ASRock 980DE3__U3S3: I/O Panel

I/O Panel

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

* 2 LAN RJ-45 Port 7 USB 3.0 Port (USB01)

3 Line In (Light Blue) 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

** 4 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 Serial Port: COM1

5 Microphone (Pink) 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED

indications.

LAN Port LED Indications

ACT/LINK

SPEED

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

LED

LED

Status Description Status Description

Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

LAN Port

** To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front

panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming.

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For Windows

XP:

After restarting your computer, you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer

ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH” or

“4CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker

and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio. Then

reboot your system.

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For Windows

8 / 7 / Vista

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After restarting your computer, please double-click “Realtek HD Audio Manager” on the

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system tray. Set “Speaker Conguration” to “Quadraphonic” or “Stereo”. Click “Device

advanced settings”, choose “Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio

streams simultaneously”, and click “ok”. Then reboot your system.

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ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 Motherboard