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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard English Layout Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP) PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) CPU Heatsink Retention Module AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 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: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; Orange) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) Southbridge Controller Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) System Panel Header (PANEL1) Sixth SATAII Connector (SATAII_6) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4) Fifth SATAII Connector (SATAII_5) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3) Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) SPI Flash Memory (8Mb) DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection Header (IR1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Serial Port Connector (COM1) WiFi/E Header (WIFI/E) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1) PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3; Blue) SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2; Green) PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1/DE; Green) Northbridge Controller SLI / XFIRE Power Connector ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) English 2 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard ASRock SPDIF I/O 1 *2 3 4 5 6 ** 7 8 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) Microphone (Pink) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB89) eSATAII Port 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 Status SPEED LED Description Activity/Link LED Status Description SPEED LED ACT/LINK LED Off Orange Green 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection Off No link Orange Linked Blinking Data Activity 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 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 A770CrossFire Motherboard English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock A770CrossFire 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-by-step 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 1 x ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) 1 x ASRock A770CrossFire Quick Installation Guide 2 x ASRock A770CrossFire Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock SPDIF I/O Shield 1 x ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card English 4 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - Supports CPU up to 140W - AMD LIVE!TM Ready - Supports AMD's Cool `n' QuietTM Technology - FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology - Northbridge: AMD 770 - Southbridge: AMD SB700 - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2) - 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Support DDR2 1066/800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 3) - Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM (see CAUTION 5) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111C - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 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 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 6) Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O 5 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor - 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 10 and JBOD), 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 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX 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 WiFi/E header (see CAUTION 10) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 11) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 14) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5% (see CAUTION 15) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore English 6 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard OS Certifications - Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated * 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 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. CAUTION! 1. 2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 32 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 12 for proper installation. Whether 1066MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM2+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR2 1066 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 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. This motherboard supports ATITM CrossFireTM technology. If you want to use CrossFireTM function, please follow the instructions on page 17 to reverse the direction of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card in advance. 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 35 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. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 27 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 7 ASRock A770CrossFire Motherboard English 10. WiFi/E header supports 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 ...