ASROCK P55 PRO User Manual download pdf (Page 1)

Intel

P55 Chipset

P55 Pro/USB3

w w w. a s ro ck. c o m

Detail Specification

Product Brief

CPU

Memory

Expansion Slot

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

USB 3.0

Connector

BIOS Feature

Smart Switch

Support CD

Accessories

Hardware Monitor

Certifications

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their

respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

Chipset

Platform

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality

Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

- Supports Intel

Core

i7 / i5 / i3 and Pentium

G6950 Processors in

LGA1156 Package

- Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design

- Supports Intel

Turbo Boost Technology

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports EM64T CPU

- Intel

P55

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066

non-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

- Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x16 mode; white @ x4 mode)

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots (2.5GT/s)

- 2 x PCI slots

- Supports ATI

CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio

Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- 1 x USB 3.0 port by Fresco FL1000G, supports USB 3.0 up to 5Gb/s

I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 7 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATAII 2.0 Connector

- 1 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Port

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

Front Speaker / Microphone

- 7 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 10, RAID 5, JBOD and Intel

Rapid Storage),

NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x Power LED header

- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 8 pin 12V power connector

- CD in header

- Front panel audio connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED

- 16Mb AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, DRAM, VTT, PCH, CPU PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)

- 1 x Power Switch with LED

- 1 x Reset Switch with LED

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software

Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster

X-Fi MB - Trial)

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

- Microsoft

Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP

64-bit compliant

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- 4 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)

Unique Feature

- ASRock OC Tuner

- Intelligent Energy Saver

- Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock OC DNA

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)

- Good Night LED

- Turbo 40 / Turbo 50 Technology

- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+(OC)

- Supports ATI

CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

- 1 x USB 3.0 port by Fresco FL1000G, supports

USB 3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- Smart Swith Design : 1 x Power Switch with LED,

1 x Reset Switch with LED, 1 x Clear CMOS Switch

with LED

- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.), 1 x Dr. Debug with

LED

- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,

OC Tuner, IES, OC DNA, Good Night LED,

Multi-Speed Fan Control

- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec),

Premium Blu-ray audio support

- ErP/EuP Ready

- Free Software: CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial;

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial

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Summary of Contents

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