Asrock H61M-DG4 Quick Installation Guide

Copyright Notice:

No part of this installation guide may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or trans­lated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation
by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc.
Products and corporate names appearing in this guide may or may not be registered

trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identica­tion or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.

Disclaimer:

Specications and information contained in this guide are furnished for informational use

only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commit­ment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may
appear in this guide.
With respect to the contents of this guide, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or condi-

tions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its
directors, ofcers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages (including damages for loss of prots, loss of business, loss of

data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the pos­sibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the guide or product.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please
follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com

Published September 2013

Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

1

Motherboard Layout

DDR 3_A 1 (6 4 bi t, 240 -pi n mo dul e)

DDR 3_B 1 (6 4 bi t, 240 -pi n mo dul e)

Int e l

H61

PCIE1

AUDIO
CODEC

ATX12V 1

1

USB4_5

CLRCMOS 1

1

PLED1

1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

CPU_FAN1

1

HD_AUDI O1

1

USB6_7

CMO S

BAT TERY

PCIE2

LAN

CI1

1

X

Fa st R AM

X

Fa st U SB

X

Fa st L AN

Ro HS

ATXP WR1

32Mb
BIOS

SATA_2 SATA_0

SATA_3 SATA_1

SPDIF_O UT1

1

IR1

1

Sup er

I/O

CHA_FAN1

PS2

Keyb oard

PS2

Mous e

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC I N

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 2 .0
T: USB2
B: US B3

USB 2.0
T: USB0
B: USB1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

14

13

15

16

17

1819

H6 1M -D G4

VG A 1

DV I 1

TPMS1

1

COM1

1

1

LPT1

21

20

English

2

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 11 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2)
2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 12 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)
3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 13 TPM Header (TPMS1)
(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 14 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)
4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 15 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
5 Power LED Header (PLED1) 16 COM Port Header (COM1)
6 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 17 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 18 Print Port Header (LPT1)
8 SATA2 Connector (SATA_1) 19 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
9 SATA2 Connector (SATA_0) 20 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1)
10 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3) 21 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

I/O Panel

1

2

3

4

5

10

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)
3 Line In (Light Blue) 8 DVI-D Port (DVI1)
4 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 D-Sub Port (VGA1)
5 Microphone (Pink) 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED
indications.

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

9

LAN Port LED Indications

8

7

ACT/LINK
LED

6

SPEED
LED

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

LAN Port

To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming.
For Windows® XP:

After restarting your computer, you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer

ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH” or

“4CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker
and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio. Then
reboot your system.
For Windows® 8 / 7 / VistaTM:
After restarting your computer, please double-click “Realtek HD Audio Manager” on the

system tray. Set “Speaker Conguration” to “Quadraphonic” or “Stereo”. Click “Device

advanced settings”, choose “Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio
streams simultaneously”, and click “ok”. Then reboot your system.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

3

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock H61M-DG4 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.

This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of the motherboard and step-by-

step installation guide. More detailed information of the motherboard can be found
in the user manual presented in the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might be

updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-

tice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated version
will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may nd

the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specic information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
ASRock H61M-DG4 Quick Installation Guide
ASRock H61M-DG4 Support CD
2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield

English

4

ASRock Reminds You...

To get better performance in Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
VistaTM 64-bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Con-

guration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User

Manual” in our support CD for details.

TM

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

/

1.2 Specications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor

- All Solid Capacitor design

CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 /
Xeon® / Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1155 package

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports K-Series unlocked CPU
Chipset - Intel® H61

- Supports Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect
Technology
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots

- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered
memory (DDR3 1600 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU, DDR3
1333 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 1)

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 with
Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU
Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (Blue @ x16 mode)

* PCIE 3.0 is only supported with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU. With
Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU, it only supports PCIE 2.0.

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

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 2.0, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000
with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU

- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel® Quick
Sync Video, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel® Advanced
Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU

- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU.
Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel® Sandy Bridge
CPU.

- Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU.
Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel® Sandy Bridge
CPU.

English

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

5

English

- Dual VGA output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by
independent display controllers

- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @
75Hz

- Supports HDCP with DVI-D Port

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

Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111C

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- Supports PXE
Rear Panel I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports

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

- HD Audio Jacks: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone

Storage - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug
Connector - 1 x IR Header

- 1 x Print Port Header

- 1 x COM Port Header

- 1 x Power LED Header

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

- 1 x TPM Header

- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)

- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

- 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector

- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

- 1 x SPDIF Out Connector

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

6

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

BIOS Feature - 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google
Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial)
Hardware - CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
Monitor - CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU 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, Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant

Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL

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

WARNING

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking,
including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking
Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may
affect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components
and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and
expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by
overclocking.

TM

/

CAUTION!

1. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size
may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage
under Windows® 8 / 7 / VistaTM / XP. For Windows® OS with 64­bit CPU, there is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast
RAM to utilize the memory that Windows® cannot use.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

7

English

1.3 Unique Features

ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)

ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one tool to

ne-tune different system functions in a user-friendly interface,
which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan Control and XFast RAM.
In Hardware Monitor, it shows the major readings of your sys­tem. In Fan Control, it shows the fan speed and temperature for
you to adjust. In XFast RAM, it fully utilizes the memory space
that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU.

ASRock Instant Boot

ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in just a few

seconds, provides a much more efcient way to save energy,

time, money, and improves system running speed for your sys­tem. It leverages the S3 and S4 ACPI features which normally
enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows®

to shorten boot up time. By calling S3 and S4 at specic timing

during the shutdown and startup process, Instant Boot allows
you to enter your Windows® desktop in a few seconds.

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash

ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update

system BIOS without entering operating systems rst like MS-

DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press the <F6> key
during the POST or the <F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup
menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and

save the new BIOS le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or

hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks

without preparing an additional oppy diskette or other compli­cated ash utility. Please be noted that the USB ash drive or
hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 le system.

8

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

ASRock APP Charger

If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your Apple

devices, such as iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, ASRock has prepared
a wonderful solution for you - ASRock APP Charger. Simply in­stall the APP Charger driver, it makes your iPhone charge much
quickly from your computer and up to 40% faster than before.
ASRock APP Charger allows you to quickly charge many Apple
devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging
when your PC enters into Suspend to RAM (S3), hibernation
mode (S4) or power off (S5). With APP Charger driver installed,
you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience.

ASRock XFast USB

ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device perfor-

mance. The performance may depend on the properties of the
device.

ASRock XFast LAN

ASRock XFast LAN provides a faster internet access, which

includes the benefits listed below. LAN Application Prioritiza-

tion: You can congure your application’s priority ideally and/or

add new programs. Lower Latency in Game: After setting online

game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Trafc

Shaping: You can watch Youtube HD videos and download si­multaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status
window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are
transferring currently.

ASRock XFast RAM

ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included into AS-

Rock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully utilizes the memory
space that cannot be used under Windows® OS 32-bit CPU.
ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously
visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. And it
also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. An­other advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the
frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend
their lifespan.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

9

ASRock Crashless BIOS

ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS

without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS up-

date process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will automatically nish

the BIOS update procedure after regaining power. Please note

that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your

USB disk. Only USB2.0 ports support this feature.

ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)

Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict

internet access at specied times via OMG. You may schedule

the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other
users. In order to prevent users from bypassing OMG, guest
accounts without permission to modify the system time are re­quired.

ASRock Internet Flash

ASRock Internet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware

updates from our servers. In other words, the system can auto-

detect the latest UEFI from our servers and ash them without

entering Windows® OS. Please note that you must be running

on a DHCP congured computer in order to enable this function.

ASRock Dehumidier Function

Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by

enabling “Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidier

Function, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidi­fy the system after entering S4/S5 state.

English

10

ASRock Fast Boot

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less

than 1.5 seconds to logon to Windows® 8 from a cold boot. No
more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user
experience and behavior.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

ASRock Restart to UEFI

Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. The light-

ning boot up speed makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. AS­Rock Restart to UEFI technology is designed for those requiring
frequent UEFI access. It allows users to easily enter the UEFI
automatically when turning on the PC next time. Just simply
enable this function; the PC will be assured to access the UEFI
directly in the very beginning.

ASRock Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)

Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) provides the exible option to

adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA
1155 and LGA 1156. Please be noticed that not all the 775 and
1156 CPU Fan can be used.

ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED technology can offer you a better en-

vironment by extinguishing the unessential LED. By enabling
Good Night LED in BIOS, the Power / HDD / LAN LED will be
switched off when system is on. Not only this, Good night LED
will automatically switch off Power and Keyboard LED when the
system enters into Standby / Hibernation mode as well.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

11

1.4 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

1

GND

PRE SENCE #

MIC_ RET

MIC2 _L

MIC2 _R

OUT2 _R

J_SE NSE

OUT2 _L

OUT_ RET

1

PLE D+

PLE D-

PWRB TN#

HDL ED+

HDL ED-

GND

REST #

GND

DUMM Y

1

USB_ PWR

P-

P+

USB_ PWR

P-

P+

GND

GND

DUMM Y

SPDI FOUT

GND

1

1

PLED +

PLED -

PLED +

ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indi­cate you to recognize the crucial headers more easily. Please refer to below illustra-

tions for the pin denition of onboard headers. If you want to have more information

about the usage of these headers, please refer to “Jumpers Setup“ and “Onboard
Headers and Connectors“ for details.

Power LED Header

English

Front Panel Audio Header

12

System Panel Header

USB 2.0 Header

SPDIF_OUT Header

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

1.5 Jumpers Setup

The illustration shows how jumpers are
setup. When the jumper cap is placed on
pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap
is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The
illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose
pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap
is placed on these 2 pins.

Jumper Setting Description

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)
(see p.2, No. 21)

Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the
system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug

the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a
jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However,
please do not clear the CMOS right after 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

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

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

13

1.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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

Serial ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2

(SATA_0: see p.2, No. 9)

(SATA_1: see p.2, No. 8)

(SATA_2: see p.2, No. 11)

(SATA_3: see p.2, No. 10)

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA) Either end of the SATA data
Data Cable cable can be connected to the

(Optional)

SATA / SATA2 hard disk or the
SATA2 connector on this
motherboard.

USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB4_5)

(see p.2 No. 12)

this motherboard. Each
USB 2.0 header can support
two USB 2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB6_7)
(see p.2 No. 14)

(SATA2) connectors support

SATA_3 SATA_1

SATA data cables for internal

storage devices. The current

SATA_2 SATA_1

SATA2 interface allows up to

ports on the I/O panel, there

are two USB 2.0 headers on

English

14

Infrared Module Header This header supports an

(5-pin IR1)

optional wireless transmitting

(see p.2 No. 15)

and receiving infrared module.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.2 No. 19)

panel audio cable that allows

convenient connection and

control of audio devices.

1

GND

PRE SENC E#

MIC 2_R

MIC 2_L

MIC _RET

J_S ENSE

OUT 2_R

OUT _RET

OUT 2_L

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on

the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the
instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio
header as below:

A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.
B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L.
C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).
D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t

need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel.

E. To activate the front mic.
For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS:

Select “Mixer”. Select “Recorder”. Then click “FrontMic”.

For Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS:
Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust

“Recording Volume”.

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.2 No. 6)

several system front panel
functions.

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.

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may congure

the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset

switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a
normal restart.

PLED (System Power LED):
Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

15

is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-

tem is in S3 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S4 sleep
state or powered off (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED):
Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The LED

is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly

consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED,
speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this
header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are
matched correctly.

English

Power LED Header Please connect the chassis

(3-pin PLED1)

(see p.2 No. 5)

power LED to this header to

indicate system power status.

1

PLE D+

PLE D+

PLE D-

The LED is on when the system
is operating. The LED keeps
blinking in S3 state. The LED is
off in S4 state or S5 state
(power off).

Chassis Fan Connector Please connect the fan cables

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.2 No. 7)

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.2 No. 2)

cable to the connector and

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin

CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function.
If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this
motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

FAN _SPE ED_C ONTR OL

CHA _FAN _SPE ED

+12 V

GND

4 3 2 1

+12 V

FAN_ SPEE D_CO NTRO L

CPU _FAN_ SPEE D

GND

Pin 1-3 Connected

3-Pin Fan Installation

16

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

1

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.2 No. 4)

supply to this connector.

12 124

13

Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector,

12

24

it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply.
To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your
power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

1

13

ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V

(4-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.2 No. 1)

power supply to this connector.

Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports

(2-pin CI1)

CASE OPEN detection feature

(see p.2, No. 17)

that detects if the chassis cover

1

Sig n al

GND

has been removed. This feature
requires a chassis with chassis
intrusion detection design.

SPDIF Out Connector Please connect the

(2-pin SPDIF_OUT1)

(see p.2, No. 20)

HDMI VGA card to this header

SPDIF_OUT connector of a

1

GND

SPD I FOUT

with a cable.

TPM Header This connector supports

(17-pin TPMS1)

(see p.2, No. 13)

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

system, which can securely

store keys, digital certicates,

passwords, and data. A TPM
system also helps enhance
network security, protects
digital identities, and ensures
platform integrity.

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard

English

17

Print Port Header This is an interface for print

(25-pin LPT1)

(see p.2 No. 18)

devices.

port cable that allows

convenient connection of printer

SLC T

PE

BUS Y

SPD 4

SPD 5

ACK #

SPD 6

SPD 7

GND

STB #

SPD 0

SPD 1

SPD 2

SPD 3

1

SLI N #

PIN I T#

ERR OR#

AFD #

Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1)

(see p.2 No. 16)

serial port module.

English

18

ASRock H61M-DG4 Motherboard