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  • ASRock 785GM-S3 | User Manual - Page 1
    785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 User Manual Version 1.0 Published November 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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    Motherboard Layout (785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 11 1.4 I/O Panel (785GM-GS3 12 1.5 I/O Panel (785GM-S3 13 2 . Installation 14 Pre-installation Precautions 14 2.1 CPU Installation 15 2.2 Installation of CPU and Operation Guide ..... 29 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 31 2. Overclocking Technology 35 3
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    BIOS Menu Bar 36 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 37 3.2 Main Screen 37 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 39 3.4 Advanced Screen 46 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 47 3.4.2 Chipset 4 . Software Support 60 4.1 Install Operating System 60 4.2 Support CD Information 60 4.2.1 Running Support CD 60 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 60
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    the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.2-in, 24.4 cm x 18.3 cm) ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data
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    CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.2-in, 24.4 cm x 18.3 cm - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors - Six-Core CPU Ready - Supports AMD
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    ) - 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, VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink
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    1800/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3 CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1800/1600 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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    improve efficiency when the CPU cores are idle. your overclocking record under the operating system and simplifies the complicated recording process of overclocking settings. install the ASRock AIWI utility either from ASRock official website or ASRock software support CD to your motherboard, and
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    (S1), Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5). With APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/AppCharger/index.asp 13. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is
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    1 1 CLRCMOS1 Support 6-Core CPU PWR_FAN1 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN ErP/EuP Ready LAN Super I/O 8Mb BIOS AUDIO CODEC HD_AUDIO1 1 1 LPT1 Design in Taipei AMD 785G Chipset PCIE1 IDE1 RoHS PCIE2 FLOPPY1 PCI1 PCI2 CHA_FAN1 USB6_7 1 USB4_5 1 AMD SB710 Chipset SATAII_3
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    I/O Panel (785GM-GS3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 9 8 7 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) * 3 RJ-45 Port 4 Line In (Light Blue) 5 Line Out (Lime) 6 Microphone (Pink) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port
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    Panel (785GM-S3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 9 8 7 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) * 3 RJ-45 Port 4 Line In (Light Blue) 5 Line Out (Lime) 6 Microphone (Pink) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please
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    2. Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 7.2-in, 24.4 cm x 18.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you
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    Socker Corner Small Triangle STEP 2 / STEP 3: Match The CPU Golden Triangle To The Socket Corner Small Triangle STEP 4: Push Down And Lock The Socket Lever 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink After you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is necessary to install a larger heatsink and
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    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type)
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    There are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express cards with x16 lane width graphics cards. Installing an expansion
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    motherboard supports multi monitor feature. With the internal VGA output support BIOS setup, the default value of "Share Memory", [Auto], will disable VGA function when the add-on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard. 4. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver
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    E. Right-click the display icon and select "Attached", if necessary. F. Set the "Screen Resolution" and "Color Quality" as appropriate for the second monitor. Click "Apply" or "OK" to apply these new values. G. Repeat steps C through E for the diaplay icon identified by the number one, two and three
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    graphics processor and a motherboard based on an AMD 785G integrated chipset, all operating in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. Please refer to below PCI Express graphics card support series graphics cards are only supported with AMD Phenom CPU. Please visit our website for the future driver
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    used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. * For further information of ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM technology, please check AMD website for up dates and details. 21
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    and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not 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 system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action
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    to the motherboard connect the black end to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your No. 14) SATAII_1 (PORT 0) These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII or SATA hard disk for internal SATAII_3 SATAII_4 storage devices. The
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    I/O panel, there are two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. Print Port Header (25-pin supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual
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    4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. Pin 1-3 Connected If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. 3-Pin Fan Installation ATX Power
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    ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin ATX12V1) (see p.11 No. 2) Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. 26
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    guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction 's website for details: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm The above examples are just for your
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    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 to install
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    is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATAII 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 or
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    cable to (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable. the motherboard's SATAII connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector (White) Step 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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    functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen 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
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    configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on
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    still need to set 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
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    functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode) STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM
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    Technology 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 [Manual
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    the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY /date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W Monitor To display current hardware
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    OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 11/02/2010] BIOS Version : 785GM-GS3 P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 235e Processor (64bit) Processor Speed : 2700MHz Microcode Update : 100F62/10000C7 L1 Cache Size : 256KB L2
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    OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 11/02/2010] BIOS Version : 785GM-S3 P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 235e Processor (64bit) Processor Speed : 2700MHz Microcode Update : 100F62/10000C7 L1 Cache Size : 256KB L2
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    that overclocing may cause damage to your mGPU and motherboard. It should be done at your own risk and expense. CPU Configuration Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto] and [Manual]. CPU Frequency (MHz) Use this option to adjust
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    BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting Load Optimized mGPU OC Setting CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU .0 2000 MHz 1.325 V [Manual] Overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard. It should be done at
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    DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.30V] to [2.05V]. The default value is [Auto]. Memory Timing BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Memory Timing Power Down Enable Bank Interleaving Channel Interleaving [Disabled] [Auto] [HASH 2] CAS Latency (CL) 10 TRCD
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    CAS Latency (CL) Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options: [Auto], [4CLK] to [12CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. TRCD Use this to adjust TRCD values. Configuration options: [Auto], [5CLK] to [12CLK]. The default value is [Auto]. TRP Use this to adjust TRP values
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    TRFC0 Use this to adjust TRFC0 values. Configuration options: [Auto], [90ns], [110ns], [160ns], [300ns] and [350ns]. The default value is [Auto]. MA Timing Use this to adjust values for MA timing. Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [1T]. The default value is [Auto]. CHA ADDR/CMD Delay Use this to
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    ODT Use this to adjust values for CHB Processor ODT. Configuration options: [Auto], [240 ohms], [120 ohms] and [60 ohms]. The default value is [Auto]. Chipset Settings Onboard GPU Clock Override This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard GPU Clock Override feature. 44
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    Onboard GPU Clock This option only appears when you enable "Onboard GPU Clock Override". The default value is [500]. mGPU Voltage Use this to select mGPU voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [1.10V] to [1.45V]. The default value is [Auto]. Would you like to save current setting user defaults? In
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    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 Instant Flash Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to
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    by AMD-V. The default value is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Enhance Halt State (C1E) All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset. In
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    3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings PCIE2 Link ASPM Onboard HD Audio Front Panel Onboard Lan Dr. LAN Link speed : 100 Mbps Primary Graphics Adapter Internal Graphics Mode Share Memory Surround View [Disabled] [Disabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [PCI] [UMA] [
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    3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Check Ready Bit Away Mode Support Restore on AC / Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 49
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    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 Advanced IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA
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    Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or
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    3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency
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    Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel
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    Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP]. If this option is set to [ECP+EPP], it will show the EPP version in the following item, "EPP Version". Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional], and [ECP+EPP]. EPP Version Use
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    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 is [Enabled]. Please refer to below descriptions for
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    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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring
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    for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Configuration Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Boot Logo Boot From Onboard LAN Bootup Num-Lock [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Disabled] [On]
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    when you enable the option "Full Screen Logo". Configuration options: [Auto], [EUP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. The default value is [Auto]. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically
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    Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following 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 this operation. Load Performance Setup Default This performance setup
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    install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to
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785GM-GS3 /
785GM-S3
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published November 2010
Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.