ASROCK Z77 Extreme6/TB4 Manual do Utilizador

1Z77 Extreme6/TB4User ManualVersion 1.2Published October 2012Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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

11 you are allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system per-formance. In OC DNA, you can save your OC settings as a prole and share

12 download simultaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the sta-tus window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are trans-ferri

13 64-bit. Intel® Smart Connect Technology and Intel® USB 3.0 ports are not supported by Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bi

141.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 2 1155-Pin CPU Socket 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

151.4 I/O Panel 1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port (Purple/Green) * 2 DisplayPort Input (HDMI_DP_1) 3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) ** 4 LAN RJ-45 Por

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

17Chapter 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

181155-Pin Socket Overview2.3 CPU InstallationIn order to provide the LGA 1155 CPU sock-ets more protection and make the instal-lation process easier

19Pin1alignment keyalignment keyPin11155-Pin CPUFor proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the

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

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

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

22Installing a DIMMPlease make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components.Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by

232.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)There are 2 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.PCI slots: PCI slots are used to

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 into PCIE2 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 own

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

29CrossFire BridgeStep 3. 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-Su

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

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

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

322.9 ThunderboltThis motherboard has two thunderbolt connectors that support video output from internal VGA cards. Due to 32-bit OS limitations, we

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 (D-Sub HDMI and Thunderbolt) and ex

35 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

36USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.11 ASRock Smart Remote Installation GuideASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock mothe

37* ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support list: http:

382.12 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

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

43 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 573.1 Introduction ...

40(9-pin USB4_5)(see p.14, No. 26)(9-pin USB6_7)(see p.14, No. 27)USB 3.0 Header Besides four default USB 3.0 (19-pin USB3_4_5) ports on the I/O pan

41 1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the

42 The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity L

43(3-pin CPU_FAN2)(see p.14, No. 4)ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power (24-pin ATXPWR1) supply to this connector. (see p.14, No. 7)2

44SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this(4-pin SLI/XFIRE_PWR1) connector, but please connect it(see p.14 No. 40) with a har

45Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch,(PWRBTN) allowing users to quickly turn (see p.14 No. 17) on/off the system.Reset Switch Res

462.15 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 specic) 0x39 Post-Mem

48 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specic) 0

49 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup 0xAA Reserved for ASL 0xAB Setup Input Wait 0x

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 Extreme6/TB4 motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently

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

512.18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap for SATA / SATA2 HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap for SATA / SATA2 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel® Z77 ch

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

53 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

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

55AHCI mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.2.23 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit /

562.23.2 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit Without RAIDIf you want to install Windows® 8 / 8 64-

57Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your sys-tem. The UEFI chip on th

583.1.2 Navigation KeysPlease check the following table for the descriptions of each navigation key.Navigation Key(s) Function Description + / -

593.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.No-K OCFor those CPUs that aren’t K-series, No-K OC can

61.2 Specications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-qualit

60Intel Turbo Boost TechnologyUse this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Mode Technology.Turbo Boost Mode allows processor cores to run fast

61DRAM CongurationDRAM tCLUse this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tRCDUse this item to change RAS#

62DRAM tRTPUse this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto].DRAM tFAWUse this item to change

63CPU PLL VoltageUse this to select CPU PLL Voltage. The default value is [Auto].VCCSA VoltageUse this to select VCCSA Voltage. The default value is [

64Setting 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

653.4.1 CPU CongurationIntel Hyper Threading TechnologyTo enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper-Threadi

66No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memor

673.4.2 North Bridge CongurationPrimary Graphics AdapterThis allows you to select [Onboard], [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter prio

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

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

7 ports (see CAUTION 6) - Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up

70We 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

713.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start TechnologyIntel(R) Rapid Start TechnologyUse this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology. Intel(R) Ra

723.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyIntel(R) Smart Connect TechnologyUse this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technolog

733.4.7 Intel(R) ThunderboltWake From Thunderbolt DevicesThis allows you to enable or disable system wake from Thunderbolt de-vices.Security LevelUse

743.4.8 Super IO CongurationSerial PortUse this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port.Serial Port AddressUse this item to set the addres

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

763.4.10 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

773.4.11 Network CongurationInternet SettingUse this item to congure internet settings for Internet Flash.UEFI Download ServerUse this item to sele

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

79before it returns to S4/S5 state.Dehumidier CPU Fan SettingUse this setting to congure CPU fan speed while “Dehumidier” is en-abled.

8 SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Res

803.6 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.

81AddOn ROM DisplayUse this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option “Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM informat

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, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-o

84Chapter 4: Software Support4.1 Install Operating SystemThis motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 /

85Installing 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

86 D. Plug the USB ash disk into your USB port; select “Browse” to nd the RAID driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have co

87If you install Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into

88B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

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

9 - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),