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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard English Layout Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) South Bridge Controller Serial ATA Connector 2 (SATA_2, black) Serial ATA Connector 3 (SATA_3, black) Serial ATA Connector 1 (SATA_1, blue) Serial ATA Connector 0 (SATA_0, blue) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 System Panel Header (PANEL1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) Infrared Module Connector (IR1) USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue) 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) BIOS FWH Chip AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) PCIEX1_EN1 - 5 PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1) SLI / XFIRE Power Connector English 2 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard HD 8CH I/O 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parallel Port 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) Serial Port: COM1 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) *7 * 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 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock 775XFire-VSTA 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 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Quick Installation Guide ASRock 775XFire-VSTA 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 One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) One HD 8CH I/O Panel Shield English 4 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm - LGA 775 for Intel® Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Cedar Mill processors - FSB 800/533 MHz - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® 925X chipset - Southbridge: Intel® ICH6R - Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2) - 4 x DDRII DIMM slots - Support DDRII533 - Max. capacity: 4GB (see CAUTION 3) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Supports ATITM CrossFireTM - 3 x PCI slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot - 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Realtek PCI LAN 8101L - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - Supports Wake-On-LAN HD 8CH 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 - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) Platform CPU Chipset Memory Hybrid Booster Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O 5 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 4 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, and Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions - 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF 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 (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 8) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 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, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM/ VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 9) - FCC, CE, WHQL English 6 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard CAUTION! 1. 2. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 41 of "User Manual" in the Support CD. 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. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM and Windows® VistaTM 64-bit. 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. 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. If you install PCI Express VGA card to AGI Express slot (PCI Express x 4), PCIE2 slot (PCIE x1) function will be disabled. 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 x4)" on page 9. For the proper installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide on page 15. 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. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 7 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard English 1.3 Requirement Table Windows Minimum Hardware R equirement Table for W indows ® TM Vista Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement. CPU Memory VGA Celeron D 326 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic) English 8 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) (for Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM/VistaTM 64-bit) Graphics Chip Vendor NVIDIA Model Name ASUS Extreme N6200GE/TD ASUS Extreme N6200TC256/TD ASUS Extreme N6800/TD ASUS Extreme N6800GT ASUS Extreme 7800GTX/ 2DHTV/256M 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 RX1300PG2-D3/256M Gecube RX1600XTG3-D3/256M MSI RX1300GPRO-TD256E MSI RX1600GPRO-TD256E Chipset Name GeForce 6200 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6800 GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7800GTX GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600LE GeForce 6200TC GeForce PCX5750 GeForce 6200TC RADEON X600XT RADEON X700PRO RADEON X850XT RADEON X1300PRO RADEON X1600XT RADEON X1300 PRO X1600PRO ATI For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4), please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 9 ASRock 775XFire-VSTA Motherboard English 2. Installation Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard 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 unin ...