ASROCK B75M-DGS R2.0 User Manual

1B75M-DGS R2.0User ManualVersion 1.1Published August 2013Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

101.3 Unique FeaturesASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one tool to ne-tune different

11ASRock APP Charger If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, ASRock

12ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS

13ASRock Restart to UEFI Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. The light-ning boot up speed makes it hard to access the UEFI se

141.4 Motherboard LayoutIntelB7564MbBIOSDDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)CMOSBatterySuperI/OATXPWR1DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)PCIE1PCI1ATX1 2V1PS

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

16Chapter 2: InstallationThis is a Micro ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your ch

172.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below.Before you insert the 1155-Pin CPU into the so

18Pin1alignment key alignment key Pin11155-Pin CPUStep 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU:Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge which is marked with a

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

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

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

212.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There is 1 PCI slot and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCI Slot: PCI slot is used t

222. 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

23Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D and D-Sub) and external add-

24 For Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display

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

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

27Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.14, No. 22) convenient connection

28 C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t need to connect them fo

29Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_FAN1) to the fan connectors and match (see p.14, No. 27) the black

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

30Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports(2-pin CI1) CASE OPEN detection feature(see p.14, No. 26) that detects if the chassis co

312.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) / Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that suppor

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

33 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD:Points of attention, before you process Hot Plug:Please follow the instructions below to process Hot Plu

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

352.14.2 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID FunctionsIf you want to install Windows® 8 / 8 64

36Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on

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

383.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.CPU CongurationCPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio va

39 value is [Auto].Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plane. The defaul

43 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 363.1 Introduction ...

40DRAM tRASUse this item to change RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].Command Rate (CR) Use this item to chang

41tRRDRThe default is [Auto].tRRSRThe default is [Auto].tWWDDThe default is [Auto].tWWDRThe default is [Auto].tWWSRThe default is [Auto].RTL (CHA)Use

42Setting 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

433.4.1 CPU CongurationIntel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup-ports Hyper-Thre

44 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

453.4.2 North Bridge Conguration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard], [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graph

463.4.3 South Bridge CongurationOnboard HD AudioSelect [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the o

473.4.4 Storage CongurationSATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature.SATA Mode Selection Use this to sele

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

493.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Techn

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 motherboard, a reliable moth-erboard produced under ASRock’s consistently

503.4.7 Super IO CongurationSerial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set t

513.4.8 ACPI CongurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will en

523.4.9 USB CongurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 ControllerUse this item to enable

534.4.10 Trusted ComputingSecurity Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security for your hard disk drives.

543.5 ToolSystem BrowserSystem Browser can let you easily check your current system congura-tion in UEFI setup.OMG (Online Management Guard)Administ

55Internet FlashInternet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware updates from our servers. In other words, the system can auto-detect the l

56Would you like to save current setting user defaults?In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requ

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

583.7 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.

59Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [En-abled]. AddOn ROM Display Use this option t

61.2 Specications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3

603.8 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

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

62Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 8 / 8 6

63Installing 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

7 - Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display controllers - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

8 - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers

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