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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX motherboard,
a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality con-
trol. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s
commitment to quality and endurance.
In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-
by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the conguration
guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might
be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without
notice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated ver-
sion will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may
nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as
well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit
our website for specic information about the model you are using.
www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX Quick Installation Guide
ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX Support CD
2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield
ASRock Reminds You...
To get better performance in Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage
Conguration to AHCI mode.
Содержание
- Gm vgs3 fx 960gm vs3 fx 1
- User manual 1
- Copyright notice 2
- Disclaimer 2
- Contents 3
- Installation 15 3
- Introduction 5 3
- Bios setup utility 33 4
- Software support 53 4
- Introduction 5
- Package contents 5
- Specifications 6
- Caution 8
- Unique features 9
- Motherboard layout 960gm vgs3 fx 960gm vs3 fx 12
- I o panel 960gm vgs3 fx 13
- Lan port led indications 13
- Off no link off 10mbps connection blinking data activity orange 100mbps connection on link green 1gbps connection 13
- I o panel 960gm vs3 fx 14
- Lan port led indications 14
- Off no link off 10mbps connection blinking data activity orange 100mbps connection on link 14
- Installation 15
- Pre installation precautions 15
- Cpu installation 16
- Installation of cpu fan and heatsink 16
- And supports dual channel memory technology for dual channel configuration you always need to install two identical the same brand speed size and chip type memory modules in the ddr3 dimm slots to activate dual channel memory technology otherwise it will operate at single channel mode 17
- Break on the slot break on the slot 17
- Fully snap back in place and the dimm is properly seated fully snap back in place and the dimm is properly seated 17
- Installation of memory modules dimm 17
- Installing a dimm 17
- Step 1 unlock a dimm slot by pressing the retaining clips outward 17
- Step 2 align a dimm on the slot such that the notch on the dimm matches the 17
- Step 3 firmly insert the dimm into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends 17
- This motherboard provides two 240 pin ddr3 double data rate 3 dimm slots 17
- Expansion slots pci and pci express slots 18
- Installing an expansion card 18
- Multi monitor feature 19
- Jumpers setup 21
- Onboard headers and connectors 22
- Control of audio devices control of audio devices 23
- Convenient connection and 23
- Front panel audio header this is an interface for the front 23
- Functions 23
- Panel audio cable that allows 23
- Several system front panel 23
- System panel header this header accommodates 23
- Hot plug and hot swap functions for serial ata2 26
- Sata2 hdds sata2 hdds 26
- Serial ata2 sata2 hard disks installation 26
- Caution 27
- Points of attention before you process the hot plug 27
- Sata2 hdd hot plug feature and operation guide 27
- How to hot plug a sata2 hdd 28
- How to hot unplug a sata2 hdd 28
- Points of attention before you process the hot plug please do follow below instruction sequence to process the hot plug improper procedure will cause the sata2 hdd damage and data loss 28
- Points of attention before you process the hot unplug please do follow below instruction sequence to process the hot unplug improper procedure will cause the sata2 hdd damage and data loss 28
- 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit vista 29
- Bit xp xp 64 bit with raid functions 29
- Driver installation guide 29
- Installing windows 29
- Xp xp 64 bit with raid functions 29
- 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit vista 30
- Bit with raid functions 30
- Installing windows 30
- 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit vista 31
- Bit xp xp 64 bit without raid functions 31
- Functions 31
- Installing windows 31
- Xp xp 64 bit without raid 31
- 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit vista 32
- Bit without raid functions 32
- Installing windows 32
- Untied overclocking technology 32
- Bios menu bar 33
- Bios setup utility 33
- Introduction 33
- Bios setup utility 34
- Gm vgs3 fx 960gm vgs3 fx 34
- Main oc tweaker h w monitor boot security exit advanced 34
- Main screen 34
- Moves cursor left or right to select screens 34
- Moves cursor up or down to select items 34
- Navigation keys 34
- Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key navigation key s function description 34
- System date day month date year system date day month date year 34
- System overview 34
- System time hour minute second system time hour minute second 34
- To bring up the selected screen 34
- To change option for the selected items 34
- To display the general help screen 34
- To jump to the exit screen or exit the current screen 34
- To load optimal default values for all the settings 34
- To save changes and exit the bios setup utility 34
- Use this item to specify the system date use this item to specify the system date 34
- Use this item to specify the system time use this item to specify the system time 34
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- When you enter the bios setup utility the main screen will appear and display the system overview 34
- Bios setup utility 35
- Gm vs3 fx 35
- Main oc tweaker h w monitor boot security exit advanced 35
- System date day month date year system date day month date year 35
- System overview 35
- System time hour minute second system time hour minute second 35
- Use this item to specify the system date use this item to specify the system date 35
- Use this item to specify the system time use this item to specify the system time 35
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- Amd c state support 36
- Amd turbo core technology this item appears only when the processor you adopt supports this fea ture use this to select enable or disable amd turbo core technology configuration options auto and disabled the default value is auto 36
- Bios setup utility 36
- Boot failure guard 36
- Boot failure guard count 36
- Cpu active core control 36
- Cpu configuration 36
- Cpu configuration overclock mode use this to select overclock mode configuration options auto and manual the default value is auto 36
- Cpu frequency mhz use this option to adjust cpu frequency 36
- Enable or disable the feature of boot failure guard 36
- In the oc tweaker screen you can set up overclocking features 36
- Main advanced h w monitor boot security exit 36
- Oc tweaker 36
- Oc tweaker screen 36
- Pcie frequency mhz use this option to adjust pcie frequency 36
- Spread spectrum this item should always be auto for better system stability 36
- This allows you to adjust cpu active core control feature the configura tion options depend on the cpu core you adopt the default value is all cores 36
- This allows you to enable or disable amd c state support the default value is enabled 36
- Use this item to configure boot failure guard count 36
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- Bios setup utility 37
- Cpu configuration 37
- Cpu frequency multiplier for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item 37
- Cpu nb voltage it allows you to adjust the value of cpu nb voltage however for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item 37
- Cpu voltage it allows you to adjust the value of cpu voltage however for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item 37
- Ht bus speed this feature allows you selecting hyper transport bus speed the default value is auto 37
- Ht bus width ht bus width this feature allows you selecting hyper transport bus width the default value is auto 37
- Main advanced h w monitor boot security exit 37
- Multiplier voltage change this item is set to auto by default if it is set to manual you may adjust the value of processor frequency and processor voltage however it is 37
- Nb frequency multiplier for safety and system stability it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item 37
- North bridge maximum frequency it will display north bridge maximum frequency for reference 37
- Oc tweaker 37
- Processor maximum frequency it will display processor maximum frequency for reference 37
- Processor maximum voltage it will display processor maximum voltage for reference 37
- Recommended to keep the default value for system stability recommended to keep the default value for system stability 37
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- Bank interleaving bank interleaving 38
- Bios setup utility 38
- Cas latency cl cas latency cl 38
- Channel interleaving channel interleaving 38
- Default is auto default is auto 38
- Dram frequency dram frequency 38
- If auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically 38
- Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node or accross nodes decreasing access contention 38
- It allows you to enable channel memory interleaving configuration op tions disabled auto the default value is auto 38
- Memory clock memory clock 38
- Memory configuration 38
- Memory timing 38
- Memory timing memory timing 38
- Oc tweaker 38
- Power down enable 38
- This item can be set by the code using auto you can set one of the stan dard values as listed 400mhz ddr3_800 533mhz ddr3_1066 667mhz ddr3_1333 and 800mhz ddr3_1600 38
- Tras tras 38
- Trcd trcd 38
- Trp trp 38
- Use this item to change cas latency cl auto manual setting the use this item to change cas latency cl auto manual setting the 38
- Use this item to change tras auto manual setting the default is auto use this item to change tras auto manual setting the default is auto 38
- Use this item to change trcd auto manual setting the default is auto use this item to change trcd auto manual setting the default is auto 38
- Use this item to change trp auto manual setting the default is auto use this item to change trp auto manual setting the default is auto 38
- Use this item to enable or disable ddr power down mode 38
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- Advanced 40
- Advanced screen 40
- Advanced settings 40
- Bios setup utility 40
- In this section you may set the configurations for the following items cpu configu 40
- Instant flash 40
- Instant flash is a bios flash utility embedded in flash rom this con venient bios update tool allows you to update system bios without entering operating systems first like ms dos or windows 40
- Just launch 40
- Main oc tweaker h w monitor boot security exit 40
- Ration chipset configuration acpi configuration storage configuration pcipnp configuration super io configuration and usb configuration 40
- Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction 40
- 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 with out preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility please be noted that the usb flash drive or hard drive must use fat32 16 12 file system if you execute instant flash utility the utility will show the bios files and their respective information select the proper uefi file to update your bios and reboot your system after bios update process completes 40
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- 7 vista 41
- Advanced 41
- And want to enable this function 41
- Bios setup utility 41
- Cool n quiet use this item to enable or disable amd s cool n quiet 41
- Cpu configuration 41
- Cpu thermal throttle use this item to enable cpu internal thermal control mechanism to keep the cpu from overheated the default value is auto 41
- Default value is enabled configuration options enabled and disabled if you install windows 41
- Enhance halt state c1e all processors support the halt state c1 the c1 state is supported through the native processor instructions hlt and mwait and requires no hardware support from the chipset in the c1 power state the processor maintains the context of the system caches 41
- Please set this item to enabled please note that enabling this function may reduce cpu voltage and memory frequency and lead to system sta bility or compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies please set this item to disable if above issue occurs 41
- Secure virtual machine when this option is set to enabled a vmm virtual machine architecture can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by amd v the default value is enabled configuration options enabled and disabled 41
- Technology the 41
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- Chipset configuration 42
- Acpi configuration 43
- Advanced 45
- Bios setup utility 45
- If you set this item to raid mode it is suggested to install sata odd driver on sataii_3 port 5 and sataii_4 port 6 ports 45
- If you want to build raid on sataii_3 port 5 and sataii_4 port 6 ports please disable this item 45
- Onboard sata controller use this item to enable or disable the onboard sata controller feature 45
- Sata ide combined mode this item is for sataii_3 port 5 and sataii_4 port 6 ports use this item to enable or disable sata ide combined mode the default value is enabled 45
- Sata operation mode sata operation mode use this item to adjust onboard sata operation mode the default value of this option is ahci configuration options ahci ide and raid 45
- Storage configuration 45
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- Advanced 46
- Advanced pci pnp settings 46
- Bios setup utility 46
- Pci ide busmaster use this item to enable or disable the pci ide busmaster feature 46
- Pci latency timer the default value is 32 it is recommended to keep the default value un less the installed pci expansion cards specifications require other set tings 46
- Pcipnp configuration 46
- Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction 46
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- Super io configuration 47
- Usb configuration 48
- Bios setup utility 49
- Case open feature this allows you to enable or disable case open detection feature the 49
- Chassis fan 1 setting this allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed confi guration options full on manual mode and automatic mode the default is value full on 49
- Clear status clear status 49
- Cpu fan setting this allows you to set the cpu fan speed confi guration options full on and automatic mode the default is value full on 49
- Default is value disabled default is value disabled 49
- Hardware health event monitoring 49
- Hardware health event monitoring screen 49
- In this section it allows you to monitor 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 49
- Main oc tweaker advanced boot security exit h w monitor 49
- Option to keep or clear the record of previous chassis intrusion status option to keep or clear the record of previous chassis intrusion status 49
- This option appears only when the case open has been detected use this this option appears only when the case open has been detected use this 49
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- Addon rom display use this option to adjust addon rom display if you enable the option full screen logo but you want to see the addon rom information when the system boots please select enabled configuration options enabled and disabled the default value is enabled 50
- Bios setup utility 50
- Boot from onboard lan use this item to enable or disable the boot from onboard lan feature 50
- Boot screen 50
- Boot settings 50
- Boot settings configuration 50
- Bootup num lock if this item is set to on it will automatically activate the numeric lock function after boot up 50
- Full screen logo use this item to enable or disable oem logo the default value is enabled 50
- In this section it will display the available devices on your system for you to config ure the boot settings and the boot priority 50
- Main oc tweaker advanced h w monitor security exit 50
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- Bios setup utility 51
- In this section you may set or change the supervisor user password for the system for the user password you may also clear it 51
- Main oc tweaker advanced h w monitor boot exit 51
- Security 51
- Security screen 51
- Security settings 51
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- Bios setup utility 52
- Discard changes 52
- Discard changes and exit 52
- Exit options 52
- Exit screen 52
- Load bios default values for all the setup questions f9 key can be used for this operation 52
- Load bios defaults 52
- Load performance setup default 52
- Load power saving setup default 52
- Load power saving setup default f6 key can be used for this operation 52
- Main oc tweaker advanced h w monitor boot security 52
- Save changes and exit 52
- This performance setup default may not be compatible with all system configurations if system boot failure occurs after loading please resume optimal default settings f5 key can be used for this operation 52
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- When you select this option it will pop out the following message discard changes and exit setup select ok to exit the bios setup utility without saving any changes 52
- When you select this option it will pop out the following message discard changes select ok to discard all changes 52
- 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 bios setup utility 52
- Contact information 53
- Drivers menu 53
- Install operating system 53
- Running the support cd 53
- Software support 53
- Support cd information 53
- Utilities menu 53
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