A330GC / A230GC User Manual Version 1.0 Published May 2009 Copyright©2009 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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Contents 1 Introduction ................................................... 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Package Contents .......................................................... Specifications ................................................................ Motherboard Layout ...................................................... I/O Panel ......................................................................... 5 6 9 10 2 Installation ...................................................... 11 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.
Software Support ........................................... 39 4.1 Install Operating System ............................................... 4.2 Support CD Information ................................................. 4.2.1 Running Support CD ............................................ 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ........................................................ 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ........................................................ 4.2.4 Contact Information ..........................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock A330GC / A230GC 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. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O Connector 6 - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - Intel® Dual-Core AtomTM Processor 330 (A330GC) - Intel® AtomTM Processor 230 (1.
BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 7) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.
CAUTION! 1. 2. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 26. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un- 3. tied 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. 4.
1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 5 4 6 17.0cm (6.7 in) PS2 Keyboard USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 CPU_FAN1 PS2 Mouse USB4_5 USB6_7 FSB800 FSB800 IDE1 8 CMOS Battery PLED PWRBTN 9 1 HDLED RESET SATAII_1 4Mb BIOS 1 Top: Line In Bottom: Mic In Center: Line Out SATAII_2 PANEL 1 CD1 AUDIO CODEC 17 16 7 8 9 10 11 1 1 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intel ICH7 HD_AUDIO1 LAN PHY 1 USB 2.0 T: USB0 Top: RJ-45 B: USB1 PS2_USB_PWR1 RoHS VGA1 20 19 17.0cm (6.
1.4 I/O Panel 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Parallel Port VGA Port RJ-45 Port Line In (Light Blue) Line Out (Lime) 9 8 7 8 9 10 11 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) COM Port PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming.
Chapter 2 Installation A330GC / A230GC is a Mini-IXT form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components. 2.1 Screw Holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis.
2.3 Installation of CPU Fan This motherboard is equipped with CPU heatsink. Please adopt the type of cooling fan compliant with the CPU heatsink to dissipate heat. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 9, No. 2). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manual of your CPU fan. Step 1. Place the CPU fan onto the CPU heatsink. Ensure fan cables are oriented on side closest to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard (CPU_FAN1, see page 9, No. 2).
2.4 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) A330GC / A230GC motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) memory modules in the DDR2 DIMM slots to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. Otherwise, it will operate at single channel mode. 1.
2.5 Expansion Slot (PCI Slot) There is 1 PCI slot on this motherboard. PCI slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. 14 Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.
2.6 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PWR1 1_2 2_3 Description Short pin2, pin3 to enable (see p.9 No. 19) +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 +5V +5VSB or USB wake up events.
2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.9 No. 8) PIN1 IDE1 connect the black end connect the blue end to the IDE devices to the motherboard 80-conductor ATA 66/100 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details.
CD-L GND GND CD-R Internal Audio Connector (4-pin CD1) (CD1: see p.9 No. 16) CD1 Front Panel Audio Header GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.9 No. 17) 1 This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. This is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L 1.
PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.9 No. 9) 1 This header accommodates several system front panel functions. DUMMY RESET# GND HDLEDHDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p.9 No. 11) Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p.9 No. 1) GND +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED CPU Fan Connector 4 3 2 1 (4-pin CPU_FAN1) GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL (see p.9 No. 2) Please connect the chassis speaker to this header.
2.8 SA SATTAII 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.
2.9 Serial A ATTA (SA (SATTA) / Serial A ATTAII (SA (SATTAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH7 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.
Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.
3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key.
A230GC BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Smart Main System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Wed 05/13/2009] : A230GC P1.00 : Intel (R) Atom (TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz (64bit) : 1600MHz Processor Speed Microcode Update : 106C2/212 : 1024KB Cache Size BIOS Version Processor Type Total Memory DDRII1 DDRII2 : 512MB with 8MB shared memory Single-Channel Memory Mode : 1024MB/266MHz (DDRII533) : None Security Exit Use [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.
Load Performance Setup Default This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system configurations. If system boot failure occurs after loading, please resume optimal default settings. F5 key can be used for this operation. Load Power Saving Setup Default Load power saving setup default. F6 key can be used for this operation. Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to load the optiomized CPU overclocking setting. Configuration options: [1.7 GHz], [1.8 GHz], [1.9 GHz], [2.
3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. Main Smart Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Options for CPU Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.
Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability. Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated.
DRAM tRCD This controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read / write command. Configuration options: [2 DRAM Clocks], [3 DRAM Clocks], [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], [6 DRAM Clocks] and [Auto]. DRAM tRP This controls the idle clocks after a precharge command is issued. Configuration options: [2 DRAM Clocks], [3 DRAM Clocks], [4 DRAM Clocks], [5 DRAM Clocks], [6 DRAM Clocks] and [Auto]. DRAM tRAS Thhis controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS.
DVMT/FIXED Memory You are allowed to adjust the shared memory size in this item if you set DVMT Mode Select as [DVMT Mode]. Configuration options: [64MB], [128MB] and [Maximum DVMT]. Onboard GPU clock Use this item to adjust onboard GPU clock. Configuration options: [Normal] and [Overclock]. The default value is [Normal]. Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged.
3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Restore on AC/Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS / 2 Keyboard Power On RTC Alarm Power On [Power Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] ACPI HPET Table [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
3.4.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced [Enhanced] Set [Compatible] when Legacy OS (MS-DOS, Win NT) device is used. [Not [Not [Not [Not Set [Enhanced] when Native OS (Win2000 / XP) is used. IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration SATAII_1 SATAII_2 IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave Detected] Detected] Detected] Detected] +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. [CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO.
3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. PCI Latency Timer The default value is 32.
3.4.6 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Select Serial Port Base Addresses. +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.
3.4.7 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.
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 Smart BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature : 37 C / 98 F : 31 C / 87 F CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed : 3400 RPM : N/A Vcore + 3.30V + 5.00V + 12.
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 Smart BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Boot Settings Security Exit Configure Settings during System Boot. Boot Settings Configuration 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.
3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. Main Smart BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Settings Security Exit Install or Change the password. Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Enter F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.
3.8 Exit Screen Main Smart BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Would you like to save current setting user defaults ? Exit system setup after saving the changes. F10 key can be used for this operation.
Chapter 4 Sof tware Suppor Software Supportt 4 . 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information. 4 .
