**The ASrock 939dual-SATA2 (ULi M1695) thread**

Barely Legal said:
Should be getting my opteron 146 in the post this morning, I've got a 480w trupower PSU, so will give it a go and let you know how I get on.
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My Truepower 430w works fine with this board.
 
hi all, just about to install this mobo with a new opteron 144, any tips that i need?gonna make sure my system is up and running before clocking. one question i have is about the sata driver for my harddrive, where can i get drivers so that when i install windows xp that it recognises the sata drive? i remember with my abit nf7-s that it came with the sata driver on a floppy, but there is no such disk with the asrock? any suggestions on what i should do?
 
I have my SATA drive plugged into one of the SATA1 ports. In the bios, I turned off the raid function, and installed XP SP2 without needing any additional drivers. If you do require raid, the install cd works as a boot cd, which copys the drivers to a floppy disc for you.

If you are using the SATA2 port, set it to IDE mode, install XP, then you can install the drivers and change it back to SATA mode in the bios.
 
My xp is service pack one and im not sure if it has SATA drivers on the disk, thats why it asks for the driver i think.just wanted to know what other people did. thanks.
 
Well in that case, put in the ASRock cd and boot from it, this will put the sata drivers on a floppy so you can use the [F6] to load the drivers at the start of the install process.
 
hooneeawr said:
Well in that case, put in the ASRock cd and boot from it, this will put the sata drivers on a floppy so you can use the [F6] to load the drivers at the start of the install process.
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ok thanks for that, gonna go get my hands dirty now, dismantle my current setup and hopefully be up and away sometime tonight! wish me luck :)
 
Mine is actually a 450W Truepower, doesn't seem to be working.

The fans spin but can't get it to POST!

Might go to ocuk tomorrow to buy a Hiper and see how I do with that.
 
Does anybody know if any of the high end zalman CPU heatsink and fans fit this motherboard?? If so which models do you have?

Cheers

Ross
 
Just make sure of the Mounting System, as the Mobo doesn't have a backplate... I have an TT Sonic Tower sitting here that I can't use. Will put it on an AXP 1700 instead...:rolleyes:
 
well guys im back online,installation went without a hitch but the Freezer 64 pro was a bit tricky to install. just gonna keep an eye on temps tho, see how things go before i clock it up. by the way how can i tell what bios is installed on the mobo?
 
Barely Legal said:
Mine is actually a 450W Truepower, doesn't seem to be working.

The fans spin but can't get it to POST!

Might go to ocuk tomorrow to buy a Hiper and see how I do with that.
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You prolly already know this but have you double checked that the 4pin 12volt cpu connector is connected the correct way around? I read of someone else who had their board with the fans spinning but it wouldn't post because they hadn't connected the 4pin 12v aux.

Its just a thought, like I say you prolly knew this.
 
Barely Legal said:
Mine is actually a 450W Truepower, doesn't seem to be working.

The fans spin but can't get it to POST!

Might go to ocuk tomorrow to buy a Hiper and see how I do with that.
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just to update you on my situation... i tried the board with the enermax 350W and what do you know.. it fired up. updated the bios, messed around with settings, went back to the Antec Smartpower 450W and nothing, no POST. i know that the Smartpower is alive, since its been running my NF7-S for the past couple of months.

i cannot express my incredulity: how can you make a motherboard, which wont work with a PSU? (or indeed vice versa).

at this point i can only assume the Antec doesnt kick out enough juice on the Aux connector, since the board behaved in the same way when i hooked up the Enermax sans aux plug to see what would happen.

the question is, now what? i dont have the extra money right now to shell out on a decent, quiet, beefy PSU... and this is the only board which supports PCI-e and AGP (which brings me back to my original purchasing quandry: not enough cash to buy a decent PCI-e gfx card, but seems pointless to buy an AGP board this late in the day). hmmm.
 
Rince out of interest is your Antec an ATX 1.0 or 2.0 power supply?

(I'm asking because I'm considering an upgrade in a month or two and have an antec power supply ATX 1.0)

Thank you.
 
Pulseammo said:
Rince out of interest is your Antec an ATX 1.0 or 2.0 power supply?

(I'm asking because I'm considering an upgrade in a month or two and have an antec power supply ATX 1.0)

Thank you.
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its an ATX 2.0 PSU, an Antec Smartpower 450 to be specific (see here http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=14451).

for reference, the PSU which DOES work with the ASRock is an Enermax 350W, ATX rev. 1.2 (see here http://www.enermax.com.tw/english/product_Display1.asp?PrID=29).

i'll go ahead and build the system around the Enermax for now, sadly its nowhere near as quiet as the Antec. before i do that, i'll grab a multimeter and see whats going on with this aux connector business.
 
Rince said:
its an ATX 2.0 PSU, an Antec Smartpower 450 to be specific (see here http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=14451).

for reference, the PSU which DOES work with the ASRock is an Enermax 350W, ATX rev. 1.2 (see here http://www.enermax.com.tw/english/product_Display1.asp?PrID=29).

i'll go ahead and build the system around the Enermax for now, sadly its nowhere near as quiet as the Antec. before i do that, i'll grab a multimeter and see whats going on with this aux connector business.
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I'm not too good at this but the Antec PSU may be sensitive about the signal it receives from the ATX mobo to start and stop! It's something to do with the mobo showing a high 'load' on pin 4 of the ATX power connector?

Might be a work around if this is the case? Any clever bods out there?
 
stvmor said:
I'm not too good at this but the Antec PSU may be sensitive about the signal it receives from the ATX mobo to start and stop! It's something to do with the mobo showing a high 'load' on pin 4 of the ATX power connector?

Might be a work around if this is the case? Any clever bods out there?
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hey there,

the Antec PSU starts up ok on command and powers the ASRock board (ie. fans are spinning etc). however, the damn thing just wont POST. it acts as if the Aux 12V isnt plugged in (even though it is). the Antec has no problems running my old Abit NF7-S (i must note however, that although the NF7 HAS an aux socket, it will quite happily run without it connected.)

powering the board up and measuring the Aux 12V connector under load showed plenty of volts present so i really dont know what the problem is, although i noticed someone selling one on ebay due to "being incompatible with an epox board". clearly, its more widespread than just the ASRock; all very strange. comparing the Antec to the older Enermax PSU (which works fine with the ASRock), the only thing i can see is that the Antec omits the -5V line (white wire, pin .. 18 i think.

another weirdy is that, when i turn on the Antec at the rear, it momentarily sends my UPS (APC Smart-UPS 1000) onto battery - not overload condition - as if someone pulled the mains. that cant be good. i'm concluding this PSU is a piece of ***p.

Andy
 
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My Akasa 400w PSU has NO wire connected to pin 18 and works just fine so it's not that.

I think you needt o look else where. My board also works perfectly with an old no name 300w supply.
 
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