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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard English Layout Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 775-Pin CPU Socket NVIDIA nForce 740i SLI Chipset 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_3; Yellow) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDRII_2, DDRII_4; Orange) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) SPI BIOS Chip SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (Port1), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (Port3), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (Port5), Orange) SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (Port2), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (Port4), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (Port0), Red) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Purple) System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394, Red) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) Infrared Module Header (IR1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) COM Port Header (COM1) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, Lime) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) PCI Slots (PCI1-2) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE4, Blue) USB/WiFi Header (USB/WIFI, Yellow) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3, Green) SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE2, Green) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1, Green) SLI / XFIRE Power Connector USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP, Orange) English 2 ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O 1 2 *3 4 5 6 7 **8 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) IEEE 1394 Port LAN RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) eSATAII Port Optical SPDIF Out Port Coaxial SPDIF Out 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. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED Status Description Status SPEED LED Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Activity Blinking Data Activity Off Orange Green 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection LAN Port ** 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. 8) (No. 5) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 6) --V V Side Speaker (No. 4) ---V To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front 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 N7AD-SLI Motherboard English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock N7AD-SLI 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-by-step 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 If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp Pack ackage 1.1 Pack age Contents 1 x ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm) 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card 1 x ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card 1 x ASRock N7AD-SLI Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock N7AD-SLI Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x "ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O" I/O Shield English 4 ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors - Supports FSB1600/1333/1066/800/533 MHz - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports EM64T CPU - NVIDIA® nForce 740i SLI - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Support DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots - 2 x PCI slots - Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (see CAUTION 5) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection - DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211CL - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 1394_SPDIF I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATAII Port - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 6) Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O 5 ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 7) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII connector) (see CAUTION 8) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - SLI/XFIRE power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 9) - 1 x USB/WiFi header (see CAUTION 10) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 11) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 12) - Instant Boot - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 14) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard English 6 OS Certifications - Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant - FCC, CE, WHQL * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com 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 the third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system 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. CAUTION! 1. 2. 3. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 51 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 31 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. 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 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLI TM technology. If you want to use SLITM function, please follow the instructions on page 17 and 18 to reverse the direction of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card. For the information of the compatible SLITM Mode PCI Express VGA cards, please refer to the "Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for SLITM Mode" on page 9. For the proper installation of PCI Express VGA card, please refer to the installation guide on page 15. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4channel, 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 37 of "User Manual" in the support CD to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly. This motherboard supports eSATAII interface, the external SATAII specification. Please read "eSATAII Interface Introduction" on page 28 for details about eSATAII and eSATAII installation procedures. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 7 ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard English 7. 10. USB/WiFi header can be used to support 2 USB 2.0 ports. It can also be used to support WiFi+AP function with ASRock WiFi-802.11g or WiFi802.11n module, an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter. It allows you to create a wir ...