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ASROCK Z68 Extreme4 User Manual

1. Vista 64 bit OS Right click the desktop choose Personalize and select the Display Settings tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi monitor according to the steps below A Click the number 2 icon B Click the items This is my main monitor and Extend the desktop onto this monitor C Click OK to save your change D Repeat steps A through C for the display icon identi ed by the number three to eight 6 Use Surround Display Click and drag the display icons to positions representing the physical setup of your monitors that you would like to use The placement of display icons determines how you move items from one monitor to another ES HDCP Function HDCP function is supported on this motherboard To use HDCP function with this motherboard you need to adopt the monitor that supports HDCP function as well Therefore you can enjoy the superior display quality with high de nition HDCP encryption contents Please refer to below instruction for more details about HDCP function What is HDCP HDCP stands for High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection a speci cation developed by Intel for protecting digital entertainment content that uses the DVI interface HDCP is a copy protection scheme to eliminate the possibility of intercepting digital data midstream between the video source or transmitter such as a computer DVD player or set top box and the digital display
2. 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle components 3 Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component Before you install or remove any component ensure that the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components 2 3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155 Pin CPU please follow the steps below 1155 Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 1155 Pin CPU into the socket please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found Other wise the CPU will be seriously damaged Step 1 Open the socket Step 1 1 Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab Step 1 2 Rotate the load lever to fully open po sition at approximately 135 degrees Step 1 3 Rotate the load plate to fully open po sition at approximately 100 degrees Step 2 Remove PnP Cap Pick and Place Cap 1 Itis recommended to use the cap tab to handle
3. System to RAID 0 RAID 1 ot FAID 3 Ether Serna n Ren etie 55 2 21 4 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Eunchlons 56 2 22 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions 57 2 22 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID KREMER 57 2 22 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions 58 SEET eege 59 3 1 EE tege 59 CR MESZ IN bM WT TT ce 59 3 1 2 Navigatori Keys ocio tarea eia vat Ru E adds 60 32 M n See Meee E F 60 3 9 OC TWEAKEr SCPE occ ccieveccecsstesseccacd cteesdeveiicedidectetexteest 61 944 Advanced SGIGeli cce oa etat o ater ees Ln pna 65 3 4 1 CPU Con urBllOD einn tertio ore rotto o s 66 3 4 2 North Bridge Con guration 68 3 4 3 South Bridge Con guration 70 3 4 4 Storage Con guration enne 71 3 4 5 Super IO Con QfallOLL citu eoo oerte nts 72 3 4 6 AGCPI Gon QguratlOn ccepit 13 3 4 7 USB Con guration EE itor tacet kn tton 74 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 15 B10 BOOL SC E 76 3 7 Securty SGEE ege 77 3 8 Exit Screen sectinentcininntdidcntiedaxraueniinnd i danaadeamneamhaeheidedanesncued 78 SE e SUPPONE TT 19 4 1 Install Operatmg Gvstem 79 4 2 Support CD Information cccccccccccssseeesssseeeeceesees 79 4 2 1 Run
4. 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide 23 2 8 CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide 27 2 9 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features 33 2 10 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide 36 2 ITJunmipersS GR ustesaiitecoemest umelettexiucditeuec uuo dem eticmen 37 2 12 Onboard Headers and Connectors 38 2 19 ert SWIIGIIOS axeescessetesiasdb anao ped duce 44 214 DR Debug sicoiir i ari 45 2 15 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation Saebtcactecersecpeneosncccid jesancqueteaosnanbunadcatantes baseee a 49 2 16 Serial ATA3 SATA3 Hard Disks Installation 49 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII HDD ee eects wee ose cote seine geese eee eee ae 50 2 18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 50 2 19 SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide sssesessseseeeeneeeenn 51 2 20 Driver Installation Guide sssnnnnssensennnnessnnrenesseeneneee 59 2 21 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions 53 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID DIDOUDIS ooo acer ore aeeerioce otto ontop en esata 53 2 21 2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System 54 2 21 3 Migrating a RAID Ready
5. BIOS Feature 64Mb AMI BIOS AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2 3 1 Support CPU Core IGPU DRAM PCH CPU PLL VTT VCCSA Voltage Multi adjustment Drivers Utilities AntiVirus Software Trial Version ASRock Software Suite CyberLink DVD Suite OEM and Trial Unique Feature ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU see CAUTION 9 Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash see CAUTION 10 ASRock APP Charger see CAUTION 11 SmartView see CAUTION 12 ASRock XFast USB see CAUTION 13 Lucid Virtu see CAUTION 14 ASRock On Off Play Technology see CAUTION 15 Hybrid Booster CPU Frequency Stepless Control see CAUTION 16 ASRock U COP see CAUTION 17 Boot Failure Guard B F G Combo Cooler Option C C O see CAUTION 18 Good Night LED Hardware CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor 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 Microsoft Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit compliant Certifications FOC CE WHQL ErP EuP Ready ErP EuP ready power supply is required see CAUTION 19 For detailed product information please visit our website http Awww asrock com WARNING Please reali
6. Ring In Power On Use this item to enable or disable Ring In signals to turn on the system from the power soft off mode CIR Power On Use this item to enable or disable CIR to power on the system RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC Real Time Clock to power on the system 73 3 4 7 USB Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY USB 2 0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2 0 controller USB 3 0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3 0 controller Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices There are four con guration options Enabled Auto Disabled and UEFI Setup Only The default value is Enabled Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options Enabled Enables support for legacy USB Auto Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected Disabled USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and UEFI setup when Disabled is selected If you have USB compatibility is sue it is recommended to select Disabled to enter OS UEFI Setup Only USB devices are allowed to use only under UEFI setup and Windows Linux OS Legacy USB 3 0 Support Use this option to enable or disable legacy support for USB 3 0 devices The default value is Enabled 74 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section it allows you to monitor the s
7. or receiver such as a monitor television or projector In other words HDCP speci cation is designed to protect the integrity of content as it is being transmitted Products compatible with the HDCP scheme such as DVD players satellite and cable HDTV set top boxes as well as few entertainment PCs requires a secure connection to a compliant display Due to the increase in manufacturers employing HDCP in their equipment it is highly recommended that the HDTV or LCD monitor you purchase is compatible 35 2 10 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock motherboard with CIR header Please refer to below procedures for the quick installation and usage of ASRock Smart Remote Step1 Find the CIR header located next to the USB 2 0 header on ASRock motherboard USB 2 0 header 9 pin blue CIR header 4 pin white Step2 Connect the front USB cable to the USB_PWR USB 2 0 header as below pin 1 5 and the CIR header Please make sure the wire assignments and the 1 pin assignments are matched correctly ATX 5VSB Step3 Install Multi Angle CIR Receiver to the front USB port If Multi Angle x CIR Receiver cannot successfully 5 receive the infrared signals from MCE Remote Controller please try to install it to the other front USB port 3 CIR sensors in different angles T Only one of the front USB port can support CIR function When the CIR function is enabled
8. 64Mb SPI Flash 42 PCI Express 2 0 x1 Slot PCIE3 White 20 Intel Z68 Chipset 43 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE2 Blue 21 Reset Switch RSTBTN 44 PCI Express 2 0 x1 Slot PCIE1 White 22 Power Switch PWRBTN 45 SLI XFIRE Power Connector 23 Power LED Header PLED1 46 Chassis Fan Connector CHA FAN3 24 System Panel Header PANEL1 White 47 Chassis Fan Connector CHA FAN2 25 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER 1 White 13 1 4 I O Panel 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 USB 2 0 Ports USBO1 10 Front Speaker Lime 2 VGA D Sub Port 11 Microphone Pink 3 JDisplayPort HDMI DP 1 12 USB 3 0 Ports USB45 4 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 13 IEEE 1394 Port IEEE 1394 bh LAN RJ 45 Port 14 eSATA3 Connector 6 Central Bass Orange 15 Clear CMOS Switch CLRCBTN 7 Rear Speaker Black 16 VGA HDMI Port 8 Optical SPDIF Out Port 17 VGA DVI D Port 9 Line In Light Blue 18 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple There are two LED next to the LAN port Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications LAN Port LED Indications Activity Link LED SPEED LED Description No Link Off 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection i 1Gbps connection ACT LINK SPEED LED LED LAN Port If you use 2 channel speaker please connect the speaker s plug into Front Speaker Jack See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio O
9. Adjust Recording Volume System Panel Header 9 pin PANEL1 This header accommodates several system front panel see p 13 No 24 functions Connect the power switch reset switch and system status indicator on the 1 chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables PWRBTN Power Switch Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel You may con gure the way to turn off your system using the power switch RESET Reset Switch Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart PLED System Power LED Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the system is operating The LED keeps blinking when the sys tem is in S1 sleep state The LED is off when the system is in S3 S4 sleep state or powered off S5 40 HDLED Hard Drive Activity LED Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data The front panel design may differ by chassis A front panel module mainly consists of power switch reset switch power LED hard drive activity LED speaker and etc When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign ments are matched correctly Ple
10. Cards Step 1 Install the identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certi ed because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly Even the GPU chips version shall be the same Insert one graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards 23 Step3 Align and insert ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card to the gold ngers on each graphics card Make sure ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card is rmly in place SLI Bridge 2S Card Pom maneenreemiss RO ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card Step4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot 24 2 7 2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to your system After that you can enable the Multi Graphics Processing Unit GPU feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU feature For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS For SLI mode only A Double click NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows taskbar B From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply MAAE A minap kan Ec sa m aa GLa
11. Port with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED 1 x IEEE 1394 Port 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED HD Audio Jack Rear Speaker Central Bass Line in Front Speaker Microphone see CAUTION 8 SATA3 2 x SATA3 6 0 Gb s connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions 2 xX SATA3 6 0 Gb s connectors by Marvell SE9120 support NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions SATA3 M2 connector is shared with eSATAS3 port 2 x Rear USB 3 0 ports by Etron EJ168A support USB 1 0 2 0 3 0 up to 5Gb s 1 x Front USB 3 0 header supports 2 USB 3 0 ports by Etron EJ168A supports USB 1 0 2 0 3 0 up to 5Gb s Connector 4x SATA2 3 0 Gb s connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions 4x SATA3 6 0Gb s connectors 1 x Floppy connector 1 x IR header 1 x CIR header 1 x COM port header 1x HDMI SPDIF header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x Power LED header CPU Chassis Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector SLI XFire power connector Front panel audio connector 3 x USB 2 0 headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports 1 x USB 3 0 header supports 2 USB 3 0 ports 1 x Dr Debug 7 Segment Debug LED 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED 1 x Power Switch with LED 1 x Reset Switch with LED
12. RAID function you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper con guration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide STEP 3 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system After the installation of Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS if you want to manage RAID functions you are allowed to use both RAID Installation Guide and Intel Rapid Storage Information for RAID con guration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration which is lo cated in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD Guide to Intel Rapid Storage which is located in the folder at the follow ing path Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to use Intel Rapid Storage in Windows environment install SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel Rapid Storage will be installed to your system as well 56 2 22 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow belo
13. SETUP UTILITY Low MMIO Align Low MMIO resources align at 64MB 1024MB The default value is 64MB VT d Use this to enable or disable Intel VT d technology Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O The default value of this feature is Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select Onboard PCI or PCI Express as the boot graphic adapter priority The default value is PCI Express Onboard VGA Share Memory This allows you to set onboard VGA share memory feature The default value is Auto Con guration options Auto 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB Render Standby Use this to enable or disable Render Standby by Internal Graphics Device The default value is Enabled IGD Multi Monitor Use this to enable or disable IGD Multi Monitor by Internal Graphics Device The default value is Disabled DVMT Mode Select Use this option to adjust DVMT mode The default value is DVMT Mode DVMT Dynamic Video Memory Technology is an architecture that offers breakthrough performance for the motherboard through ef cient memory utilization In DVMT mode the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for running graphics applications and is cooperatively using this memory with other system components This item will not be used under Windows Vista 7 OS because the driver will intelligently detect physical memory available and allocate necessary video memory 68 DVMT Memory You are allo
14. Turbo mode Host Clock Override BCLK Use this to adjust the host clock BCLK frequency Min 95MHz Max 110MHz Spread Spectrum This item should always be Auto for better system stability DRAM Timing Control DRAM Configuration ASROCK UEF SETUP UTILITY T 1 eee 4 D Ji UT T j n sx I _ eT a UNE TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Load XMP Setting Use this to load XMP setting Con guration options Auto Pro le 1 and Pro le 2 The default value is Auto DRAM Frequency If Auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically 62 CAS Latency tCL Use this item to change CAS Latency tCL Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS to CAS Delay tRCD Use this item to change RAS to CAS Delay tRCD Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Row Precharge Time tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge Time tRP Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS Active Time tRAS Use this item to change RAS Active Time tRAS Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Command Rate CR Use this item to change Command Rate CR Auto Manual setting Min 1N Max 2N The default is Auto Write Recovery Time tWR Use this item to change Write Recovery Time tWR Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Refresh Cyle Time tRFC Use this item to ch
15. and avoid kicking off the PnP cap 2 This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service 17 Step 3 Insert the 1155 Pin CPU Step 3 1 Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line c o Q F Step 3 2 Orient the CPU with IHS Integrated Heat Sink up Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches orientation key notch alignment key Pin1 alignment key orientation key notch 1155 Pin Socket 1155 Pin CPU For proper inserting please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket Step 3 3 Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical mo tion Step 3 4 Verify that the CPU is within the sock et and properly mated to the orient keys Step 4 Close the socket Step 4 1 Rotate the load plate onto the IHS Step 4 2 While pressing down lightly on load plate engage the load lever 2 4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155 Pin socket that supports Intel 1155 Pin CPU Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1155 Pin CPU to dissipate heat Before you installed the heatsink you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dis sipation Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU FAN connec
16. as Gigabit LAN card SATA2 card etc PCIE2 PCIE4 PCIE x16 slot Blue is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFireX or SLI function PCIE5 PCIE x16 slot Blue is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support 3 Way CrossFireX function A 1 In single VGA card mode it is recommended to install a PCI Express x16 graphics card on PCIE2 slot 2 In CrossFireX mode or SLI mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots Therefore both these two slots will work at x8 bandwidth 3 In 3 Way CrossFirex mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE2 PCIE4 and PCIES slots Therefore PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots will work at x8 bandwidth while PCIE5 slot will work at x4 bandwidth 4 Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector CHA FAN1 CHA FAN2 or CHA FAN3 when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment Installing an expansion card Step 1 Before installing the expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched off 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 Step 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis Step 3 Remove
17. enhanced view for a more personal Internet experience ASRock motherboards are exclusively equipped with the SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends on the go To use SmartView feature please make sure your OS version is Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit and your browser version is IE8 ASRock website http www asrock com Feature SmartView index asp ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device performance The performance may depend on the property of the device With Lucid Virtu technology you can enjoy benefits from both 3D perfor mance of the discrete GPU and advanced media features of Intel HD graphics ASRock On Off Play Technology allows users to enjoy the great audio ex perience from the portable audio devices such like MP3 player or mobile phone to your PC even when the PC is turned off or in ACPI S5 mode This motherboard also provides a free 3 5mm audio cable optional that ensures users the most convenient computing environment Although this motherboard offers stepless control it is not recommended to perform over clocking Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU 11 e 18 19 While CPU overheat is detected the system will automatically shutdown Before you resume the system please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord then plug it back again T
18. is Hot Plug Function If the SATA SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration it is called Hot Plug for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition However please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA SATAII HDD What is Hot Swap Function If SATA SATAII HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called Hot Swap for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition 2 18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in RAID AHCI mode Intel Z68 and Marvell SE9120 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort NOTE What is Hot Plug Function If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID con guration it is called Hot Plug for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition However please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD What is Hot Swap Function If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called Hot Swap for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power on and in working conditi
19. pa ae aga e aod aga PETT E FER ban car aioe PL mee Ent d WAR rt pen b iei bmi LPi sarm amm C Reboot your system D You can freely enjoy the bene t of SLI feature 25 For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS For SLI and Quad SLI mode A Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar B From the pop up menu select All Programs and then click NVIDIA Corporation C Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab D Select Control Panel tab Defsuk Programa SS Intamat Exelane K Ween Leena E egent Cantati Md Win Bet Dal ge d WI ut i aser DAI Ma oes p Widawa bee ped Sean Pictures amp Mandos Lion Marpenger Desendaad m Wesen Mail A wesw Meta Come EB Windows Heda Player m Wirsdows Meeting Space B wes Mese Maier tu Venda Phot Gallery Windows Update d Acdsee eta Cumgpute de Exirss end Ugsrades de Oaenes WT E M rgeeante de AVIDIA Corerstion d MIDA Comiti Panel U Saup TI Darme Sean h GE E From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply e P AI mE configuration u AN eve Mi po L i Ta ie Fulda Re ing ar bebes ca adus nad MNT a nas ab eee oe ui ES Te ae ay ee ma Dog Ben DE CEU daria ae Cc d ete ie 2 cee ieee SS WC F Reboot your system G You can freely enjoy the bene t of SLI or Quad
20. smart switch allowing users to quickly reset the system Clear CMOS Switch is a smart switch allowing users to quickly clear the CMOS values 2 14 Dr Debug Dr Debug is used to provide code information which makes troubleshooting even easier Please see the diagrams below for reading the Dr Debug codes x00 xo x02 SS x04 s s x07 6 XOA x08 Ca E Se o x xis xia xis T ou T Oxi ic up 02A 128 Z 2D 2E xar i SS a x34 CPU post memory initialization Application Processor s AP initialization x35 CPU post memory initialization Boot Strap Processor BSP selection 0x36 CPU post memory initialization System Management Mode SMM initialization 45 ojojolio olioi oioio o e E e E o o Q ow Post Memory North Bridge initialization North Bridge module speci c 0x50 Memory initialization error Invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed Memory initialization error SPD reading has failed Memory initialization error Invalid memory size or memory modules do not match NVRAM initialization 46 x68 North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module speci c North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module speci c ojo ojlo o ol lo lo x x x x o o o jo OQ U ct South Bridge devices initialization South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module speci c South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module speci c CH e e las
21. the OS you install After the installation of Windows XP XP 64bit OS if you want to manage RAID func tions you are allowed to use both RAID Installation Guide and Intel Rapid Storage Infor mation for RAID con guration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD Guide to Intel Rapid Storage which is located in the folder at the following path Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to use Intel Rapid Storage in Windows environment install SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel Rapid Storage will be installed to your system as well 2 21 2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System You can also set up a RAID Ready system with a single SATA SATAII SATA3 hard disk A RAID Ready system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later date by using RAID migration feature of Intel Rapid Storage The following steps outline how to build an Intel RAID Ready system 1 Assemble the system and attach a single SATA SATAII SATA3 hard drive 2 Set up system UEFI as step 1 of page 53 When done exit Setup 3 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette as step 2 of page 53 Begin Windows setup by booting from the installation CD 4 At the beginning of Windows setup
22. the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use Keep the screws for later use Step 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press rmly until the card is completely seated on the slot Step 5 Fasten the card to the chassis with screws Step 6 Replace the system cover 22 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA SLI and Quad SLI Scalable Link Interface technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards Currently NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS NVIDIA Quad SLI technology support Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS only Please follow the installation procedures in this section 12 Requirements 1 For SLI technology you should have two identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certi ed For Quad SLI technology you should I ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA TM have two identical Quad SL certi ed 2 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA SL technology Download the driver from NVIDIA website TM www nvidia com 3 Make sure that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system It is recommended to use NVIDIA certi ed PSU Please refer to NVIDIA website for details 2 1 Graphics Card Setup 2 7 1 1 Installing Two SLI Ready Graphics
23. the system to connect HDMI Digital TV projector LCD devices Please connect the HDMI SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header The Installation Guide of Front USB 3 0 Panel SiG Intall the Front USB 3 0 Panel into the 2 5 drive bay of the chassis SIME Prepare the bundled Front USB 3 0 Panel four ESSA Screw the 2 5 HDD SSD to the Front HDD screws and six chassis screws USB 3 0 Panel with four HDD screws SPI Screw the Front USB 3 0 Panel to the drive bay with six chassis screws ele Plug the Front USB 3 0 cable into the USB 3 0 Sea The Front USB 3 0 Panel is ready to use header USB3_12_13 on the motherboard The Installation Guide of Rear USB 3 0 Bracket SGE Unscrew the two screws from the Front USB 3 0 GE Put the USB 3 0 cable and the rear Panel bracket 2 13 Smart Switches SITE Screw the two screws into the rear USB 3 0 USB 3 0 bracket together SIGUE Put the rear USB 3 0 bracket into the chassis The motherboard has three smart switches power switch reset switch and clear CMOS switch allowing users to quickly turn on off or reset the sytem clear the CMOS values Power Switch PWRBTN see p 13 No 22 e Reset Switch RSTBTN RESET see p 13 No 21 Clear CMOS Switch CLRCBTN alr CMOS see p 14 No 15 Power Switch is a smart switch allowing users to quickly turn on off the system Reset Switch is a
24. 2 see p 13 No 12 data transfer rate If you install the HDD on the eSATA port on the rear I O the internal SATA3 M2 will not function SATA3 1 Serial ATA SATA Either end of the SATA data Data Cable cable can be connected to the Optional SATA SATAII SATA3 hard disk or the SATAII SATA3 connector on this motherboard Serial ATA SATA Please connect the black end Power Cable J of SATA power cable to the Optional E e power connector on each drive HDD power connector a Then connect the white end of connect to the SATA power cable to the power power supply connector of the power supply 38 3 5mm Audio Cable Optional USB 2 0 Headers 9 pin USB6_7 see p 13 No 30 Be USE PWR USB_PWR 9 pin USB8_9 i see p 13 No 29 P 8 USB_PWR 9 pin USB10_11 USB_PWR see p 13 No 28 P 1 USB PWR USB 3 0 Header IntA Pi Di IntA_P2_D 19 pin USB3 12 13 see p 13 No 26 IntA P2 SSTX IntA P2 SSTX ND IntA P2 SSRX IntA P2 SSRX Vbus IntA P1 SSRX IntA_P1_SSRX GND IntA_P1_SSTX IntA_P1_SSTX GND IntA_P1_D IntA_P1_D ID Infrared Module Header Be 5 pin IR1 DUMMY see p 13 No 33 i GND IRRX Consumer Infrared Module Header 4 pin CIR1 E see p 13 No 31 ATX 5VSB 39 Either end of the 3 5mm audio cable can be connected to the portable audio devices such as MP3 player and mobile phone or the Line in port of your PC Besides fo
25. 2 to SATA2 5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to IDE For SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 ports STEP 2 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system 57 2 22 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to AHCI For SATA3 0 SATA3 1 and SATA2 2 to SATA2 5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to AHCI For SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 ports STEP 2 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Using SATA SATAII STA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to IDE For SATA3 0 SATA3 1 and SATA2 2 to SATA2 5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to IDE For SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 ports STEP 2 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system 58 Chapter 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3 1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to con gure your system The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores
26. 7 You can freely enjoy the bene t of CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFireX or Quad CrossFirex feature CrossFirex appearing here is a registered trademark of ATI Technologies Inc and is used only for identi cation or explanation and to the owners bene t without intent to infringe For further information of ATI CrossFireX technology please check AMD website for updates and details 32 2 9 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature With the internal VGA output sup port DVI D D Sub HDMI and DisplayPort you can easily enjoy the bene ts of dual monitor feature without installing any add on VGA card to this motherboard This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for DVI D D Sub HDMI and DisplayPort to support dual VGA output so that DVI D D sub HDMI and DisplayPort can drive same or different display contents To enable dual monitor feature please follow the below steps 1 Connect DVI D monitor cable to VGA DVI D port on the I O panel connect D Sub monitor cable to VGA D Sub port on the I O panel connect HDMI monitor cable to HDMI port on the I O panel or connect DisplayPort monitor cable to DisplayPort on the I O panel VGA D Sub port VGA DVI D port HDMI port 2 If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already you can freely enjoy the bene ts of dual monitor function after your
27. Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk 2 16 Serial ATA3 SATA3 Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel Z68 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 SATA3 hard disks and RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology functions for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors It also adopts Marvell SE9120 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 SATA3 hard disks for SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 connectors You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks STEP 1 Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis STEP 2 Connect the SATA power cable to the SATAS3 hard disk STEP 3 Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATA3 con nector STEP 4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk Please be noted that SATA3_M1 and SATA3_M2 do not support RAID A function If you want to use RAID function on SATA3 connectors please use SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors 49 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA SATAII in RAID AHCI mode Intel Z68 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort NOTE What
28. Dual Channel Memory Technology 3 Ifa pair of memory modules is NOT installed in the same Dual Channel for example installing a pair of memory modules in DDR3 A1 and DDR3 A4 it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology 4 It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot otherwise this motherboard and DIMM may be dam aged 5 Some DDR3 1GB double sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work on this motherboard It is not recommended to install them on this motherboard 20 Installing a DIMM A Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components Step 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Step 2 Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot The 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 Step 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 21 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard PCI slots PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32 bit PCI interface PCIE slots PCIE1 PCIE3 PCIE x1 slot White is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards such
29. MSRock Z68 Extreme4 User Manual Version 1 0 Published March 2011 Copyright 2011 ASRock INC All rights reserved Copyright Notice No part of this manual 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 manual may or may not be regis tered 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 manual are furnished for informa tional 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 manual With respect to the contents of this manual ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warran ties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors of 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 possi
30. PU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load IGPU Voltage Use this to select IGPU Voltage The default value is Auto IGPU VDROOP Use this to select GPU VDROOP The default value is Auto DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage The default value is Auto PCH Voltage Use this to select PCH Voltage The default value is Auto CPU PLL Voltage Use this to select CPU PLL Voltage The default value is Auto VTT Voltage Use this to select VTT Voltage The default value is Auto VCCSA Voltage Use this to select VCCSA Voltage The default value is Auto User Default In this option you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements 64 3 4 Advanced Screen In this section you may set the con gurations for the following items CPU Con gu ration North Bridge Con guration South Bridge Con guration Storage Con gura tion Super IO Con guration ACPI Con guration and USB Con guration m Kl E kl ET E E S ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECGCHHOLOGY TODAY Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Instant Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM This convenient UEFI update tool allows you to update system UEFI without entering operating systems rst like MS DOS or Windows Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI le to your USB ash drive oppy disk or hard drive then you
31. SLI feature SLI appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Technologies Inc and is used only for identi cation or explanation and to the owners bene t without intent to infringe 26 2 8 CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFirexX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireX 3 way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX feature CrossFireX technology offers the most advantageous means available of combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing Units GPU in a single PC Combining a range of different operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism CrossFirex enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application Currently CrossFireX feature is supported with Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Vista 7 OS 3 way CrossFirex and Quad CrossFirex feature are supported with Windows Vista 7 OS only Please check AMD website for ATI CrossFirex driver updates performance bene ts of CrossFirex All three CrossFireX components a CrossFirex Ready graphics card a CrossFirex Ready motherboard and a CrossFirex Edition co processor graphics card must be installed correctly to bene t from the CrossFireX multi GPU platform 2 If you pair a 12 pipe CrossFirex Edition card with a 16 pipe card both cards d 1 If a customer incorrectly con gures their system they will not see th
32. ange Refresh Cyle Time tRFC Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS to RAS Delay tRRD Use this item to change RAS to RAS Delay tRRD Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Write to Read Delay tWTR Use this item to change Write to Read Delay tWTR Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Read to Precharge tRTP Use this item to change Read to Precharge tRTP Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Four Activate Window tFAW Use this item to change Four Activate Window tFAW Auto Manual set ting The default is Auto Memory Fast Boot Use this item to adjust DDR fast boot mode The default value is Auto Memory Power Down Mode Use this item to adjust DDR power down mode Configuration options Auto Slow and Fast The default value is Auto ODT WR CHA Use this item to change ODT WR CHA Auto Manual setting The default is Auto 63 ODT NOM CHA Use this item to change ODT NOM CHA Auto Manual setting The de fault is Auto ODT WR CHB Use this item to change ODT WR CHB Auto Manual setting The default is Auto ODT NOM CHB Use this item to change ODT NOM CHB Auto Manual setting The de fault is Auto Voltage Control Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode The default value is Disabled CPU Core Voltage Use this to select CPU Core Voltage The default value is Auto CPU Load Line Calibration CPU Load Line Calibration helps prevent C
33. ard VGA in advance Intel will update the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver in the near future For the new version Rapid Storage Technology driver please check our website for the latest information http www asrock com If you want to use NVIDIA SLI Technology please make sure that your graphics card driver version is 270 61 and later 8
34. ase connect the chassis WO C Chassis Speaker Header 4 pin SPEAKER 1 SLSPEAKER speaker to this header see p 13 No 25 DUMMY tr DN Power LED Header Please connect the chassis 3 pin PLED1 kee power LED to this header to see p 13 No 23 PLES indicate system power status The LED is on when the system is operating The LED keeps blinking in S1 state The LED is off in S3 S4 state or S5 state power off Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables 4 pin CHA_FAN1 FAN_SPEED_CONTROL to the fan connectors and CHA FAN SPEED e see p 13 No 9 412v B match the black wire to the GND e ground pin 3 pin CHA_FAN2 E see p 13 No 47 Gun CHA FAN SPEED 3 pin CHA_FAN3 see p 13 No 46 SN CHA FAN SPEED 3 pin PWR_FAN1 PWR_FAN_SPEED see p 13 No 2 2 CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan 4 pin CPU FAN1 ed cable to the connector and see p 13 No 4 EO TES match the black wire to the ground pin 41 Though this motherboard provides 4 Pin CPU fan Quiet Fan support the 3 Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function If you plan to connect the 3 Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard please connect it to Pin 1 3 Cn Pin 1 3 Connected Wie 3 Pin Fan Installation 3 pin CPU_FAN2 see p 13 No 5 ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power 24 pin ATXPWR1 see p 13 No 8 supply to this co
35. ata Cables Optional 2 x Serial ATA SATA HDD Power Cables Optional 1 x 3 5mm Audio Cable Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield 1 x Front USB 3 0 Panel 4 x HDD Screws 6 x Chassis Screws 1 x Rear USB 3 0 Bracket 1 x ASRock SLI Bridge 2S Card AR ALE ASRock Reminds You n i d 2 3 To get better performance in Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 E bit it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Con guration to AHCI mode For the BIOS setup please refer to the User Manual in our support CD for details 1 2 Specifications ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm All Solid Capacitor design 100 Japan made high quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors Supports 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 i5 i3 in LGA1155 Package Advanced V8 Power Phase Design Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2 0 Technology Supports K Series unlocked CPU Supports Hyper Threading Technology see CAUTION 1 Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology see CAUTION 2 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots Supports DDR3 2133 OC 1866 OC 1600 1333 1066 non ECC un buffered memory see CAUTION 3 Max capacity of system memory 32GB see CAUTION 4 Supports Intel Extreme Memory Pro le XMP Expansion Slot 9 x PCI Express 2 0 x16 slots PCIE2 PCIE4 single at x16 or dual at x8 x8 mode PCIE5 x4 mode 2x PCI Express 2 0 x1 slots 2 x PCI slots Supports ATI Quad CrossFirex 3 Way CrossFirex and CrossFir
36. bility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product Fe This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol lowing 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 The 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 Cali fornia 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 Contents T MFOQUCION siressa neseser saaa 5 Tel Package EE ege eege geen A n aanre k ER 5 EE EE eebe EE 6 1 3 Ott eegenen 13 EEN e E en eter Berl cetas etat eet tE dns 14 LNSO e 16 2 1 Screw HOleS cccccccccecsseececesseeeesasseeecsaseeeeseseneessaees 16 2 2 Pre installation Precautions esses 16 2 3 CPU InstallallOli ee sette oii reris ona eoa ure top ede 17 2 4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 19 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 20 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots 22
37. bility of the system memory If you do not adjust the UEFI setup the default value of Onboard VGA Share Memory Auto will disable VGA D Sub function when the add on VGA card is inserted to this motherboard 4 Install the onboard VGA driver and the add on PCI Express VGA card driver to your system If you have installed the drivers already there is no need to install them again 5 Set up a multi monitor display For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Right click the desktop choose Properties and select the Settings tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi monitor according to the steps below A Click the Identify button to display a large number on each monitor B Right click the display icon in the Display Properties dialog that you wish to be your primary monitor and then select Primary When you use multiple monitors with your card one monitor will always be Primary and all additional monitors will be designated as Secondary C Select the display icon identi ed by the number 2 D Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor E Right click the display icon and select Attached if necessary F Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the second monitor Click Apply or OK to apply these new values G Repeat steps C through E for the diaplay icon identi ed by the number one to eight 34 For Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista
38. can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash utility Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 le system If you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility the utility will show the UEFI les and their respective information Select the proper UEFI le to update your UEFI and reboot your system after UEFI update process completes 65 3 4 1 CPU Configuration ASROCK UEF SETUP UTILITY RA C N 1 e ak Zi TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature it requires a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology such as Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 Set to Enabled if using Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 or Linux kernel version 2 4 18 or higher This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper Threading technology Active Processor Cores Use this item to select the number of cores to enable in each processor package Con guration options All 1 and 2 The default value is All Hardware Prefetcher Use this item to turn on off the MLC streamer prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Use this item to turn on off prefetching of adjacent cache lines Enhance Halt State C1E All processors support the Halt State C1 The C1 state is suppor
39. creen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo The default value is Enabled AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display If you enable the option Full Screen Logo but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots please select Enabled Con guration options Enabled and Disabled The default value is Enabled Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count 76 3 7 Security Screen In this section you may set or change the supervisor user password for the system For the user password you may also clear it ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY 77 3 8 Exit Screen ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Save Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Save con guration changes and exit setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes and exit setup Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes Select OK to discard al
40. deon graphics card to PCIE4 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 3 Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIES5 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 4 Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details 29 CrossFire Bridge Step 5 Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph ics card on PCIE2 slot You may use the DVI to D Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D Sub interface and then connect the D Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D Sub adapter 30 2 8 2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Power on your computer and boot into OS Remove the ATI driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation Please check AMD website for ATI driver updates Install the required drivers to your system For Windows XP OS A ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or hig
41. e will operate as 12 pipe cards while in CrossFirex mode 2 8 1 Graphics Card Setup 2 8 1 1 Installing Two CrossFireX Ready Graphics Cards Different CrossFireX cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX 4 1 feature In below procedures we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card For other CrossFirex cards that ATI has released or will release in the future please refer to ATI graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide Step 1 Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots 27 Step 2 Step 3 Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DV connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE2 slot You may use the DVI to D Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D Sub interface and then connect the D Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D Sub adapter 28 2 8 1 2 Installing Three CrossFireX Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 2 Install one Ra
42. e advantages 71 Hard Disk S M A R T Use this item to enable or disable the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analy sis and Reporting Technology feature Con guration options Disabled Auto Enabled 3 4 5 Super IO Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable oppy drive controller Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port Con guration options 3F8 IRQ4 and 3E8 IRQ4 Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port Infrared Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port Con guration options 2F8 IRQ3 and 2E8 IRQ3 CIR Controller Use this item to enable or disable CIR controller 72 3 4 6 ACPI Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECGCHHOLOGY TODAY Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto detect or disable the Suspend to RAM feature Select Auto will enable this feature if the OS supports it Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit PS 2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS 2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power soft off mode PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power soft off mode
43. ex Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI Requires Processor with Intel Graphics Technology Intel HD Graphics 2000 3000 Pixel Shader 4 1 DirectX 10 1 Max shared memory 1759MB see CAUTION 5 Four VGA Output options D Sub DVI D HDMI and DisplayPort see CAUTION 6 Supports HDMI 1 4a Technology with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports DVI with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports D Sub with max resolution up to 2048x1536 75Hz Supports DisplayPort with max resolution up to 2560x1600 60Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync Deep Color 12bpc xvYCC and HBR High Bit Rate Audio with HDMI Compliant HDMI monitor is required see CAUTION 7 Supports Blu ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI 1 4a Supports HDCP function with DVI HDMI and DisplayPort ports Supports Full HD 1080p Blu ray BD HD DVD playback with DVI HDMI and DisplayPort ports 7 1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec Premium Blu ray audio support Supports THX TruStudio Pro PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 100 1000 Mb s Broadcom BCM57781 Supports Wake On LAN Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802 3az Rear Panel I O UO Panel 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Port 1x VGA D Sub Port 1 x VGA DVI D Port 1 x HDMI Port 1 x DisplayPort 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 4 x Ready to Use USB 2 0 Ports 1 x eSATA3 Connector 2 x Ready to Use USB 3 0 Ports 1 x RJ 45 LAN
44. f each navigation key Navigation Key s Function Description 4 Moves cursor left or right to select Screens T Moves cursor up or down to select items To change option for the selected items lt Enter gt To bring up the selected screen lt F1 gt To display the General Help Screen lt F9 gt To load optimal default values for all the settings lt F10 gt To save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY lt ESC gt To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY 60 3 3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen you can set up overclocking features ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Advanced Turbo 50 You can use this option to increase your system performance This option appears only when your CPU supports this function Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to load optimized CPU overclocking setting Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your CPU and mother board It should be done at your own risk and expense Load GPU EZ OC Setting You can use this option to load GPU EZ overclocking setting Please note that overclocing may cause damage to your GPU and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense CPU Control CPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the rati
45. her to be installed If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system there is no need to download it again http www microsoft com windowsxp sp2 default mspx B You must have Microsoft NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center Please check Microsoft website for details For Windows 7 Vista OS Install the CATALYST Control Center Please check AMD website for de tails Restart your computer Install the VGA card drivers to your system and restart your computer Then you will nd ATI Catalyst Control Center on your Windows taskbar anise 4 10 54 AM ATI Catalyst Control Center Double click ATI Catalyst Control Center Click View select CrossFi rex and then check the item Enable CrossFireX Select 2 GPUs and click Apply if you install two Radeon graphics cards Select 3 GPUs and click OK if you install three Radeon graphics cards ji isi lema end fren ex page men TR Eu deeem y pL Fk 7 Although you have selected the option Enable CrossFire the CrossFirex function may not work actually Your computer will automatically reboot After restarting your computer please con rm whether the option Enable CrossFire in ATI Catalyst Control Center is selected or not if not please select it again and then you are able to enjoy the bene t of CrossFirex feature Step
46. l allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS DOS or Windows With this utility you can press lt F6 gt key during the POST or press lt F2 gt key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar ing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 file system If you desire a faster less restricted way of charging your Apple devices such as iPhone iPod iPad Touch ASRock has prepared a wonderful solution for you ASRock APP Charger Simply installing the APP Char ger driver it makes your iPhone charged much quickly from your com puter and up to 40 faster than before 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 Sus pend to RAM S3 hibernation mode S4 or power off S5 With APP Charger driver installed you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever ASRock website http Awww asrock com Feature AppCharger index asp SmartView a new function of internet browser is the smart start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites your history your Facebook friends and your real time newsfeed into an
47. l changes Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application Shell64 efi from one of the available lesystem devices 78 Chapter 4 Software Support 4 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft Windows operating systems 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary use the setup procedures in this chapter for general refer ence only Refer to your OS documentation for more information 4 2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features 4 2 1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the le ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the Support CD to dis play the menus 4 2 2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 4 2 3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard sup ports Click on a speci c item then f
48. llows you to enable or disable the Onboard HDMI HD Audio fea ture 70 ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table The default value is Enabled Please set this option to Enabled if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows Vista certi cation 3 4 4 Storage Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode This item is for SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 ports Use this to select Mar vell SATA3 operation mode Configuration options IDE Mode AHCI Mode and Disabled The default value is IDE Mode Marvell SATA3 Bootable Use this to enable or disable Onboard Marvell SATA3 Option ROM If Option ROM is disabled UEFI cannot use the SATA device to connect to Marvell SATA3 controller as Boot Device We recommend to use Intel Z68 SATA ports SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_4 and SATA2 5 for your bootable devices This will minimum your boot time and get the best performance But if you still want to boot from Marvell SATA3 controller you can still enable this in UEFI SATA Mode This item is for SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Use this to select SATA mode Con guration options IDE Mode AHCI Mode RAID Mode and Disabled The default value is IDE Mode AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk perfor mance but IDE mode does not have thes
49. lz Bl WO NM South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module speci c South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module speci c Ox77 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module speci c o x N Oo 0x78 0x79 OTA ONT EE x90 Driver connecting is started PCI Bus initialization is started PCI Bus Hot Plug Controller Initialization e PCI Bus Enumeration 5 196 e x98 0x09 OA ojojo e Ox9E Ox9F xA0 xA3 xA4 OxA5 SCSI Reset ojo 0 ojo Ie e SI ISS S 47 SCSI Enable onm Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End e xB e e EE EE CF CPU iniialzation ror SSCS SCSIDeted CPU initialization error xD Reset protocol is not available OxD4 porc 48 2 15 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel Z68 chipset that supports Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII hard disks and RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology functions You may install SATA SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices This section will guide you to install the SATA SATAII hard disks STEP 1 Install the SATA SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis STEP 2 Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk STEP 3 Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATAII con nector STEP 4
50. mnmmg Support CD 79 4 2 2 Dnvers Menlo teure rrt perte roe nter nn 79 A ZA U nltes Men 79 4 2 4 Contact le e ue EE 79 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock 268 Extreme4 motherboard a reliable moth erboard 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 contain introduction of the motherboard and step by step guide to the hardware installation Chapter 3 and 4 contain the con guration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD Because the motherboard speci cations and the BIOS software might be updated the content of this manual will be subject to change without no tice In case any modi cations of this manual occur the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well ASRock website http www asrock com If you require technical support related to this motherboard please visit our website for speci c information about the model you are using www asrock com support index asp 1 1 Package Contents ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Motherboard ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Support CD 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3 5 in Floppy Drive 4 x Serial ATA SATA D
51. nnector Though this motherboard provides 24 pin ATX power connector IER ou it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20 pin ATX power supply To use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13 20 Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector ATX 12V Power Connector 8 pin ATX12V1 see p 13 No 1 f Though this motherboard provides 8 pin ATX 12V power connector it can still work a if you adopt a traditional 4 pin ATX 12V power supply To use the 4 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5 8 4 Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 4 SLI XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this 4 pin SLI XFIRE PWR1 connector but please connect it see p 13 No 45 with a hard disk power SLI XFIRE POWER connecor when two graphics cards are plugged to this motherboard 42 IEEE 1394 Header RXTPAM_O 9 pin FRONT_1394 see p 13 No 32 Serial port Header 9 pin COM1 see p 13 No 35 HDMI SPDIF Header 2 pin HDMI_SPDIF1 i GND see p 13 No 37 SPDIFOUT Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on the I O panel there is one IEEE 1394 header FRONT 1394 on this motherboard This IEEE 1394 header can support one IEEE 1394 port This COM1 header supports a serial port module HDMI SPDIF header providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card allows
52. nplug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD damage and data loss Unplug SATA data cable from SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD side 52 2 20 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst Then the drivers compatible to your system can be auto detected and listed on the support CD driver page Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers Therefore the drivers you install can work properly 2 21 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to RAID STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 Driver Diskette A Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system B During POST at the beginning of system boot up press lt F11 gt key and then a window for boot devices selection appears Please select CD ROM as the bo
53. o improve heat dissipation remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC sys tem Combo Cooler Option C C O provides the flexible option to adopt three different CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 LGA 1155 and LGA 1156 Please be noticed that not all the 775 and 1156 CPU Fan can be used EuP stands for Energy Using Product was a provision regulated by Eu ropean Union to define the power consumption for the completed system According to EuP the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1 00W in off mode condition To meet EuP standard an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required According to Intel s suggestion the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efficiency is higher than 50 under 100 mA current consumption For EuP ready power supply selection we recommend you checking with the power supply manufacturer for more details 12 1 3 Motherboard Layout 2 3 5 6 7 24 4cm 9 6 in kK gt 3 S sss s E Bellellele IZ EE E EIE lt 46 a a a a ME l 3 BE ge EEN Li 3 ce 0 44 z USB 3 0 pciE1 ASRock a S Z68 Extreme4 Sani 43 PCIE2 ill E S F DX10 1 all 42 PCIES oe 15 PCI Express 2 0 m In
54. o value of this motherboard GT Over Clock Use this to enable or disable GT Over Clock by Internal Graphics Device The default value is Disabled Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel s new power saving technology Pro cessor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to en able power savings The default value is Enabled Con guration options Auto Enabled and Disabled If you install Windows XP and select Auto you need to set the Power Schemes as Portable Laptop to en able this function If you install Windows Vista 7 and want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel SpeedStep technology 61 Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies Please set this item to Disable if above issue occurs Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Technology Turbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speci c condition The default value is Enabled Turbo Boost Power Limit Use this item to adjust Turbo Boost power limit Con guration options Auto and Manual The default value is Auto Additional Turbo Voltage Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode Core Current Limit Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in
55. ollow the installation wizard to install it 4 2 4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock welcome to visit ASRock s website at http www asrock com or you may contact your dealer for further information 79 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD gt 2TB Please follow below procedure to install the operating system 1 Please make sure to use Windows Vista 64 bit with SP1 or above or Windows 7 64 bit 2 Press lt F2 gt or lt Delete gt at system POST Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility gt Advanced gt Storage Con guration gt SATA Mode 3 Choose the item UEFI xxx to boot in UEFI Setup Utility gt Boot gt Boot Option 1 xxx is the device which contains your Windows installation les Normally it is an optical drive You can also press lt F11 gt to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item UEFI xxx to boot 4 Start Windows installation 5 If you install Windows 7 64 bit OS OS will be formatted by GPT GUID Partition Table Please install the hot x le from Microsoft http support microsoft com kb 979903 80 Note 1 For Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit users if you plan to install the PCI Express graphics card for video output please set the UEFI option IGD Multi Monitor to Disabled to disable the onbo
56. on 50 2 19 SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD in RAID AHCI mode Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully Before you process the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack A 7 pin SATA data cable B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface A SATA data cable Red B SATA power cable SATA 7 pin The SATA 15 pin power 1x4 pin conventional connector connector Black connect power connector White to SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD connect to power supply Caution 1 Without SATA 15 pin power connector interface the SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed 2 Even some SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15 pin power connector and IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interfaces the IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interface is de nitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug 1 Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard which supports SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug The SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the produc
57. ot device C When you see the message on the screen Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press Y D Then you will see these messages Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive WARNING Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it Start to format and copy files YN Please insert a oppy diskette into the oppy drive and press Y E The system will start to format the oppy diskette and copy SATA SATAII SATA3 drivers into the oppy diskette 53 STEP 3 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to con gure the RAID function you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper con guration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con guration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide STEP 4 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette and using RAID Installation Guide to set RAID con guration you can start to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel RAID driver After reading the oppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and
58. ou just nish updating the BIOS you must boot up the system rst and then shut it down before you do the clear CMOS ac tion Please be noted that the password date time user default pro le 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed The Clear CMOS Switch has the same function as the Clear CMOS jumper 37 2 12 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 of the motherboard FDD connector 33 pin FLOPPY1 see p 13 No 34 the red striped side to Pin1 Note Make sure the red striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector Serial ATAII Connectors 1 1 These four Serial ATAII SATAII SATA2 2 see p 13 No 15 connectors support SATA data SATA2 2 SATA2 3 SATA2_3 see p 13 No 16 cables for internal storage devices The current SATAII SATA2 4 see p 13 No 17 interface allows up to 3 0 Gb s SATA2 5 see p 13 No 18 SATA2 4 SATA2 5 data transfer rate Serial ATA3 Connectors These four Serial ATA3 SATA3 SATA3 0 see p 13 No 13 connectors support SATA data SATA3 0 SATA3 1 see p 13 No 14 cables for internal storage devices The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6 0 Gb s SATA3_ M1 SATA3_M2 SATA3_M1 see p 13 No 11 SATA3 M
59. ported under Windows 7 64 bit 7 Deep Color mode will be enabled only if the display supports 12bpc in EDID HBR is supported under Windows 7 64 bit 7 Vista 64 bit Vista For microphone input this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes For audio output this motherboard supports 2 channel 4 chan nel 6 channel and 8 channel modes Please check the table on page 14 for proper connection ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU is an all in one tool to fine tune different system functions in a user friendly interface which is including Hardware Monitor Fan Control Overclocking OC DNA and IES In Hardware Monitor it shows the major readings of your system In Fan Control it shows the fan speed and temperature for you to adjust In Overclocking you are allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system performance In OC DNA you can save your OC settings as a profile and share with your friends Your friends then can load the OC profile to their own system to get the same OC settings In IES Intelligent Energy Saver the voltage regulator can reduce the number of output phases to improve efficiency when the CPU cores are idle without sacrificing computing performance Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU ASRock website http Awww asrock com 10 10 ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM This convenient BIOS update too
60. press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel RAID driver After reading the oppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install 54 5 Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers 6 Install the Intel R Rapid Storage software via the CD ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet This will add the Intel R Rapid Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID con guration 7 After setting up a RAID Ready system as the above steps you can follow the procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 9 2 21 3 Migrating a RAID Ready System to RAID O RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing RAID Ready system then you can use the following steps to perform a migration from a single non RAID con guration to a two drive RAID 0 RAID 1 con guration or three drive RAID 5 con guration To prepare for this you will need another SATA SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive 1 Physically attach one additional SATA SATAII SATA3 hard drive to the SATAII SATA3 port not being used Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initia
61. system boots If you haven t installed onboard VGA driver yet please install onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer D Sub DVI D HDMI and DisplayPort monitors cannot be enabled at the e same time You can only choose two of them 33 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade With the internal VGA output support DVI D D Sub HDMI and DisplayPort and external add on PCI Express VGA cards you can easily enjoy the bene ts of surround display feature Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment 1 Install the PCI Express VGA cards on PCIE2 PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots Please refer to page 22 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details 2 Connect DVI D monitor cable to VGA DVI D port on the I O panel connect D Sub monitor cable to VGA D Sub port on the I O panel connect HDMI monitor cable to HDMI port on the I O panel or connect DisplayPort monitor cable to DisplayPort on the I O panel Then connect other monitor cables to the corresponding connectors of the add on PCI Express VGA cards on PCIE2 PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots 3 Boot your system Press F2 or Del to enter UEFI setup Enter Onboard VGA Share Memory option to adjust the memory capability to 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB or 512MB to enable the function of VGA D sub Please make sure that the value you select is less than the total capa
62. t spec on our website www asrock com 2 Make sure your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual The SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD which cannot support Hot Plug function will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation 3 Please make sure the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver is installed into system properly The latest SATA SATAII SATAS3 driver is available on our support website www asrock com 4 Make sure to use the SATA power cable amp data cable which are from our motherboard package 5 Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss ol How to Hot Plug a SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD damage and data loss Sie Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin end RGA Connect SATA data cable to White to the power supply 1x4 pin cable the motherboard s SATAII SATA3 connector SATA power cable 1x4 pi power connector White Sk Connect SATA 15 pin power cable connector ERA Connect SATA data cable to Black end to SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Se How to Hot Unplug a SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot U
63. tatus of the hardware on your system including the parameters of the CPU temperature motherboard temperature CPU fan speed chassis fan speed and the critical voltage ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHHOLOGY TODAY CPU Fan 1 amp 2 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 amp 2 speed Con guration options Full On and Automatic Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed Con guration options Full On Automatic Mode and Manual Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 2 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 2 speed Con guration options Level 1 to Level 4 The default is value Level 4 Chassis Fan 3 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 3 speed Con guration options Full On and Manual Mode The default is value Full On Over Temperature Protection Use this to enable or disable Over Temperature Protection The default value is Enabled 75 3 6 Boot Screen In this section it will display the available devices on your system for you to con g ure the boot settings and the boot priority ASROCK UEF SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 OXFFFF means inde nite waiting Bootup Num Lock If this item is set to On it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot up Full S
64. te 3 DIMM slots and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology For dual channel con guration you always need to install identical the same brand speed size and chip type DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color In other words you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A DDR3_ A1 and DDR3_B1 Blue slots see p 13 No 6 or identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel B DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2 White slots see p 13 No 7 so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel con guration and please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Con guration Table below Dual Channel Memory Configurations DDR3 A1 DDR3 A2 DDR3 B1 DDR3 B2 Blue Slot White Slot Blue Slot White Slot e Populated Le Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated Populated For the con guration 3 please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots 1 If you want to install two memory modules for optimal compatibility L J and reliability it is recommended to install them in the slots of the same color In other words install them either in the set of blue slots DDR3 A1 and DDR3 B1 or in the set of white slots DDR3 A2 and DDR3 B2 2 If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard it is unable to activate the
65. ted through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset In the C1 power state the processor maintains the context of the system caches CPU C3 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C3 ACPI C2 report to OS CPU C6 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C6 ACPI C3 report to OS Package C State Support Selected option will program into C State package limit register The default value is Auto 66 CPU Thermal Throttling You may select Enabled to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated Intel Virtualization Technology When this option is set to Enabled a VMM Virtual Machine Architecture can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel Virtualization Technology No Excute Memory Protection No Execution NX Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA 32 Intel Architecture An IA 32 processor with No Execute NX Memory Protection can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No Excute Memory Protection Local x2APIC Use this to enable or disable Local x2APIC The default value is Disabled Please be noted that some OS do not support this function 67 3 4 2 North Bridge Configuration ASROCK UEF
66. tel all L 16 41 CMOS SUE PCI Z68 a 7 vo ErP EuP Ready all I 18 40 PCIE4 mm BIOS pe m 20 RoHS FrontUSB3 0 1394a 38 Debug 22 37 ER PCIES 23 ez HESE Co cy gE GET GREETS oe GE 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 1 ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V1 26 USB 3 0 Header USB3 12 13 Light Blue 2 Power Fan Connector PWR FAN1 27 Dr Debug 3 1155 Pin CPU Socket 28 USB 2 0 Header USB10 11 Blue 4 CPU Fan Connector CPU FAN 29 USB 2 0 Header USBS8 9 Blue 5 CPU Fan Connector CPU FAN2 30 USB 2 0 Header USB6 7 Blue 6 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 31 Consumer Infrared Module Header Dual Channel DDR3_A1 DDR3_B1 Blue CIR1 7 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 32 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header Dual Channel DDR3_A2 DDR3_B2 White FRONT_1394 White 8 ATX Power Connector ATXPWR1 33 Infrared Module Header IR1 9 Chassis Fan Connector CHA FAN1 34 Floppy Connector FLOPPY1 10 Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 35 COM Port Header COM1 11 SATA3 Connector SATA3_M1 White 36 Front Panel Audio Header 12 SATA3 Connector SATA3_M2 White HD_AUDIO1 White 13 SATA3 Connector SATA3_0 White 37 HDMI_SPDIF Header 14 SATA3 Connector SATA3_1 White HDMI_SPDIF1 White 15 SATA2 Connector SATA2_2 Blue 38 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE5 Blue 16 SATA2 Connector SATA2_3 Blue 39 PCI Slot PCI2 17 SATA2 Connector SATA2 4 Blue 40 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE4 Blue 18 SATA2 Connector SATA2_5 Blue 41 PCI Slot PCI1 19
67. the UEFI SETUP UTILITY You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer Please press lt F2 gt or lt Del gt during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY otherwise POST will continue with its test routines If you wish to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY after POST restart the system by pressing lt Ctl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI features H W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the security features Exit To exit the current screen or the UEFI SETUP UTILITY Use lt gt key or lt gt key to choose among the selections on the menu bar and then press lt Enter gt to get into the sub screen You can also use the mouse to click your required item 59 3 1 2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description o
68. the other port will remain USB function 2 Multi Angle CIR Receiver is used for front USB only Please do not use the rear USB bracket to connect it on the rear panel Multi Angle CIR Receiver can receive the multi direction infrared signals top down and front which is compatible with most of the chassis on the market 3 The Multi Angle CIR Receiver does not support Hot Plug function Please install it before you boot the system ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list http www asrock com 36 2 11 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is Short If no jumper cap B t is placed on pins the jumper is Open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose B e bg aaa pint and pin2 are Short when jumper cap Short Open is placed on these 2 pins Jumper Setting Description Clear CMOS Jumper 12 23 CLRCMOS1 DOO o see p 13 No 10 Default Clear CMOS Note CLRCMOS 1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS 1 for 5 seconds However please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS If you need to clear the CMOS when y
69. ting the migration 2 Boot Windows install the Intel R Rapid Storage software if not already installed using the setup package obtained from a CD ROM or from the Internet This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links 3 Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive from the Actions menu This will activate the Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Click through the dialogs as prompted It s important to understand what will occur during the migration process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost 4 Once the migration is complete reboot the system If you migrated to a RAID 0 volume use Disk Management from within Windows in order to partition and format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are combined You may also use third party software to extend any existing partitions within the RAID volume 55 2 21 4 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to RAID STEP 2 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to con gure the
70. tor CPU FAN 1 see page 13 No 4 For proper installation please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the heatsink for 1155 Pin CPU Step 1 Apply thermal interface material onto center of IHS on the socket surface Tar iF Apply Thermal Interface Material a eri H i E Step 2 Place the heatsink onto the socket Ensure fan cables are oriented on side closest to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard CPU_ FAN1 see page 13 No 4 Step 3 Align fasteners with the motherboard through holes Step 4 Rotate the fastener clockwise then press down on fastener caps with thumb to install and lock Repeat with remaining fasteners i E If you press down the fasteners without rotating them clockwise the heatsink cannot be secured on the motherboard Step 5 Connect fan header with the CPU fan connector on the motherboard Step 6 Secure excess cable with tie wrap to ensure cable does not interfere with fan operation or contact other components Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option C C O which provides the exible option to adopt three dif ferent CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 LGA 1155 and LGA 1156 The white throughholes are for Socket LGA ba 1155 1156 CPU fan j 19 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM This motherboard provides four 240 pin DDR3 Double Data Ra
71. ur default USB 2 0 ports on the I O panel there are three USB 2 0 headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two USB 2 0 ports Besides two default USB 3 0 ports on the I O panel there is one USB 3 0 header on this motherboard This USB 3 0 header can support two USB 3 0 ports This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This header can be used to connect the remote controller receiver Front Panel Audio Header 9 pin HD AUDIO1 see p 13 No 36 GND This is an interface for front PRESENCE oe BET panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices 1 High De nition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header as below A Connect Mic_IN MIC to MIC2_L B Connect 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 HD audio panel only You don t need to connect them for AC 97 audio panel E To activate the front mic For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Select Mixer Select Recorder Then click FrontMic For Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS Go to the FrontMic Tab in the Realtek Control panel
72. utput Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central Bass Line In or Side Speaker 14 To enable Multi Streaming function you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header After restarting your computer you will nd Mixer tool on your system Please select Mixer ToolBox Ka click Enable playback multi streaming and click ok Choose 2CH ACH 6CH or 8CH and then you are allowed to select Realtek HDA Primary output to use Rear Speaker Central Bass and Front Speaker or select Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output to use front panel audio eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M 15 Chapter 2 Installation This is an ATX form factor 12 0 x 9 6 30 5 x 24 4 cm motherboard Before you install the motherboard study the con guration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it 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 2 1 Screw Holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Do not over tighten the screws Doing so may damage the motherboard 2 2 Pre installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component
73. w procedures according to the OS you install 2 22 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to AHCI For SATA3 0 SATA3 1 and SATA2 2 to SATA2 5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to AHCI For SATA3 M1 and SATA3 M2 ports STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette Please make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2 21 1 step 2 on page 53 STEP 3 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette you can start to install Win dows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party AHCI driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATAG3 driver diskette containing the Intel AHCI driver After reading the oppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Con guration B Set the option SATA Mode to IDE For SATA3 0 SATA3 1 and SATA2
74. wed to adjust the shared memory size in this item Configuration options 128MB 256MB and Maximum The option Maximum only appears when you adopt the memory module with 1024MB or above 69 3 4 3 South Bridge Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY TOMORROW S TECHNOLOGY TODAY Restore on AC Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC power loss If Power Off is selected the AC power remains off when the power recovers If Power On is selected the AC power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers Deep Sx Mobile platforms support Deep S4 S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4 S5 in AC only Con guration options Disabled Enabled in S5 and S4 and S5 The default value is Disabled Onboard LAN This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN feature Onboard 1394 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 feature Onboard HD Audio Select Auto Enabled or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio feature If you select Auto the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged Front Panel Select Auto or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel On Off Play Use this item to enable or disable On Off Play Technology The default val ue is Enabled When On Off Play is enabled Deep Sx will be disabled If you want to enable Deep Sx please disable On Off Play rst Onboard HDMI HD Audio This a
75. ze that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking including adjusting the setting in the BIOS applying Untied Overclocking Technology or using the third party overclocking tools Overclocking may affect your system 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 CAUTION d About the setting of Hyper Threading Technology please check page 66 This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 20 for proper installation DDR3 frequency options may depend on the processor Only K Series CPU can support DDR3 overclock to 2133 and 1866 Due to the operating system limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 7 Vista XP For Windows OS with 64 bit CPU there is no such limita tion The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is subject to change Please check Intel website for the latest informa tion You can choose to use two of the four monitors only D Sub DVI D HDMI and DisplayPort monitors cannot be enabled at the same time Besides with the DVI to HDMI adapter the DVI D port can support the same features as HDMlport xvYCC and Deep Color are only sup

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