ASROCK N68-S3 User manual

Detail Specification
Product Brief
CPU
Memory
Expansion Slot
Graphics
Audio
LAN
Rear Panel I/O
Connector
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Accessories
Hardware Monitor
OS
Certifications
The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.
Chipset
Platform
- Hyper Transport 2000 MT/s
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1600
- Integrated NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 graphics,
DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared
memory 256MB
- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,
OC DNA ASRock OC Tuner (Up to 150% CPU
frequency increase)
- Supports Intelligent Energy Saver (Up to 20%
CPU Power Saving)
- Free Bundle : CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM
and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
MB - Trial
- Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm
- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X4 /
X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2
processors
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology
- NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered
memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots
- 5.1 CH HD Audio (VIA®VT1705 Audio Codec)
- Realtek PHY RTL8201EL
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x VGA Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD), NCQ and "Hot Plug"
functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x Print Port header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 4Mb AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, VCCM Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and
Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
- Microsoft®Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP
/ XP 64-bit compliant
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA data cables (optional)
NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner
- Intelligent Energy Saver
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock OC DNA
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
N68-S3
www.asrock.com
- Integrated NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 graphics
- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0
- Max. shared memory 256MB
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1440 @ 60Hz
MT/s

NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
N68-S3
www.asrock.com
ASRock OC Tuner:
ASRock OC Tuner is a user-friendly and untied tool which allows you to guard your system
by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware devices to get the best system
performance
Energy Saving :
Supports ASRock Intelligent Energy Saver (I.E.S)
CPU Power saving up to 20%
System Health
Hardware Monitor
Overclocking
Voltage Control
Power Saving
CPU power
information

NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
N68-S3
www.asrock.com
OC DNA
Save your OC settings as a profile and share with
friends. Try OC DNA now!
OC DNA Instruction
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3 Step 4
Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC
Tweaker menu. (For example: we name this User Default setting
as “CPU_OC3.8GHz”)
Press “Save” button to save the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” OC settings as
a profile.
Execute ASRock OC DNA under OS, you will find
“CPU_OC3.8GHz” as User Profile 1.
Send the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile to other friends.
Step 5 Step 6
When the friend receives your “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile, he can
press “Load” to load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile in OC DNA.
After that, the friend can enter into BIOS OC Tweaker menu to
load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile as his BIOS OC settings.
Now, you have successfully share your OC setting profile with your friends.
N68-S3
N68-S3
N68-S3
*The OC DNA works only when users use the same motherboard and BIOS version.

NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
N68-S3
www.asrock.com
ASRock Instant Flash is an exclusive and the most user-
friendly BIOS flash utility developed by ASRock. It is embed-
ded in Flash ROM which is used to update the system BIOS
without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or
Windows.
Once executing ASRock Instant Flash, the utility will automatically detect all devices such as USB, hard
disk or even floppy drive to find the exact BIOS for your system. Instead of giving you all BIOS in your
devices, the Instant Flash just list BIOS versions that apply to your motherboard model only. For
example, if you have many different BIOS of different motherboards saved in your devices, but you just
need to flash your P45 motherboard, the Instant Flash will just list the P45 BIOS versions for you. This
unique function allows you to easily select the suitable BIOS version instead of browsing through all data.
Features
ASRock Instant Flash
Instant Flash just list
BIOS versions that
apply to your
motherboard model.
Click and start
Flashing!
Simple!Simple! Quick!Quick!
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Boot is a new feature invented exclusively by ASRock.
It can boot up system in an amazing speed,
which is 10 times faster than traditional boot up. For home users or office
PC users, ASRock Instant Boot can also
guarantee a clean Windows OS, and consumed less power! For details:
http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.asp
10 Times Faster, Only 4 Secs to Boot Up to Windows!
ASRock YouTube
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=BucIjXZVxXo
* This function is applicable ONLY to single user that does not secure ID and Password to their
systems.
* The boot up time depends on the hardware configuration.

NVIDIA®GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
N68-S3
www.asrock.com
CyberLink Power2Go 6.1 LE OEM
Power2Go 6 lets you burn and backup videos, photos, music and data onto Blu-ray
Discs and DVDs.
CyberLink MediaShow 4.1 SE OEM
Photo and video management software MediaShow edits videos and photos
instantly, creates slideshow, and allows publishing directly to YouTube and Flickr.
CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 DTS Trial
World-renowned PowerDVD 8 DTS delivers outstanding DVD movie playback quality
on your PC.
CyberLink PowerDirector 8.0 Trial
PowerDirector - Video Editing software – edits high-definition videos including
AVCHD, allows output to PSP iPod and Blu-ray Disc.
CyberLink PowerBackup 2.5 Trial
PowerBackup backups valuable data on your PC.
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Trial
The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB solution provides premium audio quality, effects and
features for PC systems equipped with onboard audio.
For gamers, the EAX®ADVANCED HD 4.0, with its state-of-the-art Multi-Environment
rendering and reverb modelling, delivers a much more realistic and immersive 3D
gaming experience than your motherboard audio ever will.