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  • Page 1

    1 E350M1/USB3 User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published December 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

  • Page 2

    2 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 trade[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Speci fi cations ................................................................. 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 10 1.4 I/O Pan[...]

  • Page 4

    4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 28 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 28 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 28 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 29 3.2 Main Screen ................[...]

  • Page 5

    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock E350M1/USB3 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 m[...]

  • Page 6

    6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) CPU - AMD Dual-Core Zacate E350 APU - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM T echnology - UMI 2.5 GT/s Chipset - AMD A50M Chipset Memory - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports [...]

  • Page 7

    7 - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSA T A3 Connector - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 3 ) S ATA 3 - 4 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot P[...]

  • Page 8

    8 CAUTION! 1. 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 TM / XP . For Windows ® OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limita- tion. 2. The maximum shared memory size is de fi ned by the chipset vendor and is subject to change. Please check AMD[...]

  • Page 9

    9 or ASRock software support CD to your motherboard, and also download the free AIWI Lite from App store to your iPhone/iPod touch. Connecting your PC and apple devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks, then you can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games. Also, please do not forget to pay attention to ASRock of fi cial website regul[...]

  • Page 10

    10 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 13 Chassis Speaker Header 2 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_F AN1) (SPEAKER 1, White) 3 CPU Fan 14 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_F AN2) 4 CPU Heatsink 15 32Mb SPI Flash 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 16 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Blue) (DDR3_A1, DDR3_A2, Blue) 17 Consumer Infrared Module Header[...]

  • Page 11

    11 1.4 I/O P anel ** 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. T ABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Line In or (No. 9) (No. 6) (No. 5) Side [...]

  • Page 12

    12 T o 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 fi nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer T oolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “[...]

  • Page 13

    13 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the con fi guration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fi ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause phys[...]

  • Page 14

    14 notch break notch break 2.3 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) E350M1/USB3 motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before ad[...]

  • Page 15

    15 2.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) There is 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCIE slot: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards. 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. Pleas[...]

  • Page 16

    16 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already , you can freely enjoy the bene fi ts of dual monitor function after your 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 . 2.5 Dual Monitor F eatu[...]

  • Page 17

    17 HDCP Function HDCP function is supported on this motherboard. T o 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 fi nition HDCP encryption contents. Please refer to below instruction for more details about HDCP functio[...]

  • Page 18

    18 2.6 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 is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. Jumper Setting Description Clear CMOS [...]

  • Page 19

    19 2.7 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! Serial A T A3 Connectors These four Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) (SA T A3_1: see p.10, No. 12) connectors sup[...]

  • Page 20

    20 1. High De fi 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. C[...]

  • Page 21

    21 Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header . (see p.10 No. 13) 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[...]

  • Page 22

    22 2.8 Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A50M chipset that supports Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks. Y ou may install SA T A3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal stor- age devices. This section will guide you to install the SA T A3 hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SA T A3 hard disks into the drive[...]

  • Page 23

    23 2.9 Hot Plug F unction for SA T A3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SA T A3 in AHCI mode. AMD A50M chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SA T A host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SA T A3 HDDs[...]

  • Page 24

    24 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is de fi nitely not abl[...]

  • Page 25

    25 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 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 SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T AII / SA T A3 connector . Conne[...]

  • Page 26

    26 2.11 Driver Installation Guide T o install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive fi 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 [...]

  • Page 27

    27 Using SA T A / SA T AII / ST A3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Con fi guration. B. Set the option “SA T A Mode” to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your system.[...]

  • Page 28

    28 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to con fi gure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer . Please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-T est (POST) to e[...]

  • Page 29

    29 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key . Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - T o change option for the selected items <Enter> T o bring up the selected screen <F1> T o d[...]

  • Page 30

    30 3.3 OC T weak er Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. DRAM Timing Control DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically . Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the sam[...]

  • Page 31

    31 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[...]

  • Page 32

    32 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the con fi gurations for the following items: CPU Con fi gu- ration, North Bridge Con fi guration, South Bridge Con fi guration, Storage Con fi gura- tion, Super IO Con fi guration, ACPI Con fi guration and USB Con ?[...]

  • Page 33

    33 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM technology . The default value is [Auto]. Con fi guration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you install Windows ® 7 / Vista TM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling thi[...]

  • Page 34

    34 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Integrated Graphics This allows you to select the boot graphic adapter priority . Con fi guration options: [Auto], [Disabled] and [Force]. If you select [Auto], the onboard VGA will be disabled when the PCI Express VGA card is installed. The default value is [Auto]. Onboard HDMI HD Audio This allows you to enabl[...]

  • Page 35

    35 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration 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 of f when the power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the AC/power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers. Onboard LAN This allows you to[...]

  • Page 36

    36 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SA T A Controller Use this to enable or disable SA T A controller . The default value is [Enabled]. SA T A Mode Use this to select SA T A mode. Con fi guration options: [IDE Mode] and [AHCI Mode]. The default value is [IDE Mode]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will [...]

  • Page 37

    37 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 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 fi guration options: [Auto], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].[...]

  • Page 38

    38 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 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 tur[...]

  • Page 39

    39 3.4.7 USB Configuration 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 fi guration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and[...]

  • Page 40

    40 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status 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. CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed. Con fi guration options: [...]

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    41 Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key . 65535(0XFFFF) means inde fi nite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [Enabled]. AddO[...]

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    42 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.[...]

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    43 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save con fi 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 se[...]

  • Page 44

    44 Chapter 4: Sof tware Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit. Because mother- board settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only . Refer[...]

  • Page 45

    45 Installing OS on a HDD L arger Than 2TB This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit . 2. Press <F2> or <Delete[...]

  • Page 46

    46 R emote Receiver Installation Guide This motherboard is equipped with a 4-pin CIR header (CIR1, see page 10, No. 17) , which is used to connect the Remote Receiver . Please refer to below procedure for installing the Remote Receiver . 1. Find the CIR header located under the USB 2.0 header (USB8_9, see page 10, No. 18) on this motherboard. 2. Co[...]