Asrock P67 Performance manual

1 Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published April 201 1[...]

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5 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 7 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 7 1.2 Speci fi cations ................................................................. 8 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 13 1.4 I/O Pan[...]

6 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 44 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 44 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 44 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 45 3.2 Main Screen ................[...]

7 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing Fatal1ty P67 Performance Series motherboard, a reli- able motherboard produced under our consistently stringent quality control. It deliv- ers excellent performance with robust design conforming to our commitment to qual- ity and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of th[...]

8 1.2 Specifications Platform - A TX 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) CPU - Supports 2nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Advanced V8 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology - Supports K[...]

9 - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/ Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 5 ) S ATA 3 - 2 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (SA T A3_1 connector is shared with eSA T A3 port) USB3.0 - 2 x USB 3.0 ports by [...]

10 - ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 8 ) - SmartView (see CAUTION 9 ) - ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 10 ) - ASRock On/Off Play T echnology (see CAUTION 1 1 ) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 12 ) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 13 ) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F .G.) - Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) (see CAUTION 14 ) - Good Ni[...]

11 CAUTION! 1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading T echnology”, please check page 51. 2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory T echnology . Before you implement Dual Channel Memory T echnology , make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 20 for proper installation. 3. DDR3 frequency options may depend on the [...]

12 8. If you desire a faster , less restricted way of charging your Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPod/iPad T ouch, we have prepared a wonderful solution for you - APP Charger . Simply installing the APP Charger driver , it makes your iPhone charged much quickly from your computer and up to 40% faster than before. APP Charger allows you to quickly [...]

13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 21 SA TA2 Connector (SA T A2_2, Black) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN2) 22 SA T A2 Connector (SA T A2_4, Black) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 23 SA T A2 Connector (SA T A2_5, Black) 4 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 24 Dr . Debug 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 25 USB 2.0 Header (USB12_13, Black) [...]

14 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 Side Speaker (No. 10) (No. 7) (No. 8) ([...]

15 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 “[...]

16 Chapter 2: Installation This is an A TX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 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 physic[...]

17 2.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1 155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below . Before you insert the 1 155-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 serio[...]

18 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU 1 155-Pin Socket Step 3. Insert the 1 155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches. For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation k[...]

19 2.4 Installation of CPU F an and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1 155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1 155-Pin CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink t[...]

20 2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory T echnology . For dual channel con- fi 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,[...]

21 Installing a DIMM 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 fi ts in one correct orientation. It will cause [...]

22 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 3 PCI slots and 4 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 / PCIE4 (PCIE x1 slot; Black) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, S[...]

23 2.7 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 [...]

24 SA T A2_3 SA T A2_2 SA T A2_5 SA T A2_4 Serial A T A (SA T A) Either end of the SA T A data Data Cable cable can be connected to the (Optional) SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 hard disk or the SA T AII / SA T A3 connector on this motherboard. Serial A T AII Connectors These four Serial A T AII (SA T AII) (SA T A2_2: see p.13, No. 21) connectors supp[...]

25 3.5mm Audio Cable Either end of the 3.5mm audio (Optional) cable can be connected to the portable audio devices, such as MP3 player and mobile phone or the Line-in port of your PC. USB 2.0 Headers Besides six default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB8_9) ports on the I/O panel, there (see p.13 No. 27) are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0[...]

26 System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin P ANEL1) several system front panel (see p.13 No. 14) functions. Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below . Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Con[...]

27 Power LED Header Please connect the chassis (3-pin PLED1) power LED to this header to (see p.13 No. 12) 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). 1 PLED+ PLED+ PLED- Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan ca[...]

28 20-Pin A TX Power Supply Installation Though this motherboard provides 24-pin A TX power connector , it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin A TX power supply . T o use the 20-pin A TX power supply , please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 12 1 24 13 A TX 12V Power Connector Please connect an A TX 12V (8-pin A TX12[...]

29 Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch, (RSTBTN) allowing users to quickly reset (see p.13 No. 17) the system. Clear CMOS Switch Clear CMOS Switch is a smart (CLRCBTN) switch, allowing users to quickly (see p.14 No. 17) clear the CMOS values. clr CMOS 2.9 Smart Switches The motherboard has three smart switches: power switch, reset switch an[...]

30 2.10 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. Status Code Description 0x00 Not used 0x01 Power on. Reset type detection (soft/hard) 0x02 AP initialization before microcode loading 0x03 North Bridge initialization before mic[...]

31 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speci fi c) 0x39 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speci fi c) 0x3A Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module speci fi c) 0x3B Post-Memory South Bridge initialization is starte[...]

32 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speci fi c) 0x65 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speci fi c) 0x66 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speci fi c) 0x67 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module speci fi c) 0x68 PCI host bridge initialization 0x69 [...]

33 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup V erifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) 0xAB Setup Input W ait 0xAC Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes section below) 0xAD Ready T o Boot event 0xAE Legacy Boot event 0xAF Exit Boot Services event 0xB0 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin[...]

34 2.11 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T AII (SA T AII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® P67 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T AII (SA T AII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage) functions. Y ou may install SA T A / SA T AII hard disks on this mother- board fo[...]

35 2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F unctions for SA T A / SA T AII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SA T A / SA T AII in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel ® P67 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[...]

36 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[...]

37 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. Connec[...]

38 2.16 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 [...]

39 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 fi guration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SA T A Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con fi guration”, wh[...]

40 2.17.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0, 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 fi guration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 con fi guration or three drive RAID 5 con fi guration. T o prepare for this, you will need anot[...]

41 2.17.4 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit With RAID F unctions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit on your SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Con fi guration.[...]

42 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 [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 driver diskette. Please make a SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 driver diskette by following section 2.17.1 step 2 on page 38. STEP 3: Install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS[...]

43 2.18.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SA T A / SA T AII / SA T A3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A. E[...]

44 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[...]

45 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[...]

46 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Control CPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep T echnology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology . Pro- cessor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points t[...]

47 Host Clock Override (BCLK) Use this to adjust the host clock (BCLK) frequency . Min: 95MHz, Max: 1 10MHz. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability . DRAM Timing Control DRAM Con fi guration Load XMP Setting Use this to load XMP setting. Con fi guration options: [Auto], [Pro fi le 1] and [Pro fi le 2]. The[...]

48 Write Recovery T ime (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 change Refresh Cyle T ime (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[...]

49 CPU Load-Line Calibration CPU Load-Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load. DRAM V oltage Use this to select DRAM V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. PCH V oltage Use this to select PCH V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU PLL V oltage Use this to select CPU PLL V oltage. The default value is[...]

50 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 ?[...]

51 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o 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 / V ista TM / 7. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® Windo[...]

52 CPU Thermal Throttling Y ou may select [Enabled] to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated. Intel Virtualization T echnology When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by V anderpool T echnology . This option will be h[...]

53 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration 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 T echnology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disabled]. Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI] or [P[...]

54 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 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 suppor[...]

55 Good Night LED Enable this option to turn off Power LED, Lan LED and Port80 LED when the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned of f in S1, S3 and S4 state. The default value is [Auto]. Onboard Debug Code LED Use this to enable or disable onboard Debug Code LED.[...]

56 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SA T A Mode Use this to select SA T A mode. Con fi 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 SA T A disk perfor- mance but IDE mode does not have these advantag[...]

57 3.4.5 Super IO Configuration OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable fl 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 fi guration options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use [...]

58 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[...]

59 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[...]

60 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 1 & 2 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 & 2 speed. Con ?[...]

61 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to con fi g- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . 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 automati[...]

62 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.[...]

63 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[...]

64 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 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 docume[...]

65 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[...]