User manual ASROCK X58 EXTREME-182 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] No part of this installation guide 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 guide 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. Specifications and information contained in this guide 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 guide. [. . . ] Therefore, PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots will work at x16 bandwidth while PCIE5 slot will work at x4 bandwidth. Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1 or CHA_FAN2) when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment. Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM feature are supported with Windows® VistaTM OS only. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM components, a CrossFireXTM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireXTM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireXTM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benefit from the CrossFireXTM multi-GPU platform. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireXTM Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireXTM mode. Different CrossFireXTM cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireXTM feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card. For other CrossFireXTM cards that ATITM has released or will release in the future, please refer to ATITM graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards. (CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard. (You may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter. Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots, and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots. (CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard. (You may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter. Remove the ATITM driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. ATITM recommends Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed (If you have Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system, there is no need to download it again): http://www. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer. Then you will find "ATI Catalyst Control Center" on your Windows® taskbar. [. . . ] The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the POST portion of the BIOS: If the CMOS checksum is bad, update CMOS with power-on default values and clear passwords. Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB/MS using AMI KB-5. Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any OEM specific information. Programming the memory hole or any kind of implementation that needs an adjustment in system RAM size if needed. [. . . ]