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IMB-792
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published June 2018
Copyright©2018 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 IMB-792 User Manual Version 1.0 Published June 2018 Copyright©2018 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 (including damages for loss of profits, 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 documentation or product.
  • Page 3 ® The terms HDMI and HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface, and the HDMI logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United States and other countries. CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction ............5 1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ............8 1.4 I/O Panel ................ 10 2 Installation ............11 2.1 Screw Holes ..............11 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ........... 11 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......12 2.4 Expansion Slots ............
  • Page 5: Introduction

    In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using.
  • Page 6: Specifications

    1.2 Specifications Form Dimensions ATX (12.0-in x 9.6-in) Factor ® Supports Intel Gen (Kabylake-S/ Processor Skylake-S) Core i7/i5/i3/ Celeron Processors System ® Chipset Intel H110 PCIe 1 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x4 Expansion Mini-PCIe Slot mSATA 1 x full size with shared SATA3 and USB 2.0 1 x M.2 (Key M, 2242/2260/2280) with shared SATA3 for SSD Technology Dual Channel DDR4 2133 MHz...
  • Page 7 2 x USB3.0, 3 x USB2.0 LVDS / inverter Serial 8 x COM(RS-232) 4 x SATA3, SATA3_1 is shared with M.2 Internal SATA Key M, SATA3_2 is shared with mSATA Connector Parallel 1 (shared with GPIO) GPIO 8 x GPI, 8 x GPO SATA PWR Output Con Speaker...
  • Page 8: Motherboard Layout

    USB 2.0 Top: T: USB7 LAN1 B: USB8 PWR_BAT1 CMOS Battery USB 3.0 Top: T: USB3 LAN2 B: USB4 USB_PWR2 LAN_LED3 Industrial LAN_LED4 IMB-792 PCIE1 USB3_PWR2 PCI1 BUZZ2 BUZZ1 PCI2 M2_SEL1 MSATA_SEL1 PCI3 PCI4 USB2_PWR3 PCIE4 COM4 COM6 COM8 COM10...
  • Page 9 1 : ATX 12V Power Connector 2 : CPU FAN Connector (+12V) 3 : M.2 Key-M Socket 4 : 24-pin ATX Power Input Connector 5 : USB3_PWR3 (For USB3_1_2) 6 : USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2) 7 : SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_1 ~ SATA3_4) 8 : Chassis FAN Connector (+12V) 9 : MSATA Select (MSATA_SEL1) 10 : M2 Select (M2_SEL1)
  • Page 10: I/O Panel

    1.4 I/O Panel PS/2 Mouse Port Microphone (Pink) COM Port (COM1)** USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_3_4) D-Sub Port (VGA1) USB 2.0 Ports (USB_7_8) LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN1)* HDMI Port (HDMI1) LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN2)* COM Port (COM2)** Line In (Light Blue) PS/2 Keyboard Port Line out (Lime) * There are two LED next to the LAN port.
  • Page 11: 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 configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
  • Page 12: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 288-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR4 DIMM pairs. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology with only one memory module installed.
  • Page 14: Expansion Slots

    2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, PCI Express, mini-SATA and M.2 Slots) There are 5 PCI slots, 2 PCI Express slots, 1 mini-SATA slot and 1 M.2 slot on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface.
  • Page 15 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. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation. Step 2.
  • Page 16: Jumpers Setup

    2.5 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 illus- tration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...
  • Page 17 USB Power Setting Jumpers 1-2 : +5V 2-3 : +5VSB (3-pin USB2_PWR3 (For USB2_10)) (see p.8, No. 11) (3-pin USB2_PWR1 (For USB2_5_6)) (see p.8, No. 24) (3-pin USB_PWR2 (For USB2_7_8)) (see p.8, No. 34) (3-pin USB3_PWR2 (For USB3_3_4)) (see p.8, No. 32) (3-pin USB3_PWR3 (For USB3_1_2)) (see p.8, No.
  • Page 18 PWR_BAT1 Open : Normal Close : Charge Battery (2-pin PWR_BAT1) (see p.8, No. 18) M.2 Select Open : For SATA3_1 Short : For M.2 (2-pin M2_SEL1) (see p.8, No. 10) MSATA Select Open : For SATA3_2 Short : For Mini-SATA (2-pin MSATA_SEL1) (see p.8, No.
  • Page 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.6 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! SATA3 Connectors These four Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors support SATA data (SATA3_1~SATA3_4: cables for internal storage...
  • Page 20 ATX 12V Power Input Connector Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.8, No. 1) 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 21 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 sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly.
  • Page 22 Printer Port / GPIO Header This is an interface for print port cable that allows (25-pin LPT1_GPIO) convenient connection of printer (see p.8, No. 25) devices. Printer Port: GPIO: * If you want to use the printer port function, please short pin4 and pin5 on Digital Input / Output Power Select (JGPIO_PWR1).
  • Page 23: Driver Installation Guide

    Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. 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 24: Uefi Setup Utility

    Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure 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 25: 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 <Enter>...
  • Page 26: Advanced Screen

    3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configu- ration, Chipset Configuration, Storage Configuration, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration, USB Configuration and Trusted Computing. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.
  • Page 27: Cpu Configuration

    3.3.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading Technology Intel Hyper Threading Technology allows multiple threads to run on each core, so that the overall performance on threaded software is improved. Active Processor Cores Select the number of cores to enable in each processor package. CPU C States Support Enable CPU C States Support for power saving.
  • Page 28 No-Execute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement 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.
  • Page 29: Chipset Configuration

    3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI Express]. Top of Lower usable DRAM Set the maximum value of TOLUD. Set this item to Dynamic to allow TOLUD to adjust automatically based on the largest MMIO length of the installed graphic controller.
  • Page 30 Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. Deep Sleep Mobile platforms support Deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4/S5 in AC only.
  • Page 31: Storage Configuration

    3.3.3 Storage Configuration SATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature. SATA Mode Selection Use this to select SATA mode. Configuration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. The default value is [AHCI 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 32: Super Io Configuration

    3.3.4 Super IO Configuration COM1 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM1. Select COM1 port type: [RS232], [RS422] or [RS485]. COM2 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM2. Select COM2 port type: [RS232], [RS422] or [RS485]. COM3 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM3.
  • Page 33: Acpi Configuration

    3.3.5 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. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is [Enabled].
  • Page 34: Usb Configuration

    3.3.6 USB Configuration USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is [Enabled].
  • Page 35: Trusted Computing

    3.3.7 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable or disable BIOS support for security device.
  • Page 36: 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. CPU_FAN1 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed.
  • Page 37: Security Screen

    3.5 Security Screen In this section, you may set, change or clear the supervisor/user password for the system. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Only the ad- ministrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password.
  • Page 38: Boot Screen

    3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.
  • Page 39 Please disable CSM when you enable Fast Boot option. The default value is [Enabled]. Enable to launch the Compatibility Support Module. Please do not disable ® unless you’re running a WHCK test. If you are using Windows 8.1 / 8 64- bit and all of your devices support UEFI, you may also disable CSM for faster boot speed.
  • Page 40: Exit Screen

    3.7 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save configuration 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 setup?”...
  • Page 41: Software Support

    Click on a specific 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, you’re welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may con-...

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