Version 1.0
Published July 2015
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Package Contents 1
1.2 Specications 2
1.3 Motherboard Layout 6
1.4 I/O Panel 8
1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 10
Chapter 2 Installation 15
2.1 Installing the CPU 16
2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 19
2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 20
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 22
2.5 Jumpers Setup 23
2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 24
Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 28
3.1 Installing Drivers 28
3.2 A-Tuning 29
3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 33
3.3.1 UI Overview 33
3.3.2 Apps 34
3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 37
3.3.4 Setting 38
3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 39
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 42
4.1 Introduction 42
4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 42
4.1.2 Navigation Keys 43
4.2 Main Screen 44
4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 45
4.4 Advanced Screen 53
4.4.1 CPU Conguration 54
4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 56
4.4.3 Storage Conguration 59
4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 60
4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 61
4.4.6 USB Conguration 62
4.4.7 Trusted Computing 63
4.5 Tools 64
4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 68
4.7 Security Screen 70
4.8 Boot Screen 71
4.9 Exit Screen 74
H170M-ITX/ac
Chapter 1 Introduction
ank you for purchasing ASRock H170M-ITX/ac motherboard, a reliable
motherboard produced under ASRock ’s consistently stringent qualit y 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 soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of
the BIOS setup.
Becau se the motherboard speci cations and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this doc umentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s
website w ithout further notice . If you require technical suppor t related to this motherboard, please v isit our website for specic information about the model you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well . ASRock
website http://www.asrock.com.
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)
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ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Quick Installation Guide
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ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Support CD
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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
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1 x I/O Panel Shield
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1 x WiFi-802.11ac Module
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2 x SMA WiFi Antenna Cables
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2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
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1 x WiFi Module Bracket
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2 x Screws for WiFi Module
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1.2 Specications
Platform
CPU
Chipset
Memory
Expansion
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* is Mini-PCI Express Slot supports WiFi and mSATA
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Mini-ITX Form Factor
Solid Capacitor design
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
Supports 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 Technolog y
Intel® H170
Supports Intel® Small Business Advantage 4.0
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 2.0
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
1 x Vertical Ha lf-size Mini-PCI Express Slot: For WiFi + BT
Module
Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs
Graphics
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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 510/530
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
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Max. shared memory 1792MB
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Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by
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independent display controllers
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Audio
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Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K
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(4096x2304) @ 24Hz
Supports DVI-D 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 Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9
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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 congure 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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ELNA Audio Caps
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LAN
Wireless
LAN
1 x Intel® I219V (Gigabit LAN PHY 10/100/1000 Mb/s)
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1 x Realtek RTL8111H (PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000
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Mb/s)
Supports Wake-On-WAN (on Realtek RTL8111H)
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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 LAN Cable Detection (on Realtek RTL8111H)
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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az
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Supports PXE
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Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
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Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
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Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps
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Supports Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II
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Rear Panel
I/O
Storage
Connector
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard 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 (ASRock Full
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Spike Protection))
6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full
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Spike Protection))
2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports 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 R AID (R AID 0,
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RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology
14 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and
Hot Plug
1 x mSATA Connector (shared with Mini-PCI Express Slot),
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support R AID (RAID 0, R AID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel
Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response
Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
1 x TPM Header
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1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
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1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed
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Control)
1 x 20 pin ATX Power Connector
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1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector
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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
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1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 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))
128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI
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support
ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
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CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VPPM, VCCSA
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Voltage Multi-adjustment
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BIOS
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Hardware
Monitor
OS
Certications
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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
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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-
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bit
* To install Windows® 7 OS, a modied installation disk with
xHCI drivers packed into the ISO le is required. Please refer to
page 39 for more detailed instructions.
* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock’s
website for details: http://www.asrock.com
FCC, CE, WHQL
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ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
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* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock .com
Please realize that there i s a certain risk involved with o verclocking, including adjusting
the setting in the BIOS , applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party
overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even cau se damage to
the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own r isk and expense.
We are not responsible for possible damage caused b y overclocking.
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PCIE1
DDR 4_A1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )
DDR 4_B1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )
CPU_FAN1
CHA_FAN1
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USB 2.0
T: USB1
B: USB2
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128Mb
BIOS
AUDIO
CODEC
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HD_AUDIO1
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USB_3_ 4
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SPEAKER 1
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.0
T: USB1
B: USB2
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: USB4
USB 3.0
T: USB5
B: USB6
LAN
LAN
Intel
H170
ATXP WR 1
SATA3_3
SATA3_2
SATA3_1
SATA3_0
USB3_7 _8
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PANEL1
HDLED RESET
PLED PWRBTN
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TPMS1
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CLRMOS1
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CI1
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HDM I1
DVI 1
Top:
LINE I N
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FRON T
Bott om:
MIC IN
Front U SB 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
1.3 Motherboard Layout
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No. Description
1 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)
4 USB 2.0 Header (USB_ 3_4)
5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
6 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_7_8)
7 TPM Header (TPMS1)
8 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)
10 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
11 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)
12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)
13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)
14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)
15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)
16 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
17 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
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1.4 I/O Panel
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No. Description No. Description
1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_56)
2 LAN RJ-45 Port (Realtek RTL8111H)* 8 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)
3 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I219V)* 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)
4 Line In (Light Blue)** 10 HDMI Port
5 Front Speaker (Lime)** 11 DVI-D Port
6 Microphone (Pink)** 12 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Plea se refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.
ACT/LINK LED
SPEED LED
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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 congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it i s required to use an HD front panel audio module and e nable the multichannel audio feature through the audio driver.
Please set Speaker Cong uration to “ 7.1 Speaker” in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.
Function of the Audio Ports in 7.1-channel Conguration:
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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1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
WiFi-802.11ac + BT Module
is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT v4.0
module that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac connectivity standards and
Bluetooth v4.0. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network
(WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth v4.0 standard features Smart
Ready technology that adds a whole new class of functionality into the mobile
devices. BT 4.0 also includes Low Energy Technology and ensures extraordinary
low power consumption for PCs.
* e transmission speed may var y according to the environment.
WiFi + BT Module
(included in the package)
ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
(included in the package)
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WiFi Module and WiFi Antennas Installation Guide
Step 1
Prepare the WiFi Module, WiFi Module Bracket,
and the two screws (M2*3) that come with the
package. Prepare a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
Step 2
Attach the WiFi Module Bracket to the WiFi
card, aligning the screw hole on the WiFi card
with the screw hole on the bracket. Use the screw
to attach the bracket and the WiFi card, but do
not tighten the screw.
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Step 3
Insert the WiFi Module Card into the vertical
mini PCI Express slot (MPCIE1).
Step 4
Tighten the screw that holds the card in place.
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Step 5
Tighten the screw that attaches the WiFi
Module Bracket to the WiFi card (installed
in Step 2).
Step 6
Prepare the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables
and WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas that come
with the package.
Step 7
Attach the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables to
the WiFi Module.
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Step 8
Insert the RP-SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Con-
nectors to the antenna ports on the I/O
shield
Step 9
Fasten the screw nuts to secure the
antenna connectors.
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Ste p 10
Connect the two WiFi 2.4/5 GHz
Antennas to the antenna connectors. Turn
the antenna clockwise until it is securely
connected.
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Ste p 11
Set the WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna at 90-de-
gree angle.
*You may need to adjust the direction of
the antenna for a stronger signal.
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Chapter 2 Installation
is is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,
study the conguration 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 cap is on the
socket, if the CPU sur face is unclean, or if the re are any bent pins in the socket . 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 be fore installing the CPU.
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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cove r must be placed if
you wish to return the motherboard for ae r service.
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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink
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FAN
CPU_
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