Asrock Z590 Phantom Gaming 4 User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 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 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 26

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 26

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 28

2.8 M.2 WiFi/BT Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)
Installation Guide 29

2.9 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1) 31

2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_2) 34

2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_3) 38

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 42

3.1 Installing Drivers 42

3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming Tuning) 43

3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 46

3.3.1 UI Overview 46

3.3.2 Apps 47

3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 50

3.3.4 Setting 51

3.4 Nahimic Audio 52

3.5 ASRock Polychrome SYNC 53

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 56

4.1 Introduction 56

4.2 EZ Mode 57

4.3 Advanced Mode 58

4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar 58

4.3.2 Navigation Keys 59

4.4 Main Screen 60

4.5 OC Tweaker Screen 61

4.6 Advanced Screen 74

4.6.1 CPU Conguration 75

4.6.2 Chipset Conguration 77

4.6.3 Storage Conguration 80

4.6.4 Intel(R) Thunderbolt 81

4.6.5 Super IO Conguration 82

4.6.6 ACPI Conguration 83

4.6.7 USB Conguration 84

4.6.8 Trusted Computing 85

4.7 Tools 86

4.8 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 88

4.9 Security Screen 92

4.10 Boot Screen 93

4.11 Exit Screen 96

Z590 Phantom Gaming 4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z590 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cations and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website w ithout f urther notice. If you require technical support relate d to
this motherboard, please vi sit our website for s pecic information about the model
you are using. You may nd the l atest VGA cards and CPU suppor t list on ASRock’s
website a s well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming 4 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming 4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming 4 Support CD

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

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

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

* 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/)

ATX Form Factor

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Solid Capacitor design

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

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Intel® CoreTM Processors (LGA1200)

Digi Power design

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8 Power Phase design

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Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

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Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

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Intel® Z590

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Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology

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4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots

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

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un-buered memory up to 4800+(OC)*

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

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un-buered memory up to 4666+(OC)*

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

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ECC mode)

Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB

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

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Z590 Phantom Gaming 4

Expansion
Slot

Graphics

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen4x16

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(PCIE1); dual at Gen4x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE3))*

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

2 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at Gen3x16

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(PCIE1); dual at Gen3x16 (PCIE1) / Gen3x4 (PCIE3))*

* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

3 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 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

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

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(4096x2160) @ 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 Port

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

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* 11th Gen Intel® Core

Intel® CoreTM Processors support HDMI 1.4.

TM

Processors support HDMI 2.0. 10th Gen

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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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports

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ESD Protection)

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

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ESD 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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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

18), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

* 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.

* If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_2 will

be disabled.

1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key ty pe

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2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s)

(Only supported with 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors)**

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key ty pe 2260/2280

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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

Z590 Phantom Gaming 4

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)

* 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 Connec-

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tor)

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

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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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(ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)

1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)

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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 Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VCCIO, VCCSA,

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VCCST, VCCIN AUX, VPPM Voltage Multi-adjustment

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

Hardware
Monitor

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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: CPU Vcore, PCH, DRAM, VCCIO,

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VPPM, VCCSA, CPU PLL, +12V, +5V, +3.3V

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

OS

Certica­tions

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

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

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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

Z590

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 )

USB 2. 0

T: USB_1

B: USB _2

ATXP WR 1

PCIE1

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3.2 Gen1
T: USB3_1
B: USB3_2

PCIE3

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

13

20

1

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

CMOS

Battery

PCIE2

16

10

1

M2_ 1

C 1

C 2

11

Top:

LINE I N

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC IN

1

M2_ WIFI1

M2_WIFI_CT1

M2_ 3

C 6

C 5

C 4

HDM I1

T B1

1

2

PCIE5

T

T

T

T

T

AUDIO
CODEC

1

14

23

4

CHA_FAN1/WP

CHA_FAN2/WP

CHA_FAN3/WP

5

6

12

CHA_FAN4/WP

1

18

26

1

1

25

28

1

1

7

8

SUPER

I/O

USB3_3 _4

F_USB3 1_TC_ 1

RGB_LE D2

ADDR_L ED2

1

RoHS

ADDR_LED1

RGB_LED1

USB_3_4

USB_5_6

CLRMOS1

SPK_PLED1

PANEL1

ATX12V2

ATX12V1

SPI_TPM_J1

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

24

22

27

17

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

PCIE4

M2_ 2

C 7

C 8

T

T

USB3 _5_6

USB 3.2 Gen2
T:USB31_TA_1
B: USB31_TC_1

CPU_FAN2/WP

9

15

19

21

29

CPU_FAN1

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No. Description

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_LED2)

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

10 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

11 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_3_4)

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

13 Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (F_USB31_TC_1)

14 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_ 5_6)

15 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4)(Upper), (SATA3_5)(Lower)

16 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2)(Upper), (SATA3_3)(Lower)

17 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0)(Upper), (SATA3_1)(Lower)

18 Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (CHA _FAN4/WP)

19 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

20 Power LED and Speaker Header (SPK_PLED1)

21 SPI TPM Header (SPI_TPM_J1)

22 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLR MOS1)

23 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

24 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

25 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

26 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1)

27 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

28 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

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

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1.4 I/O Panel

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2

3

5

10

9

8

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2) 6 Microphone (Pink)**

USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port

2

(USB31_TA_1)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 8

7 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB3_1_2)

USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port

(USB31_TC_1)

4 Line In (Light Blue)** 9 HDMI Port

5 Front Speaker (Lime)** 10 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

* 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 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 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 1200-Pin CPU into the socke t, 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 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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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 in stall 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 orientation. It will cause permanent dam age to
the mothe rboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incor rect
orientation.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 5 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

Before installing an ex pansion card, please make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the power cord is unplugged. Plea se read the documentation of the
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware settings for the card before you start
the installation.

PCIe slots:

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 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIE5 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width 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 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

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

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PCIe Slot Congurations

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PCIE1 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card Gen4x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

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PCIE1 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card Gen 3x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM Mode

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

Gen3x16 Gen3x4

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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. 22)

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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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over
these header s and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors
will cause permanent damage to the motherboard.

System Panel Header

(9-pi n PANEL1)

(see p.7, No. 19)

PWRBTN (Power Button):

Connec t to the power button on the chassi s 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 chassi s front panel. Press the reset button to
restar t the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a nor mal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s in S1/S3 sleep
state. e LED is o when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered o (S5).

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

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists
of power button , reset button, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speaker and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this head er, make sure the wire
assig nments and the pin assig nments are matched correctly.

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PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

PWRBTN#

GND

GND

RESET#

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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PLED-

SPEAKER

Power LED and Speaker

Header

(7-pin SPK_PLED1)

(see p.7, No. 20)

Serial ATA3 Connectors

Right-A ng le:

(SATA3_0:

see p.7, No. 17)(Upper)

(SATA3_1:

see p.7, No. 17)(Lower)

(SATA3_ 2:

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

(SATA3_ 3:

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

(SATA3_4:

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

(SATA3_ 5:

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

DUMMY
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PLED+

SATA3_4

SATA3_2

SATA3_0

DUMMY

PLED+

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_5

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

* If M2_2 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_3

SATA3_1 will be disabled.

* If M2_2 is occupied by

a PCIe-ty pe M.2 device,

SATA3_1

SATA3_0 will be disabled.

* If M2_3 is occupied by

a SATA-type M.2 device,

SATA3_2 will be disabled.

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB_3_4)

(see p.7, No. 24)

(9-pin USB_5_6)

(see p.7, No. 23)

USB_PWR

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P-

P+

GND

DUMMY

GND

P+

P-

ere are two USB

2.0 headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support two

ports.

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USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers

Ver ti c a l:

(19-pin USB3_3_4)

(see p.7, No. 11)

Right-A ng le:

(19-pin USB3_5_6)

(see p.7, No. 14)

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

Dummy

IntA_PB_D+

IntA_PB_D-

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

IntA_PB_SSTX-

GND

IntA_PB_SSRX+

IntA_PB_SSRX-

VbusV

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IntA_PB_SSRX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_D-

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

IntA_PA_D+

IntA_PA_D-

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX+

IntA_PA_SSTX-

GND

IntA_PA_SSRX+

IntA_PA_SSRX-

Vbus

ere are two USB 3.2

Gen1 headers on this

motherboard. Each USB 3.2

Gen1 header can support

two ports.

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Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_ AUDIO1)

(see p.7, No. 27)

1. High De nition Audio sup ports Jack Sen sing, but the pan el wire on the chassis
must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instructions in our
manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel , please install it to the front panel audio 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”.

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PRESENCE#

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

MIC_RET

J_SENSE

OUT2_R

OUT_RET

OUT2_L

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

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