ASRock H170Pro4S User 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 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireX

TM

Operation Guide 24

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 24

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 26

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

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 30

3.1 Installing Drivers 30

3.2 A-Tuning 31

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 35

3.3.1 UI Overview 35

3.3.2 Apps 36

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 39

3.3.4 Setting 40

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 41

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 44

4.1 Introduction 44

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 44

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 45

4.2 Main Screen 46

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 47

4.4 Advanced Screen 56

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 57

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 59

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 61

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 62

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 63

4.4.6 USB Conguration 65

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 66

4.5 Tools 67

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 71

4.7 Security Screen 73

4.8 Boot Screen 74

4.9 Exit Screen 77

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H170 Pro4S motherboard, a reliable

motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control.

It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s

commitment to quality and endurance.

In this documentation, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the

motherboard and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation

guide of the soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of

the BIOS setup.

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support relate d to
this motherboard, please vi sit our website for s pecic information about the model
you are using. You may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU suppor t list on ASRock’s
website a s well. ASRock website ht tp://www.a srock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock H170 Pro4S Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H170 Pro4S Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H170 Pro4S 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 Screw for M.2 Socket

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion
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ATX 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

10 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Intel® H170

Supports Intel® Small Business Advantage 4.0

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

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

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

mode)

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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Graphics

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

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

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

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

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

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 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

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

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(4096x2304) @ 24Hz

Audio

LAN

Supports DVI-D with ma x. 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 congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD

front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio

feature through the audio driver.

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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ELNA Audio Caps

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Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Giga PHY Intel® I219V

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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H170 Pro4S

Rear Panel
I/O

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

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Spike Protection))

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

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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel® H170, support

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RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid

Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response

Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector*

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* Support to be announced

* 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

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

* Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

1 x COM Port Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

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

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3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) (Smart Fan

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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 PCIe Power Connector

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI sup-

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port

ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

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CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VC-

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CPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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

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CPU temperature)

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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CASE OPEN detection

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

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DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

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

OS

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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 41 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

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

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

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

H170

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

USB 3. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

ATXP WR 1

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 3. 0
T: USB5
B: USB 6

PCIE4

HDLED R ESET

PLED PW RBTN

PANEL1

1

USB_1_2

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SPK_PLED 1

COM1

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1

HD_AUD IO1

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PCIE1

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HDM I1

DVI 1

USB 3. 0
T: USB3
B: USB 4

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Ultr a M.2

PCIe G en3 x4

PS2

Keybo ard

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CMO S

Bat tery

CLRMOS1

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PCIE3

M2_ 1

CT2CT3C T4CT5

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10

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USB3_ 7_8

1

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CPU_FAN1

9

USB_3_4

1

22

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TPMS1

PCIE5

CT1

5

PCI E xpres s 3.0

Fro nt U SB 3 .0

CHA_FAN2

128M b

BIOS

Top:

LINE IN

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FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

PCIE_ PWR1

CHA_FAN3

SATA3_1

SATA3_0

SATA3_5

SATA3_4

SATA3_3

SATA3_2

CHA_FAN1

CI1

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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

3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

5 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_7_8)

6 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

7 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

8 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

14 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

15 SATA Express Connector (SATA_EXP0)

16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

17 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

18 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

19 USB 2.0 Header (USB_1_2)

20 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

21 TPM Header (TPMS1)

22 COM Port Header (COM1)

23 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

24 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

25 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

26 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE_PWR1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 6 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_5_6)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_3_4)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 DVI-D Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 HDMI Port

5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)

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

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

LAN Por t

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

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

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** To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it i s required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi­channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Please set Speaker Conguration to “7.1 Speaker”in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.

H170 Pro4S

Function of the Audio Por ts in 7.1-channel Con guration:

Port Function

Light Blue (Rear panel) Rear Speaker Out
Lime (Rear panel) Front Speaker Out
Pink (Rear panel) Central /Subwoofer Speaker Out
Lime (Front panel) Side Speaker Out

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

2. Unplug all power ca bles before installing the CPU.

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor i s removed. e cover must be
placed if you wish to return the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

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

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

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

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

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technolog y with only one or thre e
memor y module installed.

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

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR4_ A1 DDR4_ A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

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

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 5 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

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

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 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.

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 ther mal environment, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1, CHA_ FAN2 or CHA_ FAN3) when using mul­tiple graphics cards.

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

(CLRMOS1)

(see p.6, No. 24)

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

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

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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

H170 Pro4S

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.6, No. 12)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi s front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. P ress the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):

Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s 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 chassis front panel. e LED is on
when the hard drive i s reading or writing data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists
of power switch , reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

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PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN#

GND

GND

RES ET#

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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Power LED and Speaker

PLE D-

SPE AK ER

Header

(7-pin SPK_PLED1)

(see p.6, No. 14)

DUM MY
+5V

1

PLE D+

DUM MY

PLE D+

Please connect the

chassis power LED 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. 11)

(SATA3_3:

see p.6, No. 13)

(SATA3_4:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_5:

see p.6, No. 9)

Serial ATA Express

Connectors

SATA_EXP0

(SATA_EXP0:

see p.6, No. 15)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB_1_2)

(see p.6, No. 19)

(9-pin USB_3_4)

(see p.6, No. 18)

SATA3_1

SATA3_5

SATA3_3

1

SATA3_4

SATA3_2

SATA3_3 SATA3_2

USB _PW R

P-

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

P+

P-

USB _PW R

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA3_0

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

If the Ultra M.2 Socket

(M2_1) is occupied by a

SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_0 and SATA3_1

will be disabled.

Please connect either

SATA or PCIe storage

devices to these

connectors.

ere are two headers

on this motherboard.

Each USB 2.0 header can

support two ports.

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