ASRock X79 Extreme4-M: 2. Installation

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM

slots, and supports Quad Channel Memory Technology. For quad channel con-

guration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size

and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM in the slots: You have to install identical DDR3

DIMM in DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, DDR3_D1 and DDR3_C1 (Black slots; see p.2

No.2 and No. 5), so that Quad Channel Memory Technology can be activated.

1. If only two memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots,

then Dual Channel Memory Technology is activated. If three memo-

ry modules are installed, then Triple Channel Memory Technology is

activated. If four memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM

slots, then Quad Channel Memory Technology is activated.

2. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into

DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be dam-

aged.

Installing a DIMM

Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or

removing DIMMs or the system components.

Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward.

Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the slot.

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The DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent

damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into

the slot at incorrect orientation.

Step 3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends

fully snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There is 1 PCI slot and 3 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.

PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIE slots: PCIE1 / PCIE3 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slots) are used for PCI Express x16 lane

width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to

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support CrossFireX

or SLI

function.

PCIE2 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graph-

ics cards.

1. In single VGA card mode, it is recommended to install a PCI Express

x16 graphics card on PCIE1 slot.

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2. In CrossFireX

mode or SLI

mode, please install PCI Express x16

graphics cards on PCIE1 and PCIE3 slots. Therefore, both these two

slots will work at x16 bandwidth.

3. Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector

(CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_FAN3) when using multiple

graphics cards for better thermal environment.

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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.

Installing an expansion card

Step 1. Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power

supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the

documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware

settings for the card before you start the installation.

Step 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is already installed

in a chassis).

Step 3. Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use. Keep the

screws for later use.

Step 4. Align the card connector with the slot and press rmly until the card is

completely seated on the slot.

Step 5. Fasten the card to the chassis with screws.

Step 6. Replace the system cover.

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2.5 SLI

and Quad SLI

Operation Guide

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This motherboard supports NVIDIA

SLI

and Quad SLI

(Scalable Link Interface)

technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics

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cards. Currently, NVIDIA

SLI

technology supports Windows

XP / XP 64-bit /

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/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA

Quad SLI

technology supports

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Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation

procedures in this section.

Requirements

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1. For SLI

technology, you should have two identical SLI

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cards that are NVIDIA

certied. For Quad SLI

technology, you should

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have two identical Quad SLI

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certied.

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2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA

SLI

technology (driver version 280.41 and later). Download the driver from

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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

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NVIDIA

certied PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA

website for details.

2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup

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2.5.1.1 Installing Two SLI

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Step 1. Install the identical SLI

-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA

certied

because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.

(Even the GPU chips version should be the same.) Insert one graphics

card into the PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card into the PCIE3 slot.

Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

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Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express

graphics cards.

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Step3. Align and insert the ASRock SLI_Bridge Card to the goldngers on each

graphics card. Make sure the ASRock SLI_Bridge Card is rmly in place.

ASRock SLI_Bridge Card

Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI

connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot.

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2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup

Install the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-

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Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA

nView system tray utility.

Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi-GPU feature.

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For Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS:

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A. Double-click NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows

taskbar.

B. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI and PhysX conguration. In

Set PhysX GPU acceleration item, please select Enabled. In Select

an SLI conguration item, please select Enable SLI. And click Apply.

C. Reboot your system.

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D. You can freely enjoy the benet of SLI

feature.

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For Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS:

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(For SLI

and Quad SLI

mode)

A. Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar.

B. From the pop-up menu, select All Programs, and then click NVIDIA

Corporation.

C. Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab.

D. Select Control Panel tab.

E. From the pop-up menu, select Set SLI and PhysX conguration. In

Set PhysX GPU acceleration item, please select Enabled. In Select

an SLI conguration item, please select Enable SLI. And click Apply.

F. Reboot your system.

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G. You can freely enjoy the benet of SLI

or Quad SLI

feature.

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appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA

Technologies Inc., and is used

only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

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2.6 CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

Operation Guide

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This motherboard supports CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

feature.

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CrossFireX

technology offers the most advantageous means available of

combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing Units (GPU) in a single

PC. Combining a range of different operating modes with intelligent software design

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and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFireX

enables the highest

possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently

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CrossFireX

feature is supported with Windows

XP with Service Pack 2 / Vista

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/ 7 OS. Quad CrossFireX

feature is supported with Windows

Vista

/ 7 OS only.

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Please check AMD website for ATI

CrossFireX

driver updates.

1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the

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performance benets of CrossFireX

. All three CrossFireX

components, a

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CrossFireX

Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX

Ready motherboard and a

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CrossFireX

Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to

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benet from the CrossFireX

multi-GPU platform.

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2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards

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will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

mode.

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Different CrossFireX

cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX

feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 5770 as the example graphics

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card. For other CrossFireX

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 PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated

on the slots.

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Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on

CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards.

(CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not

bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor

for details.)

CrossFire Bridge

or

Step 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon

graphics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to

convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub

monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter.)

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2.6.2 Driver Installation and Setup

Step 1. Power on your computer and boot into OS.

Step 2. Remove the AMD 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.

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Please check AMD website for ATI

driver updates.

Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system.

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XP OS:

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XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be

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installed (If you have Windows

XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed

in your system, there is no need to download it again):

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

B. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to

downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please

check Microsoft website for details.

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7 / Vista

OS:

Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for de-

tails.

Step 4. Restart your computer.

Step 5. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer.

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Then you will nd “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your Windows

taskbar.

ATI Catalyst Control Center

Step 6. Double-click “ATI Catalyst Control Center”. Click “View”, select “CrossFi-

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reX

”, and then check the item “Enable CrossFireX

”. Select “2 GPUs”

and click “Apply”.

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Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFire

”, the CrossFireX

function may not work actually. Your computer will automatically reboot. After

restarting your computer, please conrm whether the option “Enable

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CrossFire

” in “ATI Catalyst Control Center” is selected or not; if not, please

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select it again, and then you are able to enjoy the benet of CrossFireX

feature.

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Step 7. You can freely enjoy the benet of CrossFireX

or Quad CrossFireX

feature.

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appearing here is a registered trademark of AMD Technologies Inc., and is

used only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

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* For further information of AMD CrossFireX

technology, please check AMD website for

updates and details.

2.7 Surround Display Feature

This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on PCI

Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benets of Surround Display feature.

For detailed instructions, please refer to the document at the following path in the

Support CD:

..\ Surround Display Information

ATI Catalyst Control Center

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Chassis, Power and SB Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

to the fan connectors and

(see p.12 No. 10)

match the black wire to the

ground pin. CHA_FAN1,

CHA_FAN2 and CHA_FAN3

(3-pin CHA_FAN2)

support Fan Control. SB_FAN1

(see p.12 No. 8)

Supports Quiet Fan.

(3-pin CHA_FAN3)

(see p.12 No. 29)

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.12 No. 7)

(3-pin SB_FAN1)

(see p.12 No. 17)

CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

cable to the connector and

(see p.12 No. 6)

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin

CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function.

If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this

motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.12 No. 4)

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ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

supply to this connector.

(see p.12 No. 9)

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Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector,

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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

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ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

5 1

(8-pin ATX12V1)

power supply to this connector.

8 4

(see p.2 No. 1)

Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work

if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power

supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5.

5 1

4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation

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SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this

(4-pin SLI/XFIRE_PWR1)

connector, but please connect it

(see p.2 No. 39)

with a hard disk power

connecor when two graphics

SLI/XFIRE_POWER1

cards are plugged to this

motherboard.

IEEE 1394 Header Besides one default IEEE 1394

(9-pin FRONT_1394)

port on the I/O panel, there

(see p.2 No. 32)

is one IEEE 1394 header

(FRONT_1394) on this

motherboard. This IEEE 1394

header can support one IEEE

1394 port.

Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1)

serial port module.

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(see p.2 No. 31)

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HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing

(2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1)

SPDIF audio output to HDMI

(see p.2 No. 34)

VGA card, allows the system to

connect HDMI Digital TV/

projector/LCD devices. Please

connect the HDMI_SPDIF

connector of HDMI VGA card to

this header.

2.12 Smart Switches

The motherboard has three smart switches: power switch, reset switch and clear

CMOS switch, allowing users to quickly turn on/off or reset the system to clear the

CMOS values.

Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch,

(PWRBTN)

allowing users to quickly turn

(see p.2 No. 28)

on/off the system.

Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch,

(RSTBTN)

allowing users to quickly reset

(see p.2 No. 27)

the system.

Clear CMOS Switch Clear CMOS Switch is a smart

(CLRCBTN)

switch, allowing users to quickly

(see p.3 No. 17)

clear the CMOS values.

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2.13 Dr. Debug

Dr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even

easier. Please see the diagrams below for reading the Dr. Debug codes.

Status Code Description

0x00 Not used

0x01 Power on. Reset type detection (soft/hard)

0x02 AP initialization before microcode loading

0x03 North Bridge initialization before microcode loading

0x04 South Bridge initialization before microcode loading

0x05 OEM initialization before microcode loading

0x06 Microcode loading

0x07 AP initialization after microcode loading

0x08 North Bridge initialization after microcode loading

0x09 South Bridge initialization after microcode loading

0x0A OEM initialization after microcode loading

0x0B Cache initialization

0x0C – 0x0D Reserved for future AMI SEC error codes

0x0E Microcode not found

0x0F Microcode not loaded

0x10 PEI Core is started

0x11 Pre-memory CPU initialization is started

0x12 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module specic)

0x13 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module specic)

0x14 Pre-memory CPU initialization (CPU module specic)

0x15 Pre-memory North Bridge initialization is started

0x16 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x17 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x18 Pre-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x19 Pre-memory South Bridge initialization is started

0x1A Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x1B Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x1C Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x1D – 0x2A OEM pre-memory initialization codes

0x2B Memory initialization. Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data reading

0x2C Memory initialization. Memory presence detection

0x2D Memory initialization. Programming memory timing information

0x2E Memory initialization. Conguring memory

0x2F Memory initialization (other)

0x30 Reserved for ASL

0x31 Memory Installed

0x32 CPU post-memory initialization is started

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0x33 CPU post-memory initialization. Cache initialization

0x34 CPU post-memory initialization. Application Processor(s) (AP) initialization

0x35 CPU post-memory initialization. Boot Strap Processor (BSP) selection

0x36 CPU post-memory initialization. System Management Mode (SMM)

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0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started

0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x39 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x3A Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x3B Post-Memory South Bridge initialization is started

0x3C Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x3D Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x3E Post-Memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x3F-0x4E OEM post memory initialization codes

0x4F DXE IPL is started

0x50 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory type or incompatible memory

speed

0x51 Memory initialization error. SPD reading has failed

0x52 Memory initialization error. Invalid memory size or memory modules do not

match

0x53 Memory initialization error. No usable memory detected

0x54 Unspecied memory initialization error

0x55 Memory not installed

0x56 Invalid CPU type or Speed

0x57 CPU mismatch

0x58 CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error

0x59 CPU micro-code is not found or micro-code update is failed

0x5A Internal CPU error

0x5B reset PPI is not available

0x5C-0x5F Reserved for future AMI error codes

0xE0 S3 Resume is stared (S3 Resume PPI is called by the DXE IPL)

0xE1 S3 Boot Script execution

0xE2 Video repost

0xE3 OS S3 wake vector call

0xE4-0xE7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes

0xE8 S3 Resume Failed

0xE9 S3 Resume PPI not Found

0xEA S3 Resume Boot Script Error

0xEB S3 OS Wake Error

0xEC-0xEF Reserved for future AMI error codes

0xF0 Recovery condition triggered by rmware (Auto recovery)

0xF1 Recovery condition triggered by user (Forced recovery)

0xF2 Recovery process started

0xF3 Recovery rmware image is found

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0xF4 Recovery rmware image is loaded

0xF5-0xF7 Reserved for future AMI progress codes

0xF8 Recovery PPI is not available

0xF9 Recovery capsule is not found

0xFA Invalid recovery capsule

0xFB – 0xFF Reserved for future AMI error codes

0x60 DXE Core is started

0x61 NVRAM initialization

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0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services

0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started

0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic)

0x65 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic)

0x66 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic)

0x67 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic)

0x68 PCI host bridge initialization

0x69 North Bridge DXE initialization is started

0x6A North Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started

0x6B North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x6C North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x6D North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x6E North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x6F North Bridge DXE initialization (North Bridge module specic)

0x70 South Bridge DXE initialization is started

0x71 South Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started

0x72 South Bridge devices initialization

0x73 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x74 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x75 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x76 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x77 South Bridge DXE Initialization (South Bridge module specic)

0x78 ACPI module initialization

0x79 CSM initialization

0x7A – 0x7F Reserved for future AMI DXE codes

0x80 – 0x8F OEM DXE initialization codes

0x90 Boot Device Selection (BDS) phase is started

0x91 Driver connecting is started

0x92 PCI Bus initialization is started

0x93 PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization

0x94 PCI Bus Enumeration

0x95 PCI Bus Request Resources

0x96 PCI Bus Assign Resources

0x97 Console Output devices connect

0x98 Console input devices connect

0x99 Super IO Initialization

0x9A USB initialization is started

0x9B USB Reset

0x9C USB Detect

0x9D USB Enable

0x9E – 0x9F Reserved for future AMI codes

0xA0 IDE initialization is started

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0xA1 IDE Reset

0xA2 IDE Detect

0xA3 IDE Enable

0xA4 SCSI initialization is started

0xA5 SCSI Reset

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0xA6 SCSI Detect

0xA7 SCSI Enable

0xA8 Setup Verifying Password

0xA9 Start of Setup

0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below)

0xAB Setup Input Wait

0xAC Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below)

0xAD Ready To Boot event

0xAE Legacy Boot event

0xAF Exit Boot Services event

0xB0 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin

0xB1 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End

0xB2 Legacy Option ROM Initialization

0xB3 System Reset

0xB4 USB hot plug

0xB5 PCI bus hot plug

0xB6 Clean-up of NVRAM

0xB7 Conguration Reset (reset of NVRAM settings)

0xB8 – 0xBF Reserved for future AMI codes

0xC0 – 0xCF OEM BDS initialization codes

0xD0 CPU initialization error

0xD1 North Bridge initialization error

0xD2 South Bridge initialization error

0xD3 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available

0xD4 PCI resource allocation error. Out of Resources

0xD5 No Space for Legacy Option ROM

0xD6 No Console Output Devices are found

0xD7 No Console Input Devices are found

0xD8 Invalid password

0xD9 Error loading Boot Option (LoadImage returned error)

0xDA Boot Option is failed (StartImage returned error)

0xDB Flash update is failed

0xDC Reset protocol is not available

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2.14 Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical

drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and

listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side

to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.

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2.15 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit With RAID

Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit on your SATA

/ SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please refer to the document at the

following path in the Support CD for detailed procedures:

..\ RAID Installation Guide

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2.16 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-

bit Without RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-

bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow

below procedures according to the OS you install.

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2.16.1 Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3

HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Conguration.

B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].

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STEP 2: Install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

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2.16.2 Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit Without

RAID Functions

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If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your SATA

/ SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII / STA3 HDDs without NCQ function

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Conguration.

B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE].

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STEP 2: Install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your

system.

Using SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Conguration.

B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI].

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STEP 2: Install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your

system.

2.17 Untied Overclocking Technology

This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during

overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to xed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you

enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter “Overclock Mode” option of UEFI

setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. Therefore, CPU FSB is untied

during overclocking, but PCI / PCIE buses are in the xed mode so that FSB can

operate under a more stable overclocking environment.

Please refer to the warning on page 9 for the possible overclocking risk

before you apply Untied Overclocking Technology.

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