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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock P43ME Motherboard English Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) 775-Pin CPU Socket CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel: DDRII_A1, DDRII_B1; Yellow) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1, Red) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2, Red) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4, Red) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3, Red) South Bridge Controller Fifth SATAII Connector (SATAII_5, Red) Sixth SATAII Connector (SATAII_6, Red) System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) SPI BIOS Chip Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Purple) Print Port Header (LPT1, Purple) COM Port Header (COM1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, Lime) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow) PCI Slots (PCI1 - 2) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, Green) Infrared Module Header (IR1) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) FSB1/FSB2/FSB3 Jumpers North Bridge Controller English 2 ASRock P43ME Motherboard Panel I/O Panel 1 *2 3 4 5 6 ** 7 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN1) Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) Optical SPDIF Out Port Coaxial SPDIF Out Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * 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 Status Description Status SPEED LED Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Activity Blinking Data Activity Off Orange Green 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection LAN Port ** 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 3 ASRock P43ME Motherboard English 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 "VIA HD Audio Deck" tool on your system. Please follow below instructions according to the OS you install. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon , and click "Speaker". Then you are allowed to select "2 Channel", "4 Channel", "6 Channel" or "8 Channel". Click "Power" to save your change. For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Please click "VIA HD Audio Deck" icon , and click "Advanced Options" on the left side on the bottom. In "Advanced Options" screen, select "Independent Headphone", and click "OK" to save your change. If you enable Multi-Streaming function, Side Speaker function will be disabled. You can only choose to enable either Multi-Streaming function or Side Speaker function. English 4 ASRock P43ME Motherboard 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock P43ME 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-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 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 P43ME Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.3-in, 24.4 cm x 21.1 cm) ASRock P43ME Quick Installation Guide ASRock P43ME Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One I/O Panel Shield 5 ASRock P43ME Motherboard English 1.2 Specifications - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.3-in, 24.4 cm x 21.1 cm - 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 FSB1600/1333/1066/800 MHz (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® P43 - Southbridge: Intel® ICH10 - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Support DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 5) - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode) - 1 x PCI Express x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec) - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111DL - Supports Wake-On-LAN I/O Panel - 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 RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 8) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Print port header Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O English 6 Connector ASRock P43ME Motherboard BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock P43ME Motherboard English - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis/Power 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 9) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, VCCM, NB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 10) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 11) - Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 12) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 14) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 15) - FCC, CE, WHQL 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. This motherboard supports native FSB1600/1333/1066/800 MHz. For normal operation, you do no need to adjust the jumper settings. For special overclocking mode, please refer to page 16 for proper jumper settings. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 38 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 22 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 13 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 1600 DDR2 800, DDR2 1066, DDR2 1200 * 1333 DDR2 667, DDR2 800, DDR2 1066, DDR2 1200 * 1066 DDR2 667, DDR2 800, DDR2 1066 800 DDR2 667, DDR2 800 * DDR2 1200 memory modules will operate in overclocking mode. In this situation, you need to adjust the BIOS option "DRAM Frequency" to [600MHz (DDR2 1200)] and adjust the jumpers. Please refer to page 15 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. 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. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 26 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. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. English 8 8. 9. ASRock P43ME Motherboard 10. 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 11. 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 exc ...