User manual ASROCK 890GM PRO3

[. . . ] 890GM Pro3 User Manual Version 2. 0 Published January 2011 Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 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 registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] In the future, ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM may be supported with Windows® XP OS. What does an ATI TM Hybrid CrossFireX TM system include? An ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM system includes an ATITM RadeonTM 2400, 3450 or 5450 series graphics processor and a motherboard based on an AMD 890GX integrated chipset, all operating in a Windows® VistaTM / 7 environment. Please refer to below PCI Express graphics card support list for ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM. Vendor Chipset ATI RADEON HD2400XT RADEON HD3450 RADEON HD5450 Model POWERCOLOR HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S ATI RADEON HD5450 1GB Driver Support CD 8. 70 Support CD 8. 70 Support CD 8. 70 ATI CrossFireX Enjoy the benefit of ATI TM Hybrid CrossF ireX TM Step 1. Install one compatible PCI Express graphics card to PCIE2 slot (blue). For the proper installation procedures, please refer to section "Expansion Slots". Connect the monitor cable to the correspondent connector on the PCI Express graphics card on PCIE2 slot. Enter "Advanced" screen, and enter "North Bridge Configuration". Please remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system. Install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system for both the onboard VGA and the discrete graphics card. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar. Step 4. Step 6. ATI Catalyst Control Center 23 Step 7. Double-click "ATI Catalyst Control Center". Click "View", click "CrossFireTM", and then select the option "Enable CrossFireTM". View CrossFireTM Enable CrossFireTM Step 8. Click "Yes" to continue. Step 9. Click "OK" to save your change. Step 10. Then you can freely enjoy the benefit of HybridTM CrossFireXTM feature. * Hybrid CrossFireXTM appearing here is a registered trademark of ATITM Technologies Inc. , and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. * For further information of ATITM Hybrid CrossFireXTM technology, please check AMD website for up dates and details. 24 2. 7 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is "Short". The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are "Short" when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. 21) 1_2 2_3 Default Clear CMOS Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. The data in CMOS includes system setup information such as system password, date, time, and system setup parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. [. . . ] Legacy USB 3. 0 Support Use this option to enable or disable legacy support for USB 3. 0 devices. The default value is [Enabled]. 50 3. 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Over Temperature Protection Use this to enable or disable Over Temperature Protection. The default value is [Enabled]. 51 3. 6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. [. . . ]