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User Manual - Page 3
... Disk Setup Guide 27 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation 28 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ....... 29 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ....... 30 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 32 2.14 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM /
VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 32 2.14.1 Installing...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 48 3.3.7 Super IO Configuration 48 3.3.8 USB Configuration 49 3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 50 3.5 Boot Screen 51 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 51 3.6 Security Screen 52 3.7 Exit Screen 53
4 . Software Support 54
4.1 Install Operating System 54 4.2 Support CD Information 54
4.2.1 Running Support CD 54 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 54 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
...
1 x ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.0-in, 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm)
1 x ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ 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 HDMI_SPDIF Cable...
User Manual - Page 7
... - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing...
User Manual - Page 9
... users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium 2007 and Basic logo, please follow below table for minimum hardware requirement.
CPU Memory
VGA
Sempron 2800+ 1GB system memory (Premium) 512MB system memory (Basic) DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic)
* After June 1, 2007, all Windows® VistaTM systems are...
User Manual - Page 27
2.9 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...
User Manual - Page 32
.../ SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your...
User Manual - Page 33
...The
drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP/2000 B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
Please select A for Windows® 2000 / XP in AHCI mode. Please select B for Windows® XP 64-bit in AHCI mode.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
User Manual - Page 34
... insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM...
User Manual - Page 35
... Windows RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
2.15.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII
HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP...
User Manual - Page 36
... to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
2 . 1 6 Untied Overclocking Technology
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses...
User Manual - Page 37
...
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 54
...-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 4
...ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ 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 HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) 1 x "ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus" I/O Shield
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
... - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 10) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
...
CPU Memory
VGA
Sempron 2800+ 1GB system memory (Premium) 512MB system memory (Basic) 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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Quick Installation Guide - Page 27
.../ SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 28
...The
drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP/2000 B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
Please select A for Windows® 2000 / XP in AHCI mode. Please select B for Windows® XP 64-bit in AHCI mode.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 29
...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.
Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.13.1 step 2 on
page 27.
If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on IDE HDD, please skip step 2.
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
... to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit 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.
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...