PV530A User Manual Version 1.0 Published November 2011 Copyright©2011 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 10 11 2 Installation ...................................................... 12 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 PV530A 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 - Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.5-in x 6.7-in, 21.6 cm x 17.0 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - VIA® PV530 Processor (1.8 GHz) - Supports FSB800 MHz - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1) - VIA® VX900 A3 - 1 x DDR3 DIMM slot - Supports DDR3 800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max.
BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 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), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.
CAUTION! 1. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 20 for details. 2. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® OS. 3. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is subject to change. Please check VIA® website for the latest information. 4.
. SmartView, a new function of internet browser, is the smart start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites, your history, your Facebook friends and your real-time newsfeed into an enhanced view for a more personal Internet experience. ASRock motherboards are exclusively equipped with the SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends on-the-go. To use SmartView feature, please make sure your OS version is Windows® 7 / VistaTM, and your browser version is IE8.
1.3 Motherboard Layout 3 4 2 1 5 7 6 17.0cm (6.7 in) PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard PWR_FAN1 1 Top: Line In Bottom: Mic In Center: Line Out 18 17 SATAII_2 LAN PHY 21.6cm (8.5 in) FSB800 FSB800 FSB800 RoHS USB 2.0 T: USB0 Top: RJ-45 B: USB1 20 19 DDR3_1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) USB_PWR2 1 21 DDRII_2 (64 bit, 240-pin module) USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 DDRII_1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) CPU_FAN1 PV530A VGA1 PARALLEL PORT COM1 23 22 PCI Express 2.
1.4 I/O Panel 2 1 3 4 5 6 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 9 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Parallel Port RJ-45 Port Line In (Light Blue) Line Out (Lime) Microphone (Pink) 8 7 8 9 10 11 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) VGA Port COM Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.
Chapter 2 Installation PV530A is a Micro ATX form factor (8.5" x 6.7", 21.6 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 Memor y Modules (DIMM) PV530A motherboard provides one 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slot and two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) DIMM slots. 1. 2. It is not allowed to install a DDR memory module into DDR2 slot or a DDR/DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged. Please do not use the DDR2 slots and DDR3 slot at the same time. You can choose to install either DDR2 or DDR3 memory module.
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 1 PCI slot and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCI Slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion card that has the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE Slot: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics card. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. 14 Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged.
2.5 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 Short pin2, pin3 to enable +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 or +5V +5VSB USB23 wake up events.
2.6 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! Serial ATAII Connectors SATAII_2 (SATAII_1: see p.10, No. 20) (SATAII_2: see p.10, No. 19) SATAII_1 Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable These Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII or SATA hard disk for internal storage devices.
A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L. C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel. PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.10 No. 12) 1 This header accommodates several system front panel functions.
2.7 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.
2.8 Serial A ATTA (SA (SATTA) / Serial A ATTAII (SA (SATTAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts VIA® VX900 A3 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. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
2.9 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.
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 or 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.
3.3 OC TTweak weak er Screen weaker In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.
DRAM Timing Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker DRAM Timing Configuration DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM tCL tRCD tRP tRAS tRFC tWR tWTR tRRD tRTP tFAW [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Specifies the CAS Latency Time. +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. DRAM tCL This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TCL.
DRAM tFAW This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TFAW. Configuration options: [0T] to [15T] for DDR3. The default value is [Auto]. VCORE Voltage Use this to select VCORE Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.265V] to [1.325V]. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. VCCM(DRAM) Voltage Use this to select VCCM(DRAM) Voltage. Configuration options: [1.48V] to [1.88V] for DDR3, [1.80V] to [2.21V] for DDR2. The default value of this feature is [Auto].
3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, Storage Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Advanced Settings Security Exit Options for CPU WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.
3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure advanced CPU settings VIA Pv530 Processor 1800MHz Frequency :1.80GHz Cache L1 :128 KB Cache L2 :128 KB Ratio Status:Unlocked (Min:04, Max:09) Ratio Actual Value:9 CPU Ratio Setting CMPXCHG8B instruction support VIA Processor Power Management [9] [Enabled] [Enabled] Enter to enable or disable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.
3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Primary Graphics Adapter Onboard VGA Share Memory [PCI] [Auto] PCIE Target Link Speed [Auto] OnBoard Lan Onboard HD Audio Front Panel [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] Select the type of primary VGA in case of multiple video 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.
3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM Check Ready Bit [Auto] [Enabled] 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.
3.4.4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Enable/Disable onboard SATA controller. Storage Configuration OnBoard SATA Controller SATAII_1 SATAII_2 [Enabled] [Hard Disk] [Not 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. OnBoard SATA Controller Use this to enable or disable onboard SATA controller. The default value is [Enabled].
[CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives. [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large mode. Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) The default value of this item is [Auto]. If this feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer.
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 Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +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] USB Keyboard/Remote Power On USB Mouse Power On [Disabled] [Disabled] 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.
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 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 Power Fan Speed : 3400 RPM : N/A : N/A Vcore + 3.
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 Boot Settings Exit Configure Settings during System Boot.
Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 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.
3.8 Exit Screen Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Exit Options Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Security Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. F10 key can be used for this operation. Load BIOS Defaults 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.
Chapter 4 Sof tware Suppor Software Supportt 4 . 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / VistaTM / XP. 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 . 2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features. 4 .
