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P67 Pro
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published September 2010
Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 P67 Pro User Manual Version 1.0 Published September 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 (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 possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ..... 27 2.11 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ................28 2.12 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs ..28 2.13 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ............
  • Page 4 3.2 Main Screen ..............38 3.3 Advanced Screen ............39 3.3.1 CPU Con guration ..........40 3.3.2 Integrated Clock Chip Con guration ....42 3.3.3 DRAM Con guration ..........43 3.3.4 North Bridge Con guration........43 3.3.5 South Bridge Con guration ........46 3.3.6 Storage Con guration ..........

  • Page 5: Introduction

    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.

  • Page 6: Speci Cations

    Specifications - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.0-in, 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm Platform - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) ® - Supports 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package ®...
  • Page 7 - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, Connector RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 2 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header...
  • Page 8 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.
  • Page 9 ASRock AIWI is the world’s rst utility to turn your iPhone/iPod touch as a game joystick to control your PC games. All you have to do is just to install the ASRock AIWI utility either from ASRock of cial website or ASRock software support CD to your motherboard, and also download the free AIWI Lite from App store to your iPhone/iPod touch.
  • Page 10 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. 14. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by Eu- ropean Union to de ne the power consumption for the completed system.

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    PCI Slots (PCI1-3) SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1, White) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) Power LED Header (PLED1) PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE4, White) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White) 32 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3, White) System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2, Blue)

  • Page 12: I/O Panel

    Coaxial SPDIF Out Port ** 7 Front Speaker (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) * 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 ACT/LINK SPEED...
  • Page 13 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” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.

  • Page 14: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 8.0", 30.5 x 20.3 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.

  • Page 15: Cpu Installation

    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.
  • Page 16 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.

  • Page 17: Installation Of Heatsink And Cpu Fan

    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.

  • Page 18: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    (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;...
  • Page 19 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. notch break...

  • Page 20: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    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; White) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.

  • Page 21: Jumpers Setup

    Default Clear CMOS Note: CLRCMOS1 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 CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds.

  • Page 22: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.11 No. 25) 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 These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) SATA2_4...
  • Page 23 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.
  • Page 24 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).
  • Page 25 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.
  • Page 26 Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work 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.

  • Page 27: Serial Ata (Sata) / Serial Ataii (Sataii) Hard Disks Installation

    STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII con- nector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. 2.10 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation ®...

  • Page 28: Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata / Sataii Hdds

    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.

  • Page 29: Sata / Sataii / Sata3 Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide

    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 product spec on our website: www.asrock.com...
  • Page 30 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Unplug SATA data cable from SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD side. Step 2 Unplug SATA 15-pin power cable connector (Black) from SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD side.

  • Page 31: Driver Installation Guide

    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.

  • Page 32: Setting Up A "Raid Ready" System

    Rapid Storage” will be installed to your system as well. 2.15.2 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.

  • Page 33: Raid 1 Or Raid 5

    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 2.15.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready”...

  • Page 34: Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista

    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: ..

  • Page 35: Xp / Xp 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    2 on page 31. ® 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.

  • Page 36: Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-Bit / Vista

    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 BIOS.

  • Page 37: Uefi Setup Utility

    To exit the current screen or the UEFI SETUP UTILITY Exit Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and then press <Enter> to get into the sub screen. You can also use the mouse to click your required item.

  • Page 38: Navigation Keys

    To save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY <F10> To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen <ESC> 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview.

  • Page 39: Advanced Screen

    3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the con gurations for the following items: CPU Con gu- ration, Integrated Clock Chip Con guration, DRAM Con guration, North Bridge Con- guration, South Bridge Con guration, Storage Con guration, Super IO Con gura- tion, Voltage Con guration, ACPI Con guration and USB Con guration.

  • Page 40: Cpu Con Guration

    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. Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies.
  • Page 41 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].

  • Page 42: Integrated Clock Chip Con Guration

    3.3.2 Integrated Clock Chip Configuration DIV-1S Integrated Clock Control options. DIV-2S Integrated Clock Control options. DIV3 Integrated Clock Control options. DIV4 Integrated Clock Control options. DIV-1NS Integrated Clock Control options. DIV-2NS Integrated Clock Control options.

  • Page 43: Dram Con Guration

    3.3.3 DRAM Configuration 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.
  • Page 44 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].
  • Page 45 Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disabled]. Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI]. 3.3.5 South Bridge Configuration...

  • Page 46: South Bridge Con Guration

    Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. 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 ®...

  • Page 47: Storage Con Guration

    3.3.6 Storage Configuration SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode. Con guration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. 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 these advantages.

  • Page 48: Super Io Con Guration

    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 or disable it. Con guration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].

  • Page 49: Voltage Con Guration

    3.3.8 Voltage Configuration CPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core Voltage Offset. Con guration options: [Auto], [+0.005V] to [+0.300V]. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. Con guration options: [Auto], [1.200V] to [2.040V].

  • Page 50: Acpi Con Guration

    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. 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.

  • Page 51: Usb Con Guration

    3.3.10 USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 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].

  • Page 52: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3.4 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.

  • Page 53: Boot Screen

    3.5 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. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up.

  • Page 54: Security Screen

    3.6 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.

  • Page 55: Exit Screen

    When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes?” Select [OK] to discard all changes. Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation. User Default In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements.

  • Page 56: Software Support

    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.
  • Page 57 2. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility > Advanced > Storage Confi guration > SATA Mode. 3. Press F11 to launch boot menu at system POST. 4. Choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot. (“xxx” is the device which contains ® your Windows installation fi...

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