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Software Support 43 4.1 Install Operating System 43 4.2 Support CD Information 43 4.2.1 Running Support CD 43 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 43 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 43 4.2.4 Contact Information 43 4 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 40 3.6 Security Screen 41 3.7 Exit Screen 42 4 .
Software Support 43 4.1 Install Operating System 43 4.2 Support CD Information 43 4.2.1 Running Support CD 43 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 43 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 43 4.2.4 Contact Information 43 4 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 40 3.6 Security Screen 41 3.7 Exit Screen 42 4 .
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... may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the Support CD. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm) 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE...
... may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the Support CD. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm) 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE...
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... 'n' QuietTM Technology - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in header 6 Supports Hyper-Transport Technology - NVIDIA® nForce3 250 - 2 x DDR DIMM slots - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 8CH I /O Connector - Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 4) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level Superior...
... 'n' QuietTM Technology - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in header 6 Supports Hyper-Transport Technology - NVIDIA® nForce3 250 - 2 x DDR DIMM slots - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 8CH I /O Connector - Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 4) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level Superior...
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...bit/VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of your system. FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk ...Wake Up Events - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree - Overclocking may affect your own risk and expense. We are shared with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying...
...bit/VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 6) - 4Mb AMI BIOS - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of your system. FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk ...Wake Up Events - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree - Overclocking may affect your own risk and expense. We are shared with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying...
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...damage the CPU. 3. To improve heat dissipation, remember to our website in the future. It may cause the instability of this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and...Please check the table on page 24 for proper connection. 6. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 5. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 11 for details. 2. CAUTION! 1. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card...
...damage the CPU. 3. To improve heat dissipation, remember to our website in the future. It may cause the instability of this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Power Management for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and...Please check the table on page 24 for proper connection. 6. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause permanent damage! 5. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8 Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 11 for details. 2. CAUTION! 1. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card...
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... connectors are NOT jumpers. Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1: see p.10 No. 10) (SATA2: see p.10 No. 11) SATA2 SATA1 These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. Please refer to the instruction of the connector. Do NOT place jumper caps over the headers and connectors will...
... connectors are NOT jumpers. Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1: see p.10 No. 10) (SATA2: see p.10 No. 11) SATA2 SATA1 These two Serial ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for the details. Please refer to the instruction of the connector. Do NOT place jumper caps over the headers and connectors will...
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...the power supply Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. The shared USB 2.0 header (USB2_3) is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and ... /O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on the I/O panel. Front Panel Audio Header (8-pin AUDIO1) (see p.10 No. 24) CD1 This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. O U T- R MIC-POWER MIC This is shared with USB ports 23 on this motherboard. When using the ...
...the power supply Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. The shared USB 2.0 header (USB2_3) is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and ... /O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on the I/O panel. Front Panel Audio Header (8-pin AUDIO1) (see p.10 No. 24) CD1 This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. O U T- R MIC-POWER MIC This is shared with USB ports 23 on this motherboard. When using the ...
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... (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10 No. 6) +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED GND FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 1 2 3 4 Please connect the CPU fan cable to this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.10 No. 3) Please connect...
... (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10 No. 6) +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED GND FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 1 2 3 4 Please connect the CPU fan cable to this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.10 No. 3) Please connect...
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...adopts NVIDIA® nForce3 250 chipset that it is called "Hot Swap" for the action to install the SATA hard disks. However, please note that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. "All in 1 Logo Driver( W/O HotPlug & RAID)": You may install SATA hard disks on the... Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system from up to bottom side to the SATA hard disk. Please follow the order from the support CD, since the SATA driver provided by the chipset vendor has not submitted Windows® Logo yet, we provide you with the following driver ...
...adopts NVIDIA® nForce3 250 chipset that it is called "Hot Swap" for the action to install the SATA hard disks. However, please note that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. "All in 1 Logo Driver( W/O HotPlug & RAID)": You may install SATA hard disks on the... Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system from up to bottom side to the SATA hard disk. Please follow the order from the support CD, since the SATA driver provided by the chipset vendor has not submitted Windows® Logo yet, we provide you with the following driver ...
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...RAID functions, you just want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on updating now. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your Windows® 2000 optical disk is supposed to make a SATA driver diskette. "All in 1 Non.... Before installing Windows® 2000 to our website in the future. 2. Please choose the driver which supports Hot Plug and RAID functions, but it to your system, your system. 22 ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 2.10 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit...
...RAID functions, you just want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on updating now. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your Windows® 2000 optical disk is supposed to make a SATA driver diskette. "All in 1 Non.... Before installing Windows® 2000 to our website in the future. 2. Please choose the driver which supports Hot Plug and RAID functions, but it to your system, your system. 22 ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 2.10 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit...
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...using "RAID Utility for proper configuration. At the beginning of system boot-up "SATA Operation Mode" to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows Guide" in Windows® environment. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you need..."SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. B. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to nVidia RAID Utility for Windows", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, you see these...
...using "RAID Utility for proper configuration. At the beginning of system boot-up "SATA Operation Mode" to check the installation guide in the Support CD for Windows Guide" in Windows® environment. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you need..."SATA Operation Mode" option to install a third-party RAID driver. B. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to nVidia RAID Utility for Windows", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA HDDs, you see these...
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..., please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to fixed AGP / PCI buses. 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but AGP / PCI buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking...
..., please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to fixed AGP / PCI buses. 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but AGP / PCI buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking...
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... H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 01/22/2007] BIOS Version : K8NF3-VSTA BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (64-bit supported) Processor Speed : 1800MHz Microcode Update : 50FF2/68 L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 256KB Total Memory DDR 1 DDR...
... H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Mon 01/22/2007] BIOS Version : K8NF3-VSTA BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (64-bit supported) Processor Speed : 1800MHz Microcode Update : 50FF2/68 L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 256KB Total Memory DDR 1 DDR...
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It allows you to enable or disable the feature of AGP fast write protocol support. CPU - Configuration options: [Auto], [8 bit], and [16 bit]. The default value is [Auto]. 31 Configuration options: [Enabled], and [Disabled]. Configuration options: [PCI] and [AGP]. Configuration ...
It allows you to enable or disable the feature of AGP fast write protocol support. CPU - Configuration options: [Auto], [8 bit], and [16 bit]. The default value is [Auto]. 31 Configuration options: [Enabled], and [Disabled]. Configuration options: [PCI] and [AGP]. Configuration ...
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...Set this motherboard to RAM.) Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this feature if the OS supports it. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on STR Resume" will enable ... (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Suspend to RAM Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to include High Precision Event Timers support. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. If [Power Off] ...
...Set this motherboard to RAM.) Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this feature if the OS supports it. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on STR Resume" will enable ... (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Suspend to RAM Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to include High Precision Event Timers support. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on the system from the power-soft-off mode. If [Power Off] ...
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... Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. :Hard Disk :MAXTOR 6L080J4 :80.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-6 :Supported Type LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode S.M.A.R.T. 32Bit Data Transfer [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled...
... Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. :Hard Disk :MAXTOR 6L080J4 :80.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-6 :Supported Type LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode S.M.A.R.T. 32Bit Data Transfer [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled...
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3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults ... and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Or you may select [Auto] so that the system will disable the legacy USB support. 38 etc. USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the...
3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults ... and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Or you may select [Auto] so that the system will disable the legacy USB support. 38 etc. USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the...
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...XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in the Support CD to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for more about...the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for further information. 43 or you need to contact ASRock or want to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The ...
...XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in the Support CD to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in your OS documentation for more about...the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that the motherboard supports. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for further information. 43 or you need to contact ASRock or want to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The ...
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... change without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm) 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in...
... change without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm) 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in...
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... 754 for AMD AthlonTM 64 and Sempron processors - FSB 800 MHz - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 8CH I /O Connector - Supports Hyper-Transport Technology - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 3) - CPU.../Microphone (see CAUTION 5) - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - capacity: 2GB - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - CD in header 5 ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard English
... 754 for AMD AthlonTM 64 and Sempron processors - FSB 800 MHz - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Wake-On-LAN ASRock 8CH I /O Connector - Supports Hyper-Transport Technology - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 3) - CPU.../Microphone (see CAUTION 5) - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions - 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x Game header - capacity: 2GB - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet - CD in header 5 ASRock K8NF3-VSTA Motherboard English