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E350M1/USB3

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Version 1.1
Published June 2011
Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    E350M1/USB3 User Manual Version 1.1 Published June 2011 Copyright©2011 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

    Contents 1 Introduction ............5 1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifi cations ..............6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ............10 1.4 I/O Panel ..............11 2 Installation ............13 2.1 Screw Holes ..............13 2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ......... 13 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......14 2.4 Expansion Slot ........
  • Page 4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ..........28 3.1 Introduction ..............28 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ............ 28 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ........... 29 3.2 Main Screen ..............29 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen ............30 3.4 Advanced Screen ............32 3.4.1 CPU Confi guration ..........33 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

    Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) - AMD Dual-Core Zacate E350/E350D APU - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology - UMI 2.5 GT/s Chipset - AMD A50M Chipset Memory...
  • Page 7 - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - DRAM, FCH, +1V, +1.8V Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial) Unique Feature...
  • Page 8 6-channel, and 8-channel modes. Please check the table on page 11 for proper connection. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS fl ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS ®...
  • Page 9 PC and apple devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks, then you can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games. Also, please do not forget to pay attention to ASRock offi cial website regularly, we will continuously provide you the most up-do-date supported games! ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/Feature/Aiwi/index.asp...

  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout

    1.3 Motherboard Layout 17.0cm (6.7 in) E350M1/USB3 DDR3 CMOS CHA_FAN1 Battery USB 3.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 CLRCMOS1 USB 2.0 Super T: USB2 B: USB3 PANEL 1 CHA_FAN2 PLED PWRBTN HDLED RESET USB 2.0 Top: T: USB4 RJ-45 B: USB5...

  • Page 11: I/O Panel

    1.4 I/O Panel PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port (Purple/Green) ** 9 Front Speaker (Lime) VGA/D-Sub Port Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) LAN RJ-45 Port eSATA3 Port Central / Bass (Orange) VGA/HDMI Port Rear Speaker (Black) VGA/DVI-D Port Optical SPDIF Out Port USB 3.0 Ports (USB01) Line In (Light Blue)
  • Page 12 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 13: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 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 14: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) E350M1/USB3 motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

  • Page 15: Expansion Slot (Pci Express Slot)

    2.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) There is 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCIE slot: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards. 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.

  • Page 16: Dual Monitor Feature

    2.5 Dual Monitor Feature Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI), you can easily enjoy the benefi ts of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on VGA card to this motherboard. This motherboard also provides independent display controllers for DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI to support dual VGA output so that DVI-D, D-sub and HDMI can drive same or different display contents.
  • Page 17 HDCP Function HDCP function is supported on this motherboard. To use HDCP function with this motherboard, you need to adopt the monitor that supports HDCP function as well. Therefore, you can enjoy the superior display quality with high-defi nition HDCP encryption contents.

  • Page 18: Jumpers Setup

    2.6 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 19: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.7 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 ATA3 Connectors These four Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors support SATA data (SATA3_1: see p.10, No.
  • Page 20 1. High Defi nition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support 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 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: Serial Ata3 (Sata3) Hard Disks Installation

    Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A50M chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal stor- age devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

  • Page 23: Hot Plug And Hot Swap Functions For Sata3 Hdds

    Hot Plug Function for SATA3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA3 in AHCI mode. AMD A50M chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort.

  • Page 24: Sata / Sataii / Sata3 Hdd Hot Plug Feature And Operation Guide

    SATA / SATAII / 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 / SATAII / SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual.
  • Page 25 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII / 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 / SATAII / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Step 2 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end...

  • Page 26: Driver Installation Guide

    2.11 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 up to bottom side to install those required drivers.
  • Page 27 Using SATA / SATAII / STA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Confi guration. B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [IDE]. ® STEP 2: Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system.

  • Page 28: Uefi Setup Utility

    Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 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 29: 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 30: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. DRAM Timing Control DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. Bank Interleaving Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over banks on the same node, or accross nodes, decreasing access contention.
  • Page 31 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]. Read to Precharge (tRTP) Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting.

  • Page 32: Advanced Screen

    Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Instant Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient UEFI update tool allows you to update system UEFI ® without entering operating systems fi rst like MS-DOS or Windows .

  • Page 33: Cpu Confi Guration

    3.4.1 CPU Configuration Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology. The default value is [Auto]. Confi guration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and ® [Disabled]. If you install Windows 7 / Vista and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled].

  • Page 34: North Bridge Confi Guration

    3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Integrated Graphics This allows you to select the boot graphic adapter priority. Confi guration options: [Auto], [Disabled] and [Force]. If you select [Auto], the onboard VGA will be disabled when the PCI Express VGA card is installed. The default value is [Auto].

  • Page 35: South Bridge Confi Guration

    3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. If [Power Off] is selected, the AC/power remains off when the power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the AC/power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers.

  • Page 36: Storage Confi Guration

    3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Controller Use this to enable or disable SATA controller. The default value is [Enabled]. SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode. Confi guration options: [IDE Mode] and [AHCI 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 37: Super Io Confi Guration

    3.4.5 Super IO Configuration 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: [Auto], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].

  • Page 38: Acpi Confi Guration

    3.4.6 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. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode.

  • Page 39: 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 40: 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 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed.

  • Page 41: 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 42: 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 43: Exit Screen

    3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save confi guration 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 44: 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 dealer for further information.
  • Page 45 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB ® This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. ® 1. Please make sure to use Windows Vista 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or ®...

  • Page 46: Remote Receiver Installation Guide

    (top, down and front), which is compatible with most of the chassis on the market. * The Remote Receiver and Remote Controller are not bundled with this motherboard and may be sold separately in the near future. Please visit our website for further information: http://www.asrock.com...

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