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- Page 1 P4VM890 User Manual Version 2.1 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors ......16 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ..... 19 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ..19 2.9 SATA HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..20 2.10 Driver Installation Guide ..........22 2.11 AMR Card and Driver Installation ........ - Page 4 3.5 Boot Screen ..............38 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........39 3.6 Security Screen ............39 3.7 Exit Screen ..............40 4. Software Support 4. Software Support ..................4. Software Support 4. Software Support .......... 4. Software Support ..........
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Page 5: Introduction 1. 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 Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 cm ® ® ® - Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron D (Prescott, Northwood, Willamate) processors - FSB 800/533/400 MHz... - Page 7 - CD in header - AUX in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of them are shared with USB45 ports on the I/O panel) (see CAUTION 5) BIOS Feature...
- Page 8 CPU. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system.
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Page 9: Motherboard Layout
Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) CPU Heatsink Retention Module Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) CPU Socket AMR Slot (AMR1) 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1, DDR2; Blue) Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) Infrared Module Header (IR1) JR1 / JL1 Jumpers Flash Memory... -
Page 10: Asrock 6Ch I/O Plus
1.4 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.4 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.4 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.4 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.4 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Parallel Port Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) -
Page 11: Installation
Installation Installation Installation P4VM890 is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 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 12: Cpu Installation
CPU into the socket to avoid bending of the pins. 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 13: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)
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 14: Expansion Slots (Pci, Amr And Pci Express Slots)
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, AMR and PCI Express Slots) There are 3 PCI slots, 1 AMR slot, and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. -
Page 15: Jumpers Setup
Note: To select +5VSB, it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by power supply. (see p.9, No. 21) (see p.9, No. 21) Note: If the jumpers JL1 and JR1 are short, both the front panel and the rear panel audio connectors can work. Clear CMOS (CLRCMOS1, 2-pin jumper) 2-pin jumper (see p.9, No. -
Page 16: Onboard Headers And Connectors
FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.9, No. 8) 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) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE1, see p.9, No. 10) (39-pin IDE2, see p.9, No. - Page 17 USB_PWR ports by attaching the front panel (see p.9, No. 28) USB cable to USB4_5 header, DUMMY the USB ports 45 on the I/O panel will not be able to function. Infrared Module Header This header supports an optional IRTX...
- Page 18 (see p.9, No. 2) so that it can provides sufficient power. Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up. Please install the heatsink and the CPU fan before installing ATX 12V connector; otherwise, it may cause permanent damage!
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Page 19: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F... -
Page 20: Sata Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide
3. Please make sure the SATA driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA 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. - Page 21 How to Hot Plug a SATA HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA HDD damage and data loss. Step 1...
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Page 22: Driver Installation Guide
If you do not insert AMR card to this motherboard, and you finish installing all drivers to your system now, but in the future, you plan to use AMR card function on this motherboard, please follow the steps below then. -
Page 23: Functions
When prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing the VIA RAID 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. NOTE. If you install Windows ®... -
Page 24: Untied Overclocking Technology
“CPU Host Frequency” option of BIOS setup to [Auto], which will show you the actual CPU host frequency in the following item. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE bus is in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. -
Page 25: 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 26: Navigation Keys
To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 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... -
Page 27: 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 28 If it shows “Locked”, then the item Ratio CMOS Setting will be hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will be equal to the core speed of the installed processor.
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Page 29: Chipset Configuration
SPD. Active to Precharge (Tras) Use this option to select Active to Precharge (Tras). Configuration options: [Auto], [5T] to [20]. The default value is set to [Auto] to set the timing by dram SPD. Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to select Active to CMD (Trcd). - Page 30 ACT(0) to ACT (1) (Trrd) Use this option to select ACT(0) to ACT (1) (Trrd). Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [3T], [4T], and [5T]. The default value is set to [Auto] to set the timing by dram SPD. Read to Precharge (Trtp) Use this option to select Read to Precharge (Trtp).
- Page 31 PCI Delay Transaction Enable PCI Delay Transaction to allow other PCI masters to use the PCI BUS while the transaction is being carried out on the target device. Disable this feature when using PCI cards that are not PCI 2.1 compliant.
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Page 32: 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 33: Ide Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable onboard IDE controller. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. SATA Operation Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode. Please set this item to [RAID] if you want to operate RAID functions with Windows ®... - Page 34 [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 35: 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 36: 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 37: 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 38: 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 39: Boot Settings Configuration
Use this to enable or disable VIA VT8237R Plus SATA Raid BIOS Utility during POST. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. Security Screen Security Screen 3.6 Security Screen... -
Page 40: 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 41: Install Operating System
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”...