Asrock Z97 Extreme3 User Manual

Version 1.2

Published October 2014

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 6

1.4 I/O Panel 8

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 and PCI Express Slots) 17

2.5 Jumpers Setup 18

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 24

2.7.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 24

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 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 28

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 29

3.1 Installing Drivers 29

3.2 A-Tuning 30

3.2.1 Installing A-Tuning 30

3.2.2 Using A-Tuning 30

3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 38

3.3.1 System Requirements 38

3.3.2 Setup Guide 39

3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 43

3.4.1 System Requirements 43

3.4.2 Setup Guide 44

3.5 ASRock APP Shop 48

3.5.1 UI Overview 48

3.5.2 Apps 49

3.5.3 BIOS & Drivers 52

3.5.4 Setting 53

3.6 Start8 54

3.6.1 Installing Start8 54

3.6.2 Conguring Start8 54

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 57

4.1 Introduction 57

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 57

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 58

4.2 Main Screen 59

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 60

4.4 Advanced Screen 69

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 70

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 72

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 74

4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 76

4.4.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 77

4.4.6 Super IO Conguration 78

4.4.7 ACPI Conguration 79

4.4.8 USB Conguration 81

4.5 Tools 83

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 86

4.7 Boot Screen 87

4.8 Security Screen 90

4.9 Exit Screen 91

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z97 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 documentation, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the

motherboard and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation

guide of the soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of

the BIOS setup.

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s website w ithout further notice. If you require technical support relate d 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 support list on ASRock ’s website a s well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.1 Package Contents

•ASRock Z97 Extreme3 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•ASRock Z97 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide

•ASRock Z97 Extreme3 Support CD

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

•1 x I/O Shield

•1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion Slot

•ATX Form Factor

•High Density Glass Fabric PCB

•Supports 5

Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel®

Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)

•Digi Power design

•8 Power Phase design

•Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

•Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

•Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

•Intel® Z97

•Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

•4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots

•Supports DDR3 3100+(OC)/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

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

•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 Slot

•3 x PCI Slots

•Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

•Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI

and CrossFireX

and SLI

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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® InTru

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600

•Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

•Max. shared memory 1792MB

•ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

•Supports Triple Monitor

•Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 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 Port

(Compliant HDMI monitor is required)

•Supports HDCP 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

Audio Codec)

•Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

•Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

LAN

•Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

•Giga PHY Intel® I218V

•Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology

•Supports Wake-On-LAN

•Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

•Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•Supports PXE

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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 (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

•4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

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

LE D)

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

Front Speaker / Microphone

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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

13 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

•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 PCIe Power Connector

•1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•2 x USB 2.0 Headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•1 x USB 3.0 Header (support 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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

•ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events

•SMBIOS 2.3.1 support

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

ment

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Hardware

•CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

•CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

•CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

CPU temperature)

•CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-

•

bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

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 adju sting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technolog y, or using third-party overclocking to ols. O verclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your ow n risk and expense. We are not responsibl e for possible damage caused by overclo cking.

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit ope rating systems. Windows® 64-bit operating systems do not have s uch limitation s. You can use ASRock X Fast RAM to utilize the memor y that Windows® cannot use.

•FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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Intel

Z97

DDR 3_A2 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

DDR 3_B2 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

DDR 3_B1 (6 4 bit, 24 0-pin m odule )

ATX12V1

Super

I/O

USB 2. 0

T: USB0

B:US B1

ATXP WR 1

USB3_ 4_5

PCIE2

Top:

Central/Bass

Center :

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Center :

FRONT

Bottom :

Optica l

SPDIF

Bottom :

MIC IN

PCIE3

PLED1

SPEAKER1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

USB4_5

USB2_3

COM1

HD_AUDIO1

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RoHS

Top: RJ-45

USB 3.0 T: USB2 B: USB3

64Mb BIOS

PS2

Keybo ard

/Mous e

CMOS

Battery

CLRMOS1

Front USB 3.0

SATA3_0

SATA3_1

SATA3_4

SATA3_5

SATA3_2

SATA3_3

PCI1

PCIE1

PCIE_PWR1

CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

VGA 1

DVI 1

HDM I1

PCI Express 3.0

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

CHA_FAN1

IR1

PCI3

PCI2

PWR_FAN1

USB 3.0 T: USB0 B: USB1

Audio

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

4 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2)

6 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_ 4)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

15 Power LED Header (PLED1)

16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

17 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

18 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

19 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

22 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

23 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

24 COM Port Header (COM1)

25 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

26 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE_PWR1)

27 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

1 2 3 754

1314

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 Line In (Light Blue)

2 D-Sub Port 9 Front Speaker (Lime)**

3 HDMI Port 10 Microphone (Pink)

4 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_0_1) 11 Optical SPDIF Out Port

5 LAN RJ-45 Port* 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_2_3)

6 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 DVI-D Por t

7 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 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

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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

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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 tabl e below

for connection d etails in accordance w ith the type of speaker you use.

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 9)

Rear Speaker

(No. 7)

Central / Bass

(No. 6)

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 au dio header. Aer re starting your computer, you will nd the “Mixe r” tool on your system. Plea se sele ct “Mixe r ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, an d click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are a llowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Spea ker, Cent ral/Ba ss, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

Line In

(No. 8)

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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

components. 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 over-

tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the sock et, please check if the PnP cap i s 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

1 2

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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g uration , you always need to in stall identical (the same b rand,

speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 DI MM pairs.

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

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

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 dam age to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation.

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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 unplug ged. Pl ease read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation.

PCI slots:

PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 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

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PCIE2 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireXTM or SLITM Mode

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

x8 x8

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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 “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

(C LR MOS 1)

(see p.10, 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 pin2 and pin3 on CLRMOS1 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

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

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.

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System Panel Header

(9-pi n PANEL1)

(see p.10, No. 17)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassi s front panel. You may congure the way to tur n o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch): Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. P ress the reset sw itch to restart the computer if the computer f reezes and fails to perform a normal restar t.

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 operating. e LED keeps blinking when the system is 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 is reading or wr iting data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front pane l module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch , power LED, hard dr ive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your ch assi s front panel module to thi s header, make sure the wire a ssignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

PLED+

PLED-

HDLED-

HDLED+

PWRBTN#

GND

RESET#

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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Power LED Header

USB_PWR

(3-p in PL E D1)

(see p.10, No. 15)

PLED+

PLED-

Please connect the chassis

power LED to this header to

indicate the system’s power

status.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_ 0)

(see p.10, No. 9)

(SATA 3_1)

(see p.10, No. 10)

(SATA3_ 2)

(see p.10, No. 11)

(SATA 3_3)

(see p.10, No. 12)

(SATA3_4)

(see p.10, No. 13)

(SATA3_ 5)

(see p.10, No. 14)

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB2_3)

(see p.10, No. 20)

(9-pin USB4_5)

(see p.10, No. 21)

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_4_ 5)

(see p.10, No. 8)

USB_PWR

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

ese six SATA3 connectors

support SATA data cables

SATA3_0

for internal storage devices

SATA3_1

with up to 6.0 Gb/s data

transfer rate.

SATA3_2

SATA3_4

P-

P+

GND

SATA3_3

SATA3_5

DUMMY

Besides two USB 2.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

are two headers on this

motherboard. Each USB

GND

P+

P-

VbusVbus

IntA_PB_SSRX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_D-

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

2.0 header can support two

ports.

Besides four USB 3.0

ports on the I/O panel,

there is one header on this

motherboard. Each USB

3.0 header can support two

ports.

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GND

PRESENCE#

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

MIC_RET

J _ S E N S E

OUT2_R

OUT_RET

O U T 2 _ L

is header is for

connecting audio devices to

the front audio panel.

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_ AUDIO1)

(see p.10, No. 25)

1. High Denition Audio support s Jack Sensing , but the panel wire on the cha ssis must sup port HDA to function correctly. Ple ase fol low 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 th e 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 conn ect 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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Chassis Speaker Header

(4-p i n SPEAKER1)

(see p.10, No. 22)

Infrared Module Header

(5-pin IR1)

(see p.10, No. 23)

DUMMY

+5V

IRTX

IRRX

SPEAKER

DUMMY

+5VSB

DUMMY

GND

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

is header supports an optional

wireless transmitting and receiving

infrared module.

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Chassis and Power Fan

4 3 2 1

CPU_FAN_SPEED

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.10, No. 19)

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CHA_FAN_SPEED

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to the

ground pin.

+12V

GND

(3-pi n CHA_FAN2)

(see p.10, No. 6)

(3-pi n CHA_FAN3)

(see p.10, No. 16)

(3-p in PW R_ FA N1)

(see p.10, No. 27)

CPU Fan Connectors

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.10, No. 2)

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.10, No. 3)

GND FAN_VOLTAGE CHA_FAN_SPEED

GND

FAN_VOLTAGE

CHA_FAN_ SPEED

+12V

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

CPU_FAN_SPEED

GND

FAN_VOLTAGE

GN D

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.

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ATX Power Connector

(24-p i n ATX PWR1)

(see p.10, No. 7)

is motherboard provides

a 24-pin ATX power con-

nector. To use a 20-pin ATX

power supply, please plug it

along Pin 1 and Pin 13.

Z97 Extreme3

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(8-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.10, No. 1)

PCIe Power Connector

(4-p i n PC IE _ PWR1)

(see p.10, No. 26)

Serial Port Header

(9-p in CO M1)

(see p.10, No. 24)

8 5

4 1

GND

+12V DETECT

RRXD1

DDTR#1

DDSR#1

GND

TTXD1

DDCD#1

CCTS#1

RRI#1

RRTS#1

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.

Please connect a 4 pin molex power

cable to this connector when more

than three graphics cards are

installed.

is COM1 header supports

a serial port module.

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2.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide

is motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link

Interface) technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16

graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM technology supports

Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit OS.

Requirements

1. You should only use identical SLITM-ready g raphics cards that are NVIDIA® cer tied.

2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA®SLITM technology. Download the drivers from the NVIDIA® website: www.nv idia.com

3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your system requires. It is recommended to use a NV IDIA® certied PSU. Pl ease re fer to the NVIDIA® website for details.

2.7.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards

Step 1

Insert one graphics card into PCIE2 slot

and the other graphics card to PCIE3 slot.

Make sure that the cards are properly

seated on the slots.

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Step 2

If required, connect the auxiliary power

source to the PCI Express graphics cards.

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