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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard English Layout Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper ATX 12V Connector (ATX12V1) 775-Pin CPU Socket North Bridge Controller CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 2 x 240-pin DDRII DIMM Slots (Dual Channel: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) Infrared Module Header (IR1) IDE1 Connector (IDE1, Blue) Serial Port Connector (COM1) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3; Orange) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4; Orange) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2; Red) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) System Panel Header (PANEL1) BIOS FWH Chip Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1; Red) South Bridge Controller USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB45, Blue) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) HDMR Slot (HDMR1) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) English 2 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard HD 8CH I/O 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parallel Port RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 8 9 10 11 12 13 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) VGA Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) *7 * If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker's plug into "Front Speaker Jack". See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use. TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker (No. 7) (No. 4) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 5) --V V Side Speaker (No. 3) ---V panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find "Mixer" tool on your system. Please select "Mixer ToolBox" , click "Enable playback multi-streaming", and click "ok". Choose "2CH", "4CH", "6CH", or "8CH" and then you are allowed to select "Realtek HDA Primary output" to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to use front panel audio. 3 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard English * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock 775i945GZ motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to quality and endurance. This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of the motherboard and step-bystep installation guide. More detailed information of the motherboard can be found in the user manual presented in the Support CD. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.6-in, 24.4 cm x 21.8 cm) ASRock 775i945GZ Quick Installation Guide ASRock 775i945GZ Support CD (including LGA 775 CPU Installation Live Demo) One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One HD 8CH I/O Shield One COM Port Bracket One HDMR Card (Optional) English English English English English 4 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.6-in, 24.4 cm x 21.8 cm - LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting CoreTM 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe), Presler and Cedar Mill processors (in 775-land LGA package) - FSB 800/533 MHz - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports EM64T CPU - Northbridge: Intel® 945GZ - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - Dual Channel DDRII Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDRII DIMM slots - Support DDRII533 - Max. capacity: 2GB - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 4) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 5) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - 3 x PCI slots - 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4) (see CAUTION 6) - 1 x HDMR slot - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0 - Max. shared memory 192MB - Realtek ALC888 7.1 channel audio CODEC with High Definition audio - Realtek PCI LAN 8101L - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - Supports Wake-On-LAN HD 8CH I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA Port - 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7) Platform CPU Chipset Memory Hybrid Booster Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O 5 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No Support for RAID and "Hot Plug" functions) (see CAUTION 8) - 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 9) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM compliant (see CAUTION 10) - FCC, CE, WHQL English 6 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard CAUTION! 1. 2. 3. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 28 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 20 for details. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 13 for proper installation. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. For the information of the compatible PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4)" on page 9. For the proper installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide on page 14. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 3 for proper connection. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 19 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 10. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver is not ready yet. We will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 7 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard English 1.3 Requirement Table Windows Minimum Hardware R equirement Table for W indows ® TM Vista Premium and Basic Logo For system integrators and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement. Please adopt the CPU, memory, and VGA that we suggest. CPU Memory Celeron D 326 512MB x 2 Dual Channel (Premium) 512MB Single Channel (Basic) 256MB x 2 Dual Channel (Basic) * If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size 512MB and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Basic logo, please adjust the shared memory size of onboard VGA to 64MB. If you use onboard VGA with total system memory size above 512MB and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, the shared memory size of onboard VGA can be adjusted up to 128MB. * If you plan to use external graphics card on this motherboard, please refer to Premium Discrete requirement at http://www.asrock.com English English English English English 8 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard 1.4 Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for AGI Express Slot (PCI Express x4) (for Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM) Graphics Chip Vendor NVIDIA Model Name ASUS EN7600GT/2DHT ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV/256M ASUS Extreme N6800GT Albatron GeForce 7300GS Albatron PC6600GT Albatron PC6600LEQ2 Gigabyte GV-NX66T256DE Inno3D GeFORCE 6600 LE LEADTEK PX6500 TDH LEADTEK PX7300GS TDH LEADTEK WinFast PX7800 GT TDH MSI NX6800GS-TD256E MSI NX7300GS-TD256E MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E MSI PCX 5750-TD128E Sparkle GeFORCE 6200TC ASUS EAX700PRO/TVD ASUS Extreme AX800XL ASUS EAX1900XT/2DHTV ABIT X600XT Gecube GC-RX700S-D3H GECUBE RX1600PG2 Gecube RX1600XTG3-D3/256M GECUBE X1800XTD-VIE3 Gecube X850XT-VIVO MSI RX1300GPRO-TD256E MSI RX1600GPRO-TD256E MSI RX1600XT-T20256EZ PowerColor X800GT PowerColor X800GTO16 Chipset Name GeForce 7600GT GeForce 7800GTX GeForce 6800GT GeForce 7300GS GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6600LE GeForce 6600GT GeForce 6600LE GeForce 6500 GeForce 7300GS GeForce 7800 GT GeForce 6800 GS GeForce 7300 GS GeForce 7900 GTX GeForce PCX5750 GeForce 6200TC Radeon X700 Pro Radeon X800 XL Radeon X1900XT Radeon X600XT Radeon X700SE Radeon X1600PRO Radeon X1600XT Radeon X1800XT Radeon X850 XT Radeon X1300 PRO Radeon X1600PRO Radeon X1600XT Radeon X800GT Radeon X800GTO ATI For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4), please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 9 ASRock 775i945GZ Motherboard English 2. Installation Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. ...