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Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2 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)
11 BIOS FWH Chip
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16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_RED (PORT2))
Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_ORANGE (PORT3))
Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_BLACK (PORT1))
Serial ATAII Connector (SATAII_BLUE (PORT0))
System Panel Header (PANEL1)
South Bridge Controller
Infrared Module Connector (IR1)
Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)
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18 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1)
19 USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue)
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21 USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue)
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24 Game Port Header (GAME1)
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27 AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x 4)
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PCI Express x 1 Slot (PCIE2)
29 PCI Express x 16 Slot (PCIE1)
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Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)
SLI / XFIRE Power Connector
eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP)
eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_BOTTOM)
Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
PCI Slots (PCI1- 3)
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Parallel Port
RJ-45 Port
Line In (Light Blue)
Line Out (Lime)
Microphone (Pink)
eSATAII Ports
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USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
COM Port
PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)
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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2motherboard, a reliable
motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It de-
livers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commit-
ment 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-eSATA2 Motherboard
(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm)
ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide
ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2 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
Four Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
Two Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables (Optional)
One ASRock eSATAII 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® Dual Core Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron®
D, supporting Presler and Cedar Mill processors (in 775-land
LGA package)
- FSB 800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2)
- Supports EM64T CPU
- Northbridge: Intel® 945PL chipset
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7R
- Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3)
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Support DDRII533 (see CAUTION 4)
- Max. capacity: 2GB
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 5)
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 6)
- 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 7)
- 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot
- Realtek ALC660 5.1 channel CODEC with High Definition
Audio
- Realtek PCI LAN 8101L
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
ASRock eSATAII 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
- 2 x eSATAII Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 Port
- Audio Jack: Line in / Line out / Microphone
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Connector
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Hardware
Monitor
OS
Certifications
- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage)
and “Hot Plug” functions (see CAUTION 8)
- 2 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII
connectors), support “Hot Plug” function (see CAUTION 9)
- 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 (see CAUTION 10)
- 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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CAUTION!
1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 40
of “User Manual” in the Support CD.
2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-
tied Overclocking Technology” on page 33 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. This motherboard supports two Double Sided DIMMs or four Single Sided
DIMMs. For other limitation, please read “Installation of Memory Modules
(DIMM)” on page 12 for details.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the
“SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 27 to adjust your SATAII hard disk
drive to SATAII mode. Besides, you are allowed to downgrade the SATAII
hard disk to SATA hard disk (from SATAII 3Gb/s down to SATA 1.5Gb/s),
and connect it to the SATAII connector. You can also connect SATA hard
disk to SATAII connector directly.
9. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII
specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 24 for
details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. (Port Multiplier
Technology is not supported with eSATAII interface on this motherboard.)
10. 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
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6800GT
GeForce 6800
ASUS Extreme N6200GE/TD
ASUS Extreme N6200TC256/TD
ASUS Extreme N6800GT
ASUS Extreme N6800/TD
ASUS Extreme 7800GTX/2DHTV/256M GeForce 7800 GTX
ALBATRON PC6600GT
GIGABYTE GV-NX66128D
Inno3D GeFORCE 6600 LE
LEADTEK PX6200 TC/TDH
MSI PCX 5750-TD128E
SPARKLE GeFORCE 6200TC
ASUS Extreme AX600XT/HTVD
ASUS Extreme AX700PRO/TVD
GECUBE Radeon X850XT 256M
Gecube RX1600XTG3-D3/256M
Gecube RX1300PG2-D3/256M
MSI RX1300GPRO-TD256E
GeForce 6600GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600LE
GeForce 6200TC
GeForce PCX5750
GeForce 6200TC
RADEON X600XT
RADEON X700PRO
RADEON X850XT
RADEON X1600XT
RADEON X1300PRO
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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