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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard English Layout Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) SLI / XFIRE Power Connector 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) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE2) PCIEX1_EN1 - 5 Flash Memory South Bridge Controller SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (PORT4)) SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT0)) SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT1)) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2)) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 System Panel Header (PANEL1) SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT3)) SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (PORT5)) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Blue) Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection Header (IR1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Game Port Header (GAME1) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) PCI Slots (PCI1 - 3) AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII) English 2 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard ASRock 1394_eSA ASR ock 1394_eS ATAII I/O Plus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Parallel Port IEEE 1394 Port RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) *9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Front Speaker (Lime) Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) eSATAII Port COM Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * 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 (No. 9) (No. 6) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 7) --V V Side Speaker (No. 5) ---V * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front "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. 3 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard English 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 ASRock DeskExpress Specifications ASRock DeskExpress, providing one front USB 2.0 port and one Express card slot to support all kinds of Express cards, such as eSATAII card, USB 2.0 card, LAN card and flash disc, offers you a device to expand the availability conveniently in addition to the PCI Express interface on this motherboard. Please refer to below table for ASRock DeskExpress specifications. For installation procedures of ASRock DeskExpress, please refer to page 18 for details. Interface Slot - Express card / USB 2.0 - 1 x 54 mm Express card slot (compatible with ExpressCard/54 and ExpressCard/34) - 1 x USB 2.0 port - 1 x Hot Plug Detection header (JHP1; black) - 1 x USB 2.0 header (USB1; blue) - 1 x 4 pin power connector (PWR1; white) - 2 x PCIE ports (PCIE1; yellow / PCIE2; white) - 115 mm x 99 mm x 25 mm, fit in 3.5-in bay Connector English 4 Case Dimension ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv 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-bystep 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 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.0-in, 30.5 cm x 22.9 cm) ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Quick Installation Guide ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Support CD Motherboard Accessories One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) One "ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus" I/O Panel Shield ASRock DeskExpress Accessories (Optional) One ASRock DeskExpress One ASRock PCIE_DE Card Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables One DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection Cable One USB Header Data Cable Four Screws 5 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard English 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.0-in, 30.5 cm x 22.9 cm - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® Dual Core / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® / Celeron® D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors - Compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs (see CAUTION 1) - Intel® ViivTM Ready (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 3) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 4) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® P965 - Southbridge: Intel® ICH8DH - Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 5) - 4 x DDRII DIMM slots - Support DDRII800/667/533 (see CAUTION 6) - Max. capacity: 8GB (see CAUTION 7) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 8) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 9) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Supports ATITM CrossFireTM - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot - 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Giga PHY Intel® 82566DC - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus - 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 eSATAII Port - 1 x RJ-45 Port - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port Platform CPU Chipset Memory Hybrid Booster Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O English 6 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 10) - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 11) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII connector), support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" function (see CAUTION 12) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 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 - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 13) - 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, CPU Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 14) - FCC, CE, WHQL 7 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard English 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 thirdparty 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. CAUTION! 1. 2. FSB1333-CPU will operate in overclocking mode. Intel® ViivTM technology is only supported under 32-bit OS of Windows® XP Media Center and Windows® VistaTM Home Premium and Ultimate Edition. For the minimum hardware requirements of Intel® ViivTM technology, please refer to page 10 for details. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 55 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 45 for details. 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 14 for proper installation. Please check the table below for the CPU FSB frequency and its corresponding memory support frequency. CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency 1333 DDRII667 1066 DDRII533, DDRII667, DDRII800 800 DDRII533, DDRII667, DDRII800 533 DDRII533 Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and Windows® VistaTM. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. English 8 ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Mother ...