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    A55M-DGS User Manual Version 1.0 Published May 2012 Copyright©2012 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 11 1.4 I/O Panel 12 2. Installation 13 Pre-installation Precautions 13 2.1 CPU Installation 14 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 14 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 15 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 16 2.5 Dual Graphics Operation Guide
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    Navigation Keys 37 3.2 Main Screen 37 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen 38 3.4 Advanced Screen 41 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 42 3.4.2 North 53 4. Software Support 54 4.1 4.2 Install Operating System 54 Support CD Information 54 4.2.1 Running Support CD 54 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 54 4.2.3
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    website for specific information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock A55M-DGS Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.8-in x 6.8-in, 22.4 cm x 17.3 cm) ASRock A55M-DGS Quick Installation Guide ASRock A55M-DGS Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data
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    I/O - Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.8-in x 6.8-in, 22.4 cm x 17.3 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power - Support for Socket FM1 100W processors - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - UMI-Link GEN2 - AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 1) - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
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    Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, VDDP, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM - ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility
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    the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking supported depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 2400/1866/1600 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
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    embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first 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
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    check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. 13. ASRock XFast RAM is not supported by Microsoft® Windows
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    X SOCKET FM1 DVI1 26 25 24 23 22 Top: LINE IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN Dual Graphics DDR3 2400+ USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 RJ-45 LAN USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 HD_AUDIO1 LAN AUDIO CODEC COM1 1 1 ErP/EuP Ready RoHS CMOS BATTERY 1 CLRCMOS1 A55M-DGS PCIE1 Super I/O DX11 32Mb BIOS AMD A55
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    1.4 I/O Panel 1 10 9 8 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) * 2 LAN RJ-45 Port 3 Line In (Light Blue) ** 4 Front Speaker (Lime) 5 Microphone (Pink) 2 3 4 5 7 6 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 8 DVI-D Port 9 D-Sub Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN
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    , peripherals, and/or components. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity, NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like. Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap
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    Up The Socket Lever CPU Golden Triangle Socket Corner Small Triangle STEP 2 / STEP 3: STEP 4: Match The CPU Golden Triangle Push Down And Lock To The Socket Corner Small The Socket Lever Triangle 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink After you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is
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    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This 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 chiptype) memory modules in
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    of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis). Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use. Keep the screws for later use. Align the
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    HD 65XX/64XX graphics processor and a motherboard based on an AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) integrated chipset, all operating in a Windows® 7 environment. Please refer to below PCI Express graphics card support list for AMD Dual Graphics. For the future update of more compatible PCI Express graphics cards
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    Step 7. You can also click "AMD VISION Engine Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar to enter AMD VISION Engine Control Center. AMD VISION Engine Control Center Step 8. In AMD VISION Engine Control Center, please choose "Performance". Click "AMD CrossFireTM". Step 9. Click "Enable CrossFireTM" and
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    VGA card to this motherboard. This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for D-Sub and DVI-D to support dual VGA output so . D-Sub port DVI-D port 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already, you can freely enjoy the benefits of dual
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    Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (D-Sub and DVI is inserted to this motherboard. 4. Install the onboard VGA driver and the add-on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system. If you have installed the drivers already, there is no
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    is my main monitor" and supported on this motherboard. To use HDCP function with this motherboard, you need to adopt the monitor that supports HDCP function as well. Therefore, you can enjoy the superior display quality with high-definition HDCP encryption contents. Please refer to below instruction
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    2.7 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock motherboard with CIR header. Please refer to below procedures for the quick installation and usage of ASRock Smart Remote. Step1. Find the CIR header located next to the USB 2.0 header on ASRock motherboard.
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    chassis on the market. 3. The Multi-Angle CIR Receiver does not support Hot-Plug function. Please install it before you boot the system. * 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 23
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    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 ac- tion. Please be noted that the password, date, time, user default profile, 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if
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    cable can be connected to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk or the SATA2 connector on this motherboard. Print Port Header (25-pin LPT1) (see p.11 No. 17) AFD# ERROR# PINIT 2.0 ports on the 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. 25
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    allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. 1. High Definition 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 your system. 2. If you use AC'97 audio
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    . A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard
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    ) (see p.11 No. 7) Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 1 13 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, 12 24 it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.11 No.21) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. 28
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    adopts AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA
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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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    Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system
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    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 3: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page
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    you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please insert the USB flash to your system, and click the "Load Driver" button to load the RAID drivers. After that, you can continue the OS installation. 2.15 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without
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    2.15.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (
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    . The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. -Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens menu bar with the following selections: Main To set up the system time
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    the settings Save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY Print screen Jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. 37
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    note that overclocing may cause damage to your components and motherboard. It should be done at your own risk and expense. CPU Configuration Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode. Configuration options: [Auto] and [Manual]. The default value is [Auto]. Spread Spectrum This item should
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    CPU voltage. However, for safety and system stability, it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item. GFX Engine Clock Use this to adjust graphics engine clock. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM Configuration DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The
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    setting. The default is [Auto]. Four Activate Window (tFAW) Use this item to change Four Activate Window (tFAW) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Voltage Control DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. NB Voltage Use this to
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    you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Nouth Bridge Configuration, South Bridge Configuration, file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other
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    install Windows® 7 / VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies. Please set this item
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    disable the "Onboard HDMI HD Audio" feature. Dual Graphics This item appears only when you install AMD RADEON HD6670 / 6570 / 6450 graphics card on this motherboard. Use this to enable or disable Dual Graphics feature. If you enable this option, you can choose onboard VGA or PCIE card VGA at will
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    3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration 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.
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    3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Controller Use this item to enable or disable the "SATA Controller" feature. SATA Mode Use this item to adjust SATA Mode. The default value of this option is [AHCI Mode]. Configuration options: [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [IDE Mode]. Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Use this
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    3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 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. Configuration options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the
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    RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-toRAM feature. Select [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. Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to
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    ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is [Enabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 48
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    ]. The default value is [Enabled]. Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options: [Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB. [Auto] - Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected. [Disabled] - USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and UEFI setup when
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    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 the CPU fan 1 speed. Confi guration options: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. The
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    . Configuration options: [Legacy ROM] and [EFI Compatible ROM]. The default vale is [Legacy ROM]. 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 Logo
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    3.7 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. 52
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    3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following
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    CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features. 4.2.1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your
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    Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode 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
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    HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on For GPT partition. Press to save the change and exit. 4. Press to enter Boot Manual. Choose UEFI : Built - in EFI Shell. 5. Key in drvcfg, for example you will see below:
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    7. And then key in drvcfg -s [Drv number] [Ctrl number] to enter Raid Utility. For example: key in drvcfg -s 4E B5. 8. Choose Logical Drive Main Menu to set up Raid Drive. 9. Choose Logical Drive Create Menu to create a Raid Drive. 10. Choose Usable Physical Drive List to select Raid HDD. 57
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    . After set up Raid size, please click Start to Create. 14. Press to exit Utility. 15. During reboot, please press to enter Boot Manual. Choose UEFI: SCSI CD/DVD Drive. * This option only shows on Windows® 7 64-bit and VistaTM 64-bit OS. 58
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    Windows® Installation Guide to install OS. If you install Windows® 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit in a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows® or install driver/ utilities. If you encounter this problem, you will need to following instructions to fix this
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    B. Disable "Volume Shadow Copy" service. a. Type "computer management" in the Start Menu, then press "Enter". b. Go to "Services and Applications>Services"; Then double click "Volume Shadow Copy". c. Set "Startup type" to "Disable" then Click "OK". 60
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    C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Windows® 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 thru this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take
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A55M-DGS
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published May 2012
Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.