ASRock Z87 Extreme3 User Manual [en, ru, de, es, fr, it]

Version 1.0
Published April 2013
Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

Copyright Notice:

No part of this documentation may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or
translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of
documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of
ASRock Inc.

Products and corporate names appearing in this documentation may or may not
be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used
only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to

infringe.

Disclaimer:

Specications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for
informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be
constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for
any errors or omissions that may appear in this documentation.

With respect to the contents of this documentation, ASRock does not provide
warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to
the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular
purpose.

In no event shall ASRock, its directors, ocers, employees, or agents be liable for
any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for
loss of prots, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like),
even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any
defect or error in the documentation or product.

e terms HDMI™ and HDMI High-Denition Multimedia Interface, and the HDMI
logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United
States and other countries.

is device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please
follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate”

ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com

Motherboard Layout

Intel

Z87

DDR3 _A2 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

DDR3 _A1 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

DDR3 _B2 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

DDR3 _B1 (64 b it, 240 -pin mo dule)

ATX12V1

Super

I/O

USB 2.0

T: USB0

B: USB1

ATXP WR 1

1

USB3_4_ 5

LAN

PCIE2

Top:
RJ-45

USB 3.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

Top:

Central/Bass

Center:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

Optical

SPDIF

Bottom:

MIC IN

PCIE3

CLRCMOS1

1

PLED1

1

1

SPEAKER1

IR1

1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB4_5

1

1

USB2_3

COM1

1

Z87 Extreme3

SATA3_0_1

SATA3_2_3

SATA3_4_5

PCIE1

HDMI1

CHA_FAN1

CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

PWR_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

PCI1

PCI2

RoHS

7

8

9

10

11

12

16

17

21

20

DVI1

USB 3.0
T: USB0
B: USB1

14

6

5

2

15

24

23

64Mb
BIOS

VGA

3

13

14

18

1

SPDIF_OUT1

19

1

HD_AUDIO1

22

AUDIO

CODEC

PCI3

XFast LAN X Fast RAM

XFast USB

Front USB 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

CMOS

Battery

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

Z87 Extreme3

English

1

No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5)

9 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

11 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4_5)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 Power LED Header (PLED1)

14 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3)

17 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

18 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

19 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1)

20 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

21 COM Port Header (COM1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

23 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

24 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

English

2

I/O Panel

1 2 3 547

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 Microphone (Pink)

2 VGA Port 9 Optical SPDIF Out Port

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_23)

4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 HDMI Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 DVI-D Port

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port

Z87 Extreme3

6

8914 10111213

English

3

* 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

** If you use a 2- channel speaker, plea se connect the speaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table below
for connection d etails in accordance with the ty pe of speaker you use.

English

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 4)

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

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel audio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer” tool on your
system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and
click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select
“Realtek HDA Primary output” to u se the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker,
or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

*** e eSATA connector supports SATA with cables within 1 meters.

Line In

(No. 6)

4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z87 Extreme3 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 manual, 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 ca se 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.

1.1 Package Contents

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3 Support CD

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

• 1 x I/O Panel Shield

• 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

Z87 Extreme3

English

5

1.2 Specications

Platform

A-Style

CPU

Chipset

Memory

• ATX Form Factor

• Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

• Home Cloud

• Supports 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® /

Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 Package

• Digi Power Design

• 8 Power Phase Design

• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

• Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU

• Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

• Intel® Z87

• Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

• 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

• Supports DDR3 2933+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/

1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered memory

• Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
(see CAUTION)

• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

English

6

Expansion
Slot

• 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE3: single at x16
(PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE3))

• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

• 3 x PCI slots

• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLI

TM

Z87 Extreme3

Graphics

Audio

• Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can
be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

• Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick
Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full
HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600

• Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

• Max. shared memory 1792MB

• ree VGA Output options: D-sub, DVI-D, and HDMI

• Supports Triple Monitors

• Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K ×

2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz

• Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz

• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz

• Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and
HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI
monitor is required)

• Supports HDCP function with DVI-D and HDMI ports

• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D

and HDMI ports

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892
Aud io Codec)

• Premium Blu-ray audio support

LAN

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

• Giga PHY Intel® I217V

• Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology

• Supports Wake-On-LAN

• Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

• Supports PXE

English

7

Rear Panel
I/O

• 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

• 1 x D-Sub Port

• 1 x DVI-D Port

• 1 x HDMI Port

• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

• 2 x USB 2.0 Ports

• 4 x USB 3.0 Ports

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

LED)

• HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front
Speaker / Microphone

English

Storage

Connector

BIOS
Feature

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology
12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and
“Hot Plug” functions

• 1 x IR header

• 1 x COM port header

• 1 x Power LED header

• 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

• 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)

• 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

• 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector

• 1 x 8 pin 12V power connector

• 1 x Front panel audio connector

• 1 x SPDIF Out connector

• 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

• 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

• 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support

• ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

• SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

• CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust-

ment

8

Z87 Extreme3

Support
CD

Hardware
Monitor

OS

Certica­tions

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

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Soware (Trial Version), Cyber­Link MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and
Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer, Intel®

• Extreme Tuning Utility (IXTU)

• CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing

• CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

• CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-

Adjust by CPU Temperature)

• CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

• Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

• Microso® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant

• FCC, CE, WHQL

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

English

9

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting
the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-par ty
overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your syste m’s stability, or even cause damage to
the components and devices of your syste m. It should be done at your own risk and expe nse.
We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

Due to limitation , the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the re servation for sys­tem usage under Windows® 32-bit operating systems . Windows® 64-bit operating systems
do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that
Windows® cannot use.

English

10

1.3 Unique Features

ASRock A-Tuning

A-Tuning is ASRock’s multi purpose soware suite with a new interface, more new
features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidier, Good Night
LED, FAN-Tastic Tuning, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more.

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. is conve­nient BIOS update tool allows you to update the system BIOS in a few clicks without
preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash utility. Just save
the new BIOS le to your USB storage and launch this tool by pressing <F6> or
<F2> during POST to enter the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.
Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 le
system.

ASRock APP Charger

Simply by installing the ASRock APP Charger makes your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
charge up to 40% faster than before on your computer. ASRock APP Charger allows
you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports
continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM
(S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power o (S5).

Z87 Extreme3

ASRock XFast USB

ASRock XFast USB can boost the performance of your USB storage devices. e
performance may depend on the properties of the device.

ASRock XFast LAN

ASRock XFast LAN provides faster internet access, which includes the benets
listed below. LAN Application Prioritization: You can congure your application’s
priority ideally and add new programs to the list. Lower Latency in Game: Aer
setting online game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Trac
Shaping: You can watch Youtube HD videos and download simultaneously. Real­Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status window, you can easily recognize
which data streams you are currently transferring.

English

11

ASRock XFast RAM

ASRock XFast RAM is included in A-Tuning. It fully utilizes the memory space
that cannot be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM
shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surng faster
than ever. And it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. Another
advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the frequency of accessing your
SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan.

ASRock Crashless BIOS

ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If
power loss occurs during the BIOS updating process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will
automatically nish the BIOS update procedure aer regaining power. Please note
that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only USB 2.0
ports support this feature.

ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)

Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access
at specied times via OMG. You may schedule the starting and ending hours of
internet access granted to other users. In order to prevent users from bypassing
OMG, guest accounts without permission to modif y the system time are required.

ASRock Internet Flash

ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI rmware version
from our servers for you without entering Windows® OS. Please setup network
conguration before using Internet Flash.

English

12

ASRock UEFI System Browser

ASRock System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devices
connected.

ASRock Dehumidier Function

Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling
“Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidier Function, the computer
will power on automatically to dehumidify the system aer entering S4/S5 state.

ASRock Easy RAID Installer

ASRock Easy RAID Installer can help you to copy the RAID driver from the
support CD to your USB storage device. Aer copying the RAID driver to your
USB storage device, please change “SATA Mode” to “RAID”, then you can start
installing the OS in RAID mode.

ASRock Easy Driver Installer

ASRock Easy Driver Installer

For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support

For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support
CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver

CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver
to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other

to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other
required drivers automatically.

required drivers automatically.

ASRock Interactive UEFI

ASRock Interactive UEFI

ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound eects

ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound eects
and stunning visuals. e unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface

and stunning visuals. e unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface
and more amusment.

and more amusment.

ASRock Fast Boot

ASRock Fast Boot

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds to

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds to
logon to Windows 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! e speedy boot will

logon to Windows 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! e speedy boot will
completely change your user experience and behavior.

completely change your user experience and behavior.

ASRock Restart to UEFI

ASRock Restart to UEFI

Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. e lightning boot up speed

Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. e lightning boot up speed
makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to

makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to
enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the PC. By enabling this function,

enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the PC. By enabling this function,
the PC will enter the UEFI directly aer you restart.

the PC will enter the UEFI directly aer you restart.

Z87 Extreme3

ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED technology oers you a better sleeping environment by

ASRock Good Night LED technology oers you a better sleeping environment by
extinguishing the unessential LEDs. By enabling Good Night LED in the BIOS, the

extinguishing the unessential LEDs. By enabling Good Night LED in the BIOS, the
Power/HDD LEDs will be switched o when the system is powered on. Good Night

Power/HDD LEDs will be switched o when the system is powered on. Good Night
LED will automatically switch o the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system

LED will automatically switch o the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system
enters into Standby/Hibernation mode as well.

enters into Standby/Hibernation mode as well.

ASRock USB Key

ASRock USB Key

In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing

In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing
usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those

usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those
foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to

foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to
windows automatically!

windows automatically!

ASRock Home Cloud

ASRock Home Cloud

is motherboard supports remote wake with the onboard Intel LAN, so you

is motherboard supports remote wake with the onboard Intel LAN, so you
can connect with your PC from anywhere in the world. You will be able to power

can connect with your PC from anywhere in the world. You will be able to power
your PC on or turn it o, monitor and take control of it remotely with another

your PC on or turn it o, monitor and take control of it remotely with another
smartphone, tablet or computer.

smartphone, tablet or computer.

English

13

ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning

ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning is included in A-Tuning. Congure up to ve dierent
fan speeds using the graph. e fans will automatically shi to the next speed level
when the assigned temperature is met.

English

14

Z87 Extreme3

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.
Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard
components.

• In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,
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.

• Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

in the bag that comes with the components.

• When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over­tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

15

English

2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, ple ase 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 cables before in stalling the CPU.

1

A

B

English

16

2

Z87 Extreme3

3

5

4

17

English

Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cover must be placed if
you wish to return the motherboard for aer se rvice.

English

18

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

Z87 Extreme3

FAN

CPU_

English

19

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)

is motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots,
and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.

1. For dual channel conguration , you always need to in stall identical (the same brand,
speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memor y Technolog y with only one or three memory
module installed.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot; other wise,
this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

Priority DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the
motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation.

English

20

Z87 Extreme3

1

2

3

English

21

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

ere are 3 PCI slots and 3 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. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and
make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

PCI slot:

e PCI1, PCI2, and PCI3 slots are used to install expansion cards that have 32-bit
PCI interface.

PCIe slots:

PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.
PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE2 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

English

22

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM or SLITM Mode

For a better ther mal environment, please connect a chassi s fan to the motherboard’s chas­sis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_ FAN3) when using multiple graphics
cards.

x8 x8

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 “Open”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper
(CLRCMO S1)
(see p.1, No. 14)

CLRCMOS1 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 pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 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.

Clear CMOSDefault

Z87 Extreme3

e Clear CMOS Switch has the same function a s the Clear CMOS jumper.

English

23

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

1

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these
heade rs 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.1, No. 12)

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 computer f reezes and fails to per form a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel . e LED is on when the
system is operating. e LED k eeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. e
LED is o when the system is in S4 slee p 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 is reading or writing data.

e front panel design may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly con sists of power
switch, reset switch , power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connect­ing your chassi s front panel module to this header, make sure the wire a ssignments and the
pin assignments 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.

English

24

Z87 Extreme3

1

PLED+

PLED+

PLED-

DUMMY

GND

GND

P+

P-

USB_PWR

P+

P-

USB_PWR

1

1

J_SENSE

OUT2_L

1

MIC_RET

PRESENCE#

GND

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

OUT_RET

Power LED Header
(3-pin P LED1)
(see p.1, No. 13)

Serial ATA3 Connectors
(SATA3_0_1:
see p.1, No. 9)
(SATA3_2_3:
see p.1, No. 10)
(SATA3_4_5:
see p.1, No. 11)

USB 2.0 Headers
(9-pin USB2_3)
(see p.1, No. 16)
(9-pin USB4_5)
(see p.1, No. 17)

SATA3_0_1SATA3_4_5 SATA3_2_3

Please connect the chassis
power LED to this header
to

indicate the system’s

power status.

six

ese

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

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Besides two USB 2.0 ports
on the I/O panel, there
are two headers on this
motherboard. Each USB

2.0 header can support
two ports.

USB 3.0 Headers
(19-pin USB3_4_5)
(see p.1, No. 8)

Front Panel Audio Header
(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)
(see p.1, No. 22)

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

VbusVbus

IntA_PB_SSRX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_D-

GND

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

Besides four USB 3.0 ports
on the I/O panel, there
are one header on this
motherboard. Each USB

3.0 header can support
two ports.

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

English

25

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis mu st sup-

1

SPEAKER

CHA_FA N_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

SPDIFOUT

GND

1

port HDA to function correctly. Please follow the in struction s 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 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
adjust “Recording Volume”.

English

Chassis Speaker Header
(4-pin SPEAKER1)
(see p.1, No. 12)

SPDIF Out Connector
(2-pin SPDIF_OUT1)
(see p.1, No. 19)

Chassis and Power Fan
Connectors
(4-pin CHA_FAN1)
(see p.1, No. 15)

(3-pi n CHA_FAN2)
(see p.1, No. 2)
(3-pi n CHA_FAN3)
(see p.1, No. 24)

(3-pin P WR_FA N1)
(see p.1, No. 23)

DUMMY

+5V

+ 12V

DUMMY

GND

+12V

FAN_SPEED

GND

Please connect the chassis
speaker to this header.

Please connect the
SPDIF_OUT connector of
a HDMI VGA card to this
header with a cable.

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

26

Z87 Extreme3

GND

N_SPEED

14

58

1

L

1

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

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)
(see p.1, No. 4)

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

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

Infrared Module Header
(5-pin IR 1)
(see p.1, No. 20)

2
3
4

GN D
+ 12V
CPU_FAN_SPEED
FAN_SPEED_CONTRO

+

12V

CPU_FA

12

24

1

13

IRTX

+5VSB

DUMMY

1

GND

IRRX

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 24-pin ATX power
connector. To use a 20-pin
ATX power supply, please
plug it along Pin 1 and Pin

13.

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

is header supports an optional
wireless transmitting and
receiving infrared module.

Serial Port Header
(9-pin COM1)
(see p.1, No. 21)

RRXD1

DDTR#1

DDSR#1

CCTS#1

is COM1 header
supports a serial port
module.

RRI#1

RRTS#1

GND

TTXD1

DDCD#1

English

27

1 Einleitung

Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich für das Z87 Extreme3 von ASRock entschieden
haben – ein zuverlässiges Motherboard, das konsequent unter der strengen
Qualitätskontrolle von ASRock hergestellt wurde. Es liefert ausgezeichnete Leistung
mit robustem Design, das ASRocks Streben nach Qualität und Beständigkeit erfüllt.

Da die technischen Daten des Motherboards sowie die BIOS- Soware aktualisie rt
werden können, kann der Inhalt dieser Dokumentation ohne Ankündigung geände rt
werden . Falls diese Dokumentation irgendwel chen Änderungen unterlieg t, wird die
aktualisierte Version ohne weitere Hinweise auf der ASRock-Webseite zur Verf ügung
gestellt. Sollten Sie technische Hilfe in Bezug auf dieses Motherboard benötigen,
erhalten Sie auf unsere r Webseite spezischen Informationen über das von Ihnen
verwendete Modell. Auch nden Sie eine aktuelle Liste unterstützte r VGA-Karten und
Prozessoren auf der ASRock-Webseite: ASRock-Webseite ht tp://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Lieferumfang

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3-Motherboard (ATX-Formfaktor)

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3-Schnellinstallationsanleitung

• ASRock Z87 Extreme3-Support-CD

• 2 x Serial-ATA- (SATA) Datenkabel (optional)

• 1 x E/A-Blendenabschirmung

• 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S-Karte

Deutsch

28