Asrock N68-GS4 FX R2.0 User Manual

N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0

N68-GS4 FX R2.0

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published October 2015

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ContentsContents

Contents

ContentsContents

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

1.1 Package Contents ..................................................................... 5

1.2 Specifications ............................................................................ 6

1.3 Motherboard Layout ................................................................... 10

1.4 I/O Panel .................................................................................... 12

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Installation

2.2.

InstallationInstallation

Pre-installation Precautions ................................................................ 14

2.1 CPU Installation ......................................................................... 15

2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ......................................... 15

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) .................................... 16

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) .................................. 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup .......................................................................... 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors ............................................. 19

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

BIOS S

3.3.

BIOS SBIOS S

3.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 22

3.2 Main Screen .............................................................................. 23

3.3 OC Tweaker Screen .. ................................................................. 25

3.4 Advanced Screen ....................................................................... 29

3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ................................. 37

3.6 Boot Screen .............................................................................. 38

3.7 Security Screen ......................................................................... 39

3.8 Exit Screen ................................................................................ 40

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITY

ETUP UTILITYETUP UTILITY

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 22

3.1.2 Navigation Keys .............................................................. 23

3.4.1 CPU Configuration ........................................................... 30

3.4.2 Chipset Configuration ...................................................... 31

3.4.3 ACPI Configuration .......................................................... 32

3.4.4 Storage Configuration ...................................................... 33

3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration ...................................................... 34

3.4.6 Super IO Configuration .................................................... 35

3.4.7 USB Configuration ........................................................... 36

3.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration ............................................. 38

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4.4.

Software SupportSoftware Support

Software Support

4.4.

Software SupportSoftware Support

4.1 Install Operating System ........................................................... 41

4.2 Support CD Information .............................................................. 41

4.2.1 Running Support CD ........................................................ 41

4.2.2 Drivers Menu ...... ......... .................. ......... .................. ....... 41

4.2.3 Utilities Menu .................................................................. 41

4.2.4 Contact Information.......................................................... 41

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1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0

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 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by-step

guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to

BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be

updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without

notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated

version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You

may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website

as well. ASRock website

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specific information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

http://www.asrock.com

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1.1 P1.1 P

ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0 Motherboard

(Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0X Quick Installation Guide ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0 Support CD

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

1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specifications1.2 Specifications

1.2 Specifications

1.2 Specifications1.2 Specifications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor

- Solid Capacitor design

CPU - Support for Socket AM3+ processors

- Support for AM3 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X6 / X4 / X3 /

X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors (see CAUTION 1)

- Supports 8-Core CPU

- 4 + 1 Power Phase design

- Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core) (see CAUTION 2)

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology

- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology

Chipset - NVIDIA Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express x16 Slot

Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA

Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec)

LAN - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots

- Support DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 3)

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 4)

- 1 x PCI Express x1 Slot

- 1 x PCI Slot

- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0

- Max. shared memory 256MB

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1440

@ 60Hz

* To configure 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)

- ELNA Audio Caps

- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

GeForce 7025 graphics

- Supports PXE

Rear Panel I/O N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Etron EJ188H) (PCIE GEN1) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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

- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Rear Panel I/O N68-GS4 FX R2.0:

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x D-Sub Port

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

Spike Protection))

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

- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD), NCQ and Hot Plug

Connector - 1 x Print Port Header

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin)

- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector

- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

- 1 x USB 3.0 Header by Etron EJ188H (PCIE GEN1) (Supports

2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) (for N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 only)

BIOS Feature - AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support

- CPU, VCCM, NB Voltage multi-adjustment

Hardware - CPU temperature sensing Monitor - Chassis temperature sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- CASE OPEN detection

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

OS - Microsoft

Windows® 10 32-bit / 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1

64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 32-bit /

Vista

64-bit / XP 32-bit / XP 64-bit (see CAUTION 5)

Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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

WA R NING

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting

the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the third-

party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system stability, or even

cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at

your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by

overclocking.

CAUTION!

1. This motherboard supports CPU up to 140W. Please refer to our website for

CPU support list. ASRock website

2. ASRock UCC (Unlock CPU Core) feature simplifies AMD CPU activation. As

long as a simple switch of the BIOS option “ASRock UCC”, you can unlock

the extra CPU core to enjoy an instant performance boost. When UCC

feature is enabled, the dual-core or triple-core CPU will boost to the quad-

core CPU, and some CPU, including quad-core CPU, can also increase L3

cache size up to 6MB, which means you can enjoy the upgrade CPU perfor-

mance with a better price. Please be noted that UCC feature is supported

with AM3/AM3+ CPU only, and in addition, not every AM3/AM3+ CPU can

support this function because some CPU’s hidden core may be

malfunctioned.

3. Whether 1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the

AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1866/1600 memory

module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on

our website for the compatible memory modules.

ASRock website

4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be

less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 10

/ 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista

such limitation.

5. This motherboard does not support RAID mode under Windows® 10

32-bit / 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit. This motherboard does not

support RAID mode with HDDs of 3TB and above.

http://www.asrock.com

/ XP. For Windows® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no

http://www.asrock.com

1.3 Motherboard Layout1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.3 Motherboard Layout1.3 Motherboard Layout

N68- N68-

N68-

N68- N68-

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

FSB800

Keyboard

PS2

COM1

VGA1

Mouse

PS2

CPU_FAN1

ATX12V1

SOCKET AM3

ATXPWR1

USB 3.0 T:USB3 B: USB4

USB 2.0

Top:

T:USB3

RJ-45

B: USB4

Bottom:

MIC IN

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

LAN PHY

USB3_1_2

PCIE1

NVIDIA

GeForce

7025 /

nForce

630a

N68-GS4/USB3 FX

AUDIO CODEC

CMOS

BATTERY

HD_AUDIO1

SPEAKER1

PCI1

PCIE2

PANEL1

PLED PWRBTN

HDLED RESET

LPT1

DDR3_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

(PORT1.1) (PORT0.1)

(PORT1.0) (PORT0.0)

SATAII_4 SATAII_2

SATAII_3 SATAII_1

BIOS ROM

CLRCMOS1

CHA_FAN1

RoHS

Super

I/O

US7_8

USB5_6

CI1

1213

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 11 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1) 3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 12 USB 2.0 Header (USB7_8)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 13 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6) 4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 14 Print Port Header (LPT1) 5 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1)) 15 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 6 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0)) 16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 7 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0)) 17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 8 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1)) 18 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

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N68- N68-

N68-

N68- N68-

GS4 FX R2.0:GS4 FX R2.0:

GS4 FX R2.0:

GS4 FX R2.0:GS4 FX R2.0:

Keyboard

PS2

COM1

VGA1

USB 2.0 T:USB1 B: USB2

USB 2.0 T:USB3 B: USB4

Bottom:

MIC IN

AUDIO

CODEC

Mouse

PS2

CPU_FAN1

ATX12V1

Top: RJ-45

Center:

FRONT

LAN PHY

CMOS

BATTERY

HD_AUDIO1

SOCKET AM3

FSB800

DDR3_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

(PORT1.1) (PORT0.1)

Super

I/O

SATAII_4 SATAII_2

BIOS ROM

CLRCMOS1

(PORT1.0) (PORT0.0)

SATAII_3 SATAII_1

CHA_FAN1

Top:

LINE IN

NVIDIA

GeForce

7025 /

nForce

PCIE1

SPEAKER1

N68-GS4 FX

PCIE2

PCI1

PANEL1

PLED PWRBTN

HDLED RESET

630a

LPT1

RoHS

USB5_6 US7_8

ATXPWR1

CI1

1213

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 11 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 12 USB 2.0 Header (USB7_8) 4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 13 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6) 5 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1)) 14 Print Port Header (LPT1) 6 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0)) 15 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 7 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0)) 16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 8 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1)) 17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

1111

1.4 I/O P1.4 I/O P

1.4 I/O P

1.4 I/O P1.4 I/O P

N68- N68-

N68-

N68- N68-

anelanel

anel

anelanel

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:GS4/USB3 FX R2.0:

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB34) 2 RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34) 3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 D-Sub Port 4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 COM Port 5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

N68- N68-

N68-

N68- N68-

GS4 FX R2.0:GS4 FX R2.0:

GS4 FX R2.0:

GS4 FX R2.0:GS4 FX R2.0:

1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB34) 2 RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 D-Sub Port 4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 COM Port 5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

1212

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED

indications.

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

LAN Port LED Indications

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

Off No Activity Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

Green 1Gbps connection

** To configure 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.

Please set Speaker Configuration to “7.1 Speaker” in the Realtek HD Audio Manager.

LAN Port

Function of the Audio Ports in 7.1-channel Configuration

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

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