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... SETUP UTILITY 54 3.1 Introduction 54 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 54 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 55 3.2 Main Screen 55 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 56 3.4 Advanced Screen 60 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 61 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 63 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 65 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 66 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 68 3.4.6 Floppy Configuration 69 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 69 3.4.8 USB Configuration 70 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring...
... SETUP UTILITY 54 3.1 Introduction 54 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 54 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 55 3.2 Main Screen 55 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 56 3.4 Advanced Screen 60 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 61 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 63 3.4.3 ACPI Configuration 65 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 66 3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration 68 3.4.6 Floppy Configuration 69 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 69 3.4.8 USB Configuration 70 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring...
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... Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM - Premium Blu-ray audio support - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical ...System Bus up to 6400 MT/s; Advanced V8 Power Phase Design - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports DDR3 2000(OC)/1866(OC)/1600(OC)/1333(OC)/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory -
... Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM - Premium Blu-ray audio support - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical ...System Bus up to 6400 MT/s; Advanced V8 Power Phase Design - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports DDR3 2000(OC)/1866(OC)/1600(OC)/1333(OC)/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory -
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...-NX88T256H Gigabyte GV-NX88S512H-B LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH Chaintech GES96GT-A1512P ASUS EN9800GT TDP/HTDP/512M LEADTEK PX9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800 GTX+ GIGABYTE GV-N26-896H-B Chipset Name Driver GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX+ GeForce GTX260 182.50 182... 182.50 182.50 * For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLITM Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 11
...-NX88T256H Gigabyte GV-NX88S512H-B LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH Chaintech GES96GT-A1512P ASUS EN9800GT TDP/HTDP/512M LEADTEK PX9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800 GTX+ GIGABYTE GV-N26-896H-B Chipset Name Driver GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX+ GeForce GTX260 182.50 182... 182.50 182.50 * For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLITM Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 11
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ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 12 1.4 Two CrossFireXTM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) Chipset Vendor ATI Model Name MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Powercolor AX3650 512MMD3-XP Gigabyte GV-RX385256H-B Powercolor AX3870 512MD4-H Powercolor AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Gecube GC-HD485PG3-E3 Chipset Name...
ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm 12 1.4 Two CrossFireXTM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) Chipset Vendor ATI Model Name MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Powercolor AX3650 512MMD3-XP Gigabyte GV-RX385256H-B Powercolor AX3870 512MD4-H Powercolor AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Gecube GC-HD485PG3-E3 Chipset Name...
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...: REAR SPK Top: RJ-45 HD_AUDIO1 1 CD1 NB_FAN1 Intel X58 Chipset Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT SATA3_2 SATA3_1 Designed in Taipei LAN PHY AUDIO CODEC Super I/O CI1 1 IR1 1 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 FLOPPY1 NEC USB 3.0 SATA3 6Gb/s IDE1 PCIE1 QPI 6.4GT/s PCIE2 PCI Express 2.0 PCI1 X58 Extreme3 8Mb BIOS 1394a CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 1 PCIE3 ErP/EuP Ready...
...: REAR SPK Top: RJ-45 HD_AUDIO1 1 CD1 NB_FAN1 Intel X58 Chipset Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT SATA3_2 SATA3_1 Designed in Taipei LAN PHY AUDIO CODEC Super I/O CI1 1 IR1 1 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 FLOPPY1 NEC USB 3.0 SATA3 6Gb/s IDE1 PCIE1 QPI 6.4GT/s PCIE2 PCI Express 2.0 PCI1 X58 Extreme3 8Mb BIOS 1394a CMOS Battery CLRCMOS1 1 PCIE3 ErP/EuP Ready...
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... front panel audio cable that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to Ground (GND). D. E. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from sound sources such as below: A. C. You don't need to function correctly. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see...
... front panel audio cable that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to Ground (GND). D. E. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from sound sources such as below: A. C. You don't need to function correctly. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see...
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... lower system memory and control is given to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. NMI is available. Do additional chipset initialization. Main BIOS checksum is used to it . Determine whether to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). 40 Give control to execute serial flash...Please see the diagrams below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Check if waking up the chipset, memory and other components before memory detection. Execute full memory sizing module. Re-enable CACHE. Restore CPUID value back into ...
... lower system memory and control is given to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. NMI is available. Do additional chipset initialization. Main BIOS checksum is used to it . Determine whether to BIOS POST (ExecutePOSTKernel). 40 Give control to execute serial flash...Please see the diagrams below 1MB Read-Write including E000 and F000 shadow areas but closing SMRAM. Check if waking up the chipset, memory and other components before memory detection. Execute full memory sizing module. Re-enable CACHE. Restore CPUID value back into ...
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If the CMOS checksum is being done after Auto detection of chipset registers. Initializes data variables that may occur during the BIOS pre-boot process. Initializes both the 8259 compatible PICs in PIC for system timer interrupt. ...
If the CMOS checksum is being done after Auto detection of chipset registers. Initializes data variables that may occur during the BIOS pre-boot process. Initializes both the 8259 compatible PICs in PIC for system timer interrupt. ...
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...if needed / requested. 8C Late POST initialization of system management interrupt. Enable/Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialization of chipset registers. 8D Build ACPI tables (if ACPI is supported) 8E Program the peripheral parameters. A1 Clean-up work needed before boot...Uninstall POST INT1Ch vector and INT09h vector. Deinitializes the ADM module. Display total memory in the system. 3C Mid POST initialization of chipset registers. 40 Detect different devices (Parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in CPU, etc.) successfully installed in system RAM size if...
...if needed / requested. 8C Late POST initialization of system management interrupt. Enable/Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialization of chipset registers. 8D Build ACPI tables (if ACPI is supported) 8E Program the peripheral parameters. A1 Clean-up work needed before boot...Uninstall POST INT1Ch vector and INT09h vector. Deinitializes the ADM module. Display total memory in the system. 3C Mid POST initialization of chipset registers. 40 Detect different devices (Parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in CPU, etc.) successfully installed in system RAM size if...
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... "Configure SATAII as" setting between AHCI and IDE mode after OS installation. 2.16 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Marvell SE9128 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix...the SATA3 hard disk. 2.15 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1) functions. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data ...
... "Configure SATAII as" setting between AHCI and IDE mode after OS installation. 2.16 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Marvell SE9128 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix...the SATA3 hard disk. 2.15 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1) functions. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data ...
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However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD. Marvell SE9128 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry...SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for SATA3 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. If SATA...
However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD. Marvell SE9128 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry...SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for SATA3 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® ICH10R south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. If SATA...
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... only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. The latest SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug ...cannot be processed. 2. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. Please follow below instructions step by the chipset...
... only for SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD in the product spec on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. The latest SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug ...cannot be processed. 2. Please make sure the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation. 3. Please follow below instructions step by the chipset...
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... to update system BIOS without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration Storage Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration BIOS Update Utility ASRock Instant Flash Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to update your BIOS, and reboot your BIOS only...
... to update system BIOS without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration Storage Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration BIOS Update Utility ASRock Instant Flash Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to update your BIOS, and reboot your BIOS only...
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... (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can prevent data pages from the chipset.
... (NX) Memory Protection" can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by malicious software to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can prevent data pages from the chipset.
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... current CPU does not support Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.. Configuration options: [All], [1] and [2]. Intel (R) TurboMode tech Use this item to select the number of the chipset as Microsoft® Windows® XP or VistaTM. is [All]. Intel (R) C-STATE tech. Set to run faster than marked frequency in each core independently, while... issue with an Intel CoreTM i7 processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for individual core savings to the chipset power management hardware and flows.
... current CPU does not support Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.. Configuration options: [All], [1] and [2]. Intel (R) TurboMode tech Use this item to select the number of the chipset as Microsoft® Windows® XP or VistaTM. is [All]. Intel (R) C-STATE tech. Set to run faster than marked frequency in each core independently, while... issue with an Intel CoreTM i7 processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for individual core savings to the chipset power management hardware and flows.
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... [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled power savings. The default value is [Auto]. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration Advanced Chipset Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary Graphics Adapter Onboard HD Audio Front Panel Onboard Lan Onboard 1394 [PCI] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] Intelligent Energy Saver...
... [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled power savings. The default value is [Auto]. 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration Advanced Chipset Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary Graphics Adapter Onboard HD Audio Front Panel Onboard Lan Onboard 1394 [PCI] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] Intelligent Energy Saver...
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... Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.4.7Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to set the address for the onboard serial port or...
... Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.4.7Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to set the address for the onboard serial port or...
Quick Installation Guide
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...- System Bus up to 6400 MT/s; Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 6 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with 110dB dynamic range (VIA® VT2020 Audio Codec) - Supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad...support - Realtek RTL8111DL - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 6 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard English Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see ...
...- System Bus up to 6400 MT/s; Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 6 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with 110dB dynamic range (VIA® VT2020 Audio Codec) - Supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad...support - Realtek RTL8111DL - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 6 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard English Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see ...
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.../support/index.htm English 11 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard 1.3 Two SLITM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) Chipset Vendor NVIDIA Model Name Gigabyte GV-NX88T256H Gigabyte GV-NX88S512H-B LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH Chaintech GES96GT-A1512P... ASUS EN9800GT TDP/HTDP/512M LEADTEK PX9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800 GTX+ GIGABYTE GV-N26-896H-B Chipset Name Driver GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX+ GeForce GTX260...
.../support/index.htm English 11 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard 1.3 Two SLITM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) Chipset Vendor NVIDIA Model Name Gigabyte GV-NX88T256H Gigabyte GV-NX88S512H-B LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH Chaintech GES96GT-A1512P... ASUS EN9800GT TDP/HTDP/512M LEADTEK PX9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800 GTX+ GIGABYTE GV-N26-896H-B Chipset Name Driver GeForce 8800 GT GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX+ GeForce GTX260...
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... Name MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Powercolor AX3650 512MMD3-XP Gigabyte GV-RX385256H-B Powercolor AX3870 512MD4-H Powercolor AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Gecube GC-HD485PG3-E3 Chipset Name Driver Radeon HD 2600PRO Catalyst 9.1 Radeon HD 2600XT Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3650 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3850 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3870 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3870 ... 9.1 * For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFireXTM Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm English 12 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard
... Name MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Powercolor AX3650 512MMD3-XP Gigabyte GV-RX385256H-B Powercolor AX3870 512MD4-H Powercolor AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Gecube GC-HD485PG3-E3 Chipset Name Driver Radeon HD 2600PRO Catalyst 9.1 Radeon HD 2600XT Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3650 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3850 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3870 Catalyst 9.1 RADEON 3870 ... 9.1 * For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFireXTM Mode, please visit our website for details. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm English 12 ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard