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...the content of this manual will be subject to this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the Support CD. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in Floppy Drive 6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 3 ... Thank you are using. In this motherboard, please visit our website for a 3.5-in , 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ASRock X58 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide ASRock X58 Extreme6 Support CD 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon Cable for specific information about the model...
...the content of this manual will be subject to this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the Support CD. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in Floppy Drive 6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 3 ... Thank you are using. In this motherboard, please visit our website for a 3.5-in , 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ASRock X58 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide ASRock X58 Extreme6 Support CD 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon Cable for specific information about the model...
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... passed by the California Legislature. "Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate" ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com Published August 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With respect to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This...
... passed by the California Legislature. "Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate" ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com Published August 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With respect to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This...
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..., White) 42 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2) 20 Reset Switch (RSTBTN) 43 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector 21 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 44 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 2 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English
..., White) 42 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2) 20 Reset Switch (RSTBTN) 43 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector 21 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 44 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 2 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English
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... refer to the LAN port. TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker (No. 9) (No. 6) (No. 7) (No. 5) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V 3 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Link Off 10Mbps...
... refer to the LAN port. TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker (No. 9) (No. 6) (No. 7) (No. 5) 2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V 3 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Link Off 10Mbps...
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... Primary output" to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to the front panel audio header. English 4 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to use front panel audio. *** eSATA3 connector supports SATA 6Gb/s in...
... Primary output" to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to the front panel audio header. English 4 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to use front panel audio. *** eSATA3 connector supports SATA 6Gb/s in...
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... notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ASRock X58 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide ASRock X58 Extreme6 Support CD 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon...
... notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website without notice. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ASRock X58 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide ASRock X58 Extreme6 Support CD 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Ribbon...
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.... Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design - Premium Blu-ray audio support - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel 6 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and SLITM - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Intel® Workstation 1S Xeon® processors 3500 series - Realtek...
.... Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design - Premium Blu-ray audio support - 1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I /O Panel 6 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Northbridge: Intel® X58 - Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and SLITM - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Intel® Workstation 1S Xeon® processors 3500 series - Realtek...
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SLI/XFire power connector - Front panel audio connector - 1 x USB 2.0 header (supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) - 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English SATA3 USB3.0 Connector - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 4 x Ready-...
SLI/XFire power connector - Front panel audio connector - 1 x USB 2.0 header (supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) - 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED) 7 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English SATA3 USB3.0 Connector - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 4 x Ready-...
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...: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS - FCC, CE, WHQL - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 15) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com English 8 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Good Night LED Hardware - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree -...Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 6) - O. ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 12) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 11...
...: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS - FCC, CE, WHQL - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 15) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com English 8 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Good Night LED Hardware - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power Fan Tachometer - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports jumperfree -...Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 6) - O. ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 12) - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 11...
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... other words, it is a revolutionary technology that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system. 9 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you ... your system stability, or even cause damage to surveil your system by overclocking. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. ASRock Instant Flash is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you can update your hardware devices to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may ...
... other words, it is a revolutionary technology that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system. 9 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you ... your system stability, or even cause damage to surveil your system by overclocking. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. ASRock Instant Flash is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you can update your hardware devices to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may ...
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... turn your Apple devices, such as yours! Please be noticed that not all the 775 CPU Fan can only be used. 10 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever. Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) provides the...you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your computer and up -do-date supported games! ASRock APP Charger. While CPU overheat is not recommended to 40% faster than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of...
... turn your Apple devices, such as yours! Please be noticed that not all the 775 CPU Fan can only be used. 10 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English With APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever. Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) provides the...you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your computer and up -do-date supported games! ASRock APP Charger. While CPU overheat is not recommended to 40% faster than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of...
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EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for more details. 11 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English To meet the standard of the completed system shall be under 100 mA current consumption. According to EuP, the total AC power of ...
EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for more details. 11 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English To meet the standard of the completed system shall be under 100 mA current consumption. According to EuP, the total AC power of ...
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... a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you install motherboard components or change any component. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged. 12 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Also remember to do so may damage the motherboard. 2.1 CPU Installation For the installation of the following precautions before touching any motherboard settings...
... a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you install motherboard components or change any component. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged. 12 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English Also remember to do so may damage the motherboard. 2.1 CPU Installation For the installation of the following precautions before touching any motherboard settings...
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... degrees. Step 1-2. Rotate the load lever to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. 13 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English black line black line 1. Insert the 1366-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with black lines. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation...
... degrees. Step 1-2. Rotate the load lever to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. 13 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English black line black line 1. Insert the 1366-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with black lines. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation...
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... Heatsink For proper installation, please kindly refer to ensure cable does not interfere with the CPU fan connector on side closest to install and lock. ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Step 3-3. Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical motion. Step 4-2. Repeat with the motherboard throughholes.
... Heatsink For proper installation, please kindly refer to ensure cable does not interfere with the CPU fan connector on side closest to install and lock. ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Step 3-3. Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical motion. Step 4-2. Repeat with the motherboard throughholes.
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Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.), which provides the flexible option to adopt two different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775 and LGA 1366. The white throughholes are for Socket LGA 1366 CPU fan. 15 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English
Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.), which provides the flexible option to adopt two different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775 and LGA 1366. The white throughholes are for Socket LGA 1366 CPU fan. 15 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English
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... size of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides six 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Triple Channel Memory Technology. English 16 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Populated 4 DIMMs Populated Populated - Populated 6 DIMMs Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated 1. Due to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Triple Channel (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2...
... size of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides six 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Triple Channel Memory Technology. English 16 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Populated 4 DIMMs Populated Populated - Populated 6 DIMMs Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated 1. Due to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Triple Channel (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2...
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... the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. English The DIMM only fits in place and the DIMM is properly seated. 17 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Step 3. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips...
... the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. English The DIMM only fits in place and the DIMM is properly seated. 17 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard Step 3. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips...
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... start the installation. Align the card connector with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. Replace the system cover. 18 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English White) is unplugged. In single VGA card mode, it is completely seated on PCIE1, PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots. Therefore, both these two slots...
... start the installation. Align the card connector with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. Replace the system cover. 18 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English White) is unplugged. In single VGA card mode, it is completely seated on PCIE1, PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots. Therefore, both these two slots...
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... you should have two identical SLITM-ready graphics cards that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. Please refer to the PCI Express graphics cards. 19 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English 2.5 SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology...
... you should have two identical SLITM-ready graphics cards that the cards are NVIDIA® certified. Please refer to the PCI Express graphics cards. 19 ASRock X58 Extreme6 Motherboard English 2.5 SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology...