Product information

The ASRock N68-S is a Micro-ATX AMD AM3(+) motherboard based on the NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a chipset. The board must be combined with DDR3 memory, for which 2 slots are available. In total, the ASRock N68-S has 4 Serial ATA connections for hard drives and SSDs. The built-in sound card offers 7.1-channel sound and is based on a Realtek ALC887 chip.

Features: Motherboard | Micro ATX | AMD AM3(+) | 2x DDR3 | 4x SATA-300 | PCI-e 2.0 x16| PCI-e 2.0 x1 | PCI | Serial Port: COM1 | USB 2.0  | D Sub (VGA)

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Product: ASRock N68-S
Socket: AMD AM3(+)
Category: motherboards
Brand: ASRock
EAN:4711140873398
State: refurbished – BIOS updated to latest version
SKU: N68-S
Warranty: 6 months

Package contents:
– Motherboard (ASRock N68-S)
– Backplate (blende)
– No manual
– No drivers CD
– No cables

CPU
– Support up to 95W Socket AM2+* / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor
– Support up to 95W Socket AM3 processors*: AMD Phenom™ II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors
– Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
– FSB 1000MHz (2.0 GT/s)
– Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
– Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

*If you use AM3 / AM2+ CPU on AM2 chipset motherboard, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0 (5200 MT/s) to HT1.0 (2000 MT/s), but the CPU frequency will not be influenced.

**For more information, please refer to the “CPU Support List”.

Chipset
– NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

Memory
– Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology
– 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
– Supports DDR2 1066*/800/667/533 non-ECC, unbuffered memory
– Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB**

*Support with AM3 / AM2+ CPU.

**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

BIOS
– 4Mb AMI BIOS
– AMI Legal BIOS
– Support “Plug and Play”
– ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
– Supports jumper free
– SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
– Supports Smart BIOS

Graphics
– Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 graphics
– DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0
– Max. shared memory 256MB
– Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1440 @ 60Hz

Audio
– 5.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 / VIA® VT1708S / VT1705 Audio Codec)

LAN
– Realtek PHY RTL8201EL / 8201CL
– Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
– Supports PXE

Slots
– 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
– 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
– 2 x PCI slots

Connector
– 4 x SATA2 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)

*This mainboard does not support RAID with HDDs of 3TB and above.

Rear Panel I/O
I/O Panel
– 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
– 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
– 1x 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

Unique Feature
– ASRock OC Tuner
– Intelligent Energy Saver
– Instant Boot
– Hybrid Booster:
– CPU Frequency Stepless Control
– ASRock U-COP
– Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
– ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%

Accessories
– I/O Shield

Hardware Monitor
– CPU Temperature Sensing
– Chassis Temperature Sensing
– CPU Fan Tachometer
– Chassis Fan Tachometer
– CPU Quiet Fan
– Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

Form Factor
– Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.0-in, 24.4 cm x 17.8 cm

OS
– Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit / 2000 compliant

Certifications
– FCC, CE