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Motherboard Layout (K10N78-1394) 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) CPU Heatsink Retention Module AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; Orange) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (PORT4), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (PORT5), Orange) SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT3), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT1), Red) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT0), Red) SPI BIOS Chip SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2), Red) NVIDIA GeForce 8200 Chipset 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Purple) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Infrared Module Header (IR1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, Lime) USB/WiFi Header (USB/WIFI, Yellow) PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow) Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394, Red) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3, White) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2, White) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) Serial Port Connector (COM1) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP, Orange) English 2 ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard Motherboard Layout (K10N78) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) CPU Heatsink Retention Module AM2 940-Pin CPU Socket 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel A: DDRII_1, DDRII_2; Yellow) 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDRII_3, DDRII_4; Orange) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) SATAII Connector (SATAII_5 (PORT4), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_6 (PORT5), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT3), Red) SATAII Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT1), Red) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) SATAII Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT0), Red) SPI BIOS Chip SATAII Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT2), Red) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 Chipset System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Purple) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Infrared Module Header (IR1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, Lime) USB/WiFi Header (USB/WIFI, Yellow) PCI Slots (PCI1- 3) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3, White) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE2, White) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE1, Green) Serial Port Connector (COM1) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard 3 English Panel I/O Panel (K10N78-1394) 1 2 3 4 *5 6 7 8 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) VGA/D-Sub Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) IEEE 1394 Port LAN RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) 9 ** 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) eSATAII Port VGA/DVI-D 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. 10) (No. 7) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 8) --V V Side Speaker (No. 6) ---V English 4 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. ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard Panel I/O Panel (K10N78) 1 2 *3 4 5 6 7 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) VGA/D-Sub Port LAN RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) ** 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Front Speaker (Lime) Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) VGA/DVI-D 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 /LINK SPEED D LED Activity/Link LED Status Description Status SPEED LED Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Activity Blinking Data Activity LAN Port 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. ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard 5 English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 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-bystep 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 1.1 Package Contents ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.4-in, 30.5 cm x 21.3 cm) ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Quick Installation Guide ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One I/O Panel Shield English 6 ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.4-in, 30.5 cm x 21.3 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power (K10N78-1394) - Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - Supports CPU up to 140W - AMD LIVE!TM Ready - Supports AMD's Cool `n' QuietTM Technology - FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s) (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology - NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 - Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Support DDR2 1066/800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 4) - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 5) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode) - 2 x PCI Express x1 slots - 3 x PCI slots - Supports NVIDIA® Hybrid SLITM (see CAUTION 6) - Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce8 Series - DX10 VGA, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Max. shared memory 512MB (see CAUTION 7) - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port - Supports 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port (see CAUTION 8) - NVIDIA® PureVideoTM HD Ready - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) - Chipset embeded HDMI Audio - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211BCL-GR - Supports Wake-On-LAN Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard 7 English Rear Panel I/O Connector BIOS Feature Support CD I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATAII Port (K10N78-1394) - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port (K10N78-1394) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 9) - 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII connector) (K10N78-1394) (see CAUTION 11) - 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 (K10N78-1394) - CPU/Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 12) - 1 x USB/WiFi header (see CAUTION 13) - 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, Chipset Core, HTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) English 8 ASRock K10N78-1394 / K10N78 Motherboard Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS ...