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User Manual - Page 3
... Display Information 28 2.8 Jumpers Setup 29 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 30 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation 35 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 35 2.12 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Operation Guide 36 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 38 2.14 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP /
XP 64-bit With RAID...
User Manual - Page 4
...51 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 52 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 53 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 54 3.4.7 USB Configuration 56 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 57 3.6 Boot Screen 58 3.7 Security Screen 59 3.8 Exit Screen 60
4. Software Support 61
4.1 Install Operating System 61 4.2 Support CD Information 61
4.2.1 Running Support CD 61 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 61...
User Manual - Page 5
... Quick Installation Guide ASRock 990FX Extreme3 Support CD 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card 2 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 / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup...
User Manual - Page 9
... the installation guide of memory modules on page 17 for proper installation.
4. Whether 2100MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3/ AM3+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 2100 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. Non OC mode's DDR3 1866 is supported by AM3+ CPU. ASRock website...
User Manual - Page 10
... MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press the key during the POST or the key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in...
User Manual - Page 20
... graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology. Download the driver from NVIDIA® website (www.nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use NVIDIA® certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA® website for details.
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1.1 Installing...
User Manual - Page 21
... and insert ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card to the goldfingers on each graphics card. Make sure ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is firmly in place.
ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot.
2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup
Install the graphics card drivers to your system...
User Manual - Page 23
... Please check the AMD website for AMDTM CrossFireXTM driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM components, a CrossFireXTM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireXTM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireXTM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benefit from the...
User Manual - Page 27
....mspx B. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® 7 / VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI...
User Manual - Page 38
... UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a floppy
disk.) A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press the key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears...
User Manual - Page 39
... UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the...
User Manual - Page 40
... without RAID functions, please follow the steps below.
Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode)
STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the option "SATA Mode" to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 38. STEP 3: Install Windows...
User Manual - Page 42
... to configure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press or during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish...
User Manual - Page 61
... "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.
4.2.3 Utilities Menu
The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
... Quick Installation Guide ASRock 990FX Extreme3 Support CD 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card 2 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 / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
... MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press the key during the POST or the key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
... cards will not work together properly. (Even the GPU chips version should be the same.) Insert one graphics card into the PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to the PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
... graphics card. For other CrossFireXTM cards that AMDTM has released or will release in the future, please refer to AMDTM graphics card manuals for detailed installation guides.
Insert one Radeon graphics card into the PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to the PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 24
...your Windows® taskbar.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
Step 6.
Double-click "ATI Catalyst Control Center". Click "View", select "CrossFireXTM", and then check the item "Enable CrossFireXTM". Select "2 GPUs" and click "Apply" (if you installed two Radeon graphics cards). Select "3 GPUs" and click "OK" (if you installed three Radeon graphics cards).
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
... Guide
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB950 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory...