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1. jumpers from pin 3 and pin 4 HITACHI Please use the Feature Tool a DOS bootable tool for changing various ATA features Please visit HITACHI s website for details http www hitachigst com hdd support download htm 4 The above examples are just for your reference For different SATAII hard disk products of different vendors the jumper pin setting methods may not be the same Please visit the vendors website for the updates 42 2 16 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel P55 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 This section will guide you to install the SATA SATAII hard disks STEP 1 Install the SATA SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis STEP2 Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk STEP 3 Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATAII connector STEP 4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk 1 If you plan to use RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 or Intel Matrix Storage function you need to install at least 2 SATA SATAII hard disks If you plan to use RAID 5 function you need to
2. 7 1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection DAC with 110dB dynamic range ALC890 Audio Codec Premium Blu ray audio support PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 100 1000 Mb s Realtek RTL8111DL Supports Wake On LAN Rear Panel UO I O Panel 1 x PS 2 Mouse Port 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 7 x Ready to Use USB 2 0 Ports 1 x Powered eSATAII USB Connector 1 x RJ 45LAN Port with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED 1 x IEEE 1394 Port 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED HD Audio Jack Side Speaker Rear Speaker Central Bass Line in Front Speaker Microphone see CAUTION 6 Connector 6x SATAII 3 0Gb s connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions see CAUTION 7 1 x ATA133 IDE connector supports 2 x IDE devices 1 x Floppy connector 1 x IR header 1x COM port header 1x HDMI SPDIF header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x TPM header CPU Chassis Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector CD in header Front panel audio connector 3 x USB 2 0 headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports see CAUTION 8 1 x Dr Debug 7 Segment Debug LED 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED 1 x Power Switch with LED 1 x Reset Switch with LED BIOS Feature 16Mb AMI BIOS AMI Legal BIOS Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Com
3. Discard changes and exit setup Select OK to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY with out saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes Select OK to discard all changes Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Load Performance Setup Default IDE SATA This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system configurations If system boot failure occurs after loading please resume optimal default settings F5 key can be used for this operation Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode This performance setup AHCI mode may not be compatible with all system configurations If system boot failure occurs after loading please resume optimal default settings F3 key can be used for this operation Load Performance Setup RAID Mode This performance setup RAID mode may not be compatible with all system configurations If system boot failure occurs after loading please resume optimal default settings F4 key can be used for this operation Load Power Saving Setup Default Load power saving setup default F6 key can be used for this operation 72 Chapter 4 Software Support 4 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft Windows operating systems XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Win7 Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary use the
4. which provides SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV projector L CD devices To use HDMI function on this motherboard please carefully follow the below steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Install the HDMI VGA card to th PCI Express Graphics slot on this motherboard For the proper installation of HDMI VGA card please refer to the installation guide on page 20 ufi Connect the black end A of HDMI SPDIF cable to the HDMI SPDIF header HDMI SPDIF1 yellow see page 12 No 30 on the motherboard Make sure to correctly connect the HDMI SPDIF cable to the motherboard and the HDMI VGA card according to the same pin definition For the pin definition of HDMI SPDIF header and HDMI SPDIF cable connectors please refer to page 35 For the pin definition of HDMI SPDIF connectors on HDMI VGA card please refer to the user manual of HDMI VGA card vendor Incorrect connection may cause permanent damage to this motherboard and the HDMI VGA card Connect the white end B or C of HDMI SPDIF cable to the HDMI SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card There are two white ends 2 pin and 3 pin on HDMI SPDIF cable Please choose the appropriate white end according to the HDMI SPDIF connector of the HDMI VGA card you install white end l white end 2 pin B 3 pin C Please do not connect the white end of HDMI SPDIF cable to the wrong connector of HDMI VGA card or other VGA card Otherwis
5. STEP 3 Install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Insert the Windows Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system and follow the instruction to install Windows Vista Vista 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 RAID drivers Intel RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD M386 For Windows Vista OS AMD64 For Windows Vista 64 bit OS After that please insert Windows Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation After the installation of Windows Vista Vista 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 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 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information If you want to use Intel Matrix Storage Manager in Windows environment please insta
6. TPM system which can securely store keys digital certificates passwords and data A TPM system also helps enhance network security protects digital identities and ensures platform integrity Infrared Module Header IRTX x un d o gt OU oo Z mr a N OZ2 lt 47272 62 Oxo D A n 5VSB 5 pin IR1 ae see p 12 No 20 1 GND IRRX This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin CD1 CD1 see p 12 No 32 Front Panel Audio Header 9 pin HD AUDIO1 see p 12 No 31 CH os OO zz Og O M Es IO This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD ROM DVD ROM TV tuner card or MPEG card This is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices J SENSE OUT2 R MIC2 R MIC2 L 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 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 MIC RET and OUT RET are for HD audio panel only You don t need to connect them for AC 97 audio pa
7. 512 MB under DOS and Windows for Netware and UNIX user select Disabled to disable the LBA Large mode 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 65 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 AHCI CD DVD Boot Time Out Some SATA CD DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer Configuration options 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 The default value is 35 3 4 5PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY eg Advanced PCI PnP Settings Value in units of PCI d M clocks for PCI device latency timer register PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit 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 insta
8. HDS722580VL 3rd Boot Device CD DVD 3S CD ROM C y Hard Disk Drives y Removable Drives gt CD DVD Drives gt Select Screen ie Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc 3 6 1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Settings Configuration Disabled Displays normal POST messages Enabled Displays OEM AddOn ROM Display Enabled Logo instead of POST Boot Logo Auto messages Boot From Onboard LAN Disabled Bootup Num Lock On Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo The default value is Enabled AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display If you enable the option Full Screen Logo but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots please select Enabled Configuration options Enabled and Disabled The default value is Enabled 70 Boot Logo Use this option to select logo in POST screen This option only appears when you enable the option Full Screen Logo Configuration options Auto EuP Scenery and ASRock The default value is Auto Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature Boot Up Num Lock If thi
9. Help Screen F9 To load optimal default values for all the settings lt F10 gt To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY lt ESC gt To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3 2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H WMonitor Boot Security Exit System Overview Use Enter TAB a M 0 or SHIFT TAB to 00 09 select a field System Date Thu 06 04 2009 BIOS Version P55 Extreme P1 00 Use or to Processor Type Intel R Core TM CPU configure system Time 860 2 80GHz 64bit Processor Speed 2800MHz Microcode Update 106E5 3 Cache Size 8192KB Select Screen Select Item Total Memory 2048MB Change Field Single Channel Memory Mode Select Field DDR3 A2 None General Help DDR3 A1 2048MB 533MHz DDR3 1066 Load Defaults DDR3 B2 None Save and Exit DDR3 BI None Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc System Time Hour Minute Second Use this item to specify the system time System Date Day Month Date Year Use this item to specify the system date 55 3 3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen you can set up overclocking features BIOS SETUP UTILITY METIE OC Tweaker BEC UENIT D s CAN CO ECCO D ETT S A E a LA A D S A OC Tweaker Settings ids E Overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard Overcl
10. I5Rock P55 Extreme User Manual Version 1 1 Published August 2009 Copyright 2009 ASRock INC All rights reserved Copyright Notice No part of this manual may be reproduced transcribed transmitted or translated in any language in any form or by any means except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose without written consent of ASRock Inc Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis tered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Disclaimer Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa tional use only and subject to change without notice and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual With respect to the contents of this manual ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warran ties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors officers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages 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
11. 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 EE EC of device connected Device Hard Disk to the system Vendor 8T340014A Size 40 0 GB LBA Mode Supported Block Mode 16Sectors PIO Mode 74 Asyne DMA MultiWord DMA 2 Ultra DMA Ultra DMA 5 S M A R T Supported Select Screen LBA Large Mode A GIE SE Transfer eee Change Option DMA Mode Auto General Help S M A R T Disabled Load Defaults 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify Configu ration 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 This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active CD DVD This is used for IDE CD DVD drives 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 gt
12. O T Intelligent Overclocking Technology the system will automatically enable the overclocking function when your CPU is heavy loaded BCLK Frequency MHz Use this option to adjust BCLK Internal Base Clock frequency PCIE Frequency MHz Use this option to adjust PCIE frequency Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum This item should always be Auto for better system stability 56 CPU Ratio Setting If the ratio status is unlocked you will find this item appear to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard QPI Frequency Use this option to adjust QPI QuickPath Interconnect frequency Configu ration options Auto 4 800GT and 4 266GT The default value is Auto DRAM Frequency If Auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically You may select Auto A00MHz DDR3 800 B33MHz DDR3 1066 667MHz DDR3 1333 B00MHz DDR3 1600 933MHz DDR3 1866 or 1066MHz DDR3 2133 XMP Technology Use this option to adjust XMP memory Configuration options Profile 1 and Profile 2 The default value is Auto DRAM Timing Control Use this item to control DRAM Timing BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DRAM Timing Control DRAM tCL DRAM tRCD 8 Auto DRAM tRP 8 Auto DRAM tRAS 20 Auto DRAM tRFC 48 Auto MM DRAM tWR 8 Auto E DRAM tWTR 4 Auto imu DRAM tRRD
13. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive from the Actions menu This will activate the Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Click through the dialogs as prompted It s important to understand what will occur during the migration process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost Once the migration is complete reboot the system If you migrated to a RAID O volume use Disk Management from within Windows in order to partition and format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are combined You may also use third party software to extend any existing partitions within the RAID volume 49 2 20 4 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit on your SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to RAID STEP 2 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure the RAID function you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper 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 RAID Installation Guide
14. Suspend to RAM feature Select Auto will enable this feature if the OS supports it If you set this item to Disabled the function Repost Video on STR Resume will be hidden Repost Video on STR Resume This feature allows you to repost video on STR resume STR refers to suspend to RAM Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit Restore on AC Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC power loss If Power Off is selected the AC power remains off when the power recovers If Power On is selected the AC power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers Ring In Power On 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 RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC Real Time Clock to power on the system 63 ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table The default value is Disabled Please set this option to Enabled if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows Vista certification 3 4 4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Storage Configuration IDE SATAII 1 2 3 4 Con
15. The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation Please check AMD website for ATI driver updates Install the required drivers to your system For Windows XP OS A ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system there is no need to download it again http www microsoft com windowsxp sp2 default mspx B You must have Microsoft NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center Please check Microsoft website for details For Windows Vista OS Install the CATALYST Control Center Please check AMD website for details Restart your computer Install the VGA card drivers to your system and restart your computer Then you will find ATI Catalyst Control Center on your Windows taskbar Driver Version 8 12 vista32 dd ccc wdm enu 72275 exe Rani QD 1054 AM ATI Catalyst Control Center Double click ATI Catalyst Control Center Click View select CrossFireX and then check the item Enable CrossFireX Select the option according to the total GPU number on the Radeon graphics cards Click Apply 28 4 Although you have selected the option Enable CrossFire the CrossFirex function may not work actually Your computer will automatically reboot Afte
16. USB 2 0 Header USB12 13 Blue Infrared Module Header IR1 USB 2 0 Header USB10 11 Blue ao Ff WN ch Re 12 TEIE E 8 UIEIUIEUE o o o o E E E E E ES e a ele S elle le P s ka lt D N N N N sleli el a a alla 3 m 9 KE ki st a o wo e e re jens X o elle leie d lt x lt mo ao k N l l lt m e e e e c o oc oc aljalja ja E aj jajjalja Q E E EE e E e EI CO 16Mb mm VIA BIOS been VT6330 CU mm mm mn IDE1 a3 m 15 D oJ Q el SATAI 5 6 SATAII d 1 152 I S E on 27 26 25 24 23222120 19 18 Dr Debug LED USB 2 0 Header USB8 9 Blue Intel P55 Chipset Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header FRONT_1394 Red Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN2 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN1 Floppy Connector FLOPPY1 COM Port Header COM1 HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI SPDIF1 Yellow Front Panel Audio Header HD AUDIO 1 Lime Internal Audio Connector CD1 Black PCI Slots PCI3 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE4 Orange PCI Slots PCI2 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE3 Orange PCI Express 2 0 x1 Slot PCIE2 White PCI Slots PCI1 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE1 Blue CPU Fan Connector CPU FAN1 Power Fan Connector PWR FAN apgouNS RRBRB SS ZS SS Sg SG k 1 7 I O Panel 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 10 Fron
17. USB wake up events Note To select 5VSB it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by power supply Clear CMOS Jumper 12 23 CLRCMOS1 fe off o see p 12 No 13 Default Clear CMOS Note CLRCMOS allows you to clear the data in CMOS The data in CMOS includes system setup information such as system password date time and system setup parameters To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS 1 for 5 seconds However please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS you must boot up the system first and then shut it down before you do the clear CMOS action 30 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 33 pin FLOPPY1 see p 12 No 28 the red striped side to bm 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 12 No 12 connect the blue end Cc zm Tam D connect the black end bow to the motherboard to the IDE devices 80 co
18. Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 20 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to RAID STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII Driver Diskette A Insert the 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 Please select CD ROM as the boot device C When you see the message on the screen Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press Y D Then you will see these messages Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive WARNING Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it Start to format and copy files YN Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive and press Y E The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette 47 STEP 3 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure the RAID function you need to check theinstallation guide in the Support CD fo
19. XP64 for Windows XP 64 bit Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers Install the Intel R Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet This will add the Intel R Matrix Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID configuration 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 5 2 20 3 Migrating a RAID Ready System to RAID O RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing RAID Ready system then you can use the following steps to perform a migration from a single non RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0 RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration To prepare for this you will need another SATA SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive Physically attach one additional SATA SATAII hard drive to the SATAII 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 Boot Windows install the Intel R Matrix Storage Manager software if not already installed using the setup package obtained from a CD ROM or from the Internet This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links
20. controllers Legacy USB Support Enabled USB 2 0 Rate Matching hub Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices There are four configuration options Enabled Auto Disabled and BIOS Setup Only The default value is Enabled Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options 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 BIOS Setup Only USB devices are allowed to use only under BIOS setup and Windows Linux OS USB 2 0 Rate Matching hub Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2 0 Rate Matching hub 68 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY METTE OLOM Mier SEE CUENTE H W Monitor II tela A Do eU Hardware Health Event Monitoring
21. install at least 3 SATA SATAII hard disks 2 It is not recommended to switch the Configure SATAII as setting between AHCI RAID and IDE mode after OS installation 43 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA SATAII in RAID AHCI mode Intel P55 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort NOTE What is Hot Plug Function If the SATA SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration it is called Hot Plug for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition However please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the 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 44 2 18 SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA SATAII HDD in RAID AHCI mode Please read below operation guide of SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully Before you process the SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift b
22. management interrupt Check boot password if installed Clean up work needed before booting to OS 87 BC sp ee go An Ai Takes care of runtime image preparation for different BIOS modules Fill the free area in FOOOh segment with OFFh Initializes the Microsoft IRQ Routing Table Prepares the runtime language module Disables the system configuration display if needed AM AB A9 AB Initialize runtime language module Displays the system configuration screen if enabled Initialize the CPU s before boot which includes the programming of the MTRR s Prepare CPU for OS boot including final MTRR values Wait for user input at config display if needed Uninstall POST INT1Ch vector and INTO9h vector Deinitializes the ADM module Bi SaesysemcomexforACPL 00 Passes control to OS Loader ypicaly NI A A A A A A A A A 3 T 9 B 3C 0 0 2 8 ZC A T 8C E 0 1 2 4 T 8 9 A B C B1 40 2 14 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 This motherboard is equipped with a HDMI SPDIF header
23. setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only Refer to your OS documentation for more information 4 2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features 4 2 1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus 4 2 2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 4 2 3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it 4 2 4 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 73
24. you like to save current setting user defaults In this option you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements 3 4 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 SuperlO Configuration and USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY EIST VIN Advanced WS IA NEIE OT TITO Security Exit Advanced Settings Options for CPU WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction gt Chipset Configuration gt ACPI Configuration Storage Configuration gt PCIPnP Configuration gt Floppy Configuration Select Screen gt SuperIO Configuration Select Item y USB Configuration Go to Sub Screen General Help BIOS Update Utility Load Defaults ASRock Instant Flash Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc 4 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction 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 entering operating systems first like MS DOS or Windows Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an a
25. 4 Make sure to use the SATA power cable amp data cable which are from our motherboard package 5 Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss 45 How to Hot Plug a SATA SATAII HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII HDD damage and data loss Sie Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin end GW Connect SATA data cable to White to the power supply 1x4 pin cable the motherboard s SATAII connector F Sd Connect SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII HDD How to Hot Unplug a SATA SATAII HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII HDD damage and data loss Unplug SATA data cable from SATA SATAII HDD side 46 2 19 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 Therefore the drivers you install can work properly 2 20 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install
26. 6 Auto DRAM tRTP 5 Auto Select Screen DRAM tFAW 21 Auto Select Item Change Option DRAM Command Rate Auto General Help DRAM Enhanced Training Auto Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc DRAM tCL Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing Configuration options Auto 6 to 11 DRAMtRCD This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRCD Configuration options Configuration options Auto 3 to 15 DRAM RR This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRP Configuration options Configuration options Auto 3 to 15 DRAM tRAS This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS Configuration options 57 Configuration options Auto 9 to 31 DRAM tRFC This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRFC Configuration options Configuration options Auto 15 to 255 DRAM tWR This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TWR Configuration options Configuration options Auto 3 to 15 DRAM tWTR This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TWTR Configuration options Configuration options Auto 2 to 10 DRAM tRRD This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRRD Configuration options Configuration options Auto 4 to 7 DRAM tRTP This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRTP Configuration options Configuration options Auto 2 to 13 DRAM tFAW This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TFA
27. CPU Temperature M B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan1 Speed Chassis Fan2 Speed Chassis Fan3 Speed Power Fan Speed Vcore 3 30V 5 00V 12 00V 37 C 98 F 31 C 87F N A N A N A N A N A 3 1 152V Sas V 11 968V 5 080V Select Screen Select Item General Help Load Defaults P Chassis Fan 1 Setting un UE gt Chassis Fan 2 Setting gt Chassis Fan 3 Setting v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed Configuration options Full On and Automatic mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed Configuration options Full On and Manual mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 2 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 2 speed Configuration options Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 and Level 4 The default is value Level 4 Chassis Fan 3 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 3 speed Configuration options Full On and Manual mode The default is value Full On 69 3 6 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OCTweaker Advanced H W Monitor Boot Boot Settings Configure Settings gU RU during System Boot 1st Boot Device 1st Floppy Device 2nd Boot Device HDD PM
28. D64 For Windows Vista 64 bit OS After that please insert Windows Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation Using SATA SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen gt Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to IDE STEP 2 Install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system 52 2 22 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology which means during overclocking FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI PCIE buses Before you enable 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 Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology 53 Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3 1 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 or Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY otherwise POST will conti
29. PU fan 17 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 18 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots 20 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide 21 2 8 CrossFireX M 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide 25 2 9 Surround Display Feature ccccccccssseseeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees 30 2 10 Jumipers Selup EEN 30 2 11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 31 2 12 Mab EIERE 37 2 13 DI DO DUG EE 38 2 14 HDMI SPDIF Header Connection Guide 41 2 15 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 42 2 16 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks MAS CAN AMOM om 43 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII aD Er 44 2 18 SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation EE ee EE 45 2 19 Driver Installation Guide eeeessssseesss 47 2 20 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions eeeeeseeess 47 2 20 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID FRUIIGHIONS Sass eor eod oid obeunt eaa eeu tud 47 2 20 2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System 48 2 20 3 Migrating a RAID Ready System to RAID 0 RAID Or RAID E Sista teat tials aaa ute uiuos 49 3 2 20 4 Installing Window
30. PWRBTN allowing users to quickly turn see p 12 No 8 on off the system Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch RSTBTN RESET allowing users to quickly reset see p 12 No 7 the system Clear CMOS Switch Clear CMOS Switch is a smart CLRCBTN cir switch allowing users to quickly see p 13 No 17 clear the CMOS values j You are not allowed to use Clear CMOS switch function if you set up the system password If you want to clear the CMOS values please clean your system password in advance or refer to page 30 Clear CMOS jumper description instead 37 2 13 Dr Debug Dr Debug is used to provide code information which makes troubleshooting even easier Please see the diagrams below for reading the Dr Debug codes The Bootblock initialization code sets up the chipset memory and other components before system memory is available The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the bootblock initialization portion of the BIOS Checkpoint Description ooo Early chipset initialization is done Early super I O initialization is done including RTC and keyboard controller NMI is disabled Perform keyboard controller BAT test Check if waking up from power management suspend state Save power on CPUID value in scratch CMOS checksum module Verify that flat mode is enabled If memory sizing module not executed start memory refresh and do memory sizing in Bootblock code Do additio
31. W Configuration options Configuration options Auto 1 to 63 DRAM Command Rate Use this item to adjust DRAM Command Rate Configuration options 1 2 and Auto DRAM Enhanced Training Use this item to enable or disable DRAM Enhanced Training Configuration options Disabled Enabled and Auto ASRock VDrop Control Use this to enable or disable ASRock VDrop control Configuration options With VDrop and Without VDrop The default value is With VDrop CPU Voltage Use this to select CPU Voltage Configuration options Auto Manual and Overdrive Offset The default value is Auto DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 559V to 2 008V The default value is Auto DRAM CTRL REF Voltage Use this to select DRAM CTRL REF Voltage Configuration options Auto 0 063V to 0 080V The default value is Auto DRAM DATA REF Voltage Use this to select DRAM DATA REF Voltage Configuration options Auto 0 063V to 0 080V The default value is Auto 58 VTT Offset Voltage Use this to select VTT Offset Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 114 V to 2 044V The default value is Auto PCH Voltage Use this to select PCH Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 066V to 1 488V The default value is Auto CPU PLL Voltage Use this to select CPU PLL Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 812V to 2 324V The default value is Auto Would
32. anager which is located in the folder at the following path Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information please install SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel If you want to use Intel Matrix Storage Manager in Windows environment Matrix Storage Manager will be installed to your system as well 2 20 2 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 The following steps outline how to build an Intel RAID Ready system 1 Assemble the system and attach a single SATA SATAII hard drive 2 Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 47 When done exit Setup 3 Make a SATA SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 47 Begin Windows setup by booting from the installation CD 4 At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel RAID 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 48 Wu install You may select Intel R ICH8R ICH9R ICH10R DO PCH SATA RAID Controller Windows XP 2000 for Windows 2000 XP or Intel R ICH8R ICH9R ICH1OR DO PCH SATA RAID Controller Windows
33. aphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details CrossFire Bridge Step 3 Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE1 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 26 2 8 1 2 Installing Three CrossFireX Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Insert Radeon graphics cards into PCIE1 PCIE3 and PCIE4 slots Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE 1 and PCIE3 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE3 and PCIE4 slots CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details CrossFire Bridge Step 3 Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE1 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 27 2 8 2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Step 2 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Power on your computer and boot into OS Remove the ATI driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system
34. dditional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT 32 16 59 12 file system If you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information Select the proper BIOS file to update your BIOS and reboot your system after BIOS update process completes 3 4 1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure advanded CPU settings Select the ranon between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency Intel R Core TM CPU 860 2 80GHz Frequency 2 80GHz Cache L1 128 KB Cache L2 1024 KB Cache L3 8192 KB Ratio Status Unlocked Min 09 Max 21 Ratio Actual Value 21 Enhanced Halt State Disabled Intel R Virtualization tech Enabled Select Screen CPU Thermal Throttling Enabled Select Item No Excute Memory Protection Disabled Change Option Hyper Threading Technology Enabled General Help Active Processor Cores Al Load Defaults A20M Disabled Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc CPU Ratio Setting If the ratio status is unlocked you will find this item appear to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard 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 proce
35. default value is All A20M Use this item to enable or disable A20M Legacy OS and AP may need A20M enabled The default value is Disabled Intel R SpeedStep tm tech Intel R SpeedStep tm tech is Intel s new power saving technology Processor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable powersavings The default value is Enabled Configuration options Auto Enabled and Disabled If you install Windows XP and select Auto you need to set the Power Schemes as Portable Laptop to en able this function If you install Windows Vista and want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel R SpeedStep tm tech Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies Please set this item to Disable if above issue occurs Intel R TurboMode tech Use this item to enable or disable Intel R Turbo Boost Technology Turbo mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific condition The default value is Enabled Intel R C STATE tech Intel R C STATE tech is achieved by making the power and thermal con trol unit part of the core logic and not part of the chipset as before Migration of the power and thermal management flow into the processor allows us to use a hardware coordination mechan
36. e the motherboard and the VGA card may be damaged For example this picture shows the wrong example of connecting HDMI SPDIF cable to the fan connector of PCI Express VGA card Please refer to the VGA card user manual for connector usage in advance Connect the HDMI output connector on HDMI VGA card to HDMI device such as HDTV Please refer to the user manual of HDTV and HDMI VGA card vendor for detailed connection procedures Install HDMI VGA card driver to your system 41 2 15 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 otherwise your SATAII hard disk may fail to run at SATAII mode Western Digital o yo 816142 If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted SATA 1 5Gb s will be enabled On the other hand if you want to enable SATAII 3 0Gb s please remove the jumpers from pin 5 and pin 6 SAMSUNG 5 393 1 8 642 If pin 3 and pin 4 are shorted SATA 1 5Gb s will be enabled On the other hand if you want to enable SATAII 3 0Gb s please remove the
37. e disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged Front Panel Select Auto Enabled or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel OnBoard Lan This allows you to enable or disable the OnBoard Lan feature Onboard 1394 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 feature Intelligent Energy Saver Intelligent Energy Saver is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled power savings The default value is Disabled Configuration options Enabled and Disabled If you want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled Besides the BIOS option you can also choose our Intelligent Energy Saver utility to enable this function Intel VT d configuration Use this to enable or disable Intel VT d technology Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O The default value of this feature is Disabled 62 3 4 3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Select auto detect or disable the STR feature 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 ACPI HPET Table Disabled Select Screen Select Item EUP Support Auto Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto detect or disable the
38. ee p 12 No 6 so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel configuration and please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configuration Table below Dual Channel Memory Configurations DDR3_A2 DDR3 A1 DDR3 B2 DDR3 B1 oi EE White p Blue ME White iM Populated Populated css Populated Populated Populated For the configuration 2 please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots 1 Ifyou want to install two memory modules for optimal compatibility and reliability it is recommended to install them in the slots of the same color In other words install them either in the set of white slots DDR3 A1 and DDR3 B1 2 If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology 3 Itis not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot otherwise this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged 4 Please install the memory module into the white slot DDR3_B1 for the first priority 18 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 Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches t
39. ess control it is not recommended to perform over clocking Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU 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 Combo Cooler Option C C O provides the flexible option to adopt two different CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 and LGA 1156 Please be noticed that not all the 775 CPU Fan can be used EuP stands for Energy Using Product was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for the completed system According to EuP the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1 00W in off mode condition To meet EuP standard an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required According to Intel s suggestion the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efficiency is higher than 50 under 100 mA current consumption For EuP ready power supply selection we recommend you checking with the power supply manufacturer for more details 1 3 Two SLI Graphics Card Support List for Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name D
40. figuration Compatible RAID SATAII 5 6 Configuration Enhanced AHCI Onboard eSATAII Enabled Disabled eSATAII Operation Mode IDE Onboard IDE and 1394 Enabled gt SATAII 1 Hard Disk gt SATAII 2 Not Detected gt SATAII 3 Not Detected gt SATAII 4 Not Detected gt SATAII 5 Not Detected gt SATAII 6 Not Detected gt eSATAII Not Detected F IDE1 Master Not Detected gt IDEI Slave Not Detected Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc SATAII Operation Mode Use this to select SATAII Operation Mode Configuration options IDE RAID AHCI and Disabled The default value is IDE If you select IDE mode the options SATAII 1 2 3 4 Configuration and SATAII 5 6 Configuration will appear If you select RAID or AHCI mode the options Hot Plug and Link Power Management will appear AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages Onboard eSATAII Use this item to enable or disable onboard eSATAII The default value is Enabled If you enable this item the option eSATAII Operaion Mode will appear Onboard IDE and 1394 Use this item to enable or disable onboard IDE and 1394 The default value is Enabled 64 IDE Device Configuration You may set the
41. front panel functions Please connect the chassis speaker to this header Please connect the fan cables to the fan connectors and match the black wire to the ground pin GND 3 pin PWR FAN 12V see p 12 No 41 PWR_FAN_SPEED CPU Fan Connector Please connect a CPU fan cable 1 GND 4 pin CPU_FAN1 2 12V to this connector and match 3 CPU FAN SPEED see p 12 No 40 E FAN SPEED CONTROL the black wire to the ground pin 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 ATX Power Connector 24 pin ATXPWR1 see p 12 No 9 34 Pin 1 3 Connected 3 Pin Fan Installation w CR Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector 4 Though this motherboard provides 24 pin ATX power connector 12 B it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20 pin ATX power supply To use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13 20 Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8 pin ATX12V1 see p 12 No 2 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector 4 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 p
42. he break on the slot 4 N The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation Step 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 19 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots There are 3 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard PCI slots PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32 bit PCI interface PCIE slots PCIE1 PCIE x16 slot Blue is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFireX or SLI function PCIE2 PCIE x1 slot White is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards such as Gigabit LAN card SATA2 card etc PCIE3 PCIE x16 slot Orange is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFireX or SLI function PCIE4 PCIE x16 slot Orange is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards such as Gigabit LAN card SATA2 card etc or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support 3 Way CrossFireX function In single VGA card mode it is recommended to install a PCI Express x16 graphics card on PCIE1 slot In CrossFireX mode or SLI mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE1 and PCIES slo
43. hree CrossFireX Graphics Card Support List for Windows Vista Vista 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name Driver Vendor Powercolor AX4670 512MD3 P RADEON 4670 Catalyst 9 6 Gecube GC HD485PG3 E3 RADEON 4850 Catalyst 9 6 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFireX Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http www asrock com support index htm 11 1 6 Motherboard Layout 24 4cm 9 6 in 34 5 6 Hele oman ASRock P55 Extreme 39 PCIE1 38 37 CMOS CrossFireX Battery 2 12 PCIE2 36 PCH L 1394a Wes PCIE3 1O PCI Express 2 0 35 PCI2 34 PCIE4 RoHS EuP Ready 33 PCI3 32 EE EE 31 30 29 28 PS2 USB PWR1 Jumper ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V1 1156 Pin CPU Socket Chassis Fan Connector CHA FAN3 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots Dual Channel DDR3 A2 DDR3 B2 Blue 6 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots Dual Channel DDR3 A1 DDR3 B1 White 7 Reset Switch RSTBTN Power Switch PWRBTN 9 ATX Power Connector ATXPWR1 10 TPM Header TPM1 11 16Mb SPI Flash 12 Primary IDE Connector IDE1 Blue 13 Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 14 SATAII Connector SATAII 1 2 Red 15 SATAII Connector SATAII 3 4 Red 16 SATAII Connector SATAII 5 6 Red 17 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER 1 Purple 18 System Panel Header PANEL1 Orange
44. imiri d NVIDIA Corperstion 4e MIDA Cantal Panel Contra Fane Dei sub Bro aren Meio and mappi ene lege E From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply Ct bie z KA EE Bah aerial amen w feted tb DUM ELI ie Fi Lued fei og Gi toe rif P je vrucs aed mage coal ATA Pl d R pee DECH a a CAU IUS oc Ce Re ee ed ee E ei Pist LFU dk Damai d iredi am Sl T cig ieee TE T F Reboot your system G You can freely enjoy the benefit of SLI or Quad SLI feature SLI appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Technologies Inc and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe 24 2 8 CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX feature CrossFireX 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 CrossFireX enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application Currently CrossFireX feature is supported with Windows XP with Ser
45. in ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5 g 4 Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 4 oc z IEEE 1394 Header 9 pin FRONT_1394 RXTPAM O GND RXTPBM O see p 12 No 25 Serial port Header 9 pin COM1 see p 12 No 29 HDMI SPDIF Header 3 pin HDMI SPDIF1 GND PDIFOUT V S U see p 12 No 30 5 35 Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on the I O panel there is one IEEE 1394 header FRONT 1394 on this motherboard This IEEE 1394 header can support one IEEE 1394 port This COM1 header supports a serial port module HDMI SPDIF header providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV projector LCD devices Please connect the HDMI SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header HDMI SPDIF Cable Optional A black end B white end 2 pin 5 MEENRREEN SPDIFOUT bl EES GE SPDIFOUT e GND leen back 36 Please connect the black end A of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI SPDIF header on the motherboard Then connect the white end B or C of HDMI SPDIF cable to the HDMI SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card C white end 3 pin SPDIFOUT blue GND black 2 12 Smart Switches This motherboard has three smart switches power switch reset switch and clear CMOS switch allowing users to quickly turn on off or reset the system or clear the CMOS values Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch
46. ism in which each core can re quest any C state it wishes thus allowing for individual core savings to be maximized The CPU C state is determined and entered based on the low est common denominator of both cores requests portraying a single CPU entity to the chipset power management hardware and flows Thus soft ware can manage each core independently while the actual power man agement adheres to the platform and CPU shared resource restrictions 61 3 4 2Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings ENABLE Allow a USER AREE remapping of overlapped PCI memory Primary Graphics Adapter PCT above the total Onboard HD Audio Auto physical memory Front Panel Enabled OnBoard Lan Enabled DISABLE Do not allow Onboard 1394 Enabled remapping of memory Intelligent Energy Saver Disabled gt Intel VT d Configuration Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Memory Remap Feature Use this item to enable or disable memory remap feature Configuration options Enabled and Disabled The default value is Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select PCI or PCI Express as the boot graphic adapter priority The default value is PCI Onboard HD Audio Select Auto Enabled or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio feature If you select Auto the onboard HD Audio will b
47. ll SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel Matrix Storage Manager will be installed to your system as well 50 2 21 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs without RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to AHCI STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII driver diskette Please make a SATA SATAII driver diskette by following section 2 20 1 step 2 on page 47 STEP 3 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII driver diskette you can start to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party AHCI driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel 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 In
48. lled PCI expansion cards specifications require other settings PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature 66 3 4 6Floppy Configuration In this section you may configure the type of your floppy drive BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Select the type of C floppy drive connected to the system Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc 3 4 7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable RM cc or Disable Floppy Controller Serial Port Address 3F8 IRQ4 Infrared Port Address Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc OnBoard Floppy Controller 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 Infrared Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port or disable it Configuration options Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 and 2E8 IRQ3 3 4 8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB
49. m Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm ASRock P55 Extreme Quick Installation Guide ASRock P55 Extreme Support CD 1 x 80 conductor Ultra ATA 66 100 133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3 5 in Floppy Drive 4 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 2 x Serial ATA SATA HDD Power Cables Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield 1 x ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card 1 2 Specifications ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm All Solid Capacitor design 10096 Japan made high quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors CPU Supports the Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i5 Processor in the LGA1156 Package Advanced V8 2 Power Phase Design Supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology Supports Hyper Threading Technology see CAUTION 1 Supports Untied Overclocking Technology see CAUTION 2 Supports EM64T CPU Intel P55 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology see CAUTION 3 4x DDR3 DIMM slots Supports DDR3 2600 OC 2133 OC 1866 OC 1600 1333 1066 non ECC un buffered memory Max capacity of system memory 16GB see CAUTION 4 Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile XMP see CAUTION 5 Expansion Slot 2 x PCI Express 2 0 x16 slots Single at x16 or Dual at x8 x8 mode 1 x PCI Express 2 0 x16 slot at x4 mode 2 5GT s 1 x PCI Express 2 0 x1 slot 2 5GT s 3 x PCI slots Supports ATI CrossFireX M 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFirex Supports NVIDIA SLI and Quad SLI
50. nal chipset initialization Re enable CACHE Verify that flat mode is enabled Test base 512KB memory Adjust policies and cache first 8MB Set stack Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower system memory and control is given to it BIOS now executes out of RAM BIOS recovery is forced Main BIOS checksum is tested If BIOS recovery control flows to checkpoint EO Restore CPUID value back into register The Bootblock Runtime interface module is moved to system memory and control is given to it Determine whether to execute serial flash The Runtime module is uncompressed into memory CPUID information is stored in memory Store the Uncompressed pointer for future use in PMM Copying Main BIOS into memory Leaves all RAM below 1MB Read Write including E000 and FOOO shadow areas but closing SMRAM Restore CPUID value back into register Give control to BIOS POST ExecutePOSTKernel UNE Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if 38 The POST code checkpoints are the largest set of checkpoints during the BIOS pre boot process The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the POST portion of the BIOS Checkpoint 03 Disable NMI Parity video for EGA and DMA controllers Initialize BIOS POST Runtime data area Also initialize BIOS modules on POST entry and GPNV area Initialized CMOS as mentioned in the Kernel Variable wCMOSFlags 04 Check CMOS diagnostic byte t
51. ndly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware devices to get the best system performance under Windows environment Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock OC Tuner ASRock website http www asrock com feature OCTuner index htm Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design Intelligent Energy Saver is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled power savings In other words it is able to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance Please visit our website for the operation procedures of Intelligent Energy Saver ASRock website http www asrock com feature IES index html 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 With this utility you can press F6 key during the POST or press F2 key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar ing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 file system Although this motherboard offers stepl
52. nductor ATA 66 100 133 cable Note Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Serial ATAII Connectors These six Serial ATAII SATAII SATAII 1 2 EN connectors support SATA data see p 12 No 14 S cables for internal storage SATAII 3 4 UM devices The current SATAII see p 12 No 15 Fal m B interface allows up to 3 0 Gb s SATAII 5 6 z data transfer rate see p 12 No 16 Liz rm WIE Serial ATA SATA Either end of the SATA data cable Data Cable can be connected to the SATA Optional SATAII hard disk or the SATAII connector on this motherboard 31 Serial ATA SATA Power Cable Optional T p connect to the SATA HDD E power connector connect to the powersupply USB 2 0 Headers Besides seven default USB 2 0 USB PWR P 13 9 pin USB12 13 see p 12 No 19 P USB PWR 9 pin USB10 11 USB PWR P 11 see p 12 No 21 ET DUMMY GND P 10 P 10 9 pin USB8_9 USB_PWR see p 12 No 23 Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply ports on the I O panel there are three USB 2 0 headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two USB 2 0 ports This connector supports a TPM Header SERIRQ CLKRUN C d Bes 19 pin TPM1 Z 02229 see p 12 No 10 i Trusted Platform Module
53. nel E Enter BIOS Setup Utility Enter Advanced Settings and then select Chipset Configuration Set the Front Panel Control option from Auto to Enabled F Enter Windows system Click the icon on the lower right hand taskbar to enter Realtek HD Audio Manager For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Click Audio I O select Connector Settings K choose Disable front panel jack detection and save the change by clicking OK For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS Click the right top Folder icon Vi choose Disable front panel jack detection and save the change by clicking OK G To activate the front mic For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Please select Front Mic as default record device If you want to hear your voice through front mic please deselect Mute icon in Front Mic of Playback portion For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS Go to the Front Mic Tab in the Realtek Control panel Click Set Default Device to make the Front Mic as the default record device 33 System Panel Header 9 pin PANEL1 see p 12 No 18 Chassis Speaker Header l 4 pin SPEAKER 1 SPEAKER see p 12 No 17 a Chassis and Power Fan Connectors 4 pin CHA_FAN1 see p 12 No 27 FAN SPEED CONTROL 4 2 P CHA FAN SPEED 3 pin CHA FAN2 up see p 12 No 26 12V CHA_FAN_SPEED 3 pin CHA FAN3 see p 12 No 4 um CHA FAN SPEED This header accommodates several system
54. nue with its test routines If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST restart the system by pressing lt Ctl gt Alt Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for refer ence purpose only and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen 3 1 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use lt lt gt key or lt gt gt key to choose among the selections on the menu bar and then press Enter to get into the sub screen 54 3 1 2Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key Navigation Key s Function Description Moves cursor left or right to select Screens C Amis Moves cursor up or down to select items ki To change option for the selected items lt Enter gt To bring up the selected screen lt F1 gt To display the General
55. o determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is OK Verify CMOS checksum manually by reading storage area If the CMOS checksum is bad update CMOS with power on default values and clear passwords Initialize status register A Initializes data variables that are based on CMOS setup questions Initializes both the 8259 compatible PICs in the system 05 Initializes the interrupt controlling hardware generally PIC and interrupt vector table Wl Do R W test to CH 2 count reg Initialize CH 0 as system timer Install the POSTINT1Ch handler Enable IRQ 0 in PIC for system timer interrupt Traps INT1Ch vector to POSTINT1ChHandlerBlock Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 Early CPU Init Start Disable Cache Init Local APIC Set up boot strap proccessor Information Set up boot strap proccessor for POST Enumerate and set up application proccessors A 0B Detects the presence of PS 2 mouse 0E Testing and initialization of different Input Devices Also update the Kernel Variables Traps the INTO9h vector so that the POST INTO9h handler gets control for IRQ1 Uncompress all available language BIOS logo and Silent logo modules 13 Early POST initialization of chipset registers 24 Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules 30 Lntstze System Management Interrupt 2A Ini
56. ock Mode Auto It should be done at BCLK Frequency MHz 133 your own risk and PCIE Frequency MHz 100 EE Boot Failure Guard Enabled Spread Spectrum Auto Load Memory EZ OC Setting Press Enter CPU Ratio Setting 21 21 QPI Frequency 4 800GT Auto Select Screen DRAM Frequency DDR3 1333 Auto Select Item XMP Technology Go to Sub Screen Profile 1 DDR3 2000 9 9 General Help Profile 2 DDR3 1866 9 9 Load Defaults Save and Exit gt DRAM Timing Control Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Load CPU EZ OC Setting You can use this option to load CPU EZ overclocking setting Configuration options 3 60GHz 3 70GHz 3 80GHz 3 90GHz 4 00GHz and 4 20GHz Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense Load Memory EZ OC Setting You can use this option to load memory EZ overclocking setting Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your memory and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode Configuration options Auto Manual I O T and Optimized The default value is Auto If you select Manual Untied Overclocking function is enabled Please refer to page 53 for the details of Untied Overclocking Technology Therefore you are allowed to adjust the Host frequency and PCIE frequency in the following two items If you select I
57. ocking CAUTION 1 About the setting of Hyper Threading Technology please check page 60 2 This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology Please read Untied Overclocking Technology on page 53 for details 3 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 18 for proper installation 4 Due to the operating system limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows XP and Windows Vista For Windows XP 64 bit and Windows Vista 64 bit with 64 bit CPU there is no such limitation 5 For those CPU that only support up to DDR3 1333 the XMP DDR3 1600 is supported through overclocking 6 For microphone input this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes For audio output this motherboard supports 2 channel 4 channel 6 channel and 8 channel modes Please check the table on page 13 for proper connection 10 11 12 139 14 15 Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector please read the SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide on page 42 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly Power Management for USB 2 0 works fine under Microsoft Windows Vista 64 bit Vista XP 64 bit XP SP1 or SP2 It is a user frie
58. onnector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot 22 2 7 2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to your system After that you can enable the Multi Graphics Processing Unit GPU feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU feature For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS For SLI mode only A Double click NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows taskbar o 9 TN x dll 10 51 PM B From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply C Reboot your system D You can freely enjoy the benefit of SLI feature 23 For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS For SLI and Quad SLI mode A Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar B From the pop up menu select All Programs and then click NVIDIA Corporation C Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab D Select Control Panel tab i Defsuk Progam SS Intamaet Dalan L Valens C abendai 3 yirda Cantati kij Widow Deland i asi DAI alert Vd Widawa Fay gms Sean amp VWandcus Live Karpenger Dessnlaad Vases Maal A ese Mets Come a Windows hea Player S Widows Meeting Space B wesos Mee Maier T Windows Photo Gallery T Wires lipdate de Accessenes de Daim end Upgrades de Ones d Mir
59. oriented on side closest to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard CPU FAN1 see page 12 No 40 Step 3 Align fasteners with the motherboard throughholes Step 4 Rotate the fastener clockwise then press down on fastener caps with thumb to install Fan cables on side i closest to MB header r t V k Tuf Es Fastener slots y pointing straight out EI and lock Repeat with remaining fasteners EE T 4 Places If you press down the fasteners without rotating them clockwise the heatsink cannot be secured on the motherboard Step 5 Connect fan header with the CPU fan connector on the motherboard Step 6 Secure excess cable with tie wrap to ensure cable does not interfere with fan operation or contact other components Option C C O which provides the flexible option to adopt two different CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 and LGA 1156 The white throughholes are for Socket LGA 1156 CPU fan Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler 17 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM This motherboard provides four 240 pin DDR3 Double Data Rate 3 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 DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color In other words you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel DDR3 A1 and DDR3 B1 white slots s
60. otch 1156 Pin CPU j N For proper inserting please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket Step 3 3 Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical motion Step 3 4 Verify that the CPU is within the socket and properly mated to the orient keys Step 4 Close the socket Step 4 1 Rotate the load plate onto the IHS Step 4 2 While pressing down lightly on load plate engage the load lever Step 4 3 Secure load lever with load plate tab under retention tab of load lever 16 2 4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1156 Pin socket that supports Intel 1156 Pin CPU Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1156 Pin 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 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 FAN see page 12 No 40 For proper installation please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the heatsink for 1156 Pin CPU Step 1 Apply thermal interface material onto center of IHS on the socket surface Step 2 Place the heatsink onto the socket Ensure fan cables are
61. ox pack A 7 pin SATA data cable B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface A SATA data cable Red B SATA power cable SATA 7 pin The SATA 15 pin power 1x4 pin conventional connector connector Black connect power connector White to SATA SATAII HDD connect to power supply Caution 1 Without SATA 15 pin power connector interface the SATA SATAII Hot Plug cannot be processed 2 Even some SATA SATAII HDDs provide both SATA 15 pin power connector and IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interfaces the IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug 1 Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard which supports SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug The SATA SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA SATAII Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website www asrock com 2 Make sure your SATA SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual The SATA SATAII HDD which cannot support Hot Plug function will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation 3 Please make sure the SATA SATAII driver is installed into system properly The latest SATA SATAII driver is available on our support website www asrock com
62. pliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2 3 1 Support CPU VCCM SB VTT Voltage Multi adjustment Supports O T Intelligent Overclocking Technology Supports Smart BIOS Unique Feature ASRock OC Tuner see CAUTION 9 Intelligent Energy Saver see CAUTION 10 Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash see CAUTION 11 Hybrid Booster CPU Frequency Stepless Control see CAUTION 12 ASRock U COP see CAUTION 13 Boot Failure Guard B F G Combo Cooler Option C C O see CAUTION 14 Good Night LED Hardware CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor Chassis Temperature Sensing CPU Chassis Power Fan Tachometer CPU Quiet Fan CPU Chassis Fan Multi Speed Control Voltage Monitoring 12V 5V 3 3V CPU Vcore Microsoft Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Win7 compliant Certifications FCC CE WHQL EuP Ready EuP ready power supply is required see CAUTION 15 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 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 overcl
63. possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product FC This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CALIFORNIA USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices BMP regulations passed by the California Legislature When you discard the Lithium battery in California USA please follow the related regulations in advance Perchlorate Material special handling may apply see www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate ASRock Website http www asrock com Contents Jee e de Un Memes 5 1t Package GOrnltells 35 pre nro term putt e Eai 5 1 2 SDECINGALIONS REED E TT 6 1 3 Two SLI Graphics Card Support List 10 1 4 Two CrossFireX Graphics Card Support List 11 1 5 Three CrossFireX Graphics Card Support List 11 1 6 Motherboard Layout KEREN ENNEN 12 dor MO Panel a 13 2 INSTALO TON oiu n ta ier cei ee eoo nsque teme 14 2 4 49GtewWw FIOIGS cnius ditat aca adt esce sce teeta Sete 14 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 00nnn0nnnonennnneannnennnnnannne 14 2 9 RRC UE e EE 15 2 4 Installation of Heatsink and C
64. r 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 CrossFireX feature Step 7 You can freely enjoy the benefit of CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFireX or Quad CrossFireX feature CrossFireX appearing here is a registered trademark of ATI Technologies Inc and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe For further information of ATI CrossFireX technology please check AMD website for updates and details 29 2 9 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade With the external add on PCI Express VGA cards you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display feature For the detailed instruction please refer to the document at the following path in the Support CD Surround Display Information 2 10 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 u is placed on pins the jumper is Open The Jj illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pin1 MT MT de and pin2are Short when jumper cap is placed Short Open on these 2 pins Jumper Settin Description PS2 USB PWR1 Short pin2 pin3 to enable 12 2 3 see p 12 No 1 DJ omm 5VSB standby for PS 2 5V 5VSB or
65. r is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components 14 2 3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1156 Pin CPU please follow the steps below 1156 Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 1156 Pin 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 Otherwise the CPU will be seriously damaged Step 1 Open the socket Step 1 1 Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab Step 1 2 Rotate the load lever to fully open po sition at approximately 135 degrees Step 1 3 Rotate the load plate to fully open po sition at approximately 100 degrees 1l AW Ye i fg Ca Step 2 Remove PnP Cap Pick and Place Cap off the PnP cap 2 This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service CO 1 It is recommended to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking 15 Step 3 Insert the 1156 Pin CPU Step 3 1 Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line c o o S Step 3 2 Orientthe CPU with IHS Integrated Heat Sink up Locate Pin1 and the two ori entation key notches orientation key notch alignment key Pini g Pin1 alignment key 1156 Pin Socket orientation key n
66. r proper 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 RAID Installation Guide STEP 4 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII driver diskette and using RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration you can start to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel RAID 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 ICH8R ICH9R ICH10R DO PCH SATA RAID Controller Windows XP 2000 for Windows 2000 XP or Intel R ICH8R ICH9R ICH10R DO PCH SATA RAID Controller Windows XP64 for Windows XP 64 bit After the installation of Windows XP Windows XP 64bit 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 RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD Guide to Intel Matrix Storage M
67. river Vendor NVIDIA GIGABYTE GV NX85T256H GeForce 8500 GT MSI NX8600GT T2D256E GeForce 8600 GT Gigabyte GV NX88T256H GeForce 8800 GT LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH GeForce 8800 GTX Chaintech GES96GT A1512P GeForce 9600 GT ASUS EN9800GT TDP HTDP 512M GeForce 9800GT LEADTEK PX9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800 GTX GeForce 9800GTX MSI N250GTS 2D512 OC GeForce GTS 250 GIGABYTE GV N26 896H B GeForce GTX260 LEADTEK GTX 275 GeForce GTX260 The graphics card with mark is supported under Windows XP XP 64 bit only For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLI Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http www asrock com support index htm 10 1 4 1 5 Two CrossFireX Graphics Card Support List for Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name Driver Vendor MSI RX2600PRO T2D256EZ Radeon HD 2600PRO Catalyst 9 1 Gigabyte GV RX26T256HP B Radeon HD 2600XT Catalyst 9 1 Powercolor AX3870X2 1GBD3 H Radeon HD3870X2 Catalyst 9 1 ASUS EAH4350 SILENT DI 512MD2 A RADEON HD 4350 Catalyst 9 1 ASUS EAH4870X2 HDTI 2G RADEON HD 4870X2 Catalyst 9 1 The graphics cards with mark are supported under Windows Vista Vista 64 bit only For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFireX Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http www asrock com support index htm T
68. s Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID lee EE 50 2 21 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions eeeesseeeeeenneeenennnereserrereernnnne 51 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID FONCIONS Pee 51 2 21 2 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID FUNCIONS e en 52 2 22 Untied Overclocking Technology 53 9 BIOS SETUP UTILITY ooo bn Dre nde eC OUR C EE EROS 54 Cw Tu Mie eler 54 3k BIOS Menu Balt cue Re peus 54 3 1 2 Navigation Keys cccccssscccessssssseessseseeeeessnees 55 9 2 Main OCTEM EE 55 3 3 OC Tweaker Gcreen essen 56 3 4 Advanced Screen baerii piaia a a 59 3 4 1 CPU Conigurationi nonae 60 3 4 2 Chipset Configuration ssseessseesssss 62 3 4 3 ACPI Configuration ona a 63 3 4 4 IDE Configuration eeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeenn 64 3 4 5 PCIPnP Configuration seeeeeeeeeeeee 66 3 4 6 Floppy Configuration seseeeeeeeessss 67 3 4 7 Super IO Configuration sssseusssse 67 3 4 8 USB Configuration ssseeeeeees 68 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 69 9 6 BOOLSCIGOD costar caa devis ipe bia decise pes 70 3 6 1 Boot Settings Configuration 70 9 4 EECHELEN 71 9 9 EXITS GEE EE 72 4 Software SUDDOIT aibi Ea Ed EXE Ue ux Vas
69. s item is set to On it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot up 3 7 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 ETE OTOMI CET EE CTT AMC Security Security Settings Install or Change the password Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change User Password Select Screen Select Item Change General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc 71 3 8 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H WMonitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation Load BIOS Defaults Load Performance Setup Default IDE SATA Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode Load Performance Setup RAID Mode Load Power Saving Setup Default Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Save Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Save configuration changes and exit setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message
70. ssor maintains the context of the system caches Intel R Virtualization tech When this option is set to Enabled a VMM Virtual Machine Architecture can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel R Virtualization Technology CPU Thermal Throttling You may select Enabled to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated No Excute Memory Protection No Execution NX Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA 32 Intel Architecture An IA 32 processor with No Execute NX Memory Protection can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No Excute Memory Protection Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature it requires a computer system with an Intel Core i7 60 processor that supports Hyper Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology such as Microsoft Windows XP or Vista Set to Enabled if using Microsoft Windows XP Vista or Linux kernel version 2 4 18 or higher This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper Threading technology Active Processor Cores Use this item to select the number of cores to enable in each processor package Configuration options All 1 and 2 The
71. t Realtek HDA Primary output to use Rear Speaker Central Bass and Front Speaker or select Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output to use front panel audio 13 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 Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components 2 1 Screw Holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Do not over tighten the screws Doing so may damage the motherboard 2 2 Pre installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle components 3 Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component Before you install or remove any component ensure that the powe
72. t OS NVIDIA Quad SLI technology support Windows Vista and Vista 64 bit OS only Please follow the installation procedures in this section Requirements 1 For SLI or Quad SLI technology you should have two identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified 2 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA SLI technology Download the driver from NVIDIA website www nvidia com 3 Make sure that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system It is recommended to use NVIDIA certified PSU Please refer to NVIDIA website for details 2 7 1 Graphics Card Setup 2 7 1 1 Installing Two SLIM Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Install the identical SLI V ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified be cause different types of graphics cards will not work together properly Even the GPU chips version shall be the same Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to PCIES slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards 21 Step3 Align and insert ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card to the goldfingers on each graphics card Make sure ASRock SLI Bridge 25S Card is firmly in place Li_Bridge 2 Card RoHS zi ga Weg i ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card Step4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor c
73. t Speaker Lime 2 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 11 Microphone Pink 3 USB2 0 Port USB6 12 USB 2 0 Ports USB45 4 IEEE 1394 Port IEEE 1394 13 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 5 LAN RJ 45 Port 14 USB 2 0 Ports USBO1 6 Side Speaker Gray 15 Powered eSATAII USB Connector 7 Rear Speaker Black 16 Optical SPDIF Out Port 8 Central Bass Orange 17 Clear CMOS Switch CLRCBTN 9 Line In Light Blue 18 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 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 Activity Link LED SPEED LED Description 10Mbps connection ACT LINK SPEED LED LED Blinking Data Activity 100Mbps connection If you use 2 channel speaker please connect the speaker s plug into Front Speaker Jack LAN Port See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central Bass Side Speaker No 10 No 7 No 8 No 6 EBENEN NL vy To enable Multi Streaming function you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front C e V Bo AE panel audio header After restarting your computer you will find Mixer tool on your system Please select Mixer ToolBox K Click Enable playback multi streaming and click ok Choose 2CH 4CH 6CH or 8CH and then you are allowed to selec
74. tel R ICH8R ICH9R ICH10R DO PCH SATA AHCI Controller Win dows XP 2000 for Windows 2000 XP or Intel R ICH8R ICH9R ICH10R DO PCH SATA AHCI Controller Windows XP64 for Windows XP 64 bit Using SATA SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to IDE STEP 2 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system 51 2 21 2 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATAII Operation Mode to AHCI STEP 2 Install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Insert the Windows Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system and follow the instruction to install Windows Vista Vista 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 Intel AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD M386 For Windows Vista OS AM
75. tializes different devices through DIM NEEN Initializes different devices Detects and initializes the video adapter 2 CO C1 C2 C5 C6 C7 installed in the system that have optional ROMs 2E 31 Allocate memory for ADM module and uncompress it Give control to ADM module for initialization Initialize language and font modules for ADM Activate ADM module 39 3 Initializes the silent boot module Set the window for displaying text Leem o Displaying sign on message CPU information setup key message and any OEM specific information 3 39 Initializes DMAC 1 amp DMAC 2 Initialize RTC date time Test for total memory installed in the system Also Check for DEL or ESC keys to limit memory test Display total memory in the system Mid POST initialization of chipset registers es 4 Detect different devices Parallel ports serial ports and coprocessor in CPU etc successfully installed in the system and update the BDA EBDA etc adjustment in system RAM size if needed Allocates memory for Extended BIOS Data Area from base memory 60 Initializes NUM LOCK status and programs the KBD typematic rate ze Generate and write contens of ESCD in NVRam e Initialize Int 13 and prepare for IPL detection Late POST initialization of chipset registers 8 Build ACPI tables if ACPI is supported Program the peripheral parameters Enable Disable NMI as selected Late POST initialization of system
76. ts Therefore both these two slots will work at x8 bandwidth 3 In 3 Way CrossFireX mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE1 PCIE3 and PCIE4 slots Therefore PCIE1 and PCIE3 slots will work at x8 bandwidth while PCIE4 slot will work at x4 bandwidth 4 Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector CHA FAN1 or CHA FAN2 when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment NA NO Installing an expansion card Step 1 Before installing the expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation Step 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a Chassis Step 3 Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use Keep the screws for later use Step 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot Step 5 Fasten the card to the chassis with screws Step 6 Replace the system cover 20 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA SLI and Quad SLI Scalable Link Interface technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards Currently NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista and Vista 64 bi
77. vice Pack 2 and Vista OS 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX feature are supported with Windows Vista OS only Please check AMD website for ATI CrossFireX driver updates 1 If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the j performance benefits of CrossFireX V All three CrossFireX components a CrossFireX Ready graphics card a CrossFireX Ready motherboard and a CrossFireX Edition co processor graphics card must be installed correctly to benefit from the CrossFireX multi GPU platform 2 If you pair a 12 pipe CrossFirex Edition card with a 16 pipe card both cards will operate as 12 pipe cards while in CrossFireX mode 2 8 1 Graphics Card Setup 2 8 1 1 Installing Two CrossFireX Ready Graphics Cards Different CrossFireX cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX V feature In below procedures we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card For other CrossFireX cards that ATI has released or will release in the future please refer to ATI graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide Step 1 Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE3 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots 25 Step 2 Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards CrossFire Bridge is provided with the gr
78. wRs a 6s 73 4 1 Install Operating System ssseeeeeeeees 73 4 2 Support CD Information seeeeeeseeeeeeess 73 4 2 1 Running Support CD 73 4 2 2 Drivers Menu ME 73 4 2 3 Utilities Menu kk ENNEN 73 4 2 4 Contact Information sseeeeeennaeeeenensseeenrrneeeee ea 73 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock P55 Extreme motherboard a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock s consistently stringent quality control It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock s commitment 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 Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice 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 www asrock com support index asp 1 1 Package Contents ASRock P55 Extreme Motherboard ATX For

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