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775XFire-RAID

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Published February 2006
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    775XFire-RAID User Manual Version 1.1 Published February 2006 Copyright©2006 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

    Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1 Introduction ..........................................5 5 5 5 5 1 Introduction 1 Introduction ........... 1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x 4) ...........
  • Page 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 43 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........43 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........45 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....45 3.5 Boot Screen ..............46 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........47 3.6 Security Screen ............47 3.7 Exit Screen ..............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    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 VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    - 4 x DDRII DIMM slots - Support DDRII533 - Max. capacity: 4GB - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 3) Hybrid Booster - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 4) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Supports ATI CrossFire ® Expansion Slot...
  • Page 7 - 4 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, Connector RAID 1, and Intel Matrix Storage) and “Hot Plug” functions - 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector...
  • Page 8 CAUTION! About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 36. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 16 for proper installation. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking.

  • Page 9: Supported Pci Express Vga Card List For Agi Express Slot (Pci Express X 4)

    For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for AGI Express slot (PCI Express x 4), please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm Note. It is not recommended to use Turbo cache PCI Express x 16 VGA cards.

  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout

    Mouse USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 FSB800 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 Intel 925X Chipset EXPRESS RoHS 775XFire-RAID PCIE1 PCIE2 CLRCMOS1 CMOS AGI_EXPRESS Battery PCI 1 PCIEX1_EN5 Intel PCI 2 ICH6R AUDIO PCI 3 CODEC FLOPPY1...

  • Page 11: Hd 8Ch I/O Panel

    HD 8CH I/O HD 8CH I/O HD 8CH I/O Panel Panel Panel Panel HD 8CH I/O HD 8CH I/O Panel Parallel Port Microphone (Pink) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) Side Speaker (Gray) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Rear Speaker (Black) Serial Port: COM1 Central / Bass (Orange) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

  • Page 12: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 775XFire-RAID is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 8.6", 30.5 x 21.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.

  • Page 13: Cpu Installation

    2.3 CPU Installation 2.3 CPU Installation 2.3 CPU Installation 2.3 CPU Installation 2.3 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.
  • Page 14 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.

  • Page 15: Installation Of Heatsink And Cpu Fan

    Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 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.

  • Page 16: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 775XFire-RAID motherboard provides four 240-pin DDRII (Double Data Rate II) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDRII DIMM pair in the slots of the same color.
  • Page 17 Installing a DIMM Installing a DIMM Installing a DIMM Installing a DIMM Installing a DIMM 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. Step 2.

  • Page 18: Expansion Slots

    2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, and AGI Express Slots) Slots) Slots)

  • Page 19: Crossfire Tm Operation Guide

    Function Jumper Settings Enable PCIE2 / AGI Express (only PCIE x 1) (Default) PCIE x 1_EN5 Enable AGI Express (PCIE x 4) (Disable PCIE2) PCIE x 1_EN5 2.8 CrossFire 2.8 CrossFire 2.8 CrossFire 2.8 CrossFire 2.8 CrossFire Operation Guide Operation Guide Operation Guide Operation Guide Operation Guide...
  • Page 20 What graphics cards work with CrossFire A complete CrossFire system requires a CrossFire Ready motherboard, a CrossFire Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFire Ready cards if they are software enabled. This applies to cards from ATI or any of its partners.
  • Page 21 Step 3. Install the standard Radeon (CrossFire Ready) graphics card to AGI Ex- press slot (PCI Express x 4). For the proper installation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”. Standard Radeon (CrossFire Ready) graphics card Step 4. Install the Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics card to PCI Express x 16 slot.
  • Page 22 Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics connector card Connect the DVI-DMS Connect the DVI-DMS cable to the monitor cable to DMS connector connector. of the CrossFire Edition graphics card. If you install two CrossFire Edition graphics cards to this motherboard, please connect one end of DVI-DMS cable to the monitor, another end to DMS of one of the CrossFire Edition graphics cards to PCIE1 slot (PCI Express x 16), and the other end to DVI of another CrossFire...
  • Page 23 Step 10. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your desktop (ATI Catalyst driver should be version 5.10 or higher). You will find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your desktop.

  • Page 24: Surround Display Feature

    2.9 Surround Display Feature 2.9 Surround Display Feature 2.9 Surround Display Feature 2.9 Surround Display Feature 2.9 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display feature.

  • Page 25: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.11 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...
  • Page 26 Serial ATA (SATA) Please connect the black end of Power Cable SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. Then (Optional) connect the white end of SATA connect to the connect to the SATA HDD power supply power cable to the power power connector connector of the power supply.
  • Page 27 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. 2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A.

  • Page 28: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation

    SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this connector, but please connect it (4-pin SLI/XFIRE_POWER1) with a hard disk power connecor (see p.10 No. 31) when two graphics cards are SLI/XFIRE_POWER1 plugged to this motherboard at the same time. Game Port Header JBB1 Connect a Game cable to this...

  • Page 29: Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata Hdds

    2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F unctions for SA A HDDs 775XFire-RAID motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA Devices. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug”...

  • Page 30: Installing Windows 2000 / Windows Xp / Windows Xp 64-Bit With Raid Functions

    2.14 2.14 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / 2.14 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / 2.14 2.14 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions Windows XP 64-bit With RAID Functions...

  • Page 31: Setting Up A Raid Ready System

    After the installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information” for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: ..

  • Page 32: Installing Windows 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    1. Physically attach one additional SATA hard drive to the SATA port not being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system; you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating the migration. 2.

  • Page 33: Bios Setup Utility

    Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction 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.

  • Page 34: Navigation Keys

    System Time [ :00:09] System Date [Mon 12/12/2005] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : 775XFire-RAID BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.40 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3400 MHz Microcode Update : F34/17...

  • Page 35: Cpu Configuration

    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...
  • Page 36 Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. Ratio CMOS Setting If the ratio status is unlocked, will find this item appear to allow you chang- ing the ratio value of this motherboard. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mecha- nism to keep the CPU from overheated.

  • Page 37: Chipset Configuration

    3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration 3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration Options Auto [Auto] DRAM Frequency 200MHz (DDRII400) [Disabled] Flexibility Option 266MHz (DDRII533) [Enabled] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Auto] DRAM CAS# Latency [PCI/PCIE] Boot Graphic Adapter Priority...
  • Page 38 DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS. Configuration options: [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], [6 DRAM Clocks], [7 DRAM Clocks], [8 DRAM Clocks], [9 DRAM Clocks], [10 DRAM Clocks], [11 DRAM Clocks], [12 DRAM Clocks], [13 DRAM Clocks], [14 DRAM Clocks], a n d [ 1 5 D R A M Clocks].

  • Page 39: Acpi Configuration

    3.3.3 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration 3.3.3 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. Suspend To RAM [Disabled] [Power Off] Restore on AC/Power Loss [Disabled] Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On [Disabled]...

  • Page 40: Ide Configuration

    3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration IDE Configuration IDE Configuration IDE Configuration 3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Set [Compatible] IDE Configuration when Legacy OS (MS-DOS, WinNT) [Enhanced] ATA/IDE Configuration is used. Configure SATA as [AHCI] Set [Enhanced] SATA_0 [Hard Disk] when Native OS SATA_1...
  • Page 41 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device :Hard Disk to the system. :ST340014A Vendor Size :40.0 GB LBA Mode :Supported Block Mode :16Sectors PIO Mode Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA :Ultra DMA-5 S.M.A.R.T.

  • Page 42: Pcipnp Configuration

    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.

  • Page 43: Floppy Configuration

    3.3.6 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration 3.3.6 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 [1.44 MB 3 "] Floppy A system.
  • Page 44 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 45: Usb Configuration

    3.3.8 3.3.8 USB Configuration 3.3.8 USB Configuration USB Configuration USB Configuration 3.3.8 3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Support [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option...

  • Page 46: Boot Screen

    CPU Quiet Fan This item allows you to identify the temperature of CPU fan. If you set this option as [Disabled], the CPU fan will operate in full speed. If you set this option as [Enabled], you will find the items “Target CPU Temperature ( C)”, “Tolerance ( C)”, and “Minimun Fan Speed”...

  • Page 47: Boot Settings Configuration

    3.5.1 3.5.1 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Boot Settings Configuration 3.5.1 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration To enable or disable the boot from network feature. Boot From Network [Disabled] Bootup Num-Lock [On] Select Screen...

  • Page 48: Exit Screen

    3.7 Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen 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.

  • Page 49: Install Operating System

    C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n 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...

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