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  • ASRock 770 Extreme3 | User Manual - Page 1
    770 Extreme3 User Manual Version 1.0 Published February 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate
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    Disks Installation 25 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs .... 26 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 26 2.12 SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ..... 27 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 29 2.14 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM
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    Screen 52 3.6 Boot Screen 53 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 53 3.7 Security Screen 54 3.8 Exit Screen 55 4 . Software Support 56 4.1 Install Operating System 56 4.2 Support CD Information 56 4.2.1 Running Support CD 56 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 56 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 56 4.2.4 Contact
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    information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 770 Extreme3 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm) ASRock 770 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock 770 Extreme3 Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon
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    1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X4 / X3 / X2
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    6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 6) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU VID Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, ASRock
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    . 3. Whether 1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3 CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1600 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 4. Due to the operating
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    like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press key during the POST or press key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few
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    38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 AM3 Phenom II ErP/EuP Ready Designed in Taipei Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN PWR_FAN1 PCIE1 AMD 770 Chipset IDE1 LAN Six-Core CPU Ready PHY PCIE2 770 Extreme3 Super I/O USB 3.0 PCIE3 CMOS BATTERY 1 CLRCMOS1 SATA3 6Gb/s AUDIO CODEC HDMI_SPDIF1
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    ** 8 Front Speaker (Lime) 13 12 11 10 9 Microphone (Pink) 10 USB 2.0 Port 11 USB 3.0 Port 12 eSATAII Connector 13 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 14 Optical SPDIF Out Port 15 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 16 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for
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    any motherboard settings. Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket
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    . Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see Page 10, No. 2). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and the heatsink. 13
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    see p.10 No.7), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated. This motherboard also set of blue slots (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1), or in the set of white slots (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2). 2. If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard
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    matches the break on the slot. notch break notch break The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation. Step 3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining
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    ) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card and SATA2 card. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation. Step 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is already
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    pins. Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PW1 1_2 2_3 Short pin2, pin3 to enable (see p.10, No. 1) +5V +5VSB +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 or USB wake up events. Note clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the
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    10 No. 9) PIN1 IDE1 connect the blue end to the motherboard connect the black end to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction see p.10, No. 11) (SATA3_2: see p.10, No. 10) SATA3_2 SATA3_1 These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII
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    -L GND GND CD-R Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.10, No. 29) GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET 1 OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. This header supports
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    the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your BIOS Setup Utility. Enter Advanced Settings, and then select Chipset Configuration. Set the Front Panel Control option from [Auto] to [Enabled]. F. Enter Windows
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    wire to the ground pin. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.10 No. 2) 1 2 3 4 Please connect the CPU fan cable to this connector and 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
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    ATX Power Supply Installation 1 13 ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.10 No. 3) 4 8 1 6 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX header supports a serial port module. HDMI_SPDIF Header (3-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) (see p.10 No.
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    HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional) C B A Please connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header on the motherboard. Then connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card. A. black end +5V SPDIFOUT GND blue black B. white
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    guide on page 16. Step 2. Connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header (HDMI_SPDIF1, white, see page 10, No. 31) on the motherboard connector of PCI Express VGA card. Please refer to the VGA card user manual for connector usage in advance. Step 4. Step 5. Connect the HDMI
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    This motherboard adopts AMD SB710 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you
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    2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII Devices in RAID / AHCI mode. AMD SB710 south bridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for
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    installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable, which are from our motherboard package. 5. Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash
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    cable to (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. the motherboard's SATAII / SATA3 connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector ( of attention, before you process the Hot Unplug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug, improper procedure will cause the SATA
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    Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot
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    the instruction to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the AMD RAID
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    up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide NOTE2. Currently, if you install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on IDE HDDs
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    . Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for Windows® XP, or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set up BIOS
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    This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE
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    has a menu bar with the following selections: Main To set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the
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    Screen To load optimal default values for all the settings To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY To jump to the Exit Screen or 09/2010] BIOS Version : A770 Extreme3 P1.00 Processor Type : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 600e Processor (64bit) Processor Speed : 2200MHz Microcode Update : 100F52/
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    , Inc. EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to load the optiomized CPU overclocking setting. Configuration options: [Press Enter], [Default], [5% (2310MHz)] to [50% (3300MHz)]. Please note that overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard. It should be
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    it is set to [Manual], you may adjust the value of Processor Frequency and Processor Voltage. However, it is recommended to keep the default value for system stability. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting [Press
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    control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [12.5%], [25%], [37.5%], [50%], [62.5%], [75%] and [87.5%]. The default value is [Auto]. Memory Configuration Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using [Auto]. You can set one of the standard
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    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 allows you to enable Channel Memory Interleaving. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Address bits 6], [Address bits 12], [
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    TWRRD Use this to adjust TWRRD values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK] to [10CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. TWRWR Use this to adjust TWRWR values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK] to [10CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. TRDRD Use this to adjust TRWTTD values. Configuration options: [
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    CHB CS/ODT Delay Use this to adjust values for CHB CS/ODT Delay feature. Configuration options: [Auto], [No Delay], [1/64CLK] to [31/64CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. CHB CS/ODT Setup Use this to adjust values for CHB CS/ODT Setup feature. Configuration options: [Auto], [1/2CLK] and [1CLK]. The
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    for CHB Processor ODT. Configuration options: [Auto], [240 ohms], [120 ohms] and [60 ohms]. The default value is [Auto]. Would you like to save current setting user defaults? In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements. 42
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    Settings Options for CPU WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration Storage Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration BIOS Update Utility ASRock
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    the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. The default value is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Enhance Halt State All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no
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    Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Onboard HD Audio Front Panel OnBoard Lan Primary Graphics Adapter Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. OnBoard Lan This allows you to enable or disable the onboard Lan
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    Support Use this item to enable or disable Away Mode support under Windows® XP Media Center OS. The default value is [Disabled]. Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set ]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 46
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    [IDE] and [AHCI]. The default value is [IDE]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the "IDE1 Master" as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of "IDE1 Slave" as well. BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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    disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] transfer. PIO Mode Use this item to set the PIO mode to enhance hard disk performance
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    3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. PCI Latency Timer
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    the type of your floppy drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A [1.44 MB 312"] Select the type of floppy enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [
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    or disable the use of USB controller. USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [BIOS Setup Only]. The default value
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    of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main CPU fan. If you set this option as [Disabled], the CPU fan will operate in full speed. If you set this option as [Enabled], you will find the items "Target CPU
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    Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num-Lock [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [On] Disabled: Displays normal POST messages. Enabled: Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages. +F1
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    this option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". Configuration options: [Auto], [EuP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. The default value is [Auto]. Currently, the option [Auto] is set to Aircraft. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable
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    message, "Discard changes?" Select [OK] to discard all changes. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for optimal default settings. F5 key can be used for this operation. Load Performance Setup AHCI Mode This performance setup AHCI mode may
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    XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information. 4.2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful
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770 Extreme3
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published February 2010
Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.