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960GM-GS3 FX /

960GM-S3 FX

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published September 2011

Summary of Contents for 960GM-GS3 FX

Page 2: ...or implied including but not limited to the implied warran ties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors officers employees or agents...

Page 3: ...18 2 6 Jumpers Setup 20 2 7 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21 2 8 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 25 2 9 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation 26 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Function...

Page 4: ...torage Configuration 45 3 4 5 PCIPnP Configuration 47 3 4 6 Floppy Configuration 48 3 4 7 Super IO Configuration 48 3 4 8 USB Configuration 50 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 51 3 6 Boot S...

Page 5: ...ontent of this manual will be subject to change without notice In case any modifications of this manual occur the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may fin...

Page 6: ...rt 3 0 HT 3 0 Technology Chipset Northbridge AMD 760G Southbridge AMD SB710 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology see CAUTION 2 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots Support DDR3 1800 OC 1600 OC 1333 1066 800 non...

Page 7: ...ort 4 USB 2 0 ports BIOS Feature 8Mb AMI BIOS AMI Legal BIOS Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2 3 1 Support CPU VCCM NB Voltage Multi adjustment Sup...

Page 8: ...refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules ASRock website http www asrock com 4 Due to the operating system limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4G...

Page 9: ...sk or hard drive then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar ing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard...

Page 10: ...is of Your Data With the status window you can easily recognize which data streams you are currently transferring 15 Although this motherboard offers stepless control it is not recom mended to perform...

Page 11: ...Connector IDE1 Blue HD_AUDIO1 White 11 Northbridge Controller 24 PCI Slots PCI1 2 12 Southbridge Controller 25 SPI Flash Memory 8Mb 13 Third SATAII Connector SATAII_3 PORT 2 26 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Sl...

Page 12: ...oose 2CH or 4CH and then you are allowed to select Realtek HDA Primary output to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker or select Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output to use front panel audio Then reboot your sys...

Page 13: ...ck ok Choose 2CH or 4CH and then you are allowed to select Realtek HDA Primary output to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker or select Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output to use front panel audio Then reboot...

Page 14: ...is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall soc...

Page 15: ...2 2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink After you...

Page 16: ...therwise this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged 2 If you install only one memory module or two non identical memory modules it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology Installing a D...

Page 17: ...6 slot Blue is used for PCI Express cards with x16 lane width graphics cards Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Installing an expansion card Install...

Page 18: ...of VGA Please make sure that the value you select is less than the total capability of the system memory If you do not adjust the BIOS setup the default value of Share Memory Auto will disable VGA fun...

Page 19: ...ize and select the Display Settings tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi monitor according to the steps below A Click the number 2 icon B Click the items This is my main monitor and...

Page 20: ...higher standby current provided by power supply Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 see p 11 No 9 Note CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS The data in CMOS includes system setup information such as...

Page 21: ...nnector Blue 39 pin IDE1 see p 11No 10 Note Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Serial ATAII Connectors These four Serial ATAII SATAII SATAII_1 PORT 0 connectors...

Page 22: ...enient connection of printer devices 1 AFD ERROR PINIT GND SLIN STB SPD0 SPD1 SPD2 SPD3 SPD4 SPD5 SPD6 SPD7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT 1 High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the cha...

Page 23: ...the 3 Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function If you plan to connect the 3 Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard please connect it to Pin...

Page 24: ...24 24 24 24 24 ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V 4 pin ATX12V1 power supply to this connector see p 11 No 2...

Page 25: ...ay fail to run at SATAII mode Western Digital If pin 5 and pin 6 are shorted SATA 1 5Gb s will be enabled On the other hand if you want to enable SATAII 3 0Gb s please remove the jumpers from pin 5 an...

Page 26: ...alled Hot Swap for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial A Serial AT T...

Page 27: ...you process the SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack A 7 pin SATA data cable B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface...

Page 28: ...D Connect SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII HDD How to Hot Unplug a SATA SATAII HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Ho...

Page 29: ...AID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 13 1 Installing Windows 2 13 1 Installing Windows 2 13 1 Installing Windows 2 13 1 Installing Windows 2 13 1 Installing W...

Page 30: ...Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure RAID function you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration Please refer to the B...

Page 31: ...64 bit XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs without RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 14 1 Installing Windows 2 14 1 Installing Windows 2 14 1 Instal...

Page 32: ...RAID Functions 64 bit Without RAID Functions 64 bit Without RAID Functions 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit on your SATA SATAII HDDs witho...

Page 33: ...rclocking FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI PCIE buses Before you enable Untied Overclocking function please enter Overclock Mode option of BIOS setup to set the selection from Auto to Manual...

Page 34: ...hassis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose...

Page 35: ...3 1 2 3 1 2 Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key Navigation Key s Funct...

Page 36: ...led Disabled Auto Enabled Multiplier Voltage Change Auto Load Optimized mGPU OC Setting Press Enter EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to load the optiomized CPU ove...

Page 37: ...ns Disabled Auto All Cores and Per Core If you select All Cores you will see the option Value All Cores Configuration options 12 to 12 If you select Per Core you will see the options Value Core 0 Valu...

Page 38: ...ety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item Processor Voltage It allows you to adjust the value of processor voltage However for safety and system stability it is n...

Page 39: ...ks on the same node or accross nodes decreasing access contention Channel Interleaving It allows you to enable Channel Memory Interleaving Configuration options Disabled Address bits 6 Address bits 12...

Page 40: ...nboard GPU Clock Override This allows you to enable or disable the OnboardGPU Clock Override feature Onboard GPU Clock This option only appears when you enable Onboard GPU Clock Override The default v...

Page 41: ...uration ACPI Configuration Chipset Configuration Storage Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration Options for CPU BIOS Update Utility ASRock Inst...

Page 42: ...abled and Disabled If you install Windows 7 VistaTM and want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency...

Page 43: ...select Auto the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged Front Panel Select Auto or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel Onboard Lan This allows you to enable or disa...

Page 44: ...Mode Support Use this item to enable or disable Away Mode support under Windows XP Media Center OS The default value is Disabled Restore on AC Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after a...

Page 45: ...ration Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Operation Mode The default value of this option is IDE If you want to operate RAID function on SATA SATAII HDDs please select RAID Configuration options AHCI R...

Page 46: ...evice such as MO LBA Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA Large mode for a hard disk 512 MB under DOS and Windows for Netware and UNIX user select Disabled to disable the LBA Large mode Block Mu...

Page 47: ...r PCI IDE BusMaster 32 Enabled Advanced 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Setting wrong values in t...

Page 48: ...t Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 378 ECP EPP 1 9 DMA3 IRQ7 3 4 7 3 4 7 3 4 7 3 4 7 3 4 7 Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration Super IO Configuration...

Page 49: ...in the following item EPP Version Configuration options Normal Bi Directional and ECP EPP EPP Version Use this item to set the EPP version Configuration options 1 9 and 1 7 ECP Mode DMA Channel Use th...

Page 50: ...ble the USB 2 0 support Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices There are four configuration options Enabled Auto Disabled and BIOS Setup Only The default value is...

Page 51: ...5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen Hardware Health Event...

Page 52: ...Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot AddOn ROM Display Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num Lock Enabled Auto Disabled On Full Screen Logo Enabled 3 6 3 6 3 6...

Page 53: ...his option to select logo in POST screen This option only appears when you enable the option Full Screen Logo Configuration options Auto EUP Scenery and ASRock The default value is Auto Boot From Onbo...

Page 54: ...nfiguration changes and exit setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Dis card cha...

Page 55: ...4 2 1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu did...

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