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    AM2NF3-VSTA User Manual Version 1.2 Published December 2006 Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic
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    Functions for SATA HDDs 22 2.9 Driver Installation Guide 22 2.10 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions 23 2.11 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 23 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 24 3 . BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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    3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration 38 3.6 Security Screen 39 3.7 Exit Screen 40 4 . Software Support 41 4.1 Install Operating System 41 4.2 Support CD Information 41 4.2.1 Running Support CD 41 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 41 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 41 4.2.4 Contact Information 41 APPENDIX: AMD's Cool
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    of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA Motherboard (ATX Form Factor
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    1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Hybrid Booster Expansion Slot Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.0-in, 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm - Socket AM2 for AMD AthlonTM 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron Processors - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports
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    Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 11) - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including
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    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. 7. This motherboard supports ASRock AM2 Boost overclocking technology. If you enable this function in the BIOS setup, the memory
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    and users who purchase this motherboard and plan to submit Windows® VistaTM Premium and Basic logo, please follow the below table for minimum hardware requirement. CPU Memory VGA Sempron 2800+ 512MB Single Channel DX9.0 with WDDM Driver with 128bit VGA memory (Premium) with 64bit VGA memory (Basic
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    IN Center: FRONT Bottom: MIC IN 7.1CH Super I/O LAN PHY CD1 AUDIO CODEC JR1 JL1 1 AUDIO1 4Mb BIOS CPU_FAN1 AGP 8X Dual Core CPU SATA2 SATA1 SATA DDRII800 Dual Channel 1.5V_AGP1 ATA133 PCI1 RAID PCI2 AM2NF3-VSTA NVIDIA nForce3 250 Chipset IDE2 IDE1 PCI3 GAME1 PCI4 RoHS PCI5 FLOPPY1
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    1.5 ASRock 8CH I/O 1 13 12 11 2 3 6 4 7 5 8 10 9 1 Parallel Port 2 RJ-45 Port the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use. TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass (No. 7) (No. 4) (No.
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    2. Installation AM2NF3-VSTA is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 8.0-in, 30.5 cm x 20.3 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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    1: Lift Up The Socket Lever Socket Corner STEP 2 / STEP 3: STEP 4: Match The CPU Golden Triangle Push Down And Lock To The Socket Corner 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) AM2NF3-VSTA motherboard provides four 240-pin DDRII (Double Data Rate II) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDRII DIMM
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    Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components 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
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    Expansion Slots (PCI Slots and AGP Slot) There are 5 PCI slots and 1 AGP slot on AM2NF3-VSTA motherboard. PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card. The ASRock AGP slot has a special design
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    rear panel audio connectors can power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 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
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    /133 cable Note: If you use only one IDE device on this motherboard, please set the IDE device as "Master". Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Besides, to optimize compatibility and performance, please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector
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    two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. The card, or MPEG card. Front Panel Audio Header (8-pin AUDIO1) (see p.10 No. 21) GND BACKOUT-R BACKOUT-L 1 A U D - O U T- L GND A U D - O U T- R MIC-POWER MIC This is an interface for front panel audio
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    to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation ATX Power Connector (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10 No. 27) Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin ATX12V1
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    Game Port Header (15-pin GAME1) (see p.10 No. 19) +5V JBB1 JBX MIDI_OUT JBY JBB2 MIDI_IN 1 +5V JAB2 JAY GND GND JAX JAB1 +5V Connect a Game cable to this header if the Game port bracket is installed. a 21
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    . Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. For users who install Windows® XP 64-bit OS and plan
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    http://www.asrock.com 2.10 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions The installation procedures for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit are subject to change. Please visit our website for the updates of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and
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    the folder at the following path: .. \Information\Manual\RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP-64bit OS on your system. After step1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of
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    Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and
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    [17:00:09] [Fri 06/09/2006] BIOS Version : AM2NF3-VSTA BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ (64bit supported) Processor Speed : 2200 MHz Microcode Update : F7A/3A L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 512KB Total Memory DDRII 1 DDRII 2 DDRII 3 DDRII 4 : 512MB Dual-Channel
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    3.3.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) AGP Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Cool' n' Quiet Dual Core Support Processor Maximum Multiplier Processor Maximum Voltage Multiplier/Voltage Change Memory Clock
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    Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) AGP Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Spread Spectrum Cool' n' Quiet Dual Core Support Processor Maximum Multiplier Processor Maximum Voltage Multiplier/Voltage Change Processor Multiplier Processor Voltage Memory Clock
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    options: [Auto], [2T], [1T]. The default value is [Auto]. Burst Length Burst length can be set to 8, 4 or 2 beats. 64 Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node, or accross nodes, decreasing access contention
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    ], [4X]. The default value is [8X]. AGP Aperture Size It refers to a section of the PCI memory address range used for graphics memory. It is recommended to leave this field at the default value unless the installed AGP card's specifications requires other sizes. Configuration options: [32MB], [64MB
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    [Low] and [High] for AGP Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Repost Video on STR Resume Restore on AC / Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS / 2 Keyboard Power On RTC Alarm Power On ACPI HPET Table
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    Timers support. The default value is [Disabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 3.3.4 IDE Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration OnBoard IDE Controller OnBoard SATA Controller SATA Operation
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    Installed]: Select [Not 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 a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large
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    bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [64 keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards' specifications require other settings. PCI IDE
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    Channel Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and
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    the MIDI Port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [300], and [330]. 3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10
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    disable the legacy USB support. 3.4 Hardware Health CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU
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    devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives
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    the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Install or Change the password
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    3.7 Exit Screen Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security Exit Exit Options Save Changes and "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the
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    4. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only.
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    power-saving sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows® system. When using this feature, please make sure to install "AMD Processor Driver" from the "Support CD" first. If you are using Windows® 2000/XP operating system, please follow the instruction
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AM2NF3-VSTA
User Manual
Version 1.2
Published December 2006
Copyright©2006 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.