ASRock Z370 Service Manual
Version 1.0
Published September 2017
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Radio transmit power per transceiver type
Function Frequency Maximum Output Power (EIRP)
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5150-5250 MHz 21.5 + / -1.5 dbm
WiFi
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5250-5350 MHz
5470-5725 MHz
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21.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)
25.5 + / -1.5 dbm (no TPC)
28.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)
Fatal1ty Story
Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I actually
played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or ve games o guys
who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career of it, but at that young
age situations change rapidly. Because I’ve been blessed with great hand-eye coordination and
a grasp of mathematics (an important element in video gaming) I gravitated to that activity.
GOING PRO
I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional
League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one
of the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me ew me to
Sweden to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games, lost
none, and took rst place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the world
in the process. Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending
my title as the world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand prize. From there
I entered competitions all over the world, including Singapore, Korea, Germany, Australia,
Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York and St. Louis.
WINNING STREAK
I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL
Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally
dierent rst person shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition and
walked away with a new car. e next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament
2003, becoming the only three-time CPL champion of the year. And I did it playing a
different game each year, something no one else has ever done and a feat of which I am
extremely proud.
At QuakeCon 2002, I faced o against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly
anticipated matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at Quakecon
2004, I became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a series of very
challenging matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.
Since then Fatal1ty has traveled the globe to compete against the best in the world, winning
prizes and acclaim, including the 2005 CPL World Tour Championship in New York City for
a $150,000 rst place triumph. In August 2007, Johnathan was awarded the rst ever Lifetime
Achievement Award in the four year history of the eSports-Award for “showing exceptional
sportsmanship, taking part in shaping eSports into what it is today and for being the prime
representative of this young sport. He has become the gurehead for eSports worldwide”.
LIVIN’ LARGE
Since my rst big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling the
world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as MTV,
ESPN and a 60 Minutes segment on CBS to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy. I’m living
a dream by playing video games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and took sports like
hockey and football very seriously, working out and training hard. is discipline helps me
become a better gamer and my drive to be the best has opened the doors necessary to become
a professional.
A DREAM
Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made
up of the best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in
competitions…a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It’s all about
getting the computer processing faster and allowing more uid movement around the maps.
My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying
about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to
worry about my equipment. I want to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on
the game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the
planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty Brand products represent.
Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
e Fatal1ty name, Fatal1ty logos and the Fatal1ty likeness are registered trademarks of Fatal1ty, Inc., and are used
under license. © 2017 Fatal1ty, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Package Contents 1
1.2 Specications 2
1.3 Motherboard Layout 7
1.4 I/O Panel 10
1.5 Intel® WiFi-802.11ac Module 8265 (AC Wave 2 + BLE BT4.2) and
ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 12
Chapter 2 Installation 13
2.1 Installing the CPU 14
2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 17
2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 18
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slot) 20
2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21
2.6 Smart Button 26
2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 27
Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 31
3.1 Installing Drivers 31
3.2 F-Stream 32
3.2.1 Installing F-Stream 32
3.2.2 Using F-Stream 32
3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 35
3.3.1 UI Overview 35
3.3.2 Apps 36
3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 39
3.3.4 Setting 40
3.4 Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3 41
3.5 ASRock RGB LED 42
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 44
4.1 Introduction 44
4.2 EZ Mode 45
4.3 Advanced Mode 46
4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 46
4.3.2 Navigation Keys 47
4.4 Main Screen 48
4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 49
4.6 Advanced Screen 59
4.6.1 CPU Conguration 60
4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 62
4.6.3 Storage Conguration 65
4.6.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 66
4.6.5 Super IO Conguration 67
4.6.6 ACPI Conguration 68
4.6.7 USB Conguration 69
4.6.8 Trusted Computing 70
4.7 Tools 71
4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 74
4.9 Security Screen 76
4.10 Boot Screen 77
4.11 Exit Screen 80
Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series
Chapter 1 Introduction
ank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series
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 soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of
the BIOS setup.
Becau se the motherboard specication s and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this doc umentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications of this documentation occur, the updated version w ill be available on
ASRock’s website without further notice. If you require technical support related to
this motherboard, plea se visit our website for spec ic infor mation about the model
you are using. You may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support li st on ASRock’s
website a s well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)
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ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series Quick Installation Guide
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ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series Support CD
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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
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1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna (Optional)
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1 x Screw for M.2 Socket (O pt ional)
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1 x I/O Panel Shield
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1.2 Specications
Platform
CPU
Chipset
Memory
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* Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock's website for
more information. (http://www.asrock.com/)
* 8th Gen Intel® CPU supports DDR4 up to 2666.
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Mini-ITX Form Factor
8 Layer PCB
4 x 2oz copper
Supports 8th Generation Intel® CoreTM Processors (Socket
1151)
Digi Power design
7 Power Phase design
Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Intel® Z370
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 4333+(OC)*/4266(OC)/4133(OC)/
4000(OC)/3866(OC)/38 00(OC)/3733(OC)/360 0(OC)/
3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2666/2400/2133 non-ECC,
un-buered memory
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-
ECC mo de)
Max. capacity of system memor y: 32GB
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 2.0
15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
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Expansion
Slot
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
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* Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots
* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-
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802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
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Graphics
* Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs
can be supported only with processors which are GPU
integrated.
Supports Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel®
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Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full
HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® UHD Graphics
DirectX 12
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HWAEncode/Decode: VP9 8-bit, VP9 10- bit (Encode only),
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VP8, HEVC (MPEG-H Part2, h.265), AVC (MPEG4, h.264),
MPEG2-Part2 (h.262), JPEG/MJPEG,VC-1
Max. shared memory 1024MB
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* e size of ma ximum shared memory may vary from dierent
operating systems.
ree graphics output options: HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2 and
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Intel® underboltTM 3
Supports Triple Monitor
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Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K
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(4096x2160) @ 60Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K
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(4096x2304) @ 60Hz
Supports Intel® underboltTM 3 with max. resolution up to
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4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 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 HDCP with HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2 and Intel®
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underboltTM 3
Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI,
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DisplayPort 1.2 and Intel® underboltTM 3
Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek
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ALC1220 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
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Supports Surge Protection
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Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
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120dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier
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NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier for Front Panel Audio
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Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
Pure Power-In
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LAN
Wireless
LAN
Rear Panel
I/O
Direct Drive Technology
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PCB Isolate Shielding
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Impedance Sensing on Front Out port
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Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
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15μ Gold Audio Connector
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Supports Creative SoundBlaster Cinema3
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Gigabit LAN 10/100/100 0 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
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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az
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Supports PXE
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Intel® 802.11ac WiFi Module 8265
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Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
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Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz with 80Mhz bandwidth and
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MU-MIMO)
Supports high speed wireless connections up to 867Mbps
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2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity
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technolog y
Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II
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2 x Antenna Ports
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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 DisplayPort 1.2
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1 x Intel® underboltTM 3 (Compatible with USB 3.1 Gen2
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and USB-C Display)*
* Supports USB PD 2.0 up to 12V@3A (36W) charging
1 x Optica l SPDIF Out Port
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6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
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* 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 3.1 Gen1) is included
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
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LED)
1 x Clear CMOS Button
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HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass
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/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
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Storage
Connector
Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series
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
15), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will
be disabled.
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M Key ty pe 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 Intel® OptaneTM Tech nol ogy
** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
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1 x RGB LED Header
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* Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
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* e CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum
1A (12W) fan power.
1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)
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(Smart Fan Speed Control)
* e CPU Optiona l/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler
fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
* CPU_OPT/W_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is
in use.
1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-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 Connec-
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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connec-
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tor)
1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports
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ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
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(Supports ESD Protection)
BIOS
Feature
AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
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ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
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SMBIOS 2.7 Support
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CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VCCPLL
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Voltage Multi-adjustment
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Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump,
Hardware
Monitor
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Chassis Fans
Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis
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Fans
Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tempera-
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ture): CPU, CPU Optional/Water Pump, Chassis Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU Optiona l/Water Pump,
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Chassis Fans
CASE OPEN detection
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Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM,
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PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCSA, VCCST
Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit
OS
Certications
* For detailed product infor mation, please visit our website: http://www.asrock .com
Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overcl ocking, including
adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untie d Overclocking Technology, or using
third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect 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 expen se. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by
overclocking.
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FCC, CE
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ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
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1.3 Motherboard Layout
Z370 Gaming-I TX /a c
Intel
Z370
DDR 4_B1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )
DDR 4_A1 (6 4 bit, 28 8-pin m odule )
PCIE1
Ult ra M.2
PCIe Ge n3 x4
ATXP WR 1
ATX12V1
CLR
BTN1
M2_2_WIFI
USB 3.1 G en1
T: USB1
B: US B2
PS2
Keyb oard
/Mou se
HDMI1
DP_1
Opt ical SP DIF
USB 3.1 Gen1
T: USB3
B: USB4
TB_ 1
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.1 Gen1
T: USB7
B: USB8
Top:
SIDE S PK
Cent er:
REAR S PK
Bott om:
CTR BA SS
Top:
LINE I N
Cent er:
FRON T
Bott om:
MIC IN
RoHS
CHA_FAN1
CPU_FAN1 CPU_OPT/W_PUMP
USB3_5_ 6
SATA3_5
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CI1
HDLED RESE T
PLED PWRBT N
PANEL1
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USB1_2
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SPEAKER1
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HD_AUDIO1
SATA3_3
SATA3_0
SATA3_2
SATA3_1
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SATA3_4
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AUDIO
CODEC
SUPER
I/O
LAN
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RGB_LED1
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Top Side View
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Back Side View
M2_1
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No. Description
1 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_OPT/W_PUMP)
5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)
6 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)
7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
8 SATA Connector (SATA3_5)
9 SATA Connector (SATA3 _4)
10 USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (USB3_5_6)
11 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
13 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)
14 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)
15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)
16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)
17 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)
18 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)
19 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
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1.4 I/O Panel
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1 Antenna Ports 10 Central / Bass (Orange)
2 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 11 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (USB3_78)
3 Optical SPDIF Out Port 12 Intel® underboltTM 3 ( TB_1)
4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 13 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (USB3_3_4)
5 Side Speaker (Gray) 14 HDMI Port
6 Rear Speaker (Black) 15 DisplayPort 1.2
7 Line In (Light Blue) 16 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB3_1)
8 Front Speaker (Lime)** 17 USB 3.1 Gen1 Port (USB3_2)
9 Microphone (Pink) 18 Clear CMOS Button
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* ere are two LEDs on ea ch LAN port. Pl ease refer to the table below for the LA N port LED indic ations .
ACT/LINK LED
SPEED LED
LAN Por t
Activity / Link LED Speed LED
Status Description Status Description
O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection
** If you use a 2- channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below
for connection details in accordance with the type of s peake r you use.
Audio Output
Channels
Front Speaker
(No. 8)
Rear Speaker
(No. 6)
Central / Bass
(No. 10)
2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V
To enable Multi-Streaming, you n eed to connect a front panel au dio cable to the
front panel audio header. Aer restar ting your computer, you will n d the “Mixer”
tool on your system . Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “En able playback
multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then
you are all owed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker,
Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek H DA Audio 2nd output” to u se
the front panel audio.
Line In
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1.5 Intel® WiFi-802.11ac Module 8265 (AC Wave 2 + BLE BT4.2) and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
WiFi-802.11ac + BT Module
is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT v4.2
module (pre-installed on the rear I/O panel) that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/
g/n/ac connectivity standards and Bluetooth v4.2. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-
use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth
v4.2 standard features Smart Ready technology that adds a whole new class of
functionality into the mobile devices. BT 4.2 also includes Low Energy Technolog y
and ensures extraordinary low power consumption for PCs. e 2T2R WiFi
solution sets a WiFi high speed standard and oers max link rate up to 867Mbps.
* e transmission speed may vary according to the environment.
ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
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Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Series
Chapter 2 Installation
is is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,
study the conguration 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 cap
is 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 i s found.
Other wise, the CPU wil l be seriously damaged.
2. Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.
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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cover mus t be
placed if you wish to return the motherboard for aer 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 two 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots,
and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.
1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same
brand, speed, size and chip-ty pe) DDR4 DIMM pairs.
2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology with only one memory
module installed.
3. It is not allowed to in stall a DDR, DDR2 or DDR3 memory module into a DDR4
slot; otherwi se, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged .
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 incorrect
orientation.
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