ASROCK B75M R2.0 User Manual

1B75M R2.0User ManualVersion 1.0Published July 2012Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

107. You can choose to use two of the three monitors only. D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI monitors cannot be enabled at the same time. Besides, with

1112. ASRock SmartView, a new function for internet browsers, is the smart start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites, your

1219. Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidier Function, the com-puter wil

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

141.4 I/O Panel* There is one LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

15Chapter 2: InstallationThis is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.4", 24.4 x 21.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,

162.3 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

17Pin1alignment 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

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

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

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

202.6 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

21 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM com

22CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-ics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-Su

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

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

252. 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

26Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and externa

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

28USB 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

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

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

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

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

32USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.13, No. 21) two USB 2.0 headers on this m

33System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.13, No. 20) functions. Connect the power switch,

34Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_FAN1) to the fan connectors and match (see p.13, No. 10) the black

35ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V (4-pin ATX12V1) power supply to this connector.(see p.13, No. 2)Serial port Header This

362.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® B75 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Se

372.14 Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 in AHCI mode. Intel® B75 chipset provides hardware support f

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

39 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

43 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 423.1 Introduction ...

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

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

42Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on

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

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

453.3 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

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

47DRAM tRASUse this item to change RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].Command Rate (CR) Use this item to ch

48Voltage CongurationCPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. The default value is [Auto].IGPU Voltage Offset Use this to selec

49Setting 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

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

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

51 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

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

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

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

55We 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

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

573.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Techno

583.4.7 Super IO ConfigurationSerial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set

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

61.2 Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.4-in, 24.4 cm x 21.3 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd G

603.4.9 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

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

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

63Case Open Feature This allows you to enable or disable case open detection feature. The default is value [Enabled].Clear Status This option appe

643.6 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.

653.7 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

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

67Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 6

68Installing 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 - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Au

8 - 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 24 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V

9 - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - CASE OPEN detection - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-