Asrock X99E-ITX/ac User Manual

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Version 1.0

Published March 2015

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is 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

e 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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© DTS, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

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

1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 10

Chapter 2 Installation 14

2.1 Installing the CPU 15

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 18

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 20

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 22

2.5 Jumpers Setup 23

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 24

2.7 Smart Switches 28

2.8 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 29

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 32

3.1 Installing Drivers 32

3.2 A-Tuning 33

3.3 ASRock APP Shop 39

3.3.1 UI Overview 39

3.3.2 Apps 40

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 43

3.3.4 Setting 44

3.4 Start8 45

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 48

4.1 Introduction 48

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 48

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 49

4.2 Main Screen 50

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 51

4.4 Advanced Screen 59

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 60

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 62

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 64

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 65

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 66

4.4.6 USB Conguration 67

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 69

4.5 Tools 70

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 74

4.7 Security Screen 76

4.8 Boot Screen 77

4.9 Exit Screen 80

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock X99E-ITX/ac 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 further notice. If you require technical support related to this mother­board, please visit our website for specic information a bout the mod el you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock
website http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock X99E-ITX/ac 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 CPU Cooler

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* is motherboard supports this free bundled CPU cooler (Dimension: 112.0 x 84.0 x 67.0

mm) or other CPU coolers for Narrow ILM (LGA 2011/LGA2011-v3 platform).

1 x Water Cooling Mounting Plate

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*is mounting plate is only compatible with selected CPU coolers, such as

Cooler Master’s Seidon 120V Plus/120V. Please visit our website for the latest updates:

http://www.asrock.com

1 x WiFi-802.11ac Module

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2 x SMA WiFi Antenna Cables

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1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas

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1 x WiFi Module Bracket

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2 x Screws for WiFi Module

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1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

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1 x ASRock U3 to U2 Converter

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock 's website for

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Mini-ITX Form Factor

2oz Copper PCB

8 Layer PCB

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

Supports Intel® CoreTM i7 and Xeon® 22-Core Processors

Family for the LGA 2011-3 Socket

Digi Power design

6 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

Intel® X99

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 3200+(OC)*/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400

(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

Supports non-ECC RDIMM (Registered DIMM)

Supports DDR4 ECC, un-buered memory/RDIMM with

Intel® Xeon® processors E5 series in the LGA 2011-3 Socket

Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB (with Core™ i7

CPU Broadwell-E) or 64GB (with Core™ i7 CPU Haswell-E)

or 256GB (With Xeon® CPU)

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

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

Expansion
Slot

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1 x Vertical Ha lf-size Mini-PCI Express Slot: For WiFi + BT

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Module

15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

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7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

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ALC1150 Audio Codec)

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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LAN

Wireless
LAN

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

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TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier (Supports up to 600

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Ohm headsets)

Supports DTS Connect

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Gigabit LAN 10/10 0/1000 Mb/s

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1 x Giga PHY Intel® I218V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel® I211AT

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Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology (on Intel® I218V)

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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 Dual LAN with Teaming

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

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Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)

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Supports high speed wireless connections up to 867Mbps

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2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity

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technolog y

Supports Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II

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Rear Panel
I/O

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

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1 x eSATA Connector

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

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Spike Protection))

2 x USB 3.1 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142)

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(Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® X99) (Supports ESD Protection

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(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

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LED)

1 x Clear CMOS Switch

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HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support R AID (RAID 0,

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RAID 1, RAID 5, R AID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 13),

NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

* RAID is supported on SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5 ports only.

1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATA3_4,

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SATA3_5)

* Support to be announced

1 x eSATA Connector, supports NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

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1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module

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and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)

1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Supports 3-pin/4-pin Smart

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Fan Speed Control)

2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin) (Support 3-pin/4-pin

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Smart Fan Speed Control)

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connector)

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 (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support

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ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

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CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V, VPPM Voltage Multi-

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adjustment

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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BIOS
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Hardware
Monitor

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CASE OPEN detection

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

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CPU Internal Voltages

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-

OS

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

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

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

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with ove rclocking, including adjus ting
the setting in the BIOS , applying Untied O verclocking Technology, or using third-party
overclocking tools. Overclocking m ay aect your system’s stability, or even cause d amage to
the components and device s of your system. It should be done at your own risk and e xpense.
We are not responsible for possibl e damage caused by overclocking.

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

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Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for sys­tem usage under Windows® 32-bit operating s ystems . Windows® 64-bit ope rating systems
do not have s uch limitations. You can u se ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that
Windows® cannot use.

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PCIE1

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

CHA_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

USB 2.0
T: USB1
B: USB2

ESATA 1

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CMOS

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SATA3_5SATA3_4

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SATA3_2 _3

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USB3_4

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USB 3.0
T: USB1
B: USB2

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USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: USB4

USB 3.1
T: USBA1
B: USBA2

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

2 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

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

4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

5 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

6 Power LED Header (PLED1)

7 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

8 USB 2.0 Header (USB3_4)

9 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)

11 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

12 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

13 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

14 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

15 SATA Express Connector (SATAE_4_5)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

17 SATA 3 Connector (SATA3_4)

18 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

19 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

20 TPM Header (TPMS1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I218V)* 10 USB 3.1 Type-A Ports

3 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I211AT)* (ASMedia ASM1142) (USB3_A1_A2)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 eSATA Connector***

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 14 Clear CMOS Switch

8 Microphone (Pink) 15 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN por t. Please refe r to the table belo w 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, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speak er Jack”. See the table below

for connection details in accordance with the ty pe of speaker you use.

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 restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on your
system. Please select “Mi xer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and
click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select
“Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central /Bass, and Front Speake r,
or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to u se the front panel audio.

*** e eSATA connector supports SATA with cables within 1 meters.

Line In

(No. 6)

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1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna

WiFi-802.11ac + BT Module

is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT v4.0

module that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac connectivity standards and

Bluetooth v4.0. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network

(WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth v4.0 standard features Smart

Ready technology that adds a whole new class of functionality into the mobile

devices. BT 4.0 also includes Low Energy Technology and ensures extraordinary

low power consumption for PCs. e 2T2R WiFi solution sets a WiFi high speed

standard and oers max link rate up to 867Mbps.

* e transmission speed may vary according to the environment.

* e WiFi + BT module is supported under Windows® 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit /

7 / 7 64-bit only.

WiFi + BT Module

ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna

Antenna Ports

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WiFi Module and SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables Installation Guide

Step 1

Prepare the WiFi Module, WiFi Module Bracket,

and the two screws (M2*3) that come with the

package. Prepare a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Step 2

Attach the WiFi Module Bracket to the WiFi

card, aligning the screw hole on the WiFi card

with the screw hole on the bracket. Use the screw

to attach the bracket and the WiFi card, but do

not tighten the screw.

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Step 3

Insert the WiFi Module Card into the vertical

mini PCI Express slot (MPCIE1).

Step 4

Tighten the screw that holds the card in place.

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Step 5

Tighten the screw that attaches the WiFi

Module Bracket to the WiFi card (installed

in Step 2).

Step 6

Prepare the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables

that come with the package.

Step 7

Attach the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables to

the WiFi Module.

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Step 8

Insert the RP-SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Con-

nectors to the antenna ports on the I/O

shield

Step 9

Fasten the screw nuts to secure the

antenna connectors.

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is an 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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components. Failure to do so may cause physica l 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 2 011-3-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP cap is on
the socket, if the CPU surface i s unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket. Do
not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found . Otherwise, the CPU
will be seriously damaged.

2. Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.

CAU TION:

Please note that X99 platform is only compatible with the LGA 2011-3 socket, which is

incompatible with the LGA 2011 socket (for X79 platform).

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e cover must be placed if returning the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between
the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation.

2. is motherboard supports this free bundled CPU cool er or other CPU coolers for
Narrow ILM (LGA 2011/LGA2011-v3 platform).

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Installing the CPU fan upside down may
cause damage.

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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 chann el conguration, you always need to install identical (the same

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

2. It i s unable to a ctivate Dual Channel Memory Technology with only one memory

module installed.

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

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

e DIMM only ts in one correct or ientation. It will cause permanent damage to
the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect
orientation.

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