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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock
970 Extreme4
motherboard, a reliable mother-
board produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers
excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to
quality and endurance.
In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-
by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the conf guration
guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
Because the motherboard specif cations and the BIOS software might
be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without
notice. In case any modi f cations of this manual occur , the updated ver-
sion will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may
f nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as
well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit
our website for specif c information about the model you are using.
www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock
970 Extreme4
Motherboard
(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock
970 Extreme4
Quick Installation Guide
ASRock
970 Extreme4
Support CD
1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield
ASRock Reminds You...
To get better performance in Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / V ista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64
bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Con
f guration
to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User Manual” in
our support CD for details.
