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  • Page 1

    1 A75 Pro4-M User Manual V ersion 1.1 Published June 201 1 Copyright©201 1 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

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    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[...]

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

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    4 3. UEFI SETUP UTILITY.......................................................... 43 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 43 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ................................................................ 43 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ......................................................[...]

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    5 1. Introduction Tha nk y ou for pur chasi ng AS Rock A 75 P ro4-M mot herbo ard, a rel iable mot her- boa rd p roduc ed u nder ASRo ck’s con sisten tly st ringen t q uality con trol. I t d eliver s excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain intro[...]

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    6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Support for Socket FM1 100W processors - V4 + 1 Power Phase Design - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM T echnology - UMI-Link GEN2 Chipset - AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory T echnology (see CAU[...]

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    7 Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray audio support - Supports THX TruStudio TM LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL81 1 1E - Supports W ake-On-LAN - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel - 1 x [...]

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    8 BIOS Feature - 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance W ake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - DRAM, VDDP , VDDR, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (T rial V ersion), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 T rial Unique Feature - ASRoc[...]

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    9 CAUTION! 1. Th is mot herboar d supp orts D ual Ch annel Memo ry T echn ology . B efore you implement Dual Channel Memory T echnology , make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 17 for proper installation. 2. Whether 2400/1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 2400/1[...]

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    10 9. AS Rock In stant Fl ash is a BIOS as h utili ty embe dded in Fla sh ROM. Th is co nven ien t BIO S up date t ool a llo ws yo u to up dat e sys tem BI OS without entering operating systems 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 [...]

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    11 14. EuP , stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by Eu- ropean Union to dene the power cons umption for the completed system. According to EuP , the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in of f mode condition. T o meet EuP standard, an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required.[...]

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    12 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 17 System Panel Header (P ANEL1, White) 2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_F AN1) 18 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White) 3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 19 SPI Flash Memory (32Mb) 4 CPU Socket 20 Power LED Header (PLED1) 5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 6 [...]

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    13 1.4 I/O P anel * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Of f 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection 1 PS/2 Mouse/Keybo[...]

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    14 T o enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header . After restarting your computer , you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “ Mixer T oolBox” , c lick “Ena ble playb ack multi -streamin g”, and c lick “ok ”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”,[...]

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    15 2. Installation This is a Micro A TX form factor (9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboa rd, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Pre-installation P recautions T ake no te of t he fo llo wing pr ecau tio ns be fore you in stal l m oth erbo ard components[...]

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    16 2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90 o angle. Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that the CPU corner with the golden triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. Step 3. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it ts in place. The CPU ts only in one correct o[...]

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    17 2.3 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) Thi s mo therbo ard pr ovides fou r 24 0-pin DDR3 (Do uble Da ta Rat e 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory T echnology . For dual channel con- guration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color . In othe[...]

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    18 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 correct orientation. It will cause p[...]

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    19 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 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 x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics card[...]

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    20 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[...]

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    21 Step 2. Con nec t t wo R adeo n g rap hic s c ard s b y i nst all ing C ros sFi re Br idg e o n Cr os sF ire Br id ge I nt er con ne ct s o n t he t op of Ra de on g ra phi cs c ar ds . (Cro ssFire Br idge is p rovided w ith the g raphics card y ou p urchase , not bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for detai[...]

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    22 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[...]

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    23 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[...]

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    24 2.6 AMD Dual Graphics Operation Guide This motherboard supports AMD Dual Graphics feature. AMD Dual Graphics brings multi-GPU performance capabilities by enabling an AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) integrated graphics processor and a discrete graphics processor to operate simultaneously with combined output to a single display for blisteringly-fast fram[...]

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    25 * Dual Graphics appearing here is a registered trademark of AMD T echnologies Inc., and is used only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe. * For further information of AMD Dual Graphics technology , please check AMD website for up dates and details. Step 9. Click “Enable CrossFire TM ” [...]

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    26 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already , you can freely enjoy the benets of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer . 2.7 Dual Monitor and Surr[...]

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    27 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benets of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI Expre[...]

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    28 For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitor according to the steps below . A. Click the number ”2” icon. B. Cli ck the ite ms “ Thi s is my ma in m oni tor” an d “E xte[...]

  • Page 29

    29 * 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 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, blue) CIR header (4-pin, white) 2.8 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[...]

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    30 2.9 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 os e pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on thes[...]

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    31 2.10 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 ve Serial A T A3 (SA T A3_1: see p.12, No. 15) (SA T A3) connecto[...]

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    32 Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.12 No. 26) and receiving infrared module. Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.12 No. 30) convenient connection and control of audio devices. Consumer Infrared Module Heade[...]

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    33 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. PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LE D is o n wh en th e s yst em i s o per at ing . T he LE D k[...]

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    34 CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_F AN1) cable to the connector and (see p.12 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[...]

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    35 Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module. (see p.12 No.28) HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header , providing (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI ( see p.12 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 [...]

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    36 2.11 Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) chipset that supports Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) functions. Y ou may install SA T A3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SA T A3 har[...]

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    37 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[...]

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    38 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,[...]

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    39 2.14 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[...]

  • Page 40

    40 2.15.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit With RAID F unctions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on a RAID disk co mpos ed of 2 or m ore S A T A3 HD Ds w ith R AID f unct ion s, p lea se fo llow b elo w steps. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen S[...]

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    41 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. 2.16 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit [...]

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    42 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 ® 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) 2.16.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vist[...]

  • Page 43

    43 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 e st ( POST) to en[...]

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    44 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 <Enter> T o bring up the selected screen <F1> T o d[...]

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    45 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Conguration Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability . 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 or disa ble AM D Turbo C[...]

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    46 DRAM Timing Control 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 on the same node, or accross nodes, decreasing access contention. Channel Interleaving It allo ws you to enab le Ch annel Memory Interle aving. Cong uration op- tions: [...]

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    47 Refresh Cyle Time (tRFC) Use this item to change Refresh Cyle T ime (tRFC) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD) Use this item to change RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Write to Read Delay (tWTR) Use this item to change Write to Read Delay (tWTR) Auto/Manual setting. The default i[...]

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    48 Instant Flash Instant Flash is a UEFI ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This conve- nient UEFI update tool allows yo u to update system UEFI without entering operating systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows ® . Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your UEF[...]

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    49 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Core C6 Mode U se t his i tem to e nable or disa ble Core C6 mo de. Th e de fault va lue is [Disabled]. Package C6 Mode This item appears only when you enable the item “Core C6 Mode”. Use this item to enable or disable Package C6 mode. The default value is [Dis- abled]. Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or di[...]

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    50 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration 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: [Onboard], [PCI] and [PCI Express]. Share M[...]

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    51 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration 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 f[...]

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    52 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SA T A Controller Use this item to enable or disable the “SA T A Controller” feature. SA T A Mode Use this item to adjust SA T A Mode. The default value of this option is [IDE Mode]. Conguration options: [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [IDE Mode]. If you set this item to RAID mode, it is suggested to install SA T [...]

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    53 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 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: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port. Infrared Port Address Use this it[...]

  • Page 54

    54 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 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. Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexp[...]

  • Page 55

    55 ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The default value is [Enabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this moth- erboard to submit Windows ® Vista TM certication.[...]

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    56 3.4.7 USB Configuration 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] and[...]

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    57 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].[...]

  • Page 58

    58 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 . Setup Prompt Timeout T h is s h o w s t h e n u m b er o f s e co n d s t o w a i t f o r s e t up a c t i v at i o n k e y . 65535(0xFFFF) means inde nite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this ite[...]

  • Page 59

    59 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.[...]

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    60 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 [...]

  • Page 61

    61 4. Sof tware Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP SP3 / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and h ardware o ptions v ary , u se th e se tup proc edures in this chap ter f or g eneral reference only . Refer to your OS do[...]

  • Page 62

    62 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) or Windows ® 7 64-bit . 2. Press <F2> or <Delete&[...]