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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. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-
tied Overclocking Technology” on page 37 for details.
2. 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 16 for proper installation.
3. 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.
4. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and
is subject to change. Please check AMD website for the latest information.
5. 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback support on this motherboard requires
the proper hardware configuration. Please refer to page 11 for the minimum
hardware requirement and the passed 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD films in
our lab test.
6. 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 13 for proper connection.
7. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII
Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 29 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to
SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector
directly.
- ASRock U-COP (see
CAUTION 14
)
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Hardware
- CPU Temperature Sensing
Monitor
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS
- Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit /
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / Win7 compliant
Certifications
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)
(see
CAUTION 15
)
* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com