Asrock 980DE3/U3S3 manual

1 980DE3/U3S3 User Manual V ersion 1.1 Published June 2013 Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis- tered trade[...]

3 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................ 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... ............ 5 1.2 Specications ............................................................................. 6 1.3 Unique Features ..........................................[...]

4 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 32 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 32 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ......................................................... ...... 32 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ..............................................................[...]

5 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 motherboard, a reliable mother- boa rd p roduc ed u nder ASRo ck’s con sisten tly st ringen t q uality con trol. I t de liver s excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commi tment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction o[...]

6 1.2 Specications Platform - A TX Form Factor - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Support for Socket AM3+ processors - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom TM II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors - Supports 8-Core CPU - Digi Power Design - Supports CPU up to 140W - Supports AMD OverDrive [...]

7 - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone SA T A3 - 2 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug USB 3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Etron EJ188 (supports 2 USB[...]

8 - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Multi-Speed Control - V oltage Monitoring: +12V , +5V , +3.3V , Vcore OS - Microsoft ® Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product information[...]

9 1.3 Unique Features ASRock OC T uner ASRock OC T uner is a user-friendly overclocking tool which al- lows you to surveil your system by hardw are monitor function and ove rclo ck you r h ardw are de vice s to get the bes t sy stem pe rf or ma nc e u nd er W in do ws ® e nv iro nm en t. P le as e v is it ou r website for the operation procedures [...]

10 c omp lic ate d f lash ut ilit y . Ple ase be n ote d t hat t he US B f las h drive or hard drive must use F A T32/16/12 le system. 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 c onvenient wa y for the user to reco rd the OC set- tings[...]

1 1 simultaneously . Real-Time Analysis of Y our 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 th e loading time of pr eviously visited we bsit[...]

12 1.4 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 20 SA T A2 Connector (SA T A2_1 (PORT 1)) 2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_F AN1) 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 22 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5) 4 AM3+ CPU Socket 23 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9) 5 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 24 System Panel Header (P ANEL1) 6 2 x 240-pin [...]

13 1.5 I/O Panel LAN Port ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED * 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 Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Of f 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbp[...]

14 2. Installation This is an A TX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Pre-installation Precautions T ake no te of t he fo llo wing pre cau tion s b efo re y ou in sta ll mo ther boa rd components or change any motherboard settings. Befor[...]

15 STEP 1: Lift Up The Socket Lever STEP 2 / STEP 3: Match The CPU Golden T riangle T o The Socket Corner Small T riangle STEP 4: Push Down And Lock The Socket Lever Lever 90° Up CPU Golden T riangle Socker Corner Small T riangle 2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90 o angle. Step 2. Position the CPU direct[...]

16 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and su pports D ual C hannel M emory T ec hnology . For dual chann el co ngurat ion, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots. In other words, you have to in[...]

17 n o tc h b r ea k n o tc h b r ea k 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. The DIMM only ts in one [...]

18 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 4 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 / PCIE2 / PCIE4 (PCIE x1 slot; Black) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card an[...]

19 2.5 Jumpers Setup T h e i l l u s t r a t io n s h o w s h o w j u m p e r s a r e 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 i l lu s t r at i o n s h ow s a 3 - pi n j u m p er w h os e pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on thes[...]

20 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboar d headers and con nectors a re NOT jum pers. 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 A T A3 Connectors These two Serial A T A3 (SA T A3_1 (PORT 6): see p.12, No. 1 1) (SA T A3) c[...]

21 1 U S B _P WR P-8 G ND D UM MY U S B _P WR P + 8 G ND P-9 P + 9 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB4_5) ports on the I/O panel, there (see p.12 No. 22) are three USB 2.0 headers on this m otherboar d. Each U SB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. (9-pin USB6_7) (see p.12 No. 21) (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.12 No. 23) Infrared[...]

22 1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly . Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. 2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Con[...]

23 The fro nt pan el des ign may di ffer by cha ssis. A fron t pane l modu le mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive act ivity LE D, sp eaker an d etc. W hen co nnect ing y our c hassi s fron t panel module to this header , make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly . Power LED Header[...]

24 A TX Power Connector Please connect an A TX power (24-pin A TXPWR1) supply to this connector . (see p.12 No. 10) 12 1 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin A TX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin A TX power supply . T o use the 20-pin A TX power supply , please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 1[...]

25 2.7 Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) / Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD SB710 chipset that supports Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD) functions. It also adopts ASMedia ASM1061 chipset that supports Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks. Y ou may install SA T A2 / SA T A3[...]

26 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is denitely not able to[...]

27 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 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 SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 / SA T A3 connector . Connect [...]

28 2.10 Driver Installation Guide T o 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 i[...]

29 2.1 1.2 Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / V ista TM 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP [...]

30 Using SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration. B. Set the “SA T A Operation Mode” option to [IDE] for SA T A2 ports. Set the “Onboard SA T A3 Operation Mode” option to [IDE] for SA T A3 ports. STEP 2: Install Wind[...]

31 2.12.2 Installing Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on you r S A T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 H DDs wi thou t RA ID fu nctio ns, pl ease f ollo w be low steps. 2.13 Untied Overclocking T echnology This mo[...]

32 3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to congure your sys - tem. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer . Please press <F2> or <Del> du ring t he Pow er-On-Self-T est (POST) t o ent[...]

33 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 + / - T o change option for the selected items <Enter> T o bring up the selected screen <F1> T o d[...]

34 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. EZ Overclocking Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You c an u se t h is o p ti o n t o l oa d o pt im i ze d C PU o ve rc l oc k in g s e tt i ng . Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your CPU and mother- board. It should be done at your own risk and [...]

35 AMD C-State Support This allow s you to enable or disable AMD C-State Support. The def ault value is [Enabled]. 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 V oltage It will display Processor Ma[...]

36 Power Down Enable Use this item to enable or disable DDR power down mode. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node, or accross nodes, decreasing access contention. Channel Interleaving It allo ws you to enab le Cha nnel M emory Interl eaving. Con guration op - tions: [Disabled], [Auto][...]

37 TRAS Use this item to change TRAS Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate Use this item to change Command Rate Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. TRC Use this item to change TRC Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. TWR Use this item to change TWR Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. TRFC Use this item to c[...]

38 Instant Flash Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This con - ve ni en t B IO S u pd ate to ol a ll ow s y ou t o u pd at e s ys te m B IO S w it hou t entering operating systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows ® . Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or hard drive, then[...]

39 Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM technology . The default value is [Enabled]. Conguration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you install Window s ® 8 / 7 / Vista TM and w ant t o enab le th is fu nction, please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling this function may reduce[...]

40 3.4.2 Chipset Conguration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. Onboard Lan This allows you to enable or disable the onboa[...]

41 3.4.3 ACPI Conguration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. Away Mode Support Use this item to enable or disable Away Mode support under [...]

42 ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The default value is [Enabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this moth- erboard to submit Windows ® certication.[...]

43 3.4.4 Storage Conguration Onboard SA T A Controller This i tem i s for SA T A2 ports . Use this item to e nable or d isabl e the “Onb oard SA T A Controller” feature. SA T A Operation Mode This item is for SA T A2 ports. Use this item to adjust Onboard SA T A Opera- tion Mode. The default value of this option is [AHC I]. Conguration op[...]

44 3.4.5 PCIPnP Conguration Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. PCI Latency Timer The default value is 32. It is recommended to keep the default value un- less the in stalled P CI e xpansio n car ds?spec icatio ns re quire ot her s et - tings. PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI I[...]

45 3.4.6 Floppy Conguration In this section, you may congure the type of your oppy drive.[...]

46 3.4.7 Super IO Conguration OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable oppy drive controller . Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use [...]

47 3.4.8 USB Conguration USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller . USB 2.0 Support Use this option to enable or disable support for USB 2.0 devices. The de- fault value is [Enabled]. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four co n fi g ur at io n o pt io ns : [ [...]

48 CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Con guration options: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On]. Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you t o set the chassis fan 1 speed. Con guration options: [Full On], [Manual Mode] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is value [Full On]. 3.5 Hardware Health Event[...]

49 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong - ure the boot settings and the boot priority . 3.6.1 Boot Settings Conguration Full Screen Logo Use thi s ite m to enab le or dis able OEM Logo. Th e def ault valu e is [Ena bled ]. AddOn ROM Display Use this op tion to adjust AddOn ROM D[...]

50 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.[...]

51 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When y ou select this op tion, it will pop- out the f ollowing message, “Discard changes and exit [...]

52 4. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System Th is m oth erbo ard s uppo rts v ario us Mi cros oft ® Wi ndow s ® op erat ing s yste ms: 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit. Because motherb oard settings and hardwar e options vary , use the setup pr ocedures in this chapter for general[...]