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    are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 9/10, No. 4). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink. Below is an example to illustrate the installation of
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    2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots. Please make 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.
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    Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express cards
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    than the total capability of the system memory. If you do not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable onboard VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard. 4. Install the onboard VGA driver to your system. If you have installed
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    CLRCMOS1) (see p.9/10 No. 10) 1_2 2_3 Default Clear CMOS Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. The data in CMOS includes system not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system
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    connector. Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.9/10 No. 7) PIN1 IDE1 connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATAII
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    25) (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.9 No. 24) N73V-S: USB 2.0 Headers (9-pin US4_5) (see p.10 No. 25) (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.10 No. 24) USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY 1 GND 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. Print Port Header (25-pin LPT1) (see p.9/10 No. 16) AFD
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    cable that 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
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    Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.9/10 No. 4) 1 GND Please connect a CPU fan cable 2 +12V 3 CPU_FAN_SPEED to this connector and match 4 FAN_SPEED_CONTROL the 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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    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
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    STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 2 . 1 2 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for 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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    follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. the motherboard's SATAII connector
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    " option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.) B. During POST at the beginning
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    to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® 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
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    path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After step1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When
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    " button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA® RAID drivers. NVIDIA® RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ RAID_Vista (For
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    Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 2 . 1 7 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means
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    use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI 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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    :00:09] [Fri 12/12/2008] BIOS Version : N73PV-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2400MHz Microcode Update : 6FD/A3 Cache Size : 2048KB Total Memory : 512MB with 64MB shared memory DDRII_1 DDRII_2 : None : 512MB/333MHz (DDRII667
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    14:00:09] [Fri 12/12/2008] BIOS Version : N73V-S P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2400MHz Microcode Update : 6FD/A3 Cache Size : 2048KB Total Memory : 512MB with 64MB shared memory DDRII_1 DDRII_2 : None : 512MB/333MHz (DDRII667
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    will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA
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    BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHZ) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard CPU Spread Value Unlocked (Min:06, Max:12) 12 Enhanced Halt State CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech. [Disabled] [Enabled]
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    Architecture. An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it
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    ® 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 (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech
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    3.4.2Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option Memory Timings OnBoard GPU Clock Share Memory Primary Graphics Adapter Onboard LAN OnBoard HD Audio Front Panel DRAM Voltage VTT Voltage Chipset Voltage [Auto] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto]
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    Panel Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. Configuration options: function, please set this item to [Enabled]. Besides the BIOS option, you can also choose our Intelligent Energy Saver utility to enable this
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    3.4.3ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced 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 functions "Repost Video on STR you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 42
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    / Windows RAID Utility. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the "IDE1 Master" as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of "IDE1 Slave" as well. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary
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    disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. PIO Mode Use this item
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    item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 3.4.6Floppy Configuration In this section, you may configure the type of your floppy drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A [1.44 MB 312"] Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC
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    Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit
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    this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [BIOS Setup Only]. The default value is [BIOS Setup Only]. Please refer to below descriptions for
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    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 Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring
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    ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num-Lock [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [On] Disabled: Displays normal POST
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    section, 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 Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor
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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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    for more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features. 4.2.1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically
  • ASRock N73V-S | User Manual - Page 53
    NOTE. If you install the VGA driver (version 163.91) on your system, but the window is not in full screen mode, please follow below steps to adjust the window. 1. Right-click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. 2. Click Display and click Change Flat Panel Scaling. 3. In the option When
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N73PV-S /
N73V-S
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published December 2008
Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.