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ASRock P45DE3 Motherboard
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WARNING
Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting
the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third-
party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even
cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at
your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by
overclocking.
CAUTION!
1. Some CPU you adopt may be overclocked to FSB2000 MHz.
2. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 47
of “User Manual” in the support CD.
3. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read
“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 23 for details.
4. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you
implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the
installation guide of memory modules on page 13 for proper installation.
5. Please check the table below for the CPU FSB frequency and its
corresponding memory support frequency.
CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency
1600 DDR3 800, DDR3 1066, DDR3 1333,
DDR3 1600
1333 DDR3 800, DDR3 1066, DDR3 1333
1066 DDR3 800, DDR3 1066
800 DDR3 800
6. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be
less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows ® XP
and Windows
®
Vista
TM
. For Windows
®
XP 64-bit and Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-
bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
7. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono
modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel,
6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 3 for
proper connection.
8. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the
“SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 27 of “User Manual” in the support
CD to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also
connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.
9. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft ® Windows ®
Vista
TM
64-bit / Vista
TM
/ XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
10. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil
your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware
devices to get the best system performance under Windows ® environment.
Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock OC
Tuner. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com