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User Manual - Page 3
...and CPU fan 15 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots 18 2.7 CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 20 2.8 Surround Display Feature 24 2.9 Jumpers Setup 25 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors 26 2.11 Quick Switches 32 2.12 Debug LED 33 2.13 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 36 2.14 SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide 37 2.15 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial...
User Manual - Page 4
... Floppy Configuration 62 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 63 3.4.8 USB Configuration 64 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 65 3.6 Boot Screen 66 3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration 66 3.7 Security Screen 67 3.8 Exit Screen 68
4 Software Support 69
4.1 Install Operating System 69 4.2 Support CD Information 69
4.2.1 Running Support CD 69 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 69 4.2.3 Utilities Menu...
User Manual - Page 5
... Contents
ASRock P45X3 Deluxe Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock P45X3 Deluxe Quick Installation Guide ASRock P45X3 Deluxe Support CD One ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Four Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional...
User Manual - Page 9
... a BIOS flash utility embedded in 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, floppy disk...
User Manual - Page 20
... Ready motherboard, a CrossFireXTM Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFireXTM Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFireXTM Ready cards. This applies to cards from ATITM or any of its partners. Please refer to below table for CrossFireXTM VGA card support list according to the OS you install.
For Windows® XP
Vendor Chipset
Model
Driver
ATI...
User Manual - Page 23
... cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter.)
Step 9. Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 10. Remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system.
The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD website for ATITM driver updates.
Step 11. Install...
User Manual - Page 35
... chipset registers.
40
Detect different devices (Parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in
CPU, etc.) successfully installed in the system and update the BDA,
EBDA, etc.
50
Programming the memory hole or any kind of implementation that needs an
adjustment in system RAM size if needed.
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Updates CMOS memory size from memory found in memory test.
Allocates memory for Extended BIOS...
User Manual - Page 37
... Hard Disk Setup Guide
Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup 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 with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII...
User Manual - Page 41
... by the chipset vendor, AHCI function is not supported under Windows® 2000.
2.19.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ function
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
User Manual - Page 42
... your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load Driver" button on the left...
User Manual - Page 44
.../date information
Smart
To load the BIOS according to your requirements
Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Use < > key or...
User Manual - Page 49
... a computer system with an Intel Pentium® 4 processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system 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...
User Manual - Page 69
...-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu did not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "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 installed devices. Please install...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
....0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock P45X3 Deluxe Quick Installation Guide ASRock P45X3 Deluxe Support CD One ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Four Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One I/O Panel Shield
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
... proper connection.
9. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 37 of "User Manual" in the support CD to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly.
10. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM 64-bit...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 16
... Ready motherboard, a CrossFireXTM Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFireXTM Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFireXTM Ready cards. This applies to cards from ATITM or any of its partners. Please refer to below table for CrossFireXTM VGA card support list according to the OS you install.
For Windows® XP
Vendor Chipset
Model
Driver
ATI...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 19
... website for details. For Windows® VistaTM OS: Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for details.
Step 12. Restart your computer. Step 13. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer.
Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar.
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 30
... of chipset registers. Detect different devices (Parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in CPU, etc.) successfully installed in the system and update the BDA, EBDA, etc. Programming the memory hole or any kind of implementation that needs an adjustment in system RAM size if needed. Updates CMOS memory size from memory found in memory test. Allocates memory for Extended BIOS Data...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 31
...without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function
STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure
SATAII as", please set the option to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 32
... of BIOS setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB can operate under a more stable overclocking environment.
Please refer to the warning on page 7 for the possible overclocking risk before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.
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