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  • Page 1

    1 H61M-DG3/USB3 User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published September 2012 Copyright©2012 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[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Contents 1 Introduction ........... ............................................. 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Specications ................................................................. 6 1.3 Unique Features ............................................................ 10 1.4 Motherb[...]

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    4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ......................................... 34 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 34 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 34 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 35 3.2 Main Screen ........................[...]

  • Page 5

    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock H61M-DG3/USB3 motherboard, a reliable 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[...]

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    6 1.2 Specications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 8.9-in x 6.8-in, 22.6 cm x 17.3 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 2nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology - Supports K-Series unlocked CPU Chipset - Intel ® H61 - Supports Intel ® Rapid Start T echnology [...]

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    7 - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Supports DVI with max. resolut ion up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports HDCP function with DVI port - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI port Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek A[...]

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    8 - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) 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 - IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT , VCCSA V oltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (T rial V e[...]

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    9 CAUTION! 1. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size ma y b e le ss t ha n 4 GB f or t he r es erv at io n f or s ys tem us ag e under Windows ® 7 / Vista TM / XP . For Windows ® OS with 64-bit CPU, t here is n o su ch li mitatio n. Y ou can us e ASRo ck X Fast RAM to utilize the memory that Win dows ® cannot use. 2. ASRo[...]

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    10 1.3 Unique Features ASRock Extreme T uning Utility (AXTU) A SRock Extre me T uning Utility (AXTU) is an all-i n-one tool to ne-tu ne di f fe rent syste m fun ctions in a user -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 of[...]

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    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 es t r ic t e d w a y o f c h a rg i n g y o u r Apple device s, su ch as iPhon e/iPad/iP od T ouch, ASRo ck ha s 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 [...]

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    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 procedu[...]

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    13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 13 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 2 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 14 System Panel Header (P ANEL1) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 15 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7) 4 A TX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 16 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9) 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 17 COM Port Header (COM1) (Dual Channel: DD[...]

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    14 1.4 I/O Panel * 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 Port ([...]

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    15 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro A TX form factor (8.9" x 6.8", 22.6 x 17.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physi[...]

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    16 2.3 CPU Installation For t he ins tallat ion of I ntel 1 15 5-Pin C PU, please follow the steps below . Before you insert the 1 155-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Other- wise, the CPU will be[...]

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    17 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU 1 155-Pin Socket Step 3. Insert the 1 155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. H old the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line. Step 3-2. O rient th e CPU wi th IHS ( Integrated Hea t S ink) up. Lo cate P in1 a nd th e two orientation key notches. For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two or[...]

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    18 2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Thi s m other board is e quipp ed wi th 1 1 55-Pi n s ocket tha t su ppor ts I ntel 1 1 55-Pi n CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin C PU t o di ssipat e he at. Befo re y ou i nstall ed t he h eatsin k, y ou n eed to s pray thermal interface material betwe[...]

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    19 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This mot herboar d pr ovides t wo 2 40-pin D DR3 (Dou ble Data R ate 3) DI MM slots , and su pport s Dual C hannel M emory T ec hnolo gy . F or dua l chan nel co nfigu ration , yo u alw ays n eed to i nst all tw o ide nti cal (t he sa me b ran d, s peed , si ze a nd ch ip- type) memory modules in the DDR[...]

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    20 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards. PCIE2 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SA T A2 card, etc. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Before i[...]

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    21 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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    22 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D and D-Sub) 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 Express VGA[...]

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    23 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[...]

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

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    25 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 A2 Connectors These four Serial A T A2 (SA T A2_0: see p.13, No. 10) (SA T A2) connectors[...]

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    26 J _ S EN SE O U T 2_ L 1 M I C _R ET P R E SE NC E# G ND O U T 2_ R M I C 2_ R M I C 2_ L O UT _R ET Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.13 No. 19) convenient connection and control of audio devices. System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin P ANEL1) several sys[...]

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    27 Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header . (see p.13 No. 13) CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_F AN1) cable to the connector and (see p.13 No. 3) match the black wire to the ground pin. Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_F AN1) to the [...]

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    28 A TX 12V Power Connector Please connect an A TX 12V (4-pin A TX12V1) power supply to this connector . (see p.13 No. 1) Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module. (see p.13 No. 17) 20-Pin A TX Power Supply Installation Though this motherboard provides 24-pin A TX power connector , it can still work if you adop[...]

  • Page 29

    29 2.10 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® H61 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) hard disks. Y ou may install SA T A / SA T A2 hard disks on this mother- board for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SA T A / SA[...]

  • Page 30

    30 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 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 an[...]

  • Page 31

    31 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 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 A / SA T A2 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 connector . Connect SA T A 15-pin power cable conn[...]

  • Page 32

    32 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[...]

  • Page 33

    33 2.14.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILIT[...]

  • Page 34

    34 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip 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) t[...]

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    35 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[...]

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    36 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY , the Main screen will appear and display the system overview .[...]

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    37 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. Load Optimized GPU OC Setting Y ou c an u s e t hi s o pt i on t o l oa d o pt i mi ze d G PU o v er cl o ck i ng s e tt in g . Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your GPU and moth- erboard. It should be done at your own risk and expense. CPU Co[...]

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    38 Short Duration Power Limit Use this item to congure short duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto]. Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plane. The default value is [Auto]. Secondary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instan[...]

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    39 DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge T ime (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRAS Use thi s item to chan ge RAS # Active Time ( tRAS) Aut o/Manual set ting. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate (CR) Use this i tem to change Comm and Rate (CR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tWR Use this item to chan[...]

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    40 V oltage Conguration Power Saving Mode Use thi s to e nable or disa ble Po wer Sa ving Mode. The d efault value is [Disabled]. CPU Core V oltage Offset Use this to select CPU core voltage offset. The default value is [Auto]. IGPU V oltage Offset Use this to select IGPU voltage offset. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM V oltage Use this to sel[...]

  • Page 41

    41 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, North Bridge Conguration, South Bridge Conguration, Storage Congura - tion, Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology , Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology , [...]

  • Page 42

    42 3.4.1 CPU Conguration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o enable this fe ature, a computer system with an Intel processor that s up - ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology , such as Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / Vista TM / 7 is required. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® [...]

  • Page 43

    43 to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Intel Virtualization T echnology When this option is s et to [Enabled], a VMM ([...]

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    44 3.4.2 North Bridge Conguration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this to enable or disable Intel ® VT -d technology (Intel ® Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disa[...]

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    45 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. Onboard HDMI HD Audio This allows you to enable or di[...]

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    46 3.4.4 Storage Conguration SA T A Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SA T A Controller feature. SA T A Mode Selection Use this to select SA T A mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHC I (Ad vanc ed Ho st C ontro ller I nter face) sup ports N CQ a nd ot her ne[...]

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    47 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology . Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology is a new zero power hibernation mode which al- lows users to resume in just 5-6 seconds. The default is [Enabled]. Entry After Select a time to enable RTC wake timer at S3 [...]

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    48 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Use th is i tem t o e nabl e o r d isab le In tel( R) Sm art C onne ct T e chn olog y . Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology keeps your e-mai l and social networks, such as T witter , Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode. The default is [...]

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    49 3.4.7 Super IO Conguration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conguration options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Parallel Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port. Device Mode Use this item to change the[...]

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    50 3.4.8 ACPI Conguration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [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 T able Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The [...]

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    51 3.4.9 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] and [...]

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    52 3.5 T ool OMG(Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specied times via OMG. Y ou may schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users. In order to prevent users from bypassing OMG, guest accounts without permission to modify the system tim[...]

  • Page 53

    53 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].[...]

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    54 3.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Conguration options: [F[...]

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    55 3.7 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[...]

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    56 3.8 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. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled]. AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display . If you enable the option “Full Screen[...]

  • Page 57

    57 3.9 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Y es] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?” will pop-out[...]

  • Page 58

    58 Chapter 4: Software 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 / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures in this chapter for general refer- ence only . Refer to your OS documen[...]

  • Page 59

    59 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&[...]