ASROCK Z77 Extreme6 User Manual

1Z77 Extreme6User ManualVersion 1.2Published June 2013Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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

11 you are allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system per-formance. In OC DNA, you can save your OC settings as a prole and share

12 and download simultaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are transfer

13 supply selection, we recommend you to check with the power supply manufacturer for more details.

141.3 Motherboard Layout 1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 3 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector 4 Chassis

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

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

17Chapter 2: InstallationThis is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study

181155-Pin Socket Overview2.3 CPU InstallationIn order to provide the LGA 1155 CPU sock-ets more protection and make the instal-lation process easier

19Pin1alignment keyalignment keyPin11155-Pin CPUFor proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the

2Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

202.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPUs. Please adopt the type

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

22Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components.Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by

232.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.PCI slots: PCI slots are used to

24Installing an expansion cardStep 1. Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord

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 into PCIE2 slot. Step

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

292.8 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports CrossFireXTM, 3-way CrossFireXTM and Qua

3Contents1 Introduction ... 51.1 Package Contents ...

30CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-ics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-Su

312.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install the identical 3-Way CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that are AMD cert

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

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

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

35Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI and DisplayPort

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

37 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock's motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support

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

39FDD connector(33-pin FLOPPY1)(see p.14 No. 33)Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector.2.12

42.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ... 572.22.1 I

40USB 2.0 Headers Besides two default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB2_3) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.14, No. 26) three USB 2.0 headers on this

41 1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the

42 PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED ke

43CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to the connector and (see p.14, No. 7) match the black wire to the

44SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this(4-pin SLI/XFIRE_PWR1) connector, but please connect it(see p.14 No. 3) with a har

45The Installation Guide of Front USB 3.0 Panel Intall the Front USB 3.0 Panel into the 2.5” drive bay of the chassis.Step 3Step 4Screw the Front USB

46Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch,(PWRBTN) allowing users to quickly turn (see p.14 No. 19) on/off the system.Reset Switch Re

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

48 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic) 0x39 Post-Mem

49 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic) 0

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 Extreme6 motherboard, a reliable moth-erboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stri

50 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL 0xAB Setup Input Wait 0x

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

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

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

54 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

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

56Conguration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation GuideSTEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your

572.22 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

582.22.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID FunctionsIf you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bi

59Chapter 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

61.2 Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quali

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

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

62Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Mode Technology.Turbo Boost Mode allows processor cores to run fa

63DRAM Timing ControlDRAM tCLUse this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tRCDUse this item to change RA

64DRAM tRTPUse this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tFAWUse this item to change

65 Use this to select VCCSA Voltage. The default value is [Auto].User Defaults In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults

66Setting 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

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

68 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

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

7 Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU - Max. shared memory 1760MB (see CAUTION 5) - Four VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D

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

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

723.4.5 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technolog

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

74We recommend to use Intel® Z77 SATA ports (SATA3_0, SATA3_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5) for your bootable devices. This will minim

753.4.7 Super IO ConfigurationOnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable oppy drive controller. Serial Port Use this item to en

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

773.4.9 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

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

793.6 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.

8 - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8) SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z7

803.7 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

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

82Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

83Installing 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

84Installing 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

85If 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® or in

86B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

87 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 - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Uti