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User Manual - Page 5
... ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3 Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock 8CH I/O Shield
5 1. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the motherboard...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 2
..., Blue) 20 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 21 Game Port Header (GAME1) 22 Front Panel Audio Header (AUDIO1) 23 JR1 JL1 Jumper 24 PCI Slots (PCI1- 4) 25 Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) 26 Flash Memory 27 Infrared Module Header (IR1) 28 J15 Jumper 29 J9 / J10 Jumper 30 Future CPU Port (FUTURE_CPU_PORT1) 31 J1-J8 Jumpers
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
...the Support CD. 1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3 motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of the motherboard and step-bystep installation guide. This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of this manual occur...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
... Specifications
Platform:
ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm
CPU:
754-Pin Socket Supporting advanced 64-bit AMD AthlonTM 64
and 32-bit / 64-bit Sempron Processors
Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology (see CAUTION 1)
Chipsets:
Bridge: nVidia nForce3 250 Series
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
(see CAUTION 2)
Supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s
Memory...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
... Front Speaker / Microphone (see CAUTION 6) AMI Legal BIOS Supports "Plug and Play" ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 7) Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant
CAUTION!
1.
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1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 7
... due to do not touch the ICs. 4. The CPU fits only in place. Step 4. Step 2. The lever clicks on the socket while you handle components.
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Installation
Pre-installation Precautions
Take note of the pins. Unlock the socket by the edges and do so may damage the motherboard.
2.1 CPU Installation
Step 1. Install CPU fan and heatsink.
Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
...):
Future CPU Port allows you upgrade the 754-Pin CPU to the 939-Pin CPU / 940-Pin (M2)
CPU, it is properly seated.
2.3 Expansion Slots
(Future CPU Port, PCI Slots and AGP Slot) There are 1 Future CPU Port, 4 PCI slots and 1 AGP slot on K8Upgrade-
Unlock a DIMM slot by
installing an add-on ASRock 939CPU Board into this motherboard to upgrade your AMD 754-Pin CPU to the motherboard and...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 9
...
J4
754-Pin CPU J1
J2
(Default)
J9 J10
J15
J5
J6
J7
J8
939-Pin CPU
(Using add-on
J3
J4
ASRock 939CPU
Board)
/ 940-Pin (M2) J1
J2
CPU
(Using add-on the AGP slot of your motherboard package, and please follow the "Jumper Cap Remover Instruction" to install a graphics card. It may use the tool, Jumper Cap Remover, to install expansion cards...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
...you update the BIOS. However, please do the clear-CMOS action. Step 2. When the jumper cap is placed on the slot. ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3 Motherboard
The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose
pin1 and pin2 are short, both the front panel and the rear panel
audio connectors can work.
Installing an expansion card
Step 1. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 12
..., this USB 2.0 header is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of SATA power cable to support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports.
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Then connect the white end of audio devices. If those USB 2.0 ports on each drive. Internal Audio Connectors
(4-pin CD1) (CD1: see p.2 No. 26)
This connector...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 14
... will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers
into your optical drive to install the SATA hard disks. E.
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D. Then you to boot your chassis.
STEP 2: Set Up BIOS.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. B. ROM as the boot device.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from [non-RAID] to the...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 15
... make a SATA driver diskette.
Then, please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] first. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to nVidia RAID Utility for proper configuration. Windows 98 SE / Windows ME does not support RAID function.
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English Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 16
... For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to the User Manual (PDF file) contained in the Support CD to display the menus.
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English If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on the motherboard stores BIOS Setup Utility. The BIOS Setup program is designed to enter BIOS Setup after POST, please restart the...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 28
.. \ RAID BIOS Setting Utility .. \ RAID Utility for Windows
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