ASROCK A55 Pro Manuale utente

A55 Pro

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published August 2012

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.

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identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

Disclaimer:

Specications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa-

tional 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.

With respect to the contents of this manual, ASRock does not provide warranty of

any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warran-

ties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose.

In no event shall ASRock, its directors, ofcers, employees, or agents be liable for

any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for

loss of prots, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like),

even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from

any defect or error in the manual or product.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-

lowing two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic

substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations

passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in Cali-

fornia, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see

www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com

Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................ 5

1.1 Package Contents ..................................................................... 5

1.2 Specications ............................................................................. 6

1.3 Unique Features ........................................................................ 9

1.4 Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 11

1.5 I/O Panel .................................................................................. 12

2. Installation .................................................................. 13

Pre-installation Precautions ................................................................ 13

2.1 CPU Installation ......................................................................... 14

2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ...................................... 14

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) .................................... 15

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) ........................... 16

2.5 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide ............ 17

2.6 Dual Graphics Operation Guide ................................................ 21

2.7 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features ........................... 23

2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ................................. 26

2.9 Jumpers Setup ........................................................................... 28

2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors ....................................... 29

2.11 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks

Installation .............................................................................. 34

2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs .. 34

2.13 SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug and Hot Swap Feature and

Operation Operation Guide ........................................................ 35

2.14 Driver Installation Guide ............................................................ 37

2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP /

XP 64-bit With RAID Functions .................................................. 37

2.15.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID

Functions ....................................................................... 37

2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

With RAID Functions ..................................................... 38

2.16 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP /

XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ............................................. 39

2.16.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

Functions ....................................................................... 39

2.16.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

Without RAID Functions ................................................ 40

3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY .................................................. 41

3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 41

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ................................................................ 41

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ............................................................... 42

3.2 Main Screen ............................................................................... 42

3.3 OC Tweaker Screen................................................................... 43

3.4 Advanced Screen ...................................................................... 47

3.4.1 CPU Conguration ........................................................... 48

3.4.2 North Bridge Conguration .............................................. 49

3.4.3 South Bridge Conguration ............................................. 50

3.4.4 Storage Conguration ...................................................... 51

3.4.5 Super IO Conguration .................................................... 52

3.4.6 ACPI Conguration .......................................................... 53

3.4.7 USB Conguration ........................................................... 55

3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ............................... 56

3.6 Boot Screen ............................................................................... 57

3.7 Security Screen ......................................................................... 58

3.8 Exit Screen ................................................................................ 59

4. Software Support ....................................................... 60

4.1 Install Operating System ............................................................ 60

4.2 Support CD Information ............................................................. 60

4.2.1 Running Support CD ....................................................... 60

4.2.2 Drivers Menu ................................................................... 60

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ................................................................... 60

4.2.4 Contact Information ......................................................... 60

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock A55 Pro 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 conguration

guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might

be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without

notice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated ver-

sion will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may

nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as

well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specic information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock A55 Pro Motherboard

(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.2-in, 30.5 cm x 18.3 cm)

ASRock A55 Pro Quick Installation Guide

ASRock A55 Pro Support CD

2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

1 x I/O Panel Shield

ASRock Reminds You...

To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64

bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Conguration to

AHCI mode.

1.2 Specications

Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.2-in, 30.5 cm x 18.3 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design

CPU - Support for Socket FM1 100W processors

- 4 + 1 Power Phase Design

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology

- UMI-Link GEN2

Chipset - AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2)

Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Support DDR3 2400+(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066/

800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 2)

Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots

(PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE5 @ x4 mode)

- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

- 2 x PCI slots

- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, CrossFireXTM and Dual

Graphics

Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 65XX/64XX graphics

- DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0

- Max. shared memory 512MB

- Dual VGA Output: support D-Sub and DVI-D ports by

independent display controllers

- Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 75Hz

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1600 @

60Hz

- Supports AMD Steady VideoTM: New video post processing

capability for automatic jutter reduction on home/online

video

- Supports HDCP function with DVI port

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback

with DVI port

Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone

Connector - 6 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x CIR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x Power LED header

- 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin)

- 2 x Chassis Fan connectors (2 x 4-pin)

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 8 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

BIOS Feature - 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, DRAM, VDDP, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD

Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5

Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM

Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing

Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

OS - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP

SP3 / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 3)

Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

CAUTION!

1. Whether 2400/1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported

depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3

2400/1866/1600 memory module on this motherboard, please

refer to the memory support list on our website for the compat-

ible memory modules.

ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

2. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size

may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage un-

der Windows® 7 / VistaTM / XP. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-

bit CPU, there is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast

RAM to utilize the memory that Windows® cannot use.

3. ASRock XFast RAM is not supported by Microsoft® Windows®

XP / XP 64-bit.

WARNING

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking,

including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking

Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may

affect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components

and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and

expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by

overclocking.

1.3 Unique Features

ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)

ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one tool to

ne-tune different system functions in a user-friendly interface,

which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan Control, Overclocking,

OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM. In Hardware Monitor, it shows

the major readings of your system. In Fan Control, it shows the

fan speed and temperature for you to adjust. In Overclocking,

you are allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system

performance. In OC DNA, you can save your OC settings as

a prole and share it with your friends. Your friends then can

load the OC prole to their own system to get the same OC set-

tings. In IES (Intelligent Energy Saver), the voltage regulator

can reduce the number of output phases to improve efciency

when the CPU cores are idle without sacricing computing per-

formance. In XFast RAM, it fully utilizes the memory space that

cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU.

ASRock Instant Boot

ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in just a few

seconds, provides a much more efcient way to save energy,

time, money, and improves system running speed for your sys-

tem. It leverages the S3 and S4 ACPI features which normally

enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows®

to shorten boot up time. By calling S3 and S4 at specic timing

during the shutdown and startup process, Instant Boot allows

you to enter your Windows® desktop in a few seconds.

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash

ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update

system BIOS without entering operating systems rst like MS-

DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press the <F6> key

during the POST or the <F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup

menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and

save the new BIOS le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or

hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks

without preparing an additional oppy diskette or other compli-

cated ash utility. Please be noted that the USB ash drive or

hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 le system.

ASRock APP Charger

If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your

Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, ASRock has

prepared a wonderful solution for you - ASRock APP Charger.

Simply install the APP Charger driver, it makes your iPhone

charge much quickly from your computer and up to 40% faster

than before. ASRock APP Charger allows you to quickly charge

many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continu-

ous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1),

Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5).

With APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the mar-

velous charging experience.

ASRock XFast USB

ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device perfor-

mance. The performance may depend on the properties of the

device.

ASRock XFast LAN

ASRock XFast LAN provides a faster internet access, which

includes the benefits listed below. LAN Application Prioritiza-

tion: You can congure your application’s priority ideally and/or

add new programs. Lower Latency in Game: After setting online

game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Trafc

Shaping: You can watch Youtube HD videos and download si-

multaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status

window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are

transferring currently.

ASRock XFast RAM

ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included into AS-

Rock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully utilizes the memory

space that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU.

ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously

visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. And it

also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. An-

other advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the

frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend

their lifespan.

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