User manual ASROCK P43D1600TWINS

[. . . ] P43D1600Twins-1394 / P43D1600Twins / P43Twins1600 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published May 2008 Copyright©2008 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 refer to page 39 to 42 for detailed information of IDE mode and AHCI mode. How to install eSATAII? eSATAII connector (eSATAII) SATAII connector SATAII_6 (Port5) 31 1. In order to enable the eSATAII port of the I/O shield, you need to connect the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (Port5); see p. 11/12 No. 15) and the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP; see p. 11 No. 39 or p. 12 No. 38) with a SATA data cable first. Connect the SATA data cable to the orange SATAII connector (SATAII_6 (Port5)) Connect the SATA data cable to the eSATAII connector (eSATAII_TOP) 2. Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield. Connect one end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII device Connect the other end of the eSATAII device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O shield 32 Comparison between eSATAII and other devices IEEE 1394 USB 2. 0 SATA eSATAII/SATAII 400Mb/s 480Mb/s 1. 5Gb/s (1500Mb/s) 3. 0Gb/s (3000Mb/s) 33 SAT 2. 11 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance; otherwise, your SATAII hard disk may fail to run at SATAII mode. Western Digital 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted, SATA 1. 5Gb/s will be enabled. On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3. 0Gb/s, please remove the jumpers from pin 5 and pin 6. SAMSUNG 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 If pin 3 and pin 4 are shorted, SATA 1. 5Gb/s will be enabled. On the other hand, if you want to enable SATAII 3. 0Gb/s, please remove the jumpers from pin 3 and pin 4. HITACHI Please use the Feature Tool, a DOS-bootable tool, for changing various ATA features. Please visit HITACHI's website for details: http://www. hitachigst. com/hdd/support/download. htm The above examples are just for your reference. For different SATAII hard disk products of different vendors, the jumper pin setting methods may not be the same. Please visit the vendors' website for the updates. 34 AT (SAT AT (SAT 2 . 1 2 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH10 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. It is not recommended to switch the "Configure SATAII as" setting after OS installation. Function SAT SAT eSAT 2. 13 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII Devices This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in AHCI mode. Intel® ICH10 south bridge 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 SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII 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 SATA / SATAII HDD. eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that enables you to exchange drives easily. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. The default value is [Enabled]. 58 Boot Logo This options is only for P43D1600Twins-1394 / P43D1600Twins only. Use this option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". [. . . ]