User manual ASROCK 970 PRO2

[. . . ] 970 Pro2 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published August 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual 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 manual 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. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual 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 manual. [. . . ] Please connect the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header. 24 2. 7 Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD SB710 chipset that supports Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD) functions. You may install SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA2 hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA2 hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA2 hard disk. 2. 8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA2 in RAID / AHCI mode. AMD SB710 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA2 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA2 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 SATA2 HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA2 HDDs are built as RAID 1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA2 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition. 25 2. 9 SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATA2 HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. SATA power cable SATA 7-pin connector The SATA 15-pin power connector (Black) connect to SATA / SATA2 HDD 1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply Caution 1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug cannot be processed. Even some SATA / SATA2 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 definitely 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 SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug. * The SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA / SATA2 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www. asrock. com 2. Make sure your SATA / SATA2 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATA2 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATA2 driver is available on our support website: www. asrock. com 4. [. . . ] Confi guration options: [Full On], [Manual Mode] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On]. 48 3. 6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives [1st Floppy Device] [HDD: PM - HDS722580VL] [CD / DVD: 3S - CD - ROM C] [USB] Configure Settings during System Boot. Enter F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3. 6. 1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num-Lock [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [On] Disabled: Displays normal POST messages. Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. [. . . ]