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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 ASRock Game Blaster Installation Guide

2.5.1 ASRock Game Blaster and Driver Installation

Step 1. Please refer to the “Expansion Slots” section then insert ASRock Game

Blaster into PCIE3 slot.

Step2. Follow the step by step driver setup directions. Please make sure to use

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Windows

Vista

32-bit / 64-bit or Windows

7 32-bit / 64-bit.

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ASRock Game Blaster is not supported under Windows

XP / XP 64-bit.

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Step3. Restart your computer for ASRock Game Blaster to take effect.

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2.5.2 ASRock Game Blaster Configuration

This section explains how to congure your ASRock Game Blaster.

2.5.2.1 THX TRUSTUDIO PRO

Surround

Control the level of audio immersion in music, movies and games.

Crystalizer

Enhance music and movies to make them sound livelier.

Bass

Control the desired level of bass.

Crossover Frequency

Redirect all frequencies below this value to the optimal speaker for

better bass response.

Smart Volume

Adjust the loudness of your audio playback automatically to minimize

sudden volume changes.

Dialog Plus

Enhance the voices in movies for clearer dialog.

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2.5.2.2 CRYSTALVOICE

Select a recording device

Mic Volume

Control the level of mic volume.

Mic Boost

Control the level of mic boost.

CrystalVoice

Click the power button on the left to activate or deactivate.

FX

Morph your voice into different characters and accents.

Smart Volume

Be heard clearly without having to shout or whisper.

Noise Reduction

Eliminate unwanted background noise in your conversation.

Acoustic Echo Cancellation

Eliminate echoes that interfere with your conversation.

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2.5.2.3 SPEAKERS/HEADPHONES

Speakers / Headphones Conguration

Select the device connected.

If there are both speakers and

Optional Speakers:

front headphones connected,

please select the device you

Center

desire to use as audio output.

Enable or disable center speaker.

Subwoofer

Enable or disable subwoofer.

Rear pair

Enable or disable rear pair speakers.

Full-Range Speakers:

Select full-range speakers.

Front left and right

Surround speakers

Bass Management

Bass Redirection

Enable or disable bass redirection.

Subwoofer Gain

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Enable or disable subwoofer gain.

Crossover Frequency

Redirect all frequencies below this value to the optimal speaker for better

bass response.

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Step3. Align and insert the ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card to the goldngers on

each graphics card. Make sure the ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is rmly

in place.

ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S 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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2.6.1.2 Installing Three SLI

-Ready Graphics Cards

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Step 1. Install the identical 3-Way 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 shall be the same.) Each graph-

ics card should have two goldngers for ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge

Card connector. Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot, another graphics

card to PCIE4 slot, and the other graphics card to PCIE6 slot. Make sure

that the cards are properly seated on the slots.

Two Goldngers

Step2. Connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics card.

Please make sure that both power connectors on the PCI Express graph-

ics card are connected. Repeat this step on the three graphics cards.

Step3. Align and insert ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card to the goldngers

on each graphics card. Make sure ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card

is rmly in place.

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ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S 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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2.6.2 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

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For Windows

Vista

/ Vista

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

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(For 3-Way SLI

mode)

A. Follow steps A to D on page 35.

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

Select a hardware acceleration setting for PhysX item, please

select Enabled. In Select an SLI conguration item, please select

Enable 3-way SLI. And click Apply.

C. Reboot your system.

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D. You can freely enjoy the benet of 3-Way SLI

feature.

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* SLI

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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2.7 CrossFireX

, 3-Way CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

Operation Guide

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This motherboard supports CrossFireX

, 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad

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CrossFireX

feature. 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

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intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism, CrossFireX

enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D

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application. Currently CrossFireX

feature is supported with Windows

XP with

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Service Pack 2 / Vista

/ 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

feature

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are supported with Windows

Vista

/ 7 OS only. Please check AMD website for

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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.

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup

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2.7.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

-Ready Graphics Cards

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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 PCIE4 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

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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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2.7.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireX

-Ready Graphics Cards

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Step 1. Install the identical 3-Way CrossFireX

-ready graphics cards that are

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AMD

certified because different types of graphics cards will not work

together properly. (Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert

one graphics card into PCIE1 slot, another graphics card to PCIE4 slot,

and the other graphics card to PCIE6 slot. Make sure that the cards are

properly seated on the slots.

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Step 4. Use one CrossFire

Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE1

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and PCIE4 slots, and use the other CrossFire

Bridge to connect Radeon

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graphics cards on PCIE4 and PCIE6 slots. (CrossFire

Bridge is provided

with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard.

Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details.)

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CrossFire

Bridge

Step 5. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-

ics 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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2.7.2 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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A. AMD recommends Windows

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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For Windows

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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”, and then check the item “Enable CrossFireX

”. Select “2 GPUs”

and click “Apply” (if you install two Radeon graphics cards). Select “3

GPUs” and click “OK” (if you install three Radeon graphics cards).

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