Asrock H81M-GL User Manual

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published August 2013

Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reser ved.

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the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular
purpose.

In no event shall ASRock, its directors, ocers, employees, or agents be liable for
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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 documentation or product.

is 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

e 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 ww w.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate”

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

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Unique Features 6

1.4 Motherboard Layout 9

1.5 I/O Panel 11

Chapter 2 Installation 12

2.1 Installing the CPU 13

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 16

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 17

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 19

2.5 Jumpers Setup 20

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 25

3.1 Installing Drivers 25

3.2 A-Tuning 26

3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 30

3.4 Start8 35

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 38

4.1 Introduction 38

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 38

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 39

4.2 Main Screen 40

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 41

4.4 Advanced Screen 49

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 50

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 52

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 54

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 55

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 56

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 57

4.4.7 USB Conguration 59

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 60

4.5 Tools 61

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 64

4.7 Boot Screen 65

4.8 Security Screen 68

4.9 Exit Screen 69

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H81M-GL 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 manual, 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 H81M-GL Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H81M-GL Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H81M-GL 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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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion
Slot

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Micro ATX Form Factor

All Solid Capacitor design

Supports 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® /

Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 Package

Digi Power Design

4 Power Phase Design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Intel® H81

Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered

memory

Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

(see CAUTION)

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

1 x PCI slot

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Graphics

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

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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 4400/4600

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

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TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier (supports up to 600

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Ohms headsets)

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

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Realtek RTL8111G

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports LAN Cable Detection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

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1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

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1 x Serial Port: COM1

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1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP support)

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1 x D-Sub Port

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4 x USB 2.0 Ports

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2 x USB 3.0 Ports

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

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HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and “Hot

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Plug” functions

2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and “Hot

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Plug” functions

1 x IR header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion header

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1 x TPM header

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2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

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

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1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

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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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2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

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BIOS
Feature

Support
CD

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Certica­tions

32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support

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ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

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CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust-

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Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Soware (Tria l Version), Cyber-

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Link MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and

Toolbar, Start8

CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing

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CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-

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Adjust by 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

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Microso® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant

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FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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* 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 adju st­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even c ause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage cau sed by overclocking.

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation
for system usage under Windows® 32- bit operating systems . Windows® 64-bit operat­ing systems do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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1.3 Unique Features

ASRock A-Tuning

A-Tuning is ASRock’s multi purpose soware suite with a new interface, more new

features and improved utilities, including XFast R AM, Dehumidier, Good Night

LED, FAN-Tastic Tuning, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more.

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. is conve-

nient BIOS update tool allows you to update the system BIOS in a few clicks without

preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash utility. Just save

the new BIOS le to your USB storage and launch this tool by pressing <F6> or

<F2> during POST to enter the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.

Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 le

system.

ASRock APP Charger

Simply by installing the ASRock APP Charger makes your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

charge up to 40% faster than before on your computer. ASRock APP Charger allows

you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports

continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM

(S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power o (S5).

ASRock XFast USB

ASRock XFast USB can boost the performance of your USB storage devices. e

performance may depend on the properties of the device.

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ASRock XFast LAN

ASRock XFast LAN provides faster internet access, which includes the benets

listed below. LAN Application Prioritization: You can congure your application’s

priority ideally and add new programs to the list. Lower Latency in Game: Aer

setting online game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Tra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 currently transferring.

ASRock XFast RAM

ASRock XFast RAM is included in A-Tuning. It fully utilizes the memory space

that cannot be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM

shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surng 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 Crashless BIOS

ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If

power loss occurs during the BIOS updating process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will

automatically nish the BIOS update procedure aer regaining power. Please note

that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only USB 2.0

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.

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ASRock Internet Flash

ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI rmware version

from our servers for you without entering Windows® OS. Please setup network

conguration before using Internet Flash.

ASRock System Browser

ASRock System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devices

connected.

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 aer entering S4/S5 state.

ASRock Easy Driver Installer

For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support

CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver

to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other

required drivers automatically.

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ASRock Interactive UEFI

ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound eects

and stunning visuals. e unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface

and more amusment.

ASRock Fast Boot

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technolog y, it takes less than 1.5 seconds to

logon to Windows 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! e speedy boot will

completely change your user experience and behavior.

ASRock Restart to UEFI

Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. e lightning boot up speed

makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to

enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the PC. By enabling this function,

the PC will enter the UEFI directly aer you restart.

ASRock USB Key

In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing

usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those

foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to

windows automatically!

ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning

ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning is included in A-Tuning. Congure up to ve dierent

fan speeds using the graph. e fans will automatically shi to the next speed level

when the assigned temperature is met.

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ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED technology oers you a better sleeping environment by

extinguishing the unessential LEDs. By enabling Good Night LED in the BIOS, the

Power/HDD/LAN LEDs will be switched o when the system is powered on. Good

Night LED will automatically switch o the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the

system enters into Standby/Hibernation mode as well.

1.4 Motherboard Layout

Intel

H81

DDR 3_B 1 ( 64 bit , 2 40- pin m o du l e)

DDR 3_A 1 ( 64 bit , 2 40- pin m o du l e)

ATX12V1

Sup e r

I/O

ATXP WR1

LAN

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 3. 0
T: US B0
B: USB 1

CLRCMO S1

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SPEAKER1

IR1

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HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

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HD_AUD IO1

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CHA_FAN 2

PCI1

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CPU_FAN 1

32Mb
BIOS

Audio

CODEC

PCIE1

PWR_FAN1

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TPMS1

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CI1

SATA3_1

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PS2

Keyb oard

PS2

Mous e

PARALLE L PORT

COM1

VGA1

USB 2 .0: USB0

USB 2 .0: USB1

USB 2 .0: USB2

USB 2 .0: USB3

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MIC IN

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CPU_FAN2

SATA3_0

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ATA2_4

PCIE2

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USB4_51USB6_7

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No. Description

1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_5)

8 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_4)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

10 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAK ER1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

14 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

16 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

17 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

18 Print Port Header (LPT1)

19 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

20 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

21 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.5 I/O Panel

1 2 3 4 6

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 7 Microphone (Pink)

2 Parallel Port 8 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB0123) 9 DVI-D Port

4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 COM Port

5 Line In (Light Blue) 11 PS/2 Keyboard Port

6 Front Speaker (Lime)

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* ere are two LEDs on each 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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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Micro 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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Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you 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.

2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, please che ck if the PnP cap is on
the socket, if the CPU surfa ce is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket.
Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise,
the CPU will be seriously damaged .

2. Unplug all power c ables before in stalling 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 retur n 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 two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

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

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technolog y with only one memory
module instal led.

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

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 and PCI Express Slots)

ere is 1 PCI slot and 2 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.

PCI slot:

e PCI1 slot is used to install expansion cards that have 32-bit PCI interface.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width graphics cards.

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