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  • Page 1 MOTHERBOARD K8 Combo-Z User Manual http://www.manuallib.com/file/2448158 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/2448158...

  • Page 2: User Manual

    MOTHERBOARD K8 Combo-Z User Manual Version 1.0 Published July 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2448158...

  • Page 3: Copyright Notice

    (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

    Contents 1. Introduction ............5 Package Contents ............... 5 Specifications ..............6 Motherboard Layout ............9 ASRock 8CH I/O ..............10 2. Installation ............11 Pre-installation Precautions ............11 CPU Sockets ............... 12 CPU Installation ..............13 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ......... 13 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......
  • Page 5 4. Software Support ........... 38 Install Operating System ............38 Support CD Information ............. 38 4.2.1 Running Support CD ............38 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ..............38 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ..............38 APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology ..39 This Manual: http://www.manuallib.com/file/2448158...

  • 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 memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    LAN: Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), Supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU Temperature Sensing Motherboard Temperature Sensing CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 5) CPU Fan Tachometer Chassis Fan Tachometer Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore PCI Slots: 3 x PCI Slots, PCI Specification 2.2...
  • Page 8 4 Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports on the I/O Panel Plus 2 On-Board Headers Supporting 4 Extra USB 2.0 Ports (see CAUTION 7) ASRock 8CH I/O: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 Serial Port: COM1 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 4 Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports...
  • Page 9 CAUTION! This motherboard is equipped with two types of CPU sockets. You may choose to install either AMD 939-Pin CPU or AMD 754-Pin CPU into this motherboard. However, to avoid instability and damage to the system, please do not install both of them into this motherboard. For power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’...

  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout

    1.3 Motherboard Layout 24.4cm (9.6 in) PS2_USB_PWR1 Mouse DDR5 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) DDR4 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) K8_754: FSB800 USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 K8 Combo -Z CPU_FAN1 DDR1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) DDR2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) DDR3 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) BIOS...

  • Page 11: Asrock 8Ch I/O

    ASRock 8CH I/O Parallel Port Microphone (Pink) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) Side Speaker (Gray) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Rear Speaker (Black) Serial Port: COM1 Central / Bass (Orange) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Line In (Light Blue) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Front Speaker (Lime) If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”.

  • Page 12: Installation

    2. Installation K8 Combo-Z is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 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 Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings.

  • Page 13: Cpu Sockets

    CPU Sockets This motherboard is equipped with two types of CPU sockets. You may choose to install either 939-Pin CPU (AMD Athlon 64FX) or 754-Pin CPU (AMD Athlon 64) into this motherboard. However, to avoid instability and damage to the system, please do not install both of them into this motherboard.

  • Page 14: Cpu Installation

    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 the CPU corner with the golden triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. Step 3.

  • Page 15: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard is equipped with five 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots. For 939-Pin CPU users, please install the DIMM into DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 slots (see Page 9, No. 32). DDR1 and DDR2 slots support Dual Channel Memory Technology. Since there are some limitations from AMD, please follow the table below for proper configuration.

  • Page 16: Installing A Dimm

    Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing 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.

  • Page 17: Expansion Slots (Pci Express X1, Pci And Agp Slots)

    PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card. The ASRock AGP slot has a special design of clasp that can securely fasten the inserted graphics card.

  • Page 18: Jumpers Setup

    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 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    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) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.9, No.
  • Page 20 USB_PWR USB 2.0 Header ASRock 8CH I/O provides you 4 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports on (9-pin USB67) DUMMY the rear panel. If the rear USB (see p.9, No. 19) ports are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is available to...
  • Page 21 PLED+ System Panel Header This header accommodates PLED- PWRBTN# several system front panel (9-pin PANEL1) functions. (see p.9, No. 17) DUMMY RESET# HDLED- HDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis SPEAKER speaker to this header. (4-pin SPEAKER 1) DUMMY DUMMY (see p.9, No.

  • Page 22: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation

    SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. STEP 2: During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears.

  • Page 23: Bios Setup Utility

    3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 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. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.

  • Page 24: Navigation Keys

    System Time [ :00:09] System Date [Fri 07/09/2004] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : K8 Combo-Z BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Processor Speed : 2200 MHz L1 Cache Size : 128KB...

  • Page 25: 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 Security Exit Main Advanced Options for CPU Advanced Settings...
  • Page 26 Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology. Processor Maximum Multiplier It will display Processor Maximum Multiplier for reference. Processor Maximum Voltage 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.
  • Page 27 Processor Multiplier This item will show when “Multiplier/Voltage Change” is set to [Manual]; otherwise, it will be hidden. You may set the value from [x4] up to [x25] but no higher than the value of “Processor Maximum Multiplier”. For example, if the value of “Processor Maximum Multiplier”...

  • Page 28: Chipset Configuration

    3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Enable/Disable onboard Audio device. OnBoard AC97 Audio [Auto] OnBoard LAN [Enabled] AGP Aperture Size [64 MB] AGP Data Rate [8X] AGP Fast Write [Disabled] Primary Graphics Adapter [PCI] HT Width [Auto] Select Screen HT Speed [Auto]...

  • Page 29: Acpi Configuration

    3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. [Auto] Suspend To RAM Repost Video on STR Resume [No] [Power Off] Restore on AC / Power Loss Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On [Disabled] PS / 2 Keyboard Power On [Disabled]...

  • Page 30: Ide Configuration

    3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DISABLED: disables the IDE Configuration integrated IDE Controller. [Both] OnBoard IDE Controller PRIMARY: enables only OnBoard SATA Controller [Enabled] the Primary IDE Controller. Primary IDE Master [Hard Disk] SECONDARY: enables Not Detected Primary IDE Slave only the Secondary IDE ATAPI CDROM Secondary IDE Master...
  • Page 31 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 32: Pcipnp Configuration

    3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI Advanced PCI / PnP Settings clocks for PCI device latency timer WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections register. may cause system to malfunction. PCI Latency Timer [64] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Select Screen...

  • Page 33: Super Io Configuration

    3.3.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. [Enabled] OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address [3F8 / IRQ4] Infrared Port Address [Disabled] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP + EPP] EPP Version [1.9]...

  • Page 34: Usb Configuration

    OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable the Game Port or disable it. OnBoard MIDI Port Use this itme to select the address for the MIDI Port or disable it. Configura- tion options: [Disabled], [300], and [330]. 3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration...

  • Page 35: 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...

  • Page 36: Boot Settings Configuration

    3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration To enable or disable the boot from network feature. Boot From Network [Disabled] Bootup Num-Lock [On] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 37: 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 Boot Security Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password.

  • Page 38: Exit Screen

    Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit F10 key can be used Discard Changes for this operation. Load Optimal Defaults Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen...

  • Page 39: Software Support

    “ASSETUP.EXE” from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers including ASRock Ex- press GbL PCI Express LAN card driver if the system detects the installed devices.

  • Page 40: Technology

    APPENDIX: AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology 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. If you are using Windows 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction below to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’...

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