ASRock J3455-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

2.5 M.2 WiFi/BT Module Installation Guide 18

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 20

3.1 Installing Drivers 20

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 21

3.2.1 UI Overview 21

3.2.2 Apps 22

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 25

3.2.4 Setting 26

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 27

4.1 Introduction 27

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 27

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 28

4.2 Main Screen 29

4.3 Advanced Screen 30

4.3.1 CPU Conguration 31

4.3.2 Chipset Conguration 32

4.3.3 Storage Conguration 34

4.3.4 Super IO Conguration 35

4.3.5 ACPI Conguration 36

4.3.6 USB Conguration 38

4.3.7 Trusted Computing 39

4.4 Tools 40

4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 42

4.6 Security Screen 43

4.7 Boot Screen 44

4.8 Exit Screen 47

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock J4205-ITX/J3455-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 J4205-ITX/J3455-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock J4205-ITX/J3455-ITX Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock J4205-ITX/J3455-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 x WiFi Module Screw (Optional)

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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 Pentium® Processor J4205 (up to 2.6 GHz)

(for J4205-ITX)

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

(for J3455-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 x1 Slot 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports ty pe 2230 WiFi/BT module

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Graphics

• Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 505: 18 EUs inside (Up to 80 0MHz) (for J4205-ITX)

• Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 500: 12 EUs inside (Up to 750 MHz) (for J3455-ITX)

• DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0

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

• Supports Triple Monitor

• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

(4096x2160) @ 60Hz

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

• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 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 DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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

and HDMI Ports

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

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Audio Codec) * 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.

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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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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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 D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optical SPDIF Out 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: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass

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/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

J4205-ITX J3455-ITX

Storage

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

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Hot Plug

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, sup-

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port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

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Connector

BIOS Feature

Hardware Monitor

1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker 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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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 3 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_0_1 is shared with USB_0_1.

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

Certications

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

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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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1.3 Motherboard Layout

PCIE1

ATXPWR1

AUDIO CODEC

DDR3_A1

DDR3_B1

CPU_FAN1

COM1

RoHS

HD_AUDIO1

BIOS ROM

Front USB 3.0

LAN

CLRMOS1

USB3_0_1

151617

USB_0_1

SATA3_1

SATA3

_A1

RJ-45 LA N

USB 2.0 T: USB4 B: USB5

PS2

Keyb oard

PS2

Mous e

TPMS1

CMOS

Battery

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

SATA3_

SATA3

_A2

USB6

SPK_CI1

HDM I1

VGA1

DVI 1

USB 3.0 T: USB2 B: USB3

Top:

Central/Bass

Cente r:

REAR SP K

Top:

LINE IN

Cente r:

FRONT

Botto m:

Optic al

SPDIF

Botto m:

MIC IN

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

3 TPM Header (TPMS1)

4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

5 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

6 COM Port Header (COM1)

7 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

8 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

9 USB 2.0 Header (USB_0_1)

10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

11 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_0_1)

12 USB 2.0 Header (USB6)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A2)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1)

17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 8 Microphone (Pink)

2 D-Sub Port 9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_23)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 HDMI Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 DVI-D Por t

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port

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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 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

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

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Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel au dio header. Aer re starting your computer, you will nd the “Mixe r” tool on your system. Plea se sele ct “Mixe r ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are a llowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to u se the Rear Speaker, Central/Ba ss, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

Line In

(No. 6)

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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+ 37 hidden pages

ASRock J3455-ITX Service Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1.1 Package Contents

1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.4 I/O Panel

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM)