ASRock H170M Pro4 operation manual

Version 1.0

Published June 2015

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 6

1.4 I/O Panel 8

Chapter 2 Installation 10

2.1 Installing the CPU 11

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 15

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.7 CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 23

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

-Ready Graphics Cards 23

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 25

2.8 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 26

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 29

3.1 Installing Drivers 29

3.2 A-Tuning 30

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 34

3.3.1 UI Overview 34

3.3.2 Apps 35

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 38

3.3.4 Setting 39

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 40

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 43

4.1 Introduction 43

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 43

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 44

4.2 Main Screen 45

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 46

4.4 Advanced Screen 54

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 55

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 57

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 59

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 60

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 61

4.4.6 USB Conguration 63

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 64

4.5 Tools 65

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 69

4.7 Security Screen 71

4.8 Boot Screen 72

4.9 Exit Screen 75

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H170M Pro4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H170M Pro4 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 soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of

the BIOS setup.

1.1 Package Contents

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ASRock H170M Pro4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H170M Pro4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H170M Pro4 Support CD

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

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

Becau se the motherboard speci cations and the BIOS soware might be updated, the content of this doc umentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modications of this documentation occ ur, the updated vers ion 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 specic 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.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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Micro ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

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High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

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Supports 6

Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

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Digi Power design

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6 Power Phase design

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Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Chipset

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Intel® H170

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Supports Intel® Small Business Advantage 4.0

Memory

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Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

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4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

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Supports DDR4 2133 non-ECC, un-buered memor y

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Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

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

Expansion Slot

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

mode)

•

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

Graphics

•

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

can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

•

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

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

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Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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Four graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and

DisplayPort 1.2

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Supports Triple Monitor

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

(4096x2304) @ 24Hz

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

60Hz

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

60Hz

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Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

(4096x2304) @ 24Hz or 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 60Hz

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Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

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Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9

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Supports HDCP with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2

Ports

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

HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

Audio

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7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

Audio Codec)

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Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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ELNA Audio Caps

LAN

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Gigabit LA N 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

Protection)

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

Rear Panel I/O

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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 DisplayPort 1.2

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6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

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

LE D)

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HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass

/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

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

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

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

Hot Plug

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

SATA3_1 will be disabled.

•

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module

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

* Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

Connector

•

1 x Print Port Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

•

1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)

•

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

Control)

•

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

•

1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

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

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS Feature

•

128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI sup-

port

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ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

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DRAM Voltage Multi-adjustment

Hardware Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

•

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

CPU temperature)

•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

CASE OPEN detection

•

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

DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

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

bit

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

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

page 40 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

Certications

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FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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 aect 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.

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

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Intel

H170

Sup er

I/O

ATXP WR 1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

COM1

H170M Pro4

RoHS

CPU_FAN1

Audio

CODEC

PCIE1

PCI Express 3.0

TPMS1

USB1_2

USB 3. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

PS2

Keyb oard

/Mous e

SPK_CI1

PCIE2

Fro nt USB 3. 0

CMOS

Battery

DDR 4_A2 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_A1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_B2 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_B1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

ATX12V1

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

USB3_5 _6

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

128Mb

BIOS

CHA_FAN2

9 10

CLRMOS1

HD_AUDIO1

PCIE3

PCIE4

M2_1

CT2CT3CT1

DISP LAY1

Top: RJ-45

USB 3.0 T: USB3 B: USB4

HDM I1

USB 3.0 T: USB7 B: USB8

Top:

SIDE S PK

Cent er:

REAR S PK

Bott om:

CTR BA SS

Top:

LINE I N

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

CHA_FAN1

SATA3_1

SATA3_0

VGA 1

DVI1

1.3 Motherboard Layout

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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 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

7 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

9 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)

14 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

15 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)

18 TPM Header (TPMS1)

19 Print Port Header (LPT1)

20 COM Port Header (COM1)

21 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

22 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 9 Central / Bass (Orange)

2 D-Sub Port 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_7_8)

4 Side Speaker (Gray) 12 DisplayPort 1.2

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 HDMI Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 14 DVI-D Por t

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 15 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

8 Microphone (Pink)

15 1012

9 8

3 5

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

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, please connec t the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection details in a ccordance with the t ype of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 9)

Line In

(No. 6)

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 restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixe r ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multistreaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowe d to selec t “Realtek HDA Primary out put” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/ Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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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.

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Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard

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,

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.

•

Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

in the bag that comes with the components.

•

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into th e 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 ae r service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

CPU_

FAN

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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.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It wil l cause permane nt damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orie ntation .

Priority DDR4_A1 DDR4_A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated 2 Populated Populated 3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

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 Me mory Technol ogy 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 slot; otherwise, this mothe rboard and DI MM may be damaged.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

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

For a better thermal environment, please connect a ch assis fan to the motherboard ’s chassis fan connector (CHA _FAN1 or CHA_FAN2) when using multiple g raphics cards.

Before installing an expansion card, plea se make sure that the power supply is switched o or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the docume ntation of the expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

PCIE1 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

Mode

x16 x4

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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

(C LR MOS 1)

(see p.6, No. 16)

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 batter y is

removed.

Clear CMOS

Default

If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detected. Please adjust the BIOS option “Cl ear Status” to clear the record of previous ch assis intrus ion statu s.

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

System Panel Header

(9-p i n PA NE L1)

(see p.6, No. 14)

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.

GND

RESET#

PWRBTN#

PLED-

PLED+

GND

HDLED-

HDLED+

GND

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the cha ssis front pan el. You may congure the way to turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Sw itch): Connec t to the reset switch on the cha ssis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to pe rform a normal re start.

PLED (Syste m Power LED): Connec t to the power status indicator on the ch assis 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 sleep state or powered o (S5).

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

e front panel des ign may dier by chassis. A f ront panel modul e mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc . When connecting your ch assis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignme nts and the pin assignment s are matched cor rectly.

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these heade rs and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the heade rs and conn ectors w ill cause permanent damage to the motherboard.

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Chassis Intrusion and

Speaker Header

(7-pi n SPK_C I1)

(see p.6, No. 15)

Please connect the

chassis intrusion and the

chassis speaker to this

header.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0:

see p.6, No. 6)

(SATA3_1:

see p.6, No. 7)

(SATA3_2:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_3:

see p.6, No. 11)

(SATA3_4:

see p.6, No. 13)

(SATA3_5:

see p.6, No. 12)

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

* If M2_1 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_0 and SATA3_1

will be disabled.

USB 2.0 Header

(9-pin USB1_2)

(see p.6, No. 17)

ere is one header on

this motherboard. is

USB 2.0 header can

support two ports.

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.6, No. 8)

Besides si x USB 3.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

is one header on this

motherboard. is USB

3.0 header can support

two ports.

+5V

DUMMY

SIGNAL

GND

DUMMY

SPEAKER

DUMMY

GND

P+

P-

USB_PWR

P+

P-

USB_PWR

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

IntA_PB_D-

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

IntA_PB_SSRX-

VbusVbus

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

SATA3_4

SATA3_1

SATA3_5

SATA3_2

SATA3_0

SATA3_3

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