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960GM-VGS3 FX
960GM-VS3 FX

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Version 1.0
Published November 2012
Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    960GM-VGS3 FX 960GM-VS3 FX User Manual Version 1.0 Published November 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. With respect to the contents of this manual, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warran- ties or conditions of merchantability or itness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1. Introduction ..............5 Package Contents ..............5 Speciications ................6 Unique Features ................ 9 Motherboard Layout (960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX) ..12 I/O Panel (960GM-VGS3 FX) ..........13 I/O Panel (960GM-VS3 FX) ............. 14 2. Installation ..............15 Pre-installation Precautions ..............
  • Page 4 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY ..........33 Introduction ................33 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............... 33 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ............... 34 Main Screen ................34 OC Tweaker Screen..............36 Advanced Screen ..............40 3.4.1 CPU Coniguration ............41 3.4.2 Chipset Coniguration ............42 3.4.3 ACPI Coniguration ............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    In case any modiications of this manual occur, the updated ver- sion will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may ind the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com...

  • Page 6: Speciications

    - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) - 960GM-VGS3 FX ® Atheros PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN AR8151, speed 10/100/1000 Mb/s - 960GM-VS3 FX ® Atheros PCIE x1 LAN AR8152, speed 10/100 Mb/s - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports PXE...
  • Page 7 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant Certiications - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com...
  • Page 8 1866/1600 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 2. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage un- ®...

  • Page 9: Unique Features

    Intelligent Energy Saver. ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in just a few seconds, provides a much more eficient way to save energy, time, money, and improves system running speed for your sys- tem.
  • Page 10 ASRock OC DNA The software name itself – OC DNA literally tells you what it is capable of. OC DNA, an exclusive utility developed by ASRock, provides a convenient way for the user to record the OC set- tings and share with others. It helps you to save your overclock- ing record under the operating system and simpliies the compli- cated recording process of overclocking settings.
  • Page 11 Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the sta- tus window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are transferring currently. ASRock XFast RAM ASRock XFast RAM 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, mak- ing web suring faster than ever.

  • Page 12: Motherboard Layout (960Gm-Vgs3 Fx / 960Gm-Vs3 Fx)

    1.4 Motherboard Layout (960GM-VGS3 FX / 960GM-VS3 FX) ATX12V1 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 CPU_FAN1 USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 HD_AUDIO1 760G Chipset AUDIO CODEC CMOS PCIE1 BATTERY BIOS CHA_FAN1 CLRCMOS1 SB710 Chipset USB6_7 USB8_9 PANEL 1...

  • Page 13: I/O Panel (960Gm-Vgs3 Fx)

    1.5 I/O Panel (960GM-VGS3 FX) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) VGA Port (VGA1) LAN RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Port (USB23) Line In (Light Blue) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) ** 4 Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

  • Page 14: I/O Panel (960Gm-Vs3 Fx)

    1.6 I/O Panel (960GM-VS3 FX) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) VGA Port (VGA1) LAN RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Port (USB23) Line In (Light Blue) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) ** 4 Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

  • Page 15: Installation

    2. Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the coniguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard its into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings.

  • Page 16: Cpu Installation

    2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90 angle. Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that the CPU corner with the golden triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. Step 3.

  • Page 17: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, 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.

  • Page 18: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There is 1 PCI slot and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCI Slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE Slot: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

  • Page 19: Multi Monitor Feature

    2.5 Multi Monitor Feature This motherboard supports multi monitor feature. With the internal VGA output support and the external add-on PCI Express VGA card, you can easily enjoy the beneits of multi monitor feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1.
  • Page 20 D. Click “Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor”. E. Right-click the display icon and select “Attached”, if necessary. F. Set the “Screen Resolution” and “Color Quality” as appropriate for the second monitor. Click “Apply” or “OK” to apply these new values. G.

  • Page 21: Jumpers Setup

    2.6 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...

  • Page 22: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2) connectors support SATA data (SATAII_1 (PORT 1): see p.12, No.
  • Page 23 Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front PRESENCE# panel audio cable that allows (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) MIC_RET OUT_RET convenient connection and (see p.12 No. 22) control of audio devices. OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L 1. High Deinition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly.
  • Page 24 LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5). HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel.
  • Page 25 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V...

  • Page 26: Serial Ata2 (Sata2) Hard Disks Installation

    Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD SB710 chipset that supports Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD) functions. You may in- stall SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA2 hard disks.

  • Page 27: Sata2 Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Operation Guide

    * The SATA2 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation, the SATA2 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Make sure your SATA2 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual.

  • Page 28: How To Hot Plug A Sata2 Hdd

    How to Hot Plug a SATA2 HDD: 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. Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin Step 1 Connect SATA data cable to Step 2...

  • Page 29: Driver Installation Guide

    B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATA2 Driver Diskette. 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 <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears.

  • Page 30: Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-Bit / 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista

    STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID coniguration. Before you start to conigure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper coniguration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: ..

  • Page 31: 64-Bit / Xp / Xp 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    ® 2.13 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ® If you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow...

  • Page 32: Vista Tm 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    ® 2.13.2 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit Without RAID Functions ® If you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on your SATA / SATA2 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

  • Page 33: Bios Setup Utility

    3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to conigure your sys- tem. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2>...

  • Page 34: Navigation Keys

    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 selected items <Enter>...
  • Page 35 System Overview Use [Enter], [TAB] System Time [ :00:09] or [SHIFT-TAB] to System Date [Wed 11/14/2012] select a field. : 960GM-VS3 FX P1.00 BIOS Version Use [+] or [-] to Processor Type : AMD FX(tm)-8100 Eight-Core configure system Time. Processor (64bit)

  • Page 36: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit CPU Configuration Overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard. Overclock Mode [Auto] It should be done at CPU Frequency (MHz)
  • Page 37 Processor Maximum Frequency It will display Processor Maximum Frequency for reference. North Bridge Maximum Frequency It will display North Bridge Maximum Frequency for reference. Processor Maximum Voltage It will display Processor Maximum Voltage for reference. 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.

  • Page 38: Memory Coniguration

    Memory Coniguration Memory Clock 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]. DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically.
  • Page 39 Command Rate Use this item to change Command Rate Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Use this item to change TRC Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Use this item to change TWR Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. TRFC Use this item to change TRFC Auto/Manual setting.

  • Page 40: Advanced Screen

    3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the conigurations for the following items: CPU Conigu- ration, Chipset Coniguration, ACPI Coniguration, Storage Coniguration, PCIPnP Coniguration, Super IO Coniguration and USB Coniguration. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit...

  • Page 41: Cpu Coniguration

    3.4.1 CPU Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Cool' n' Quiet [Enabled] [Enabled] Secure Virtual Machine Enhanced Halt State(C1E) [Disabled] CPU Thermal Throttle [Auto] Select Screen Select Screen Select Item Select Item Change Option Change Option General Help General Help Load Defaults Load Defaults Save and Exit...

  • Page 42: Chipset Coniguration

    3.4.2 Chipset Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Onboard HD Audio [Auto] Front Panel [Auto] Onboard Lan [Enabled] Primary Graphics Adapter [PCI] Internal Graphics Mode [UMA] Share Memory [Auto] Surround View [Auto] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit...

  • Page 43: Acpi Coniguration

    3.4.3 ACPI Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. Suspend To RAM [Auto] [Auto] Check Ready Bit [Disabled] Away Mode Support [Power Off] Restore on AC / Power Loss [Disabled] Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On [Disabled]...
  • Page 44 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 moth- ® erboard to submit Windows certiication.

  • Page 45: Storage Coniguration

    3.4.4 Storage Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure onboard Storage Configuration serial ATA controller. Onboard SATA Controller [Enabled] [AHCI] SATA Operation Mode [Enabled] SATA IDE Combined Mode SATAII_1 [Hard Disk] SATAII_2 [Not Detected] SATAII_3 [Not Detected] SATAII_4 [Not Detected] Select Screen Select Screen Select Item Select Item...

  • Page 46: Pcipnp Coniguration

    3.4.5 PCIPnP Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI Advanced PCI / PnP Settings clocks for PCI device latency timer PCI Latency Timer [32] register. PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit...

  • Page 47: Super Io Coniguration

    3.4.6 Super IO Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. [3F8 / IRQ4] Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address [Disabled] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] EPP Version [1.9] ECP Mode UMA Channel [DMA3]...

  • Page 48: Usb Coniguration

    3.4.7 USB Coniguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Support [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Enabled] USB Keyboard/Remote Power On [Disabled] USB Mouse Power On [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help...

  • Page 49: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker...

  • Page 50: Boot Screen

    3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to conig- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot.

  • Page 51: Security Screen

    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. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password.

  • Page 52: Exit Screen

    3.8 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes. Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation. Load BIOS Defaults Load Performance Setup Default Load Power Saving Setup Default...

  • Page 53: Software Support

    Click on a speciic item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your...

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