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ASROCK P4VM900-SATA2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ASROCK P4VM900-SATA2 User Manual http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909 From ManualLib.com ManualLib.com collects and classifies the global product instrunction manuals to help users access anytime and anywhere, helping users make better use of products. Home: http://www.manuallib.com/ Chinese: http://www.shuomingshuku.com/ This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909...

  • Page 2: User Manual

    P4VM900-SATA2 User Manual Version 1.0 Published August 2007 Copyright©2007 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 1 1 1 1 This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909...
  • Page 3 (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 4: Table Of Contents

    1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows ® Vista Basic Logo ............9 1.4 Motherboard Layout ............10 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus ..................2. Installation 2. Installation 2. Installation ................................12 ............
  • Page 5 3.3 Advanced Screen ............30 3.3.1 CPU Configuration ..........30 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration .......... 32 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ..........35 3.3.4 IDE Configuration ..........36 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ........... 38 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 38 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........39 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........

  • Page 6: Introduction

    In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    - Support DDR400/333 - Max. capacity: 4GB (see CAUTION 3) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4) Hybrid Booster - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot Expansion Slot...
  • Page 8 - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD 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 7) - 4Mb AMI BIOS...
  • Page 9 ® have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft Windows Vista driver and related information. ® ® ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 8 8 8 8 This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909...

  • Page 10: Vista Tm Basic Logo

    Minimum Hardware R Minimum Hardware R equirement T equirement T able for W able for W indows indows Minimum Hardware R Minimum Hardware R Minimum Hardware Requirement T equirement T equirement Table for W able for W able for Windows indows indows ®...

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 P4M900 USB 2.0 T: USB4 Chipset B: USB5 IDE1 IDE2 PCIE1 PCI 1 CMOS Battery P4VM900-SATA2 PCI 2 VT8237S Audio USB67 CODEC PCI 3 USB2.0 ATA133 HD_AUDIO1 CHA_FAN1 PANEL 1 SATAII_2 SATAII_1 PLED PWRBTN...

  • Page 12: Asrock 6Ch I/O Plus

    1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Microphone (Pink) Parallel Port Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

  • Page 13: Installation

    Installation Installation Installation P4VM900-SATA2 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 ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions...

  • Page 14: Cpu Installation

    2.1 CPU Installation 2.1 CPU Installation 2.1 CPU Installation 2.1 CPU Installation 2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90° angle. Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that its marked corner matches the base of the socket lever.

  • Page 15: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) P4VM900-SATA2 motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots. Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components.

  • Page 16: Expansion Slots (Pci, Hdmr And Pci Express Slots)

    2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) There are 3 PCI slots, 1 HDMR slot, and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard.

  • Page 17: Jumpers Setup

    2.5 Jumpers Setup 2.5 Jumpers Setup 2.5 Jumpers Setup 2.5 Jumpers Setup 2.5 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...

  • Page 18: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1)
  • Page 19 Serial ATA (SATA) Please connect the black end of Power Cable SATA power cable to the power connector on the drive. Then (Optional) connect to the SATA HDD power connector connect the white end of SATA connect to the power cable to the power power supply connector of the power supply.
  • Page 20 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. B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L. C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). D.
  • Page 21 ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10, No. 25) ATX 12V Connector Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with (4-pin ATX12V1) ATX 12V plug to this connector (see p.10, No.

  • Page 22: Sataii Hard Disk Setup Guide

    SAT T T T T AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide.

  • Page 23: Installation

    HDDs HDDs HDDs HDDs HDDs P4VM900-SATA2 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII Devices. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug”...

  • Page 24: Guide

    SATA / SATAII Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual.
  • Page 25 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII 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 / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Step 2 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end...

  • Page 26: Driver Installation Guide

    Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears.

  • Page 27: Installing Windows ® Vista Tm With Raid Functions

    OS on your system. When you ® see “Where do you want to install Windows?” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the “Load Driver” button on the left on the This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909...

  • Page 28: Functions

    bottom to load the VIA RAID drivers. VIA RAID drivers are in the following path in ® ® our Support CD: .. \ I386 After that, please insert Windows Vista optical disk into the optical drive again to ® continue the installation. 1.

  • Page 29: Bios Setup Utility

    3. 3. 3. 3. 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.

  • Page 30: Navigation Keys

    System Time [ :15:31] System Date [Mon 08/20/2007] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : P4VM900-SATA2 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 2.80GHz Processor Speed : 2800MHz Microcode Update F34/17 Cache Size...

  • Page 31: Advanced Screen

    Advanced Screen Advanced Screen 3.3 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 H/W Monitor Boot...
  • Page 32 Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Spread Spectrum The default value of this option is [Auto]. PCIE clock operatin mode Use this to select the operation mode of CPU and PCIE clocks. The default value is [Sync.

  • Page 33: Chipset Configuration

    3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Memory Clock can be set by the code using DRAM Frequency [Auto] AUTO, or you can set Flexibility Option [Disabled] one of the standard [Auto]...
  • Page 34 REF to ACT / REF to REF (Trfc) Use this option to select REF to ACT / REF to REF (Trfc). Configuration options: [Auto], [8T] to [71T]. The default value is set to [Auto] to set the timing by dram SPD. ACT(0) to ACT (1) (Trrd) Use this option to select ACT(0) to ACT (1) (Trrd).
  • Page 35 V-Link Speed This allows you to set the North Bridge and South Bridge V-Link Speed of VIA chipset. configuration options: [Normal] and [Fast]. The default value is [Normal]. 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.

  • Page 36: Acpi Configuration

    3.3.3 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Restore on AC / Power Loss [Power Off] Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On...

  • Page 37: Ide Configuration

    3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration IDE Configuration 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration IDE Configuration IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced To enable or disable IDE Configuration the onboard IDE controller. OnBoard IDE Controller [Enabled] SATA Operation Mode [non-RAID] Primary IDE Master [Hard Disk] Primary IDE Slave [Not Detected]...
  • Page 38 TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives.

  • Page 39: Pcipnp Configuration

    3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI Advanced PCI / PnP Settings clocks for PCI device latency timer PCI Latency Timer [32] register. PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Select Screen...

  • Page 40: Super Io Configuration

    3.3.7 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration 3.3.7 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Serial Port Address [3F8 / IRQ4] Infrared Port Address...

  • Page 41: Usb Configuration

    3.3.8 3.3.8 USB Configuration USB Configuration 3.3.8 3.3.8 3.3.8 USB Configuration USB Configuration USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. [Enabled] USB Controller USB 2.0 Support [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option...

  • Page 42: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 3.4 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 43: Boot Settings Configuration

    3 . 5 . 1 3 . 5 . 1 Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration 3 . 5 . 1 3 . 5 . 1 3 . 5 . 1 Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration...

  • Page 44: Exit Screen

    3 . 7 3 . 7 Exit Screen Exit Screen 3 . 7 3 . 7 3 . 7 Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes.

  • Page 45: Install Operating System

    Contact Information Contact Information 4.2.4 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your dealer for further information. This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2586909...

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