ASROCK N68-GS4/USB3 FX Installation Manual

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Specifications and information contained in this guide are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this guide. With respect to the contents of this guide, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the guide or product.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (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

The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance. “Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

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Motherboard LayoutMotherboard Layout

Motherboard Layout

Motherboard LayoutMotherboard Layout

Keyboard

Mouse

PS2

CPU_FAN1

COM1

ATX12V1

SOCKET AM3

VGA1

FSB800

DDR3_B1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

IDE1

RoHS

BIOS

CLRCMOS1

ATXPWR1

(PORT1.0)

SATAII_3

(PORT1.1) (PORT0.1) (PORT0.0)

SATAII_4 SATAII_2 SATAII_1

8Mb

CHA_FAN1

USB 2.0 T:USB1 B: USB2

USB 3.0 T:USB3 B: USB4

Bottom:

MIC IN

Center:

FRONT

LAN PHY

Top: RJ-45

Top:

LINE IN

Front USB 3.0

PCIE1

USB3_1_2

NVIDIA

GeForce

7025 /

nForce

630a

DDR3_A1 (64bit, 240-pin module)

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PCI1

PCI2

PCIE2

LPT1

PANEL1

PLED PWRBTN

HDLED RESET

CMOS

BATTERY

SPEAKER1

USB3_4

US5_6

Super

I/O

AUDIO

CODEC

CI1

HD_AUDIO1

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1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 11 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

FLOPPY1

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 12 USB 2.0 Header (USB3_4) 3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 13 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 15 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 5 Primary IDE Connector (IDE1) 1 6 Print Port Header (LPT1) 6 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0)) 17 Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) 7 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1)) 18 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 8 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0)) 19 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1) 9 SATA2 Connector (SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1)) 20 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2) 10 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

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I/O P

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1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 6 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34) 2 RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB1_2) 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)

* 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

Off No Activity Off 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

LAN Port LED Indications

Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK LED

LAN Port

SPEED LED

To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming. For Windows® XP: After restarting your computer, you will find “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH” or

“4CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio. Then reboot your system. For Windows® 8 / 7 / VistaTM: After restarting your computer, please double-click “Realtek HD Audio Manager” on the system tray. Set “Speaker Configuration” to “Quadraphonic” or “Stereo”. Click “Device advanced settings”, choose “Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio streams simultaneously”, and click “ok”. Then reboot your system.

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1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

1.1.

IntroductionIntroduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX 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

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1.2 Specifications1.2 Specifications

1.2 Specifications

1.2 Specifications1.2 Specifications

Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor

- All 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® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

- 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)

Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express x16 Slot

- 1 x PCI Express x1 Slot

- 2 x PCI Slots

Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 graphics

- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0

- Max. shared memory 256MB

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1440 @ 60Hz

Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) LAN - Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports PXE

Rear Panel I/O - 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

- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Etron EJ188H)

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

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

Storage - 4 x SATA2 3.0Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,

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

Connector - 1 x ATA133 IDE Connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy 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)

- 1 x USB 3.0 Header by Etron EJ188H (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

BIOS Feature - 8Mb 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

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google

Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial)

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® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit

/ 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 32-bit / VistaTM 64-bit / XP 32-bit / XP 64-bit (see CAUTION 5)

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Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL

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

* For detailed product information, please visit our website:

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WAR 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 95W. 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 quadcore 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 performance 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 http://www.asrock.com

4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 8 / 7 / VistaTM / XP. For Windows® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

5. This motherboard does not support RAID mode under Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit.

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1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indicate you to recognize the crucial headers more easily. Please refer to below illustrations for the pin definition of onboard headers. If you want to have more information about the usage of these headers, please refer to “Jumpers Setup“ and “Onboard Headers and Connectors“ for details.

GND

PRESENCE#

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MIC2_L

MIC2_R

Front Panel Audio Header

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

PLED+

PLED-

PWRBTN#

GND

HDLED+

GND

HDLED-

REST#

DUMMY

System Panel Header

USB 2.0 Header

SPEAKER

DUMMY

+5V

Chassis Speaker Header

IntA_P2_D+

IntA_P2_D-

GND

IntA_P2_SSTX+

IntA_P2_SSTX-

GND

IntA_P2_SSRX+

GND

IntA_P1_SSTX-

IntA_P1_SSTX+

GND

IntA_P1_D-

IntA_P1_D+

USB 3.0 Header

USB_PWR

P-

P+

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+

P-

USB_PWR

IntA_P2_SSRX-

Vbus

IntA_P1_SSRX+

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1.4 Jumpers Setup1.4 Jumpers Setup

1.4 Jumpers Setup

1.4 Jumpers Setup1.4 Jumpers Setup

The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Jumper Setting

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.2, No. 11)

Note: CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. The data in CMOS includes

system setup information such as system password, date, time, and system setup parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply. After 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 after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action.

If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detected. Please adjust the BIOS option “Clear Status” to clear the record of previous chassis intrusion status.

1_2

Default

2_3

Clear CMOS

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1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors

1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors

1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors1.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard!

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Floppy Connector

(33-pin FLOPPY1)

(see p.2 No. 17)

Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the

Pin1

FLOPPY1

the red-striped side to Pin1

connector.

Primary IDE connector

(39-pin IDE1, see p.2 No. 5)

PIN1

connect the blue end

to the motherboard

IDE1

connect the black end to the IDE devices

80-conductor ATA 66/100/133 cable

Note: Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details.

Serial ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2)

(SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0): connectors support SATA2 see p.2, No. 6) or SATA hard disk for internal (SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1): storage devices. The current see p.2, No. 7) SATA2 interface allows up to (SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0): 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

see p.2, No. 8) (SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1): see p.2, No. 9)

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USB 2.0 Headers Besides two default USB 2.0

(9-pin USB3_4) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.2 No. 12) two USB 2.0 headers on this

USB_PWR

SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0)

SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1)

SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0)

SATAII_4 (PORT 1.1)

P-

P+

GND

P+

P-

DUMMY

motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB

2.0 ports.

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(9-pin USB5_6) (see p.2 No. 13)

USB_PWR

P-

P+

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+

P-

USB 3.0 Header Besides two default USB 3.0

(19-pin USB3_1_2) ports on the I/O panel, there is (see p.2 No. 20) one USB 3.0 header on this

IntA_P_SSRX+

IntA_P_SSRX-

Vbus

IntA_P_SSTX+

IntA_P_SSTX-

GND

IntA_P_D+

IntA_P_D-

GND

motherboard. This USB 3.0 header can support two USB

3.0 ports.

Vbus

IntA_P_SSRX-

IntA_P_SSRX+

GND

IntA_P_SSTX-

IntA_P_SSTX+

GND

IntA_P_D-

IntA_P_D+

Print Port Header This is an interface for print

(25-pin LPT1) port cable that allows (see p.2 No. 16) convenient connection of printer

Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.2, No. 18) convenient connection and

SLCT

BUSY

ACK#

SPD7

GND

SPD6

SPD5

SPD4

GND

MIC2_L

SPD1

SPD2

SPD3

SLIN#

PINIT#

ERROR#

PRESENCE#

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

SPD0

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

STB#

AFD#

devices.

control of audio devices.

1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the

instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L. B. Connect 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 HD audio panel only. You don’t need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel.

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PLED+

PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

DUMMY

+5V

PWRBTN#

GND

RESET#

GND

SPEAKER

DUMMY

System Panel Header This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.2 No. 15) functions.

Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis

(4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header. (see p.2 No. 14)

Chassis Fan Connector Please connect a chassis fan

(3-pin CHA_FAN1) cable to this connector and (see p.2 No. 10) match the black wire to the

GND +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED

ground pin.

CPU Fan Connector Please connect the CPU fan

(4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to this connector and (see p.2 No. 1) match the black wire to the

1 2 3 4

GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

ground pin.

Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.

ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power

(24-pin ATXPWR1) supply to this connector. (see p.2 No. 4)

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it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13.

20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

Pin 1-3 Connected

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ATX 12V Power Connector Please note that it is necessary

(8-pin ATX12V1) to connect a power supply with (see p.2 No. 2) ATX 12V plug to this connector.

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Failing to do so will cause power up failure.

Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5.

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4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation

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Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports CASE

(2-pin CI1) OPEN detection feature that (see p.2 No. 19) detects if the chassis cover has

GND

Signal

been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design.

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2. BIOS Information2. BIOS Information

2. BIOS Information

2. BIOS Information2. BIOS Information

The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores BIOS Setup Utility. When you start up the computer, please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter BIOS Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you wish to enter BIOS Setup after POST, please restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or pressing the reset button on the system chassis. The BIOS Setup program is designed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, which allows you to scroll through its various sub-menus and to select among the predetermined choices. For the detailed information about BIOS Setup, please refer to the User Manual (PDF file) contained in the Support CD.

3. Software Support CD information3. Software Support CD information

3. Software Support CD information

3. Software Support CD information3. Software Support CD information

This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 32-bit / VistaTM 64-bit / XP 32bit / XP 64-bit. The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that will enhance motherboard features. To begin using the Support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. It will display the Main Menu automatically if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double-click on the file “ASRSETUP.EXE” from the “BIN” folder in the Support CD to display the menus.

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