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Contents Safety information...vii About this guide...viii SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 specifications summary x Package contents...xiii Installation tools and components xiv Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1-1 1.1 Special features 1-1 1.1.1 Product highlights 1-1 1.1.2 "Ultimate COOL!" Power Design 1-2 1.1.4 "Safe & Stable!" Guardian Angel 1-3 1.1.5 ASUS EZ DIY 1-3 1.1.6 Other special features 1-4 1.2 Motherboard overview 1-5 1.2.1 Before you proceed 1-5 1.2.2 Motherboard layout 1-6 1.2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-8 1.2.4 System memory 1-9 1.2.5 Expansion ...
Contents Safety information...vii About this guide...viii SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 specifications summary x Package contents...xiii Installation tools and components xiv Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1-1 1.1 Special features 1-1 1.1.1 Product highlights 1-1 1.1.2 "Ultimate COOL!" Power Design 1-2 1.1.4 "Safe & Stable!" Guardian Angel 1-3 1.1.5 ASUS EZ DIY 1-3 1.1.6 Other special features 1-4 1.2 Motherboard overview 1-5 1.2.1 Before you proceed 1-5 1.2.2 Motherboard layout 1-6 1.2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-8 1.2.4 System memory 1-9 1.2.5 Expansion ...
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...in any damage, contact your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from the motherboard, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your local power company. • If the power supply is...If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before using an adapter or extension cord. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using , contact your...
...in any damage, contact your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from the motherboard, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your local power company. • If the power supply is...If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before using an adapter or extension cord. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using , contact your...
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... chapter describes the contents of the support DVD that may include optional documentation, such as warranty flyers, that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: RAID support This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU...organized This guide contains the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 2: Basic Installation This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you need when...
... chapter describes the contents of the support DVD that may include optional documentation, such as warranty flyers, that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 5: RAID support This chapter describes the RAID configurations. • Chapter 6: Multiple GPU...organized This guide contains the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 2: Basic Installation This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you need when...
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SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion slots...- BD audio layer content protection - retasking - ASUS noise filter (continued on the next page) Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming and front panel jack- With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to get the best performance. Absolute...DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC, non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture * Refer to www.asus.com for Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List) of AM3+ / AM3 CPU for details. ** Due to OS limitation, when installing a ...
SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion slots...- BD audio layer content protection - retasking - ASUS noise filter (continued on the next page) Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming and front panel jack- With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to get the best performance. Absolute...DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC, non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture * Refer to www.asus.com for Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List) of AM3+ / AM3 CPU for details. ** Due to OS limitation, when installing a ...
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xiii Actual product specifications may vary with different models. Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items. User Manual ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 motherboard User manual Support DVD 4 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables 1 x ASUS SLI™ bridge connector 1 x TUF Certification card Five-year warranty 1 x ASUS Q-Shield 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector kit 1 x TUF Five-year warranty manual • If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. • The illustrated items above are for reference only.
xiii Actual product specifications may vary with different models. Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items. User Manual ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 motherboard User manual Support DVD 4 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables 1 x ASUS SLI™ bridge connector 1 x TUF Certification card Five-year warranty 1 x ASUS Q-Shield 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector kit 1 x TUF Five-year warranty manual • If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. • The illustrated items above are for reference only.
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xiv Installation tools and components 1 bag of screws Philips (cross) screwdriver PC chassis Power supply unit AMD AM3+ CPU AMD AM3+ compatible CPU Fan DDR3 DIMM SATA hard disk drive SATA optical disc drive (optional) Graphics card (optional) The tools and components in the table above are not included in the motherboard package.
xiv Installation tools and components 1 bag of screws Philips (cross) screwdriver PC chassis Power supply unit AMD AM3+ CPU AMD AM3+ compatible CPU Fan DDR3 DIMM SATA hard disk drive SATA optical disc drive (optional) Graphics card (optional) The tools and components in the table above are not included in the motherboard package.
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...and AMD® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process. QUAD-GPU SLI and QUAD-GPU CrossFireX™ Support This motherboard supports multi-GPU configurations of current PCIe 2.0. FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series...174; 3.0 PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is optimized with its unique design, and high-quality and militarystandard components. Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-1 As such, PCIe 3.0 provides users unprecedented data speeds, combined with the convenience and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility ...
...and AMD® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process. QUAD-GPU SLI and QUAD-GPU CrossFireX™ Support This motherboard supports multi-GPU configurations of current PCIe 2.0. FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series...174; 3.0 PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is optimized with its unique design, and high-quality and militarystandard components. Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-1 As such, PCIe 3.0 provides users unprecedented data speeds, combined with the convenience and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility ...
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... in a single piece, eliminating the emission of the standard iron, which are packaged in system stability. Complete USB 3.0 Solution This motherboard offers you the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for both CPU and DRAM. Heatsink Coating Technology This feature offers better cooling solution for key ... real time to 40A rated current, 25% higher than USB 2.0. 1.1.2 "Ultimate COOL!" Efficient Switching Power (E.S.P.) Design E.S.P., an ASUS exclusive feature, is made up to ensure that you have selected for each area, while increasing options for various components, allowing you...
... in a single piece, eliminating the emission of the standard iron, which are packaged in system stability. Complete USB 3.0 Solution This motherboard offers you the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for both CPU and DRAM. Heatsink Coating Technology This feature offers better cooling solution for key ... real time to 40A rated current, 25% higher than USB 2.0. 1.1.2 "Ultimate COOL!" Efficient Switching Power (E.S.P.) Design E.S.P., an ASUS exclusive feature, is made up to ensure that you have selected for each area, while increasing options for various components, allowing you...
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... lifestyle with three useful functions: • DLNA Media Hub: Enjoy HD video, music and photos stored in real time from PC. Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-3 Remote GO! With this feature, you to shut down or turn on the mouse. * iPad/iPhone can enter the BIOS anytime without... to press the key during boot-up. It offers you with the press of a button. You can damage the motherboard's components. MemOK! ASUS UEFI BIOS includes the following new features: • F12 BIOS snapshot hotkey • F3 Shortcut for most accessed information •...
... lifestyle with three useful functions: • DLNA Media Hub: Enjoy HD video, music and photos stored in real time from PC. Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-3 Remote GO! With this feature, you to shut down or turn on the mouse. * iPad/iPhone can enter the BIOS anytime without... to press the key during boot-up. It offers you with the press of a button. You can damage the motherboard's components. MemOK! ASUS UEFI BIOS includes the following new features: • F12 BIOS snapshot hotkey • F3 Shortcut for most accessed information •...
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...to meet certain energy efficiency requirement in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through product design and innovation to store or load multiple BIOS settings. ErP Ready The motherboard is automatically updated even without using a bootable floppy ...disk or an OS-based utility. USB 3.0 Boost ASUS USB 3.0 Boost technology, which supports UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), automatically ...
...to meet certain energy efficiency requirement in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through product design and innovation to store or load multiple BIOS settings. ErP Ready The motherboard is automatically updated even without using a bootable floppy ...disk or an OS-based utility. USB 3.0 Boost ASUS USB 3.0 Boost technology, which supports UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), automatically ...
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Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-5 1.2 Motherboard overview 1.2.1 Before you proceed Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. • Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. • Before handling components,...such as the power supply case, to avoid damaging them due to static electricity. • Hold components by the edges to the motherboard, peripherals, or components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to avoid touching the ICs on them. • Whenever ...
Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-5 1.2 Motherboard overview 1.2.1 Before you proceed Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. • Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. • Before handling components,...such as the power supply case, to avoid damaging them due to static electricity. • Hold components by the edges to the motherboard, peripherals, or components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to avoid touching the ICs on them. • Whenever ...
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1.2.2 Motherboard layout Chapter 1 Refer to 1.2.9 Internal connectors and 2.3.1 Rear I/O connection for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.2.2 Motherboard layout Chapter 1 Refer to 1.2.9 Internal connectors and 2.3.1 Rear I/O connection for more information about rear panel connectors and internal connectors. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction
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...® Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series Processors. The CPU fits in only one correct orientation. 1.2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with an AM3+ socket designed for AMD® FX Series CPU up to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU...
...® Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series Processors. The CPU fits in only one correct orientation. 1.2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with an AM3+ socket designed for AMD® FX Series CPU up to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU...
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DO NOT install a DDR or DDR2 memory module to the DDR3 slot. Recommended memory configurations Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-9 A DDR3 module is notched differently from a DDR or DDR2 module. 1.2.4 System memory The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
DO NOT install a DDR or DDR2 memory module to the DDR3 slot. Recommended memory configurations Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-9 A DDR3 module is notched differently from a DDR or DDR2 module. 1.2.4 System memory The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
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For effective use a more memory on the motherboard. c) For more on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you do any of the following: a) ... at a higher frequency, refer to section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the OS can be about 3GB or less. com/kb/929605/en-us. • This motherboard does not support DIMMs made up of the same version or date code (D/C) from a memory module. Chapter 1 1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction The stability and compatibility...
For effective use a more memory on the motherboard. c) For more on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you do any of the following: a) ... at a higher frequency, refer to section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the OS can be about 3GB or less. com/kb/929605/en-us. • This motherboard does not support DIMMs made up of the same version or date code (D/C) from a memory module. Chapter 1 1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction The stability and compatibility...
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...(XMP) 4GB DS (2x2GB) Chip Brand Chip NO. - - - - SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR3 2400 MHz capability Vendors Part No. Kingmax N/A Timing Voltage DIMM socket support (Optional) 1 2 4 7-10-10-28 1.65 • • • 9-10-9-28 1.65 • • • - - • • Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-11 SAMSUNG K4B2G0846D 2400 9-1111-31 10-1212...
...(XMP) 4GB DS (2x2GB) Chip Brand Chip NO. - - - - SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR3 2400 MHz capability Vendors Part No. Kingmax N/A Timing Voltage DIMM socket support (Optional) 1 2 4 7-10-10-28 1.65 • • • 9-10-9-28 1.65 • • • - - • • Chapter 1 ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-11 SAMSUNG K4B2G0846D 2400 9-1111-31 10-1212...
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Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.2.5 Expansion slots Unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Chapter 1 Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 Slot Description PCIe 3.0 x16_1 slot (single at x16, dual at x16/x16, triple at x16/x8/x8 mode) PCIe 2.0 x16_2 slot PCIe 3.0 x16_3 slot PCI slot PCIe 3.0 x16_4 slot ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-23
Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.2.5 Expansion slots Unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Chapter 1 Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 Slot Description PCIe 3.0 x16_1 slot (single at x16, dual at x16/x16, triple at x16/x8/x8 mode) PCIe 2.0 x16_2 slot PCIe 3.0 x16_3 slot PCI slot PCIe 3.0 x16_4 slot ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-23
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... recommend that you provide sufficient power when running CrossFireX™ or SLI™ mode. • Connect a chassis fan to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN1/2 when using multiple graphics cards for this motherboard A B C PCIe x16_1 shared - - PCIe x16_4 - - - Onchip USB2_11-14 - - - D E F G H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - shared - - - - shared - - - - - - shared - - shared - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - shared Chapter 1 1-24 Chapter 1: Product introduction PCIe x1_1...
... recommend that you provide sufficient power when running CrossFireX™ or SLI™ mode. • Connect a chassis fan to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN1/2 when using multiple graphics cards for this motherboard A B C PCIe x16_1 shared - - PCIe x16_4 - - - Onchip USB2_11-14 - - - D E F G H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - shared - - - - shared - - - - - - shared - - shared - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - shared Chapter 1 1-24 Chapter 1: Product introduction PCIe x1_1...
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... that are not compatible with ones recommended in the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) in this user manual or on the ASUS website at www.asus.com after turning on a bare or opencase system. Press and hold the MemOK! button until the DRAM_LED starts blinking to ...If your system fails to boot up when the DIMM is not properly installed. Replace the DIMMs with the motherboard may cause system boot failure, and the DRAM_LED near the MemOK! ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-25 Chapter 1 switch to test one set of the DRAM_LED increases, indicating different test processes. •...
... that are not compatible with ones recommended in the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) in this user manual or on the ASUS website at www.asus.com after turning on a bare or opencase system. Press and hold the MemOK! button until the DRAM_LED starts blinking to ...If your system fails to boot up when the DIMM is not properly installed. Replace the DIMMs with the motherboard may cause system boot failure, and the DRAM_LED near the MemOK! ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 1-25 Chapter 1 switch to test one set of the DRAM_LED increases, indicating different test processes. •...
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Chapter 1 1-28 Chapter 1: Product introduction This is ON, in sleep mode, or in any motherboard component. Standby Power LED The motherboard comes with a standby power LED. The green LED lights up until the problem is solved. 2. The illustration below shows the location of these key components ...
Chapter 1 1-28 Chapter 1: Product introduction This is ON, in sleep mode, or in any motherboard component. Standby Power LED The motherboard comes with a standby power LED. The green LED lights up until the problem is solved. 2. The illustration below shows the location of these key components ...