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939SLI32-eSATA2

User Manual

Version 1.1
Published February 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    939SLI32-eSATA2 User Manual Version 1.1 Published February 2006 Copyright©2006 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ................. 29 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices ................ 30 2.12 Using SATA / SATAII HDDs With RAID Functions ..... 31 2.13 Using SATA / SATAII HDDs Without RAID Functions ....
  • Page 4 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........... 47 Security Screen ................ 48 Exit Screen ................49 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support ....................................................50 Install Operating System ............

  • Page 5: Introduction 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 Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - 939-Pin Socket Supporting AMD Athlon 64 / 64FX / 64X2 Processor - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology (see CAUTION 1) - FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
  • Page 7 (see CAUTION 6) - 2 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII connectors), support “Hot Plug” function (see CAUTION 7) - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header...
  • 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.

  • Page 9: Motherboard Layout

    Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_ORANGE) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRTC1) J1 / J2 / J3 / J4 / J5 / J6 / J7 / J8 Jumpers 9 9 9 9 9...

  • Page 10: Asrock Esataii+1394 I/O

    1.4 ASR 1.4 ASRock eSA 1.4 ASR ock eSA ock eSAT T T T T AII+1394 I/O ock eSA AII+1394 I/O AII+1394 I/O AII+1394 I/O 1.4 ASR 1.4 ASR ock eSA AII+1394 I/O Parallel Port eSATAII Ports IEEE 1394 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

  • Page 11: Installation Installation

    Installation Installation Installation Installation 939SLI32-eSATA2 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 ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions...

  • Page 12: Cpu Installation

    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)

    (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDR1 and DDR2;...
  • Page 14 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 15: Expansion Slots (Future Cpu Port, Pci And Pcie Slots)

    (Future CPU Port, PCI Slots and PCIE Slots) (Future CPU Port, PCI Slots and PCIE Slots) (Future CPU Port, PCI Slots and PCIE Slots) There are 1 Future CPU Port, 3 PCI slots and 3 PCI Express slots on 939SLI32- eSATA2 motherboard. Future CPU Port (Yellow-Colored Port):...
  • Page 16 PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE Slots: PCIE1 / PCIE3 (PCIE x 16 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x16 lane width graphics cards. PCIE2 (PCIE x 4 slot) is used for PCI Express cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

  • Page 17: Sli Tm Operation Guide

    2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www. nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. Enjoy the benefit of SLI...
  • Page 18 Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the monitor connector and the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot. Step5. Connect a 4-pin ATX power cable to SLI/XFIRE power connector. Step6. Power on your computer and boot into OS. Install the “SLI Enabled” driver of our support CD to your system.
  • Page 19 H. Click the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box. I. Click OK when done. * SLI appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Technologies Inc., and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe.

  • Page 20: Jumpers Setup

    • Floppy Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.9 No. 26) the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector.
  • Page 21 IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as “Master”. Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1, blue) and CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black).
  • Page 22 USB 2.0 Header ASRock eSATAII+1394 I/O USB_PWR accommodates 4 default USB (9-pin USB67) 2.0 ports. If those USB 2.0 ports (see p.9 No. 21) DUMMY on the I/O panel are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is available to support 2 additional USB 2.0 USB_PWR ports.
  • Page 23 HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. 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.
  • Page 24 SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this connector, but please connect it (4-pin SLI/XFIRE_POWER1) with a hard disk power connecor (see p.9 No. 35) when two graphics cards are SLI/XFIRE_POWER1 plugged to this motherboard at the same time.

  • Page 25: Esataii Interface Introduction

    SATAII hard disk. Currently, on the market, the data transfer rate of USB 2.0 is up to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394 is up to 400Mb/ s. However, eSATAII provides the data transfer rate up to 3000Mb/s, which is much higher than USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394, and still keeps the convenience of Hot...
  • Page 26 If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to enable both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to enable the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield, you have to connect the red SATAII connector (SATAII_RED;...
  • Page 27 Comparison between eSATAII and other devices IEEE 1394 400Mb/s USB 2.0 480Mb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s (1500Mb/s) eSATAII/SATAII 3.0Gb/s (3000Mb/s)

  • 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. 1. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD functions, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks.

  • Page 30: Esataii Devices

    SATA / SATAII HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.

  • Page 31: Using Sata / Sataii Hdds With Raid Functions

    RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / JBOD / RAID 5 configuration before you install the OS. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration.

  • Page 32: Using Sata / Sataii Hdds Without Raid Functions

    RAID F unctions If you want to install Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, you are allowed to choose non-RAID mode or AHCI mode. For users who plan to install Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID and Hot Plug functions, please choose non-RAID mode.

  • Page 33: 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 34: Navigation Keys

    To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 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 35: Advanced Screen

    In the future, you may upgrade your AMD 939-Pin CPU to AMD 940-Pin (AM2) CPU by installing an add-on ASRock AM2CPU Board into future CPU Port on this motherboard 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.

  • Page 36: Cpu Configuration

    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. However, it is recom- mended to keep the default value for system stability.
  • Page 37 For safety and system stability, it is not recom- mended to adjust the value of this item. Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using [Auto]. You can set one of the standard values as listed: [133 MHz (DDR266)], [166 MHz (DDR333)], [200 MHz (DDR400)].

  • Page 38: Chipset Configuration

    Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node, or accross nodes, decreasing access contention. Memory Hole Use this to enable or disable memory hole. The default value is [Disabled]. 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 3.3.2...
  • Page 39 Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI]. Configuration options: [PCI] and [PCIE].

  • Page 40: 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 41: Ide Configuration

    Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode. The default value of this option is [RAID]. Configuration options: [RAID], [non-RAID] and [AHCI]. eSATAII Support Use this item to enable or disable eSATAII support. The default value of this option is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled], [Disabled]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify.
  • Page 42 [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.

  • Page 43: 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. 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration...

  • Page 44: 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 45 Parallel Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP].

  • Page 46: Usb Configuration

    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 47: Boot Screen

    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 H/W Monitor...

  • Page 48: Security Screen

    Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen 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...

  • Page 49: 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 50: Software Support Software Support

    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”...

  • Page 51: Appendix: Amd's Cool 'N' Quiet

    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/ XP 64-bit operating system, please follow the instruction below to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet...

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