ASROCK B75 Pro3-MVP User Manual

1B75 Pro3-M/MVPUser ManualVersion 1.0Published November 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

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

14ASRock Good Night LED ASRock Good Night LED technology can offer you a better en-vironment by extinguishing the unessential LED. By enabling G

151.4 Motherboard Layout 1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 3 1155-Pin CPU Socket 4 CPU Fan Connect

161.5 I/O Panel* There is one 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 motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your ch

192.3 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

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

20Pin1alignment 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

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

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

23notchbreaknotchbreakInstalling a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or system components.Step 1. U

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

252.7 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM. CrossFireXTM technology offers

26CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI t

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

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

292. 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

3Contents2 Introduction ... 51.1 Package Contents ...

30Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and externa

31 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

32USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.9 ASRock Smart Remote Installation GuideASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock mothe

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

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

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

36USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB8_9) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.15, No. 25) two USB 2.0 headers on this m

37System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.15, No. 20) functions. Connect the power switch,

38Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.(see p.15, No. 19) The front panel design may dif

39ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power (24-pin ATXPWR1) supply to this connector.(see p.15, No. 8)20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installati

43 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 463.1 Introduction ...

402.12 Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks. You may in

412.14 Hot Plug for Serial ATA2 (SATA2) HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA2 in AHCI mode. Intel® B75 chipset provides hardware support f

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

43 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

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

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

46Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on

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

483.2 Main ScreenWhen you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview.System BrowserSystem Browser can

493.3 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

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock B75 Pro3-M/MVP motherboard, a reliable moth-erboard produced under ASRock’s consistently s

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

51DRAM tRASUse this item to change RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].Command Rate (CR) Use this item to chang

52Voltage CongurationCPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. The default value is [Auto].IGPU Voltage Offset Use this to selec

53Setting 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

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

55 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

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

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

583.4.4 Storage CongurationSATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature.SATA Mode Selection This item is for

59We recommend to use Intel® B75 SATA ports (SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5 and SATA3_0) for your bootable devices. This wil

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

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

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

623.4.7 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

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

64CSM Please disable CSM when you enable Fast Boot option. The default value is [Enabled].

653.4.9 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

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

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

683.6 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.

69AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option “Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM infor

7 - Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU. Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU. - Three VGA Output option

703.7 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

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

72Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 8 / 8 6

73Installing 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).

8 USB3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.1/2.0

9CAUTION!1. Due to chipset limitations, overclocking is not supported.2. Intel® Small Business Advantage is a customizable platform integrated