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G41M-PS

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Version 1.0
Published August 2011
Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    G41M-PS User Manual Version 1.0 Published August 2011 Copyright©2011 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 1 Introduction 1 Introduction ....................................................5 5 5 5 5 1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ............11 1.4 I/O Panel ................. 12 2 Installation 2 Installation .............
  • Page 4 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support .......... 4 Software Support 4 Software Support ..................................52 4.1 Install Operating System ..........52 4.2 Support CD Information ........... 52 4.2.1 Running Support CD ..........52 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ............52 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ............

  • 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 If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . 2 Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.5-in, 24.4 cm x 19.1 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - LGA 775 for Intel ®...
  • Page 7 Trial; ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 8) Unique Feature - ASRock Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 9) - ASRock Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 10) - ASRock OC DNA (see CAUTION 11)
  • Page 8 Certifications - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 18) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third- party overclocking tools.
  • Page 9 Intelligent Energy Saver. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 10. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows .
  • Page 10 IE8. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/SmartView/index.asp 14. ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device performance. The performance may depend on the property of the device. 15. ASRock XFast LAN provides a faster internet access, which includes below benefits.

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    1.3 Motherboard Layout 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1.3 Motherboard Layout 19.1cm (7.5 in) CPU_FAN1 USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 Intel USB 2.0 FSB1 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 Chipset CMOS Battery EUP_AUDIO1 EUP_LAN1 PCIE1 PCI1 Super...

  • Page 12: I/O Panel

    1.4 I/O P 1.4 I/O P anel anel 1.4 I/O P 1.4 I/O Panel 1.4 I/O P anel anel PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) Parallel Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) RJ-45 Port VGA Port Line In (Light Blue) COM Port Line Out (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

  • Page 13: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation G41M-PS is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 7.5", 24.4 x 19.1 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

    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 15 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 16: 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 17: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    Modules (DIMM) y Modules (DIMM) G41M-PS motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) memory modules in the DDR3 DIMM slots to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology.

  • Page 18: 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) 2.6 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 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.

  • Page 19: Jumpers Setup

    EUP_LAN1 Note: EUP_LAN and EUP_AUDIO jumper design decreases the power consumption of this motherboard to meet EuP standard. With an ASRock EuP ready motherboard and a power supply that the 5VSB power efficiency is higher than 50% under 100mA current consumption, your system is able to submit EuP standard. The default setting (short pin2 and pin3) is EuP disabled.
  • Page 20 FSB1 Jumper (FSB1, 3-pin jumper, see p.11 No. 27) Default FSB1 If you adopt FSB1333-CPU and DDR3 1333 memory module on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumper. Please short pin2, pin3 for FSB1 jumper. Otherwise, the CPU and memory module may not work properly on this motherboard. Please refer to below jumper setting.

  • Page 21: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 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...
  • Page 22 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 USB_PWR ports on the I/O panel, there are (9-pin USB6_7) DUMMY two USB 2.0 headers on this (see p.11 No. 18) motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB USB_PWR 2.0 ports. USB_PWR (9-pin USB4_5) (see p.11 No.
  • Page 23 Chassis Fan Connector Please connect a chassis fan cable to this connector and (3-pin CHA_FAN1) match the black wire to the (see p.11 No. 15) +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED ground pin. CPU Fan Connector Please connect a CPU fan cable to this connector and match (4-pin CPU_FAN1) the black wire to the ground pin.

  • Page 24: Sataii Hard Disk Setup Guide

    2 . 9 2 . 9 2 . 9 SAT T T T T AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide AII Hard Disk Setup Guide 2 . 9 2 . 9 AII Hard Disk Setup Guide Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide.

  • Page 25: Installation

    2 . 1 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 1 0 Serial A Serial A Serial AT T T T T A (SA Serial A A (SA A (SA A (SAT T T T T A) / Serial A A) / Serial A A) / Serial AT T T T T AII (SA A) / Serial A...

  • Page 26: Introduction

    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 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.

  • Page 27: Navigation Keys

    [ :00:09] select a field. System Date [Mon 08/15/2011] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : G41M-PS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU E2220 @ 2.40GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2400MHz Microcode Update...

  • Page 28: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3 . 3 3 . 3 OC T OC T weak weak er Screen er Screen 3 . 3 3 . 3 OC T 3 . 3 OC T OC Tweak weak weaker Screen er Screen er Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker...
  • Page 29 DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker DRAM Timing Control DRAM tCL Value [Auto] DRAM tCL [Auto] DRAM tRCD Min = 5 DRAM tRP [Auto] Max = 10 DRAM tRAS [Auto] DRAM tRFC [Auto] DRAM tWR [Auto] DRAM tWTR [Auto] DRAM tRRD [Auto]...
  • Page 30 Ratio Status This is a read-only item, which displays whether the ratio status of this moth- erboard is “Locked” or “Unlocked”. If it shows “Unlocked”, you will find an item Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard.
  • Page 31 DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. NB Voltage Use this to select NB Voltage. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. VTT Voltage Use this to select VTT Voltage. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. GLTREF Voltage Use this to select GLTREF Voltage.

  • Page 32: Advanced Screen

    ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without en- tering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows .

  • Page 33: Cpu Configuration

    3 . 4 . 1 3 . 4 . 1 3 . 4 . 1 CPU Configuration 3 . 4 . 1 3 . 4 . 1 CPU Configuration CPU Configuration CPU Configuration CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Select the over clock mode.
  • Page 34 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. In the C1 power state, the processor maintains the context of the system caches. Intel (R) Virtualization tech.
  • Page 35 On-Demand Clock Modulation This provides the On-Demand Clock Modulation duty cycle. It indicates the clock on to clock off interval ratio. For example, if you set this option to [75.0% On], your processor will work normally 75% of the time, and spend the other 25% slacking off.

  • Page 36: Chipset Configuration

    3 . 4 . 2 3 . 4 . 2 3 . 4 . 2 Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration Chipset Configuration 3 . 4 . 2 3 . 4 . 2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings DRAM RCOMP and tRD Configuration DRAM DLL SKEW Configuration Fixed Mode Operation...
  • Page 37 DRAM CH0 G3 (Control2) This controls the number of DRAM CH0 G3 (Control2). Min: 1. Max: 15. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH0 G4 (Clocks1) This controls the number of DRAM CH0 G4 (Clocks1). Min: 1. Max: 15. The default value is [Auto].
  • Page 38 DRAM DLL SKEW Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DRAM DLL SKEW Settings DRAM CH0 CLKSET0 SKEW Info:0-0-0-0-0-0 [Auto] DRAM CH0 CLKSET0 SKEW DRAM CH0 CLKSET1 SKEW Info:0-0-0-0-0-0 [Auto] DRAM CH0 CLKSET1 SKEW DRAM CH0 CMD SKEW Info :0-0-0-0-0-0-0 [Auto] DRAM CH0 CMD SKEW DRAM CH0 CTRL0 SKEW Info :0-0-0-0-0-0-0 [Auto]...
  • Page 39 DRAM CH1 CMD SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH1 CMD SKEW. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH1 CTRL0 SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH1 CTRL0 SKEW. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM CH1 CTRL1 SKEW This controls the number of DRAM CH1 CTRL1 SKEW.
  • Page 40 DVMT Mode Select Use this option to adjust DVMT mode. The default value is [DVMT Mode]. DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) is an architecture that offers breakthrough performance for the motherboard through efficient memory utilization. In DVMT mode, the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for running graphics applications and is cooperatively using this memory with other system components.

  • Page 41: Acpi Configuration

    3 . 4 . 3 3 . 4 . 3 3 . 4 . 3 ACPI Configuration 3 . 4 . 3 3 . 4 . 3 ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature.

  • Page 42: Storage Configuration

    3 . 4 . 4 3 . 4 . 4 Storage Configuration 3 . 4 . 4 Storage Configuration Storage Configuration Storage Configuration 3 . 4 . 4 3 . 4 . 4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Set [Compatible] Storage Configuration when Legacy OS (MS-DOS, Win NT)
  • Page 43 Storage Device Configuration You may set the storage 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 Device :Hard Disk to the system.

  • Page 44: Pcipnp Configuration

    DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for com- patible IDE devices. S.M.A.R.T. 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.

  • Page 45: Floppy Configuration

    3 . 4 . 6 3 . 4 . 6 3 . 4 . 6 Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration 3 . 4 . 6 3 . 4 . 6 Floppy Configuration In this section, you may configure the type of your floppy drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration...
  • Page 46 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 47: Usb Configuration

    3 . 4 . 8 3 . 4 . 8 3 . 4 . 8 USB Configuration USB Configuration USB Configuration USB Configuration 3 . 4 . 8 3 . 4 . 8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers.

  • Page 48: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3 . 5 3 . 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 3 . 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 3 . 5 3 . 5 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 49: Boot Screen

    3 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 6 Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority.

  • Page 50: Security Screen

    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 func- tion after boot-up. 3 . 7 3 .

  • Page 51: Exit Screen

    3 . 8 3 . 8 3 . 8 3 . 8 3 . 8 Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes.

  • Page 52: Install Operating System

    4.2.4 Contact Information 4.2.4 4.2.4 Contact Information Contact Information Contact Information 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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