ASROCK 980DE3/U3S3 User Manual

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2.10 Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive rst. 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.
2.11 Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATA2 HDDs with RAID
functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.
2.11.1 Installing Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or
more SATA / SATA2 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATA2 Driver Diskette.
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,
Please insert a diskette into the oppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the oppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy les [YN]?
Please insert a oppy diskette into the oppy drive, and press any key.
E. The system will start to format the oppy diskette and copy SATA / SATA2 drivers
into the oppy diskette.

ASROCK 980DE3/U3S3 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	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333, 1600, 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 X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
Processor thermal power (max)	140 W
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
Processor system buses supported	2600 MHz
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA II connectors	6
Number of SATA III connectors	2
eSATA ports quantity	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.
Cooling type	Passive
Certification	FCC, CE, WHQL, ErP/EuP
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 760G
Audio output channels	5.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB710
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
RAID levels	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	IDE, SATA II, SATA III
Parallel processing technology support	-
Cables included	SATA
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	1.1
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Width	- mm