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User Manual - Page 3
... Hard Disk Setup Guide 42 2.13 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation 43 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 44 2.15 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 45 2.16 Driver Installation Guide 47 2.17 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit
With RAID Functions 47 2.17.1 Installing Windows®...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 66 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 66 3.4.8 USB Configuration 67 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 68 3.6 Boot Screen 69 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 69 3.7 Security Screen 70 3.8 Exit Screen 71
4 . Software Support 72
4.1 Install Operating System 72 4.2 Support CD Information 72
4.2.1 Running Support CD 72 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 72 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
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1 x ASRock A780GXE/128M Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
1 x ASRock A780GXE/128M Quick Installation Guide 2 x ASRock A780GXE/128M Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card...
User Manual - Page 9
... eSATAII installation procedures.
11. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2.
12. USB/WiFi header can be used to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802. 11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter...
User Manual - Page 11
...) / HD-DVD playback support on this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. Please refer to below table for the minimum hardware requirement.
CPU VGA Memory Suggested OS
AMD Athlon X2 3600 Onboard VGA with DVI-D port Dual Channel DDR2 533, 1GB x 2 Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64
* If you need to use CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra version 7.3, we suggest to...
User Manual - Page 20
... the default setting of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card, and please do not remove or lose ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card when it is still in working condition.
2. For the information of the compatible CrossFireTM Mode PCI Express VGA cards and CrossFireTM setup procedures, please refer to "CrossFireTM Operation Guide" on page 20.
Installing an expansion card
Step 1. Before installing the expansion...
User Manual - Page 21
... a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard, a CrossFireTM Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFireTM Ready cards. This applies to cards from ATITM or any of its partners. Please refer to below table for CrossFireTM VGA card support list according to the OS you install.
For Windows® XP
Vendor Chipset
ATI
Radeon HD...
User Manual - Page 24
...cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter.)
Step 10. Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 11. Remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system.
The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD website for ATITM driver updates.
Step 12. Install...
User Manual - Page 26
... connector on the PCI Express graphics card on PCIE2 slot.
Step 3. Boot your system. Press to enter BIOS setup. Enter "Advanced" screen, and enter "Chipset Settings". Then set the option "Surround View" to [Enabled].
Step 4. Boot into OS. Please remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system.
Step 5. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your...
User Manual - Page 28
...VGA card to this motherboard. This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for DVI-D and D-Sub to support dual VGA output so that DVI-D and D-sub can drive same or different display contents. To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps:
1. Please connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port. And connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port. VGA...
User Manual - Page 29
... not adjust the BIOS setup, the default value of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable VGA/D-Sub function when the add-on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard.
5. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system. If you have installed the drivers already, there is no need to install them again.
6. Set up a multi-monitor display.
For Windows® XP / XP...
User Manual - Page 42
... 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...
User Manual - Page 47
...® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more 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.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your...
User Manual - Page 52
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This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI 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...
User Manual - Page 72
...-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 the installed devices...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
... (BD) / HD-DVD playback is only supported under Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS. If you install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS, the function of 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback is not available, please visit our website for AMD 780G VGA driver update in the future. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
... modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFireTM enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently CrossFireTM feature is supported with Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 and VistaTM OS. Please check AMD website for ATITM CrossFireTM driver updates.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
...Microsoft website for details. For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details. Step 13. Restart your computer. Step 14. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 23
.... Please remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system.
Step 5. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system for both the onboard VGA and the discrete graphics card.
Step 6. Restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
... Guide
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB700 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory...