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User Manual

Version 1.0
Published May 2008
Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    P43R1600Twins-WiFi / P43R1600Twins-110dB / P43R1600Twins User Manual Version 1.0 Published May 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

    2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............35 2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices ......... 36 2.14 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ................
  • Page 4 2.17 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista ® Vista 64-bit Without RAID Functions ......43 2.17.1 Installing Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without ® RAID Functions ........... 43 2.17.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Without ®...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment 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 1 . 2 1 . 2 Specifications Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm Platform - All Solid Capacitor design - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core ®...
  • Page 7 - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATAII Port - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/...
  • 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: Vista

    Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 34 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.
  • Page 10 ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802.11n module. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 13. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware devices to get the best system performance under Windows ®...
  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    FSB1 Jumper SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (Port2), Red) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3) SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (Port5), Orange) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, Green) SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (Port4), Red) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1/DE) System Panel Header (PANEL1) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue)
  • Page 12: Asrock 1394_Spdif I/O (P43R1600Twins-Wifi)

    Line In (Light Blue) Coaxial SPDIF Out Port Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications SPEED...
  • Page 13: Asrock 1394_Spdif I/O (P43R1600Twins-110Db)

    Line In (Light Blue) Coaxial SPDIF Out Port Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications SPEED...
  • Page 14: Asrock Spdif I/O (P43R1600Twins)

    Coaxial SPDIF Out Port Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications SPEED...
  • Page 15: Asrock Wifi-802.11G Module Specifications (For P43R1600Twins-Wifi Only)

    P43R1600T or P43R1600T or P43R1600Twins or P43R1600T wins wins wins - - - - - W W W W W iF iF iF iF iFi Only) wins i Only) i Only) i Only) i Only) ASRock WiFi-802.11g module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support WiFi+AP function.
  • Page 16: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 2: Installation This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.
  • Page 17: 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 18 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 19: 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 11, No.
  • Page 20: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR2/DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR2 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDRII_A1 and DDRII_B1; Yellow slots; see p.11 No.
  • Page 21 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 22: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 3 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1/DE (PCIE x1 slot; White) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card and ASRock PCIE_DE card.
  • Page 23: 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 24: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    If you want to overclock the CPU you adopt to FSB1066 on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumpers. Please short pin4, pin5 for FSB2 jumper and pin4, pin5 for FSB3 jumper. Otherwise, the CPU may not work properly on this motherboard. Please refer to below jumper settings.
  • Page 25 IDE devices to the motherboard 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATAII Connectors These six Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATA data...
  • Page 26 If you don’t plan to use WiFi+AP functin on this motherboard, this header can be used as a 4-Pin USB 2.0 header to support one USB 2.0 port. To connect the 4-Pin USB device cable to this header, please refer to this picture for proper installation.
  • Page 27 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 28 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 29 (see p.11 No. 40) Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5.
  • Page 30: Hdmi_Spdif Header Connection Guide

    HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/ video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header.
  • Page 31: 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 32 In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (Port5); see p.11 No.15) and the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p.11 No.39) with a SATA data cable first. Connect the SATA data...
  • Page 33 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 34: 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 35: Installation

    ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA ® (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices.
  • Page 36: Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata / Sataii Hdds And Esataii Devices

    SATA / SATAII HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 or RAID 5 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 37: 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 38 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 39: Driver Installation Guide

    2 . 1 5 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 40: Setting Up A "Raid Ready" System

    Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System You can also set up a “RAID Ready” system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. A “RAID Ready” system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later date by using RAID migration feature of Intel Matrix Storage.
  • Page 41: Migrating A "Raid Ready" System To Raid

    Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID configuration. 7. After setting up a “RAID Ready” system as the above steps, you can follow the procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 2.16.3...
  • Page 42 CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following path: ..
  • Page 43: Installing Windows Vista

    AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select ® the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows ®...
  • Page 44: Installing Windows ® Vista Tm / Vista Tm 64-Bit 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 Intel AHCI drivers.
  • Page 45: Dts Operation Guide

    ® 4. Double-click this icon to open Realtek HD Audio Manager. 5. On the bottom of Realtek HD Audio Manager. You can find that the DTS Connect contains 2 elements: DTS Neo: PC and DTS Interactive. Click the button to enable or disable it.
  • Page 46 Music Mode The music mode is for use with any stereo music recordings, which preserves the integrity of the stereo mix while augmenting it with a center channel to anchor the image, and deriving enough surround content to yield a spacious, three-dimensional listening experience. The Music mode includes the control that allows the sound to be tailored to room layout and personal preferences.
  • Page 47: Untied Overclocking Technology

    Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment.
  • Page 48: 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 pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis.
  • Page 49: Navigation Keys

    Main Screen 3 . 2 3 . 2 3 . 2 Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. P43R1600Twins-WiFi BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor...
  • Page 50 : None Exit DDR3_2 : 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. P43R1600Twins BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced...
  • Page 51: Advanced Screen

    3 . 3 3 . 3 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 52 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 53 Intel (R) C-STATE tech. is achieved by making the power and thermal control unit part of the core logic and not part of the chipset as before. Migration of the power and thermal management flow into the processor allows us to use a hardware coordination mechanism in which each core can request any C-state it wishes, thus allowing for individual core savings to be maximized.
  • Page 54: Chipset Configuration

    9 for the CPU FSB frequency and its corresponding memory support frequency. Flexibility Option The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled]. Standard Memory Info : 4-15-5-5-5-26-3-3-3 DRAM tCL Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing.
  • Page 55 This controls the number of DRAM clocks for CH1 RCOMP ODT. Configuration options: Configuration options: [Auto], [1] to [63]. DRAM CH0 tRD This controls the number of DRAM clocks for CH0 TRD. Configuration options: Configuration options: [Auto], [0] to [30]. DRAM CH1 tRD This controls the number of DRAM clocks for CH1 TRD.
  • Page 56 [Middle], [High] and [Highest]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. GLTREF Voltage Use this to select GLTREF Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [0.67 x Vtt], [0.65 x Vtt], [0.63 x Vtt] and [0.615 x Vtt]. The default value of this feature is [Auto].
  • Page 57: Acpi Configuration

    Use this to select PLL Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [Low], [Middle], [High] and [Highest]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. CIR10 Field 1 Use this to enable or disable CIR10 Field 1. The default value of this feature is [Enabled]. 3.3.3 3.3.3...
  • Page 58: Ide 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 59 Use this item to enable or disable onboard IDE controller. The default value is [Enabled]. 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 60 [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 61: 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 62: 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 63: 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 64: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3 . 4 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 65: Boot Screen

    Boot Screen Boot Screen 3 . 5 3 . 5 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 66: Security Screen

    Security Screen Security Screen 3 . 6 3 . 6 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...
  • Page 67: 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 68: 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...

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