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ASROCK P4VM900-SATA2 User Manual

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Page 2: ...1 1 1 1 1 P4VM900 SATA2 User Manual Version 1 0 Published August 2007 Copyright 2007 ASRock INC All rights reserved This Manual http www manuallib com file 2586909...

Page 3: ...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 be liable for any indir...

Page 4: ...tors 17 2 7 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 21 2 8 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation 22 2 9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII HDDs 22 2 10 SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug...

Page 5: ...4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 41 3 5 Boot Screen 41 3 5 1 Boot Settings Configuration 42 3 6 Security Screen 42 3 7 Exit Screen 43 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support...

Page 6: ...tions 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 support lists on ASRock website as well ASRock websi...

Page 7: ...uard B F G Expansion Slot 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 3 x PCI slots 1 x HDMR slot Graphics Integrated VIA Delta Chrome Graphics Pixel Shader 2 0 DirectX 9 0 VGA Max shared memory 256MB Audio 5 1 CH Windo...

Page 8: ...nitor Chassis Temperature Sensing CPU Fan Tachometer Chassis Fan Tachometer Voltage Monitoring 12V 5V 3 3V Vcore OS Microsoft Windows 2000 XP VistaTM compliant see CAUTION 8 Certifications FCC CE WHQL...

Page 9: ...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 th...

Page 10: ...s who purchase our motherboard and plan to submit Windows VistaTM Basic logo please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement CPU Intel 1GHz CPU Memory 512MB Single Channel VGA DX9 0 wit...

Page 11: ...oard VGA1 Top Line In Center Line Out Bottom Mic In USB 2 0 T USB4 B USB5 RAID 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 15 System Panel Header PANEL1 2 ATX 12V Connector ATX12V1 16 USB 2 0 Header USB67 Blue 3 CPU Heatsi...

Page 12: ...I O PlusTM TM TM TM TM 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 7 Microphone Pink 2 Parallel Port 8 Shared USB 2 0 Ports USB45 3 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 9 USB 2 0 Ports USB01 4 RJ 45 Port 10 VGAPort 5 Line In Light Blue 1...

Page 13: ...Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or...

Page 14: ...on of CPU Fan and Heatsink 2 2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 2 2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 2 2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard adopts 478 pin CPU socket to supp...

Page 15: ...MMs 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 the slot The DIMM on...

Page 16: ...tall the add on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE1 PCIE x16 slot the onboard VGA will be disabled Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expans...

Page 17: ...tandby for PS 2 or USB wake up events Note To select 5VSB it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by power supply Clear CMOS CLRCMOS1 2 pin jumper see p 10 No 19 Note CLRCMOS1 allows you...

Page 18: ...device as Master Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Besides to optimize compatibility and performance please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE conn...

Page 19: ...l 5 pin IR1 wireless transmitting and see p 10 No 6 receiving infrared module Internal Audio Connectors This connector allows you 4 pin CD1 to receive stereo audio input CD1 see p 10 No 22 from sound...

Page 20: ...ll it to the front panel audio header as below A Connect Mic_IN MIC to MIC2_L B Connect Audio_R RIN to OUT2_R and Audio_L LIN to OUT2_L C Connect Ground GND to Ground GND D MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for...

Page 21: ...ease connect an ATX power 20 pinATXPWR1 supply to this connector see p 10 No 25 ATX 12V Connector Please note that it is necessary 4 pin ATX12V1 to connect a power supply with see p 10 No 2 ATX 12V pl...

Page 22: ...AII 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 and pin 6 SAMSUNG If pi...

Page 23: ...d s SATAII connector STEP4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk 2 9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2 9 Hot Plug an...

Page 24: ...DD 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 The SATA 15 pin power connecto...

Page 25: ...able 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 Unplug improper pro...

Page 26: ...is motherboard and you finish installing all drivers to your system now but in the future you plan to use HDMR card function on this motherboard please follow the steps below then 1 Insert HDMR card t...

Page 27: ...unctions If you want to install Windows VistaTM on your SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration B...

Page 28: ...f you want to install Windows 2000 XP VistaTM OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configurati...

Page 29: ...ssis 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 for reference purpose o...

Page 30: ...When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview System Time Hour Minute Second Use this item to specify the system time System Date Day Month Date Ye...

Page 31: ...nc mode Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Actual Frequency MHz 133 Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value Unlocked Max 21 Min 14 21 Max CPUID...

Page 32: ...essor Ratio Actual Value This is a read only item which displays the ratio actual value of this CPU Max CPUID Value Limit For Prescott CPU only some OSes ex NT4 0 cannot handle the function with disab...

Page 33: ...Precharge Tras Configuration options Auto 5T to 20T The default value is set to Auto to set the timing by dram SPD Active to CMD Trcd Use this option to select Active to CMD Trcd Configuration options...

Page 34: ...ault value is set to Auto to set the timing by dram SPD DRAM Command Rate Use this to select among Auto 1T and 2T for DRAM Command Rate The default value is 2T DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM vol...

Page 35: ...drive strength of the onboard IDE controller Configuration options Low Normal High and Ultra High The default value is Normal OnBoard LAN This allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN feature...

Page 36: ...es to turn on the system from the power soft off mode PS 2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS 2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power soft off mode RTC Alarm Power On Use...

Page 37: ...iguration v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Advanced OnBoard IDE Controller Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA 1 SATA 2 Enabled Hard...

Page 38: ...arge 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 Multi Sector Transfer Th...

Page 39: ...on In this section you may configure the type of your floppy drive BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI PnP Settings Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register Select Screen Select...

Page 40: ...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 EPP Version Use this it...

Page 41: ...gacy 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 legacy USB support BIOS...

Page 42: ...TILITY Hardware Health Event Monitoring Select Screen Select Item F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU Temperature M B T...

Page 43: ...m For the user password you may also clear it BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Settings Configuration To enable or disable the boot from network feature Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help...

Page 44: ...on 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 message Load optimal defaults...

Page 45: ...t 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 appear automatically...

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