ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock FM2A55M-VG3 Motherboard
Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB
This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows
®
OS to be installed
on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating
system.
1. Please make sure to use Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit (with SP1 or above),
Windows
®
7 64-bit or Windows
®
8 64-bit.
2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility >
Advanced > Storage Confi guration > SATA Mode.
3. Choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1.
(“xxx” is the device which contains your Windows
®
installation fi les. Normally it is
an optical drive.) You can also press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST
and choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot.
4. Start Windows
®
installation.
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ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Processor socket	Socket FM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD A
Processor thermal power (max)	100 W
Number of SATA II connectors	4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	-
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.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Certification	- FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD A55 FCH
Audio output channels	5.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
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
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
Graphics card	Radeon HD 7000
DirectX version	11
Maximum resolution	1920 x 1600 pixels
Maximum graphics card memory	2048 MB
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	1.1

Weight and Dimensions

Width	- mm