ASROCK H77WS-DL Owner's Manual

1H77WS-DLUser ManualVersion 1.0Published March 2012Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

10 Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS fi le to your USB fl ash drive, fl oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few c

1113. ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS update process, ASRock Cr

121.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 2 1155-Pin CPU Socket 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 4 CPU Fan Connector

131.4 I/O Panel* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

14Chapter 2: InstallationThis is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study th

152.3 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,

16Pin1alignment 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 black

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

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

19Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM sl

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 confi gures their system they will not see the performance benefi ts of CrossFireXTM. All three CrossFireXTM c

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 re

252.8 Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support and external add-on PCI Expres

26 For Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS: Right click on desktop, choose “Properties”, and select the “Settings” tab so that you can adjust the paramet

27USB 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 motherb

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

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

3Contents1 Introduction ... 71.1 Package Contents ...

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

31USB 3.0 Header Besides two default USB 3.0 (19-pin USB3_2_3) ports on the I/O panel, there is (see p.12, No. 8) one USB 3.0 header on this mot

32System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin PANEL1) several system front panel (see p.12, No. 14) functions. Connect the power switch, r

33Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.(see p.12, No. 12)Power LED Header Please conne

34ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V (8-pin ATX12V1) power supply to this connector.(see p.12, No. 1)Though this motherboard pr

352.12 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® H77 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Se

362.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATA2 in RAID / AHCI

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

38 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

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

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

402.19 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID FunctionsIf

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

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

434. 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

44For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS:1. Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD: .. \ Driver

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

46Chapter 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

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

483.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.CPU Confi gurationCPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio v

49Short Duration Power Limit Use this item to confi gure short duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto].Primary Plane Current Limit

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock H77WS-DL motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent q

50DRAM tRPUse this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tRASUse this item to change RAS# Active Tim

51MRC Fast Boot Use this item to enable or disable MRC Fast Boot. The default is [Enabled].Voltage Confi gurationCPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to

52Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.4 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the confi gurations for th

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

54 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

553.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard], [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter p

563.4.3 South Bridge ConfigurationOnboard LAN1This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN1 feature.Onboard LAN2This allows you to enable or

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

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

593.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology. Int

61.2 Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd Genera

603.4.7 Super IO ConfigurationSerial Port 1 Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Port Address Use this item to set the add

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

623.4.9 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

633.4.10 Trusted ComputingTPM SupportEnable or disable BIOS support for security device.

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

653.6 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.

663.7 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

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

68Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

69Installing 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 LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111E - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports LAN Cable Detection - Supports Energy Effi cient

70Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID ModeThis motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (&g

71If you install Windows® 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows® or in

72B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

73 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.C. Reboot your system.D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utili

8 BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree

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