Introduction

I would like to thank ASRock for supplying us with the tested motherboard.

The ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 is a new version of the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2, the best budget board of 2005. On the SLI32 you have two PCI-Express x16 ports. With a special driver from ASRock you can enable NVIDIA SLI on the ULI chipset. The rumor mill says this has been possible because NVIDIA recently bought ULI, so more sales in ULI chipset equal more money for NVIDIA anyway.

Features

Specifications from ASRock

CPU

• 939-Pin Socket Supporting AMD Athlon™ 64 / 64FX / 64X2 Processor
• Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
• FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
• Supports Untied-Overclocking Technology
• Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Chipset

• Northbridge: ULi M1695
• Southbridge: ULi M1697

Hybrid Booster

• CPU Frequency Stepless Control
• ASRock U-COP
• Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR memory technology
• 4 x DDR DIMM slots
• Supports DDR400/333/266
• Max. capacity: 4GB

Expansion Slot

• 1 x Future CPU Port (Supports CPU upgrade from AMD K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2 940-Pin CPU through AM2 CPU Board)
• 3 x PCI slots
• 2 x PCI Express x 16 slots
• 1 x PCI Express x 4 slot

Graphics

• n/a

Audio

• Realtek ALC 660 5.1 channel CODEC with High Definition Audio

LAN

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• PCIE x 1 Realtek RTL8111B
• Supports Wake-On-LAN

Connector

• 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, and RAID 5), and "Hot Plug" functions
• 2 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports), support "Hot Plug" function
• 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)
• 1 x Floppy connector
• 1 x IR header
• 1 x Game header
• CPU/Chassis FAN connectors
• 20 pin ATX power connector
• 4 pin 12V power connector
• CD in header
• Front panel audio connector
• Front panel IEEE 1394 header
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

Rear Panel I/O

• ASRock eSATAII+1394 I/O
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
• 1 x COM Port
• 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
• 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
• 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
• 2 x eSATAII Ports
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
• Audio Jack: Line in / Line out / Microphone

BIOS Feature

• 2Mb AMI BIOS
• AMI Legal BIOS
• Supports "Plug and Play"
• ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
• Supports jumperfree
• SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

Support CD

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)

Accessories

• Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O shield
• Floppy/ATA 133 cables
• 4 x SATA data cables
• 2 x SATA 1-to-1 power cables

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

OS

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/XP 64-bit compliant

Certifications

• FCC, CE, WHQL