ASROCK ALIVEXFIRE-ESATA2, Installation Manual

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ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard
3. BIOS Information 3. BIOS Information
3. BIOS Information 3. BIOS Information
3. BIOS Information
The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores BIOS Setup Utility. When you start up the
computer, please press <F2> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter BIOS Setup
utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you wish to enter BIOS Setup
after POST, please restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or press-
ing the reset button on the system chassis. The BIOS Setup program is designed to be
user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its various
sub-menus and to select among the predetermined choices. For the detailed information
about BIOS Setup, please refer to the User Manual (PDF file) contained in the Support
CD.
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This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 2000 / XP
/ XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit. The Support CD that came with
the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will enhance
motherboard features. To begin using the Support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM
drive. It will display the Main Menu automatically if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your
computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on
the file “ASSETUP.EXE” from the “BIN” folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
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Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Install Windows
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Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
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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]. Then set the “PCIE Frequency (MHz)”
option from [100MHz] to [101MHz], [102MHz] or [104MHz]. 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 7 for the possible overclocking risk
before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.