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4Core1333-FullHD
User Manual
Version 1.1
Published August 2007
Copyright©2007 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 4Core1333-FullHD User Manual Version 1.1 Published August 2007 Copyright©2007 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 1 1 1 1...
  • Page 2 (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, 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.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.11 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........30 2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............31 2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ................32 2.14 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ................
  • Page 4 2.18 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista ® Vista 64-bit Without RAID Functions ......37 2.18.1 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without ® RAID Functions ............ 38 2.18.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Without ®...
  • Page 5: Introduction 1. Introduction

    ASRock’s commit- ment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by- step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
  • Page 6: Specifications

    Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm Platform - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / ® Core 2 Duo / Pentium XE / Pentium...
  • Page 7 - 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, Connector RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 11) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
  • Page 8 Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.
  • Page 9: Vista Tm Premium 2007 And Basic Logo

    Vista / Vista 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As ® ® long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit driver ®...
  • Page 10: Minimum Hardware Requirement For 1080P Blu-Ray (Bd) / Hd-Dvd Playback Support

    B. Click “Configuration”. C. Select “Video”. D. Click “Enable hardware acceleration (ATI Avivo)” to remove the “V” mark in this item. E. Click “OK” to save the change. * If you use this motherboard to playback 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD under Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS, the film may pause sometimes.
  • Page 11: 1080P Blu-Ray (Bd) / Hd-Dvd Films Which Pass Our Lab Test

    UNIVERSAL ONE SIX RIGHT MPEG-2 TERWILLIGER * MPEG-4-AVC mentioned above refers to the same format of H.264. * Above passed films are tested under below configuration. Please visite our website (http://www.asrock.com) for film updates in the future. Items Configurations Intel FSB1333 CPU (e.g.
  • Page 12: Motherboard Layout

    HDMR1 1394a FRONT_1394 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) System Panel Header (PANEL1) PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394) North Bridge Controller Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3) 775-Pin CPU Socket Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)
  • Page 13: Asrock Dvi_1394 I/O

    (No. 6) (No. 7) (No. 5) To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox”...
  • Page 14: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 4Core1333-FullHD is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.
  • Page 15: Cpu Installation

    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 is found.
  • Page 16 PnP cap to assist in removal. 1. It is recommended 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.
  • Page 17: Installation Of Heatsink And Cpu Fan

    CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation. Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 12, No.
  • Page 18: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDRII DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDRII DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDRII_1 and DDRII_3;...
  • Page 19 DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. notch break...
  • Page 20: Expansion Slots

    Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots, 1 HDMR slot and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface.
  • Page 21: Dual Monitor And Surround Display Features

    To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard.
  • Page 22 PCI Express VGA card to PCI Express slot. Please refer to page 20 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details. 2. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard.
  • Page 23 - such as a computer, DVD player or set-top box - and the digital display, or receiver - such as a monitor, television or projector. In other words, HDCP specification is designed to protect the integrity of content as it is being transmitted.
  • Page 24: Hdmi Audio Function Operation Guide

    The DVI-D port for the chipset adopted on this motherboard can support DVI/HDCP and HDMI format signal. You may use the DVI to HDMI adapter to convert the DVI-D port to HDMI interface. Please follow below steps to enable HDMI audio function according to the OS you install.
  • Page 25: Jumpers Setup

    CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do 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 first, and then shut it down...
  • Page 26: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.12 No. 23) the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.12 No. 9) IDE1...
  • Page 27 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are (9-pin USB8_9) three USB 2.0 headers on this (see p.12 No. 12) motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.12 No.
  • Page 28 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 panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.
  • Page 29 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.
  • Page 30: Sataii Hard Disk Setup Guide

    Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup 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 with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance;...
  • Page 31: Installation

    STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 1. If you plan to use RAID 0 or RAID 1 function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 0+1, JBOD or RAID 10 function, you need to install 4 SATA / SATAII hard disks.
  • Page 32: Hdds

    SATA / SATAII HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the...
  • Page 33: Guide

    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...
  • Page 34 Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII HDD side. Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII HDD side. Step 2...
  • Page 35: Driver Installation Guide

    64-bit OS, the SATA / SATAII RAID driver keeps ® on updating now. As long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the near future. Please visit our website for the latest version...
  • Page 36 (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: ..
  • Page 37: Installing Windows ® Vista Tm Tm

    (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation 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: ..
  • Page 38: Installing Windows ® 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit / Vista

    2000 to your system, your Windows 2000 optical disk ® ® is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 2.18.1 Installing Windows...
  • Page 39: Tm Tm

    IDE Configuration. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.17.1 step 2 on page ® STEP 3: Install Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system.
  • Page 40: Untied Overclocking Technology

    “Load Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the ATI AHCI drivers. ATI AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD: (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please...
  • Page 41: Etup Utility

    Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis.
  • Page 42: Navigation Keys

    To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen <ESC> 3.2 Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security...
  • Page 43: Cpu Configuration

    Hyper Threading Technology v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [CPU, PCIE, Sync.] and [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. CPU Frequency (MHz) Use this option to adjust CPU frequency.
  • Page 44 CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mecha- nism to keep the CPU from overheated. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support CPU Thermal Throttling. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture.
  • Page 45 ® function, please set this item to [Enabled]. This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.. Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies.
  • Page 46: Chipset Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable the memory overclocking feature. The default value is [Disabled]. Flexibility Option The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled]. MA Timing Use this to adjust values for MA timing.
  • Page 47 Front Panel Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. CD-In Use this item to enable or disable CD-In of OnBoard HD Audio. If you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows Vista logo test, please disable ®...
  • Page 48: Acpi Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode.
  • Page 49: Ide Configuration

    SATA Operation Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode. The default value of this option is [non-RAID]. If you want to operate RAID function on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please select [RAID]. Configuration options: [RAID], [non-RAID], [AHCI]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify.
  • Page 50 [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to select the 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 mode.
  • Page 51: Pcipnp Configuration

    Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. PCI Latency Timer The default value is 32. It is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards’ specifications require other settings. PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature.
  • Page 52: Super Io Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].
  • Page 53: Usb Configuration

    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 I/O devices such as mouse, keyboard,... etc. Or you may select [Auto] so that the system will start to auto-detect; if there is no USB device...
  • Page 54: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 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.
  • Page 55: Boot Screen

    3.5 Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...
  • Page 56: Boot Settings Configuration

    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. 3.6 Security Screen...
  • Page 57: Exit Screen

    BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis- card changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis-...
  • Page 58: Install Operating System

    4 . 2 . 4 4 . 2 . 4 C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n...

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