Asrock H91M-S1 PLUS User Manual

Version 1.0

Published October 2014

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may cause undesired operation.

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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

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 22

3.1 Installing Drivers 22

3.2 A-Tuning 23

3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 26

3.4 ASRock Cloud 30

3.5 ASRock APP Shop 40

3.5.1 UI Overview 40

3.5.2 Apps 41

3.5.3 BIOS & Drivers 44

3.5.4 Setting 45

3.6 Start8 46

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 49

4.1 Introduction 49

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 49

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 50

4.2 Main Screen 51

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 52

4.4 Advanced Screen 60

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 61

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 63

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 65

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 66

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 67

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 68

4.4.7 USB Conguration 70

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 71

4.5 Tools 72

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 75

4.7 Boot Screen 76

4.8 Security Screen 79

4.9 Exit Screen 80

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H91M-S1 PLUS 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-S1 PLUS Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H91M-S1 PLUS Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H91M-S1 PLUS 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

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

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 (PCIE1: 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

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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 1792MB

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ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

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Ports

Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

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

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 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

5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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ELNA Audio Caps

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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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H91M-S1 PLUS

Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

1 x PS/2 Mouse/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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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 Jacks: 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

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Connector

BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

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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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

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1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-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 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)

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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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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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CASE OPEN detection

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Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

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Microso® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-

OS

Certica­tions

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

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bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

FCC, CE, WHQL

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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.

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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 B2
B: USB3

CLRCMO S1

1

1

SPEAKER1

IR1

1

USB4_5

1

COM1

1

H9 1M-S 1 PL U S

CHA_FAN 1

Ro H S

CPU_FAN1

32Mb
BIOS

Audio

CODEC

PCI E1

X

Fast RAM

X

Fast LAN

PWR_FAN 1

PCI E2

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

HDMI 1

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

USB6_7

1

ATX12V1

CMO S

Bat ter y

SATA_3

SATA_1

SATA_2

SATA_0

HDLED R ESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

TPMS1

1

1

HD_AUDI O1

1

CI1

US B 3. 0

USB 2. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

PS2

Keybo ard

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VGA 1

DVI 1

1

LPT1

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

5 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3)

6 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2)

7 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)

9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

10 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

11 TPM Header (TPMS1)

12 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

13 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

14 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

16 Print Port Header (LPT1)

17 COM Port Header (COM1)

18 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

19 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

20 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

21 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 8 HDMI Port

3 Line In (Light Blue) 9 D-Sub Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime) 10 DVI-D Port

5 Microphone (Pink) 11 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications .

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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

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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A

B

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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 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width 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. 9)

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

H91M-S1 PLUS

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.

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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.

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.6, No. 10)

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.

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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H91M-S1 PLUS

Serial ATA2 Connectors

(SATA_2:

see p.6, No. 6)

(SATA_3:

see p.6, No. 5)

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA_0:

see p.6, No. 7)

(SATA_1:

see p.6, No. 8)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB4_ 5)

(see p.6, No. 14)

(9-pin USB6_7)

(see p.6, No. 13)

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.6, No. 20)

SATA_3

SATA_1

USB _PW R

1

USB _PW R

GND

1

MIC 2_L

P-7

P+7

GND

GND

P+6

P-6

PRE SEN CE#

MIC _RE T

J_S ENS E

OUT 2_R

MIC 2_R

DUM MY

OUT _RE T

OUT 2_L

ese two SATA2

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA_2

storage devices with up to

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

ese two SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA_0

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

two ports.

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

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”.

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Chassis Speaker Header

GND

(4-pin SPEAKER1)

(see p.6, No. 12)

DUM MY

1

+5V

SPE AKE R

DUM MY

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

Chassis and Power Fan

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 15)

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 2)

CPU Fan Connectors

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 21)

ATX Power Connector

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.6, No. 4)

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(4-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.6, No. 1)

+12 V

CHA_ FAN _SP EED

FAN_ SPE ED_ CON TRO L

GND
+12 V
CPU _FAN _SP EED
FAN_ SPE ED_ CON TR O L

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1

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.

24

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

13.

is motherboard

provides an 4-pin ATX

12V power connector.

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Infrared Module Header

(5-pin IR1)

(see p.6, No. 18)

IRT X

+5V SB

DUM MY

1

GND

IRR X

is header supports an optional

wireless transmitting and

receiving infrared module.

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CK_ 33M_ TPM

Serial Port Header

(9-pin COM1)

(see p.6, No. 17)

Chassis Intrusion Header

(2-pin CI1)

(see p.6, No. 12)

TPM Header

(17-pin TPMS1)

(see p.6, No. 18)

1

RRXD 1

DDTR #1

TTXD 1

DDCD #1

1

Sig na l

DDSR #1

CCTS #1

RRTS #1

GND

GND

RRI# 1

is COM1 header

supports a serial port

module.

is motherboard

supports CASE OPEN

detection feature that

detects if the chassis cove

has been removed. is

feature requires a chassis

with chassis intrusion

detection design.

SMB _DATA_ MAIN

SMB _CLK _MA IN

GND

S_P WRDW N#

LAD 1_L

LAD 2_L

GND

is connector supports

Trusted Platform Module

SER IRQ#

(TPM) system, which can

securely store keys, digital

1

LAD 3_L

+3V

LFR AME# _L

TPM _RST #

LAD 0_L

certicates, passwords,

GNDF_C LKRU N#

+3V SB

and data. A TPM system

also helps enhance

network securit y, protects

digital identities, and

ensures platform integrity.

1

AFD #

ERR O R#

PIN I T#

SPD 1

SPD 0

SLI N #

SPD 2

SPD 3

SPD 4

SPD 5

SPD 6

GND

SPD 7

ACK #

BUS Y

is is an interface

for print port cable

that allows convenient

connection of printer

PE

SLC T

devices.

Print Port Header

(25-pin LPT1)

(see p.6, No. 16)

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