Asrock H91M-XT PLUS User Manual

Version 1.0

Published May 2015

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(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
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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 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 23

3.3 ASRock APP Shop 28

3.3.1 UI Overview 28

3.3.2 Apps 29

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 32

3.3.4 Setting 33

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 34

4.1 Introduction 34

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 34

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 35

4.2 Main Screen 36

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 37

4.4 Advanced Screen 45

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 46

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 48

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 50

4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 51

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 52

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 53

4.4.7 USB Conguration 55

4.4.8 Trusted Computing 56

4.5 Tools 57

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 60

4.7 Boot Screen 61

4.8 Security Screen 64

4.9 Exit Screen 65

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H91M-XT PLUS

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock H91M-XT 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.

1.1 Package Contents

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ASRock H91M-XT PLUS Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock H91M-XT PLUS Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock H91M-XT 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 x Mouse (Optional)

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 upd ated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support related 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 http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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Micro ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

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High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

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Supports New 4

th

and 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/

Xeon®/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)

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Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Chipset

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Intel® H81

Memory

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Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technolog y

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2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots

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Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered

memory

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Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

(see CAUTION)

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

Expansion
Slot

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

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1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

Graphics

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Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can

be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

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Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel® InTru

TM

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600

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Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and D-Sub ports by

independent display controllers

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Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

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

60Hz

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

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

HDMI monitor is required)

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Supports HDCP with HDMI Port

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

Port

Audio

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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

LAN

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

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Realtek RTL8111GR

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Su ppor t s Wa ke - On-WA N

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Supp or ts Wa ke- On-L AN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

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Supports LAN Cable Detection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

Rear Panel
I/O

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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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

Spike Protection))

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

Spike Protection))

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1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LE D)

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HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage

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2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

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2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

Connector

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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

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS
Feature

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32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support

•

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-adjustment

Hardware
Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Tachometer

•

CPU Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tem-

perature)

•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

CASE OPEN detection

•

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

OS

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

bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

Certica­tions

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FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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

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Please realiz e that the re is a certain r isk involved with o verclocking, including adjust­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your syste m’s stability, or even cause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expe nse. 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 re servation
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 utiliz e
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

H81

DDR 3_B1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

Supe r

I/O

ATXP WR 1

LAN

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB3
B: USB2

CLRCMOS1

1

1

SPEAKER1

1

1

USB6_7 USB4_5

H91M-XT PLUS

CHA_FAN1

RoHS

8

11

18

CPU_FAN1

2

3

4

7

9

13

1

32Mb
BIOS

Audio

CODEC

PCIE2

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PCIE1

USB 3.0
T: USB1
B: USB0

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

MIC IN

ATX12V1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

1

CI1

USB 3.0

USB 2.0

T: USB1

B: USB0

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

VGA 1

TPMS1

1

SATA_0

SATA_2

CMOS

Battery

SATA_1

SATA_3

10

5

6

PLED1

1

12

1516

17

HDMI1

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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

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 HDMI Port

4 Front Speaker (Lime) 9 D-Sub Port

5 Microphone (Pink) 10 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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

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

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

89 56710

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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.

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,

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.

•

Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

in the bag that comes with the components.

•

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the sock et, please check if the P nP 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.

e DIMM only ts in one correct orie ntation. 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.

1. For dual channe l conguration, you always need to install identic al (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 installed.

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.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

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.

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 h ardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

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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

(C LRC MO S1)

(see p.6, 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 CMOS

Default

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