Asrock H81M-ITX, H81M-GL, H81M-DGS, H81M, H81M-HDS User Manual

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published March 2013

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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”

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Unique Features 6

1.4 Motherboard Layout 10

1.5 I/O Panel 12

Chapter 2 Installation 14

2.1 Installing the CPU 15

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 18

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 19

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 21

2.5 Jumpers Setup 22

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 23

2.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 28

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 28

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 30

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 31

3.1 Installing Drivers 31

3.2 A-Tuning 32

3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 36

3.4 Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet
Technology 41

3.5 Start8 48

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 51

4.1 Introduction 51

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 51

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 52

4.2 Main Screen 53

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 54

4.4 Advanced Screen 62

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 63

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 65

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 67

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 68

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 69

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 70

4.4.7 USB Conguration 72

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 73

4.5 Tools 74

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 77

4.7 Boot Screen 78

4.8 Security Screen 81

4.9 Exit Screen 82

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H81M 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 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H81M Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H81M 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

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

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE2: x4

mode)

2 x PCI slots

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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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 4600

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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ree VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

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Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to

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1920x1200 @ 60Hz

Audio

LAN

Supports DVI-D with ma x. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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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 (Compliant HDMI

monitor is required)

Supports HDCP function with DVI-D and HDMI ports

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

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and HDMI ports

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

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Audio Codec)

Premium Blu-ray audio support

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

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Qualcomm® Atheros® AR8171

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Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet

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Technology

Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optica l SPDIF Out 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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LED)

HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front

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Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

BIOS
Feature

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 Print Port header

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1 x COM port 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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1 x SPDIF Out connector

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

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1 x USB 3.0 header by Etron EJ168A (supports 2 USB 3.0

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ports)

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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Support
CD

Hardware
Monitor

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

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Link MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and

Toolbar, Start8, Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (IXTU)

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

OS

Certica­tions

* 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.

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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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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.

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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 On/O Play Technology

ASRock On/O Play Technology allows users to enjoy the great audio experience

from the portable audio devices, such like MP3 player or mobile phone to your

PC, even when the PC is turned o (or in ACPI S5 mode)! is motherboard also

provides a free 3.5mm audio cable (optional) that ensures users the most convenient

computing environment.

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.

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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 Home Cloud

is motherboard supports Security Wake On Internet Technology with the

onboard Qualcomm® Atheros® LAN, so you can connect with your PC from

anywhere in the world. You will be able to power your PC on or turn it o, monitor

and take control of it remotely with another smartphone, tablet or computer.

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.

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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1.4 Motherboard Layout

Intel

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DDR3 _A2 (64 bit, 240- pin modu le)

DDR3 _A1 (64 bit, 240- pin modu le)

ATX12V1

CMO S

Bat tery

Supe r

I/O

USB 2.0

T:U SB0

B: USB1

PS2

Keybo ard

ATXP WR 1

LAN

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 3 .0
T: USB0
B: US B1

Top:

Centra l/Bas s

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC IN

CLRCMOS 1

1

1

SPEAKER1

IR1

1

HDLED RES ET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB8_9

1

USB6_ 7

1

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDI O1

H8 1M

SATA_1 SATA_5

CHA_FAN 1

CHA_FAN2

PCI1

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CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

32Mb
BIOS

HDMI 1

VGA 1

DVI1

PCI2

USB 2.0
T:U SB4
B: USB5

Audio

CODEC

1

SPDIF1_OUT 1

PCI E1

X

Fast USB

X

Fast RAM

X

Fast LAN

Fro nt USB 3.0

PWR_FAN1

1

TPMS1

1

1

LPT1

CI1

1

USB3_2 _3

SATA_0 SATA_4

PCI E2

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

4 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_A2)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 SATA2 Connector (SATA_5)

8 SATA2 Connector (SATA_4)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)

11 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_2_3)

12 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

13 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

15 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9)

17 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

17 TPM Header (TPMS1)

19 Print Port Header (LPT1)

20 COM Port Header (COM1)

21 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

22 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

23 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

24 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT)

25 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.5 I/O Panel

1 2 3 547

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 Microphone (Pink)

2 D-Sub Port 9 Optica l SPDIF Out Port

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 HDMI Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 DVI-D Port

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

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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

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

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Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

Line In

(No. 6)

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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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FAN

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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 are 2 PCI slots 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 and PCI2 slots are 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 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE1 PCIE2

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Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better ther mal environment, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1 or CHA_ FAN2) when using multiple graphics
cards.

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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”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.10, No. 12)

CLRCMOS1 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 pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 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.

Clear CMOSDefault

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

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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

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System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.10, No. 13)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi s front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. P ress the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):

Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s in S1/S3 sleep state.
e LED is o when the system i s in S4 sle ep state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED):

Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity LED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on when
the hard dr ive is reading or w riting data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists
of power switch , reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

1

PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN #

GND

RES ET#

GND

GND

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.

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