Vision 3D Series User Manual Version 1.0 Published July 2011 Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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Safety instructions Your system is designed and tested to meet the latest standards of safety for information technology equipment. However, to ensure your safety, it is important that you read the following safety instructions. Setting up your system • • • • • Read and follow all instructions in the documentation before you operate your system. Do not use this product near water or a heated source such as a radiator. Set up the system on a stable surface. Openings on the chassis are for ventilation.
Safety cautions and warnings Optical Drive Safety Information Optical drives sold with this system contains a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. CAUTION: Invisible laser radiation when open. Do not stare into beam or view directly with optical instruments. WARNING: Making adjustments or performing procedures other than those specified in the user’s manual may result in hazardous laser exposure. Do not attempt to disassemble the optical drive.
Contents 1 Introduction......................................................... 7 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Package Contents ......................................................... Specifications................................................................. System Motherboard Components ................................ Rear Panel Connections .............................................. System Chassis ........................................................... Remote Controller .......................
9 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 46 9.1 Introduction .................................................................... 9.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 9.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 9.2 Main Screen................................................................... 9.3 OC Tweaker Screen ...................................................... 9.4 Advanced Screen..........................
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock Vision 3D Series, a reliable product 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 hardware 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 For barebone system, it may not contain CPU, memory, HDD or ODD. Processor Intel® Mobile Sandy Bridge Processor, supports 2nd Generation Intel® Corei7/i5/i3 Dual-Core Mobile Sandy Chipset Mobile Intel® HM65 chipset Memory Supports DDR3 1600*1/1333/1066MHz, 2xSO-DIMM slots , maximun up to 16GB Display NVIDIA® GeForce GT540M Graphics, Bridge Processor Family NVIDIA® 3D Vision capable HDD Support 2.5” SATA HDD ODD BD Combo or DVD Super Multi Front I/O 2 x USB 3.
1.3 System Motherboard Components 1. SATA connector: For HDD SATA data cable 2. SATA 3.0 connector: For HDD SATA data cable 3. ATX5V output power connector for slim ODD & 2.5” HDD 4. SATA connector: For ODD SATA data cable 5. SATA power cable connector (+5V/+12V) for second HDD 6. Fan connector 7. HM65 PCH chipset 8. Memory socket 9. Infrared module header 10. CPU 11. Clear CMOS jumper 12. Mini-PCI Express expansion slot: For WiFi module 13. MXM 3.
NOTE. 1. SATA and Power Connections Connect to ODD SATA & Power Connections HDD ODD Connect to HDD Connect to SATA Connector (4) Connect to ATX5V Power Connector (3) Connect to SATA Connector (1) 2.
1.4 Rear Panel Connectinos 14. HDMI connector 15. eSATA3 connector 16. DVI-I port (Dual-Link) 17. USB3.0 ports: USB devices 18. Mic In (Pink): Microphone 19. Optical S/PDIF Out port 20. DC-In jack 21. Side port for side speakers 22. Center/LFE (Orange): Center / subwoofer speakers 23. Front L/R Out (Lime): Stereo speakers or headphones 24. Line In (Blue) for 2/4/6 channel; Rear (Blue) for 8 channel 25. LAN (RJ-45) port: Local Area Network 26. USB2.
1.5 System Chassis 27. Headphone 28. Microphone 29. USB3.0 ports: USB devices 30. 4-in-1 Card reader (MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro) 31. Power ON/OFF button with status indicator 32.
1.6 Remote Controller Some remote controller functions listed above are only available with the relative hardware equipments. If the hardware equipments you adopt are not compatible with the system, you are not allowed to use these functions. This product is designed to meet MCE standards.
Chapter 2 Opening the chassis 1. Press the button on the rear I/O to open the top side of the chassis. 2. After the chassis is opened, you will see the top shield inside the chassis. 3. Unscrew the screws on the corner of the top shield. 4. Carefully take the top shield out.
Chapter 3 Reinstalling the ODD/HDD 1. After you remove the top shield, you will see the ODD/HDD bracket. 2. Disconnect the ODD/HDD SATA power cable, and take out the ODD/HDD bracket. 3. Disconnect all the ODD/HDD SATA power cables inside the chassis. 4. Then you can change the new ODD/HDD to upgrade your system.
Chapter 4 Reinstalling the DIMMs 1. Unlock the DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward to change the DIMM.
Chapter 5 Reinstalling the CPU 1. Unscrew the screws of the CPU fan. 2. Unscrew the screws on the corner of the CPU socket. 3. Now you can reinstall a new CPU to the system.
Chapter 6 Reinstalling the MXM card 1. Unscrew the screws of the heatpipe on the MXM card. 2. Use your fingers to pull the outer side of the heatpipe upward. 3. Finally you can take out the heatpipe and change a new MXM card.
Chapter 7 Driver Installation 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.
Chapter 8 Utility Menu The utilities meu shows the applications and other software that this product supports. 8.1 Instant Boot 8.1.1 Introduction Instant Boot, a user-friendly tool that allows you to turn on your PC in just a few seconds, provides a much more efficient way to save energy, time, money, and improves system running speed for your system *. It is applicable to Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit.
8.1.2 Installation Please read below procedures carefully before you install Instant Boot. A. Install Instant Boot driver from ASRock support CD, or you may click following link to get the latest utility and BIOS: http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/download.asp B. Execute the Instant Boot installation program under Windows®. Please follow the instructions on Instant Boot setup page. a. Click “Next” to continue. b. Select destination location.
d. Click “Install” to begin installing Instant Boot driver. e. Click “Finish” to complete and exit the setup. C. After the installation is completed, you will find an ASRock Instant Boot icon on the Windows® desktop. D. Double click ASRock Instant Boot icon on the desktop, then Instant Boot main menu will pop up. E. On Instant Boot main menu, you can choose “Fast Mode”, “Regular Mode” or “Disable Instant Boot”. After that, please click “Apply” to save the change.
H. Next time when you turn on your system, you can enjoy the benefit of Instant Boot. 8.2 ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) 8.2.1 Introduction ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one tool to fine-tune different system functions in a user-friendly interface, which is including Hardware Monitor, Fan Control, Overclocking and OC DNA. 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.
Hardware Monitor In the Hardware Monitor section, it shows the major readings of your system. The main readings include Clock, Fan & Temperature, and Voltage. In Clock, there are CPU speed and CPU ratio. In F a n & Te m p e r a t u r e , t h e r e a r e CPU temperature and MXM GPU temperature. You may find out if there’s any abnormal situation occurs to your system’s temperature. In Voltage, there are many respective voltages.
Overclocking In the Overclocking section, there a r e C l o c k a n d Vo l t a g e c h a p t e r s for parameter settings adjustment in pursuit of optimal system performance. You are able to finetune the CPU ratio, CPU frequency, and respective voltages by clicking the “+/-” at the display panel. After confirmation of the settings, please click on the “APPLY” button. Overclocking and over-voltage may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to your hardware devices.
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8.6 THX TruStudio Software free bundle After you install THX audio driver from our support CD, there will be a THX icon shown on the Windows® task bar. Click the THX icon on the Windows® task bar, you will see THX TruStudio software application as below, which provides Surround /Crystalizer/Speaker/Smart volume/ Dialog plus functions for you. Therefore, you can adjust your required function and freely enjoy the benefit of THX TruStudio.
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8.8 Lucid Virtu 8.8.1 Introduction Lucid VIRTU solution is designed for Intel® Sandy Bridge platform with Intel® Processor Graphics enabled. VIRTU dynamically assigns tasks to best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features. There is no need for HW or HW changes. VIRTU allows user to fully utilize the unique capabilities of the Intel®’s advanced media features on Sandy Bridge along with the high end 3D rendering performance provided by the discrete GPU installed in the system.
8.8.2 Installation Notes * Lucid VIRTU solution is designed for Intel® Sandy Bridge based platforms only. * GPU drivers and Lucid VIRTU solution should be installed before running any graphic application. * GPU drivers must be installed prior to Lucid VIRTU installation. * It is recommended to restart the system after every driver installation. 1. Manually install Lucid VIRTU from our support CD. Double-click this file to start installation. Lucid VIRTU is located in the following path of our support CD: ..
5. Click Next. Then Select Destination Location dialog box is displayed. 6. Click Next to accept the default location. Select Start Menu Folder window is displayed. 7. Click Next to accept the default Start Menu folder. An information page is displayed – please read it.
8. Click Next. The Ready to Install dialog box is displayed. 9. Click Install to begin installation. The Installation window is displayed, indicating the installation. This step may take a few minutes to complete. 10. When the installation is complete, “Completing the VIRTU Setup Wizard” window is displayed. Select “Yes, restart the computer now” option and click Finish. The VIRTU installation process is completed.
8.8.3 VIRTU Operation After the installation process completed, VIRTU is activated. Once activated, the Lucid logo shows on system tray (the right bottom corner of the screen). Mouse right click at the icon, will display the following screen. Clicking on the “Open control panel” option will open a new window with VIRTU control panel. Clicking on “Disable” option, allows the user to stop VIRTU function. Invisible or grey logo means VIRTU is not activated.
8.8.4 VIRTU Control Panel Main Tab When activating the VIRTU control panel (either from the start menu or from the system tray icon), the following window is displayed: By pressing a big “On” button VIRTU solution is activated. If “Show in System Tray” is selected, a small control panel icon will be displayed on the system tray together with the rest of the current running applications. “In-Game icon” selection is used to enable/disable in game VIRTU logo indication. The following options are available: 1.
Games Tab If the Games tab is selected, the following screen is displayed: This screen shows the applications that VIRTU supports with the available graphic cards. The application list is changed according to the graphic cards available in the system and the current configuration. The list includes the applications that meet functionality and performance tests done by Lucid quality assurance. VIRTU allows users to add new applications using the “Add”, “Edit” and “Remove” buttons.
The “Friendly name” box allows the user to give the desired application a name that best describes the application. This is a free text box. Press “OK” after filling the required information. This will automatically add and application to the supported game list. Once the desired application will activate, VIRTU will be applied to this application. * Adding manually an application that was not originally part of the game list means that the application did not pass Lucid QA tests.
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Please read below procedures carefully before you install ASRock XFast USB Technology. A. Install ASRock XFast USB driver from ASRock support CD. When you install all-in-one driver to your system from ASRock support CD, ASRock XFast USB driver will be auto-installed as well. You may click following link to get the latest utility: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/XFastUSB/index.asp B. After ASRock XFast USB driver is installed to your system successfully. You will find the icon “XFast USB“ on your desktop.
D. Then, you will see ASRock XFast USB user interface as below. You can also double-click the “XFast USB“ icon to show this interface. Please choose “Turbo“ to enable ASRock XFast USB Technology. The detailed information of your USB device can also be found on this user interface.
8.12 ASRock XFast LAN - Faster Internet Access LAN Application Prioritization You can configure your application priority ideally and/or add new programs. Lower Latency in Game After setting online game priority higher, it can lower the latency in game. Traffic Shaping You can watch Youtube HD video and download files simultaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data With the status window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are currently transferring.
Chapter 9: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 9.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press or during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.
9.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key.
9.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Control CPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology. Processor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to enable power savings. The default value is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled].
DRAM Timing Control DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. CAS# Latency (tCL) Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Use this item to change RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Row Precharge Time (tRP) Use this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].
Voltage Control DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. User Default In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements.
9.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, North Bridge Configuration, South Bridge Configuration, Storage Configuration, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. Instant Flash Instant Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM.
9.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, VistaTM, 7, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology.
No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection.
9.4.2 North Bridge Configuration VT-d Use this to enable or disable Intel® VT-d technology (Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disabled]. Quick Sync Use this to enable Quick Sync for Lucid Virtu. This function is for Windows® 7 only. Please disable this option for other OS. The default value is [Enabled].
9.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. If [Power Off] is selected, the AC/power remains off when the power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the AC/power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers. Deep S5 Configuration options: [Disabled] and [Auto]. If [Disabled] is selected, user can use USB connector to charge under S5 state.
ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is [Enabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. Good Night LED Enable this option to turn off Power LED and Port80 LED when the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned off in S1, S3 and S4 state. The default value is [Auto].
9.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode. Configuration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages. SATA Aggressive Link Power Management Use this to enable or disable SATA Aggressive Link Power Management. The default value is [Enabled]. Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.
9.4.5 Super IO Configuration CIR Controller Use this item to enable or disable the CIR controller.
9.4.6 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-toRAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. Onboard LAN Power On Use this item to enable or disable onboard LAN to power on the system. CIR Power On Use this item to enable or disable CIR to power on the system.
9.4.7 USB Configuration Front USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of front USB 3.0 controller. Rear USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of rear USB 3.0 controller. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is [Enabled].
9.5 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. CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Configuration options: [Full On], [SMART FAN Manual] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Automatic Mode].
9.6 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. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means indefinite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled].
9.7 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.
9.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save configuration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes.
Chapter 10 Software Support 10.1 Install Operating System This system supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Refer to your OS documentation for more information. 10.2 Support CD Information The Support CD contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the system features. 10.2.1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
