ASRock H81 Pro BTC R2.0 Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published August 2016

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 6

1.4 I/O Panel 8

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

2.7 Installing the 4-pin Power Connectors 22

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 23

3.1 Installing Drivers 23

3.2 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 24

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 29

3.3.1 UI Overview 29

3.3.2 Apps 30

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 33

3.3.4 Setting 34

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 35

4.1 Introduction 35

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 35

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 36

4.2 Main Screen 37

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 38

4.4 Advanced Screen 46

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 47

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 49

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 51

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 52

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 53

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 55

4.4.7 USB Conguration 57

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 58

4.5 Tools 59

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 62

4.7 Boot Screen 63

4.8 Security Screen 66

4.9 Exit Screen 67

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H81 Pro BTC R 2.0 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 H81 Pro BTC R2.0 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H81 Pro BTC R2.0 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H81 Pro BTC R2.0 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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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 CAUTION1)

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

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)

5 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

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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 512MB

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* e size of ma ximum shared memory may vary from dierent

operating systems.

Dual Graphics Output: support HDMI and D-Sub ports by

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independent display controllers

Supports HDMI 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

Audio

LAN

Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP with HDMI Port

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

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Port

5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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

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Realtek RTL8111GR

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Supports Wake-On-WAN

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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 Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

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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1 x HDMI 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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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

BIOS
Feature

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 IR Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x Power LED 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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2 x PCIe Power Connectors

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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) (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, PCH 1.05V Voltage multi-adjustment

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Hardware
Monitor

OS

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis/Power Fan 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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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

* 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.

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 R AM to utilize the
memor y that Windows® cannot use.

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

ATXP WR1

Intel

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CMO S

Bat te ry

BIOS
ROM

DDR 3_ A1 (64 bi t, 24 0-p in mo dul e)

DDR 3_ B1 (64 bi t, 24 0-p in mo dul e)

LAN

AUDIO
CODEC

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HD_AU DIO1

COM2

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USB_2_3

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USB_4_5

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SPEAKER1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRB TN

PANEL1

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CLRCMO S1

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SATA3_1

SATA2_1

SATA3_0

SATA2_0

PCIE2

PCIE1

PCIE3

PCIE4

PCIE5

PCIE6

RoH S

H8 1 Pr o BT C

ATX12V 1

IR1

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PS2

Keyb oar d

PS2

Mous e

Top:
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USB 2.0
T: USB 0
B: U SB1

USB 3. 0
T:U SB0
B: USB 1

Top:

LINE IN

Cente r:

FRONT

Botto m:

MIC IN

CPU_FAN1

CHA_FAN 1

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PCIE_P WR1

USB 3 .0

HDMI 1

PARA LL EL P OR T

COM 1

VGA 1

PWR_FAN1CPU_FAN2

TPMS1

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SPDIF_OUT1

CHA_FAN2

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PLED1

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

4 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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

6 TPM Header (TPMS1)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

9 Power LED Header (PLED1)

10 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAK ER1)

11 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_0)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

13 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_1)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

15 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB_4_5)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB_2 _3)

18 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE _PWR2)

19 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT)

20 COM Port Header (COM2)

21 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_ AUDIO1)

23 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

24 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE_PWR1)

25 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 7 Front Speaker (Lime)

2 Parallel Port 8 Microphone (Pink)

3 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01) 9 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_01)

4 HDMI Port 10 D-Sub Port

5 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 COM Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 12 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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Chapter 2 Installation

is is an 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 inser t the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, please check 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 cables before installing 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 Memory Technology with only one memory
module instal led.

3. It is not allo wed to install a DDR or DDR 2 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 6 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:

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

PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE4/PCIE5/PCIE6 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1

lane width 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.6, No. 23)

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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