User manual ASROCK G41M-VS

[. . . ] G41M-VS User Manual Version 1. 0 Published August 2009 Copyright©2009 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. [. . . ] 1 1 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2 . 1 2 Untied Overclocking Technology Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 24 Chapter 3: BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3. 1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis. You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen. 3 . 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and then press <Enter> to get into the sub screen. 25 3 . 2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) / / +/<Enter> <F1> <F9> <F10> <ESC> Function Description Moves cursor left or right to select Screens Moves cursor up or down to select items To change option for the selected items To bring up the selected screen To display the General Help Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3. 2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date BIOS Version Processor Type [14:00:09] [Thu 08/06/2009] Use [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. : G41M-VS P1. 00 : Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3. 00GHz (64bit) : 3148MHz Processor Speed Microcode Update : 6FB/B6 : 4096KB Cache Size Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 : 2048MB with 256MB shared memory and 2MB GTT memory : 1024MB/420MHz (DDR2 840) : 1024MB/420MHz (DDR2 840) +Tab F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. System Time [Hour:Minute:Second] Use this item to specify the system time. System Date [Day Month/Date/Year] Use this item to specify the system date. 26 Tweak weaker 3. 3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Main OC Tweaker OC Tweaker Settings Security Exit Select the over clock mode. [Auto] [350] [103] [Enabled] [Auto] 9 Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Ratio Actual Value [Auto] DRAM Frequency DRAM Timing Configuration DRAM RCOMP STRENGTH Configuration DRAM DLL SKEW Configuration DRAM Voltage NB Voltage VTT Voltage GTLRef Voltage [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] 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. Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode. Configuration options: [Auto], [Manual] and [Optimized]. CPU Frequency (MHz) Use this option to adjust CPU frequency. PCIE Frequency (MHz) Use this option to adjust PCIE frequency. Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. [. . . ] Currently, the option [Auto] is set to Aircraft. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3. 7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Main Smart Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password : Not Installed : Not Installed Install or Change the password. Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Enter F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 48 3. 8 Exit Screen Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. [. . . ]