ASRock A75M User Manual

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  • ASRock A75M | User Manual - Page 1
    A75M User Manual Version 1.1 Published June 2011 Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in
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    and Operation Operation Guide 31 2.13 Driver Installation Guide 33 2.14 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 33 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 33 2.14.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM
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    46 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 47 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 48 3.4.7 USB Configuration 50 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 51 3.6 Boot 54 4. Software Support 55 4.1 Install Operating System 55 4.2 Support CD Information 55 4.2.1 Running Support CD 55 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 55 4.2.3
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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
  • ASRock A75M | User Manual - Page 6
    Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.5-in, 24.4 cm x 21.6 cm - All Solid Capacitor design - Support for Socket FM1 100W processors - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - UMI-Link GEN2 - AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) - Dual
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    - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) - 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - DRAM, VDDP
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    CAUTION 9) - ASRock SmartView (see CAUTION 10) - ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 11) - ASRock On/Off Play Technology (see CAUTION 12) - Hybrid Booster: - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 13) Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
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    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.com 3. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows
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    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 tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few
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    under 1.00W in off mode condition. To meet EuP standard, 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 standby power efficiency is higher than 50% under 100 mA current consumption. For EuP
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    3.0 T: USB4 B: USB5 SATA_5 SATA_3 SATA_4 SATA_1 SATA_2 A 7 5 M CMOS BATTERY AMD 1 CLRCMOS1 PCIE1 SATA3 6Gb/s A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) Chipset 32Mb BIOS LAN PCIE2 XFast USB PCI1 AUDIO CODEC HD_AUDIO1 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 1 USB6_7 1 PCI2 USB8_9 USB10_11 1 1 1 CIR1 RoHS IR1 1 CHA_FAN1
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    USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) LAN RJ-45 Port Central / Bass (Orange) Rear Speaker (Black) Optical SPDIF Out Port Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 12 11 10 9 10 11 **** 12 13 14 15 Microphone (Pink) USB 3.0 Ports (USB45) USB 3.0 Ports (USB01) eSATA3 Connector HDMI Audio Output Connection Audio
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    enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will find "Mixer" Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to use front panel audio. **** eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M. 14
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    or remove any component, ensure that the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2. To avoid
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    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 necessary to install For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and the heatsink. 16
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    into DDR3 slot;otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged. 2. If you install only one memory module or two non-identical memory modules, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing
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    width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card and SATA2 card. PCIE2 switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation. Step 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard
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    64XX graphics processor and a motherboard based on an AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) 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, please
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    " 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 click "Apply" to save your change. Step 10. Reboot your
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    motherboard. This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for D-Sub and HDMI to support dual VGA output so that D-sub and HDMI or connect HDMI monitor cable to HDMI port on the I/O panel. D-Sub port HDMI port 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to
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    -on VGA card 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 need to install them again. 5. Set up a multi-monitor display. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Right click
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    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 video source compatible
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    Remote. Step1. Step2. Find the CIR header located next to the USB 2.0 header on ASRock motherboard. USB 2.0 header (9-pin, blue) CIR header Connect the front USB cable to the USB_PWR USB 2.0 header (as below, pin 1-5) PP+ (4-pin, white) and the CIR header. Please make GND DUMMY sure the
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    default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 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
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    connection of printer devices. USB_PWR P-9 P+9 GND DUMMY Besides two default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. 1 GND P+8 P-8 USB_PWR USB_PWR P-11 P+11 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+10 P-10 USB_PWR 26
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    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 panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Connect
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    power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header the black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even
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    5. 4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 1 5 Serial port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.12 No.17) This COM1 header supports a serial port module. HDMI_SPDIF Header (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) (see p.12 No. 24) 1 GND SPDIFOUT HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the
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    Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) functions. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the
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    is installed into system properly. The latest 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 or data
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    : Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA3 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to end (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin the motherboard's SATAII / SATA3 cable
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    Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 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 boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection
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    part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 33. STEP 4: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 34
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    on your system. At the begin- ning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompt- ed, insert the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you
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    ® 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 SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA3 HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions (AHCI mode) STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter
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    figure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press or during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines
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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
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    In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Configuration Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability. AMD Turbo Core Technology This item appears only when the processor you adopt supports this feature. Use this to select enable or disable
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    access contention. Channel Interleaving It allows you to enable Channel Memory Interleaving. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto]. The default value is [Auto]. CAS# Latency (tCL) Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD
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    ]. Read to Precharge (tRTP) Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual 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
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    Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient UEFI update tool allows you to update system UEFI without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard drive, then you can
  • ASRock A75M | User Manual - Page 43
    ]. If you 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
  • ASRock A75M | User Manual - Page 44
    ], [32MB], [64MB], [128MB], [256MB] and [512MB]. Onboard HDMI HD Audio This allows you to enable or 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
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    Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. On/Off Play Use this item to LAN This allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN feature. Good Night LED Enable this option to turn off Power LED and Port80 LED when the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned
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    SATA Mode. The default value of this option is [IDE Mode]. Configuration options: [AHCI Mode], [RAID Mode] and [IDE Mode]. If you set this item to RAID mode, it is suggested to install SATA ODD driver on SATA_5 and eSATA3 ports. SATA IDE Combined Mode This item is for SATA_5 and eSATA3
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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 onboard
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    -In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on the system. USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Use this item to enable or disable USB Keyboard/Remote to power on the system. USB Mouse Power On Use this
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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. 49
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    OS and UEFI setup when [Disabled] is selected. If you have USB compatibility issue, it is recommended to select [Disabled] to enter OS. [UEFI Setup Only] - USB devices are allowed to use only under UEFI setup and Windows / Linux OS. Legacy USB 3.0 Support Use this option to enable or disable legacy
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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 1 speed. Confi guration options: [Full On], [Manual Mode] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On]. 51
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    or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Boot Failure Guard Count Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard
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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. 53
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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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    install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software 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
  • ASRock A75M | User Manual - Page 56
    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 use Windows® VistaTM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or Windows® 7 64-bit. 2. Press or at system POST
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A75M
User Manual
Version 1.1
Published June 2011
Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.