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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard English Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) SLI / XFIRE Power Connector CPU Heatsink Retention Module AM3 941-Pin CPU Socket 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel A: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Blue) 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel B: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2; White) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) North Bridge Fan Connector (NB_FAN1) Northbridge Controller Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot Southbridge Controller SPI Flash Memory (8Mb) System Panel Header (PANEL1, Orange) Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1, Red) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2, Red) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4, Red) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3, Red) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, Purple) Fifth SATAII Connector (SATAII_5, Red) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Sixth SATAII Connector (SATAII_6, Orange) Infrared Module Header (IR1) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394) USB 2.0 Header (USB10_11, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Serial Port Connector (COM1) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, Lime) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1, Yellow) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4; Orange) PCI Slots (PCI1- 2) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3; Blue) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2; Green) PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE1; Green) Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) eSATAII Connector (eSATAII_TOP) English 2 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard Panel I/O Panel 1 2 3 *4 5 6 7 8 ** 9 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) VGA/D-Sub Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) LAN RJ-45 Port Side Speaker (Gray) Rear Speaker (Black) Central / Bass (Orange) Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) 10 11 12 13 14 *** 15 16 17 Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) IEEE 1394 Port eSATAII Port Optical SPDIF Out Port HDMI Port VGA/DVI-D Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) * 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 Status Description Status SPEED LED Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Activity Blinking Data Activity Off Orange Green 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection LAN Port ** If you use 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 (No. 9) (No. 6) 2 V -4 V V 6 V V 8 V V Central / Bass (No. 7) --V V Side Speaker (No. 5) ---V *** To support AC3 or DTS audio format with HDMI Audio under VistaTM, please install the HDMI audio driver in XP support CD AAX785H-10. The driver is located under the path: ..\Drivers\NB Audio\REALTEK\XP64_XP(R1.68) And note for LPCM support up to stereo 2 channels only. 3 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock M3A785GXH/128M motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm) 1 x ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Quick Installation Guide 2 x ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield 1 x ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card English 4 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors - Supports CPU up to 140W - Supports AMD OverDriveTM with ACC feature (Advanced Clock Calibration) - AMD LIVE!TM Ready - Supports AMD's Cool `n' QuietTM Technology - FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology - Northbridge: AMD 785G - Southbridge: AMD SB710 - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 2) - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Support DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 3) - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 4) - 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM, Hybrid CrossFireXTM and 3-Way CrossFireXTM (see CAUTION 5) - Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4200 graphics - DX10.1 class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1 - Max. shared memory 512MB (see CAUTION 6) - Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333(OC)/1200MHz SidePort Memory - Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports HDCP function - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback (see CAUTION 7) - 7.1 CH Windows® VistaTM Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics Audio 5 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard English LAN Rear Panel I/O Connector BIOS Feature - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111DL - Supports Wake-On-LAN I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - 1 x eSATAII Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8) - 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 9) - 1 x eSATAII 3.0Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII connector) (see CAUTION 10) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - SLI/XFIRE power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (see CAUTION 11) - 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard English English English 6 Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDriveTM Utility, AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 12) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 13) - Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 14) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 15) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 16) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore - Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant - FCC, CE, Microsoft® WHQL Certificated - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 17) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. CAUTION! 1. 2. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 40 for details. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 15 for proper installation. Whether 1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3 CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1600 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 3. 7 ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard English 4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® VistaTM. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® VistaTM 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. 5. If you want to use CrossFireXTM or 3-Way CrossFireXTM function, please follow the instructions on page 22 and 23 to reverse the direction of ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card in advance. 6. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is subject to change. Please check AMD website for the latest information. 7. 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback support on this motherboard requires the proper hardware configuration. Please refer to page 11 and 12 for the minimum hardware requirement and the passed 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD films in our lab test. 8. For microphone input, this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes. For audio output, this motherboard supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 3 for proper connection. 9. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Ha ...