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ASROCK AMD WRX90 Series Setup Manual

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AMD WRX90 Series
Motherboard
Software/BIOS Setup Guide
Version 1.0
Published January 2024
Copyright©2024 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 AMD WRX90 Series Motherboard Software/BIOS Setup Guide Version 1.0 Published January 2024 Copyright©2024 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: Table Of Contents

    Auto Driver Installer (ADI) 2.1.1 Installing Drivers for the First Time 2.1.2 Updating Drivers ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 2.2.1 Installing ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 2.2.2 UI Overview 2.2.3 Apps 2.2.4 BIOS & Drivers 2.2.5 Setting ASRock Polychrome SYNC 2.3.1 Connecting the Addressable RGB LED Strip...
  • Page 4 Advanced Screen 3.4.1 CPU Configuration 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration 3.4.3 PCI Subsystem Settings 3.4.4 Storage Configuration 3.4.5 NVMe Configuration 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration 3.4.8 Serial Port Console Redirection 3.4.9 USB Configuration 3.4.10 Trusted Computing 3.4.11 Network Stack Configuration 3.4.12 Server Mgmt 3.4.13 AMD CBS 3.4.14 AMD PBS...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    ASRock’s website with- out further notice. If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. ASRock website http:// www.asrock.com.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Software And Utilities Operation

    Chapter 2 Software and Utilities Operation 2.1 Auto Driver Installer (ADI) Optical drive or driver DVD is no longer needed for driver installation. ASRock motherboard already has its Ethernet driver prepacked in BIOS ROM. When you finish installing the operation system, simply use the Auto Driver Installer to download and install all necessary drivers automatically.
  • Page 7 Step 2 Boot into the system, and a notification will pop up in the lower right corner of your screen saying, "Do you want to one-step-install the latest drivers simply from ASRock Auto Driver Installer?". Select “Yes” to install Auto Driver Installer.
  • Page 8 Step 4 The Auto Driver Installer panel lists all available drivers that your motherboard supports. Select one or more drivers to be installed. Click "Select All" to select all items. Click "Unselect All" to remove all of your selections. Click "Update" to start downloading and installing drivers. If there are no drivers to be installed, click “Finish”...
  • Page 9 Click “No” to exit. Step 6 Once all drivers are successfully installed, a message pops up saying, "Installation has been successfully completed! For further drivers and utilities, please visit ASRock's website." Click "Ok" to complete the procedure. When driver installation is completed, the Auto Driver Installer tool will be uninstalled automatically from your computer.

  • Page 10: Updating Drivers

    2.1.2 Updating Drivers Updating drivers ensures that your system work well without any issue. To update drivers, please go to ASRock' website (https://www.asrock.com) and select "Support" > "Latest Drivers Update".

  • Page 11: Asrock Live Update & App Shop

    Go to the product page of your motherboard, select "Support" > "Download" to download the APP Shop. After installation, double-click on your desktop to access ASRock Live Update & APP Shop utility. *You need to be connected to the Internet to download apps from the ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

  • Page 12: Ui Overview

    2.2.2 UI Overview Category Panel Hot News Information Panel Category Panel: The category panel contains several category tabs or buttons that when selected the information panel below displays the relative information. Information Panel: The information panel in the center displays data about the currently selected category and allows users to perform job-related tasks.

  • Page 13: Apps

    AMD WRX90 Series 2.2.3 Apps When the "Apps" tab is selected, you will see all the available apps on screen for you to download. Installing an App Step 1 Find the app you want to install. The most recommended app appears on the left side of the screen. The other various apps are shown on the right.
  • Page 14 Step 3 If you want to install the app, click on the red icon to start downloading. Step 4 When installation completes, you can find the green "Installed" icon appears on the upper right corner. To uninstall it, simply click on the trash can icon *The trash icon may not appear for certain apps.
  • Page 15 AMD WRX90 Series Upgrading an App You can only upgrade the apps you have already installed. When there is an available new version for your app, you will find the mark of "New Version" appears below the installed app icon.

  • Page 16: Bios & Drivers

    2.2.4 BIOS & Drivers Installing BIOS or Drivers When the "BIOS & Drivers" tab is selected, you will see a list of recommended or critical updates for the BIOS or drivers. Please update them all soon. Step 1 Please check the item information before update. Click on to see more details.

  • Page 17: Setting

    AMD WRX90 Series 2.2.5 Setting In the "Setting" page, you can change the language, select the server location, and determine if you want to automatically run the ASRock Live Update & APP Shop on Windows startup.

  • Page 18: Asrock Polychrome Sync

    2.3 ASRock Polychrome SYNC ASRock Polychrome SYNC is a lighting control utility specifically designed for unique individuals with sophisticated tastes to build their own stylish colorful lighting system. Simply by connecting the LED strip, you can customize various lighting schemes and patterns, including Static, Breathing, Strobe, Cycling, Music, Wave and more.

  • Page 19: Installing Asrock Polychrome Sync Utility

    2.3.2 Installing ASRock Polychrome SYNC Utility After connecting the required LED strips, download the ASRockPolychrome SYNC Utility from the ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. You can also download the utility from the ASRock's website: "https://www.asrock.com". Go to the product page of your motherboard, select "Support"...

  • Page 20: Nahimic Audio

    Nahimic Audio interface is composed of four tabs : Audio, Microphone, Sound Tracker and Settings. Download this utility from the ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. You can also download the utility from the ASRock's website: "https://www.asrock.com". Go to the product page of your motherboard, select "Support"...
  • Page 21 AMD WRX90 Series From this tab, you can access all settings and information of Settings the software.

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Uefi Setup Utility

    Chapter 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction ASRock UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a BIOS utility which offers tweak- friendly options in an advanced viewing interface. The UEFI system works with a USB mouse and offers users a faster, sleeker experience.

  • Page 23: Uefi Menu Bar

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.1.2 UEFI Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections: Main For setting system time/date information For overclocking configurations OC Tweaker Advanced For advanced system configurations H/W Monitor Displays current hardware status...

  • Page 24: Navigation Keys

    3.1.3 Navigation Keys Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and use < > key or < > key to move the cursor up or down to select items, then press <Enter>...

  • Page 25: Main Screen

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

  • Page 26: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Frequency Use this option to adjust CPU core frequency. CPU Voltage Use this option to adjust CPU core voltage (mV). External CLK Control Allows you to configure External CLK Control. Configuration options: [Auto] [eCLK0, GPP0-PCIe, GPP0-CPU] [eCLK1, GPP0-PCIe, GPP1-CPU] Note: Switch APU clocks source mapping will get stuck immediately (post code:...
  • Page 27 AMD WRX90 Series DRAM Profile Setting Load EXPO/XMP settings to overclock the DDR5 memory and perform beyond standard specifications. Memory Information Allows users to browse the serial presence detect (SPD) and Intel extreme memory profile (XMP) for DDR5 modules. DRAM Timing Configuration The DRAM Timing Configuration menu allows you to configure DRAM Timing.

  • Page 28: Advanced Screen

    3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, PCI Subsystem Configuration, Storage Con- figuration, NVMe Configuration, ACPI Configuration, Super IO Configuration, Serial Port Console Redirection, USB Configuration, Trusted Computing, Network Stack Configuration, Server Mgmt, AMD CBS and AMD PBS Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.

  • Page 29: Cpu Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.1 CPU Configuration SMT Control The item can be used to disable symmetric multithreading. To re-enable SMT, a POWER CYCLE is needed after selecting the "Auto" option. Core Performance Boost [Disabled] Select this item to disable CPB.
  • Page 30 SMEE The item controls secure memory encryption enable. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] SEV-ES ASID Space Limit Control Select SEV-ES ASID Space Limit operation modes. SVM Mode When this is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V.

  • Page 31: Chipset Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.2 Chipset Configuration IOMMU Allows you to enable or disable IOMMU. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] ACS Enable Enable ACS. Enable AER Cap Enables Advanced Error Reporting Capability. PCIe ARI Support Enables Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support Enables PCIe ten bit tags for supported devices.
  • Page 32 TSME Allows you to configure TSME setting. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed. Onboard VGA Enable/disable onboard VGA. Onboard X710 LAN Controller Enable/disable the onboard X710 LAN Controller.

  • Page 33: Pci Subsystem Settings

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.3 PCI Subsystem Settings PCI Latency Timer Value to be programmed into PCI Latency Timer Register. PCI-X Latency Timer Value to be programmed into PCI-X Latency Timer Register. VGA Palette Snoop Enables or Disables VGA Palette Registers Snooping.
  • Page 34 SR-IOV Support If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support. BME DMA Mitigation Re-enable Bus Master Attribute disabled during Pci enumeration for PCI Bridges after SMM Locked...

  • Page 35: Storage Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Mode This item allows you to select the SATA type. [AHCI] Select this item to support new features that improve performance. [RAID] Select this item to combine multiple disk drives into a logical unit.

  • Page 36: Nvme Configuration

    3.4.5 NVMe Configuration The NVMe Configuration displays the NVMe controller and Drive information.

  • Page 37: Acpi Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM It is recommended to select auto for ACPI S3 power saving. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Restore on AC/Power Loss Allows you to select the power state after a power failure. [Power Off] Select this item and the power will remain off when the power recovers.
  • Page 38 RTC Alarm Power On [Enabled] Select this item to allow the system to be waked up by the real time clock alarm. [Disabled] Select this item to disallow the system to be waked up by the real time clock alarm. [By OS] Select this item to let it be handled by your operating system.

  • Page 39: Super Io Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration Enable or disable the Serial port 1.

  • Page 40: Serial Port Console Redirection

    3.4.8 Serial Port Console Redirection COM0 Console Redirection Use this option to enable or disable Console Redirection. If this item is set to Enabled, you can select a COM Port to be used for Console Redirection. Console Redirection Settings Use this option to configure Console Redirection Settings, and specify how your computer and the host computer to which you are connected exchange information.
  • Page 41 AMD WRX90 Series transmission speed. The options include [9600], [19200], [38400], [57600] and [115200]. Data Bits Use this item to set the data transmission size. The options include [7] and [8] (Bits). Parity Use this item to select the parity bit. The options include [None], [Even], [Odd], [Mark] and [Space].
  • Page 42 Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection Use this option to enable or disable Console Redirection. If this item is set to Enabled, you can select a COM Port to be used for Console Redirection. Console Redirection Settings Use this option to configure Console Redirection Settings, and specify how your computer and the host computer to which you are connected exchange information.

  • Page 43: Usb Configuration

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.9 USB Configuration Onboard ASM4242 Controller Enable/disable the onboard ASM4242 Controller. XHCI Hand-off This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver.

  • Page 44: Trusted Computing

    3.4.10 Trusted Computing NOTE: Options vary depending on the version of your connected TPM module. Security Device Support Allows you to enable or disable BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Active PCR banks This item displays active PCR Banks.
  • Page 45 AMD WRX90 Series Platform Hierarchy Allows you to enable or disable Platform Hierarchy. Storage Hierarchy Allows you to enable or disable Storage Hierarchy. Endorsement Hierarchy Allows you to enable or disable Endorsement Hierarchy. Physical Presence Spec version Allows you to select this item to tell OS to support PPI spec version 1.2 or 1.3. Please note that some HCK tests might not support version 1.3.

  • Page 46: Network Stack Configuration

    3.4.11 Network Stack Configuration Network Stack Use this item to enable or disable UEFI Network Stack. Ipv4 PXE Support Use this item to enable or disable IPv4 PXE boot support. If disabled, IPv4 PXE boot support will not be available. Ipv4 HTTP Support Use this item to enable or disable IPv4 HTTP boot support.
  • Page 47 AMD WRX90 Series Media detect count Number of times the presence of media will be checked. Use either +/- or numeric keys to set the value.

  • Page 48: Server Mgmt

    3.4.12 Server Mgmt BMC Support Use this item to enable or disable interfaces to communicate with BMC. Wait For BMC Wait For BMC response for specified time out. BMC starts at the same time when BIOS starts during AC power ON. It takes around 90 seconds to initialize Host to BMC interfaces.
  • Page 49 AMD WRX90 Series OS Wtd Timer Timeout Enter the value between 1 to 30 min for OS Boot Watchdog Timer Expiration. This item is not available if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled. OS Wtd Timer Policy Configure how the system should respond if the OS Boot Watchdog Timer expires.

  • Page 50: Amd Cbs

    3.4.13 AMD CBS The AMD CBS menu accesses AMD specific features.

  • Page 51: Amd Pbs

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.4.14 AMD PBS The AMD PBS menu accesses AMD specific features.

  • Page 52: Tool

    3.5 Tool ASRock Polychrome RGB Select LED lighting color. Auto Driver Installer Allows you to download and install all necessary drivers automatically. [Enabled] Select this item to enable the Auto Driver Installer tool. When it is enabled, after entering to Windows with available Internet access, the Auto Driver Installer tool will appear automatically.

  • Page 53: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen This section allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, fan speed and voltage. NOTE: Options vary depending on the features of your motherboard.

  • Page 54: Security Screen

    3.7 Security Screen In this section you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. You may also clear the user password. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password.

  • Page 55: Boot Screen

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.8 Boot Screen This section displays the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Fast Boot Fast Boot speeds up your computer's boot time; however, you won't be able to boot from an USB storage device.
  • Page 56 Boot Beep Allows you to select whether the Boot Beep should be turned on or off when the system boots up. Please note that a buzzer is needed. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Select this item to display the boot logo. [Disabled] Select this item to show normal POST messages.

  • Page 57: Exit Screen

    AMD WRX90 Series 3.9 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message, “Save configuration changes and exit setup?” will pop out. Press <F10> key or select [Yes] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY.

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