ASROCK Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 User Manual

1Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 SeriesUser ManualVersion 1.0Published June 2011Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

10 ASMedia ASM1042, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, R

11 - Lucid Virtu (see CAUTION 15) - ASRock On/Off Play Technology (see CAUTION 16) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see C

12CAUTION!1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 71.2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Be

1311. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS fl ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without e

14again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system.19. Combo Cool

151.3 Motherboard Layout 24.4cm (9.6 in)30.5cm (12.0 in)ATX12V1CPU_FAN1CPU_FAN2CHA_FAN3ATXPWR1IDE1USB3_4_5SATA2_4_5SATA2_2_3SATA3_0_1SATA3_A1_A2SATA3

161.4 I/O Panel* There are two 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: Installation This is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study t

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 socket,

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20Pin1alignment key alignment key Pin11155-Pin CPU1155-Pin SocketStep 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU:Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is marke

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

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

23Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM sl

242.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are use

252.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you

26Step3. Align and insert ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card to the goldfi ngers on each graphics card. Make sure ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is fi rmly in place.

272.7.2 Driver Installation and SetupInstall the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit

28 * SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA® Technologies Inc., and is used only for identifi cation or explanation and to the ow

29 1. If a customer incorrectly confi gures their system they will not see the performance benefi ts of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM c

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30CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-S

312.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot. For the proper installation proc

32CrossFireTM BridgeStep 5. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph-ics card on PCIE2 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-

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

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

352. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already, you can freely enjoy the benefi ts of dual monitor

36Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (D-Sub, HDMI and DVI-D by the bundl

37 G. Repeat steps C through E for the diaplay icon identifi ed by the number one to eight. For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / Vist

382.10 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 is

39the red-striped side to Pin12.11 Onboard Headers and ConnectorsOnboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these

4Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

40USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there (see p.15 No. 28) are two USB 2.0 headers on thi

41Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.15 No. 33) and receiving infrared module.Fron

42Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_FAN1) to the fan connectors and (see p.15 No. 22) match the blac

43CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to the connector and (see p.15 No. 3) match the black wire to the

44HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, providing (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI (see p.15 No. 32) VGA card, allows the syst

45Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch,(RSTBTN) allowing users to quickly reset(see p.15 No. 18) the system.Clear CMOS Switch Clear

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

47 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started 0x38 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization (North Bridge module specifi c) 0x39 Po

48 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module spec

49 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL (see ASL Status Codes secti

5Contents1 Introduction ... 71.1 Package Contents ...

502.14 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® Z68 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) /

512.16 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATAII in RAID / A

52 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA / SATAII / S

53 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDD:Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:Please do follow below instruction sequence to pro

542.19 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive fi rst. Then, the drivers co

55After the installation of Windows® XP / XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID func-tions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” an

562.20.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use th

572.20.4 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID FunctionsIf you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / Vi

58STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen SATA Confi guration.B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [AHCI]. (For SATA3

592.21.2 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

62.21 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ... 582.21.1 In

602.22 Teaming Function Operation Guide Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single

614. Key in Team Name and choose Link Aggregation \ LACP (802.3ad) for Settings.5. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (A

62For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS:1. Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD: .. \ Driver

635. Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button. (After pressing OK button, system will show below warming message. Please cho

64Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to confi gure your system. The UEFI chip on the

653.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Descriptio

663.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.Advanced Turbo 50 You can use this option to increase your sys

67Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Technology. Turbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than

68CAS# Latency (tCL) Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The de-fault is [Auto]. RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Use this item t

69ODT NOM (CHA) Use this item to change ODT NOM (CHA) Auto/Manual setting. The de-fault is [Auto]. ODT WR (CHB) Use this item to change ODT WR (CHB) A

7Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Series moth-erboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASR

70Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.4 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the confi gurations for the

713.4.1 CPU ConfigurationIntel Hyper Threading TechnologyTo enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel proces-sor that supports

72CPU Thermal ThrottlingYou may select [Enabled] to enable CPU internal thermal control mecha-nism to keep the CPU from overheated.Intel Virtualizatio

733.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Low MMIO AlignLow MMIO resources align at 64MB/1024MB. The default value is [1024MB]. VT-dUse this to enable or di

74DVMT Memory You are allowed to adjust the shared memory size in this item. Configuration options: [256MB] and [Maximum]. The option [Maximum] only

753.4.3 South Bridge ConfigurationRestore on AC/Power LossThis allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. If [Power Off] i

763.4.4 Storage ConfigurationSATA3 Mode This item is for SATA3_A1 to SATA3_A4 ports. Use this to select SATA3 mode. Configuration options: [IDE Mode]

773.4.5 Super IO ConfigurationOnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable fl oppy drive controller. Serial Port Use this item to e

783.4.6 ACPI ConfigurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enabl

793.4.7 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

81.2 Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality

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

813.6 Boot ScreenIn this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to confi g-ure the boot settings and the boot priority.

823.7 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.

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

84Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

85Installing 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).

86Note1. For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit users, if you plan to install the PCI Express graphics card for video output, plea

9 (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) (see CAUTION 8) - Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI 1.4a - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HD