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. [. . . ] You may configure the way to turn off your system using the power switch. RESET (Reset Switch): Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart. PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5). HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data. 22 The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly. Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p. 12 No. 24) Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. Power LED Header (3-pin PLED1) (see p. 12 No. 23) 1 PLEDPLED+ PLED+ Please connect the chassis power LED to this header to indicate system power status. Please connect the fan cables to the fan connectors and match the black wire to the ground pin. Chassis and Power Fan Connectors (4-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p. 12 No. 2) FAN_SPEED_CONTROL PWR_FAN_SPEED +12V GND CPU Fan Connectors FAN_SPEED_CONTROL CPU_FAN_SPEED (4-pin CPU_FAN1) +12V (see p. 12 No. 3) GND 1 2 3 4 Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation 23 ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p. 12 No. 9) 12 24 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 1 13 12 24 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 13 ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p. 12 No. 1) 5 8 1 4 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work 5 1 if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5. 4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 8 4 HDMI_SPDIF Header (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) (see p. 12 No. 28) HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. 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. [. . . ] [BIOS Setup Only] - USB devices are allowed to use only under BIOS setup and Windows / Linux OS. USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Use this item to enable or disable the system to wake from S5 using USB Keyboard/Remote. USB Mouse Power On Use this item to enable or disable the system to wake from S5 using USB Mouse. 47 3. 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Advanced H/W Monitor Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Power Fan Speed Vcore + 3. 30V + 5. 00V + 12. 00V CPU Fan Setting Chassis Fan 1 Setting : 37 C / 98 F : 27 C / 80 F : 4722 RPM : N/A : N/A : : : : 1. 216V 3. 248V 5. 136V 12. 091V Enable/Disable CPU Quiet Fan Function. F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed. [. . . ]