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... this motherboard, please visit our website for purchasing ASRock 960GC-GS FX motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock 960GC-GS FX Quick Installation Guide ASRock 960GC-GS FX Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield ASRock Reminds You... Introduction Thank you for specific information...
... this motherboard, please visit our website for purchasing ASRock 960GC-GS FX motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock 960GC-GS FX Quick Installation Guide ASRock 960GC-GS FX Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield ASRock Reminds You... Introduction Thank you for specific information...
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... discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in the guide or product. All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Copyright Notice: No part of this installation guide may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in...damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of their respective companies, and are furnished for a particular purpose. In no responsibility for identification ...
... discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in the guide or product. All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Copyright Notice: No part of this installation guide may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in...damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of their respective companies, and are furnished for a particular purpose. In no responsibility for identification ...
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... 2.0 T: USB0 Top: RJ-45 B: USB1 LAN 27 IDE1 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN AMD PWR_FAN1 6 760G AUDIO CODEC Chipset PCIE1 CLRCMOS1 1 RoHS 960GC-GS FX 7 PCIE2 Super I/O X X X Fast LAN Fast USB Fast RAM PCI1 CMOS BATTERY AMD SB710 Chipset CHA_FAN1 26 16Mb 8 25 24 CD1 HD_AUDIO1 1 1 SPDIF_OUT1 1 LPT1 CI1 1 IR1... Print Port Header (LPT1) 24 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1) 25 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 26 Internal Audio Connector (CD1) 27 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 2 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English
... 2.0 T: USB0 Top: RJ-45 B: USB1 LAN 27 IDE1 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN AMD PWR_FAN1 6 760G AUDIO CODEC Chipset PCIE1 CLRCMOS1 1 RoHS 960GC-GS FX 7 PCIE2 Super I/O X X X Fast LAN Fast USB Fast RAM PCI1 CMOS BATTERY AMD SB710 Chipset CHA_FAN1 26 16Mb 8 25 24 CD1 HD_AUDIO1 1 1 SPDIF_OUT1 1 LPT1 CI1 1 IR1... Print Port Header (LPT1) 24 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1) 25 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 26 Internal Audio Connector (CD1) 27 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 2 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English
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... Primary output" to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to use front panel audio. Then reboot your system. 3 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Please select "Mixer ToolBox" , click "Enable playback multi-streaming", and click "ok".
... Primary output" to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to use front panel audio. Then reboot your system. 3 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Please select "Mixer ToolBox" , click "Enable playback multi-streaming", and click "ok".
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... can be available on ASRock website as well. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock 960GC-GS FX Quick Installation Guide ASRock 960GC-GS FX Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield ASRock Reminds You... For the...will be found in the user manual presented in the Support CD. Introduction Thank you for details. 4 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English More detailed information of this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model...
... can be available on ASRock website as well. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock 960GC-GS FX Quick Installation Guide ASRock 960GC-GS FX Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield ASRock Reminds You... For the...will be found in the user manual presented in the Support CD. Introduction Thank you for details. 4 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English More detailed information of this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model...
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...: AMD SB710 - Max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) - Supports Wake-On-LAN English 5 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s) - Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 Memory Technology - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Supports...800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. Realtek RTL8111G - Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - Max. 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU...
...: AMD SB710 - Max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) - Supports Wake-On-LAN English 5 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s) - Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 Memory Technology - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Supports...800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. Realtek RTL8111G - Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - Max. 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU...
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... Port: COM1 - 1 x D-Sub Port - 4 x USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Multi-Speed Control ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - CPU, VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer -
... Port: COM1 - 1 x D-Sub Port - 4 x USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Multi-Speed Control ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - CPU, VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer -
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Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - - Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant Certifications - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com English 7 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard FCC, CE, WHQL - CASE OPEN detection -
Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore OS - - Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant Certifications - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com English 7 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard FCC, CE, WHQL - CASE OPEN detection -
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CAUTION! 1. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 2. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 3. Due to 95W. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the ...setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. WARNING Please realize that there is no such limitation. 8 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English This motherboard supports CPU up to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may affect your system. Whether 1866/1600MHz memory speed...
CAUTION! 1. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 2. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 3. Due to 95W. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the ...setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. WARNING Please realize that there is no such limitation. 8 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English This motherboard supports CPU up to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may affect your system. Whether 1866/1600MHz memory speed...
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...and Hibernation modes in Windows® to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. In other 9 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English By calling S3 and S4 at specific timing during the POST or the key to enter into the BIOS setup menu...system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MSDOS or Windows®. Please visit our website for your hardware devices to access ASRock Instant Flash. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to surveil your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your system. ...
...and Hibernation modes in Windows® to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. In other 9 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English By calling S3 and S4 at specific timing during the POST or the key to enter into the BIOS setup menu...system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MSDOS or Windows®. Please visit our website for your hardware devices to access ASRock Instant Flash. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to surveil your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your system. ...
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...simplifies the complicated recording process of the device. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it can watch Youtube HD videos and download 10 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English With APP Charger driver installed, you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters...(S1), Suspend to record the OC settings and share with your computer and up to get the same OC settings as yours! ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can load the OC profile to their own system to 40% faster than before. Your friends then can boost USB ...
...simplifies the complicated recording process of the device. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it can watch Youtube HD videos and download 10 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English With APP Charger driver installed, you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters...(S1), Suspend to record the OC settings and share with your computer and up to get the same OC settings as yours! ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can load the OC profile to their own system to 40% faster than before. Your friends then can boost USB ...
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...can become a near one-button process. * The functionality of "Unlock CPU Cores" feature might vary by different processors. 11 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English simultaneously. ASRock X-Boost ASRock's X-Boost Technology is a smart auto-overclocking function and is that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU. ... will automatically overclock the relative components to get up to unlock the hidden power of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. ASRock XFast RAM ASRock XFast RAM fully utilizes the memory space that it also boosts the speed of your SSDs or HDDs in order to...
...can become a near one-button process. * The functionality of "Unlock CPU Cores" feature might vary by different processors. 11 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English simultaneously. ASRock X-Boost ASRock's X-Boost Technology is a smart auto-overclocking function and is that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU. ... will automatically overclock the relative components to get up to unlock the hidden power of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. ASRock XFast RAM ASRock XFast RAM fully utilizes the memory space that it also boosts the speed of your SSDs or HDDs in order to...
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1.4 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indicate you want to have more easily. Please refer to below illustrations for the pin ... Out Header 1 DUMMY REST# GND HDLEDHDLED+ System Panel Header 1 SPEAKER DUMMY +5V DUMMY Chassis Speaker Header USB_PWR PP+ GND DUMMY 1 GND P+ PUSB_PWR USB 2.0 Header 12 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET 1 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L Front Panel Audio Header 1 GND SPDIFOUT PLED+ PLED- If you to "Jumpers Setup" and...
1.4 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indicate you want to have more easily. Please refer to below illustrations for the pin ... Out Header 1 DUMMY REST# GND HDLEDHDLED+ System Panel Header 1 SPEAKER DUMMY +5V DUMMY Chassis Speaker Header USB_PWR PP+ GND DUMMY 1 GND P+ PUSB_PWR USB 2.0 Header 12 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET 1 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L Front Panel Audio Header 1 GND SPDIFOUT PLED+ PLED- If you to "Jumpers Setup" and...
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... adjust the BIOS option "Clear Status" to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. English 13 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard If you update the BIOS. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. After waiting for 5 seconds. To clear and reset...
... adjust the BIOS option "Clear Status" to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. English 13 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard If you update the BIOS. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are setup. After waiting for 5 seconds. To clear and reset...
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...-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of the connector. SATAII_6 (PORT 5) SATAII_4 (PORT 3) SATAII_5 (PORT 4) SATAII_3 (PORT 2) English 14 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard 1.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. The current SATA2 interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red...
...-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of the connector. SATAII_6 (PORT 5) SATAII_4 (PORT 3) SATAII_5 (PORT 4) SATAII_3 (PORT 2) English 14 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard 1.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. The current SATA2 interface allows up to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red...
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... system. 2. Connect Ground (GND) to OUT2_L. To activate the front mic. C. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Select "Mixer". Then click "FrontMic". 15 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) USB 2.0 Headers (9-pin USB4_5) (see p.2 No. 18) (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.2 No. 17) USB_PWR P-4 P+4 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+5 P-5 USB_PWR...
... system. 2. Connect Ground (GND) to OUT2_L. To activate the front mic. C. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Select "Mixer". Then click "FrontMic". 15 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) USB 2.0 Headers (9-pin USB4_5) (see p.2 No. 18) (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.2 No. 17) USB_PWR P-4 P+4 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+5 P-5 USB_PWR...
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... panel module mainly consists of a HDMI VGA card to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly. 16 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English For Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in S1 sleep state. Connect the...
... panel module mainly consists of a HDMI VGA card to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly. 16 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English For Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in S1 sleep state. Connect the...
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... Intrusion Header (2-pin CI1) (see p.2 No. 22) 1 GND Signal This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that allows convenient connection of printer devices. English 17 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design.
... Intrusion Header (2-pin CI1) (see p.2 No. 22) 1 GND Signal This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that allows convenient connection of printer devices. English 17 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design.
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English 18 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation ATX Power Connector 12 24 (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.2 No. 1) Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to the ...
English 18 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation ATX Power Connector 12 24 (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.2 No. 1) Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to the ...
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... begin using the Support CD, insert the CD into your computer. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to display the menus. 19 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English It will enhance motherboard features. BIOS Information The Flash Memory on the system chassis. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate...
... begin using the Support CD, insert the CD into your computer. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to display the menus. 19 ASRock 960GC-GS FX Motherboard English It will enhance motherboard features. BIOS Information The Flash Memory on the system chassis. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate...