ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional driver and firmware
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User Manual - Page 5
... CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 31 2.9 Surround Display Features 36 2.10 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 37 2.11 ASRock XFast Charger Operation Guide 38 2.12 Jumpers Setup 39 2.13 Onboard Headers and Connectors 40 2.14 Smart Switches 47 2.15 Dr. Debug 48 2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks
Installation 52 2.17 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation 52 2.18...
User Manual - Page 6
...72 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 74 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 75 3.4.7 USB Configuration 76 3.4.8 ME Subsystem 77 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 78 3.6 Boot Screen 79 3.7 Security Screen 80 3.8 Exit Screen 81
4 Software Support 82
4.1 Install Operating System 82 4.2 Support CD Information 82
4.2.1 Running Support CD 82 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 82 4.2.3 Utilities...
User Manual - Page 7
.... www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Quick Installation Guide Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Support CD 6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel...
User Manual - Page 10
... CAUTION 6)
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 7)
- ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 8)
- ASRock SmartView (see CAUTION 9)
- ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 10)
- ASRock XFast LAN (see CAUTION 11)
- ASRock XFast Charger (see CAUTION 12)
- ASRock XFast RAM (see CAUTION 13)
- ASRock Crashless BIOS (see CAUTION 14)
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see...
User Manual - Page 11
...is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Windows® cannot use.
4. Currently Intel® Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E Processor doesn't support PCIE 3.0, but this motherboard is already PCIE 3.0 hardware ready. It depends on Intel's CPU to enable PCIE 3.0. Please check Intel's website for information on future CPU updates and releases.
5. For microphone input...
User Manual - Page 12
... the key during the POST or the key to enter into the 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 clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or...
User Manual - Page 24
... are NVIDIA® certified. 2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology (driver version 280.41 and later). Download the driver from NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use NVIDIA®...
User Manual - Page 31
... Windows® VistaTM / 7 OS only. Please check AMD's website for CrossFireXTM driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits 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...
User Manual - Page 35
... 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's website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card driver into your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI...
User Manual - Page 59
... information
OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features
Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI features
H/W Monitor To display current hardware status
Boot
To set up the default system device to locate and load the
Operating System
Security
To set up the security features
Exit
To exit the current screen or the UEFI SETUP UTILITY
Use < > key or...
User Manual - Page 82
...-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menu.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available device's drivers if the system detects installed devices...
User Manual - Page 84
... download the driver from
ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB flash disk OR copy the file from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v3.0.0.1112 3. Create RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" fi...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 7
... SLI_Bridge Cards 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card
ASRock Reminds You... To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the "User Manual" in our support CD for details.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 12
... to page 33 for details. 13. ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included into F-Stream. It fully utilizes the memory space that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. And it also boosts
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
... driver supports NVIDIA® SLITM technology (driver version 280.41 and later). Download the driver from NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). 3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use NVIDIA® certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA® website for details.
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1.1 Installing...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 28
... graphics card. For other CrossFireXTM cards that AMD has released or will release in the future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1.
Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE1 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 32
... 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's website for details. Restart your computer. Install the VGA card driver to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 235
... at system POST and choose the item
"UEFI:xxx" to boot. C. Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you want to install
Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
D. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to find the RAID driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the first step.
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Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 12
... to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system setup.
The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista* or Note
Microsoft Windows 7*.
Enable RAID in System BIOS
Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS.
1. Click F2 or Delete to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory...
Marvell SATA3 RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
Installation
Insert ASRock support CD to the optical drive. Click "Install all" or "Marvell SATA3 Driver". The system will start to auto-install Marvell SATA3 driver.
Click "Next" at the welcome screen.
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