ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA R2.0 driver and firmware
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User Manual - Page 3
... Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots 17 2.7 Jumpers Setup 18 2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 23 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ..... 23 2.11 SATA HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ....... 24 2.12 Driver Installation Guide 26 2.13 HDMR Card and Driver Installation 26 2.14 Installing Windows...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 41 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 42 3.3.8 USB Configuration 43 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 44 3.5 Boot Screen 45 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 46 3.6 Security Screen 46 3.7 Exit Screen 47
4. Software Support 48
4.1 Install Operating System 48 4.2 Support CD Information 48
4.2.1 Running Support CD 48 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 48 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
...Package Contents
ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm)
ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One ASRock 8CH I/O Plus...
User Manual - Page 7
...2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions
- 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS...
User Manual - Page 8
... grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. 5. 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. 6. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64...
User Manual - Page 9
... system integrators and users who purchase our motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please follow below table for minimum hardware requirement.
CPU Memory VGA
Celeron D 326 512MB Single Channel* DX9.0 with WDDM Driver
* If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size 512MB and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please adjust...
User Manual - Page 21
... to connect them for AC'97 audio panel.
E. Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select
Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from
[Auto] to [Enabled].
F. Enter Windows system. Click the icon on the lower right hand
taskbar to enter Realtek HD Audio Manager. Click "Audio I/O", select
"Connector Settings"
, choose "Disable front panel jack
detection...
User Manual - Page 27
...If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system...
User Manual - Page 28
...Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation 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...
User Manual - Page 30
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This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you...
User Manual - Page 48
...-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" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. Please install...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
...Package Contents
ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.2-in, 24.4 cm x 20.8 cm)
ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One ASRock 8CH I/O Plus...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
...2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions
- 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 7
... grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system.
5. 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.
6. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
... / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing the VIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. 20
ASRock 4CoreDX90-VSTA Motherboard...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
... set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
2. If you want to use "VIA RAID Tool" in Windows® environment, please install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "VIA RAID Tool" will be installed to your system as well.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 23
... using the Support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. It will display the Main Menu automatically if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on the file "ASSETUP. EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
... create RAID 1 (Mirror) under BIOS environment if you install Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS. If you want to build RAID 1 under Windows Vista/Vista 64-bit OS, please use the RAID software, VIA RAID Tool to create RAID 1. This issue may require driver update. Please visit our website for the updated driver in the near future. (http://www.asrock.com)
The data on disk drives will...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide
You are allowed to configure RAID functions under Windows environment. The "RAID Software" is a Windows-based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy-operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to VT8237 SATA controller. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to ...
RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
...Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users
After GUI software is installed, it will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is started. An icon tray of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software... to select RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 0 (Stripe), Span (JBOD), RAID 5 or RAID 0+1. Here we take RAID 1 (Mirror) for
example. For other types of RAID disk array, the...