Asrock Q270 Pro BTC+ User Manual

Version 1.0

Published June 2021

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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

2.7 Smart Buttons 22

2.8 PCIe Power Connector Installation Guide 23

2.9 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 24

2.10 Special Features 27

2.10.1 Smart PCIe State Detection 27

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 28

3.1 Installing Drivers 28

3.2 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 29

3.2.1 UI Overview 29

3.2.2 Apps 30

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 33

3.2.4 Setting 34

3.3 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 35

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 38

4.1 Introduction 38

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 38

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 39

4.2 Main Screen 40

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 41

4.4 Advanced Screen 47

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 48

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 50

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 53

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 54

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 55

4.4.6 USB Conguration 57

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 58

4.5 Tools 59

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 60

4.7 Security Screen 62

4.8 Boot Screen 63

4.9 Exit Screen 66

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Q270 Pro BTC+ 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 documentation, 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 updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support relate d 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 ht tp://www.a srock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Q270 Pro BTC+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Q270 Pro BTC+ Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Q270 Pro BTC+ Support CD

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

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1 x Screw for M.2 Socket (Optional)

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* Intel® vProTM Technology and Intel® Active Management

Technology 11.6 can be supported only with Intel® CoreTM

vProTM processor family

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* 7th Gen Intel® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2400; 6th Gen Intel®

CPU supports DDR4 up to 2133.

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ATX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor design

Supports 7th and 6th Generation Intel® CoreTM i5/i3/Pentium®/

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

Supports CPU up to 91W

Digi Power design

6 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Intel® Q270

Supports Intel® vProTM Technology

Supports Intel® Active Management Technology 11.6

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory*

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

ECC mode)

Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 2.0

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion
Slot

Graphics

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)*

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* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

12 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots

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

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

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

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP 1.4 with HDMI 1.4 Port

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

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1.4 Port

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)

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Supports Surge Protection

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Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Giga PHY Intel® I219V

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

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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 HDMI Port

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4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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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

RAID

Connector

4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

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1 x M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2

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SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and R AID 10 for SATA

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storage devices

1 x System Panel Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

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BIOS
Feature

1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)

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* e CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of ma ximum

1A (12W) fan power.

2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Con-

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trol)

* e Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maxi-

mum 1A (12W) fan power.

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector

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2 x PCIe Power Connectors

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1 x SATA Power Connector

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Power Button

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1 x Reset Button

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AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support

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ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.7 Support

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CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO Voltage Multi-

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adjustment

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Hardware
Monitor

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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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CASE OPEN detection

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

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit (For 7th Gen Intel® CPU)

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-

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bit (For 6th Gen Intel® CPU)

* To install Windows® 7 OS, a modied installation disk with

xHCI drivers packed into the ISO le is required. Please refer to

page 35 for more detailed instructions.

* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock ’s

website for details: http://ww w.asrock.com

FCC, CE

Certica­tions

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

Please realize that the re is a certain r isk involved with overclo cking, including
adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technol ogy, or using
third-party overclocking tool s. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or
even cause dam age to the components and devices of your system. It should be done
at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for poss ible damage caused by
overclocking.

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

4 Power Button (PWRBTN1)

5 Reset Button (RSTBTN1)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0) (Upper), SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1) (Lower)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2) (Upper), SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3) (Lower)

10 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

11 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

12 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

13 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_3_4)

14 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

15 TPM Header (TPMS1)

16 COM Port Header (COM1)

17 SATA Power Connector (SATA_POW1)

18 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE _PWR2)

19 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

21 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE _PWR1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_3_4)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB3_1_2)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2)

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 HDMI Port

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

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

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

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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** Function of the Au dio Ports in 7.1-channel Con guration:

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 an 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

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components. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries 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 the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into the socket , please check if the PnP c ap
is on the socket, if the CPU sur face is unclean, or if th ere are any b ent pins in the
socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situ ation is found.
Other wise, the CPU wil l be seriously d amaged.

2. Unplug all power cables be fore installing the CPU.

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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 return 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 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots,

and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technology with only one memory

module instal led.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR, DDR2 or DDR3 memory module into a DDR4

slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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 .

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2.4 Expansion Slots ( Express Slots)

ere are 13 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

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 hardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

PCIe slots:

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE1_1/PCIE1/PCIE2_1/PCIE3_1/PCIE3/PCIE4_1/PCIE4/PCIE5_1/PCIE5/

PCIE6_1/PCIE6/PCIE7_1 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width

graphics cards.

1. Please connect the SATA power connector and PCIe power connectors to the power
supply when three g raphics cards are installed on this motherboard.

2. 12V power s upply can only prov ide 1.2A current in the white PCIe slots.

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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”.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRMOS1)

(see p.6, No. 12)

CLRMOS1 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 the pins on CLR MOS1 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. Please remember toremove the jumper cap aer clearing the CMOS.

2-pin Jumper

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

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