ASRock Z490 AQUA Service Manual

Version 1.0

Published March 2020

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Operations in the 5.15-5.35GHz band are restricted to indoor usage only.

Radio transmit power per transceiver ty pe

Function Frequency Maximum Output Power (EIRP)

2400-2483.5 MHz 18.5 + / -1.5 dbm

5150-5250 MHz 21.5 + / -1.5 dbm

WiFi

Bluetooth 2400-2483.5 MHz 8.5 + / -1.5 dbm

5250-5350 MHz

5470-5725 MHz

18.5 + / -1.5 dbm (no TPC)

21.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)

25.5 + / -1.5 dbm (no TPC)

28.5 + / -1.5 dbm (TPC)

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 9

1.4 I/O Panel 11

1.6 ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 Module 15

Chapter 2 Installation 19

2.1 Removing the Water-cooling Module 20

2.2 Installing the CPU 27

2.3 Installing the Water-cooling Module 30

2.4 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 32

2.5 Installing the Motherboard 34

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 35

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors 36

2.8 Smart Switches 42

2.9 Status OLED (on I/O Armor) 44

2.10 Dr. Debug 45

2.11 SLITM Operation Guide 51

2.12 CrossFireXTM , 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 54

2.12.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 56

2.13 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1, M2_2) 58

2.14 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_3) 63

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 67

3.1 Installing Drivers 67

3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 68

3.2.1 Installing ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 68

3.2.2 Using ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 68

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 71

3.3.1 UI Overview 71

3.3.2 Apps 72

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 75

3.3.4 Setting 76

3.4 Nahimic Audio 77

3.5 ASRock Polychrome SYNC 78

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 81

4.1 Introduction 81

4.2 EZ Mode 82

4.3 Advanced Mode 83

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 83

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 84

4.4 Main Screen 85

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 86

4.6 Advanced Screen 96

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 97

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 99

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 102

4.6.4 Intel(R) Thunderbolt 104

4.6.5 ACPI Conguration 105

4.6.6 USB Conguration 106

4.6.7 Trusted Computing 107

4.7 Tools 108

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 110

4.9 Security Screen 114

4.10 Boot Screen 115

4.11 Exit Screen 118

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z 490 AQUA 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 further notice. If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specic information about the model you are using. You may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU suppor t list on ASRock’s website a s well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

Z490 AQUA

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Z490 AQUA Motherboard (EATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z490 AQUA Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z490 AQUA Support CD

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

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1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card (Optional)

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1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna (Optiona l)

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1 x ermal Compound (O pt iona l)

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5 x Spare ermal Pads (Optional)

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4 x Spare Screws for MOS and Chokes (Option al)

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4 x Spare Screws for CPU Sockets (Optional)

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6 x Spare Screws for M.2 Heatsinks (Option al)

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2 x 90° Tubing Elbow Fittings (Optional)

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6 x G1/4" to 14mm Tube Fittings (Optional)

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2 x G1/4" Plugs (Optional)

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2 x G1/4" to 14mm 90° Rotary Fittings (Optional)

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1 x Ball Valve (Optiona l)

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3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Optional)

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2 x Standos for M.2 Sockets (Optional)

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1.2 Specications

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/)

* CoreTM (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; CoreTM (i5/i3),

Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666.

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EATX Form Factor

8 Layer PCB

2oz Copper PCB

Suppor ts 10th Gen and future generation Intel® CoreTM

Processors (Socket 1200)

Digi Power design

16 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Ma x 3.0 Technology

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III

Intel® Z490

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

Support s DDR4 4700+(OC)*/46 66/460 0/450 0/4 400/4 333/42

66(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/3800(OC)/3733(OC)

/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 non-ECC,

un-buered memory

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

ECC mode)

Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB

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

15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

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Expansion Slot

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4/PCIE5: single

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at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8

(PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE5))*

Graphics

* PCIE5, M2_3 and SATA3_3 share lanes. If either one of them

is in use, the others will be disabled.

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM

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and CrossFireXTM

Supports NVIDIA® SLI

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Support NVIDIA® SLITM with NVIDIA® Quadro graphics

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cards

Supports NVIDIA® NVLinkTM with dual NVIDIA® GeForce®

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RTX series graphics cards**

** NVIDIA NVLink Bridge does not come with the package.

Please purchase it from NVIDIA® if necessary.

1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-

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802.11ax module (on the rear I/O)

15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE4)

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Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265

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8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2,

MJ PEG, VC-1

* VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decode only.

* VP8 and VP9 encode are not supported by Windows OS.

Graphics, Media & Compute: Microso DirectX 12, OpenGL

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4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid /

Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1

Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut),

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Microso PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection,

UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc

Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 30Hz

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

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 Port

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Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 Port

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Thunder-

bolt

Audio

Intel® JHL7540 underboltTM 3 Controller (Titan R idge)

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Supports underboltTM 3 interface with max. resolution of

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5K (5120 x 2880) @ 60Hz for one display over a single cable

connection

Supports underboltTM 3 interface with max. resolution of

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4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz for dual displays over a single

cable connection

Supports up to two streams (eight lanes) of DisplayPort video

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bandwidth; supports daisy-chaining of multiple DisplayPort

monitors

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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WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)

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ESS SABR E9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio

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120dB SNR DAC with Dierential Amplier

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Pure Power-In

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Direct Drive Technology

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PCB Isolate Shielding

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Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port

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Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel

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Gold Audio Jacks

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15μ Gold Audio Connector

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Nahimic Audio

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LAN

1 x 10 Gigabit LAN 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb/s

(AQUANT IA® AQC107):

Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

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Supports PXE

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1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s

(Dragon RTL8125BG)

Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Soware

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- Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control

- Visual User Friendly UI

- Visual Network Usage Statistics

Wireless LAN

Rear Panel I/O

- Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and

Streaming Modes

- User Customized Priority Control

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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Intel® 802.11ax WiFi Module

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Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax

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Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)

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Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps)

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2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity

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technolog y

Supports Bluetooth 5.1 + High speed class II

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Supports MU-MIMO

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2 x Antenna Ports

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

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2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 underboltTM 3 Type-C Ports

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(40Gb/s for underbolt protocol; 10 Gb/s for USB3.2

protocol) (Supports ESD Protection)*

* Supports USB-PD 3.0 9V/3A(27W) and 5V/3A(15W)

2 x Mini DisplayPort Input Ports**

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** Please choose regular mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort

adapter cables instead of right angled ones if you use two mini

DisplayPort input ports simultaneously.

3 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD

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Protection)***

*** Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_123 ports.

*** ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_123

ports.

2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

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LED)

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Storage

1 x Clear CMOS Button

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1 x BIOS Flashback Button

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HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Centra l / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

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

17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061,

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support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

* M2_1, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of

them is in use, the others will be disabled.

* M2_ 2, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of

them is in use, the others will be disabled.

* PCIE5, M2_3 and SATA3_3 share lanes. If either one of them

is in use, the others will be disabled.

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

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2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4

(32 Gb/s)**

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key ty pe

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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_3), supports M Key ty pe

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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 nolo gy

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

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Connector

1 x SPI 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

2 x Addressable LED Headers

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* Support 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 ma ximum

1A (12W) fan power.

1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan

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Speed Control)

6 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.

* CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP,

CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP, CHA_FAN5/WP and

CHA_FAN6/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

* CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maxi-

mum 3A (36W) fan power.

1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio

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Connec tor)

1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel® Z490)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

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(ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (Intel® Z490)

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(Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Dr. Debug with LED

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1 x Power Button with LED

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1 x Reset Button with LED

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1 x Retry Button

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1 x Safe Boot Button

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Z490 AQUA

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 Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, VPPM,VTTDDR, VCCSFR,

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VCCPLL_OC, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA,

CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL,

Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment

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Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Wa-

Hardware Monitor

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ter Pump Fans

Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water

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Pump Fans

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

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ture): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans

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

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Water Pump Fans

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

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VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCPLL_OC,

VCCSFR

1 x Status OLED

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Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

Certications

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

Please realiz e that the re is a certain r isk involved with o verclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technolog y, or using third-party overclocking to ols. O verclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even c ause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be don e at your ow n risk and expense. We are not responsibl e for possible damage caused by overclo cking.

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FCC, CE

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

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RGB_LED2

ADDR_LED1

ADDR_LED2

CPU_FAN2/WP_3A

PCIE2

Top: RJ-45

(AQUANTIA AQC107)

2932 3133

LAN

PCIE5

Intel

Z490

ATX12V1

SPK_PLED1

ATX12V2

USB3_ 5_6

SPI_TPM_J1

CHA_FAN2/WP

CHA_FAN4/WP

M2_2

USB 3.2 Gen2 T: USB31_TA_3 USB 3.2 Gen2 B: USB31_TC_1

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 )

ATXP WR 1

PCIE1

USB 3.2 Gen2 T: USB31_TA_1 B: USB31_TA_2

Top:

Central/Bass

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC IN

PCIE4

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

HD_AUDIO1

SATA3_0_1

SATA3_3_2 _3

SATA3_A1_ A2

SATA3_4_5

USB_1_2

Dr.

Debug

CMOS

Battery

CPU_FAN1

Reset

Power

CHA_FAN5 /WP

LAN

M2_WIFI_1

USB31_TC_2

PCIE3

BIOS _FB1

CHA_FAN1 /WP

USB3_ 7_8

CHA_FAN3/WP

CHA_FAN6/WP

2728

TBT_M2_1

TBT_M2_2

M2_1

CT2CT3CT4 CT1

RK L_M2

M2_3

CLRC MOS

HDMI1

USB 3.2 Gen1 USB3_1234

Top:

2.5GLAN

(Realtek RTL8125AG)

AUDIO CODEC

BFG_BTN1

RTY_BTN1

1.3 Motherboard Layout

RGB_LED1

Z490 AQUA

BIOS ROM

English

No. Description

1 8 pin 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 8 pin 12V Power Connector (ATX12V2)

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 CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2/WP_3A)

7 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED2)

8 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED2)

9 Safe Boot Button (BFG_BTN1)

10 Reset Button (RSTBTN1)

11 Power Button (PWRBTN1)

12 Retry Button (RTY_BTN1)

13 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

14 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN5/WP)

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

16 Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (USB31_TC_2)

17 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_5_6)

18 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_7_8)

19 SPI TPM Header (SPI_TPM_J1)

20 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)

21 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

22 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4_5)

23 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_A1_A2)

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

25 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN6/WP)

26 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

27 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

28 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN4/WP)

29 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA _FAN2/WP)

30 USB 2.0 Header (USB_1_2)

31 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

32 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1)

33 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

1.4 I/O Panel

2 4

3 5

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No. Description No. Description

1 BIOS Flashback Button 10 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port

2 Central / Bass (Orange) (USB31_TA_3)

3 Rear Speaker (Black) 11 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port

4 Line In (Light Blue) (USB31_TC_1)

5 Front Speaker (Lime)* 12 USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports (USB31_TA_12)

6 2.5G LAN RJ-45 Port 13 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports

(Dragon RTL8125BG)** (USB3_1234)*****

7 10G LAN RJ-45 Port 14 Microphone (Pink)

(AQUANTIA® AQC107)*** 15 Optical SPDIF Out Port

8 Mini DisplayPort Input Ports**** 16 HDMI Port

9 USB 3.2 Gen2 underboltTM 3 17 Antenna Ports

Type-C Ports 18 Clear CMOS Button

1415

1213

9 8

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* If you use a 2-channel spea ker, please connect the s peaker’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. 5)

Rear Speaker

(No. 3)

Central / Bass

(No. 2)

Line In

(No. 4)

2 V -- -- -- 4 V V -- -- 6 V V V -- 8 V V V V

** ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

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/1Gbps

connection

On Link Green 2.5Gbps connection

*** ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

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LAN Por t

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link

Blinking Data Activity

Orange

100Mbps/1Gbps/2.5Gbps

/5Gbps connection

On Link Green 10Gbps connection

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**** Please choose regular mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter cables instead of right angled ones if you use two mini DisplayPort input ports simultaneously.

***** ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_123 port s.

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1.5 WiFi-802.11ax Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna

WiFi-802.11ax + BT Module

is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax + BT v5.1

module (pre-installed on the rear I/O panel) that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/

g/n/ax connectivity standards and Bluetooth v5.1. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-

use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth

v5.1 standard features Smart Ready technology that adds a whole new class of

functionality into the mobile devices. BT 5.1 also includes Low Energy Technology

and ensures extraordinary low power consumption for PCs. e 2T2R WiFi

solution sets a WiFi high speed standard and oers max link rate up to 2.4Gbps.

* e transmission speed may vary according to the environment.

ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna

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1.6 ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 Module

USB 3.2 Gen2 underboltTM 3

Type-C Ports

Mini DisplayPort Input Ports

Specications

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M.2

Connector

Interface

Size: 1.45-in x 1.65-in x 0.91-in, 3.7 cm x 4.2 cm x 2.3 cm

Intel® JHL7540 underboltTM 3 Controller (Titan R idge)

Proprietary design for ASRock specic motherboard

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* Please note that plug ging into other M.2 connector may damage the motherboard and this module

2 x NGFF M Key Type M.2 Connectors

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2 x Mini DisplayPort 1.4 Input Ports

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2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 underboltTM 3 Type-C Ports (40Gb/s for

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underbolt protocol; 10 Gb/s for USB3.2 protocol) (Support

ESD Protection)*

*Supports daisy-chaining of up to six u nderboltTM devices. *is port supports USB-PD 3.0 power outputs 9V/3A 27W and 5V/3A 15W. For charging Type-C USB devices, the device should support Type-C standards to adjust the current because it will be dierent in Power On state (3 Amp). *Some Type-C USB devices may only be charged by its own adapter.

PCI Express 3.0 x4 interface

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Graphics

Data Rate

Supports underboltTM 3 interface with max. resolution of

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5K (5120 x 2880) @ 60Hz for one display over a single cable

connection

Supports underboltTM 3 interface with max. resolution of

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4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz for dual displays over a single

cable connection

Supports up to two streams (eight lanes) of DisplayPort video

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bandwidth; supports daisy-chaining of multiple DisplayPort

monitors

Supports 40Gbps bi-directional bandwidth per channel with

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underboltTM 3 port

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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Installation

Step 1

Prepare two Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Adapter Cables and one/two

underboltTM cables. All these cables are not included in the package.

Step 2

Connect one end of the Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Adapter Cable to the Mini

DisplayPort Input Port (A) on ASRock underboltTM 3 Module on I/O panel.

en connect the other end of the cable to the DisplayPort Output Port (B) on the

graphics card.

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Step 3

Follow step 2 to connect the other Mini DisplayPort Input Port to the graphics card.

1. Make sure to connect both Mini DisplayPort Input Port s if you install the underboltTM output display device.

2. Please choose regular Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPor t Adapter Cables instead of right angled ones if you u se two Mini Displ ayPort Input Ports s imultaneously.

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Step 4

Connect the underboltTM cable(s) from your underbolt-enabled device(s) to the

USB 3.2 Gen2 underboltTM 3 Type-C Port(s) on ASRock underboltTM 3 Module

on I/O panel.

Chapter 2 Installation

is is an EATX 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 Removing the Water-cooling Module

Removing the CPU Backplate

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Please unscrew the eight screws from the bottom side of the motherboard to release the

backplate and the water-cooling module. e positions are indicated as below.

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AQUA_CPULED

Removing the

Water-cooling Module

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Unplug the LED Plug from the motherboard before removing the Water-cooling Module.

Screw Assembly Schematic

Front View

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