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Page 1: User Manual
P4VM900-SATA2 User Manual Version 1.0 Published August 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
2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ......13 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......14 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, HDMR, and PCI Express Slots) .. 15 2.5 Jumpers Setup .............. 16 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors ......17 2.7 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........ - Page 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 38 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........39 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........40 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....41 3.5 Boot Screen ..............41 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........42 3.6 Security Screen ............42 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 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 cm Platform - Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron D (Prescott, ® ® ® Northwood, Willamate) processors - FSB 800/533/400 MHz... - Page 7 - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of them are shared with USB45 ports on the I/O panel) (see CAUTION 7)
- Page 8 Windows Vista 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 driver and related information. ®...
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Page 9: Vista Tm Basic Logo
Intel 1GHz CPU 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 onboard VGA to 64MB. If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size ®... -
Page 10: Motherboard Layout
USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue) CPU Heatsink Retention Module Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) CPU Socket Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1, DDR2) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Infrared Module Header (IR1) HDMR Slot (HDMR1) Flash Memory... -
Page 11: Asrock 6Ch I/O Plus
1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus 1.5 ASRock 6CH I/O Plus PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Microphone (Pink) Parallel Port Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) -
Page 12: Installation
Installation Installation Installation P4VM900-SATA2 is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 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 13: Cpu Installation
CPU into the socket to avoid bending of the pins. 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 14: 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 15: Expansion Slots (Pci, Hdmr And Pci Express Slots)
2.4 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 16: Jumpers Setup
2-pin jumper (see p.10, No. 19) 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 17: Onboard Headers And Connectors
FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.10, No. 8) 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. 10) (39-pin IDE2, see p.10, No. - Page 18 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 19 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. B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L. C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).
- Page 20 (see p.10, No. 2) so that it can provides sufficient power. Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up. Please install the heatsink and the CPU fan before installing ATX 12V connector; otherwise, it may cause permanent damage!
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Page 21: 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 22: 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. 2.9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SA... -
Page 23: 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 24 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...
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Page 25: 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 26: Installing Windows ® Vista With Raid
Windows Vista 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... -
Page 27: Without Raid
“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 28: 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 29: 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 30: 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY... - Page 31 CMOS Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this CPU. If it shows “Locked”, then the item Ratio CMOS S e t t i n g w i l l b e hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will be equal to the core speed of the installed processor.
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Page 32: Chipset Configuration
SPD. Active to Precharge (Tras) Use this option to select Active to Precharge (Tras). Configuration options: [Auto], [5T] to [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). - Page 33 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 34 Front Panel 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 35: 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 36: Ide Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable onboard IDE controller. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. SATA Operation Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode. Please set this item to [RAID] if you want to operate RAID functions with Windows 2000 / XP / Vista ®... - Page 37 [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 38: 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 39: 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 40: 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 41: 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 42: Boot Settings Configuration
Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. 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... -
Page 43: 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 44: 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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