ASRock Z97 PRO4 User guide

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Version 1.1

Published May 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 CrossFireX

TM

and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 24

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

TM

-Ready Graphics Cards 24

2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 26

2.8 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 27

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 30

3.1 Installing Drivers 30

3.2 A-Tuning 31

3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 37

3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 42

3.5 ASRock APP Shop 47

3.5.1 UI Overview 47

3.5.2 Apps 48

3.5.3 BIOS & Drivers 51

3.5.4 Setting 52

3.6 Start8 53

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 56

4.1 Introduction 56

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 56

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 57

4.2 Main Screen 58

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 59

4.4 Advanced Screen 68

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 69

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 71

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 73

4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 75

4.4.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 76

4.4.6 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 77

4.4.7 Super IO Conguration 78

4.4.8 ACPI Conguration 79

4.4.9 USB Conguration 81

4.4.10 Trusted Computing 83

4.5 Tools 84

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 87

4.7 Boot Screen 88

4.8 Security Screen 91

4.9 Exit Screen 92

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Z97 Pro4

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z97 Pro4 motherboard, a reliable motherboard

produced under ASRock ’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent

performance with robust design conforming to ASRock ’s commitment to quality

and endurance.

In this 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.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock Z97 Pro4 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•

ASRock Z97 Pro4 Quick Insta llation Guide

•

ASRock Z97 Pro4 Support CD

•

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

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In ca se any modica­tions of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRo ck’s website
without furth er notice. If you require technical suppor t related to this motherboard,
please visit our website for spe ci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.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

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ATX Form Factor

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High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

•

Supports 5th Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel®

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

•

Digi Power design

•

6 Power Phase design

•

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

•

Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs

•

Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

Chipset

•

Intel® Z97

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technolog y

•

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 (see CAUTION)

•

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

Expansion
Slot

•

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

•

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)

* If PCIE2 or PCIE4 slot is occupied, PCIE3 slot will run at x2

mode.

•

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots

•

2 x PCI Slots

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

Graphics

•

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

TM

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

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

•

Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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Max. shared memory 1792MB

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

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Supports Triple Monitor

•

Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

•

Supports DVI-D with ma x. 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

Audio

•

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

LAN

•

Gigabit LAN 10/100/10 00 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

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

•

4 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))

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

LE D)

•

HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Centra l / Bass / Line in /

Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage

•

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 SATA Express Connector (shared with SATA3_4,

SATA3_5 and M.2_ SSD (NGFF) Socket 3)

* Support to be announced

•

1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s

module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

Connector

•

1 x COM Port Header

•

1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

•

1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Power LED Header

•

2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

•

2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 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

•

1 x underbolt AIC 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 (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

BIOS
Feature

•

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
Monitor

•

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

•

CASE OPEN detection

•

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

OS

•

Microso® 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

•

FCC, CE, WHQL

•

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

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

Please realiz e that the re is a certain r isk involved with o verclocking, including adjust­ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ove rclocking Technology, or using third­party o verclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your syste m’s stability, or even cause
damage to the components and dev ices of your system. It should be done at your own
risk and expe nse. We are not responsible for possible damage cau sed 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 utiliz e
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

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

Supe r

I/O

ATXP WR 1

1

USB3_4 _5

PCIE1

PLED1

1

1

SPEAKER1

HDLED R ESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

USB_6_7

1

USB_4_5

1

COM1

1

1

HD_AUDIO1

Z97Pro4

PCIE2

CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

PCI1

RoHS

USB 2. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

Ps2

Keyb oard/

Mous e

Top:
RJ-45

USB2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

Top:

Centr al/Ba ss

Cente r:

REAR SPK

Top:

LINE IN

Cente r:

FRONT

Botto m:

Optic al

SPDIF

Botto m:

MIC IN

USB 3. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

HDM I

VGA1

DVI 1

USB 3. 0

T: USB2

B: USB 3

64Mb
BIOS

CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

PWR_FAN1

CMOS

Battery

CLRMOS1

1

1

TPM1

TB1

NUT1

NUT2NUT3NUT4NUT5

M2_ 1

PCIExpress 3.0

Front USB3.0

AUDIO
CODEC

LAN

PCIE3

PCI2

PCIE4

1

CI1

SATA3_0

SATA3_2

SATA3_1

SATA3_3

SATA3_5

SATA3_4

SATAE_1

PCIE_PWR1

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No. Description

1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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 Connector (SATA3_0)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

12 SATA3 Connec tor (SATA 3_4)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)

15 SATA Express Connector (SATAE_1)

16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

17 Power LED Header (PLED1)

18 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

19 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

20 underbolt AIC Connector (TB1)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB_4_5)

22 USB 2.0 Header (USB_6_7)

23 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

24 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

25 COM Port Header (COM1)

26 TPM Header (TPM1)

27 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

28 PCIe Power Connector (PCIE_PWR1)

29 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 9 Microphone (Pink)

2 D-Sub Port 10 Optical SPDIF Out Port

3 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_0_1) 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

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

5 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 HDMI Port

6 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 DVI-D Port

7 Line In (Light Blue) 15 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

8 Front Speaker (Lime)**

1 2 3 4 6

91015 11121314

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

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 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

Front Speaker

(No. 8)

Rear Speaker

(No. 6)

Central / Bass

(No. 5)

Line In

(No. 7)

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

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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 “Mixer” tool on
your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-stream­ing”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and the n you are allowed
to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and
Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the f ront panel audio.

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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 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.

Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU

1. Before you inser t the 1150-P in CPU into the socket, plea se check if the PnP c ap is on
the socket, if the CPU surfa ce is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket.
Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise,
the CPU will be seriously damaged .

2. Unplug all power cabl es before installing th e CPU.

2

1

A

B

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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 retur n the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink

1 2

C

P

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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.

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

e DIMM only ts in one correct orie ntation. 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.

Priority DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2

1 Populated Populated
2 Populated Populated
3 Populated Populated Populated Populated

1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same

brand, speed , size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs.

2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Me mory Technology w ith only one or three
memory module installed.

3. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR 2 memory module into a DDR3 slot;
otherwise , this motherboard and DIM M may be damaged.

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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

PCI slots:

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

interface.

PCIe slots:

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

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

PCIE3 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

PCIE4 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.

PCIe Slot Congurations

PCIE1 PCIE3

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

TM

Mode

x16 x4

For a better ther mal environme nt, ple ase connect a ch assi s fan to the motherboard’s
chassis fan connector (CHA_ FAN1 or CHA_FAN2) when using multiple g raphics
cards.

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

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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 LRC MO S1)

(see p.10, No. 23)

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 CMOS

Default

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2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors

System Panel Header

(9-pi n PANEL1)

(see p.10, No. 18)

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.

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the ch assi s front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):
Connec t to the reset switch on the chassi s front panel. Press the reset sw itch to restart
the computer if the compute r freezes and fails to perform a norm al restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):
Connec t to the power status indicator on the chas sis front panel. e LED i s on when
the system is ope rating. e LED keeps blinking when the system i s in S1/S3 sleep state.
e LED is o when the system i s in S4 sle ep 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 dr ive is reading or w riting data.

e front panel de sign may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of
power switch, reset sw itch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speake r and etc. When
connec ting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assign­ments and the pin a ssignments are matche d corre ctly.

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

GND

RESET#

PWRBTN#

PLED-

PLED+

GND

HDLED-

HDLED+

1

GND

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Power LED Header

(3-p in PL ED1)

(see p.10, No. 17)

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)

(SATA3_1:

see p.10, No. 11)

(SATA3_ 2:

see p.10, No. 13)

(SATA3_ 3:

see p.10, No. 10)

(SATA3_4:

see p.10, No. 12)

(SATA3_ 5:

see p.10, No. 14)

ese six SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

e SATA3_4, SATA3_5

are shared with the SATA

Express connector.

Serial ATA Express

Connector

(SATAE_1:

see p.10, No. 15)

Please connect either

SATA or PCIe storage

devices to this connector.

e SATA Express

connector is shared with

the SATA3_4, SATA3_5

and the M.2_ SSD (NGFF)

Socket 3.

*e SATA Express

interface is a combination

of SATAE_1, SATA3_4,

and SATA 3_ 5.

USB 2.0 Headers

(9-pin USB_4_5)

(see p.10, No. 21)

(9-pin USB_6_7)

(see p.10, No. 22)

Besides four 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.

SATA3_0SATA3_2 SATA3_1

SATA3_3SATA3_5 SATA3_4

1

PLED+

PLED+

PLED-

DUMMY

GND

GND

P+

P-

USB_PWR

P+

P-

USB_PWR

1

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USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_4_ 5)

(see p.10, No. 8)

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.

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_ AUDIO1)

(see p.10, No. 27)

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

Chassis Speaker Header

(4-p i n SPEAKER1)

(see p.10, No. 19)

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

Chassis and Power Fan

Connectors

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.10, No. 16)

(3-pi n CHA_FAN2)

(see p.10, No. 29)

Please connect fan cables

to the fan connectors and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel w ire on the chassis must
suppor t 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, pl ease 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”.

GND

FAN_VOLTAGE

CHA_FAN_SPEED

1

IntA_PB_D+

Dummy

IntA_PB_D-

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PB_SSTX-

IntA_PB_SSRX+

IntA_PB_SSRX-

VbusVbus

Vbus

IntA_PA_SSRX-

IntA_PA_SSRX+

GND

IntA_PA_SSTX-

IntA_PA_SSTX+

GND

IntA_PA_D-

IntA_PA_D+

J _ S E N S E

O U T 2 _ L

1

MIC_RET

PRESENCE#

GND

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

OUT_RET

GN D

+12V

FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

1

2

3

4

1

+5V

DUMMY

DUMMY

SPEAKER

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(3-p in PW R_ FA N1)

(see p.10, No. 2)

CPU Fan Connectors

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.10, No. 3)

(3-pin CPU_FAN2)

(see p.10, No. 4)

is motherboard pro-

vides a 4-Pin CPU fan

(Quiet Fan) connector.

If you plan to connect a

3-Pin CPU fan, please

connect it to Pin 1-3.

ATX Power Connector

(24-p i n ATX PWR1)

(see p.10, No. 7)

is motherboard pro-

vides a 24-pin ATX power

connector. To use a 20-pin

ATX power supply, please

plug it along Pin 1 and Pin

13.

ATX 12V Power

Connector

(8-pin ATX12V1)

(see p.10, No. 1)

is motherboard pro-

vides an 8-pin ATX 12V

power connector. To use a

4-pin ATX power supply,

please plug it along Pin 1

and Pin 5.

PCIe Power Connector

(4-p i n PC I E _PWR1)

(see p.10, No. 28)

Please connect a 4 pin molex

power cable to this connector

when more than three graphics

cards are installed.

underbolt AIC

Connector

(5-p i n TB1)

(see p.10, No. 20)

Please connect a 5-pin signal

cable (GPIO cable) to this

connector when you install

a underbolt

TM

add-in card

(AIC).

12

1

24

13

4

1

8

5

GND

FAN_VOLTAGE

CPU_FAN_SPEED

FA

N_SPEED_CONTROL

4 3 2 1

GND

FAN_VOLTAGE

CHA_FAN_SPEED

+12V DETECT

GND

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CCTS#1

RRTS#1

DDSR#1

DDTR#1

RRXD1

GND

TTXD1

DDCD#1

1

RRI#1

Serial Port Header

(9-p in CO M1)

(see p.10, No. 25)

is COM1 header

supports a serial port

module.

Chassis Intrusion Header

(2-pin CI1)

(see p.10, No. 24)

is motherboard

supports CASE OPEN

detection feature that

detects if the chassis cove

has been removed. is

feature requires a chassis

with chassis intrusion

detection design.

TPM Header

(17-pi n TP MS1)

(see p.10, No. 26)

is connector supports

Trusted Platform Module

(TPM) system, which can

securely store keys, digital

certicates, passwords,

and data. A TPM system

also helps enhance

network securit y, protects

digital identities, and

ensures platform integrity.

1

GN D

SMB _DA TA_ MAI N

LAD 2

LAD 1

GN D

S_P WRD WN #

SER IRQ #

GN

D

PC ICL K

PC IRS T #

LAD 3

+3 V

LAD 0

+3V S B

GN D

FRA M E

SMB _CL K_M AIN

1

Signal

GND

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2.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide

is motherboard supports CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM that allows you to

install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently CrossFireX

TM

and Quad CrossFireXTM are supported with Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 8.1

/ 8.1 64-bit OS.

2.7.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards

Step 1

Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot

and the other graphics card to PCIE3 slot.

Make sure that the cards are properly

seated on the slots.

Step 2

Connect two graphics cards by installing

a CrossFire Bridge on the CrossFire Bridge

Interconnects on the top of the graphics

cards. (e CrossFire Bridge is provided

with the graphics card you purchase, not

bundled with this motherboard. Please

refer to your graphics card vendor for

deta ils .)

1. You should only use identical CrossFireXTM-ready g raphics cards that are AM D
certied.

2. Make sure that your graphics card drive r supports AMD CrossFireX

TM

technology.

Download the drivers from the A MD’s website: www.amd.com

3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at lea st the minimum
power your syste m require s. It is recommended to use a AMD certied PSU. Plea se
refer to the AMD’s website for d etail s.

4. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX

TM

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will

operate a s 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

TM

mode.

5. Dierent CrossFireX

TM

cards may require dierent method s to enable CrossFi-

reX

TM

. Please refer to A MD graphics card manuals for de tailed installation guide.

CrossFire Bridge