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ASROCK 4CoreDual-VSTA User Manual

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Version 1.0
Published October 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    4CoreDual-VSTA User Manual Version 1.0 Published October 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 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows Vista Premium and Basic OS........
  • Page 4 3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ........... 39 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ........40 3.3.8 USB Configuration ..........41 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....42 3.5 Boot Screen ..............43 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........44 3.6 Security Screen ............44 3.7 Exit Screen ..............

  • Page 5: Introduction 1. 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

    - Support DDR400/333/266 - Max. capacity: 2GB Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Expansion Slot - 4 x PCI slots - 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x AGP 8X slot (see CAUTION 7) ®...
  • Page 7 Connector - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD) and “Hot Plug” functions - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector...
  • Page 8 Windows ® Vista driver is not ready yet. We will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft ® Windows ® Vista driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 8 8 8 8...

  • Page 9: Vista Tm Premium And Basic Os

    Minimum Hardware R Minimum Hardware Requirement T Minimum Hardware R equirement T equirement Table for W equirement T able for W able for W able for Windows indows indows indows Minimum Hardware R Minimum Hardware R equirement T able for W indows ®...

  • Page 10: Supported Pci Express Vga Card List For Pci Express Graphics Slot

    MSI PCX 5750-TD128E SPARKLE GeFORCE 6200TC ASUS Extreme AX700PRO/TVD ABIT RX600XT-PCIE GECUBE Radeon X850XT 256M For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for PCI Express Graphics slot, please visit ASRock website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm...

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 PT880 Ultra Chipset AGP 8X EXPRESS 1.5V_AGP1 RAID IDE1 IDE2 PCIE_GRAPHICS1 PCI 1 4CoreDual-VSTA PCI 2 CMOS USB2.0 VT8237A Battery HD_AUDIO1 PCI 3 CLRCMOS1 RoHS Audio SATA1 SATA2 CODEC PCI 4 BIOS...

  • Page 12: Hd 8Ch I/O Panel

    HD 8CH I/O HD 8CH I/O Panel HD 8CH I/O 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 13: Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 4CoreDual-VSTA 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 14: Cpu Installation

    2.3 775-LAND CPU Installation 2.3 775-LAND CPU Installation 2.3 775-LAND CPU Installation 2.3 775-LAND CPU Installation 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.
  • 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)

    2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 4CoreDual-VSTA motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots and two 240-pin DDRII DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identi- cal (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR / DDRII DIMM pair in the slots of the same color.
  • Page 18 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 19: Expansion Slots

    PCI slots: 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 design of clasp that can securely fasten the inserted graphics card.

  • Page 20: Surround Display Feature

    2.7 Surround Display Feature 2.7 Surround Display Feature Thanks to ASRock patented PCI Express Graphics Technology, this motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on AGP VGA card and PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display feature.

  • Page 21: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 2.9 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)
  • Page 22 Serial ATA (SATA) Please connect the black end of Power Cable SATA power cable to the power connector on the drive. Then (Optional) connect to the SATA HDD connect the white end of SATA power connector power cable to the power connect to the power supply connector of the power supply.
  • Page 23 2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L. C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). D.
  • Page 24 Game Connector Connect a Game cable to this JBB1 connector if the Game port (15-pin GAME1) MIDI_OUT bracket is installed. (see p.11, No. 22) JBB2 MIDI_IN JAB2 JAB1 ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.11, No.

  • Page 25: Hdmi_Spdif Header Connection Guide

    2.10 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 2.10 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 2.10 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 2.10 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 2.10 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).

  • Page 26: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation

    A HDDs A HDDs A HDDs A HDDs 4CoreDual-VSTA 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 27: Raid Functions

    B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears.

  • Page 28: Installing Windows

    ® ® ® 1. If you install Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: ..

  • Page 29: Etup Utility

    3. 3. 3. 3. 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS SETUP UTILITY 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 Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.

  • Page 30: Navigation Keys

    System Time [ :00:09] System Date [Thu 10/19/2006] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : 4CoreDual-VSTA BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) CPU 3.60 GHz (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 3600 MHz Microcode Update F43/4...

  • Page 31: Advanced Screen

    3.3 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 H/W Monitor Boot...
  • Page 32 Spread Spectrum Select [Auto] for the spread spectrum feature. Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Ratio Status This is a read-only item, which displays whether the ratio status of this motherboard is “Locked” or “Unlocked”. If it shows “Unlocked”, you will find an item Ratio Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard.

  • Page 33: Chipset Configuration

    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. If you select [Auto], you need to set the “Power Schemes” as “Portable/Laptop” to enable this function. 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration...
  • Page 34 [Auto], [5T], [6T], [7T], [8T], [9T], [10T], [11T], [12T], [13T], [14T], [15T], [16T], [17T], [18T], [19T] and [20T]. The default value is set to [Auto] to set the timing by dram SPD. Active to CMD (Trcd) Use this option to select Active to CMD (Trcd). Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [3T], [4T], and [5T].
  • Page 35 Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI], [AGP], or [PCI Express Gfx.] as the primary graphics adapter. The default vaule is [PCI]. AGP Mode The default value of this feature is set to [Auto]. If you install an 8X-AGP card on this motherboard, you may select [Auto], [8X] or [4X] as the AGP mode.

  • Page 36: Acpi Configuration

    Card is plugged. Front Panel Control Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. CD-In Use this item to enable or disable CD-In of OnBoard HD Audio. Bus No. Use this item to select OnBoard HD Audio’s PCI Bus number. Configuration options: [02h], [80h].

  • Page 37: Ide Configuration

    RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on the system. 3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration IDE Configuration 3.3.4 3.3.4 IDE Configuration 3.3.4 IDE Configuration IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced To enable or disable IDE Configuration the onboard IDE controller.
  • Page 38 TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives.

  • Page 39: Pcipnp Configuration

    3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration 3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI Advanced PCI / PnP Settings clocks for PCI device latency timer PCI Latency Timer [32] register. PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Select Screen...

  • Page 40: Super Io Configuration

    3.3.7 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration 3.3.7 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. [Enabled] OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address [3F8 / IRQ4] Infrared Port Address...

  • Page 41: Usb Configuration

    OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable the Game Port or disable it. The default value is [Auto]. OnBoard MIDI Port Use this itme to select the address for the MIDI Port or disable it. Configura- tion options: [Disabled], [300], and [330]. 3.3.8 3.3.8 3.3.8 USB Configuration...

  • Page 42: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 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 43: Boot Screen

    3.5 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 config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security...

  • Page 44: 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 onboard LAN Boot From Onboard LAN [Disabled] feature.

  • Page 45: 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 46: 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...

  • Page 47: Via Raid Installation Guide

    VIA RAID Installation Guide 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 1.1 Introduction of RAID ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions ………………………………………………………………………………… 2 1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility ………………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.3.2 Create Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array …………………………………………………………………………………………..

  • Page 48: Via Bios Raid Installation Guide

    1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment. 1.1 Introduction of RAID VIA VT8237A south bridge chipset integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels.

  • Page 49: Bios Configuration Utility

    You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for data protection (the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size.
  • Page 50 There are two methods to create a disk array. One method is “Auto Setup”, and another is “Select Disk Drives”. Select “Auto Setup” to allow BIOS to select the disk drives and create array automatically. Select “Select Disk Drives” to let user select the array drives manually.
  • Page 51 Use the arrow key to highlight the Start Create Process and press <Enter>, then a warning message will appear. Press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. Please note that the content of the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation. Create RAID 1 The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses “Auto Setup”...

  • Page 52: Delete Disk Array

    The data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space. Expand Span (JBOD) Array function is not available if VT8237A only supports 2 SATA ports. 1.3.3 Delete Disk Array User can delete a specific RAID that has been created.

  • Page 53: Via Windows Raid Installation Guide

    VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under Windows environment. The “RAID Software” is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to VT8237 SATA controller.

  • Page 54: Create Raid Array

    2.1 Create Disk Array You may click on one of the three buttons to create different types of disk array– RAID 1, Span, and RAID 0. Then a “Select Array Creating Method” will be prompted. Auto: The software will configure the available hard disk drives to be a disk array. User can modify the hard disk drives later. It is strongly recommended to use this method.
  • Page 55 A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been created successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer. Click “Yes” to restart the computer or click “No” to skip restarting. New disk array setting will take effect only after restarting. Create RAID 1 You can reserve the data on the source drive after clicking “Create”...

  • Page 56: Delete Disk Array

    Delete Disk Array Select the disk array that you want to delete from the left window. Click “Remove Array” button , then a warning message will pop up. 2. Click “Yes” to delete the specific disk array or click “No” to cancel. A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer.

  • Page 57: Verify Mirror Disk

    2.4 Verify Mirror Disk Data on the mirror disk must be the same as its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1. Select a RAID 1. Right-click the selected RAID, and then a shortcut menu will appear. Click “Verify Mirror” to verify whether the source and the mirror disks are identical.

  • Page 58: Synchronize Mirror Disk

    “need-sync” mirror disk should be synchronized as soon as possible. 2.5 Synchronize Mirror Disk For RAID 1, it must be synchronized when data on the mirror disk is not identical with its corresponding source disk. Sometimes the data on the mirror disk may be newer than the source disk.

  • Page 59: Disk Error Detection

    2.6 Disk Error Detection RAID will pop up an error message when the failure or absence of a disk drive is detected. 2.7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array If, during the system-booting, the software detects the inconsistence between the source and the mirror disks of RAID 1, the disk array will be marked as critical status, and the software will automatically prompt user to duplicate the RAID 1 to make the mirror disk consist with the corresponding source disk again.
  • Page 60 RAID 1 array is detected by the RAID software, it will indicate a serial steps to repair this problem. A dialog box will pop up to indicate the RAID is broken. Click Yes. Then another dialog box will pop up. If the source or the mirror disk drive is unplugged only, click “Cancel” to stop rebuilding step. Shut down the system.
  • Page 61 A warning message will pop up. If you want to rebuild the RAID by using the disk drive that you selected in the previous step, click “Next”. Warning: The data on the selected disk drive will be lost. Reboot the system. This RAID is marked as a critical RAID.
  • Page 62 AGP Slot and PCI Express Graphics AGP Slot and PCI Express Graphics AGP Slot and PCI Express Graphics AGP Slot and PCI Express Graphics AGP Slot and PCI Express Graphics Slot (PCI Express x 4) Installation Slot (PCI Express x 4) Installation Slot (PCI Express x 4) Installation Slot (PCI Express x 4) Installation Slot (PCI Express x 4) Installation...
  • Page 63 STEP2: Install the OS (Operating System) and drivers of this motherboard STEP3: Install the AGP VGA card drivers Install the drives and any related software which are provided by the graphics card vender. Please make sure the drivers are successfully installed to your computer.
  • Page 64 STEP6: Install the PCI Express VGA card drivers Install the drives and any related software which are provided by the graphics card vender. Please make sure the drivers are successfully installed to your computer. STEP7: Restart your computer 3 3 3 3 3...
  • Page 65 STEP8: Set up a multi-monitor display Right click the desktop, choose “Properties”, and select the “Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitor according to the steps below. 1. Click the “Identify” button to display a large number on each monitor. 2.
  • Page 66 STEP9: Use Surround Display Click and drag the display icons to positions representing the physical setup of your monitors that you wwould like to use. The placement of display icons determines how you move items from one monitor to another. 5 5 5 5 5...

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