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  • Page 1

    1 P75 Pro3 User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published August 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

  • Page 2

    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 ............................................................ 9 1.4 Motherboar[...]

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    4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ......................................... 38 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 38 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 38 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 39 3.2 Main Screen ........................[...]

  • Page 5

    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock P75 Pro3 motherboard, a reliable motherboard 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 contains introduction of the mothe[...]

  • Page 6

    6 1.2 Specications Platform - A TX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3 rd and 2 nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology Chipset - Intel ® B75 - Suppo rts Intel ® Small Business Advantage ( see CAUTION 1 ) - Suppor[...]

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    7 - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 4 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: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone SA T A3 - 1 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connector , supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions USB3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up[...]

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    8 - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - CASE OPEN detection - V oltage Monitoring: +12V , +5V , +3.3V , CPU Vcore OS - Microsoft ® Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 3 ) Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product informa[...]

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    9 1.3 Unique Features ASRock Extreme T uning Utility (AXTU) ASRock Extreme Tuning 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 of yo[...]

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    10 ASRock APP Charger I f y o u d e si r e a f a st e r, l e ss r e st r i ct e d w a y o f c ha r g in g y o u r Apple devic es, su ch as iPho ne/iPad/iP od T ouch, ASRo ck h as 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 co[...]

  • Page 11

    1 1 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 o[...]

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    12 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 Wi th AS Roc k’s e xcl us ive F as t B oot t ec hno log y , it t [...]

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    13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 2 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 3 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 4 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Black) 5 A TX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 6 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_2_3, Black) 7 Intel B75 Chipset 8 SPI Flash Memory (64Mb) 9 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_0, Gray) 10 SA T A2 Connector ([...]

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    14 1.4 I/O Panel * There is one 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 USB 2.0 Ports (USB[...]

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    15 Chapter 2: Installation This is an A TX form factor (12.0" x 7.0", 30.5 x 17.8 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 physical [...]

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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 are any bent pins in the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise, the CPU will be[...]

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    17 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU Step 3. Insert the 1 155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. H old t he CP U by th e ed ge wh ich i s marked with a black line. Step 3-2. O r ie n t t h e C P U w i th t h e I H S ( I nt e - g ra t e d H e a t S i n k) u p . L o c at e P i n1 and the two orientation key notches. For proper inserting, please ens[...]

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    18 2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink Thi s m other board is e quip ped wi th 1 1 55-Pi n s ocket tha t s uppor ts Int el 1 155 -Pin CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you install the heatsink, you need to spray ther- mal interface material between the CPU and [...]

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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 and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 4 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 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards [...]

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    21 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireX TM . All three CrossFireX TM components, a CrossFireX TM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX TM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireX TM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benet from the CrossFireX TM mult[...]

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    22 CrossFire Bridge Step 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph- ics card on PCIE1 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 CrossFir[...]

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    23 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’s website for AMD driver updates. Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system. For Windows ® XP OS: A. AMD recommends Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to[...]

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    24 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFire TM ”, the CrossFireX TM function may not work actually . Y our computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer , please conrm whether the option “Enable CrossFire TM ” in “AMD Catalyst Control Center” is selected or not; if not, please select it again, and [...]

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    25 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 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 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[...]

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    26 * 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[...]

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    27 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 o se pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on thes[...]

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    28 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 A2 Connectors These ve Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) (SA T A2_1: see p.13, No. 15) connecto[...]

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    29 Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.13, No. 20) and receiving infrared module. Consumer Infrared Module Header This header can be used to (4-pin CIR1) connect the remote controller (see p.13, No. 19) receiver . Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) p[...]

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    30 System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin P ANEL1) several system front panel (see p.13, No. 16) functions. Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below . Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Co[...]

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    31 Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_F AN1) to the f an connectors and match (see p.13, No. 33) the black wire to the ground pin. (3-pin CHA_F AN2) (see p.13, No. 13) (3-pin PWR_F AN1) (see p.13, No. 32) A TX Power Connector Please connect an A TX power (24-pin A TXPWR1) supply to this connector . (see p.13, [...]

  • Page 32

    32 A TX 12V Power Connector Please connect an A TX 12V (4-pin A TX12V1) power supply to this connector . (see p.13, No. 3) Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports (2-pin CI1) CASE OPEN detection feature (see p.13, No. 23) that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection [...]

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    33 2.1 1 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) / Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® B75 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) / Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks. Y ou may install SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage de[...]

  • Page 34

    34 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 / 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[...]

  • Page 35

    35 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process Hot Plug: Please follow the instructions below to process Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 / SA T A3 connector . Connect SA T A 15-pin p[...]

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    36 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 top to bottom to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you insta[...]

  • Page 37

    37 2.15.2 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 / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the steps below . Using SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A[...]

  • Page 38

    38 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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    39 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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    40 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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    41 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Conguration CPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep T echnology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology . Pro - cessors can switch between multiple frequencies and voltage point[...]

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    42 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 instantaneous current allowed for the secondary plane. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM Timing Conguration[...]

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    43 DRAM tRAS Use thi s item to chan ge RAS # Active Time (tRAS) Auto/ Manual settin g. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate (CR) Use this i tem to change Com mand Rate (CR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tWR Use this item to change Write Recovery T ime (tWR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRFC Use this item to cha[...]

  • Page 44

    44 V oltage Conguration CPU Core V oltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM V oltage Use this to select DRAM V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. VTT V oltage Use this to select VTT V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. PCH V oltage Use this to select PCH V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU [...]

  • Page 45

    45 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 , [...]

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    46 3.4.1 CPU Conguration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- 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 ® Win[...]

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    47 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 set t o [Enabled], a VMM ([...]

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    48 3.4.2 North Bridge Conguration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapt- er priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this item to enable/disable Intel(R) Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O. PCIE1 Link Speed This allows you to select PCIE1 Link Speed. The defau[...]

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    49 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 U se t his item to en able or disa ble On[...]

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    50 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]. SA T A Aggressive Link Power Management Use this item to congure Aggressive [...]

  • Page 51

    51 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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    52 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Us e th is it em to e nab le or 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 [[...]

  • Page 53

    53 3.4.7 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. Parallel Port Use this item to[...]

  • Page 54

    54 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 [...]

  • Page 55

    55 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 [...]

  • Page 56

    56 3.5 T ool System Browser System Browser can let you easily check your current system congura- tion in UEFI setup. 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 user[...]

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    57 Internet Flash Int erne t F lash se arch es f or av aila ble U EFI fi rmwa re up date s f rom ou r servers. In other words, the system can auto-detect the latest UEFI from our servers and ash them without entering Windows OS. Please note that you must be running on a DHCP congured computer in order to en- able this function. Network Con[...]

  • Page 58

    58 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 1 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed. Conguration options[...]

  • Page 59

    59 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[...]

  • Page 60

    60 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. PCI ROM Priority Use thi s item to adj ust PC I ROM Priorit y . The def ault v alue i s [Le gacy ROM]. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled]. [...]

  • Page 61

    61 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 62

    62 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 your OS documentat[...]

  • Page 63

    63 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) . 2[...]