N73PV-S / N73V-S User Manual Version 1.0 Published December 2008 Copyright©2008 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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Contents 1 Introduction ................................................... 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Package Contents .......................................................... Specifications ................................................................. Motherboard Layout (N73PV-S) ...................................... Motherboard Layout (N73V-S) ........................................ I/O Panel ......................................................................... 5 6 9 10 11 2 Installation ......
3 BIOS SSETUP ETUP UTILITY .......................................... 33 3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ..................................................... 3.1.2 Navigation Keys .................................................... 3.2 Main Screen ................................................................... 3.3 Smart Screen ................................................................. 3.4 Advanced Screen ................
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock N73PV-S / N73V-S 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-bystep 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 - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.
BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x Print port header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (N73PV-S) (see CAUTION 6) - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (N73V-S) (see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.
CAUTION! 1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 2. 39. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read 3. “Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 32 for details. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® VistaTM. For Windows ® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 4. 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
1.3 Motherboard LLayout ayout (N73PV -S) (N73PV-S) 1 3 2 4 5 17.8cm (7.0 in) PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 CPU_FAN1 Top: RJ-45 1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 1 USB8_9 25 Center: FRONT Top: LINE IN Bottom: MIC IN 24 23 LAN PHY RoHS 22 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset N73PV-S USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 7 CMOS Battery 4Mb BIOS PCIE1 IDE1 24.4cm (9.6 in) ATX12V1 DDRII_2 (64 bit, 240-pin module) FSB1333 DDR2 800 USB 2.
1.4 Motherboard LLayout ayout (N73V -S) (N73V-S) 1 3 2 4 5 17.8cm (7.0 in) PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 CPU_FAN1 1 USB4_5 1 USB6_7 Top: RJ-45 24 Center: FRONT Top: LINE IN Bottom: MIC IN 23 LAN PHY RoHS 22 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i Chipset N73V-S USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 7 CMOS Battery 4Mb BIOS PCIE1 IDE1 24.4cm (9.6 in) ATX12V1 DDRII_2 (64 bit, 240-pin module) FSB1333 DDR2 800 USB 2.
1.5 I/O PPanel anel 1 3 2 4 5 6 10 1 2 3 4 5 9 7 8 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) RJ-45 Port Line In (Light Blue) Line Out (Lime) 6 7 8 9 10 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) VGA Port COM Port 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 N73PV-S / N73V-S is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 7.0", 24.4 x 17.8 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 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 775-LAND CPU, please follow the steps below. 775-Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 775-LAND CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged. Step 1. Open the socket: Step 1-1. Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab.
For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 2-3. Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical motion. Step 2-4. Verify that the CPU is within the socket and properly mated to the orient keys. Step 3.
2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 775-Pin socket that supports Intel 775-LAND CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 775-LAND CPU to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation. Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other.
2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots. Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Step 2. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. notch break notch break The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation.
2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x16 lane width graphics cards. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4.
2.7 Easy Multi Monitor Feature This motherboard supports Multi Monitor upgrade. With the internal onboard VGA and the external add-on PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the benefits of Multi Monitor feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a multi monitor environment: 1. Install the NVIDIA® PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot). Please refer to page 17 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details. 2.
B. Click the items “This is my main monitor” and “Extend the desktop onto this monitor”. C. Click “OK” to save your change. D. Repeat steps A through C for the display icon identified by the number one, two and three. 6. Use Multi Monitor feature. Click and drag the display icons to positions representing the physical setup of your monitors that you would like to use. The placement of display icons determines how you move items from one monitor to another. 2.
2.9 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! FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.9/10 No. 17) FLOPPY1 Pin1 the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE connector (Blue) (39-pin IDE1, see p.9/10 No.
N73PV-S: USB 2.0 Headers USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY (9-pin US4_5) (see p.9 No. 26) 1 GND P+4 P-4 USB_PWR Besides four default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. USB_PWR P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.9 No. 25) 1 GND P+6 P-6 USB_PWR (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.9 No. 24) USB_PWR P-9 P+9 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+8 P-8 USB_PWR N73V-S: USB 2.0 Headers USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY (9-pin US4_5) (see p.10 No.
Internal Audio Connectors 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. (4-pin CD1) (CD1: see p.9/10 No. 19) CD1 Front Panel Audio Header GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.9/10 No. 18) 1 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.
Chassis Speaker Header 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p.9/10 No. 15) Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CHA_FAN1) GND +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED (see p.9/10 No. 9) CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.9/10 No. 4) 1 2 3 4 GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. Please connect a chassis fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin.
2.10 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.
2.11 Serial A ATTA (SA (SATTA) / Serial A ATTAII (SA (SATTAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts NVIDIA® chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID functions. 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.
2.13 SA eature and Operation SATTA / SA SATTAII HDD Hot Plug FFeature Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII HDD in RAID / AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. SATA data cable (Red) SATA 7-pin connector B.
How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII connector. (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.
2 . 1 4 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2 .
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Select your required item on the list according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. Then press any key. E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system.
(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.) .. \ I386 \ AHCI_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64\ AHCI_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A.
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Please select A and B for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit in RAID mode. (There are two RAID drivers needed for RAID mode, you have to select them separately. Please specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for the second one.) NOTE.
NOTE. If you install Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 2 .
Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI Memory 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.
N73V-S Smart Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot System Overview System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Fri 12/12/2008] : N73V-S P1.00 : Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 2400MHz Microcode Update : 6FD/A3 Cache Size : 2048KB BIOS Version Processor Type Total Memory DDRII_1 DDRII_2 : 512MB with 64MB shared memory : None : 512MB/333MHz (DDRII667) Security Exit Use [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.
3 . 3 Smart Screen In the Smart screen, you can load the BIOS setup according to your requirements. Main Smart Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. Smart Settings Save Changes and Exit Load Load Load Load Load Security BIOS Defaults Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Performance Setup AHCI Mode Performance Setup RAID Mode Power Saving Setup Default F10 key can be used for this operation.
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, Floppy 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. CPU Spread Spectrum This feature will be set to [Disabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled] and [Auto]. PCIE Spread Spectrum This feature will be set to [Disabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled] and [Enabled]. SATA Spread Spectrum This feature will be set to [Disabled] as default. Configuration options: [Disabled] and [Enabled].
Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. is Intel’s new power saving technology. Processor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable power savings. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you install Windows® XP and select [Auto], you need to set the “Power Schemes” as “Portable/Laptop” to enable this function. If you install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled].
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Front Panel Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.79V], [1.85V], [1.91V], [1.97V], [2.03V], [2.09V], [2.14V] and [2.20V]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. VTT Voltage Use this to select VTT Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.24V], [1.31V], [1.375V] and [1.42V]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. Chipset Voltage Use this to select Chipset Voltage.
3 . 4 . 3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Repost Video on STR Resume Check Ready Bit [Auto] [No] [Enabled] Restore on AC / Power Loss PCI Devices Power On PS / 2 Keyboard Power On RTC Alarm Power On [Power Off] [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.
3 . 4 . 4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced To enable or disable the onboard IDE controller. IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] [Enabled] [IDE] [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave SATAII_1 SATAII_2 SATAII_3 SATAII_4 +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.
TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. 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.
3 . 4 . 5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] +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 . 7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] +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 . 8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [BIOS Setup Only] 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.
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 Exit Enable/Disable CPU Quiet Fan Function.
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 Exit Configure Settings during System Boot.
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 Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard 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: 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 .
NOTE. If you install the VGA driver (version 163.91) on your system, but the window is not in full screen mode, please follow below steps to adjust the window. 1. Right-click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. 2. Click Display and click Change Flat Panel Scaling. 3. In the option When using a resolution lower than my display’s native resolution, please select Use my display’s built-in scaling.
