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Page 3: ...74 380 6 487 535 7 003 467 other U S and worldwide patents issued pending DTS the Symbol DTS and the Symbol together is a registered trademark DTS Connect DTS Interactive DTS Neo PC are trademarks of...
Page 4: ...York and St Louis WINNING STREAK I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally d...
Page 5: ...d Quality hardware makes a huge difference in competitions a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice It s all about getting the computer processing faster and allowing more fluid...
Page 6: ...PCI Express Slots 19 2 5 Jumpers Setup 20 2 6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21 2 7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 26 2 7 1 Installing Two SLITM Ready Graphics Cards 26 2 7 2 Driver Installatio...
Page 7: ...ve Streaming Your Gameplay 45 3 5 2 Recording Your Gameplay 48 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 49 4 1 Introduction 49 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 49 4 1 2 Navigation Keys 50 4 2 Main Screen 51 4 3 OC Tweaker Scr...
Page 8: ...4 4 8 Trusted Computing 68 4 5 Tools 69 4 6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 72 4 7 Boot Screen 73 4 8 Security Screen 75 4 9 Exit Screen 76...
Page 9: ...990FX Killer Series Motherboard ATX Form Factor ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series Quick Installation Guide ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series Support CD 4 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 1 x...
Page 10: ...essors Supports Socket AM3 processors AMD PhenomTM II X6 X4 X3 X2 except 920 940 Athlon II X4 X3 X2 Sempron processors Supports 8 Core CPU Supports UCC feature Unlock CPU Core Digi Power design 8 2 Po...
Page 11: ...on Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec Premium Blu ray Audio Support Supports Purity SoundTM 115dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier Supports up to 600 ohm headsets Direc...
Page 12: ...der 1 x Power LED Header 2 x CPU Fan Connectors 1 x 4 pin 1 x 3 pin 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors 1 x 4 pin 2 x 3 pin 1 x Power Fan Connector 3 pin 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Conn...
Page 13: ...ocking including adjust ing the setting in the BIOS applying Untied Overclocking Technology or using third party overclocking tools Overclocking may affect your system s stability or even cause damage...
Page 14: ...additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Just save the new BIOS file to your USB storage and launch this tool by pressing F6 or F2 during POST to enter the BIOS setup menu to acce...
Page 15: ...s for you without entering Windows OS Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash ASRock UEFI System Browser ASRock System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devi...
Page 16: ...X Boost overclocking CPU can become a near one button process The functionality of Unlock CPU Cores feature might vary by different processors ASRock Restart to UEFI Windows 8 brings the ultimate boot...
Page 17: ...USB8_9 CPU_FAN1 AMD 990FX Chipset PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard Top RJ 45 USB 2 0 T USB4 B USB5 1 CHA_FAN3 990FX KILLER RoHS CPU_FAN2 USB3_5_6 SOCKET AM3b CHA_FAN2 CHA_FAN1 PWR_FAN1 USB 2 0 T USB2 B USB3 eSA...
Page 18: ...A USB 3 0 USB3_7 12 SATA3 Connector SATA3_5 13 TPM Header TPMS1 14 SATA3 Connector SATA3_3 15 SATA3 Connector SATA3_4 16 SATA3 Connector SATA3_2 17 SATA3 Connector SATA3_1 18 Power LED Header PLED1 1...
Page 19: ...USB_01 10 Line In Light Blue 3 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_12 11 Front Speaker Lime 4 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_34 12 Microphone Pink 5 Fatal1ty Mouse Port USB2 13 Optical SPDIF Out Port 6 USB 2 0 Port USB3 14 USB 2...
Page 20: ...nt Speaker No 11 Rear Speaker No 9 Central Bass No 8 Line In No 10 2 V 4 V V 6 V V V 8 V V V V The eSATA3 port supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M The eSATA3 port is shared with M 2_SSD NGFF Socket 3 ACT L...
Page 21: ...ause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard s components NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet A...
Page 22: ...14 English 2 1 Installing the CPU Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU 2 1...
Page 23: ...Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series 15 English 3...
Page 24: ...issipate heat You also need to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with...
Page 25: ...Populated 2 Populated Populated 3 Populated Populated Populated Populated 1 For dual channel configuration you always need to install identical the same brand speed size and chip type DDR3 DIMM pairs...
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Page 27: ...PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards PCIe Slot Configurations PCIE2 PCIE3 PCIE5 Single Graphics Card x16 N A N A Two Graphics Cards in CrossFireXTM or SLITM Mode x16 x16 N A Three Graphics Cards i...
Page 28: ...clear and reset the system parameters to default setup please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3...
Page 29: ...power status indicator on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the system is operating The LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1 S3 sleep state The LED is off when the system is in S4 sle...
Page 30: ...9 pin USB8_9 see p 9 No 8 Besides six USB 2 0 ports on the I O panel there are two headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two ports USB 3 0 Headers 19 pin USB3_5_6 see p 9 No 10...
Page 31: ...ET 1 High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly Please follow the instructions in our manual and chassis manual to install you...
Page 32: ...ower Connector 8 pin ATX12V1 see p 9 No 2 This motherboard pro vides an 8 pin ATX 12V power connector To use a 4 pin ATX power supply please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 5 SLI XFIRE Power Connector 4 p...
Page 33: ...his header with a cable TPM Header 17 pin TPMS1 see p 9 No 13 This connector supports Trusted Platform Module TPM system which can securely store keys digital certificates passwords and data A TPM sys...
Page 34: ...other graphics card to PCIE3 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards Requirements 1 You s...
Page 35: ...Card to the goldfingers on each graphics card Make sure the ASRock SLI_ Bridge_2S Card is firmly in place Step 4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the...
Page 36: ...em tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU For SLITM and Quad SLITM mode Step 1 Double click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the Windows system tray Step 2 In the left...
Page 37: ...the graphics cards The CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details 1 You should only use i...
Page 38: ...re that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect the graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE3 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect the graphics car...
Page 39: ...ion and Setup Step 4 Double click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in the Windows system tray Step 5 In the left pane click Performance and then AMD CrossFireXTM Then select Enable AMD CrossFireX...
Page 40: ...FF Socket 3 is shared with the eSATA3 connector you can only choose either the M 2_SSD NGFF Socket 3 or the eSATA3 connector to use Installing the M 2_SSD NGFF Module Step 1 Prepare a M 2_SSD NGFF mod...
Page 41: ...M 2 NGFF SSD module only fits in one orientation NUT1 NUT2 NUT3 NUT4 Step 6 Tighten the screw knob to secure the module into place M 2_SSD NGFF Module Support List For the latest updates of M 2_SSD NF...
Page 42: ...computer If the Main Menu does not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASRSETUP EXE in the Support CD to display the menu Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to your system will b...
Page 43: ...t CPU It also shortens the loading time of previously visited websites making web surfing faster than ever And it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster Another advantage is that it r...
Page 44: ...ou may find out if there are any abnormal situations occuring to your system s temperature In Voltage there are many respective voltages Fan Control In the Fan Control section there are two major chap...
Page 45: ...can use Fatal1ty s personal preferred mouse polling rate at 500 Hz F Stream also provides the flexibility for gamers to adjust the mouse polling rate from 125 Hz to 1000 Hz This is helpful for profess...
Page 46: ...it is able to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance XFast RAM XFast RAM fully utilizes the memory space that cannot be used under Wind...
Page 47: ...all in one driver to your system from ASRock s support CD Killer Network Manager will be auto installed as well After the installation you will find the icon Killer Network Manager on your desktop Do...
Page 48: ...ime your system performance and current network utilization for download and upload traffic Network Network allows you to set your preferred upload download speeds and test the network speed You must...
Page 49: ...Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series 41 English Killer Ethernet Killer Ethernet displays the network information...
Page 50: ...dded customizations for greater efficiency 3 4 1 Installing Start8 Install Start8 which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD ASRock Utility Start8 3 4 2 Configuring Start8...
Page 51: ...ries 43 English Configure Configure provides configuration options including icon sizes which shortcuts you want Start Menu to display quick access to recently used apps the functionality of the power...
Page 52: ...ress on the Windows key does Desktop Desktop allows you to disable the hot corners when you are working on the desktop It also lets you choose whether or not the system boots directly into desktop mod...
Page 53: ...aming and recording a lot easier and more fun to do we are giving away the 3 months premium license which is worth US 24 95 for free 3 5 1 Live Streaming Your Gameplay Step 1 Go to Start All Programs...
Page 54: ...cast Add Channels Step 4 Click Add Step 5 Select a platform for live streaming Before you start streaming you need to register an account for the streaming service website such as Twitch tv USTREAM or...
Page 55: ...English Step 6 Fill in your platform s Username and Password Based on your needs configure the Video and Audio Encoding settings Click OK Step 7 The channel then appears in your broadcast list Click A...
Page 56: ...click and choose Paste to paste the link into the browser and you can see your broadcast To disable live streaming go to Broadcast again and deselect the platform 3 5 2 Recording Your Gameplay Step 1...
Page 57: ...assis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main For setting system time date informati...
Page 58: ...criptions of each navigation key Navigation Key s Description To change option for the selected items Tab Switch to next function PGUP Go to the previous page PGDN Go to the next page HOME Go to the t...
Page 59: ...ler Series 51 English 4 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview Active Page on Entry Select the default page when entering the U...
Page 60: ...clocking features OC Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your components and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense Load Optimiz...
Page 61: ...pend on the CPU core you adopt The default value is Disabled AMD Turbo Core Technology This item appears only when the processor you adopt supports this feature Use this to select enable or disable AM...
Page 62: ...lue of this item CPU NB Voltage It allows you to adjust the value of CPU NB voltage However for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item HT Bus Speed This fea...
Page 63: ...disable DDR power down mode Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node or accross nodes decreasing access contention Channel Interleaving It al...
Page 64: ...tage Use this to select NB Voltage The default value is Auto HT Voltage Use this to select HT Voltage The default value is Auto CPU VDDA Voltage Use this to select CPU VDDA Voltage The default value i...
Page 65: ...e configurations for the following items CPU Configuration North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration Storage Configuration Super IO Configuration ACPI Configuration USB Configuration and T...
Page 66: ...upplies Please set this item to Disable if above issue occurs Enhance Halt State C1E All processors support the Halt State C1 The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT an...
Page 67: ...Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Series 59 English CPU Thermal Throttle Use this item to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated The default value is Auto...
Page 68: ...60 English 4 4 2 North Bridge Configuration IOMMU Use this to enable or disable IOMMU The default value of this feature is Disabled...
Page 69: ...sable it when a sound card is installed Front Panel Enable disable front panel HD audio Onboard LAN Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller Good Night LED By enabling Good Night LED...
Page 70: ...e disk drives into a logical unit AMD AHCI BIOS ROM Use this item to enable or disable AMD AHCI BIOS ROM The default value of this option is Disabled SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is for SATA3_5 an...
Page 71: ...ng periods of inactivity to save power It is only supported by AHCI mode Hard Disk S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology It is a monitoring system for comput...
Page 72: ...64 English 4 4 5 Super IO Configuration Serial Port Enable or disable the Serial port Serial Port Address Select the address of the Serial port Infrared Port Enable or disable the Infrared port...
Page 73: ...stem stability ACPI HPET Table Enable the High Precision Event Timer for better performance and to pass WHQL tests Restore on AC Power Loss Select the power state after a power failure If Power Off is...
Page 74: ...Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB Phy USB Keyboard Remote Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB keyboard or remote controller USB Mouse Power On Allow the system to be w...
Page 75: ...SB 3 0 ports Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 2 0 devices If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB support Select UEFI Setup Only...
Page 76: ...68 English 4 4 8 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module TPM security for your hard disk drives...
Page 77: ...are required UEFI Tech Service Contact ASRock Tech Service if you are having trouble with your PC Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Insta...
Page 78: ...n from our servers for you Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash For BIOS backup and recovery purpose it is recommended to plug in your USB pen drive before using this functio...
Page 79: ...s on and enables Dehumidifier after entering S4 S5 state Dehumidifier Duration Configure the duration of the dehumidifying process before it returns to S4 S5 state Dehumidifier CPU Fan Setting Configu...
Page 80: ...uration options Full On and Automatic Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed Configuration options Full On and Automatic Mode The defaul...
Page 81: ...ort UEFI GOP if you are using an external graphics card Please notice that Ultra Fast mode will boot so fast that the only way to enter this UEFI Setup Utility is to Clear CMOS or run the Restart to U...
Page 82: ...you ve enabled Full Screen Logo Disable for faster boot speed Boot Failure Guard If the computer fails to boot for a number of times the system automatically restores the default settings Boot Failure...
Page 83: ...e password for the administrator account Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password User Password Set o...
Page 84: ...scard Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes...
Page 85: ...urther information For technical questions please submit a support request form at http www asrock com support tsd asp ASRock Incorporation 2F No 37 Sec 2 Jhongyang S Rd Beitou District Taipei City 11...
