Asrock H81M-VG4 User Manual

Version 1.0

Published December 2015

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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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failure does not amount to a major failure. If you require assistance please call ASRock Tel
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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 Onboard Headers and Connectors 17

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 21

3.1 Installing Drivers 21

3.2 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 22

3.3 ASRock APP Shop 27

3.3.1 UI Overview 27

3.3.2 Apps 28

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 31

3.3.4 Setting 32

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 33

4.1 Introduction 33

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 33

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 34

4.2 Main Screen 35

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 36

4.4 Advanced Screen 43

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 44

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 46

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 48

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 49

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 50

4.4.6 USB Conguration 52

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 53

4.5 Tools 54

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 56

4.7 Boot Screen 57

4.8 Security Screen 60

4.9 Exit Screen 61

H81M-VG4 R3.0

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H81M-VG4 R3.0 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-VG4 R3.0 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H81M-VG4 R3.0 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H81M-VG4 R3.0 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

Graphics

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Micro ATX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor for CPU power

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 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 (PCIE2: x16 mode)

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

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 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

Max. shared memory 1024MB

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

60Hz

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Audio

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec)

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* To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD

front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio

feature through the audio driver.

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

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

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Realtek RTL8111C

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports LAN Cable Detection

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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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2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))

2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))

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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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

H81M-VG4 R3.0

Connector

BIOS
Feature

1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

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1 x 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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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 (ASRock Full Spike 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

Hardware
Monitor

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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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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-

OS

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

* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock’s web-For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock’s web-

site for details: http://www.asrock.com

FCC, CE, WHQL

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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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.

1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

H81

DDR 3_B 1 (64 bi t, 24 0-p in mo dul e)

DDR 3_A 1 (64 bi t, 24 0-p in mo dul e)

ATXP WR1

LAN

Top:
RJ- 45

USB 2. 0
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CPU_FA N1

BIOS
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Audio

CODEC

PCIE2

PCIE1

USB 3 .0
T: USB0
B: US B1

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LINE IN

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FRONT

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MIC IN

ATX12V1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

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HD_AUDI O1

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VGA 1

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SATA_2

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SATA_3

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 2 x 240-pin DDR3 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 Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

14 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

15 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

16 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

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

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 D-Sub Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 PS/2 Keyboard Port

5 Microphone (Pink)**

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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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** To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it i s required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi­channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Please set Speaker Conguration to “7.1 Speaker”in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.

Function of the Audio Por ts in 7.1-channel Con guration:

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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

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 identical (the same

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 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 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 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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