ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 User Manual

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The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance. “Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

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Published December 2012

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Motherboard Layout

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10 11 12

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1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 15 SATA2 Connector (SATA_6) 2 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 16 SATA2 Connector (SATA_5) 3 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 17 SPI Flash Memory (64Mb) 4 CPU Socket 18 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5) 5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 19 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9) 6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 20 Print Port Header (LPT1) (Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 21 COM Port Header (COM1) 7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 8 Southbridge Controller 23 PCI Slot (PCI1) 9 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 24 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE2) 10 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 25 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 11 SATA2 Connector (SATA_1) 26 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1) 12 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2) 27 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1) 13 SATA2 Connector (SATA_4) 28 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 14 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3)

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I/O Panel

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1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) * 2 LAN RJ-45 Port 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 3 Line In (Light Blue) 8 DVI-D Port (DVI1) ** 4 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 D-Sub Port (VGA1) 5 Microphone (Pink) 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

LAN Port LED Indications

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

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

** To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming. After restarting your computer, please double-click “Realtek HD Audio Manager” on the

system tray. Set “Speaker Conguration” to “Quadraphonic” or “Stereo”. Click “Device

advanced settings”, choose “Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio streams simultaneously”, and click “ok”. Then reboot your system.

LAN Port

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 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.

This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of the motherboard and step-by-

step installation guide. More detailed information of the motherboard can be found in the user manual presented in the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might

be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may

nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as

well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specic information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 Quick Installation Guide ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield

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ASRock Reminds You...

To get better performance in Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM

/ VistaTM 64 bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Conguration to AHCI mode.

ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard

1.2 Specications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor

- Solid Capacitor for CPU power CPU - Support for Socket FM2 100W processors

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology

- UMI-Link GEN2

Chipset - AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Support DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

- Supports AMD Memory Prole (AMP)

Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

- 1 x PCI slot

- Supports AMD Dual Graphics (see CAUTION 3) Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics

- DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0

- Max. shared memory 2GB

- Dual VGA Output: support DVI and D-Sub ports by

independent display controllers

- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to

2560x1600 @ 75Hz

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1600 @ 60Hz

- Supports AMD Steady Video

processing capability for automatic jutter reduction on home/ online video

- Supports HDCP function with DVI port

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI port

Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

2.0: New video post

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Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

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

- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone Connector - 6 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x CIR header

- 1 x Print port header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- DRAM, VDDP, VDDR, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD

Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

OS - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ VistaTM 64-bit / XP

SP3 compliant

Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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

ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard

WARNING

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

CAUTION!

1. Whether 1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1866/1600 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules.

ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

2. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 8 / 7 / VistaTM. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64bit CPU, there is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Windows® cannot use.

3. For the discrete GPUs which support Dual Graphics technology, please refer to http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/ dual-graphics/Pages/dual-graphics.aspx#3 for details.

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1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indicate you to recognize the crucial headers more easily. Please refer to below illustra-

tions for the pin denition of onboard headers. If you want to have more information

about the usage of these headers, please refer to “Jumpers Setup“ and “Onboard Headers and Connectors“ for details.

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Chassis Speaker Header

System Panel Header

USB 2.0 Header

Front Panel Audio Header

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1.4 Jumpers Setup

The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Jumper Setting Description

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1) (see p.2, No. 25)

Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug

the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear the CMOS right after 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, user default prole, 1394

GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed.

Clear CMOSDefault

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

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1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard!

Serial ATA2 Connectors These six Serial ATA2

(SATA_1: see p. 2, No. 11)

(SATA_2: see p. 2, No. 12)

(SATA_3: see p. 2, No. 14)

(SATA_4: see p. 2, No. 13)

(SATA_5: see p. 2, No. 16)

(SATA_6: see p. 2, No. 15)

Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data Data Cable cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

SATA2 hard disk or the SATA2

connector on this motherboard.

USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB4_5)

(see p. 2, No. 18)

ports on the I/O panel, there

this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB

2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB8_9) (see p. 2, No. 19)

(SATA2) connectors support

SATA data cables for internal

SATA_1

SATA_2

SATA_3

SATA_4

storage devices. The current SATA2 interface allows up to

SATA_5 SATA_6

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

are two USB 2.0 headers on

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Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p. 2, No. 22)

panel audio cable that allows

convenient connection and

control of audio devices.

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on

the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below:

A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L. C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t

need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel.

E. To activate the front mic. For Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust

“Recording Volume”.

Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports

(2-pin CI1)

CASE OPEN detection feature

(see p.2, No. 27)

that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design.

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.2 No. 10)

several system front panel

functions.

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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.

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may con-

gure the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (System Power LED):

Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED):

Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1)

(see p.2 No. 9)

speaker to this header.

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Print Port Header This is an interface for print

(25-pin LPT1)

(see p.2 No. 20)

port cable that allows

convenient connection of printer

devices.

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Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.2 No. 7)

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to the

ground pin. CHA_FAN1 fan

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.2 No. 28)

speed can be controlled through UEFI or AXTU.

CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.2 No. 5)

ground pin.

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin

cable to the connector and

match the black wire to the

1 2 3 4

CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.2 No. 2)

supply to this connector.

12 1

1324

Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

(4-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.2, No. 1)

power supply to this connector.

Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1)

(see p.2 No.21)

serial port module.

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2. BIOS Information

The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores BIOS Setup Utility. When you start up the computer, please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter BIOS Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you wish to enter BIOS Setup after POST, please restart the system by pressing <Ctl>

+ <Alt> + <Delete>, or pressing the reset button on the system chassis. The BIOS

Setup program is designed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its various sub-menus and to select among the predetermined choices. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to the

User Manual (PDF le) contained in the Support CD.

3. Software Support CD information

This motherboard supports various Microsoft

8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / Vista

motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will enhance motherboard features. To begin using the Support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. It will display the Main Menu automatically if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click

on the le “ASSETUP.EXE” from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the

menus.

Windows® operating systems: 8 /

64-bit. The Support CD that came with the

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Spezikationen

Plattform - Micro ATX-Formfaktor

- Festkondensator für CPU-Leistung CPU - Unterstützt Sockel-FM2-100-W-Prozessoren

- Unterstützt Cool ‘n’ QuietTM-Technologie von AMD

- UMI-Link-GEN2

Chipsatz - AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2) Speicher - Unterstützung von Dual-Kanal-Speichertechnologie

- 2 x Steckplätze für DDR3

- Unterstützt DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, unge pufferter Speicher

- Max. Kapazität des Systemspeichers: 32GB

- Unterstützt Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

- Unterstützt AMD Memory Prole (AMP)

Erweiterungs- - 1 x PCI-Express-2.0-x16-Steckplätze (PCIE1: x16-Modus) steckplätze - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1-Steckplätze

- 1 x PCI -Steckplätze

- Unterstützt AMD duale Grakkarten Onboard-VGA - AMD Radeon HD 7000-Grak

- DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0

- Maximal gemeinsam genutzter Speicher 2GB

- Doppel-VGA Ausgabe: unterstützt DVI und D-Sub Ports

durch unabhängige Bildschirmanzeige Kontrolleure

- Unterstützt Dual-link DVI mit einer maximalen Auösung von

2560 x 1600 bei 75 Hz

- Unterstützt D-Sub mit einer maximalen Auösung von

1920 x 1600 bei 60 Hz

- Unterstützt AMD Steady Video Videonachbearbeitung für automatische Reduzierung von Bildschwankungen bei Heim-/Online-Videos

- Unterstützt HDCP-Funktion mit DVI-Port

- Unterstutzt 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD-Wiedergabe mit DVI-Port

Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Unterstützt Wake-On-LAN

- Unterstützt LAN-Kabelerkennung

- Unterstützt energieefzientes Ethernet 802.3az

- Unterstützt PXE

2.0: Neuartige Funktion der

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E/A-Anschlüsse I/O Panel an der Rückseite - 1 x PS/2-Mausanschluss

- 1 x PS/2-Tastaturanschluss

- 1 x D-Sub port

- 1 x DVI-D port

- 4 x Standard-USB 2.0-Anschlüsse

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port mit LED (ACT/LINK LED und SPEED LED)

- HD Audiobuchse: Audioeingang / Lautsprecher vorne / Mikrofon Anschlüsse - 6 x SATA2 3,0 GB/s-Anschlüsse, unterstützt RAID-

(RAID 0, RAID 1 und RAID 10), NCQ-, AHCI- und „Hot

Plugging“-Funktionen

- 1 x Druckerport-Anschlussleiste

- 1 x COM-Anschluss-Header

- 1 x Verteiler für Gehäuseeindringversuche

- 1 x CPUlüfter-Anschluss (4-pin)

- 1 x Gehäuselüfter-Anschluss (4-pin)

- 1 x Stromlüfter-Anschluss (3-pin)

- 24-pin ATX-Netz-Header

- 4-pin anschluss für 12V-ATX-Netzteil

- Anschluss für Audio auf der Gehäusevorderseite

- 2 x USB 2.0-Anschlüsse (Unterstützung 4 zusätzlicher USB 2.0-Anschlüsse) BIOS - 64Mb AMIs Legal BIOS UEFI mit GUI-Unterstützung

- Unterstützung für “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1-Weckfunktionen

- JumperFree-Modus

- SMBIOS 2.3.1

- DRAM, VDDP, VDDR, SB Stromspannung Multianpassung

Support-CD - Treiber, Dienstprogramme, Antivirussoftware (Probeversion), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5-Testversion, Google Chrome Browser und Toolbar Hardware Monitor - CPU-Temperatursensor

- Motherboardtemperaturerkennung

- Drehzahlmessung für CPU/Gehäuse/Stromlüfter

- Geräuscharmer CPU/Gehäuselüfter

- Mehrstuge Geschwindigkeitsteuerung für CPU-/

Gehäuselüfter

- GEHÄUSE OFFEN-Erkennung

- Spannungsüberwachung: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

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Betriebssysteme - Unterstützt Microsoft

VistaTM / Vista

Windows® 8 / 8 64-Bit / 7 / 7 64-Bit /

64-Bit

Zertizierungen - FCC, CE, WHQL

- Gemäß Ökodesign-Richtlinie (ErP/EuP) (Stromversorgung gemäß Ökodesign-Richtlinie (ErP/EuP) erforderlich)

* Für die ausführliche Produktinformation, besuchen Sie bitte unsere Website: http://www.asrock.com

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