ASRock 990FX EXTREME3: instruction

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Motherboard Layout

1 HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Black) 19 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Black)

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 21 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 22 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Black)

6 AM3+ CPU Socket 24 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Black)

7 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 25 USB 2.0 Header (USB10_11, Black)

(Dual Channel B: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Black) 26 Serial Port Connector (COM1)

8 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 27 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

(Dual Channel B: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2; Black) 28 Front Panel Audio Header

9 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) (HD_AUDIO1, Black)

10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3) 29 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot

11 Northbridge Controller (PCIE4; Black)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5, Gray) 30 PCI Slot (PCI2)

13 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_3_4, Gray) 31 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot

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14 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_1_2, Gray) (PCIE3; Black)

15 Southbridge Controller 32 PCI Slot (PCI1)

16 SPI Flash Memory (32Mb) 33 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot

17 Power LED Header (PLED1) (PCIE2; Black)

18 Chassis Speaker Header 34 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1; Black)

(SPEAKER 1, Black) 35 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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I/O Panel

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) **9 Front Speaker (Lime)

2 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 10 Microphone (Pink)

*3 LAN RJ-45 Port 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB12)

4 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) ***12 eSATA3 Connector

5 Side Speaker (Gray) 13 USB 2.0 Ports (USB67)

6 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

7 Central / Bass (Orange) 15 Optical SPDIF Out Port

8 Line In (Light Blue) 16 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

* There are two LEDs 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

**

If you use a 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”.

See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use.

TABLE for Audio Output Connection

Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Side Speaker

(No. 9) (No. 6) (No. 7) (No. 5)

2 V -- -- --

4 V V -- --

6 V V V --

8 V V V V

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

panel audio header. 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”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Pri-

mary output” to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA

Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio.

*** eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M.

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