ASROCK H77 Pro4/MVP Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP Motherboard
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1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system, they will not see the performance
benets of CrossFireX
TM
. All three CrossFireX
TM
components, a CrossFireX
TM
Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
TM
Ready motherboard and a CrossFireX
TM
Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benet from the
CrossFireX
TM
multi-GPU platform.
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
TM
Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards
will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX
TM
mode.
2.7 CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
Operation Guide
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
. CrossFireX
TM
technology offers the most advantageous means available of combining multiple
high performance Graphics Processing Units (GPU) in a single PC. Combining a
range of different operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative
interconnect mechanism, CrossFireX
TM
enables the highest possible level of
performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently CrossFireX
TM
feature is supported with Windows
®
XP with Service Pack 2 / Vista
TM
/ 7 OS. Quad
CrossFireX
TM
is supported with Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 7 OS only. Please check AMD’s
website for AMD CrossFireX
TM
driver updates.
2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireX
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
Different CrossFireX
TM
cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX
TM
feature. For other CrossFireX
TM
cards that AMD has released or will release in the
future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.

ASROCK H77 Pro4/MVP Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
HDMI version	1.4a
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL, ErP/EuP
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	Intel H77
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
DirectX version	11
Maximum resolution	2048 x 1536 pixels
Maximum graphics card memory	1760 MB
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way CrossFireX, 4-Way CrossFireX
PCI slots	3
PCI Express slots version	2.0, 3.0
Cables included	SATA
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	201 mm
Width	305 mm