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Page 1: User Manual
P43C-ME User Manual Version 1.0 Published November 2009 Copyright©2009 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
2.10 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........28 2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............29 2.12 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATAII HDDs ....29 2.13 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ................30 2.14 Driver Installation Guide .......... - Page 4 3.4.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 54 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration ........54 3.4.8 USB Configuration ..........56 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....57 3.6 Boot Screen ..............58 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........58 3.7 Security Screen ............59 3.8 Exit Screen ..............
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Page 5: Introduction
ASRock’s commitment 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 8.3-in, 24.4 cm x 21.1 cm Platform - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core ® 2 Duo / Pentium Dual Core / Celeron Dual Core / Celeron ®... - Page 7 - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Print port header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector...
- 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 USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system. 13. The software name itself – OC DNA literally tells you what it is capable of. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by ASRock, provides a conve- nient way for the user to record the OC settings and share with others.
- Page 10 16. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for the completed system. According to EuP, the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP standard, an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required.
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Page 11: Motherboard Layout
(HD_AUDIO1, Lime) IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) PCI Slots (PCI1 - 2) SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (Port 1), Red) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, blue) SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (Port 0), Red) Infrared Module Header (IR1) SPI BIOS Chip PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1) -
Page 12: I/O Panel
Coaxial SPDIF Out Port ** 7 Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications ACT/LINK... - Page 13 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 “VIA HD Audio Deck” tool on your system. Please follow below instructions according to the OS you install.
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Page 14: Installation
Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.3", 24.4 x 21.1 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.
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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 11, No. -
Page 18: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)
Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR2/DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR2 DIMM pair in Dual Channel (DDRII_1 and DDRII_2; Yellow slots;... - 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...
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Page 20: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)
2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express 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 the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE Slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. -
Page 21: Jumpers Setup
After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. - Page 22 Please use jumper to force NB to be strapped at higherfrequency, so the DRAM can work at lower frequency. If you want to overclock the CPU you adopt to FSB1066 on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumpers. Please short pin2, pin3 for FSB1 jumper, pin4, pin5 for FSB2 jumper, and pin4, pin5 for FSB3 jumper.
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Page 23: Onboard Headers And Connectors
(see p.11 No. 24) FLOPPY1 Pin1 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.11 No. 9) IDE1 PIN1... - Page 24 USB 2.0 Headers Besides six default USB 2.0 USB_PWR ports on the I/O panel, there are (9-pin USB8_9) DUMMY two USB 2.0 headers on this (see p.11 No. 22) motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB USB_PWR 2.0 ports.
- Page 25 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 26 (see p.11 No. 8) Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.
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Page 27: 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 28: 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 29: Installation
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. It is not recommended to switch the “Configure SATAII as” setting after OS installation. -
Page 30: 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 31 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...
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Page 32: Driver Installation Guide
2 . 1 4 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible 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. -
Page 33: Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista
AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select ® the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows ®... -
Page 34: Untied Overclocking Technology
Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. 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 35: Bios Setup Utility
The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. -
Page 36: Navigation Keys
3 . 2 3 . 2 Main Screen 3 . 2 Main Screen Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor... -
Page 37: Oc Tweaker Screen
DDR3_800], [533MHz DDR3_1066], [667MHz DDR3_1333] or [800MHz DDR3_1600] for DDR3. DRAM Command Rate This option appears only when you adopt DDR3 memory modules. Use this to select among [2N] and [1N] for DRAM Command Rate. The default value is [Auto]. - Page 38 Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. DRAM tCL This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TCL. For DDR3, Min: 5. Max: 10. For DDR2, Min: 3. Max: 7. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM tRCD This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRCD. Min: 3. Max: 10. The default value is [Auto].
- Page 39 [1.300V] to [2.050V]. Configuration options for DDR2: [Auto], [1.79V] to [2.72V]. The default value is [Auto]. GLTRef Voltage Use this to select GLTRef Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [0.67 x Vtt], [0.65 x Vtt], [0.63 x Vtt] and [0.615 x Vtt]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].
- Page 40 Use this to select VTT Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.10V] to [1.46V]. The default value is [Auto]. Would you like to save current setting user defaults? In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements.
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Page 41: Advanced Screen
. Just launch ® this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. -
Page 42: Cpu Configuration
Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you changing the ratiovalue of this motherboard. Ratio CMOS Setting If the ratio status is unlocked, you will find this item appear to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard. Enhance Halt State All processors support the Halt State (C1). - Page 43 ® 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 44 Intel (R) C-STATE tech. is achieved by making the power and thermal con- trol unit part of the core logic and not part of the chipset as before. Migration of the power and thermal management flow into the processor allows us...
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Page 45: Chipset Configuration
Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. DRAM CH0 RCOMP ODT This controls the number of DRAM CH0 RCOMP ODT. Min: 1. Max: 63. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH0 G0 (Data) This controls the number of DRAM CH0 G0 (Data). Min: 1. Max: 15. The default value is [Auto]. - Page 46 DRAM CH0 G4 (Clocks1) This controls the number of DRAM CH0 G4 (Clocks1). Min: 1. Max: 15. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH0 G5 (Clocks2) This controls the number of DRAM CH0 G5 (Clocks2). Min: 1. Max: 15. The default value is [Auto].
- Page 47 DRAM CH0 CMD SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH0 CMD SKEW. Configuration options: [Auto], [-350 ps], [-300 ps], [-250 ps], [-200 ps], [-150 ps], [-100 ps], [-50 ps] and [Normal]. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH0 CTRL0 SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH0 CTRL0 SKEW.
- Page 48 DRAM CH1 CMD SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH1 CMD SKEW. Configuration options: [Auto], [-350 ps], [-300 ps], [-250 ps], [-200 ps], [-150 ps], [-100 ps], [-50 ps] and [Normal]. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH1 CTRL0 SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH1 CTRL0 SKEW.
- Page 49 Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. OnBoard Lan This allows you to enable or disable the “OnBoard Lan” feature. CIR10 Field 1 Use this to enable or disable CIR10 Field 1. The default value of this feature is [Enabled].
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Page 50: 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 51: Storage Configuration
“Configure SATAII as”, you are allowed to set the selection to [IDE] or [AHCI]. The default value is [IDE]. If you select [AHCI] mode, the option “Hot Plug” will appear. You are allowed to use the Hot Plug function under Windows environment if this option is enabled. - Page 52 [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 53: 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]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.4.5 3.4.5 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration... -
Page 54: 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 55 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], it will show the EPP version in the following item, “EPP Version”. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP].
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Page 56: Usb Configuration
[Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB. [Auto] - Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected. [Disabled] - USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and BIOS setup when [Disabled] is selected. If you have USB compatibility issue, it is recommended to select [Disabled] to enter OS. -
Page 57: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen
3 . 5 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 58: Boot Screen
Boot Screen 3 . 6 3 . 6 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 OC Tweaker... -
Page 59: Security Screen
Security Screen 3 . 7 3 . 7 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 OC Tweaker Advanced... -
Page 60: Exit Screen
When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis- card changes?” Select [OK] to discard all changes. 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) This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system configurations. -
Page 61: Install Operating System
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