Asrock B150 Combo User Manual

Version 1.0

Published August 2015

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is device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
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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 14

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 15

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.7 CrossFireX

TM

and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 23

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 23

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 25

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 26

3.1 Installing Drivers 26

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 27

3.2.1 UI Overview 27

3.2.2 Apps 28

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 31

3.2.4 Setting 32

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 33

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 36

4.1 Introduction 36

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 36

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 37

4.2 Main Screen 38

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 39

4.4 Advanced Screen 47

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 48

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 50

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 53

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 54

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 55

4.4.6 USB Conguration 56

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 57

4.5 Tools 58

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 62

4.7 Security Screen 63

4.8 Boot Screen 64

4.9 Exit Screen 67

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B150 Combo

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock B150 Combo 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 documentation, 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.

1.1 Package Contents

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ASRock B150 Combo Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•

ASRock B150 Combo Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock B150 Combo Support CD

•

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

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modi­cations of this documentation occur, the updated version will be availabl e on ASRock’s
website w ithout further notice. If you require technical support related to this mother­board, please visit our website for speci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.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

CPU

•

Supports 6

th

Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

•

Digi Power design

•

10 Power Phase design

•

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Chipset

•

Intel® B150

•

Supports Intel® Small Business Advantage 4.0

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR4/DDR3/DDR3L Memor y Technology

•

2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR4 2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

•

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 2.0

•

15 Gold Contact in DDR4 DIMM Slots

•

4 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-

ECC, un-buered memory

* Supports 2 x DDR3/DDR3L memory modules up to 1866(OC)

and 4 x DDR3/DDR3L memory modules up to 1333

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

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

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

Expansion
Slot

•

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4

mode)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

•

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

•

2 x PCI Slots

* PCI cards that need subtractive decode are not supported.

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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Graphics

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Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs

can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

•

Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

Sync Video with HEVC, AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2

Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru

TM

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530

•

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12

•

Max. shared memory 1792MB

•

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

independent display controllers

•

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

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

•

Supports DVI-D with ma x. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

•

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

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

HDMI monitor is required)

•

Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9

•

Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

•

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

and HDMI Ports

Audio

•

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

Audio Codec)

•

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

•

ELNA Audio Caps

LAN

•

Gigabit LAN 10/100/10 00 Mb/s

•

Giga PHY Intel® I219V

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

•

2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

•

4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

•

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

LE D)

•

HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass

/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage

•

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

Connector

•

1 x COM Port Header

•

1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

•

2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)

•

3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Con-

trol)

•

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

•

1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector

•

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•

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

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS
Feature

•

128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI sup-

port

•

ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

•

SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

•

CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VC-

CPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

Hardware
Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

•

CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

CPU temperature)

•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

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

VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

OS

•

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-

bit

* To install Windows® 7 OS, a modied installation disk with

xHCI drivers packed into the ISO le is required. Please refer to

page 33 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

Certica­tions

•

FCC, CE, WHQL

•

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

Please realiz e that the re is a certain r isk involved with o verclocking, including adjusting
the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technolog y, or using third-party
overclocking to ols. O verclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even c ause damage to
the components and devices of your system. It should be don e at your ow n risk and expense.
We are not responsibl e for possible damage caused by o verclocking.

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

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Intel

B150

DDR3 _B1 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _A1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _B1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR3 _B2 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

ATX12V1

USB 3.0

T: USB1

B: USB2

ATXP WR 1

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB7
B: USB8

PCIE4

1

1

1

SPK_PLED1

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

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PCIE1

RoHS

5

6

7

16

17

15

2122

1

23

24

2

3

20

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

19

4

USB_5_6

1

14

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

CHA_FAN3

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN1

18

1

TPMS1

LAN

USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: USB4

DDR3 _A2 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

DDR3 _A1 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

SATA3_0

SATA3_2

SATA3_1

SATA3_3

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9

10
11

CMOS

Battery

Supe r

I/O

PCI Express 3.0

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

Audio

CODEC

CLRCMOS1

1

128Mb

BIOS

Front USB 3.0

PCIE3

PCI2

PCI1

DVI 1

HDMI 1

Top:

SIDE SPK

Center :

REAR SPK

Bottom :

CTR BASS

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

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USB_11_12

USB_9_10

1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 4 x 240-pin DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots

(DDR3_ A1, DDR3_A2, DDR3_B1, DDR3_B2)

3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 USB 3.0 Header (USB_5_6)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

13 SATA3 Connec tor (SATA3_4)

14 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

15 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB_11_12)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB_9_10)

18 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

19 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA _FAN1)

20 TPM Header (TPMS1)

21 COM Port Header (COM1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

23 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

24 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 8 Central / Bass (Orange)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 9 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_78)

3 Side Speaker (Gray) 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB_34)

4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 HDMI Port

5 Line In (Light Blue) 12 DVI-D Port

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 USB 3.0 Ports (USB_12)

7 Microphone (Pink)

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 6)

Rear Speaker

(No. 4)

Central / Bass

(No. 8)

Side Speaker

(No. 3)

2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel au dio header. Aer re starting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on
your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-stream­ing”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and the n you are allowed
to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and
Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the f ront panel audio.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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is is an 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

components. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries and damages to motherboard

components.

•

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

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.

•

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

in the bag that comes with the components.

•

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

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the P nP cap is on the
socket, if the CPU surface is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the sock et. Do not
force to in sert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found . Otherwise, the CPU
will be seriously damaged.

2. Unplug all power c ables before in stalling the CPU.

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2

A

B

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5

3

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor i s removed. e cover must be placed if
you wish to return the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

CPU_

FAN

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides two 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) and four 240-

pin DDR3/DDR3L (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel

Memory Technology.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

e DIMM only ts in one correct orie ntation. It will cause permanent dam age to the
motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation.

Priority DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR4_A1 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2 DDR4_B1

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

1. For dual channel cong uration , you always need to in stall identical (the same b rand,

speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 or DDR3/DDR3L DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technology with only one or three memory
module installed.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot, or a DDR,
DDR2 or DDR3 m emory module into a DDR4 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and
DIMM may be damaged.

Warning! It is NOT allowed to install a memory module into a DDR4 slot and a DDR3 slot
simultaneously; othe rwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

PCI slot:

e PCI1 and PCI2 slots are used to install expansion cards that have 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

Before installing an ex pansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched o
or the power cord is unplug ged. Pl ease re ad the do cumentation of the expansion card and
make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

For a better ther mal environme nt, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1, CHA_ FAN2 or CH A_FAN3 when using multiple
graphics cards.

PCIE2 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

TM

x16 x4