ASROCK Fatal1ty Owner's Manual

1Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M SeriesUser ManualVersion 1.2Published June 2013Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

10 SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Re

11 WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Ov

12CAUTION!1. About the settings of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 64.2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technol

1310. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update sy

1415. ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included into F-Stream. It fully utilizes the memory space that cannot be used under Windows® O

151.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 2 1155-Pin CPU Socket 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 4 CPU Fan Connector

161.4 I/O Panel* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

17 To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your comput

18Chapter 2: InstallationThis is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,

191155-Pin Socket Overview2.3 CPU Installation In order to provide the LGA 1155 CPU sock-ets more protection and make the instal-lation proces

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20Pin1alignment key alignment key Pin11155-Pin CPUFor proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with th

212.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPUs. Please adop

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

23Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM sl

242.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)There are 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Expr

252.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you

26Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot. Step3.

272.7.2 Driver Installation and SetupInstall the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (

28 * SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA® Technologies Inc., and is used only for identication or explanation and to

29 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM com

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30CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI to D

312.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE1 slot. For the proper installation proce

32CrossFireTM BridgeStep 5. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-ics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-

33 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prio

34 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFireTM”, the CrossFireXTM function may not work actually. Your computer will automatically r

352. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already, you can freely enjoy the benets of dual monitor

36Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI and DisplayPort

37 For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display Settings”

38* ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://ww

392.11 Jumpers SetupThe illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap

4Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

402.12 Onboard Headers and ConnectorsOnboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connector

41(9-pin USB_4_5) (see p.15, No. 24)(9-pin USB_6_7) (see p.15, No. 25)Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless

42System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.15, No. 15) functions. Connect the power switch,

43Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.(see p.15, No. 20)Power LED Header Please conne

4420-Pin ATX Power Supply InstallationThough this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin

45Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch,(RSTBTN) allowing users to quickly reset(see p.15 No. 17) the system.Clear CMOS Switch Clea

462.14 Dr. DebugDr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. Please see the diagrams below for reading the

47 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic) 0x39 Pos

48 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module spec

49 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes secti

5Contents1 Introduction ... 71.1 Package Contents ...

502.15 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® Z77 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Se

512.17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATA2 in RAID / AHCI

52 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SAT

53 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 proc

542.20 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers com

552.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID FunctionsIf

56Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ functionSTEP 1: Set Up UEFI.A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Congurati

57Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on the

583.1.2 Navigation KeysPlease check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description

593.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to

63 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 573.1 Introduction ...

60Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Mode Technology.Turbo Boost Mode allows processor cor

61DRAM CongurationDRAM tCLUse this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tRCDUse this item to change RAS#

62DRAM tRTPUse this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tFAWUse this item to change

63Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.4 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the congurations for the

643.4.1 CPU ConfigurationIntel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup-ports Hyper-Thr

65 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 s

663.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priorit

673.4.3 South Bridge ConfigurationOnboard HD AudioSelect [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the

683.4.4 Storage ConfigurationSATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature.SATA Mode Selection This item is for

693.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start TechnologyIntel(R) Rapid Start Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology. Intel(R)

7Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Series moth-erboard, a reliable motherboard produced

703.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Techno

713.4.7 Super IO ConfigurationSerial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set

723.4.8 ACPI ConfigurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will e

733.4.9 USB ConfigurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 ControllerUse this item to enabl

743.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenIn this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the param

753.6 Boot ScreenIn this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong-ure the boot settings and the boot priority.

763.7 Security ScreenIn this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it

773.8 Exit ScreenSave Changes and ExitWhen you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Se

78Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 6

79Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI ModeThis motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (&g

81.2 Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

80Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID ModeThis motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (&g

81If you install Windows® 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows® o

82B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

83 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.C. Reboot your system.D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utili

9 - Max. shared memory 1760MB (see CAUTION 5) - Four VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort (see CAUTION 6) - Supports HDMI 1.4