ASROCK N7AD-SLI, Installation Manual

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ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard
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CAUTION!
1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page
51 of “User Manual” in the support CD.
2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read
“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 31 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 13 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 TM . For Windows ® XP 64-bit and Windows ® Vista TM
64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
5. This motherboard supports NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
technology. If you want to use
SLI
TM
function, please follow the instructions on page 17 and 18 to reverse
the direction of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card. For the information of the
compatible SLI TM Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the “Sup-
ported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI TM Mode” on page 9. For the proper
installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide
on page 15.
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 3 for proper connection.
7. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the
“SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 37 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.
8. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII
specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 28
for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.
9. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft ® Windows ®
Vista TM 64-bit / Vista TM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2.
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 overclocking.
OS - Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit
compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL
* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com