Asrock H81M-HG4 R4.0 User Manual

Version 1.1
Published February 2021
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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 5

1.4 I/O Panel 7

Chapter 2 Installation 9

2.1 Installing the CPU 10

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 13

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 14

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 16

2.5 Jumpers Setup 17

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 18

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 22

3.1 Installing Drivers 22

3.2 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 23

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 28

3.3.1 UI Overview 28

3.3.2 Apps 29

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 32

3.3.4 Setting 33

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 34

4.1 Introduction 34

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 34

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 35

4.2 Main Screen 36

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 37

4.4 Advanced Screen 44

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 45

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 47

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 49

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 50

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 51

4.4.6 USB Conguration 53

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 54

4.5 Tools 55

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 57

4.7 Boot Screen 58

4.8 Security Screen 61

4.9 Exit Screen 62

H81M-HG4 R4.0

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H81M-HG4 R4.0 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-HG4 R4.0 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H81M-HG4 R4.0 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H81M-HG4 R4.0 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
Solid Capacitor design

Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/
Xeon®/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Intel® H81

Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology
2 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots
Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un­bu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 (PCIE2: x16 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

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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

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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 1024MB

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* e size of maximum shared memory may vary from dierent
operating systems.

Dual VGA output: support HDMI and D-Sub ports by

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independent display controllers
Supports HDMI 1.4 Technology with max. resolution up to

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1920x1200 @ 60Hz
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)

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

Supports HDCP 2.0 with HDMI 1.4 Port

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Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI

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1.4 Port

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887/897 Audio Codec)

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Supports Surge Protection

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

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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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1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

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1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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2 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 Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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H81M-HG4 R4.0

Storage

Connector

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

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Hot Plug
2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

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Hot Plug

1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x SPI TPM Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

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1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)

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1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Certica­tions

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support

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ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 support

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CPU, DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment

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CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Tachometer

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

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perature)
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® 10 32-bit / 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-

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bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

FCC, CE

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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.

1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

H81

DDR 3_B 1 ( 64 bit , 2 40- pin mo dul e)

DDR 3_A 1 ( 64 bit , 2 40- pin mo dul e)

ATXP WR 1

LAN

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 2.0
T: US B2
B: USB3

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USB6_7 USB4_5

H8 1M -H G 4

CHA_FAN 1

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CPU_FA N1

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BIOS
ROM

Audio

CODEC

PCI E2

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PCI E1

USB 3. 2 Gen1
T:U SB3_ 0
B: USB 3_1

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LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

ATX12V1

HDLED R ESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

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HD_AUDI O1

TPMS1

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SATA_0

SATA_2

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Bat ter y

SATA_1

SATA_3

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PS2

Keyb oard

PS2

Mous e

VGA 1

HDM I 1

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SPK_CI1

CLRMOS1

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SPI_TPM _J1

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 2 x 240-pin DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

3 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

4 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

5 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2)

6 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3)

7 TPM Header (TPMS1)

8 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

9 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)

12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

13 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

14 SPI TPM Header (SPI_TPM_J1)

15 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

16 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

17 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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1 PS/2 Mouse Port 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB3_01)

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

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

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

* 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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** Function of the Au dio Ports 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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H81M-HG4 R4.0

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.

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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/DDR3L (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/DDR3L 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 or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3/DDR3L
slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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 .

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 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.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics
cards.

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