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Summary of Contents for ASROCK 4COREDX90-VSTA - V1.0
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Page 1: User Manual
4CoreDX90-VSTA User Manual Version 1.0 Published March 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
2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors ......19 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ..... 23 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ..23 2.11 SATA HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..24 2.12 Driver Installation Guide ..........26 2.13 HDMR Card and Driver Installation ...... - Page 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 41 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........42 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........43 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....44 3.5 Boot Screen ..............45 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........46 3.6 Security Screen ............46 3.7 Exit Screen ..............
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Page 5: Introduction 1. Introduction
ASRock’s commit- ment 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 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm Platform - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / ® Pentium XE / Pentium D / Pentium... - Page 7 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 8 Vista / Vista 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As ® ® long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit driver ®...
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Page 9: Vista Tm Basic Logo
Celeron D 326 Memory 512MB Single Channel* DX9.0 with WDDM Driver * If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size 512MB and plan to submit Windows Vista Basic logo, please adjust the shared memory size of ®... -
Page 10: Motherboard Layout
North Bridge Controller HDMR Slot (HDMR1) 775-Pin CPU Socket Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1, DDR2; Blue) 3 x PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) Secondary IDE Connector (IDE2, Black) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) Flash Memory USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) -
Page 11: Hd 8Ch I/O Panel
(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 12: Installation
Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 4CoreDX90-VSTA is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.2", 24.4 x 20.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to en- sure that the motherboard fits into it. -
Page 13: 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 14 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 15: 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 10, No. -
Page 16: 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 17: Expansion Slots
Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR and PCI Express Slots) There are 3 PCI slots, 1 HDMR 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 18: Jumpers Setup
2-pin jumper (see p.10, No. 17) Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. The data in CMOS includes system setup information such as system password, date, time, and system setup parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. -
Page 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors
FLOPPY1 (see p.10, No. 18) 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) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE1, see p.10, No. 9) (39-pin IDE2, see p.10, No. - Page 20 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L 1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.
- Page 21 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 22 (4-pin ATX12V1) ATX 12V plug to this connector (see p.10, No. 2) so that it can provides sufficient power. Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up. Serial port Header This COM1 header RRXD1 supports a serial port module.
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Page 23: 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. 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F... -
Page 24: 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 25 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 26: Driver Installation Guide
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 27: Installing Windows ® 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit / Vista
A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. -
Page 28: Vista
64-bit 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 bottom to load the VIA RAID ®... -
Page 29: Vista Tm 64-Bit Without Raid Functions
“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 30: 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 31: Navigation Keys
To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen <ESC> 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 Security... -
Page 32: Cpu Configuration
Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Spread Spectrum Select [Auto] for the spread spectrum feature. PCIE clock operation mode Use this to select PCIE clock operation mode. The default value is [Sync. mode]. Configuration options: [Sync. mode] and [Async. mode]. - Page 33 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. If the CPU you adopt supports EIST (Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.), and you plan to adjust the ratio value, please disable the option “...
- Page 34 ® 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.
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Page 35: Chipset Configuration
[17T], [18T], [19T] and [20T]. 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). Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [3T], [4T], and [5T]. The default value is set to [Auto] to set the timing by dram SPD. - Page 36 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 37 Front Panel Control Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. CD-In Use this item to enable or disable CD-In of OnBoard HD Audio. If you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows Vista logo test, please disable ®...
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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
[RAID]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the “Primary IDE Master” as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of “Primary IDE Slave”, “Sec- ondary IDE Master”, and “Secondary IDE Slave”... - 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
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 42: 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 43: 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 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
3.5 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... -
Page 46: Boot Settings Configuration
Use this to enable or disable VIA VT8237A 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. 3.6 Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen... -
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: Install Operating System
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