ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published January 2017

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Fatal1ty Story

Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I actually
played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or ve games o guys
who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career of it, but at that young
age situations change rapidly. Because I’ve been blessed with great hand-eye coordination and
a grasp of mathematics (an important element in video gaming) I gravitated to that activity.

GOING PRO

I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional
League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one
of the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me ew me to
Sweden to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games, lost
none, and took rst place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the world
in the process. Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending
my title as the world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand prize. From there
I entered competitions all over the world, including Singapore, Korea, Germany, Australia,
Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York and St. Louis.

WINNING STREAK

I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL
Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally
dierent rst person shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition and
walked away with a new car. e next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament
2003, becoming the only three-time CPL champion of the year. And I did it playing a
different game each year, something no one else has ever done and a feat of which I am
extremely proud.

At QuakeCon 2002, I faced o against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly
anticipated matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at Quakecon
2004, I became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a series of very
challenging matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.

Since then Fatal1ty has traveled the globe to compete against the best in the world, winning
prizes and acclaim, including the 2005 CPL World Tour Championship in New York City for
a $150,000 rst place triumph. In August 2007, Johnathan was awarded the rst ever Lifetime
Achievement Award in the four year history of the eSports-Award for “showing exceptional
sportsmanship, taking part in shaping eSports into what it is today and for being the prime
representative of this young sport. He has become the gurehead for eSports worldwide”.

LIVIN’ LARGE

Since my rst big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling the
world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as MTV,
ESPN and a 60 Minutes segment on CBS to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy. I’m living
a dream by playing video games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and took sports like
hockey and football very seriously, working out and training hard. is discipline helps me
become a better gamer and my drive to be the best has opened the doors necessary to become
a professional.

A DREAM

Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made
up of the best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in
competitions…a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It’s all about
getting the computer processing faster and allowing more uid movement around the maps.

My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying
about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to
worry about my equipment. I want to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on
the game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the
planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty Brand products represent.

Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel

e Fatal1ty name, Fatal1ty logos and the Fatal1ty likeness are registered trademarks of Fatal1ty, Inc., and are used

under license. © 2017 Fatal1ty, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective

owners.

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) 22

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 (M2_1) 31

2.8 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_2) 34

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 37

3.1 Installing Drivers 37

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 38

3.2.1 UI Overview 38

3.2.2 Apps 39

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 42

3.2.4 Setting 43

3.3 Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3 44

3.4 ASRock RGB LED 45

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 47

4.1 Introduction 47

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 47

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 48

4.2 Main Screen 49

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 50

4.4 Advanced Screen 52

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 53

4.4.2 North Bridge Conguration 54

4.4.3 South Bridge Conguration 55

4.4.4 Storage Conguration 56

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 57

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 58

4.4.7 USB Conguration 59

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 60

4.5 Tools 61

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 63

4.7 Security Screen 65

4.8 Boot Screen 66

4.9 Exit Screen 68

Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series 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 support list on ASRock ’s website a s well.
ASRock website http://www.a srock .com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series Support CD

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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

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2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Optional)

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion
Slot

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* Please refer to page 22 for DDR4 UDIMM maximum frequency

support.

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* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

* PCIE2 will downgrade to x8 mode when A-Series APU is

installed.

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** PCIE4 will downgrade to x2 mode when A-Series APU is

installed.

** If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled.

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ATX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor design

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

and Ryzen CPUs (Summit Ridge)

Digi Power design

9 Power Phase design

Supports 95W Air Cooling

AMD Promontory B350

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-bu-

ered memory*

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4: x4 mode)**

4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

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Graphics

Integrated AMD RadeonTM R7/R5 Series Graphics in A-series

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APU

DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0

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Max. shared memory 2GB

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ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

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Supports Triple Monitor

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Audio

Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series

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

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

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

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60Hz

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

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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 DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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

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and HDMI Ports

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

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Audio Codec)

* 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.

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection

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ELNA Audio Caps

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PCB Isolate Shielding

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Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel

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Supports Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3

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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

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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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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* 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) is included

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Storage

Connector

1 x USB 3.0 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection)

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5 x USB 3.0 Ports (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)

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*

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, sup-

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port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

* M2_ 2 and SATA3_3 share lanes. If either one of them is in use,

the other one will be disabled.

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports ty pe 2242/2260/2280

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M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Ryzen

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

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

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2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module**

** If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled.

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

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1 x RGB LED Header

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* Supports up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

1 x AMD Fan LED Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

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

1A (12W) fan power.

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

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Control)

* CHA_FAN2 and CHA_FAN3 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin

fan is in use.

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 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)

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series

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

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Protection)

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual 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

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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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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 web-

site for details: http://www.asrock.com

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

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

Please realize that the re is a certain r isk involved with overclo cking, including adju st­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even c ause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expense. 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

ATXP WR1

Supe r

I/O

CLRCMOS1

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1

USB_3_4

HD_AUDI O1

1

CPU_FAN1

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

RJ- 45 LAN

SOCKET AM 4

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COM1

HDM I1

CMO S

Bat ter y

ATX12V1

M2_ 1

Ult ra M.2

PCIe G en3 x 4

USB3_5 _6

1

CHA_FAN3

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBT N

PANEL1

1

RoH S

SPK_PLE D1

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DDR 4_A 1 (6 4 b it, 288 -pi n m odu le)

DDR 4_A 2 (6 4 b it, 288 -pi n m odu le)

DDR 4_B 1 (6 4 b it, 288 -pi n m odu le)

DDR 4_B 2 (6 4 b it, 288 -pi n m odu le)

PCIE 1

M2_ 2

AMD

Promon to ry

B350

USB 3 .0
T: USB1
B: US B2

USB 3 .0
T: USB3
B: US B4

AMD_FAN_LE D1

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1

USB_1_2

TPMS1

1

SATA3_1

SATA3_2

SATA3_A1

AB35 0 Gam ing K4

PCIE 2

PCIE 3

PCIE 5

PCIE 6

PCIE 4

CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN2

RGB_HEADE R1

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SATA3_A2

SATA3_3

SATA3_4

USB 3.0
T:U SB31_TA _1
B: USB31 _TC_1

USB 2 .0

T: USB1

B: US B2

PS2

Keyb oard

/Mou s e

DVI 1

VGA 1

FA TA L TY

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BIOS
ROM

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_B1)

4 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

5 AMD Fan LED Header (AMD_FAN_LED1)

6 RGB LED Header (RGB_HEADER1)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A2)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)

15 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

16 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

17 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

18 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

19 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB_1_2)

22 COM Port Header (COM1)

23 TPM Header (TPMS1)

24 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_ AUDIO1)

25 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB1) 8 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

2 USB 2.0 Port (USB2) 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

3 DVI-D Port 10 USB 3.0 Port (USB31_TA_1)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 USB 3.0 Type-C Port (USB31_TC_1)

5 Line In (Light Blue)** 12 HDMI Port

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 D-Sub Port

7 Microphone (Pink)** 14 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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

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ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

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

Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Series

** 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 Por ts 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 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.

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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 the power cord before changing a CPU or heatsink.

Installing the CPU Box Cooler SR1

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