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775VM8

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published April 2005

Copyright©2005 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

Summary of Contents for 775VM8

Page 1: ...1 1 1 1 1 775VM8 User Manual Version 1 0 Published April 2005 Copyright 2005 ASRock INC All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...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 expr...

Page 3: ...isks Installation 20 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs 20 2 11 Installing Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit With RAID Functions 21 2 11 1 Installing Windows 2000 Windows XP Wi...

Page 4: ...Screen 36 3 7 Exit Screen 37 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 38 38 38 38 38 4 1 Install Operating System 38 4 2 Support CD Information 38...

Page 5: ...ted 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 Yo...

Page 6: ...Mode 6 Supports up to 4 IDE devices Serial ATA 2 SATA connectors Support up to 1 5Gb s data transfer rate Floppy Port Supports up to 2 floppy disk drives Audio 5 1 channels AC 97 Audio OnBoard VGA S3...

Page 7: ...tem 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 dissipa...

Page 8: ...3 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 16 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER 1 2 ATX 12V Connector ATX12V1 17 USB 2 0 Header USB67 Blue 3 ATX Power...

Page 9: ...Plus 1 4 ASRock I O PlusTM TM TM TM TM 1 Parallel Port 7 USB 2 0 Ports USB01 2 RJ 45 Port 8 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 3 Line In Light Blue 9 VGA Port 4 Line Out Lime 10 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 5 Microphon...

Page 10: ...2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboar...

Page 11: ...ion 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 le...

Page 12: ...e PnP Cap Pick and Place Cap Use your left hand index finger and thumb to support the load plate edge engage PnP cap with right hand thumb and peel the cap from the socket while pressing on center of...

Page 13: ...or 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 775 LAND CPU Step 1 Apply ther...

Page 14: ...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 the break on...

Page 15: ...d It may cause permanent damage For the voltage information of your AGP card please check with the AGP card vendors Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion ca...

Page 16: ...20 JL1 see p 8 No 20 Note If the jumpers JL1 and JR1 are short both the front panel and the rear panel audio connectors can work Clear CMOS CLRCMOS1 2 pin jumper see p 8 No 11 Note CLRCMOS1 allows you...

Page 17: ...DE device on this motherboard please set the IDE device as Master Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Besides to optimize compatibility and performance please con...

Page 18: ...io input CD1 see p 8 No 22 from sound sources such as AUX1 see p 8 No 23 a CD ROM DVD ROM TV tuner card or MPEG card Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front 9 pin AUDIO1 panel audi...

Page 19: ...onnector and see p 8 No 29 match the black wire to the ground pin ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power 20 pinATXPWR1 supply to this connector see p 8 No 3 ATX 12V Connector Please note that...

Page 20: ...P4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 10 Hot Plug...

Page 21: ...on 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 inse...

Page 22: ...s from the Support CD again so that VIA RAID Tool will be installed to your system as well 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 Installing Windows 98 ME 2000 XP XP 64 bit Installing Windows 98 ME 2000 XP XP 64 bi...

Page 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...his item to specify the system time System Date Day Month Date Year Use this item to specify the system date BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time...

Page 25: ...OS SETUP UTILITY Main H W Monitor Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Configure CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go t...

Page 26: ...Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency Flexibility Option DRAM CAS Latency DRAM Command Rate DRAM Voltage AGP Voltage Primary Graphics Adapter AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Fast Write Onboard AGP Share...

Page 27: ...alue of this feature is set to Auto If you install an 8X AGP card on this motherboard you may select Auto 8X or 4X as the AGP mode If the installed AGP card is a 4X AGP card then you may set the AGP m...

Page 28: ...e AC power resumes and the sys tem 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...

Page 29: ...Block Multi Sector Transfer PIO Mode DMA Mode S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Disabled Disabled Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S M A R T Har...

Page 30: ...Device such as MO LBA Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA Large mode for a hard disk 512 MB under DOS and Windows for Netware and UNIX user select Disabled to disable the LBA Large mode Block...

Page 31: ...uration Floppy Configuration In this section you may configure the type of your floppy drive BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCI PnP Configuration Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register...

Page 32: ...f the parallel port The default value is ECP EPP If this option is set to ECP EPP it will show the EPP version in the following item EPP Version Configuration options Normal Bi Directional and ECP EPP...

Page 33: ...he support to emulate legacy I O devices such as mouse keyboard etc Or you may select Auto so that the system will start to auto detect if there is no USB device connected Auto option will disable the...

Page 34: ...tem for you to config ure the boot settings and the boot priority BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hardware Health Event Monitoring Select Screen Select Item F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC E...

Page 35: ...you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices in your system BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Settings Configuration To enable or disable the boot from network feature Select Screen Select Item...

Page 36: ...or Password Change User Password Security Settings Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Sec...

Page 37: ...hen you select this option it will pop out the following message Dis card changes Select OK to discard all changes Load Optimal Defaults When you select this option it will pop out the following messa...

Page 38: ...s if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 4 2 3 Utiliti...

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