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ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 Motherboard
English
CAUTION!
1. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read
“Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 23 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 13 for proper installation.
3. Whether 1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the
AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1866/1600 mem-
ory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list
on our website for the compatible memory modules.
ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com
4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be
less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows
®
7 /
Vista
TM
/ XP. For Windows
®
64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such
limitation.
5. 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
®
environ-
ment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock
OC Tuner. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com
6. Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design, Intel-
ligent Energy Saver is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparal-
leled power savings. The voltage regulator can reduce the number of out-
put phases to improve ef
fi
ciency when the CPU cores are idle. In other
words, it is able to provide exceptional power saving and improve power
ef
fi
ciency without sacri
fi
cing computing performance. To use Intelligent
Energy Saver function, please enable Cool ‘n’ Quiet option in the BIOS
setup in advance. Please visit our website for the operation procedures
of Intelligent Energy Saver. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com
7. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS
fl
ash utility embedded in Flash ROM.
This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS
without entering operating systems
fi
rst like MS-DOS or Windows
®
. With
this utility, you can press <F6> key during the POST or press <F2> key to
BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool
and save the new BIOS
fi
le to your USB
fl
ash drive,
fl
oppy disk or hard
drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar-
ing an additional
fl
oppy diskette or other complicated
fl
ash utility. Please
be noted that the USB
fl
ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12
fi
le
system.
