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  • ASRock G965M-S | User Manual - Page 1
    G965M-S User Manual Version 1.0 Published February 2009 Copyright©2009 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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    24 2.11 Driver Installation Guide 24 2.12 Untied Overclocking Technology 24 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 25 3.1 Introduction 25 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 25 3.1.2 Navigation Keys 26 3.2 Main Screen 26 3.3 Smart Screen 27 3.4 Advanced Screen 28 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 28 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 30
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    4 Software Support 44 4.1 Install Operating System 44 4.2 Support CD Information 44 4.2.1 Running Support CD 44 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 44 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 44 4.2.4 Contact Information 44 4
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    guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock
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    Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O Connector - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.7-in, 24.4 cm x 19.6 cm - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn
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    Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - AMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, NB, +1.5V,VTT, DRAM Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 10) - Intelligent Energy Saver
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    memory support frequency. CPU FSB Frequency Memory Support Frequency 1066 DDR2 533, DDR2 667, DDR2 800 800 DDR2 533, DDR2 667, DDR2 800 533 DDR2 533 6. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP, Windows
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    automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please 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. 9
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    B: USB3 ATX12V1 OC 800 1 USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 Top: RJ-45 25 Intel G965 Chipset G965M-S Top: Line In Center: Line Out Bottom: Mic In 24 23 22 21 LAN PHY Super IO CD1 AUDIO CODEC HD_AUDIO1 1 20 PCIE1 RoHS CMOS Battery PCIE2 CLRCMOS1 PCI1 PCI2 CHA_FAN1 PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN 1 HDLED
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    VGA Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi- Streaming. For Windows® XP: After restarting your computer, you
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    G965M-S is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 7.7", 24.4 x 19.6 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
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    plate to fully open position at approximately 100 degrees. Step 2. Insert the 775-LAND CPU: Step 2-1. Hold the CPU by the edges where are marked with black lines. black line black line Step 2-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches
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    CPU is within the socket and properly mated to the orient keys. Step 3. Remove PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap): Use your left hand index finger and thumb to support PnP cap. 2. This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service. Step 4. Close the socket: Step 4-1. Rotate the load
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    are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 10, No. 4). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink. Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the
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    2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) G965M-S motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) 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) memory modules in
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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 have add-on PCI Express VGA card to PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot) and adjust the "Share Memory" BIOS option to [Enabled, 1MB] or [Enabled, 8MB], the onboard VGA will be enabled,
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    CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. OC 800 Jumper 1_2 (OC 800, 3-pin jumper, see p.10 No. 25) Default Note: If you want to overclock the FSB800-CPU (e.g. Cel400, E1000, E2000, E4000, E5000, E6000 series CPU) to FSB1066 on this motherboard, you need to adjust the jumpers. Please short pin2, pin3. Otherwise, the
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    end to the motherboard to the IDE devices 80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details. Serial ATAII Connectors (SATAII_1: see p.10, No. 11) (SATAII_2: see p.10, No. 12) (SATAII_3: see p.10, No. 10) (SATAII_4: see p.10, No. 14
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    2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, TV tuner card, or MPEG card. Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.10 No. 20) GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET
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    the front mic. For Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS: Please 10 No. 4) 4 3 2 1 GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL Please connect a CPU fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU
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    Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.10, No. 6) 12 24 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 ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please
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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 website for details: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm The above examples are just for your
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    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 [CPU, PCIE
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    use 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 off and then back on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose
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    System Time System Date [14:00:09] [Fri 02/20/2009] BIOS Version : G965M-S P1.00 Processor Type : Genuine Intel (R) CPU @ 1.86GHz (64bit) Processor Speed : 1866MHz Microcode Update : 6F4/0 Cache Size : 2048KB Total Memory DDRII_1 DDRII_2 : 1024MB : 1024MB/266MHz (DDR2 533) : None Use
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    will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA
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    CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. BIOS CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU tech. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Excute Memory Protection
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    the ratio status of this motherboard is "Locked" or "Unlocked supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset. In the C1 power state, the processor maintains the context of the system caches. Max CPUID Value Limit For Prescott CPU
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    that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Intel
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    If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate CPU you adopt. Flexibility Option The default value of this option is [Disabled]. It will allow better tolerance for memory compatibility when it is set to [Enabled]. DRAM Timing Control BIOS
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    (CC)], [4.50X (DD)], [4.75X (EE)] and [5.00X (FF)]. Voltage Control BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Voltage Control CPU Voltage DRAM Voltage NB Voltage VTT Offset Voltage +1.5V Voltage [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Options Auto Manual 32 +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option
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    Use this to select CPU Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto] and [Manual]. The default value is [Auto]. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Memory Remap Feature DRAM Memory Technology) is an architecture that offers breakthrough perfor mance for the motherboard through efficient memory
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    Windows® VistaTM OS because the driver will intelligently detect physical memory available and allocate necessary video memory. DVMT/FIXED Memory You are allowed to adjust the shared memory [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. OnBoard Lan This the BIOS option, you can also choose
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    3.4.3ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the system supports it. Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® VistaTM certification. 35
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    NT). If native OS (Windows® 2000 / XP / VistaTM) is installed, please select [Enhanced]. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the "Primary IDE Master" as the example in the following instruction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary
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    After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition Mode Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large mode. Block (Multi-Sector Transfer
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    settings. PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 3.4.6Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address [3F8 / IRQ4] +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults
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    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 [BIOS Setup Only]. Please refer to below descriptions for
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    you 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 Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring
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    this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Configure Settings during System Boot. 1st Boot Device
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    section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Smart Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor
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    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 message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option
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    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. Refer to your OS
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G965M-S
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published February 2009
Copyright©2009 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.