ASROCK 960GM-VGS3 FX User Manual Download Page 1

Page: 1 / 53

960GM-VGS3 FX

960GM-VS3 FX

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published November 2012

Summary of Contents for 960GM-VGS3 FX

Page 2: ...es or conditions of merchantability or itness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors oficers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential...

Page 3: ...lation 26 2 9 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for Serial ATA2 SATA2 HDDs 26 2 10 SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Operation Guide 27 2 11 Driver Installation Guide 29 2 12 Installing Windows 8...

Page 4: ...4 4 Storage Coniguration 45 3 4 5 PCIPnP Coniguration 46 3 4 6 Super IO Coniguration 47 3 4 7 USB Coniguration 48 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 49 3 6 Boot Screen 50 3 6 1 Boot Settings...

Page 5: ...In case any modiications of this manual occur the updated ver sion will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may ind the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website...

Page 6: ...hbridge AMD SB710 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots Support DDR3 1866 OC 1600 OC 1333 1066 non ECC un buffered memory see CAUTION 1 Max capacity of system memory 16GB see...

Page 7: ...and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2 3 1 Support CPU VCCM NB Voltage Multi adjustment Support CD Drivers Utilities AntiVirus Software Trial Version CyberLink MediaE...

Page 8: ...n 4GB for the reservation for system usage un der Windows 8 7 VistaTM XP For Windows 64 bit OS with 64 bit CPU there is no such limitation WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved...

Page 9: ...he operation pro cedures of Intelligent Energy Saver ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in just a few seconds provides a much more eficient way to save energy time m...

Page 10: ...s such as iPhone iPad iPod Touch ASRock has prepared a wonderful solution for you ASRock APP Charger Simply install the APP Charger driver it makes your iPhone charge much quickly from your computer a...

Page 11: ...be Photoshop 5 times faster Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan ASRock X Boost ASRock s X Boost Tech...

Page 12: ...Fan Connector CHA_FAN1 21 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE1 10 SATA2 Connector SATAII_3 PORT 5 22 Front Panel Audio Header HD_AUDIO1 11 System Panel Header PANEL1 Super I O CMOS BATTERY ATXPWR1 AMD 760G...

Page 13: ...o cable to the front panel audio header Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi Streaming For Windows XP After restarting your computer you will ind Mixer tool on your system Ple...

Page 14: ...he front panel audio header Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi Streaming For Windows XP After restarting your computer you will ind Mixer tool on your system Please select M...

Page 15: ...he motherboard peripherals and or components 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static elec tricity NEVER...

Page 16: ...the CPU into the socket to avoid bending of the pins Step 4 When the CPU is in place press it irmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side t...

Page 17: ...nstall only one memory module or two non identical memory modules it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before addin...

Page 18: ...the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation...

Page 19: ...ou 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 function when the add on VGA card is insert...

Page 20: ...he desktop choose Personalize 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 Th...

Page 21: ...uter and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds However please do not clear the CMOS right after you...

Page 22: ..._3 PORT 5 see p 12 No 10 devices The current SATA2 SATAII_4 PORT 6 see p 12 No 7 interface allows up to 3 0 Gb s data transfer rate SATAII_1 PORT 1 SATAII_2 PORT 2 SATAII_3 PORT 5 SATAII_4 PORT 6 Seri...

Page 23: ...activate the front mic For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Select Mixer Select Recorder Then click FrontMic For Windows 8 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit OS Go to the FrontMic Tab in the Realtek Co...

Page 24: ...the pin assign ments are matched correctly Chassis Fan Connector Please connect the fan cable 4 pin CHA_FAN1 to the fan connector and see p 12 No 9 match the black wire to the ground pin CPU Fan Conn...

Page 25: ...o 19 that detects if the chassis cover has been removed This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design 1 Signal GND Though this motherboard provides 24 pin ATX power connector...

Page 26: ...nd Hot Swap Functions for Serial ATA2 SATA2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA2 in RAID AHCI mode AMD SB710 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host con...

Page 27: ...e The SATA 15 pin power connector Black connect to SATA2 HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug 1 Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard which supports SATA2 H...

Page 28: ...process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug improper procedure will cause the SATA2 HDD damage and data loss Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin en...

Page 29: ...install Windows XP XP 64 bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA SATA2 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Co...

Page 30: ...path in the Support CD RAID Installation Guide STEP 3 Install Windows 8 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit VistaTM VistaTM 64 bit OS on your system STEP 3 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID coniguration Before...

Page 31: ...Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your SATA SATA2 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATA2 HDDs with N...

Page 32: ...erclocking but PCI PCIE buses are in the ixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before...

Page 33: ...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 only and they may not exactly match what...

Page 34: ...Time Hour Minute Second Use this item to specify the system time System Date Day Month Date Year Use this item to specify the system date BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker H W Monitor Boot Security...

Page 35: ...tem Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc System Overview System Time System Date 00 09 Wed 11...

Page 36: ...Use this to select enable or disable AMD Turbo Core Technology Coniguration options Auto and Disabled The default value is Auto AMD C State Support This allows you to enable or disable AMD C State Sup...

Page 37: ...Mode 200 100 Auto Processor Maximum Frequency North Bridge Processor Maximum Voltage Maximum Frequency x31 5 6300 MHZ x31 0 62 1 5500 V 00 MHz Spread Spectrum Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Co...

Page 38: ...Memory Coniguration Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using Auto You can set one of the stan dard values as listed 400MHz DDR3_800 533MHz DDR3_1066 667MHz DDR3_1333 and 800MHz DDR3_1600 D...

Page 39: ...his item to change TRTP Auto Manual setting The default is Auto TFAW Use this item to change TFAW Auto Manual setting The default is Auto TCWL Use this item to change TCWL Auto Manual setting The defa...

Page 40: ...boot your system after BIOS update process completes 3 4 Advanced Screen In this section you may set the conigurations for the following items CPU Conigu ration Chipset Coniguration ACPI Coniguration...

Page 41: ...ation options Enabled and Disabled Enhance Halt State C1E All processors support the Halt State C1 The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no har...

Page 42: ...Onboard PCI and PCI Express Internal Graphics Mode This allows you to adjust internal graphics mode The default value is UMA Coniguration options UMA and Disabled Share Memory This allows you to set s...

Page 43: ...or disable the feature Check Ready Bit Away 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 T...

Page 44: ...44 ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table The default value is Enabled Please set this option to Enabled if you plan to use this moth erboard to submit Windows certiication...

Page 45: ...item to enable or disable SATA IDE combined mode The default value is Enabled If you want to build RAID on SATAII_3 PORT 5 and SATAII_4 PORT 6 ports please disable this item BIOS SETUP UTILITY Storage...

Page 46: ...85 2003 American Megatrends Inc PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster 32 Enabled Advanced 3 4 5 PCIPnP Coniguration Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction PCI Latency T...

Page 47: ...e EPP version in the following item EPP Version Coniguration op tions Normal Bi Directional and ECP EPP EPP Version Use this item to set the EPP version Coniguration options 1 9 and 1 7 ECP Mode DMA C...

Page 48: ...OS and BIOS setup when Disabled is selected If you have USB compatibility is sue it is recommended to select Disabled to enter OS BIOS Setup Only USB devices are allowed to use only under BIOS setup...

Page 49: ...atus 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system including the parameters of the CPU temperature motherboard temperat...

Page 50: ...go instead of POST messages Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot AddOn ROM Disp...

Page 51: ...Main OC Tweaker Advanced H W Monitor Boot Exit Install or Change the password Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit F9 Load Defaults v02 54 C Copyright 198...

Page 52: ...his operation Load Performance Setup Default This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system conigurations If system boot failure occurs after loading please resume optimal defaul...

Page 53: ...our CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your com puter If the Main Menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the ile ASSETUP EXE from t...

Search results

Summary of Contents for 960GM-VGS3 FX

Reviews:

Related manuals for 960GM-VGS3 FX

Brands by name

Popular brands

ASROCK 960GM-VGS3 FX, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for 960GM-VGS3 FX

Reviews:

Related manuals for 960GM-VGS3 FX

Brands by name

Popular brands