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User Manual - Page 3
... 28 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 29 2.9 Jumpers Setup 30 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors 31 2.11 Smart Switches 36 2.12 Dr. Debug 37 2.13 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation 41 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 41 2.15 SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Operation Guide 42 2.16 Driver Installation Guide 44 2.17 Installing Windows®...
User Manual - Page 4
... Bridge Conf guration 57 3.4.4 Storage Conf guration 58 3.4.5 Super IO Conf guration 59 3.4.6 ACPI Conf guration 60 3.4.7 USB Conf guration 62 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 63 3.6 Boot Screen 64 3.7 Security Screen 65 3.8 Exit Screen 66
4. Software Support 67
4.1 Install Operating System 67 4.2 Support CD Information 67
4.2.1 Running Support CD 67 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 67...
User Manual - Page 5
...Quick Installation Guide ASRock 970 Extreme4 Support CD 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / V istaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Con f guration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please...
User Manual - Page 8
...- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, AMD Fusion, AMD
Fusion Media Explorer, ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink
DVD Suite - OEM and Trial)
Unique Feature - ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) (see CAUTION 7)
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash (see...
User Manual - Page 9
... read the installation guide of memory modules on page 17 for proper installation.
4. Whether 2000/1866/1800/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 2000/1866/1800/1600 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. ASRock website: http...
User Manual - Page 10
... Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems f rst 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 f le to your USB f ash drive, f oppy disk or hard drive...
User Manual - Page 20
2.5 SLITM Operation Guide
This motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology (Scalable Link Interface) that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently , NVIDIA® SLITM technology supports Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit / V istaTM / VistaTM 64bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements 1. For SLITM...
User Manual - Page 21
Step3. Align and insert ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card to the gold f ngers on each graphics card. Make sure ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is f rmly in place.
ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot.
2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup
Install the graphics card drivers to your system...
User Manual - Page 23
... . Please check AMD website for AMDTM CrossFireXTM driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benef ts of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM components, a CrossFireXTM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireXTM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireXTM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benef t from the CrossFireXTM...
User Manual - Page 27
... B. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please check Microsoft website for details. For Windows® 7 / VistaTM OS:
Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will f nd "ATI Catalyst...
User Manual - Page 44
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A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Conf guration.
B. Set the "SATA 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 appears...
User Manual - Page 45
... UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Conf guration.
B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to conf gure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper con f guration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document...
User Manual - Page 48
... explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to conf gure 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...
User Manual - Page 67
... le "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects the installed devices. Please 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 specif c item then follow the...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
... Quick Installation Guide ASRock 970 Extreme4 Support CD 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64 bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
... Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first 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...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
... graphics cards will not work together properly. (Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 20
... example graphics card. For other CrossFireXTM cards that AMDTM has released or will release in the future, please refer to AMDTM graphics card manuals for detailed
installation guide.
Step 1.
Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 24
..." on your Windows® taskbar.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
Step 6.
Double-click "ATI Catalyst Control Center". Click "View", select "CrossFireXTM", and then check the item "Enable CrossFireXTM". Select "2 GPUs" and click "Apply" (if you install two Radeon graphics cards). Select "3 GPUs" and click "OK" (if you install three Radeon graphics cards).
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RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
... Guide
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB950 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory...