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ASROCK N73PV-S - INSTALLATION GUIDE V 1-0 - 12-2008 User Manual

ASROCK N73PV-S - INSTALLATION GUIDE V 1-0 - 12-2008 User Manual

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Published December 2008
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    N73PV-S / N73V-S User Manual Version 1.0 Published December 2008 Copyright©2008 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 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........21 2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............25 2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs................ 25 2.13 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ...............
  • Page 4 3.4.6 Floppy Configuration ..........45 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration .......... 46 3.4.8 USB Configuration ..........47 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ...... 48 3.6 Boot Screen ..............49 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........49 3.7 Security Screen .............. 50 3.8 Exit Screen ..............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    ASRock’s commitment to qual- ity 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 1 . 2 1 . 2 Specifications Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm ® - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core ®...
  • 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 Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 24 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.

  • Page 9: Motherboard Layout (N73Pv-S)

    PANEL1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper Chassis Speaker Header 775-Pin CPU Socket (SPEAKER 1, Purple) NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset 16 Print Port Header (LPT1, Purple) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots Front Panel Audio Header (DDRII_1, DDRII_2;...

  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout (N73V-S)

    PANEL1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper Chassis Speaker Header 775-Pin CPU Socket (SPEAKER 1, Purple) NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i Chipset 16 Print Port Header (LPT1, Purple) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots Front Panel Audio Header (DDRII_1, DDRII_2;...

  • Page 11: I/O Panel

    COM Port Line Out (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming. ®...

  • Page 12: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation N73PV-S / N73V-S is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 7.0", 24.4 x 17.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure 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.

  • 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 9/10, 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

    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 18: Easy Multi Monitor Feature

    PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot). Please refer to page 17 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.

  • Page 19: Jumpers Setup

    After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS.

  • Page 20: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.9/10 No. 17) 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.9/10 No. 7) IDE1...
  • Page 21 N73PV-S: USB 2.0 Headers USB_PWR Besides four default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are (9-pin US4_5) DUMMY three USB 2.0 headers on this (see p.9 No. 26) motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB USB_PWR 2.0 ports.
  • Page 22 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 23 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 24: 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 25: Installation

    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 2 2 .

  • Page 26: 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 27 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 28: Driver Installation Guide

    2 . 1 4 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers.

  • Page 29: Without Raid Functions

    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 NVIDIA ®...

  • Page 30: Vista Tm / Vista Tm 64-Bit

    Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.15.1 step 2 on page 28. STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.

  • Page 31: Raid Functions

    (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 part of the docu ment in the following path in the Support CD: ..

  • Page 32: 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 33: Bios Setup 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 34: Navigation Keys

    To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 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 N73PV-S BIOS SETUP UTILITY Smart Advanced...
  • Page 35 DDRII_2 : 512MB/333MHz (DDRII667) Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit 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 36: Smart Screen

    Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system configurations.

  • Page 37: Advanced Screen

    3 . 4 3 . 4 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...
  • Page 38 Microsoft ® Windows ® XP. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® Windows ® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not sup- port Hyper-Threading technology.
  • Page 39 Vista and want to enable this 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.

  • Page 40: Chipset Configuration

    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 41 The default value is [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. Besides the BIOS option, you can also choose our Intelligent Energy Saver utility to enable this function.

  • Page 42: Acpi Configuration

    [Power On] is selected, the AC/power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers. 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 43: Ide Configuration

    [IDE]. If you want to operate RAID function on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please select [RAID]. Configuration options: [IDE], [RAID] and [AHCI]. * If you select [RAID] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility.
  • Page 44 The default value of this item is [Auto]. If this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer. PIO Mode Use this item to set the PIO mode to enhance hard disk performance by o p - timizing the hard disk timing. DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for com- patible IDE devices.

  • Page 45: Pcipnp Configuration

    Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, 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 46: 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 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 Boot Screen 3 . 6 3 . 6 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 Security Screen 3 . 7 3 . 7 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: Install Operating System

    4 . 2 . 4 4 . 2 . 4 C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n...
  • Page 53 NOTE. If you install the VGA driver (version 163.91) on your system, but the window is not in full screen mode, please follow below steps to adjust the window. 1. Right-click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. 2. Click Display and click Change Flat Panel Scaling.

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