Asrock A320M-HD User Manual

Version 1.0

Published October 2017

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 6

1.4 I/O Panel 8

Chapter 2 Installation 10

2.1 Installing the CPU 11

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 13

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 21

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 24

2.5 Jumpers Setup 25

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 26

2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 30

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 34

3.1 Installing Drivers 34

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 35

3.2.1 UI Overview 35

3.2.2 Apps 36

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 39

3.2.4 Setting 40

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 41

4.1 Intro d uc tion 41

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 41

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 42

4.2 Main Screen 43

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 44

4.4 Advanced Screen 45

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 46

4.4.2 North Bridge Conguration 47

4.4.3 South Bridge Conguration 48

4.4.4 Storage Conguration 49

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 50

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 51

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 52

4.5 Tools 53

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 55

4.7 Security Screen 56

4.8 Boot Screen 57

4.9 Exit Screen 59

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock A320M-HD motherboard, a reliable

motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control.

It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s

commitment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard

and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the

soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In ca se any modica­tions of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s website
without further notice. If you require technical suppor t related to this motherboard,
please visit our website for spe cic information about the model you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU suppor t list on ASRock’s website a s well.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock A320M-HD Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock A320M-HD Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock A320M-HD Support CD

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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* For Ryzen Series CPUs (Raven Ridge), ECC is only supported

with PRO CPUs.

* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock’s website for

more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)

* Please refer to page 21 for DDR4 UDIMM maximum

frequency support.

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Micro ATX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor design

Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge)

and Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and

Pinnacle Ridge)

Digi Power design

7 Power Phase design

Supports CPU up to 65W

AMD Promontory A320

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4

3200+(OC)/2933/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-

buered memory*

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4

3200+(OC)/2933(OC)/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-

buered memory*

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4

3200+(OC)/2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered

memory*

AMD 7th Gen A-Series APUs support DDR4 2400/2133 ECC

& non-ECC, un-buered memory*

Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Expansion
Slot

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AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)*

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AMD 7th A-Series APUs

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x8 mode)*

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AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)

Graphics

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1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x8 mode) (If you use

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Athlon 200GE APU, PCIE2 slot will run at x4 mode.)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

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Integrated AMD RadeonTM R7 Series Graphics in A-series /

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E-series APU

DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0

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Shared memory default 2GB, Max Shared memory supports

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up to 16GB.

* e Max shared memory 16 GB requires 32 GB system memory

installed.

Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and D-Dub ports by

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independent display controllers

Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @

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60Hz

Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP with HDMI Port

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Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI

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Port

Audio

LAN

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec)

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* To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD

front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio

feature through the audio driver.

Supports Surge Protection

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ELNA Audio Caps

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PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Realtek RTL8111GR

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

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Supports LAN Cable Detection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

Connector

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

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RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280

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M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up

to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and

Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with A-Series APU)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

* Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

1 x Print Port Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

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2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

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* e CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of ma ximum

1A (12W) fan power.

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

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BIOS
Feature

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

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Supports “Plug and Play”

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ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events

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Supports jumperfree

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SMBIOS 2.3 support

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DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment

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CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

Hardware
Monitor

OS

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan

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CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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CASE OPEN detection

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Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock ’s

website for details: http://ww w.asrock.com

FCC, CE

Certica­tions

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock .com

Please realiz e that the re is a certain r isk involved with o verclocking, including adjust­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your syste m’s stability, or even cause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expe nse. We are not responsible for possible damage cau sed by overclocking.

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ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

ATXPWR1

FS B80 0

DDR 4_A1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_A2 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

SATA3_2

Sup er

I/O

LAN

AUDIO
CODEC

PCIE2

PCIE1

USB_3_ 4

USB_5_ 6

HD_AUDIO1

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CPU_FAN1

Front USB 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

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COM1

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4

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5

1

LPT1

USB 2.0
T: USB1
B: USB2

PS2

Keyboard/

Mouse

CMOS

Battery

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M2_1

Ct3Ct2Ct1

USB3_5 _6

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CHA_FAN2

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

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SATA3_1

RoHS

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SPK_CI1

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USB 3.1 Gen1
T: USB1
B: USB2

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Bott om:

MIC IN

RJ- 45 LAN

USB 3.1 Gen1
T: USB3
B: USB4

TPMS1

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HDMI1

ATX12V

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CLRMOS1

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SATA3_3

SATA3_4

AMD

Promontory

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SOCKETAM4

CHA_FAN1

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ROM

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_A2)

4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

5 USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (USB3_5_6)

6 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

7 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

9 SATA3 Conne ctor (SATA3_4)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

12 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

13 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

14 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

16 Print Port Header (LPT1)

17 COM Port Header (COM1)

18 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

19 TPM Header (TPMS1)

20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (USB3_34)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (USB3_12)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 HDMI Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 D-Sub Port

5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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** To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it i s required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi­channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Please set Speaker Conguration to “7.1 Speaker”in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.

Function of the Audio Ports in 7.1-channel Conguration:

Port Function

Light Blue (Rear panel) Rear Speaker Out
Lime (Rear panel) Front Speaker Out
Pink (Rear panel) Central /Subwoofer Speaker Out
Lime (Front panel) Side Speaker Out

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Micro ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,

study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.

Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.

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Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard

components.

In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,

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NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet. Also remember to use a grounded

wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components.

Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

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Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

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in the bag that comes with the components.

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

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tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

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2.1 Installing the CPU

Unplug all power cables be fore installing the CPU.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

Aer you install the CPU into this motherboard, it is necessary to install a larger

heatsink and cooling fan to dissipate heat. You also need to spray thermal grease

between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation. Ma ke sure that the

CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other.

Please turn o the power or remove th e power cord before changing a CPU or heatsink.

Installing the CPU Box Cooler SR1

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4-pin FAN cable

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Installing the AM4 Box Cooler SR2

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