ASROCK 970 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock 970 Extreme3 Motherboard
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I/O Panel
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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 Central / Bass Side Speaker
(No. 8) (No. 5) (No. 6) (No. 4)
2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V
LAN Port
ACT/LINK
LED
SPEED
LED
* 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 SPEED LED
Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection
1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 9 Microphone (Pink)
* 2 LAN RJ-45 Port 10 USB 3.0 Port (USB01)
3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) *** 11 eSATA3 Connector
4 Side Speaker (Gray) 12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
5 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 Optical SPDIF Out Port
6 Central / Bass (Orange) 14 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port
7 Line In (Light Blue) 15 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
** 8 Front Speaker (Lime)
8
11
12
13
14
15
5
6
7
9
10
4
1
2
3

ASROCK 970 Extreme3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	4.8 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
Processor system buses supported	2400 MHz
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA III connectors	5
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	2
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.
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL, ErP/EuP
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 970
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows 7, 7 (64-bit), Vista, Vista (64-bit), XP, XP (64-bit)
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	2.0
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	UEFI
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	218 mm
Width	305 mm