Asrock H91M-S+ User Manual

H91M-S+

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2016

Copyright©2016 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

Version 1.0

Published February 2016

Copyright©2016 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

Copyright Notice:

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Specications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for
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constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for
any errors or omissions that may appear in this documentation.

With respect to the contents of this documentation, ASRock does not provide
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In no event shall ASRock, its directors, ocers, employees, or agents be liable for
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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

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Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer
Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for
any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage caused by our goods. You are also entitled
to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the
failure does not amount to a major failure. If you require assistance please call ASRock Tel
: [phone] ext.123 (Standard International call charges apply)

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 8

2.1 Installing the CPU 9

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 12

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 13

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 15

2.5 Jumpers Setup 16

2.6 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 Cloud 27

3.4 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 37

3.4.1 UI Overview 37

3.4.2 Apps 38

3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers 41

3.4.4 Setting 42

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 43

4.1 Introduction 43

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 43

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 44

4.2 Main Screen 45

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 46

4.4 Advanced Screen 54

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 55

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 57

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 59

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 60

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 61

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 62

4.4.7 USB Conguration 64

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 65

4.5 Tools 66

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 68

4.7 Boot Screen 69

4.8 Security Screen 72

4.9 Exit Screen 73

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H91M-S+ 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 H91M-S+ Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H91M-S+ Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H91M-S+ Support CD

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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

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1 x Mouse (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

Audio

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

operating systems.

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Micro ATX Form Factor

All 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 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 512MB

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

60Hz

5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

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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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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4 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 Jack: 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 Power LED Header

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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))

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

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Multi-adjustment

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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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-

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

website for details: http://ww w.asrock.com

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://ww w.asrock.com

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

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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)

Supe r

I/O

ATXP WR 1

LAN

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 2.0
T: US B 3
B: U SB2

CLRCMOS 1

1

1

SPEAKER1

1

1

USB6_7 USB4_5

H9 1M -S +

CHA_FAN 1

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11

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CPU_FA N1

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3

4

7

9

13

1

32Mb
BIOS

Audio

CODEC

PCI E2

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PCI E1

USB 3. 0
T:U SB1
B: USB 0

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

ATX12V1

HDLED R ESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

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1

HD_AUDI O1

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CI1

US B 3.0

USB 2. 0

T:U SB1

B: USB 0

PS2

Keybo ard

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VGA 1

TPMS1

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SATA_0

SATA_2

CMO S

Bat tery

SATA_1

SATA_3

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5

6

PLED1

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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 Power LED Header (PLED1)

8 TPM Header (TPMS1)

9 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

10 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)

13 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

15 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

18 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 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 Mouse/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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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 (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 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 graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 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.5, No. 16)

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.5, No. 4)

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 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.

GND RES ET#

PWR BTN #

PLE D-

PLE D+

GND

GND

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

1

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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Serial ATA2 Connectors

R

(SATA_2:

see p.5, No. 5)

(SATA_3:

see p.5, No. 6)

SATA_2

ese two SATA2

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA_3

storage devices with up to

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

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Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA_0:

see p.5, No. 12)

(SATA_1:

see p.5, No. 11)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB4_ 5)

(see p.5, No. 9)

(9-pin USB6_7)

(see p.5, No. 10)

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.5, No. 17)

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sen sing, but the panel wire on the chas sis mu st
suppor t HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instructions in our manual and
chassis manual to install your syste m.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel , please install it to the front panel audio header by
the steps below:
A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_ L.
B. Conne ct Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_ L (LIN) to OUT2_ L.
C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).
D. MIC_ RET and OUT_RET are for the HD audio panel only. You don’t need to
connec t them for the AC’97 audio panel.
E. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel
and adju st “Recording Volume”.

MIC2 _L

MIC2 _R

OUT2 _R

SATA_0

DUM MY

GND GND

P+7

P-7

USB _PW R

J_SE NS

E

OUT2 _L

ese two SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA_1

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Besides four USB 2.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

are two headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support

1

P+6

P-6

USB _PW

two ports.

1

MIC_ RET

OUT_ RET

is header is for

GND

connecting audio devices

PRES ENC E#

to the front audio panel.

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Chassis Speaker Header

GND

(4-pin SPEAKER1)

(see p.5, No. 14)

DUM MY

1

+5V

SPE AKE R

DUM MY

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Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

Power LED Header

(3-pin PLED1)

(see p.5, No. 7)

Chassis Fan Connector

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.5, No. 13)

CPU Fan Connector

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.5, No. 1)

ATX Power Connector

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.5, No. 3)

+12 V

+12 V

GND

CPU _FAN _S PEE D

PLE D-

PLE D+
PLE D+

1

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _SP EED _CO NT ROL

FAN_ SPE ED _CO NTR OL

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1

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Please connect the chassis

power LED to this header

to indicate system power

status.e LED is on when

the system is operating.

e LED keeps blinking

in S1 state. e LED is o

in S3/S4 state or S5 state

(power o).

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

is motherboard pro-

vides a 4-Pin CPU fan

(Quiet Fan) connector.

If you plan to connect a

3-Pin CPU fan, please

connect it to Pin 1-3.

is motherboard pro-

vides a 24-pin ATX power

connector. To use a 20-pin

ATX power supply, please

plug it along Pin 1 and Pin

13.

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(4-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.5, No. 18)

is motherboard

provides an 4-pin ATX

12V power connector.

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