Asrock H310CM-HG4 Quick Installation Guide

Version 1.0
Published April 2019
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Intel

H310

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

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

ATXPWR1

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

1

SPK_CI1

H3 1 0CM- H G4

10

8

9

USB 2.0
T: USB3
B: USB4

1

3

2

CMOS

Battery

5

CPU_FAN1

11

1

TPMS1

Top:

LINE I N

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

VGA1

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

HDMI1

BIOS
ROM

13

RoHS

ATX12V1

6

PCIE1

4

1

HD_AUDIO1

16

USB 3.2 Gen1
T: USB1
B: USB2

AUDIO
CODEC

USB 2. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

PS2

Keyb oard

/Mou se

USB_5 _6

1

7

1214

USB3_3 _4

1

CLRCMOS1

15

LAN

CHA_FAN1/WP

Motherboard Layout

H310CM-HG4

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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 Chassis/Water Pump Fan (CHA_FAN1/WP)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_3_4)

7 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 TPM Header (TPMS1)

14 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

15 Clear CMOS Pad (CLRMOS1)

16 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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I/O Panel

1 2 4

H310CM-HG4

3

10 6 589

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_34)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB3_12)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 HDMI Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 D-Sub Port

5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

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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.

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

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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

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H310CM-HG4 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.

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 ca se 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 H310CM-HG4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H310CM-HG4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H310CM-HG4 Support CD

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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

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H310CM-HG4

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion
Slot

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Micro ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

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Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors (Socket

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1151)
4 Power Phase design

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Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

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Intel® H310

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Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

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2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

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Supports DDR4 2666/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered

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memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

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

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15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)*

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1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

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Graphics

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

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU
integrated.
Supports Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel®

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Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full
HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® UHD Graphics
DirectX 12

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HWAEncode/Decode: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8-bit,

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HEVC/H.265 10-bit, VP8, VP9 8-bit, VP9 10-bit (Decode
only), MPEG2, MJPEG, VC-1 (Decode only)

Audio

LAN

H310CM-HG4

Dual graphics output: Support D-Sub and HDMI by

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independent display controllers
Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 30Hz
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 1.4 Port (Compliant
HDMI monitor is required)
Supports HDCP 2.2 with HDMI 1.4 Port

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Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 Port

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7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec)

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* 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.

Supports Surge Protection

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ELNA Audio Caps

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PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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1 x Realtek RTL8111H

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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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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4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

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Hot Plug

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Connector

BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

1 x TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion 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 maximum
1A (12W) fan power.

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

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Speed Control)
* e Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of
maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
* CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

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

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

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ESD Protection)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

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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DRAM, PCH 1.05V Voltage Multi-adjustment

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Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU

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temperature): CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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CASE OPEN detection

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

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OS

Certica­tions

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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FCC, CE

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

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