ASRock DeskMini X300 Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published July 2020

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.

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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 Front Panel 9

1.5 Rear Panel 10

Chapter 2 Installation 11

2.1 Installing the CPU 12

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) 19

2.4 Jumpers Setup 21

2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors 22

2.6 M.2 WiFi/BT Module Installation Guide 25

2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 27

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 29

3.1 Installing Drivers 29

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 30

4.1 Introduction 30

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 30

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 31

4.2 Main Screen 32

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 33

4.4 Advanced Screen 35

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 36

4.4.2 North Bridge Conguration 37

4.4.3 South Bridge Conguration 38

4.4.4 Storage Conguration 39

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 40

4.4.6 AMD CBS 41

4.4.7 AMD PBS 42

4.5 Tools 43

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 45

4.7 Security Screen 46

4.8 Boot Screen 47

4.9 Exit Screen 49

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing X300M-STX motherboard. 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.

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.

1.1 Package Contents

X300M-STX Motherboard (Mini-STX Form Factor)

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X300M-STX Quick Installation Guide

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X300M-STX Support CD

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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2 x Serial ATA(SATA) Data with Power Cable (Optional)

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2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (M2*2) (Optional)

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1 x Screw for WiFi Module (M2*2) (Optional)

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* Please refer to page 19 for DDR4 SO-DIMM ma ximum

frequency support.

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Mini-STX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor design

Supports AMD AM4 Socket CPUs (Renoir, Picasso, Raven

Ridge, up to 65W)

Supports CPU up to 65W

5 Power Phase design

AMD X300

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

2 x DDR4 SO-DIMM Slots

AMD Renoir series APUs support DDR4

3200/2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory*

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4

2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory*

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

15μ Gold Contact in SO-DIMM Slots

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Expansion Slot

Graphics

1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports ty pe 2230 WiFi/BT module

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Integrated AMD RadeonTM Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen

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Series APU*

* Actual support may vary by CPU

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 16GB requires 32GB system memory

installed.

Audio

ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DisplayPort 1.2 and

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HDMI

Supports Triple Monitor

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

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(4096x2160) @ 60Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2304) @ 60Hz

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

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

monitor is required)

Supports HDCP with HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

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Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI and

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DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

Realtek ALC233 Audio Codec

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1 x Headphone/Headset Jack

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1 x MIC-In

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1 x Audio Header

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X300M-STX

LAN

Front Panel I/O

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

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Realtek RTL8111H

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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1 x Headphone/Headset Jack

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1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A Port (Supports ESD Protection (Full

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Spike Protection))

1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection (Full

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Spike Protection))

1 x Microphone Input Jack

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Rear Panel I/O

Storage

Connector

1 x DC Jack (Compatible with the 19V power adapter)*

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* Please use 120W power adapter for 65W CPU and 90W power

adapter for 35W CPU.

1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x DisplayPort 1.2

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1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection)

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1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Port (Supports ESD Protection)

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

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LED)

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s with Power Connectors, support R AID

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(RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports ty pe 2280 M.2 PCI

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Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports type 2280 M.2 PCI

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Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Raven Ridge) or

Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

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2 x CPU Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin)

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1 x Front Panel Header

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1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

1 x Audio Header

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1 x MONO Speaker Header

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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 adjustment

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CPU Temperature Sensing

Hardware Monitor

Certications

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 overclo cking.

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CPU Fan Tachometer

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CPU Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU

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temperature)

CPU Fan Multi-Speed Control

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CASE OPEN detection

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

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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FCC, CE

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

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X300M-STX

Mini-STX Chassis Support List

Vendor Model

SilverStone Technology Inc. VT01S AKasa A-STX04-A1B / A-STX04-M1B

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Top: RJ-45

T: USB 2.0

USB2

B: USB 3 .1 Gen1

USB3

Audio

CODEC

USB_4_5

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

Mic In

USB 3.1 Gen1

USB_TC_1

USB 3.1 Gen1

USB_1

Headphone

/ Headset

VGA1

DDR4_A1DDR4_A1

DDR4_B1

DC Jack

HDMI 1

DP1

CI1

Super

I/O

BIOS ROM

M.2 WiFi

M.2 PCIe SSD

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

AUDIO3

SOCKETAM4

RoHS

8 7 6

CLRMOS1

SPEAKER1

1.3 Motherboard Layout

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SATA3 SATA3

M2_2

CT1

CMOS

Battery

Back Side View

X300M-STX

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No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Header (USB_4_5)

2 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

3 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

4 MONO Speaker Header (SPE A K ER1)

5 2 x 260-pin DDR4 SO-DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

6 Audio Header (AUDIO3)

7 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

8 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

9 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA2)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA1)

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1.4 Front Panel

X300M-STX

No. Description No. Description

1 Headphone/Headset Jack (AUDIO1) 3 USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C Port (USB_TC_1)

2 USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A Port (USB_1) 4 Microphone Input (AUDIO2)

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1.5 Rear Panel

1 2 3

4 5

No. Description No. Description

1 DC Jack 4 D-Sub Port

(Supports 19V DC Power Adapters) 5 USB 2.0 Port (USB_2)

2 Display Port 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 Port (USB_3)

3 HDMI Port 7 LAN RJ-45 Port*

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

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Mini-STX 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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