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N68-GS UCC /
N68-S UCC
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published February 2010
Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC User Manual Version 1.0 Published February 2010 Copyright©2010 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

    Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ................. 24 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ..24 2.11 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..25 2.12 Driver Installation Guide ............27 2.13 Installing Windows...
  • Page 4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ......48 Boot Screen ................49 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........... 49 Security Screen ................ 50 Exit Screen ................51 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support ......................

  • Page 5: Introduction Introduction

    It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s com- mitment 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

    - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm Platform - Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor (see CAUTION 1)
  • Page 7 - 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, Connector RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 8) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector...
  • Page 8 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 9 Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/ 16/12 file system. 13. The software name itself – OC DNA literally tells you what it is capable of. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by ASRock, provides a conve- nient way for the user to record the OC settings and share with others.
  • Page 10 16. This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. If you enable this function in the BIOS setup, the memory performance will improve up to 12.5%, but the effect still depends on the AM2 CPU you adopt. Enabling this function will overclock the chipset/CPU reference clock. However, we can not guarantee the system stability for all CPU/DRAM configurations.

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    1.3 Motherboard Layout (N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC) 1.3 Motherboard Layout (N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC) 1.3 Motherboard Layout (N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC) 1.3 Motherboard Layout (N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC) 1.3 Motherboard Layout (N68-GS UCC / N68-S UCC) 17.8cm (7.0-in)

  • Page 12: I/O Panel

    Line In (Light Blue) VGA Port Front Speaker (Lime) COM Port Microphone (Pink) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * For N68-GS motherboard, please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications ACT/LINK SPEED Activity/Link LED SPEED LED...

  • Page 13: Installation

    Installation Installation Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 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 14: 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 15: 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 16: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

  • Page 17: Easy Multi Monitor Feature

    ® to page 16 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details. 2. Connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. Connect another D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub connector of the add-on PCI Express VGA card. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D connector of the add-on PCI Express VGA card.

  • Page 18: Jumpers Setup

    CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down...

  • Page 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.11 No. 19) 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) (39-pin IDE1, see p.11 No. 6) IDE1...

  • Page 20: Front Panel Audio Header

    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.
  • 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 ATX 12V Power Connector Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with (4-pin ATX12V1) ATX 12V plug to this connector. (see p.11 No. 24) Failing to do so will cause power up failure.

  • Page 23: 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 24: Serial Ata (Sata) / Serial Ataii (Sataii) Hard Disks

    STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 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. 2 . 1 0 2 .

  • Page 25: Sata / Sataii Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide

    SATA / SATAII 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. 5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash...
  • Page 26 Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII HDD side. Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII HDD side. Step 2...

  • Page 27: Driver Installation Guide

    64-bit / XP / XP 64- ® bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, you don’t have to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Besides, there is no need for you to change the BIOS setting. You can start to install Windows...

  • Page 28: Installing Windows

    (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: ..

  • Page 29: Untied Overclocking Technology

    (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: ..

  • 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 press- ing <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 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. N68-GS UCC BIOS SETUP UTILITY Smart Advanced...
  • Page 32 Save and Exit DDRII1 : 2048MB/266MHz (DDRII533) Exit DDRII2 : None v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. System Time [Hour:Minute:Second] Use this item to specify the system time. System Date [Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to specify the system date.

  • Page 33: Smart Screen

    MS-DOS or Windows. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility.

  • Page 34: Advanced Screen

    (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. AM2 Boost This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. If you set this option to [Enabled], you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the memory performance. The default value is [Disabled]. Please refer to cau- tion 16 on page 10 for details.
  • Page 35 [Disable] if above issue occurs. Secure Virtual Machine This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. The default value is [Enabled]. Con- figuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled].
  • Page 36 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 Frequency and Processor Voltage. However, it is rec- ommended to keep the default value for system stability.
  • Page 37 Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using [Auto]. You can set one of the standard values as listed: [200MHz (DDRII400)], [266MHz (DDRII533)], [333MHz (DDRII667)] and [400MHz (DDRII800)]. If you adopt Phenom CPU, there is one more option: [533MHz (DDRII1066)].
  • Page 38 [2CLK] and [3CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. TRWTTO This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. Use this to adjust TRWTTD values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK], [3CLK], [4CLK], [5CLK], [6CLK], [7CLK], [8CLK] and [9CLK]. The default value is [Auto].

  • Page 39: Chipset Configuration

    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], [Onboard] and [PCI Express].
  • Page 40 Use this to select chipset voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.25V], [1.30V], [1.35V] and [1.40V]. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Thermal Throttle Use this to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated. The default value is [Enabled].

  • Page 41: 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 42: Ide Configuration

    * If you select [RAID] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility. * If you install OS on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please do not change the setting of this item after OS installation.
  • Page 43 [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 44: 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]. 32Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3 . 4 . 5 3 . 4 . 5 3 .

  • Page 45: 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 46 Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP]. If this option is set to [ECP+EPP], it will show the EPP version in the following item, “EPP Version”. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP].

  • Page 47: Usb Configuration

    [Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB. [Auto] - Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected. [Disabled] - USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and BIOS setup when [Disabled] is selected. If you have USB compatibility issue, it is recommended to select [Disabled] to enter OS.

  • Page 48: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Quiet Fan This item allows you to control the CPU fan speed and fan noise. If you set this option as [Disabled], the CPU fan will operate in full speed. If you set this option as [Enabled], you will find the items “Target CPU Temperature”...

  • Page 49: Boot Screen

    Boot Screen 3 . 6 3 . 6 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 Smart...

  • Page 50: Security Screen

    Security Screen 3 . 7 3 . 7 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 Smart...

  • Page 51: Exit Screen

    BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY with- out saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard...

  • Page 52: 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”...

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