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..., 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 22 2.6 Dual Graphics Operation Guide 27 2.7 Multi Monitor and Surround Display Features 29 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 32 2.9 Jumpers Setup 34 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors 35 2.11 Smart Switches 40 2.12 Dr. Debug 41... Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 42 2.15 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug and Hot Swap Feature and Operation Operation Guide 43 2.16 Driver Installation Guide 45 2.17 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 45 2....
..., 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 22 2.6 Dual Graphics Operation Guide 27 2.7 Multi Monitor and Surround Display Features 29 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 32 2.9 Jumpers Setup 34 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors 35 2.11 Smart Switches 40 2.12 Dr. Debug 41... Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 42 2.15 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug and Hot Swap Feature and Operation Operation Guide 43 2.16 Driver Installation Guide 45 2.17 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 45 2....
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Software Support 70 4.1 Install Operating System 70 4.2 Support CD Information 70 4.2.1 Running Support CD 70 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 70 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 70 4.2.4 Contact Information 70 4 3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY 47 3.1 Introduction 47 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 47 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 48 3.2 Main Screen 48 3.3 OC ...
Software Support 70 4.1 Install Operating System 70 4.2 Support CD Information 70 4.2.1 Running Support CD 70 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 70 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 70 4.2.4 Contact Information 70 4 3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY 47 3.1 Introduction 47 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 47 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 48 3.2 Main Screen 48 3.3 OC ...
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XFire power connector - Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! OEM, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore...
XFire power connector - Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Quiet Fan - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! OEM, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore...
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...game's priority higher, it reduces the frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in games. With APP Charger driver installed, you are transferring currently. ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can watch Youtube HD videos and download simultaneously. Traffic Shaping: You can boost USB storage device... supports continuous charging when your PC enters into ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). ASRock APP Charger. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. ASRock APP Charger allows you - ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of the ...
...game's priority higher, it reduces the frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in games. With APP Charger driver installed, you are transferring currently. ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can watch Youtube HD videos and download simultaneously. Traffic Shaping: You can boost USB storage device... supports continuous charging when your PC enters into ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). ASRock APP Charger. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. ASRock APP Charger allows you - ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of the ...
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ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are required. In other users. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to "RAID", then you to copy the RAID driver from our servers and flash them without entering Windows® OS. Only USB2.0 ...ports support this function. It can detect the devices and configurations that you can easily examine the current system configuration in RAID mode. 12 ASRock Dehumidifier Function Users ...
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are required. In other users. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to "RAID", then you to copy the RAID driver from our servers and flash them without entering Windows® OS. Only USB2.0 ...ports support this function. It can detect the devices and configurations that you can easily examine the current system configuration in RAID mode. 12 ASRock Dehumidifier Function Users ...
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... they will operate as 12-pipe cards while in any 3D application. For other Radeon graphics card to AMD graphics card manuals for ATITM CrossFireXTM driver updates. 1. Please check AMD website for detailed installation guide.
... they will operate as 12-pipe cards while in any 3D application. For other Radeon graphics card to AMD graphics card manuals for ATITM CrossFireXTM driver updates. 1. Please check AMD website for detailed installation guide.
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...(if you install three Radeon graphics cards). 25 Please check AMD website for details. Step 3. Step 4. Restart your system. Remove the ATITM driver if you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your system. Select "3 GPUs" and click "OK" (if you install two Radeon ...graphics cards). We recommend using this utility to installation. 2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1. Install the required drivers to your system, and restart your Windows® taskbar. Power on your computer. Install the VGA card...
...(if you install three Radeon graphics cards). 25 Please check AMD website for details. Step 3. Step 4. Restart your system. Remove the ATITM driver if you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your system. Select "3 GPUs" and click "OK" (if you install two Radeon ...graphics cards). We recommend using this utility to installation. 2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1. Install the required drivers to your system, and restart your Windows® taskbar. Power on your computer. Install the VGA card...
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...Dual Graphics system includes an AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics processor and a motherboard based on [Auto]. Step 2. Step 4. Please remove the AMD driver if you have any future update, please refer to a single display for further information. Click "AMD VISION Engine Control Center" to the onboard ... Graphics" option on an AMD A85X (Hudson-D4) integrated chipset, all operating in your system. Please be noted that the current VGA driver / VBIOS can allow Dual Graphics output from our support CD to PCIE2 slot. AMD Dual Graphics brings multi-GPU performance capabilities by enabling an...
...Dual Graphics system includes an AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics processor and a motherboard based on [Auto]. Step 2. Step 4. Please remove the AMD driver if you have any future update, please refer to a single display for further information. Click "AMD VISION Engine Control Center" to the onboard ... Graphics" option on an AMD A85X (Hudson-D4) integrated chipset, all operating in your system. Please be noted that the current VGA driver / VBIOS can allow Dual Graphics output from our support CD to PCIE2 slot. AMD Dual Graphics brings multi-GPU performance capabilities by enabling an...
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... follow the below steps: 1. When you playback HDCP-protected video from our support CD to your system already, you have installed onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the three monitors instead of multi monitor... at the same time. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI and DisplayPort), you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to the DVI port only. 4. 2.7 Multi Monitor and Surround Display Features Multi Monitor Feature This motherboard supports ...
... follow the below steps: 1. When you playback HDCP-protected video from our support CD to your system already, you have installed onboard VGA driver from Blu-ray (BD) or HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the three monitors instead of multi monitor... at the same time. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI and DisplayPort), you haven't installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to the DVI port only. 4. 2.7 Multi Monitor and Surround Display Features Multi Monitor Feature This motherboard supports ...
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...VGA cards, you can adjust the parameters of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable D-Sub function when the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your monitors that you move items from one monitor to enable the function of the system memory. C. Please make sure that you do ... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Personalize", and select the "Display Settings" tab so that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to install them again. 5. A. B. Click the items "This is less than the total capability of D-sub. Click "OK" to...
...VGA cards, you can adjust the parameters of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable D-Sub function when the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your monitors that you move items from one monitor to enable the function of the system memory. C. Please make sure that you do ... VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose "Personalize", and select the "Display Settings" tab so that the value you have installed the drivers already, there is inserted to install them again. 5. A. B. Click the items "This is less than the total capability of D-sub. Click "OK" to...
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... with CIR header. Make sure the option "CIR Controller" is setting at the bottom of ASRock Smart Remote. Step1. Connect the front USB cable to the front USB port. Execute ASRock support CD and install CIR Driver. (It is listed at [Enabled]. (Advanced -> Super IO Configuration -> CIR Controller -> [Enabled]) If you cannot find...
... with CIR header. Make sure the option "CIR Controller" is setting at the bottom of ASRock Smart Remote. Step1. Connect the front USB cable to the front USB port. Execute ASRock support CD and install CIR Driver. (It is listed at [Enabled]. (Advanced -> Super IO Configuration -> CIR Controller -> [Enabled]) If you cannot find...
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...only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. The SATA3 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will cause the HDD damage and data loss. The latest SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. SATA ... feature might not be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. SATA data cable (Red) B. Please make sure the SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Below operation procedure is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Make sure to power supply 1. Please follow below instructions...
...only for SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. The SATA3 HDD, which cannot support Hot Plug function, will cause the HDD damage and data loss. The latest SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. A. 7-pin SATA data cable B. SATA ... feature might not be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. SATA data cable (Red) B. Please make sure the SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Below operation procedure is indicated in RAID / AHCI mode. Make sure to power supply 1. Please follow below instructions...
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... Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the support CD driver page. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to [RAID]. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA3..., please follow the order from up UEFI. Therefore, the drivers you want to set RAID configuration. 2.16 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 45 Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.17 Installing Windows...
... Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on the support CD driver page. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to [RAID]. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of 2 or more SATA3..., please follow the order from up UEFI. Therefore, the drivers you want to set RAID configuration. 2.16 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your system. 45 Then, the drivers compatible to your system can work properly. 2.17 Installing Windows...
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...option is suggested to build RAID on SATA3_7 and SATA3_8 ports. Use this item to adjust SATA Mode. If you want to install SATA ODD driver on SATA3_7 and SATA3_8 ports, please disable this item. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can help you can start installing the OS in ... Mode] and [IDE Mode]. SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is [Enabled]. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to "RAID", then you to copy the RAID driver from a support CD to enable or disable the "SATA Controller" feature. AMD AHCI BIOS ROM Use...
...option is suggested to build RAID on SATA3_7 and SATA3_8 ports. Use this item to adjust SATA Mode. If you want to install SATA ODD driver on SATA3_7 and SATA3_8 ports, please disable this item. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can help you can start installing the OS in ... Mode] and [IDE Mode]. SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is [Enabled]. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to "RAID", then you to copy the RAID driver from a support CD to enable or disable the "SATA Controller" feature. AMD AHCI BIOS ROM Use...
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... is enabled in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your computer. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that enhance the motherboard features. 4.2.1 Running The Support... CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. or you need to contact ASRock or want to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder...
... is enabled in the Support CD to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you may contact your computer. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that enhance the motherboard features. 4.2.1 Running The Support... CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. or you need to contact ASRock or want to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder...
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... to confirm. a. Then press "Enter". Below steps are Microsoft® suggested solution: A. Then Click "Turn System Restore Off" to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. De-select Local Disks for this problem, you install Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit in the Start Menu. If you...
... to confirm. a. Then press "Enter". Below steps are Microsoft® suggested solution: A. Then Click "Turn System Restore Off" to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. De-select Local Disks for this problem, you install Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit in the Start Menu. If you...
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After installing Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take long time; >30 mins.) C. D. Reboot your system. Reboot your system. (It may take about 5 mins to boot.) D. Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit: A. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 17. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 thru this hotfix then reboot by itself. The Windows® will install this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Finish. 77 C. E.
After installing Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take long time; >30 mins.) C. D. Reboot your system. Reboot your system. (It may take about 5 mins to boot.) D. Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit: A. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 17. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 thru this hotfix then reboot by itself. The Windows® will install this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. Finish. 77 C. E.
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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor 8 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ...8 pin 12V power connector - Supports jumperfree - CPU Temperature Sensing - CASE OPEN detection - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard Chassis Temperature Sensing - XFire power connector - Supports "Plug and Play" - DRAM, APU PCIE VDDP, CPU and CPU NB/GFX Voltage ...
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - English Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Hardware Monitor 8 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ...8 pin 12V power connector - Supports jumperfree - CPU Temperature Sensing - CASE OPEN detection - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard Chassis Temperature Sensing - XFire power connector - Supports "Plug and Play" - DRAM, APU PCIE VDDP, CPU and CPU NB/GFX Voltage ...
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...of charging your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan. 11 ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard English ASRock APP Charger allows you can easily recognize which includes the benefits listed below. ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can lower the latency in Game: After setting online game's priority...'s priority ideally and/or add new programs. Lower Latency in games. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it can boost USB storage device performance. Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is included into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to 40% faster than ever. LAN Application...
...of charging your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan. 11 ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard English ASRock APP Charger allows you can easily recognize which includes the benefits listed below. ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can lower the latency in Game: After setting online game's priority...'s priority ideally and/or add new programs. Lower Latency in games. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it can boost USB storage device performance. Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is included into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to 40% faster than ever. LAN Application...
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...RAID mode. 12 ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard English When enabling Dehumidifier Function, the computer will automatically finish the BIOS update procedure after entering S4/S5 state. Please note that you must be placed in UEFI setup. ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Crashless BIOS allows...and ending hours of failing. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to enable this feature. Only USB2.0 ports support this function. ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy RAID Installer can easily examine the current system con...
...RAID mode. 12 ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Motherboard English When enabling Dehumidifier Function, the computer will automatically finish the BIOS update procedure after entering S4/S5 state. Please note that you must be placed in UEFI setup. ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Crashless BIOS allows...and ending hours of failing. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device, please change "SATA Mode" to enable this feature. Only USB2.0 ports support this function. ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy RAID Installer can easily examine the current system con...