ASROCK ALIVEXFIRE-ESATA2 User manual

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ALiveXFire-eSATA2
User Manual
Version 1.3
Published July 2007
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa-
tional use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed
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defect or error in the manual or product.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY
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substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations
passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in
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ContentsContents
ContentsContents
Contents
1.1.
1.1.
1. IntroductionIntroduction
IntroductionIntroduction
Introduction ........................................................................................................................
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1.1 Package Contents ..................................................................... 5
1.2 Specifications ........................................................................... 6
1.3 Minimum Hardware Requirement Table for Windows®VistaTM
Premium 2007 and Basic Logo ................................................. 9
1.4 Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 10
1.5 ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O ......................................................... 11
2.2.
2.2.
2. InstallationInstallation
InstallationInstallation
Installation ............................................................................................................................
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Pre-installation Precautions ............................................................... 12
2.1 CPU Installation ......................................................................... 13
2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ....................................... 13
2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) .................................... 14
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) .................................. 16
2.5 Installing a Single Graphics Card .............................................. 18
2.6 Installing CrossFireTM Graphics Cards ...................................... 19
2.7 Surround Display Feature ......................................................... 24
2.8 Jumpers Setup .......................................................................... 24
2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors .......................................... 25
2.10 HDMI_SPDIF Header ConnectionGuide .................................... 30
2.11 eSATAII Interface Introduction .................................................. 31
2.12 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide .................................................. 34
2.13 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation ................................................................................. 35
2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs and
eSATAII Devices ........................................................................ 35
2.15 Driver Installation Guide ............................................................ 36
2.16 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM
64-bit With RAID Functions ...................................................... 37
2.16.1 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
Functions ......................................................................... 37
2.16.2 Installing Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID
Functions ......................................................................... 38
2.17 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM
64-bit Without RAID Functions ................................................. 39
2.17.1 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
Functions ......................................................................... 39
2.17.2 Installing Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID
Functions ......................................................................... 41
2.18 Untied Overclocking Technology .............................................. 42

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3.3.
3.3.
3. BIOS SBIOS S
BIOS SBIOS S
BIOS SETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY
ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY
ETUP UTILITY ......................................................................................................
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3.1 Introduction ............................................................................... 43
3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 43
3.1.2 Navigation Keys ............................................................. 44
3.2 Main Screen .............................................................................. 44
3.3 Advanced Screen .................................................................... 45
3.3.1 CPU Configuration .......................................................... 46
3.3.2 Chipset Configuration ..................................................... 48
3.3.3 ACPI Configuration ......................................................... 50
3.3.4 IDE Configuration ............................................................ 51
3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration ...................................................... 53
3.3.6 Floppy Configuration ...................................................... 53
3.3.7 Super IO Configuration ................................................... 54
3.3.8 USB Configuration .......................................................... 55
3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ............................. 56
3.5 Boot Screen .............................................................................. 57
3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........................................... 57
3.6 Security Screen ........................................................................ 58
3.7 Exit Screen ............................................................................... 59
4.4.
4.4.
4. Software SupportSoftware Support
Software SupportSoftware Support
Software Support ......................................................................................................
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4.1 Install Operating System ........................................................... 60
4.2 Support CD Information ............................................................. 60
4.2.1 Running Support CD ....................................................... 60
4.2.2 Drivers Menu .................................................................. 60
4.2.3 Utilities Menu ................................................................... 60
4.2.4 Contact Information ........................................................ 60

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1.1.
1.1.
1. IntroductionIntroduction
IntroductionIntroduction
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 motherboard, a reliable
motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It de-
livers excellent performance with robust design conforming to 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.
Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be
updated, the content of this manual will be subject 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 support lists on ASRock website
as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.11.1
1.11.1
1.1 Package ContentsPackage Contents
Package ContentsPackage Contents
Package Contents
1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard
(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm)
1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide
1 x ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Support CD
1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor)
1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable
4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
2 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables (Optional)
1 x HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional)
1 x ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O Shield
1 x USB Bracket
1 x PCIE Switch Card
This motherboard is bundled with one PCIE Switch card installed on PCIE2/
PCIE SWITCH slot, which allows you better flexibility to choose PCIE
functions between one PCIE x16 slot and two PCIE slots for ATITM
CrossFireTM without setting up jumpers.

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1.21.2
1.21.2
1.2 SpecificationsSpecifications
SpecificationsSpecifications
Specifications
Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm
CPU - Socket AM2 for AMD AthlonTM 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and
Sempron processors
- AMD LIVE!TM Ready
- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1)
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology
Chipset - Northbridge: AMD 480X CrossFireTM
- Southbridge:ATITM SB600
Memory - Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2)
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Support DDRII800/667/533
- Max. capacity: 8GB (see CAUTION 3)
Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4)
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5)
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory
performance up to 12.5% (see CAUTION 6)
Expansion Slot - Supports ATITM CrossFireTM graphics cards
(see CAUTION 7)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot with PCIE Switch card or 2 x PCI
Express Graphics slots for ATITM CrossFireTM
(see CAUTION 8)
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots
Audio - 7.1 CH Windows®VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio
(ALC888 Audio Codec)
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 2 x eSATAII Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 Port

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- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/
Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 9)
Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
(see CAUTION 10)
- 2 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports),
support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug”
functions (see CAUTION 11)
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- SLI/XFire power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 12)
BIOS Feature - 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Hardware - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing
Monitor - CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit
/ VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 13)
Certifications - FCC, CE, Microsoft®WHQL Certificated

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CAUTION!
1. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-
tied Overclocking Technology” on page 42 for details.
2. This motherboard supportsDual Channel Memory Technology. Before you
implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the
installation guide of memory modules on page 14 for proper installation.
3. Due to the chipset limitation, if you adopt 4GB or more memory, the actual
memory size may be less than the installed memory size.
4. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to
perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus
frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.
5. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown.
Before you resume the system, 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 the heatsink when you install the PC system.
6. This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. If
you enable this function in the BIOS setup, the memory performance will
improve up to 12.5%, but the effect still depends on the AM2 CPU you adopt.
Enabling this function will overclock the chipset/CPU reference clock. However,
we can not guarantee the system stability for all CPU/DRAM configurations.
If your system is unstable after AM2 Boost function is enabled, it may not be
applicative to your system. You may choose to disable this function for
keeping the stability of your system.
7. Please remove PCIE Switch card from PCIE2/PCIE SWITCH slot before you
use ATITM CrossFireTM function. In CrossFireTM mode, the two ATITM graphics
cards you install should be from the same GPU family.
8. This motherboard is bundled with one PCIE Switch card installed on PCIE2/
PCIE SWITCH slot, which allows you better flexibility to choose PCIE func-
tions between one PCIE x16 slot and two PCIE slots for ATITM CrossFireTM
without setting up jumpers. To avail of the PCI Express x16 graphics card
installed on PCIE3 slot work at PCIE x16 bandwidth, please make sure that
PCIE Switch card is installed on PCIE2/PCIE SWITCH slot. Please refer to
page 18 for details of installing a single graphics card.
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.

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9. 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 11 for proper connection.
10. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII
Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 34 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to
SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector
directly.
11. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII
specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 31 for
details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.
12. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft®Windows®
VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
13. Microsoft®Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As
long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future.
Please visit our website for Microsoft®Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver
and related information.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
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1.3 Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R
Minimum Hardware RMinimum Hardware R
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TM Premium 2007 and Basic LogoPremium 2007 and Basic Logo
Premium 2007 and Basic LogoPremium 2007 and Basic Logo
Premium 2007 and Basic Logo
For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and
plan to submit Windows®VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic logo, please
follow below table for minimum hardware requirements.
CPU Sempron 2800+
Memory 1GB system memory (Premium)
512MB Single Channel (Basic)
VGA DX9.0 with WDDM Driver
with 128bit VGA memory (Premium)
with 64bit VGA memory (Basic)
* After June 1, 2007, all Windows®VistaTM systems are required to meet above
minimum hardware requirements in order to qualify for Windows®VistaTM Premium
2007 logo.

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1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout
1.4 Motherboard Layout1.4 Motherboard Layout
1.4 Motherboard Layout
SOCKET AM2
AMD
480X
CrossFire
Chipset
ATI
SB600
Chipset
FSB800
DDRII_1 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module)
DDRII_2 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module)
FSB800
DDRII_3 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module)
DDRII_4 (64/72 bit, 240-pin module)
DDRII800
Dual Core CPU
FSB1GHz
Dual Channel
20.8cm (8.2-in)
30.5cm (12.0-in)
ATXPWR1
CD1
ATX12V1
PS2_USB_PW1
1
CPU_FAN1
PARALLEL PORT
COM1
PS2
Mouse
PS2
Keyboard
USB 2.0
T:USB0
B: USB1
Top:
RJ-45
eSATAII_12
T:eSATAII_1
B: eSATAII_2
eSATAII_TOP
eSATAII_BOTTOM
Top:
SIDE SPK
Center:
REAR SPK
Bottom:
CTR BASS
Top:
LINE IN
Center:
FRONT
Bottom:
MIC IN
ALiveXFire-eSATA2
RoHS
RAID
4Mb
BIOS
PCI
EXPRESS
CMOS
BATTERY
eSATAII
Gigabit LAN
PCIE1
PCIE2/PCIE SWITCH
PCIE3
1
HDMI_SPDIF1
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
1
CLRCMOS1
Super
I/O
LAN
PHY
IR1
1
AUDIO
CODEC
HD_AUDIO1
1
7.1CH HD
FLOPPY1
GAME1
1
USB2.0
ATA133
USB6_7
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USB8_9
11
USB2_3
11
USB4_5
11
SATAII_RED
(PORT 1)
SATAII_ORANGE
(PORT 2)
SATAII_BLUE
(PORT 4)
SATAII_BLACK
(PORT 3)
SATAII
CHA_FAN1
HDLED RESET
PLED PWRBTN
1
PANEL1
SPEAKER1
1
IDE1
SLI/XFIRE_PWR1
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1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 19 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue)
2 ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) 20 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue)
3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 21 Serial ATAII Connector
4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) (SATAII_BLUE (PORT 4))
5 AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 22 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
6 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 23 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
7 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 24 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)
(Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) 25 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)
8 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots 26 Game Port Header (GAME1)
(Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; Orange) 27 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
9 IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) 28 PCI Slots (PCI1- 3)
10 North Bridge Controller 29 HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1)
11 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 30 BIOS LPC Chip
12 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE3) 31 Infrared Module Connector (IR1)
13 South Bridge Controller 32 PCIE Express Slot (PCIE2/PCIE SWITCH)
14 Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_ORANGE(PORT 2)) 33 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1)
15 Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_RED (PORT 1)) 34 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector
16 Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_BLACK (PORT 3)) 35 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)
17 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3, Blue) 36 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP)
18 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) 37 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM)