Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 manual

1 970 Pro3 R2.0 User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published September 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis- tered trade[...]

3 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................ 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... ............ 5 1.2 Specications ............................................................................. 6 1.3 Unique Features ..........................................[...]

4 3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY .................................................. 41 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 41 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ................................................................ 41 3.1.2 Navigation Keys .............................................................[...]

5 1. Introduction Thank you fo r purc hasing ASRock 970 P ro3 R2 .0 m otherboard , a re liable moth - erboard 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[...]

6 1.2 Specications Platform - A TX Form Factor - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Support for Socket AM3+ processors - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom TM II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors - Supports 8-Core CPU - Suppo rts UCC fea ture (Unloc k CPU Core) (see CAUT ION 1 ) - 4 + 1 P[...]

7 Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone SA T A3 - 6 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID[...]

8 Hardware - CPU T emperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis T emperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan T achometer - CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - V oltage Monitoring: +12V , +5V , +3.3V , Vcore OS - Microsoft ® Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION[...]

9 CAUTION! 1. ASRock UCC (Unlock CPU Core) feature simplies AMD CPU activation. As long as a simple switch of the UEFI option “AS- Ro ck UC C”, y ou ca n u nlo ck th e e xtr a C PU co re to e njo y a n instant performance boost. When UCC feature is enabled, the dual-core or triple- core CPU will boost to the quad-core CPU, and some CPU, incl[...]

10 1.3 Unique Features ASRock Extreme T uning Utility (AXTU) A SRock Extre me T uning Utility (AXTU) is an all -in-one too l to ne-tu ne di f fe rent syste m fun ctions in a use r-friendl y int erface, whic h in clude s Ha rdware Moni tor , Fa n Co ntrol, Ove rclock ing, OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM. In Hardware Monitor , it shows the major readings o[...]

1 1 ASRock APP Charger I f y o u d es i r e a f as t e r, l e ss r e st r i ct e d w a y o f c h a rg i n g y o u r Apple devic es, su ch as iPho ne/iPad/iP od T ouch, ASRoc k has prepared a wonderful solution for you - ASRock APP Charger . Si mpl y in sta ll t he AP P C har ge r d riv er, i t m ake s y ou r i Pho ne charge much quickly from your c[...]

12 ASRock Crashless BIOS AS Ro ck C ra sh le ss B IO S a ll ow s u se rs t o u pd at e t he ir BI OS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS up- date process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will automatically nish the BIOS update procedure after regaining power. Please note that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of[...]

13 ASRock Dehumidier Function Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehu midier Func tion”. When enabling Deh umidier Function, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidi- fy the system after entering S4/S5 state. ASRock Fast Boot W it h AS Ro ck’s e xc lus ive Fa st B oot te chn ol ogy, i t t a[...]

14 ASRock Good Night LED A SR oc k G oo d N ig ht L ED t ec hn ol og y c an o ffe r y ou a b et te r environment by extinguishing the unessential LED. By enabling Good Night LED in BIOS, the Power / HDD / LAN LED will be switched off when system is on. Not only this, Good night LED will automatically switch off Power and Keyboard LED when the syste[...]

15 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 19 Power LED Header (PLED1) 2 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 20 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 3 AM3+ CPU Socket 21 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_F AN2) 4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN2) 22 System Panel Header (P ANEL1) 5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB_6_7) 6 2 x 24[...]

16 1.4 I/O Panel ** If you use 2-channel speaker , please connect the speaker ’ s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use. T ABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker (No. 7) (No. 4) (No. 5) (No[...]

17 2. Installation This is an A TX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Pre-installation Precautions T ak e no te of th e f ollo win g p reca uti ons b efor e y ou in stal l m oth erbo ard components or change any motherboard settings. Bef[...]

18 STEP 1: Lift Up The Socket Lever STEP 2 / STEP 3: Match The CPU Golden T riangle T o The Socket Corner Small T riangle STEP 4: Push Down And Lock The Socket Lever Lever 90° Up CPU Golden T riangle Socker Corner Small T riangle 2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90 o angle. Step 2. Position the CPU direct[...]

19 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and su pports D ual C hannel M emory T ec hnology . Fo r dua l ch annel con gurati on, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots. In other words, you have to [...]

20 n o tc h b r ea k n o tc h b r ea k Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. The DIMM only ts in one [...]

21 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 3 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE Slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card and SA T A2 card. PCIE2 ([...]

22 2.5 CrossFireX TM and Quad CrossFireX TM Operation Guide T h i s m o t h e r b o a r d s u p p o r t s C r o s s F i r e X T M a n d Q u a d C r o s s F i r e X T M f e a t u r e . C r o s s F i r e X T M t e c h n o l o g y o f f e r s t h e m o s t a d v a n t a g e o u s m e a n s a v a i l a b l e o f combining multiple high performance Grap[...]

23 Step 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph- ics card on PCIE2 slot. (Y ou may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter .) Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing a CrossFire Bridge on th e [...]

24 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD website for AMD driver updates. Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system. For W indows ® XP OS: A. AMD recommends Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be[...]

25 Al thou gh y ou h ave s ele cted th e op tion “ Enab le C ross Fire TM ”, th e Cr oss- Fir eX TM f unct ion ma y not w ork a ctu ally. Y ou r co mput er w ill a uto mati call y rebo ot. Afte r resta rting your com puter, pleas e conr m wheth er the op tion “E nabl e Cro ssF ire TM ” i n “A T I Ca taly st Co ntr ol Ce nte r” is s e[...]

26 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.7 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide AS Roc k S mar t Re mot e i s o nly u sed fo r AS Roc k m oth erb oar d wi th C IR he ade r . Plea se ref er to b elow pr ocedur es for th e q uick i nstall ation a nd usa ge of ASR ock Smart Remote. Step1. Find the CIR header located next to the US[...]

27 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://www .asrock.com 1. Only one of the front USB port can support CIR function. When the CIR function is enabled, the other port will remain USB function. 2. Multi-Angle CIR Receiver is used for front USB on[...]

28 2.8 Jumpers Setup T h e i l l u s t r a t io n s h o w s h o w j u m p e r s a r e setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The i l lu s t r at i o n s h ow s a 3 - pi n j u m p er w h o se pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on thes[...]

29 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboar d headers and con nectors a re NOT jum pers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial A T A3 Connectors These six Serial A T A3 (SA T A3_1: see p.15, No. 18) (SA T A3) connectors [...]

30 Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.15 No. 30) convenient connection and control of audio devices. Consumer Infrared Module Header This header can be used to (4-pin CIR1) connect the remote (see p.15 No. 24) controller receiver . J _ S EN SE O U T 2_ L 1 M I C _R ET P[...]

31 PWRBTN (Power Switch): Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. Y ou may con- gure the way to turn off your system using the power switch. RESET (Reset Switch): Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to per- form a normal restart. [...]

32 CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_F AN1) cable to the connector and (see p.15 No. 5) match the black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan[...]

33 HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header , provi ding (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI ( see p.15 No. 29) VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Please connect the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header . Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module.[...]

34 2.10 Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD SB950 chipset that supports Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10) functions. Y ou may install SA T A3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This sec- tion will guide you to install the SA T A3 hard di[...]

35 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is denitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause the H[...]

36 How to Hot Plug a SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A 15-pin power cable connector (Black) end to SA T A3 HDD. How to Hot Unplug a SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention,[...]

37 2.13 Driver Installation Guide T o install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you i[...]

38 2.14.2 Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / V ista TM 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SA T A3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Ad[...]

39 Using SA T A3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration. B. Set the “SA T A Mode” option to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. 2.15 Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / [...]

40 STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration. B. Set the “SA T A Mode” option to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your system. Using SA T A3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) 2.15.2 Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / [...]

41 3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your sys- tem. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> o r <De l> d uring the Power -On-Self -T est ( POST) to en [...]

42 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key . Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - T o change option for the selected items <T ab> Switch to next function <Enter> T o bring up[...]

43 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY , the Main screen will appear and display the system overview . System Browser System Browser can let you easily check your current system conguration in UEFI setup. OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at sp eci?[...]

44 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. OC Mode U se th is t o se lect OC M ode. Con guratio n op tions: [M anual] a nd [ CPU OC Mode]. The default value is [Manual]. CPU Conguration Overclock Mode U se t hi s t o s el ec t O ve rc lo ck M od e. C on fi g ur at io n o pt io ns : [ Au t o] a n[...]

45 AMD T urbo Core T echnology This item appears only when the processor you adopt supports this fea- ture . Us e thi s to sele ct e nable o r dis able AMD Turbo Core T ech nology . Conguration options: [Auto] and [Disabled]. The default value is [Auto]. AMD IO C-State Support This allows you to enable or disable AMD IO C-State Support. The defa[...]

46 DRAM Timing Control DRAM Slot Use this to select DRAM slot to view SPD data. The default value is [DDR3_A1]. DRAM Timing Control Use this to select DRAM control. The default value is [Auto]. Power Down Enable Use this item to enable or disable DDR power down mode. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks [...]

47 V oltage Conguration DRAM V oltage Use this to select DRAM V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU V oltage Offset Use this to select CPU V oltage Offset. The default value is [Auto]. NB V oltage Use this to select NB V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. HT V oltage Use this to select HT V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU VDDA V [...]

48 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, Nouth Bridge Conguration, South Bridge Conguration, Storage Congura- tion, Super IO Conguration, ACPI Conguration, USB Conguration and Network Conguration. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the sys[...]

49 Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM technology . The default value is [Enabled]. Conguration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you instal l Win dows ® 8 / 7 / Vista TM and w ant t o enab le th is fu nction, please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling this function may reduc[...]

50 3.4.2 North Bridge Conguration Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI Express]. Con- guration options: [PCI] and [PCI Express]. IOMMU Use this to[...]

51 3.4.3 South Bridge Conguration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. On/Off Play Use this item to enable or disable On/Of [...]

52 3.4.4 Storage Conguration SA T A Controller Use this item to enable or disable the “SA T A Controller” feature. SA T A Mode Use th is item t o adjust SA T A Mode. The d efault va lue of th is option is [AHCI Mode]. Conguration options: [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [IDE Mode]. If you set this item to RAID mode, it is suggested to instal[...]

53 3.4.5 Super IO Conguration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port. Infrared Port Address Use this[...]

54 3.4.6 ACPI Conguration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The defa[...]

55 USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Use this item to enable or disable the system to wake from S5 using USB Keyboard/Remote. USB Mouse Power On Use this item to enable or disable the system to wake from S5 using USB Mouse. CSM Please disable CSM when you enable Fast Boot option. The default value is [Enabled].[...]

56 3.4.7 USB Conguration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller . USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller . Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four con guration options: [Enabled] , [Auto], [Disabled] an[...]

57 3.4.8 Network Conguration Internet Setting Use this item to set up the internet connection mode. Conguration options: [DHCP (Auto IP)] and [PPPOE]. UEFI Download Server Use this item to select UEFI rmware download server for Internet Flash. Conguration options: [Asia], [Europe], [USA] and [China].[...]

58 CPU Fan 1 & 2 Setting Thi s allo ws you to set the C PU fan 1 & 2 speed . Con gurat ion op tions: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On]. Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you t o set the chassis fan 1 speed. Con guration options: [Full On], [Manual Mode] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On].[...]

59 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . Fast Boot Fa st B oot m ini mize s y our c ompu ter ’s bo ot ti me. Th ere a re t hre e c on- guration options: [Disabled], [Fast] and [Ultra Fast]. The default value is [Disabled]. Please r[...]

60 Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [En- abled]. AddOn ROM Display Use th is option to adjust AddOn ROM Displ ay . If y ou enable the option “Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled]. Conguration options: [Enabled] and [Dis[...]

61 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.[...]

62 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When y ou select this op tion, it will pop- out the f ollowing message, “Discard changes and exit [...]

63 4. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settin gs an d har dware optio ns va ry , use the se tup p rocedures in thi s cha pter f or general reference only . Refer to [...]

64 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) , Windows ® 7 64-bit or Windows ® 8 64-bit . 2. Press <[...]

65 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) , Windows ® 7 64-bit or Windows ® 8 64-bit .[...]

66 7. And then key in drvcfg –s [Drv number] [Ctrl number] to enter Raid Utility . For example: key in drvcfg –s 4E B5 . 8. Choose Logical Drive Main Menu to set up Raid Drive. 9. Choose Logical Drive Create Menu to create a Raid Drive. 10. Choose Usable Physical Drive List to select Raid HDD.[...]

67 1 1. Press Space on keyboard to toggle checkbox. 12. Choose Ld Size setting , and key in the Raid size. 13. After set up Raid size, please click Start to Create . 14. Press <F10> to exit Utility . 15. During reboot, please press <F1 1> to enter Boot Manual. Choose UEFI: SCSI CD/DVD Drive . * This option only shows on Windows ® 8 64-[...]

68 16. Follow Windows ® Installation Guide to install OS. If you ins tall W indow s ® 8 6 4-bi t / 7 6 4-bi t / Vis ta TM 64 -bit i n a la rge har d disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows ® or in st al l d riv er /ut il it ies . I f yo u en co unt er th is pr ob lem , y ou wi ll ne ed to following instruction[...]

69 B. Disable “V olume Shadow Copy” service. a. T ype “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Ser vices and Applicati ons>Service s”; The n double cl ick “V olume Shadow Copy”. c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.[...]

70 17. Finish. C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Windows ® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotx KB2505454 thru this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. After installing Windows ® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit, install the hotx kb2505454. (This may take long time[...]