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(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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Contents 1 Introduction ............5 1.1 Package Contents..............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ............8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus ............... 9 2 Installation ..........10 2.1 Screw Holes ..............10 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ..........10 2.3 CPU Installation ..............11 2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ........
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4 Software Support ........... 36 4.1 Install Operating System ..........36 4.2 Support CD Information ..........36 4.2.1 Running Support CD ..........36 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ............36 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ............36 4.2.4 “LGA 775 CPU Installation Live Demo” Program..36 4.2.5 Contact Information ..........
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In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents...
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PCI LAN: Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing, Chassis temperature sensing, CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 4), CPU fan tachometer, Chassis fan tachometer, Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore PCI slots: 3 PCI slots with PCI Specification 2.3...
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BIOS: AMI legal BIOS, Supports “Plug and Play”, ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events, Supports jumperfree, SMBIOS 2.3.1 support, CPU frequency stepless control (only for advanced users’ reference, see CAUTION 7) ® ® Microsoft Windows 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant CAUTION! To support FSB1066, please use DDR400 DIMMs (Double Data Rate 400 MHz).
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1.4 ASRock I/O Plus Parallel Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Line In (Light Blue) Serial Port: COM1 Line Out (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)
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Chapter 2 Installation 775i48-M is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.0", 24.4 x 20.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
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2.3 775-LAND CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 775-LAND CPU, please follow the steps below. 775-Pin Socket Overview 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.
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For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 2-3. Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical motion. Step 2-4. Verify that the CPU is within the socket and properly mated to the orient keys.
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Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 775-Pin socket that supports Intel 775-LAND CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 775-LAND CPU to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation.
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2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 775i48-M motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots. Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward.
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PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card. The ASRock AGP slot has a special locking mechanism which can securely fasten the graph- ics card inserted.
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2.7 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...
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2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.8 No.
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SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply. USB 2.0 Header ASRock I/O Plus accommo- USB_PWR dates 6 default USB 2.0 ports. If (9-pin USB67) DUMMY those USB 2.0 ports on the I/O (see p.8 No.
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System Panel Header PLED+ This header accommodates PLED- PWRBTN# several system front panel (9-pin PANEL1) functions. (see p.8 No. 15) DUMMY RESET# HDLED- HDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis SPEAKER speaker to this header. (4-pin SPEAKER 1) DUMMY DUMMY (see p.8 No.
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Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ICH5 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
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3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.
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System Time [ :00:09] System Date [Fri 11/12/2004] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : 775i48-M BIOS P1.00 Processor Type Intel (R) CPU 3.20GHz Processor Speed : 3200 MHz Cache Size : 1024KB Select Screen...
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Main Advanced Configure CPU Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Select Screen Floppy Configuration Select Item SuperIO Configuration Enter Go to Sub Screen...
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value of this motherboard. If it shows “Locked”, then the item Ratio CMOS Setting will be hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will be equal to the core speed of the installed processor. Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard.
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DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. You may also select other value as operating frequency: [133MHz (DDR 266)], [166MHz (DDR 333)], [200MHz (DDR 400)]. Flexibility Option The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled].
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3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. [Disabled] Suspend To RAM Restore on AC / Power Loss [Power Off] Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On [Disabled] PS / 2 Keyboard Power On [Disabled] RTC Alarm Power On [Disabled]...
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3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Set [Compatible Mode] IDE Configuration when both Legacy OS (MS-DOS, Win Me / 98SE) OnBoard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] and SATA device OnBoard IDE Controller [Both] are used. Primary IDE Master [Hard Disk] Set [Enhanced Mode] Primary IDE Slave [Not Detected]...
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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, which can be applied to the configurations of “Primary IDE Slave”, “Sec- ondary IDE Master”, “Secondary IDE Slave”, “SATA1”...
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Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) 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 optimizing the hard disk timing.
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3.3.6 Floppy Configuration In this section, you may configure the type of your floppy drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Select the type of floppy drive connected to the Floppy A [1.44 MB 3 "] system. Floppy B [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option...
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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].
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3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. USB Devices Enabled : None [Enabled] USB Controller USB 2.0 Support [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit...
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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 H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot.
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3.5.2 Boot Device Priority In this section, you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices in your system. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Specifies the boot Boot Device Priority sequence from the available devices. [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] 1st Boot Device [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] 2nd Boot Device A device enclosed in...
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3.7 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit F10 key can be used Discard Changes for this operation. Load Optimal Defaults Select Screen Select Item...
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Support CD through the following path: ..\ MPEGAV \ LGA775INST.DAT 4.2.5 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your dealer for further information.
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