User manual ASROCK FATAL1TY 990FX PROFESSIONAL

[. . . ] Fatal1ty 990FX Professional Series User Manual Version 1. 0 Published June 2011 Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Fatal1ty Story Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I actually played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or five games off guys who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career of it, but at that young age situations change rapidly. [. . . ] 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. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action. The Clear CMOS Switch has the same function as the Clear CMOS jumper. 31 2. 9 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA3 hard disk or the SATA3 connector on this motherboard. Either end of the 3. 5mm audio cable can be connected to the portable audio devices, such as MP3 player and mobile phone or the Line-in port of your PC. Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply. These six Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6. 0 Gb/s data transfer rate. 3. 5mm Audio Cable (Optional) Serial ATA (SATA) Power Cable (Optional) connect to the SATA HDD power connector connect to the power supply (SATA3_1_2: see p. 14, No. 26) 1 SATA3_1_2 SATA3_3_4 SATA3_5_6 Serial ATA3 Connectors USB_PWR P-7 P+7 GND DUMMY GND P+6 P-6 USB PWR Besides six default USB 2. 0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2. 0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2. 0 header can support two USB 2. 0 ports. 32 (9-pin USB8_9) (see p. 14 No. 12) Besides two default USB 3. 0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 3. 0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 3. 0 header can support two USB 3. 0 ports. (19-pin USB3_3_4) (see p. 14 No. 31) This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p. 14 No. 34) This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. 1. High Definition 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. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio 33 header as below: A. For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust “Recording Volume”. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p. 14 No. 27) This header accommodates several system front panel functions. Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. [. . . ] The default value is [Disabled]. 69 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 1 & 2 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 & 2 speed. The default is value [Full On]. 70 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. Boot Option Priorities Boot Option #1 Set the first priority of the system boot device. Hard Drive BBS Priorities Set the order of the legacy devices in this group. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. [. . . ]