ASROCK Z77 Extreme4-M User Manual

1Z77 Extreme4-MUser ManualVersion 1.1Published July 2012Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

10CAUTION!1. About the settings of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 59.2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Be

11 This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utili

1216. ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS update process, ASRock Cr

131.3 Motherboard Layout 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 4 ATX 12V Powe

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

15 To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your comput

16Chapter 2: InstallationThis is a micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,

171155-Pin Socket Overview2.3 CPU Installation In order to provide the LGA 1155 CPU sock-ets more protection and make the instal-lation process easie

18Pin1alignment key alignment key Pin11155-Pin CPUFor proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with th

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

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

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

21Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components.Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by

222.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)There are 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Expr

23Installing an expansion cardStep 1. Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord

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

25Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot. Step3.

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

27 * SLITM appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA® Technologies Inc., and is used only for identication or explanation and to the owne

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

29CrossFire 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

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

302.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install the identical 3-Way CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that are AMD cert

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

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

332. 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

34Surround Display FeatureThis motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and externa

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

36 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock's motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support

372.11 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

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

39USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB_6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.13, No. 25) three USB 2.0 headers on this

43 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 513.1 Introduction ...

40Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.13, No. 33) convenient connection

41 PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED ke

42CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to the connector and (see p.13, No. 3) match the black wire to the

43Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module.(see p.13, No. 27)HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header, prov

442.13 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel® Z77 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Se

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

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

47 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

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

492.20 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M motherboard, a reliable moth-erboard produced under ASRock’s consistently st

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

51Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on the

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

533.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.Load Optimized CPU OC Setting You can use this option to load

54Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Mode Technology.Turbo Boost Mode allows processor cores to run fa

55DRAM Timing ControlDRAM tCLUse this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tRCDUse this item to change RA

56DRAM tRTPUse this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tFAWUse this item to change

57 Use this to select VCCSA Voltage. The default value is [Auto].User Defaults In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults

58Setting 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

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

61.2 Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

60 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

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

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

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

643.4.5 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technolog

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

66We recommend to use Intel® Z77 SATA ports (SATA3_0, SATA3_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SATA2_5) for your bootable devices. This will minim

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

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

693.4.9 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

7 - Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI (see CAUTION 6) - Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60

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

713.6 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.

723.7 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

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

74Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

75Installing 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

76Installing 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

77If 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

78B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

79 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 support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions (SATA3_A1 connector is shared with eSATA3 port) USB3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.0/2.0

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