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Published March 2012
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    H77WS-DL User Manual Version 1.0 Published March 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    fi tness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its directors, offi cers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profi...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ......20 2.7 CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide 21 2.8 Surround Display Feature ..........25 2.9 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ..... 27 2.10 Jumpers Setup ............29 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors ......30 2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation ..............
  • Page 4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ..........46 3.1 Introduction ..............46 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ............ 46 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ........... 47 3.2 Main Screen ..............47 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen ............48 3.4 Advanced Screen ............52 3.4.1 CPU Confi guration ..........53 3.4.2 North Bridge Confi...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    In case any modifi cations of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may fi nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well.

  • Page 6: Specifi Cations

    1.2 Specifications Platform ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design ® - Supports 3 and 2 Generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 and ® ® Pentium / Celeron Processors in LGA1155 Package - 4 + 2 Power Phase Design ®...
  • Page 7 - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111E - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Effi cient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function - Supports PXE Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA Port...
  • Page 8 / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 16) Certifi cations - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 17) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com...
  • Page 9 ® Vista / XP. For Windows OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limita- tion. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Win- ® dows cannot use. Only PCIE1 slot supports Gen 3 speed. To run the PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please install an Ivy Bridge CPU.
  • Page 10 12. ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included into ASRock Ex- treme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully utilizes the memory space that cannot ®...
  • Page 11 13. ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS update process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will automatically fi nish the BIOS update procedure after regaining power. Please note that BIOS fi les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk.

  • Page 12: Motherboard Layout

    T: USB0 B: USB1 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB2 RJ-45 B: USB3 PWR_FAN1 CHA_FAN1 H77WS-DL CHA_FAN2 PCIE1 PCI Express 3.0 CMOS Intel Battery 64Mb BIOS RoHS ErP/EuP Ready CLRCMOS1 PCIE2 PLED1 PLED PWRBTN...

  • Page 13: I/O Panel

    1.4 I/O Panel PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) LAN RJ-45 Port USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01) LAN RJ-45 Port VGA Port (VGA1) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 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.

  • Page 14: Installation

    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 confi 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.

  • Page 15: Cpu Installation

    2.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below. Load Plate Load Lever Socket Body Contact Array 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 are any bent pins in the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found.
  • Page 16 Step 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge which is marked with a black line. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with the IHS (Inte- grated Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches. orientation key notch alignment key Pin1...

  • Page 17: Installation Of Cpu Fan And Heatsink

    2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you install the heatsink, you need to spray ther- mal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dissipa- tion.

  • Page 18: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. 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.

  • Page 19: Installing A Dimm

    For optimal compatibility and stability while overclocking memory frequency, it is recommended to install one memory module in DDR3_B2 slot or two memory modules in DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2 slots. Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components.

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

    2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 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 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFireX function.

  • Page 21: Crossfirex

    2.7 CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX . 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.
  • Page 22 Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing a CrossFire Bridge on the CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of the Radeon graphics cards. (The CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you pur- chase, not bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details.) CrossFire Bridge Step 3.

  • Page 23: Driver Installation And Setup

    2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1. Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 2. Remove the AMD drivers if you have any VGA drivers 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.
  • Page 24 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 confi 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 benefi...

  • Page 25: Surround Display Feature

    2.8 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the ben- efi ts of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1.
  • Page 26 ® For Windows XP / XP 64-bit OS: Right click on desktop, choose “Properties”, and select the “Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitors according to the steps below. A. Click the “Identify” button to display a large number on each monitor. B.

  • Page 27: Asrock Smart Remote Installation Guide

    2.9 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...
  • Page 28 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...

  • Page 29: Jumpers Setup

    2.10 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”...

  • Page 30: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.11 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 ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2 (SATA2) SATA2_5 SATA2_3...
  • Page 31 (9-pin USB8_9) USB_PWR (see p.12, No. 25) DUMMY USB_PWR USB 3.0 Header Besides two default USB 3.0 IntA_P0_D+ IntA_P0_D- ports on the I/O panel, there is (19-pin USB3_2_3) IntA_P0_SSTX+ IntA_P0_SSTX- one USB 3.0 header on this (see p.12, No. 8) IntA_P0_SSRX+ IntA_P0_SSRX- motherboard.
  • Page 32 System Panel Header This header accommodates several system front panel (9-pin PANEL1) functions. (see p.12, No. 14) 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.
  • Page 33 equipment in the system, which has slower transmission rates, and power management equipment. B. Internet status indicator (2-pin LAN1_LED, LAN2_LED) These two 2-pin headers allow you to use the Gigabit internet indicator cable to connect to the LAN status indicator. When this indicator fl ickers, it means that the internet is properly connected.
  • Page 34 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 35: Serial Ata (Sata) / Serial Ata2 (Sata2) Hard Disks Installation

    2.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation ® This motherboard adopts Intel H77 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology) functions.

  • Page 36: Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata / Sata2 Hdds

    2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATA2 in ® RAID / AHCI mode. Intel H77 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort.

  • Page 37: Sata / Sata2 / Sata3 Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide

    SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website: www.asrock.com 2. Make sure your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual.
  • Page 38 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATA2 / 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 / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Step 2 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-...

  • Page 39: Driver Installation Guide

    2.17 Driver Installation Guide To 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 top to bottom to install those required drivers.

  • Page 40: Tm Tm

    2.19 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 / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the procedures below according to the OS you install.

  • Page 41: Installing Windows

    2.19.2 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 / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the steps below. Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.

  • Page 42: Teaming Function Operation Guide

    2.20 Teaming Function Operation Guide Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth, making data transmission more effective and improving the quality of transmission of distant images.
  • Page 43 4. Key in Team Name and choose Link Aggregation \ LACP (802.3ad) for Settings. 5. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (After pressing OK button, system will show below warming message. Please choose Continue Anyway.) 6.
  • Page 44 ® For Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS: 1. Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD: .. \ Drivers \ LAN \ REALTEK \ Teaming (This is a special driver for Teaming function only. If you don’t want to use Teaming, please install the LAN driver provided by our support CD link.) When installing teaming driver, system will show below warming message.
  • Page 45 5. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (After pressing OK button, system will show below warming message. Please choose Continue Anyway.) 6. After doing above settings, system will auto create a new Local Area Connection. 7.

  • Page 46: Uefi Setup Utility

    Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to confi gure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2>...

  • Page 47: Navigation Keys

    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 + / - To change option for the selected items <Tab>...

  • Page 48: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Confi guration CPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology. Pro- cessors can switch between multiple frequencies and voltage points to en- able power saving.
  • Page 49 Short Duration Power Limit Use this item to confi gure short duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto]. Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to confi gure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plane. The default value is [Auto]. Secondary Plane Current Limit Use this item to confi...
  • Page 50 DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM 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. The default is [Auto].
  • Page 51 MRC Fast Boot Use this item to enable or disable MRC Fast Boot. The default is [Enabled]. Voltage Confi guration CPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU core voltage offset. The default value is [Auto]. IGPU Voltage Offset Use this to select IGPU voltage offset.

  • Page 52: Advanced Screen

    3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the confi gurations for the following items: CPU Confi gu- ration, North Bridge Confi guration, South Bridge Confi guration, Storage Confi gura- tion, Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology, Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology, Super IO Confi...

  • Page 53: Cpu Confi Guration

    3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes ® ® optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft Windows XP / Vista ®...
  • Page 54 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 codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Intel Virtualization Technology When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool...

  • Page 55: North Bridge Confi Guration

    3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration 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]. VT-d ® ® Use this to enable or disable Intel VT-d technology (Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O).

  • Page 56: South Bridge Confi Guration

    3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard LAN1 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN1 feature. Onboard LAN2 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN2 feature. Deep Sleep Mobile platforms support Deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4/S5 in AC only.

  • Page 57: Storage Confi Guration

    3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature. SATA Mode Selection This item is for SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports. Use this to select SATA mode. Confi guration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode].

  • Page 58: Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology

    ® We recommend to use Intel H77 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 ASMedia SATA3 controller, you can still enable this in UEFI. 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology.

  • Page 59: Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology

    3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology. Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology keeps your e-mail and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode.

  • Page 60: Super Io Confi Guration

    3.4.7 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Confi guration options: [2F8h / IRQ3] and [2E8h / IRQ3].

  • Page 61: Acpi Confi Guration

    3.4.8 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [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. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table.

  • Page 62: Usb Confi Guration

    3.4.9 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 confi...

  • Page 63: Trusted Computing

    3.4.10 Trusted Computing TPM Support Enable or disable BIOS support for security device.

  • Page 64: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    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 &...

  • Page 65: Boot Screen

    3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to confi 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 indefi...

  • Page 66: Security Screen

    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.

  • Page 67: Exit Screen

    3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save confi guration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Yes] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?”...

  • Page 68: Software Support

    Click on a specifi c item then follow 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...
  • Page 69 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode ® This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. ®...

  • Page 70: Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb In Raid Mode

    RAID drivers into a USB fl ash disk. You can download the driver from ASRock's website and unzip the fi le into a USB fl ash disk OR copy the fi le from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the fi les under following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_..
  • Page 71 E. Please keep the USB fl ash disk installed until the system's fi rst reboot. ® F. Continue to install OS by following the Windows instructions. ® 5. Follow Windows Installation Guide to install OS. ® If you install Windows 7 64-bit / Vista 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex.
  • Page 72 B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applications>Services”; Then double click “Volume Shadow Copy”.
  • Page 73 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”. C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. ® Windows 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotfi x KB2505454 through this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ ® B.

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