Asrock X99M Extreme4 User Manual

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Version 1.1

Published October 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 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.7 Smart Switches 24

2.8 Dr. Debug 25

2.9 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 27

2.9.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 27

2.9.2 Driver Installation and Setup 29

2.10 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 30

2.10.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 30

2.10.2 Driver Installation and Setup 32

2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 33

2.12 HDD Saver Cable Installation Guide 36

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 37

3.1 Installing Drivers 37

3.2 A-Tuning 38

3.3 ASRock APP Shop 44

3.3.1 UI Overview 44

3.3.2 Apps 45

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 48

3.3.4 Setting 49

3.4 Start8 50

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 53

4.1 Introduction 53

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 53

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 54

4.2 Main Screen 55

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 56

4.4 Advanced Screen 64

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 65

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 67

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 69

4.4.4 Super IO Conguration 70

4.4.5 ACPI Conguration 71

4.4.6 USB Conguration 72

4.4.7 Trusted Computing 73

4.5 Tools 74

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 78

4.7 Security Screen 80

4.8 Boot Screen 81

4.9 Exit Screen 84

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock X99M Extreme4 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 upd ated version will be available on
ASRock’s website without fur ther notice. If you require technical support related to
this motherboard , please visit our website for specic information about the model
you are using. You may nd the latest VGA card s and CPU support li st on ASRock’s
website a s well. ASRock website htt p://www.asrock.com.

X99M Extreme4

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock X99M Extreme4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock X99M Extreme4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock X99M Extreme4 Support CD

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Card

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

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1 x HDD Saver Cable

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1 x Screw for Ultra M.2 Socket

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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

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Micro ATX Form Factor

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

Supports Intel® CoreTM i7 and Xeon® 18-Core Processors

Family for the LGA 2011-3 Socket

Digi Power design

12 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

Intel® X99

Quad Channel DDR4 Memory Technolog y

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

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: 64GB (see CAUTION)

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

15 Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion
Slot

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 @ x16 mode; PCIE2 @

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x16 mode)

* If you install CPU with 28 lanes, PCIE1/PCIE2 will run at x16/

x8.

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3 @ x4 mode)

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI

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15 Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE2)

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Audio

LAN

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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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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Supports Purity SoundTM 2

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- 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

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1 x Intel® I218V (Gigabit LAN PHY 10/100/1000 Mb/s)

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1 x Qualcomm® Atheros® AR8171 (PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN

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10/100/1000 Mb/s)

Supports Qualcomm® Atheros® Security Wake On Internet

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Technology (on Qualcomm® Atheros® AR8171)

Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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X99M Extreme4

Rear Panel
I/O

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x Optica l SPDIF Out Port

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1 x eSATA Connector

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

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Spike Protection))

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

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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

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

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

NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and ASRock HDD Saver Technology

(S_SATA3_3 connector is shared with the eSATA port)

(S_SATA3_2 connector is shared with Ultra M.2 Socket)

* RAID is supported on SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5 ports only.

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 COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED Header

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

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

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Speed Control)

1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)

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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 HDD Saver Connector

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1 x PCIe Power Connector

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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1 x underbolt AIC Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (support 4 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))

1 x Dr. Debug with LED

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1 x BIOS Selection Switch

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BIOS
Feature

2 x 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI

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

Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology

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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

Hardware
Monitor

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CPU/Chassis/Power 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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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-bit

OS

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

FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

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

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, inclu ding
adjusting the set ting in the BIOS, applying Untie d Overclocking 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 done
at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused b y
overclocking.

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

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X99M Extreme4

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the rese rvation
for system usage under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. Windows® 64 -bit operat­ing systems do not have such limitations . You can use ASRock XFast RA M to utilize
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

X99

ATX12V1

Supe r

I/O

ATXP WR1

1

USB3_5 _6

LAN

PCI E1

Top:

Central/Bass

Center :

REAR S PK

Top:

LINE I N

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC IN

PLED1

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1

SPEAKER 1

HDLED RE SET

PLED P WRBTN

PANEL1

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USB5_6

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COM1

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HD_AUDI O1

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S_SATA3_2 _3

SATA3_0_3

SATA3_1_4

SATA3_2_5

CHA_FAN1

CPU_FAN 1

CPU_FAN 2

PWR_FAN1

RoH S

CLRC
BTN1

eSATA1

Top:
RJ-4 5

USB 3. 0
T: USB1
B: USB 2

S_SATA3_0 _1

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

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

Pur ity

Sou nd 2

TM

Ultr a M.2

PCIe G en3 x4

BIOS_B_LED

128Mb

BIOS

BIOS_B

128Mb

BIOS

BIOS_A

BIOS_A_LED

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TPMS1

CMO S

Bat tery

CLRMOS1

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M2_1

CT2CT3CT4CT5

TBT1

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CHA_FAN2

PCIE_P WR1

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SATA_PWR_1

CT1

USB 2. 0
T: USB3
B: USB 4

2011 -3 Sock et

LAN

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

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

Dr.

Deb ug

BIOS_SE L1

A B

PCI E2

PCI E3

USB7_8

1

USB 2. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

PS2

Keyb oard

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Top:
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USB 3. 0
T: USB3
B: USB 4

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

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

6 TPM Header (TPMS1)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

9 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

10 SATA3 Connectors (S_SATA3_0_1)

11 HDD Saver Connector (SATA_PWR _1)

12 SATA3 Connectors (S_SATA3_2_3)

13 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_3)

14 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_1_4)

15 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_5)

16 Power LED Header (PLED1)

17 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

18 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

19 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB7_8)

22 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6)

23 COM Port Header (COM1)

24 underbolt AIC Connector (TBT1)

25 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE _PWR1)

26 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

27 BIOS Selection Switch (BIOS_SEL1)

28 Power Fan Connector (PWR _FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 9 Optica l SPDIF Out Port

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I218V)* 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

LAN RJ-45 Port (Qualcomm® Atheros®

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AR8171)*

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 12 eSATA Connector***

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 USB 2.0 Ports (USB34)

6 Line In (Light Blue) 14

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 15 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

8 Microphone (Pink)

2 3 547

11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

Clear CMOS Switch

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN por t. Please refer to the tabl e 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

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, please connect the speak er’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection details in accordance with the type 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 ne ed to connect a front panel audio c able to the
front panel audio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer”
tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback
multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then
you are all owed to sel ect “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speake r,
Central/Bass , and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use
the front panel audio.

*** e eSATA connector supports SATA with cables within 1 meters. e S_ SATA3_ 3 connector i s
shared w ith the eSATA por t.

Line In

(No. 6)

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Micro 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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X99M Extreme4

2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 2011-3-Pin CPU into the socket, plea se check if the PnP cap
is on the socket, if the CPU surfa ce is unclean, or if there are any be nt pins in the
socket. Do not force to inser t the CPU into the socket if above situation is found.
Other wise, the CPU wil l be seriously damaged.

2. Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.

CAUTION:

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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Please save and replace the co ver if the pro cessor 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 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

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

supports Quad Channel Memory Technolog y.

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

2. It is not allowed to install a DDR, DDR 2 or DDR3 memory module into a DDR4
slot; otherwi se, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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

Quad Channel Memory Conguration

DDR4_ A1

DDR4_B1

DDR4_C1

DDR4_D1

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

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Channel Memory Technology is activated. If three memory 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 Technolog y is activated.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 3 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply i s
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:

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

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

PCIE3 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width cards.

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

PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM or SLITM

Mode

x16 x16 N/A

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

PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM or SLITM

Mode

For a better thermal environment, pl ease connect a chassi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1 or CHA _FAN2) when using multiple graphics
cards.

x16 x8 N/A

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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

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.6, No. 18)

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 CMOSDefault

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

2.6 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 to the motherboard.

X99M Extreme4

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.6, No. 17)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the cha ssis front panel. You may cong ure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Sw itch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the cha ssis front panel. Pres s the reset s witch 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 chassis f ront 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 front panel. e LED is on
when the hard drive is reading or w riting data.

e front panel design may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly consi sts
of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speake r and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

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PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN#

GND

RES ET#

GND

GND

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.

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Power LED Header

(3-pin PLED1)

(see p.6, No. 16)

1

PLE D+

PLE D+

PLE D-

Please connect the chassis

power LED to this header

to

indicate the system’s

power status.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(S_SATA3_0_1:

see p.6, No. 10)

(S_SATA3_2_3:

see p.6, No. 12)

(SATA3_0_3:

see p.6, No. 13)

(SATA3_1_4:

see p.6, No. 14)

(SATA3_2_5:

see p.6, No. 15)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB5_6)

(see p.6, No. 22)

(9-pin USB7_8)

(see p.6, No. 21)

S_SATA3_0

S_SATA3_2

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

SATA3_2

USB _PWR

1

USB _PWR

ese ten SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

S_SATA3_1

storage devices with up

to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer

rate. If the eSATA port

on the rear I/O has been

S_SATA3_3

connected, the internal

S_SATA3_3 will not

function. If the Ultra M.2

Socket has been occupied,

SATA3_3

the internal S_SATA3_2

will not function.

* RAID is supported on

SATA3_0 ~ SATA3_5

SATA3_4

ports only.

SATA3_5

P-

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

P+

P-

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.

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USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.6, No. 8)

Vbus

IntA _PA_SS RX-

IntA _PA_SS RX+

IntA _PA_SS TX-

IntA _PA_SS TX+

IntA _PA_D-

IntA _PA_D+

VbusVbus

IntA _PB_S SRX-

IntA _PB_S SRX+

GND

IntA _PB_S STX-

GND

IntA _PB_S STX+

GND

IntA _PB_D -

GND

IntA _PB_D +

Dumm y

1

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.

X99M Extreme4

FAN_S PEED

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

GND

+12V

1 2 3 4

GND

FAN_V OLTAGE

FAN_S PEED

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.6, No. 26)

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sen sing, but the panel wire on the chassi s
must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instructions in our
manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio hea der by
the steps below:
A. Connect Mic_ IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.
B. Conne ct 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 the HD audio panel only. You don’t need to
connec t them for the AC’97 audio panel.
E. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel
and adju st “Recording Volume”.

Chassis Speaker Header

(4-pin SPEAKER1)

(see p.6, No. 19)

1

DUM MY

1

GND

PRE SENCE #

MIC 2_R

MIC 2_L

+5V

MIC _RET

J _ S E N S E

OUT 2_R

SPE AKER

DUM MY

OUT _RET

O U T 2 _ L

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

Chassis and Power Fan

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 20)

(3-pin CHA_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 9)

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 28)

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin. CHA _

FAN fan speed can be

controlled through UEFI

or A-Tuning.

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CPU Fan Connectors

CPU_ FAN_SP EED

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

4 3 2 1

GND

FAN_ VOLTAGE

FAN_ SPEED

1

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 4)

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 5)

is motherboard pro-

vides a 4-Pin CPU fan

(Quiet Fan) connector.

If you plan to connect a

3-Pin CPU fan, please

connect it to Pin 1-3.

ATX Power Connector

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.6, No. 7)

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(8-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.6, No. 2)

PCIe Power Connector

(4-pin PCIE _PWR1)

(see p.6, No. 25)

HDD Saver Connector

(4-pin SATA_PWR _1)

(see p.6, No. 11)

24

12

1

13

8 5

4 1

GN D

+1 2V DETE CT

is motherboard pro-

vides a 24-pin ATX power

connector. To use a 20-pin

ATX power supply, please

plug it along Pin 1 and Pin

13.

is motherboard pro-

vides an 8-pin ATX 12V

power connector. To use a

4-pin ATX power supply,

please plug it along Pin 1

and Pin 5.

Please connect a 4 pin molex

power cable to this connector

when more than three graphics

cards are installed.

Please connect the HDD Saver

Cable to this connector to

manage the power state of HDD.

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underbolt AIC

Connector

(5-pin TBT1)

(see p.6, No. 24)

Please connect a underboltTM

add-in card (AIC) to this

connector via the GPIO cable.