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  • ASRock B75M | User Manual - Page 1
    B75M User Manual Version 1.0 Published February 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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    36 2.15 Hot Plug for SATA3 HDDs 36 2.16 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide 37 2.17 Driver Installation Guide 39 2.18 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions 39 2.18.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without
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    CPU Configuration 48 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration 50 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration 51 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 52 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology 54 3.4.6 Intel Support 64 4.1 Install Operating System 64 4.2 Support CD Information 64 4.2.1 Running Support CD 64 4.2.2 Drivers
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    information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock B75M Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.4-in, 24.4 cm x 21.3 cm) ASRock B75M Quick Installation Guide ASRock B75M Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel
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    Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.4-in, 24.4 cm x 21.3 cm - All Solid Capacitor design - Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package - 3 + 1 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel
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    3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone - 1 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connector by Intel® B75, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061
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    BIOS with GUI support - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock
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    there is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Windows® cannot use. 6. Only PCIE1 slot supports Gen 3 speed. To run the PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please install an Ivy Bridge CPU. If you install a Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express will run only at PCI Express
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    Overclocking, you are allowed to overclock CPU ASRock APP Charger allows you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5). With APP Charger driver
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    option to adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA 1155 and LGA 1156. Please be noticed that not all the 775 and 1156 CPU Fan can be used. 22. ASRock XFast RAM is not supported by Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. Intel® Smart Connect Technology and Intel® USB 3.0 ports are not
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    power of the completed system should be under 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP standards, an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required. According to Intel's suggestion, the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v, and the standby power efficiency should be
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    : Mic In 1 CLRCMOS1 1 PCI Express 3.0 29 PCIE1 B75M SATA3_A0 SATA3_A1 7 SATA3_0 CHA_FAN1 8 9 10 AUDIO CODEC PCI1 28 ErP/EuP Ready 27 PCI2 11 Intel 64Mb B75 BIOS 12 13 SATA2_1 SATA2_3 26 Super I/O XFast USB XFast RAM XFast LAN PCIE2 LPT1 COM1 1 IR1 1 USB8_9 USB6_7
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    1.4 I/O Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 11 10 9 8 7 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 D-Sub Port (VGA1) * 3 LAN RJ-45 Port 4 Line In (Light Blue) ** 5 Front Speaker (Lime) 6 Microphone (Pink) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB4_5) 8 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_2_3) 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_0_1) 10 HDMI Port (HDMI1) 11 DVI-D Port
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    This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.4", 24.4 x 21.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do
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    Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below. 1155-Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 1155-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there are any bent pins in the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU if returning the motherboard for after service. 16
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    key notches. orientation key notch alignment key Pin1 Pin1 orientation key notch 1155-Pin CPU alignment key 1155-Pin Socket For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 3-3. Carefully place the
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    operation or contact other components. Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.), which provides flexible options to adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA 1155 and LGA 1156. The white throughholes are for Socket LGA 1155/1156 CPU fan. 18
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    2.5 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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    a chassis fan to the motherboard's chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1) when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment. 4. Only PCIE1 slot supports Gen 3 speed. To run the PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please install an Ivy Bridge CPU. If you install a Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express
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    Guide This motherboard supports supported by Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 / VistaTM / 7 OS. Quad CrossFireXTM is supported by Windows® VistaTM / 7 OS only. Please check AMD's website for AMD CrossFireXTM driver refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide. Step 1. Insert one
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    Interconnects on the top of the Radeon graphics cards. (The CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details.) CrossFire Bridge or Step 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector
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    3. Step 4. Step 5. Install the required drivers to your system. For Windows® XP OS: A. AMD recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system, there is no need to download it again): http://www.microsoft.com
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    Although you have selected the option "Enable CrossFireTM", the CrossFireXTM function may not work actually. Your computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer, please confirm whether the option "Enable CrossFireTM" in "AMD Catalyst Control Center" is selected or not;
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    cards to this motherboard. This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI to support dual VGA output so -D port HDMI port 2. If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, 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 (DVI-D, D-Sub 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
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    use HDCP function with this motherboard, you need to adopt a monitor that supports HDCP function as well. Therefore, you can enjoy the superior display quality with high-definition HDCP encryption contents. Please refer to the instructions below for more details about HDCP
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    correctly. Step3. GND IRTX IRRX ATX+5VSB Install Multi-Angle CIR support Hot-Plug function. Please install it before you boot the system. * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock's motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support list: http://www.asrock
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    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. Please be noted that the password, date, time, user default profile, 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the
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    Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial ATA2 Connectors (SATA2_1: see p.13, No. 13) (SATA2_2: SATA2_2 SATA2_4 SATA2_5 These five Serial ATA2 (SATA2) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current
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    2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. This header supports an optional wireless transmitting 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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    E. To activate the front mic. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Select "Mixer". Select "Recorder". Then click "FrontMic". For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust "Recording Volume". System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see
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    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, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation ATX Power Connector 12 24 (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.13, No. 6) Please connect an
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    Serial port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.13, No. 24) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. 34
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    hard disk. 2.13 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_0 connector. It also adopts ASMedia ASM1061 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_A0 and SATA3_A1 connectors. You
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    installed into the SATA / SATA2 HDD. 2.15 Hot Plug for SATA3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA3 in AHCI mode. Intel® B75 and ASMedia ASM1061 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed
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    installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATA2 / 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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    supply's 1x4-pin cable. Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA2 / SATA3 connector. SATA power cable 1x4-pin power connector ( 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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    Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver RAID functions, please follow the steps below. AHCI mode is not supported
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    Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the steps below. Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage
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    the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when set up the system time/date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI features H/W Monitor To
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    3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - To change option for the selected items
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    Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Configuration CPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel's new power saving technology. Processors can switch between multiple
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    GT OverClocking Support. The default value is [Disabled]. DRAM Timing Configuration Load XMP Setting Use this to load XMP setting. Configuration options: [Auto], [Default], [Profile 1] and [Profile 2]. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect
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    setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRTP Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tFAW Use this item to change Four Activate Window (tFAW) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tCWL Use this item to change CAS# Write Latency (tCWL
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    Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. IGPU Auto]. PCH Voltage Use this to select PCH Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU PLL Voltage Use this to select CPU PLL Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. VCCSA Voltage Use this to select VCCSA Voltage
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    this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, North Bridge Configuration, South Bridge Configuration, Storage Configuration, Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology, Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration
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    enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that 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
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    pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Intel Virtualization Technology When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware
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    3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard], [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI Express]. VT-d Use this item to enable/disable Intel(R) Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. PCIE1 Link
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    3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN feature. Deep Sleep Mobile platforms support Deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4/S5 in AC only. The default value is [Enabled in S5
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    this to select SATA mode. Configuration options: [IDE Mode] and [AHCI Mode]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages. SATA Aggressive Link Power
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    recommend to use Intel® B75 SATA ports (SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5 and SATA3_0) for your bootable devices. This will minimum your boot time and get the best performance. But if you still want to boot from the ASMedia SATA3 controller, you can still enable this in the UEFI BIOS. 53
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    Rapid Start Technology Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology. Intel(R) Rapid Start [Enabled]. Entry on S3 RTC Wake Use this item to enable or disable Intel Rapid Start invocation upon S3 RTC wake. The default is [Enabled]. Entry After
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    (R) Smart Connect Technology Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology. Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology keeps your e-mail and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode. The
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    3.4.7 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: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard
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    the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. 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
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    OMG(Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times via OMG. You may choose from [Everyday], [Day of the week] or [Weekdays and weekends], then schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other
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    use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is
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    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 CPU fan 1's speed. Configuration options: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. The default
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    3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means indefinite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this
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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. 62
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    3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" will pop-out. Select [Yes] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message "Discard
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    install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application softwares 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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    Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure
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B75M
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published February 2012
Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.