ASROCK 890GX Pro3 User Manual

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To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive first. 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 install can work
properly.
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SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage
Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy
disk.)
A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-
ROM as the boot device.
C. When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
D. Then you will see these messages,
All data in the disk will be destroyed,
proceed? [Y/N]
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA3
drivers into the floppy diskette.

ASROCK 890GX Pro3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA connectors	5
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 890GX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB850
Compatible operating systems	Windows 7/Vista/XP
Graphics card	Radeon HD 4290
Maximum graphics card memory	512 MB
Parallel processing technology support	Hybrid CrossFireX, Quad-GPU CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	2.0
LAN controller	Atheros AR8151
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	1.1

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm