Asrock H61M-S1 PLUS Quick Installation Guide

H61M-S1 PLUS

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DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

DDR 3_B1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

Intel

H61

PCI E1

AUDIO
CODEC

ATX12V1

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USB6_7

HDLED RE SET

PLED P WRBTN

PANEL1

CLRCMOS1

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SATA_3 SATA_1

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Keybo ard

PS2

Mouse

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FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

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USB 2. 0
T: USB2
B: USB 3

USB 2.0
T:U SB0
B: USB1

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VGA1

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Motherboard Layout

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1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 10 Power LED Header (PLED1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 11 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 12 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 13 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 14 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

5 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 15 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

6 SATA2 Connector (SATA_1) 16 LPC / TPM Header (LPC/TPM1)

7 SATA2 Connector (SATA_0) 17 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

8 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3) 18 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

9 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2) 19 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1)

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I/O Panel

H61M-S1 PLUS

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3

ACT/LINK

LED

7

SPEED

LED

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1112 9

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

2 Parallel Port (LPT1) 8 HDMI Port (HDMI1)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 9 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

4 Line In (Light Blue) 10 D-Sub Port (VGA1)

5 Front Speaker (Lime) 11 Serial Port (COM1)

6 Microphone (Pink) 12 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

2

10

LAN Port LED Indications

Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

LAN Port

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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® 8.1 / 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.

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock H61M-S1 PLUS motherboard, a reliable moth-

erboard 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-S1 PLUS Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

ASRock H61M-S1 PLUS Quick Installation Guide

ASRock H61M-S1 PLUS Support CD

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

1 x I/O Panel Shield

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ASRock Reminds You...

To get better performance in Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7

64-bit / Vista

in Storage Conguration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer

to the “User Manual” in our support CD for details.

TM

/ VistaTM 64-bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option

H61M-S1 PLUS

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.

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