User manual ASROCK G41M-VGS3 V2.0

[. . . ] G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 User Manual Version 2. 0 Published December 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. [. . . ] High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. If you use AC'97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. You don't need to connect them for AC'97 audio panel. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p. 11 No. 8) 1 PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND This header accommodates several system front panel functions. DUMMY RESET# GND HDLEDHDLED+ 22 Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p. 11 No. 14) 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p. 11 No. 16) GND +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED Please connect a chassis fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Please connect a CPU fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p. 11 No. 3) GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 1234 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 ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p. 11 No. 4) 24 12 13 1 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 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. 24 13 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 12 1 ATX 12V Connector (4-pin ATX12V2) (see p. 11 No. 2) Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with ATX 12V plug to this connector so that it can provides sufficient power. Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up. RRXD1 DDTR#1 DDSR#1 CCTS#1 1 Serial port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p. 11 No. 25) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. RRI#1 RRTS#1 GND TTXD1 DDCD#1 23 2. 9 SAT 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. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Fast], [Middle] and [Slow]. 47 3. 6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives [1st Floppy Device] [HDD: PM - HDS722580VL] [CD / DVD: 3S - CD - ROM C] Configure Settings during System Boot. 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. 3. 6. 1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num-Lock [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [On] Disabled: Displays normal POST messages. Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. If you enable the option "Full Screen Logo" but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled]. This option only appears when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". [. . . ]