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Specifications and information contained in this guide are furnished for informational
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With respect to the contents of this guide, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind,
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conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall
ASRock, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special,
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advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the guide
or product.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1)
(2)
this device may not cause harmful interference, and
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY
The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic
substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations
passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in
California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”
ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com
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Published November 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI Motherboard
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PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper
ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1)
CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
775-Pin CPU Socket
North Bridge Controller
Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
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)
South Bridge Controller
IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue)
Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)
System Panel Header (PANEL1)
Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4; Orange)
Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2; Red)
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Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3; Orange)
Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Red)
Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue)
USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue)
Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)
HDMR Slot (HDMR1)
Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
PCI Slots (PCI1- 2)
Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)
PCI Express x1 Slot
PCI Express x16 Slot
ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
BIOS FWH Chip
Serial Port Connector (COM1)
Infrared Module Header (IR1)
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ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI Motherboard
HD 8CH I/O
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)
USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
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10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
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VGA Port
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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* 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 “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” 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.
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI motherboard, a reliable moth-
erboard 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 ConRoe945G-DVI Motherboard
(Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI Quick Installation Guide
ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI 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 Shield
One COM Port Bracket
One HDMR Card (Optional)
One DVI Graphics-SI Card
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ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI Motherboard
1.21.21.21.21.2
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Platform
CPU
Chipset
Memory
Hybrid Booster
Expansion Slot
Graphics
Audio
LAN
Rear Panel I/O
- Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm
- LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo
/ Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D
- FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2)
- Supports EM64T CPU
- Northbridge: Intel® 945G
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
- Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3)
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Support DDRII667/533
- Max. capacity: 4GB
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4)
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5)
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- 2 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 1 x HDMR slot
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0
- Max. shared memory 192MB
- Dual VGA output support (DVI-D and D-Sub ports) with DVI
Graphics-SI card
- Independent display controllers for DVI-D and D-Sub ports
to support dual VGA output
- Realtek ALC888 7.1 channel audio CODEC with High
Definition audio
- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- PCIE x1 Realtek RTL8111B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
HD 8CH I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
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- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/
Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6)
- 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No Support for RAID and
“Hot Plug” functions) (see CAUTION 7)
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port 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 8)
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant
(see CAUTION 9)
- FCC, CE, WHQL
Connector
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Hardware
Monitor
OS
Certifications
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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CAUTION!
1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 29
of “User Manual” in the support CD.
2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read
“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 21 for details.
3. 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.
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. 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. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII
Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 20 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to
SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector
directly.
8. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows®
VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
9. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is not ready yet. We will update it to our
website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM
driver and related information.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
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ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI Motherboard
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1.31.31.31.31.3 Minimum Hardware R
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VistaVistaVistaVistaVistaTMTMTMTMTM Premium and Basic Logo
Premium and Basic Logo
Premium and Basic Logo
Premium and Basic Logo
Premium and Basic Logo
For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and
plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the
below table for minimum hardware requirement. Please adopt the CPU,
memory, and VGA that we suggest.
CPU
Memory
Celeron D 326
512MB x 2 Dual Channel (Premium)
512MB Single Channel (Basic)
256MB x 2 Dual Channel (Basic)
* If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size 512MB and plan to
submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please adjust the shared memory size of
onboard VGA to 64MB. If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size
above 512MB and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium or Basic logo, the
shared memory size of onboard VGA can be adjusted up to 128MB.
* If you plan to use external graphics card on this motherboard, please refer to
Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com
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