User manual ASROCK AM2V890-VSTA-3228 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] No part of this installation guide may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation 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 identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. 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. [. . . ] Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws. When installing the add-on VGA cards to this motherboard, you are allowed to choose two different ways to decide the function of PCIE2 slot and PCIE3 slot. the default value of this feature is to enable PCIE2 slot (PCI Express x1) and PCIE3 slot (PCI Express x1). You can also adjust the jumpers according to the below table to disable PCIE2 slot and enable PCIE3 slot (PCI Express x4). In other words, you are able to adjust the jumpers to enjoy the benefit of Dual Graphics feature. Please refer to the table below for the correct jumper settings. The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are "Short" when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. Short pin2, pin3 to enable +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 or USB wake up events. Note: To select +5VSB, it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by power supply. Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. the data in CMOS includes system setup information such as system password , date , time , and system setup parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short 2 pins on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector (IDE1, blue) and CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector (IDE2, black). These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on the motherboard. Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connector on the drive. [. . . ] sTEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: . \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP-64bit OS on your system. [. . . ]