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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard English Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 775-Pin CPU Socket Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Green) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) South Bridge Controller Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) System Panel Header (PANEL1) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2) Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4) Sixth SATAII Connector (SATAII_6) Fifth SATAII Connector (SATAII_5) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) Flash Memory COM Port Header (COM1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) WiFi/E Header (WIFI/E) PCI Slots (PCI1 - 2) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Infrared Module Header (IR1) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2; Green) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1; White) North Bridge Controller FSB2 / FSB3 Jumpers FSB1 Jumper CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) English 2 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard ASRock GLAN_8CH I/O 1 2 3 4 5 6 *7 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) LAN RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 8 9 10 11 12 13 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) VGA 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. 7) (No. 4) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 5) --V V Side Speaker (No. 3) ---V 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. 3 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard English ASRock DVI_DisplayPort VI_DisplayPor ASRock DVI_DisplayPor t Card Specifications DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It defines a new license-free, royalty-free, stateof-the-art digital audio/video interconnect, and it is intended to be used primarily between a computer and its display monitor, or a computer and a home-theater system. ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card is based on PCI Express x16 interface, and it supports all mandatory features of DisplayPort version 1.1 specifications and the following optional features: - Equipped with one DVI-D connector and one DisplayPort connector - Mode support up to 1920x1200@60Hz (WUXGA) for DVI-D and 2560x1600@60Hz (WQXGA) for DisplayPort and 1080p@60Hz - Supports the Auxiliary Channel (AUX CH) - Open standard supported by VESA, royalty and license free - Compatible with HDMI via DVI to HDMI dongle - Scalable lanes (1, 2, or 4 diff. pairs) unidirectional, RGB, YCbCr444 - (ANSI) 8b/10b encoding - Fixed Link Speeds: 2.7Gbps or 1.62Gbps - Supports HDCP function English 4 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock G43Twins-FullHD 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. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-bystep guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of 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 If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock G43Twins-FullHD Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) ASRock G43Twins-FullHD Quick Installation Guide ASRock G43Twins-FullHD Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 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 "ASRock GLAN_8CH I/O" I/O Panel Shield One ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card 5 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard English 1.2 Specifications - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors - Supports FSB1333/1066/800 MHz - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® G43 - Southbridge: Intel® ICH10 - Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Support DDR3 1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 4) - Max. capacity of system memory: 4GB (see CAUTION 5) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Support DDR2 1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 4) - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 5) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode) - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 - Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10 - Max. shared memory 352MB (see CAUTION 6) - Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card (see CAUTION 7) - Supports DVI-D and DisplayPort with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card - Supports HDCP function with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card (see CAUTION 8) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111B/RTL8111C - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics English Audio LAN 6 Rear Panel I/O Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor ASRock GLAN_8CH I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA Port - 6 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 9) - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 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 11) - 1 x WiFi/E header (see CAUTION 12) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology) - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 13) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 14) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 15) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore 7 ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard English OS Certifications - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 16) - FCC, CE, WHQL * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com 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. 3. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 41 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 27 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 15 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 DDR2 667, DDR2 800, DDR2 1066, DDR3 800, DDR3 1066 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800, DDR2 1066, DDR3 800, DDR3 1066 800 DDR2 667, DDR2 800, DDR3 800 * DDR2 1066 memory modules will operate in overclocking mode. * If you adopt a DDR2 1066 memory module on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumpers. Please refer to page 20 for proper jumper settings. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® VistaTM. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is subject to change. Please check Intel® website for the latest information. This motherboard supports three VGA output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and DisplayPort. D-Sub port is on the I/O panel. DVI-D and DisplayPort are supported when you install the bundled ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card on PCIE2 (green) slot. 4. 5. English 8 6. 7. ASRock G43TwinsFullHD Motherboard 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Full HD 1080p Bl ...