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Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout (G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3) ......... 11 1.4 I/O Panel (G41M-VGS3 12 1.5 I/O Panel (G41M-VS3 13 2 Installation 14 2.1 Screw Holes 14 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 14 2.3 CPU Installation 15 2.4 Installation of ...Setup Guide 24 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 OC ...
Contents 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout (G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3) ......... 11 1.4 I/O Panel (G41M-VGS3 12 1.5 I/O Panel (G41M-VS3 13 2 Installation 14 2.1 Screw Holes 14 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 14 2.3 CPU Installation 15 2.4 Installation of ...Setup Guide 24 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation 25 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 25 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 26 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 27 3.2 Main Screen 27 3.3 OC ...
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... CAUTION 1) - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 - G41M-VS3 Atheros® PCIE x1 LAN AR8152, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology... (see CAUTION 2) - Supports D-Sub with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - G41M-VGS3 Atheros® PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN AR8151,...
... CAUTION 1) - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 - G41M-VS3 Atheros® PCIE x1 LAN AR8152, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology... (see CAUTION 2) - Supports D-Sub with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - G41M-VGS3 Atheros® PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN AR8151,...
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... stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. The maximum shared memory size is defined by overclocking. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Power Management for the latest information. 7. Please check Intel® website for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows®...ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 19) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with 64-bit CPU, there is subject to adjust the jumper. ...
... stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. The maximum shared memory size is defined by overclocking. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Power Management for the latest information. 7. Please check Intel® website for USB 2.0 works fine under Windows®...ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 19) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with 64-bit CPU, there is subject to adjust the jumper. ...
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...is a BIOS flash utility embedded in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other words, it is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you what it is the world's first utility to turn your iPhone/iPod touch as a game joystick to... under Windows® environment. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by hardware monitor function and overclock your PC games. ASRock AIWI utility introduces a new way of overclocking settings. With this tool and save your friends! Connecting your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you...
...is a BIOS flash utility embedded in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other words, it is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you what it is the world's first utility to turn your iPhone/iPod touch as a game joystick to... under Windows® environment. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by hardware monitor function and overclock your PC games. ASRock AIWI utility introduces a new way of overclocking settings. With this tool and save your friends! Connecting your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you...
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...Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of the SATA data cable to your system can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you to [Manual]. Please follow the ... 8 for internal storage devices. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 2.11 Driver Installation Guide...
...Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of the SATA data cable to your system can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you to [Manual]. Please follow the ... 8 for internal storage devices. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 2.11 Driver Installation Guide...
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.... Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate...
.... Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate...
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...: [1N], [2N] and [Auto]. 29 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you adopt on the CPU and memory module you can set up overclocking features. Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) DRAM Voltage NB Voltage VTT Voltage GTLRef Voltage 1.60V 1.23V 1.20V 0.63Vtt [Auto] [Auto] [9] [Auto] [Auto] [133...
...: [1N], [2N] and [Auto]. 29 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you adopt on the CPU and memory module you can set up overclocking features. Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) DRAM Voltage NB Voltage VTT Voltage GTLRef Voltage 1.60V 1.23V 1.20V 0.63Vtt [Auto] [Auto] [9] [Auto] [Auto] [133...
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..... Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. If you install Windows® XP and select [Auto], you need to set this to select DRAM Voltage. Overclock Mode Use this option to select Overclock Mode. PCIE Frequency (MHz) Use this to adjust PCIE frequency. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. The default value of...
..... Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. If you install Windows® XP and select [Auto], you need to set this to select DRAM Voltage. Overclock Mode Use this option to select Overclock Mode. PCIE Frequency (MHz) Use this to adjust PCIE frequency. The default value of this feature is [Auto]. The default value of...
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... (MHz) Use this to adjust CPU frequency. The C1 state is [Auto]. This option will find this option to select Overclock Mode. Overclock Mode Use this option to adjust the ratio value, please disable the option " Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech." Cnfiguration options:...In the C1 power state, the processor maintains the context of Boot Failure Guard. 3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Ratio CMOS Setting 9 Enhanced Halt State Intel (R) Virtualization ...
... (MHz) Use this to adjust CPU frequency. The C1 state is [Auto]. This option will find this option to select Overclock Mode. Overclock Mode Use this option to adjust the ratio value, please disable the option " Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech." Cnfiguration options:...In the C1 power state, the processor maintains the context of Boot Failure Guard. 3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Ratio CMOS Setting 9 Enhanced Halt State Intel (R) Virtualization ...
Quick Installation Guide
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... Speaker / Microphone English 6 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz - Supports EM64T CPU - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - shared memory 1759MB (see CAUTION 4) - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Northbridge: Intel® G41 - Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 6) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR3...
... Speaker / Microphone English 6 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz - Supports EM64T CPU - Southbridge: Intel® ICH7 - shared memory 1759MB (see CAUTION 4) - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Northbridge: Intel® G41 - Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 6) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - 2 x DDR3...
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... Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit / 7 / VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 8 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English The maximum shared memory size is defined by overclocking. Power Management for details. 3. Overclocking may be done at DDR3 533 if you adopt a DDR3 800 memory module. * If you adopt FSB1333-CPU...
... Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit / 7 / VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 8 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English The maximum shared memory size is defined by overclocking. Power Management for details. 3. Overclocking may be done at DDR3 533 if you adopt a DDR3 800 memory module. * If you adopt FSB1333-CPU...
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...to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/Aiwi/index.asp 9 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English 9. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 11. Your friends then can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games... devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks, then you the most up-do is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you can save your system by ASRock, provides a convenient way for the user to get the same OC settings as yours! OC...
...to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/Aiwi/index.asp 9 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English 9. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 11. Your friends then can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games... devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks, then you the most up-do is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you can save your system by ASRock, provides a convenient way for the user to get the same OC settings as yours! OC...
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.... STEP 4: Connect the other end of your system, please insert the support CD to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 21 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English Please follow the order from [Auto] to install those required drivers. Please refer to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks. You may...
.... STEP 4: Connect the other end of your system, please insert the support CD to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 21 ASRock G41M-VGS3 / G41M-VS3 Motherboard English Please follow the order from [Auto] to install those required drivers. Please refer to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks. You may...