Asrock Z170M Extreme4 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

4.2 EZ Mode 48

4.3 Advanced Mode 49

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 49

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 50

4.4 Main Screen 51

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 52

4.6 Advanced Screen 61

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 62

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 64

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 66

4.6.4 Super IO Conguration 67

4.6.5 ACPI Conguration 68

4.6.6 USB Conguration 70

4.6.7 Trusted Computing 71

4.7 Tools 72

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 75

4.9 Security Screen 77

4.10 Boot Screen 78

4.11 Exit Screen 81

Z170M Extreme4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z170M 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 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 Z170M Extreme4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z170M Extreme4 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 Screw for M.2 Socket

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1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Card

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* 3466+(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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Micro ATX Form Factor

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

Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)

Digi Power design

6 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 3466+(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 (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE4: single

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at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8

(PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE4))*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

* PCIE4 is from chipset PCIE x4 lane.

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot (Flexible PCIe)

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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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.

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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Dual graphics output: Support DVI-D and HDMI ports by

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independent display controllers

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

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

Supports DVI-D with ma x. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz

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 DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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

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and HDMI Ports

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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 3

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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)

- Pure Power-In

- Direct Drive Technology

- PCB Isolate Shielding

Supports DTS Connect

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Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Giga PHY Intel® I219V

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Rear Panel I/O

Storage

Supports PXE

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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x DVI-D 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))

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

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(ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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, support RAID (RAID 0,

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RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology

14 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 and

SATA3_1 will be disabled.

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports type 2242/2260/2280 M.2

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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

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Connector

1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)

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

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ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS Feature

Hardware Monitor

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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 5.0 Compliant wake up events

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SMBIOS 2.7 Support

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CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA 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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CASE OPEN detection

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

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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

Certications

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

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

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

Z170

ATXP WR1

HDLED RESET

PLED P WRBTN

PANEL1

COM1

Z170 M Ex tr em e4

RoHS

CPU_FAN1

PCIE1

TPMS1

USB1_2

USB 3. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

SPK_CI 1

PCIE2

Fro nt USB 3. 0

CMO S

Bat tery

DDR 4_A2 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_A1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_B2 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

DDR 4_B1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )

ATX12V1

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

USB3_5 _6

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

CLRMOS1

HD_AUDI O1

PCIE4

M2_1

CT3CT4 CT2

Top: RJ-4 5

USB 3. 0 T: USB3 B: USB 4

HDMI 1

CHA_FAN 1

DVI1

Top:

Central/Bass

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC IN

USB 3.1 T:US B31_ TA_1 B: USB3 1_TC_ 1

PCIE3

PCI E xpres s 3.0

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

CHA_FAN 2

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

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

4 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)

14 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

15 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

16 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)

18 TPM Header (TPMS1)

19 COM Port Header (COM1)

20 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

21 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

1 2

436

14 913

No. Description No. Description

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

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 9 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

3 Central / Bass (Orange) 10 USB 3.1 Type-A Port (USB31_TA_1)

4 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 USB 3.1 Type-C Port (USB31_TC_1)

5 Line In (Light Blue) 12 HDMI Port

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 DVI-D 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 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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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin CPU into th e socket, please check if the PnP cap is on the socket, if the CPU surfa ce 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 in stalling 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 retur n the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

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FAN

CPU_

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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 Te chnology 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 4 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 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE1 PCIE3 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

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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 or CHA_ FAN2) 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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If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detec ted. Please adjust the BIOS option “Clear Status” to clear the record of previou s chassis intrusion status.

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.

PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN#

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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Chassis Intrusion and

SPE AKER

Speaker Header

(7-pin SPK_CI1)

(see p.6, No. 15)

DUM MY +5V

SIG NAL

DUM MY

GND

DUM MY

Please connect the

chassis intrusion and the

chassis speaker to this

header.

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Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0:

see p.6, No. 8)

(SATA3_1:

see p.6, No. 9)

(SATA3_2:

see p.6, No. 10)

(SATA3_3:

see p.6, No. 11)

(SATA3_4:

see p.6, No. 13)

(SATA3_5:

see p.6, No. 12)

USB 2.0 Header

(9-pin USB1_2)

(see p.6, No. 17)

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.6, No. 7)

SATA3_0

SATA3_2

SATA3_4

USB _PWR

IntA _PA_SS RX-

IntA _PA_SS RX+

IntA _PA_SS TX-

IntA _PA_SS TX+

IntA _PA_D-

IntA _PA_D+

Vbus

GND

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

SATA3_1

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

* If M2_1 is occupied by

SATA3_3

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_0 and SATA3_1

will be disabled.

SATA3_5

P-

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

P+

P-

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

ere is one header on

this motherboard. is

USB 2.0 header can

support two ports.

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.

Z170M Extreme4

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.6, No. 20)

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”.

Chassis Fan Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 21)

(4-pin CHA_FAN2)

(see p.6, No. 6)

GND

PRE SENCE #

MIC _RET

FAN _SP EED _CO NT ROL

OUT 2_L

J_S ENSE

OUT 2_R

MIC 2_R

MIC 2_L

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _VO LTA GE

GND

GND FAN_VOLTAGE

CHA _FA N_S PEE D

FAN _SP EED _CO NT ROL

OUT _RET

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

CPU Fan Connector

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.6, No. 2)

CPU_ FAN_SP EED

FAN_ VOLTA GE

GND

1 2 3 4

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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Asrock Z170M Extreme4 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1.1 Package Contents

1.3 Motherboard Layout

1.4 I/O Panel

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Installing the CPU

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

2.5 Jumpers Setup

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors