Asrock Z170 Extreme3 User Manual

Version 1.0

Published September 2015

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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 Installing 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 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 23

2.7.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 23

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 25

2.8 CrossFireXTM , 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM
Operation Guide 26

2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 26

2.8.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 28

2.8.3 Driver Installation and Setup 29

2.9 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 30

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 33

3.1 Installing Drivers 33

3.2 A-Tuning 34

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 38

3.3.1 UI Overview 38

3.3.2 Apps 39

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 42

3.3.4 Setting 43

3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 44

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 47

4.1 Introduction 47

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 47

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 48

4.2 Main Screen 49

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 50

4.4 Advanced Screen 60

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 61

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 63

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 66

4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 68

4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 69

4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 70

4.4.7 USB Conguration 72

4.4.8 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 Z170 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.

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 Z170 Extreme3 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z170 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z170 Extreme3 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 ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

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1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* 3866+(OC) memory frequency can only be achieved when a

single memory module is installed (Single channel memory).

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

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

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ATX Form Factor

Solid Capacitor design

Supports 6th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

Digi Power design

8 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Intel® Z170

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)

/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB

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

15 Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion
Slot

Graphics

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single

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at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8

(PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

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and CrossFireXTM

Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI

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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.

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, 3-Way CrossFireXTM

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Audio

Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

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Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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

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

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

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

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9

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Supports HDCP with HDMI Port

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

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Port

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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ELNA Audio Caps

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Supports DTS Connect

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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

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 (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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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optica l SPDIF Out Port

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1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142)

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(Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142)

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(Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® Z170) (Supports ESD Protection

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(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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Storage

Connector

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

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LED)

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

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Front Speaker / Microphone

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel® Z170, support

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RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid

Storage Technology 14 and Intel Smart Response

Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

3 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors*

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* Support to be announced

* M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP_0 share lanes. If

either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports type

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2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module

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

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

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2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)

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

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trol)

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 pin 12V 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))

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BIOS
Feature

128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI sup-

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ACPI 5.0 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.7 Support

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CPU, GT_CPU, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VC-

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CPLL, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Certica­tions

Z170 Extreme3

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

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DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA

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

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bit

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

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

page 44 for more detailed instructions.

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

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

FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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* 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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1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

Z170

DDR4 _A2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

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

DDR4 _B2 (64 b it, 288 -pin mo dule)

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

ATX12V1

USB 3.0

T:U SB1

B: USB2

ATXP WR 1

LAN

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3. 0
T: USB5
B: USB 6

Top:

Central/Bass

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC I N

PCIE4

HDLED R ESET

PLED PW RBTN

PANEL1

1

USB_1_2

1

1

SPK_PLE D1

1

HD_AUDI O1

PCIE6

SATA3_0_2

SATA3_1_3

PCIE1

CPU_FAN1

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6

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11

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HDMI1

USB 3. 0
T: USB3
B: USB 4

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Ultr a M.2

PCIe G en3 x4

128Mb
BIOS

PS2

Keybo ard

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CMO S

Bat tery

CLRMOS1

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PCIE3

M2_1

CT2CT3CT 4CT5

TB1

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10

4

USB3_7_ 8

1

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CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

12

9

SATA_EXP_ 0_1

USB_3_4

1

1

TPMS1

PCIE5

USB 3.1
T:US B31_TA _1
B: USB31 _TC_1

CT1

5

PCI E xpres s 3.0

Fro nt USB 3. 0

CPU_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

SATA3_5_4

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SATA3_4 SATA3_5 SATA_EXP2

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_7_8)

8 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

9 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_2)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_1_3)

11 SATA Express Connectors (SATA_EXP_0_1)

12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

13 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

14 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

15 SATA and SATA Express Connectors (SATA3_5_4, SATA_EXP2)

16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

18 USB 2.0 Header (USB_1_2)

19 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

20 TPM Header (TPMS1)

21 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

22 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA _FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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5

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 8 Optica l SPDIF Out Port

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 9 USB 3.1 Type-A Port (USB31_TA_1)

3 Central / Bass (Orange) 10 USB 3.1 Type-C Port (USB31_TC_1)

4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_56)

5 Line In (Light Blue) 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_ 34)

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 HDMI Port

7 Microphone (Pink) 14 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

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* ere are two LEDs on each 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

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 6)

Rear Speaker

(No. 4)

Central / Bass

(No. 3)

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 audio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer”
tool on your system. Plea se select “Mixe r ToolBox” , click “Enable playback
multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then
you are all owed to select “Realtek HDA Primary out put” to u se the Rear Speak er,
Central/Bas s, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to u se
the front panel au dio.

Line In

(No. 5)

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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 four 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 identica l (the same

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

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technolog y with only one or three
memor y module installed.

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.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR4_ A1 DDR4_ A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. 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 (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 6 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:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

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

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE5 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE6 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE2 PCIE4 PCIE6

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Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM or SLITM

Mode

ree Graphics Cards in

3-Way CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better ther mal environment, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1, CHA_ FAN2 or CHA_ FAN3) when using mul­tiple graphics cards.

x8 x8 N/A

x8 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

(CLRMOS1)

(see p.6, No. 16)

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 pin2 and pin3 on CLRMOS1 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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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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

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System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.6, No. 14)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi s front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. P ress the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):

Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s 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 i s reading or writing data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists
of power switch , reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

1

PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN#

GND

GND

RES ET#

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 and Speaker

PLE D-

SPE AK ER

Header

(7-pin SPK_PLED1)

(see p.6, No. 13)

DUM MY

+5V

1

PLE D+

DUM MY

PLE D+

Please connect the

chassis power LED and

the chassis speaker to this

header.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0_2:

see p.6, No. 9)

(SATA3_1_3:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_5_4:

see p.6, No. 15)

Serial ATA Express

Connectors

(SATA3_5_4:

see p.6, No. 15)

(SATA_EXP_0_1:

see p.6, No. 11)

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

SATA3_0SATA3_1

data cables for internal

SATA3_2SATA3_3

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

SATA3_4 SATA3_5

Please connect either

SATA or PCIe storage

SATA3_0SATA3_1

devices to these

SATA3_2SATA3_3

connectors. e upper

SATA Express Connector

(SATA3_EXP_0) is shared

with the SATA3_0,

SATA3_1 and the Ultra

M.2 Socket (M2_1).

SATA_EXP_0

SATA3_4 SATA3_5 SATA_EXP2

SATA_EXP_1

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USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB_1_2)

(see p.6, No. 18)

(9-pin USB_3_4)

(see p.6, No. 17)

USB _PW R

1

USB _PW R

P-

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

P+

P-

ere are two headers

on this motherboard.

Each USB 2.0 header can

support two ports.

Z170 Extreme3

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_7_8)

(see p.6, No. 7)

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.6, No. 21)

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis
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 heade r 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”.

Vbus

IntA _PA_SS RX-

IntA _PA_SS RX+

GND

IntA _PA_SS TX-

IntA _PA_SS TX+

GND

IntA _PA_D-

IntA _PA_D+

GND

1

MIC 2_L

1

PRE SENCE #

MIC _RET

J_S ENSE

OUT 2_R

MIC 2_R

VbusVbus

IntA _PB_S SRX-

IntA _PB_S SRX+

GND

IntA _PB_S STX-

IntA _PB_S STX+

GND

IntA _PB_D -

IntA _PB_D +

Dumm y

OUT _RET

OUT 2_L

Besides six USB 3.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

is one header on this

motherboard. Each USB

3.0 header can support

two ports.

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

Chassis Fan Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 22)

(4-pin CHA_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 12)

(4-pin CHA_FAN3)

(see p.6, No. 8)

GND
FAN_VOLTAGE

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _SP EED _CO NT ROL

FAN _SP EED _CO NTR OL

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _VO LTA GE

GND

FAN _VO LTA GE

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _SP EED _CO NTR OL

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

GND

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CPU Fan Connectors

1

GND

FAN_V OLTAGE_C ONTRO L

FAN_S PEED

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 3)

(4-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 2)

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.

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ATX Power Connector

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

(see p.6, No. 6)

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(8-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.6, No. 1)

underbolt AIC

Connector

(5-pin TB1)

(see p.6, No. 19)

TPM Header

(17-pin TPMS1)

(see p.6, No. 20)

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12

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

1

13

8

5

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 underboltTM

add-in card (AIC) to this

connector via the GPIO cable.

is connector supports Trusted

GN D

LAD 0

+3 V

+3V S B

D

GN

GN D

LAD 1

SER IRQ #

S_P WRD WN #

PC ICL K

LAD 3

PC IRS T #

FRA M E

GN D

LAD 2

Platform Module (TPM) system,

1

which can securely store keys,

digital certicates, passwords,

and data. A TPM system also

helps enhance network security,

SMB _CL K_M AIN

SMB _DA TA_ MAI N

protects digital identities, and

ensures platform integrity.

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