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ASRock ALiveNF7G-HD Ready Motherboard Review
Date Published:
07-27-2007
Written By:
Sludge
Edited By:
Diceman
Provided By:
ASRock
Where to Buy:
ASRock
Discuss Article:
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ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready mATX Motherboard

Introduction:

    ASRock is offering up another budget mATX board, this time for the video enthusiast wanting HD video playback. The motherboard this time around is the new AliveNF7G-HDready. The heart of this motherboard is the new NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP chipset. This chipset allows the AliveNF7G-HDready to playback 720p H.264 movies. With the new chipset the motherboard has two video connection on the rear I/O panel: one for VGA D-Sub and the other DVI-D. Many other features adorn the AliveNF7G, like RAID 0,1,5,0+1, rear panel IEEE port, Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000, and a plethora of onboard USB2.0 headers. Enough with my talk and check out the specifications below.

About the Company:

    ASRock Inc., established in 2002, is an energetic company with the combination of technology and humanity. Devoting efforts to bring customers the innovative and reliable motherboards with the design concept of 3C, "Creative, Considerate, Cost-effective", ASRock has successfully established a well-known leading brand of the best price-performance motherboard in the industry.

Facing the constantly changing technologies of motherboard, ASRock will always keep the vision of the future and develop future-proof products upon our 3C design concept to our customers.

Features:

 
 
Print this page Enlarge this photo Certified for Windows Vista Designed for Microsoft Windows XP / XP 64-bit
      ALiveNF7G-HDready
  1. Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and Sempron processors
  2. NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP Chipsets
  • AMD LIVE!™ Ready
  • Supports Dual Channel DDRII800/667/533 with 4 DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 8GB
  • ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%
  • Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce7 Series (NV44) DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared memory 256MB
  • 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot
  • Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
  • Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
  • Dual VGA Output: Support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers
  • Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port, to enjoy better quality with High Definition HDCP Encryption contents
  • Supports 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
  • NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Ready
  • 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
  • Supports Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  • Supports 2 x IEEE 1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board)
  • HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
  • Chipset embedded HDMI Audio which supports HDMI signal through DVI-D port by using DVI to HDMI adapter (not bundled)
  • 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
  • Windows® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready
  • ASRock DVI_1394 I/O: 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port, 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port, 1 x IEEE 1394 port
This model may not be sold worldwide. Please contact your local dealer for the availability of this model in your region.

Specifications:

 General
CPU - Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and Sempron processors
- AMD LIVE!™ Ready
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology
Chipset - NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP
Memory - Dual Channel DDRII memory technology
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII800/667/533
- Max. capacity: 8GB*

 
*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® Vista™. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
BIOS - 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
 Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce7 Series (NV44)
- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0
- Max. shared memory 256MB
- Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers
- Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port
- Supports 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
- NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Ready
Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
- Chipset embedded HDMI Audio
LAN - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
 Expansion / Connectivity
Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots
Connector - 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x COM Port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O ASRock DVI_1394 I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x RJ-45 Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
 Other Features / Miscellaneous
Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 1 x SATA data cable (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)
- 1 x COM port bracket
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF cable (optional)
Hardware Monitor - CPU Internal Temperature Sensing
- CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
Form Factor - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

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