User manual ASROCK P55 PROUSB3

[. . . ] P55 Pro/USB3 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published April 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. [. . . ] Build ACPI tables (if ACPI is supported) Program the peripheral parameters. Enable/Disable NMI as selected Late POST initialization of system management interrupt. Clean-up work needed before booting to OS. Takes care of runtime image preparation for different BIOS modules. Fill the free area in F000h segment with 0FFh. Initializes the Microsoft IRQ Routing Table. Disables the system configuration display if needed. A4 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC B1 00 Initialize runtime language module. Displays the system configuration screen if enabled. Initialize the CPU’s before boot, which includes the programming of the MTRR’s. Prepare CPU for OS boot including final MTRR values. Wait for user input at config display if needed. Uninstall POST INT1Ch vector and INT09h vector. End of POST initialization of chipset registers. Passes control to OS Loader (typically INT19h). 34 SAT 2. 13 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 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. 64 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 Load BIOS Defaults Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Performance Setup AHCI Mode Performance Setup RAID 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. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes?” Select [OK] to discard all changes. [. . . ]