ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published October 2016

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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. © 2016 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 7

1.4 I/O Panel 9

Chapter 2 Installation 11

2.1 Installing the CPU 12

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 15

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 16

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 18

2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.6 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 24

2.6.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 24

2.6.2 Driver Installation and Setup 26

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

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 30

3.1 Installing Drivers 30

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 31

3.2.1 UI Overview 31

3.2.2 Apps 32

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 35

3.2.4 Setting 36

3.3 Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3 37

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 38

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 41

4.1 Introduction 41

4.2 EZ Mode 42

4.3 Advanced Mode 43

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 43

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 44

4.4 Main Screen 45

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 46

4.6 Advanced Screen 52

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 53

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 55

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 58

4.6.4 Super IO Conguration 59

4.6.5 ACPI Conguration 60

4.6.6 USB Conguration 62

4.6.7 Trusted Computing 63

4.7 Tools 64

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 67

4.9 Security Screen 69

4.10 Boot Screen 70

4.11 Exit Screen 73

Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance 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 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. In case any
modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support relate d to
this motherboard, please vi sit our website for s peci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 ht tp://www.a srock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series Support CD

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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 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* 7th Gen Intel® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2400; 6th Gen Intel®

CPU supports DDR4 up to 2133.

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Micro ATX Form Factor

Supports 7th and 6th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/

Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

Digi Power design

6 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Intel® B250

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory*

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

ECC mode)

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

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

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion
Slot

Graphics

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4

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mode)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireX

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15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

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

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

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

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

HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics

Gen9 LP, DX11.3, DX12

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TM

Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series

HWAEncode/Decode: VP8, HEVC 8b, VP9, HEVC 10b (For

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7th Gen Intel® CPU)

HWA Encode/Decode: VP8 , HEVC 8b; GPU/SWEncode/

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Decode: VP9, HEVC 10b (For 6th Gen Intel® CPU)

Max. shared memory 1024MB

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* e size of ma ximum shared memory may vary from dierent

operating systems.

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

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Supports Triple Monitor

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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

Audio

LAN

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 (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

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Supports Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3

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Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Giga PHY Intel® I219V

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

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1 x PS/2 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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1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))

1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection

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(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

3 x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock

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Full Spike Protection))

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

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Full Spike Protection))

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

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Hot Plug*

* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will

be disabled.

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

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

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

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

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2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3

x4 (32 Gb/s)**

** If PCIE2 slot or PCIE3 slot is occupied, the PCIe-type M.2

device on M2_1 socket will run at Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s).

** Supports Intel® OptaneTM Technology (M2 _2 only)

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

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Connector

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 AURA RGB LED Header

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2 x CPU 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.

BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series

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

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trol)

* CHA_FAN1 and CHA _FAN2 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

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support

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ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.7 Support

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CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA, VCCST

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Voltage Multi-adjustment

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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

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CPU temperature)

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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CASE OPEN detection

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

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PCH 1.0V

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit (For 7th Gen Intel® CPU)

OS

Certica­tions

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

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

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bit (For 6th Gen Intel® CPU)

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

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

page 38 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

FCC, CE, WHQL, RCM, BSMI

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

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Please realize that the re is a certain r isk involved with overclo cking, including
adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technol ogy, or using
third-party overclocking tool s. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or
even cause dam age to the components and devices of your system. It should be done
at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for poss ible damage caused by
overclocking.

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ATXP WR 1

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PANEL1

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CPU_FAN1

PCI E1

TPMS1

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USB3_4

SPK_CI1

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PCI E2

CMO S

Bat ter y

DDR4 _A2 (64 bit, 288- pin modu le)

DDR4 _A1 (64 bit, 288- pin modu le)

DDR4 _B2 (64 bit, 288- pin modu le)

DDR4 _B1 (64 bit, 288- pin modu le)

ATX12V1

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

USB3_5_ 6

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

CLRMOS1

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1

HD_AUDIO1

M2_1

CT3CT4 CT2

Top:
RJ-4 5

HDMI 1

CHA_FAN1

Top:

LINE I N

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

MIC IN

USB 3.0
T:USB 3_TA_1
B:U SB3_TC_ 1

PCI E4

SATA3_1

CHA_FAN2

Ultr a M.2

PCIe Gen3 x4

PS2

Keybo ard

PS2

Mouse

DVI 1

VGA 1

USB 3.0
T:U SB3
B: USB4

CPU_FAN2

Ct1

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LPT1

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USB5_6

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BIOS
ROM

M2_2

CT3CT4 CT2 Ct1

SATA3_0

Opt an e Re ad y

PCI E3

USB 2 .0
T: USB1
B: US B2

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

6 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

7 AURA RGB LED Header (RGB_HEADER1)

8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

9 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)

17 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

18 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

19 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB3_4)

22 TPM Header (TPMS1)

23 Print Port Header (LPT1)

24 COM Port Header (COM1)

25 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 8 USB 2.0 Port (USB2)

2 D-Sub Port 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_3_4)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 USB 3.0 Type-A Port (USB3_TA_1)

4 Line In (Light Blue)** 11 USB 3.0 Type-C Port (USB3_TC_1)

5 Front Speaker (Lime)** 12 HDMI Port

6 Microphone (Pink)** 13 DVI-D Port

7 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB1) 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port

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

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

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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 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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How to Remove the I/O C over?

Certain graphics cards with e xtra thickness of the back plate may collid e with the pre-installed I/O cove r.

Before installing such a wider graphics card, please loosen the screws to remove the I/O cover, as the picture
shown below.

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Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series

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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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,

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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

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into the socket , please check if the PnP c ap
is on the socket, if the CPU sur face is unclean, or if th ere are any b ent pins in the
socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situ ation is found.
Other wise, the CPU wil l be seriously d amaged.

2. Unplug all power cables be fore installing the CPU.

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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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Fatal1ty B250M Performance Series

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

FAN

CPU_

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides four 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 DIMM pairs.

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

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

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR4_ A1 DDR4_ A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent dam age to
the mothe rboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incor rect
orientation .

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

Before installing an ex pansion card, please make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the power cord is unplugged. Plea se read the documentation of the
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width 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

PCIE1 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

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Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

1. For a better ther mal environment, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the mother­board’s chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1 or CHA_ FAN2) when using multiple
graphics cards.

2. If PCIE2 sl ot or PCIE3 slot is occupied, the PCIe-ty pe M.2 device on M2_1 socket
will run at Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s).

x16 x4