Asrock Z590M Pro4 User Manual

Version 1.0

Published January 2021

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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 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 19

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 20

2.7 Post Status Checker 26

2.8 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 27

2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 27

2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup 29

2.9 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide
(M2_1 and M2_2) 30

2.10 M.2 WiFi/BT Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)
Installation Guide (M2_3) 34

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 36

3.1 Installing Drivers 36

3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 37

3.2.1 Installing ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 37

3.2.2 Using ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 37

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 40

3.3.1 UI Overview 40

3.3.2 Apps 41

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 44

3.3.4 Setting 45

3.4 Nahimic Audio 46

3.5 ASRock Polychrome SYNC 47

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 50

4.1 Introduction 50

4.2 EZ Mode 51

4.3 Advanced Mode 52

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 52

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 53

4.4 Main Screen 54

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 55

4.6 Advanced Screen 67

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 68

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 70

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 73

4.6.4 Intel(R) Thunderbolt 74

4.6.5 Super IO Conguration 75

4.6.6 ACPI Conguration 76

4.6.7 USB Conguration 77

4.6.8 Trusted Computing 78

4.7 Tools 79

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 81

4.9 Security Screen 85

4.10 Boot Screen 86

4.11 Exit Screen 89

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z590M Pro4 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 upd ated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support related 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 http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Z590M Pro4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z590M Pro4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z590M Pro4 Support CD

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

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3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Option al)

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1 x Stando for M.2 Socket (Optional)

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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Z590M Pro4

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

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* 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM (i9/i7/i5) support DDR4 up to 3200;

CoreTM (i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666.

* 10th Gen Intel® CoreTM (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; CoreTM

(i5/i3), Pentium® and Celeron® support DDR4 up to 2666.

* 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

Solid Capacitor design

Suppor ts 10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors and 11th Gen

Intel® CoreTM Processors (LGA1200)

Digi Power design

12 Power Phase design

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Ma x 3.0 Technology

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

Intel® Z590

Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support DDR4 non-ECC,

un-buered memory up to 4800+(OC)*

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support DDR4 non-ECC,

un-buered memory up to 4666+(OC)*

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

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Expansion
Slot

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4: single at Gen4x16

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(PCIE1); dual at Gen4x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE4))

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE4: single at Gen3x16

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(PCIE1); dual at Gen3x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE4))

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Graphics

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

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

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and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

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

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can be supported only with processors which are GPU

integrated.

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support Intel® Xe Graphics

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Architecture (Gen 12). 10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

support Gen 9 Graphics

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, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc

Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4

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ports by independent display controllers

Supports HDMI 2.0 with ma x. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 60Hz

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

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(4096x2304) @ 60Hz

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

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HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4

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Ports

Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.0 and

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DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

* 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support HDMI 2.0. 10th Gen

Intel® CoreTM Processors support HDMI 1.4.

Z590M Pro4

Audio

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)

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Supports Surge Protection

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Nahimic Audio

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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

Storage

Gigabit LAN 10/100/10 00 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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3 x Antenna Mounting Points

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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 1.4

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2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)

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2 x USB 2.0 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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4 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

18), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

* If M2_1 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_3 will

be disabled.

1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), 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 Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (with 11th Gen Intel®

Core™ Processors) or Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) (with 10th Gen Intel®

Core™ Processors)**

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)**

** Supports Intel® OptaneTM Tech nolo gy

** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

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Connector

Z590M Pro4

1 x SPI TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion 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)

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

maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

4 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, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_

FAN3/WP and CHA_FAN4/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 (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

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Connec tor)

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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1 x underbolt AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock

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underbolt 4 AIC Card)

2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection)

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

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(Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports ESD

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Protection)

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Certica­tions

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, VCCIN_AUX,

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VCCIO, VCCIO1 2,VCCST, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjust-

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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

CASE OPEN detection

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

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DRAM, VPPM, VCCIN_AUX, VCCSA, VCCIO, VCCPLL,

ATX+5VSB

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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FCC, CE

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

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* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://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 Technology, or using
third-party overclocking tool s. Overclocking may aect your s ystem’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.

1.3 Motherboard Layout

Intel

Z590

ATXP WR 1

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

RoHS

4

CPU_FAN1

5

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PCIE1

SPK_CI1

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PCIE2

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17

18

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CMOS

Battery

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

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

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

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

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6

ATX12V1

14

15

13

CLRMOS1

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1

HD_AUDIO1

Top:
RJ-45

HDMI 1

CHA_FAN1/WP

PCIE4

9

10

3

12

SATA3_1

CHA_FAN2/WP

CPU_FAN2/WP

USB5_6

SATA3_0

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26

30

PCIE3

1

USB3_5_ 6

USB3_3_4

31

1

USB 3.2 Gen1
T: USB3_1
B: USB3_2

M2_3

USB 2. 0

T: USB1

B: USB 2

ATX12V2

2

RGB_LED2

1

ADDR_LED1

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SPI_TPM_J1

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CHA_FAN3/WP

T B1

1

ADDR_LED2

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RGB_LED1

1

CHA_FAN4/WP

272829

USB3_4

25

CPU

DRAM

VGA

BOOT

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M2_2

USB3 _TC_ 1

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1

1

1

1

USB 3.2 Gen2
T: USB31_TA_1
B: USB31_TA_2

DP1

Top:

LINE IN

Cente r:

FRONT

Botto m:

MIC IN

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

BIOS
ROM

LAN

AUDIO

CODEC

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PS2

Keyb oard

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M2_1

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1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 ATX 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)

7 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED2)

8 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1)

9 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

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

11 Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_TC_1)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

14 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_ 5_6)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)(Upper)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)(Lower)

17 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

18 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

19 USB 2.0 Header (USB5_6)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB3_4)

21 SPI TPM Header (SPI_TPM_J1)

22 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

23 Post Status Checker (PSC)

24 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_ 3_4)

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

26 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

27 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED2)

28 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

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

30 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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

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1.4 I/O Panel

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Z590M Pro4

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB12) 6 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB3_1_2)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 7 USB 3.2 Gen2 Port (USB31_TA_1_2)

3 Line In (Light Blue)** 8 DisplayPort 1.4

4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 HDMI Port

5 Microphone (Pink)** 10 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

* ere are two LEDs on the 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 connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection

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

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

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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

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1. Before you insert the 1200-Pin CPU into the socke t, please check if the Pn P cap is on the
socket, if the CPU surface is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the sock et. Do not
force to in sert 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 return the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

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CPU_FAN

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 channe l conguration, you always need to install identical (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

memory 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 Populated Populated

e DIMM only ts in one correct orie ntation. It will cause permanent dam age to
the motherboard 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 h ardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

PCIe slots:

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors:

PCIE1 (PCIe 4.0 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 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.

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors:

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 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.

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11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors:

PCIE1 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card Gen4x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

Gen4x16 Gen3x4

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors:

PCIE1 PCIE4

Single Graphics Card Gen3x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

For a better ther mal environme nt, ple ase connect a ch assis fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1/WP, CHA_ FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP or
CHA_ FAN4/WP) when using multiple graphics cards.

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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

“O pen”.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRMO S1)

(see p.7, No. 18)

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 the pins on CLR MOS1 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. Please remember toremove the jumper cap aer clearing the CMOS.

2-pin Jumper

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If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detec ted. Please a djust the BIOS option
“Clear Status” to clear the record of previou s chassis int rusion status.

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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+5V

DUMMY

SIGNAL

GND

DUMMY

SPEAKER

DUMMY

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jump ers. 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-pi n PANEL1)

(see p.7, No. 17)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the ch assi 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. Press the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a norm al restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the chas sis 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 panel module mainly consists
of power s witch , reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er and etc.
When connect ing your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

PLED+

PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

PWRBTN#

GND

RESET#

GND

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

Speaker Header

(7-pi n SPK _CI1)

(see p.7, No. 22)

Please connect the

chassis intrusion and the

chassis speaker to this

header.

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P-

USB_PWR

P+

P-

USB_PWR

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IntA_P_D+

IntA_P_SSRX-

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Serial ATA3 Connectors

Ver ti c a l:

(SATA3_0:

see p.7, No. 12)

(SATA3_1:

see p.7, No. 13)

Right Angle:

(SATA3_ 2:

see p.7, No. 15)(Upper)

(SATA3_ 3:

see p.7, No. 16)(Lower)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB3_4)

(see p.7, No. 20)

(9-pin USB5_6)

(see p.7, No. 19)

USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers

(19-pin USB3_3_4)

(see p.7, No. 24)

IntA_P_D-

IntA_P_D+

ID

SATA3_2

GND

IntA_P_SSTX+

GND

IntA_P_D-

IntA_P_SSTX-

GND

IntA_P_SSRX+

GND

IntA_P_SSTX-

IntA_P_SSTX+

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

SATA3_3

IntA_P_SSRX-

Vbus

Vbus

IntA_P_SSRX+

ese four SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

* If M2_1 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_3 will be disabled.

ere are two USB

2.0 headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support

two ports.

ere are two USB 3.2

Gen1 headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

3.2 Gen1 header can

support two ports.

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.7, No. 14)

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

Vbus

GND

GND

VbusVbus

IntA_PB_SSRX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_D-

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Front Panel Type C USB

J_SENSE

OUT2_L

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MIC_RET

PRESENCE#

GND

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

OUT_RET

ype-C Cable

3.2 Gen1 Header

(20-pin USB3_TC_1)

(see p.7, No. 11)

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ere is one Front

Panel Type C USB 3.2

Gen1 Header on this

motherboard. is header

is used for connecting a

USB 3.2 Gen1 module for

additional USB 3.2 Gen1

ports.

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_ AUDIO1)

(see p.7, No. 30)

1. High De nition Audio supports Jack Sen sing, but the panel wire on the chassis
must support HDA to function cor rectly. Please follow the instr uctions in our
manual and chassis manual to in stall your system.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel , please inst all 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 ne ed 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”.

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. 31)

(4-pin CHA_FAN2/WP)

(see p.7, No. 10)

(4-pin CHA_FAN3/WP)

(see p.7, No. 25)

(4-pin CHA_FAN4/WP)

(see p.7, No.29)

CPU Fan Connector

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.7, No. 3)

CPU/Water Pump Fan

Connector

(4-pin CPU_FAN2/WP)

(see p.7, No. 6)

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CHA_FAN_SPEED

FAN_VOLTAGE

GND

AN_SPEED_CONTROL

CHA_FAN_SPEED

FAN_VOLTAGE

GND

+12V

CPU_F

AN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CPU_FAN_SPEED

FAN_VOLTAGE

GND

is motherboard

provides four 4-Pin water

cooling

3
2

connectors. If you plan to

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connect a 3-Pin

water cooler fan, please

connect it to Pin 1-3.

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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

provides a 4-Pin water

cooling CPU fan

connector. If you plan

to connect a 3-Pin CPU

water cooler fan, please

connect it to Pin 1-3.

chassis

fan

chassis

ATX Power Connector

(24-p i n ATX PWR1)

(see p.7, No. 9)

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vides a 24-pin ATX power

connector. To use a 20-pin

ATX power supply, please

plug it along Pin 1 and Pin

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