ASRock H470M-ITX-ac Service Manual

Version 1.1

Published January 2020

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(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

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e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance

controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the

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United States and other countries.

CE Warning

is device complies with directive 2014/53/EU issued by the Commision of the European

Community.

is equipment complies with EU radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled

environment.

is equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between

the radiator & your body.

Operations in the 5.15-5.35GHz band are restricted to indoor usage only.

Radio transmit power per transceiver ty pe

Function Frequency Maximum Output Power (EIRP)

WiFi

2400-2483.5 MHz 18.5 + / -1.5 dbm

5150-5250 MHz 21.5 + / -1.5 dbm

5250-5350 MHz

18.5 + / -1.5 dbm (no TPC)

21.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)

5470-5725 MHz

25.5 + / -1.5 dbm (no TPC)

28.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)

Bluetooth 2400-2483.5 MHz 8.5 + / -1.5 dbm

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 7

1.4 I/O Panel 9

1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 11

Chapter 2 Installation 13

2.1 Installing the CPU 14

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 17

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 18

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slot) 20

2.5 Jumpers Setup 21

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 22

2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1 and M2_2) 27

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 32

3.1 Installing Drivers 32

3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 33

3.2.1 Installing ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 33

3.2.2 Using ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 33

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 36

3.3.1 UI Overview 36

3.3.2 Apps 37

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 40

3.3.4 Setting 41

3.4 Nahimic Audio 42

3.5 ASRock Polychrome SYNC 43

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 46

4.1 Introduction 46

4.2 EZ Mode 47

4.3 Advanced Mode 48

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 48

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 49

4.4 Main Screen 50

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 51

4.6 Advanced Screen 61

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 62

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 64

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 67

4.6.4 Super IO Conguration 68

4.6.5 ACPI Conguration 69

4.6.6 USB Conguration 70

4.6.7 Trusted Computing 71

4.7 Tools 72

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 74

4.9 Security Screen 76

4.10 Boot Screen 77

4.11 Exit Screen 80

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H470M-ITX/ac

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H470M-ITX/ac 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.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock H470M-ITX/ac Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

•

ASRock H470M-ITX/ac Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock H470M-ITX/ac Support CD

•

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

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas (Optional)

•

2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Optional)

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.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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Mini-ITX Form Factor

CPU

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Supports 10

th

Gen Intel® Core

TM

Processors (Socket 1200)

•

Digi Power design

•

8 Power Phase design

•

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 3.0 Technology

Chipset

•

Intel® H470

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

•

2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR4 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-

buered memory

* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for

more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)

* Core

TM

(i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; Core

TM

(i5/i3),

Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666.

•

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

ECC mode)

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

•

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

•

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Expansion

Slot

•

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

•

1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-

802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)

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Graphics

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

can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

•

Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265

8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2,

MJPEG, VC-1

* VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decode only.

* VP8 and VP9 encode are not supported by Windows OS.

•

Graphics, Media & Compute: Microso DirectX 12, OpenGL

4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid /

Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1

•

Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut),

Microso PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection,

UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc

•

Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4

ports by independent display controllers

•

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

(4096x2160) @ 30Hz

•

Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

(4096x2304) @ 60Hz

•

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

HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

•

Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4

Ports

•

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

DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

Audio

•

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

ALC1200 Audio Codec)

•

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•

Supports Surge Protection

•

PCB Isolate Shielding

•

Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel

•

Nahimic Audio

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LAN

1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/250 0 Mb/s (Dragon RTL-

8125BG):

•

Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Soware

- Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control

- Visual User Friendly UI

- Visual Network Usage Statistics

- Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and

Streaming Modes

- User Customized Priority Control

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V):

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

Wireless

LAN

•

Intel® 802.11ac WiFi Module

•

Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

•

Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)

•

Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps

•

Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II

Rear Panel

I/O

•

2 x Antenna Ports

•

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

•

1 x HDMI Port

•

1 x DisplayPort 1.4

•

2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

•

4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD

Protection)

•

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Port (Supports ESD Protection)

•

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection)

•

2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LED)

•

HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

•

4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

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

17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

•

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2

SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to

Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

•

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2280 M.2

PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

** Supports Intel® Optane

TM

Technology

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

Connector

•

1 x RGB LED Header

* Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

•

1 x Addressable LED Header

* Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

•

1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

* e CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of ma ximum

1A (12W) fan power.

•

1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)

* e Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maxi-

mum 1A (12W) fan power.

•

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

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

•

1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector

•

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•

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

ESD Protection)

•

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

(Supports ESD Protection)

BIOS

Feature

•

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support

•

ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events

•

SMBIOS 2.7 Support

•

CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, VCCIO, VCCSA Voltage Multi-

adjustment

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Hardware

Monitor

•

Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump

Fans

•

Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

•

Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tempera-

ture): CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

•

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

Pump Fans

•

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

OS

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

Certica-

tions

•

FCC, CE

•

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

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.

* For detailed product information, please visit our website:

http://ww w.asrock.com

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 Chassis/Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1/WP)

4 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1)

8 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_ 34)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

13 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

14 USB 2.0 Header (USB_34)

15 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

18 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 8 Antenna Ports

2 DisplayPort 1.4 9 Microphone (Pink)***

3 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Port (USB3_TA_1) 10 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (USB31_34)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I219V)* 11 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (USB31_12)

5 2.5G LAN RJ-45 Port (Dragon RTL8125BG)** 12 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (USB3_TC_1)

6 Line In (Light Blue)*** 13 HDMI Port

7 Front Speaker (Lime)*** 14 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please 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

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

LAN Por t

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ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

LAN Por t

** ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please 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/1Gbps connection

On Link Green 2.5Gbps connection

*** Functi on 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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1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz

Antennas

WiFi-802.11ac + BT Module

is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT v4.2

module (pre-installed on the rear I/O panel) that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/

g/n/ac connectivity standards and Bluetooth v4.2. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-

use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth

v4.2 standard features Smart Ready technology that adds a whole new class of

functionality into the mobile devices. BT 4.2 also includes Low Energy Technolog y

and ensures extraordinary low power consumption for PCs.

* e transmission speed may vary according to the environment.

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WiFi Antennas Installation Guide

Step 1

Prepare the WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas that come

with the package.

Step 2

Connect the two WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas to

the antenna connectors. Turn the antenna clock-

wise until it is securely connected.

Step 3

Set the WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna as shown in the

illustration.

*You may need to adjust the direction of

the antenna for a stronger signal.

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is is a Mini-ITX 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

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 120 0-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP ca p

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 cables be fore 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

1 2

CPU_FAN

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

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

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

e DIMM only ts in one correct orie ntation. 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 .

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

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

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technology with only one memory

module instal led.

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.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slot)

ere is 1 PCI Express slot slot on the motherboard.

PCIe slot:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

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.

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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”.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRMOS1)

(see p.7, No. 15)

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 the pins on CLR MOS1 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. Please remember toremove the jumper cap aer clearing the CMOS.

2-pin Jumper