Asrock Z68 Pro3-M инструкция обслуживания

1 Z68 Pro3-M User Manual V ersion 1.0 Published April 201 1 Copyright©201 1 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

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[...]

3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Speci fi cations ................................................................. 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 12 1.4 I/O Pan[...]

4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 42 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 42 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 42 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 43 3.2 Main Screen ................[...]

5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock Z68 Pro3-M motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the moth[...]

6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 2nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - 4 + 1 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology - Supports K-Series unlocked CPU - Supports Hyper-Threading T echnology (s[...]

7 Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray audio support LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL81 1 1E - Supports W ake-On-LAN - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Ef fi cient Ethernet 802.3az Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port -[...]

8 - 8 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI BIOS - AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance W ake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT , VCCSA V oltage M[...]

9 CAUTION! 1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading T echnology”, please check page 49. 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 19 for proper installation. 3. DDR3 frequency options may depend on the p[...]

10 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 T uning Utility (AXTU). ASRock website: http://www .asrock.com 10. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS fl ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allow[...]

11 16. 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 o improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC sys[...]

12 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_F AN1) 19 Power LED Header (PLED1) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 20 USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) 3 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 21 USB 2.0 Header (USB10_1 1, Blue) 4 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 22 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 23 Consumer Infrared Module Header (D[...]

13 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. 10) (No. 7) (No. 6) Sid[...]

14 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 “[...]

15 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro A TX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 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 ph[...]

16 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[...]

17 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[...]

18 2.4 Installation of CPU Fan 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 to[...]

19 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,[...]

20 notch break notch break 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 ori[...]

21 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 1 PCI slot and 3 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: PCIE2 / PCIE3 (PCIE x1 slot; White) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SA T A2 ca[...]

22 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 . 2.7 Dual Monitor and Su[...]

23 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 fi ts of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Instal[...]

24 For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 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 de[...]

25 * 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 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, blue) CIR header (4-pin, white) 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock motherboard with CIR header . Please refer to[...]

26 2.9 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 [...]

27 the red-striped side to Pin1 2.10 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.12 No. 26) Note: Make sure the red-s[...]

28 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there (see p.12 No. 22) are three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.12 No. 20) (9-pin USB10_1 1) (see p.12 No. 21) 1 USB_PWR P- 8 GND DUMMY USB_PWR P+8 GND P- 9 P+9 1 USB _ P W R P -10 G [...]

29 J_SENSE OUT2_L 1 MIC_RET PRESENCE# GND OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L OUT_RET Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.12 No. 28) convenient connection and control of audio devices. 1. High De fi nition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to [...]

30 Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header . (see p.12 No. 18) Power LED Header Please connect the chassis (3-pin PLED1) power LED to this header to (see p.12 No. 19) 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/S[...]

31 A TX Power Connector Please connect an A TX power (24-pin A TXPWR1) supply to this connector . (see p.12 No. 7) 12 1 24 13 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 [...]

32 2.12 Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® Z68 chipset that supports Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology) functions. Y ou may install SA T A3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. Th[...]

33 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 ® Z68 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[...]

34 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[...]

35 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[...]

36 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 [...]

37 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[...]

38 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[...]

39 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 SA T A Con fi guration. [...]

40 STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SA T A 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 36. STEP 3: Install Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit OS [...]

41 2.18.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit W ithout RAID F unctions 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.[...]

42 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[...]

43 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[...]

44 3.3 OC T weaker Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. Advanced T urbo 50 Y ou can use this option to increase your system performance. This option appears only when your CPU supports this function. Load Optimized CPU OC Setting Y ou can use this option to load optimized CPU overclocking setting. Please note that[...]

45 Intel T urbo Boost T echnology Use this item to enable or disable Intel T urbo Boost T echnology . T urbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speci fi c condition. The default value is [Enabled]. T urbo Boost Power Limit Use this item to adjust T urbo Boost power limit. Con fi guration options: [Auto] and [Manua[...]

46 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 T ime (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. RA[...]

47 V oltage Control Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode. The default value is [Disabled]. CPU Core V oltage Use this to select CPU Core V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Load-Line Calibration CPU Load-Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load. IGPU V oltage Use this t[...]

48 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 ?[...]

49 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[...]

50 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[...]

51 3.4.2 Nor th 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 [Onboard],[...]

52 DVMT Memory Y ou are allowed 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.[...]

53 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. Deep Sx Mobile platforms suppo[...]

54 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[...]

55 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 [...]

56 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[...]

57 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[...]

58 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 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 speed. Con fi guration optio[...]

59 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[...]

60 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.[...]

61 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[...]

62 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[...]

63 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[...]

64 Note 1. For Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 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 onboard VGA in advance. 2. Intel ® will update the new version Rapid Storage T echnology driver in the near future.[...]