Asrock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Quick Installation Guide

Version 1.1
Published June 2021
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Radio transmit power per transceiver type

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)

Motherboard Layout

Top Side View

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

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Back Side View

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

5 CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (CPU_OPT/W_PUMP)

6 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1)

9 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

10 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_6_7)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

13 Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (USB31_TC_1)

14 Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header (SPK_CI1)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)

17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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I/O Panel

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3

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No. Description No. Description

1 DisplayPort 1.4 8 Microphone (Pink)

2 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (USB3_1234) 9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

3 2.5G LAN RJ-45 Port (Killer® E3100G)* 10 Antenna Ports

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 Clear CMOS Button

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (USB3_5)

6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 USB 4.0 underboltTM 4 Type-C Port (TB_1)

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 14 HDMI Port

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

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

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

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** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speake r’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

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

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

Line In
(No. 6)

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802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Anten­nas

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E + BT Module

is motherboard comes with an exclusive 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax Wi-Fi 6E + BT v5.2
module (pre-installed on the rear I/O panel) that oers support for 802.11 a/b/g/n/
ax Wi-Fi 6E connectivity standards and Bluetooth v5.2. Wi-Fi 6E + BT module is
an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support Wi-Fi 6E
+ BT. Bluetooth v5.2 standard features Smart Ready technology that adds a whole
new class of functionality into the mobile devices. BT 5.2 also includes Low Energy
Technology and ensures extraordinary low power consumption for PCs.

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

* Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz band) is not currently enabled by default due to the dierent
regulation status of each country. It will be activated (for supported countries)
through Windows Update and soware update once available. e update is
expected to be in the middle of 2021.

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WiFi Antennas Installation Guide

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

Step 1

Prepare the WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas that
come with the package.

Step 2

Connect the two WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas
to the antenna connectors. Turn the antenna
clockwise until it is securely connected.

Step 3

Set the WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antenna as shown in
the illustration.

*You may need to adjust the direction of
the antenna for a stronger signal.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 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.

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 without further 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.a srock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Support CD

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

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2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas (Optional)

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2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (Optional)

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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/)

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

Mini-ITX Form Factor

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10 Layer PCB

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Supports 10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors and 11th Gen

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Intel® CoreTM Processors (LGA1200)
Digi Power design

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10 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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2 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 4266+(OC)*
10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support DDR4 non-ECC,

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un-buered memory up to 4266+(OC)*

Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-

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ECC mode)
Max. capacity of system memory: 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

11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

1 x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot*

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10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot*

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* Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots
* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

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

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802.11ax PCIe WiFi module (on the rear I/O)
15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

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Graphics

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

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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
ree graphics output options: HDMI, DisplayPort 1.4 and

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Intel® underboltTM 4 ports
Supports Triple Monitor

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Supports Intel® underboltTM 4 with max. resolution up to

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5K (5210x2880) @ 60Hz
Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(4096x2160) @ 60Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 5K

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(5210x2880) @ 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, DisplayPort 1.4 and

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Intel® underboltTM 4 Ports
* 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors support HDMI 2.0. 10th Gen
Intel® CoreTM Processors support HDMI 1.4.

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Audio

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

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ALC1220 Audio Codec)

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection

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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

Wireless
LAN

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

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

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Killer® E3100G

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Supports Killer LAN Soware

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Supports Killer DoubleShotTM Pro

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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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Killer AX1675x 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module

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

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Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz

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band* support
* Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz band) is not currently enabled by default
due to the dierent regulation status of each country. It will be
activated (for supported countries) through Windows Update
and soware update once available. e update is expected to be
in the middle of 2021.

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

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technology

Supports Bluetooth 5.2 + High speed class II

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Supports MU-MIMO

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Supports Killer LAN Soware

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Supports Killer DoubleShotTM Pro

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Rear Panel
I/O

2 x Antenna Ports

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x DisplayPort 1.4

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1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

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5 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD

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Protection)

1 x USB 4.0 underboltTM 4 Type-C Port (40 Gb/s for USB 4.0

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protocol; 40Gb/s for underbolt protocol) (Supports ESD

Protection)
* Supports USB PD 2.0 up to 9V@3A (27W) / 5V@3A (15W)
charging

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

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LED)

1 x Clear CMOS Button

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HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

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Storage

Connector

3 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
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2280

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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_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2

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SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to

Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)*
* Supports Intel® OptaneTM Technology
* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header

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1 x RGB LED Header

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

1 x Addressable LED Header

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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 maximum
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.
* CPU_OPT/W_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is
in use.

1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)

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* e Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maxi­mum 1A (12W) fan power.

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

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nector)

1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connec-

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tor)

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connec-

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tor)

1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports

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ESD Protection)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)

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(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

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

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, DRAM, VPPM, VTTDDR, CPU PLL,

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VCC PLL, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCIO_Memory, VCCSA,
CPU Standby 1, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL,
System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi­adjustment

Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU_OPT/Water Pump, Chassis

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

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ture): CPU_OPT/Water Pump
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU_OPT/Water Pump,

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Chassis Fans
CASE OPEN detection

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

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PCH, VCCSA, VCCIO, VCCIO_Memory

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit

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FCC, CE

Certica­tions

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

Please realize that the re is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including
adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using
third-party overclocking tool s. 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 expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by
overclocking.

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

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Mini-ITX 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 120 0-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP ca p
is on the socket, if the CPU sur face is unclean, or if there are any b ent pins in the
socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found.
Other wise, the CPU will be seriously d amaged.

2. Unplug all power cables be fore installing 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

Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides two 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots,
and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

1. For dual channel 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 Technology with only one 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.

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage 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 Slot)

ere is 1 PCI Express slot slot 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 make 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.

10th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors:

PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

* Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots

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2.5 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-pin PANEL1)
(see p.1, No. 9)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi 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 chassis front panel. Press the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a normal 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 activity LED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on
when the hard drive i s reading or writing data.

e front panel design may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists
of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speak er 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.

GND

PWR BT N #

PLE D-

PLE D+

GND

RES ET#

GND

HDL ED -

HDL ED +

1

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-pin SPK_CI1)
(see p.1, No. 14)

Please connect the
chassis intrusion and the
chassis speaker to this
header.

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Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA3_0:
see p.1, No. 15)
(SATA3_1:
see p.1, No. 12)
(SATA3_2:
see p.1, No. 11)

USB 2.0 Header
(9-pin USB1_2)
(see p.1, No. 16)

USB 3.2 Gen1 Header
(19-pin USB3_6_7)
(see p.1, No. 10)

Front Panel Type C USB

3.2 Gen2x2 Header
(20-pin USB31_TC_1)
(see p.1, No. 13)

SATA3_0

USB _PW R

P-

1

P-

USB _PW R

Vbus

IntA _PA_S SRX-

IntA _PA_S SRX+

GND

IntA _PA_S STX-

IntA _PA_S STX+

GND

IntA _PA_D -

IntA _PA_D +

USB Type-C Cable

SATA3_1

P+

P+

GND

DUM MY

GND

VbusVbus

IntA _PB_ SSRX -

IntA _PB_ SSRX +

GND

IntA _PB_ SSTX -

IntA _PB_ SSTX +

GND

IntA _PB_ D-

IntA _PB_ D+

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ese three SATA3
connectors support SATA
data cables for internal
storage devices with up to

SATA3_2

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

ere is one USB2.0
header on this
motherboard. is USB

2.0 header can support
two ports.

ere is one header on
this motherboard. is
USB 3.2 Gen1 header can
support two ports.

ere is one Front
Panel Type C USB 3.2
Gen2x2 Header on this
motherboard. is header
is used for connecting a
USB 3.2 Gen2x2 module
for additional USB 3.2
Gen2x2 ports.

Front Panel Audio Header
(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)
(see p.1, No. 17)

1

GND

PRE SEN CE#

MIC 2_R

MIC 2_L

MIC _RE T

J_S ENS E

OUT 2_R

OUT _RE T

OUT 2_L

is header is for
connecting audio devices
to the front audio panel.

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CPU_ FAN_SP EED

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

4 3 2 1

4 3 2 1

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel 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 heade r 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
connect them for the AC’97 audio panel.
E. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel
and adju st “Recording Volume”.

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Chassis Fan Connector
(4-pin CHA_FAN1)
(see p.1, No. 4)

CPU Fan Connector
(4-pin CPU_FAN1)
(see p.1, No. 3)

CPU/Water Pump Fan
Connector
(4-pin CPU_OPT/W_
PUMP)
(see p.1, No. 5)

FAN _SP EED _C ONT ROL

CHA _FA N_S PE ED

GND

FAN_ VOLTA GE

CPU_ F

AN_S PEED

FAN_S PEED_ CONTR OL

4 3 2 1

+12 V

Please connect fan cables
to the fan connector and
match the black wire to
the ground pin.

GND

is motherboard pro­vides 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.

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ATX Power Connector

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(24-pin ATXPWR1)
(see p.1, No. 7)

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is motherboard pro­vides a 24-pin ATX power
connector.

ATX 12V Power
Connector
(8-pin ATX12V1)
(see p.1, No. 1)

RGB LED Header
(4-pin RGB_LED1)
(see p.1, No. 8)

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4

is motherboard
provides a 8-pin ATX 12V
power connector. To use a
4-pin ATX power supply,
please plug it along Pin 1
and Pin 5.

*Warning: Please make

sure that the power cable

connected is for the CPU

and not the graphics

card. Do not plug the

PCIe power cable to this

connector.

RGB header is used to connect
RGB LED extension cable which
allows users to choose from vari­ous LED lighting eects.

Caution: Never install the RGB

LED cable in the wrong orienta-

tion; otherwise, the cable may

be damaged.

* Please refer to page 36 for
further instructions on this
header.

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Addressable LED Header
(3-pin ADDR_LED1)
(see p.1, No. 2)

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VOU T

DO_ ADD R

GND

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 37 for
further instructions on this
header.

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