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ALiveNF4G-DVI

User Manual

Version 1.1
Published August 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    ALiveNF4G-DVI User Manual Version 1.1 Published August 2006 Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 1 1 1 1...
  • Page 2 (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide ..........25 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation ................. 26 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ..26 2.12 Driver Installation Guide ............26 ®...
  • Page 4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ......41 Boot Screen ................42 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........... 42 Security Screen ................ 43 Exit Screen ................44 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support Software Support ...........

  • Page 5: Introduction Introduction

    ASRock’s commit- ment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by- step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron Processors - AMD LIVE! Ready - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet...
  • Page 7 - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports (including 2 ports on bundled USB+COM port bracket) - 1 x RJ-45 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6) Connector - 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) and “Hot Plug”...
  • Page 8 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 11 for proper connection. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 25 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.

  • Page 9: Vista Tm

    Premium or Basic logo, the shared memory size of onboard VGA can be adjusted up to 128MB. * If you plan to use external graphics card on this motherboard, please refer to Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com 9 9 9 9 9...

  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout

    CPU Heatsink Retention Module USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3, Blue) AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots Infrared Module Header (IR1) (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots Flash Memory (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4;...

  • Page 11: Asrock Dvi I/O

    (No. 5) (No. 6) (No. 4) To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox”...

  • Page 12: Installation Installation

    Installation Installation Installation ALiveNF4G-DVI is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions...

  • Page 13: Cpu Installation

    Step 4. When the CPU is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked.

  • Page 14: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDRII DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDRII DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDRII_1 and DDRII_2;...
  • Page 15 DIMMs 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. notch break...

  • Page 16: Expansion Slots (Pci Express And Pci Slots)

    To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps: 1. Connect the DVI-D input monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port on the I/O panel of this motherboard. Connect the D-Sub input monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port on the I/O panel of this motherboard.
  • Page 17 Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI Express VGA card to PCI Express slot. Please refer to page 16 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details.

  • Page 18: Jumpers Setup

    CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down...

  • Page 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.10 No. 22) the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE Connector (Blue) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE1, see p.10 No. 11) (39-pin IDE2, see p.10 No.
  • Page 20 USB 2.0 Headers Besides two default USB 2.0 USB_PWR ports on the I/O panel, there are (9-pin USB6_7) DUMMY three USB 2.0 headers on this (see p.10 No. 15) motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports.
  • Page 21 Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.
  • Page 22 Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with (4-pin ATX12V1) ATX 12V plug to this connector. (see p.10 No. 3) Failing to do so will cause power up failure. Game Port Header Connect a Game cable to this JBB1...
  • Page 23 2 additional USB 2.0 (Optional) ports and 1 COM port. Please connect the blue connec- tor on the cable of this USB+COM port bracket to the USB 2.0 header (USB2_3, USB4_5, or USB6_7), and connect the black connector on the cable of this USB+COM port bracket to the serial port header (COM1).

  • Page 24: Hdmi_Spdif Header Connection Guide

    HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header.

  • Page 25: Sataii Hard Disk Setup Guide

    Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance;...

  • Page 26: Installation

    STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 2.11 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F...

  • Page 27: Installing Windows

    XP or Windows ® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, you don’t have to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Besides, there is no need for you to change the BIOS setting. ® ®...

  • Page 28: Untied Overclocking Technology

    Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. 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.

  • Page 29: Etup Utility

    Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis.

  • Page 30: Navigation Keys

    To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot...

  • Page 31: Advanced Screen

    Advanced Screen Advanced Screen Advanced Screen Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 32 It will display Processor Maximum Voltage for reference. Multiplier/Voltage Change This item is set to [Auto] by default. If it is set to [Manual], you may adjust the value of Processor Multiplier and Processor Voltage. However, it is recom- mended to keep the default value for system stability.
  • Page 33 [1T]. The default value is [Auto]. Burst Length Burst length can be set to 8 or 4 beats. 64 Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the...

  • Page 34: Chipset Configuration

    Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI]. Configuration options: [PCI], [Onboard] and [PCI Express].

  • Page 35: Acpi Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode.

  • Page 36: Ide Configuration

    [non-RAID]. If you want to operate RAID function on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please select [RAID]. * If you select [RAID] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in nVidia BIOS / Windows RAID Utility.
  • Page 37 [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO. LBA/Large 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.

  • Page 38: Pcipnp Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting 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. 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration...

  • Page 39: Floppy Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].

  • Page 40: Usb Configuration

    Parallel Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP].

  • Page 41: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage.

  • Page 42: Boot Screen

    Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor...

  • Page 43: Security Screen

    Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor...

  • Page 44: Exit Screen

    BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis- card changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis-...

  • Page 45: Software Support Software Support

    4.2.1 Running The Support CD 4.2.1 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 appear automatically, locate and double click on the file “ASSETUP.EXE”...

  • Page 46: Appendix: Amd's Cool 'N' Quiet

    AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet echnology echnology For power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology under Windows ® system. When using this feature, please make sure to install “AMD Processor Driver” from the “Support CD” first.

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