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K10N78M

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2009

Summary of Contents for K10N78M - V1.0

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...l Monitor and Surround Display Features 22 2 7 HDMI Audio Function OperationGuide 25 2 8 Jumpers Setup 26 2 9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 27 2 10 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 31 2 11 Serial ATA SAT...

Page 4: ...IDE Configuration 52 3 4 5 PCIPnP Configuration 54 3 4 6 Floppy Configuration 55 3 4 7 Super IO Configuration 55 3 4 8 USB Configuration 56 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 57 3 6 Boot Scr...

Page 5: ...ject 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 su...

Page 6: ...2 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots SupportDDR21066 800 667 533non ECC un bufferedmemory see CAUTION 3 Max capacity of system memory 8GB see CAUTION 4 Expansion Slot 1 x PCI Express 2 0 x16 slot green x16 mode 1 x...

Page 7: ...2 x USB 2 0 headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports see CAUTION 9 BIOS Feature 8Mb AMI BIOS AMI Legal BIOS Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree AMBIOS 2 3 1 Support S...

Page 8: ...he minimum hardware requirement and the passed 1080p Blu ray BD HD DVD films in our lab test 7 This DVI D port for the chipset adopted on this motherboard can support DVI HDCP and HDMI format signal Y...

Page 9: ...www asrock com 12 Although this motherboard offers stepless control it is not recom mended to perform over clocking Frequencies other than the recom mended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instabili...

Page 10: ...on Please refer to below table for the minimum hardware requirement CPU AMD Athlon X2 4000 VGA Onboard VGA with DVI D port Memory Dual Channel DDR2 667 1GB x 2 Suggested OS Windows VistaTM or Windows...

Page 11: ...N III MPEG 4 AVC FOX SPEED MPEG 4 AVC FOX CASINO ROYALE MPEG 4 AVC SONY THE LEAGUE OF MPEG 4 AVC FOX EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN HD KING KONG VC 1 UNIVERSAL DVD NEW ORLEANS CONCERT MPEG 2 WEA ONE SIX RIGH...

Page 12: ...VGA1 USB8_9 1 1 LPT1 FSB2 6GHz K10N78M Gigabit LAN HT3 0 CPU_FAN1 1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 16 Chassis Speaker Header 2 ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V1 SPEAKER 1 Purple 3 AM2 940 Pin CPU Socket 17 System P...

Page 13: ...VistaTM After restarting your computer please double click Realtek HD Audio Manager on the system tray Set Speaker Configuration to Quadraphonic or Stereo Click Device advanced settings choose Make f...

Page 14: ...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 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall soc...

Page 15: ...2 2 2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink After you...

Page 16: ...motherboard and DIMM may be damaged 2 If you install only one memory module or two non identical memory modules it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology Installing a DIMM Installin...

Page 17: ...h graphics cards Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Step 1 Before installing the expansion...

Page 18: ...SLITM enabled graphics card into NVIDIA Hybrid SLITM enabled motherboard allows you to enjoy additive performance HybridPowerTM HybridPowerTM enables users to switch off the discrete GPU when the high...

Page 19: ...the PCI Express graphics card on PCIE2 slot Step 3 Boot your system Press F2 to enter BIOS setup Enter Advanced screen and enter Chipset Settings Then set the option Hybrid SLI to 256MB or 512MB For u...

Page 20: ...Rock support CD in the motherboard gift box pack please choose the one for Windows VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit Drivers Hybrid SLI driver Vista Currently Hybrid SLITM driver only has VistaTM 32 version plea...

Page 21: ...raphics card on PCIE2 slot Step 4 Boot into OS Install Hybrid SLITM driver from our support CD to your system Hybrid SLITM driver is in the following path of ASRock support CD There are two ASRock sup...

Page 22: ...the VGA DVI D port on the I O panel of this motherboard Connect the D Sub monitor cable to the VGA D Sub port on the I O panel of this motherboard 2 If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our s...

Page 23: ...to this motherboard 4 Install the onboard VGA driver and the add on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system If you have installed the onboard VGA driver and the add on PCI Express VGA card driver a...

Page 24: ...isplay or receiver such as a monitor television or projector In other words HDCP specification is designed to protect the integrity of content as it is being transmitted Products compatible with the H...

Page 25: ...ystem Step 3 Reboot your system After you reboot the system the HDMI audio function is available Step 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Chipset Configuration B Set the option On...

Page 26: ...higher standby current provided by power supply Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 see p 12 No 14 Note CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS The data in CMOS includes system setup information such as...

Page 27: ...e 39 pin IDE1 see p 12 No 8 Note Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Serial ATA II Connectors These four Serial ATAII SATAII_1 PORT 0 see p 12 No 11 SATAII connec...

Page 28: ...function correctly Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header as below A Con...

Page 29: ...efault record device If you want to hear your voice through front mic please deselect Mute icon in Front Mic of Playback portion For Windows VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit OS Go to the Front Mic Tab in the Re...

Page 30: ...power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13 12 1 24 13 Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a 9 pin COM1 serial port module see p 12 No 23 CCTS 1 DDSR 1 DDTR 1 RRXD1 DDCD 1 TTXD1 GND RRTS 1 RRI 1...

Page 31: ...k may fail to run at SATAII mode Western Digital 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...

Page 32: ...n to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 2 11 Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial AT T T T TA SA A SA A SA A S...

Page 33: ...you process the SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack A 7 pin SATA data cable B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface...

Page 34: ...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...

Page 35: ...ndows 2 15 1 Installing Windows 2 15 1 Installing Windows 2 15 1 Installing Windows 2 15 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID XP XP 64 bit Without RAID XP XP 64 bit Without RAID XP XP 64 bit...

Page 36: ...to AHCI STEP 2 Install Windows VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit OS on your system Insert the Windows VistaTM Windows VistaTM 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system and follow the instruc...

Page 37: ...P 64 bit With RAID XP XP 64 bit With RAID XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions Functions Functions Functions Functions If you want to install Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit on your SATA SATAII HDDs with RAI...

Page 38: ...Mode option to RAID STEP 2 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure RAID function you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper...

Page 39: ...t 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 Un...

Page 40: ...u may also restart by turning the system off and then back on Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the follow ing BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only an...

Page 41: ...2 3 1 2Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key Navigation Key s Function De...

Page 42: ...it setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Load Performance Se...

Page 43: ...hipset Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration ACPI Configuration Options for CPU 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 Advanced Screen Advanced...

Page 44: ...Configuration options Auto Enabled and Disabled If you install Windows VistaTM and want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU v...

Page 45: ...to Manual you may adjust the value of Processor Frequency and Processor Voltage However it is recom mended to keep the default value for system stability BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration Select S...

Page 46: ...option appears only when you adopt Phenom CPU It allows you to adjust the value of NB voltage However for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item Memory Clo...

Page 47: ...u adoptAM2 CPU Use this to adjust TRWTTD values Configuration options Auto 2CLK 3CLK 4CLK 5CLK 6CLK 7CLK 8CLK and 9CLK The default value is Auto TWRRD This option appears only when you adoptAM2 CPU Us...

Page 48: ...s for CS ODT FineDelay feature Configuration options Auto No Delay 1 64CLK to 31 64CLK The default value is Auto Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on th...

Page 49: ...n Share Memory Share Memory This allows you to set share memory feature The default value is Auto Configuration options Auto 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB To make sure the proper operation of the sy...

Page 50: ...V 2 00V 2 10V 2 15V and 2 20V The default value is Auto Chipset Voltage Use this to select chipset voltage Configuration options Auto 1 10V 1 15V 1 20V and 1 25V The default value is Auto IGPU Boost T...

Page 51: ...ost Video on STR Resume and Check Ready Bit will be hidden Repost Video on STR Resume This feature allows you to repost video on STR resume STR refers to sus pend to RAM Check Ready Bit Use this item...

Page 52: ...e this item to enable or disable the Onboard SATA Controller feature SATA Operation Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode The default value of this option is IDE If you want to operate RAID...

Page 53: ...ser 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 writ...

Page 54: ...ing Technology feature Configuration options Disabled Auto Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32 bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3...

Page 55: ...ort Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 Disabled 378 ECP EPP 1 9 DMA3 IRQ7 3 4 6 3 4 6 3 4 6 3 4 6 3 4 6 Floppy Configuration Floppy Configuration Floppy Configura...

Page 56: ...There are four configuration options Enabled Auto Disabled and BIOS Setup Only The default value is BIOS Setup Only Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options Parallel Po...

Page 57: ...ltage CPU Quiet Fan This item allows you to control the CPU fan speed and fan noise If you set this option as Disabled the CPU fan will operate in full speed If you set this option as Enabled you will...

Page 58: ...xit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot AddOn ROM Display Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num Lock Enabled Auto Disabled On Full Screen Logo Enabled 3 6 3 6 3 6 3...

Page 59: ...yright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Security Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Security Settings Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Boot Logo Use this opt...

Page 60: ...Load 3rd User Defaults 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Save conf...

Page 61: ...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...

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