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Step3. Align and insert ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card to the goldngers on each

graphics card. Make sure ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is rmly in place.

ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI

connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot.

2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup

Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-

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Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA

nView system tray utility.

Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi-GPU feature.

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For Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS:

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(For SLI

mode only)

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A. Double-click NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows

taskbar.

B. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI and PhysX conguration. In

Set PhysX GPU acceleration item, please select Enabled. In Select

an SLI conguration item, please select Enable SLI. And click Apply.

C. Reboot your system.

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D. You can freely enjoy the benets of SLI

features.

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For Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS:

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(For SLI

and Quad SLI

mode)

A. Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar.

B. From the pop-up menu, select All Programs, and then click NVIDIA

Corporation.

C. Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab.

D. Select Control Panel tab.

E. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI and PhysX conguration. In

Set PhysX GPU acceleration item, please select Enabled. In Select

an SLI conguration item, please select Enable SLI. And click Apply.

F. Reboot your system.

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G.You can freely enjoy the benets of SLI

or Quad SLI

features.

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* SLI

appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA

Technologies Inc., and is used

only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

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2.6 CrossFireX

, 3-Way CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

Operation Guide

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This motherboard supports CrossFireX

, 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad

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CrossFireX

features. CrossFireX

technology offers the most advantageous

means available of combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing

Units (GPU) in a single PC. Combining a range of different operating modes with

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intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFireX

enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D

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application. Currently CrossFireX

features are supported with Windows

XP

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with Service Pack 2 / Vista

/ 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

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features are supported with Windows

Vista

/ 7 OS only. Please check the AMD

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website for AMD

CrossFireX

driver updates.

1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the

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performance benets of CrossFireX

. All three CrossFireX

components, a

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CrossFireX

Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX

Ready motherboard and a

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CrossFireX

Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly

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to benet from the CrossFireX

multi-GPU platform.

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2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both

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cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

mode.

2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup

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2.6.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

-Ready Graphics

Cards

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Different CrossFireX

cards may require different methods to enable CrossFi-

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reX

feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example

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graphics card. For other CrossFireX

cards that AMD

has released or will

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release in the future, please refer to AMD

graphics card manuals for detailed

installation guides.

Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into the PCIE2 slot and the other Rad-

eon graphics card to the PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly

seated on the slots.

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Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on

CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards.

(CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not

bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor

for details.)

CrossFire Bridge

or

Step 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-

ics card in the PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to

convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub

monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter.)

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2.6.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireX

-Ready Graphics

Cards

Step 1. Install one Radeon graphics card to the PCIE2 slot. For the proper instal-

lation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.

Step 2. Install one Radeon graphics card to the PCIE3 slot. For the proper instal-

lation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.

Step 3. Install one Radeon graphics card to the PCIE4 slot. For the proper instal-

lation procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.

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Step 4. Use one CrossFire

Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE2

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and PCIE3 slots, and use the other CrossFire

Bridge to connect Radeon

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graphics cards on PCIE3 and PCIE4 slots. (CrossFire

Bridge is provided

with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard.

Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details.)

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Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator

on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below.

Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may con-

gure the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset

switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to per-

form a normal restart.

PLED (System Power LED):

Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The

LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking

when the sys-tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system

is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED):

Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The

LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module

mainly consists of a power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive

activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front

panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the

pin assign-ments are matched correctly.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1)

speaker to this header.

(see p.12 No. 18)

Power LED Header Please connect the chassis

(3-pin PLED1)

power LED to this header to

(see p.12 No. 17)

indicate system power status.

The LED is on when the system

is operating. The LED keeps

blinking in S1 state. The LED is

off in S3/S4 state or S5 state

(power off).

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Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

to the fan connectors and

(see p.12 No. 21)

match the black wire to the

ground pin. CHA_FAN1/2/3 fan

(3-pin CHA_FAN2)

speed can be controlled through

(see p.12 No. 20)

UEFI or AXTU.

(3-pin CHA_FAN3)

(see p.12 No. 10)

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.12 No. 35)

CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

cable to the connector and

(see p.12 No. 4)

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

1 2 3 4

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin

CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function.

If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this

motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.12 No. 5)

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

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(24-pin ATXPWR1)

supply to this connector.

(see p.12 No. 9)

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Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector,

it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply.

To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power

supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

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ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

5 1

(8-pin ATX12V1)

power supply to this connector.

8 4

(see p.12 No. 2)

Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work

if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power

supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5.

5 1

4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation

8 4

Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1)

serial port module.

(see p.12 No.26)

HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing

(2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1)

SPDIF audio output to HDMI

(

see p.12 No. 1)

VGA card, allows the system to

connect HDMI Digital TV/

projector/LCD devices. Please

connect the HDMI_SPDIF

connector of HDMI VGA card to

this header.

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2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts AMD SB950 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3)

hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10) functions. You may

install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This sec-

tion will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3 con-

nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs

This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in RAID /

AHCI mode. The AMD SB950 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host

controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers

developed through a joint industry effort.

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What is Hot Plug Function?

If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID conguration, it is called “Hot

Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system

is still power-on and in working condition.

However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been

installed into the SATA3 HDD.

What is Hot Swap Function?

If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called “Hot Swap”

for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still

power-on and in working condition.

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2.12 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide

This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA3 HDD in RAID / AHCI

mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you

process the SATA3 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the

motherboard gift box pack.

A. 7-pin SATA data cable

B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface

A. SATA data cable (Red) B. SATA power cable

SATA 7-pin

The SATA 15-pin power

1x4-pin conventional

connector

connector (Black) connects

power connector (White)

to SATA3 HDD

connects to power supply

Caution

1. Without the SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA3 Hot Plug cannot

be processed.

2. Even some SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE

1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional

power connector interface is denitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause

the HDD damage and data loss.

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

1. Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard, which supports

SATA3 HDD Hot Plug.

* The SATA3 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of

its limitation, the SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is

indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com

2. Make sure your SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or

HDD user manual. The SATA3 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will

be damaged under the Hot Plug operation.

3. Please make sure the SATA3 driver is installed into your system properly. The

latest SATA3 driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com

4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our

motherboard package.

5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or

data loss.

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How to Hot Plug a SATA3 HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:

Please follow the instructions below to process the Hot Plug, improper procedures

will cause the SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Please connect the SATA power cable’s

Step 2

Connect the SATA data cable to

1x4-pin end (White) to the power supply’s

the motherboard’s SATAII / SATA3

1x4-pin cable.

connector.

SATA power cable 1x4-pin

power connector (White)

Step 3

Connect the SATA 15-pin power cable’s

Step 4

Connect the SATA data cable to the

connector (Black) end to the SATA3 HDD.

SATA3 HDD.

How to Hot Unplug a SATA3 HDD:

Points of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug:

Please follow the instructions below to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedures

will cause the SATA3 HDD damage and data loss.

Step 1

Unplug the SATA data cable from the SATA3 HDD’s side.

Step 2

Unplug the SATA 15-pin power cable’s connector (Black) from the SATA3 HDD’s side.

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2.13 Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical

drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and

listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from top to bottom to

install those required drivers, so that the drivers you install can work properly.

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2.14 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit

on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please

follow the procedures below according to the OS you install.

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2.14.1 Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or

more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the steps below.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.

B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB oppy or a oppy

disk.)

A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.

B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press the <F11> key, and

then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as

the boot device.

C. When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver diskette

[YN]?”, press <Y>.

D. Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a diskette into the oppy drive.

WARNING! Formatting the oppy diskette will

lose ALL data in it!

Start to format and copy les [YN]?

Please insert a oppy diskette into the oppy drive, and press any key.

E. The system will start to format the oppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into

the oppy diskette.

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STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID conguration.

Before you start to congure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation

guide in the Support CD for proper conguration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID

installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

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STEP 4: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your

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system. At the beginning of Windows

setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID

driver. When prompted, insert the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD RAID

driver. After reading the oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to

install according to the OS you install.

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2.14.2 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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64-bit With RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit on a RAID disk

composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below

steps.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.

B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID conguration.

Before you start to congure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation

guide in the Support CD for proper conguration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID

installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette.

Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 38.

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STEP 4: Install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your sys-

tem.

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2.15 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-

bit OS on your SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the procedures

below according to the OS you install.

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2.15.1 Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA3 HDDs without RAID

functions, please follow the steps below.

Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode)

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.

B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette.

Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 38.

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STEP 3: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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You can start to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the begin-

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ning of Windows

setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompt-

ed, insert the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. After reading

the oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to

the OS you install.

Using SATA3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode)

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.

B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].

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STEP 2: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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