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Penryn1600SLI-110dB

User Manual

Version 1.1
Published May 2008
Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Penryn1600SLI-110dB User Manual Version 1.1 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

    2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors ........25 2.11 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide ......30 2.12 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ........31 2.13 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............32 2.14 Driver Installation Guide ........... 32 ®...
  • Page 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ..........47 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration .......... 47 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........49 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ...... 49 3.5 Boot Screen ..............50 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........51 3.6 Security Screen .............. 52 3.7 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 1 . 2 1 . 2 Specifications Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.0-in, 30.5 cm x 22.9 cm - All Solid Capacitor design ® - LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core ®...
  • Page 7 - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD) and NCQ functions (see CAUTION 8) - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)
  • 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 Tm Premium 2008 And Basic Logo

    11. 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 ® environment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock OC Tuner.
  • Page 10: Supported Pci Express Vga Card List For Sli

    MSI 7300GT-TD256EH * These two cards can only work under Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS. For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLI Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm...
  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    775-Pin CPU Socket (FRONT_1394) North Bridge Controller ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots Infrared Module Header (IR1) (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) (Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4;...
  • Page 12: Asrock Wifi_Spdif I/O Plus

    Central / Bass (Orange) COM Port Line In (Light Blue) 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: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.0", 30.5 x 22.9 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.
  • Page 14: 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 15 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 16: 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 17: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR2 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_1 and DDRII_3; Yellow slots;...
  • Page 18 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 19: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    2.6 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 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.
  • Page 20 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 Enjoy the benefit of SLI...
  • Page 21 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 PCIE2 slot. Step5. Connect a 4-pin ATX power cable to SLI/XFIRE power connector. Step6. Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the...
  • Page 22 E. From the Display Properties dialog box, select the Settings tab then click Advanced. F. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab. G. Click the slider to display the following screen, then select the SLI multi-GPU item. H. Click the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box.
  • Page 23 E. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI configuration, and then click Apply. * 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 24: Surround Display Feature

    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 25: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    (see p.11 No. 24) FLOPPY1 Pin1 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.11 No. 10) (39-pin IDE2, see p.11 No.
  • Page 26 USB 2.0 Header Besides four default USB 2.0 USB_PWR ports on the I/O panel, there is (9-pin USB4_5) one USB 2.0 header on this DUMMY (see p.11 No. 19) motherboard. This USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports.
  • 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 IEEE 1394 Header Besides one default IEEE 1394 RXTPAM_0 port on the I/O panel, there is one (9-pin FRONT_1394) RXTPBM_0 +12V IEEE 1394 header (see p.11 No. 20) (FRONT_1394) on this +12V motherboard. This IEEE 1394 RXTPBP_0 header can support one IEEE RXTPAP_0 1394 port.
  • 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: 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 32: 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. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD function, you need to install at least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks.
  • Page 33: Installing Windows

    2000 to your system, your Windows 2000 optical ® ® disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 2.16.1...
  • Page 34: Installing Windows

    HDDs and want to manage (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 35: 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 36: 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 37: 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 38: 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 39 This feature will be set to [Enabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled] and [Enabled]. Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. Enhance Halt State All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset.
  • Page 40: Chipset Configuration

    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. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. is Intel’s new power saving technology. Proces- sor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable power savings.
  • Page 41 You may select [266MHz (DDRII533)], [333MHz (DDRII667)], [400MHz (DDRII800)] or [Manual]. Flexibility Option The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled]. Memory Timings Use this item to select the Memory Timings feature.
  • Page 42 Use this item to enable or disable memory remap feature. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. The default value is [Enabled]. Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI]. Hyper Transport Link Speed This allows you to select Hyper Transport Link Speed.
  • Page 43: 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 44: 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 45 [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 46: 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 .
  • Page 47: 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 48 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 49: 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 50: Boot Screen

    Boot Screen Boot Screen 3.5 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...
  • Page 51: Boot Settings Configuration

    (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled]. AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option “Full Screen Logo”...
  • Page 52: 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 53: 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 54: 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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