ASROCK FM2A75 Pro4 User Manual Page 1

1FM2A75 Pro4User ManualVersion 1.0Published August 2012Copyright©2012 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 s

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 BIO

13ASRock Dehumidier Function Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidie

141.4 Motherboard Layout 1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 21 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

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.

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

172. InstallationThis is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm) motherboard.Before you install the motherboard, study the congurat

182.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90o angle.Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such tha

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

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

20notchbreaknotchbreakInstalling a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step

212.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There are 3 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI Slots: PCI slots are

222.5 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM feature. CrossFireXTM te

23Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon gr

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

25 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFireTM”, the Cross-FireXTM function may not work actually. Your computer will au

262.6 AMD Dual Graphics Operation GuideThis motherboard supports AMD Dual Graphics feature. AMD Dual Graphics brings multi-GPU performance capabiliti

27 * Dual Graphics appearing here is a registered trademark of AMD Technologies Inc., and is used only for identication or explanation and to the

282. 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

29Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and externa

3Contents1. Introduction ... 5 1.1 Package Contents ...

30 HDCP Function HDCP function is supported on this motherboard. To use HDCP function with this motherboard, you need to adopt the monitor

31USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation GuideASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock mothe

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

332.9 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

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

35Infrared Module Header This header supports an(5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting(see p.14 No. 23) and receiving infrared module.Front Pa

36Power LED Header Please connect the chassis (3-pin PLED1) power LED to this header to (see p.14 No. 24) indicate system power status.

37CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to the connector and (see p.14 No. 5) match the black wire to the

38Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module.

392.11 Smart SwitchesThis motherboard has three smart switches: power switch, reset switch and clear CMOS switch, allowing users to quickly turn on/o

43. UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 49 3.1 Introduction ...

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

41 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specic) 0x39 Pos

42 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module spec

43 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes secti

442.13 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard dis

45 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15-p

46 How to Hot Plug a SATA3 HDD:Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plu

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

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

493. UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound ef-fects and stunning v

51. IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 motherboard, a reliable mother-board produced under ASRock’s consistently str

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

513.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.EZ OC Mode You can use this option to adjust EZ overclocking s

52Multiplier/Voltage Change This item is set to [Auto] by default. If it is set to [Manual], you may adjust the value of Processor Frequency and Proc

53 DRAM Timing Control Power Down EnableUse this item to enable or disable DDR power down mode. Bank InterleavingInterleaving allows memory accesse

54 RAS# Cycle Time (tRC) Use this item to change RAS# Cycle Time (tRC) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Write Recovery Time (tWR)

553.4 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu-ration, Nouth Bridge Conguration, South Brid

563.4.1 CPU Conguration Core C6 Mode Use this item to enable or disable Core C6 mode. The default value is [Enabled].Package C6 Mode This ite

57 3.4.2 North Bridge Conguration Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It

58 3.4.3 South Bridge Conguration Onboard HD AudioSelect [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], t

593.4.4 Storage CongurationSATA Controller Use this item to enable or disable the “SATA Controller” feature. SATA ModeUse this item to adjust SATA

61.2 Specications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Support for Socket FM2 100W

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

61 3.4.6 ACPI Conguration Suspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will en

62USB Mouse Power On Use this item to enable or disable USB Mouse to power on the system.ACPI HPET table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPE

633.4.7 USB CongurationUSB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller.A75 USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to

643.4.8 Network CongurationInternet SettingUse this item to set up the internet connection mode. Conguration options: [DHCP (Auto IP)] and [PPPOE].

653.5 ToolSound EffectEnable or disable sound effects in the setup utility.System BrowserSystem Browser can let you easily check your current system

66Internet FlashInternet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware updates from our servers. In other words, the system can auto-detect the l

67CPU Fan 1 & 2 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 & 2 speed. Con guration options: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. The default is

68 Dehumidier Duration This allows users to congure the duration of the dehumidifying process before it returns to S4/S5 state. Dehumidi

693.7 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.

7 - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports Audio - 7.1

70CSM parametersLaunch Video OpROM policy Use this to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM. The default value is [Legacy only].

713.8 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

72Fixed Media The default value is [Deny Execute].Key Management

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

744. Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit /

75Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TBThis motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB).

76Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID ModeThis motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size H

777. And then key in drvcfg –s [Drv number] [Ctrl number] to enter Raid Utility. For example: key in drvcfg –s 4E B5.8. Choose Logical Drive Main M

7811. Press Space on keyboard to toggle checkbox.12. Choose Ld Size setting, and key in the Raid size.13. After set up Raid size, please click Start t

7916. Follow Windows® Installation Guide to install OS.If you install Windows® 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit in a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2T

8 - 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 24 pin A

80B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

8117. Finish.C. Reboot your system.D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities.Windows® 7 64-bit:A. Please request the

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