ASRock K8NF6G-VSTA User Manual - Page 8

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CAUTION! 1. For power-saving's sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on page 44 to enable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. 2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 26 for details. 3. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. 4. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will 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. 5. PCI Express Graphics slot (PCIE1) supports most of the ATiTM and NVIDIA® graphics cards except some old version ATiTM graphics cards, such as ATiTM X300, X550, X700, and X800 series graphics cards. 6. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 11 for proper connection. 7. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 22 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly. 8. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4. 9. Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future. Please visit our website for Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 8

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CAUTION!
1.
For power-saving’s sake, it is strongly recommended to enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’
Quiet
TM
technology under Windows system. See APPENDIX on page 44 to
enable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet
TM
technology.
2.
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read “Un-
tied Overclocking Technology” on page 26 for details.
3.
Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to
perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus
frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.
4.
While CPU overheat is detected, the system will 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.
5.
PCI Express Graphics slot (PCIE1) supports most of the ATi
TM
and NVIDIA
®
graphics cards except some old version ATi
TM
graphics cards, such as ATi
TM
X300, X550, X700, and X800 series graphics cards.
6.
For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes.
For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel,
and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 11 for proper connection.
7.
Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the “SATAII
Hard Disk Setup Guide” on page 22 to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to
SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector
directly.
8.
Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit / Vista
TM
/ XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2 / 2000 SP4.
9.
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit driver keeps on updating now. As
long as we have the latest driver, we will update it to our website in the future.
Please visit our website for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit driver
and related information.
ASRock website
http://www
.a
srock.com