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Z68 Pro3-M

User Manual

Version 1.0
Published April 2011
Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Z68 Pro3-M User Manual Version 1.0 Published April 2011 Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    (including damages for loss of profi 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

    ..... 32 2.13 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs ................33 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs ..33 2.15 SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide ............
  • Page 4 3.4.5 Super IO Confi guration ........55 3.4.6 ACPI Confi guration..........56 3.4.7 USB Confi guration ..........57 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ....58 3.6 Boot Screen ..............59 3.7 Security Screen ............. 60 3.8 Exit Screen ..............61 4 Software Support ..........

  • 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 confi guration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

  • Page 6: Specifi Cations

    Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design ® - Supports 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package - 4 + 1 Power Phase Design ®...
  • Page 7 - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA2 Connector - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8) SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,...
  • Page 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”...
  • Page 9 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 10 BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS fi le to your USB fl ash drive, fl oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar- ing an additional fl...
  • Page 11 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. 18. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by Eu- ropean Union to defi...

  • Page 12: Motherboard Layout

    (HDMI_SPDIF1, White) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) PCI Slot (PCI1) SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2, Blue) PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3, White) SATA2 Connector (SATA2_3, Blue) PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE2, White) SATA2 Connector (SATA2_4, Blue) PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Blue)

  • Page 13: I/O Panel

    Rear Speaker (Black) VGA/DVI-D Port Optical SPDIF Out Port 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. LAN Port LED Indications ACT/LINK...
  • Page 14 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 fi nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.

  • Page 15: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 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 16: 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 17 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 18: Installation Of Cpu Fan And Heatsink

    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 19: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    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, you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A (DDR3_ A1 and DDR3_B1;...

  • Page 20: Installing A Dimm

    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 21: Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots)

    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, SATA2 card, etc.

  • Page 22: Dual Monitor And Surround Display Features

    HDMI port VGA/DVI-D port 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already, you can freely enjoy the benefi 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.
  • Page 23 VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benefi ts of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI Express VGA card on PCIE1 slot. Please refer to page 21 for proper expansion card installation procedures for details.
  • Page 24 C. Click “OK” to save your change. D. Repeat steps A through C for the display icon identifi ed by the number three and four. 6. Use Surround Display. Click and drag the display icons to positions representing the physical setup of your monitors that you would like to use.

  • Page 25: Asrock Smart Remote Installation Guide

    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 26: Jumpers Setup

    CMOS when you just fi nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system fi rst, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS ac- tion. Please be noted that the password, date, time, user default profi le, 1394...

  • Page 27: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    FDD connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) (see p.12 No. 26) 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 three Serial ATAII SATA2_2 (SATAII) connectors support (SATA2_2: see p.12, No.
  • Page 28 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there (9-pin USB6_7) are three USB 2.0 headers on (see p.12 No. 22) this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. USB_PWR (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.12 No.
  • Page 29 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 30 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 31 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 32: 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. 2.12 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation ®...

  • Page 33: 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 34: 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 35 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 36: Driver Installation Guide

    Start to format and copy fi les [YN]? Please insert a fl oppy diskette into the fl oppy drive, and press <Y>. E. The system will start to format the fl oppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII / SATA3 drivers into the fl oppy diskette.

  • Page 37: Setting Up A "Raid Ready" System

    Rapid Storage” will be installed to your system as well. 2.17.2 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 38: Raid 1 Or Raid 5

    Rapid Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID confi 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 2.17.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready”...

  • Page 39: Installing Windows

    Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Confi 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 40: Xp / Xp 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    2 on page 36. ® 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 41: Vista Tm 64-Bit Without Raid Functions

    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 UEFI.

  • Page 42: Uefi Setup Utility

    To exit the current screen or the UEFI SETUP UTILITY 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 43: Navigation Keys

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

  • Page 44: Oc Tweaker Screen

    [Auto], you need to set the “Power Schemes” as “Portable/Laptop” to en- ® able this function. If you install Windows 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.
  • Page 45 Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies. Please set this item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Technology. Turbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specifi...
  • Page 46 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 Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting.
  • Page 47 Voltage Control Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode. The default value is [Disabled]. CPU Core Voltage Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. 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.

  • Page 48: Advanced Screen

    fi rst like MS-DOS or Windows . Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI fi le to your USB fl ash drive, fl oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional fl...

  • Page 49: Cpu Confi Guration

    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. Confi guration options: [All], [1] and [2]. The default value is [All].
  • Page 50 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 code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection.

  • Page 51: North Bridge Confi Guration

    Technology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disabled]. 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]. Onboard VGA Share Memory This allows you to set onboard VGA share memory feature.
  • Page 52 DVMT Memory You 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.

  • Page 53: South Bridge Confi Guration

    This allows you to enable or disable the “Onboard HDMI HD Audio” fea- ture. 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 54: Storage Confi Guration

    Good Night LED Enable this option to turn off Power LED and Port80 LED when the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned off in S1, S3 and S4 state. The default value is [Auto]. 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode.

  • Page 55: Super Io Confi Guration

    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. Confi guration options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port.

  • Page 56: Acpi Confi 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 57: Usb Confi Guration

    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 confi...

  • Page 58: 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.

  • Page 59: 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.

  • Page 60: 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 61: 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. Launch EFI Shell from fi lesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shell64.efi) from one of the...

  • Page 62: 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 fi le “ASSETUP.EXE” from the BIN folder in the Support CD to dis- play the menus.
  • Page 63 2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility > Advanced > Storage Confi guration > SATA Mode. 3. Choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1. ®...
  • Page 64 XP / XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista 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. ®...

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