ASRock J3455B-ITX 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 5

1.4 I/O Panel 7

Chapter 2 Installation 9

2.1 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) 10

2.2 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) 12

2.3 Jumpers Setup 13

2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors 14

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 18

3.1 Installing Drivers 18

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 19

3.2.1 UI Overview 19

3.2.2 Apps 20

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 23

3.2.4 Setting 24

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 25

4.1 Introduction 25

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 25

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 26

4.2 Main Screen 27

4.3 Advanced Screen 28

4.3.1 CPU Conguration 29

4.3.2 Chipset Conguration 30

4.3.3 Storage Conguration 32

4.3.4 Super IO Conguration 33

4.3.5 ACPI Conguration 34

4.3.6 USB Conguration 36

4.3.7 Trusted Computing 37

4.4 Tools 38

4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 40

4.6 Security Screen 41

4.7 Boot Screen 42

4.8 Exit Screen 45

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock J3455B-ITX /J3355B-ITX 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 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.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock J3455B-ITX/J3355B-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock J3455B-ITX/J3355B-ITX Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock J3455B-ITX/J3355B-ITX 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

Memory

Expansion Slot

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* 2GB DRAM is not supported.

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Mini-ITX Form Factor Solid Capacitor design

Intel® Quad-Core Processor J3455 (up to 2.3 GHz)

(for J3455B-ITX)

Intel® Dual-Core Processor J3355 (up to 2.5 GHz)

(for J3355B-ITX)

Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology 2 x DDR3/DDR3L SO-DIMM Slots

Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1866/1600/1333 non-ECC, unbuered memory Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x2 mode)

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Graphics

• Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 500: 12 EUs inside (Up to 750 MHz) (for J3455B-ITX)

• Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 500: 12 EUs inside (Up to 700MHz) (for J3355B-ITX)

• DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0

• Dual graphics output: support D-Sub and HDMI ports by

independent display controllers

• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 30Hz or 2560x1600 @ 60Hz

• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

• Supports Auto Lip Sync, xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)

• Supports HW Accelerated Decoders: H.264 @ level 5.2, HEVC (H.265) 10b @ MP level 5.1 (GPU accelerated), JPEG, VP8, VP9

• Supports HDCP with HDMI Port

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

Port

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

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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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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Su ppor t s Wa ke - On-WA N

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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 Port

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1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

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1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)

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1 x Serial Port: COM1

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x USB 2.0 Port (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection)) 3 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

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

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Hot Plug

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 (3-pin)

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1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin)

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1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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BIOS Feature

Hardware Monitor

Certications

2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

* USB3_1_2 is shared with USB2_3.

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

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Supports Plug and Play

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ACPI 5.0 compliant wa ke up events

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Supports jumperfree

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SMBIOS 2.7 support

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CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

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CPU temperature) 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 64-bit

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* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock 's website for details: http://www.asrock.com

Linux: Ubuntu 16.10 / Fedora 25

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FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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

1.3 Motherboard Layout

PCIE1

ATXPWR1

AUDIO CODEC

DDR3_B1

DDR3_A1

CPU_FAN1

PANEL1

HDLED RES ET

PLED PWRB TN

SPEAKER1

COM2

CMOS

Battery

RoHS

HD_AUDIO1

BIOS ROM

Front USB 3.0

LAN

CLRMOS1

USB3_1_2

USB2_31USB4_5

SATA3_1SATA3_2

CI1

RJ-45 LA N

USB 3.0 T: USB3 B: USB4

HDMI1

Top:

LINE I N

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

USB 2.0 T: USB0 USB 3.0 B: USB1

PS2

Keyb oard

PS2

Mous e

PARALLEL PORT

COM1

VGA1

TPMS1

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No. Description

1 2 x 204-pin DDR3L SO-DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

4 TPM Header (TPMS1)

5 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

6 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

8 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

9 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2)

10 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

11 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3)

12 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

13 COM Port Header (COM2)

14 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

16 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

1 2 3 5

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 8 USB 2.0 Port (USB0)

2 Parallel Port 9 USB 3.0 Port (USB1)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 HDMI Port

4 Line In (Light Blue)** 11 D-Sub Port

5 Front Speaker (Lime)** 12 COM Port

6 Microphone (Pink)** 13 PS/2 Keyboard Port

7 USB 3.0 Port (USB3_34)

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

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

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 is required to use an HD front panel audio module and e nable 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 Ports 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 Mini-ITX 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 Memory Modules (SO-DIMM)

is motherboard provides two 204-pin DDR3/DDR3L (Double Data Rate 3)

SO-DIMM slots.

It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3/DDR3L slot; otherwise, this motherboard and SO-DIMM may be d amaged.

e SO-DIMM only ts in one cor rect orientation. It w ill cause per manent damage to the motherboard and the SO -DIMM if you force the SO-DIM M into the slot at incorrect orientation.

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