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1Fatal1ty P67 Professional SeriesUser ManualVersion 1.0Published November 2010

10 - AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Su

11CAUTION!1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 70.2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Be

128. To experience intuitive motion controlled games is no longer only avail-able at Wii. AIWI utility introduces a new way of PC gaming operation. A

1314. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by Eu-ropean Union to defi ne the power consumption for the completed system. Ac

141.3 Two SLITM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) * For the latest updates of the su

151.4 Two CrossFireXTM Graphics Card Support List (for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit) * For the latest updates of

161.6 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 27 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Black) 2 1155-Pin CPU Socket 28 Clear

171.7 I/O Panel* If you use 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below for connection

18 To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your comput

19Chapter 2: Installation This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study t

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202.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below.Before you insert the 1155-Pin CPU into the socket,

21Pin1alignment key alignment key Pin11155-Pin CPU1155-Pin SocketStep 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU:Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked

222.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPU. Please adopt the typ

232.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Me

24Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM sl

252.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used

262.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you

27Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot. Step3.

282.7.2 Driver Installation and SetupInstall the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (

29 * SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA® Technologies Inc., and is used only for identifi cation or explanation and to

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30 1. If a customer incorrectly confi gures their system they will not see the performance benefi ts of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM c

31CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-S

322.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot. For the proper installation proce

33CrossFireTM BridgeStep 5. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-ics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-

34 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prio

35 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFireTM”, the CrossFireXTM function may not work actually. Your computer will automatically r

362.10 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is p

37SATA2_3 SATA2_5SATA2_2 SATA2_4Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data Data Cable cable can be connected to the (Optional) SAT

38USB 3.0 Header Besides four default USB 3.0 (19-pin USB3_2_3) ports on the I/O panel, there is (see p.16 No. 36) one USB 3.0 header on this

39J_SENSEOUT2_L1MIC_RETPRESENCE#GNDOUT2_RMIC2_RMIC2_LOUT_RETFront Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio ca

4Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

40Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_FAN1) to the fan connectors and (see p.16 No. 29) match the blac

41 Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the

42IEEE 1394 Header Besides one default IEEE 1394 (9-pin FRONT_1394) port on the I/O panel, there (see p.16 No. 31) is one IEEE 1394 header (

43The Installation Guide of Front USB 3.0 Panel Intall the Front USB 3.0 Panel into the 2.5” drive bay of the chassis.Step 3Step 4The Front USB 3.0 Pa

44Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch,(RSTBTN) allowing users to quickly reset(see p.16 No. 23) the system.Clear CMOS Switch Clear

452.13 Dr. DebugDr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. Please see the diagrams below for reading the

46 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specifi c) 0x39 Po

47 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module spec

48 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes secti

492.14 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) /

5Contents1 Introduction ... 71.1 Package Contents ...

502.15 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (

512.16 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII in RAID / A

52 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA / SATAII / S

53 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD:Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:Please do follow below instruction sequence to pro

542.19 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive fi rst. Then, the drivers co

55After the installation of Windows® XP / XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID func-tions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” an

562.20.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use the followi

572.20.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID FunctionsIf you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / Vi

58STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Confi guration.B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI]. (For SA

592.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vist

62.21 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ... 582.21.1 In

602.22 Teaming Function Operation Guide Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single

614. Key in Team Name and choose Link Aggregation \ LACP (802.3ad) for Settings.5. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (A

62For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS:1. Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD: .. \ Driver

635. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (After pressing OK button, system will show below warming message. Please cho

64Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to confi gure your system. The UEFI chip on the

653.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description

663.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.EZ OC Use this item to load EZ overclocking setting. Please no

67Core Current Limit Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode. Host Clock Override (BCLK) Use this to adjust the host clock (BCLK) fre

68Read to Precharge (tRTP) Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Four Activate Window (tFAW) Us

69Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.4 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the confi gurations for the

7Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing Fatal1ty P67 Professional Series motherboard, a reli-able motherboard produced under our consistentl

703.4.1 CPU ConfigurationIntel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel processor that suppor

71CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated.Intel Virtualiza

723.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Low MMIO Align Low MMIO resources align at 64MB/1024MB. The default value is [64MB]. VT-d Use this to enable

733.4.3 South Bridge ConfigurationRestore on AC/Power LossThis allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. If [Power Off] i

743.4.4 Storage ConfigurationMarvell SATA3 Operation Mode This item is for SATA3_M1 to SATA3_M4 ports. Use this to select Marvell SATA3 operation mod

753.4.5 Super IO ConfigurationOnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable fl oppy drive controller. Serial Port Use this item to e

763.4.6 ACPI ConfigurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enabl

773.4.7 USB ConfigurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 ControllerUse this item to enabl

783.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenIn this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the param

793.6 Boot ScreenIn this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to confi g-ure the boot settings and the boot priority.

81.2 Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality C

803.7 Security ScreenIn this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.

813.8 Exit ScreenSave Changes and ExitWhen you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save confi guration changes and exit setup?”

82Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

83Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TBThis motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB).

9 - 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPE