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....1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 35 2.16.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.17 Untied Overclocking Technology 36 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 . Contents...
....1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 35 2.16.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 36 2.17 Untied Overclocking Technology 36 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 37 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 38 3 Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 11 2 . Contents...
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... slots (green @ x16 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 2) - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology - Southbridge: AMD SB710 - Support DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1) - Supports...
... slots (green @ x16 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 2) - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology - Southbridge: AMD SB710 - Support DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1) - Supports...
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...affect your hardware devices to the components and devices of ASRock OC Tuner. Power Management for proper connection. 6. Please visit our website for possible damage caused by hardware monitor function and overclock your system stability, or even cause damage to get the...SATAII connector directly. 7. For microphone input, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you adopt. - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 13) * For detailed product information, please ...
...affect your hardware devices to the components and devices of ASRock OC Tuner. Power Management for proper connection. 6. Please visit our website for possible damage caused by hardware monitor function and overclock your system stability, or even cause damage to get the...SATAII connector directly. 7. For microphone input, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you adopt. - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 13) * For detailed product information, please ...
User Manual
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...64-bit OS on your system. 2.16.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 36 B. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the AMD AHCI drivers. Enter BIOS... continue the installation. Please refer to the warning on your system. 2.17 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in the fixed mode so that , please insert Windows® VistaTM ...
...64-bit OS on your system. 2.16.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 36 B. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the AMD AHCI drivers. Enter BIOS... continue the installation. Please refer to the warning on your system. 2.17 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are two ASRock Support CD in the fixed mode so that , please insert Windows® VistaTM ...
User Manual
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... Screen In this section may set the configurations for CPU WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section, you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility, the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information. CPU Configuration Memory Configuration Chipset Configuration... Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to malfunction. 3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode [Auto] CPU Frequency (MHz) [200] PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Secure...
... Screen In this section may set the configurations for CPU WARNING : Setting wrong values in this section, you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility, the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information. CPU Configuration Memory Configuration Chipset Configuration... Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to malfunction. 3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode [Auto] CPU Frequency (MHz) [200] PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Secure...
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...Processor Maximum Frequency for better system stability. Configuration options: [+12%] to [-12%]. Please note that enabling this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the ...a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. Configuration options: [+12%] to [-12%]. Overclock Mode Use this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules...
...Processor Maximum Frequency for better system stability. Configuration options: [+12%] to [-12%]. Please note that enabling this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the ...a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. Configuration options: [+12%] to [-12%]. Overclock Mode Use this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules...
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... not recommended to [x5 1000 MHz]. Configuration options: [Auto],[x1 200 MHz] to adjust the value of this item. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Secure Virtual Machine Enhanced Halt State L3 Cache Allocation Advanced Clock...
... not recommended to [x5 1000 MHz]. Configuration options: [Auto],[x1 200 MHz] to adjust the value of this item. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Cool' n' Quiet Secure Virtual Machine Enhanced Halt State L3 Cache Allocation Advanced Clock...
Quick Installation Guide
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... (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec) - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Northbridge: AMD 770 - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5) 6 ASRock M3A770DE Motherboard English Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT...
... (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec) - Supports Wake-On-LAN I /O - Northbridge: AMD 770 - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in /Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5) 6 ASRock M3A770DE Motherboard English Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT...
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... the best system performance under Windows® environment. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 ASRock M3A770DE Motherboard English Please read the installation guide of ASRock OC Tuner. Before you adopt. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 4. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the support CD to...
... the best system performance under Windows® environment. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com 8 ASRock M3A770DE Motherboard English Please read the installation guide of ASRock OC Tuner. Before you adopt. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 4. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64bit with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the support CD to...
Quick Installation Guide
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... during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 26 ASRock M3A770DE...
... during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. 26 ASRock M3A770DE...