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ASROCK X48TURBOTWINS User Manual

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Version 1.1
Published June 2008
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    X48TurboTwins-WiFi / X48TurboTwins User Manual Version 1.1 Published June 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

    2.14 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ..............39 2.15 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices ......... 40 2.16 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ................
  • Page 4 2.19.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Without ® RAID Functions ........... 48 2.20 DTS Operation Guide (For X48TurboTwins-WiFi Only) . 50 2.21 Untied Overclocking Technology ........51 3 BIOS S 3 BIOS S 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3 BIOS S...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to 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 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 - 2 x eSATAII Ports - 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/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8) - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,...
  • 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 12 for proper connection. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 38 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.

  • Page 10: Minimum Hardware Requirement Table For Windows ® Vista Tm Premium 2008 And Basic Logo

    15. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system.

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) PCI Slots (PCI1 - 3) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3, Green) SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (Port1), Red) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, Green) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)

  • Page 12: Asrock 1394_Spdif I/O Plus

    Line In (Light Blue) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) ** 9 Front Speaker (Lime) * 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 ACT/LINK...

  • Page 13: Asrock Wifi-802.11G Module Specifications (For X48Turbotwins-Wifi Only)

    - - - - - W W W W W iF iF iF iF iFi Only) 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 14: 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 15: 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 16 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 17: 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 18: 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_1 and DDRII_2; Yellow slots; see p.11 No.7), identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel B (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1;...
  • Page 19 If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal compatibil- ity and reliability, it is recommended to install them in the slots of the same color. In other words, install them in the set of yellow slots (DDRII_1 and DDRII_2), in the set of green slots (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1), or in the set of pink slots (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2).
  • Page 20 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 21: 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; 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 22: Crossfire Tm Operation Guide

    CrossFire technology offers the most advantageous means available of combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing Units (GPU) in a single PC. Combining a range of different operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFire enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application.
  • Page 23 Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire Different CrossFire cards may require different methods to enable CrossFire feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon 2600XT as the example graphics card. For other CrossFire cards that ATI has released or will release in the future, please refer to ATI graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
  • Page 24 Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter.)

  • Page 25: Surround Display Feature

    Your computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer, please confirm whether the option “Enable CrossFire ” in “ATI Catalyst Control Center” is selected or not; if not, please select it again, and then you are able to enjoy the benefit of CrossFire feature.

  • Page 26: 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 27 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.
  • Page 28 If you use a FSB1600-CPU and adopt a DDR2 1066 memory module on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumpers. Please short pin4, pin5 for FSB3. Otherwise, the CPU and memory module may not work properly on this motherboard.

  • Page 29: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.11 No. 27) 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) (39-pin IDE1, see p.11 No. 10) IDE1...
  • Page 30 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. eSATAII_BOTTOM Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data cable Data Cable can be connected to the SATA / SATAII hard disk or the SATAII (Optional) connector on this motherboard.
  • Page 31 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 32 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 33 (see p.11 No. 2) 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 34: 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 35: 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 36 If you plan to install two eSATAII devices to this motherboard, you need to enable both the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield. In order to enable the top and the bottom eSATAII ports of the I/O shield, you have to connect one of the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (Port5);...
  • Page 37 Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield. Connect one end of the eSATAII Connect the other end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII device device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O...

  • Page 38: 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 39: Installation

    ICH9R 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 40: 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 41: 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 42 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 43: Driver Installation Guide

    2 . 1 7 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 44: 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 45: 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 2.18.3...

  • Page 46: Raid Functions

    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 47: Vista Tm 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    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) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows ®...

  • Page 48: Tm Tm

    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 49: Dts Operation Guide (For X48Turbotwins-Wifi Only)

    X48TurboT urboT urboT urboTwins wins wins wins- - - - - W W W W W iF iF iF iF iFi Only) i Only) i Only) i Only) 2 . 2 0 2 . 2 0 DTS Operation Guide (F...
  • Page 50 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 51: 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 52: 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 53: 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. X48TurboTwins-WiFi BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor...

  • Page 54: 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 55: Cpu Configuration

    Use this to select Overclock Mode. Configuration options: [Auto], [Manual] and [I.O.T.]. The default value is [Auto]. If you select [Manual], Untied Overclocking function is enabled. Please refer to page 51 for the details of Untied Overclocking Technology. If you select [I.O.T.] (Intelligent Overclocking Technology), you are allowed to adjust the CPU frequency and PCIE frequency in the following two items.
  • Page 56 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 57: Chipset Configuration

    1066)], [667MHz (DDR3 1333)] or [800MHz (DDR3 1600)] for DDR3 memory modules. The configuration options depend on the CPU and memory module you adopt on this motherboard. Please refer to page 8 for the CPU FSB fre- quency and its corresponding memory support frequency.
  • Page 58 Profile 2 and follow the recommended value to adjust the overclocking mode. For example, when you select Profile 1, please follow the string shown on the screen (Profile 1 : DDR3 1600 8-8-8-28 1.80V) to set up the options “DRAM tCL”...
  • Page 59 [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]. DRAM RCOMP Setting Use this to adjust DRAM RCOMP Setting feature.

  • Page 60: 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 61: Ide Configuration

    Please select [Compatible] when you install legacy OS. If native OS (Windows 2000 / XP) is installed, please select [Enhanced]. Then in the option “Config- ure SATAII as”, you are allowed to set the selection to [RAID] if you plan to enable RAID function. Configuration options: [AHCI], [IDE] and [RAID]. The default value is [AHCI].
  • Page 62 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 Advanced Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected...
  • Page 63 [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 64: 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 65: 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 66: 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 67: 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 68: 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 69: 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 70: 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 71: 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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