Asrock X99 Extreme3 User Manual

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Version 1.0

Published August 2014

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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 10

2.1 Installing the CPU 11

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 15

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup 19

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21

2.7 Smart Switches 26

2.8 SLI

TM

and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 27

2.8.1 Installing Two SLI

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 27

2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup 29

2.9 CrossFireX

TM

, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM

Operation Guide 30

2.9.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 30

2.9.2 Installing Three CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 32

2.9.3 Driver Installation and Setup 33

2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 34

2.11 HDD Saver Cable Installation Guide 37

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 38

3.1 Installing Drivers 38

3.2 A-Tuning 39

3.3 ASRock APP Shop 45

3.3.1 UI Overview 45

3.3.2 Apps 46

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 49

3.3.4 Setting 50

3.4 Start8 51

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 54

4.1 Introduction 54

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 54

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 55

4.2 Main Screen 56

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 57

4.4 Advanced Screen 65

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 66

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 68

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 70

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 71

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 72

4.4.6 USB Conguration 73

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 74

4.5 Tools 75

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 79

4.7 Security Screen 81

4.8 Boot Screen 82

4.9 Exit Screen 85

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X99 Extreme3

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock X99 Extreme3 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.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock X99 Extreme3 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•

ASRock X99 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock X99 Extreme3 Support CD

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

•

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

•

1 x HDD Saver Cable

•

1 x Screw for Ultra M.2 Socket

Becau se the motherboard specication s and the BIOS soware might be upd ated, the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modi­cations of this d ocumentation occur, the updated version will be availa ble on ASRock’s
website w ithout further notice . If you require technical support rel ated to this mothe r­board, please v isit our website for specic information about the mod el you are using. You
may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU suppor t list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock
website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

•

ATX Form Factor

•

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

•

Supports Intel® Core

TM

i7 and Xeon® 18-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 Technolog y

Chipset

•

Intel® X99

Memory

•

Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

•

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR4 3000+(OC)*/2933+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400

(OC)/2133/1866/ 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered

memory

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

more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)

•

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 memor y: 64GB (see CAUTION)

•

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

•

15 Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Expansion
Slot

•

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 @ x16 mode; PCIE3 @

x16 mode)

* If you install CPU with 28 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE3 will run

at x16/x 8.

•

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slots (PCIE4 @ x4 mode)

•

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM

and CrossFireXTM

•

Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI

TM

•

15 Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE3)

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Audio

•

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

ALC1150 Audio Codec)

•

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

•

Supports Purity Sound™ 2

- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

- 115dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier

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

600 Ohms headsets)

- Direct Drive Technology

- EMI Shielding Cover

- PCB Isolate Shielding

•

Supports DTS Connect

LAN

•

Gigabit LAN 10/100/100 0 Mb/s

•

Giga PHY Intel® I218V

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

Rear Panel
I/O

•

1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

•

1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

•

1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

•

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

Spike Protection))

•

4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

•

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

LE D)

•

1 x Clear CMOS Switch

•

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

Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

•

10 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID

0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 13),

NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology

(SSATA3_2 connector is shared with Ultra M.2 Socket)

* RAID is supported on SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5 ports only.

•

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

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

Connector

•

1 x COM Port Header

•

1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Power LED Header

•

2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

•

3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) (Smart Fan

Speed Control)

•

1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)

•

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

•

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

Conn ector)

•

1 x HDD Saver Connector

•

1 x PCIe Power Connector

•

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•

1 x underbolt AIC 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 (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports

ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS
Feature

•

2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI

support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)

•

Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology

•

ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

•

SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

•

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

adjustment

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Hardware
Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

•

CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

•

CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

CPU temperature)

•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

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

CPU Internal Voltages

OS

•

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

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

Certica­tions

•

FCC, CE, WHQL

•

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

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overcl ocking, including adjus ting
the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied O verclocking Technology, or using third-party
overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to
the components and devices of your system. It should be d one at your own risk and expense.
We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

* For detailed product infor mation, please vis it our website: http://www.asrock .com

Due to limitation , the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reser vation for sys­tem usage under Windows® 32-bit operating syste ms. Wind ows® 64-bit ope rating systems
do not have s uch limitations . You can use ASRo ck XFast RAM to utilize the memor y that
Windows® cannot use.

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Intel

X99

ATX12V1

Super

I/O

ATXP WR 1

1

USB3_4_ 5

LAN

PCIE1

Top:

Central/Bass

Center:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

Optical

SPDIF

Bottom:

MIC IN

PCIE3

PLED1

1

1

SPEAKER1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB6_7

1

1

USB4_5

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

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PCIE4

SSATA3_2_ 3

SATA3_0_1

SATA3_2_3

SATA3_4_5

PCIE2

CHA_FAN1

CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

PWR_FAN1

RoHS

6

7

9

10

15

11

12

13

14

19

20

212526

CLRC
BTN1

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

SSATA3_0_ 1

2

3

4

DDR4 _B1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _A1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

1

22

29

Purity

Sound 2

TM

18

Ultra M.2

PCIe Gen3 x4

BIOS_B_LED

128Mb

BIOS

BIOS_B

128Mb

BIOS

BIOS_A

BIOS_A_LED

1

TPMS1

CMOS

Battery

CLRMOS1

1

M2

CT2CT3CT4CT5

T BT1

1

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

PCIE_PWR1

16
17

23

24

8

28

1

SATA_PWR_1

CT1

DDR4 _C1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

DDR4 _D1 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

5

BIOS_SEL1

1

PS2

Keybo ard

PS2

Mouse

USB 2.0
T: USB0
B: USB1

USB 3.0
T: USB0
B: USB1

USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_D1, DDR4_C1)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5)

8 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

9 SATA3 Connectors (SSATA3_0_1)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SSATA3_2_3)

11 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)

12 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

13 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4_5)

14 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

16 Power LED Header (PLED1)

17 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

18 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

19 HDD Saver Connector (SATA_PWR_1)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

22 BIOS Selection Jumper (BIOS_ SEL1)

23 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

24 COM Port Header (COM1)

25 TPM Header (TPMS1)

26 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

27 underbolt AIC Connector (TBT1)

28 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE_PWR1)

29 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 8 Optical SPDIF Out Port

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I218V)* 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_23)

3 Central / Bass (Orange) 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

5 Line In (Light Blue) 12

USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 Clear CMOS Switch

7 Microphone (Pink) 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port

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

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 Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection details in accordance with the type of s peaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 6)

Rear Speaker

(No. 4)

Central / Bass

(No. 3)

Line In

(No. 5)

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 cabl e to the front
panel au dio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on your
system. Please selec t “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and
click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to sel ect
“Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker,
or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output ” to use the front panel audio.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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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

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,

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.

•

Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

in the bag that comes with the components.

•

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 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).

1. Before you insert the 2011-3 -Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP cap i s on
the socket, if the CPU surface is 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 c ables before ins talling the CPU.

A

B

A

B

1

2

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A

3

B

5

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cover must be placed if
you wish to return the motherboard for aer service.

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A

B

8

B

7

A

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

CPU_

FAN

1 2

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2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides four 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots, and

supports Quad Channel Memory Technology.

Quad Channel Memory Conguration

DDR4_A1

Populated

DDR4_B1

Populated

DDR4_C1

Populated

DDR4_D1

Populated

•

If only two memory modules are installed in the DDR4 DIMM slots, then Dual

Channel Memory Technology is activated. If three memor y modules are installed, then

Triple Channel Memory Technology is activated. If four memory modules are installed

in the DDR4 DIMM slots, then Quad Channel Memory Technology is activated.

1. For quad chann el conguration, you always ne ed to install identical (the same brand,
speed , size and chip-type) DDR4 DIMM pairs.

2. It is not allowed to instal l a DDR, DDR2 or DDR 3 memory modul e into a DDR4 slot;
otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

3. e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation . It will cause pe rmanent damage to the
motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIM M into the slot at incorrect orientation.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations (For CPU with 40 PCIe lanes)

PCIE1 PCIE3 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

TM

or SLITM

Mode

x16 x16 N/A

ree Graphics Cards in

3-Way CrossFireX

TM

Mode

x16 x16 x4

Before installing an expansion c ard, please mak e sure that the powe r supply is switched o
or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion c ard and
make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

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PCIe Slot Congurations (For CPU with 28 PCIe lanes)

For a better ther mal environment , please conne ct a chassis fan to the motherboard’s chas­sis fan connector (CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_ FAN3) when using multiple graphic s
cards.

PCIE1 PCIE3 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

TM

or SLITM

Mode

x16 x8 N/A

ree Graphics Cards in

3-Way CrossFireX

TM

Mode

x16 x8 x4

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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”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(C LRC MO S1)

(see p.6, No. 23)

CLRCMOS1 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 pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 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.

Clear CMOS

Default

e Clear CMOS Switch has the same function as the Clear CMOS jumper.

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BIOS Selection Jumper

(B IOS _ SEL1)

(see p.6, No. 22)

is motherboard has two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS (BIOS_A) and a backup

BIOS (BIOS_B), which enhances protection for the safety and stability of your

system. Normally, the system works on the main BIOS. However, if the main BIOS

is corrupted or damaged, please use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3, then

the backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot. Aer that, use “Secure

Backup UEFI“ in BIOS setup utility to copy the BIOS le to the main BIOS to

ensure normal system operation. For the sake of system safety, users cannot

update the backup BIOS manually. Users may refer to the BIOS LED (BIOS_A_

LED or BIOS_B_LED) to identify which BIOS is activated currently.

Backup BIOS

Default

(Main BIOS)

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

System Panel Header

(9-p in PA NE L1)

(see p.6, No. 18)

Connect the power

switch, reset switch and

system status indicator on

the chassis to this header

according to the pin

assignments below. Note

the positive and negative

pins before connecting

the cables.

G N D

R ESET#

PWRBTN#

PLED-

PLED+

GND

HDLED-

HDLED+

1

GND

PWRBTN (Power Swi tch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassis f ront panel. You may congure the way to turn
o your system using the powe r switch .

RESET (Reset Sw itch):
Connec t to the reset switch on the chassis f ront panel. Pre ss the reset switch to restart the
computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassi s front panel. e LED is on when the
system is operating. e LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. e
LED is o when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED):
Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity LED on the chassis f ront panel. e LED is on when the
hard drive is reading or writing data .

e front panel design may dier by chassis . A front panel module mainly consists of powe r
switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive a ctivity LED, speaker and etc. W hen connect­ing your ch assis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assig nments and the
pin assignments are matched correctly.

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT pla ce jumper caps over these
heade rs and connectors. Plac ing jumper caps over the hea ders and connectors will cause
permanent damage to the motherboard.

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Power LED Header

(3-pin PLED1)

(see p.6, No. 16)

Please connect the chassis

power LED to this header

to

indicate the system’s

power status.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SSATA3_0_1:

see p.6, No. 9)

(SSATA3_2_3:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_0_1:

see p.6, No. 11)

(SATA3_2_3:

see p.6, No. 12)

(SATA3_4_5:

see p.6, No. 13)

ese ten SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for interna l

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

If the Ultra M.2 Socket

has been occupied, the

internal SSATA3_2 will

not function.

* RAID is supported on

SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5

ports only.

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB4_5)

(see p.6, No. 20)

(9-pin USB6_7)

(see p.6, No. 21)

Besides four USB 2.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

are two headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support

two ports.

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_4_ 5)

(see p.6, No. 7)

Besides four USB 3.0

ports on the I/O panel,

there is one header on this

motherboard. is USB

3.0 header can support

two ports.

1

PLED+

PLED+

PLED-

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

SSATA3_0

SSATA3_1

SSATA3_2

SSATA3_3

DUMMY

GND

GND

P+

P-

USB_PWR

P+

P-

USB_PWR

1

1

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

IntA_PB_D-

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

IntA_PB_SSRX-

VbusVbus

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+