ASROCK N7AD-SLI Manual de usuario

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lated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documen-

tation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc.

Products and corporate names appearing in this guide may or may not be registered

trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identifica-

tion or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe.

Disclaimer:Disclaimer:

Disclaimer:

Specifications and information contained in this guide are furnished for informational

use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a

commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions

that may appear in this guide.

With respect to the contents of this guide, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind,

either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or

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,

incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of

business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been

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) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) 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

Published October 2008

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1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 20 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) (FRONT_1394, Red)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 21 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

4 775-Pin CPU Socket 22 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

5 NVIDIA nForce 740i SLI Chipset 23 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1)

6 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots 24 COM Port Header (COM1)

(Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow) 25 Front Panel Audio Header

7 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (HD_AUDIO1, Lime)

(Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4; Orange) 26 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black)

8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 27 PCI Slots (PCI1-2)

9 SPI BIOS Chip 28 HDMI_SPDIF Header

10 SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (Port1), Red) (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow)

11 SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (Port3), Red) 29 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE4, Blue)

12 SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (Port5), Orange) 30 USB/WiFi Header (USB/WIFI, Yellow)

13 SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (Port2), Red) 31 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3, Green)

14 SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (Port4), Red) 32 SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot

15 SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (Port0), Red) 33 PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE2, Green)

16 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) 34 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1, Green)

17 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 35 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector

18 Chassis Speaker Header 36 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue)

(SPEAKER 1, Purple) 37 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue)

19 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) 38 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP, Orange)

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ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/OASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O

ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O

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.

** 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 ChannelsFront Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker

(No. 8) (No. 5) (No. 6) (No. 4)

2 V -- -- --

4VV----

6 VVV--

8 VVVV

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 9 Microphone (Pink)

2 IEEE 1394 Port 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

* 3 LAN RJ-45 Port 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

4 Side Speaker (Gray) 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 eSATAII Port

6 Central / Bass (Orange) 14 Optical SPDIF Out Port

7 Line In (Light Blue) 15 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port

**8 Front Speaker (Lime) 16 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

LAN Port

ACT/LINK

LED SPEED

LED

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED

indications.

LAN Port LED Indications

Activity/Link LED SPEEDLED

Status Description Status Description

Off No Activity Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

Green 1Gbps connection

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1. Introduction1. Introduction

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock N7AD-SLI motherboard, a reliable motherboard pro-

duced underASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent perfor-

mance with robust design conformingtoASRock’scommitment to quality and endurance.

This Quick InstallationGuide 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 onASRock 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

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1 xASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard

(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm)

1 xASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

1 xASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card

1 xASRock N7AD-SLI Quick InstallationGuide

1 xASRock N7AD-SLI Support CD

1 x UltraATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor)

1 x 3.5-in FloppyDrive Ribbon Cable

2 x SerialATA(SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

1 x SerialATA(SATA) HDDPower Cable (Optional)

1 x “ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O” I/O Shield

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1.2 SpecificationsSpecifications

SpecificationsSpecifications

Specifications

Platform -ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm

-All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality

Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

CPU - 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 andDual Core Wolfdale

processors

- Supports FSB1600/1333/1066/800/533 MHz

- Supports Hyper-ThreadingTechnology (see CAUTION 1)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports EM64T CPU

Chipset -NVIDIA®nForce 740i SLI

Memory -Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3)

- 4 xDDR2 DIMM slots

- SupportDDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 4)

Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots

(green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode)

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

- 2 x PCI slots

- SupportsNVIDIA®SLITM (see CAUTION 5)

Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HDAudio with

Content Protection

-DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890Audio Codec)

LAN -Gigabit LAN10/100/1000 Mb/s

-Giga PHYRealtek RTL8211CL

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Rear Panel I/O ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATAII Port

- 1 x RJ-45 LANPort with LED(ACT/LINK LEDand SPEEDLED)

- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port

- HDAudio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/

Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6)

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Connector - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID(RAID0,

RAID1, RAID 0+1, JBODand RAID5),NCQ,AHCI and “Hot

Plug” functions (see CAUTION 7)

- 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII

connector) (see CAUTION 8)

- 1 xATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x IEEE 1394 header

- CPU/Chassis FANconnector

- 24 pinATX power connector

- 8 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 9)

- 1 x USB/WiFi header (see CAUTION 10)

BIOS Feature - 8MbAMI 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, VTTVoltage Multi-adjustment

- Supports Smart BIOS

Support CD -Drivers, Utilities,AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)

Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 11)

- Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12)

- Instant Boot

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13)

-ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 14)

- Boot FailureGuard (B.F.G.)

Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing

Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

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CAUTION!

1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page

51 of “User Manual” in the support CD.

2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read

“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 31 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 13 for proper

installation.

4. 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

64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

5. This motherboard supports NVIDIA®SLITM technology. If you want to use

SLITM function, please follow the instructions on page 17 and 18 to reverse

the direction of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card. For the information of the

compatible SLITM Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the “Sup-

ported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode” on page 9. For the proper

installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide

on page 15.

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 37 of “User Manual” in the

support CD to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can

also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.

8. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII

specification. Please read “eSATAII Interface Introduction” on page 28

for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures.

9. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft®Windows®

VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2.

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.

OS - Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

compliant

Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

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10. USB/WiFi header can be used to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It can also be

used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-

802.11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN)

adapter. It allows you to create a wireless environment and enjoy the

convenience of wireless network connectivity. Please visit our website

for the availability of ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi-802.11n

module. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

11. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil

your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware

devices to get the best system performance under Windows®

environment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of

ASRock OC Tuner. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com

12. Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design,

Intelligent Energy Saver is a revolutionary technology that delivers

unparalleled power savings. In other words, it is able to provide excep-

tional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing

computing performance. Please visit our website for the operation pro-

cedures of Intelligent Energy Saver.

ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com

13. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recom-

mended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recom-

mended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system

or damage the CPU.

14. 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.

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1.31.3

1.3 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLISupported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI

Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLISupported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLI

Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITMTM

TMTM

TM ModeMode

ModeMode

Mode

(for Windows®XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit only)

Graphics Chip Model Name Chipset Name

Vendor

NVIDIA ASUS EN8800GTX

ASUS EN8600GT/2DHT

ASUS EN7950GX2 *

ASUS EN7900GT TOP

ASUS EN7800GT

ASUS EN7600GSSILENT

ASUS EN7600GT/2DHT

ASUS EN6800LE

ASUS Extreme N6800/TD

ALBATRON PC6600GT

GIGABYTE GV-NX66256DP2

LEADTEK PX7900GS TDH

LEADTEK PX7300GS TDH *

MSI 7300GT-TD256EH

* These two cards can only work under Windows®XP / XP 64-bit OS.

For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLITM Mode,

please visit our website for details.

ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm

GeForce 8800GTX

GeForce 8600GT

GeForce 7950GX2

GeForce 7900GT

GeForce 7800GT

GeForce 7600GT

GeForce 7600GS

GeForce 6800LE

GeForce 6800

GeForce 6600GT

GeForce 6600

GeForce 7900GS

GeForce 7300GS

GeForce 7300GT

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2.2.

2.InstallationInstallation

InstallationInstallation

Installation

Pre-installation PrecautionsPre-installation Precautions

Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install mother-

board components or change any motherboard settings.

1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any

component. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the

motherboard, peripherals, and/or components.

2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static

electricity, NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet

or the like. Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch

a safety grounded object before you handle components.

3. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

4. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded

antstatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component.

5. When placing screws into the screw holes to secure the

motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-tighten the

screws!Doing so may damage the motherboard.

2.12.1

2.1 CPU InstallationCPU Installation

CPU InstallationCPU Installation

CPU Installation

For the installation of Intel 775-LAND CPU,

please follow the steps below.

Before you insert the 775-LAND CPU into the socket, please check if

the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket.

Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is

found. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged.

775-Pin Socket Overview

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