ASRock Z390 phantom Gaming 4 Service Manual

Version 1.1

Published September 2018

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 7

1.4 I/O Panel 9

Chapter 2 Installation 11

2.1 Installing the CPU 12

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 15

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 16

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 18

2.5 Jumpers Setup 19

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20

2.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 25

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 25

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 27

2.8 M.2 WiFi/BT Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)
Installation Guide 28

2.9 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1) 30

2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_2) 35

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 40

3.1 Installing Drivers 40

3.2 Phantom Gaming Tuning 41

3.3 ASRock Live Update & 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 ASRock Polychrome RGB 50

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 53

4.1 Introduction 53

4.2 EZ Mode 54

4.3 Advanced Mode 55

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 55

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 56

4.4 Main Screen 57

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 58

4.6 Advanced Screen 71

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 72

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 74

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 77

4.6.4 Intel® Thunderbolt 78

4.6.5 Super IO Conguration 80

4.6.6 ACPI Conguration 81

4.6.7 USB Conguration 83

4.6.8 Trusted Computing 84

4.7 Tools 85

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 87

4.9 Security Screen 90

4.10 Boot Screen 91

4.11 Exit Screen 94

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 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cation s and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this doc umentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications 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 ic 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 Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 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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3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Optiona l)

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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

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

ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

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Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors (Socket

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1151)

Digi Power design

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10 Power Phase design

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Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

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Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

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Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

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Intel® Z390

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Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

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4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

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Supports DDR4 4300+(OC)*/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)

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/380 0(OC)/3733(OC)/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(

OC)/2666/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buered memory

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

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ECC mo de)

Max. capacity of system memor y: 64GB

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

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15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion
Slot

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16

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(PCIE2); dual at x16 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE4))

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module

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and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

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: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8-bit,

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HEVC/H.265 10-bit, VP8, VP9 8-bit, VP9 10-bit (Decode

only), MPEG2, MJPEG, VC-1 (Decode only)

ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

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Supports Triple Monitor

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

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(4096x2160) @ 30Hz

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

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60Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. 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 HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

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Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI Port

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Audio

LAN

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

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Audio Codec)

* To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD

front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio

feature through the audio driver.

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection

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ELNA Audio Caps

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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 Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

2 x Antenna Ports

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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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

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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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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

16), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_5 will

be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will

be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by a PCIe-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will

be disabled.

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type

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

PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_ 2), supports M Key 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 Intel® OptaneTM Tech nol ogy

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

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Connector

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

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2 x RGB LED Headers

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* Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

1 x Addressable LED Header

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* Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W 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.

3 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan

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Speed Control)

* e Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of

maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

* CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN3/WP can

auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

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 (5-pin)

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 3 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection)

2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Performance Mode / Easy OC Header

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

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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DRAM, PCH 1.0V, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, VPPM Voltage

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Multi-adjustment

Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tempera-

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ture): CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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

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VPPM, PCH 1.0V, VCCSA, VCCST

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

OS

Certica­tions

* 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 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 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

Intel

Z390

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

USB 3.1 G en1

T: USB3_ 1

B: USB 3_2

ATXP WR 1

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB_1
B: USB_2

PCIE4

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB_3_4

1

1

SPK_PLED1

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

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PCIE1

RoHS

8

11

12

13

1

Ultra M.2

PCIe Gen3 x4

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

CMOS

Battery

PCIE3

29

10

6

USB3_ 3_4

1

28

1

TPMS1

M2_ 1

C 3C 2C 1

C 4

7

USB 3.1 Gen2

Top:

LINE I N

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

SATA3_5

SATA3_4

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

CLRMOS1

1

USB_5

1

M2_ 3

M2_3_CT1

M2_ 2

C 7

C 6

C 5

C 8

HDM I1

DVI 1

VGA 1

T B1

1

2

PCIE5

Antenna Port

T

T

T

T

T

T

T

T

AUDIO

CODEC

LAN

SUPER

I/O

USB3_5_6

1

AMD

CROSSFIRE

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14

16

17

18

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20

26

21

25

15

4

3

CHA_FAN2/WP

CHA_FAN3/WP

CHA_FAN1/WP

CPU_FAN1

5

USB 3.1 Gen2
T:USB31_TA_1
B: USB31_TC_1

C 9

T

PM_OC

1

RGB_LED2

1

RGB_LED1

1

ADDR_LED1

1

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23

24

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2/WP)

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 3.1 Gen1 Header (USB3_3_4)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

12 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3 _4)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

15 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

16 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3/WP)

17 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1/WP)

18 USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (USB3_5_6)

19 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5)

21 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED2)

22 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

23 TPM Header (TPMS1)

24 Addressable LED Header (ADDR _LED1)

25 COM Port Header (COM1)

26 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

27 Performance Mode / Easy OC Header (PM_OC)

28 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

29 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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2

3

4

6

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2)

2 D-Sub Port 9 USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (USB31_TC_1)

3 USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (USB31_TA_1) 10 HDMI Port

4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 DVI-D Port

5 Line In (Light Blue)** 12 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (USB3_1_ 2)

6 Front Speaker (Lime)** 13 Antenna Ports

7 Microphone (Pink)**

* 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

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** To congure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it i s required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi­channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Please set Speaker Conguration to “7.1 Speaker” in the Realtek HD Audio Man ager.

Function of the Audio Ports in 7.1-channel Conguration:

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Port Function

Light Blue (Rear panel) Rear Speaker Out
Lime (Rear panel) Front Speaker Out
Pink (Rear panel) Central /Subwoofer Speaker Out
Lime (Front panel) Side Speaker Out

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

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 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.

1

2

A

B

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4

5

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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 aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

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 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 or three
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 .

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR4_A1 DDR4_A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 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 incorrect
orientation.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 5 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

Before installing an expansion c ard, ple ase make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the power cord is unplug ged. Please read the documentation of the
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware settings for the card before you star t
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 x4 lane width graphics cards.

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

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE2 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

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Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better ther mal environment , please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1/W P, CHA_FAN2/WP or CHA _FAN3/WP) when
using multiple graphics cards.

x16 x4

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

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

“O pen”.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLR MOS1)

(see p.7, No. 28)

CLRMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. e data in CMOS includes

system setup information such as system password, date, time, and system setup

parameters. To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup, please turn

o the computer and unplug the power cord, then use a jumper cap to short the

pins on CLR MOS1 for 3 seconds. Please remember to remove the jumper cap aer

clearing the CMOS. 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.

2-pin Jumper

Short: Clear CMOS

Open: Default

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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.

System Panel Header

(9-p in PA NE L1)

(see p.7, No. 15)

PWRBTN (Power But ton):

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

RESET (Reset Button):
Connec t to the reset button on the chassis f ront panel. Pre ss the reset button to
restar t the computer if the computer freezes and fails to per form a normal restart.

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

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

e front panel design may dier by chassis . A front panel module mainly consists
of power button, reset but ton, power LED, h ard drive activity LED, speaker and etc.
When connecting your cha ssis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

1

PLED+

PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

PWRBTN#

GND

RESET#

GND

GND

Connect the power

button, reset button 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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Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

PLED-

SPEAKER

Power LED and Speaker

Header

(7-pin SPK_PLED1)

(see p.7, No. 12)

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_0:

see p.7, No. 11)

(SATA3_1:

see p.7, No. 10)

(SATA3_2:

see p.7, No. 9)

(SATA3_3:

see p.7, No. 8)

(SATA3_4:

see p.7, No. 13)

(SATA3_5:

see p.7, No. 14)

DUMMY
+5V

1

PLED+

SATA3_2

SATA3_0

SATA3_5

DUMMY

PLED+

SATA3_4

Please connect the

chassis power LED and

the chassis speaker to this

header.

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

SATA3_3

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

* If M2_1 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_1

SATA3_5 will be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_1 will be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by

a PCIe-ty pe M.2 device,

SATA3_0 will be disabled.

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB_3_4)

(see p.7, No. 19)

(4-pin USB_5)

(see p.7, No. 20)

USB_PWR

1

USB_PWR

1

USB_PWR

P-

P+

GND

DUMMY

ere are two USB

2.0 headers on this

motherboard.

GND

P+

P-

GND

P+

P-

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USB 3.1 Gen1 Headers

4 3 2 1

(19-pin USB3_3_4)

(see p.7, No. 7)

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.7, No. 18)

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.7, No. 26)

1. High De nition Audio sup ports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis
must support HDA to function corre ctly. Plea se follow the instructions in our
manual and chas sis manual to install your system.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header 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 adjust “Recording Volume”.

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

IntA_PA_D+

IntA_PA_D-

GND

1

Dummy

IntA_PB_D+

IntA_PB_D-

GND

1

MIC2_L

1

IntA_PA_SSTX+

IntA_PA_SSTX-

GND

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

IntA_PB_SSTX-

PRESENCE#

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

VbusVbus

IntA_PB_SSRX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_D-

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

IntA_PA_SSRX+

IntA_PA_SSRX-

Vbus

GND

IntA_PB_SSRX+

IntA_PB_SSRX-

VbusVbus

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

ere are two headers on

this motherboard. Each

USB 3.1 Gen1 header can

support two ports.

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

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Chassis/Water Pump Fan

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1/WP)

(see p.7, No. 17)

(4-pin CHA_FAN2/WP)

(see p.7, No. 2)

(4-pin CHA_FAN3/WP)

(see p.7, No. 16)

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CHA_FAN_SPEED

FAN_VOLTAGE

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

GND

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

FAN_VOLTAGE

12

5

8

CPU Fan Connector

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.7, No. 3)

ATX Power Connector

(24-pin AT XPWR 1)

(see p.7, No. 6)

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(8-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.7, No. 1)

Serial Port Header

(9-pin C OM 1)

(see p.7, No. 25)

GND

1 2 3 4

4

1

CPU_FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

24

13

1

1

RRXD1

DDTR#1

DDSR#1

CCTS#1

RRI#1

RRTS#1

GND

TTXD1

DDCD#1

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.

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.

is COM1 header

supports a serial port

module.

TPM Header

(17-pi n TPMS1)

(see p.7, No. 23)

is connector supports Trusted

GN D

LAD 0

LAD 3

+3 V

+3V S B

D

GN

SER IRQ #

S_P WRD WN #

PC IRS T #

GN D

LAD 1

LAD 2

SMB _DA TA_M AIN

Platform Module (TPM) system,

PC ICL K

FRA M E

which can securely store keys,

1

digital certicates, passwords,

GN D

and data. A TPM system also

helps enhance network security,

protects digital identities, and

SMB _CL K_MA IN

ensures platform integrity.

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underbolt AIC

Connector

(5-pin TB1)

(see p.7, No. 29)

1

Please connect a underbolt™

add-in card (AIC) to this

connector via the GPIO cable.

RGB LED Headers

(4-pin RGB _LED1)

(see p.7, No. 22)

(4-pi n RGB _LE D2)

(see p.7, No. 21)

Addressable LED Header

(3-pin ADDR _LED1)

(see p.7, No. 24)

1

12V GRB

1

DO_ADDR

VOUT

GND

RGB LED header is used to

connect RGB LED extension

cable which allows users to

choose from various LED light-

ing eects.

Caution: Never install the RGB

LED cable in the wrong orienta-

tion; otherwise, the cable may

be damaged.

*Please refer to page 50 for for

further instructions on this

header.

is header is used to connect

Addressable

LED extension cable

which allows users to choose

from various LED lighting

eects.

Caution: Never install the

Addressable LED cable in the

wrong orientation; otherwise,

the cable may be damaged.

*Please refer to page 51 for

further instructions on this

header.

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Performance Mode / Easy

OC Header

(4-pi n PM_ OC)

(see p.7, No. 27)

1

Button+

Button-

OCLED+

OCLED -

Please connect the OC switch

and OC LED indicator on the

chassis to this header according

to the pin assignments. Note the

positive and negative pins before

connecting the cables.