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Published February 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
ASRock 775XFire-RAID Motherboard
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PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper
ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1)
ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
775-Pin CPU Socket
North Bridge Controller
CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots
(Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow)
2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots
(Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4; Orange)
IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue)
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10 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
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South Bridge Controller
Serial ATA Connector 2 (SATA_2, black)
Serial ATA Connector 3 (SATA_3, black)
Serial ATA Connector 1 (SATA_1, blue)
Serial ATA Connector 0 (SATA_0, blue)
System Panel Header (PANEL1)
Infrared Module Connector (IR1)
16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
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18 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)
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20 USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue)
21 USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue)
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Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)
23 Game Port Header (GAME1)
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26 BIOS FWH Chip
27 AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
28 PCIEX1_EN1 - 5
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PCI Express x 1 Slot (PCIE2)
PCI Express x 16 Slot (PCIE1)
SLI / XFIRE Power Connector
Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)
Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
PCI Slots (PCI1- 3)
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HD 8CH I/O
HD 8CH I/O
HD 8CH I/O
HD 8CH I/O
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Parallel Port
RJ-45 Port
Side Speaker (Gray)
Rear Speaker (Black)
Central / Bass (Orange)
Line In (Light Blue)
Front Speaker (Lime)
8 Microphone (Pink)
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USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
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Serial Port: COM1
PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)
* If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See
the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use.
TABLE for Audio Output Connection
Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker
Central / Bass
Side Speaker
(No. 7)
(No. 4)
(No. 5)
(No. 3)
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* If you use 8-channel audio and enable Multi-Streaming function, “Side Speaker” will be disabled
. Therefore, only 6-channel audio function will work but not 8-channel audio. 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” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose
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“2CH”, “4CH”, or “6CH”, and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use
Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to
use front panel audio to share Side Speaker.
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock 775XFire-RAID motherboard, a reliable motherboard
produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent
performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and
endurance.
This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of the motherboard and step-by-
step installation guide. More detailed information of the motherboard can be found in
the user manual presented in 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
1.1 Package Contents
1.1 Package Contents
1.1 Package Contents
1.1 Package Contents
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock 775XFire-RAID Motherboard
(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm)
ASRock 775XFire-RAID Quick Installation Guide
ASRock 775XFire-RAID Support CD
(including LGA 775 CPU Installation Live Demo)
One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE Ribbon Cable
One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive
One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional)
One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional)
One HD 8CH I/O Panel Shield
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Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Platform
CPU
Chipset
Memory
Hybrid Booster
Expansion Slot
Audio
LAN
Rear Panel I/O
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm
- LGA 775 for Intel® Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Cedar
Mill processors (in 775-land LGA package)
- FSB 800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1)
- Supports EM64T CPU
- Northbridge: Intel® 925X chipset
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH6R
- Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2)
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Support DDRII533
- Max. capacity: 4GB
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 3)
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 4)
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Supports ATI® CrossFireTM
- 3 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot
- 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x 4) (see CAUTION 5)
- 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot
- Realtek ALC861 7.1 channel CODEC with High Definition
Audio
- Realtek PCI LAN 8101L
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
HD 8CH 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)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 Port
- Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central Bass/Line
in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6)
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ASRock 775XFire-RAID Motherboard
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Connector
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Hardware
Monitor
OS
Certifications
- 4 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, and Intel Matrix Storage) and “Hot Plug” functions
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game 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
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
(see CAUTION 7)
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit compliant
- FCC, CE, WHQL
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ASRock 775XFire-RAID Motherboard
CAUTION!
1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 36
of “User Manual” in the Support CD.
2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you
implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the
installation guide of memory modules on page 12 for proper installation.
3. 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.
4. 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.
If you install PCI Express VGA card to AGI Express slot (PCI Express x
4), PCIE2 slot (PCIE x 1) function will be disabled. For the information of
the compatible PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the “Supported PCI
Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)” on page
8. For the proper installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the
installation guide on page 14.
5.
6. 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.
7. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP
SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
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Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI
Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI
Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI
Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI
Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI
Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
(for Windows 2000/Windows XP)
Graphics Chip Model Name
Chipset Name
Vendor
NVIDIA
ATI
ASUS Extreme N6200GE/TD GeForce 6200
ASUS Extreme N6200TC256/TD GeForce 6200
ASUS Extreme N6800/TD
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800GT
ASUS Extreme N6800GT
ALBATRON PC6600GT
GeForce 6600GT
GIGABYTE GV-NX66128D GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600LE
Inno3D GeFORCE 6600 LE
GeForce 6200TC
LEADTEK PX6200 TC/TDH
MSI PCX 5750-TD128E
GeForce PCX5750
SPARKLE GeFORCE 6200TC GeForce 6200TC
ASUS Extreme AX600XT/HTVD RADEON X600XT
ASUS Extreme AX700PRO/TVD RADEON X700PRO
GECUBE Radeon X850XT 256M RADEON X850XT
MSI RX1300GPRO-TD256E
RADEON X1300 PRO
For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for AGI Express
slot (PCI Express x 4), please visit our website for details.
ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm
Note. It is not recommended to use Turbo cache PCI Express x 16 VGA cards.
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