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- Page 1 ALiveNF6G-DVI ALiveNF6G-VSTA User Manual Version 1.0 Published July 2006 Copyright©2006 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ................. 28 2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ..28 2.13 Driver Installation Guide ............28 2.14 HDMR Card and Driver Installation ..........29 2.15 Installing Windows... - Page 4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ......44 Boot Screen ................45 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........... 45 Security Screen ................ 46 Exit Screen ................47 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support ......................
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Page 5: Introduction Introduction
It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s com- mitment 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 - Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron Processors - AMD LIVE! Ready - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet... - Page 7 - 1 x RJ-45 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, Connector RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, and “Hot Plug”...
- Page 8 This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. If you enable this function in the BIOS setup, the memory performance will improve up to 12.5%, but the effect still depends on the AM2 CPU you adopt. Enabling this function will overclock the chipset/CPU reference clock. However, we can not guarantee the system stability for all CPU/DRAM configurations.
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Page 9: Vista
Premium or Basic logo, please adjust the shared ® memory size of onboard VGA to 128MB or above. * If you plan to use external graphics card on this motherboard, please refer to Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com 9 9 9 9 9... -
Page 10: Motherboard Layout (Alivenf6G-Dvi)
AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2, Red) (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) NVIDIA NF-6100-430 Single Chip 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4;... -
Page 11: Motherboard Layout (Alivenf6G-Vsta)
1.5 Motherboard L 1.5 Motherboard L 1.5 Motherboard Layout (ALiveNF6G ayout (ALiveNF6G ayout (ALiveNF6G- - - - - VST ayout (ALiveNF6G VSTA) A) A) A) A) 1.5 Motherboard L 1.5 Motherboard L ayout (ALiveNF6G 24.4cm (9.6-in) PS2_USB_PW1 CPU_FAN1 Mouse ATX12V1 USB 2.0... -
Page 12: Hd 8Ch I/O (Alivenf6G-Dvi / Alivenf6G-Vsta)
(No. 4) (No. 5) (No. 3) 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 13: Installation Installation
Installation Installation Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to en- sure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions... -
Page 14: Cpu Installation
Step 4. When the CPU is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked. -
Page 15: 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_2;... - Page 16 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...
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Page 17: Expansion Slots (Pci Express, Pci, And Hdmr Slots)
2.4 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 18: Easy Dual Monitor Feature (Alivenf6G-Dvi)
DVI Graphics-SI card, this motherboard provides users with dual VGA output support: DVI-D and D-Sub ports. You can easily enjoy the benefits of dual VGA output support by connecting the D-Sub input monitor to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel and connecting the DVI-D input monitor to our DVI Graphics-SI card inserted to PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot) on this motherboard. - Page 19 VGA driver from our support ® ® CD to your system and restart your computer. Then you can start to use DVI-D output function with this motherboard. Step 5. Righ click the “NVIDIA Settings” icon on on the desktop to adjust the display mode you plan to use by following the instructions shown on the “NVIDIA...
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Page 20: Easy Multi Monitor Feature (Alivenf6G-Dvi / Alivenf6G-Vsta)
This motherboard supports Multi Monitor upgrade. With the internal onboard VGA and the external add-on PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Multi Monitor feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a multi monitor environment: 1. -
Page 21: 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 22: Onboard Headers And Connectors
(33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.10/p.11 No. 10) 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.10/p.11 No. 11) IDE1... - Page 23 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 24 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 25 Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with (4-pin ATX12V1) ATX 12V plug to this connector. (see p.10/p.11 No. 2) Failing to do so will cause power up failure. Game Port Header Connect a Game cable to this JBB1...
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Page 26: Hdmi_Spdif Header Connection Guide
HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header. -
Page 27: 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 28: Installation
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 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. 2.12 2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F... -
Page 29: Hdmr Card And Driver Installation
If you do not insert HDMR card to this motherboard, and you finish installing all drivers to your system now, but in the future, you plan to use HDMR card function on this motherboard, please follow the steps below then. -
Page 30: Untied Overclocking Technology
Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. -
Page 31: Bios Sbios Setup Utility Bios Setup Utility 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 32: Navigation Keys
To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen <ESC> 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. ALiveNF6G-DVI BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot... -
Page 33: Advanced Screen
Advanced Screen Advanced Screen Advanced Screen Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. BIOS SETUP UTILITY... -
Page 34: Cpu Configuration
(C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. AM2 Boost If you set this option to [Enabled], you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the memory performance. The default value is [Disabled]. Please refer to caution 6 on page 8 for details. - Page 35 It will display Processor Maximum Voltage for reference. Multiplier/Voltage Change This item is set to [Auto] by default. If it is set to [Manual], you may adjust the value of Processor Multiplier and Processor Voltage. However, it is recom- mended to keep the default value for system stability.
- Page 36 [1T]. The default value is [Auto]. Burst Length Burst length can be set to 8, 4 or 2 beats. 64 Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the...
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Page 37: Chipset Configuration
Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI]. Configuration options: [PCI], [Onboard] and [PCI Express]. -
Page 38: 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 39: Ide Configuration
[non-RAID]. If you want to operate RAID function on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please select [RAID]. * If you select [RAID] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility. - Page 40 [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.
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Page 41: Pcipnp Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration... -
Page 42: Floppy 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 43: Usb Configuration
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]. -
Page 44: 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 45: Boot Screen
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 H/W Monitor... -
Page 46: Security Screen
Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen In this 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 Advanced H/W Monitor... -
Page 47: 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 48: Software Support Software Support
4.2.1 Running The Support CD 4.2.1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file “ASSETUP.EXE”... -
Page 49: Appendix: Amd's Cool 'N' Quiet
AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet echnology echnology For power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology under Windows system. When using this feature, please make sure to ® install “AMD Processor Driver” from the “Support CD” first.