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backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this guide may or may not be registered trademarks ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com Published November 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 2
Motherboard Layout (785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3) English 1 PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper 15 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 16 Secondary SATAII Connector 3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module (SATAII_2 (PORT 1)) 4 AM3 CPU Socket ) 2 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 3
(Purple) * 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 ", and click "ok". Then reboot your system. 3 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
(Purple) * 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 ", and click "ok". Then reboot your system. 4 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
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 Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 5 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
x1 Gigabit LAN RTL8111E, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - 785GM-S3 Realtek PCIEx1 LAN 8105EL, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Serial Port: COM1 - 1 x VGA Port 6 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 7
Stepless Control (see CAUTION 13) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 14) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore English 7 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware devices to get the best system performance under Windows® environment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock OC Tuner. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com English 8 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 9
exciting motion controlled games. Also, please do not forget to pay attention to ASRock official website regularly, we will continuously provide you the most up-do-date supported games! ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/Aiwi/index.asp 9 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
driver, it makes your iPhone charged much quickly from your computer and up to 40% faster than before. ASRock APP Charger allows you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports power supply manufacturer for more details. 10 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 11
, place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component. 5. When placing screws into the screw holes to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard. 11 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 12
are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see Page 2, No. 6). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and the heatsink. English 12 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 13
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) - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 14
x1 lane width 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 card Step 1. Before 4. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws. 14 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 15
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 desktop onto this monitor". 15 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 16
of your monitors that you would like to use. The placement of display icons determines how you move items from one monitor to another. 16 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system for both the onboard VGA and the discrete graphics card. Step 6. Restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar. English ATI Catalyst Control Center 17 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 18
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. 18 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 19
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 clearCMOS action. English 19 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
motherboard connect the black end to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction PORT 1) These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATAII or SATA hard disk for internal storage motherboard. English 20 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
Audio 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 to install "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust "Recording Volume". 21 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 22
24-pin ATX power connector, 12 24 it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 13 22 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 23
NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. English 23 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 24
, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Please refer to the warning on page 8 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology. English 24 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 25
information about BIOS Setup, please refer to the User Manual (PDF file) contained in the Support CD. 4. Software Support CD information This motherboard supports various Microsoft® from the "BIN" folder in the Support CD to display the menus. 25 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard English - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 26
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SATAII_3 SATAII_4 (PORT 2) (PORT 3) SATAII_1 SATAII_2 (PORT 0) (PORT 1) 33 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 34
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SATAII_3 SATAII_4 (PORT 2) (PORT 3) SATAII_1 SATAII_2 (PORT 0) (PORT 1) 44 ASRock 785GM-GS3 / 785GM-S3 Motherboard - ASRock 785GM-S3 | Quick Installation Guide - Page 45
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
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this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
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Published November 2010
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The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic
substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations
passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in
California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see
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