ASROCK A230GC, Installation Manual

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ASRock A330GC / A230GC Motherboard
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CAUTION!
1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 26
of “User Manual” in the support CD.
2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-
tied Overclocking Technology” on page 16 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 10 for proper installation.
4. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than
4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows
®
XP, Windows
®
XP 64-bit, Windows
®
Vista
TM
and Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit.
5. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and
is subject to change. Please check Intel ® website for the latest information.
6. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII
Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 19 of “User Manual” in the support CD to
adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA
hard disk to SATAII connector directly.
7. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft ® Windows ®
Vista TM 64-bit / Vista TM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
8. It is a user-friendly 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
9. 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.
10. Although this motherboard offers stepless 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.
11. 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.