ASRock GE PRO-M User Manual - Page 5

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Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing (ASRock U-COP); CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP) (see CAUTION 2);Chassis temperature sensing; Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore; CPU fan tachometer; Chassis fan tachometer PCI slots: 3 slots with PCI Specification 2.2 AGP slot: 1 universal AGP slot, supports 3.3v / 1.5v, 4X / 2X / 1X AGP card AMR slot: 1 slot, supports ASRock MR modem card USB 2.0: 4 default USB 2.0 ports and one extra set of header for 2 additional USB 2.0 ports upgrade (see CAUTION 3) ASRock I/OTM: PS/2: 1 keyboard port / 1 mouse port; 1 RJ 45 port; 4 rear default USB 2.0 ports; 1 VGA port; 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support Audio Jack: Line Out/ Line In/ Microphone + Game port BIOS: AMI legal BIOS; Supports "Plug and Play"; ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events; Supports jumperfree; SMBIOS 2.3.1 support; CPU frequency stepless control (only for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 4) OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant CAUTION! 1. About the setting of "Hyper-Threading Technology", please check page 20. 2. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly before you resume the system. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. 3. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft® official document at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/BUS/usb/USB2support.asp 4. Although GE Pro-M/GE Pro-HT offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequency may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. 5

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Hardware Monitor:
CPU temperature sensing (ASRock U-COP);
CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP)
(see
CAUTION 2
);Chassis temperature sensing;
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore;
CPU fan tachometer; Chassis fan tachometer
PCI slots:
3 slots with PCI Specification 2.2
AGP slot:
1 universal AGP slot, supports 3.3v / 1.5v, 4X / 2X / 1X
AGP card
AMR slot:
1 slot, supports ASRock MR modem card
USB
2.0:
4 default USB 2.0 ports and one extra set of header for 2 additional
USB 2.0 ports upgrade (see
CAUTION 3
)
ASRock I/O
TM
:
PS/2: 1 keyboard port / 1 mouse port;
1 RJ 45 port;
4 rear default USB 2.0 ports;
1 VGA port; 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support
Audio Jack: Line Out/ Line In/ Microphone + Game port
BIOS:
AMI legal BIOS; Supports “Plug and Play”;
ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events;
Supports jumperfree; SMBIOS 2.3.1 support;
CPU frequency stepless control
(only for advanced users’ reference, see
CAUTION 4
)
OS:
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant
CAUTION!
1.
About the setting of
“Hyper-Threading Technology”, please check
page 20.
2.
While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically
shutdown. Please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard
functions properly before you resume the system. To improve heat
dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU
and the heatsink when you install the PC system.
3.
Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP. It may not work properly under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft
®
official
document at
http://www
.microsoft.com/HW
DEV/BUS/usb/USB2support.a
sp
4.
Although GE Pro-M/GE Pro-HT offers stepless control, it is not
recommended to perform over clocking. Frequencies other than
the recommended CPU bus frequency may cause the instability
of the system or damage the CPU.