ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published November 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

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 Jumpers Setup 19

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20

2.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 25

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 25

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 27

2.8 M.2 WiFi/BT Module Installation Guide 28

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

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 33

3.1 Installing Drivers 33

3.2 F-Stream 34

3.2.1 Installing F-Stream 34

3.2.2 Using F-Stream 34

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 37

3.3.1 UI Overview 37

3.3.2 Apps 38

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 41

3.3.4 Setting 42

3.4 Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3 43

3.5 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 44

3.6 ASRock AURA RGB LED 47

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 48

4.1 Introduction 48

4.2 EZ Mode 49

4.3 Advanced Mode 50

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 50

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 51

4.4 Main Screen 52

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 53

4.6 Advanced Screen 60

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 61

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 63

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 66

4.6.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 67

4.6.5 Super IO Conguration 68

4.6.6 ACPI Conguration 69

4.6.7 USB Conguration 71

4.6.8 Trusted Computing 72

4.7 Tools 73

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 76

4.9 Security Screen 79

4.10 Boot Screen 80

4.11 Exit Screen 82

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 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 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 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.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series Support CD

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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

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3 x Screws for M.2 Socket (Optional)

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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

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

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

CPU supports DDR4 up to 2133.

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ATX Form Factor

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

Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

Digi Power design

8 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Intel® Z270

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 3733+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)

/2800(OC)/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

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

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mode)*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

4 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

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* If PCIE5 or PCIE6 is occupied, PCIE4 will run at x2 mode.

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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

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* If M2_3 is occupied, PCIE3 will be disabled.

15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

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Graphics

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visua ls 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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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

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

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ALC1220 Audio Codec)

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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120dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier

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TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier for Front Panel

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Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)

Pure Power-In

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Direct Drive Technology

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LAN

Rear Panel I/O

PCB Isolate Shielding

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Impedance Sensing on Front Out port

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Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel

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AURA RGB LED

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Gold Audio Jacks

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15μ Gold Audio Connector

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Supports Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3

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Gigabit LAN 10/100/10 00 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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2 x Antenna Ports

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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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1 x Optical SPDIF Out 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: Rear Speaker / Centra l / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

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Storage

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

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RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology

15 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug*

Connector

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA_5 will

be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA_0 will

be disabled.

2 x Ultra M.2 Sockets, support type 2230/2242/2260/2280

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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)**

** Supports Intel® OptaneTM Tech nolo gy

** 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 Chassis Intrusion Header

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1 x Power LED and Speaker 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.

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

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Control)

1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)

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(Smart Fan Speed Control)

* e Chassis Optiona l/Water Pump Fan supports the water

cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.

* CHA_FAN2 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connec-

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tor)

1 x underbolt AIC Connector (5-pin)

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1 x underbolt AIC Connector (10-pin)

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* Only one underbolt AIC Card is supported.

3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 5 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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BIOS Feature

Hardware Monitor

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, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST,

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VCCSA, VCCPLL Voltage Multi-adjustment

Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/

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Water Pump Fans

Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water

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Pump Fans

Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tempera-

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ture): CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans

Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/

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Water Pump Fans

CASE OPEN detection

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

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VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCSA, VCCST

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

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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 44 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

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FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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Intel

Z270

DDR4 _A2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

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

DDR4 _B2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

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

ATX12V1

ATXP WR 1

LAN

PCIE2

Top: RJ-45

USB 3.0 T: USB1 B: USB2

Top:

Central/Bass

Center:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

Optical

SPDIF

Bottom:

MIC IN

PCIE4

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

SPK_PLED1

HD_AUDIO1

SATA_2_3

SATA_0_1

PCIE1

RoHS

USB_3_4

USB_5_6

16 1422

HDMI1

SATA_4_5

2021 11

BIOS ROM

USB 2.0

T: USB1

B: USB2

PS2

Keybo ard

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CMOS

Battery

PCIE3

M2_2

M2_1

CT2

CT3

CT4

USB3_3_ 4

1213

CPU_FAN1

TPMS1

PCIE5

USB 3.0 T: USB3_TA_1 B: USB3_TC_1

CT1

Ultra M.2

PCIe Gen3x4

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN3/W_PUMP

CLRMOS1

PCI Express 3.0

PCIE6

USB_7

CI1

T B1

T B2

M2_3

CT1

RGB_LED

FATALTY

AUDIO

CODEC

Z270 Gaming K4

USB3_5_ 6

COM1

1.3 Motherboard Layout

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

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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_B1)

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

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_3_4)

8 SATA3 Connectors (SATA_4_5)

9 SATA3 Connectors (SATA_2 _3)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA_0_1)

11 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

12 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

13 Chassis Fan / Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3/W_PUMP)

14 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

15 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB_7)

18 AURA RGB LED Header (RGB_LED)

19 COM Port Header (COM1)

20 TPM Header (TPMS1)

21 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

23 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

24 underbolt AIC Connector (TB2)

25 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

26 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port (PS2_KB1) 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)

2 D-Sub Port (VGA1) 11 USB 3.0 Type-A Port (USB3_TA_1)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port * 12 USB 3.0 Type-C Port (USB3_TC_1)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 HDMI Port (HDMI1)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 DVI-D Por t (DVI1)

6 Line In (Light Blue) 15 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB_1)

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 16 USB 2.0 Port (USB_2)

8 Microphone (Pink) 17 Antenna Ports

9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

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8911

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* 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

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

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

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Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

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 “Mixe r” tool on your system. Plea se sele ct “Mixe r ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are a llowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to u se the Rear Speaker, Central/Ba ss, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

Line In

(No. 6)

Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

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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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 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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Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K4 Series

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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 Z270 Gaming K4 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g uration , you always need to in stall identical (the same b rand,

speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 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, DDR2 or DDR3 memory module into a DDR4 sl ot; otherwise , this motherboard and DIM M 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 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.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 6 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 unplug ged. Pl ease re ad the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

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.

PCIE5 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE6 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

* If PCIE5 or PCIE6 is occupied, PCIE4 will run at x2 mode.

* If M2_3 is occupied, PCIE3 will be disabled.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE2 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

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Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better thermal environment, please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard’s chassis fan connector (CHA _FAN1 or CH A_FAN2) when using multiple graphics card s.

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2.5 Jumpers Setup

e illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on

the pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper

is “Open”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRMO S1)

(see p.7, No. 25)

CLRMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system

parameters to default setup, please turn o the computer and unplug the power

cord from the power supply. Aer waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to

short pin2 and pin3 on CLRMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the

CMOS right aer you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you

just nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system rst, and then shut it

down before you do the clear-CMOS action. Please be noted that the password,

date, time, and user default prole will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is

removed.

Clear CMOSDefault

If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detected. Pl ease adjust the BIOS option “Clear Status” to clear th e record of previous chassis intrusion status.

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jump ers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these heade rs and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage to the motherboard.

System Panel Header

(9-pi n PANEL1)

(see p.7, No. 11)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the ch assi s front panel. You may congure the way to tur n o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch): Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. Press the reset sw itch to restart the computer if the computer f reezes and fails to per form a normal restar t.

PLED (Syste m Power LED): Connec t to the power status indicator on the chas sis front panel. e LED i s on when the system is operating. e LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. e LED is o when the system is in S4 slee p state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED): Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity LED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on when the hard drive is reading or wr iting data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of powe r switch, reset switch , power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your ch assi s front panel module to thi s header, make sure the wire a ssignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

PLED+

PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

PWRBTN#

GND

RESET#

GND

Connect the power

switch, reset switch and

system status indicator on

the chassis to this header

according to the pin

assignments below. Note

the positive and negative

pins before connecting

the cables.

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