User manual ASROCK H55M-GE

[. . . ] H55M-GE User Manual Version 1. 0 Published May 2010 Copyright©2010 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. [. . . ] However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD. 26 SAT SAT Feature 2. 12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII HDD in AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATAII 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 / SATAII HDD 1x4-pin conventional power connector (White) connect to power supply Caution 1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug cannot be processed. Even some SATA / SATAII 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 / SATAII HDD Hot Plug. * The SATA / SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www. asrock. com 2. Make sure your SATA / SATAII HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual. The SATA / SATAII HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATAII driver is available on our support website: www. asrock. com 4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our motherboard package. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss. 27 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White) Step 3 Connect SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) end to SATA / SATAII HDD. Step 4 Connect SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII HDD. How to Hot Unplug a SATA / SATAII HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII HDD side. Step 2 Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII HDD side. 28 2. 13 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. 14 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2. 14. 1 Installing Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs, please follow below steps. AHCI mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. Set the option "SATA Operation Mode" to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. 2. 14. 2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs, please follow below steps. [. . . ] 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. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Install or Change the 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. 49 3. 8 Exit Screen Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. F10 key can be used for this operation. Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Load Load Load BIOS Defaults Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Performance Setup AHCI Mode Power Saving Setup Default 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. Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. [. . . ]